Current Affairs Exam

Gujarats ECLGS borrowings 3rd-highest in India

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Signalling greater financial requirements to meet WORKING CAPITAL needs of Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs),Gujarathas had the third highest borrowing under theemergency creditline guarantee scheme(ECLGS).

According to the latest report of the state-level bankers committee (SLBC), Gujarat, Rs 20,862 crore was borrowed under ECLGS the third highest amount in India after Maharashtra and Nadu. Guarantees worth this amount have been issued by the National Credit Guarantee Trust Company Limited (NCGTCL).

Bankers and Industry stakeholders say that Gujarat is not just a manufacturing-heavy state but also is Home to various MSMEs, which faced increased cash needs soon after the pandemic began. When industry was faced with higher freight and raw material costs, their working capital needs shot up further. Gujarat had some 12.18 lakh MSMEs as of July 2021, according to data from the MSME ministry tabled in Parliament.

Gujarat is a manufacturing-heavy state with a high number of MSMEs. The emergency credit extended by way of government guarantees provided to businesses came as a huge booster to industries that were struggling for working capital due to pandemic-induced disruptions.

3 lakh driving licence applicants pledge for organ donation in Rajasthan

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

AfterRajasthantransport department became first in the country to make it mandatory for driving licence applicants to declare their willingness or unwillingness for organ declaration, nearly 3 lakh applicants have agreed to cadaver organ donation between September 2020 and December 2021.

Till July this year, there were 2 lakh people who had pledged for the same and this number saw a leap of 1 lakh within six months and now the transport department officials will write to Health department as well as principals of medical colleges to coordinate with them to increase the scope of organ donation.

The desert state was also the first to issue driving licence bearing the organ donor logo. Officials claimed that this initiative makes it simpler for authorities in case of an accident or if the individual is declared brain dead to retrieve his/her organs and donated to patients requiring a transplant.

NE green meet concludes in Meghalaya

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

A group of students from carbon-negative Bhutan has this message for the world – do much more to ensure increased participation of youngsters in the fight against https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

This group of 12 boys and girls from Orong Central School inBhutan’s Samdrup Jongkhardistrict was here for the just-concluded Northeast Green Summit.

Assam’s Kokrajhar gets Centre’s award for e-gov initiativeAssam’s Kokrajhar district received a national award for successfully implementing an e-governance project for an effective service delivery system, officials said. The initiative ‘Infrastructure Snapshot Kokrajhar’ won the award for e-Governance for 2021-2022 under the category ‘Excellence in District Level Initiative in e-Governance’.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The award was given by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions of the Government of India.

The ‘ Snapshot Kokrajhar’ app was conceptualised by the Deputy Commissioner Varnali Deka as a 24×7 configurable mobile-based application for effective monitoring of all government schemes and public institutions with both offline and online status update facility.

Odisha gets Rs 524-cr GST compensation

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Central Government released an amount of Rs 524 crore to Odisha towards balance GST compensation for the period from April to June. In fact, the Union Government has released Rs 17,000 crore to States and Union Territories (UT)s on November 24. The total amount of compensation released to the States/UTs so far during the year 2022-23 is Rs 1,15,662 crore.

This is despite the fact that total Cess collection till October, 2022 is only Rs 72,147 crore and the balance of Rs 43,515 crore is being released by the Centre from its own Resources.With this release, the Centre has released, in advance, the entire amount of Cess estimated to be collected this year till March-end available for payment of compensation to the States.

Tamil Nadu: App to help cops track criminals better now

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Now Police can monitor criminals and rowdies by clicking on an exclusive mobile application,TracKD. The app was launched by Nadupolice DGP CSylendra Babuat the police headquarters in Mylapore.

The primary objective of the application is to digitalize the age-old system of HISTORY-sheeter checks by jurisdictional officers thus ensuring real-time monitoring of the level of checks done monthly.

It also gives various details to supervisory officers at their fingertips, like the number of rowdies in jail, and how many are underCrPCsecurity sections, alerts regarding the expiry of Bonds, cases pending, the trial against rowdies, filtering/Classification of accused based on the type of offences involved and gang-related rowdies.

Govt launches contest to boost innovations in Kerala

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

For promoting youngentrepreneursand new concepts of as part of observing the ongoing financial year as the ‘Year of Entrepreneurship’, the government has launched a contest seeking ideas on new avenues of entrepreneurship.

The industries and commerce department has come up with the contest ‘Dreamvestor’ for prospective business aspirants in the state. The initiative’s aim is to provide a platform for the innovators in the state to present their ideas before an eminent panel and to explore the possibility of turning their innovative concepts into a business venture.

The ideas selected in the contest will be given necessary handholding support such as access to incubation space in government-owned business incubation centres, mentoring support to overcome challenges, access to seed capital assistance, etc.

Karnataka govt plans uniform fee for all public Universities

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Cracking the whip on public universities for increasingfeesarbitrarily, the department of higher Education has proposed to bring in a uniform fee structure for courses across varsities and regulate other fees like exam fees and sport fees. An expert committee has been formed to recommend steps in this regard, reportsSruthy Susan Ullas.

The proposal will be applicable to all affiliating and unitary universities that come under the ambit ofKarnataka State UniversitiesAct 2000. There are 25 public universiti-es in the state. The panel will also look at a uniform timeframe for holding exams, evaluation and announcement of results.

18 crore tonnes of waste need to go to meet 2026 deadline

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Cities and towns have a mammoth task of completing the remediation of around 18.2 crore tonnes of legacy municipal waste in the next four years to get rid of old dumpyards. The data put up on public domain by housing and urban affairs ministry on Monday indicates that so far around 4.3 crore tonnes of such waste out of the total 24.7 crore tonnes has been remediated by government agencies.
MaharashtraandTelanganahave remediated around 2.9 crore tonnes of the legacy waste, which accounts for nearly 67% of such waste treated so far across urban areas.

Officials said the data on legacy waste was provided by the urban entities of state governments when the Centre rolled out the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 in October 2021, in which a major component was to get rid of the legacy waste by 2026.

Andhra Pradesh: Energy efficiency awards slated for December

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheAndhra Pradesh State Energy Conservation Mission(APSECM) has decided to present state energy conservation Awards to industries, organisations, and establishments, which have made significant contributions to its energy conservation and efficiency efforts.

The awards will be given during the national energy conservation week celebrations that will be conducted from December 14 to 20.

The competition would be conducted among different categories of consumers in industries, buildings, and Institutions sectors. Thermal power Plants, textiles, and Micro, Small and Medium enterprises will compete under category, panchayats under institution category, andAPSRTCbus stands, bus depots, hospitals and office buildings (both government and private) with a load of 50 kw and above under building category.