Chhattisgarh YEAR BOOK 2020 05-४4 ०१. Chhattisgarh Political - Administrative Scenario 05 02. Chhattisgarh Economic Scenario १2 03. Chhattisgarh Environment, Agriculture & Forestry 17 04. Chhattisgarh Health & Education 23 05. Major plans and campaigns 27 06. Chhattisgarh Miscellaneous 32 National / International YEAR BOOK 2020 44-१२2 ०१. Political/Administrative Scenario 45 02. Economic Scenario ५1 03. Environment, Ecology & Agriculture ५7 04. Education & Health 61 05. Sports/Honours/Awards/ Miscellaneous 66 ०6. Science & Technology 92 ०7. Major Schemes 97 ०8. Important appointments 104 09. 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Our dear candidates are requested to keep a critical eye on this magazine to make it better and let us know about the scope of improvement wherever possible. 2 https://competitioncommunity.com Competition Community Year Book | 2020 Chhattisgarh YEAR BOOK २०२० ०१ Chhattisgarh Political - Administrative Scenario 02 Chhattisgarh Economic Scenario 03 Chhattisgarh Environment, Agriculture & Forestry 04 Chhattisgarh Health & Education 05 Major Schemes and campaigns 06 Chhattisgarh Miscellaneous Competition Community Year Book | 2020 https://competitioncommunity.com 3 4 https://competitioncommunity.com Competition Community Year Book | 2020 Urban Local Body General Elections-2019 Newly elected Mayors D Polling Date - December 21st, 2020 Raipur Aizaz Dhebar D Polling percentage - 78.73 % Bilaspur Ramsharan Yadav (0.77 percent more from last Durg Dheeraj Nakliwal General Elections) Rajnandgaon Hema Deshmukh D Highest Voting turnout - 86.62 percent in Dhamtari Jagdalpur Saphira Sahu district Ambikapur Ajay Tirkey D Least Voting - 59.88 percent in Bijapur district Raigarh Janaki Katju D Total number of local urban bodies in which elections are held Korba Rajkishore Prasad Chirmiri Kanchan Jaiswal Municipal Corporations 10 Municipalities 38 Dhamtari Vijay Dewangan Nagar Panchayats 103 Total no. of Urban Local Bodies 151 Chhattisgarh Panchayat Elections 2019-20 D Current status of Urban Local Bodies in the state Context - Municipal Corporations 14 D The three-tier panchayat elections of Chhattisgarh th st Municipalities 43 were held in three phases (On 28 and 31 rd Nagar Panchayats 109 January and 3 of February). Total Urban Local Bodies 166 key points- D Total no. of voters in Urban Local Bodies D Votes were cast in 27 district panchayats, 146 elections-2019 - 39,82,601 district panchayats and 11664 gram panchayats of Number of male voters - 19,93,355 the state under the three-tier panchayat election. Number of female voters - 19,88,804 Status of voters in panchayat elections- Other Voters - 442 Total no. of 1,44,68,763 D Election Results – on 24th of December Male voters 95,54,252 D It is noteworthy that for the first time in the state, Female voters 72,69,274 there is Indirect election for the post of Mayor Other 151 and President of Municipal Bodies। Competition Community Year Book | 2020 https://competitioncommunity.com 5 Ballot Paper Color Code- 28th district of the state - Gaurela-Pendra- Jila Panchayat Member Pink Marwahi Janpad Panchayat Member Yellow D Came into existence - 10th of February 2020 Sarpanch Blue D Announcement - Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Panch White on the occasion of Independence Day 2019 D Chhattisgarh Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act D Parent District - Bilaspur 2019 - D Administrative formation- E Previously, it was necessary to have D secondary school passing Assembly seat - 01 (Marwahi, ST Seat) certificate for Chhattisgarh D Tehsils / Blocks - 03 (Gaurela, Pendra, Marwahi) Sarpanch elections and D primary school passing According to the 2011 census, the population of certificate for Chhattisgarh the new district - 3 lakh 36 thousand 420 Panch election. D tribal population - 57.09% i.e. 1 lakh 92 thousand E But the government has 73 removed the mandatory D Geographical Extent minimum education D 2 criteria from Panchayat Area - 2307.38 km elections of Chhattisgarh. Boundaries - After which, Panchayat elections were fought on the basis of literacy. D In North- Tehsil Manendragarh (Korea) D Formation of Fast Track Courts In South- Tehsil Kota (Bilaspur) and Tehsil Lormi (Mungeli) D Where - In 09 districts of the state D In East-Tehsil Katghora (Korba) D By whom - Chhattisgarh High Court D In West- Tehsil Sohagpur and Pushprajgarh D Names of 09 districts - Balrampur-Ramanujganj, (Anuppur, MP) Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Korea, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Surajpur, Ambikapur First administrative appointments - D Collector - Shikha Rajput Tiwari Objectives - D D To prevent the rising crimes against women in SP - Suraj Singh Parihar the entire country and the state, the Chhattisgarh High Court has set up a fast track court under the POCSO Act. D Full name of POCSO Act - "The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act" OBJECTIVE - D The POCSO Act-2012 as enacted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, to prevent sexual harassment towards children and heinous crimes like sexual exploitation and pornography. 6 https://competitioncommunity.com Competition Community Year Book | 2020 D Risali becomes new municipal corporation Southern Zonal Council: This includes Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil D Came into existence -On 27th of December 2019 Nadu, States and Union Territories of Puducherry. Key facts - Newly appointed Rajya Sabha Member from D Risali Municipal corporation with 40 wards will Chhattisgarh be the fourth Municipal corporation of the Durg district. Context - D four municipal corporations of Durg district are D - Durg, Bhilai, Charoda and Risali. Recently, two new Rajya Sabha Members D from Chhattisgarh, took oath K T S Tulsi and Risali Municipal Corporation will be fourth in Phoolodevi Netam, took oath as Rajyasabha Durg district and fifth corporation of the Durg division. Member along with 4 others. D Bhilai (154 sq km) is the third largest corporation key points- after Raipur and Korba in terms of area. Now D its position will came down to fourth with a K T S Tulsi and Phoolodevi Netam will take the reduction of 54 sq kms. places of Motilal Vora and Rannvijay Singh Judeo. D nd Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President 22 meeting of Central Zonal Council Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to the newly elected members. D Held - At Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar D D Chairman - Union Home Minister Shri Amit It is to be noted that K T S Tulsi and Phooldevi Shah Netam have been elected unopposed from Chhattisgarh. D Date - 28th of January 2020 Phoolo Devi Netam - Central Zonal Council - D D Phoolo Devi Netam, who hails from Bastar, Formation and Purpose - Zonal Council were a backward and tribal dominated area of constituted under the State Reorganization Act, Chhattisgarh has also served as the MLA. 1956 with the objective of developing a culture D of working together among all the states and She is also the current President of the State between the Center and the States. Women's Congress. D Current Chairman - Union Home Minister Shri K. T. S. Tulsi - Amit Shah D D K. T. S. Tulsi is a senior advocate of the Supreme Current Vice President - Chief Minister of Court and was former Additional Solicitor Chhattisgarh Mr. Bhupesh Baghel General of the India. D Included States - Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, D Rajya Sabha Members from Chhattisgarh - Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh MP PARTY TERM TO TERM Other Zonal Councils - D This includes states of Phalodevi Northern Zonal Council: Netam Congress July 2020 July 2026 Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan State, National Capital Territory of Delhi