betel leaf farmers to get grant-in-aid
Bhopal: The State Government has decided to provide grant-in-aid in case of loss of crop of betel leaf due to natural calamity. From now on, the loss of 25 to 33 percent crop of betel leaf etc grant-in-aid of Rs 30,000 per hectare or Rs 750 per shift will be payable. Similarly, in case of loss of more than 33 percent betel leaf crop, grant-in-aid amount of Rs 40,000 per hectare or Rs 1,000 per shift has been provided. This amendment will come into effect from the date of issue of the order.
1K camps to spread awareness about cancer
Bhopal: Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Tulsiram Silavat has said that a target has been set to organise one thousand camps / meetings to increase public awareness about cancer.
The camps have started being organised since January 2020 and till date, about 25 camps/meetings have been organised in various districts including Bhopal.
The camps also include those organised under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
He said that in this campaign camps / awareness meetings will be organised in each ward of the city so that maximum number of people can take advantage of it.
CEO of Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital Divya Parashar said that cancer is fast becoming an epidemic.
The main reasons for this are the polluted environment, changes in lifestyle, side effects due to consumption of tobacco and related products and the psychology of ignorance and fear about this disease. In such a situation, public awareness is needed for its prevention.
Faculty Development Programme held
Bhopal: Sagar Institute of Science and Technology (SISTec) Ratibad’s Department of Electrical Engineering organised two-day Faculty Development Programme on LaTex programme at its campus.
The programme was sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) under third phase of Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-III).
The two day training programme is aimed to create awareness on information and techniques to develop good formatting of IEEE standard paper.
LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system which includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.
It is also a standard of communication and publication of scientific documents and is available as free software.
The training programme was inaugurated by Chief Guest SC Choube Coordinator TEQIP-III, RGPV Bhopal in presence of Jyoti Deshmukh - Principal SISTec Ratibad Campus and HOD of Electrical Engineering Department.
Expert speakers Rajesh Kumar- Professor, HOD, MNIT Jaipur, PDF from NUS Singapore, Akash Saxena -Professor, Head, SKIT, Jaipur enlightened over 50 faculties on beamer also which enables to make conference level presentations.
Jyoti Deshmukh - Principal SISTec Ratibad and Rahul Mishra General Manager Operations extended thanks to speakers and presented mementos to dignitaries.