01.05.23

Punjab launches state energy action plan to achieve net zero goal

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Punjab New and Sources Department on Wednesday launched Punjab State Energy Action Plan to ensure promotion of Energy Efficiency in buildings, industries, municipalities, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, transport and other sectors. The Energy Action Plan is aimed at assisting Punjab government departments or agencies to adopt most sustainable, long-term, and inter-sectoral renewable or clean energy plan.

The states Additional Chief Secretary (New and Renewable Energy Sources) A Venu Prasad, PEDA chairman HS Hanspal, and Head of Indo-German Energy Programme GIZ Dr Winfried Damm also launched Decision Support Tool (DST) along with the Amritsar Smart City Portal and Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) portal for the state of Punjab.

PEDA has also signed a MoU with GIZs IGEN Access to Energy programme funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development for seeking technical assistance with the help of a well-experienced team of consultants and representatives of over 20 departments or organizations.

Emphasizing on the need for fast-tracking implementation of the action plan and reviewing the progress quarterly, he asked all the departments to come forward to equip their office buildings with solar panels to decarbonize the power sector, which will help in reducing their power consumption charges to 25 to 30 per cent.

Centrally-funded cancer institute likely in Hamirpur, says Himachal CM

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said a centrally-funded cancer institute in Hamirpur district is on the cards. Sukhu said this after a meeting in Delhi with oncologist Dr G K Rath, who heads the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Aiims.

The chief minister held discussions with Rath on strengthening cancer treatment facilities and overall Health in the state, a statement issued here said. Sukhu said cancer cases in Himachal Pradesh were rising alarmingly with a Growth rate of 2.2 percent against the country’s overall growth rate of 0.6 percent. He said though 8,500 cancer cases were detected every year on Average, many cases went unreported in the remotest belts of the state, the statement said.

He urged the authorities concerned to hold cancer awareness programmes and organise workshops in collaboration with the NCI. He also asked them to ramp up screening so that proper treatment could be provided to the patients at the early stages of cancer.

Rath apprised the chief minister that 50 percent of cancer cases are curable and also briefed him about the latest technologies available for cancer treatment.

Uttarakhand to form own policy think tank, cabinet gives nod

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In compliance with the suggestions of the Union Government and , theUttarakhandcabinet evening gave nod to the formation of State Institute for Empowering and Transforming Uttarakhand (SETU) commission, which would be state’s economic policy descriptive body.

National Planning Commission was replaced by NITI Aayog in 2014. In the last one year, the Union government and the NITI Aayog have been issuing advisory to the states to form a similar body in the states. As the Planning Commission has become irrelevant on the national level, the state planning commission has become irrelevant on the state level.

In the initial stage, the cabinet has approved three centres, which would be increased in future. “These three centres under SETU would be — Centre for economy and Social Development, Centre for Public Policies and Governance“>Good Governance, and Centre for Evidence-based planning,” he added. Six advisors – who would be hired from the open market – would be provided to the SETU team. The six advisors would be for the fields of finance and EMPLOYMENT, social Infrastructure, public policy and good governance, urban and semi urban development, statistics and data and implementation.

Jal Gyan Yatra to showcase UPs transformation to kids

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Children of schools of Uttar Pradesh will now go from village to village to witness the development works of Jal Jeevan Mission. The Yogi Adityanath government will conduct exposure visits for students studying in council schools through the Jal Gyan Yatra programme.

For this, the Basic Education department has sent a letter to the basic education officers of all districts, instructing them to provide the authorised list of schools and children to the State Water and Sanitation Mission office on priority basis. The Jal Gyan Yatra will be organised by Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply department and Basic Education department.

The Jal Gyan Yatra programme will commence this month. Groups of students will be shown sewage treatment plant (STP) and water treatment plant during Jal Gyan Yatra. In the first phase of this free Jal Gyan Yatra, a trip to Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mahoba and Jhansi will be made.During this visit, quiz competitions will also be organised in Sports and games.The students of the state will get information about the development works under the Jal Jeevan Mission’s Har Ghar Jal Yojana through Jal Gyan Yatra.

Samarth inks MoU with Wellmark Hospital for elderly in Bokaro

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To create a conducive Environment for elderly and for better Health, involvement in various activities besides to ensure mental peace a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been exchanged between Wellmark Hospital Bokaro and Samarth Community Forum for the elderly in Bokaro. Samarth Multi Activity Centre for Elderly (MACE) in Bokaro provides a comfortable and enriching environment to offer support to its members for Health, Wellness, Learning and Engagement. Wellmark Hospital Bokaro which is a fully NABH accredited hospitals in District is now considered the hub of healthcare exchanged MoU with Samarth at Wellmark Hospital Bokaro in order to boost the health care system of elderly people.

The MoU was exchanged at the Wellmark Hospital Bokaro between Suresh Kumar, (MD) Wellmark Hospital and Asheesh Gupta, Director Samarth in the virtual presence of Chairman Wellmark Hospital and Renowned Cardiologist Dr Satish from Canada who is in his abroad tour as part of his scheduled personal visit. Also during this MoU Exchange event Rajeev Dubey from Samarth, Rajender Singh from KIMS, Rajeev from Mission Hospital, Ashok Singh, A K Sinha, B Jaiswal , S Mohan etc were present . Notably Dr Satish from Canada reiterated that this MoU will definitely boost the health care system of elderly people in Bokaro which is crucial.

The activities include periodic medical and wellness consultation to elderly through visiting doctors, geriatric specialists, naturopaths, physiotherapists, and counsellors; reading, audio-visual facilities, talks and discussions by experts from various walks of life; The sessions in use of day-to-day technology, matters, legal advice and various hobbies for elderly to keep learning and stay agile; mental and physical engagement including celebrations and games. To make the efforts of Samarth more fruitful and taking step ahead by joining hand Wellmark Hospital Bokaro which is fully NABH accredited hospitals in District is now considered the hub of healthcare is going to sign MoU with Samarth on Sunday at Wellmark Hospital Bokaro in order to boost the health care system of elderly people . Dr Satish Chairman of Wellmark Hospital while elaborating said Wellmark and Samarth will ensure together that the elderly are benefitted with this collaboration in terms of best health care facilities as Wellmark always wanted quality healthcare for all as per global standards. Notably MoU signing ceremony to be organised at Wellmark Hospital Naya More Bokaro in the presence of all the dignitaries of Bokaro.

IIT-Patna to get state’s first supercomputer by September

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The IIT-Patna will get a PARAM supercomputer of 833 Tera Flops (TF) high performance computing (HPC) system by September this year. It will be the first supercomputer in Bihar.

The IIT-P and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a central government body, on Tuesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up the supercomputer under the Centre’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST).

As per the MoU, the supercomputer will be commissioned at IIT-Patna’s Bihta campus by September this year. Its will be based on Rudra server, which is indigenously designed, manufactured and assembled in India in line with the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

HNLU’s new IPR chair to promote innovation and research in IP Laws

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Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) has obtained the Intellectual PropertyChairof the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (CIPAM) of the Ministry of Commerce and under the Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia (SPRIHA).

According to the norms of this establishment of the Chair, there will be funding for appointing a Professor, Research associates, and sponsoring PhD candidates in IPR. The funding norms will also mandate conducting workshops and training programs onIPRfor other institutions and various stakeholders, as stated in an HNLU press release.SPRIHA also mandates the offering of UG/PG/Diploma and Certificate courses in IPR and allows internships for students at IP offices in India.

Investment proposal from Raj in textile & garment sector

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Madhya PradeshIndustrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) has received proposals from textile and garment units of Bhilwara inRajasthan, a move seen further fueling positive sentiment in the states textile sector.
Bhilwara in Rajasthan is amongst the top 10 textile cities of India housing leading textile and garment companies. Recently, Indore and nearby areas have seen many takers of land from the textile Industry of southern states and Rajasthan amid lucrative land rates and investment promotion assistance.

Singh expected an investment of close to Rs 1,000 crore from textile units of Bhilwara from the recently received proposals. MPIDC is expecting more investment proposals to pour in from investors of Rajasthan followed by other states.

In last two years, the textile and garment industries from different parts of the country have invested Rs 15,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh, housing more than 25 mega and large-scale textile companies.

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Gujarat only state with three cities among top 12 in mutual fund investments

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Even though market volatility remained high over the last quarter, the retail investors fromGujarathave kept their faith intact in mutual fund investments.

Three cities of Gujarat – Ahmedabad (6), Vadodara (9) and Surat (11), not only figure among top 12 across India with highest assets under management in but also account for a lion’s share of 67% of the state’s AUM, as on March 31, 2023. Gujarat’s AUM stood at Rs 2.76 lakh crore in the March quarter of which Rs 1.83 lakh crore came from these three cities.
Investors from Ahmedabad are clear ahead as compared to the other two cities – with Rs 1.22 lakh crore of AUM coming from here alone. Vadodara and Surat account for Rs 33,901 crore and Rs 26,806 crore, respectively.

Lithium reserves: After oil, Rajasthan may throw up lithium stash

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India could be poised to make its second ‘discovery’ oflithiumreserves, with news agency IANS on Monday saying theGeological Survey of India(GSI) has found a large reserve of the critical mineral — used in electric vehicles to laptops and mobile phones — at Degana area of Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

Understandably, the report created a buzz throughout the day and analysts joined the ring on the commercial and strategic upside for the country, especially ending China’s monopoly.

US Geological Survey puts total lithium reserves globally at just 80.7 million tonnes. Nearly 54% of India’s lithium imports are from China, which hogs 80% of global supply. Available data shows India imported lithium worth over Rs 6,000 crore, including Rs 3,500 crore worth from China, in 2020-21.