04.04.23

Haryana police get 1st position in CCTNS ranking

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The Haryana Police have secured the first position in the latest Crime and Criminal Tracking and Network System (CCTNS) pragati ranking released at all-India level. The state police secured the top position with 99.99 marks.

Haryana DGP PK Agarwal has congratulated the entire police department for repeating this achievement. He said excellent performance in the field of CCTNS at the national level would boost the morale of the police to further use this technology more efficiently in their daily work.

Climate change to affect Punjabs agri productivity, says report

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Due to the effects ofclimate change,Punjab, which produces 10% of the country’s food grains, may witness a decline in yield of between 13% and 1% in its major Kharif and by 2050.

This has been pointed out in the synthesis report of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate-change”>Climate Change(IPCC). Making an assessment of the current state of scientific knowledge related to climate change, the report brought together the findings from various scientific studies to provide a clear picture of the risks and impacts of climate change, as well as the Options for mitigating and adapting to those risks.

Himachal to collaborate with Centre to promote lavender cultivation

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Himachal Pradesh Government is all set to collaborate with the Union Government on the Aroma Mission a lavender cultivation initiative that has proven to be a boon for farmers in Jammu and Kashmir.

With the climatic conditions of several regions in Himachal Pradesh, including Chamba, being similar to those of Jammu and Kashmir, the aims to replicate the success of this initiative in the hill state in a big way. This initiative will boost the economy of farmers as well as the State in a big way.

The State Government is planning to adopt modern scientific methods of farming by replacing traditional practices. To accomplish this, the State Government is seeking technical support from the Union Government.

The Centre would also organize orientation programs, training camps, and provide technical support to farmers and horticulturists of the State, enabling them to familiarize themselves with new innovative technologies in the farming sector, improve the quality of their produce and generate more income.

Lavender cultivation, also known as the purple revolution, could prove to be a lucrative option for the farmers of the State, thereby transforming their lives.

Uttarakhand govt to lay thrust on horticulture, tourism sectors

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With the start of the new financial year, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reviewed the targets set by various departments and the efforts to achieve these targets at his secretariat office on Saturday. He directed the officials to hold review meetings on a regular basis to collect updates on works done and measures required to achieve set targets.

“We are working in the direction of making Uttarakhand one of the best performing states by 2025 and we need to work collectively. We need to fix time limit for our works and ensure they are completed within deadline,” Dhami said. He said there are many possibilities in the field of tourism, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture,horticultureand . “Along with short-term action plan in these areas, we need to look into more possibilities these sectors have,” he said.

Railways to spend Rs 612 crore for Gorakhpur station revamp

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In a major boost to development in Gorakhpur, Indian Railways will invest Rs 612 crore in the next five years to redevelop Gorakhpur RAILWAY station with aesthetic design and facilities on the lines of modern Airports.

The renovated station will have a concourse of 63,000 sqm with a seating capacity for 3,500 passengers. During peak hour traffic, the station will be able to handle nearly 17,000 passengers. Currently, the facility caters to around 9,000 passengers. The main station building will be spread across 17,900 sqm area, which will be double the size of the current area.

Similarly, the second entry station building, which is currently spread on 720sqm area, will be expanded to 7,400sqm. There will be 44 lifts and 21 escalators at the station.

Birsa Harit Gram Yojna gives new dimension to rural livelihood

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Apart from mango , other fruit bearing Plants like guava, lemon, pear, custard apple, ber, jackfruit, drumstick horticulture have to be promoted. Horticulture of mixed fruit plants is to be encouraged. Under MGNREGA, mango horticulture, guava horticulture, shady tree plantation will be done through Birsa Green Village Scheme.

It was decided in the meeting that Didi Bagiya Yojana, run by the sisters of SHG, training and other assistance should be provided to the entrepreneurs to prepare fruit plants so that quality plants can be produced in the nursery. It was also decided to consider getting the nurseries established under the Didi Bagiya scheme registered with the National Horticulture Board through JSLPS.

It is necessary to train Horticulture Sakhis for the purpose of timely capacity building and to make them technically more capable, as continuous technical advice is given by them in the horticulture being done by the beneficiaries. Therefore, after training them, timely payment of wages should be ensured in lieu of the work done by them under horticulture.

It was decided to provide Irrigation“>Drip Irrigation facility in horticulture through JSLPS under convergence under Birsa Harit Gram Yojana. Work should be done to connect the institutions to which the members of the advisory committee are associated with the horticulture scheme being implemented in their work areas/districts so that the current status of the plants can be monitored during field visits from time to time and technical advice can also be given to them. Can be given Along with this, technical cells will be formed in the state and district.

Under the Birsa Green Village Scheme, besides mango plants, other fruits like pear, orange, lemon, guava, jackfruit, dates, custard apple, etc., which can be grown according to Jharkhand’s Climate, have also agreed to include bamboo, drumstick. Along with this, it was also decided that mixed fruit horticulture should be ensured in at least 25 percent of the total horticulture area under each district in the financial year 2023-24.

All districts in Bihar asked to step up Covid testing

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State registered three more Covid-19 cases on Monday. With this, the number of active cases has reached 44 in Bihar.

The three new cases were against 13565 samples tested in the last 24 hours across the state. Health department also held a meeting, to review the situation and issued special instructions to all the districts to beef up testing.

For instance, of the 13565 samples tested, West Champaran had tested only 51, while Siwan had tested only 65 samples. Rohtas was the district with zero samples. Maximum 1972 samples were tested in Muzaffarpur, followed by Patna (1568) and Gopalganj (1149).

Over 44.19L benefit from Urban Slum Health Scheme

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The Urban Slum Health Scheme has provided free health check-up and medical treatment to poor families in slums in Chhattisgarh.

44.19 lakh have availed the free treatment under the scheme provided by Mobile Medical Units.

A total of 120 mobile units equipped with doctors, paramedical teams, medical equipment and medicines regularly visit the urban slums.

So far, around 10.57 lakh patients have got pathology tests done and more than 37.41 lakh patients have got free medicines.

The beneficiaries include more than 2.76 lakh labourers.

Till now, 58,168 camps have been held in 169 urban bodies. The scheme is run by the Urban Administration and Development Department of Chhattisgarh, an official Communication said.

The scheme was started in November 2020. In March 2022, it was expanded to the entire state.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Ladli Bahna Yojana is not a ritual but it heralds social revolution in Madhya Pradesh. Earlier Ladli Laxmi Yojana was started. Now the Ladli Bahna scheme has been started for the sisters.

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Chief Minister Chouhan said that Women should live with self-respect, atrocities will not be allowed on the land of the state. To make women strong, Ladli Bahna Sena will be formed in every village. Sisters will be involved in this, who will work for the safety of women. He said that the homeless would be given land to live on. The tribal class also has the right on water, forests and land. They have been given powers under the PESA rules.

Chief Minister Chouhan attended Mukhya Mantri Bhu Adhikar (Chief Minister Residential Land Rights) patra distribution and Women’s Conference at Betul Police Ground on Monday. CM Chouhan said that Maa Tapti Corridor will be built in Multai. Its complete outline will be prepared. He also announced to name institutions after revolutionaries. The Chief Minister dedicated and performed bhoomi-pujan of development works worth more than Rs. 680 crore.

Gujarat’s GST collection increases by 17.5% in FY 2023

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GSTcollection inGujaratsurpassed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark in fiscal 2022-23 to touch Rs 1.14 lakh crore. With this, the total tax mop-up in the state grew 17.5% during the fiscal. The rise in commercial activity after the lifting of Covid-related restrictions during the year coupled with are among the key reasons for Growth in the tax collection in Gujarat.

At the time of the GST roll-out, the Centre used to compensate states to ensure a protected revenue growth at 14% per annum for five years. Fiscal 2022-23 was the first year since the Centre stopped compensation to states. Yet, GST collection in Gujarat grew 17.5%, indicating the state is well-positioned to maintain its revenue inflows. This, in fact, is the highest growth rate since the new tax regime was rolled out except for the 30% growth during FY22, albeit on a lower base of tax collection during the pandemic year FY21.

During the year, Gujarat’s income through SGST (Rs 65,746 crore) and value-added tax (VAT) on non-subsumed items (Rs 38,037 crore) stood at Rs 1.03 lakh crore in FY2023.