There has been a significant rise in the rate of immunisation among children inMeghalayawith official data now indicating that immunisation rates have increased from 57% to 91% and institutional deliveries have risen from 46% to 64% over the past few years.
The state Health department wants to achieve nearly zero infant and maternal mortality by ensuring 100% institutional delivery and robust pre and post-natal Services.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has identified seven black spots that have taken many lives in road accidents over the years inAssam, from central to western part of the state. Frequent accidents for successive years has compelled NHAI to give refurbishment to ease flow of traffic in these black spots to avert road accidents.
According to the ministry of road transports definition, a stretch of road is tagged as a black spot if five road accidents or 10 fatalities are reported for consecutive three years in a stretch of 500 metres.
Scattered from Nagaon district in central Assam to Bongaigaon in lower Assam, these seven black spots Tihujunction, Society Chowk Rangia, Changsari-Madanpur stretch, Dabaka junction,Kishanbazar,Manikpurand Sundari will soon witness infrastructure revamp as a long-term measure.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik rolled out the State Dashboard, a data and analytics-powered platform, which will streamline performance monitoring of Government schemes, aiding data-driven DECISION MAKING.
The dashboard consists of three critical components, CM Dashboard, Department Dashboard and Administrative Action Monitoring Portal. The application appraises the performance of different administrative departments on 5T parameters.
The CM Dashboard huge data with public and is a landmark initiative for transparency.
The Nadu Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to urge the Centre and the President to fix a timeframe for State Governors to approve Bills adopted by the respective Houses.
The bill, moved by Chief Minister M K Stalin and adopted by the House also sought the President and the Centre to ‘advise’ Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi to give his assent to the Bills passed by the state Assembly in a time-bound manner.
The government’s move came in the wake of bills including the ones seeking exemption to Tamil Nadu from the NEET ambit and banning online gambling pending with the Raj Bhavan for the Governor’s assent.
While moving the Bill, Stalin launched a tirade against the Governor, saying Ravi was not approving certain bills due to his “whims and fancies.”
He also charged Ravi with converting the Raj Bhavan into a “political Bhavan” and accused him of being against the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.
The resolution “regretfully” recorded that by keeping the Bills pending, the Governor was against the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.
Clean Kerala Company and other empanelled agencies have so far removed over 1,050 tonnes of reject waste from public places in the city, since they started to collect waste after the fire broke out at Brahmapuram waste dumping yard.
All the reject waste collected from the city is transported for burning in cement factories with which the agencies have an agreement. The rejects are waste which cannot be recycled or repurposed.
There is a drop in mixed waste reaching public places now as the public has finally realised that the corporation is not going to collect such waste. Still there are many not willing to abide by laws, and dump waste in public places, said the official.
While the Clean Kerala Company officials said there is no drop in plastic waste reaching public places. They said they are now getting good quantity non-degradable waste which can be recycled or repurposed as against earlier days of the collection.
Telanganahas wrapped up more commitments during the US visit of the business delegation led by IT & industries minister KT Rama Rao, with Aurum Equity Partners (AEP) committing $50 million towards the development of cutting-edge data centers in Hyderabad.
Aurum Equity Partners, which invests in digital Infrastructure real estate data centre assets, has allocated this $50 million out of its just launched $250 million global Private Equity fund for investing in data centres and other infrastructure assets. AEP expects the final close of the fund in the first quarter of 2024 and plans to expand its investments in US, MENA and India.
AEP has also committed $5 million towards support deep tech startups in Telangana. These announcements were made in San Francisco at an event hosted by the Indian consulate.
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) officials are gearing up to finish the layout works of housing for the poor scheme at Nidamarru, Nekkallu, Krishnayapalem, Navuluru, Ainavolu, Mandadam, Kuragallu, Yerrabalem, Pitchukalapalem, Borupalem, and Ananthavaram. The house sites will be distributed to the poor people in NTR and Guntur district.
The APCRDA officials said that as many as 25 layouts are under development on the 1,402.58 acres of extent. The has decided to distribute house sites to around 50,004 beneficiaries in these layouts. Out of the 25 layouts, 14 with an extent of 583.93 acres were allotted to the NTR district, and 11 layouts with an extent of 550.65 acres to the Guntur district.
Speaker of Goa legislative assembly RameshTawadkar said that through public participation under the Shram Dham concept, 150 houses will be constructed for poor people in Canacona.
The innovative concept of Shram Dham, conceived by the speaker, has garnered significant attention and admiration.
Recognising the immense potential and impact of this initiative, chief minister Pramod Sawant had directed the team of the Swayampurna Goa Programme to organise a live interaction, providing a wider platform for the promotion of the scheme.
Under this service-oriented concept, individuals are encouraged to contribute a minimum amount, starting from Rs 1, and dedicate a day of their lives to the construction of houses for these needy people.
The speaker said that this noble contribution will allow the team of Shram Dham to build around 150 houses for the poorest of poor people in Canacona, ensuring access to a fundamental necessity of a Home, and appealed to all individuals to contribute to this cause.
The share of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) allocated byMaharashtragovernment to healthcare has grown only marginally over the past few years, underlining how political regimes have failed to make it a priority.
Data from the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for India 2019-20 indicates Maharashtra’s spending on healthcare was barely 0.8% of its GSDP, a slight increase from the previous four-year Average of 0.7%. Data showed total healthcare expenditure was Rs 77,501 crore of which government’s contribution was just 27% (Rs 20,606 crore).
The state has done poorly compared to the national average, which showed an upward trend in government expenditure as a proportion of total health expenditure-from 29% in 2014-2015 to 41.4% in 2019-20. The Centre is spending 1.35% of the GDP on health.
As per the NHA report, the state spent Rs 1,675 per capita on healthcare in 2019-20, only a slight increase from the Rs 1,120 spent in 2015-2016. By comparison, Himachal Pradesh spent Rs 3,829, Kerala Rs 2,590, Uttarakhand Rs 2,273 and Nadu Rs 2039. Bihar and UP were among the poorest spenders, allocating Rs 701 and 951 per capita.
In yet another move to push industrial clusters across the state, theHaryanatown and country planning department has amended the policy for licensing industrial colonies/parks by restructuring zoning.
Apart from no capping on upper limit of area (in acres) for carving out industrial park or colony, the minimum area has been reduced from 50 to 25 acres, providing a second slab till 100 acres against the previous one till 200 acres. Department officials said the move would encourage more players of all levels to participate.
Unlike 2015 policy, which provided for special package for industrial colony for 200 acres and above, the new policy would provide for 100 acres and above. On zoning of industrial colonies/clusters, in 25-acre colony, 65% area would be saleable, with a minimum of 45% for industrial plots and 20% for residential and commercial area. The commercial area would not be more than 5%.
In the category of 100 acres and above, out of 65% saleable area, the entrepreneur or agency carving out industrial colony would have to ensure a minimum 35% of industrial plots and 30 % of residential and commercial areas. In all categories, colonisers would have to shell out a minimum of 10% mandatory areas for community Services to be provided by third parties. In a bid to ensure uniform Growth, the has already executed plans of having dedicated industrial clusters in districts and blocks.