MP assembly budget session on March 16
Bhopal: The Budget Session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin here from March 16. The notification for the Budget Session has been issued after the Governor's approval, an official release said on Thursday. The session will begin with the Governor's address on March 16. It will have 17 sittings and conclude on April 13, the release said. The State Budget for fiscal 2020-21 would be presented during the session, but its date has not yet been specified.
As the Lok Sabha polls were held in April-May last year, the Kamal Nath-led Congress government presented its maiden budget in the state Assembly on July 10, 2019, instead of February-March as per the convention.
rly over-bridge to be dedicated on Friday
Bhopal: The railway over-bridge constructed at Bawadikalan level crossing will be dedicated at 10.30 am on Friday in the presence of Public Works and Environment Minister Sajjan Singh Verma as chief guest. General Administration Minister Govind Singh will preside over the programme.
Minister of Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Arif Aqueel, Urban Development and Housing Minister Jaivardhan Singh and Public Relations Minister PC Sharma will be the special guests. Mayor Alok Sharma, MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, MLAs Krishna Gaur and Arif Masood and District Panchayat President Manmohan Nagar will be special guests of the programme.
The dedication of the railway overbridge will benefit 2 lakh population of the area. With the starting of the railway over bridge costing about Rs 33 crore, people will get relief from repeated jams at Bawadia railway crossing. This will enable smooth movement of vehicles coming from Misrod, Mandideep and Hoshangabad besides residents of the colonies of Hoshangabad highway.
Min distributes loan waiver certificates
Bhopal: Public Health Engineering Minister Sukhdev Panse distributed certificates of loan waiver to eligible farmers under ‘Jai Kisan Crop Loan Waiver Scheme’ in Masod village of Betul district. Administrator of District Cooperative Central Bank Arun Gothi and member of District Planning Committee Sunil Sharma were present in the programme.
Minister Panse said that crop loans of Rs 183 crore of 65 thousand 947 farmers were waived in the first phase in Betul district. In the second phase, waiver of loans of more than Rs 81 crore of 12 thousand 212 farmers were approved till January 2020. He said that loans of about Rs 265 crore of total 78 thousand 159 farmers were waived in the first and second phase in the district.
Panse distributed certificates of crop loan waiver of Rs 75,914 to farmer Chotelal, son of Bihari, Rs 98,154 to Masatram, son of Baliram, Rs 98,273 to Jogilal, son of Ramlal, Rs 98,068 to Durgesh, son of Tukaram, Rs 1,39,288 to Dilip, son of Sarjerao, Rs 1,59,617 to Murli, son of Manohar, Rs 82,579 to Sakubai, wife of Nabbu and Rs 97,913 to Saraswati, wife of Mitthu in the programme.
Leprosy patients get utensils
Bhopal: Public Relations Minister PC Sharma took part in the leprosy awareness programme ‘Last war against leprosy’, organised in Jay Prakash district hospital. He distributed sets of utensils to leprosy confirmed beneficiaries. Chief Medical and Health Officer SK Deharia along with other doctors and officials associated with the campaign were present.
e-rickshaw operation will empower women
Bhopal: Public Relations Minister PC Sharma inaugurated e-rickshaw operating system for women in a programme of non-government voluntary organisations at Gandhi Bhavan. Sharma lauded the drive to make women self-dependent and equal to men. He said that e-rickshaw operations will empower women.
Bhanot, Omkar Singh Markam to receive VEEP
Bhopal: The State Government has nominated Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot and Tribal Affairs Minister Omkar Singh Markam as Ministers-in-waiting to receive Vice President on his arrival at Jabalpur and Mandla. Minister Bhanot will receive the Vice President on his arrival at Jabalpur Airport on February 15 and will bid farewell to him on February 16 for Kolkata. Minister Markam has been entrusted with the responsibility of receiving and bidding farewell to the Vice President at Ramnagar Heliped at Mandla headquarters.
State Govt takes call on GPF interest rate
Bhopal: The rate of interest on General Provident Fund and other funds is determined by the State Government as per the rates recommended by the Government of India. In this regard, interest rates are set for each quarter by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
An interest rate of 7.9 percent has been implemented on General Provident Fund and other funds by resolutions issued by the Government of India on 12 July, 2019, 21 October, 2019 and 15 January, 2020 for the quarter of July 1 to September 20, 2019, October 1 to December 31, 2019 and January 1 to March 31, 2020 respectively. According to these rates recommended by the Government of India, the State Government is paying interest on the General Provident Fund.
Eyes of late Gyani Devi Motwani donated
Bhopal: Eyes of late Gyani Devi Motwani, 90, have been donated to Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital by his son Harish. Deceased, Gyani Devi, a resident of Sant Hirdaram Nagar, died on Thursday. With this donation, two blind persons would now get eye-sight.
As many as 1,770 free cornea transplantations have so far been performed in Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital. Trustee LC Janiyani paid homage to the departed soul and expressed gratitude to the family members for this donation.