Madhya Pradesh

• 21 Apr 2023

Transgender Community included in Backward Class in the state

Why in News?

On 19 April 2023, the state government issued a notification to include the transgender community in the list of Madhya Pradesh state’s Backward Classes.

Key Points

• The Transgender (Kinnar) community has been added under the Madhya Pradesh State Backward Classes Commission Act-1995.
• It is known that on April 11, the cabinet headed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the proposal of the Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department to include the Kinnar (transgender) community, which is running away from the mainstream of development, in the list of backward classes.
• The decision of the state government to include Transgenders (Kinnar) in the OBC category has been taken in compliance with a Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court had ruled that they are considered backwards in terms of education, socially and economically.
• According to the Social Justice Department, there is no certified number of Eunuchs/Transgenders in the state. While the Economic and Statistics Department has registered the number of eunuchs as about 6 thousand, in which improvement has also been done in some districts.
• There are 1432 eunuchs registered in the records of the Election Commission in the state. A maximum of 176 eunuchs are in Bhopal, while 75 are registered in Ujjain, and 102 in Indore.
• It is worth mentioning that on 24 February 2023, the state government issued an order under the Madhya Pradesh Transgender (Protection of Rights) Rules-2021 (Transgender Protection of Rights Rules-2021) and created a separate category for the transgender community in direct recruitment in jobs. Along with this, now the option of transgender along with male and female has also become available in the application form for government jobs.

Union Home Minister Trophy will be given to 2 training institutes of the MP Police

Why in News?

According to the information given by the Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department on 19 April 2023, 2 training institutes of Madhya Pradesh Police- Police Academy Bhori and Police Training School Pachmarhi have been selected for the year 2021-22 for the Union Home Minister Trophy, given annually to the best police training institutions.

Key Points

• Along with the trophy and certificate, a cash amount of Rs 2 lakh will also be given to the training institutes awarded by the Union Home Ministry at the Union Home Minister Trophy at the investiture ceremony in New Delhi.
• Smt Nimisha Pandey on behalf of Police Training School Pachmarhi and Malay Jain on behalf of Madhya Pradesh Police Academy Bhori, Bhopal will receive this honour.
• The best training centre for constables, Police Training School Pachmarhi and the best training academy for Deputy Superintendents of Police, Madhya Pradesh Police Academy Bhori have been selected for West Zone.
• The Central Police Police has been a pioneer in giving benefits of training to the police participants of the country by incorporating innovation and modern technology in the training. To connect training experts, MoUs and exchange of expertise with universities & research institutes of India and abroad have yielded excellent results.
• It is worth mentioning that the assessment of excellent training in the police training institutes of the country is done on the standards set by the Bureau of Police Research and Development.
• In this, keeping the training institutes of constables in one category and the training institutes of sub-inspectors and deputy superintendents of police in different categories, better training methods, proper maintenance of resources and the selection of the training institute, which exhibits excellent training potential throughout the year, is done by a committee constituted at the national level.

Tejaswi program to be started to develop Entrepreneurial Confidence & Skills in students

Why in News?

On 20 April 2023, a multilateral MoU was signed for the implementation of the Tejaswi program prepared by the Department of School Education in the Ministry to develop entrepreneurial confidence and skills among students.

Key Points

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by the Commissioner of Public Instruction, the State Open School & Associate organization, the Udyam Learning Foundation and The Education Alliance.
• It is worth mentioning that under the Tejasvi program, students will be provided information about new industries and self-business from school time itself. A separate curriculum has also been developed for this.
• Based on this curriculum, special classes of 40-40 minutes will be conducted three days a week in the schools.
• Along with this, experience-based training programs and project work based on various innovative businesses will also be conducted. The necessary amount for this will also be made available by the government under the programme so that school students will be motivated to self-employment and the establishment of new enterprises.
• On this occasion, Rashmi Arun Shami, Principal Secretary, School Education said that the Tejasvi program is being started to develop the abilities and professional attitude of the students to face the challenges right from the school level.
• He said that this program is currently being started on an experimental basis for the students of classes IX and XI of the government schools of Bhopal and Indore, the two metropolitan cities of the state, which can be operated in the entire state among the students of class 9 to 12 in future.
• Commissioner of Public Instruction Anubha Srivastava said that the objective of this program is to inculcate entrepreneurial confidence and 21st-century skills in the students so that they are better prepared for the challenges of life.
• He told that under the 'Tejaswi MP Programme', about 44,780 students of class 9th in 301 government schools of Bhopal & Indore and 22,738 students of class 11th of 176 schools of these two cities will be benefited under 'Tejaswi MP Social and Business Innovation Challenge Programme'.