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The government will sign a one year contract with the youths and in case he or she gets a good opportunity the person can leave the apprenticeship midway. Sawant said that more than 5,000 permanent vacancies are available in the private sector as on date.

: In a bid to reduce the states carbon footprint, the government has decided to provide subsidies to 11,000 electric vehicles every year for a period of five years. The subsidy will be capped at Rs 25 crore annually.

As per the draft scheme for promotion of electric vehicles in the state, every year for the next five years, subsidy will be given to 10,000 two wheelers not exceeding Rs 10 crore per year, 500 three wheelers not exceeding Rs 1crore and around 500 four wheelers not exceeding Rs 14 crore.

The subsidy will be given on a first come first serve basis, a senior official said.

The subsidy will be disbursed in a single instalment that is 100% on purchase of the vehicle and production of documents of purchase RC book and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Insurance“>Insurance.

The scheme is also aimed at achieving the targets set by the Center, under the National Electric Mobility Plan (NEMPP), to have six to seven million electric and hybrid vehicles on Indian roads by 2020, the official said.

With prices of electric vehicles about 50% higher than that of the conventional internal combustion vehicles, targets have not been achieved.

The Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles scheme was launched by the Centre to save 120 million barrels of oil and four million tonnes of carbon dioxide as well as lowering vehicular emissions by 1.3% in 2020.

Air and land pollution caused by open burning of crop residue is currently a major pain point in parts of Goa and the has decided to curb this practice by collecting and converting tree andbio-wasteintogreen fuelknown asbiomass briquettes.

The briquettes are compressed and are a proven way of generating energy from waste. They contain various organic materials such as rice husk, solid waste, agricultural waste, etc. all commonly referred to as Biomass.

The proposed biomass-based RENEWABLE ENERGY project is first-of-its-kind in Goa which will help reduce open dumping and burning of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture waste and will help bring down the carbon footprint by replacing fossil fuels with biomass briquettes.

Verna Industrial Estate itself requires about 100 tons per day for the boilers operating on biomass briquettes after the ban on furnace oil. Biomass in Goa currently remains unutilized and briquettes are sourced from other states.

With extreme rainfall events showing a disturbing rising streak, the number of rainy days with very heavy and exceptionally heavy rainfall has increased worrisomely by more than 100%, theGoa State Action Planfor https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change 2023-33 (GSAPCC) states.

After crunching rainfall figures from 1901 until 2018, scientists and experts observed a slight drop in the frequency of Light and moderate rainfall events.

But the rise in the frequency of extreme rainfall events in the state for over a century has been phenomenal. The days of heavy rain have increased by about 60%, and those of very heavy and exceptionally heavy rain have shot up to a disturbing 100%, as per the GSAPCC document.
The action plan was released last week and was prepared by Nabcons, a subsidiary of NABARD, under the guidance of the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB), with a host of adaptation strategies in various sectors.

Health minister Vishwajit Rane said that in a bid to provide better healthcare Services in the state, the government has taken the initiative to startdialysiscentres in different parts. As such, the tenth dialysis centre was made operational at the community health centre, in Bicholim. Chief minister Pramod Sawant has fully supported the initiative, the health minister said.

The state has over 1,000 patients on dialysis who take the treatment at various centres. The government then reimburses them the cost of dialysis.

The has granted its approval for the purchase of 11narcoticdetection kits for testing of banned substances on the spot during raids.

Currently, chemical drugs are sent out of the state for analysis, with most seized substances sent to thecentral forensic science laboratory(CFSL), Hyderabad. However, ganja and charas are tested at the food and drugs administration (FDA) laboratory in Goa. The current procedure of sending drugs out of Goa is time-consuming and hinders both investigations and chargesheets/closure reports, Police said.

Chief ministerPramod Sawantand IT ministerRohan Khaunteannounced that 75 Wi-Fi hotspots will be activated in villages to make Internet available in the hinterland.

The department for IT, electronics and Communication activated 10 of the 75 Wi-Fi hotspots across five constituencies based on the requests of MLAs.

The government has already taken the lead to launch the Har Ghar Fiber scheme, under which, each household will be connected to an internet Network.

On setting up of CSCs, the minister further said that the state will set up CSCs in the remaining four talukas Dharbandora, Bicholim, Mormugao, and Tiswadi in the coming months.

The has notified theMiningDumpPolicythus permitting handling of low-grade ironOregenerated between November 23, 2007, and September 11, 2012.
The government had granted approval to the new policy in December 2021, just before the Code Of Conduct came into force, in a bid to restart mining activities.

The mineral rejects, sub grade ore or by-product, which were generated during the course of mining from November 23, 2007, to September 11, 2012, shall be disposed off as may be determined by the state government, including auctioning as per existing e-auction policy of the state government.

The policy allows handling of mining dumps outside and inside leases through auctioning by the state government and allows lessees to handle the dumps.

The spent over Rs 67 crore of taxpayers Money, purchasing 536 vehicles for various government departments between 2018 and 2022.

A large chunk of the expenditure Rs 29.3 crore (43%) was incurred by the directorate of fire and emergency Services on 22 vehicles, including quick response fire tenders, multipurpose fire tenders, quick response vehicles, motorcycle response units and water tankers. The department also purchased a man turntable ladder truck costing over Rs 6.7 crore.

The Police department purchased the highest number of vehicles i.e. 239, including two- and four-wheelers, incurring the second highest expenditure among all departments of over Rs 13 crore.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharamans announcement that the Special Economic ZonesAct, 2005, (SEZAct) will be revamped to enable states to partner in industrial hubs has aroused thecuriosityof several local industrialists. Given that Sitharaman said that the new law would cover existing industrial enclaves many in the state are eager to see the new legislation when it comes.

As part of the PM Gati Shakti master plan, Sitharaman proposed 50-year, interest-free loans of Rs 1 lakh crore to states to help them attract investments in the financial year 2022-23. Local industrialists said that if Goa could attract some of these funds, it could help improve and bring in private investments. There are additional funds also made available to states, which, if utilised properly, can help to develop the state. Projects under Gati Shakti can be planned and Logistics can be promoted in a big way, chairman, MSME national council, Assocham, Manguirish Pai Raikar said.