Super-speciality medical Services are being readied across state-run medical colleges and hospitals in Maharashtra, Health officials told TOI on Tuesday. The move aims to help the poor in urban and rural areas access high-end care like surgeries of the brain, urinary tract systems, heart or stomach.
The move will help get permanent super-speciality faculties at 24 government-run medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
In a major move to curb increasing man-animal conflict, the has decided to give impetus to solar fencing to farms by spending Rs 50 crore by March-end. The project is expected to benefit at least 33,000 beneficiaries inMaharashtras Protected Areas in the first phase.
The PCCF informed the scheme is a part of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Jan Van Yojana under which an individual beneficiary will have to bear 25% (Rs 5,000) cost and above of the solar fencing, and 75% (Rs 15,000) whichever is less shall be borne by the forest department.
The scheme will be implemented through the active participation of joint forest management committees (JFMCs) and eco-development committees (EDCs).
WhileCM Shindesaid budget rolled out an economic vision that would supportMaharashtra‘s efforts to become a $1 trillion economy, the opposition described it as disappointing, alleging there was no allocation of special funds for the state.
CM Shinde said substantial provision had been made for all sectors. “This is a budget which will support the poor, provide relief to the middle-class, boost industries and Infrastructure. It strikes a balance between urban and rural areas,” he added.
Rs 10 lakh crore has been allocated for infrastructure. It will benefit various projects in Maharashtra. Small-scale industries in Maharashtra are considered the most efficient in the country. The proposed amendments in the credit guarantee scheme will make these small enterprises more productive. Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and the cooperative sector have been given priority. Cooperatives are the state’s strength,” he noted. He said the decision to set up 157 Nursing colleges will also benefit Maharashtra.
Maharashtrahas recorded maximum registrations — around 34% — of the total BH (Bharat)-series number plates registered around the country, latest statistics showed.
While Maharashtra issued 1,017 BH-number plates since it launched in October end last year,Odishaissued 444, Delhi 382, Rajasthan 326 and Uttar Pradesh 229. The total number of number plates issued in the country were 2,960, the statistics showed.
Until now, according to the Motor Vehicle Act 1988, a vehicle registered in a state when kept in another state for a period of more than 12 months is subject to the assignment of new registration. The registration process which was tedious in nature, has now been done away with after the launch of BH-series.
Ahead of the Union RAILWAY ministerAshwini Vaishnaws official visit toAurangabad, the local industries have demanded the setting up of the research and development (R&D) and business development centre of the national transporter in the city.
In a memorandum addressed to the minister, MAGIC, a state-recognised business incubator run under the aegis of the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture (CMIA), said that the desired facility can be raised under the newly-announced StartUpsfor Railways policy by the Indian Railways.
MAGIC directorAshish Gardesaid the facility can be established at AURIC the countrys first well-planned and greenfield smart industrial city being developed on 10,000 acres in Aurangabad.
The Maharashtra government will replicate the Tirupati model and develop Pandharpur as a religious centre with adequate facilities and .
The government also plans to waive toll for warkaris (devotees) travelling to the temple town forAshadhi Ekadashi.
The annual Ekadashi celebration that is of great importance will be held coming Sunday and will see lakhs of warkaris converging to this temple town in Solapur district.
The directed Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to release Rs 100 crore for Mumbai Urban Transport Project-IIIA, and asked the railways to draw up a rehabilitation scheme for encroachers, on the lines of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), to expedite capacity augmentation projects.
Chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis took a review of projects executed by Mumbai RAILWAY Vikas Corporation (MRVC) – a 50:50 joint venture between the state government and railway ministry.
The 2021 edition of the environmental film festival Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival(KVIFF) will be held virtually from December 14 to 17.
The theme will be nature and Nutrition and the festival will have festival honours. While the festival will be held online, a limited number of events will be held for the press offline with limited attendance. For the broader festival theme, the organizers have decided on examining food systems and its link on Environmental Degradation and measures to mitigate them.
The organizers of the festival will present theVasundhara Sanmanfor this years festival to the Israeli ornithologist Reuven Yosef, who immigrated to Israel in 1974. Yosef has worked on a variety of bird conservation projects in Israel, as well as in India.
The has approved two town planning (TP) schemes for Uruli Devachi andPhursungi. These are the first TP schemes after a gap of nearly 40 years in Pune.
They included two schemes in Phursungi and one in Uruli Devachi. One scheme has been approved for each area.
The approved scheme in Uruli Devachi is on 110 hectares and the other at Phursungi is on 261 hectares. The administration had carried out a survey and prepared a report. Suggestions and objections were sought from citizens and hearings were conducted.
The work to repair thepotholesin the rural areas ofNashikdistrict has begun with the aim to make all the roads motorable by November 15.
The has provided Rs 15 crore to the public works department of the Nashik unit to repair the potholes.
The roads in the rural areas are in bad shape due to the heavy rainfall during the monsoon season. Senior officials from the department said the work related to filling potholes with the help of tar has picked up after the monsoon season. During the rainy season, it is difficult to carry out the work in tar.