Madhya Pradesh

• 14 May 2022

Country's first rural tribal technical training programme launched in Bhopal

Why In News

• On May 3, 2022, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the country's first rural tribal technical training in Bhopal under the 'Parliamentary Complex Project' for tribal youth.

Key Point

• In the 'Parliamentary Complex Project', technical training will be imparted to rural tribal youth. This training programme has been first started in Madhya Pradesh as an experiment.
• Under this, two-month training will provide employment opportunities to the youth to start their own business and employment opportunities in other sectors.
• The first phase will cover about 250 beneficiaries from 17 clusters of 17 selected districts from 6 states of India namely Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Odisha as a 'pilot project'.
• A two-day conference of 40 MPs was held in Mumbai to discuss enhancing employment opportunities in tribal areas, where the idea of a 'Parliamentary Scheduled Tribe Cluster Development Project' was presented based on the experiences shared by various experts and government organisations from India.
• 49 groups from 15 States of India have been selected by 40 tribal MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for implementation of the scheme.

UNDP to install solar panels at 75 health centres in the state

Why In News

• On May 13, 2022, Environment Minister Hardeep Singh Dang was informed by The UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) representative Srinivas that UNDP will install digitalized monitoring systems with 75 primary health centres in Madhya Pradesh being solar-energized.

Key Point

• Undp's representative Srinivas informed that UNDP has decided to undertake solar energy and environment protection works in 10 states of India including Madhya Pradesh.
• UNDP will also set up 15 electric vehicle charging stations in the state, most of which will be in Indore. 15 solar cold storages in rural areas and energy audits in 50 micro and small scale industries units.
• Out of the target set by the UNDP for India, about Rs 12 crore has been earmarked for the works of Madhya Pradesh. Electronic vehicle training will benefit 500 to 1000 youth.

Indore's young start-up creates made-in-Indore health alert device

Why In News

• Recently, Indore-based young computer engineers Sania Jeshwal and Lokant Jain have teamed up to create the AbhayaParimiti device, which can do a complete health checkup in 20 seconds.

Key Point

• Sania Jeshwal had decided to make this device at the time of corona's horror. This device can show in the screen in a few moments by recording not only the pulse rate, oxygen saturation, but also blood pressure as well as the body temperature and the respiratory rate.
• Sania is working on a pilot project to make 100 Abhaya Parimiti devices available to smart city hospitals and 100 devices to the Andhra Pradesh government.
• The made-in-Indore device is capable of performing respiratory rate alerts and blood pressure alerts in addition to infection alerts.