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SPV Manage Nature Conservation Missions In TN

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Nadu government has established the first-ever Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to handle environmental conservation missions in the state.

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“Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company” is the name given to the special purpose entity.
Tamil Nadu Climate Change, Tamil Nadu Wetlands, and Tamil Nadu Green Movement are three essential natural conservation missions that the company will professionally manage.
This was formed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged that India would be carbon-neutral by 2070.

Mission SPV

SPV’s mission is to plan, implement, and monitor a variety of climate change adaptation and mitigation programs across the state.
Wetland mapping and restoration are two of the most important aspects of the project.
Increasing woodland and tree cover to 33%.
SPV will also build strong policy support for climate change across all government sectors.
It will develop methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as benchmarking industries in the transition to green manufacturing.
SPV will also encourage environmentally friendly technologies in order to ensure a long-term future.

SPV members and finances

SPV will have a Rs 5 crore authorized capital.
Chairperson and MD are State Environment Secretary
Top officials from the finance, municipal administration, energy, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, and Forestry departments are among the members.
The State Finance Minister announced three missions while presenting the amended budget for 2021-2022.
This mission was established with the goal of identifying and mapping 100 wetlands in five years.
At a cost of Rs 150 crore, it will also aid in the restoration of natural balance with a focus on livelihood.

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Sudden changes in rain hit dam management in Kerala: Experts

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Erraticrainfalland changingclimatehas furthered the challenges ofdam water managementin the state, even more so in the case of shared operations betweenKeralaand Nadu.

This year, erratic rainfall events have been more frequent, causing disruptions in reservoir management. The short-duration intense rains have been recorded more this year. For eg, on Oct 11, there was 10cm rainfall reported in just four hours which impacted Chalakudy river, Kerala Sholayar, Peringalkuthu and Parambikulam Dams. Following this sudden rainfall event, there was much hue and cry saying dam waters were released.

While rule curve is an indicator, authorities should take a call to release water before the levels increase downstream. Hence, when Mullaperiyar water levels are being fixed, the Idukki dam situation should also be kept in mind.

Karnataka: Doorstep delivery of govt services launched in Bengaluru, to be launched across state from Jan 26

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Commemorating the 66th Kannada Rajyotsava, theKarnatakagovernment launched thedoorstep deliveryof 56 government Services in Bengaluru under the Janasevaka programme.

Chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaiinaugurated the Janasevaka programme in Malleswaram constituency and said the government will be expanding the same across Karnataka from January 26, 2022.

Launched on a pilot basis in 2019, the programme was expanded to four constituencies in the City Dasarahalli, Bommanahalli,Rajajinagarand Mahadevpura and then in Yeshwanthpura in January 2021.

The pilot project had alone seen 93,000 applications raised till date.

These departments include Revenue, BBMP, Karnataka building and other construction workers welfare board, Police verification by Karnataka Police, UIDAI (Aadhar card),Karnataka Arogyahealth card,

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senior citizens card and APL cards.

Launching the programme, CM Bommai said the Janasevaka concept has also been initiated towards delivering ration to the BPL families at their doorsteps to ensure citizen friendly Governance.

University of Hyderabads NEP initiatives from next academic year

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheUniversity of Hyderabad(UoH) is all set to implement new initiatives under the National Education Policy (NEP) from the next academic year (2022-23) following its decision to constitute a committee to devise a roadmap.

The UoH has recently constituted a 13-member committee, headed by Prof Vinod Pavarala from the school of communications, on implementation of the NEP 2020. The committee has been given a brief to formulate a detailed roadmap for phase-wise implementation of NEP and work with all schools, departments and centres at the university to put together new programmes and corresponding structures where necessary.

Setting the target of March 15 for bringing all such new initiatives

to the academic council of the university for approval, UoH vice-chancellor professor BJ Rao announced that they would be implemented in the 2022-2023 academic year.

First Destroyer Delivered By Mazagon Dock

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivered the first ship of Project 15B Class Destroyer Visakhapatnam to the INDIAN NAVY on 28 October.

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In November, the ship is expected to be commissioned as one of India’s largest destroyers, with an overall length of 164 meters and a displacement of roughly 7,500 tonnes, and was built using indigenous steel.

The ship is a powerful platform that can perform a variety of operations and missions across the entire spectrum of maritime combat.

It is armed with long-range Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles and supersonic Brahmos surface-to-surface missiles, as well as indigenously produced anti-submarine weapons and sensors for undersea

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warfare.

It is armed with long-range Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles and supersonic Brahmos surface-to-surface missiles.

It is equipped with anti-submarine weapons developed in-house as well as sensors for undersea warfare.

It includes heavyweight torpedo tube and rocket launchers, as well as the Humsa NG hull-mounted sonar.

The ship can travel 400 nautical miles.

Up to Rs 15 lakh for Goa Inc to pursue intellectual rights

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

To encourage innovation and product development, the is offering up to Rs15 lakhto Goan industries, hospitals and academic institutions topursueintellectual propertyrights(IPR). A task force will be formed to scrutinise and clear incentives under the scheme, which will remain effective till September 2022.

The scheme, called the financial incentives for certification andintellectualproperty rights reimbursement scheme, is part of the state incentives to encourage investments scheme, 2017 (umbrella scheme).

A similar scheme was notified in 2003 and 2017, but the department has amended the scheme as per changes introduced by the Centre.

The department will reimburse 100% of actual expenditure per certification up

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to Rs 8 lakh, while a cap of Rs 15 lakh has been fixed for IPR.

Maharashtra govt gives Rs 15 crore to repair roads in rural Nashik

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

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.

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Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Friday directed the officers concerned to prepare a database of the unorganised labourers in the State so that they can be empowered by getting the benefits of various Government schemes.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Dushyant also issued directions regarding the registration of unorganised labourers by ensuring maximum publicity of the e-Shram portal prepared by the Central Government.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of Labour and EMPLOYMENT Department, presided over the first meeting of ‘Haryana State Social Security Board’ at Haryana Niwas. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Anoop Dhanak, chairman and MLA, Sugarfed, Ramkaran Kala along with various senior officers and Board members were present in the meeting.

Dushyant, who is also the chairman of ‘Haryana State Social Security Board’, said that e-Shram portal has been developed by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment,

in which a national register of unorganized workers with Aadhaar number for the Database will be created so that the benefits of social security schemes can be extended to them.

He informed that about 2.66 lakh unorganized labourers have been registered on the e-Shram portal in the State so far, while the remaining labourers will also be encouraged to get registered on this portal.

He said that in this portal, from farm labourers to street vendors, hawkers, workers working in mandi, MGNREGA workers, self-help group workers, Anganwadi workers, mid-day meal workers, Asha workers, rickshaw drivers etc will be included. The unorganized labourers working in these sectors will be encouraged to get themselves registered, he said.

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Punjab Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr Raj Kumar Verka on Friday said that under the post-matric scholarship scheme (SC), over 1.50 lakh students have been issued Freeship Cards till date and the portal will be kept open for further application under this scheme.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Dr Verka said that under the post matric Scholarship scheme for SC, a Freeship Card scheme has been introduced to ease the difficulties of students in admission in different institutions.

After obtaining the cards under this scheme, the students become eligible for admission in any educational institution under post matric

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scholarship. Earlier, students belonging to the SC community faced various difficulties in getting admission under the Post-Matric Scholarship scheme. With this unique scheme, the difficulties faced by the students have been largely resolved, he added. Meanwhile, on the Ministers instructions, the Department of Social opened the Ambedkar Scholarship Portal for receiving the applications for post-matric scholarships 2021-22. The educational institutions have been directed to forward complete cases of eligible SC and BC students by November 30.

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authority will send the proposal to the sanctioning authority on the Ambedkar Scholarship Portal by December 10. Last date for the sanctioning authority to forward the cases to the welfare department has been fixed on December 15, 2021.

New facilities at health centres in Himachal

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Health Department has introduced new diagnostic and treatment facilities such as elderly and palliative healthcare, basic oral health and screening of non-communicable diseases at Health and Wellness Centres (HCWs) across the state.

The HCWs have been established to provide healthcare Services on the doorstep of the beneficiaries under the ambit of the Ayushman Bharat. A total of 2,042 health facilities, including 1,154 health sub-centres, 418 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 13 Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHC) have been upgraded to HWCs in the state,

said a government official.

He said all HWCs have been upgraded with desktops, along with webcams, speakers and Internet to provide teleconsultation to the community through e-sanjeevani. The state has completed more than 55,000 consultations on e-sanjeevani portal.