Power ministerNilesh Cabralsaid that thesubsidyscheme that thegovernmentwould roll out in 2 months time for purchase of electric vehicles will be opened to government employees too.
While the government will give a 20 per cent subsidy, the bike or car company will share another 20per cent subsidyand the 15 percent value would be of the existing vehicle even if scrapped.
Work on an unapproved project is presently under way in the densely forested area in and around theVagheri hillin Sattari where large-scale clearing of bushes and trees has been undertaken. In addition, excavation work has been recently undertaken inside the forest leading to massive ecological destruction.
Officials of the town and country planning department said that no such proposal has been granted any approval in this area.
Environmentalists have urged the forest department to take stringent action against those clearing the forest.
The hill is located near theMhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, notified in 1999. Though the Union Environment ministry notified a 1km eco-sensitive zone around the sanctuary, ecologically destructive activities continue at Vagheri.
Since pre-Portuguese times, the Vagheri hill has been known as the abode of the tiger.
India will soon become vishwa guru or a world leader not only in film technology but also in content creation for cinema. The country is working towards becoming the worlds centrepoint in the film sector in terms of market as well a film production, Union minister for Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Anurag Singh Thakur said at the inaugural ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) on Sunday in Goa.
Goa with its tremendous natural beauty is the most ideal place for filmmaking beyond Mumbai, he said.
A state-of-the-art film school will be established in Goa soon, Sawant said. He asked producers and investors to come forth to invest in film-related in Goa.
By 2025, Goa will have a world-class convention centre with a multiplex and other associated infrastructure over an area of 25 acres to host the Iffi inaugural ceremony, said the chief minister.
Indias economic recovery hinges on an accelerated vaccination with at least 71.2 lakh individuals being vaccinated on a daily basis, said Confederation of Indian (CII) on Thursday as it urged the government to put in place a multi-pronged strategy to stimulate economic Growth.
Vaccination is a key factor that will aid Indias recovery and the Centre needs to increasevaccineproduction in order to ensure that a majority of the countrys Population is vaccinated by December end.
Indias GDP growth rate for 2021-22 could touch 9.5% if public expenditure, reforms and vaccination are accelerated, said CII president T V Narendran in an online media interaction.
CII has suggested a range of measures to speed up the vaccination drive.
It estimates that an Average of about 71 lakh daily vaccinations are required between June to December to administer at least a single dose to all adults in the country. CII has also recommended that an empowered minister of vaccination needs to be appointed to accelerate the vaccination programme, Procurement and Distribution of Vaccines to states.
The rice-fallows and availability of the residual moisture provide abundantscopefor promotingpulsecultivation in Goa, saidexpertsat the ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa, while interacting with 39 farmers recently.
The institute has undertaken the transfer of certain technologies to promote advanced pulse production.
The biological nitrogen fixation by legumes and pulses helps in reducing the use of fertilisers.
Social welfare ministerSubhash Phal Dessaisaid that the state would come up with a new dump handling policy to start legal mining. Phal Dessai said that even if 20 million tonnes of iron Ore are exported,miningactivities can run for two years.
Phal Dessai said that the may abolish or give relaxation to truck owners regarding some taxes.
He also said that the state has enforced a green tax for those trucks that have completed 15 years. He also said that truck owners have to pay Rs 18,000 as green tax.
He also said that people in the mining belt will get business once mining restarts.
Goa notched up an impressive performance in the nationwideSwachh Survekshan 2021 cleanliness survey, climbing up the ranks to the third position among 14 states that have less than 100 .
Jharkhand continued to top the list, followed by Haryana. Goa was in the seventh position in the 2020 edition of Swachh Survekshan.
The state capital, Panaji, improved its rank marginally, climbing to 208 of the 304 cities with a Population between 25,000 and 50,000. Panaji was placed at 213 in the 2020 edition of the nationwide exercise. Mapusa also made it to 238 among the 304 cities.
The ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) organised the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav as part of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, in order to recognise the good work done by states and cities.
In the state Awards, Chhattisgarh emerged as the cleanest for the third consecutive year for states with more than 100 municipal bodies, while Jharkhand consolidated its position as the cleanest state by bagging the award for the second time among states with less than 100 urban local bodies.
In the 2019 edition of the cleanliness survey, Panaji took the 337th spot out of 4,203 urban areas, while Goa was ranked 18th among all states.
The DBU at Gogol, which is being operated by https://exam.pscnotes.com/state-bank-of-india”>State Bank Of India, will be operational24X7, with Services such as cash deposit and withdrawal, account opening, fixed deposit transactions and passbook printing.
The Centre choseSouth Goaas one of the 75 districts across the nation where DBUs would be opened.
The aim of the DBU is to ensurefinancial inclusionand access to Banking services at all times.
The Goa Appropriation (No 5) Bill, 2021, was passed in the House on Monday. The bill empowers the government to withdraw Rs 775 crore from the states Consolidated Fund as supplementary grants for the fiscal year 2021-22.
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that Average till date is 45.5% across the majority of the demands while Capital Expenditure of various departments is around 10%.
A two-day Start-up Conclave and Summit AnthaPrerna will be held in Goa from August 29 with a focus on Goas tech ecosystem.
Organised by the Start-up Promotion Cell (SPC), the conclave will serve as a common platform for startups, investors, mentors and other IT ecosystem enablers.
AnthaPrerna will be inaugurated by chief minister Pramod Sawant. Sawant had chaired a meeting with the department of information technology on Monday to oversee the preparations for the conclave.
A national level event, the summit will highlight Goas innovation ecosystem, Infrastructure, presence of sector-agnostic and sector-focused incubators and accelerators.
Various start-ups, investors, mentors and startup ecosystem stakeholders from across India are expected to participate in the conclave.