Election dates declared for Chhattisgarh
Raipur: The State Assembly elections have been declared. Chief Election Commissioner of India VS Sampath made the declaration for elections to be held in five States including Chhattisgarh on October 4 in New Delhi. The elections would be held in two phase in Chhattisgarh. The first phase of polls in will be held on November 11 for which the notification will be issued on October 18. The last date of filing nominations will be October 25 and the last date of withdrawal will be October 28. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on October 26. The second phase of elections will take place on November 19 for which the notification will be issued on October 25. While nominations can be filed till November 1, scrutiny will be held on November 2. The last date of withdrawal is November 4.
RBI Central Board meet held in Raipur
Raipur: The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) met on Friday under chairmanship of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in the city. The Board reviewed the current economic situation, global and domestic challenges and policy responses. The Central Board meets at least once every quarter. Apart from holding meetings in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and one in New Delhi after the Union Budget which is addressed by the Finance Minister, the rest of the meetings are held in other state capitals by rotation. The prime task of the Central Board of Directors of the RBI is to provide overall direction to the Reserve Bank’s affairs. The last RBI Central Board meeting at Raipur was held in 2006.
Explosives found in the Capital
Raipur: A bagful of explosives found on the busy GE Road beside Kalda Nursing Home in Choubey Colony, a posh locality, located in front of Raj Kumar College in Raipur on September 30 which, created panic in the entire area, besides putting the city police and their bosses on toes. Within minutes police officials reached the spot along with bomb disposal squad and took away the explosives kept in a new bag to a deserted place ahead of Urja Park and thankfully succeeded in diffusing them safely. The bomb disposal squad examined and found that the six PVC pipes of half-inch diameter were tied together with a tape. One of the pipes was sealed with tapes and a condenser was also attached to it. Few wires were also wrapped around the bomb.
State Secretariat goes digital
Raipur: Chief Minister Raman Singh inaugurated the Digital Secretariat and State Portal and State Service Delivery Gateway at the Mantralaya on October 1. About 1.10 crore records in the 2 lakh files of 33 departments of the Mantralaya have been scanned and uploaded on the server of the State Data Centre. The works of the digital secretariat are based on the electronic record management system, in which file and records, like file management, file search, dak management and other related works are performed online. At present, this application software is used in finance and information technology departments. The Chief Minister said that with the Digital Secretariat, works of Mantralaya would be more effective and transparent, which would directly benefit the common man.