JHARKHAND

The state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture departmentis drafting an action plan to tide over the impending dangers of drought during the ongoing kharif season.Farmerswill be registered under the Jharkhand Rajya Fasal Rahat Yojana (JRFRY) from Friday to provide them with financial assistance, sources said.

Under JRFRY, farmers will get maximum fiscal compensation of Rs 20,000 on up to five acres of land in the event of crop loss due to weather vagaries.

A farmer will get Rs 3000 per acre for 30-50% crop loss and Rs 4000 per acre if the crop loss is more than 50% from state coffers. Per farmer, we shall give compensation on maximum of five acres. We will launch special drive to enroll farmers through 20,000 common service centres and camps in the state.

The state cabinet approved a host of proposals that are aimed at boosting the industrial Climate of Jharkhand.

Among the notable decisions the cabinet made was giving its nod to the state mining departments proposal to constitute the states own mining and exploration corporation. The corporation will explore mineral reserves within the states geographical boundaries and also participate in the e-auctioning of various mineral blocks.

The 11-member ministerial council also gave its nod to a proposal to grant 100% subsidy on electricity duties to the new and existing captive power Plants in the state for five years in a bid to attract big-ticket projects under the newJharkhand Industrial and Promotion Policy,2021.

According to the annual assessment report published by the National Academy of RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self EMPLOYMENT Training Institute), Bangalore, 99% of the youth enrolled with JSLPS have cleared the evaluation. Out of the total 9,629 candidates enrolled during the last one year, 9,593 have successfully passed their evaluation. A total of five nationalised banks, including StateBankOf India, Canara Bank, Bank Of India, Punjab National bank and Indian Bank, trained over 9,000 rural youths on self-employment program supported by JSLPS.

Jharkhand will plant 2.5 crore saplings thismonsoonseason besides other measures to enhance forest quality and also to restore Ecosystems and bring about a qualitative change in , a top forest official said on Sunday.
Jharkhand boasts 23,721 square kilometre of forest cover which is 29.76 per cent of its total geographical area, higher than the 21.71 per cent of forest cover pan India.

The PCCF said it is heartening to see that there is a gradual increase in the forest cover in the state, and as per recent data, there has been an increase of 110 square km of forest area in the state.

At a time when the country is staring at power crisis due to the short supply of coal to thermal power stations,Jharkhandis preparing for the challenge by clearing the decks for installation of solar power. The total installed capacity of the state through renewables would supersede the indigenous installed capacity through non-renewables. Four solar parks of 80MWs each have been planned to be installed in Garhwa, Palamu, Simdega, and Deoghar. Tender has been floated to invite parties to conduct topography survey, geo-technical investigation, hydrological study and assessment of social and environmental impact over the plots selected for these solar parks.

At present, the only state-owned power generation unit is of Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (TVNL), which is a thermal plant with an installed capacity of 2X210MWs, of which one unit is functional. Yet another operational unit is ofSubarn Rekha Hydel Power(SRHP) of 130MWs. Once the solar parks see the Light of the dayinstalled thermal capacity would remain at 420MWs whereas the installed capacity through renewables would reach 450MWs. As of now, around 52MW solar power Plants are operational.

The solar parks would be photovoltaic grid connected with the option of including storage. The ground mounted PV solar parks produce electricity during the day time and feed the electricity to the nearest grid whereas once connected with storage, power produced can be used as an alternate to the grid power in case of short supply.

The Chief Minister said that if different areas would be developed, only then Jharkhand can be raised in the category of a leading State. To give a separate identity to the State, the role of tribals has to be decided. The council will prove to be helpful in preparing a better action plan for the tribal community. Special thinking needs to be done for the 27 per cent tribals of Jharkhand, their social, economic, educational and political aspects will have to be strengthened. To make tribals a part of the all-round development of the State, many parameters have to be fixed. Suggestions of all the members will play an important role in this. Together we have to connect the tribal community with the mainstream of development in a planned manner, he said.

In a bid to make theHazaribag Lakeone of the most attractive tourist destinations inJharkhand, Hazaribag deputy commissioner (DC) Nancy Sahay has taken a slew of measures. A total of Rs 1 crore has been released from the District Mineral Trust Fund (DMFT) for developing the lake, she stated.

Besides, deputy development commissioner-cum-municipal commissioner Prerna Dixit has allotted an additional Rs 4 crore for development projects at the site. The Hazaribag has purchased a boat worth over Rs 2 crore to clean the water bodies. An open air amphitheatre at the trijunction of the Hazaribag Lake and selfie points have been constructed.

Vaccination against Covid-19 will soon be open for people aged above 18 years. Walk-in vaccinations are not permitted for the 18-44 age groups but booking a vaccine appointment through the Government website or app is often a challenging experience with multiple logins and one-time passwords (OTPs).

Notably, most of these tools take the data from CoWIN in real time (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network)

Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: This open source tool works on Google Doc Seat and based on APN. It automatically monitors the vaccine availability in your area and informs you on your email when a slot is available. It also gives the freedom to choose one option in both Covaxin and Covshield Vaccines.

www.vaccinateme.in: This website is available in both desktop and mobile versions; provides the facility to choose the vaccine slot according to age, city and district.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB) and Birsa Agricultural University (BAU)

The MoU envisages collaboration between the two research and academic institutions in terms of student and faculty exchanges and sharing of research . IIAB is working under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research located at Garkhatanga, Ranchi. It has a mandate to develop human Resources in the area of agricultural biotechnology and conduct research as an interface of Plants, animals, Fisheries and microbes.