03.03.23

Canada will cooperate with Haryana in field of food and energy security

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The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has offered to enhance cooperation with Haryana in the field of food and Energy Security. Under this, a six-member Canadian delegation led by Premier Scott Moe met Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and discussed issues of mutual cooperation in various fields.

The delegation also included former Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised the delegation of the geographical conditions of Haryana. He expressed hope that the visit of the delegation to Haryana would be a good experience. Haryana is an agrarian state and ranks first in India in per capita income and GST collection. More than 400 Fortune companies of the world are doing business in Gurugram. Haryana ranks second in India after Bengaluru in IT and Software, he said.

Khattar also shared the experience of his visit to Canada in 2016 with the delegation and said that skilled and unskilled manpower is available in Haryana and cooperation can also be increased in logistic .

142 more Aam Aadmi clinics in Pb by March 31: CS

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Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua said that 142 Aam Aadmi Clinics will be dedicated to people on March 31.

Chairing a meeting to review the opening of these clinics, he said that these have proved to be a cornerstone in imparting quality Health Services to people. He said that till now around 500 Aam Aadmi Clinics are operational in the state and lakhs of people are taking benefit from these clinics every day.

Janjua said that now 142 more such clinics will be operationalised on March 31 and these will be opened in Jalandhar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Phagwara. He said that these clinics are dream project of the Chief Minister, who is according top priority to them and the recruitment for staff in these clinics is also going on in full swing. Janjua said that he will personally monitor the progress of these clinics on day to day basis.

Manufacture Himachal-specific prototype electric buses, state chief minister tells EV makers

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Himachal Chief MinisterSukhvinder Singh Sukhuon Thursday asked the representatives ofelectric vehiclesmanufacturing companies to make the state-specificprototype electric busesin a time bound manner with modern technology. In a meeting with the representatives, he said that the buses should be made keeping in mind the hilly terrain, loading capacity and luggage space, a statement issued here said.

The chief minister said a committee would be constituted to decide all the modalities and specifications for the prototype e-buses under the chairmanship of the state chief secretary.

The is committed to provide best and comfortable transportation Services to the people. He said that the state government is making earnest efforts to preserve and conserve the Environment and switching over to e-vehicles would be a milestone in this direction.

The state government is planning to make Parwanoo-Nalagarh-Una-Hamirpur-Nadaun-Dehra highway as a ‘Clean and Green’ corridor and necessary Infrastructure would be created in this regard.

‘Uttarakhand 6th among Himalayan states in foundational literacy, numeracy’

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Uttarakhandremained at sixth position, behind four northeastern states and Jammu and Kashmir, in various Education and Health-related parameters, according to data from the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) report released by the Economic Advisory Council.

While the national Average was 44.48, Uttarakhand scored 46.57 and came fourth among the small states (with less than 10 million Population) category. Overall, Punjab had the best indicators, with a score of 64.19, followed by Kerala (58.42).

AmongHimalayan states, emerged as the best performer with a score of 56.75, followed by the hills of West Bengal, which scored 54.58. Uttarakhand came sixth, just ahead of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh which scored 46.56. The worst Himalayan state was Meghalaya, with a 29.66 score, followed by Nagaland with 34.41. For English proficiency, more than 52% of the students in Uttarakhand exceed global proficiency.

According to a World Bank assessment, in India, around 50% of the children lack foundational Learning, and by the time they reach grade 5, it becomes difficult for them to grasp the TEACHING and learn as per the grade level. The report states that the New Education Policy 2020 takes a very pragmatic approach to encourage multilingualism and the ability of language in teaching and learning.
The study assessed the learning of more than 86,000 students from class 3 in 20 different languages across 10,000 schools in the country.

UPs religious places to create ample job opportunities: Govt

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The Yogi Adityanath governments efforts to harness UPs tourism potential has not only led to an increased influx of domestic and foreign tourists but is also generating ample EMPLOYMENT opportunities in tourist destinations.

In 2022, the state witnessed the arrival of 24.87 crore tourists to Uttar Pradesh, out of which the number of foreigners was 4.10 lakh. Owing to the sustained efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the tourism and hospitality sectors also garnered immense attention from the investors in the Global Investors Summit held recently in the state capital.

Both the sectors received proposals of Rs 98,193 crore and Rs 20,722 crore, respectively. In the coming years, about 1.45 lakh employment opportunities will be created by both the sectors.

The UP government received 397 proposals in the tourism sector included in the top-20 sectors. There is a possibility of investment of Rs 98,193 crore through this. This will provide more than 2.60 lakh jobs. As many as 437 proposals were received in the hospitality sector. With this, about one lakh youth in Paschimanchal, Purvanchal, Madhyanchal and Bundelkhand will get employment.

EconomicSurveyestimates 7.8% GSDP growth in FY 2022-23

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The JharkhandEconomicSurvey2022-23, tabled by the government in the State Legislative Assembly estimated 7.8 per cent GSDP Growth in the Financial Year 2022-23 over theGSDP of 2021-22, while it stated that the Average annual growth rate of the Stateeconomywas 8.2 per cent in FY 2021-22 and in 2023-24 it is estimated to grow at 7.4 per cent.

Thesurveyreportprepared by the Centre for Fiscal Studies, Planning cum Finance department, Government of Jharkhand further stated that theGSDPof Jharkhand grew by only 1.1 per cent during the financial year 2019-20 and it contracted by 2020-21 due to the global economic slowdown owing to Covid 19 induced reasons.

The of the country had declined by 6.6 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, while that of the state had declined by only 5.5 per cent during this period. Despite the second and the third waves of COVID-19 19 pandemic, the economy of the state recovered in the year 2021-22.

The GSDP at constant (2011-12) prices of Jharkhand remained at 1.61 per cent of the GDP at constant prices of the country in the year 2021- 22 and the per capita income of the state is approximately 40 per cent less than that of the country. Except for a few years, the growth rate of Jharkhand has mostly been higher than that of the country. In the current financial year (2022-23) while the growth rate of the country has been estimated to grow by 7 per cent, that of Jharkhand by 7.8 per cent and in the coming financial year (2023-24) while the country is estimated to grow in the range of 6 to 6.8 per cent, Jharkhand is estimated to grow by 7.4 per cent. The share of the GSDP of the state in the GDP of the country is, thus, estimated to increase in the coming years.

Among the three major sectors of the state’s economy, the Tertiary Sector has grown at the fastest rate. Between 2011-12 and 2021-22, this sector grew at the average annual rate of 5.8 per cent while the primary and the secondary sectors grew at the average annual rate of 19 per cent and 4.3 per cent respectively. In the year 2019-20, while the value of the output of the tertiary sector grew at the rate of 6.7 per cent, that of the primary grew by 0.2 per cent. The same in the Secondary Sector contracted 5.3 per cent. In the year 2020-21, the output of the tertiary sector contracted by 8.7 per cen. that of the secondary sector by 2.3 per cent. The same of the Primary Sector contracted by 3.8 per cent. The tertiary sector has not only been the major contributor to the GSVA of the state but its shara inates also increased over the years. In the year 2011-12, its share in the GSVA of the state was 38.5 per cent which grew to 44.6 per cent in the year 2021-22. The share of the secondary sector has remained the same while that of the primary sector has decreased over the years.

The Inflation rate remained within the rate stipulated in the ‘New Monetary Policy Framework’ throughout the year 2021 in Jharkhand but surpassed this level in the year 2022. The rate of inflation remained high throughout the year 2022 i.e. from January 2022 to October 2022 it remained above 6 per cent, the RBI’s stipulated upper limit, and has remained marginally below 6 per cent in the last two months of this year. In Jharkhand, the prices of fuel, Light, clothing and footwear have increased very sharply in comparison to other commodity groups during the last one and half years i.e. from August, 2021 to December 2022. The inflation rate of the State has decreased in the last two months of the year 2022 (November and December).

The head count ratio of POVERTY in Jharkhand decreased by about 13 per cent (5.6 Percentage points) between the years 2015-16 and 2019-21. In the year 2015-16 (NFHS-IV), 42.16 per cent of the people in the state were found to be ‘multidimensional poor’. About 50.93 per cent people in the rural areas and 15.26 per cent people in the urban areas were estimated to be ‘multidimensional poor’ in the state. The improvement in the indicators of Health and Education and in the standard of living of the people caused a fall in the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand. In the year 2019-21, the percentage of multidimensional poor decreased to 36.6 per cent i.e. to 42.2 per cent in the rural areas and 11.1 per cent in the urban areas.

Bihar finance minister seeks central funds for its sponsored schemes

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State finance ministerVijay Kumar Choudhary asked the BJP MLCs to help the state in getting funds for the centrally-sponsored schemes. Choudhary told the Upper House that for such schemes, the Union Government has given them only 36% of its total budgetary allotments in 2022-23, increasing the burden on the state.

Choudhary said the maximum part of the state’s funds was used in carrying out such schemes and projects started by the Centre. He accused the Centre of not giving the proper share. “Be it the name of these schemes or the ratio in which the Centre and state have to bear the burden, all are decided by the central government. However, because of the unavailability of funds from the Centre, the state has to bear the burden and it finds difficulty in implementing its own programmes,” said Choudhary, adding initially the maximum part was supposed to be borne by the Centre, but the ratio kept changing and the burden on the state increased.

Citing the example for 2022-23, Choudhary said the Centre had to give Rs46,019 crore for these schemes, but till February 24, the state had got Rs16,733 crore only, which was 36% of the total amount.

Cgarh self-dependent in spice production now

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With a favourable Climate and condition, Chhattisgarh is now self-dependent in spices.

The production of spices totalled more than four lakh tonnes.

Also, now coriander seeds were being supplied from Chhattisgarh to other states.

The Climate of Chhattisgarh favours the production of spices. This is why its cultivation is continuously increasing in the state.

Turmeric, ginger, red chili, carom seeds, tamarind and garlic are cultivated. Turmeric, coriander, fenugreek, garlic, chili and ginger are cultivated in almost all areas of Chhattisgarh.

The Communication said spices were currently cultivated in Chhattisgarh on 66,081 hectares and about 4.50 lakh tonnes of spices have been produced.

The area under cultivation and production of turmeric is highest in Chhattisgarh among other spices. It is followed by ginger, coriander, garlic, chili and tamarind.

For the cultivation of spices, farmers are provided assistance under the National Horticulture Mission, National Agricultural Scheme and other schemes.

Under the National Horticulture Mission, spices have been cultivated on 13,302 hectares of land in 24 districts and 93,114 tonnes have been produced.

In the last four years, spices were cultivated in 1,837.29 hectares under the National Agricultural Development Scheme. About 3,500 farmers have benefitted from the schemes.

Indores Green Bond received public response

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the public has appreciated the green issued by the Indore Municipal Corporation while carrying out financial innovation to reduce the cost of electricity. The water of Narmada ji comes in Indore from Jalud in Khargone.

Municipal Corporation Indore had issued green bonds worth Rs 244 crore for setting up a 60 Megawatt solar power plant in Khargone.

Railways to introduce train to showcase Gujarat to tourists

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The railways is set to introduce a Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train to showcaseGujaratunder the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme, according to an official statement.

The train on “Garvi Gujarat” tour will depart from Delhi’s Safdarjung station on February 28.

The tour will include visit to prominent pilgrimage and heritage sites of Gujarat such as the Statue of Unity, Champaner, Somnath, Dwarka, Nageshwar, Beyt Dwarka, Ahmedabad, Modhera and Patan.

Tourists can board or deboard the train in Gurugram, Rewari, Ringas, Phullera and Ajmer RAILWAY stations as well.