05.11.22

Government spending Rs. 16,000 crore on medical, education and research: Haryana CM

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At the second convocation ceremony of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, the Chancellor of the University and Governor, Haryana, Bandaru Dattatraya and Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar presented degrees to the students of various courses related to health sciences.

Addressing the gathering in Rohtak, Khattar said that about Rs. 16 thousand crore is being spent by the government on medical, Education and research etc. A provision has been made by the government for the welfare of the Society that the students who have obtained doctor’s degrees from government medical colleges should give some part of their earnings for social causes. He called upon the students who took the degree of doctors to come forward for social service. Serve the people through government service and take care of the people of the state.

Khattar said that a joint course of bio engineering and medical engineering will be started soon in the state. He said that the kidney transplant will start soon in Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences. He said it is being ensured that every district must have a medical college and at present, 13 medical colleges are functioning in the state and 11 medical colleges are either under construction or have been announced. He said that after the year 2014, medical seats have been increased significantly in the state and in the next five years, the number of these seats will be increased to 3,000.

He said that as per the norms of World Health Organization, there is a requirement of one doctor per 1000 Population. Thus, at present there is a need of 28 thousand doctors in the state, while there are about 7 thousand government doctors in the state. About 50 percent of doctors, including government and private doctors, are providing Services to the people in the state. The is making continuous efforts to meet the shortage of doctors.

CM announces to spruce up govt healthcare infrastructure across Punjab

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced to spruce up government healthcare across the state for providing state-of-the-art medical treatment and diagnostic Services to people.

During the run up for Elections, we had promised a guarantee of quality healthcare to the people and no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause, said the Chief Minister, addressing after dedicating newly-built mother and child care hospital.

The Chief Minister said that strenuous efforts are being made to equip the government hospitals with the ultramodern facilities. Likewise, he said that a massive recruitment drive has been embarked to fill all the vacant government posts in the Health Department.

The Chief Minister envisioned that the newly-constructed Mother and Child Hospitals will act as a Catalyst to impart quality healthcare to the pregnant Women and newly born child. He said that the move is aimed to ensure that people get quality health services in these hospitals. He said that more such hospitals will be constructed across the State in coming days.

Assets of 84% sitting MLAs in Himachal Pradesh increase in 5 years

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According to affidavits submitted by 58 re-contesting MLA inHimachal Pradesh, assets of 84% legislators have increased in the last five years, while 9% have registered a dip in their possessions.

Assets of 49 out of 58 MLAs have increased between 5% and 1,167%, while assets of remaining nine legislators have decreased between 4% and 37%. The Average assets of the re-contesting MLAs fielded by various parties, including the independents, in 2017 was Rs 9.30 crore, which has increased to Rs 12.08 crore in 2022.

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) andHimachalPradesh Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 58 re-contesting MLAs. The analysis revealed an average asset Growth of Rs 2.77 crore between the assembly in 2017 and 2022. The average Percentage growth in assets is 30%.

Uttarakhand’s October GST haul up by 28%, 7th highest in India

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Compared to a Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection of Rs 1,259 crore in October 2021,UttarakhandleviedGSTworth Rs 1,613 crore during the same period this year, registering a 28% Growth that placed it at the seventh position among all states surveyed for GST collection in October 2022.

This is the state’s second highest ever GST collection. The state collected GST worth Rs 1,887 crore in April this year.

According to the data released by the Centre for GST revenue collection across the country, Uttarakhand outperformed nine comparatively bigger states — Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.

Ladakh notched the top position with 74% growth followed by Arunachal Pradesh (39%) and Haryana (37%).

The country’s gross GST revenue collected in October 2022 stood at Rs 151,718 crore.

UP lags behind Maharashtra in sugar production despite 40% more cultivation area’

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Despite having 40% more sugarcane cultivation area,Uttar Pradeshhas been outperformed byMaharashtra in sugar productionbecoming the “largestsugarproducing state in the country”, according to a recent report of the directorate of economics and statistics in the Union ministry of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and farmers welfare.

Maharashtra has been maximising production due to better management of Resources, proper utilisation of the mills’ crushing capacity and enhanced recovery rate, the report said.

The report also suggests that the country’s totalsugar productionhas gone up by 7 lakh tonnes from 358 lakh tonnes in 2021-22 to 365 lakh tonnes in the current crushing season. This increase has been estimated despite a rise in sugarcane diversion for ethanol production and other activities by 11 lakh tonnes in the current year, compared to last season.

As per the report, the sugarcane cultivation area in Uttar Pradesh in 2021-22 was on a par with 23.1 lakh hectares while it had produced about 102 lakh tonnes of sugar. On the other hand,Maharashtraproduced 137 lakh tonnes of sugar with cane crop cultivated in 13.5 lakh hectares, less by around 42% compared to UP.

As the farmers in UP sowed over 90% of the sugarcane crop in spring to harvest it in October-November after its Growth of 8 to 9 months, it was not so rich in juice.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to launch three schemes on November 15

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TheHemant Sorengovernment will launch three schemes and roll out three newly-drafted policies during the upcoming Statehood Day function in Ranchi’s Morhabadi Ground on November 15.

“Chief minister Hemant Soren will launch the CM Sarthi Yojana, Guruji Credit Card Yojana and Eklavya Skill Scheme at the Statehood Day function. He will also roll out the new Jharkhand Industrial Park & Logistics Policy, Electronic Vehicles Policy and the Jharkhand Ethanol Production Promotion Policy.”
CM Sarthi Yojana envisages free coaching classes for matriculation and intermediate students of schools run by the State Government to enable them to take part in national-level entrance undergraduate examinations such as IIT-JEE and NEET.

The Guruji Credit Card Scheme, designed along the lines of the scheme envisaged by its counterpart in West Bengal, will provide soft loans of up to Rs 10 lakh for state students who want to pursue higher studies. The amount of the scheme will be disbursed through banks with a fixed tenure for loan repayment. Only those students who are native to Jharkhand will be able to avail the scheme through a dedicated portal that will be launched later.

Likewise, the Eklavya Skill Scheme will be aimed at providing market-driven subsidised Skill development training to students.

Breastfed infants are 10% more protected: Docs

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Even as the infant mortality rate inBiharreduced considerably during the last one decade following the meaningful interventions of the government as well as voluntary agencies, infants still need adequate protection inside or outside their homes.

Expertssaid breast feeding is the most important factor for infants protection. Infants exclusively on breast feeding for six months have 10 times more chances of survival compared to those who are bottle fed or some given other supplements.

Govts ambitious scheme for girls

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The Mukhyamatri Noni Sashaktikaran Sahayata Yojana is an ambitious scheme of the Chhattisgarh government in which Rs 20,000 is credited directly in the bank account of girls from workers’ families for self-EMPLOYMENT and higher Education.

So far 8,262 daughters of construction workers have benefited under the scheme. A total of Rs 16.52 crore has been transferred to the accounts of the girls, an official Communication said.

Pithampur is Industrial and employment generating capital of MP

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Pithampur has become an industrial and EMPLOYMENT-generating capital of Madhya Pradesh. Large scale industries have been established here and the flow of for industries is going on. A separate Women Entrepreneurs Park is being set up here for women.

Chouhan was addressing the Employment Day and One District-One Product program in Pithampur. He dedicated development works worth Rs 1371 crore and distributed loans worth Rs.2577 crore to 3 lakh 19 thousand youth to make them self-employed. He also unveiled the statues of Maharana Pratap and Shivaji Maharaj. The Chief Minister also handed over land allotment letters to 21 women entrepreneurs by performing bhoomi-pujan of Mahila Udyami Park.

The Chief Minister said that cultural revival work has started in Madhya Pradesh to establish cultural values. Efforts are being made to bring the statue of Vagdevi, which is presently in England, to Madhya Pradesh again. The legal process is being completed. Shri Mahakal Lok has been built in Ujjain. The work of establishing the statue of Adi Shankaracharya is going on in Omkareshwar.

Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh government is working day and night to provide employment and self-employment to the youth. Recruitments will be made on one lakh vacant government posts in the next one year. Advertisements will be issued for the recruitment of 40 thousand vacant posts in the month of November.

Chouhan said that in Pithampur, 1100 MSME units have an investment of Rs 12 thousand 777 crore and 38 thousand 770 people have got employment. 95 large industrial units are established here, in which Rs 26,320 crore have been invested and 53 thousand 493 people have got employment. In this way a total of more than one lakh people have got employment. The pharma sector of Pithampur has done a wonderful job by delivering medicines in Covid to the world.

He unveiled the ‘logo’ of Bagh Print of Dhar district and distributed GI certificates to the artisans. MoU was signed between MPIDC and FIEO in the presence of the Chief Minister. Shri Chouhan said that the turnover of self-help group women has reached 20 thousand crores. My aim is that my sisters should earn at least 10 thousand rupees per month.

Gujarat: Textiles units hurt by US-Europe inflation

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Gujarat-based Home textiles manufacturers are struggling to get export orders. These manufacturers foresee tough times for almost six months, due to high raw material prices and high in key exports markets such as Europe and the US. Margins have fallen significantly and even after the start of the newcottonseason, the situation has not improved. Gujarat-based home textile manufacturers get around 75% of their revenue from exports.

Gujaratis a large manufacturer of home textiles and around 80% of our production is meant for export.

According to Industry players, Indian home textile exports were worth about $9 billion in the last financial year and the US accounts for more than 55% of India’s home textile exports, from where demand has been adversely affected.