Chief Secretary wishes 4 retiring senior officers
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa went to the chambers of 4 retiring senior officers and extended them good wishes for happy post-retirement life on Monday. Chief Secretary met ACS and Commissioner-cum-Director Tribal Research and Development Institute Devendra Singhai at his office at Shyamla Hills. At Mantralaya, the Chief Secretary met ACS Planning, Economics and Statistics and Secretary State Planning Commission Ajita Vajpayee Pandey, ACS Farmers Welfare & Agriculture Development RK Swai and Principal Secretary General Administration K Suresh.
Remaining vacancies of guest faculties to be filled
Bhopal: After process of selection of guest faculties at the level of Regional Additional Director Higher Education and their assuming charge in concerning colleges, remaining vacancies of guest faculties in colleges will be filled through walk-in interview following which they would assume charge as per rules. The already registered and verified applicants can register their presence by submitting their applications in concerning colleges through walk-in interview on September 2, 1015.
Constuction work in schools to be complted
Bhopal: The State Government has directed to complete the ongoing construction works in schools during current year itself. These include incomplete and unstarted works under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan from year 2003-04 to 2104-15. Allocation has also been released to complete these works. The Government has directed CEOs of district Panchayats to ensure work-wise inspection by constitution district level committees.
State constitutes committee for Civil Service Day
Bhopal: The State Government has constituted a committee headed by Director General of Academy of Administration to select programmes marking Civil Service Day. Principal Secretary GAD will be Convener of the committee whose members will include Principal Secretary Commerce and Industries Mohammad Suleman, Secretary Public Service Management Hari Ranjan Rao, Collector Bhopal Nishant Warwade and Director School for Good Governance and Policy Analysis. The committee will select programmes to be held in the state as per directives of the Central Government and present its recommendations before the Government.
State to focus on transmission system
Bhopal: Special attention is being paid to upgrade and strengthen transmission system in proportion to rising demand for power in the state. During year 2014-15, lines measuring 1187 kms were laid and ultra high tension sub-stations of 4294 MVA capacity were set up. Energy Department has set a target of laying lines measuring 1036 kms and ultra high tension sub-stations of 4294 MVA capacity for year 2015-16. Presently, 2.82 per cent transmission loss is the minimum in the country. Availability of transmission system is also 99 per cent which is much more than prescribed norms of Electricity Regularity Commission. For improving quality of power distribution, 99 new sub-stations of 33/11 KV were set up by power distribution companies during year 2014-15. In all the 51 districts, 24X7 power is being supplied and farmers are getting uninterrupted power for 10 hours daily.
ICT to be introduced in 2,000 Govt schools
Bhopal: Information Communication Technology (ICT) will be introduced in 2,000 Government schools in Madhya Pradesh. Computers and other materials for the schemes are being made available to schools. Training for the scheme will be imparted to teachers by MAP-IT from September 1. In the first phase, training would be imparted at 15 centres of MAP-IT including Bhopal, Dewas, Guna, Gwalior, Khandwa, Indore, Morena, Rewa, Sagar, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Mandsaur, Seoni, Shahdol and Chhatarpur. The State Government has directed DEOs and DPCs to send selected teachers to places prescribed for the 10-day training. As many as 23 teachers from Bhopal district, 30 each Mandsaur and Chhatarpur, Dewas 28, Guna, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Rewa 24 each, Seoni, Shahdol and Indore 25 each and Hoshangabad, Khandwa, Morena and Sagar 20 each will undergo training. At Bhopal, training would be imparted at Regional Capacity Augmentation Centre at Kolar Road. Training will be held for Chhatarpur from September 24, Hoshangabad, Jabalpur and Mandsaur from September 14, Seoni September 15, Shahdol September 16 and remaining districts from September 1.