Lulu Group to invest Rs 2,400 crore in malls in Prayagraj, Varanasi

More cities inUttar Pradeshare set to get an international shopping mall.
TheLulu Groupis plannig to expand its retail business in the state within the next three years. Senior executives of the company, which operates a chain of hypermarkets, announced on Saturday that the group has plans to open a shopping mall in Prayagraj

and Varanasi with total investments of Rs 2,400 crore. After that, the group has plans to expand its operations in the retail space in UP by covering Kanpur andGorakhpur.

Lulu Group has already started work on setting up a Food Processing plant in Greater Noida.

To promote products manufactured by UP-based artisans and craftsman, an area will be demarcated on the ground floor of the mall. The group will showcase the patented ODOP products prominently.

Better AQI index can increase lifespans in Jharkhand, says report

Improvement in air quality index (AQI), particularly in terms of reducing the PM2.5 level can improve the life expectancy in all 24 districts ofJharkhand.
A study conducted by theEnergy Policy Institute, University of Chicago (EPIC), has found that by adhering toWorld Health Organisation(WHO) prescribed standards of PM2.5 concentration, theaverage life expectancyof a person can be improved by 6.8 years inDhanbadand 5.4 years in Ranchi.

AQLI links research work with satellite data of PM2.5 concentration and plot life expectancy graph as every 10 micro gram per metre cube increase in PM2.5 concentration

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reduced life expectancy by 0.64 years.

Complete irrigation projects by 2025, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar tells officials

Chief ministerNitish Kumar asked the departments concerned to complete all the projects taken up under the Har Khet TakSinchai Ka Paani(Irrigation water for every farmland) scheme of the by 2025.

The projects have been taken up as part of the governments saatnischay(seven resolves)-II programme.

At the same time, the CM stressed on the expeditious execution of the work related to the intra-linking of the rivers within the state, so that the avowed aim of the irrigation water for every farmland is fulfilled.

The CM also asked the minor irrigation Resources department to complete the construction of the required number of check Dams and also coordinate with theAgriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture departmentto resolve the problems, if any.

Chhattisgarh govt to buy cow urine from cattle rearers at Rs 4 per litre

After introducing the unique cash-for-cow-dung scheme, Congress government inChhattisgarhis ready to launch yet another scheme for procuring cow urine at a price of Rs 4 per litre as part of its effort to generate income for farmers as well as to ensure sustainable cow protection across the state.

The scheme is to be launched on the occasion of Hareli Tihar on July 28. Bhupesh Baghel’s government says it is for the first time that any government has come up with a scheme to procure

bovine urine by extending its Gaudhan Nyay Yojana.

Gaudhan Nyay Mission director Ayyaz Tamboli has directed all district collectors to make necessary arrangements for the same.

The procured cow urine would be used for the preparation of pest control products and natural liquid fertiliser with the help of self-help Women groups. This will reduce the cost of Fertilizers in farming and the use of liquid fertilizers in fields.

The departments of animal husbandry and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture science centre would impart special training for the same to select women groups.

Chhattisgarh was the first state in the country to launch the unique Gaudhan Nyay Yojana on June 25, 2020, on the occasion of Hareli festival. Presently, the state is procuring cow dung from the cattle rearers at Rs two per kilogram and the procured cow dung is being used to prepare vermicompost for .

Discom to set up master control room for smart meters

aking its smart metering system a step forward,Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited(MPPKVVCL) is now going to set up a master control room for live feed and monitoring of smart meters being installed in all districts ofMalwa-Nimarregion.

This master control room, which is being set up at Polo Ground in Indore, will get live feeds from smart meters installed in 47 cities of the region including Indore, Mhow, Khargone,

Ujjain,Ratlam, Dewas etc., claimed officials.

Smart

meter works on radio frequency technology and it comes with series of benefits including real time consumption data, remote disconnection and re-connection.

TheGujaratgovernment gave in-principle approval to allot Rs 5.62 crore to three municipalities of under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana.

The government has allotted the fund to carry out various works in residential private societies through public PARTNERSHIP.

The proposal was sent to the chief ministerBhupendra Patelby the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.

Under Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana, public partnership scheme, the , Society and local body will bear 70:20:10 of the total cost respectively.

Forensic science institute to come up in Jodhpur

The has allotted 15 acres of land toSardar Patel Universityof Police and Criminal Justice for setting up a forensic science institute. The institute will be set up in joint association of the university andNational Forensic Science University(NFSU).

According to the university, a proposal was sent to the Centre by

the state government for setting up a forensic science institute inRajasthan.

NER District SDG Index by NITI Aayog

& Development of North Eastern Region Ministry (M/DoNER) released the first version of the North Eastern Region District SDG Index Report and Dashboard for this reason attaining the milestone towards localizing the Sustainable Development Goals.

Highlights:

The index is the first of its form in the country as it focuses on the North Eastern Region, which is of quintessential magnitude to the countrys improvement trajectory.

It measures the performance of districts of the 8 States of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura on the Sustainable Development Goals and their corresponding pursuits and ranks the districts based on the same.

The index is based on SDG India Index of

India the important and legit tool for monitoring progress on the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) at the countrywide and State/ Union Territory degrees and Shares the frequent ethos of benchmarking overall performance and ranking on the SDGs to foster competition among the districts.

It presents insights into the social, economic, and environmental status of the vicinity and its districts in their march in the direction of attaining the SDGs.

It is a special coverage tool which has the potential to measure district level progress, highlight quintessential gaps, facilitate resource allocation, and will be a handy tool for coverage makers in the eight North Eastern States, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region & other Union Ministries.

Out of the 103 districts for ranking, sixty four districts belonged to the Front Runner category whilst 39 districts were in the Performer category in the composite rating and ranking of districts.

All districts in Sikkim & Tripura fall in the Front Runner class & there are no districts in the Achiever categories.

The East Sikkim with a score of 75.87 positioned 1st in the place followed by districts Gomati & North Tripura with a score 75.73] in the 2nd position.

In a major push under the Act East Policy, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed an agreement with Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Ltd to build the first slipway or ship repairing facility on the banks of Brahmaputra river, thenationalwaterway-2, at Pandu here. The agreement was inked in presence of Union minister for ports, shipping and waterwaysSarbananda Sonowaland Asam chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarma.

With technical support from the IIT-Madras, the facility will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 75 crore over 3.67 acres of land provided by the Assam government at Pandu and is expected to be completed by August 2023.

Sharing nearly 4,500 kilometres of International Border with neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Myanmar, the region is strategically and economically

crucial for being the gateway to the southeast Asian countries. Also, the regions connectivity with the other parts of the country by means of protracted modes of transport has become a thrust area for the government.

To include most of the hinterlands of the NE region, 20 waterways have been declared as national waterways, to provide access to Kolkata and Haldia .

Kendrapara district of Odisha, that is crisscrossed by rivers, creeks and water inlets, has become the only district in India where all three species of crocodiles viz., salt-water,gharialand mugger are found.

District has also claimed fame for its successful conservation programme launched for salt-water or estuarine crocodiles at theBhitarkanika .

The national park comprises of 1,768 estuarine crocodiles and is Home to 70 per cent

of Indias estuarine crocodiles.

Now, with the sighting of mugger and gharial crocodiles, all three species of crocodiles are found in the river systems of Kendrapara district.

Gharial hatchling was rescued from Paika river which is a tributary of Mahanadi on August 29, 2021.

In 2016, a 14-feet-long mugger was sighted.

This larger national park is located in the northeast Kendrapara district of Odisha. It obtained the status of a Ramsar site in 2002. The area the second Ramsar site of Odisha after the Chilika Lake. The Park is surrounded by Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, Gahirmatha Beach, Marine Sanctuary, separating swamp region as well as MANGROVES from the Bay of Bengal. Park is home to Saltwater crocodile kingcobra, Indian python, black ibis, darters and other species of Flora and Fauna.