Chhattisgarh: Cabinet approves amendments to fisheries policy \
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Chhattisgarh: Cabinet approves amendments to fisheries policy

25-Nov-2022
According to the revised new fisheries policy, ponds and irrigation reservoirs for fish farming will no longer be auctioned but will be given on lease for 10 years.
25-Nov-2022 National
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MP Janpad Panchayat polls: BJP wins 121 out of 170 seats \
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MP Janpad Panchayat polls: BJP wins 121 out of 170 seats

27-Jul-2022
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a 'spectacular' victory in the state Janpad Panchayat Elections.
27-Jul-2022 National
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After the death of 2 boys in 4 days MP govt says all open borewells must be covered \
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After the death of 2 boys in 4 days MP govt says all open borewells must be covered

28-Feb-2022
Bhopal Feb 28 PTI Following the death of two boys after falling into open borewells in the past four days in Umaria and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh the state government on Monday directed officials to ensure all such sites are covered While 3-year-old Prince Athya died after he fell into a 30-feet deep dry borewell in Barkera Bes village in Damoh on Sunday noon a 3-year-old boy died in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after falling into a 200-feet deep borewell in Badarchad village in Umaria The two deaths are extremely sad Instructions have been issued to all Janpad Panchayat Chief Executive Officers CEOs and Public Health Engineering PHE to cover open borewells to prevent such incidents state Home minister Narottam Mishra who is also the state governments spokesperson told reporters on Monday While the futile rescue operation in Damoh took five hours the one in Umaria went on for 16 hours officials had said PTI ADU BNM BNM BNM
28-Feb-2022 National
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MP Janpad Panchayat official suspended after bribery video goes viral \
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MP Janpad Panchayat official suspended after bribery video goes viral

22-Jan-2022
Bhopal Jan 22 PTI A Janpad Panchayat official in Madhya Pradeshs Sehore district was suspended after a purported video showing him taking money went viral on social media Bhopal Divisional Commissioner Gulshan Bamra on Saturday evening suspended with immediate effect Janpad Panchayat Chief Executive Officer CEO DN Patel who is posted in Ashta some 80 kiloemtres from the state capital under Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Rules 1966 an official said In the clip going viral on social media a man who is shooting the video is putting some money in a drawer and the official sitting on the chair asks how much and for what In reply the man says it is Rs 7500 for signing a road related file PTI ADU BNM BNM BNM
22-Jan-2022 National
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SEC defers tabulation of Panchayat poll votes and results in Madhya Pradesh post SC ruling \
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SEC defers tabulation of Panchayat poll votes and results in Madhya Pradesh post SC ruling

22-Dec-2021
Bhopal Dec 22 PTI In view of the recent ruling of the Supreme Court regarding OBC seats in Madhya Pradesh the State Election Commission SEC on Wednesday decided to postpone the tabulation of votes and declaration of results of the upcoming Panchayat polls As per the directions of the Supreme Court the proceedings related to the tabulation of counting of votes and the declaration of election results for all the posts in the three-tier Panchayat elections has been postponed said BS Jamod Secretary MP SEC He said that separate instructions will be issued in this regard The order issued by the SEC quoted the SC directives stating that Further election for General category seats shall proceed along with other election already notified and is underway but results of all the seats including re-notified general seats will be declared together on the same day Jamod said that all the records and documents related to the counting of votes will be kept in safe custody after sealing them in the presence of candidates or their agents In case of the sole candidate for any seat neither the results will be declared nor a winning certificate is given he said On December 17 the apex court had stayed the poll process on seats reserved for Other Backward Classes in Panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh and re-notified these seats as the general category seats The SC ruling came after Congress leader Manmohan Nagar president of Bhopal Jila Panchayat approached the apex court claiming that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh had violated the Constitutional provisions on the rotation of reservation and delimitation for the Panchayat polls A day after the SCs ruling the SEC s decided to put off the Panchayat election process on the seats reserved for OBCs Polling on other seats will be held as per the schedule in three phases on January 6 January 28 and February 16 next year A total of 155 posts of members of Jila Panchayats 1273 members of Janpad Panchayats 4058 sarpanchs 64353 posts of panch were reserved for OBCs during this election process On December 4 the SEC had announced polling for 859 posts of district panchayats across 52 districts in Madhya Pradesh 6727 posts under 313 Janpad Panchayats Sarpanchs of 22581 village panchayats and on 362754 posts of Panch members in three phases on January 6 January 28 and February 16 The process of filing nominations for the first and second phases began on December 13 Counting of votes for the sarpanch and the panch elections will be held at the booths while votes for Janpad Panchayat and Jila Panchayat members will be counted at the block headquarters Results of the election for Janpad panchayat members will be announced at the block headquarters on February 22 The results of the Jila panchayat members election will be declared at the district headquarters on February 23 the SEC had said After the SECs fresh announcement Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Wednesday asked the state government to clarify its stand on the confusion prevailing about the Panchayat elections The MP government had promised in the State Assembly that Panchayat elections will not be held without OBC reservation but the confusion is increasing due to new SEC orders every day State government should clarify what steps it has been taking and when it is moving to the court to ensure OBC reservation in Panchayat polls Nath said in a statement BJPs OBC wing son Wednesday staged statewide protests against Congress accusing the opposition party of conspiring against the backward classes said partys media cell in-charge Lokendra Parashar During the protests workers burnt effigies of Nath and Congress MPs Digvijay Singh and Vivek Tankha petitioner Manmohan Nagars lawyer for conspiring against the OBCs he said PTI ADU NSK NSK
22-Dec-2021 National
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MP SEC defers panchayat polls on OBC seats post SC order \
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MP SEC defers panchayat polls on OBC seats post SC order

18-Dec-2021
Bhopal Dec 18 PTI The Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission SEC on Saturday decided to postpone the Panchayat election process on the seats reserved for Other Backward Classes OBCs in view of the Supreme Courts ruling regarding these seats Polling on other seats will be held as per the schedule- in three phases on January 6 January 28 and February 16 The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the poll process on seats reserved for OBCs in the Panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh and re-notified these seats for the general category In compliance with the Supreme Court order the election process for general elections 2021-22 of the three-tier panchayat system for the posts of Panch Sarpanch and members of Janpad and Jila panchayats on the seats reserved for OBCs has been postponed SEC Commissioner BP Singh said in an official statement The decision to this effect was taken during a meeting of officials held on Saturday In accordance with the directives of the apex court the process of the election on other seats will continue as per the schedule announced by the commission earlier the SEC stated Singh said that district election officials have been told to keep safe the nomination papers submitted so far by OBC candidates for these seats A total of 155 posts of members of Jila Panchayats 1273 members of Janpad Panchayats 4058 sarpanchs 64353 posts of panch were reserved for OBCs during this election process The SCs Friday verdict came after Congress leader Manmohan Nagar president of Bhopal Jila Panchayat approached the apex court alleging that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh had violated the Constitutional provisions on the rotation of reservation and delimitation for Panchayat polls A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar observed that it had passed an order on December 15 directing the SEC to notify the seats in the local bodies in Maharashtra which were reserved for the OBCs as a general category The bench passed an order to stay the election process only in respect of OBC seats in all the local bodies in MP and to re-notify those seats for the general category On December 4 the SEC had announced polling for 859 posts of district panchayats across 52 districts in MP 6727 posts under 313 Janpad Panchayats Sarpanchs of 22581 village panchayats and 362754 posts of Panch members will be held in three phases respectively on January 6 January 28 and February 16 The tenure of these Panchayat bodies had ended in March 2020 but elections were delayed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic The process of filing nominations for the first and second phases began on December 13 Counting of votes for the sarpanch and the panch elections will be held at the booths while votes for Janpad Panchayat and Jila Panchayat members will be counted at the block headquarters Results of the election for Janpad panchayat members will be announced at the block headquarters on February 22 The results of the Jila panchayat members election will be declared at the district headquarters on February 23 the SEC had said PTI ADU NSK NSK
18-Dec-2021 National
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Chhattisgarh CM announces hike in honorarium for panchayat members \
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Chhattisgarh CM announces hike in honorarium for panchayat members

20-Nov-2021
Raipur Nov 19 PTI Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday made several announcements related to panchayat bodies including a hike in honorarium Addressing the state level Panchayati Raj Convention here Baghel said the honorarium given to the sarpanch will be increased from Rs 2000 to Rs 4000 while the hike will be from Rs 15000 to Rs 25000 for zilla parishad presidents The honorarium of zila panchayat vice president and members will be hiked from Rs 10000 to Rs 15000 and Rs 6000 to Rs10000 respectively The sarpanch will now be entitled to get the works done worth Rs 50 lakh while for public welfare works ZP presidents will get Rs 15 lakh per year vice presidents will get Rs 10 lakh members will get Rs 4 lakh he said The janpad panchayat president will get Rs 5 lakh per year janpad panchayat vice president Rs 3 lakh and janpad panchayat members Rs 2 lakh he added The note sheets seeking approval for implementation of the state budget schemes run by the Panchayat and Rural Development Department would be submitted to the president of concerned the zila panchayat and janpad panchayat he said adding that this provision will not be applicable for central government schemes PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
20-Nov-2021 National
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MLA Brihaspat s audio of abusing Janpad Panchayat CEO over telephone goes viral \
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MLA Brihaspat s audio of abusing Janpad Panchayat CEO over telephone goes viral

20-Aug-2021
MLA Brihaspats audio of abusing Janpad Panchayat CEO over telephone goes viralStaff Reporter RAIPURRamanujganj Congress MLA Brihaspat Singh is embroiled in yet another controversy after his audio abusing Ramchandrapur Janpad Panchayat Chief Executive Officer CEO Prafull Kumar Rajak over telephone has gone viral on social mediaIn the audio Brihaspat Singh is heard abusing Janpad Panchayat CEO Rajak over telephoneJanpad CEO Prafull Kumar Rajak told The Hitavada that MLA Brihaspat Singhs associate called him saying that the MLA Sahab wanted to talk to himAfter the incident the Janpad Panchayat CEO informed the matter to Balrampur Collector Indrajeet S ChandrawalIn this matter Brihaspat Singh had apologised for his act in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and to the Congress party
20-Aug-2021 National
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