02.11.22

Haryana notifies amended policy for MBBS students

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Finally, giving into the demands of the students ofMBBS(bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery) courses, the department of medical Education and research (Dmer)Haryana notified the amended MBBS Policy of the state.
Now, as announced by chief ministerManohar Lal Khattar, the policy provides for signing of for the students doing MBBS courses in the Haryana government run medical colleges in the state. According to the college, the students who will be joining the Health department after completion of MBBS degree for seven years need not pay any bond Money.

At present, Haryana has an intake of 1,735 students in 13 medical colleges of the state every year. The intake is likely to go up to 3,000, as the government targets to open a medical college in all districts.

Government spends around Rs 500 crore per annum on education of MBBS students of the state. The government is increasing seats each year and some students prefer to join corporates, hence the bond system

Punjab tops Union Education Ministry’s performance index, Chandigarh bags second spot

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Six states and one Union Territory have attained the best rating of Level 2 (score 901-950) in the Union Education Ministrys Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21, a unique index for evidence-based comprehensive analysis of the school education system.

The top performer in 2019-20, Punjab (929 points), dropped a point to score 928, while Kerala and Maharashtra improved their score from 901 and 869 points, respectively.

Chandigarh, too, improved its score to 927 points from last times tally of 912.

Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, which are among 12 states in Level 3 (851-900 points) along with Delhi, also improved their scores. Himachal scored 869 points, while Haryanas score was 865.

Soon two safety bodies to monitor & operate dams in Himachal Pradesh

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Himachal Pradeshgovernment has constitutedState Dam Safety Organisation(SDSO) andState Committee on Dam Safety(SCDS) in the directorate of energy to be headed by chief engineer (energy). TheSDSOwill keep perpetual surveillance, carry out inspections and monitor the operation and maintenance of all specified Dams falling under their jurisdiction to ensure continued safety of such specified dams and take such measures as may be necessary to address safety concerns.

The Dam Safety Act 2021 stated that SDSO, for the purpose of enabling it to make decisions compatible with public safety, will make investigations and will gather data as may be required for proper review and study of the various features of the design, construction, repair and enlargement of dams, reservoirs and appurtenant structures under their jurisdiction.

Banking, health & education vital to make citizens self-reliant: CM

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Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision for self-reliant India can be achieved only when the last person in Society has access to Banking, Health and Education facilities provided by the authorities. The citizen of the nation will become self-reliant only after receiving these facilities, he said. The chief minister said this after flagging off ten motorcycles presented by Utkarsh Small Finance Bank to Champawat Police under its and CSR activities. He also virtually inaugurated the banks Champawat branch on the occasion and presented cheques to various Self Help Groups for joint livelihood loan.

The chief minister stressed on the need for all to adopt Pandit Deendayal Upadhyayas principle of Antyodaya. He said that the efforts being made related to financial Resources in the State are encouraging. There are many people in the society who are also working at the fundamental level, he said. Dhami said, It should be our collective effort to take the society forward. The government is centered on the public and working for development of the State. It is due to PM Modis thinking, Leadership and style of working that the nation is today moving forward as a strong economy. The economy of even the most developed nations staggered during the Covid-19 pandemic but under PM Modis leadership our nation not only faced the pandemic strongly but also developed two Vaccines and provided two to three doses free of cost for the citizens.

The CM said that the State Government is laying special focus on EMPLOYMENT and Entrepreneurship. He asked the senior bank officials to lay special focus on Svanidhi Yojana and make Uttarakhand a model for it. Stating that this effort should not remain a mere formality, he exhorted that work should be undertaken on a mission mode in order to achieve the targets. He said that the attempts by financial institutions, especially banks to focus on rural and semi urban areas in the State have been encouraging. The CM further said that the State government has been leading in undertaking public-centric initiatives for development of Uttarakhand.

Govt to spend Rs 500 cr for women’s safety 40 police pink booths to be opened in every dist

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The Yogi Adityanath government is going to take a big step towards giving security to half the Population of the state. The government will spend about Rs 500 crore in this direction.

Under this, 10,417 scooties will be purchased for the Women‘s beat system. In a high-level meeting of the Home department, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given instructions to implement this scheme. Not only this, under this scheme, the government will also open 40 Police pink booths in each district of the state. In this way, a total of 3,000 police pink booths will be set up in 75 districts of the state. Of these, 20 pink booths will be set up at religious and tourist places. Twenty scooties will also be purchased for patrolling by women policemen to be posted at these booths.

The government will spend more than three crore rupees for the construction of booths and purchase of scooty. For this entire scheme, the government will spend more than Rs 195 crore in . At the same time, more than Rs 297 crore will be spent on the operational expenditure of the scheme.

In the 2022 UP assembly Elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised to open police pink booths in every district of the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is now going to fulfill the same announcement.

Special care will be taken for the convenience of women in these pink booths. In these booths, arrangements will be made for women from the restroom, washroom, complaint room, kitchen to first aid.

With the establishment of pink booths in all the districts and religious and tourist places, on the one hand, the women of the state will get rid of the malpractices and, on the other, women will be able to openly tell the police about other violence and misbehavior against them, including domestic violence.

Alam welcomes increase in MGNREGA funds

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In view of the increased work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Union Rural Development Ministry had demanded an additional amount of Rs 25,000 crore from the Government of India and this amount is expected to be allotted by the second week of November. State Rural Development Minister, Alamgir Alam said that it is a welcome step and it will create more employment in rural areas and stop Migration.

In this way, now the total MGNREGA budget for this financial year will be Rs 98,000 crores. An amount of Rs 73,000 crore was allocated for MGNREGA in the Union Budget for the year 2022-23. So far, about Rs 54,000 crore has been allocated to the states under the MGNREGA scheme. About Rs 181 crore work has been created under the scheme. For the additional amount in the MGNREGA scheme, the Central Government will have to take approval in the winter session of Parliament. The will seek Assembly’s approval for the allocation of additional funds under the demands for grants to be presented in the upcoming winter session.

In the Union Budget for the year 2022-23, the Central Government had cut Rs 25,000 crore in the MGNREGA funds. In the financial year 2020-21, the total budget of MGNREGA was more than Rs 1 lakh crore. This scheme was implemented in the first phase in 200 most backward districts of the Country with effect from February 2, 2006, later it was extended to 113 additional districts with effect from April 1, 2007 and from May 15, 2007. The remaining districts were included under the Act with effect from April 1, 2008. The Act now covers all rural districts of the country.

Cgarh restricts use of herbicide glyphosate

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Based on a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Chhattisgarh government has restricted the use of herbicide glyphosate in view of the danger to the Health of humans and animals.

The Restriction Order 2022 on the use of glyphosate states that no person except Pest Control Operators shall use glyphosate and its from the date of last publication in the Official Gazette, an official Communication said on Wednesday.

Action will be taken under the Insecticide Act if anyone is found storing and distributing the product.

The certificate will be stamped for inclusion of a warning and leaflet in bold letters Permit the use of glyphosate through Pest Control Operators.

If the registration certificate is not stamped within three months, action shall be taken under the Insecticides Act, 1968.

Implementation of Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0 starts in the state

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the daughters of the state will be enabled for development in various fields and social Leadership along with support in Education. The implementation of Ladli Laxmi Yojana 2.0 has been started for this purpose.

Chouhan was addressing 1477 Ladli Laxmi daughters by transferring an amount of Rs. 1 crore 85 lakh for higher education under the scheme at Ravindra Bhavan, Bhopal today. He said that today is a historic day. I can’t imagine the happiness. Today those daughters are starting college, whom I reared in lap. These little daughters were given certificates with their own hands. I am fortunate that today I have got the opporunity to give there daughters assistance for education. Saluting all the daughters, Chouhan said that this day will be remembered in the HISTORY of Madhya Pradesh. All obstacles have been removed for the development of daughters. Read and move on, daughters, let them fly high up to the high skies. These daughters will also work with them to make the future of the state and the country.

The Chief Minister said that many steps have been taken to ensure that girls get educational and economic Empowerment in the state. Daughters and sisters have got an opportunity to move forward with the provision of reservation of 50 percent in the recruitment of teachers, 30 percent in the Police recruitment and in local bodies including panchayats. Madhya Pradesh government will continue this effort continuously.

Vadodara: IAF Transport aircraft manufacturing facility

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The Vadodara-based C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility will be first-of-its-kind project in which the military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company.

This project is jointly implemented by European aviation major Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) the DEFENCE arm of the Tata Group.

The Vadodara facility will take up 96 per cent of the work the Airbus does for each aircraft in its facility in Spain.

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen, a survey will be conducted to ensure toilets for women are built at police stations in rural areas across the state.

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Officials said this while reviewing various schemes being run in the state under the watershed development and land conservation department andSwachh Bharat Mission(Rural).

Authorities directed that maximum coordination and convergence should be done with Rajeevika and MGNREGA schemes in watershed works. Also, an ideal model of pasture development in MGNREGA through watersheds should be prepared, he said.