Madhya Pradesh State PCS

• 08 Nov 2022

8,693 District level Awards Distributed in Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day program Series

Why in News?

• According to the information given by the Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department on November 7, 2022, 8,693 people were awarded by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of State for Steel and Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste and state ministers, MPs and MLAs in the district level award distribution ceremony in all 52 districts in the Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day program series.

Key Points

• Awards were given to 100 persons at the state-level prize distribution ceremony in Bhopal. 227 people in Morena district and 151 people in Sheopur district were awarded for outstanding work.
• 51 people were awarded in Mandla, 50 in Harda and 210 in Chhindwara. 300 people in Barwani, 150 in Indore, 345 in Alirajpur, 295 in Bhind and 75 in Raisen district were awarded for outstanding work.
• As many as 238 people were awarded in Jabalpur, 186 in Katni, 70 in Dewas, 50 in Sagar, 100 in Anuppur, 258 in Panna, 22 in Gwalior and 312 in Ashoknagar, 50 in Rajgarh, 65 in Dindori, 72 in Neemuch and 230 in Balaghat district.
• 75 people were awarded in Chhatarpur district, 220 in Dhar, 295 in Jhabua, 100 in Khargone, 613 in Burhanpur, 115 in Satna, 397 in Singrauli, 111 in Datia, 25 in Betul and 65 in Narsinghpur.
• 300 in Narmadapuram, 102 in Shahdol, 160 in Ujjain, 350 in Ratlam, 25 in Mandsaur, 75 in Umaria, 20 in Damoh, 160 in Tikamgarh, 315 in Niwari, 400 in Rewa, 105 in Sidhi, 147 in Guna, 72 in Neemuch, 100 in Vidisha, and 60 people in Sehore, were awarded.
• In Seoni, 120 people were honoured with awards at a district-level function. As many as 140 people in Khandwa, 73 in Shajapur, 243 in Agar-Malwa and 173 in Shivpuri district were given awards for their outstanding work in the district-level prize distribution programme.

More than 2.5 Lakh Students from the State Appeared in the National Means cum Merit Scholarship Examination

Why in News?

• On November 7, 2022, the Director of State Education Center Dhanraju S informed that in the National Means cum Merit Scholarship Examination, this year a record 2 lakh 52 thousand students from Madhya Pradesh have participated.

Key Points

• Director Dhanaraju S said that in the last years, the number of students appearing in this scholarship examination has been only one lakh in the year 2019.
• This year, a total of 811 examination centers were set up across the state for the smooth conduct of this examination. A total of 2 lakh 52 thousand 410 students have appeared for the scholarship.
• The director said that till last year, the application process for this examination was done through MP online kiosk, in place of which this year the state education center has developed a mobile app system and provided the facility of registration of students through the principals of the schools.
• The purpose of the National Means Merit Examination is to provide scholarships by selecting economically weak but talented students. For this examination, only such students studying regularly in class 8th in government and government-aided or local bodies-run schools located in the state, who have obtained at least C grade in class 7th, are eligible.
• The annual income of the parents of the students should not exceed Rs 3.50 lakh. A quota of 6,446 students has been fixed by the Union Ministry of Education for the state of Madhya Pradesh for the scholarship. In this, the selected students get scholarship from class 9th to 12th at the rate of Rs 12 thousand per year.