01.02.23

Achievements of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

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North East Festival celebrated as a part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav

Ministry of DoNER, in collaboration with and UNDP, is in the progress to finalize the Second Edition of District level NER SDG Index, based on a north-east specific District Indicator Framework and comprising of 84 indicators

Announced in Budget 2022-23 as a 100% Central Sector Scheme, Prime Ministers Development Initiative for North East (PM-DevINE) has been initiated

The BE allocation for the year 2022-23 for North Eastern Region under 10% Gross Budgetary Support is Rs 76,040 crore

A Task Force constituted to steer the Growth of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Sector in North Eastern Region

A Regional action plan is being drawn up for development of tourism in consultation with North Eastern States and active stakeholders

North Eastern Council (NEC) Golden Jubilee celebrated in Shillong


97 Assam elephants were leased to other states since 2006

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The state assembly was informed on Thursday by the government that since 2006, about 97 elephants have been sent outside of the state. Most of these elephants were sent for religious activities and many over-stayed there even after the completion of the lease period.

Replying to a question by Nazira MLA and leader of the opposition, Debabrata Saikia, state forest minister Chandra Mohan Patowary informed the state assembly that all these are domestic elephants and were transported with permission from the state forest department. The elephants were transported to states across the country including Bihar, Gujarat, UP, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Nadu and Karnataka.

Naveen unveils 30 new police stations in Odisha

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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated 30 Police stations across the state including one in Bhubaneswar. The new police stations, created by upgrading beat houses and outposts, are meant to ensure better policing and effective handling of law and order situations. With this, the number of police stations in the state have gone up to 642. The new police station in the capital city has come up at Maitri Vihar by upgrading the Salia Sahi outpost.

Three of the new police stations have been created in Cuttack while two each are in Angul, Ganjam, Jajpur and Kendrapara districts. In Cuttack district, Maniabandh, Judum and Bhadreswar outposts were upgraded to police stations. Beguniapada, Kotinada outposts in Ganjam, Bagedia and Gopalprasad outposts in Angul, Olakunda and Bramhabarada outposts in Jajpur, Chaudakulat and Kudanagiri outposts in Kendrapara districts were upgraded to police stations. Talapatia beat house in Jharsuguda district was upgraded to airport police station.

Kerala tops in solar rooftop installations

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Though Kerala may not be among the states where large solar Plants are installed, it has been among the top states investing in solar rooftop panels. According to a report, Maharashtra had the most rooftop solar installations in Q3 2022, followed by Kerala and Gujarat in the third quarter of the year.

Kerala was the quarters leading state for installations under the (CAPEX ) model where consumers have to bear the capital expenses incurred in installing rooftop systems upfront. India added 320 megawatts (MW) of rooftop solar in the third quarter which is almost an 18% drop compared to 389 MW installed during the same period the previous year, according to the Mercom India Rooftop Solar Market Report Q3 2022.

Meanwhile, Agency for New and RENEWABLE ENERGY Research and Technology (Anert) has recently invited bids from empanelled agencies for the rate contract to develop 15MW of rooftop solar projects in Thiruvananthapuram. The scope includes supplying, installing, and commissioning multiple solar power systems in the range of 30kW to 100 kW atop public buildings within Thiruvananthapuram under the Solar city project.

Almost 46% of rooftop solar was installed in the Industrial Sector nationally, followed by residential, commercial, and government sectors, with 32%, 21%, and 1%, respectively.

TAMILNAD

New Education policy, job-ready graduates and filling the Learning gap: 2023 is Tamil Nadus future

From 2023-24, children enrolled in pre-primary schools in Tamil Nadu will just play.And, as they go to higher classes, they will get to play the sport of their choice.

All-round development seems to be at the core of the state education policy Tamil Nadu is working on. Sports will be part of everyday life in schools for every child, said Aruna Rathnam, a member of the state education policy panel.

But the state needs to have more clarity.It is yet to decide on whether to have a 5+3+3+4 school education system or continue with the 10+2 system.Also unclear is TNs stand on the Union Government proposal for four-year BA, BSc degrees with multiple entry and exit.

It is also undecided about the academic bank of credits (ABC) proposed in the national education policy (NEP) and revamping of state universities.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai will present budget in February

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Keeping in mind the past traditions due to assembly , he is expected to present a Vote on Account of four months.

Two rounds of meetings have already taken place with officials of the finance department.”After the current session gets over, there will be discussions with all the departments and a few boards and corporations to make preparations for the budget in January,” Bommai said.The proposed budget session would be the last session of the current Karnataka assembly, after which assembly polls are scheduled to take place.

All tourist spots in T disabled-friendly: Min

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tourism minister V Srinivas Goud said the State Government would provide all facilities and arrangements for physically challenged people to visit all tourist spots in the state.

He assured all the help to D-Hub founder Koppula Vasundhara, who is making a documentary titled Tritour on facilities provided to the physically challenged in the state. The minister said she could go around the tourist places in all the 33 districts in the state.

Visakhapatnam city in global limelight with G-20 meet

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The Working Group of G-20 will meet in Visakhapatnam on March 28 and March 29. As the host, Andhra Pradesh government is making elaborate arrangements for the two-day confabulations, in which more than 300 national and international delegates from 40 countries are participating.

Srilakshmi explained that owing to presence of representatives from around 40 countries, steps are being taken to arrange three to four translators for teams from several countries. She said during the meeting, AP government will showcase its various innovative schemes and programmes, including village and ward secretariats, farmers’ Rythu Bharosa Kendras, digital libraries, and Nadu-Nedu.

Goa, Maharashtra begin first-ever holistic study of Konkan region rock art

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For the first time ever a detailed study of the petroglyphs and geoglyphs in Goa and the Konkan belt is being carried out by archaeologists of Goa and Maharashtra. The area has probably one of the largest concentrations of rock art with nearly 100 sites that have survived thousands of years, said assistant superintendent archaeologist, directorate of archaeology,Varad Sabnis.

These rock carvings, which are petroglyphs or geoglyphs on horizontal laterite surfaces, depict the life of the early prehistoric farming community. The extensive survey will see experts also explore if there are more carvings outside known areas.

There are four known rock carving sites in Goa of which two sites Pansaimol andKazurinSanguem have been notified as protected sites. The sites at Baoliachem Mudd at Quepem andMauzat Sattari are yet to be notified. To preserve this prehistoric treasure trove the directorate of archaeology and museums, Maharashtra, and the directorate of archaeology, Goa have proposed that the sites be notified as .

University of Toronto to open centre in Mumbai

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TheUniversity of Torontois setting up its India outpost in Mumbai, a deep research centre that will work towards addressing pressing issues of cities including air quality, urban management and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

TheTata Trustwill fund the centre for the first five years. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will collaborate with the centre as scholars from both the academic institutes will work together to identify issues, understand challenges and design solutions.

Agricultural schemes not implemented efficiently in Haryana, say experts

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The this year claimed to have given thrust to the Growth of the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector to fulfil its promise to double the income of farmers. However, farmers continued to struggle with the issues of profitable minimum support price (MSP), adequate compensation for crop damage and draining out standing water etc.

The farmers were also not able to venture out of the wheat-paddy cycle to adopt innovative farming in an attempt to supplement their income.

An important contributor to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), the government had also proposed a budgetary allocation of Rs 5988.76 crore to the agriculture and allied sectors, an increase of 27.7 per cent in this years budget in March.

The Economic Survey Report of the Haryana Government indicated the importance of agriculture in Haryana when it stated, Though the economic growth of the state has become more dependent on the growth in Industry and Services sectors during the past few years, the recent experience suggests that high Gross State Value Added (GSVA) growth without sustained and rapid agricultural growth was likely to accelerate Inflation in the state, jeopardising the larger growth process. The ESR stated that as per the advance estimates for 2021-22, the GSVA from the agriculture sector had a growth of 2.6 per cent.