Madhya Pradesh

• 25 Apr 2022

CSI SIG e-Governance Award

Why In News?

In the 19^th CSI-SIG Awards ceremony held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj on 23^rd April, 2022, MP Tenders Portal received the prestigious National Level 'CSI SIG e-Governance' Award of Appreciation for the year 2021 in Project Category.

Key Points

• 19^th 'CSI SIG e-Governance' Award 2021 as 'Award of Appreciation' for tenders is a milestone for Madhya Pradesh Government e-Procurement System MPSEDC.
• The work was started in the year 2006 with the participation of MPSEDC as the nodal agency for the online e-tendering system. This achievement has proved to be a visionary project for Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation (MPSEDC).
• MPSEDC has created stable solutions for foolproof programs with minimal human involvement. The organization has achieved this success through transparency, modern technology, strong infrastructure and strong team.
• The organization aims to deliver value-based services to its partners, adoption of sound project management ideas, consistent training, a data analysis dashboard feature and focus on all its stakeholders to help the firm reach its goals.
• The organization has implemented the latest technological developments to make its project easier. It has also improved by using data analytics as a tool by taking advantage of the asymmetries and helping to find the root cause of the problems.
• It may be mentioned that the CSI SIG e-Governance Award is a prestigious national level award given by the Computer Society of India to recognize the best innovations in e-Governance.

Maa Tujhe Pranam Scheme

Why In News?

On 23 April 2022, Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana' is being restarted after the Covid period. This year, for the first time in the scheme, Ladli Laxmis of the state will travel to the border of the country.

Key Points

• In order to realize the dream of a strong India and self-reliant Madhya Pradesh, 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Scheme' is aimed at bringing awareness among the youth towards the security of the country's borders, devotion to the nation and attracting the youth towards the army and paramilitary forces.
• The minister said that on May 2, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would flag off 200 Ladli Laxmis to visit the Bagha border in the 'Ladli Laxmi Utsav', which would run from May 2 to 11.
• This journey will not only inculcate the feeling of patriotism among the adolescent girls, but they will also be successful in making themselves self-reliant by serving the country in future.
• It is noteworthy that in the 'Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana' of the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, the selection committee constituted under the chairmanship of the District Collector, selected through lottery, the youth are taken in different groups for a tour of the international border of the country.
• In the borderlands, tributes are paid to the martyrs with the water carried by the youth from their place of residence. Animal husbandry, agribusiness, industry, irrigation facilities, geographical features, cultural customs, beliefs, festivals, etc., are also studied by the youth with the help of the residents of the international border area.
• Leh-Ladakh, Kargil-Drass, RS Pura, Bagha-Hussainiwala, Tanot Mata Temple, Longowal, Kochi, Bikaner, Barmer, Nathula, so far 12 thousand 672 youths of the state have been given Maa Tujhe Pranam Yojana starting from the year 2013. Travels have been made to Darra, Petrapole, Tura, Jaigaon, Andaman and Nicobar and Kanyakumari.
• In this scheme of the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, selected youth are provided travel fare, daily allowance, accommodation, food, local transport system, rail reservation system, track suit, T-shirt and kit bag.

Webinar on Bhimbetka Rock Painting and Shelter

Why In News?

Recently a webinar was organized by the Ministry of Tourism on Bhimbetka Rock Painting and Shelter, a World Heritage Site and one of the oldest rock paintings in the world.

Key Points

• Guides, archaeologists and history lovers from the country and the state participated in this webinar.
• In the webinar, Ajay Singh Chauhan, Regional Guide of Central India, Bhopal told that 4 colors (red, white, green and yellow) have been used in Bhimbetka rock painting. All these colors are made from natural sources like leaves, stones, hematite etc.
• Bhimbetka depicts dance and music, body art, hunting and animals. These types of paintings are called pictographs.
• The Bhimbetka rock painting and shelter depicts the journey of human life, showing the day-to-day activities of life, animals, hunting, collecting useful things in the forest, etc.
• It is worth mentioning that Bhimbetka Rock Painting and Shelter is a UNESCO World Heritage Rock Site in India. It is very popular for prehistoric rock paintings and rock shelters.
• According to the Archaeological Survey of India's carbon dating process, the rock paintings of Bhimbetka are 30 to 35 thousand years old. The famous archaeologist Vishnu Sridhar Wakankar discovered Bhimbetka in the Vindhya mountain range during his visit to Nagpur in 1957-58.
• Recently, the team of the Geological Survey of India has discovered a fossil from Bhimbetka, which is about 25 million years old. Such fossils have also been found in Ukraine, Russia and China.