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Govt has no objection to single-sex schools becoming co-ed: Min

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

MinisterV Sivankuttysaid that thegeneral Education departmentdoes not have any objection to single-sex schools inKeralagetting converted toco-educational schools. Speaking at a news conference atKanhangadinKasaragodon Monday, he said that many boys-only and girls-only schools would like to become co-educational institutions.

It is not being decided by education department. The decision is being taken unanimously by Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of schools, teachers of the institutions and the local body institution concerned; the department is approving their decision. Education department does not have any objection to boys and girls Learning together, he said.

Meanwhile the minister said that the education department has not taken a decision to implement gender-neutral uniforms in state. He said that some organizations have a misunderstanding that gender-neutral uniforms are being imposed by the government and education department.

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Ktaka govt to disburse scholarships via e-Rupi

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

:Karnatakagovernment has become the first state to initiate e-Rupi disbursement for scholarships of eligible students. e-Rupi will be used to ensure leak-proof delivery of Education fees by paying digitally to the college/institute. Karnataka government will get e-vouchers delivered to the mobiles of eligible students. The voucher code can be received on feature phones too. The students will be able to redeem the vouchers at the

identified colleges/institutes for the purpose of fees payment.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), https://exam.pscnotes.com/state-bank-of-india”>State Bank Of India (SBI), and the state department of e-Governance have partnered to enable and implement e-Rupi.

Karnataka government has onboarded around 176 schemes of 35 departments on the DBT platform.

DPRs on Godavari river to be cleared soon, Centre tells Telangana

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheUnion jal shakti ministry assured that the detailed project reports (DPRs) of six IrrigationprojectsonGodavaririver submitted bygovernment would be cleared soon.

They would look into the issues raised by the State Government on the alleged illegal irrigation projects taken up by AP on Krishna river.

As per the decisions taken in the apex council meeting conducted on October 6, 2020, the jal shakti minister had requested chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to withdraw the case from The Supreme Court to consider referring the matter to a tribunal under section 3 of Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act 1956.

Andhra Pradesh on gem of mission: To launch hunt for diamonds

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Nearly three centuries after some of the worlds most famousdiamondsincluding the Kohinoor were discovered in the Krishna river basin, the AP government is now set to launch a massive search forgemstones.

To begin with, the has focused onUpparapalle, a nondescript village in Kadapa district. The move comes after a preliminary survey by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) hinted at the presence of diamonds in Upparapalle.

One of the blocks in Upparapalle spread over 37.5 sq km would be taken up for a detailed study to zero-in on the area where the diamonds are present. The state government has decided to grant a composite licence through competitive bidding to explore the area.

The survey spans three

phases G-4, G-3 and G-2. The GSI has already conducted G-4 or preliminary studies. G-1 studies involve detailed exploration. The company that would win the bid would take up G-3 and G-2 studies that involve preliminary and general exploration respectively.

Goa among top 3 states in Centres good governance index

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Goa has emerged as one of the top threestateswith efficient Governance models, ranking third in theCentres Index(GGI) 2020-21, which was released on Saturday. Goa scored 5.35 as against a score of 4.29 in 2019, indicating a near 25% improvement over the earlier exercise conducted by the department of Administrative Reforms and public grievances.

Amongthe 10 well-developed states, Goa tops the rankings in terms of public Infrastructure and service utilities. The index also indicates that Goa has taken strong strides to improve the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied sector industrial Growth, social welfare and Environment.

In the overall healthcare sector ranking, Goa was placed third, behind Kerala and Maharashtra. While Goa remains the leader when it comes to availability of doctors at PHCs, many other states have shown a worrying trend of decline in doctors at PHCs. The report has also found a marginal decrease in the Percentage of doctors available at PHCs in Goa.

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also takes into account actions to mitigate Climate-change”>Climate Change such as polices, planning and initiatives taken by the government. In this aspect, Goa is firmly lodged at fifth place, suggesting that more needs to be done. In the evaluation of citizen-centric governance, particularly participation and transparency, Goa stands fourth, behind Haryana, Gujarat and Punjab.

The ranking for GGI 2020-21 is based on ten sectors and 58 indicators. The sectors are agriculture and allied sectors, commerce and industries, Human resource development, public Health, public infrastructure and utilities, economic governance, social welfare and development, judicial and public security, environment and citizen-centric governance.

Maharashtra: Nod to 2 bills to increase seats in local bodies

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheMaharashtralegislative assembly cleared two bills to increase the number of seats in local bodies.

The assembly cleared a bill to add nine electoral seats in the BMC, taking the total seats to 236 from 227 despite theopposition raising certain objections to the process followed by the BMCwhile redrawing the ward boundaries. The assembly also passed a bill to increase the number of electoral seats in zilla parishad and panchayat samitis. The minumim number of seats has been hiked to 55 from 50, and the maximum to 85 from 75.

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Haryana moving from e-governance to good governance: CM

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that the while using Information Technology is constantly working towards envisaging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of transforming India through e-Governance thereby making the lives of the people of the State better by bringing various Good Governance reforms.

He said that in Good Governance reforms brought in by the State Government, such a systematic system has been developed under which people do not have to make frequent visits to headquarters in Chandigarh or the district offices to get their work done. They can take advantage of all the government schemes at the nearest Community Service Centre (CSC) in their village or online while sitting at their homes only.

Khattar said that the Parivar Pehchan Patra would be a strong document in moving towards the direction of good governance in the state, due to which it would be easy to fetch the benefits of the welfare Services automatically. With this robust system now under the Old Age Samman Allowance, the pension of the beneficiary will start automatically. Now elderly people need not to apply anywhere as the pension automatically starts when one attains the age of 60. In the villages of the state, the work of generating the property cards under the Swamitva Yojana has been started by abolishing the old system of Lal Dora. Under this scheme, so far 13 lakh 47 thousand 609 people have Swamitva cards in the state.

He said that Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana has

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been started to bring the poorest of the poor into the mainstream. By strengthening the online system, the government started giving direct benefits to the beneficiaries under the DBT scheme. The government has created an online transfer policy and started giving jobs on the basis of merit to ensure complete transparency. These services were brought under the purview of the Right To Service Act to make the benefits of government services reach the public in a time bound manner. Now the accountability of the department and the officer has been fixed for not giving the benefit of the service on time. The Government started the Dial-112 scheme, due to which people are getting Police help in just 15 minutes. Now, for the convenience of hearing and speaking people with disabilities, sign language experts will sit in dial-112 through video call and the police will help them after listening to their problems.

Punjab improves to 8th position in state health index released by Niti Aayog

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Punjabhas been adjudged as best state in the region in terms of overall Health performance in the fourth edition of the state health index for the year 2019-20 released by the government think-tank.

Punjab has improved its overall ranking to eighth position with the composite index score of 58.08 from the ninth position in the Base Year 2018-19(56.34 index score).

Punjab has been placed among the states achieving positive incremental performance. Whereas the neighbouring states ofHaryanaand Himachal Pradesh have shown negative incremental performance, as per the health index.

Haryana continues to retain the 11th position with 49.26 index score whereas the hill state of Himachal Pradesh declined to the seventh position (63.17 index score) from its earlier sixth position (63.23 index score) in the base year 2018-19.

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State sets sights on hydrogen as fuel

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Exploring the possibility of generating and using green hydrogen as fuel and promoting power storage projects like pump storage and battery energy storage system are the key features in the draft of the New Power Policy of the state. The policy, which is likely to be revealed soon, will replace the Policy that was notified way back in 2006.

Green hydrogen is at an early stage of entering the Energy sector in India. Its good that the State Government is keen on exploring the possibilities of using hydrogen as fuel in power sector and energy storage projects. All stakeholders in power sector will be happy with this initiative, said a power sector expert. The draft of the New Power Policy was distributed among various stakeholders on November 6, and they were asked to revert with suggestions by November 30.

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as an important Source Of Energy since it has zero carbon footprints. Given the abundant availability of water, the state is in an advantageous position as far as the generation of green hydrogen is concerned, said the expert.

Also, theres a lot of thrust on promoting and enhancing solar power. The state has set a target of generating 1995 MW energy through solar projects by 2030. The other key objectives put forth in the draft include harnessing and commissioning 10,000 MW of hydro energy by 2030 and have an operation capacity of 20,948 MW, expediting development of hydro-electric projects, promoting and establishing

a power trading entity in the state, to protect the rights of local inhabitants for Irrigation and drinking water, etc.

Rs 360.95 crore central grant released to expedite JJM in Ukhand

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

To expedite the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttarakhand, the Government of India has released a second tranche of Rs 360.95 crore to the State. So far, Rs. 721.90 crore has been released in two tranches to the State in 2020-21. For speedy implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission, Central

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fund of Rs 1,443.80 crore has been allocated to Uttarakhand in 2021-22, which is four times the allocation made during 2020-21.

The Union Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is according top priority to make provision of tap water supply in every rural household across the country, for which since August 2019, Jal Jeevan Mission is under implementation in PARTNERSHIP with States.

Uttarakhand plans to become Har Ghar Jal State by December, 2022. The centre is providing full assistance to the State for making provision of clean tap water supply in every rural Home of Uttarakhand by the end of year 2022, two years ahead of the national goal of Har Ghar Jal. Expediting the process of approval of big multi-village drinking water supply schemes, in last two months, schemes worth Rs. 714 crore for 58.5 thousand homes in 846 villages spread across 11 districts of Uttarakhand benefitting more than 3 lakh people have been approved by the State-level scheme sanctioning committee (SLSSC). This will immensely reduce the drudgery faced by Women and children who spent many hours every day fetching water from distant water sources.

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