• 31 Aug 2023

Sikri's Varsha to receive Uttar Pradesh State Teacher Award

Why is News?

According to information received from the media on August 30, 2023, Varsha Chahar, posted in Fatehpur Sikri block of Agra, has been selected for the Uttar Pradesh State Teacher Award, 2022. She has given a new identity to the school through her tireless efforts.

Key Points:

• Varsha Chahar from Agra is the head of Daudpur, a former secondary school in Fatehpur Sikri block.
• About 4 years ago in 2019, when Varsha came to this school, the educational level of the children studying here was below normal, but with her tireless efforts, Varsha has not only improved the level of education of the school but also the students of the school.
• Due to her efforts, this small school of Daudpur has not only secured first place in the 'Mera Vidyalaya Meri Pehchan' district-level competition but Varsha herself and the children of her school are getting selected in all the competitions and are making Agra proud.
• Achievements of the school-
  • Stood first in the district level ‘Mera Vidyalaya Meri Pehchaan’ (award for the best school)
  • State Level Environment Earthian Award, 2023
  • 2 children were selected in the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) scholarship competition in 2022 and 5 children were selected in 2023.
  • Selection of 5 children in Shrestha Yojana, out of which 2 children have got DPS school.
  • Selection of school students in the district-level National Science Invention Competition in 2022 and 2023.
  • Achievements of Varsha Chahar-
  • Honoured with State Level Earthian Environment Award, 2023.
  • Selected at first position in district-level art craft puppetry competition.
  • First in the district-level sixth storytelling competition.
  • Awarded with district level excellent teacher award.

20 teachers selected for State Education Award

Why is News?

On August 30, 2023, Bihar State Education Department has selected 20 teachers from the state for the State Teacher Award.

Key Points:

• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will honour selected teachers in Patna on September 5, Teachers' Day.
• Teachers selected for the State Teacher Award-
• Arjun Saha (Higher Secondary School, Katihar), Umesh Kumar Yadav (Government Middle School Harihpur, Vaishali), Rajeev Kumar (Higher Secondary School Mohania Kaimur), Manish Kumar (Buxar Plus Two School Simri), Kaushal Kishore (Aurangabad Middle School Basdiha), Prithvi Singh (Vaishali), Shafuzman (Higher Secondary School Jahangirpur), Sanjay Kumar (Rohtas Dehri Middle School Shivganj), Sanjay Kumar Poddar (Ruchiyahi Higher Secondary School, Begusarai), Vaidyanath Rajak (Primary School Maldaha, Samastipur), Suresh Kumar Singh (Urdu Middle School, Bagahi, Bhojpur), Anil Kumar (RPCJS School), Anoop Niranjan (Bubna Higher Secondary School, Samastipur), Subir Banerjee (Deaf Girls’ School, Patna).
• Teachers selected for State Teacher Award-
• Sangeeta (High School, Malmal Madhubani), Pushpa Kumari (Middle School Laxmisagar Darbhanga), Poonam (Rohtas Girls Higher Secondary School), Dr. Poonam Sinha (Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Patna ), Neetu Shahi (Primary School Patna), Priyanka Kumari (Galaitol Middle School, Sitamarhi), Swarnalata (Girls Middle School, Ahmedabad, Katihar).

Rajasthan Udyog Ratna Awards announced

Why is News?

On August 30, 2023, the Industries and Commerce Department of Rajasthan announced awards in various categories under the Rajasthan Udyog Ratna Award Scheme for the year 2022-23. Under this, 9 entrepreneurs will be given Rajasthan Udyog Ratna Awards.

Key Points:

• Rajasthan Industries and Commerce Minister Shakuntala Rawat said that a total of 9 entrepreneurs in the micro, small and medium enterprises category will be awarded the Rajasthan Udyog Ratna Award by the department.
• Udaipur's Lotus Hi-Tech Industries will be awarded in the micro-enterprise category, Sarda Metal Powders L.L.P. Jaipur in the small enterprise category, Suvidhi Rayons Pvt. Ltd. Bhilwara and Uniclean Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. Jaipur in the medium enterprise category.
• Blue care Systems Pvt. Ltd. Bhilwara in micro enterprise category, Cultivator Natural Products Pvt. Ltd. Jodhpur in small enterprise category and Ananta Medicare Ltd. Sriganganagar in medium enterprise category will be given Udyog Ratna award for best business practices.
• Shekhawati Impex Jaipur in the Small Enterprise category and Plastivive Industries L.L.P. Udaipur in the Medium Enterprise category will also be given the Udyog Ratna Award for Best Women Entrepreneur.
• Shakuntala Rawat informed that Rajasthan Weaver Ratna Award and Rajasthan Handicraft Ratna Award will also be given to encourage weavers and handicrafts.
• The best weaver award will be given jointly to Jebu Nisha of Kaithoon district Kota and Mohammad Yasin of Baran and the Handicraft Ratna award will be given to Inder Singh Kudrat of Jaipur.
• All the awards will be given at a state-level function to be held in Jaipur on September 17 on MSME Day.

MP moved forward in establishing innovative E-governance systems, received 23 National E-Governance Awards

Why is News?

According to the information given by the Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department on August 30, 2023, Madhya Pradesh has won 23 National E-Governance Awards for excellence at the national level since 2007 by implementing E-Governance systems with innovative use of information technology.

Key Points:

• Inspired by the encouragement given by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to innovative IT-based governance systems, several departments have implemented innovative systems, which have benefited the target beneficiaries of various development schemes and programmes.
• Many of these efforts have been praised for their universal acceptability, considering them applicable to the socio-economic conditions of other states as well.
• Integrated treasury computerization in the year 2007, tele-payment in Jabalpur collectorate in 2008, arrangement of survey of forest dwellers in 2010 and MP Online, Samagra Portal, Panch Parmeshwar Portal, Indore 311 App, Pension Portal, Online Social Security Scheme Management System, MP Labour Initiatives like Seva Portal, Sparsh-Special Project for Assistance to Divyang, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Divyang, State School Education Portal, Automatic Metering System and Fire Alert and Messaging have won national acclaim.
• Recently, Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited won the Silver Award for the Jal-(Supervisory Control and Data Exhibition) project.
• Its objective is to create a system of real-time monitoring, control and data management of water treatment plants, pump houses and storage so that water supply can be done with the prescribed parameters and effective energy management. Complete arrangements have been made to alert operators on abnormal situations so that the possibility of dangers can be reduced.
• In the year 2021, initiatives like Indore-311 application received praise across the country. This application played an important role in making Indore number one in cleanliness.
• Indore-311 is the easiest way to raise your problems on the app and motivate the concerned authorities to solve them. Indore-311 is a platform for the citizens of Indore to raise their voices.
• This initiative has helped in making Indore a better city by helping civil departments to report, analyze, manage and solve problems.
• In the year 2018, Panch Parmeshwar Portal received the Gold Award. Similarly, silver award was received by Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare for excellence of sports in creative ways in E-Governance using technology.
• Bhopal's creative intervention in information technology by the source agency of adoption information has received national appreciation.
• Anmol is the country's first state-level E-initiative, which aims to monitor children living in various Specialist Adoption Agencies (SAAs). Anmol is a single information centre, which informs parents about the status of children, the process of adopting them, the status of their waiting list, the availability information as per the needs of the children and monitors the status of children by gender.
• The School Education Portal is a holistic portal, designed as an integrated E-governance mechanism, which will assess the performance of the school education sector. Procedural, transparent and accountable governance has been instrumental in implementing the Right to Education Act, 2009.
• Other efforts to provide quality services to the people through effective E-governance and to further innovative use of IT include geomatics based integrated information system application for planning rural road connectivity, tele-solution call centre for citizen convenience and grievances, Jan Mitra Samadhan Kendra, Gwalior, Automated Building Plan Approval System, SMS based transformer information and management system included.

Indira Gandhi Agricultural University received ‘National E-Governance Award, 2023’ (Gold)

Why is News?

According to the information provided by Chhattisgarh Public Relations Department on August 30, 2023, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University has been awarded the 'National E-Governance Award, 2023' 'Gold' at the national level for developing Artificial Intelligence based 'Crop Doctor 2.0 App' for farmers. Has been awarded.

Key Points:

• Indira Gandhi Agricultural University has been selected for this honour by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India for excellence in research on citizen centric services through academic research.
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh honored him with a gold trophy, a citation and a check of Rs 10 lakh in the two-day national workshop organized in Indore.
• Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel has congratulated and congratulated Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr. Girish Chandel and the team of the University for being awarded the 'National E-Governance Award, 2023' 'Gold' at the national level.
• Through this AI-based app, identification of diseases of 36 types of crops, identification of harmful insects, weather information, rental of agricultural machinery and facility of online marketing platform will be easily available to the farmers.
• By using AI, through this app, farmers will be able to get accurate information for farming, which will promote 'smart agriculture' in the state. 8 lakh farmers of the state are connected with this app and are taking advantage of it in farming.
• The 'Crop Doctor 2.0' mobile application has been developed by Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in collaboration with NIC Raipur. Through this application, provided by the Government of India to encourage advanced and transformative smart farming using Artificial Intelligence in agriculture.

State's third science centre will be built in Champawat

Why is News?

Indira Gandhi Agricultural University has been selected for this honour by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India for excellence in research on citizen-centric services through academic research.

Key Points:

• After Chief Minister Dhami's announcement regarding the construction of the Science Centre, the Revenue Department has transferred 98 nali land on Gaudi Marg to the Science and Technology Department for the construction of the Science Center in Champawat.
• Rs 35 lakh has been allocated under the state plan by the Public Works Department for preparing the Detailed Action Plan Report (DPR) for the construction of the Science Centre. Delhi's Mathur & Kapre agency has been selected to prepare the DPR.
• With the construction of a science centre in the district, students of Champawat as well as Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh districts and the youth preparing for various types of competitive examinations will benefit.
• A planetarium will be constructed for information about astronomy in the proposed science centre at the headquarters. Apart from this, an auditorium, innovation hut and oven park will also be constructed. Many scientific activities will take place in the Science Centre. Along with a science park, a fun science and theme-based gallery will also be built in the centre.