Current Affairs Exam

Over 35k schools in state to be painted in green & white

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

More than 35,000 government schools inJharkhandare set for a fresh coat of paint in green-and-white shades, colours associated with the rulingJMMs party flag.

While the ruling dispensation claimed the colours were selected based on experts recommendations as green is soothing for eyes and white symbolises cleanliness, the oppositionBJPcried foul alleging the shades were chosen to send out a political message.
At present, school buildings are painted pink and toilets blue.

As per an order issued by theJharkhand Education Project Councilto all district education officers, the walls of the school buildings will be painted in swan, angora or coconut white, while frosted green or mehndi green will be used for borders and projections of the walls. The doors and windows, and also the toilets will be painted in deep green.

Bihar govt to make health card of 133 wetlands

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

In its first attempt to map the wetlands ofBihar, the Environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (DEFCC) department has identified 133 water bodies to prepare documents and ecosystem Health report card to provide them legal protection under theWetland Protection Rules.

The Bihar State Wetland Authority (BSWA) has started the survey work on the wetlands spread over more than 100 hectares with focus on three areas area of the wetland, hydrology and catchments, Biodiversity and Governance. The imaging of such wetlands was done with the help of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The wetlands will be examined in different phases by the forest officials, environmentalists, wetland and water experts.

The ecosystem health score between 1 and 0.91 is considered very good (rank A), 0.90 and 0.81 good (B), 0.80 and 0.71 moderate (C), 0.70 and 0.61 low (D), and 0.60 and below very low (E).

Of 133 wetlands, maximum 14 is inVaishali, 12 each in East Champaran, Samastipur and Katihar, 10 each in Saran and Darbhanga, eight in Siwan, seven each in Khagaria and Muzaffarpur, six in Saharsa and five each in Banka and Jamui.

State adopting organic farming to counter climate change: CM

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Chhattisgarhchief ministerBhupesh Baghelon the occasion of AkshayTrityaand ‘Mati Pujan Tihar’ said that the state has started taking sincere measures to deal with and similar environmental issues by promoting Organic Farming and encouraging scientific farming. CMBaghelattended events with farmers at Indira Gandhi Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University and drove a tractor in the varsity, where organic farming is done.
Baghel participated in farming activities on Tuesday with an intent to promote the culture and agriculture of Chhattisgarh.
CM vowed to protect the land and Soil of the state by using maximum organic fertiliser in fields, gardens and farms, and prevent using chemicals that pollute soil, water table and Environment.

Cabinet increases CMs Discretionary grant to Rs 200 cr

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The State Cabinet here on Tuesday approved to increase the annual limit fixed for the Chief Ministers Discretionary grant from Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 crore for the financial year 2022-23 and the coming financial years.

The Cabinet has decided to increase the MLA Area Development Fund Scheme (Capital) of Rs 1 crore 85 lakh by Rs 65 lakh in under MLA fund making it Rs 2 crore 50 lakh and Rs 35 lakh in MLA Discretionary grant of Rs 15 lakh making it Rs 50 lakhs.

The Cabinet has decided to sanction a special ex-gratia amount of Rs. one crore to the heirs of Sub-Inspector Late Rajkumar Jatav, Acting Head Constable Late Neeraj Bhargava and Constable Late Santram Meena Aron Police station, Guna district.

The Cabinet has granted in-principle approval to establish medical college with 100 MBBS seats admission capacity and 500-bed affiliated hospital, besides setting up of a Nursing college of 60 seat admission capacity for nursing courses and a paramedical college of 60 seat admission capacity for paramedical courses in Budni Tehsil located in Sehore district.

The Cabinet gave its approval for setting up of Rural Technology Park at Morena. Approval was given to create posts for the operation of Rural Technology Park. Decision was also taken to approve Rs 50 lakh 88 thousand for the payment of salary and allowances for the operation of the park and expenditure of Rs. 1 crore 10 lakh 46 thousand for recurring / training expenses, making provision in the head available for allied organizations / training institutes of the department.

The Cabinet gave revised administrative approval to Chheetakhudri Medium Irrigation Project of Jabalpur district, cost amount Rs 434 crore 21 lakh, irrigation area 16 thousand 875 hectare and Kundalia Multipurpose Major Irrigation Project, Rajgarh district cost amount Rs 4614 crore 73 lakh, irrigated area 1 lakh 39 thousand 600 hectare.

The Cabinet has given revised approval of 25 group water supply schemes worth Rs 11 thousand 100 crore 72 lakh in different districts of the state under Jal Jeevan Mission. Through these water supply schemes of the mission, arrangements will be made to provide tap water to the rural Population of 6223 villages at their homes.

Balika Panchayat Initiative

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Indias first-ever girl Panchayat, called Balika Panchayat, was started in several villages of Kutch district in Gujarat.

The Balika Panchayat Initiative was started with the aim of promoting social and political development of girls as well as ensure active participation of girls in politics.

The Balika Panchayat initiative was started by the Women and Child Development Welfare department ofGujaratGovernment. It was launched under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign.

Main objective of the Balika Panchayat is to promote social and political development of girl child. It also seeks to remove evil practices like child marriage and dowry system from Society. It aims for girls to get their nominations done in decision-making process in Panchayat. It seeks to make girls active in politics since childhood.

New MSME policy looks to raise competitiveness

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The new MSME policy cleared by the industries department and awaiting approval from finance has laid out a strategy to achieve global competitiveness by establishing product specific centres of excellence, providing assistance in setting up R&D centres, testing labs, and promoting cluster level competitiveness development programmes.

It has also offered additional incentives of 15% and 1% interest subsidies for MSMEs having ZED (Zero defect, zero effect) certification. Development of smart and MSME specific industrial areas and clusters, Skill development centres park development through PPP or private players have been included in the policy.

The three biggest reasons for this are financial crunch, increase in production cost and lack of skilled labor. Incentives in the new MSME policy will be crucial for the revival of the sector which has 90% footprint inRajasthans industrial landscape.

Smart City work uproots Agartala 71 war memorial

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Removal of the war memorial of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War from the heart ofAgartalahas sparked strong reactions acrossTripura. Opposition parties, historians, intellectuals, poets, writers and social activists raised their voices against the move of the AgartalaSmart CityMission, demanding the memorials re-installation as well as bringing back all historical monuments that have been affected by the its works.

The activists ofTripura Cultural Coordination Committeealleged that more than Rs 700 crore have been invested for renovation work, destroying the heritage of the citys socio-cultural icons in the name of making the city smart.

Distribution of free foodgrains under PMGKAY-IV begins; 14,700 tonnes distributed so far

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheCentre said distribution of free foodgrains under the fourth phase of thePradhan Mantra Garib Kalyan AnnaYojana (PMGKAY) has started in seven states and about 14,700 tonnes have been given to beneficiaries so far.

About 70.6 lakh tonnes of foodgrains were distributed in the third phase of PMGKAY between May and June, it said.

On ration card portability facility, the government said the remaining four states –Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and West Bengal — are expected to come on board soon.
PMGKAY was first introduced in 2020 for eight months to provide relief to 80 crore beneficiaries covered under the NationalFoodSecurity Act (NFSA) from Covid-induced economic hardships.

The scheme was reintroduced this year for third phase implementation for two months till June and later extended till November under the fourth phase.

Free grains are provided under PMGKAY over and above the quota allocated at highly subsidised rates under NFSA to these beneficiaries.

NHRC seeks reports from Odisha on crime against women

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheNational Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has asked the director general of Police (DGP) and the chief secretary ofOdishato look into the case of compensation to a rape survivor fromMalkangiri districtand the steps taken by the state to check, control and prevent crime against Women within six weeks.

The commission passed this order on June 29 after hearing a petition, which was filed by human rights lawyerRadhakanta Tripathyon August 14, 2017. He had alleged that a tribal woman was raped on the roadside in broad daylight near the MV-84 village in Malkangiri district on August 9 that year. The matter had come to Light after a video of the incident had gone viral on Social Media. He had said the incident had occurred when a tribal woman fell unconscious on the roadside, prompting a tribal man to committ the crime in full public glare.
No compensation has been paid to the victim and the video of the heinous act has not been stopped by the government, the petitioner had said in his prayer.

Flipkart opens its first grocery centre in Coimbatore

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Flipkart, the country’s homegrown E-Commerce marketplace, on Wednesday launched its grocery Services here with the opening of its first fulfillment center in theregionto meet the growing demand for groceries online.

The facility also bolsters Flipkart’s supply chain in theSouthand would create thousands of direct and indirect EMPLOYMENT and opportunities, a company release said.
Spread across over 1.2 lakh square feet, the newly built facility would generate direct employment for nearly 1,200 people while encouraging local entrepreneurship.

In the initial stages, only a part of the facility would be utilised for which over 500 people would be hired and this would be the only facility for Flipkart which would almost be entirely run by Women constituting 90 per cent of theoverall workforce.

To enable more women to join the workforce, Flipkart under its initiative Vividhta provides workplace policies that support women and their career progression.

The new fulfillment centre would further augment Flipkart’s capabilities to cater to more consumers, including millions of first-time e-commerce consumers from the southern region.
Flipkart has also introduced multiple language access for consumers to provide a native language experience.
Interestingly, over 52 per cent of Flipkart consumers are from tier-II and beyond cities, a testament to the growing adoption of e-commerce services.
This would be Flipkart’s second grocery facility inTamil Naduafter Chennai and ninth in the South.