GUJARAT

Gujarats total collection of goods and Services tax (GST) for December 2021 declined by 2%. The states GST mop-up was Rs 7,336 in December 2021, against Rs 7,469 crore, according to data from the Union finance ministry. players attribute the decline in GST collection to reduced demand coupled with cuts in industrial production afterDiwali.

Indicating a decline in demand across sectors after the festive season surge, GST collection in Gujarat fell by 23% in December, when compared to November. In December, the states GST mop-up stood at Rs 7,336 crore, against the record-high level of Rs 9,569 crore in November 2021. Industry players say that demand came crashing owing due to high raw material prices and production being curtailed, because of which total tax collection declined.

The states GST mop-up hit its record-high of Rs 9,569 crore in November. In November, GST collection in the state rose by 12% against that of October.

Union minister of , shipping and waterways (MoPSW) Sarbananda Sonowal, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, said that the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the MoPSW for the development of seaplane Services. Waterdrome sites in Gujarat have been identified at the Sabarmati river, Sardar Sarovar dam and Shetrunjay dam, the minister said.

In a written reply in the RS, the minister said, Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme, the seaplane service between the Sabarmati riverfront and Statue of Unity began on October 31, 2020. It was later stopped by the selected airline operator (SAO) from April 11, 2021, due to operational reasons. The MoCA has taken up the matter with the concerned stakeholders for making seaplane operations viable. MoCA has also signed an MoU with MoPSW for the development of seaplane services.

The Vadodara-based C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility will be first-of-its-kind project in which the military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company.

This project is jointly implemented by European aviation major Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) the DEFENCE arm of the Tata Group.

The Vadodara facility will take up 96 per cent of the work the Airbus does for each aircraft in its facility in Spain.

City Police commissioner Ajay Tomar received the City with the best safety and security system and record from Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi on Friday. Tomar was accompanied by city Mayor Hemali Boghawala and deputy commissioner of police Prashant Sumbe.

The city also won the award for best public transport system. The award ceremony was held at the end of two-day Urban Mobility India conference in New Delhi. Kochi was judged the city with the most sustainable transport system.

Clearly, the number of loans sanctioned under emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) surged by a whopping 140% in a year, according to the latest report by State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC).

The 170th SLBC meeting was held earlier this week, during which the report was released. It states that the number of industries seeking loans under ECLGS surged from 1.5 lakh in the first quarter of 2021-22 to 3.6 lakh in the corresponding quarter this year. During the same period, the amount of loans sanctioned too surged from Rs 7,480.29 crore to Rs 23,424 crore.
The cumulative disbursals at the end of the first quarter of 2021-22 stood at Rs 20,434 crore inGujaratunder ECLGS.

The federations total budget for the proposed plant is around Rs 500 crore. Sources said that the 100-acre land offered by the Rajkot collectorate in revenue survey numbers of Anandpar, Navagam and Sokhda villages on Ahmedabad highway costs around Rs 2.75 crore per acre.
Amul has sought 100-acre land to install a milk processing plant with capacity of 30 lakh litre per day (LLPD).

Rajkot is a strategic location for a plant for milk coming from all districts of Saurashtra. Currently, around 30 LLPD from Saurashtra and Kutch is sent to Amuls Gandhinagar plant where milk products like srikhand, chocolate, cheese and butter are manufactured. The Gandhinagar plant has capacity to process 50 LLPD.

GCMMF currently spends Rs 30 lakh per day for the transporting surplus milk from various parts of Saurashtra to Gandhinagar. This cost will be saved and the milk collection from this region will be increased once Rajkot plant commences operation. The time consumed in transportation of milk will also reduce. Milk collected from every location of Saurashtra travels around 300 km before reaching Gandhinagar plant.

In an insightful document last week,Gujarats Real Estate Regulatory Authority (GujRERA) office claimed that 18% of all new building projects in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot are forced to come up in areas where there are notownplanning schemes (TP).

In tier-2 and tier-3 Gujarat cities like Ankleshwar, Bharuch, Junagadh and Navasari nearly 60% of newer developments are in non-TP areas. Thenon-TP areaslack planned Network or roads, and amenities.

The non-statutory document has suggested reforms in the existing town planning department and further flags that development demand in Gujarats cities has often outpaced the supply of planned and serviced land provided through TP scheme mechanism. GujRERA had teamed up with department of urban development and urban planning consultants to come up with three non-statutory manuals Town planning schemes, Development plans and Local Area Plans (LAP) and have uploaded them on their website. This is the first time that such an exercise has been carried out in the state.

Among key recommendations, to reduce delays ahead of an intention of TP scheme, are including public consultation process where land owners and beneficiary are consulted before freezing land records with shape, size and ownership boundary. The concept paper has also added a stage for preparation of vision while preparing draft TP scheme. Among other major recommendations are that the State Government appoint an expert review committee (ERC) which shall review and recommend approval of TP schemes submitted to the government at different stages.

M S University has featured in the rank band of 101-150 for university category in the India Rankings 2023 as the Ministry of Education released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023 on Monday.
Last year, too, the university had featured in the rank band of 101-150 in the ranking of universities. In 2019 and 2020, the university had featured in the university rank band of 101-150.
In 2016 and 2021, the university had found its place among the top 100 universities of the country. In 2016, MSU had received its best ever ranking when it was ranked at 76th position when the NIRF rankings were declared for the first time. In 2021, the university was ranked 90th with a score of 39.48.

The university does not feature in the India Rankings 2023: Overall – a category in which it had featured last year in the rank band of 151-200.

The NIRF rankings were released for a total of 13 categories – overall, universities, colleges, research institutions, engineering, management, pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and planning, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied sectors and innovation.

Gujarat Technological Universityon Sunday announced that it has introduced digi-lockers for 7 lakh graduates. Using the digi-lockers, the graduates can upload their degree certificates to further promote the Digital India campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The decision to create digi-lockers comes in the wake of a project evolved by theUniversity Grants Commissionand the Union Education ministry to accelerate the ongoing technology upgrade in universities across the world.

With this facility created by GTU, students can access their certificates in a safe and secure way from any corner of the world. The digi-lockers also enable the students to download copies of certificates without any cost, for the academic years 2011 to 2020.