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Uttar Pradesh numero uno in implementing welfare schemes

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

In a remarkable achievement for the Uttar Pradesh Government, the state has secured the top position nationwide in effectively implementing eight welfare schemes for the underprivileged and the needy. This achievement also highlights Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths sensitivity towards common people.

The eight schemes include Prime Minister SVANidhi Yojana among others, which seeks to uplift street vendors by providing them interest free loans for running their businesses.

Uttar Pradesh tops in the country by providing the benefits of the scheme to maximum number of street vendors. Madhya Pradesh ranks second and third in taking the welfare scheme to the people.
An official spokesman of the government said that the chief ministers regular monitoring and reviewing of implementation of a variety of central governments schemes in the state had put Uttar Pradesh at the forefront in delivering its benefits to people.

So far, the benefit of eight central schemes has been given to 20,74,450 beneficiaries in the state. At the same time, Uttar Pradesh is also on top in the country in terms of digital transactions done by vendors. At present there are 4,90,240 digitally active vendors in the state, who have carried out digital transactions of Rs 63,78,24,790 so far. Maximum digital vendors are active in Varanasi, Firozabad, Prayagraj, Jhansi and Lucknow.

Digital Skills University to be opened in Jharkhand soon: CM Hemant Soren

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Jharkhand chief ministerHemant Soren announced that aDigital Skills Universitywill be opened in the state wherejob-oriented educationwill be provided to the less educated youth.

Recently, government has decided to open a digital skills university in a bid to provide technical Education to the less educated youth so that they could be provided jobs.

Work in a planned manner to promote tourism, says CM

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Chief minister Nitish Kumar asked the tourism department officials to develop the all-religion places and sites of tourist importance in a planned manner, and also make arrangements to inform tourists about the state’s cultural heritage sites both in Hindi and English languages.

“Biharis an ancient land that is rich in HISTORY, tradition and heritage. Develop the historical and religious sites in a planned manner to promote tourism and eco-tourism,” the CM said.

He added tourist inflow has increased in the state and all arrangements should be made to make their stay comfortable. The CM gave the instructions while reviewing the activities of the tourism department.

The Chhattisgarh government is developing Krishna Kunjs in urban areas with the aim of promoting tree plantation and saving our cultural heritage.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

In just one year, these Krishna Kunjs have transformed into lush green spaces adorned with numerous trees.

Under the scheme, 55,781 trees have been planted across 224 acres in 169 urban centres.

Aiming at motivating people to plant trees and save existing ones, the government has undertaken to develop Krishna Kunj in all urban bodies.

The initiative includes planting of trees that contribute to environmental balance and provide abundant Oxygen including sandalwood, rudraksha, banyan, peepal, kadamb and more.

Additionally, Krishna Kunj promotes fruit trees like mango, tamarind, ber, ganga imli, jamun, tendu, chironji, pomegranate, kaitha, palash, Bel and amla among others.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that with the implementation of Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana, the families of eligible beneficiaries will get financial support.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Also, with the implementation of the scheme on a large scale, there will be positive impact on the economy of villages and cities.

Ladli Bahna Gram Sabhas will be held in the villages on 8th June.

Chief Minister Chouhan said that Ministers, MPs and MLAs will take part in programmes to be held at various places. In the period from June 1 to 7, acceptance letters will be provided to the eligible sisters. Bhajans, Mangal-Geets and Ladli Bahna songs will also be presented in the villages. Some districts have also planned to stage effective street plays based on the scheme, which is commendable. CM Chouhan instructed that these activities should be organised in the form of festival.

Solar installations up 85% in Gujarat

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Gujarat, the state that led the way in solar power adoption in India, has secured the third position in terms of cumulative large-scalesolar installationsin the country.

Notably, Gujarat experienced an impressive 85% increase in such installations during the first quarter of 2023, while solar installations across India declined by 30% during the same period, according to the India Solar Market Update 2023 report by Mercom India.

Between January and March 2023, Gujarat witnessed 261 megawatts (MW) of solar installations, compared to 141MW in the previous quarter. Since Q1 2022, Gujarat has consistently ranked as the third-highest state for large-scale solar capacity addition, with an impressive quarter-over-quarter increase of nearly 85% in Q1 2023.

Furthermore, experts credit Gujarat’s rise in installation rates to its favourable policies and aggressive push for RENEWABLE ENERGY adoption.

Pan-India solar installations declined due to commissioning deadlines for several large-scale projects being postponed to the following year. Out of the total 1.9GW of solar installations in India during the January to March 2023 quarter, Gujarat accounted for 19% of new installations, trailing behind Karnataka (21%) andRajasthan(42%).

Raj approves five major water projects for JJM connections

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Considering the groundwater conditions in the state, theRajasthanGovernment has given an approval of Rs 22.854 crore to implement five majorsurface water projects.

These projects would help to give tap water connections to 15 lakhs households in 5,739 villages under the Union governments JalJeevanMission (JJM).

For all these years, the villagers of these 5,739 villages used to rely on groundwater based tubewells, wells or handpumps.
These projects include Rs 7934 crore Sikar-Jhunjhunu project. Around 1,133 villages of these two districts would get supply from theIndira GandhiCanal Project under this project.

Then, there is the Chambal-Alwar-Bharatpur project. Under this project, 1,572 villages of Alwar and Bharatpur districts would be connected with the Chambal River one of the major water sources of the state.

Rs 5L cr spent in 9 years to ensure development of NE: MinisterUnion Minister of Development of North Eastern Region, Culture and Tourism G. Kishan Reddy said that in the last nine years, over Rs 5 lakh crore has been spent to ensure the development in the northeastern region, comprising eight states. He said that several mega connectivity projects such as 17 new airports, ongoing road projects worth Rs 1.05 lakh, and ongoing rail projects worth Rs 77,930 crore are being executed.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Every sector is being expedited in the northeast to open up numerous opportunities of Growth for the people.

The Central minister said that ASSAM RIFLES has an unparalleled heritage of gallantry since 1835 and holds a distinction of having been bestowed the most number of gallantry Awards.

Assam: 500 dykes breached in past decade

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Over 500 embankment breaches by the ravaging annualfloodswere recorded inAssamin the past one decade (2013-2022), according toAssam State Disaster Management Authority(ASDMA). The state saw the highest breaches in 2015 when 283 breaches were recorded.

According to data provided by the ASDMA, a total of 40 breaches were recorded last year and consequently over 88 lakh Population across all the existing 35 districts (before the re-merged four districts with their parent districts in December last year) in the state.

Given the way ground water is getting depleted for various reasons, Odisha may face a severe water crisis by 2051, revealed a study made by the SwitchON Foundation.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

According to the study, parts of the State are yet to achieve the recommended daily drinking water target of 40 liter per capita per day (LPCD). While about 17 districts in the State have issues with saline groundwater, in many districts, the concentration of fluoride, nitrate, iron and chromium (hexavalent) are found to be above the permissible limits. Besides, there is huge wastage of water in the domestic sector. Due to a lack of adequate and metering, around 54% of unaccounted water losses were observed within the system.

The availability of water by the year 2051 was assessed, and the result shows that the surface water availability from its own drainage boundary remains more or less fixed but the inflow of surface water from neighbouring States will be reduced from 37.556 billion cubic metres (BCM) to 25.272 BCM.

The study indicated that by the year 2051 the total water requirement may go up to 85 BCM from the present requirement of 55 BCM, and the State may face a severe water scarcity situation in 2051.