Madhya Pradesh

• 05 Mar 2022

Trade Promotion Council

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On March 4, 2022, 'Madhya Pradesh Trade Promotion Council' under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was constituted to increase the state's share in national and international trade, to promote exports and to formulate policy regarding employment generation.

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• The Trade Promotion Council will give acceptence and approval primarily on the agenda presented by the Working Committee. This council will also make policy regarding quality enhancement and value addition of selected products as per national and international trade.
• Ministers of Finance, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Forest, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, Transport, Tourism, Science and Technology, Horticulture and Food Processing, Cottage and Village Industries, Agriculture, Technical Education and Skill Development and Labor Department Will be members of this council.
• Deputy Chairman and Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh State Planning Commission, Agriculture and Food Processing, Pharmaceutical, Textile and Garment, AutoMobile and Engineering and IT, Representatives of state level institutions and State Export Commissioner (Managing Director MPIDC) were also made members in the council.
• The principal secretary will be the member secretary of the Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion Council.

State Level Vigilance Monitoring Committee

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On March 3, 2022, the State Government has canceled the State Level Vigilance Monitoring Committee constituted on August 21, 2019 under the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules with immediate effect and formed a new committee under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

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• Ministers, MPs, MLAs and concerned officers have been made members in the new committee constituted under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Principal Secretary Scheduled Castes Welfare has been made the convening member secretary.
• According to the notification of the committee issued by the Scheduled Castes Welfare Department, the committee consists of Home, Jail, Parliamentary Affairs, Law and Legislative Affairs Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra, Scheduled Caste Welfare and Tribal Affairs Minister Meena Singh and 3 MPs – Gajendra Singh Patel, Himadri Singh and Mahendra Singh Solanki has been nominated as a member.
• Similarly, 9 MLAs- Kunwar Singh Tekam, Sulochana Rawat, Ram Dangore, Manisha Singh, Harishankar Khatik, Raghunath Malviya, Dr. Yogesh Pandagre, Gopilal Jatav and Rajesh Prajapati and Chief Secretary to Madhya Pradesh Government, Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary Home, Police Director General and Director/Deputy Director National Commission for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes have been nominated as members.

Asian Fencing Championship

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Recently, swordsman Pragya Singh of Madhya Pradesh State Fencing Academy has won a silver medal in Asian Fencing Championship held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

key points

• The Asian Fencing Championship was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from February 24 to March 3, 2022.
• Pragya Singh achieved this success in the EP event of Fencing. She won the silver medal in the final with a score of 45-36 against a player from Uzbekistan.
• It is noteworthy that recently Pragya Singh has been a part of the Indian team in the Senior Grampy-2022.