Madhya Pradesh State PCS

• 11 Feb 2023

Indore's Green Brand Became Number-1

Why In News?

On February 10, 2023, the Green Brand was released by the Indore Municipal Corporation of Madhya Pradesh, which has been bought by the general public and investors in a few hours and made number one.

Key points

• Indore's credibility is the main basis behind this achievement. An urban body of the state has achieved an achievement in this field through the country's first green public brand.
• It is worth mentioning that investment proposals worth Rs 300 crore were received in just two hours through the Green Brand issue issued by the Indore Municipal Corporation for setting up plants in the solar energy sector. By the time the market was closed, this amount was about Rs 650 crore.
• This situation of overconfidence has been considered a special achievement by experts in the economic field.
• It is noteworthy that Indore has become a brand by achieving a new achievement through the green brand, with 6 consecutive times in the country in the field of cleanliness.

Madhya Pradesh won Gold and Silver Medals in Hockey

Why In News?

On February 10, 2023, in the Khelo India Youth Games-2022, the Madhya Pradesh men's hockey team won the gold medal, while the women's hockey team won the silver medal by defeating Odisha, which is called the powerhouse of hockey, 3-2 in the final match.

Key points

• The Madhya Pradesh women's hockey team gave a tough fight to the Jharkhand team in the final. The girls of the state performed better and managed to equalize one-one, but in the penalty shoot-out, they could only score 3 goals against 4 and had to be satisfied with the silver medal.
• The final of men's and women's hockey competitions was played at MP Hockey Academy, Gwalior.
• In the men's section, Punjab defeated Jharkhand 2-0 to win the bronze medal, while in the women's category, Haryana defeated Odisha 1-0 to win the bronze medal.
• Madhya Pradesh is third in the medal tally in the Khelo India Youth Games-2022.

The Ranking of Districts and Blocks is Decided based on National Merit Cum Means Scholarship.

Why In News?

Based on the success in the National Merit Mines Scholarship Examination on February 10, 2023, the State Education Center has set the ranking of the districts and blocks of the state.

Key points

• Damoh district stood first in the ranking announced on the basis of this examination, while Niwari district has been at the bottom.
• Along with the districts, the performance of development blocks has also been examined at the state level. According to which 'Rewa' development block of Rewa district headquarters is at the first place and 'Bajag' block of Dindori district is at the last place by performing the most excellently in the state.
• It is noteworthy that in the National Means Merit Scholarship Examination, students studying in class 8 of government schools are included and successful students in this examination get a scholarship of Rs 9 to from class 12,000 per year 12 for their further studies.
• the session 2022-23 This examination of 6, November 2022was concluded on, in which a record 2 lakh 52 students from Madhya Pradesh participated this time.
• The state education center has determined the ranking of districts and development blocks by conducting a detailed analysis of the result of this examination, in which the data of the districts has been analysed on the basis of 4 main criteria.
• In proportion to the total enrolled students, the number of students appearing in the examination, the average score of the result, the excellent score of the examination result and the number of students who came in the top 100 in the state merit list were kept as criteria.
• This analysis is a link to quality education efforts, through which state education centres can know the ground level of quality of education and where there is some deficiency, necessary corrective initiatives can be taken.