GUJARAT

Gujarat has fared poorly as compared to states like neighbouring Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in the retention rate of school students in higher secondary classes.

Gujarat has a low retention rate of 40.82% in higher secondary Education for the year 2019-20. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have fared better with 62.69% and 42.09% respectively.
Even other states like Karnataka (46.39%), Haryana (64.15%) and Himachal Pradesh (69.11%) have been better performers in this category.

Gujarat has done slightly better than Rajasthan where the retention rate is 39.33%. In the case of primary education, the retention rate in Gujarat is 95.04% while for elementary education its 89.82% before further dropping to 65% at secondary level. Kerala and Chandigarh have seen 100% retention at higher secondary level.

The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), ministry of education has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data on indicators of school education provided by all the states and Union territories.

Call it the positive side effect of Covid-19 pandemic, but the lockdowns and subsequent restriction on movements drastically reduced the road fatalities inGujarat.

In fact, with drop of 20.7% compared to the cases in 2019 (8,440), it was the decades lowest death number for the state at 6,693. The data was shared in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) publication Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2020.

While it was the lowest fatalities at least since 2011 for Surat and Vadodara that recorded drop of 36% and 7.5% respectively, Ahmedabad and Rajkot recorded drop of 20% and 22% – their lowest since 2013. However, on the other hand, the state recorded increase in pedestrian deaths from 728 in 2019 to 824 in 2020, rise of 13%. Moreover, analysis of the vehicles involved reveal that two-wheelers, which were involved in 35% of the fatal accidents in 2019, rose to 41% in 2020. On the other hand, cars share remained the same at 14%.

According to the report, 75% or three-fourths of the fatal road accidents were attributed to over-speeding. The rural and semi-urban areas accounted for 77% of the fatal accidents, whereas the rest 33% were recorded in the urban areas according to the report. City-based road safety experts said that apart from the higher speed of vehicles, lack of quicker medical attention after the incident could also be the reason for higher fatality in areas outside cities.
In terms of accidental deaths, Gujarat recorded 13% drop in numbers, from 23,770 in 2019 to 20,644 in 2020.

The nextDefence Expowill be hosted byGujaratin 2022. This was announced by chief ministerVijay Rupaniin Kevadia after the Gujarat government signed an MoU to this effect with ministry of DEFENCE in presence of defence minister Rajnath Singh.

Rupani said that the 4-day expo will be held between March 10 and 13 in Gandhinagar next year. While the seminars will be held at Mahatma Mandir, the helipad exhibition centre will serve as the exhibition site for the expo.

This is for the first time the Gujarat BJP has organised a paperless meeting, wherein invitees have been given tablets with all the required information and links related to the event.

All capital towards setting up the schools will be borne by project partners, who will provide land and invest in the civil and digital Infrastructure required from time to time.

While the entire capital cost will be borne by project partners, the Education department will assist in meeting the recurring cost by paying a lump-sum amount for each student to the project partners each year. A lumpsum amount of Rs 60,000 per child per annum for the financial year 2021-22 with an annual increase of 7% every year has been proposed.

Between January 1, 2020, and May 15, 2023, Gujaratis made a total of 1.59 lakh applications related to cybercrime on theNational Cyber Crime Reporting Portal(NCCRP) or helpline number 1930. It comes to 5,585 applications per month on an Average, 186 applications per day and average one application every 7.5 minutes.

Gujarat was among the nine states that recorded more than 1 lakh applications related to cybercrime during the said period, indicated data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The data was reported recently in an NCRB response to an RTI application filed by Jeetendra Ghadge, a Girgaon-based activist. Ghadge had sought details on the Percentage of applications related to cybercrime converted into FIRs by Police. In all, the national ratio was found to be 1.9% as 43,022 FIRs were filed based on 22.57 lakh applications. In comparison, Gujarat’s applications-to-FIR ratio was found to be less than half at 0.8% – the state police recorded 1,233 FIRs out of the 1.59 lakh applications.

Close on the heels of theUPgovernment releasing the first draft of its proposed Population control bill, theGujaratgovernment has begun an exercise to study the pros and cons of a similar legislation. Both UP and Gujarat face crucial assembly next year.

The draft of the UP population bill says that those having more than two kids will be debarred from contesting local body polls, applying for government jobs or availing subsidies.

The Gujarat government signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Group in Gandhinagar. This MOU is an outcome of the newly formulated Electronics Policy. Gujarat is ready to lead in manufacturing lithium-ion cells.

According to release, the CEO of Tata Group’s subsidiary company, Tata Agaratas Energy Storage solutions Private Limited, and the Secretary of Science and Technology of the Government of Gujarat, Vijay Nehra signed and exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of the Chief Minister.

A giga-factory of this kind will be operational in Gujarat to produce the first-ever lithium-ion cells in India. This plant will have an estimated initial Investment of around Rs 13,000 crore and will have a production capacity of 20 GWh. It will generate direct and indirect EMPLOYMENT for more than 13,000 people.

Government stated that It was committed to increasing carbon-free, energy-efficient, and clean energy production by boosting the production of electric vehicles and reducing carbon emissions.

The usage of EVs will increase the dependence on lithium-ion batteries. With the establishment of Tata Group’s plant, Gujarat will become a leading state in lithium-ion cell manufacturing and will also receive assistance in setting up a battery manufacturing eco-system in the state.

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Gujaratis leading India in the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. According to a press statement by the , more than 11.56 lakh houses have been constructed in the state. This includes 7.50 lakh houses under thePM AwasYojana (Urban) and more than 4.06 lakh houses under PM Awas Yojana (Rural).

The state got Awards for being the Best Performing State for Implementation of CLSS, the Best Performing State for Implementation of ARHC under model-1, the Best AHP Project under PPP model, the Best State for Convergence with Other Missions, State with Maximum Technical Visits at LHP Sites, the Best Performing SLTC under PMAY (U), and the Best Performing Municipal Council (Una Municipality).
Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), a target of 7.64 lakh houses was earmarked for Gujarat. A total of 9.54 lakh houses have been sanctioned till date.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural), more than 4,06,000 houses with Infrastructure have been constructed, till date. A total of Rs 4,877.72 crore has been spent for the same. A target for construction of 1,84,605 houses has been set under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural) for 2022-23. An assistance of Rs 2,215.26 crore will be disbursed to the beneficiaries for the same.

The state also leads in the Credit Link Subsidy Component (Urban). More than 5.20 lakh got benefits from the scheme.