Unabated rise in corona cases in Gujarat has triggered a Health emergency of sorts.
It was one of the highest daily surges at 13% in recent times. Daily death toll rose by 20% as the state recorded deaths of 45 patients, one of the highest in the past 11months.
The biggest cause of concern remained erratic supply of Oxygen, which is literally, the lifeline for Covid-19 patients rendered gasping for breath by the coronavirus.
According to data provided by the Union Government inParliament, total fish production in the country was 162 lakh metric tonnes in 2021-22. According to the state department, fish production inGujaratin 2021-22 was 8.74 lakh tonnes, about 5% of the countrys fish production.
According to the Gujarat fisheries department, in 2021-22, production inthe state was 6.88 lakh tonnes of marine fish and 1.86 lakh tonnes of inland fish, for a total of 8.74 lakh tonnes.
According to the Livestock census 2007, there are 2.18 lakh active fishermen among a Population of 5.59 lakh fishermen in 1,058 fishing villages in the state.
In 2020-21, 28,355 mechanical boats and 8,625 non-mechanical boats were registered with the government, for a total of 36,980 boats.
Revenue from marine fishing in Gujarat in 2021-22 was Rs 7,659 crore, and revenue from inland fishing was Rs 3,561 crore, for a total revenue from fish production of Rs 11,220 crore.
InGujarat which has the ignominy of being known as the oral cancer capital of India farmers in North and Central Gujarat are raking in the moolah fromtobacco.
Tobacco was sown on 63,800 hectares in 2004, and this number has risen to 1.38 lakh hectares for the 2023 winter crop, a 116% increase. Gujarat accounts for 48% of the countrys total tobacco production of 8 lakh tonnes.
Experts say there are many factors for this, tobacco is a cash crop and keeps away wild animals such as nilgai and wild boar which may graze on and destroy . The greater availability of water has also increased tobacco acreage.
According to figures from the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department, the acreage sown with tobacco was 68,200 hectares in 2003-04, and rose to 92,900 hectares in 2013-14 and to 1.38 lakh hectares as of January 2023.
The figures show that till 2013-14, about 95% of tobacco was grown in the Charotar region Anand, Kheda and Vadodara districts. However, in 2013-14, it started to be grown in North Gujarat, which now accounts for 30% of tobacco acreage, mainly in the districts of Mehsana, Banaskantha, Patan and Sabarkantha. In Central Gujarat, 96% of the area sown with tobacco is in Kheda and Anand districts.
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The MoU was signed in presence of Gujarat chief ministerBhupendra Patelon Monday during building a climate-resilient Gujarat a climate change outreach programme that was organised by the department at science city in Ahmedabad. Several schemes and aid were announced as well asMoUsexecuted during the programme.
Gujarat was the first state to set up a separate department for climate change in 2009.
The State Government has gradually increased the budget of the climate change department in the last 12 years. Gujarat government has provided Rs 910 crore in the budget this year.
Gujaratsproduction is estimated to be about 92 lakh bales for the cotton season of 2021-22, according to the latest crop estimates released by theCotton Association of India(CAI).
The apex cotton trade bodys Decemberestimate for the production in Gujarat is 5 lakh bales (one bale is equivalent to 170kg) less than around 97 lakh bales output predicted in its November estimate. The states production stood at 91.5 lakh bales in 2020-21. Close to 34 lakh bales have already arrived in local mandis of Gujarat, the association said.
For pan-India, CAI has reduced its cotton crop estimate for the 2021-22 season by 12 lakh bales to 348 lakh bales from its previous estimate of 360 lakh bales.
Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday said that export-driven Growth will strengthen the Indianeconomy.
Presiding over a pre-Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) event on Local Goes Global, he said exporting locally-produced goods will increase Foreign Exchange earnings and realize the vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat through the Vocal for Local initiative.
With facilities and assistance provided to exporters through the One District One Product programme, Gujarat has emerged as a leading exporter with a 30 per cent contribution to Indias total exports, the CM said.
Even as the 2021 edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Gujarat government has chalked out plans to organise the January 2022 summit on a bigger scale.
After Diwali, the government has planned a major Marketing drive for the event, focusing mainly on attracting Fortune 500 companies, especially in the fields of clean energy, fintech, integrated pharma and innovative technologies.
Following directives of the PM, Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2022 is being planned on a bigger scale compared to the last event of 2019. We are in the process of inviting all Fortune 500 companies from across the globe including Tesla, Google, Microsoft, Walmart, Master Card to name a few. More than 500 leading global companies to participate in the event and plan their new investments in Gujarat.
The government of India is inviting top international government agencies, international & trade bodies, major international companies and international influencers to the event.
Meanwhile, Crime in India in 2020, a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that number of custodial deaths last year in Gujarat were the highest. Fifteen persons, who were in Police custody without remand, died in different districts of the state in 2020.
In 2019 too, the state was ranked second in custodial deaths across the country. Three accused had committed suicide while five died of illnesses and one from injuries sustained due to the physical assault while in custody, as per the NCRB report.
The is looking for tie-ups with other international boards too. A key source aware of the developments said, The state is considering a dedicated international board or a dedicated curriculum for theGujarat SecondaryandHigher Secondary Education Boardwhich can match international curricula. The move to adopt an international curriculum may mean not adhering to the model of the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training). But sources said that all states have been permitted under the new national education policy (NEP) to form their own curricula.
The state government is also in talks with the CISCE to build international curriculum in PARTNERSHIP with globally acclaimed educational boards. In the past also, the state government claimed to have ties with international boards, but such projects were gradually given up.
More than 14,000 fruit-bearing trees and Plants over 53,000 hectares of land in the state have been destroyed in last weeks cyclone, according to the initial estimates.Gujarat Energy Transmission Company Ltdand other power distribution companies also suffered damages to the tune of Rs 783 crore.
spokespersonRushikesh Patelsaid that cash doles worth Rs 1.23 crore have been distributed to persons who were evacuated to safer places ahead of Cyclone Biparjoys landfall in Gujarat. Electricity supply was disrupted in 6,486 villages of the state, and it has been restored in 5,753 villages, the state Health minister said.
Patel said that initial estimates show that Horticulture crops have been destroyed over 53,000 hectares. It is estimated that 14,887 fruit bearing trees have been destroyed in the cyclone. Our teams have still been surveying the damage to crops, the minister said.