Madhya Pradesh

• 11 May 2023

Madhya Pradesh Seed Association will take membership of Indian Seed Cooperative Society

Why in News?

On 9 May 2023, in the meeting of the Board of Directors of the State Seed Producers & Marketing Association held at the Ministry under the chairmanship of Madhya Pradesh Cooperative & Public Service Management Minister Dr. Arvind Singh Bhadoria and in the special presence of Farmers-Welfare & Agriculture Development Minister Kamal Patel. It was decided to take membership in the Indian Seed Cooperative Society by the State Seed Association.

Key Points:

• The Board of Directors approved the membership of the Seed Association to 16 primary seed producer cooperatives.
• Along with this, it was also decided to get wire fencing done for security in the godown-cum-grading plant built by the State Seed Association.
• MD of Seed Association A.K. Singh said that in the year 2022-23, the progress of lifting and distribution of breeder seeds was recorded by the Seed Association from various research institutes of the country and the state, more than 455 quintals in Kharif year 2022 and 898 quintals for Rabi year 2022-23.
• It is worth mentioning that the campaign to increase the seed replacement rate and formation of the primary seed producer cooperative society was started in the year 2002 for seed production as per the demand of the local level.
• Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Seed Producers and Marketing Federation (Seed Association) was formed on 13 December 2004 to coordinate the seed producer cooperatives in seed production and marketing.
• The main objective of the Seed Association is to provide breeder and foundation seeds to the Primary Seed Producer Societies according to their local requirements and to make available high-quality seeds at the appropriate time to the farmers of the state by getting certified seeds produced from the Seed Society.
• After the formation of the Seed Association, in the year 2004-05, production of 1.64 lakh quintals of certified seeds was started from an area of 16,000 hectares through the registered seed producer societies of the state.

Release of Medical Books written in Hindi

Why in News?

On 9 May 2023, the Higher Education Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Mohan Yadav released various books in the release program of Medical Science Books in the mother tongue Hindi organized by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University and Madhya Pradesh State Livestock & Poultry Development Corporation.

Key Points:

• The released books 'Dialysis Technician', 'Operating Theater Technician' and 'X-ray Technician' have been authored by Dr. Ganeshram Mehar.
• While the books ‘Parichayatmak Rog Vikriti Vigynan aur Adhunik Naidanik Jaanchen’ have been written by Dr. Premchand Savarnkar and ‘Panch Karma Chikitsa ke Adaharbhut Siddhant’ by Dr. Suresh Tiwari and ‘Manav Sharir Rachna Vigynan’ by Dr. AK Dwivedi.
• It is worth mentioning that in the National Education Policy 2020, importance is being given to mother tongue, regional language, Indian languages, translation and professional courses.
• In Madhya Pradesh, the work of writing and translating books of technical-professional courses like medicine in Hindi is going on.
• This innovation done by Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, Bhopal is commendable.
• It is known that Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country which has started medical education in Hindi as well. On 16 October 2022, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah released MBBS first-year Hindi books in Bhopal.