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CHHATTISGARH Ethnic tourist village at chitrakote & kurdar soon   The development of Ethnic Tourist Village at Chitrakote and Kurdar  will soon start in Chhattisgarh, officials informed.   The Central Government has put up the anticipated timeline for completion of the Tribal Tourism Circuit  in Chhattisgarh to be 2019-20.   The Tribal Tourism Circuit will provide an opportunity to the tourists to witness and experience tribal culture and traditions in Chhattisgarh, officials informed.   The key components for development under the project are ‘Ethnic Tourist Village’ and ‘Ethnic Tourist Development’, Destination Development and Wayside amenities.   The project would be ... Read more

CHHATTISGARH State’s per capita income takes 9.22% leap   State Planning and Statistics Minister Punnulal Mohle  tabled the State’s Economic Survey report 2017-18 on the floor of  Chhattisgarh Assembly. As per the report, the per capita income in the State as per 2016-17 has gone up from Rs 84,265 to an estimated Rs 92,035 — a 9.22 per cent jump compared to last financial year.   The growth estimates of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) has remained stable while taking prices of base year 2011-12.   The advanced estimates of GSDP had gone up from Rs 2,13,649 crore in 2016-17 ... Read more

CHHATTISGARH C’garh declared completely odf: eco survey   Chhattisgarh is among eight States and two Union Territories which have been declared completely Open Defecation Free (ODF), informs Economic Survey Report 2017-18 released by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in the Parliament in New Delhi. States of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Chandigarh have been declared as ODF completely, it informed.   The surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and Quality Council of India (QCI) on usage of toilets by the individuals who have access to toilets reported more ... Read more

CHHATTISGARH Govt plans compensatory afforestation in bilaspur   The State Government will take up a massive compensatory afforestation exercise in Bilaspur district covering a total of 1000 hectares of  land.   The Government will soon carry out a survey of the areas where the exercise would be taken up, officials informed.   Chhattisgarh received Rs  280 crore under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) during financial year 2016-17, the Central Government has informed.   Notably, the Central Government has approved 20,716 hectares of land for afforestation drive in Chhattisgarh during the last financial year under ‘Green India Mission’.The ... Read more

Famous Personalities of Chhattisgarh Actors Satyajeet Dubey Omkar Das Manikpuri Suzanna Mukherjee Govind Ram Nirmalkar Kishore Sahu Anuj Sharma Vega Tamotia Sandit Tiwari Swati Verma Artists Teejan Bai Triambak Sharma Business tycoons Jairam Valjee Chouhan Madhusudan Kela Harshad Mehta Kanji Morarji Rathor Mulji Jagmal Sawaria Civil Services Vinod Chaubey Kaushal Yadav Director- Anurag Basu Freedom fighters Dada Dharmadhikari BS Moonje Thakur Pyarelal Singh Hanuman Singh Netaji Kanhaiya lal Bajari Judge Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari Ananga Kumar Patnaik Kings Chakradhar Singh Kamakhya Narain Singh Nareshchandra Singh Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo Yogeshwar Raj Singh Vishwaraj Pratap Singh Medicine Pukhraj Bafna Alka Kriplani Musicians ... Read more