Chhattisgarh

• 02 Nov 2021

Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and Godhan Nyay Yojana

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On November 1, 2021, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made online payment of an amount of Rs 1510 crore 81 lakh to 21 lakh rural farmers of the state under 'Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana' and 'Godhan Nyay Yojana' on the occasion of Rajyotsav.

Key Points

• This amount includes Rs 1500 crore of the third installment of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and Rs 10 crore 81 lakh as dividend to cow dung vendors, Gothan committees and women self-help groups under Godhan Nyay Yojana.
• The Chief Minister said that in the last three years, the farmers of the state have produced paddy in abundance and the government has also procured ample paddy. The record of buying paddy every year in three years has been broken. This year one crore 5 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is expected to be procured.
• He said that from December 1, the procurement of paddy at support price would start in the state. For the convenience of farmers under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, the date of registration has been extended till November 10, 2021.
• Agriculture Production Commissioner Dr. Kamalpreet Singh said that with the encouragement of the Chhattisgarh government, farmers have entered the state and the farmers have increased towards the cultivation of Rabi crops. This year, the target is to sow rabi crops in 2 lakh 80 thousand hectares in the Rabi season.

'ZORAN'

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On November 1, 2021, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the online dashboard of 'Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme' and a gift pack of 'Zoran', a smart food version of Chhattisgarh's traditional cuisine prepared by women self-help groups, on the occasion of State Foundation Day.

Key Points

• In order to make the Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme more accessible to the citizens, the dashboard of the Slum Health Scheme has been launched.
• From the online dashboard of Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme, citizens will be able to take advance appointments for free treatment from the comfort of their homes. Also, you will be able to see when the mobile medical unit vehicle is going to arrive in their area.
• The drug prescription and test report of the patients will also be available online on this dashboard. To take advantage of this scheme, citizens will have to register on the online dashboard.
• It is noteworthy that on the special initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, a year ago on November 1, 2020, 'Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme' was launched with the aim of providing free and better health facilities to the citizens of the slum areas of the state.
• Under this scheme, treatment facilities are being provided to the needy people in their locality through 60 mobile medical units in 14 municipal areas. In just one year, through Mukhyamantri Slum Health Scheme, more than 11 lakh citizens have been given free treatment and health benefits have been given to them.
• Under the Urban Livelihood Mission, women of self-help groups of Raipur city have prepared millet smart food under the brand name 'Zoran'. 'Zoran' includes 14 smart food products such as Bajra ki Barfi, Darbha Coffee and Ragi Cookies, Bajra and Bastar Cashew Nut Cookies, Millet Pedia, Papchi, Typhari.
• In Chhattisgarh, there is a tradition of giving dishes to the daughter in a jhanpi as a gift at the time of marriage, after which this gift pack has been named 'Zoran'.
• On the occasion of festivals, people will be able to use this gift pack to give gifts to each other. The products made from millet by scientists have been termed as nutritious and smart food.

State Decoration Award, 2021

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On November 1, 2021, the Governor of Chhattisgarh Ms. Anusuiya Uike, on the occasion of State Foundation Day, organized at the Science College Ground in the capital Raipur, at the closing ceremony of the state decoration and Rajyotsava to various personalities of Chhattisgarh for their achievements and honored with state decoration awards for contributing to the development of the state.

Key Points

• This time 31 personalities who have done excellent work in different disciplines were honoured.
• The names of the eminent personalities who have been awarded the state decoration awards are as follows-
• Provided by Tribal Welfare Department
  
  • Shaheed Veernarayan Singh Award - Janki Prasad Pulast (District- Bilaspur)
  • Guru Ghasidas Samman - Puranik Lal Chelak (District- Durg)
  • Haji Hasan Ali Samman - Janab Raunak Jamal (District- Durg)
  • Bhanwar Singh Porte Award - Jango Raitar Social Welfare Committee Chhattisgarh
• Provided by Home (Police) Department
  
  • Pandit Lakhan Lal Mishra Award - Kundanlal Gaur (District- Durg)
• Provided by General Administration Department
  
  • Yeti Yatanlal Samman - Ramakrishna Mission Ashram Narayanpur
  • Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Award - Ms. Vidya Rajput (District- Raipur)
  • Maharaja Agrasen - Ms. K.M. Naidu (District- Bastar)
• Provided by Department of Sports and Youth Welfare
  
  • Gundhoor Samman - Kumari Rohini Sahu (District- Bilaspur)
• Provided by Department of Women and Child Development
  
  • Minimata Samman - Dr. Ms. Kalpana Deshmukh (District- Durg)
• Provided by Cooperative Department
  
  • Thakur Pyarelal Samman - Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Bank Limited, Raipur
• Provided by Department of Agriculture
  
  • Dr. Khubchand Baghel Award - Mukesh Chaudhary (District- Raigarh)
• Provided by Social Welfare Department
  
  • Danveer Bhamashah Samman - Bhavani Saw Ramlal Saw Dharmada Trust Gandhiward (District- Mungeli)
• Provided by Department of Fisheries
  
  • Smt. Bilasa Bai Canvteen Fisheries Development Award - Anil Kumar Sahu (Dist. Durg)
• Provided by Department of Higher Education
  
  • Sanskrit Bhasha Samman - Dr. Toyanidhi Vaishnav (District- Raipur)
• Provided by Department of Labor
  
  • Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singhdev Samman - Prasenjit Saha, V. Janardhan Rao, Ramlal and Deepak Kumar Pandit (NTPC Thermal Power Station Jamnipali Korba)
• Provided by Department of Village Industries
  
  • Bisahu Das Mahant Award for the year 2018-19 - Sunil Kumar and Rajaram Devangan (District- Janjgir-Champa)
  • Bisahu Das Mahant Award for the year 2019-20 - Tukaram Devangan and Shriram Devangan (District- Janjgir-Champa)
  • Rajarajeshwari Karunamata Handloom Incentive Award - Rajesh Kumar Devangan and Tikaram Devangan (District- Balodabazar Bhatapara)
• provided by health department
  
  • Dhanwantri Samman - Dr. K.B Srinivasa Rao (District- Raipur)
• Provided by Public Relations Department
  
  • Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Journalism Award - Anbu Sharma (Print Media Hindi) (District- Dantewada) and Anshuman Sharma (Electronic Media Hindi)
  • Madhukar Kher Memorial Journalism Award - Tikeshwar Patel (Print Media English) (District- Raipur)
  • Pt. Madhavrao Sapre National Creativity Award - Mrinal Pandey (Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh)
• Provided by Law and Legislative Department
  
  • Barrister Thakur Chhedilal Samman - Thakur Bhupendra Pratap Singh (District- Balodabazar) and Kumari Shamim Rehman (District- Raipur)
• Provided by Department of Culture
  
  • Pt. Sunderlal Sharma Award - Nandkishore Tiwari (District- Bilaspur)
  • Chakradhar Samman - Prabhanjay Chaturvedi (District- Durg) and Sunil Tiwari (District- Raipur)
  • Dau Mandraji Samman - Kashiram Sahu (District- Bilaspur) and Rekha Dewar (District- Mungeli)
  • Devdas Banjare Memorial Award- Hriday Prakash Anant (District- Janjgir-Champa) and Amoldas Tandon (District- Durg) (for the year 2021)
  • Devdas Smriti Panthi Dance Award - Gaukaran Das Baghel (District- Durg)
  • Kishore Sahu Award - Manmohan Singh Thakur (District- Raipur)
  • Kishore Sahu National Award - Apoorva Badgaiyya (Mumbai)