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Madhya Pradesh Announces Total Ban on Polythene Bags from May 1, 2017
i. During the Republic Day address on January 26, 2017 in the state, Chief Minister of Madhya
Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a complete ban on polythene carry bags from
May 1, 2017 in Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The decision aims to conserve environment, promote cleanliness and protect cows that
generally dies of eating plastic bags.
iii. For the proper implementation of the ban, the CM has given three months time to the
polythene manufacturers.
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The Union Cabinet Approves Establishment of Food Legumes Research Platform (FLRP)
at Amlaha, Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
The Union Government chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 15, 2017
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ix. An amount of Rs 102-crore was allocated for the plantation and horticulture work on the banks
of river Narmada.
x. Rs 10 crore was allocated for setting up a Vedant Peeth at Omkareshwar as a mark of respect
to Adiguru Shankaracharya.
xi .In addition, a Vir Bharat Nyas will be set up with an initial provision of Rs 9 crore to preserve
the memories of martyrs.
xii. In an effort to improve e-governance infrastructure, Rs 25 crore was assigned for the
expansion of state data centre.
President Appoints New Chief Justices in MP, Patna, Kerala, Chattisgrah, Jharkhand HCs
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced the appointment of new Chief
Justices in the state of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Patna and Jharkhand High
Courts on March 10, 2017.
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge of the Patna High Court appointed
to be the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
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Madhya Pradesh government DMRC to ink pact to supply power from Rewa Project
Power Purchase agreement (PPA) has signed between Delhi Metro Railways
Corporation (DMRC) & Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company (MPPMC) with Rewa
Ultra Mega Solar Limited, the implementing agency for the worlds largest single site solar power
project, the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project (UMSPP, 750MW) in Bhopal on April
17,2017 by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable
Energy and Mines.
Rewa UMSPP had achieved historic results with a record low first year tariff of Rs 2.97 per
unit of electricity and a levelised tariff of Rs 3.30 over the term of 25 years.
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and spiritual leader Dalai Lama extended
support to this campaign.
Madhya Pradesh govt announces indefinite ban on sand mining in Narmada river
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a total ban on sand mining in Narmada
River.
i. The river flows through 18 districts in Madhya Pradesh and the ban will be effective in all 18
districts.
ii. The state government has also imposed a complete ban on use of all kinds of machines for
mining from the remaining rivers in the state.
Indore is Indias cleanest city, UPs Gonda dirtiest: Swachh Bharat survey
On May 4, 2017 Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu released 3rd edition of the
Swachh Survekshan which ranked 434 Indian cities on various cleanliness parameters. Indore
in Madhya Pradesh emerged as the cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh ranked at the
bottom as the dirtiest city.
Data for compiling the rankings were provided by municipal corporations and independent
assessors. Quality Council of India deployed 421 assessors for on the spot assessment of
17,500 locations in 434 cities and towns.
Top 10 Clean Cities - Swachh Survekshan 2017:
Rank Cities
1st Indore Madhya Pradesh
2nd Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
rd
3 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
4th Surat Gujarat
5th Mysuru Karnataka
th
6 Tiruchirapally Tamil Nadu
7th NDMC Delhi
8th Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
th
9 Tirupathi Andhra Pradesh
10th Vadodara Gujarat
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IIT Kharagpur Signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh For Measuring Happiness Index
IIT Kharagpurs Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness has signed a MoU
with Madhya Pradesh governments Rajya Anandam Sansthan. It is a Department of
Happiness.
Key Notes:
i. The MoU has been signed to collaborate on the development of a Happiness Index for
measuring the well-being of the residents of the state.
ii. The Happiness index would be developed by IIT-KGP and the data collected by the state
government.
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