Chhattisgarh

• 02 Nov 2022

Chhattisgarh State Decoration Award

Why In News?

Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel honored various personalities of Chhattisgarh with state decoration awards for their achievements and contribution to the development of the state in the state decoration and Rajyotsav ceremony organized on the occasion of Chhattisgarh State Foundation Day on November 1, 2022. .

Key Points

State Decoration Awards and personalities awarded to them

Award/Honour	Honorable personality	providing department
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Award	Narayan Markam	Tribal Welfare Department
Pandit Lakhan Lal Mishra Samman	Laxmi Prasad Jaiswal	Home Department
Yati Yatanlal Samman	Madan Mohan Gaushala (Kharsia, Raigarh)	General Administration Department
Gundadhur Samman	Amitesh Mishra	Sports and Youth Welfare Department
Minimata Samman	Dr. Meera Shukla	Women and Child Development Department
Guru Ghasidas Samman	Khemchand Bharti	Tribal Welfare Department
Thakur Pyarelal Samman	Ashok Agarwal	Co-operative Department
Haji Hasan Ali Samman	Janab Yunus Khan	Tribal Welfare Department
Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla Samman	Sitaram Agarwal	General Administration Department
Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Samman	Rameshwar Vaishnav	Culture Department
chakradhar Samman	Vedmani Singh Thakur	Culture Department
Dau Mandraji Samman	Jayanti Yadav and Pandit Ram (jointly)	Culture Department
Dr. Khubchand Baghel Samman	Kheduram Banjare	Department of Agriculture
Maharaja Agrasen Samman	Ishwar Prasad Agarwal	General Administration Department
Danveer Bhamashah Samman	Gangotri Verma	Social Welfare Department
Bilasabai Kenvatin Fish Development Award	Rupchand Dheewar	Fisheries Department
Sanskrit Language Award	Dr. Balkrishna Tiwari	Department of Higher Education
Bhanwar Singh Porte Samman	Tukeshwar Kanwar	Tribal Welfare Department
Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singhdeo Award	NTPC Sipat and Paluram Sahu (jointly)	Labour Department
Bisahudas Mahant Award 2020-21	Anand Dewangan and Pancharan Dewangan (jointly)	Department of Village Industries
Bisahudas Mahant Award 2021-22	Rajan Dewangan and Krishna Kumar Dewangan (jointly)
Rajarajeshwari Karunamata Handloom Promotion Award	Narasimha Dewangan and Sripati Meher Dewangan (jointly)	Department of Village Industries
Devdas Banjare Memorial Award	Dwarka Burman	Culture Department
Devdas Smriti Panthi Dance Award	Milap Das Banjare	Culture Department
Kishore Sahu Samman	Manu Nayak	Culture Department
Kishore Sahu National Ornamentation	Palash Vaswani	Culture Department
Dhanvantari Samman	Dr. Manoj Chouksey	Health Department
Barrister Thakur Chhedilal Samman	Dr. Priya Rao and Vivek Saraswat (jointly)	Law and Legislative Department
Chhattisgarh Pravasi Bharatiya Samman	Ganesh Tax	Culture Department
Lala Jagdalpuri Literary Award	life	Culture Department
Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Journalism Award	Hindi Print Media - Dhananjay Verma Electronic Media Hindi- Amitesh Pandey and Dr. Vaibhav Shiv Pandey (jointly)	Public Relations Department
Madhukar Kher Memorial Journalism Award (Print Media English)	Dr. K. N. Kishor	Public Relations Department
Pandit Madhavrao Sapre National Creativity Award	Sudeep Thakur	Public Relations Department

Third Tribal National Festival Inaugurated

Why In News?

On the occasion of Chhattisgarh State Foundation Day on November 1, 2022, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Speaker Dr. Chief Minister Mr. Charan Das Mahant and Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the Third National Tribal Dance Festival at Science College ground in Raipur by playing nagada as per tribal tradition.

Key Points

• Before this, he lit the lamp on the picture of Chhattisgarh Mahtari and started the program with Chhattisgarh state song 'Arpa Pairi ke dhar'. In the festival, he also released a coffee table book decorated with beautiful memories of the tribal festival.
• As many as 1,500 tribal artistes from different states and union territories of the country, including 100 artistes from abroad, are engaged in the three-day National Tribal Dance Festival and Rajyotsava to spread the rainbow colors of tribal culture.
• The main stage, pandals and stalls have been attractively decorated for Rajyotsava at the Sais College ground. Here people will get a glimpse of the development journey of Chhattisgarh for four and a half years with the rich culture, tradition and folk arts of the tribes.
• Several states of India including Togo, Mozambique, Serbia, Indonesia, Maldives, Mongolia, New Zealand, Russia, Rwanda and Egypt will showcase their tribal dance skills for three days at the festival.
• The 3rd National Tribal Dance Festival kicked off with enchanting performances from Mozambique, Russia and Mongolia. The dancers from Mozambique were the first to perform at the reception. He presented a dance form to be performed on the occasion of harvesting.
• While dancers from Russia and Mongolia presented a fusion dance form. In this, the culture, customs, tradition, natural beauty of the place are displayed. Artists from Mongolia captivated with performances focused on the themes of Achievement in Hunting, Height Strength, Intuitions of Animals and Lifestyle.

Paddy Procurement Started in Chhattisgarh

Why In News?

On November 1, 2022, the work of paddy procurement started in Chhattisgarh under the Kharif marketing year 2022-23. Paddy procurement in the state will continue till January 31, 2023.

Key Points

• On the first day, 10 thousand 257 metric tonnes of paddy were procured by 775 procurement centers. Paddy was sold by 3 thousand 951 farmers in the first day.
• This year, preparations have been made by the government for the purchase of 110 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. This year 2497 procurement centers have been set up. 25 lakh 93 thousand farmers have registered for the sale of paddy. The total registered area of paddy is 31.13 lakh hectare. This year 2 lakh 3 thousand new farmers have registered.
• 5341 tokens were issued for the first day. Token 268 tokens were issued through Tunhar Hath App. Rs 279 crore has been released by Markfed to Apex Bank to make payment to the farmers for the first day's paddy procurement.
• After the implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana in the state, the number of farmers and the area under cultivation has increased every year. Along with this, a new record of paddy procurement is also being made every year.
• In the Kharif marketing year 2021-22, 97.98 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured, which is a record since the formation of the state. Then 21 lakh 77 thousand farmers had sold paddy. He was paid a support price of Rs 19038.04 crore. Apart from this, they have also got the benefit of input subsidy under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.
• Earlier in the year 2020-21, 92.02 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured. Paddy was sold by 20.53 lakh farmers. He was paid a support price of Rs 17240.55 crore. Apart from this, he also got the benefit of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.
• In the year 2019-20, 83.94 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured. Paddy was sold by 18.38 lakh farmers. He was paid Rs 15285.85 crore. Apart from this, he also got the benefit of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.
• In the year 2018-19, the state government had procured 80.38 lakh metric tonnes of paddy at the rate of Rs 2500 per quintal. A total of Rs 20094.32 crore was paid to the farmers including support price.