02.02.23

Rs 2.5K monthly pension for cancer patients in Haryana

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As announced by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, patients suffering from Stage III and IV cancer will now start getting a monthly pension of Rs 2,500, for which a separate budgetary provision of Rs 68.42 crore has been made by the .

Earlier, Tripura was the only state in the country that had been giving monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 to stage-III cancer patients

Documents verified by a panel of the Civil Surgeon Office will have to be uploaded through Saral Kendra.

Earlier, in terms of giving monthly pension to cancer patients, Tripura was the only state in the country that had been giving monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 to stage-III cancer patients.

Punjab policy on excluding married daughter from compassionate jobs discriminatory: HC

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ThePunjaband Haryana has made it clear that exclusion of married daughters in the Punjab governments policy for compassionate appointments is patently discriminatory.

The HC was of the view that once a daughter is always a daughter while a son might change on account of the fact that he is married and has to look after his wife, who could have serious differences with her in-laws.

Therefore, in such cases, a son would get a right of consideration even if married and not being on good terms with his parents, whereas a married daughter having a good relationship with the deceased government employee and being in a position to look after the remaining spouse would be excluded.

Identify areas prone to quakes, subsidence: Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

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In the wake of subsidence of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed the departments concerned to identify areas prone to Earthquakes, particularly in Chamba, Kangra, Kullu and Kinnaur districts They have also been directed to prepare a detailed report on landslides and sinking zones in the state.

The Chief Minister directed the officials to develop an advance warning system to mitigate disasters and improve Disaster Management response capacity.

He stressed the need to adopt measures to strengthen the response system, besides preparedness at the institutional and individual level. He examined damage caused and loss to life and property due to various disasters in the past few years.

Uttarakhand: Tourism sector lauds ‘Dekho Apna Desh’

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The residents ofUttarakhandhave welcomed the ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ initiative proposed in the budget. Hiranmoy Roy, professor of economics at DIT University, said that it will lay the foundation for more job creation in the state.

Hoteliers said, “Centre’s initiative to develop tourist destinations across the country will surely benefit the state as Uttarakhand is known for Char Dham Yatra and adventure tourism. We already have an airport and one more is about to come to the state. Things like air safari have great tourist attractions, and I hope the government will promote such facilities by making a video on them to get maximum benefit.” Meanwhile, Shyamal Chatterjee, an industrialist associated with CII, said that 95% of the total industries in Uttarakhand are MSMEs and the announcement of the revamped credit guarantee scheme of Rs 9,000 crore is commendable.

UP to come up with code for green buildings

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To promote and to bring down carbon emissions, the housing and urban planning department ofUttar Pradeshis going to come up with a code for green buildings. The real estate Industry and construction business works on the building code specified by the regulatory authorities and so far Uttar Pradesh did not have a defined set of rules to incentivise the smart buildings.

The state was working on the general guidelines laid down under the National Building Code. Going forward the UP government will frame a specific set of rules and framework to recognise energy efficient buildings after floating specific building norms that have to be adhered to.

Jkhand Police signs MoUs with 4 premier institutes

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In a move to become tech savvy and inculcate Leadership qualities among its personnel, theJharkhand Police signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with four top educational insitutions located in the state.

The institutions are the Indian Institute Of Management (IIM)-Ranchi, the XLRI/ Xaviers School of Management-Jamshedpur, the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT)-Mesra and the National institute of technology (NIT)- Jamshedpur.

Police said the MoUs would be effective for a period of five years and that it would be reviewed bi-annually.

The scope of the MoUs is work-based collaborations, Software and hardware development, joint research incybercrimeaffected belts and exchange visits.

Bihar Industries Association hails incentives for MSMEs

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TheBihar Industries Association(BIA) welcomed the announcements on tourism and non-conventional energy in the Union Budget.

BIA president Arun Agarwal said the Budget places strong emphasis on development. “This Budget has identified seven areas as the ‘Saptarshi’ model of development,” Agarwal said.

TheMSMEswould have access to collateral-free loans. Even if there is a limit of Rs2 crore for loan coverage, new MSMEs will gain access to the additional funds of Rs9,000 crores. He further said, “Green energy must be promoted. We believe this budgetary provision will help our state.”

Additionally, he said,Biharcan benefit from the country’s plan to construct 50 new . “According to the Economic Survey data, the Average annual national per capita income has increased to Rs1.97 lakh, while the average per capita income of Bihar is approximately Rs50,000. Since last year, this disparity has increased.

Utility of GIS was discussed in water supply and sewage project at UAD headquarters

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The utility of Geographic Information System (GIS) was discussed in the water supply and sewerage project at the headquarters of Madhya Pradesh Urban Development, an undertaking of the Urban Development and Housing Department.

All the GIS experts of the project management consultant firm should coordinate among themselves and work in this direction with team spirit.

Mines department earns Rs 36 crore from amnesty scheme

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Theminesdepartment has earned close to Rs 36 crore from the amnesty scheme launched in 2022 to recover dues while giving exemptions. In 565 cases, the department has also given relief of Rs 129 crore.

In the amnesty scheme, the department had given exemptions on lease rent, royalty and others with the maximum relief going up to 90%, and a minimum relief of 40% on dues with a complete interest waiver.

The ACS, mines and petroleum, Subodh Agarwal said the maximum number of cases resolved came fromJodhpurregion. From 179 cases, the department earned Rs 17 crore and gave relief of about Rs 44 crore.
Jodhpur was followed by Rajsamand and Jaipur both in the number of cases and the amount of dues recovered.

Budget Estimates 2023-24:

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The total receipts other than borrowings is estimated at Rs 27.2 lakh crore and the total expenditure is estimated at Rs 45 lakh crore.

The net tax receipts are estimated at Rs 23.3 lakh crore.

The is estimated to be 5.9 per cent of GDP.

To finance the fiscal deficit in 2023-24, the net market borrowings from dated securities are estimated at Rs 11.8 lakh crore.

The gross market borrowings are estimated at Rs 15.4 lakh crore.