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Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Cabinet clears proposal to procure more paddy

The state government will now buy 2,000 kg of paddy per acre. Previously, it bought 1,500 kg of paddy per acre

PM Modi to inaugurate rail projects worth Rs 6,350 cr in Chhattisgarh today

The rail projects include Chhattisgarh East Rail Project Phase-I, third rail line between Champa to Jamga, and third rail line between Pendra Road to Anuppur

Chhattisgarh CM Baghel announces key schemes ahead of Assembly elections

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that those accused of sexual crimes against women would not be considered for government jobs

Ex-Chhattisgarh Congress chief Mohan Markam takes oath as cabinet minister

Two days after he was replaced as the Congress party's Chhattisgarh unit president, tribal leader Mohan Markam was sworn in as a minister in the Bhupesh Baghel-led cabinet on Friday. Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Markam during a swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was present on the occasion. Markam is yet to be assigned a portfolio. The resignation of state School Education Minister Premsai Singh Tekam on Thursday paved the way for Markam's entry into the Baghel cabinet. The development comes a few months ahead of the state Assembly elections. Markam (56), who represents the Kondagaon assembly seat, is a prominent tribal face of the grand old party in Bastar region-south Chhattisgarh. A two-time MLA, Markam had been leading the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee since June 2019. He was the first tribal president of the state Congress after Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh

Ch'garh cabinet approves anti-naxal policy changes, journalists safety bill

The Chhattisgarh government on Friday made changes in its anti-Naxalite policy related to compensation and other facilities, and also approved the draft of a bill that aims to enshrine protection of mediapersons in law. A key change in the policy will enable the family of a person from outside Chhattisgarh to receive compensation in case of death in Naxalite violence in the insurgency-affected state. These decisions were taken by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in the Assembly premises here. Informing reporters about the cabinet decisions, state urban administration minister Shivkumar Dahariya said the draft of the 'Chhattisgarh Mediapersons Protection Bill 2023' was approved in the meeting and its details will be known once it is tabled in the Assembly during the ongoing Budget session. Similarly, some provisions related to compensation and other facilities were amended by the cabinet in the state government's policy on elimination of ...

Chhattisgarh reorganises districts for decentralisation, inclusive growth

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will inaugurate three new districts on Friday and Saturday

Chhattisgarh govt may bring anti-CAA resolution in budget session

In a cabinet meeting held on January 30 here, the state government decided to request the Centre to repeal the CAA in view of protests to the new citizenship law.

Chhattisgarh govt likely to table resolution against Citizenship Act

CM Bhupesh Baghel wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi on Thursday making a formal appeal to repeal the act

Every Chhattisgarh minister a multimillionaire; assets average at Rs 471 mn

The richest Minister is T. S. Singh Deo, who possesses assets in excess of Rs 5 billion, followed by Chief Minister Baghel with properties worth over Rs 230 million