01.11.21

MoU Signed By India And World Bank For Meghalaya Health Care

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A $40 million deal for improving the quality of health services in Meghalaya was signed by India and World Bank.

Highlights:

This MoU will improve the state’s ability to respond to future health emergencies like the covid-19 epidemic.

“Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Project” is the name of the project.

The project will improve the state’s administration and governance capacities, as well as its healthcare facilities.

It will improve the design and coverage of the state’s health insurance program.

Certification and stronger human resource systems will help to improve the quality of health services.

It will finally make drugs and diagnostics more accessible.

This initiative will benefit all 11 of the state’s districts. It will also benefit healthcare workers in the primary and secondary sectors by improving clinical skills and bolstering planning and management capacities.

Industrial Relation Rules Approved By Assam

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The Assam cabinet enacted the “Industrial Relation Rules, 2021” on November 4, 2021, with the goal of protecting the rights of companies and employees.

Highlights:

The purpose of the Industrial Relation Rules is to combine, simplify, and rationalize the rules of three core labor codes that deal with industrial relations.

The Cabinet also authorized the “Assam Migrant Workers’ Food Security Scheme,” which will offer dry rations to migrant workers.

Data about migrant workers accessible on the e-SHRAM portal and other resources will be used to distribute rations to them under this plan.

deputy commissioners of Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup (Rural) have also been authorized by the Assam cabinet to provide authorization to transfer land in protected areas or blocks without the state government’s previous approval.

Mission Basundhara

This platform, dubbed “Mission Bashundhara,” was also created by the state government.

Conversion of allotment certificate to periodic patta was added as a service on this webpage.

Within three years of allotment, the Cabinet approved the conversion of allotment certificates to periodic patta in rural regions.

The state government has determined that special seats in the state’s medical and dental colleges will be proportionately allocated between two areas for students from the tea garden community in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys.

To attract investments, Odisha government plans textiles sector meet

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In a bid to attract investments toOdisha’s textile sector, the state industries department has planned a meeting with representatives from the industry on October 25. Senior officials of the Centre and the state will also attend the meet.

The state government has taken this initiative in order to participate in the Prime Minister’sMega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks(PM-MITRA) scheme under which seven textile parks across the country will be built in five years to draw foreign direct investment in the sector. A sum of Rs 4,445 crore has already been approved for the scheme.

The state plans to set up two textile parks with common facilities and infrastructure to support the entire value chain and draw investment. Under the PM-MITRA scheme, the Centre has assured to provide a capital support of Rs 500 crore or 30 per cent of the project cost (whichever is highest) to develop common infrastructure in the proposed textiles park.

SPV Manage Nature Conservation Missions In TN

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The Tamil Nadu government has established the first-ever Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to handle environmental conservation missions in the state.

Highlight:

“Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company” is the name given to the special purpose entity.
Tamil Nadu Climate Change, Tamil Nadu Wetlands, and Tamil Nadu Green Movement are three essential natural conservation missions that the company will professionally manage.
This was formed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged that India would be carbon-neutral by 2070.

Mission SPV

SPV’s mission is to plan, implement, and monitor a variety of climate change adaptation and mitigation programs across the state.
Wetland mapping and restoration are two of the most important aspects of the project.
Increasing woodland and tree cover to 33%.
SPV will also build strong policy support for climate change across all government sectors.
It will develop methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as benchmarking industries in the transition to green manufacturing.
SPV will also encourage environmentally friendly technologies in order to ensure a long-term future.

SPV members and finances

SPV will have a Rs 5 crore authorized capital.
Chairperson and MD are State Environment Secretary
Top officials from the finance, municipal administration, energy, agriculture, and forestry departments are among the members.
The State Finance Minister announced three missions while presenting the amended budget for 2021-2022.
This mission was established with the goal of identifying and mapping 100 wetlands in five years.
At a cost of Rs 150 crore, it will also aid in the restoration of natural balance with a focus on livelihood.

Sudden changes in rain hit dam management in Kerala: Experts

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Erraticrainfalland changingclimatehas furthered the challenges ofdam water managementin the state, even more so in the case of shared operations betweenKeralaand Tamil Nadu.

This year, erratic rainfall events have been more frequent, causing disruptions in reservoir management. The short-duration intense rains have been recorded more this year. For eg, on Oct 11, there was 10cm rainfall reported in just four hours which impacted Chalakudy river, Kerala Sholayar, Peringalkuthu and Parambikulam dams. Following this sudden rainfall event, there was much hue and cry saying dam waters were released.

While rule curve is an indicator, authorities should take a call to release water before the levels increase downstream. Hence, when Mullaperiyar water levels are being fixed, the Idukki dam situation should also be kept in mind.

Karnataka: Doorstep delivery of govt services launched in Bengaluru, to be launched across state from Jan 26

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Commemorating the 66th Kannada Rajyotsava, theKarnatakagovernment launched thedoorstep deliveryof 56 government services in Bengaluru under the Janasevaka programme.

Chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaiinaugurated the Janasevaka programme in Malleswaram constituency and said the government will be expanding the same across Karnataka from January 26, 2022.

Launched on a pilot basis in 2019, the programme was expanded to four constituencies in the City Dasarahalli, Bommanahalli,Rajajinagarand Mahadevpura and then in Yeshwanthpura in January 2021.

The pilot project had alone seen 93,000 applications raised till date.

These departments include Revenue, BBMP, Karnataka building and other construction workers welfare board, police verification by Karnataka police, UIDAI (Aadhar card),Karnataka Arogyahealth card, senior citizens card and APL cards.

Launching the programme, CM Bommai said the Janasevaka concept has also been initiated towards delivering ration to the BPL families at their doorsteps to ensure citizen friendly governance.

University of Hyderabads NEP initiatives from next academic year

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TheUniversity of Hyderabad(UoH) is all set to implement new initiatives under the National Education Policy (NEP) from the next academic year (2022-23) following its decision to constitute a committee to devise a roadmap.

The UoH has recently constituted a 13-member committee, headed by Prof Vinod Pavarala from the school of communications, on implementation of the NEP 2020. The committee has been given a brief to formulate a detailed roadmap for phase-wise implementation of NEP and work with all schools, departments and centres at the university to put together new programmes and corresponding structures where necessary.

Setting the target of March 15 for bringing all such new initiatives to the academic council of the university for approval, UoH vice-chancellor professor BJ Rao announced that they would be implemented in the 2022-2023 academic year.

First Destroyer Delivered By Mazagon Dock

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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivered the first ship of Project 15B Class Destroyer Visakhapatnam to the Indian Navy on 28 October.

Highlights:

In November, the ship is expected to be commissioned as one of India’s largest destroyers, with an overall length of 164 meters and a displacement of roughly 7,500 tonnes, and was built using indigenous steel.

The ship is a powerful platform that can perform a variety of operations and missions across the entire spectrum of maritime combat.

It is armed with long-range Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles and supersonic Brahmos surface-to-surface missiles, as well as indigenously produced anti-submarine weapons and sensors for undersea warfare.

It is armed with long-range Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles and supersonic Brahmos surface-to-surface missiles.

It is equipped with anti-submarine weapons developed in-house as well as sensors for undersea warfare.

It includes heavyweight torpedo tube and rocket launchers, as well as the Humsa NG hull-mounted sonar.

The ship can travel 400 nautical miles.

Up to Rs 15 lakh for Goa Inc to pursue intellectual rights

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To encourage innovation and product development, the state government is offering up to Rs15 lakhto Goan industries, hospitals and academic institutions topursueintellectual propertyrights(IPR). A task force will be formed to scrutinise and clear incentives under the scheme, which will remain effective till September 2022.

The scheme, called the financial incentives for certification andintellectualproperty rights reimbursement scheme, is part of the state incentives to encourage investments scheme, 2017 (umbrella scheme).

A similar scheme was notified in 2003 and 2017, but the department has amended the scheme as per changes introduced by the Centre.

The department will reimburse 100% of actual expenditure per certification up to Rs 8 lakh, while a cap of Rs 15 lakh has been fixed for IPR.

Maharashtra govt gives Rs 15 crore to repair roads in rural Nashik

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The work to repair thepotholesin the rural areas ofNashikdistrict has begun with the aim to make all the roads motorable by November 15.
The state government has provided Rs 15 crore to the public works department of the Nashik unit to repair the potholes.

The roads in the rural areas are in bad shape due to the heavy rainfall during the monsoon season. Senior officials from the department said the work related to filling potholes with the help of tar has picked up after the monsoon season. During the rainy season, it is difficult to carry out the work in tar.