01.10.21

Weavers service centre in Kullu to be upgraded: Union Minister

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Union Minister of Commerce & and Textiles Piyush Goyal, accompanied by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur, witnessed an exhibition of handloom and handicraft under the Seva and Samarpan campaign on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the statehood at Dhalpur here. He interacted with local weavers and artisans and listened to their suggestions.

There is a lot of potential in promoting handloom by reforming designing and packaging, standardising quality and modernising Marketing techniques. A committee has been formed to use marketing techniques for competing in the international market.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will help 20,000 women self-help groups of the State in the women empowerment program under Jan Kalyan and Suraj Abhiyan at Shivpuri today. Chouhan under credit linkage will distribute bank loans worth Rs 2050 crore to these groups.

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Along with this, food allowance of Rs 22.77 crore will be distributed to 2 lakh 27 thousand 687 Women of Saharia, Baiga and Bharia tribes and Rs 163.28 crore will be distributed as relief amount to the flood victims. The Chief Minister will distribute the amount with a single click.

About 10,000 women self-help group members will participate in the program and a large number of women members in all the districts will also watch the broadcast through virtual mediums. It is noteworthy that a food subsidy scheme has been started for the special backward tribes. The families of these tribes reside in 14 districts Sheopur, Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar, Datia, Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur, Chhindwara, Mandla, Balaghat and Dindori. Rs 1,000 are being provided every month in the account of these families.

It is noteworthy that from the start of Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission till the position of August 31, 2021, about 2.65 lakh self-help groups have been benefited by disbursing bank loans of about Rs 2,054 crore.

In its ongoing mission to empower the farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Self-Reliant Farmer Integrated Development Scheme.

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The Rs 722.85-crore scheme will benefit more than 27 lakh farmers associated with Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) by increasing their income substantially in the next five years.

Also the government will spend the amount to provide facilities and Resources to farmers at every level, from farm to market.

In the current financial year, the has earmarked Rs 100 crore for this scheme. Under this scheme, 2,725 FPOs will be formed benefiting 27.25 lakh shareholder farmers directly.

At present, a total of 693 FPOs have been formed in 408 blocks of the total 824 blocks of the state. About 500 to 1,000 farmers are associated with an FPO on an Average. FPOs provide bargaining power to small and marginal farmers for selling their crops. Therefore, the Yogi government has decided to form 2,725 FPOs in the next five years under the Self-Reliant Farmers Integrated Development Scheme.

Promotion of farming activities and increasing the farmer income has been one of the utmost priorities of the State Government led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Schemes like Mukhyamantri Pashudhan Vikas Yojna, Birsa Harit Gram Yojna, Mukhyamantri Krishi Rin Mafi Yojna and many more have been launched in this regard. In order to promote multi-crop farming, the administration is also working on several solar lift irrigation projects in different districts across the state.

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In a bid to ensure Irrigation facilities for the farmers throughout the year, the Latehar District Administration has brought 1,000 acres of land under the solar lift irrigation facility, which has benefitted approximately 400 farming households in the district.

Each pump unit has a capacity of 5HP with a 5KW solar panel installed at a Pump House which covers 300 meters of an irrigation channel with the coverage of 10-12 acres of land. A total of 100 such units have been installed in the district which will cover an area of 1000 acres. Apart from this, to ensure the safety of the pump house, each pump unit has been insured against natural hazards and thievery.

The work of documenting tribal culture and traditions is going on rapidly and will be completed by August 2022.

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Lakheshwar Baghel, Chairman of the Bastar Region Tribal Development Authority, also urged the Bastar tribal communities to cooperate and assist in the documentation.

Baghel was addressing a one-day workshop to conserve the tribal culture and tradition in Bastar region. It was held at the Bastar Academy of Dance Art Literature and Language (BADALL) at Aasna in Bastar district.

Baghel said the Chhattisgarh government had initiated the process of documentation of unique culture and tradition of Bastar tribes namely Madia, Muria, Bhatra, Halba, Dhurva, Dorla and others.

He underlined the need to preserve the traditions in the fast changing scenario and said the project will be finished by the time India marks the 75th anniversary of its independence.

As part of Government of Indias initiative towards enhanced transparency and ease of doing business, BHEL has been spearheading procurement of goods and services through the Government e-marketplace (GeM) portal, which is a Unified Public Procurement Portal for goods and services.

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The companys procurement through GeM has crossed Rs 1,500 Crore in the first six months of the current fiscal, as against Rs.389 Crore in the entire 2020-21. Major procurements through GeM portal include Steel, Cement, Cables, various sub-assemblies, etc.

The company was also ranked No. 1 among top 20 PSUs for procurements from this portal during the first quarter of current year. Significantly, BHEL is not only procuring goods and Services through GeM, but is also registered as a Seller for various products on the platform and is receiving orders from the same.

By driving procurements through GeM, the company is ensuring transparency and compliance with various GoI directives like General Financial Rules, CVC guidelines, Public Procurement Policy – , MSE, Startups, etc, thereby increasing ease and efficiency of procurement.

These steps are also aimed at the nations efforts towards an AtmaNirbhar Bharat. Notably, the company is streamlining its procurement processes using data analytics, and ensuring substantial cost Savings by scaling up procurement through GeM.

Plagued by disrupted cash flow cycles and a slow recovery postpandemic, micro entreprises, vendors, small traders and seasonal businesses were among the adversely hit over the past one year.

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As small businesses failed to recover post pandemic, their loan repayment capacities weakened, pushing bad loan burden underPradhan MantriMundra Yojana (PMMY) up.

While fresh disbursal of loans under Pradhan MantriMudra Yojana(PMMY) increased merely by 10% from Rs 1,920.29 crore in the April to June quarter of 2020-21 to Rs 2,089.22 crore in the corresponding quarter this year, NPAs swelled from Rs 555.54 crore to Rs 856.52 crore up 54.17%, during the same period.

According to experts, micro enterprises which typically avail Mudra Yojana were the worst affected due to the pandemic-inducedlockdown.

Private sector AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) signed a pact with the National Bank for Rural and Development (NABARD) on September 29, 2021 in a bid to boost ongoing rural development initiatives in the state of Rajasthan.

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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Chairman and Managing Director of AU Small Finance Bank.

MoU envisages a joint initiative to benefit farmers, Self Help Groups (SHGs), rural artisans, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), agri-entrepreneurs, and agri-start-ups in Rajasthan

It will provide institutional credit support to ongoing development schemes in Rajasthan, which in turn will lead to further prosperity in the rural areas.

It will also give a boost to the process of lending, especially in areas of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and rural development.

NASAs Lucy Mission- Key Facts

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Spacecraft will be launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on October 16, 2021.

This spacecraft would obtain new insights into the formation of Solar System 4.5 billion years ago.

The spacecraft has been named as Lucy. It was named after an ancient fossil which provided insights into the evolution of human species.

Mission Lucy will be launched with the objective of investigating the group of rocky bodies that are circling the Sun in two swarms- one preceding Jupiter and the other trailing behind it.

Mission Lucy will go for a 12-year journey after receiving boosts from Earths gravity. 12-year journey will be completed across eight different asteroids including one in Main Belt between Mars & Jupiter and seven Trojans. Spacecraft will fly by its target objects within 400 kilometres of their surfaces. It will use onboard instruments and large antenna to investigate the geology of target objects. It will be the first solar-powered spacecraft at a distance of 400 kms. Total cost of the mission is $981 million.

This programme will provide an opportunity to content creators, on its platform and Instagram, to learn, earn and grow their communities.

While addressing the 2021 edition of Creator Day India, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri noted that India is one of the fastest growing markets for photo sharing and short video platform.

India has become the best place for creators to grow and make a living. So, Facebook has planned to do this by developing a range of creative tools in order to democratise expression. For instance, Reels is a great example of democratised creativity. On an Average, more than 6 millionReelsare produced in India per day.

Social Media platform is also introducing monetisation tools in order to help creators earn through content.

Poetry Festival will be organised at Jain College auditorium to mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.

Event will also feature a book exhibition.

It is National Academy of Letters in India. This organisation is dedicated towards promotion of literature in different languages. It was founded on March 12, 1954. Its headquarter is located in Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House in Delhi. The organisation held national & regional workshops & seminars and provides research & travel grants to the authors. It also publishes books & journals as well as the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature.

Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has moved out the public sector lenderIndian Overseas Bank(IOB) from Prompt Corrective Action(PCA) framework after its financial and credit profile improved.

This decision provides lender more freedom to lend, especially to corporations and grow the Network.

IOB was placed under PCA in October 2015 because of high Net-Performing Assets (NPAs) and negative Return on Assets (RoA).

It was stopped from increasing risk-weighted assets.

Under the PCA framework, RBIimposes several business restrictions onbankswith weak financial metrics. The nature and degree of curbs are decided on the basis of threshold and depends on the financial profile of individual bank.

Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of PM POSHAN scheme in Schools, which is a Centrally Sponsored National Scheme.

PM POSHAN scheme would run for five more years. It will run from 2021-2022 to 2025-26.

Scheme has been approved with a financial outlay of 54,062 crore rupees from the Central Government.

State Government and Union Territories administrations have sanctioned an outlay of 31,733 crore rupees.

In this phase, scheme will cover around 11.80 crore children studying across 11.20 lakh schools.

Central Government will further bear an additional cost of 45,000 crore rupees to provide food grains to these children.

Total budget of the scheme is 1,30,795 crore rupees.

PM POSHAN is a revamped version of Mid-Day Meal Scheme, which stands for PM Poshan Shakti Nirman. With the new nomenclature, Centre has initiated a major political push towards child Nutrition. This scheme will cover around 24 lakh students, who are receiving pre-primary Education at government schools and government-aided schools, from the year 2022.

Right Livelihood Award 2021 was conferred to Delhi-based environmental organisation Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE). This award is also known as Swedens alternative Nobel Prize.

LIFE has received the award for its grassroots approach to empower vulnerable communities in protecting their livelihoods and claiming their right for a clean environment.

Other awardees include:

Cameroonian Women rights activist Marthe Wandou,

Environmental activist from Russia, Vladimir Slivyak and

Indigenous rights defender from Canada, Freda Huson.

Right Livelihood Award was established by Ole von Uexkull who happens to be the executive director of Right Livelihood. The award honours and supports people in solving global problems. It comprises of a cash prize of 1 million Swedish crowns and a long-term support that highlights and expands Laureates work.