Guv expels 6 Cabinet members on CM’s advice
Bhopal: Governor Lalji Tandon has expelled 6 members of the Cabinet with immediate effect on the advice of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. The names of these Ministers are Imarti Devi, Tulsiram Silavat, Govind Singh Rajput, Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Pradyuman Singh Tomar and Prabhuram Chaudhary.
Committee for promotion of logistics sector
Bhopal: The State Government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary for promotion of logistics sector and natural gas pipeline projects in the State.
Under the work allocation rules of the State Government, the committee will give suggestions as regard to the inclusion of matter of logistics and natural gas pipeline under the authority of Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Department.
The committee will also give suggestions in connection to the analysis and simplification of regulatory requirements/ permissions/ opinions with respect to the logistics sector and natural gas pipeline projects. The committee will submit its report to the state government within a month.
The Additional Chief Secretary General Administration, Additional Chief Secretary Finance, Additional Chief Secretary Energy, Principal Secretary Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, Principal Secretary Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Warehousing and Director level officers of Logistics Corporation, Food Corporation of India, Central Warehousing Corporation, Container Corporation of India, Gas Authority of India Limited have been inducted as members of the committee. The Managing Director of, M.P. I.D.C. has been made member secretary of the committee.
55,527 cases of faulty power dues resolved
Bhopal: Energy Minister Priyavrat Singh has informed that more than 55,527 cases have been resolved by the committees constituted for power distribution to solve faulty power dues from June 2019 to January 2020. A total of 1,210 committees have been formed in the entire State. As many as 13,249 cases have been resolved by the three power distribution companies in June-July, 11,349 in August, 8039 in September, 6,945 in October, 5105 in November, 6,016 in December and 4,824 cases in January. Singh has instructed to provide the right electricity bill to the consumers at the right time.
holiday in schools in view of Corona
Bhopal: The State Government has temporarily declared a holiday in all government and private schools of the state till further orders to protect against the Novel Corona virus (Covid-19) and disease caused by it. Principal Secretary School Education Department, Smt. Rashmi Arun Shami has issued instructions in this regard to all schools. Instruction has been issued that examinations of Class V and VIII will be conducted as per pre-fixed schedule. The annual examinations of Class 10th and 12th (whether they are being conducted under the aegis of any competent board / management) will be conducted as per the pre-fixed schedule.
During the holiday period, all the teaching and non-teaching staff in all the government schools will be present in the school and will do official and academic work. Private schools will be able to take a decision in their own discretion regarding the presence of teaching and non-teaching staff in the school.
Online admissions in Govt and pvt colleges
Bhopal: Admissions will be online in all Government and private colleges in the State for the academic session 2020-21. Higher Education department will conduct e-admission process in three phases from May 11 at graduation level and from May 21, 2020 at post-graduate level. In the first phase, the admission process will take place and in the other two phases, Centralized College Level Counseling (CLC) will be proposed. At the time of registration, applicants will be able to fill their choice by selecting 15 colleges / courses instead of maximum nine.
The Principals of all the universities and the colleges have been instructed by the Department of Higher Education to conduct examinations on time and declare the results. Under the e-admission process, it will be mandatory for all colleges to upload courses / subjects, no-objection certificates and affiliation of universities on the portal from April 1 to April 30.
62,350 tribal students get housing allowance
Bhopal: The State Government has provided an amount of about Rs 72 crore as housing allowance to 62,350 students of tribal class to help in college studies. This assistance has been made available to students for whom hostel facilities have not been made available. Last year, financial aid for housing was provided to about 28,500 students.
Special attention is being paid to the training of teachers to improve the quality of education in government schools run by the Tribal Welfare Department. Principals have been imparted training through Indian Institute of Management (I.I.M.) Indore. Through the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhi Nagar, 25 Science and 25 Mathematics teachers have been trained as source teachers.
As many as 25 P.G.Ts and 29 T.G.Ts of the Tribal Welfare Department have been trained according to the new educational technology through C.B.S.E. New Delhi. In addition, honorarium of CTET pass guest teachers in Eklavya Model Residential Schools has also been increased.
Screening camps held during world Glaucoma week
Bhopal: During world Glaucoma week, 3 free screening camps were organised at Shujalpur, Akodiya and Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital, Sant Hirdaram Nagar. Out of 82 patients screened in Sewa Sadan 24 Glaucoma patients were identified.
Similarly, at Shujalpur, screening of 165 patients was done. Of them 7 were Glaucoma patients.
At Akodiya 4 Glaucoma patients were identified out of 78 screened patients. These camps were organised with the help of International NGO, CBM.
World Glaucoma week concludes on Friday. As many as 89 and 41 free spaces were also dispensed to the patients of poor vision of Shujalpur and Akodiya respectively.
Glaucoma specialists Dr Samta Patel, Dr Sapna Srivastava and Dr Deepa Raidas Singh have examined the patients in Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital.
Ceramic Pottery workshop from March 16
Bhopal: Under the series of skill development programme conducted by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya Bhopal, a two months long Ceramic Pottery workshop will be organised from March 16 to May 15, 2020 at IGRMS campus.
In this workshop training regarding different phases of Ceramic pottery making will be given by artist Dulal Chandra Manna. In the first phase of this workshop, the most common techniques of making pottery of various shapes and other materials by hand with specially prepared terracotta clay, such as pinch, koel, slab technique and chalk will teach and the use of simple wooden tools and participants will be made aware of the methods of trimming and finishing of pottery.
The final phase will be confined to the glaze making of pottery and firing in the kiln at 10,500 – 11,000 Fahrenheit temperature. After completion of the workshop certificates will be awarded to the participants.
Internal annual exams in all schools postponed
Bhopal: The State Government has postponed internal annual examinations in all schools of the state to prevent spread of Corona Virus. Commissioner Public Education and Director State Education Centre, Jayashree Kiyawat has instructed all the districts in this regard.
All the schools have been directed to postpone all the internal annual examinations, including Classes I to IV, and Classes VI and VII, to be conducted internally. This instruction will be applicable in all Government and non-government schools of the State.
It is worth mentioning that as per the order issued by the School Education Department, the annual examinations of Class Vth and VIIIth board in Government schools and the board examinations of Class Xth and XIIth will be conducted according to the pre-determined timetable. In addition to board examinations in private schools, all internal examinations will be postponed till further orders.