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Maharashtra government includes 961ha mangroves in reserved forest

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

he state forest department has taken over additional 961 hectares ofmangrovesto be protected as reserved forest under Section 4 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.

State Environment MinisterAaditya Thackerayhad tweeted that earlier 1,433 ha MANGROVES were declared as reserved forest under Section 20 of the Act. With this, the total mangrove area under protection in Ratnagiri is now more than 2,394 ha.

Cidco itself has said that it has over 1,000 hectares to be transferred, and a recent declaration by JNPT said it has more than 900 hectares, Kumar tweeted in respnose to Thackerays tweet. He pointed out that vast sea forests under Navi Mumbai SEZ are yet to be accounted for.

Amidst the protests by farmers against the State Government over the shortage of DAP fertilizer, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, JP Dalal on Wednesday said that there will be no shortage of fertilizers in the state.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The state will soon get six more rakes of DAP fertilizer from the Central Government. The farmers should be prepared for sowing the next crop,

The Minister also hit out at the opposition parties and alleged that they created panic among the farmers and spread wrong information about the shortage of DAP Fertilizers. He said that it was opposition parties who held protests at few places in the state over the issue. It is true that at some places, long queues of farmers were witnessed to purchase the fertiliser but they will not face any problem now, he added.

Giving details of DAP fertilizer availability and demand, Dalal said that about 3 lakh MT of DAP fertilizer is required during the next Rabi crop 2021-22 in the state. Till date, about 1.38 lakh MT of DAP manure is available with the , out of which 1.10 lakh MT of DAP fertilizer has been given to the farmers.

Punjab CM’s nod to terminate Power Purchase Agreement with GVK Goindwal Sahib

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

unjab chief ministerCharanjit Singh Channion Saturday approved the PSPCLs proposal to terminate GVK Goindwal Sahib (2×270 MW)Power Purchase Agreement. Subsequently, thePunjab State Power Corporation Limited(Pspcl) has issued termination notice to the company.

Meanwhile, a preliminary default notice has been served by PSPCL to GVK on Saturday for cancellation of PPA due to high power cost and falling lowest in the merit order, procurement of energy from GVK that had been restricted only within the range of 25% to 30% during most of the times of a year resulting in higher tariff of about Rs 7.52 per unit for last year.
Channi said that this step had been taken to safeguard the interest of consumers of the state by way of reducing the burden of costly power.

COP26: Climate change must be addressed on cooperative global level, says Dalai Lama

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Ahead of the crucial Climate conference in Glasgow, the Dalai Lama said issues of must be addressed on a cooperative global level for everyones benefit.

In his message to the UN conference on climate change known as the Conference of Parties (COP26), the Tibetan spiritual leader said realistic action founded on scientific understanding was needed to tackle climate change.

The COP26 summit starting on Sunday will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Uttarakhand infant mortality third-worst among Himalayan states

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Uttarakhandhas the third-highest infantmortality rate(IMR) of 27 deaths per 1,000 live births among the 10 Himalayan states of the country after Arunachal Pradesh (29) and Meghalaya (33), shows National Health Missions sample registration system (SRS) report. This is despite Uttarakhand recording an improvement in its IMR in 2019 as compared to 2018 when the hill state registered 31infantdeaths for every 1,000 live births.
However, the states IMR was found better than the national Average of 30 in the recently-released SRS report. According to the data, the national average for IMR is 34 in rural areas and 20 in urban areas. In Uttarakhand, the rural and urban belts have IMRs of 28 and 26 respectively.

Experts believe that while the improvement in IMR is significant for the state, they pointed out that several areas in the hills still lack basic health .

Honouring peoples demand, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, declared the holy Soron Sukar area in Kasganj district as a place of pilgrimage.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Chief Minister’s Office gave this information by tweeting about the fulfillment of this decade-old demand of Sanatan dharma followers. With the protection of this ancient and holy shrine as a pilgrimage, it will be easier to renovate many small temples coming under it, the tweet said.

A top government official said that along with this, Chakratirtha, Yogatirtha, Suryatirtha, Somtirtha and Sakotkatirtha would also be benefited. Besides development, new sources of EMPLOYMENT will also be available to the locals by their being declared a pilgrimage site of Soron Sukar area.

Soron Sukar area is located in Braj Kshetra in Kasganj and the importance of the area has been mentioned in various . It is believed that in the Soron Sukar region, Shri Barah is the place of Nirvana of Lord Vishnu, and the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The Kund (Haripadi Ganga) in Soron Sukar area is the same place from where Lord Shri Barah ascended to heaven and since then the ashes are immersed in this pool after death.

Soron Sukar region is also considered as a pilgrimage centre for salvation. With the efforts of the Yogi government, there has been a lot of development in the last four and a half years especially in religious tourism, spiritual and mythological activities in and around Soron.

The state government will provide free text-books to government school students from class 1 to class 12, from the next academic session (year 2022-23) session. The Department of School Education and Literacy has prepared a proposal which will be implemented after the State Cabinet nod. A senior education department official said, The Department of School Education and Literacy has prepared a proposal for provision of free textbooks to government school students upto class 12. The system will be implemented after getting approval from the Cabinet.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

At present, the provides free text-books to all the students (boys and girls) studying in government schools from class I to VIII under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. In this, 60 per cent of the amount is borne by the centre, while the rest 40 per cent of the expenditure is borne by the State. The State government from its budget also provides free text-books to all the girl students of class 9 to 12 studying in government schools.

The State government has decided to provide free text-books to the students of class 9th and 10th in the current financial year. After getting approval from the cabinet, students of class XI and XII will also be able to get free text-books from the year 2022-23 session.

The state government will bear 100 per cent of the additional expenditure on this.

Enforce model code of conduct strictly in Bihar: Election Commission

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The has clarified that the Model Code Of Conduct would be applicable to all electioneering activities even if they are organised outside the assembly constituency but within the limits of the district concerned.

The commission, in a fresh directive issued, asked the district election officers to enforce all the instructions related to the model code of conduct, Covid and expenditure of the candidates in case electioneering activities are organised outside the constituency but within the district.
The directive assumed significance in the wake of byelection to be held in Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats on October 30. The district election officers concerned have been asked to implement the ECs guidelines under their respective jurisdictions strictly.

Tribal cultural carnival begins in Chhattisgarh

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Chhattisgarhis now soaked in a festive fervor as the three-day-long “National Tribal Dance Festival” kicks off in the state capital. Tribal dancers from across the country and seven different nations are showcasing their unique culture and tradition, making it a majortribal cultural carnival.

The colorful fest began at the Science College Ground here on Thursday with the tribal leader and Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren declaring open the second edition of “National Tribal Dance Festival” and “Rajyotsav 2021”. This was followed by a very colorful march past by all participating teams.

In the competition held on harvest-Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and other traditional disciplines, dancers from Chhattisgarh gave an eye-catching performance on Karma dance, Uttarakhand on Jhinjhi Hanna dance, on Gusadi-Dimsa dance, Jharkhand on Oraon dance, and Gujarat on Siddi Goma dance.

Abdul Jameel Latif Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) (MIT) and Madhya Pradesh government worked in collaboration to operate URJA help desks in 12 districts.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The work was collaborative efforts of researchers from world-class universities from the Police Research and Policy Unit.

The main objectives of the project were to improve confidence in policing for Women, and to create processes to support police efforts to tackle crimes against women.

In Madhya Pradesh, 12 districts Bhopal, Vidisha, Gwalior, Morena, Rewa, Panna, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Indore, Ratlam, Betul, and Seoni were selected on randomized control trial model and for research work, operation of energy desks started in total 180 police stations of these districts.

To institutionalize the URJA desk, construction of reception desk at an accessible place in the premises of the police station, development of standard operating procedures and fixation of work responsibilities of officers at each level, creation of documents in the day-to-day working of the desk, training at all levels of URJA Desk at District Headquarters.