KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MADHYA PRADESH FIRST

TAKEAWAYS

Madhya Pradesh is committed to the environment as seen in the commissioning of non-renewable energy projects. A 600 MW ‘floating’ solar power project has been announced at the Omkareshwar dam recently. The state was the ‘Tiger State’ and ‘Leopard State’, and is soon to become the ‘Cheetah State’ with cheetahs from Africa to be introduced at Kuno-Palpur National Park

The state has planned two road infrastructure projects— the North-South Atal Expressway and the East-West Narmada Expressway—alongside which industrial townships will be set up

In a first, the MBBS course at the Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal will be taught in Hindi

A total of 3.2 million jobs, through government employment and self-employment schemes, will be created in the state

Four million women in the state are linked to self-help groups (SHGs) that are engines of economic growth too