03.11.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that the Chief Ministers Good Governance Associates should work towards increasing the scale of Happiness Index in the state so that every citizen is happy and lives a prosperous life.

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Presiding over a review meeting with https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance Associates here, the Chief Minister said that good parameters should be made in the state, which will bring happiness to all the people. He said that the speed of implementation of the schemes of the government should increase at the grassroot level and their benefits should reach each and every person standing on the last rung, adding that the schemes of EMPLOYMENT and development should reach the doorstep of the beneficiaries and they should have complete information about these schemes.

He said there should be an increase in the monthly income of every needy person. He said that the next year would be celebrated as the year of good governance.

Khattar said there are solutions to problems that arise in Society and for this the government has launched a dispute resolution programme. To make the villages Lal Dora free and to make every person the owner, the Swamitva Yojana has been started. He said that at present there are many shareholders of the land. This has necessitated a new revenue consolidation and every person should be able to easily remember the Khasra and Fort number of his land.

The CM said the government has won many medals and Awards in many fields during the last seven years as a result of which the states prestige has increased. He asked the Associates to establish new dimensions by using their talent and ideas in those areas where top ranking has not yet been achieved. He said that constantly moving from latest technology to innovation, the state has to be taken towards greater heights.

He said that Gram Darshan Portal has been made for the development of every village. Through this, any person can make a demand related to the development of the village. Ward member, Sarpanch, Zilla Parishad member, MLA and MP will recommend their demand and their problem will be resolved. Online demand can be made on the portal regarding schools, colleges, Health centres, construction of streets, Shivdham development scheme etc. Similarly, Jan Sahayak App has been created for online information and Services of citizens.

He said that volunteers would be prepared through the Samarpan App in the state so that their services could be taken in Education, health, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, plantation as well as other fields. In this app, the volunteers who are willing to serve can apply.

Punjab Government has asked all farmers, cooperatives, and panchayats, who have received sanctions to procure agri-machines, to bring all machines for physical verification on November 1 at the office premises of all block agricultural officers or designated alternate sites.

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The Minister also advised the farmers, belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Panchayats, and Cooperatives, to submit applications for paddy residue management machines through the Departments portal agrimachinerypb.com. In case of any difficulty, help will be extended by the Department officials to submit applications on the portal, he said, adding that the role of Panchayats and Cooperatives is very important to provide machines to small, marginal, and SC farmers without rentals.

Under CRM scheme, the has focused to deliver state-of-the-art machines to the farmers, including super SMS, super seeder, happy seeder, paddy straw chopper, shredder or mulcher, hydraulic reversible mould board plough and zero till drill for in-situ management and baler and rake as ex-situ machines on subsidy for the ease of the farmers.

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday inaugurated live telecast of Aartis of all the three Shaktipeeths situated in Kangra district –Jwalaji, Brijeshwari and Chamunda.

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Earlier, he paid obeisance and performed pooja at the Jwalaji temple and also visited the place where a statue of Saint Aadiguru Shankaracharya has been installed in the premises of Jwalaji Shrine.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, Industries Minister Bikram Thakur, MP Kishan Kapoor, Chairman State Planning Board Ramesh Chand Dhawala, MLAs Arjun Thakur and Rajesh Thakur, amongst others were also present at the premises of Jwalaji Temple during the live telecast of function of Shri Kedar Dham in Uttrakhand presided over by the Prime Minister.

Govt claims Uttarakhand charging lowest MBBS fee in country

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With government, at a cabinet meeting held late, deciding to slash MBBS fee in government colleges,Uttarakhandhas become the state offering medical Education at the lowest rates in the country, claimed spokesperson and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal.

“For an MBBS course, in a government college, a student has to pay Rs 4 lakh per annum. Uttarakhand government has brought the fee down to Rs 1.45 lakh now. Those furnishing a bond to serve in the state for five years after the completion of course will have to pay only Rs 50,000 per year.

The government spokesperson further added that a state team had studied the fee structure in other states and found that Punjab was charging the lowest amount in state medical colleges.

The Uttar Pradesh government claimed that with the growing interest of investors from the state in the stock market, the state has emerged as a major investor in the Bombay Stock Exchange.

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More than 52.3 lakh investor accounts of UP are registered in the stock market and UP ranks at third position in the country

The government said more than 50 lakh investors of UP were trading in Bombay Stock Exchange and UP had become the third force in the country’s stock market.

According to BSE officials, there were a total of 6.9 crore Demat accounts in the country till May 31 out of which, 25 per cent of accounts are from Maharashtra, 85.9 accounts from Gujarat. Gujarat is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 52.3 lakh accounts, Nadu with 42.3 lakh and Karnataka with 42.2 lakh accounts.

Apart from this, there are 39.5 lakh Demat accounts from Bengal, 37.3 lakh from Delhi, 36 lakh from Andhra Pradesh, 34.6 lakh from Rajasthan, 25.7 lakh from Madhya Pradesh, 21.2 lakh from Haryana, 20.7 lakh from Telangana, 19.4 lakh from Kerala, 15.2 lakh from Punjab and 16.5 lakh from Bihar.

As per SEBI guidelines, Demat accounts that are not used for more than one year are considered inactive. At present, the Demat accounts of investors active in the stock market from UP have not been closed and new investor accounts from UP are being registered in the stock market continuously.

This scenario is in stark contrast to the situation four and a half years back when the activity of the people of UP in the stock market was negligible because business activity was abysmal in the state. In the year 2017, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made the state sharply oriented towards development. Since then, Uttar Pradesh is now running on the path of rapid development.

CM Hemant Soren urges government to increase purchasing power of villagers

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Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Sorenon Thursday called on the states to work on increasing the purchasing power of their respective tribal communities living in the villages.
Soren flew down toRaipurto attend the inauguration ceremony of theTribal Dance Festivaland Rajyotsava 2021. The event, patronised byChhattisgarhs Congress-led government, got underway at Raipurs Science College Ground.

As many as 1,000 tribal artists from countries such as Uganda, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Philippines and 27 states and six union territories will participate in the ongoing festival in Raipur. A contingent of tribal artists from Jharkhand is also attending the event.

Now Bal Darbar in 29 Bihar districts from November 14 to 20

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The state social welfare department will start a new initiative, Bal Darbar, Hamar Darbar, in association with Unicef on the lines of janata darbar. Children and adolescents will get a chance to place their grievances before peoples representatives, district magistrates and senior officials of departments concerned at the Bal Darbar.

The Bal Darbar will be organised across 29 districts from November 14 to 20 during the Child Rights Safety Week.

Initially, 30 to 40 children and adolescents from different social groups will be able to raise various issues related to their districts. Seven to eight representatives will then be selected from among these children and adolescents to meet the DM concerned. Finally, one person from each group will be selected for participation in the state-level darbar on November 20.

Chhattisgarh: 21 lakh farmers received third installment of Rs 1,500 cr under govt’s flagship scheme

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A day after Congress hinted at the possibility of promising increase inminimum support price(MSP) for paddy in poll-boundUttar Pradesh,Chhattisgarhchief ministerBhupesh Baghelon Monday released Rs 1,500 crore to the states farmers underRajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay YojanaandGodhan Nyay Yojana.

This is the third instalment of states flagship scheme, Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and Rs 10.81 crore as dividend to farmers, who sold cow dung to the state under the states unique Godhan Nyay Yojna under which the state procures cow dung from people at a price of Rs two per kilogram.
Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana was launched in the year 2020 with an objective of providing a fair price to the farmers for their produce, promoting the productivity ofKharif cropsand crop diversification, with a retrospective effect, its benefits from the Kharif Marketing year.
Hence in this year in 2021-22, an amount of around Rs 1,525 crore was paid to the farmers on May 22 as the first installment in their account. Second installment of Rs 1,522 was transferred on August 20 on the occasion of birth anniversary of late Rajiv Gandhi under the scheme.

Digital hearing helps MP to remain in top 10 in disposing cases in lockdown

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District courts inMadhya Pradeshhave disposed of 5.13 lakh cases amidst pandemic inducedlockdownmostly throughdigital hearingto remain in top ten of the countrys provinces list.

The district courts across the country disposed of 97.21 lakh cases between March 2020 and June this year including 5.13 lakh ones in Madhya Pradesh, showed a reply of union minister of law KirenRijijuin Lok Sabha during the last monsoon session.

With this, Madhya Pradesh remained at seventh position in disposing of cases among all states and union territories in the country in this period.

The states like Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka secured first and second position after disposing over 10 lakh cases during this pandemic induced lockdown period. The district courts in UP disposed of 19.19 lakh cases and those in Karnataka dealt with 12.39 lakh in between March 2020 and June this year.

Road fatalities in Gujarat at 10-year low in 2020

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Call it the positive side effect of Covid-19 pandemic, but the lockdowns and subsequent restriction on movements drastically reduced the road fatalities inGujarat.

In fact, with drop of 20.7% compared to the cases in 2019 (8,440), it was the decades lowest death number for the state at 6,693. The data was shared in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) publication Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2020.

While it was the lowest fatalities at least since 2011 for Surat and Vadodara that recorded drop of 36% and 7.5% respectively, Ahmedabad and Rajkot recorded drop of 20% and 22% – their lowest since 2013. However, on the other hand, the state recorded increase in pedestrian deaths from 728 in 2019 to 824 in 2020, rise of 13%. Moreover, analysis of the vehicles involved reveal that two-wheelers, which were involved in 35% of the fatal accidents in 2019, rose to 41% in 2020. On the other hand, cars share remained the same at 14%.

According to the report, 75% or three-fourths of the fatal road accidents were attributed to over-speeding. The rural and semi-urban areas accounted for 77% of the fatal accidents, whereas the rest 33% were recorded in the urban areas according to the report. City-based road safety experts said that apart from the higher speed of vehicles, lack of quicker medical attention after the incident could also be the reason for higher fatality in areas outside cities.
In terms of accidental deaths, Gujarat recorded 13% drop in numbers, from 23,770 in 2019 to 20,644 in 2020.