All India Mahatma Phule Samta Parishad President Chhagan Bhujbal presented a Phule turban, a shawl, award and a memento to Baghel at a function organized by the Mahatma Phule Memorial ‘Samta Bhoomi’ in Pune.
Govt move to ensure grazing land for cows available in Madhya Pradesh
District collectors will need to take Consent from theMadhya PradeshGaupalan and Promotion Board before allotting any government land that is used for cow grazing, for any development project. It has been done to ensure grasslands for cows are readily available.
The state has four native breeds of cattle – Malvi, Nimari, Kankatha and Gaolo. There are around 2,200 cowsheds that are functioning across state. Of them, close to 650 are run by non-government organisations and existed even before the cow cabinet was formed a year back, yoking together six departments animal husbandry, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, panchayat, forests, Home and revenue. The remaining cowsheds are run by the panchayats. The State Government had made a provision of Rs300 crore for cows in the last budget.
The state government has also decided that the eight gau sadans that were shut down will be operational again. There were eight gau sadans in undivided MP with total land of 7,200 acres. Of the eight, two went to Chhattisgarh when the state was carved out while the state still has land of 6,700 acres.
A van vihar is being set up at Gangaivir in Jabalpur district. Authorities said that 530 acres of land of the animal husbandry department is available and 2,000 cows can be given shelter there in a systematic manner.
Gujarat high court to take steps to cut plastic waste
TheGujarathigh court on decided to take up the issue of curbing plastic waste menace and said public awareness should be created to do away with excessive usage of plastic. Putting a question about bringing in deterrence to resolve this growing problem, it said, This is going to be an uphill task, but there is always hope.
The court has been hearing two litigations filed in 2018 seeking strict implementation of plastic Waste Management rules and complete ban on paper cups and dishes, in which multi-layered plastic material is used. Besides, the petitions seek on manufacturing and sale of plastic products that are not recyclable.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot okays 4% quota in promotions for disabled
Chief ministerAshok Gehlot gave approval to provide 4% reservation to persons with disabilities (PwDS) in promotions in the Services.
Along with this, provision has been made to provide relaxation to specially-abled persons in the upper age limit and minimum marks to be secured in the direct recruitment, read an official statement issued by the chief minister’s office.
Gehlot gave approval to the circular for effective implementation. Gehlot also gave instructions to appoint nodal officers in each department to comply with the provisions of reservation for PwDs.
In this regard, he approved the circular to be issued by the department of personnel (DOP) to all the departments for the effective implementation of theRajasthanRights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules-2021 in the state.
Rajasthan is one of the leading states after Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Chhattisgarh to make provisions of reservation in promotion for PwDs.
At 70.9%, Mizoram leads woman-man ratio in senior jobs
Mizoramhad the highest 70.9% ratio of female-to-male workers who were working as legislators, senior officials and managers and also the highest proportion of Women occupying managerial jobs. Nearly all the northeastern states, barringNagaland, have strong double-digit representation in senior level jobs, according to the latest additional data in (PLFS) for July 2020-June 2021.
Sikkim with 48.2% and Manipur at 45.1% made up the top three states. Among the top five states in the category,Andhra Pradeshrecorded 43%. The other northeastern state among the top five was Meghalaya with 44.8%. Assam had 16.1% while Nagaland had a ratio of 9.1%. The all India ratio for females to male workers, working as legislators, senior officials and managers, was at 22.8%.
There were several states andUnion Territorieswhich had a sharply lower proportion. Among the larger states and Union Territories with a low ratio wereUttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Punjab and Andaman and Nicobar.Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu had the lowest ratio of 1.8%.
In terms of senior managerial jobs, Mizoram again topped the charts with 40.8%, followed by Sikkim with 32.5 and Meghalaya at 31%. Here again, Andhra Pradesh was among the top five with a ratio of 30.4%. Traditionally northeastern states have had a larger proportion of women in senior managerial jobs. But what is surprising is that Punjab, which had figured among the top states in this category in 2021, recorded a ratio of only 7.5%.
IMR lowest in Mizoram and Nagaland, below 40 in Assam
Mizoram and Nagaland have the two lowest infant mortality rates (IMR) in the country with three and four deaths per 1,000 live births of babies under the age of one year respectively, while progressive reduction has pushed the rate in Assam for the first time below the 40-point mark to 36, a decline of whopping 11 points in five years since 2015.
According to Sample Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report 2020 released on Thursday, the maximum IMR has been observed inMadhya Pradesh(43).
The Percentage of neo-natal deaths to total infant deaths is 71.9% at the national level and among the bigger states, Odisha (77.7%) registered the highest percentage of neo-natal deaths to infant deaths and Assam the lowest (53.0%).
Among the other northeastern states, the IMR in Manipur is six, same as that ofKerala, according to the survey. The IMR of Meghalaya is 29 followed by 21 in Arunachal Pradesh and 18 in Tripura.
The IMR for the country has come down to 28 in 2020 from 37 in 2015, a decline of nine points during the period and an annual Average decline of about 1.8 points. Over 2019, the IMR in 2020 has registered a two-point decline.
The percent change in average IMR in Assam between 2008-10 and 2018-20 is more than 50% in the states urban areas, the report said. The sex ratio at birth for the country has gone up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19, with Kerala reporting the highest (974) and Uttarakhand the lowest (844).
Each dept of Utkal varsity to get smart class
One classroom of each department ofUtkal Universitywill be converted into a smart classroom, higher Education minister Arun KumarSahoosaid at the institutes 51st convocation.
He added that the premier institute can take any initiative for the betterment of its and students. The minister assured that there will be no problem in terms of funds.
On development of research ecosystem, Sahoo said, The new generation scholars should be guided and motivated for better research and publication of world-class articles. The State Government has already taken steps in terms of development of research as per the provisions of the National Education Policy.
Maneka Gandhi urges Tamil Nadu CM to empower police to enforce Wildlife Protection Act
Maneka GandhiMP has written toTamil Naduchief minister M K Stalin seeking a policy decision to empower the state Police with powers to enforce theWildlife Protection Act.
She said a number of forest guards and officials had been caught in the last few years poaching and selling wildlife items. These officials were protected by senior officials who did not want to expose the Corruption in the department.
She said the forest department personnel were not poaching but also stealing confiscated items from range offices. Recently, Kaliyappan of Krishnagiri was caught in Bengaluru in Karnataka with two elephant tusks. He revealed that his son worked in the forest department in Hosur and that the tusks had been stolen from the range office.
Kerala: GTech launches digital platform for students
The body of technology companies inKerala,GTech, has launchedMuLearn2.0, an industry-enabled digital platform for peer Learning to nurture the students with necessary expertise in the IT industry from their college days.
They have also launched an art of TEACHING contest and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Digital University of Kerala and Google. Finance ministerK N Balagopallaunched the new version of MuLearn (MuLearn 2.0).
The Academy and Technology Focus Group under GTech has formed a platform comprising leading IT companies, Abdul Kalam Technological University,Kerala University, Digital University of Kerala, ICT Academy and colleges across the state. The MuLearn 2.0 website will be available to the public for free. Awards were distributed to the top three performers in the platform.
Over 10,000 child marriages attempted in 5 years in Karnataka
Between April 2017 and March 2022, theKarnatakagovernment received complaints or tip-offs about 10,352 attempts of child marriage and 9,261 (about 90%) were prevented. In all, 860 FIRs were registered against people involved in getting minors married or at least tried it in the same period.
Experts and officials point out that most child marriages occur largely due to POVERTY, illiteracy, superstition or to ease what elders see as their burden of having a girl child.
Data of the Karnataka Women and child development department shows that 1,091 child marriages actually took place.
According to sections 9 and 13 of the Act, if the girl is a minor, then the man will be charged with a penalty and severe imprisonment. Sections 10 and 11 provide for imprisonment of at least 1-2 years for those supporting and encouraging such marriages aside from a penalty of Rs 1 lakh.