To reduce burden on public exchequer, thePunjabgovernment has decided to issue fee receipts for government Services on mobile applications. The initiative will not only save paper worth Rs 1.3 crore every year, but will also unburden the state exchequer by at least Rs 80 lakh per annum.
The service has been launched recently, said ministerAman Arora. The elimination of the paper receipt system will significantly reduce carbon footprint atSewa Kendrasand contribute to a sustainable future.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today launched the Himcare scheme for jail inmates by providing Himcare cards to the prisoners at the Model Central Jail, Kanda, here.
He also presided over the launch of the Integrated STI, HIV, TB, Hepatitis (ISHTH) campaign in prisons and other closed settings at the Kanda jail. The registration of inmates under the scheme has been initiated and the will cover the cost of premium for jail inmates, he said.
Plans were underway to introduce a scheme aimed at educating the children residing in Bal Sudhar Grih of the state, he added.
He said the ISHTH campaign aimed at screening and treating 3,218 inmates of 14 jails in the state and 1,278 inmates of juvenile homes, nari niketan and drug rehabilitation centres. The exercise would be completed across the state by June 14.
Chief ministerPushkar Singh Dhami launched a ‘Patch Repairing App’ prepared by the public works department (PWD) with the aim to involve people in repair work on roads.
Using this app, a person can click a photo of a pothole on the road and inform the PWD about it. Following this, the PWD will get the repair done and later post the photo of the patch work to the complainant, officials said. “This app will help immensely in making the roads free of potholes across the state. The information provided by people will help us in repairing such roads at the earliest,” the CM said. Dhami also mentioned that the road repair would be completed within a week and the responsibility of officials would be fixed.
In an event at the state secretariat, Dhami said that departmental officials need to keep an eye on the complaints and ensure they are timely resolved.
Children of schools of Uttar Pradesh will now go from village to village to witness the development works of Jal Jeevan Mission. The Yogi Adityanath government will conduct exposure visits for students studying in council schools through the Jal Gyan Yatra programme.
For this, the Basic Education department has sent a letter to the basic education officers of all districts, instructing them to provide the authorised list of schools and children to the State Water and Sanitation Mission office on priority basis. The Jal Gyan Yatra will be organised by Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply department and Basic Education department.
The Jal Gyan Yatra programme will commence this month. Groups of students will be shown sewage treatment plant (STP) and water treatment plant during Jal Gyan Yatra. In the first phase of this free Jal Gyan Yatra, a trip to Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mahoba and Jhansi will be made.During this visit, quiz competitions will also be organised in Sports and games.The students of the state will get information about the development works under the Jal Jeevan Mission’s Har Ghar Jal Yojana through Jal Gyan Yatra.
Jharkhand has been known as a mineral-wealth, but now we are continuously moving forward in the direction of giving a different identity to this state in the form of tourism. Protecting and developing tourist places. In this episode, a circuit of religious places of the state will be made. All the major religious places will be connected to it, so that we can provide better facilities to the devotees and tourists. It is our endeavour to give a separate identity to Jharkhand on the tourism map of the world, said Chief Minister Hemant Soren while inaugurating the two-day State Shri Bansidhar Mahotsav at Bansidhar Nagar, Garhwa on Wednesday. He said that this year Shri Banshidhar Mahotsav has got the status of a state festival and we will work to give more grandeur to this festival in the coming years.
The CM said that we have to strengthen our art-culture and tradition so much that no one can break it even in adverse circumstances. With this thinking, plans are being made continuously to develop religious places. More than 14 crore rupees are being spent on the development of Tapovan temple in the capital Ranchi, while a plan of 7 crore rupees has been made for the development of the historic Diuri temple located at Tamar in Ranchi. Very soon the foundation stone for the development and beautification of this temple will be laid
The Bihar cabinet on Friday cleared the states fourth agricultural road map, which would cost about1.62 lakh crore over the next five years.
Additional chief secretary (cabinet) S Siddharth said approval of the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture road map was among the 18 proposals discussed and cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar.
The agricultural road map has already come in force since April 1 this year, and will continue till 2028. It has components from other departments as well, said Siddharth.
Recently, the had held a meeting of stakeholders on the agricultural road map, wherein farmers representatives had also shared their views, apart from experts.
Very soon, a Bihar Bhawan will come up in Mumbai. The state government has approved the proposal to take a plot of land in Mumbai on lease for a period of seven years on payment of155 crore. The cabinet also gave its nod for the payment of the lease amount to Maharashtra government to get the possession of the land.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday pledged to increase the amount of assistance of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to registered construction workers in the event of accidental death at the workplace.
He was addressing a workers conference held to mark the International Workers Day (Labour Day) at the Science College Ground in Raipur.
He said in case of permanent disability, the amount payable will be hiked from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh. Unregistered workers will also get assistance of Rs 1 lakh in case of death due to an accident at the workplace.
Baghel also announced a Chief Minister Construction Labour Monthly Season Ticket Card Scheme. It can be availed by registered construction workers who travel from their Home to the workplace by rail or bus.
Monthly ticket cards will be issued and are valid for travel up to 50 km. The Chhattisgarh Building and Other Construction Workers Board will bear the cost.
Under the Chief Minister’s Construction Workers Assistance Scheme, he said a grant of Rs 50,000 will be given to factory workers for construction or purchase of new houses.
Apart from it, for treatment of serious diseases like heart surgery, liver transplant, kidney transplant, neuro surgery, spinal cord surgery, leg knee surgery, cancer and paralysis, a grant of Rs 20,000 will be given to factory workers.
The Chief Minister said around Rs 56 crore is being transferred to the labourers through direct bank transfer.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan virtually participated in the mass marriage ceremony of Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana at village Gudbhela in Sehore district. While blessing 415 couples, he wished that the couples tying the sacred bond of marriage may lead a happy, joyful and blissful life and increase the honour and prestige of both the clans and families.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the marriage of a daughter should not be a burden on any family in the Society, therefore, in the year 2006, the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah-Nikah Yojana was launched. Various schemes are run by the to provide opportunities for progress to the daughters.
In Ladli Laxmi Yojana, along with all possible help for studies, encouragement and cooperation is being extended to the daughters at every step. Giving reservation to Women in Panchayat and urban bodies Elections and rebate in stamp duty in registration of immovable property is an important step towards women Empowerment. Ladli Bahna Yojana will boost the self-esteem and self-reliance of women. The state government will leave no stone unturned for the welfare of mothers, sisters and daughters.
Despite a sharp spike in gold prices from January to March this year, the demand for the yellow Metal remained upbeat during the quarter in Gujarat. Against a 17% decline in gold demand in India during the quarter according to the World Gold Council, gold imports inGujaratgrew 75% during the same period.
According to the latest report by the World Gold Council, Indias gold demand declined to 112.5 metric tonne (MT) in January to March 2023, down 17%.
Against this, gold imports in Gujarat stood at 14.69MT during the same period, up 75% as compared to 8.39MT in the corresponding period in 2022, according to Ahmedabad Air Cargo Complex (AACC).
Exports fromRajasthanincreased by over 10% during April to February 2023 of the current financial year, mainly driven by textiles, agro-food products, gems and jewellery and engineering goods. The Growth comes on a high base of 36% jump achieved in 2021-22.
Rajasthan Export Promotion Council (REPC) expects the figures to reach Rs 80,000 crore for 2022-23. Exports from the state have increased from Rs 46,476 crore in 2018-19 to Rs 71,999 crore in 2021-22.
its chairman Rajiv Arora said exports from sectors like agro-food products, gems & jewellery, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, electronics and computer Software have surged in the range of 27-74% in the 11 months of the 2022-23.
We expect the exports reach near Rs 80,000 crore in the 2022-23 financial year. This is significant because the growth comes on a high base of 36% expansion in 2021-22, said Arora.
He said, despite the states heavyweight sectors like textiles, marble and granite, and handicrafts underperforming due to the economic slump in the western economies, the growth has hit double digits.
In order to boost exports from Rajasthan, the state industries department launched the initiative ‘Mission Exporter Bano’ in 2021. Arora said more than 9,000 entrepreneurs, artisans, and handicraftsmen from different districts have been given necessary process and documentation training to make them exporters. They have been issued Import-export codes.