Centre praises State for its bamboo mission
Bhopal: The Central Government has lauded Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission for novel initiatives of making available national-level forum to producers and artisans of bamboo in the country and State through Delhi Haat last month. Secretary Defence Prabhu Dayal Meena has sent a letter in this regard to Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa. In the letter, Meena has written that team of Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission was praiseworthy for innovative initiative of “National Bamboo Expo Mart”. Bamboo artisans, entrepreneurs and experts from a number of States, Union Territories and district-level bamboo artisans associations were invited to the Expo Mart held jointly by National Bamboo Mission and Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission. Indeed, it was a unique experience for Delhiites, bamboo artisans and entrepreneurs regarding information about use of bamboo in day-to-day life. Meena said that while presiding over inaugural session on the first day and during Expo on the second day, he acquired useful and interesting information about multi-purpose use of bamboo, immense industrial potential and bamboo-based activities in Madhya Pradesh from participants from various parts of the country, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Anil Oberoi and Mission Director AK Bhattacharya. Meena has hoped that Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission will continue to guide the country through such initiatives and encourage bamboo-based industries.
Pay scales of Adhyapak cadres announced
Bhopal: Pay scales of Adhyapak cadres working in schools under urban bodies have been fixed. Urban Development and Environment department has issued order in this regard. Copies of the order have also been sent to all concerned Collectors, Municipal Corporation Commissioners and CMOs of Nagar Palikas and Nagar Parishads. Pay scale of contractual school teachers appointed under Adhyapak cadre after April 1, 2013 will be fixed on the already existing pay scale (minimum). later, it will be multiplied with 1.62 and new pay band will be fixed in pay scale. Side by side, senior teachers appointed afresh in after April 1, 2013 will be given band pay scale Rs8,100 and cadre pay scale Rs1900, teacher Rs6480 band scale and Rs1650 cadre scale and assistant teacher will be given Rs4860 band pay and Rs1250 cadre pay scale. Date for one-time tabulation of interim relief for Adhyapak will be uptoSeptember 1, 2017 from the date on which he had become eligible for it for the first time. It means that there would be no increase or decrease in interim relief to Adhyapak on the basis of change of cadre or years of experience.
Awareness rally on swine flu held
Bhopal: An awareness rally regarding swine flu was taken out from Dean Office of Mahatma Gandhi Medical College here on Thursday. Passing through roads of Old Bhopal city, the rally returned to hospital premises. The rally was flagged off by Principal Secretary Health Praveer Krishna. On the conclusion of the rally, he informed about symptoms of swine flu, preventive methods and arrangements for treating it in Madhya Pradesh. The Principal Secretary informed that instead of being panicked by any disease, people should pay attention to immunity of self and relatives from it. Timely start of treatment always leads to solution. Health Commissioner Pankaj Agrawal, medical college Dean Dr BP Dube, Director Health Dr KK Thassu, CMHO Dr Veena Sinha, medical experts and large number of students were present on the occasion.
Open school, Madarsa board exams on Feb 10
Bhopal: Exams of Class X and XII of State Open School and Madarsa Board will now be held February 10 instead of February 7. This change has been made due to admission test of Navodaya Vidyalaya on the same date. Amended time-table has been uploaded on State Open School’s website www.mpsos.nic.in.
Sanchi Utsav from Feb 15 to March 15
Bhopal: Sanchi Utsav will be observed in the State from February 15 to March 15. The festival will be held by Bhopal, Ujjain, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior Dairy Federations functioning under Madhya Pradesh Dairy Federation. During the festival, the dairy federations will make efforts to popularize Sanchi Brand and inform consumers about quality of milk and milk products being produced by them. Various programmes will also be held to apprise consumers about Food Security Act, health, quality of Sanchi products etc. The dairy federations will organise Sanchi Rally, race, best slogan competition, face of the month, healthy baby and cooking competitions. Street-plays will also be held on Rahgiri Day. Slogan “Clean Milk, Clean India” will be used during the festival.
Six Govt employees bade farewell
Bhopal: Farewell was accorded to six retired Government servants at Mantralaya here on Thursday. All these officers and employees had retired on January 31, 2015 including Section Officers Kavita Nawani and Kusum Meshram, Assitants Grade-1 DP Sharma and Kamil Kumar Jain, Assistant Grade-2 Hayat Singh and peon Amol Jwala Prasad. Principal Secretary GAD K Suresh gave away dues and gifts to retirees. Under Secretary Superintendent Amarnath Dube was also present.
Daylong Vendors Meet held
Bhopal: A daylong Vendors Meet was held here on Thursday at IFX Conference Hall BHEl, Bhopal organized by RMSG, Bhopal. Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Executive Director, BHEl, Bhopal and Vishwas Bhave, General Manager, MM, BHEl, Bhopal was present as the Chief Guest on this occasion. OP Saraswat, General Manager, RMSG, Bhopal; General Managers and senior officers of BHEl, Bhopal were also present in the meet. Around 100 vendors from different parts of the country attended the meet. Prominent vendors as AK Chugh, Sr VP, Indure Pvt ltd, Rajesh Piplani, MD- Avaids Technovators Pvt ltd and Nitin Umrania, SBU-Head, Thermax ltd was present in the event. Reputed firms like Siemens ltd, ABB ltd, Schneider Electric Infrastructure, Blue Star ltd, KEC International ltd, Universal Cables ltd, participated in the event. The meet was followed by presentation and discussion on the R&M (Renovation& Modernization) business in power sector and future R&M projects of RMSG. later, bilateral interaction &feedback Issues related to the entire project lifecycle were discussed. BHEl officials and vendors representatives expressed their concern and commitment for timely completion of projects with best quality and competitive prices. BHEl assured their full cooperation and support to all vendors in every stage of R&M projects.
Contractors warned action over liquor price
Gwalior: Strict action would be taken against the contractors who sell liquor above the selling price; their licences might be cancelled due to these irregularities. The Excise Department would impose new rates of liquor from April 1. The licenced contractor would have to sell liquor at the prescribed MSP and MRP. If the liquor is sold in violation of these rates, the licence of contractor and his all group of shops would be suspended for nearly three days, maximum upto 6 days. If the irregularities are repeated his licence would be cancelled for one year and the shop would be taken under departmental control. The senior officers of the department received many complaints that many liquor contractors sell the liquor on exorbitant rate. Some contractors sell the liquor below MSP to harm the other contractors. Some contractors have formed a Syndicate and sell the liquor at more than MRP. The Excise Commissioner Rakesh Shrivastava said that decision has been taken to sell the liquor on uniform rate in all shops.