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Solar installations up 85% in Gujarat

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Gujarat, the state that led the way in solar power adoption in India, has secured the third position in terms of cumulative large-scalesolar installationsin the country.

Notably, Gujarat experienced an impressive 85% increase in such installations during the first quarter of 2023, while solar installations across India declined by 30% during the same period, according to the India Solar Market Update 2023 report by Mercom India.

Between January and March 2023, Gujarat witnessed 261 megawatts (MW) of solar installations, compared to 141MW in the previous quarter. Since Q1 2022, Gujarat has consistently ranked as the third-highest state for large-scale solar capacity addition, with an impressive quarter-over-quarter increase of nearly 85% in Q1 2023.

Gujarat has one of the finest policies to enable quick rooftop installation. Having pioneered solar adoption, the government here has rolled

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out a policy that not just incentivises people for large-scale as well as rooftop installations but also ensures expedited execution. Moreover, several solar park projects and large-scale installations are already in pipeline by the government.

On the other hand, pan-India solar installations declined due to commissioning deadlines for several large-scale projects being postponed to the following year. Out of the total 1.9GW of solar installations in India during the January to March 2023 quarter, Gujarat accounted for 19% of new installations, trailing behind Karnataka (21%) andRajasthan(42%).
Gujarat’s position improved to third place in the January to March 2023 period, surpassingAndhra Pradeshin Q1 2022. Priyadarshini Sanjay said, Rajasthan’s solar irradiation and the largest solar park in Bhadla have made it the most preferred state, while Karnataka benefits from the Pavagada Solar Park, which contributes to its large-scale installations.

Gujarat only state with three cities among top 12 in mutual fund investments

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Even though market volatility remained high over the last quarter, the retail investors fromGujarathave kept their faith intact in mutual

fund investments.

Three

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cities of Gujarat – Ahmedabad (6), Vadodara (9) and Surat (11), not only figure among top 12 across India with highest assets under management in but also account for a lion’s share of 67% of the state’s AUM, as on March 31, 2023. Gujarat’s AUM stood at Rs 2.76 lakh crore in the March quarter of which Rs 1.83 lakh crore came from these three cities.
Investors from Ahmedabad are clear ahead as compared to the other two cities – with Rs 1.22 lakh crore of AUM coming from here alone. Vadodara and Surat account for Rs 33,901 crore and Rs 26,806 crore, respectively.

‘Women workers in Gujarat get paid 25% less than men’

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The recently published ‘Women and Men in India 2022′ report by National Statistical Office (NSO) of Government of India indicated that for the April to June 2022 period, the pay disparity between male and female casual labourers was 25% in urban areas and 26% in rural areas ofGujarat.

According to the report, based on

(PLFS) of NSO, male workers were paid Rs 390 and female workers Rs 312 in urban areas, whereas the figures were Rs 304 and Rs 242 respectively for rural areas.

The report stated that the pay for women in both rural and urban areas of the state was less than the national Average of Rs 265 and

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Rs 333 respectively.

The report highlighted that in Gujarat, 71% of the demonstrators or tutors were women, but when it came to associate professor or reader levels, the figure dropped to 33%; for the level of professor, it dropped to 28%. Pathak said that women get relatively few opportunities when it comes to the highest positions in academia.

The impact of Covid on Education was also chronicled – the number of females receiving education dropped from 40.7% in 2019-20 to 39.3% in 2021-22. On the other hand, male students increased from 60.9% to 62.6% in the same period.

Gujarats Dagri cow gets national recognition as indigenous breed

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Dagri cow which is found in the tribal heartland of CentralGujarathas gotnational recognitionpaving way for conservation and preservation of its genes.

After Gir, Kankrej and Dangi, Dagri is the fourthindigenous breedof cow from Gujarat to get national recognition from the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), the nodal agency of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) that registers the new breeds.

With funding from animal husbandry department of Gujarat government, AAU and Kutch-based NGO Sahjeevan

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is conducting surveys of unrecognised breeds by studying their phenotypic and genetic characterization after which such proposals are submitted to the central government through the for recognition of such indigenous breeds.

AI gets hang of Gujarati to translate Chinese, Hindi text

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Taking a cue from ChatGPT that has taken the world by storm, demonstrating what a good Database coupled with natural language processing (NLP) can do, many other projects are employing similar tech in the field of translation.

The researchers at Gandhinagar-based Dhirubhai

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Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT) have successfully created models for translating works in Hindi and Chinese into Gujarati and vice versa. They are now looking at adding Hebrew to the mix.

As part of the National Translation Mission (NTM) of the ministry of electronics and information technology, the DAIICT had received Rs 2 crore to develop algorithms for Gujarati language.

The project will have implications in the fields of e-Governance, Health and law.

Organic farming will change Indias destiny: Governor

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Urging farmers to adopt on a larger scale, governor Acharya Devvrat on Tuesday said that this will change the countrys destiny. Speaking to farmers at Anand Agricultural University, the governor said not only will this reduce the dependence on chemicals Fertilizers,

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give farmers higher returns for their crops.

The governor, who has been leading a sustained campaign to promote organic farming, said possession of one cow can help farmers take up natural farming on 30 acres of land and farmers who have 30 cows can take up organic farming on one acre.

FinMin offers backing to 2 major river linking projects

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Centre has shown its preparedness to get the ball roling on two key river linking projects which will bring water to Mumbai and parts of northMaharashtra but the two beneficiary states must arrive at a consensus.

Two river linking projects between Maharashtra andGujaratare among these five. The Damanganga-Pinjal project and the Par-Tapi-Narmada project have been on the drawing board for a while, but have seen little progress. The Damanganga project looks to meet Mumbai citys drinking water needs till 2060 and the Par-Tapi-Narmada project has potential for north Maharashtra.

The Damanganga-Pinjal project looks to harness water that runs off Maharashtra into the Arabian Sea, and divert the same to Mumbai

city for drinking purposes. All this water is from Maharashtra. Gujarat has no role, yet the draft agreement says water from here will be given to Gujarat, said Jadhav.

The Par-Tapi-Narmada project entirely benefits Gujarat, and Maharashtra has demanded compensation of 15 TMC (thousand meter cube) run-off water from Maharashtra into theTapibasin in Dhule.

The city has witnessed nearly 300% increase in cyber crime cases compared to the previous year till July in the pandemic period.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Data shows that citizens have lost Rs three crore to cyber frauds till July this year. Of the total siphoned off online, around Rs 1.34 crore was frozen in bank accounts or returned

to victims after cops took action.

Police have now launched a month-long awareness campaign Cyber Sanjivani to create awareness about such frauds.

Gujarat bags first rank in e-procurement through women entrepreneurs

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Department for Promotion of and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released the ranking of all the states of the country in various categories for the implementation of the GeM portal. According to rankings released, Gujarat has bagged the first position in the category of Procurement Through Women Entrepreneurs.

The Kreta-Vikreta Gaurav Samman Samaroh 2023 was organized by the Government e-Market Place of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India on June 26 at New Delhi to award the top performers of GeM India. Gujarat bagged one award in Platinum Category and 3 Awards each in the Gold and Silver Category at the event.

Awards were given to the top three states in the respective categories among all the states and union territories of India. The award ceremony was attended by representatives of the top-performing states. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry, and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India and Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India, were the Chief Guests at the event.

Gujarat was ranked second in

the Highest Total Order Value Category worth Rs 7,963.8 crores, and the Highest Service Procurement Category worth Rs 2,151.3 crores, as well as the Highest Procurement through MSE vendors with Rs 3,195.4 crores.

The state stood third in the category of the total number of orders with 2,99,718 orders, procurement through Start-Ups worth Rs 218 crores, and best engagement with 9,553 vendors (highest number of transacting buyers).

Rs 1.5 lakh/kg: Gujarat scientists grow one of costliest mushrooms

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Scientists at Kutch-basedGujaratInstitute of Desert ECOLOGY (GUIDE) have successfully cultivated cordyceps militaris a mushroom species that traditionally found its use in Chinese and Tibetan herbal medicines. The scientists grew themushroomsin 35 jars in

a controlled Environment in a laboratory within 90 days giving 350 grams yield. The mushroom is valued at Rs1.50 lakh a kg.

The institute which has found it useful in treating even breast cancer has decided to provide training to entrepreneurs at a very nominal fee as a livelihood option to cultivate mushrooms at laboratory scale.