Maharashtra addedWest Bengal and Uttar Pradeshto places with sensitive origin category. Travellers coming to Maharashtra from these states will require a negative RT-PCR report and will be screened at entry points, like RAILWAY stations or bus-stands. People who don’t have a negative test report will be tested on the spot. Those with negative reports will be stamped to be in Home quarantine for 15 days. So far, the state has declaredRajasthan, Goa, Delhi and NCR, Kerala, Gujarat andUttarakhandas places of sensitive origin. The restrictions will continue till the order is not retracted or Covid-19 is not notified as a disaster.
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Maharashtra: School buses get 100% tax relief for 2 years
More than 44,000schoolbuses acrossMaharashtrafinally got the tax relief for two years. Thegovernmentissued a notification on Tuesday mentioning that all school buses whether owned by school orprivate contractors will get 100% relief in road tax for the period between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022.
The city bus operators said that some of the buses may restart operations from Monday. The city has around 8,000 school buses. School Bus Owners Association president Anil Garg said that a section of bus operators had paid tax which would be adjusted with the future payment of taxes in 2022-23.
Maharashtra Bamboo boards Rs 1.12 crore machines lying unused, rusting
In acolossal waste of government ,Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board(MBDB) procured eightbamboo chemical treatment plantsfor over Rs1.12 crore, but none of these are operational.
Further, the Plants are a safety hazard as they do not meet the quality norms laid down under the Maharashtra Factories Rules, 1963, and Bis. One plant was also procured by the Bamboo Research & Training Centre (BRTC), Chichpalli, which is claimed to be one of the biggest training institutes in the country.
Reply to another RTI query revealed that the MBDB, which is the nodal agency in the state to implement the National Bamboo Mission (NBM), was sanctioned Rs33.12 crore in 2018-19, but it received over Rs16 crore, which was distributed for implementation of various schemes to promote bamboo cultivation under the guidance of experts.
Maharashtra to study fee structure of med education in Ukraine, Russia
The Maharashtra government has taken note of fee structures for medical Education in Ukraine and Russia and officials have been instructed to see if such facilities can be given to students in the state, state minister Amit Deshmukh said.
Speaking to reporters here, the state medical education minister said the will study the reasons for students travelling abroad for education.
The government has taken a note of the fees for medical education in Russia and Ukraine. We shall study the reasons that why these students are going abroad, Deshmukh said. Some work needs to be done to ensure that students planning to go abroad can get those facilities here, he said, adding that the Centre and state governments can work on this together.
Govt policy to regulate commercial operations in space sector soon: Isro chief
The government of India would soon come out with a policy to regulate commercial operations for space exploration, said Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) chairman S Somnath.
The premier space organization has already submitted a draft policy to the department of space, he added.
Isro already has established its commercial arm NewSpace India Limited to handle all its Marketing operations. The space agency has plans to launch Aditya Mission to place its spacecraft in the halo orbit between Earth and Sun, said Somnath, adding no such plan has been devised so far for asteroid.
The Isro also plans to set up a second launch station at Kulasekharapatinam in Nadu, he said.
Explaining the Isros roadmap for Amritkaal (2022-2047), Somnath said, The organisation is focusing on building reusable rocket, flexible satellite that would address complex Communication issues and spectrum, to continue with explorations including human missions with an eye on key emerging areas. We invest only in projects having utility and with defined goals, and not in show-off kind of things. We work on low-cost models. Isro has been working successfully in good science, with minimum Money.
Maharashtra hits 11 crore jabs; Mumbai first district to fully vaccinate 70% of its population against Covid
Vaccination against Covid-19 reached two important milestones on Thursday.Maharashtrahit 11 crore vaccinationsthe second highest in the countrywhile Mumbai finished vaccinating 70% of its eligible Population with both the doses. It is the only district in the state and first among major cities to achieve that level of full vaccination.
The state has till now administered 11,00,26,925 doses, fully vaccinating 3.76 crore (41%) people and giving at least one shot to 7.23 crore (79%) of its eligible population. Around 9% of the 120 crore doses given in the country is from Maharashtra. UP, which is leading among states, has administered the highest doses (15.5 crore), accounting for nearly 13% of vaccination in India.
Mumbai, which is at the top of first and second dose coverage in Maharashtra, has administered 1,59,33,076 doses. Till now, 65,40,392 (70.3%) have taken both doses while 93,92,684 (101%) have taken at least one. Although the city accounts for 10% of the states population, it has administered 14% of the total doses given in the state.
Maharashtra nod to not revise capital value of buildings, land in Mumbai
With the to theBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporationscheduled to be held early next year, the state cabinet approved a proposal not to revise capital value of building orlandin Mumbai for 2021-22 in view of the pandemic. Under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, the capital value, based on which property tax is paid, is to be revised every five years.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had got numerous representations from elected representatives, citizens groups, seeking relaxation/waiver of property tax.BMCwill lose about Rs 1,042 crore in revenue. TheMMC Actwill be amended for the purpose.
Maha gets 1st shot of Rs 123cr under National Health Mission
Union minister of state for Health and family welfare Bharati Pawar on Wednesday said the Centre has earmarked Rs 23,000 crore as part of an emergency fund for Covid-19 under theNational Health Mission(NHM) for the entire country, and nowMaharashtrahas received the first instalment of Rs 123 crore for the purpose. The state should benefit from it by taking up health projects, Pawar said.
The Centre has sent the first instalment of Rs 123 crore to Maharashtra under NHM to enable the health department to carry out various health projects. The state should take up Covid management and other activities, said Pawar.
For financial year 2021-22, the Centre has approved a plan of Rs 4,500 crore on a 60:40 sharing formula, according to which, the Central government will provide Rs 2,700 crore and the Rs 1,800 crore, the official said, adding it will include a provision of Rs 1,300 crore for tackling Covid-19. The proposal was approved at a high-level meeting of the national project consultation committee before the beginning of the financial year.
MES demands govt docus in Marathi
undreds ofMES(MaharashtraEkikaran Samiti) activists gathered atRani Channamma Circlehere and marched to the deputy commissioner office for a protest on Monday.
They demanded that the government issue documents inMarathi. They raised slogans sand said if the is unable to take care of them, it must allow them to go to Maharashtra.
The activists gave a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, which said getting government documents in Marathi was their fundamental right as per Linguistic Minorities Act.
Maharashtra Assembly extends deadline for Joint Committee on Shakti Bill
TheMaharashtraAssembly extended deadline for theJoint Committeeon Shakti Bill till the last day of the nextAssembly session.
The committee is preparing the final draft of the Shakti Bill and it has 21 members from all parties -14 members from theLower Houseand seven from the Upper House.
Notably, the Shakti Bill was drafted on lines of Andhra Pradesh’s Disha Act. The Bill was introduced on the first day of the two-day special Assembly Session called to pass the law pertaining to the safety of Women and children.
The Disha Act 2019, allows stringent punishment for crimes committed against women and enables the death penalty for rape and reduces the judgment period in such cases to 21 working days.