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CEA nod to 1,350 MW Upper Sileru PSP

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entral Electricity Authority (CEA) has accorded permission for the 1,350 MW Upper Sileru Pumped Storage Project (PSP) in a record time of 70 days against the stipulated 90 days.

The PSP will be constructed using the existing Guntawada and Donkarayi reservoirs of the Sileru project. At least 3,501.89 million units of energy will be generated during peak hours from this PSP in a year, which will be built at an estimated cost of 11,154.39 crore.

The permission for the Upper Sileru PSP (9×150 MW) came at a meeting CEA chairman Ghanshyam Prasad held in New Delhi. APGENCO managing director K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu spoke on the

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necessity to establish the pumped storage project and proposed other PSPs.

Chakradhar Babu said the Government of India has revamped the approval process for pumped storage projects (PSPs) in the country. He explained that the AP GENCO is also in the process of signing an MOU with NHPC Ltd. to form a joint venture

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for setting up 1,950 MW of PSPs (Yaganti 1,000MW and Kamalapadu 950 MW) in the state.

All Covid hospitals to have oxygen plants in four months: AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

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The government has decided to equip all Covid-19hospitalsin the state withoxygenplants in the next four months. It has also been decided to set up Subscribe on YouTube

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For private hospitals, the government can offer incentives or subsidies to encourage their

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managements to become self-sufficient as far as oxygen supply is concerned. No hospital should depend on external sources for survival. Apart from hospitals producing oxygen for their own consumption, we are also sourcing additional oxygen from various other quarters as well.

New energy policy set to save 25% demand

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Andhra Pradeshhas come up with a draft Energy Efficiency policy. The measures proposed under this draft policy are expected to save around 16,875 million units, which is equivalent to 25.6% of the total electricity demand of the state.

In monetary terms, it will be worth Rs 11,779 crore annual saving. This is expected to reduce carbon emissions to the tune of around 14.34 million tons.

Bureau of Energy Efficiency secretary,Milind Deore, during

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a virtual meeting with state designated agencies (SDAs) spoke about various initiatives of Andhra Pradesh, including the draft energy efficiency policy. He advised the SDAs to implement a five-point formula to achieve the desired https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change goals.

Highlighting the significance of energy Auditing and accounting, the BEE secretary said that as per the orders of the Union ministry of power, the BEE issued regulations under Energy Conservation Act 2001.

Andhra Pradesh govt to expand Amul dairy scheme to all dists

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Chief ministerYS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the state governments decision to enter into an MoU with the leader of the country, Amul, has helped thousands of Women get higher revenue. The State Government has decided to expand the collaboration withAmulto all 13 districts in a phased manner to empowerwomen dairy farmers.

Thechief ministerlaunched the AP Amul Palavelluva project inGunturdistrict through video conference from the CMs camp office on Friday. Interacting with dairy farmers, Jagan said that the government is setting up bulk milk chilling units (BMCUs) and

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automatic milk collection units (AMCUs) at an expenditure of Rs 4,000 crore to strengthen the Amul project.

The current marketable milk surplus in the state is 288.5 lakh litres per day (LLPD). The unorganised sector contributes 219.3 LLPD. The remaining is procured by government cooperative dairies (21.7 LLPD) and private dairies 47.5 LLPD.

Andhra Pradesh govt to spend Rs 1,042 crore on supplying school kits

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The AP school Education department has prepared a plan to the tune of Rs 1,042 crore to supply the students with books, uniform sets, shoes, bags, etc. known as Jagananna VidyaKanukakits – for the next academic year, 2023-24.

These kits will be distributed to about 43 lakh pupils enrolled in various government schools spread across the state. About 5 crore textbooks and workbooks will be published, including the proposed 5% buffer stock, for these children.

Bilingual textbooks will be prepared for the students of classes I to IX, including English and , Urdu, Kannada, Odia, orTamil. The unique feature is

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that the lessons are published in both English and the mother tongue of the students in the same non-language textbooks.

Increasing C-sections a cause for concern in Andhra Pradesh

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Increasing number of caesarean births have become a cause for concern inAndhra Pradesh. Even as per the official data, over 50% of the total deliveries occurred at the private hospitals in the last two years

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in the state are surgical deliveries or C-section births. This stood at about 45%
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even if the institutional deliveries happened at public Health facilities were taken into consideration. The international healthcare community considers 10-15% C-sections as the ideal rate.

It is assumed that 15% of the pregnancies will land into complication, requiring surgical intervention. Here the caesarean section becomes a lifesaving surgery for the mother and the child.World Health Organisation, in its statement released in April 2015, stated that at Population level, C-section rates higher than 10% are not associated with reductions in maternal and new-born mortality rates. As in other surgeries, C-sections also have inherent risk of surgical and anaesthetic complications.

Andhra Pradesh households bettered iodine intake, shows study

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The iodine deficiency survey conducted by theAndhra PradeshHealth department has found that about 72% of the households are consuming adequately iodised salt.

The iodine Nutrition status of the school aged children (6-12 years) has been taken as a proxy for the total Population. According to thestudy, the prevalence of goitre is 1.8% amongst the 6-12 years age group, an indicator of long-term iodine deficiency. Nutrition International, a global nutrition organisation headquartered in Canada, extended the technical support for the survey conducted in 2020-21.

According to experts, iodine is a micronutrient required in very small quantity in our daily diet, for optimal mental and physical development. In order to address iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs), the Union Government launched the National Goitre Control Programme in 1962, which was later renamed as National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme in 1992.

As per the latest survey, Andhra Pradesh is close to winning the battle against IDDs, with the achievement of 72% coverage of adequately iodised salt in the population.

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This is an improvement from the 63.9% coverage reported in the India Iodine Survey 2018-19.

Andhra Pradesh: Power panel okays purchase from SECI

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Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission(APERC) has stamped its nod for the purchase of power fromSolarEnergy Corporation of India (SECI). The distribution companies wanted to purchase about 7,000 mw of power from theSECI.

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The APERC has asked the to ensure that the annual procurement does not increase the maximum ceiling of 17,000 million units.

Discoms have filed an application with the APERC seeking approval for an interim power procurement with a plan purchase of 7,000 MW of solar power from

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SECI in a phased manner commencing from September 2024.

In their request, discoms said that Centre has pledged in Intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) to reduce its emissions intensity by 33 to 35% between 2005 and 2030 at COP21 deliberations and to that effect it has been focusing on accelerated use of clean and RENEWABLE ENERGY by 40% by 2030.
Centre had also set a target to achieve 450 GW renewable energy installed capacity by 2030.

It has been estimated that the subsidy support for free power supply to Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture is likely to increase from Rs 8,900 crore in 2020-21 to around Rs 17,819 crore by 2030-31 considering release of new connections of 50,000 per year.

CM to initiate Poornahuti to conclude Raja Syamala Yagam

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Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy would participate in the Poornahuti to conclude the Ashtottara Satha Kundatmanya (108) Sri Lakshmi Mahayaga with Chandi, Rudra, Rajashyamala and Sudarshana rituals aimed at the comprehensive development of the state.

He said this type of a Yaga with chanting of the Vedic

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mantras in the Chaturagama hall, chanting of the Chaturveda, continuous homams, archanas, kumkumarchans, different abhishekas and special pujas had never been done anywhere else.

Rutviks, Ghanapatis and Vedic scholars are performing the ritual magnificently with all their energy to make the Yaga complete, he said.

Historic 1st, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana settle on Srisailam

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Ending a protracted tussle, AP and have come to an agreement on sharing of water and power from Srisailam project.AP and T have agreed to share power from hydel stations on 50:50 basis and water on 66:34 basis.

AP and T have agreed to share power from hydel stations on 50:50 basis and water on 66:34 basis.

However, they differed on quota from Nagarjunasagar project.The Reservoir Management Committee (RMC) has now referred

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it to the Central Water Commission (Cwc).This is the first time that the two states have agreed on water and power sharing from Srisailam dam after bifurcation in 2014.Telangana had been insisting on 50:50 share of Krishna water.Consensus was reached at the final meeting
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Telangana also agreed to the demand of Andhra Pradesh to maintain minimum water level at Srisailam project at 854 ft.Telangana had consistently been rejecting AP’s demand on the issue, citing that Srisailam project was constructed chiefly for generation of power and there was no need to maintain minimum level to meet Irrigation and drinking water needs.