04.12.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced to set up a Divyang Sports Corner in one stadium in every district.

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While giving a gift to the Divyangjans on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Chief Minister also announced the construction of a new building of Government Blind School, Panipat and to provide Braille printers to blind officers.

He also laid the foundation stone of Divyang Care Home in Ambala through video conferencing and launched the website of Department of Social and Empowerment and portal to apply online for Divyang Award especially developed for Persons with Disabilities.

The Chief Minister said that persons with disabilities are also blessed with one or the other special qualities and talent. The example of this was highlighted when Sports persons with Disabilities won medals in Paralympic Games. Despite being visually impaired, Surdas was called a great poet. Similarly, Louis Braille, despite being blind, created the Braille script, Helen Keller left an indelible mark even when she was deaf and blind, he said

Khattar said that for the care of the mentally challenged, a Divyang Care Home would be constructed in Ambala on 5 acres of land at a cost of Rs. 31.71 crore. In this home, adequate arrangement for clothes, food and proper care for 100 persons with disabilities would be ensured.

In a major reprieve to the traders across the State, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday decided to exempt about 1.50 lakh cases from assessment related to cases of C form for the past years from 2014-15 to 2017-18. With this decision, taken during the Cabinet meeting, about 8,500 such cases would now be assessed under this category every year. This trader-friendly decision would cost Rs 200 crore on the State exchequer.

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Forms Cs are used for filing returns against the tax already paid in interstate sale of goods.

To further boost trade and economic activity in the State, the Cabinet also gave approval to exempt the traders from making payment of 70 per cent of the excess demand and now they would be only required to deposit 30 per cent of the surplus demand. The decision would also cost the state exchequer to the tune of Rs 940 crore. Subsequently, they would now be required to deposit the said amount that is 20 per cent of the 30 per cent portion of the additional demand by March 31, 2022, and the remaining 80 per cent by March 31, 2023.

Notably, the has taken these significant decisions to facilitate traders in the wake of the recent Covid pandemic. Although it has been nearly four and a half years since the end of the VAT regime, there was still a heavy burden of VATassessment on the traders coupled with difficulties in providing C-forms etc to them.

The Cabinet also approved One-Time Settlement Policy-2021 for Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation Limited, Punjab Financial Corp and Punjab Agro Industries Corp for settlement of dues. The new policy will help resolve long-pending litigation and settlement between the corporations and the private investors, besides creating a more business-friendly Environment in the State.

Managing livestock waste in Himachal reduces expensive farm inputs

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Amid the widespread shortage of fertilisers in the ongoing planting season in several states largely owing to spiking international prices, farmers in Himachal Pradesh are using homemade alternatives for cultivation that are not only safer for the Environment but are also boosting their incomes by reducing their dependence on chemicals.

records say 146,438 farmers, including 14,000 apple growers, in the hill state are doing natural farming either partially or fully, over 8,268 hectares.

This means they are not rushing to the market to plant the winter cropsnot hampering their planting season like in neighbouring states Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh where farmers are currently facing a severe shortage of fertilisers.

Middle-aged vegetable grower Raman Saini, a progressive farmer from Haroli in Una district adjoining Punjab, is one of many to benefit from an alternative method of cultivation that saves the Soil from deterioration, boosts his bottom line and importantly without sacrificing much food production.

Earlier, he struggled to market the vegetablesa fact he attributes to overuse of chemical pesticides to control diseases and pests. Even the Soil fertility was deteriorating.

Under the Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana, the technique is based on the farm inputs that are prepared at Home with dung and urine of a ‘desi’ cow, ‘besan’, jaggery and some locally resourced leaves.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and unveiled the foundation for various infrastructural and development projects amounting to about Rs 18,000 crore in poll-bound Uttarakhand.

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The Delhi-Dehradun economic corridor to be built at a cost of Rs 8,300 crore was one of the projects for which the foundation stones were unveiled. The PM inaugurated seven projects and unveiled the foundation stones for 11 projects on the occasion.

He said that the Delhi-Dehradun expressway for which the foundation stone was unveiled is a model of environmental protection and development. This project will include an industrial corridor and Asias longest wildlife protection corridor which will enable the safe movement of wild animals.

Varanasi – Indias First Ropeway Service

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Varanasi was the first Indian city to have a ropeway system.

Highlights:

Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh, is slated to become the first city in India to provide ropeway service as a form of public transportation to alleviate traffic congestion.

The proposed ropeway will run from Cantt RAILWAY Station (Varanasi Junction) to Church Square (Godauliya), spanning a 3.45-kilometre aerial distance.

It has around Rs 400 crore, which is split 80:20 between the central and state governments.

After Bolivia and Mexico, India will be the third country to deploy a ropeway for public transportation.

In the beginning, the rope will stretch of 3,45 kms covering Cantt Railway Station, Sajan Tiraha, Rathayatra and Girija Ghar Chauraha.

Finance Minister Dr Rameshwar Oraon on Saturday said that the State Government will waive loans of farmers up to Rs one Lakh and discussions are being held in this direction. Under the Chief Minister’s Agriculture Loan Waiver Scheme, loans of up to Rs 50 thousand are being waived by the Government.

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Oraon said as Chief Guest during the programme was organized at Tisia Maidan in Pakhar Panchayat of Kisko block Lohardaga District.He said that the Banks should be liberal in giving KCC loans to farmers and farmers must be given loans for farming.

The Minister said that the is going to procure paddy from December 15, 2021. Out of total 50 per cent of the value of purchase of paddy will be paid immediately. The balance amount will be paid within three months. Initially, the paddy of small farmers whose yield is up to 200 quintals, will be procured. The Government has taken a loan of Rs 1600 crore from Bank Of India and State Bank of India for timely payment of paddy amount to the farmers, he added.

Kitchen gardens to be set up at anganwadi centres

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TheKrishi Vigyan Kendra(KVK) has been entrusted with the responsibility to develop fivekitchen gardensforanganwadi centresin the district to increase the nutritional value of food served to children, lactating as well as pregnant Women.

The KVK will plant saplings of green and leafy veggies after identifying suitable land for kitchen gardens. Papaya and drumstick Plants will be grown on the boundary of the kitchen garden. Adding veggies such as cabbage, palak, methi, dhania, beetroot and radish to the main course served to children and others will enhance the nutritional value of food intake.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday pledged to promote Makhana (also known as fox nut and lotus seed) for Rabi season. He assured every possible technical assistance for the cultivation.

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Baghel said this while virtually inaugurating a processing unit of Makhana of Gajendra Chandrakar in Lingadih in Arang block of Raipur district.

In the view of its increasing demand in the market, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to promote Makhana production for the Rabi crop along with the production pulses and oilseed,” he said.

The state has taken initiatives to provide information and training in this regard to the farmers. In addition, every possible help will be provided to farmers from the availability of fox nut seeds to its sale.

Regarding promotion of production of pulses and oilseeds, Baghel said: I had given instructions to the officials to make arrangements in Gauthans for oil extraction in areas where farmers are growing oilseed crops besides making arrangements for grading and packaging of pulses in areas where farmers are planting pulse crops.

“This would provide regular EMPLOYMENT and Source Of Income to the Women self-help groups working in Gauthans, he said.

18 lakh rural population get piped water, says Madhya Pradesh govt

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Piped water is being provided to remote areas and tribal dominated areas underJal Jeevan MissioninMadhya Pradesh. Officials said providing water through tap connections in schools and anganwadis, including rural families in tribal areas is done at rapid pace.

Drinking water has been provided through tap connections to more than 18 lakh rural Population in 20 tribaldominated districts in the state. Since the inception of the mission, about one lakh population has been provided with this facility every month, which is more than 42% of rural households in tribal dominated districts.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that it was with the intention of Har Ghar Nal and Har Nal se Jal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while announcing Jal Jeevan Mission from Red Fort on August 15, 2019, had said that in the next five years, we will have to do four times more work than the work done in the last 70 years.

In Jal Jeevan Mission, the states have to fulfill their targets by the year 2024. Prime Minister Modi had said that when the country works sincerely to fulfill its resolves, then reforms and changes take place.

Jal Jeevan Mission is providing drinking water to the tribal families living in rural and remote areas of the state through tap connection at a fast pace.

There are about 12 lakh persons with disabilities in Gujarat, but only 2.47 lakh persons have the Unique Disability ID (UDID) cards. The UDID cards are mandatory for persons with disability to avail various government schemes.

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Providing details of the reach of schemes meant for those with disabilities, development worker Deepa Sonpal, said that according to official figures, 2,47,174 persons with disabilities in Gujarat have received the UDID cards. However the number of persons with disabilities in Gujarat is pegged to be around 12 lakh, she said.

Activists and development workers participated in a virtual meeting on the occasion of international day for persons with disabilities. The meeting discussed issues concerning rights of persons with disabilities and the use of the Right To Information Act.

The government spends a lot of on schemes for disabled persons,but it is necessary to ensure that the right persons avail of these benefits.