02.12.21

The 1986-batch IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal was elevated by the Haryana Government as States Chief Secretary on Tuesday, becoming the third person from his family to assume the charge of top post.

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PK Das, who was also in the race for the top post, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Haryana and Financial Commissioner, Revenue & Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments.

Kaushal, who had been the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister when the BJP formed the government under Manohar Lal Khattar in 2014, has sufficient service left with his retirement due on July 31, 2024.

Appreciating the work performed by Vardhan, at the superannuation ceremony, the newly appointed Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal described him as an excellent officer. Kaushal also shared his personal experiences of bond of brotherhood with Vijai Vardhan besides being Administrative Officer.

Punjab records 3rd highest number of deaths in judicial custody in last 3 years

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Punjab recorded the third highest number of deaths in judicial custody in the last three years after Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Union minister of state for Home affairs Nityanand Raiinformed Lok Sabha on Tuesday that Uttar Pradesh registered the highest number of 126 deaths in judicial custody between 2018-19 and 2020-21, followed by Bihar (58) and Punjab (32). Punjab has nearly 24,000 prisoners in its 25 jails across the state, including nine central jails.

Punjab also witnessed three deaths in Police custody during the last three years. The Union minister said the https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-human-rights-commission”>National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended a total Rs 71.50 lakh compensation in judicial custody deaths cases, and Rs 13 lakh for police custodial death cases in Punjab during these three years. A total number of 103 cases of deaths in police custody and 460 in judicial custody were recorded across the country during the three-year period.

Haryana recorded 19 cases of deaths in judicial custody in the last three years, in which the NHRC ordered compensation of Rs 62.75 lakh. But no death was recorded in the police custody in Haryana during this period.

Rs378 cr given under poverty alleviation schemes

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A financial assistance of Rs 377.98 crore was disbursed by banks under the https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-alleviation”>Poverty Alleviation programmes in Bilaspur in the second quarter of the year. This was revealed by Pankaj Rai, DC, while addressing a review meeting on the implementation of government programmes at Bilaspur.

He said the target for the second quarter was Rs 650 crore and Rs 377.98 was disbursed till September 30. This included Rs 173.38 crore in the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector, Rs 168.67 crore in micro, small and medium industries and Rs 35.93 crore was given under Primary Sector Entrepreneurship programmes.

Rai said people coming forward for self-EMPLOYMENT and entrepreneurship should be encouraged. This would also help in job generation. Agriculture graduates would be provided 44 per cent subsidy for establishing agriculture-based units

The State Government has decided to take back the contentious Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board Act.

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The Act had elicited strong opposition from the Teerth Purohits since it was introduced in the assembly session during 2019 in the tenure of the then Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.

It brought the Char Dham shrines and 51 shrines connected to them under the management of the Devasthanam Management Board.

Dhami announced that based on the final report of the high powered committee headed by Manohar Kant Dhyani and considering the interests and sentiments of all connected to the Char Dham Yatra, the had decided to take back the Act.

Owing to the sustained efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government in promoting the health of children and infants, the state has witnessed substantial improvement in maternal and child health indicators as revealed by the NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey-5) released recently.

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Prior to 2017, when thousands of children used to succumb to diseases such as encephalitis, the NFHS report has revealed that Uttar Pradesh is leading in many areas and that figures have improved as compared to the previous surveys.

In a major boost to the Health and medical facilities under the present Yogi Adityanath regime, full immunisation coverage in Uttar Pradesh has gone up from 51.1 per cent to 69.6 per cent. The number of children between the ages of 12 and 13 months who have been fully vaccinated has increased from 51.1 per cent (NFHS-4) to 69 per cent (NFHS-V), he said.

The health minister said that the data of the Family Health Survey-5 was testimony to the fact that Uttar Pradesh had improved more than the national standard.

The number of Women affected by anemia has come down by 5.1 per cent, whereas at the national level it is 1.8 per cent. The state has recorded a decrease of 7.4 per cent in cases of underweight children as compared to the national figures which stand at 3.7 per cent, he said

The countrys largest trade fair, the India International Trade Fair, concluded on Saturday. At the conclusion of the fair, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi presented the Jharkhand Pavilion with a Gold Medal and a Citation in the Focus State Category.

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The Director of the pavilion, Rajendra Prasad received the medal and the citation on behalf of the Jharkhand Pavilion. On this occasion, he said that this pavilion put up by the Jharkhand Industries Department is a world class platform for various departments of Jharkhand and its craftsmen, artisans and businessmen. On behalf of Jharkhand Pavilion, we are grateful to India Trade Promotion Organization for this medal.

Director Rajendra Prasad informed that this year around 42 stalls were set up in the pavilion. To whom the Jharkhand Industries Department gave a citation for coming to the pavilion. In this, Jharkhands Department of Mines and Geology was given first, Forest Environment and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change was given the second and Ranchi Smart City was given third place. This year around 20 lakhs have been sold at the stalls of Jharkhand in the fair. It is expected that next year the fair will bring more good collections from the State.

Genome sequencing of samples at IGIMS soon: Bihar health minister

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State Health minister Mangal Pandey on Tuesday said in thelegislative councilthat the government was concerned about the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and all the RT-PCR laboratories have been put on alert. He said the state chief secretary and additional chief secretary of health department have inspected the IGIMS laboratories where genome sequencing will be done to identify different variants of Covid-19.

Pandey had earlier said in the House that 91% of the eligible Population in Bihar have been given the first dose of Covid-19 Vaccines and 80% of those whose date for the second dose had arrived have got themselves inoculated.

Bilaspur first district to reach100% Covid vaccine target

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Bilaspur has became the first district in the state to complete Covid vaccination. Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Rai, while talking to mediapersons here today, said 3,16,475 persons were vaccinated with the first dose while the second dose was administered to 3,16,755 persons. He said 280 more persons were given the second dose, as compared to the first dosage.

Notably, in total, 6,33,230 doses of the Covid vaccine were administered in the district.

Rai appealed to the people to strictly follow the Covid guidelines to contain its spread. As the next strain of the virus was appearing, any lapse could prove to be dangerous. The responsible participation of people would be of great help in keeping the pandemic in check.

Taking yet another step in its commitment to ensure 100% utilization of Fly Ash in its Anuppur Thermal Plant in a sustainable manner, MB Power (Madhya Pradesh) Limited (MBPMPL) on Tuesday executed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Eastern Coalfield Limited (SECL).

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Under the MoU, MBPMPL has taken the responsibility for backfilling of the abandoned mine void in Sharda Open Cast Mine in Shahdol District in Madhya Pradesh. Backfilling/stowing and reclamation of the mine void shall be carried out as per March 2019 guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board and requirement stipulated by MPPCB.

Under the MOU, SECL has allocated 0.92 MCM volumes to MBPMPL for backfilling out of total capacity of 1.08 MCM of the mine void.

3 Gujarat sites on Centres seaplane services list

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Union minister of , shipping and waterways (MoPSW) Sarbananda Sonowal, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, said that the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the MoPSW for the development of seaplane Services. Waterdrome sites in Gujarat have been identified at the Sabarmati river, Sardar Sarovar dam and Shetrunjay dam, the minister said.

In a written reply in the RS, the minister said, Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme, the seaplane service between the Sabarmati riverfront and Statue of Unity began on October 31, 2020. It was later stopped by the selected airline operator (SAO) from April 11, 2021, due to operational reasons. The MoCA has taken up the matter with the concerned stakeholders for making seaplane operations viable. MoCA has also signed an MoU with MoPSW for the development of seaplane services.