Kharifsowing in the state has crossed 100%. The kharif sowing area is 142.8 lakh hectares and sowing has taken place on 143 lakh hectares.
Foodgrainshave been sown on 49.8 lakh hectares, oilseeds on 51 lakh hectares and on 42.2 lakh hectares. The sowing has been aided by a plentiful monsoon. This year, the state experienced showers which was 115% of the Average rain. It is currently preparing for the sowing of the rabi, or winter crop.
The state task force has advised the local administrations to adopt the ring-fencing method and earmark clusters to curtail Covid-19 cases within a specific area amid the unlock process and ahead of festivities, citing the example of Ahmednagar district.
The states WPR declined to 2.07% from the last weeks 2.11%, according to the cabinet note.
A total of 10 districts recorded higher WPR than the state Average but none surpassed the crucial 5%-mark.
With work-from-Home (WFH) continuing for employees in the information technology sector,Maharashtrais mulling to create ‘nodal centres’ on the lines of co-working spaces in smaller cities and towns, from where Software professionals can work for their respective companies, a minister has said.
The state, which is home to the IT hub in Pune and also has a presence of enterprises in other pockets like Mumbai, Nagpur and Nashik, has invited suggestions from the for an ‘inclusive IT policy’, Minister of State for ITSatej Patilhas said.
A lot of the work done by IT professionals is for critical sectors like finance, where privacy concerns and data confidentiality are important which also forced a few of the professionals to continue working from offices even during the lockdowns.
Patil said the government is trying its best to promote IT in Tier-2 and -3 cities. He appealed to industry lobby groupsNasscomand the Software Export Association Pune (SEAP) to come forward with help on creating district-wise databases suggested by Deshpande.
The state has 4,067 villages that could get flooded during rains, according to a district-wise map of Health emergencies drawn up by thestate health department ahead of monsoon.
According to the plan prepared by the state health department, the highest number of vulnerable villages (702) are in Pune district, followed byKolhapur(645) and Thane (5,692).
However, no danger zones have been identified in Mumbai. There are 206 vulnerable villages in Thane, 273 in Palghar, 90 in Raigad and one village in Kalyan.
Chief minister EknathShinde said the diversion of surplus water from westernMaharashtras rivers to aridMarathwadashould be a priority in order to provide relief to the region. The project was discussed at a meeting on Irrigation schemes in the state.
The Vainganga-Nalganga river linking blue-print is also ready. The scheme will provide irrigation water to parts of the Vidarbha region Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Wardha and Nagpur. Around 104 irrigation projects in the city are 10-20% incomplete. These should be completed soon, Shinde said.
: Tata Power on Friday signed an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a Maharatna Oil and Gas public sector undertaking, to provide electric vehicle charging stations at HPCLs retail outlets (petrol pumps) in multiple cities and major highways across the country.
The targets that 10 per cent of total vehicle registration in the state should be electric by 2025. Environment minister Aaditya Thackeray had unveiled the new EV policy for Maharashtra earlier this week which will ensure the government will set up 1500 charging stations in Mumbai metropolitan region.
ThePimpri Chinchwadpolice appealed to the owners of the industrial units to come forward and file complaints if they face any kind of harassment at the hands of Mathadi worker unions or scrap dealers.
The Police have also decided to set up an industrial grievances cell for MIDC areas to address complaints regardingextortion, threats and harassment. A meeting was held on Tuesday by Pimpri Chinchwad police commissionerVinoy Kumar Choubeywith around 250 representatives from industrial units and officials from the labour commissioner office to deliberate on this issue.
In the past five months, the police have registered 12 cases of extortions where industrial units were targeted.
Punes Pimpri ChichwadCollegeofEngineering(PCCOE) may become the first college inMaharashtrato impart engineering Education inMarathifrom the 2021-22 academic year.
Four colleges from Uttar Pradesh, two from Rajasthan, two from Maharashtra, two from Nadu and one each from Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh have applied for it. While most colleges have proposed to start a batch in computer science, there are proposals for electrical, mechanical and civil engineering as well, with some proposing two batches in different streams, according to data shared by Sahasrabudhe.
It is still to be seen how many of the proposals materialise. College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) is the other college in contention from Maharashtra.
A study on 1,800 children and adolescents across different regions in the country has found that nearly 52% of them have poor dietary diversity scores.
The dietary diversity score is defined as the number of food groups consumed over a 24-hour period. A score of less than five food groups is generally considered poor dietary intake.
The study, conducted by Pune-based Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute at Jehangir Hospital, found that children and adolescents from the southern and western (Maharashtra) part of the country had a higher mean dietary diversity score (6.5) because of the higher number of food groups consumed by them, compared to those from other regions, while the lowest scores were observed among children and adolescents in Gujarat. The Savitribai Phule Pune University also contributed to the study.
Dietary intakes obtained from the 24-hour diet recall were segregated into 12 different food groups: 1) and Millets, 2) pulses and legumes, 3) nuts, oilseeds, and dry fruits, 4) milk and milk products, 5) meat, Poultry, and fish, 6) egg, 7) vitamin-A rich fruits and vegetables, 8) vegetables other than vitamin A rich ones, 9) fruits other than vitamin-A rich ones, 10) roots and tubers, 11) simple Carbohydrates and sugar, and 12) visible fats and oils. Dr Khadilkar said that thus, a score of 6.5 by southern region and Maharashtra indicated that the children were consuming at least six food groups, which translated into a higher score.
The study was conducted on children and adolescents in the north (Chandigarh), south (Tamil Nadu), west (Maharashtra and Gujarat), central (Chhattisgarh) and northeast (Assam). ResearchersSmruti Vispute, Rubina Mandlik, Neha Sanwalka andKetan Gondhalekaralso participated in the study.
The assessment of (TRs) in the country, conducted in 2022, has given a Very Good grade to theSahyadriTiger Reserve (STR). This protected tiger reserve is spread over 1,165 sqkm and covers the Chandoli National Park and the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary.
The evaluation of tiger reserves across the country takes place every four years as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) standards. The Sahyadri Tiger Reserves ranking in a list of 51 such reserves has gone up from 37 to 27.
The campaign 50 Years Of Project Tiger was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysore on April 9. As per the 2022 census, it was announced that 3,167 tigers have been recorded in India at present.
Since its inception in 2010, the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve has achieved Fair and Good grades in the same assessment in the years 2010, 2014 and 2018.
At least 20 tiger reserves from the country have received the Very Good grade, including the famous ones at Tadoba Andhari, Melghat, Pench, Kaziranga, Corbett, Sundarban, Panna, and Bandhavgarh TRs.