Daily Chhattisgarh news update

CHHATTISGARH Chhattisgarh leads in Kosa silk production even in rough times Chhattisgarh is emerging as a leading state in the field of Kosa production. Village Industries minister Guru Rudra Kumar said that Kosa Resham Yojana is being implemented to promote the forest-based village industry in the state. The scheme also aims at building infrastructure to meet the demand … Read more

CHHATTISGARH Corona Intensive Community Survey Campaign’ underway in Chhattisgarh In Chhattisgarh, “Corona Intensive Community Survey Campaign” is going on. Under this campaign, a door-to-door survey is being conducted to identify patients with symptoms of corona infection in rural and urban areas of the state by October 12. The objective of this campaign is to identify … Read more

CHHATTISGARH Centre’s Rs 1.8 crore infusion to uplift Chhattisgarh handicrafts   From providing skill training to creating jobs and coordinating with the Centre for fund infusion, the state village industries department is working actively to strengthen rural economy amid ongoing Corona crisis. Recently, the Centre has approved Rs 1.8 crore for various new programmes under the Chhattisgarh Handicrafts Development Board.   … Read more

CHHATTISGARH Chhattisgarh to launch social security scheme for tendu leaf collectors Chhattisgarh government is introducing a social security scheme for the tribals engaged in the plucking of beedi leaves from the forests. The scheme is to be named after slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma, who was killed along with other frontline Congress leaders in a deadly Maoist ambush … Read more

CHHATTISGARH Chhattisgarh leading state to recognise community & individual forest land rights Chhattisgarh is the leading state in the country in terms of distribution of community and individual forest rights papers. Over 4.84 lakh individual and community forest rights papers have been distributed in Chhattisgarh, while 2.56 lakh forest rights papers in both categories in the neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, … Read more

CHHATTISGARH Tribals in Chhattisgarh get urban forest land rights Chhattisgarh  became the first state to hand over urban forest land rights, under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act 2006, to tribals. The process has begun with Jagdalpur municipal corporation in Bastar giving away the rights to 11 of its tribal residents. There are about … Read more