TELANGANA

Mohammad Azam from Karimnagar in has been awarded the National Youth Award by the Youth Affairs & Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi for displaying exemplary management qualities.

Mohammad Azam has carried out a few attention programmes related to blood donation, organ donation and plantation programmes under the Haritha Haram project. The award includes an understanding certificate and Rs 50,000 cash.

Apart from these, he has additionally laboured on water conservation, development of soaking pits works related to the Swachh Bharat mission & authorities welfare schemes for the advantage of the people in quite a several villages. He received the Indira Gandhi NSS Award from then Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. He was awarded the Pratibha Puraskar award using the State authorities in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and the Rashtriya Gaurav Samman Award.

Apart from lowly paid wages and lack of weekly-offs, domestic workers in andAndhra Pradeshalso face abuse from employers and do not get PF,ESIbenefits.

A survey by city-basedMontfort Social Institutehas revealed that 81% of domestic workers receive much below government-approved minimum wages.

Varghese Theckanath, director of Montfort, said: “Out of 1,600 workers who were part of the survey, 96% did not have weekly- offs, 68% did not get increment in their wages after many years of EMPLOYMENT and 13% faced verbal abuse at their workplaces.”

He said domestic workers continue to be amongst the most vulnerable groups in the unorganised sector in India. “There is no form of legislation that recognises and protects the rights of these workers and safeguards them against violence and discrimination,” he added.

The Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, enacted by the government of India ensures safe workspaces, both in the organised and unorganised sector, for all Women. “Through the inclusion of ‘dwelling place or house’ in its definition of a workplace, the Act covers domestic workers within this purview,” said Verghese.

Despite revenues being severely hit due to the pandemic, the has decided to go ahead with itsBathukamma sari distribution schemethis year too. So far, TRS governments have spent around Rs 1,200 crore on the scheme since its launch in 2017.

Continuing the scheme this year, the state has already placed orders for one croresarisworth around Rs 350 crore with power looms in Sircilla and other districts. However, production of saris has been affected due to the second wave of the pandemic as many workers went back to their villages and states fearing infection. Textiles department officials informed that workers have started coming back as the number of Covid-19 cases are receding.

Startoon LabsPvt Ltd, a Hyderabad-based medical devices startup focused on joint Health, on Tuesday said it has bagged US Food & Drug Administration clearance for its IoT-enabled wearable devicePheezeethat uses patented technology to assess musculoskeletal and neuromuscular health.

The `Made inTelangana device measures the surface electromyogram (sEMG) of bulk muscles and range of motion (ROM) of primary joints simultaneously to determine joint health, making it a one-of-a-kind product in the world with this capability, Startoon Labs founder & CEO Suresh Susurla said.

He said the USFDA approval has widened the reach of the device, which uses advanced technology such as electromyography and ROM monitoring.

The stateagriculture departmenthas stated that this rainy season an additional 28 lakh acres will be brought under cultivation. According to the plan of the department, a total of 1.62 crore acres will be brought under cultivation as against 1.34 crore acres last season.
The department has made it clear there is no need to follow regulated farming formula this time around aspaddy cultivationshould be brought down. According to the plan, thecultivation of cottonandred gramwill increase.

Paddy is generally the highest grown crop in the state during the rainy season and instructions were given to seed companies to supply BT seeds from June second week onwards.
The Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department also suggested reducing paddy cultivation by 5 lakh acres compared to last years 53 lakh acres.

The plan aims to increase red gram cultivation by 13 lakh acres, thereby ensuring it is cultivated in 24 lakh acres as against 11 lakh acres grown last year. Maize, grown in 2.25 lakh acres last year, would be maintained at the around the same level at 2.29 lakh acres this year.

Union culture and tourism ministerG Kishan Reddysaid Centre is developing many heritage sites across the country and inTelangana, more than 25 heritage projects are supported by Centre.
“Close to 72 antiquities are in the process of being repatriated from various countries including the USA, UK, Singapore and Australia. On numerous foreign visits, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has discussed this matter with global leaders and multilateral institutions” the minister said.

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has emphasised on the need to conduct an exhaustive survey to identify the community, family and individual based needs of primitive tribal habitations in the State.

The survey would help in taking up individual needs based nutritional interventions, she said, directing officials to come up with other and development initiatives necessary in these habitations.

Dr. Soundararajan inquired about the welfare schemes and other programmes being availed of by the tribal people in their habitations.

Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will address a public meeting inNarayankhed after laying foundation for Sangameshwara and Basaveshwara lift Irrigation (LI) projects.

Prior to his visit to Maharashtra,KCRhad addressed two public meetings, one at Jangaon and the other at Yadadri Bhuvanagiri where he sharply criticised the Modi government for spreading hatred on religious lines.

MinisterT Harish Rao, who was expected to accompany KCR to Maharashtra, stayed back to monitor the arrangements for the CMs public meeting at Narayankhed. Sangameshwara and Basaveshwara would be built at a cost of 4,427 crore to provide irrigation water to 3.84 lakh acres in Andole, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad and Narayankhed constituencies.

The government introduced the Mana Ooru Mana Badi scheme.

Highlights:

The program will help the state build school Infrastructure and will cost Rs 7,289 crores to implement. The program will assist more than 19.84 lakh children.

In the first phase, the initiative will be deployed in 9,123 local council schools and the public. The appropriate district collectors will provide approval to build infrastructures under the scheme.

The initiative will be carried out by management committees established at each school.

The cabinet decided to draft a new law to govern the fee structure of state schools. This includes both public and private schools.