MAHARASHTRA

Maharashtrais the only state in the country which has won the Inspiring Regional Leadership award at the inaugural leadership Awards of the Under2 Coalition held at the Stirling Castle in Scotland. The Under2 Coalition is the largest global Network of states and regions committed to Climate action and is made up of more than 260 governments who represent 1.75 billion people and 50% of the global economy.

Maharashtra is taking the lead to reach net-zero at the earliest, so that the rest of our country has the room to go through rapid industrialisation and then reach net-zero as per Prime MinisterNarendra Modis vision. As a government, the state will inspire confidence in investors and businesses to commit to climate action and to usher in a new era of , the minister said, adding that Maharashtra will lead the example of how climate action and thriving Industry can co-exist.

Chief minister Ekanth Shinde said that he would double the funds for the stateshealth sector, and that over 700 Balasaheb Thackeray clinics will be started all overMaharashtra.

CM Shindesaid that his top priority is to strengthen the rural Health system in the state. He made the announcement during a health programme on a news channel.

Shinde said he would start medical colleges in every district of the state with a focus on child health.

Using records spanning over 220 years, the study found that only a 14% drop in the Average annual rainfall led to vast scale socio-economic disruptions and human impacts (famines) over two centuries ago in semi-arid parts of British India (then Bombay and Madras presidencies under the British rule).

The study was conducted by Climate scientists from the University of Colorado-Boulder, US, and Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), among others. It was recently published in international journal Nature.

The study assumes significance, especially in the backdrop of below normal monsoon in India so far, and IMDs forecast of monsoon ending on the lower side of normal this season. Based on the findings, researchers suggested that apart from extreme rainfall deficits, risk assessment should also consider the potential impacts of more frequent low-level rainfall reductions in drought prone semi-arid regions in India.

Indian Bank has gone into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Society for Innovation and (SINE) a drive of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay for stretching out restrictive credit offices to new businesses and MSMEs.

The Bank will stretch out advances of up to 50 crore rupees to these new companies for their functioning capital necessities or acquisition of apparatus and gear.

As the name goes, this drive, which is commonly advantageous for both Bank and IIT, Bombay, will be the springboard for new businesses to understand their desires.

SINE, IIT, Bombay is the precursor in setting up joint R&D with businesses and supporting beginning up hatching.

SINE, IIT, Bombay offers help to the MSME area by giving joint innovative work plans and specialized and monetary help for brooding and speed increase of top of the line innovation items.

The state’s cabinet sub-committee on industries cleared projects worth Rs 40,000 crore.

The projects, which are to be based in Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nandurbar, Ahmednagar, Raigad and Navi Mumbai, are expected to generate 1.2 lakh jobs, the claimed.
They include a Rs 12,482-crore project for electronic vehicles and battery production and swapping station Infrastructure. This is the country’s first such project and has been given the status of mega-project.

The Rs 12,482 crore project for electronic vehicles and battery production, among those okayed by the cabinet sub-committee on Wednesday, will be implemented by Gogora India Pvt Ltd, which will be setting up 12,000 battery swapping stations inMaharashtra.

The cabinet panel also gave mega-project status to the India Gems and Jewellery Park to be set up by the Gems and Jewellery Art Promotion Council in Navi Mumbais Mahape area. It is expected to be spread over 21 acres and have 1,354 units. The government expects the project to generate investments worth Rs 20,000 crore.

Besides, the cabinet cleared a Rs 2,700 crore project by Performance Chemiserv in Raigad district and a Rs 2,033 crore Smartchem technology project in the same district. Also, a Rs 500 crore General Polyfilms project in Nandurbar and a Rs 544 crore project by Wipro Pari Robotics in Satara. A Rs 110 crore project by Ganraj Ispat in Ahmednagar also got a nod.

The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number for all old and new plots in the state might be rolled out by July 15, provided the testing phase gets over as per plan.

Andhra Pradesh, too, would roll out the ULPIN for land parcels, said an official. Earlier pilot testing was carried out in 11 states Bihar, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat,Maharashtra,Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, ,Andhra Pradeshand Goa.
Commonly called Aadhaar for land, ULPIN is an 11-digit number to be attributed to all land parcels in urban and rural areas in the state. The Pune district was selected for its trial initially in Maharashtra.

The Centre had directed to create 14-digit Alphanumeric unique ID for each land parcel.

The Maharashtra government has decided to bear the cost of the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), a blood product made up of antibodies and other care components involved in treating Covid-linked multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), at designated hospitals and medical colleges across the state.

The decision has been taken in view of the rising cases of post-Covid MIS-C across the state. Around 500 children are likely to be currently undergoing treatment for post-Covid MIS-C in Maharashtra.

The state-sponsored Health scheme, Mahatma Phule Jana Arogya Yojana (MPJAY), allowed IVIG expenses up to Rs1 lakh to a 5-year-old patient, son of a Bhavani Peth autorickshaw driver. The child is undergoing treatment at Bharati hospital.

The share of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) allocated byMaharashtragovernment to healthcare has grown only marginally over the past few years, underlining how political regimes have failed to make it a priority.

Data from the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India 2019-20 indicates Maharashtra’s spending on healthcare was barely 0.8% of its GSDP, a slight increase from the previous four-year Average of 0.7%. Data showed total healthcare expenditure was Rs 77,501 crore of which government’s contribution was just 27% (Rs 20,606 crore).
The state has done poorly compared to the national average, which showed an upward trend in government expenditure as a proportion of total health expenditure-from 29% in 2014-2015 to 41.4% in 2019-20. The Centre is spending 1.35% of the GDP on health.

As per the NHA report, the state spent Rs 1,675 per capita on healthcare in 2019-20, only a slight increase from the Rs 1,120 spent in 2015-2016. By comparison, Himachal Pradesh spent Rs 3,829, Kerala Rs 2,590, Uttarakhand Rs 2,273 and Nadu Rs 2039. Bihar and UP were among the poorest spenders, allocating Rs 701 and 951 per capita.

Maharashtra lists 14 attractions, including Shivneri Fort, Raigad Fort, Torna Fort, Rajgad Fort, Lohagad, Mulher Fort, Ankai Tankai Fort, Salher Fort, Rangana Fort, Ankai Tankai Fort, Kasa Fort, Sindhudurg Fort, Alibag Fort, Suvarnadurg and Khanderi Fort. All sites are important in HISTORY.

They belong to the rule of Peshwa, or they belong to the battle between Marathas and Mughals. Some forts also served as naval or army bases for Marathi fighters. UNESCO accepted the list of nominations for temporary fortresses forwarded by the Ministry of Archaeology of India through the Ministry of Culture.

Now, the must submit a detailed final list of nominations to UNESCO to list the outstanding value of these sites. World heritage is a landmark or area protected by law under International Conventions.

These sites are managed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Such sites are designated by UNESCO because of their cultural, historical or scientific significance. To obtain the mark of world cultural heritage, the site must have a unique landmark that can be identified geographically and historically.

As of June 2020, there are 1,121 World Heritage Sites in 167 countries/regions. China and Italy are the countries with the largest number of World Heritage Sites (55 in each country).

Round-the-clockfood trucksserving any kind of cooked food have been allowed in the city as the BMC on Monday asked its central purchase department to float tenders inviting bids.

Finalising the food truck policy that has been lying on the backburner since 2021, the civic body capped the number of trucks to 50. Seven trucks can operate in six of the civic body’s seven zones, and one will have eight.

The food trucks would be allowed 24×7 with requisite permissions from the ward concerned and other departments, namely Health and the fire brigade.