State PCS

• 27 Apr 2022

Community radio station to be launched in Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi

Why In News?

• Recently, the Culture Department informed that a community radio station named 'Jai Ghosh' will be launched in Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Key Points

• The objective of this radio station is to preserve, promote and popularize the unique cultural identity of Uttar Pradesh.
• The Culture Department will also produce and screen 75 short films on patriotism along with publication of 75 books depicting the rich history of 75 districts of the state on the occasion of Amrit Mahotsav.
• Apart from this, the Department of Culture plans to organize 'One District-One Special Cultural Program' in every district as part of its six-month action plan.
• Simultaneously a 'Tridhara' national program dedicated to Sant Kabir, Sant Ravidas and Baba Gorakhnath will be organized along with the creation of a gallery based on the story of independence at the Government Archives, Lucknow.

Cyber Helpdesk to be set up in all police stations of Uttar Pradesh

Why In News?

• On April 26, 2022, a spokesperson of the Government of Uttar Pradesh said that the Home Department has prepared a major action plan to check cyber crime and decided to set up cyber helpdesks in all police stations.

Key Points

• The spokesperson also informed that a digital forensic lab and a cyber forensic lab would be set up at every zone level in Lucknow.
• In addition, a high quality Center of Excellence will be set up at the Cyber ​​Crime Headquarters. For speedy and quality disposal of pending cases, training is also being given to the employees at Cyber ​​Crime Headquarters.
• Along with this, Certified Crime Prevention Specialists (CCPS) will be appointed in every district.
• It may be mentioned that in the last five years, 18 range-level cyber crime police stations have been set up in the state, while women cyber crime cells have also been set up in each regional cyber crime station.

First meeting of the newly formed governing body of Bihar Museum Committee

Why In News?

• On 26 April 2022, the first meeting of the newly formed governing body of Bihar Museum Committee was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Key Points

• It was decided in the meeting that the foundation day of Bihar Museum would be celebrated on 7th August every year. On this day the children of the state will be specially invited to visit the museum.
• Along with this, the proposal was approved for free visit to the Bihar Museum (Museum) for women on the occasion of Women's Day, for children on the occasion of Children's Day and for senior citizens on the occasion of Bihar Day.
• In the meeting, the Chief Minister said that apart from expanding the Patna Museum (Museum), Patna Museum (Museum) and Bihar Museum (Museum) are being interconnected so that people coming from outside can visit both the museums together.
• It is worth noting that in January this year, while changing the structure of the governing body of the Bihar Museum, the responsibility of its chairman was entrusted to the Chief Minister, which was earlier with the Development Commissioner. Also, the designation of the Director of the Museum was changed to that of Director General.

Navjeevan Scheme

Why In News?

• On 26 April 2022, Rajasthan's Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tikaram Julie instructed the departmental officers to identify the persons and their families involved in illegal liquor business by completing the survey of castes covered under Navjeevan Yojana in three months.

Key Points

• The objective of Navjeevan Yojana is to bring people involved in the manufacture, storage and business of illicit liquor and such families in the mainstream of development by benefiting from the scheme. For this it is necessary to identify such persons and families.
• Government Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Dr. Samit Sharma informed that earlier 14 castes were included in this scheme, but in the budget announcement year 2022-23, 16 more castes have been included in it. In the past, about 97,827 persons have been identified by conducting surveys in all the districts under this scheme.
• Under the scheme 30 castes – Kanjar, Sansi, Bhat, Bhand, Nat, Rana, Dom, Dholi, Mogiya (Mogya), Bavaria, Bedia, Bagaria, Sirkiwala, Chaubadar, Gadolia, Banjara, Kalbelia, Bhopa, Nayak, Gadiya Luhar, Pardi, Bhedkut, Raibari, Sikligar, Sigdiwal, Rangaswamy, Nath, Baazigar, Gujrati and Junglia have been included.
• Under the scheme, a door-to-door survey of all 30 castes and such families involved in the business of illicit liquor would be conducted and their digital database would be prepared.

Important decisions of the Madhya Pradesh Council of Ministers meeting

Why In News?

• In the meeting of the Council of Ministers held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on April 26, 2022, many important decisions were taken including the formation of Madhya Pradesh Natural Agriculture Development Board.

Key Points

• In order to increase the spread of natural agriculture in the state and with the objective of providing encouragement and cooperation to the farmers with continuous guidance, it was decided to constitute 'Madhya Pradesh Natural Agriculture Development Board' as an independent organization.
• For monitoring and review in the board, an apex body headed by the Chief Minister and a task force under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary will be constituted at the state level.
• The State Project Director of the Board will be Additional Chief Secretary, Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Department and Executive Directo. The headquarter of the board will be in Bhopal.
• At the district level, the scheme will be implemented by the District Project Director, Aatma, under the direction of the Atma Governing Board, headed by the Collector.
• The cabinet decided to implement an incentive scheme for crop diversification in Madhya Pradesh in view of the increase in the area and production of wheat and paddy in the state, increase in the cost of procurement on support price and environmental imbalance in the state due to these crops. took.
• According to the proposal of the scheme, the proposals received from the applicant company/institution will be examined by the Director, Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development and approved by the Council of Ministers Committee on Investment Promotion (CCIP) after the recommendation of the State Level Project Testing Committee headed by the Chief Secretary.
• The implementation of the proposals approved in the scheme will be done by the Monitoring Director, Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development.
• Under the scheme, non-MSP sown in place of wheat and paddy. Crops will be covered.
• This will reduce the dependence on chemical fertilizers in the state and environmental protection, biodiversity and sustainable farming will be possible. Also, there will be reduction in procurement on support price and dependence on import of pulses and oilseeds will be reduced.
• The cabinet decided to amend the Madhya Pradesh Work (Allotment) Rules to change the name of 'Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes Department' to 'Vimukt, Nomadic and Ardh Nomadic Welfare Department'.
• Apart from this, the cabinet approved the establishment of the Motor Transport School in Datia district and creation of new posts.

Police Alankaran Samaroh

Why In News?

• On April 26, 2022, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya honored 92 officers and employees of Haryana Police with President's Police Medal and Police Medal during the police decoration ceremony held at Indradhanush Auditorium, Panchkula.

Key Points

• The Governor gave these medals to the police officers and employees who have rendered excellent service during the last four years.
• Of these, 11 officers and employees of Haryana Police were decorated with the President's Police Medal for distinguished services and 81 others with Police Medal for meritorious services.
• DGP (Retd) Dr. B.K. Sinha, ADGP (Administration & IT) Haryana Dr. Arshinder Singh Chawla, ADGP Navdeep Singh Virk, ADGP (Retd) Anil Kumar Rao, ADGP (Law and Order) Sandeep Khirwar, DIG Dr. Arun Singh, Inspector (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh, Inspector (Retd) Gurmeet Singh, Inspectors Ramkumar and Pramod Chand and Sub-Inspector Subhash Chandra.
• IGP Security Saurabh Singh, IGP (Retd) Bharti Arora, Superintendent of Police Vikas Dhankhar, DIG Krishna Murari, Shiv Charan and Balwan Singh, Superintendent of Police (Retd) Ombir Singh, SP Manbir Singh, Raj Kumar, Sumer Singh, DCP for meritorious services Mukesh Malhotra, SP (Retd) Krishan Kumar, DCP Jaibir Singh and Ravinder Kumar, DSP Rajiv Kumar, Veer Singh, Gurmel Singh, Om Prakash, Ram Kumar, Angrej Singh, Baljit Singh, Naresh Yadav and Narendra Kumar were decorated with police medals.
• Similarly, Inspectors Deepak Singh, Shravan Kumar, Vikas, Anil Kumar, Lali Vargish, Ramlal, Arvind Kumar, Jaldhir Singh, Ramesh Kumar (retired), Nayan Pal, Prakash Chand, Rajpal, Ravinder Singh, Nihal Singh, Ram Kumar and Karan Singh (Retd) received Police Medals for meritorious services.
• Apart from these, the sub-inspectors who were awarded Police Medals include Satya Dev (Retd), Ram Kishan, Satyawan, Varinder Kumar, Rakesh Mani, Jagdish Prasad, Maha Singh (Retd), Arun Deswal, Suresh Kumar, Harish Kumar, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Ravindra Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Suman Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, Ram Pal, Parveen Kumar, Mahendra Singh (ORP/SI) and Kulwinder Kaur.
• Similarly E-SI Ram Pratap, Suresh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Satpal, Ramesh Chand, Meena Sharma, Sushila Kaushik, Ranveer Kaur, Anuradha, Hardev Singh (Retd) and Joginder Singh were decorated with Police Medals.
• Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASI) Virender Singh, Karambir Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Parveen Kumar, Joginder Singh, Amit Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Didar Singh, Ramphal (EASI) and Shiv Kumar (EASI) were also decorated with Police Medals.

State's second SRMC center opened in West Singhbhum

Why In News?

• On 26 April 2022, the Labor Superintendent of West Singhbhum district launched the State's second Safe and Responsible Migration Center (SRMC) in the district for safe and responsible migration of migrant workers.

Key Points

• It is noteworthy that the first SRMC center of the state was launched in Gumla on April 20, 2022. Apart from Gumla and West Singhbhum districts, SRMI (Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative) center will soon be set up in Dumka.
• This center of West Singhbhum district will function under the supervision of the District Labor Superintendent and Employment Officer under the aegis of the District Labor and Employment Office in the form of District Level Support Cell.
• Through this, work will be done in the direction of identification of inter-state migrants and their families in West Singhbhum, so that social security of such workers can be ensured.
• Along with this, the facility of registration of workers will also be provided at the centre. It is also planned to organize camps for them from time to time.
• It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Hemant Soren had launched the Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative (SRMI) in December 2021.

Governor signs the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022

Why In News?

• On 26 April 2022, Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey signed the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022, a bill introduced to amend the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code 1959.

Key Points

• According to the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022, amendments have been made in 12 sections of the original Act, 48 sections of Chapter 7 and 16 sections of Chapter 14 of the Land Revenue Code.
• In the amended Bill, in sub-section 01 of section 50 of the principal Act, for the Settlement Commissioner, 'Commissioner of Land Records' has been substituted. Similarly, 'District Survey Officer' has been substituted in place of Settlement Officer.
• In Chapter 7 of the principal Act, for the title 'Revenue survey and settlement in non-urban areas', the words 'Land survey and land revenue assessment' have been substituted.
• A new section 178B has been inserted in the amended Bill. According to this, the Tehsildar will first issue the information to the interested parties by entering the applications received for account division in the e-namantran portal and will publish the general information or advertisement.
• On receipt of objection in any case or the Tehsildar finds the matter to be disputed due to any reason, he will register the case by transferring the case from online e-namantaran portal to his e-revenue court, otherwise all proceedings in the case will be done through online e-namantaran portal.

11 soldiers of Chhattisgarh Police honored with Shoorveer Samman

Why In News?

• On April 26, 2022, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu honored 11 policemen from constable to TI rank with Shoorveer Samman in a program organized to honor brave police personnel who have done excellent work in the state.

Key Points

• Among those who received the honor were Sub-Inspector Zakir Ali, Lady Constable Manisha Yadav, Assistant Sub-Inspector Bhupesh Singh, Principal Constable Sandeep Dixit, Principal Constable Sarfaraz Chishti, Inspector Raman Usendi, Sub-Inspector Deepika Nirmalkar, Assistant Sub-Inspector Manoj Rathor, Principal Constable Sushil Pandey, Inspector Vijay Chelak and Inspector Sumatram Sahu.
• The Home Minister said on this occasion that the police should do their work honestly, so that the general public shows respect for them and there is fear of the police in the minds of criminals.
• Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, while referring to the motto 'Trust, Development, Security' given by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for Naxalite areas, said that in the last 3 years, about 2 thousand Maoists surrendered after being influenced by the rehabilitation policy of the state government. accepted to join the mainstream.

Important decision of Chhattisgarh High Court in Habeas Corpus Writ case

Why In News?

• Recently, the Chhattisgarh High Court held in the habeas corpus case that missing persons cases cannot be brought under the provision of Habeas Corpus petition.

Key Points

• Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice N.K. With reference to such cases, Chandravanshi said that "cases of missing persons are to be registered under the regular provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the concerned police officers are bound to investigate the same in the manner prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure."
• The High Court held that what remains relevant is that establishing grounds for 'illegal detention' and a strong doubt about any such 'illegal detention' is a condition for moving the habeas corpus petition and Constitutional Courts will not entertain habeas corpus petitions where there is no allegation of doubt about 'illegal detention'.
• The Supreme Court in its judgment in Union of India v Yumnam Anand M and others has observed that "Article 21 of the Constitution declares that no person shall be deprived of life and liberty except according to procedure established by law". Besides, there is definitely a need for a machinery to investigate the question of illegal detention with utmost urgency. A writ of habeas corpus is an instrument of this nature."
• It is noteworthy that under the Right to Constitutional Remedies mentioned in Article 32 of the Constitution, 5 writs - Habeas Corpus, Mandate, Prohibition, Abetment and Right to Question have been mentioned.

Proposal for mega construction project of Rs 13,707 crore for Uttarakhand

Why In News?

• On April 26, 2022, Border Roads Organization (BRO) officials made a presentation to the Governor of Uttarakhand Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmeet Singh about the proposed projects under the Rs 13,707 crore mega construction package for the border areas of Uttarakhand.

Key Points

• It was told in the presentation that the construction of 14 new roads and five heliports in Uttarakhand at a cost of Rs 9,250 crore by the BRO, Construction of five heliports at a cost of Rs 77.50 crore, expansion of Gauchar and Naini Saini airstrips with a budget of Rs 12 crore and two tunnels at an estimated cost of Rs 4,260 crore.
• Apart from this, the Governor of Uttarakhand, Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh flagged off the 'multi-pronged campaign' of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) at the Raj Bhavan on 26 April itself.
• BRO has launched this campaign on the occasion of its 63rd Foundation Day and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav of the country. The theme of this campaign is 'National Integration and Nation Building'.