03.08.21

The Centre has decided to demarcate boundaries of the Northeastern states through satellite imaging to settle inter-state border disputes that are often becoming a cause of concern and sometimes even leading to violence.

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Two senior government functionaries said the task has been given to the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), a joint initiative of the Department of Space (DoS) and the North Eastern Council (NEC).

The NESAC helps augment the developmental process in the Northeast region by providing advanced Space Technology support.

The inter-state border disputes have come under fresh focus recently after six Assam Police personnel were killed in clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border.

The idea for demarcation of inter-state boundaries through satellite imaging was mooted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah a few months ago.

The major objectives of the NESAC are: to provide an operational remote sensing and geographic information system-aided natural resource information base to support activities on development, management of https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources and Infrastructure planning in the region.

It provides operational satellite Communication applications Services in the region in Education, Health care, Disaster Management support, and developmental communication.

: Amid the hostile situation on its southern front withMizoram,Assamsigned an agreement on Saturday withNagalandto end the standoff on its eastern front, both agreeing to withdraw each others police forces and instead use UAVs and satellite imagery to keep a watch on incursions across the disputed boundary between the states and maintain the status quo.

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The agreement was signed in the presence of Nagaland deputy CM Y Patton and Assam Education minister Ranoj Pegu. Thesuperintendents of Police of thedistricts of Mokokchung (Nagaland) and Jorhat (Assam) shall ensure orderly withdrawal of their respective forces and shall be responsible for it in the instant case.

Assam and Nagaland share a 434-km border. The boundary dispute between the two states is more than six decades old and has been marked by frequent skirmishes. In the last major clash, in 1985 at Merapani, 41 people, including 28 Assam policemen, were killed. There have been several attempts by the Centre to resolve the issue.

Sharpening its focus on attracting fresh investments, the state government on Friday gave its go-ahead to seven new projects with a total investment potential of Rs 2,084 crore. These include three grain-based ethanol plants by oil PSUs, along with investments in the renewable energy, logistics and tourism sectors. These are believed to generate employment opportunities for more than 2,144 people.

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Officials said the state-level single window clearance authority (SLSWCA), led by chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, which takes the calls on individual projects within Rs 1,000 crore cleared these projects.

Ethanol fuel is cost-effective and eco-friendly compared to other biofuels. It is also easily available and helps in reducing Global Warming. The ethanol fuel reduces dependence on fossil fuels. With the Centre setting a target of 10% blending of fuel-grade ethanol with petrol by 2022 and 20% blending by 2025, officials said the three approved units will surge to the existing capacity and help reduce the carbon footprint.

Based on an analysis of the Covid-19 situation in the state, the state government has found that micro-containment zones need to be set up in all places where clustering of cases is observed. Further, the surveillance action to trace the contacts and quarantine them effectively needs to be strengthened.

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The decision has been taken as part of the measures being planned to ease the lockdown restrictions in the entire local bodies if the TPR is above 15%. The government is gearing up to provide relaxations in other wards and only those wards which have more TPR will be treated as micro-containment zones.

Educational institutions should impart value-based education to help the students overall development, said formerPWDsecretary G C Tallur.

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Since the British era, several commissions have been formed to suggest measures to improve the educational standards but none of them have ever laid emphasis on moral Education, he added.

Several eminent personalities including Mahatma Gandhi always batted for incorporating moral values in education but their suggestions have not been fully implemented, he rued.

The New Education Policy will bring in drastic changes in the and make India more strong and vibrant, he added.

There is some ray of hope for children orphaned in the Covid-19pandemic. The state government has now decided to come out with an action plan to support all such children who lost their parents to the novel coronavirus.

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Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led state cabinet meeting on Sunday constituted a cabinet sub-committee to collect details and assess problems being faced by such orphans as well as orphanages inTelangana. Women and child welfare minister Satyavathi Rathod will head the cabinet sub-committee comprising 10 other ministers including T Harish Rao, KT Rama Rao, Sabitha Indra Reddy, V Srinivas Goud, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Koppula Eshwar, Gangula Kamalakar, Indrakaran Reddy, G Jagadish Reddy and Errabelli Dayakar Rao.

The cabinet directed the medical and Health secretary to get comprehensive information on affected children. All collectors have been told to submit details of orphans and orphanages from their respective districts to the medical and health secretary.

The cabinet directed officials to increase the number of tests to identify coronavirus patients, intensify vaccination drive, improve medical , medicine supplies and ensure there was no shortage of Oxygen facilities in hospitals in all the districts.

Surprisingly, there is alarming drop in the skill training centers and the number of youth trained in Andhra Pradesh over the years under the central government-sponsoredDeen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana(DDUGKY).While 15,882 youth have received skill training in 2019-20, the number had come down worryingly to 629 in 2021-22. Even the number of training centers too had come down from 130 in 2019-20 to 80 in 2021-22, said Union minister ofstatefor rural development.

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Only Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts have seen a slight increase in the number of training centers in the last three consecutive years, while the centers in the rest of the 11 districts have come down.

The pensionschemeforseafarersshould be implemented with immediate effect said Goa Forward Partys general secretary Prashant Naik at Canacona.

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Speaking at a function organised by Goan Seafarers Association of India (GSAI) to distribute Covid kits to the seafarers of Canacona taluka, Naik said that the scheme which is formulated by the NRI commission should be made permanent and not restricted to only six months as stated in the policy document. He further said the seafarers contribute to the Goan economy in a big way and hence it is government’s duty to compensate them in their old age.

Thestate cabinet approved the proposal for setting up aregional mental hospitalinJalna.The proposed healthcare facility will have a capacity of 365 beds along with an inpatient department, rehabilitation section, among various other facilities.

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While setting up the regionalmental hospitalwas a long-pending demand, the institution will be the fifth such dedicated state-run hospital for mental Health in the state after Pune, Thane, Nagpur, and Ratnagiri.

Funds worth Rs 104.44 crore are expected towards setting up the desired institution and making available state-of-the-art medical , Resources, and different facilities.