Madhya Pradesh

• 13 May 2022

Important decisions taken at the meeting of the Council of Ministers

Why In News

• A number of important decisions were taken in the meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on May 12, 2022.

Key Point

• The Council of Ministers approved an action plan of Rs.12.51 crore 51 lakh 81,000 for the construction of a 50-bed all-weather police hospital at the 23^rd and 25^th Corps Visbal Bhopal campus and an action plan of Rs.24.98 crore 41,000 for creation of 46 human resource posts for the hospital and expenditure incurred thereon in 5 years.
• The Council of Ministers ratified the order of the Department of Women and Child Development regarding 'Laadli Lakshmi Yojana 2.0' to operate the 'Laadli Lakshmi Yojana' in an extended format.
• This includes organizing ladli lakshmi diwas on 2nd May every year at the state, district and gram panchayat levels as a festival, declaring gram panchayats as ladli laxmi friendly from the district level and giving an incentive of Rs 25,000 to ladli girls for taking admission in undergraduate or vocational courses after class 12th (course period at least two years), The tuition fee for higher education (up to graduation) to ladli girls is to be borne by the government.
• It has been decided by the Council of Ministers in pursuance of MSME development policy, 2021 to provide specific financial assistance for manufacturing units of furniture, toys and related value makeup products.

Preparations for restoration of the country's third Virupaksha temple at Ratlam

Why In News

• On May 11, 2022, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of MP Guman Singh Damor for the restoration of Virupaksha Mahadev Temple at Bilpank in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh.

Key Point

• In the meeting, a presentation of the development master plan of the temple was given by Ratlam Collector Kumar Purushottam.
• According to the master plan, a grand entrance will be built outside the temple for the restoration of the temple. In addition, dharamshalas, yajnashalas, security cabin parkings, suvidhaghars, resting places, shops etc.
• In addition, along with the landscaping, the entire complex will be made clean and strong with chemical treatment.
• It is worth mentioning that this temple built in panchayatan style is a unique example of the blended architectural style of Parmar, Gurjar, Chalukya.
• Although the evidence regarding the construction of the temple is not yet available, on the basis of records found in the excavation carried out at Bilpank in 1964, it is found that it was renovated by King Sidhraj Jai singh of Gujarat in Samvat 1198.