मध्यप्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान ने बढ़ते कोरोना संक्रमण के बीच आज कैबिनेट की आपात बैठक बुलाई थी जिसमें मुख्यमंत्री ने प्रदेश में शक्ति बढ़ाने के संकेत दिए हैं।
कैबिनेट में इस बात पर फैसला किया गया कि 1 मई से 18 वर्ष से अधिक आयु वर्ग के सभी लोगों को कोरोनावायरस से बचाव हेतु टीका निशुल्क लगाया जाएगा।
मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि प्रदेश के मजदूरों की चिंता सरकार कर रही है उन्हें प्रदेश से बाहर जाकर मजदूरी करने की आवश्यकता नहीं है प्रदेश में 2100000 से अधिक मजदूर मनरेगा के तहत रजिस्टर्ड है हम 3 माह का राशन भी मजदूरों को निशुल्क मुहैया करा रहे हैं।
प्रदेश में बढ़ते कोरोनावायरस से निपटने के लिए कैबिनेट की बैठक में लॉकडाउन बढ़ाने और सख्ती करने के संकेत भी मुख्यमंत्री की तरफ से दिए गए हैं।
आपको बता दें कि कल प्रदेश में 13000 से ज्यादा एक्टिव के मिले थे अब प्रदेश में 82000 से ज्यादा एक्टिव केसों की संख्या हो चुकी है इसी कारण सरकार जनता की सुरक्षा के लिए चिंतित है और मुख्यमंत्री ने जूल घूमने वालों पर सख्ती करने के निर्देश अधिकारियों को देने के संकेत दिए हैं।
सरकारी सूत्रों की मानें तो प्रदेश में संक्रमण दर 24 परसेंट से अधिक है इसलिए जिन जिलों में ज्यादा एक्टिव केस आ रहे हैं उन जिलों में अधिकारियों को लोगों से कड़ाई से निपटने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं। साथ ही जहां ज्यादा एक्टिव केस आ रहे हैं वहां पर टोटल लॉक डाउन करने की भी निर्देश प्रभारी मंत्रियों के माध्यम से दिए गए हैं।
गौरतलब है कि कल प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने राष्ट्र के नाम दिए अपने संबोधन में कहा था कि लॉकडाउन ही कोरोनावायरस से निपटने का अंतिम विकल्प है इसलिए राज्य सरकारों को यह फैसला करना है कि उन्हें कहां पर लॉकडाउन लगाना है या कहां पर नहीं जिसके कारण यह संभावना जताई जा रही थी कि जहां पर भी एक्टिव केस ज्यादा बढ़ रहे हैं वहां पर टोटल लॉकडाउन लगाया जाएगा और अधिकारी लोगों से कड़ाई से निपटेंगे।
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शिवराज कैबिनेट की आपात बैठक में फैसला, सख्ती बढ़ाएगी सरकार
सुखद खबर: हेलीकॉप्टर द्वारा इंदौर से भोपाल भेजे गए 2 हजार 16 रेमडेसिविर इंजेक्शन बाकी अन्य संभाग भेजेगी सरकार
मध्यप्रदेश में लगातार बढ़ते कोरोना संक्रमण के बीच मध्य प्रदेश सरकार की पहल पर एक सुखद खबर आई है खबर है कि इंदौर से हेलीकॉप्टर द्वारा भोपाल के लिए 2016 रेमडेसिविर इंजेक्शन भेजे गए हैं जो भोपाल में जरूरतमंदों को जिला प्रशासन के द्वारा प्रदान किए जाएंगे।
प्राप्त जानकारी के अनुसार इंदौर एयरपोर्ट पर 200 बॉक्स में कुल 9264 रेमडेसिवीर इंजेक्शन पहुचाये गए हैं। जिसमे 42 बॉक्स हेलीकॉप्टर के माध्यम से भोपाल, 7 रतलाम और 4 खंडवा पहुंचाए जाएंगे।
इसी तरह स्टेट प्लेन के द्वारा 19 बॉक्स ग्वालियर, 18 रीवा, 39 जबलपुर और 14 सागर पहुंचाये जाएंगे। 57 रेमडेसिवीर इंजेक्शन के बॉक्स इंदौर के लिए रखे जाएंगे।
Every MP govt school to have Maa ki Bagia: CM Chouhan
BHOPAL: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said all government schools will have Maa Ki Bagia (kitchen garden) for growing seasonal vegetables. The motto of kitchen gardens are to provide fresh vegetables to students, he said. Chouhan made the above remark at Minto Hall on Thursday, when he virtually inaugurated 2,500 kitchen sheds and 7,100 kitchen gardens.
At the virtual function, he also spoke to some women of self-help groups who prepare mid-day meal in schools. The cook of a primary school at Fanda in Bhopal Sunita Maran said that she had named the kitchen garden of her school as ‘Ma Ki Bagia.’ Chouhan said that he had agreed about the name and that he would christen the kitchen garden of his residence as ‘Ma Ki Bagia.’
He said kitchen garden would be set up in every government school under MNREGA. If there is lack of space in any school for it, garden can be set up in any other area in the village where the institution is located, he said. He also appealed to school authorities to take cooperation of students to maintain cleanliness in schools and kitchen gardens.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the students used to sweep the floor of their schools earlier to maintain cleanliness. He said he, too, would have the clean the floor of his school, as one should not be ashamed of doing the work of one’s own school.
The Chief Minister further said that food should be nutritious, seasonal and frugal to maintain health. The aim of setting up kitchen gardens in schools is to provide fresh vegetables to students, he added.
सोनिया गांधी का मोदी सरकार पर हमला,बोली देश ने ऐसी निरंकुश,संवेदनहीन और निष्ठुर सरकार नहीं देखी
अखिल भारतीय कांग्रेस कमेटी की कार्यकारी अध्यक्ष सोनिया गांधी ने मोदी सरकार पर बड़ा हमला बोलते हुए सरकार को निष्ठुर निरंकुश और संवेदनहीन बताया है।
सोनिया गांधी ने कहा कि देश में ऐसी सरकार कभी नहीं देखी जिस के राज में 44 दिन से अन्नदाता हैरान-परेशान दिल्ली की सड़कों पर जमा है और सरकार के कान पर जूं तक नहीं रेंग रही है
देश में बढ़ रही महंगाई,बेरोजगारी पर गांधी ने कहा कि अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में तेल की कीमतें अपने निम्नतम स्तर पर है तब यह सरकार देश के मध्यम वर्ग और कृषक वर्ग ₹84 लीटर का पेट्रोल बेच रही है जो 73 सालों में सबसे अधिक है
गांधी ने कहा कि यह सरकार अपने पूंजीपति दोस्तों स्वयं का खजाना भरने का काम कर रही है आज देश की कमर तोड़ महंगाई ने देशवासियों को सड़क पर लाकर खड़ा कर दिया है लेकिन उससे निपटने के बजाय यह सरकार अपने चंद पूंजीपतियों दोस्तों को खुश करने में लगी हुई है।
गांधी ने सरकार से मांग करते हुए कहा कि अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में तेल की कीमत भारत के मुद्रा के हिसाब से ₹23.62 पैसे के लगभग है इस कीमत पर सरकार को तेल बेचना चाहिए साथ ही घरेलू रसोई गैस सिलेंडर की जो कीमत यूपीए सरकार के समय थी उसी कीमत पर आम जनता को यह चीजें उपलब्ध कराई जाएं।
New Education Policy Draft restructure the UG courses
The Committee set up by MHRD for framing new Education Policy has submitted it’s recommendation. Among the major changes, it suggests the renaming of the MHRD as Ministry of Education (MoE) and restructuring of Undergraduate courses.
The drafting committee, set up in 2017, led by the Chairman and eminent scientist K Kasturirangan submitted the draft report to the HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal and Minister of State for HRD, Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre on May 31 in the presence of R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary Department of Higher Education and Rina Ray, Secretary Department of School Education & Literacy and other senior officials of the Ministry.
The committee proposes a major reconfiguration of curricular and pedagogical structure at school level. It includes Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as an integral part of school education. The Committee also recommends the extension of Right to Education Act 2009 to cover children of ages 3 to 18.
It suggests restructuring school curriculum and pedagogy in 5+3+3+4 design which is 5 years of foundational stage (pre-primary school, grade 1 and grade 2), 3 years of preparatory (grade 3, grade 4 and grade 5), 3 years of middle stage (grade 6, grade 7 and grade 8) and 4 years of high stage (grade 9, grade 10, grade 11 and grade 12).
The committee proposes for massive transformation in teacher education by shutting down sub-standard teacher education institutions and moving all teacher preparation or education programmes into large multidisciplinary universities/ colleges. The four-year integrated stage-specific BEd programme will eventually be the minimum degree qualification for teachers.
In higher education, a restructuring of higher education institutions with three types of higher education institutions is proposed: focused on world-class research and high-quality teaching, focused on high-quality teaching across disciplines with significant contribution to research, and high-quality teaching focused on undergraduate education. This will be driven by two missions — Mission Nalanda and Mission Takshashila.
A new apex body, Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog, is proposed to enable a holistic and integrated implementation of all educational initiatives and programmatic interventions and to coordinate efforts between the Centre and the states.
The National Research Foundation, an apex body is proposed for creating a strong research culture and building research capacity across higher education.
It has also recommended setting up three new national institutes for Pali, Persian, and Prakrit and an Indian Institute of Translation and Interpretation (IITI).
The MHRD has sought feedback from stakeholders on the draft report.
Supreme court gives 5 days for government to respond to Rafale review pleas
Rafale jet deal has become the Achilles heal for the BJP government. No respite for government in the coming future as the court refused it’s plea to respond in a month. Instead, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) gave them time till Saturday to respond.
The Bench, headed by CJI Gogoi, also directed the government to respond by affidavit to a separate application for initiating perjury proceedings against those in the government who had allegedly “suppressed” vital documents and circumstances of the Rafale jets’ purchase from the court.
The court, earlier upheld the jets’ deal on December 14 by saying that it had limited jurisdiction over defence deals. In another judgment on April 10, the court rejected the government protests to maintainability of the review petitions against the December 14 order.
The brief hearing on Tuesday on the review petitions began with Attorney General K.K. Venugopal informing the court that the government had circulated a letter to all the parties concerned for a deferment of the hearing.
Mr. Venugopal said a fresh response was required from the government as there were new documents annexed in the review petitions. “Give us some time… Your April 10 judgment allowed these documents. There was no formal notice issued to the Union of India,” he submitted.
“If your grievance is that no notice was issued, we will issue notice,” the CJI responded.
At this point, advocate Prashant Bhushan, one of the review petitioners, pointed out that the application filed by them, including former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, to initiate perjury proceedings against government officials who submitted “false information” in the Rafale case was also listed and the court should issue formal notice on that too. The court asked them to issue another petition for perjury.
The case of Rafale deal is quite stringent. The government had claimed that the review pleas were based on secret Rafale documents unauthorisedly removed from the Ministry of Defence and leaked to the media. Mr. Venugopal had argued that “stolen” documents came under the protection of the Official Secrets Act (OSA). They were not admissible in evidence in a court of law. Claiming privilege, the government wanted the court to ignore the documents, even if they were found to be germane to the Rafale case, and dismiss the review petitions at a preliminary stage.
Vice Admiral Vimal Verma moves to Armed Forces Tribunal for denying Naval Chief Post
Hierarchy has always been among the pillars of armed forces tradition. Sometimes, the tradition overlaps the merit. Similar is the case of Vice Admiral Vimal Verma.
Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command Vice Admiral Vimal Verma has approached an armed forces tribunal seeking to know why he was overlooked as the next navy chief despite being the senior-most in the line of command.
The government has named Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as next chief of the naval staff. He will succeed Admiral Sunil Lanba who retires on May 30.
The government made the selection following a merit-based approach and did not go with the tradition of appointing the senior-most eligible officer to the post. Vice Admiral Verma is senior to Singh and was among the contenders for the top post.
Besides Verma, the other contenders for the Navy Chief post included Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, FOC-in-C of Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar and FOC-in-C of Southern Naval Command Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla.
While appointing the Army Chief in 2016, the government did not follow the long-held tradition of going by the seniority.
Government allocates 1000 crores to BSNL and MTNL to clear February wages
PSUs BSNL and MTNL have suffered tremendous loss due to low – tariff and unavailability of 4G spectrum. The loss is so huge that they are not able to pay-off the wages. Government came to the rescue and allocated Rs. 1000 crores to clear their wage bill.
A senior official of the Department of Telecom (DoT) said BSNL will clear about Rs 850 crore dues of its employees before Holi (March 21). MTNL was given Rs 171 crore on Monday and instructed to pay salaries by Wednesday.
Due to stiff competition in a low-tariff market and crippled by lack of services due to no 4G spectrum, a huge work force of 1.76 lakh and without Delhi and Mumbai as operational bases, BSNL’s profitability has suffered heavily in recent years. It’s losses widened to Rs 7,992 crore in 2017-18.
According to financial data shared by the Telecom Minister in the Lok Sabha, the company posted a loss of Rs 4,793 crore in 2016-17.
MTNL too has been on the decline. Its Q3FY19 losses widened to Rs 833 crore. The government has been footing the bill for monthly salaries of its 23,000 employees since November 2018.
While BSNL’s annual wage bill is Rs 15,000 crore, which is 85 per cent of its revenue, MTNL’s yearly wage bill is Rs 2,500 crore, 95 per cent of its revenue. In contrast, the salary bills of private operators are less than 10 per cent of their revenues.
It’s quite depressing that these already established PSUs have to rely on government. Not able to generate any profit is a failure for any company. Not only BSNL and MTNL but also many PSUs suffer from the same fate. They are walking on the crutches of government. These PSU should introspect and find why they are incompetent despite hiring the best talent pool through national level exams.
National Ganga Council has not met once since Modi took charge
In 2014, Modi’s BJP strongly campaigned for the cleaning of the river Ganga. When they ascend to the power, they allocated huge funds for the cleaning of Ganga. Namami Gange was the name given to the project. It was an utter failure. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), only one out of 39 locations through which the Ganga river flows had clean water in the post-monsoon period this year. In the recent revelation, an RTI by The Wire states that there has not been even a single meeting of the National Ganga Council (NGC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi thus far. Is our government really serious about Ganga?
The NGC was formed in October 2016. Its purpose is to preserve, protect and manage the Ganga river waters. On October 7, 2016, a notification issued by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation stated that the NGC should hold one or more meetings every year, at its discretion.
However, information obtained from the National Clean Ganga Mission, an organisation under the water ministry, has revealed that more than two years since its formation, the NGC has not held a single meeting. The NGC is perhaps the largest committee overseeing work being done towards cleaning the Ganga.
With the formation of the NGC, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) was dissolved. The functioning of the NGRBA was similar to the NGC, and the prime minister was the chairman of the NGRBA as well.
The NGRBA was formed after the Congress-led UPA government came to power in 2009. Its first meeting was held on October 5, 2009, under the chairmanship of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
From 2009 to 2012, there were three meetings of the NGRBA which Manmohan Singh presided over. After this, there were three meetings between 2014 and 2016, out of which two meetings were presided over by then water minister Uma Bharti. The March 26, 2015 meeting of the Authority was chaired by Modi.
Modi ji used to blame the previous governments about the ill health of the river. (Read here) They might be as Ganga wasn’t polluted in his tenure. But the point is that he promised people and he failed to deliver. Results though do not matter but zero efforts wasn’t expected.
The condition of Ganga is pathetic. Despite this, the committee is not meeting once. The government is just ‘allocating funds’ in order to show people that they care. Not holding a single meeting, hardly any improvement in the pollution level tells a totally different story. And that story is not what our Prime Minister wants us to know.
Government blames public servants for stolen Rafale Documents
Rafale Documents are missing. This news itself is a shock. Progression of shocks led to the blaming of public servants for the steal. The opposition is not losing the golden opportunity to attack the government on ‘carelessness’. Government has also imposed Official Secrets Act on the newspaper The Hindu.
Attorney General KK Venugopal said papers regarding the pricing of the Rafales were stolen from ministry files and given to The Hindu newspaper for publishing. He also argued that a report by the newspaper could not be taken up as evidence against the government. Justice KM Joseph injected some sense into the debate and said that even stolen evidence could be looked into provided it was authentic and relevant.
KK Venugopal also said a review petition and an affidavit filed by senior advocate Prashant Bhushan contained extracts from the stolen documents, and these should be dismissed. He also demanded imposing the Official Secrets Act. But Prashant Bhushan said there was no infringement, explaining that the information on file notings was open under the Right To Information. Venugopal countered the point by reading out the RTI Act and said it exempted defence documents from disclosure.
Rafale deal has already been the political flash point. On one hand, the Congress has relentlessly accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of crony capitalism and corruption, pointing — among other things — to the choice of Reliance Defence as an offset partner of the jetmaker, Dassault Aviation.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India felt the absence of Rafale fighters as tensions with Pakistan escalated last week.
Supreme court has already cleared the deal but a review petition has been filed by Prashant Bhushan and his associates. On this, Attorney General Venugopal told the court on Wednesday that judicial review of the Rafale case would affect future defence purchases.
Venugopal said the court shouldn’t get into the Rafale issue, as any observation by it would be used by the Opposition to destabilise the government.
The million dollar question is that how can the government lose such important documents? Was it their carelessness or they deliberately hiding it? Whatever be the reason, now the government has started blaming public servants for the leak. The ultimate point is that such documents do exist which can topple the ‘clean deal’ claim of the government. Let’s see how the story unfolds.