Around 10% of the 3,371 projects termed expired by MahaRERA may get extension two weeks after the real estate regulatory authority issued orders for regulating the lapsed projects.
The developers have been told to submit necessary documents for seeking extension that will allow them to carry on with the projects.
This is a good sign because if MahaRERA had not flagged such projects as lapsed, the promoters would not have taken any initiatives to revive them.
While immersions inartificial pondsrose compared to previous years, still overall, less than half the total number of idols were immersed there this year. Approximately 2.65 lakh kg of nirmalya (flowers) was collected across the city.
For the first time, the Lalbaugcha Raja was immersed on Anant Chaturdashi rather than the morning after. Neighbouring Ganesh Gully completed visarjan around 12.30pm.
Interestingly other major mandals like Sahyadri Krida Mandal at Tilak Nagar chose to build an artificial tank bedecked with flowers in their precinct, and performed the ritual on site. Spokesman Jaya Shetty said, We would earlier travel 12-14 hours to the seashore. Our message is that even big mandals are following the government’s guidelines.
Shewale who represents South Central Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency is a member of Parliamentary (PAC).
The Comptroller & Auditor General submitted its observations onGST CompensationCess Fund to the PAC which states that the finance ministry deposited Rs 56,146 crore as against Rs 62,612 crore in 2017-18. According to the state finance department it suffered a loss of Rs 950 crore in 2017-18, said Shewale.
In 2018-19 the short crediting to the account was Rs 40,806 crore. Shewale said the state was short of Rs 3,200 crore. In 2019-20 the shortfall is Rs 3,200 crore. It affected the states revenue income and increased its Fiscal Deficit, said the Sena MP adding the PAC was awaiting the response of the union finance ministry for the lapses.
TheMaharashtraReal Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) would soon set up a grading system for all real estate projects registered with it since January this year.
Officials said that this initiative would help homebuyers make an informed decision before investing in such projects. The grading system would consider factors such as financial, legal, technical and timely completion risks, stated the order issued by the MahaRERA on June 16. The grading system would be made available on the MahaRERA website from April 2024.
The authority said that several grading mechanisms are followed globally. A grading system for projects will benefit consumers, allowing homebuyers to get a sense of projects that best fit their needs and budget.
In 2021, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) plans to install seven new doppler radars in Maharashtra, including Mumbai.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences commissioned two of ten indigenously built X-Band Doppler Weather Radars (DWR) in January 2021 to closely monitor weather changes over the Himalaya.
It is a type of radar that uses the Doppler effect to generate velocity data about distant objects.
Doppler effect: A change in frequency is observed by the observer when the source and the signal are in relative motion to each other.
As they get closer, the frequency increases, and vice versa.
The radar is based on the Doppler principle and aims to improve the accuracy of long-range weather forecasting and surveillance using a parabolic antenna and a foam sandwich spherical radome.
The DWR has the capability of measuring rainfall intensity, wind shear, and velocity, as well as locating a storm centre and the direction of a or gust front.
The government has constituted a committee to carry out a feasibility study and conclude if Kolhapur-Type (KT) weirs or cement weirs can be constructed instead of earthen Dams.
According to the official, the panel will conduct a study to ascertain if construction of weirs, both upstream and downstream, at dam sites of rivers helps to store water and recharge groundwater at different levels. It will examine the cost and efficiency of raising the structure and estimate the amount of land that can be brought under cultivation.
IIT-Bombays pilot project to convert a PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) Nitrogen Unit to a PSA Oxygen Unit has been successfully tested.
Oxygen can be produced at 3.5 atm pressure, with a purity of 93%-96%.
By providing a continuous supply of oxygen, this gaseous oxygen can be used for COVID-related needs in existing hospitals and upcoming COVID-19 dedicated facilities.
Finished by fine-tuning the existing nitrogen production equipment and changing the molecular sieve from “carbon” to “zeolite”.
The pilot project is a joint effort between Tata Consulting Engineers IIT Mumbai and Spantech engineers in Mumbai, who are responsible for the production of PSA’s nitrogen and oxygen Plants.
At least 300CBSE schoolsin the state do not have documents or do not possess the no-objection certificate which is mandatory for operating inMaharashtra. The state Education department had ordered a survey of all CBSE schools after five institutions in Mumbai and Pune were found to have fake no-objection certificates.
There are 1,723 non-state board schools in the state and the survey report said that some schools had avoided showing their documents to officials on inspection.
The forged no-objection certificates in favour of trusts running three schools first came to the notice of a deputy secretary in the education department’s office in Mantralaya in Mumbai last July.
He had received files along with documents of these schools and noticed that the certificates had his signatures when he had never signed them or issued them.
A pan-India study has revealed that dementia, a debilitating disorder that affects memory and cognitive function, is prevalent among an estimated 7.4% of seniors, or 8.8 million individuals, in the country. This figure is notably higher than previous estimates, which had put the prevalence at 3.7 million in 2010 and predicted it would double by 2030. The new findings suggest that the number has doubled a decade earlier, underscoring the pressing need for better care and support.
Maharashtrahas been identified as one of 11 states where prevalence is higher than the national Average. It is 7.61% in the state, with researchers projecting that individuals living with the condition in the state will rise from nearly a million to 1.8 million by 2036. Notably, the study, led by researchers from theUniversity of Southern California, andAIIMS, in collaboration with 18 other institutes, including Mumbai’sJJ Hospital, found wide variations in the presence of dementia among different states.
Dementia prevalence was found to be almost double among Women (9%) than men (5.8%), which experts have linked with differences in Education and early life Nutrition. Prevalence was also higher in the rural areas at 8.4% than in urban areas (5.3%), underlining the urgent need to scale up diagnosis in rural Health facilities. Further, lower education was associated with a greater risk of dementia even in this study. The estimated prevalence was 10% in those with no education at all, compared to 4.5% in those who had primary level education and 1.5% in those who went to eighth standard and above.
The Government of Maharashtra had placed a restriction limiting the amount of female and male performers in orchestra bars to four each, but The Supreme Court (SC) overturned it.
Highlights:
The SC said the limit of performers shouldn’t exceed the amount of 8, but there shouldn’t be any restriction on gender composition.
The bench that passed the order consists of S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice K.M. Joseph.
The SC said that this gender cap breaks the performers’ Fundamental Rights also as those of the license owners under Article 19 (1) (g) and Article 15 (1) of the Indian Constitution.
Orchestra performances are a standard feature that a license has to be procured, namely the Premises and Performance licenses under the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951’s Licensing and Performance for Public Amusement, including Melas Cabaret Performance, and Tamashas Rule, 1960.
Conditions Challenged
The Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai, added several conditions to the prevailing ones.
On the opposite hand, the appellant challenged two significant conditions that contributed to the gender difference.
Only four female singers/artists and 4 male singers/artists are permitted to stay on the permitted stage by the licensee.
Only eight musicians are allowed to stay on the stage at any given time (four male and 4 Women).
The supreme court had dismissed the appeal to the Commissioner of Police’s conditions, ruling that the proper to impose them was obtained from the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, and therefore the rules framed thereunder. Later, these conditions were overturned by the Supreme Court.