Madhya Pradesh

• 01 Feb 2022

Shilp Upvan Inaugurated at Home Guard Headquarters

Why in News

• On January 31, 2022, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra inaugurated Shilp Upvan at Home Guard Headquarters.

Key Points

• In the Shilp Upvan of the Shilp Home Guard Headquarters, the top craftsmen of the country have carved stones in the Home Guard line.
• In the Shilp Upvan, the best living substitutes of stones like Ganesha, Kamdhenu, Shabd Brahma, cunning bird, Shivshakti, Prakriti and meteorite have been substituted. These panoramic crafts made in stone (stones) make a great sense of the relationship between God, nature and man.
• The keys of the multi utility vehicle were handed over to the 4 divisions of the state in the inauguration ceremony of Shilp Upvan. Manish Singh Chauhan, Divisional Commandant of Gwalior, Rohitash Pathak of Jabalpur, Usha Damor of Bhopal and Preeti Bala Singh of Ujjain received the keys.
• On this occasion tablets were provided to all the districts to make the work of disaster management technologically advanced.
• In this program, tablets were given symbolically to officials of 10 districts- Bhopal, Indore, Damoh, Gwalior, Sheopur, Hoshangabad, Shajapur, Satna, Umaria and Katni.
• Governor Mangubhai Patel and Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra saw a photo exhibition focused on the excellent work done by the Home Guard and SDERF personnel in the time of disaster at the Home Guard Headquarters. Apart from this, he also observed the modern tools of disaster management in use in times of crisis.

27% OBC Reservation Implemented in Direct Recruitment in Madhya Pradesh

Why in News

• On January 30, 2022, the Madhya Pradesh State Government issued an order to implement OBC 27 percent reservation in state level and district level direct recruitment.

Key Points

• According to the order of the General Administration Department (GAD), the posts which are left vacant are 16% for SC, 20% for ST, 27% for Other Backward Classes (OBC), 10% for EWS and the rest Will be filled from the posts under unreserved category. Along with this, a total of 33 percent posts will be reserved for women.
• The Madhya Pradesh government had increased the reservation for OBCs from 14% to 27%. This reservation will be considered effective from the date of March 8, 2019. Similarly, EWS reservation will be deemed to be applicable from July 2, 2019.
• Earlier on September 9, 2019, the Madhya Pradesh government had implemented an enhanced 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in all departments except for the recruitment of School Education, Health and Medical Education Department, on which the Madhya Pradesh High Court had implemented was banned.
• It is noteworthy that earlier in Madhya Pradesh, OBC category used to get 14 percent reservation in direct recruitment. At the same time, EWS did not get any reservation.