-India Today Agriculture powerhouse Madhya Pradesh still suffers from high levels of malnutrition, a contrast that exposes our flawed food policies Madhya Pradesh in mid-March is heavy with the scent of the Mahua blossom. Heaped at village bazaars, and now restricted largely to brewing liquor, its pungent smell is fast disappearing from indigenous tribal stews and curries. On the road to Petlawad and Alirajpur on the western edge of the state, farmers...
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Madhya Pradesh tops in foeticide: NCRB -Amarjeet Singh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: On October 6, 2011, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had sought the blessings at Peetambara Peeth at Ratangarh in Datia and launched the much-hyped 'Beti Bachao Abhiyan' all over the state with a pledge to protect girl child. Four years down the line Madhya Pradesh is top in the country in having maximum number of foeticide cases. In year 2014, thirty percent of the total cases of...
More »Slimming Down -Sudha Pillai
-The Indian Express Reduce Centrally sponsored schemes, specify their objectives and timelines. A Niti Aayog taskforce chaired by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has apparently recommended that 25 per cent of the funds under Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) be made available to states as untied monies. If this recommendation is accepted, states would receive a total of Rs 42,000 crore during 2015-16 itself. This recommendation should be viewed in...
More »Social schemes suffer body blow over tardy progress by Shivraj Chouhan sub-panel -Arup Roychoudhury
-Business Standard 14th Finance Commission wants 30 centrally-sponsored schemes to be delinked from support of the govt as states get more through untied funds The pending decision on sharing of resources between the Centre and the states on centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) by the sub-group of chief ministers has led to a number of Union government ministries facing a cash crunch. Even, the finance ministry refused to release funds to them for...
More »Village Rebels Against Chouhan, Serves Eggs in Mid-Day Meals -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in New Delhi: As an expression of resentment against vegetarian Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s insistence to not allow serving of eggs in mid-day meals across the State since he considers it a ‘sentimental issue’, the Sahariya children of Shirpura village in Shivpuri district were on Friday afternoon served eggs along with khichri through village contributions. For a large number of children who turned up to get a boiled egg...
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