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Kharge to attend event in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district on Aug 13

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will visit Chhattisgarh on Sunday to attend a state government event in Janjgir-Champa district, officials said on Saturday. Kharge will attend the 'Bharose Ka Sammelan' programme to be held in Janjgir city at 1:30 pm, they said, adding that chief minister Bhupesh Baghel will also remain present. This will be the second visit of Kharge to the Congress-ruled state after assuming charge as the AICC chief last October. The visit is seen as a launch of Congress' campaign for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, due later this year. Kharge will land at Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur at around 12:10 pm on Sunday and will leave for Janjgir in a helicopter, an official said. After attending the event, he will depart from Raipur for Delhi at 4:20 pm, he said. In the 2018 assembly elections, the Congress, despite a landslide victory, could win only two of the six seats in Janjgir-Champa district. Of the rest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the .

CM Bhupesh Baghel inaugurates projects worth Rs 1000 cr in Bastar, Surguja

Ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023, the Chief Minister made several announcements for the welfare of tribals in adivasi-dominated Bastar district and northern regions in the state

Chhattisgarh Assembly election: Tribal body holds rally on World Tribal Day

Former Union minister and president of Sarva Adivasi Samaj Chhattisgarh Arvind Neetam announced that his party will contest the Assembly elections from Scheduled Tribes (STs) reserved seats

Chhattisgarh Assembly election 2023: BSP releases list of 9 candidates

Keshav Prasad Chandra from Jaijaipur and Indu Banjare from Pamgarh have again been given tickets for the Assembly elections

Chhattisgarh govt decides on 58% reservation in educational institutions

The Bhupesh Baghel Cabinet said that 58 per cent of the seats in all educational institutions will be reserved for ST, SC, and OBC students

Chhattisgarh was free from economic slowdown during pandemic: CM Baghel

Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel announced a cow dung procurement scheme and construction of a Ram temple will be constructed in Raipur

Chhattisgarh CM Baghel announces hike in stipend for junior doctors

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said his government has decided to hike the stipend of junior doctors in the state. As per the decision, MBBS students will get Rs 15,900 per month in place of Rs 12,600, while first-year postgraduate (PG) students will get Rs 67,500 per month, up from the current Rs 53,550. Similarly, the stipend of second-year PG students will be hiked to Rs 71,450 per month from Rs 56,700 and third-year PG students will get Rs 74,600 per month in place of Rs 59,220, officials said. "It is satisfying to share that we have decided to increase the stipend for junior doctors," Baghel tweeted. The stipend hike was a long pending demand of junior doctors who had staged strikes in support of it several times during the last three years. "The stipend was not hiked for the last five years and the Junior Doctors' Association (JUDA) had been demanding a hike since the last three years. The hike move is welcome but the state government should have also

Kharif sowing in Chhattisgarh touches 78% despite initial delay in monsoon

Of it, paddy sowing has been completed in about 88 per cent of the targeted area

Tata Technologies signs agreement with Chhattisgarh worth Rs 1,188 crore

The project aims to train over 10,000 youth annually in advanced skills, fostering better employment opportunities and will also provide employment opportunities to the skilled youth

No extra grains given to beneficiaries in Chhattisgarh during Covid: CAG

As many as 167.32 lakh beneficiaries holding priority household ration cards were not given additional food grains as envisaged under a central scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, national auditor CAG has said. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India's compliance audit report for the year ended March 31, 2021, was tabled in the state legislative assembly on Friday by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The report also highlighted irregularities in the functioning of fair price shops. The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) in March 2020 to mitigate the hardships faced by the poor and needy people due to economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic, the report said. Under the scheme, an additional 5 kg of free rice per person per month was to be provided for distribution to all the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Coverage under NFSA is under two categories

Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh government showcases start-up report card

According to a government spokesperson, the new industrial policy (2019-24) included provisions for the establishment and operation of incubators for the first time

From EMIL to JSW Steel, leading players surrender commercial coal blocks

The Government of Chhattisgarh is reportedly not providing the mining leases to the coal block owners for mines in the state

Chhattisgarh government's high-tech millet push to double productivity

The state has now set a target to increase the area under millet cultivation from 96,000 hectares to 160,000 hectares during the current kharif year

Chhattisgarh government scouts for land for industry in Bastar region

NMDC would feed the raw material to the plant from its two mechanised iron ore mines located about 100 km from the plant in Dantewada district

Tendu leaves worth Rs 515 crore disbursed to collectors in Chhattisgarh

The target is to collect 1.67 million standard bags of tendu leaves by the end of this year

Chhattisgarh govt plans to plant 30 million saplings during monsoon

The plantation will be conducted not just in forest regions but also on private and government lands

Chhattisgarh money laundering case: SC pulls ED, says don't create fear

From pulling up ED in Chhattisgarh money laundering case to questioning the source of power of Delhi-LG while nominating 10 aldermen, here are the important cases of the day

Fourth airport upgrade, ready for commercial flights in Chhattisgarh

Ambikapur airport is one of the oldest in the country. It was built in 1950 after independence. Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister landed in the airstrip in 1974

Chhattisgarh govt encourages pvt entrepreneurs to set up millet units

At least 20 districts of the state cultivate millets, and the government has fixed the support price Rs 30 per kg for kodo and kutki and Rs 33.77 per kg for ragi

Governor's power to withhold assent for bills should be reviewed: Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said the powers of a Governor to withhold assent for bills passed by a state legislature should be reviewed. Talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a function to mark Dr B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary, Baghel took veiled swipes at the previous governor for withholding her assent to reservation bills passed by the Chhattisgarh Assembly in December 2022. The role of the Raj Bhawan should be reviewed. How long it can keep a bill pending for assent?" he said. Reservation is a state subject, and if a governor withholds such bills for four to five months, youngsters seeking seeking college admissions or appearing for recruitment exams are affected, he said. "If such a bill is kept pending, then definitely there should be a review of how long a bill can be held up, he said. A governor should either return a bill or sign it, Baghel said. "So does he have the right to jeopardize the future of our youth?" the chief minister .