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Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs -January 2017 To July 2017

 Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs -January 2017 To June 2017 

      Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - January 2017 
                                                   
   
    Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Receives Green Signal from Panel 
    i. The Ken-Betwa River Linking Project received clearance from the green panel and Tribal 
    Affairs Ministry on January 13, 2017. 
    ii. The ambitious Rs. 9,393 crore project aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken River to 
    the Betwa basin through concrete canals to irrigate India’s worst drought-prone Bundelkhand 
    region. 
    iii. The project will benefit Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in terms of meeting irrigation, 
    drinking water and electricity needs of people across 6 districts in the two states. 
    Ministry of Defence to Set up Rs 1500 cr Defence Unit in Madhya Pradesh 
    i. The Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar 
    announced on January 31, 2017 that the Ministry of Defence is set to open its Defence 
    Unit in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh. 
    ii. The unit would be set up in Kailaras and Sabalgarh tehsil areas and span over 969.735 
    hectare of land at a cost of Rs. 1500 crore. 
    Madhya Pradesh Announces Total Ban on Polythene Bags from May 1, 2017 
    i. During the Republic Day address on January 26, 2017 in the state, Chief Minister of Madhya 
    Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a complete ban on polythene carry bags from 
    May 1, 2017 in Madhya Pradesh. 
    ii. The decision aims to conserve environment, promote cleanliness and protect cows that 
    generally dies of eating plastic bags. 
    iii. For the proper implementation of the ban, the CM has given three months time to the 
    polythene manufacturers. 
    Anandam Scheme Launched in Madhya Pradesh to Help Poor 
    i. Madhya Pradesh government lead by Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched Aanandam 
    programme of the newly-formed Aanand Department.  
    ii. Aim : To help the poor and the needed person.  
    iii. Aanandam scheme will help the poor people to get the daily needs like like jackets, 
    sarees, blankets, utensils, school bags from the wealthy people. For this particular place is 
    alloacted in each district to collect this items. 
 Madhya Pradesh Launches Digital Dakiya Scheme For Digital Literacy 
    i. Madhya Pradesh government inaugurated a first of its kind scheme of the country, “Digital 
    Dakiya” in Indore on January 14, 2017 to encourage cashless transaction in the state. 
    ii .Under the scheme, a Digital Postman referred as Digital Dakiya would visit door to door in 
    both urban and rural areas to train households specially women and elderly people about 
    digitized transactions 

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - February 2017 

 Madhya Pradesh government to set up Tourism Board 
    Shivraj Singh Chouhan lead by Madhya Pradesh government has decided to constitute Madhya 
    Pradesh Tourism Board for expansion of facilities at tourist spots and draw investment in the 
    sector. 
    About the Board : 
    i. MP Tourism Board would be a non-profit company and will be  registered under the Companies 
    Act 
    ii. The board will take all responsibilities mentioned under Tourism Policy-2016. 
    Board Members : 
    ♦ Chairman : Shivraj Singh Chouhan   & Deputy chairman: Tourism minister of the state 
    ♦ Directors: Chief Secretary and principal secretaries of finance, forests, urban development, 
    environment and culture departments 
    Mil Banche Programme held in all Government Schools of Madhya Pradesh 
    i. An initiative by the government of Madhya Pradesh, “Mil Banche MP” (Let MP read 
    together) programme was held in all the primary and middle government schools of the 
    Madhya Pradesh on February 18, 2017 to increase knowledge and the understanding about 
    language among students.. 
    ii. Under the programme, all the district administrators, government officials, public 
    representatives, college students, retired officials, businessmen, media persons, doctors, 
    engineers, sports persons and including common man will teach and interact with students of all 
    government schools of the state. 
    iii .As a part of the programme, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also 
    visited the Sanjay Gandhi Middle School in Bhopal where he had studied during his childhood. 
    The Union Cabinet Approves Establishment of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP) 
    at Amlaha, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh 
    The Union Government chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 15, 2017
 approved setting up of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP) at Amlaha, Sehore 
    in Madhya Pradesh for meeting the emerging food security challenges. 
        • FLRP would be set up by the by I nternational Center for Agricultural Research in 
         Dry Areas (ICARDA) with satellite hubs in West Bengal (for pulses) and Rajasthan (for 
         natural resource management). 
        • The Cabinet has also approved signing of lease deed with Madhya Pradesh  
         government for the land provided by them (70.99 hectare, 175.42 acre) at Amlaha 
         Farm, Sehore on land rent of Re 1 per acre per year for 30 years on lease and to further 
         lease it to ICARDA to establish the FLRP in the state. 
        • Besides, the cabinet gave in principle approval for conferring an international 
         status on the Food Legume Research Platform of ICARDA as contemplated in 
         Clause 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947. 
    Khajuraho Dance Festival Starts in Madhya Pradesh 
    i. The Khajuraho Dance Festival kicked off at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh from February 20, 
    2017. The seven day festival will conclude on February 26, 2017. 
    ii. The dance festival is conducted every year by the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad. 
    iii. This cultural festival showcases various Indian classical dance styles such 
    as Kathak, Bharathanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuriand Kathakali with performances of some 
    of the best exponents in the field. 
    2-Day South Asian Speakers’ Summit Begins In Indore 
    i. The two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit was inaugurated by LokSabha 
    Speaker SumitraMahajan in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on February 18, 2017 
    ii. Speakers of six countries includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, 
    Maldives and Nepal attended the meeting to deliberate on ways to achieve sustainable 
    development goals. 
    iii. The summit will have a plenary session on ‘Identifying Resources for SDGs Implementation in 
    South Asia: Opportunities for Parliamentary Cooperation’ 
    iv. A working session on ‘Gender Equality As A Critical Factor For Sustainable Development’ will 
    discuss opportunities that the SDGs present to strike a better gender balance and to determine 
    the gender impact of sustainable development policies. 
    v. This will conclude with the adoption of an ‘I ndore Declaration‘ at a closing ceremony on 
    February 18, 2017 
Former MP JambuvantraoDhote passes away 
    i. Former Nagpur MP and firebrand leader JambuwantraoDhote passed away at 
    Yavatmal, Maharashtra on February 18, 2017. He is 78. 
    ii. Dhote is Popularly known as “Lion of Vidarbha” because he always stood for the cause of 
    separate Vidarbha 
    iii. He was also a legislator for two terms from Yavatmal district. Ge started his political career 
    with the Forward Bloc and later moved to the Congress in the late 70s before joining the Shiv 
    Sena.



Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - March 2017 

Madhya Pradesh Presents 2017-18 Budget, Announces Deendayal Rasoi Yojna for Poor 
    The Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya presented Rs.1,85,564.27 crore Budget for 
    2017-2018 in the state Assembly on March 1, 2017. 
    ♦ The minister estimated the net expenditure to be Rs 1,69,954.46 crore with a revenue surplus 
    of Rs 4596.40 crore for 2017-18. 
    Deendayal Rasoi Yojna 
    i. The Minister announced Deendayal Rasoi Yojna and allocated a sum of Rs 10 crore for creating 
    necessary infrastructure to implement the scheme in order to provide food at subsided rate to the 
    poor in urban areas. 
    ii. The Year 2017 is the birth centenary year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and will be 
    celebrated as ‘Garib Kalyan Varsh’. 
    iii .To mark the occasion, ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojna’ is being launched in selected urban areas of the 
    state. 
    iv. The state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced to provide the meal to the poor 
    for Rs 5 initially in four major listed cities. 
    v. The funds for the scheme will be arranged through the donations received from corporate 
    sector under Corporate Social Responsibility.  
    Other Allocations 
    i. Education: Rs 19,872.89 crore 
    ii. Energy Sector: Rs 16801.62 crore 
    iii .Rural Development: Rs 14387.50 crore 
    iv .Urban Development: Rs 11489.03 crore 
    v. Public Works Department: Rs 8576.17 crore 
    vi. Pension to unemployed widows: Rs 1,501 crore 
    vii. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; Rs. 600 crore 
    viii. Subsidy to MP residents for pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar hiked from Rs 30,000 to Rs 
    50,000.
  ix. An amount of Rs 102-crore was allocated for the plantation and horticulture work on the banks 
    of river Narmada. 
    x. Rs 10 crore was allocated for setting up a ‘Vedant Peeth’ at Omkareshwar as a mark of respect 
    to Adiguru Shankaracharya. 
    xi .In addition, a ‘Vir Bharat Nyas’ will be set up with an initial provision of Rs 9 crore to preserve 
    the memories of martyrs. 
    xii. In an effort to improve e-governance infrastructure, Rs 25 crore was assigned for the 
    expansion of state data centre. 
    Tribal festival ‘Bhagoria’ Begins in Jhabua 
    i. Bhagoria Festival, also known as Bhagoria Haat Festival, celebrated by the tribal people of 
    the Indian state Madhya Pradesh began on March 6, 2017 in Jhabua district 
    ii. The festival which has been organized at 34 places in the state is celebrated in the month of 
    March before the Holi Festival by the local tribes called Bhils and Bhilalas. 
    President Appoints New Chief Justices in MP, Patna, Kerala, Chattisgrah, Jharkhand HCs 
    The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced the appointment of new Chief 
    Justices in the state of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Patna and Jharkhand High 
    Courts on March 10, 2017. 
    Madhya Pradesh High Court: Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge of the Patna High Court appointed 
    to be the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. 
    World’s Oldest Plant-Like Fossils Found In India 
    i. Scientists from Swedish Museum of Natural History have found two kinds of fossils resembling 
    red algae in uniquely well-preserved sedimentary in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh 
    ii. One type is thread-like, the other one consists of fleshy colonies.This algae is 1.6 billion years 
    old which will be the oldest evidence of plant-like life found on the Earth. 
    iii. The Indian fossils are 400 million years older and by far the oldest plant-like fossils


Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - April 2017 

MP govt. to launch Hindu priesthood diploma course Purohityam - religion no bar 
    The Madhya Pradesh Government-run Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan  plans to launch one 
    year diploma course from July 2017 known as “Diploma in Purohityam “ for teaching 
    priesthood.
Madhya Pradesh government DMRC to ink pact to supply power from Rewa Project 
    Power Purchase agreement (PPA) has signed between Delhi Metro Railways 
    Corporation (DMRC) & Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company (MPPMC) with Rewa 
    Ultra Mega Solar Limited, the implementing agency for the ‘world’s largest single site solar power 
    project’, the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project (UMSPP, 750MW) in Bhopal on April 
    17,2017 by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable 
    Energy and Mines. 
      • Rewa UMSPP had achieved historic results with a record low first year tariff of Rs 2.97 per 
       unit of electricity and a levelised tariff of Rs 3.30 over the term of 25 years. 
    Madhya Pradesh bans plastic/ polythene bag from May 1 
    The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to ban Plastic and Polythene bag from 1st of 
    May. It has been done because of the numbers of cow death across the state. 
    Bhopal to have India’s first privately run Railway station 
    For the first time in Indian Railway’s history Habibganj station in Bhopal has been handed over 
    to Private firm to be operated by it. 
    Key Points: 
    i. The station building will be developed in line with airport terminals but trains at the station will 
    be run by the Railways. 
    ii. During 2016-2017 Rs 10,181 crore was earned by Indian railways which Indian railway want 
    to increase to Rs 14000 crore to this fiscal year. 
    Deendayal Rasoi Yojana launched in 49 districts of MP 
    Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched subsidized meal scheme at 
    Rs.5 in Gwalior. This scheme helps people to get economical nutritious and good quality food 
    under the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana at cheaper rates. It is launched in 49 districts across the 
    state. 
    i. The scheme includes 49 districts in first phase. Under this scheme the poor people will get four 
    chapattis, one vegetable curry and dal everyday between 11 am to 3 pm. 
    ii. Breakfast will be served at Rs 5 and lunch will be served at Rs.8. All these arrangements will be 
    done by Level Coordination And Monitoring Commiittee in which they will monitor all aspects 
    of scheme and at least 2000 people will serve every day. 
    iii. The budget of this scheme is Rs 10 crore and it will be funded by Corporate Sector Under 
    Corporate Social Responsibility.
MP E-Nagarpalika APP launched by Madhya Pradesh to provide Municipal Services 
    Online 
    The Madhya Pradesh government has launched mobile application MP e-Nagarpalika to provide 
    various municipal services online. The App was launched by Chief Minister of Madhya 
    Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan. 
    ♦ The mobile app is the part of Rs 225-crore e-nagarpalika project, under which all municipal 
    services would be made available online on a unified web platform

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - May 2017 

 I ndia opens small arms manufacturing unit in MP in a joint venture with Israel 
    Punj Lloyd Ltd and JV partner Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has inaugurated the 
    country's first private sector small arms manufacturing plant at Malanpur in Madhya 
    Pradesh. 
    i. It aims to manufacture small arms in the plant for the Indian defence forces and also for 
    exports. 
    ii. It is the first time to get its own 'Made in I ndia' small arms. 
    iii. Total cost of this programme is Rs 200 crore for fabrication and assembly facility for defence 
    systems, primarily for small arms. 
    PM Modi launches Narmada Seva Mission in Madhya Pradesh 
    On May 15, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Narmada Seva Mission’, which 
    enlists steps to be taken for the conservation of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh. PM 
    Modi launched this mission document at the concluding ceremony of the ‘Namami Devi 
    Narmade Sewa Yatra’ at Amarkantak in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. Amarkantak 
    is the origin place of River Narmada. 
    About ‘Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra’: 
    ‘Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra’, an awareness campaign for conservation of River Narmada 
    was launched by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on December 11, 
    2016 from Amarkantak. 
        • A core team of 50 sevaks covered a distance of 1831 km on the southern bank of 
          the river and 1513 km on the northern bank passing through nearly 1100 villages and towns. Various public functions and events were organised along the course of the yatra for involving masses in this conservation campaign.
• Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and spiritual leader Dalai Lama extended support to this campaign. 
          
    Madhya Pradesh govt announces indefinite ban on sand mining in Narmada river 
    The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a total ban on sand mining in Narmada 
    River.  
    i. The river flows through 18 districts in Madhya Pradesh and the ban will be effective in all 18 
    districts. 
    ii. The state government has also imposed a complete ban on use of all kinds of machines for 
    mining from the remaining rivers in the state. 
    MP first to switch to Jan-Dec fiscal year 
    Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to switch to the January-December financial 
    year from existing April-March cycle. 
    i. It will break a 150-year old tradition of adopting the financial year from April to March. 
    ii. This practice of April-March financial year was adopted by the British Government in 1867. 
    iii. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to shift the financial year to January-
    December. 
    I ndore is I ndia’s cleanest city, UP’s Gonda dirtiest: Swachh Bharat survey 
    On May 4, 2017 Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu released 3rd edition of the 
    Swachh Survekshan which ranked 434 Indian cities on various cleanliness parameters. I ndore 
    in Madhya Pradesh emerged as the cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh ranked at the 
    bottom as the dirtiest city. 
    Data for compiling the rankings were provided by municipal corporations and independent 
    assessors. Quality Council of I ndia deployed 421 assessors for on the spot assessment of 
    17,500 locations in 434 cities and towns. 
    Top 10 Clean Cities - Swachh Survekshan 2017: 
                Rank  Cities 
                1st I ndore – Madhya Pradesh 
                2nd Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh 
                3rd Visakhapatnam – Andhra Pradesh 
                4th Surat – Gujarat 
                5th Mysuru – Karnataka 
                6th Tiruchirapally – Tamil Nadu 
                7th NDMC – Delhi 
                8th Navi Mumbai – Maharashtra 
                9th Tirupathi – Andhra Pradesh 
                10th Vadodara – Gujarat 
 Bottom 10 Cities – Swachh Survekshan 2017: 
                  Rank  Cities 
                  434th Gonda – Uttar Pradesh 
                  433rd Bhusawal – Maharashtra 
                  432nd  Bagaha – Bihar 
                  431st Hardoi – Uttar Pradesh 
                  430th Katihar – Bihar 
                  429th Bahraich – Uttar Pradesh 
                  428th Muktsar – Punjab 
                  427th Abohar – Punjab 
                  426th Shahjahanpur – Uttar Pradesh 
                  425th Khurja – Uttar Pradesh 
    Highlights of Swachh Survekshan 2017: 
    Mysuru, which was holding the top spot since past two surveys, slipped to No. 5 position this 
    time. 
        • 50 out of 62 cities of Uttar Pradesh in the survey ranked below 300. 5 out of bottom 10 
         cities are of Uttar Pradesh. 
        • Varanasi, which is PM Modi’s contituency has registered a meteoric rise in rankings. In 
         2014, it ranked 418th, in 2016 it ranked 65th and in 2017 it ranked 32nd. 
        • Cities of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been best performers in terms of 
         improvement in rankings. 
        • West Bengal State Govt. did not participate in Swachh Sarvekshan 2017, thus its cities 
         have not been ranked. 
    I I T Kharagpur Signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh For Measuring Happiness Index 
    I I T Kharagpur’s Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness has signed a MoU 
    with Madhya Pradesh government’s ‘Rajya Anandam Sansthan. It is a Department of 
    Happiness. 
    Key Notes: 
    i. The MoU has been signed to collaborate on the development of a Happiness Index for 
    measuring the well-being of the residents of the state. 
    ii. The Happiness index would be developed by IIT-KGP and the data collected by the state 
    government. 
    Madhya Pradesh Assembly declares Narmada living entity 
    Madhya Pradesh government has passed a law in the state to give recognition to Narmada 
    River. 
    i. A special session of the state Assembly passed the resolution granting the 1312-km-
    long Narmada. 
    ii. It provides all legal rights of a person or a living entity to ensure “conservation of aquatic 
    bio-diversity linked with the purity and continual flow of the river”. 
 Ex-Madhya Pradesh minister Pratap Singh Baghel passes away 
    Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Pratap Singh Baghel had passed away. 
    He was 70. 
    i. He was also elected Member of Parliament from Dhar in 1985. 
    ii. Pratap Singh had served as minister in MP twice. 
    iii. He was elected MLA from Kukshi in 1972, 1977 and 1980. 
    Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave Passes Away 
    Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave has passed away. He was 60. 
    i. He was born in Barnagar in Madhya Pradesh.  
    ii. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in August 2009. 
    iii. He was sworn in as a minister with independent charge of environment, forest and climate 
    change. 
    iv. Dave took charge as Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in July 2016.


                  Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - June 2017 
     
I ndore I ndia's first city to use robot to control unruly traffic 
    I ndore has become the first city in I ndia where a robot is being used on an experimental 
    basis to control its ever growing and unruly traffic. 
    i. The traffic police in association with a private engineering college of the city for the first time 
    installed a metallic robot at a busy MR 9 intersection on an experimental basis to control the 
    chaotic traffic in the locality. 
    ii. This robot has been designed and manufactured by two professors of an engineering 
    college of the city, Prof Rahul Tiwari and Aniruddh Sharma. 
    I ndia and ADB Sign $275 Million Loan for Upgrading Urban Services in 64 Small Towns 
    in Madhya Pradesh 
    The GOI and Asian Development Bank has signed USD 275 million loan for a piped water 
    supply project for rapidly urbanising small towns. It will cover 3 lakh households in 64 small 
    towns in Madhya Pradesh.  
    i. The state government will provide a USD 124 million counterpart support for the project. 
    ii. As per ADB it will be completed by June 2022. 
    iii. It will develop sustainable, inclusive and climate resilient water supply in 64 small 
    and mid-sized towns. 
 Madhya Pradesh government launches farmers’debt relief scheme, allocates Rs 1,000 
    crore 
    Madhya Pradesh government has launched a new debt relief scheme “Krishi Rin Samadhan 
    Yojana” for farmers. 
    i. The cabinet has allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the scheme. 
    ii. Under this scheme, the interest rate on loans would be less which would in turn also help 
    defaulting farmers get loan. 
    iii. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the kith and the kin of the dead farmers.

Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs - July 2017
    Madhya Pradesh sets record with plantation of 6 cr saplings in day 
    The Madhya Pradesh government has set a record of 6 cr saplings were planted in 24 districts 
    of Narmada basin in just 12 hours. 
    i. MP government has undertook a massive plantation drive on 2 July 2017 to save the 
    environment and for the conservation of the Narmada River. 
    ii. The plantation drive that started from 7 am continued till 7 pm along the banks of the 
    river covering 24 districts of the state. 
    iii. The arrangement for 3 Cr saplings was done by the forest department, while the remaining 
    3 Cr were provided by other departments and private nurseries. 
    Foundation stone of country’s biggest Global Skill Park laid by Rajeev Pratap Shivraj 
    Singh Chouhan in Bhopal 
    On July 3, 2017, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 
    Rajeev Pratap Rudi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the 
    foundation stone of the I ndia’s biggest Global Skill Park in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. 
    Other Dignitaries present at the ceremony: Former cricketer K Srikanth, Singapore 
    Embassy’s Councellor Ajit Singh, Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of State for Skill Development 
    (Independent Charge), Chetan Chouhan. 
    About Global Skill Park in Bhopal:
Global Skill Park will be constructed on 37 acre land allotted in Narela Shankari area of Bhopal. 
        • The park will be established with the support of Singapore’s I nstitute of Technical 
         Education and Education Services (ITEES) with an estimated cost of Rs. 645 
         crore. 
    Health Ministry holds 4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and 
    I nnovations in Public Health Care Systems 
    On July 6, 2017, Ms. Sumitra Mahajan - Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha inaugurated the 4th 
    National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care 
    Systems at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Faggan Singh Kulaste and Ms. Anupriya Patel - 
    Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare and Mr. Rustam Singh, Health Minister (MP) were 
    also present at the occasion. 
      • Highlights of 4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and Innovations 
        in Public Health Care Systems: 
      • During her address, Ms. Sumitra Mahajan mentioned that National Health Policy, 
        2017 is a landmark step as it commits to comprehensive primary healthcare, effective 
        regulatory framework and best infrastructure.  
      • Awards Given to States/ Union Territories by Health Ministry: 
      • During the Summit, the Health Ministry also gave away awards to the States and UTs 
        on the basis of Health Indicators and Service Delivery. 
    Category                  States/ Uts 
    Best performing States in the category of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. 
    indoor services 
    Best performing UTs in the category of indoor Daman and Diu 
    services 
    Best states for out-patient services Gujarat, Punjab and Jharkhand 
    Best UTs for out-patient services Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
    Average out of pocket expenditure per delivery  Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh 
    in public health facility – States 
    Average out of pocket expenditure per delivery  Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
    in public health facility – Uts 
    Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate Jammu & Kashmir & West Bengal 
    (IMR) – Bigger States 
    Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate Manipur 
    (IMR) – Smaller States 
    Award for decline in Infant Mortality Rate Puducherry 
    (IMR) – Uts 
    Best Performance in Revised National TB Assam & Himachal Pradesh 
    Control Programme 
     Shala Siddhi Prohatsan Yojana started in 25,000 MP schools 
    Madhya Pradesh’s school education department is going to start programmes such as 
    'Hamari Shala Kaisi Ho' and 'Shala Siddhi Karyakram' in all government schools of the state. 

    i. It aims to provide qualitative education to the government school students.
    ii. The State Education Centre has also started Shala Siddhi Prohatsan Yojana under the 
    programme in 25 thousand schools of the state to encourage best works.  
    iii. A time table has also been fixed for the award process going by the time table, the district 
    core committees would be required to form block-level selection committees by 22nd July. 
    MP CM Chouhan launches RSS website 
    The Madhya Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched the RSS website on 10th of 
    July 2017. 
    i. At a programmeorganized in Bhopal on 10th of July for the dedication of Rashtriya 
    Swayamsevak Sangh’s Sewa Prabhag website "Sewagatha" has been launched. 
    ii. It will highlight the good work done by citizens and the information about it will 

    encourage people. 

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