GUJARAT

The citys civic body has set up a Traffic and Parking Cell to implement the new parking policy.

The first meeting of the cell was held recently in which various challenges in the implementation of the policy and issues relating to traffic and parking were discussed. During the meeting, various decisions were made including the creation of sub-committees to implement the policy. The civic body will also formulate bylaws of the policy. The civic body will shortly upload a list of parking spots in the city on its official web portal. After the list is declared, citizens who park their vehicles elsewhere will be fined by traffic Police. It was also decided to launch a drive to keep footpaths and roads encroachment-free.

Traffic police will seize any unclaimed vehicles on roadsides. Apart from that, it was decided that the cell will identify more spots for parking vehicles and declare them.

The draft parking policy was okayed by the AMC and was sent to the for approval.

The state government approved the policy and it was implemented from November 1, 2021.

Ever since the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was rolled out in July 2017, fake billing scams have continued to drain government coffers in Gujarat. The data of the state commercial tax department suggests that stateGSTofficials have detected fake billing transactions to the tune of Rs 32,310 crore inGujarattill December 2021. About 1,875 shell companies were involved in various cases that led to the draining of Rs 4,264 crore from government coffers through fraudulent claims for input tax credit (ITC).

The as well as the Centre are introducing policy measures to plug loopholes but the constantly changing modus operandi has only led to a surge in the number of cases reported year after year.

From April to December 2021, about 1,172 cases of fake billing were detected by the state authorities. That shows a 67% jump in cases over the numbers of the previous three years combined (2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21), during which about 703 cases of fake billing scams were detected, stated officials of theSGSTdepartment.

The has proposed to chronicleGujarats HISTORY from ancient days to the present day by setting a museum at theStatue of Unity(SoU) complex inKevadia.PM Narendra Modihas reportedly asked the state authorities to develop a museum dedicated to Gujarats development journey.

A key source close to the planning of the museum said, The proposed museum at Kevadia will be a tribute to the state and its legacy, through a mapping of its development trajectory and its Leadership. The vision of this museum is to showcase the constant Growth of the state and the contributing factors towards it.

The thematic design of the proposed project will comprise of three main sections Gaurav, witnessing the pride of Gujarat; Siddhi, a salute to the new zeniths by Gujarats leaders; and Utsah, celebrating the unwavering enthusiasm and festivals of the state.

For the first time, a thorough guideline to strike off provisions for chemical Plants in development plans and town planning schemes of eight municipal corporations and 156 nagarpalikas will be released by the state urban development department, a few weeks after Diwali.

The state’s urban development department has already requested from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) a list of chemical unit types, to be included in the new upcoming guidelines. These units should be producing hazardous chemicals, disposing of toxic waste, or having chimneys that vent dangerous industrial gases. Back in July last year, the Vijay Rupani government had initiated discussions in this direction.

Incentives in terms of taxes and exemptions will be provided to existing industries to shift to new designated locations outside the city. New development plans and TP schemes will ensure that no listed hazardous or units that can potentially pollute or violate provisions of Water Act, 1974; Air Act, 1981 and the https://exam.pscnotes.com/Environment-protection-act-1986″>Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 be present within the city.

Gujarats major cities are staring at a bleak, bumper-to-bumper ride in a proximate future. Reason, eachGujarathousehold owns more than twovehicles an Average 2.25 vehicle per household which is the third highest after Goas 4.41 vehicles per household and Delhis 3.62 vehicles per household.

The National Road Transport Yearbook 2019-2020 of the Union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) reveals that as on March 31, 2021, the state has 2.75 crore registered vehicles. One of the major reasons, say experts, is poor public transport system in cities. Less bus frequency in a big number of villages and the culture of multi-tasking in Gujarat which prompts people to buy their own vehicle instead of depending on public transport.

Gujarat along with Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Nadu account for nearly 49% of the total vehicles registered in India. Maharashtra has the highest share of 12% followed by UP (11.1%), Tamil Nadu (10.2%), Gujarat (8.5%) and Karnataka (7.2%).

Gujarats judiciary disposed as many as 3.03 lakh cases during aNational Lok Adalatorganized at district courts across the state, the firstLok Adalatheld in courtrooms after the Covid-19 pandemic set in.

Thousands of FIRs that were registered against people for lockdown violations, with charges of violation of the Police notification, under the Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act, were also disposed of. These cases were taken up during special sittings in courts alongside the Lok Adalat, said a judicial officer.

According to the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority, under whose aegis the Lok Adalat was held, a total of 2,78,697 pending cases and 24,345 pre-litigation cases were disposed of. In all, disputes involving accident claims were settled and amounts to the tune of Rs 767.76 crore were paid to claimants. These disputes included a case in which a claim of Rs 71.25 lakh was paid to a litigant at the Mirzapur rural court in Ahmedabad.

The ministry of Education on Monday released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, which ranks educational institutions based on various criteria. It was a good year for Gujarat-based institutions as many improved their ranks from 2022.

However, only three institutes managed to get Top 10 rankings in their categories. IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) kept its No. 1 position in the management category, whileGujaratNational Law University (GNLU) improved its ranking from eighth last year to seventh this year. CEPT University in architecture category was at the seventh rank. There were no new entrants from the state.

IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) jumped 13 positions in the overall category from 37th to 24th rank. In the research category, the institute is up by three spots from 34 to 31, and in engineering it is up from 23 to 18.

The Union ministry of , shipping and waterways and theUnion ministry of culturesigned an MoU for Cooperation in development of National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) inLothalinGujarat. Union minister of state for ports, shipping and waterwaysMansukh Mandaviyaand Union minister of state for culture Prahlad Singh Patel were present during the ceremony to sign the MoU.

The NMHC will be developed in the vicinity of the ASI site of Lothal, located about 80km from Ahmedabad. The complex will be developed as an international tourist destination, where the maritime heritage of India from ancient to modern times will be showcased. The edutainment approach using the latest technology will be adopted to spread awareness about Indias maritime heritage.

For developing the project, the land transfer formalities have been completed and all land-related clearances and the environmental nod have been obtained.

Gujaratis facing a string of malware and botnet attack attempts on its digital networks across offices in major cities and central data servers- both private and of the government.

The attacks are exploiting vulnerabilities in systems and even running email phishing campaigns to penetrate networks.

The Quick Heal Cyber Threat Weather (CTW) report for the first quarter of 2023 puts Surat and Ahmedabad cities on the sixth and eight positions in the country when it comes to malware attack attempts, registering 2.74 million and 1.83 million attempts respectively.

At 8.81 million attack attempts, Gujarat ranks second in the country after Maharashtra, which registered 10.52 million attempts.

Another report called the ‘Spamhaus live botnet threats worldwide map’ showed three botnets that have been active in Gujarat over the last one week — Mirai, Stealrat and Gamut.

Malware is defined as a Software built for the purpose of disrupting or damaging a computer system, and has existed almost as long as the Internet itself.