Madhya Pradesh

• 08 Oct 2022

Formation of State Child Welfare and Protection Committee

Why In News?

On October 7, 2022, the Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department informed that the state government has constituted a State Child Welfare and Protection Committee to monitor, evaluate and review Mission Vatsalya.

Key Points

• According to the information received from the department, this committee has been formed by superseding the state child protection committee formed earlier.
• Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary Women and Child Development Committee will be the chairman of this committee.
• The principal secretary-level members in the committee include home, social justice and disabled welfare, public health and family welfare, law and legislative affairs, school education, sports and youth welfare, panchayat and rural development, technical education, skill development and employment, urban development and housing, labour, Higher Education, Medical Education, Scheduled Caste Welfare, Tribal Affairs and Secretary Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights have been included. The commissioner/director women and child development will be the member secretary in the committee.
• The Committee will implement, evaluate and review the Mission Vatsalya Guidelines quarterly every year.

Compressed Bio-gas Production Scheme

Why In News?

On October 7, 2022, the Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department informed that the state government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Agriculture Production Commissioner for the implementation, monitoring and review of the Madhya Pradesh Compressed Bio-gas production scheme.

Key Points

• Additional Chief Secretary Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development and Forests have been made members in this committee.
• Apart from this, Principal Secretary Cooperation, Energy, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, Panchayat and Rural Development, Urban Development and Housing, New and Renewable Energy, Environment, Medical Education and Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare and Secretary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises will also be members.
• The committee will have principal secretary food, civil supplies and consumer protection as member secretary.
• The committee will review the availability of agriculture, forest waste, distillery waste and solid waste of urban bodies in connection with the establishment of compressed bio-gas plants in the state. It will also make an action plan related to the scheme and suggest for setting up bio-gas plants according to various geographical wastes available in the state. The committee will hold at least one meeting in 3 months.