JHARKHAND

Jharkhand chapter of Cardiological Society of India (CSI) was adjudged best branch in annual convention of CSI held at Hyderabad from December 2 to December 5. CSI Jharkhand Chapter, president Dr Satish and Secretary Prattay Guha Sarkar received award on Saturday in Hyderabad.

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Talking to The Pioneer over phone, Secretary of Jharkhand Chapter of CSI, Dr. Prattay Guha Sarkar informed that State received award of best branch during annual convention of CSI held in Hyderabad for its excellent work done during the COVID-19 crisis in 2019-20.

The State is moving fast in providing medical facilities to cardiac patients. Sarkar further said that criteria of CSI to see which chapter has done well is academic works, research, social work and spread of public awareness. The States Chapter worked excellently in all these criteria and emerged as best in all these fields. A total of 11 publications of research were submitted which is very important in itself, it means every month one publication research was submitted. They also judged the State on how much it is showing progress every year, he added.

Jharkhand performed very well in providing cardiac related treatments during last few years and at same time the is also improving rapidly. Earlier 70 to 80 per cent of cases of cardiac arrest used to be referred to other states like Vellore and Delhi and others, but this practice has reduced.

In coming two to three years State will touch many milestones in this direction and emerge as one of best medical facility providers in cardiology, said Sarkar.

Vedanta Ltd has positively impacted the lives of 4.23 crore people across the country through its various social development initiatives, the company announced in its maiden Social Impact CSR report released today. Over the years, Vedanta has built many impactful CSR programs in India and is considered one of the most socially responsible corporations in the country.

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The company spent Rs 331 crores in the last financial year on various CSR activities with focus on pandemic relief works, childrens well-being & Education, Women Empowerment, Health care, https://exam.pscnotes.com/sustainable-Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture“>Sustainable Agriculture & animal welfare, market linked skilling of youth, Environment protection & restoration, development of community Infrastructure among others.

The comprehensive social impact report lays out Vedantas CSR policy, including the aims and objectives, implementation and audit guidelines as well as the activities being carried out across 56promiment projects across the country in various sectors including education, sustainable livelihoods, health, skilling, Women Empowerment, environment, Sports, water, sanitation and community development.

Earlier this year, Vedanta announced the social development roadmap through the Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF) and pledged Rs 5,000 crore as part of their Give Back towards its rural upliftment programs.

AAFs Swasth Gaon Abhiyaan, will provide end-to-end healthcare Services across 1,000 villages in 12 states, impacting the lives of more than 2 million people.

3rd supplementary budget in tune of Rs 4546.27 Cr passed

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This year’s third supplementary budget or demand for grants of Rs 4546.27 crores has been passed by the State Assembly on Thursday. The opposition opposed the demand for grants while the ruling parties supported it.

The cut motion of the opposition was rejected. The supplementary budget was passed on the basis of majority. The State Finance Minister, Dr Rameshwar Oraon called it necessary. He said that 68.73 per cent of the budget allocations has been spent so far this year.

Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Badal said that the FPO scheme by is implemented in Jharkhand. Under this scheme, small and marginal farmers are integrated and registered in the Company or Co-operative Act. So that they purchase inputs in an organized manner and make them available to the farmers and get the right price by taking the agricultural produce to the market through e-Nam and other means, he added. He said that from the year 2020-21, 68 FPOs have been formed by NABARD in the Central Sector Scheme of 10000 FPOs of the Government of India in the state. FPO has been formed through many other agencies whose number is 257.

B-Schools to provide fair price platforms to forest produce of State

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A pilot project to provide a market for forest produce has started in Simdega. Former Deputy Commissioner (DC) Simdega, Sushant Gaurav had a meeting with the representatives of Indian School of Business Hyderabad for its successful implementation.

This project will be later extended to other districts like Simdega where forest produce is available in large quantities. The tribal community and other villagers depend on the forest produce for additional income and maintaining their livelihood.

A strong bond has existed between the two for centuries. Despite this, people never get a fair price for the minor forest produce they collect. Following this step, the tribal communities will be able to secure their livelihood by selling forest produce in an organized manner.

Guv nod to 2 Bills, Budget Session of Assembly from Feb 27

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Governor Ramesh Bais has given his nod to two important Bills passed by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The Governor has given his assent to the ‘Jharkhand Contingency Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2022’ passed by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on Friday. Through this Bill, the amount of withdrawal from the State’s contingency fund has now been increased from Rs 500 crore to Rs 1200 crore.

Bais has also given his assent to the ‘Jharkhand State Agricultural Produce and Marketing Bill, 2022′ and has sent various suggestions in this regard to the State Government. He has said that in the Light of this Bill, a comprehensive discussion with all the stakeholders should be ensured during the formation of the rules. While fixing the rate of market fee, the fee should be fixed keeping in mind the farmers of rural and scheduled tribal communities of the state. Along with this, special attention should be given to the interests of farmers belonging to small and weaker sections and the stakeholders should be included as special invitees in the Agricultural Marketing Council constituted at the state level.

Notably, several trade bodies and members of the business Fraternity in the State had met the Governor on the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Bill and had requested his intervention on the same. Minister, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative Department, Badal and Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative Secretary Abbu Baqr Siddiqui had met the Governor recently at Raj Bhawan and informed the Governor about the work being done by the department. On the occasion, the provisions contained in the Jharkhand State Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2022 were highlighted by the Minister and Departmental Secretary. The Governor had said that such bills should be made which are in the public interest and do not put additional financial burden on the people.

Finance Minister Dr Rameshwar Oraon on Saturday said that the State Government will waive loans of farmers up to Rs one Lakh and discussions are being held in this direction. Under the Chief Minister’s Agriculture Loan Waiver Scheme, loans of up to Rs 50 thousand are being waived by the Government.

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Oraon said as Chief Guest during the programme was organized at Tisia Maidan in Pakhar Panchayat of Kisko block Lohardaga District.He said that the Banks should be liberal in giving KCC loans to farmers and farmers must be given loans for farming.

The Minister said that the is going to procure paddy from December 15, 2021. Out of total 50 per cent of the value of purchase of paddy will be paid immediately. The balance amount will be paid within three months. Initially, the paddy of small farmers whose yield is up to 200 quintals, will be procured. The Government has taken a loan of Rs 1600 crore from Bank Of India and State Bank of India for timely payment of paddy amount to the farmers, he added.

Khelo Jharkhand’ to identify talented players from among 50 lakh school students

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Aiming to identify budding talents, theJharkhand governmentis preparing to organise a mega sporting event for more than 50 lakh school students, an official said.
The best-performing students from the primary to the higher secondary level will then be provided the opportunity to hone their skills.
The event, named ‘Khelo Jharkhand’, will kick off on November 5 and will continue till December 15.

As many as 19,446 primary schools, 13,660 middle schools, 1,826 secondary and 510 higher secondary schools will participate in the event.
A total of 50,05,638 students from primary to higher secondary schools are expected to participate in the sporting event.

Under the leadership of Director Incharge (DIC) BSL Amarendu Prakash, Bokaro Steel Plant is not only focused on plant production but Township administration (TA) under Sameer Swarup ED (P&A) almost with new team working day and night lead by CGM (TA) B.S Popli is also under the voyage of radical changes as in the same series TA Electrical having extensive planning and executions to transform the shape of Bokaro township into Smart Town ship.

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The planning of Smart town ship includes in order to save energy and in parallel to increase the illumination of the to do away with all conventional Mercury Vapour and sodium vapour lights and to install LED Lights. Also all the High Mast installed at various locations of the township soon to be converted into LED High Masts and 70 more LED High masts in pipeline of installation where already steps taken as recently work of almost 80% completed on installation of 4000 new LED street lights for better lighting in the entire city with energy saving approach also Foundation level Preparation started to install additional new high mast lights in township area.

Better AQI index can increase lifespans in Jharkhand, says report

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Improvement in air quality index (AQI), particularly in terms of reducing the PM2.5 level can improve the life expectancy in all 24 districts ofJharkhand.
A study conducted by theEnergy Policy Institute, University of Chicago (EPIC), has found that by adhering toWorld Health Organisation(WHO) prescribed standards of PM2.5 concentration, theaverage life expectancyof a person can be improved by 6.8 years inDhanbadand 5.4 years in Ranchi.

AQLI links research work with satellite data of PM2.5 concentration and plot life expectancy graph as every 10 micro gram per metre cube increase in PM2.5 concentration reduced life expectancy by 0.64 years, he said. The WHO puts the PM2.5 limit at 5 micro gram per metre cube while India puts it at 40 micro gram per metre cube.

The idea of corelating historical research data with satellite observation of pollutants is further useful in case of states like Jharkhand which lacks real-time monitoring of ambient air quality.

The state education department has finalized the reducedsyllabusfor Class I to Class XII students of government schools for the 2021-22 academic session because of the Covid pandemic.

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The new syllabus prepared by theJharkhandCouncil for Educational Research and Training has reduced study material by almost 25%. Many chapters in various subjects have been removed while several sub-sections of chapters have been dropped. For instance, in the Class IX syllabus for Hindi, several chapters have been omitted but the grammar part has been kept intact. Several sub-sections of mathematics of Class IX and X have also been dropped. In junior classes, the long stories and the ones which are difficult to read and understand have been omitted.

The reduction in syllabus comes in the aftermath of a disruption of study in government schools during the current academic session because of the pandemic. So far, the regular classes for students in Class I to class VIII have not taken place even though over one-third of the session is over. However, classes for students of Class IX to XII are underway amid restrictions since the early part of August. Last year the syllabus was reduced by 40%.