State PCS

• 04 Oct 2023

Rs. 18 crore Approved for Panorama in Jaipur, Bikaner, Ajmer and Jaisalmer.

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had approved Rs 18 crore for the construction of panoramas in 4 districts – Jaipur, Bikaner, Ajmer and Jaisalmer.

Key Points:

• It is known that the state government is preparing a panorama to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of the state and to make the new generation aware of the life ideals of great men.
• With the approval of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Swami Atmaramji Lakshya Panorama will be built in Jaipur and Rao Bikaji Panorama in Bikaner. These will cost Rs 4 crore each.
• Besides, Prithviraj Chauhan Panorama will be constructed in Ajmer and Indira Mahashakti Bharat Panorama will be constructed in Pokhran, Jaisalmer. Rs 5 crore each will be spent on this. All the work will be done by the Tourism Department with the Tourism Development Fund.
• In these panoramas, the new generation will get information about the personalities of Swami Atmaram ji, Prithviraj Chauhan and Rao Bikaji and the golden history of India. With this, they will be able to take inspiration from the lives of great men and get acquainted with the glorious history and culture.
• It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister had made an announcement in this regard in the Budget 2023-24.

State level Devi Prasad Sharma Award given to Divyang Shri Mohan Singh for his Excellent Devotion to Duty, 2020-21

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Inder Singh Parmar, Minister of State for School Education (Independent Charge) and General Administration of Madhya Pradesh, gave ' Devi Prasad Sharma Award, 2020' to Mr. Mohan Singh, Class IV employee working in the Cooperative Department, Ministry, for his excellent devotion to duty in the Ministry. -21' gave.

Key Points:

• Shri Mohan Singh was given this award for the year 2020-21 for his timely and committed devotion to duty despite his physical disability. He was also given a check of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate as a reward.
• It is noteworthy that in compliance with the announcement of the award made by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the memory of late Devi Prasad Sharma, the state government has given 'Late' award to the government class IV employees of the state for their excellent work. ‘Devi Prasad Sharma’ Award has been established since the year 2017.
• The purpose of this award is to encourage class IV employees to do good work.
• In Class IV employees, measures were taken for dedication towards work, punctuality, conduct, behavior, obedience, presence in the office, readiness to take additional work, understanding and ability to do the assigned work, cleanliness and hygiene. This award is given for excellent work.
• This award is given for the work done in the financial year immediately preceding the year in which it is given.
• This award is state level and under it an amount of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate is given.

Jo Aaya, So Wapas Aaya’ Wins First Prize at IATO Conference

Why In News?

Recently, the new TVC 'Jo Aaya, Wo Aaya, Yeh Hai MP Ki Maya' launched by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board received the first prize in the Digital Media Advertising Grade at the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Tour Archeologists (IATO) held in Maharashtra.

Key Points:

• Principal Secretary Tourism and Culture and Managing Director Tourism Board, Shiv Shekhar Shukla said that creative experiments have been done by the Tourism Department with the aim of promoting the beautiful tourist places of the state in the country and abroad. The new TVC depicts tourist destinations and characters through Gond painting.
• The rich tribal art and tourist places of the state have been prominently depicted through a musical story.
• More than 1 crore 30 lakh views have been received from across the country on social media platforms and YouTube. The TVC has received more than 13 lakh 80 thousand views on YouTube page, 55 lakhs on Instagram, 65 lakhs on Facebook, and more than 6 lakh 79 thousand views on Twitter.

Chief Minister launches 'Swami Atmanand Coaching' Scheme

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the School Education Department's innovative 'Swami Atmanand Coaching' Scheme online from his residence office for competitive examinations of engineering and medical.

Key Points:

• Under this scheme, free coaching will be given to class 12th students in government schools through 146 development block headquarters of the state and 150 coaching centers including four cities - Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur and Korba.
• In front of Chief Minister Baghel and School Education Minister Ravindra Choubey, an MoU was signed between Samagra Shiksha, Chhattisgarh TextBook Corporation and Allen Career Coaching Institute Private Limited under the School Education Department for running the Swami Atmanand Coaching Scheme.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister released a brochure prepared by the School Education Department regarding the Swami Atmanand Coaching Scheme.
• The Chief Minister said that 753 Swami Atmanand excellent English and Hindi medium schools are being run in the state to provide excellent education to the children including rural and remote areas. Swami Atmanand Coaching Scheme launched today in the state will prove to be a revolutionary decision and an important step in the field of education.
• The Chief Minister said that under this scheme, proper arrangements have been made for coaching as well as teachers. Separate nodal teachers have been identified for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics subjects in a coaching center.
• There will be regular observation of teaching work in coaching centers and feedback from parents will also be taken. There will be two-way communication in online classes, that is, students will be able to ask questions to subject teachers. During this period, students will be continuously assessed.
• Regarding the Swami Atmanand Coaching Scheme, Principal Secretary School Education Dr. Alok Shukla said that 150 coaching centers including 146 development blocks and four cities of the state - Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur and Korba have related to internet connections and computers.
• Here, coaching will be given to the students studying in the Faculty of Mathematics and Biology in class 12th. This free coaching will be given to Hindi and English medium students.
• So far 9 thousand 13 children have been registered under this scheme. Of these, 6 thousand 553 have registered for NEET and 2 thousand 460 have registered for JEE coaching.

Chief Minister's Big Decision in the Interest of Candidates of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel gave instructions to bring changes in the system of destruction of documents of the Commission's examinations, keeping in mind the interest of the candidates of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission.

Key Points:

• In compliance with the instructions of the Chief Minister, the State Government has sent a proposal to the Public Service Commission to increase the period for destruction of answer sheets and documents of the Commission's examinations to two years.
• It is noteworthy that the rules and regulations regarding destruction of answer sheets and documents of PSC exams have been in practice in the state of Chhattisgarh for a long time. The Chief Minister has given necessary instructions to bring changes in this.

Country's First Cartography Museum Inaugurated in Mussoorie

Why In News?

Recently, Uttarakhand Tourism and Culture Minister Satpal Maharaj inaugurated the country's first cartography museum, George Everest Cartography Museum, in the picturesque city of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Key Points:

• On the occasion of World Tourism Day on September 27, Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj inaugurated the Sir George Everest Museum built at a cost of Rs 23 crore 52 lakh and the helipad at George Everest in Mussoorie.
• The tourism minister dedicated the country's first mapping museum to the great mathematician Radhanath Sikdar and Pandit Nain Singh Rawat.
• It is noteworthy that the museum is located in the Park Estate, which used to be the residence of the famous surveyor Sir George Everest, after whom Mount Everest was named. This hill is in the Hathipaon area of the city. Sir Everest lived in this house from 1832 to 1843 and it is one of the first houses built in Mussoorie.
• Sir George Everest House, built in 1832, has been developed as a museum. With the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Department of Tourism has renovated it with a budget of Rs 23.5 crore.
• The museum contains information about the history of cartography, instruments related to cartography, great Indian surveyors and the great trigonometric survey.
• Along with Sir George Everest, letters of Surveyor Nain Singh Rawat will also be kept in this museum. Along with this, people will also come face to face with the observatory of surveyor Kishan Singh Negi and mathematician Radhanath Sikdar.
• In the Cartographic Museum, tourists will also be able to know the working of GPS, for which the globe has been prepared. The museum has been prepared with modern technology, such as how do satellites work. How are GPS and communication systems operated in them? This information can also be obtained.
• The complete information about the equipment that the tourists coming to this museum will stand in front of will be displayed, which will be operated through special software and all the information will be available on the mobile as soon as the QR code is scanned.
• It is noteworthy that cartography is about exploring and making maps. It uses science, art and technical skills to depict real or imagined places, helping to understand where things are located.

Special Communicable Disease Control Campaign Launched from Gorakhpur

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the BRD of Gorakhpur district. Launched a special communicable disease control campaign in the medical college. This special communicable disease control campaign will be run in the state till October 31, 2023.

Key Points:

• On this occasion, the Chief Minister flagged off publicity vehicles for public awareness. Honored 02 ASHAs and 02 Anganwadi workers for their excellent work and also gave Ayushman cards to 04 beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
• It is known that 6 years ago in the year 2017, a special campaign was launched for the control of communicable diseases like Dengue, Malaria, Encephalitis, Kala Azar, Chikungunya.
• Seeing these results, the state government runs a special campaign for communicable disease control thrice every year through inter-departmental coordination.
• The program of the first 15 days (about 2 weeks) of the special campaign is to discharge our responsibilities with public awareness and inter-departmental coordination.
• Under the Dastak Campaign, from October 16 to 31, 2023, a special program will be run by Asha workers to go door-to-door to identify the patients suffering from fever, cough and other complaints, counsel them, take them to the hospital and arrange for their proper treatment.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Unveiled the Brand 'Mukti' of Bihar Prison Industry

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, in a program organized at the museum located at Sardar Patel Bhawan in Patna, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unveiled the brand ‘Mukti’ of the prison industry.

Key Points:

• An exhibition of materials made by the prisoners in the jail was also organized in the museum. The prisoners lodged in the jails of Bihar are manufacturing more than 100 items.
• In this, spices, sattu, bread, herbal tea, cotton clothes, khadi clothes, wood industry, handicrafts, printing materials, slippers industry, home care, food, iron, paper etc. are produced.
• At present, prison industries are operating in 8 central and 2 divisional prisons (total 10 prisons) of Bihar. Through this, about 1000 hard labor prisoners are getting employment. The prisoners have been given special training for this.
• The scheme of ‘one prison-one product’ is being worked on in the jails of Bihar. There is a plan to include 33 divisional jails and 17 sub-jails in this scheme. The Kara industry will be established here.
• The Inspector General of Prisons said that the revenue received from the sale of products manufactured by the prison industry is spent on the welfare of the families of prisoners suffering from crime, and some part of it also goes to the Prisoner Welfare Fund.
• The exhibition included Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, Patna, Central Jail, Buxar, Central Jail, Motihari, Shaheed Khudiram Bose Central Jail, Muzaffarpur, Shaheed Jubba Sahni Central Jail, Bhagalpur, Special Central Jail, Bhagalpur, Central Jail, Gaya, Camp Mandal Jail Various materials made by prisoners from Phulwari Sharif and Mandal Jail, Chhapra have been displayed.

Audio-Visual Recording Prepared by Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy Inaugurated

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Rajasthan's Art, Literature and Culture Minister Dr. B.D. Kalla inaugurated the audio-visual presentation (recording) of the entire code of Atharva Veda and Samveda by the Academy under the Veda Conservation Scheme under the aegis of Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy at his official residence.

Key Points:

• This recording will be broadcasted on social media websites for the public. Its objective is to spread the spirit of public welfare contained in the Vedas to the people and to preserve the vanishing tradition of reciting the Vedas.
• On this occasion, Dr. Saroj Kochhar, President Sanskrit Academy, informed that the Academy will open Ved Ashrams in 10 new districts under Budget Announcement-23 this year for the preservation of the Guru tradition of the Vedas and informed that at present there are 45 Ved ashrams in the state. Are being operated by the Academy.
• Academy Director Dr. Rajkumar Joshi said that efforts are being made by the Academy to start the study of 11 branches of the four Vedas in Nimbahera at the academy level.

Chief Minister Inaugurated the Trial Run of Bhopal Metro Rail

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the trial run of Bhopal Metro Rail by flagging off from Subhash Nagar depot.

Key Points:

• The Chief Minister said that with the start of the Metro in Bhopal, a new revolution of transportation will come, and Bhopal will run at a fast pace on the path of development. Bhopal Metro will be expanded to Sehore, Mandideep as well as Raisen and Vidisha.
• Five kilometers from Subhash Nagar to Rani Kamlapati station. The long metro section has 5 stations, the infrastructure work of which was completed very quickly despite natural obstacles.
• Chief Minister Chouhan said that metro trains will save both time and money. Bhopal residents will have access to safe, easy, convenient, cheap and beautiful means of transportation and pollution in the city will also reduce.
• The metro coaches equipped with modern facilities include smart lighting, air conditioning, smart display, AI CCTV. There will be facilities like cameras etc.
• The total length of Bhopal Metro project worth about Rs 6 thousand 941 crore is 31 km (about 19.26 mi). It will be 16.77 km (about 10.42 mi) from Karond intersection to AIIMS, 14.18 km (about 8.81 mi) from Ratnagiri intersection to Bhadbhada intersection. But this train will run.
• In the first phase, Subhash Nagar will extend 7 km to AIIMS. Metro trains will operate on long routes. Complete operation of Bhopal Metro will start from 2024.
• Metro Rail stations will also be special, where there will be facilities like lifts and escalators, special arrangements for the elderly and online ticketing facilities.

Initiative of ‘Festival of Becoming a Voter – Come Participate and get Attractive Gifts’ started in Haryana

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said that an initiative named 'Festival of becoming a voter has started - come participate and get attractive gifts' has been started to give gifts to the youth and women of the state for voting.

Key Points:

• Those who cast their votes from October 1 to December 9 will be given laptops, smartphones and pen drives in a draw taken from the voter list published on January 5, 2024. Apart from this, T-shirts will be provided to the voters who vote during this period.
• The Chief Electoral Officer said that those who were born between January 2, 2004 and January 1, 2006 and have not cast their vote can become voters by filling online Form 6 on the Voter Helpline. Along with this, you can also get attractive rewards.

State Level Khelo Jharkhand Kabaddi Competition Started

Why in News?

On October 3, 2023, the state level Khelo Jharkhand Kabaddi competition was started at Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium in Ranchi under the auspices of the Education Project Council of the Department of School Education and Literacy.

Key Points:

• Jharkhand State Education Project Council SDEEO Badal Raj and Jharkhand Olympic Association Treasurer Shivendra Dubey inaugurated the competition.
• Program officer Dhirsen A Soreng said that 1728 players and 288 coaches and managers of the state are participating in this competition in the under-14/17/19 boys and girl's category.
• Training camp will be organized for the players selected on the basis of competition. After this, the Under-14 boys' team will participate in the National School Competition to be held in Ranchi and teams of other categories to be held in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.

Prime Minister laid the Foundation Stone of Several Development Projects worth about Rs 27,000 crore in Jagdalpur and Dedicated to the Nation

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of several development projects worth about Rs 27,000 crore in Jagdalpur in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh and dedicated it to the nation.

Key Points:

• These projects include several projects in the railway and road sectors as well as the inauguration of the over Rs 23,800 crore steel plant of NMDC Steel Limited at Nagarnar in Bastar district.
• Built at a cost of over Rs 23,800 crore, the steel plant is a greenfield project, which will produce high quality steel.
• The steel plant of NMDC Steel Limited at Nagarnar will provide employment opportunities to thousands of people at the plant as well as in supporting and downstream industries.
• This will put Bastar on the steel map of the world and promote socio-economic development of the region.
• In line with the Prime Minister's vision of improving rail infrastructure across the country, the foundation stone of several rail projects was laid and dedicated to the nation during the event.
• The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation a new rail line between Antagarh and Taroki and a rail line doubling project between Jagdalpur and Dantewada.
• He laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Jagdalpur station under the Boridand-Surajpur Railway Line Doubling Project and Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
• The Prime Minister also flagged off the Taroki-Raipur DEMU train service.
• These rail projects will improve connectivity in the tribal areas of the state. The improved rail infrastructure and new train service will benefit local people and help the economic development of the area.
• The Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation a road upgradation project from 'Kunkuri to Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand border section' of National Highway-43. The new road will improve road connectivity, which will benefit the people of the area.

6th Global Disaster Management Conference to be held in Uttarakhand from November 28

Why In News?

On October 3, 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed in a press conference that the 6th Global Disaster Management Conference will be organized in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, from November 28 to December 1.

Key Points:

• Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that representatives from many countries and states will participate in the conference. Megastar of the century Amitabh Bachchan will be the brand ambassador of the conference.
• The conference will be a brainstorming session among experts from across the country and the world in the field of disaster management. The topics of disaster management along with climate change will be discussed in the conference.
• The primary objective of this conference is to discuss and address the challenges of climate change and disaster resilience with a focus on the Himalayan ecosystem and communities.
• With the aim of making the conference more effective, special sessions on disaster management will be organized in various institutions including universities, colleges and schools of the state. Besides, various workshops will also be organized to spread awareness about disaster management.
• The inaugural session will be held on 28th November. At the same time, there will be four sessions in the conference, in which there will be 50 technical sessions. Experts and scientists from many countries will participate in the conference.
• The Disaster Management Department is organizing a mega show in this regard. An exhibition will also be organized in the conference.