UTTARAKHAND

The pandemic of the Covid-19 has failed to make much of a dent in income of the state government from sale of liquor this year. In fact the excise department of Uttarakhand has achieved 114 per cent of the revenue target for financial year 2021-22. The department had a revenue target of Rs 2051 Crore for FY 2021-22 against which it has collected Rs 2267 Crore. It is pertinent to mention here that the revenue target of the department was reduced this year by the government.

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The above mentioned information was provided by the officials during a review meeting of the excise department chaired by the cabinet minister Yashpal Arya on Tuesday. In the meeting, the minister directed the officers to increase enforcement activities against the illicit liquor trade. He also held elaborate discussion on the reorganisation of the department structure so that enforcement activities are increased.

The minister took stern note of the fact that the department was not able to recover Rs 93 Crores in the last four years. He said that the responsibility for it should be fixed and it should be examined what action apart from issuing notices were taken by the officials concerned for recovery.

Ukhand to set up river & spring rejuvenation boards

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The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced setting of the river and spring rejuvenation boards in the State. He also declared that 50 kilometre long cycling tracks will be constructed in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts. The CM made these announcements in a programme organised on the occasion of the World Environment Day at his residence on Monday. A plantation drive was also organised on the occasion.

Dhamisaid that cycling tracks would be prepared in all the districts of the State. He said that one village Panchayat in each district of the State will be awarded for doing commendable work in the field of sanitation.

The CM also chaired a virtual meeting in which all the district magistrates of the State were connected in a virtual manner. Directing the DMs to undertake regular public awareness programmes on environmental conservation, the CM said that everyone should work for protecting the environment.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken a major campaign to provide Health cards which has proved beneficial to the farmers. He said that emphasis should be laid on making the soil free from chemicals, protecting the micro organisms in soil, conserving the soil moisture and preventing degradation of the water table.

He said that all the major development projects launched under the Leadership of PM Modi in the last nine years also focus on environmental conservation in one way or another. The CM said that a campaign of Amrit Sarovars was started by the government for conservation of water. He said that the State was given a target to construct 975 Amrit Sarovars and so far 1,092 Amrit Sarovars have been constructed in the State.

The Uttarakhand Police Department has launched a campaign called “Mission Hausla” to help people obtain oxygen, beds, ventilators and plasma for Covid-19 patients. In addition, the police will also help the public obtain medicines for Covid-19 management as part of the mission and rations.About the mission:

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Delivering medicines, Oxygen and ration at the doorsteps of households fighting the coronavirus and coordinating between plasma donors and those in need of it will also be some of the activities to be taken up by means of the Police as phase of the mission. Police stations will serve as nodal centres for managing crowds in market areas and ensuring COVID- fabulous behaviour by means of people like carrying masks and social distancing in public places, he said. Stern action will be taken in opposition to those who violate the norms.

Tiger population in Shivalik hills & Gangetic plains records maximum rise

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Thetiger populationin theShivalik hillsandGangetic plainslandscape, which includes the regions of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh andBihar, has increased by 158 in the last four years, the highest uptick in the country. In 2018, this landscape had 646 tigers, which increased to 804 by 2022.
The figures were revealed in the ‘Status of Tigers’ report, which was released on Sunday in Mysuru by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A significant contribution to the report has been made by scientists of the Doon-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII). One of the scientists involved with the report: “The tiger Population in forest divisions of the Shivalik hills and Gangetic landscape has seen a significant increase which is encouraging.”

The landscape is primarily divided into three geological zones — the Shivaliks, Bhabar tract and the Terai plains. The robust tiger population in the landscape ensures free flow of tigers, especially between India and Nepal. WII scientists said that another encouraging sign was that along with an increase in tiger numbers, tiger distribution in the landscape had increased as well, indicating free movement of tigers, who populate newer habitats.

The criminal justice system, introduced to deal with crime and criminals, encompasses the agencies like the legislature which provides the framework of legislation, police that are responsible for the enforcement of law, prosecution and the courts which deal with administration of justice and lastly the correctional services prisons.

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It is well evident that criminal law in India is not at all victim oriented rather it is accused oriented and pain of victims is often limitless. The victims are usually overlooked in misplaced sympathy for the criminal. Ignorance of any role of the victim is not only denial of to the victims but also would be equivalent to negating the Rule of Law, the fundamental of Democracy and Constitutionalism.

In 1996, the 154th Law Commission Report suggested a paradigm shift in Indias criminal justice system towards a victim-centric notion of justice. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2009 partially accepted this suggestion and granted some rights to the victims of crime as well.

Govt committed to increase employment opportunities CM Dhami

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The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said the is committed to increase EMPLOYMENT and create self employment opportunities in Uttarakhand. The government has increased the upper age limit in the recruitment examinations by one year and has exempted the application fees for the applicants. The CM was addressing the youth in the Employment Fair in Haldwani on Tuesday. He said that the youth should take Leadership roles in every sector and said that such fairs are providing employment opportunities. The CM said that there are 3700 registered Home stays in the state which are giving employment to 8000 youngsters. He said that after a long time the state government has started a process to recruit 1764 posts in the Police department. The CM said that the state government is providing a sum of Rs 50,000 to the youngsters preparing for the civil Services, Union Public Service Commision(UPSC) and MBBS examinations. He said that the government is committed to promote vocal for local and the Self Help Groups are being encouraged for it.

NSA Doval among 5 selected for ‘Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman’

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Five people, including national security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and former chief of DEFENCE staff late General Bipin Rawat, will receive this year’s “Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman” – one of the highest civilian Awards of theUttarakhandgovernment.

Writer and poet Prasoon Joshi, late poet and author Girish Chandra Tiwari (Girda) and late poet Viren Dangwal were the other awardees.

Uttarakhand mulls climate budget, to sanction separate funds for environment-friendly activities

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TheUttarakhandgovernment is mulling to introduce the provision of Climate BUDGETING from next financial year in order to counter adverse effects of global environmental changes in the Himalayan state. If the proposal pitched by the forest and Environment department goes through, Uttarakhand will be among the first states to come up with separate funds for activities related to mitigation of adverse impact of .

To recall, the Uttarakhand government in March this year had presented a Rs 57,400 crore budget for the 2021-22 fiscal in which Rs 455 crore had been earmarked for the environment.

Uttarakhand’s October GST haul up by 28%, 7th highest in India

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Compared to a Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection of Rs 1,259 crore in October 2021,UttarakhandleviedGSTworth Rs 1,613 crore during the same period this year, registering a 28% Growth that placed it at the seventh position among all states surveyed for GST collection in October 2022.

This is the state’s second highest ever GST collection. The state collected GST worth Rs 1,887 crore in April this year.

According to the data released by the Centre for GST revenue collection across the country, Uttarakhand outperformed nine comparatively bigger states — Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.

Ladakh notched the top position with 74% growth followed by Arunachal Pradesh (39%) and Haryana (37%).

The country’s gross GST revenue collected in October 2022 stood at Rs 151,718 crore.