01.03.22

Punjab Budget Session to begin with governors address on March 3

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With thePunjab governor Banwarilal Purohitgiving his Consent, the Budget Session of thePunjab Assemblywill begin on March 3 with his address.

As per the date-wise programme issued by the Vidhan Sabha secretariat, there will be a and discussion on the governors address on March 6 (Monday) and legislative business will be carried out on March 7 (Tuesday) while March 9 (Thursday) has been reserved for non-official business.

The budget estimates for 2023-24 will be presented by finance ministerHarpal Singh Cheemaon March 10 (Friday) and there will be a general discussion on the budget estimates the following day.

Govt to seek funds from Japan agency to boost health infra

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The will approach Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for financial assistance of Rs 2,835 crore for enhancing Health Infrastructure across various health institutions in the state. The Health Department is preparing a preliminary project report for discussion with JICA.

The government plans to allocate Rs 1,620 crore of this funding towards tertiary care infrastructure, including the strengthening of new medical colleges in Hamirpur, Chamba and Nahan with an expected financial outlay of Rs 1010 crore

Uttarakhand: ‘Poor water drainage main cause of Karnaprayag cracks’

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A multi-institutional team formed byUttarakhandState Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) that is conducting geological and geotechnical investigation of areas witnessing subsidence inKarnaprayaghas found that “poor disposal of surface runoff water aggravated the subsidence problem in some parts of the town, making the ground unstable”.

A part of Karnaprayag is facing subsidence issues. And the primary cause, prima facie, appears to be poor Drainage System of surface runoff water. Similar problems exist in other hill towns of Uttarakhand as well.

GIS discusses affirmative action for inclusive growth

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Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a preferred destination for investors at the Global Investors Summit-2023. On the second day of the UP GIS-1023, a session on ‘Affirmative action for https://exam.pscnotes.com/inclusive-Growth“>Inclusive Growth was organised by the UP Social Welfare department during the sectoral sessions.

In the session, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr Virendra Kumar was the chief guest, and he was joined by UP Minister of Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare (Independent Charge) Aseem Arun, Minister of State for Social Welfare Sanjeev Gond and Minister of State for Backward Classes Welfare Narendra Kashyap.

Rs 4,546 crores supplementary budget tabled in House

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Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon on Wednesday presented the third supplementary budget of Rs 4546 thousand crore in the Assembly on Wednesday. The maximum provision of Rs 645 crore has been made for the Energy Department in the supplementary budget. Apart from this, Rs 100 crores to the Building Construction Department, Rs 400 crores in pension head, Rs 112 crores to Forest Environment Department, Rs 327 crores to Health Department, Rs 172 crores to Home Department, Rs 122 crores to Department, Rs 365 crores to Road Construction Department, Rural Development Department Rs 136 crore, Rs 162 crore for Resources“>Water Resources Department, Rs 470 crore for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare, Rs. 371 crore for Education Department.

After the formation of the state, most of the time these people ran the government. They are worried about how they will come back. This is the reason why they are constantly raising the issue of Corruption, law and order. This has not happened in a day. Everything is done by them.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar rules out free power, says smart pre-paid meters by 2025

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CMNitish Kumarsaid in the state assembly that the ongoing project of installing smart pre-paid meters for power consumers in the state would be completed by 2025. At the same time, he ruled out giving free electricity to any category of power consumers.

The CM made the announcement in this regard in the legislative assembly while giving government’s reply to the discussion held as part of the vote of thanks on governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s address to the joint session of .

The CM said 1,354 Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture feeders had been created and 3.54 lakh farmers were given power connection so far.

The government has been purchasing power at the rate of Rs5.55 per unit, but the power consumers were being charged at the nominal rate of 70 paise per unit

Cgarhs tendu leaves get good response in auctions

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A total of 68 percent of the notified quantity of tendu patta procured was sold in Chhattisgarh through two phases of auctions at an Average rate of Rs 7,199 per standard bag amounting to Rs 822 crore.

According to the Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Co-operative Federation Ltd, a post-bid sale management Software has been developed for online auction of tendu patta.

This year, the Federation is paying special attention to the quality of tendu leaves before collection, ensuring that collectors gather high-quality leaves and receive maximum remuneration, a Communication said on Friday.

The government has hiked the tendu leafcollection rate from Rs 2,500 per standard bag to Rs 4,000 per standard bag since 2019.

In Chhattisgarh, online tenders were invited for the first phase of advance sale of 954 lots of 902 primary minor forest produce . The notified quantity of 16.72 lakh standard bags of tendu patta was collected in 2022-23.

Laadli Bahna Yojana to bring social revolution: CM

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Ladli Bahna Yojana is a social revolution which started from Madhya Pradesh. This scheme is also a campaign to change the lives of sisters. The scheme will complete the tapasya performed by me for the Empowerment of poor Women. Chief Minister Chouhan participated in the concluding programme of Vikas Yatra at Baktra border of Sehore and Raisen districts.

Chief Minister Chouhan described the participation of thousands of women in the programme as a revolution and expressed gratitude to thousands of sisters for the rakhis given to him. He said that their brother Shivraj will send Rs 1000 every month to his sisters through Ladli Bahna Yojana. This will boost the respect of women at Home and in the Society.

Chief Minister Chouhan announced to open CM Rise School in Baktra. He said that today there is no field without Irrigation and no village without road in Budhni assembly constituency. He also performed bhoomi-pujan of several roads connecting several villages of Baktra. The Chief Minister said that Budhni was backward in every field 20 years ago. The previous government of 15 months had done a disservice to the common people by stopping the schemes of the villages, the poor and the deprived. The Chief Minister said that his government is determined for the welfare of every section.

AI gets hang of Gujarati to translate Chinese, Hindi text

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Taking a cue from ChatGPT that has taken the world by storm, demonstrating what a good Database coupled with natural language processing (NLP) can do, many other projects are employing similar tech in the field of translation.

The researchers at Gandhinagar-based Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT) have successfully created models for translating works in Hindi and Chinese into Gujarati and vice versa. They are now looking at adding Hebrew to the mix.

As part of the National Translation Mission (NTM) of the ministry of electronics and information technology, the DAIICT had received Rs 2 crore to develop algorithms for Gujarati language.

The project will have implications in the fields of e-Governance, Health and law.

Centre paves way to accord national status to Rajasthan canal project

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The Centre has taken a step forward to accord national status to theEastern Rajasthan Canal Project(ERCP), an issue that had resulted in a political slugfest between the Congress and BJP in the past.

TheRajasthangovernment had proposed the scheme in the year 2017. However, since then – till now even now there is non-availability of water (according to the parameters of the national project) under this scheme. The Central Government has now duly approved the integrated modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC) Link Project as part of the National River Linking Plan (partial)