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These 15 districts belong to states like West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, and Jharkhand.

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Asserting that it is essential to curb the practice of child marriage at all levels to achieve greater personal freedom and choice, the report points out that states like West Bengal, Bihar, and Tripura have the highest Percentage of Women married before 18 years at 41.6, 40.8 and 40.1, respectively.

The index covering 36 states and UTs and 707 districts made by the Institute for Competitiveness and Social Progress Imperative was submitted to the Economic Advisory Council- Prime Minister (EAC-PM) and released in the Capital.

The Index draws its analysis on early marriages from National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) as part of its assessment in one section of the report on the dimension of “personal freedom and choice” which takes into account performance of districts based on indicators related to Child Labour, kidnapping and abduction, early marriages, and family planning.

CM announces to give facelift to lakes for emerging bathinda as tourist hub in Pb

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the lakes in the city will be given a facelift to emerge Bathinda as a tourist hub in the state in general and Malwa region in particular.

He held detailed parleys with the officers on to review the development works in the city.

Mann said that the lakes in Bathinda will be rejuvenated by pumping in the necessary Resources,adding that no stone will be left unturned for ensuring that Bathinda emerges as a tourist hub in the state. He said that development of the city will be accorded top priority.

Acceding to the demand raised by MLA Jagroop Singh, the Chief Minister gave a green signal to construct a new bus stand in the city and said that this will help in solving the problem of traffic. Mann also asked the and POWERCOM to explore the feasibility of using Lake number 1 as a water tank for solving the problem of potable water supply in the city.

Centre approves Rs 2,614 crore for 382 MW Sunni Dam Hydro Project in Himachal Pradesh

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved of Rs 2,614 crore for the 382 MW Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project inHimachal Pradesh.

The Run of River project being executed on Satluj river in Shimla and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh will have 71-meter-high concrete gravity Dam and six generating units in its surface Power House.

The project shall generate 1382 million units annually and the levelized tariff of electricity generated will be R 3.90 per unit. The project is scheduled to be commissioned within 63 months of the commencement of construction works. The project is being financed on a 70:30 debt Equity ratio and on completion it will earn 16.50% return on equity for SJVN.

Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project will provide 1382 MU of green energy to the grid and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.1 Million tons annually. This hydro project will play a crucial role in balancing the grid over the intermittent nature of solar and wind power. The commissioning of this project will contribute significantly towards the Government of Indias vision to provide Round the Clock Power to All.

State Tax Dept rewards 1,500 customers under Bill Lao Inam Pao scheme

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In an attempt to encourage the customers to demand the bills for the goods they purchase, the State Tax department of Uttarakhand has initiated a scheme to reward the customers. On Monday, the Finance minister Prem Chand Agarwal took out the first monthly lucky draw under the Bill Lao Inam Pao scheme at the head office of the department. A total of 1,500 customers were selected by the randomly chosen electronic medium for the prizes. Under the scheme, 500 people received mobile phones as first prize. Similarly 500 customers each got smart watches and earphones as second and third prizes respectively. Speaking on the occasion, Agarwal said that the has started the rewards scheme to create awareness among people to demand bills of the goods they purchase. He said that the awareness of the customers would help in protecting the government treasury and participation of all stakeholders in the process. He said that complete transparency has been maintained in the process of selection of winners in the scheme and for the whole process has been kept free from human interference. The process is being conducted electronically. The minister said that customers have an opportunity to win prizes every month till March 2023 by uploading their bills under the scheme. He said that after selection the winners would be intimated over the phone. The minister appealed to the people to demand bills and contribute to the development and prosperity of the State.

Yogi pushes for dedicated food streets in all UP cities

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Chief ministerYogi Adityanathhas directed the departments of culture and housing to coordinate with different development authorities and prepare an action plan for creating a dedicated food-street in every city, where people would get a range of food items from different states and communities.

The CM said that the people should be exposed to foods of different states like Nadu, Punjab, Kerala, Uttarakhand,Rajasthanand Andhra Pradesh so that they know what to expect when they travel to these states. Referring to the recently held Kashi-Tamil Sangamam at Varanasi, the CM said that the cultural exchange cleared the Tamils misconceptions about UP and north India which they had formed due to negative propaganda by some vested interests.

Jkhand ready to host 32ndJunior National Throw Ball tournament

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Jharkhand is ready to host the32nd Junior National Throw ball Competition from December 27 to December 29.

Addressing a press meet, Jharkhand State Throw ball Association President, Rajesh Gupta informed that total preparation for successful host of the tournament has been completed.

Organizing Secretary Alok Kumar Dubey, Executive President, Vijeta Verma, Chief Associate, Lal Kishore Nath Shahdev, 32nd National Competition Supervisor, Sanjeev Kumar, Throw ball Federation of India Referee Board Chairman, Shrikant Das Gupta, Jharkhand Throw ball Association Secretary, Nagina Kumar, Vice President, Gautam Kumar Singh were also present on the occasion.

Kurhani records low 58% turnout in peaceful Bihar bypoll

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The byelection to theKurhani assemblyconstituency in Muzaffarpur district passed off peacefully on Monday with only 58% (57.9% ) of voters exercising their franchise, the said. Incidentally, it was the lowest voting Percentage recorded in the last three Elections — 64.19% in 2020 and 65.13% in 2015 — which, in effect, has turned out to be a puzzle for poll pundits, who claim that higher voting percentage is an advantage for the opposition candidate.

Welfare schemes halt migration: CM

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said that Migration has been stopped in the state due to the governments welfare schemes.

Interacting with villagers of Bagarpali in the Khallari assembly constituency of Mahasamund district, he said people across the state say they do not need to move out of the state foremployment.

Quoting migrants at Janjgir, Jashpur, Saraipali and Bagarpali, he said the welfare schemes have helped to improve economic prosperity among the people. It is a good sign.

A committee has been announced to study the social changes due to implementation of the schemes, he said.

On Rural Industrial Parks (RIP), Baghel said the government will set them up in each block for which government land and Rs 2 crore have been approved.

Approach roads and electricity will be made available at half rate. The aim is to financially empower the rural residents.

CM plants Neem, Kachnar and Ashoka saplings

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted saplings of Neem, Kachnar and Ashoka in the Smart City Garden. Along with Chief Minister Chouhan, Niti Prashant Khare of Bhopal’s Pratikul Foundation planted Kachnar and Sidhi’s social worker Poonam Soni planted neem sapling on their birthdays. Foundation’s Sarvashri Adarsh Verma, Jeevan Lal Sharma and Sanidhya Jain also planted saplings.

The foundation conducts activities to provide Education facilities to needy children and career guidance to the youths. Sarvashri Amit Soni, Yuvraj Soni, Aditya Raj Soni and Pawan Soni, who came from Sidhi, also participated in the plantation.

Rajasthan start-up programme raises Rs 236 crore in 7 years

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The -registered start-ups have generated Investment of Rs 236 crore including Rs 150 crore in the past two years. The start-ups garnered funding from various backgrounds including Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, healthcare, Education and fintech.

The start-up programs have created 21,980 jobs since 2015 contributing to the economy. Initially, the scale of investment and job creation was low but in the past 2-3 years it has accelerated.

2,979 start-ups have been registered with the government while 1,970 have been approved under the Rajasthan start-ups program. The department projection said that they can cross the registered start-ups by 3,200 by the end of the financial year.

This year 45 start-ups have been selected for the sustenance allowance of Rs 20,000 monthly for showing promising potential. The Bhamashah Techo Hub at Jhalana has 12 consultants providing mentoring 24/7 to start-ups and receiving 7-8 applications on a daily basis. The DoIT has almost completed the training of 2-4 teachers in every district to mentor start-ups in colleges.