Chhattisgarh, carved out of Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 2000 as the 26th State of the Union. In ancient times the region was known as Dakshin-Kausal. You can find it about it in Ramayana and Mahabharata also.

1. Chhattisgarh Samanya Gyan

2. The Chhattisgarh Samanya Gyan deals with the
recent affairs of the state of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh has won award for being one of
the best-performing states in the sector
of renewable energy segment in India.

3. Principal Secretary of Chhattisgarh’s Energy
department, Aman Singh presented this award by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the first
Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet (RE-
Invest) 2015 held in New Delhi.

4. The state was adjudged this award on the basis of
criteria fixed by 13th Finance Commission headed by
Vijay Kelkar. In Chhattisgarh, the sector of renewable
energy sector has done commendable work.

5. Now the plans are being implemented for the
utilisation of solar power in 600 primary health
centre,100 community health centre,350 police
stations,1800 tribal hostels,27 collectorates and
1,700 villages of the state.

6. There are a number of villages in Chhattisgarh which
are utilising 3,000 solar power pumps for drinking
water and 1,500 for irrigation purpose.
Through the rice husk, the state is generating
200 MW and 45 MW off grid solar power.

7. The Union Government has approved various highway
projects in states of Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and
Chhattisgarh worth over Rs 8,600 crore.

8. The work for these approved road projects will be
under the National Highways Development
Project (NHDP) Phase-V.

9. This decision was taken by Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

10. Chhattisgarh Samanya Gyan deals with the
development of four to six laning of the Raipur-
Bilaspur section of National Highway. The cost is
estimated to be Rs 1,963.88 crore and total length of
the road will be approximately 127 kms.

11. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
has given in-principle approval for creation of
Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla tiger
reserve in Chhattisgarh.

12. Guru Ghasidas national park lies between two important
tiger reserves-Bandhavgarh (Madhya Pradesh) and
Palamau (Jharkhand) which is also contiguous with
the Sanjay-Dubri tiger reserve (Madhya Pradesh).

13. An empowered committee headed by the state
Chief Secretary will be constituted to examine
the documents pertaining to the tenders for
development of road infrastructure
in Chhattisgarh.

14. Chhattisgarh Samanya Gyan also deals with the
details regarding the road development works
in Chhattisgarh; the decision was taken during
the meeting of Chhattisgarh Road Development
Corporation (CGRDC) chaired by Chief
Minister Raman Singh.

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