Madhya Pradesh

• 13 Sep 2023

President Murmu honoured Farmer Lahari Bai with 'Plant Genome Patron Kisan Samman'

Why In News?

On September 12, 2023, President Draupadi Murmu presented the 'Plant Genome Patron Kisan Samman' for the year 2021-22 to Lahari Bai, a farmer from Dindori district, in a program organized at C Subramaniam Auditorium in New Delhi for the conservation and promotion of grain species.

Key Points:

• Lahari Bai was honored with a cash amount of Rs 1,50,000, a citation and a memento at the investiture ceremony of the Farmers' Rights Global Seminar.
• It is known that Lahari Bai, a resident of Bajag tehsil of Dindori district, with the help of Baiga community, has developed a seed bank of rare cereal species like Kodo, Kutki, Sanwa, Kaag, Sikia, Madua.
• Lahari Bai has also exhibited its seed bank in the global symposium to be held from September 12 to 15, 2023 in Delhi.
• Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Kamal Patel, while congratulating Lahari Bai on her unprecedented achievement, said that Lahari Bai has done amazing work for the conservation of millets. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also praised his work in the famous radio program 'Mann Ki Baat'

First Cooperative University Will Start in Madhya Pradesh

Why In News?

On September 12, 2023, Madhya Pradesh's Cooperative and Public Service Management Minister Dr. Arvind Singh Bhadauria announced in the inauguration program of the Large Handicraft Cluster Development Project in Bhopal that the first cooperative university will be started in Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points:

• Cooperative Minister Dr. Bhadauria said that recently in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Union Cooperative Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, in the discussion on the establishment of a cooperative university, in-principal approval was given to his proposal to start a university in Indore or Bhopal.
• Very soon a cooperative university will start in Madhya Pradesh. Courses on many subjects of the cooperative sector will be taught in the university and research related to cooperation will also be conducted.
• The Cooperative Minister performed digital Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of Naveen Bhavan of Cooperative Training Center Jabalpur, Common Facility Center at Cooperative Training Center Bhopal, Indore and Naugaon, Emporia at Cooperative Training Center Indore. He distributed Artisans Cards and released the booklet of Large Handicraft Cluster Development Project and PACS Manual 2022 prepared for PACS institutions.