06.06.23

Only 4 universities from Haryana in top 100

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Only four higher educational institutions from the state managed to make a place in the top-100 universities category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education released on Monday. Like previous years, no institution managed to enter the top-100 bracket in the overall ranking.

While the private universities have improved their rankings, some major government institutions have fared poorly this year.

Among Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied sectors ICAR-NDRI Karnal ranked 2nd in the country and Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is ranked 10th

The National Institute of Food Technology, and Management, and the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Science are ranked 24 and 34, respectively

Punjab Govt to make policy against exploitation of women abroad

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Punjab Government is working on a policy against the exploitation of the states womenfolk in other countries. For the same, a discussion will be held with the victims under the chairmanship of Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr Baljit Kaur on June 11 in Jalandhar to draw up a state-level policy to prevent the exploitation of women.

The is committed to protect the rights of women of Punjab who are willing to go abroad, have settled there, or have returned. Special attention is being given by the Punjab Government towards them, said Dr Baljit on Monday.

She said that some agents are giving fake jobs and falsely sending the women of the state to foreign countries illegally. By making statements, they are exploited in various ways. Efforts are being made by the Punjab Government to prepare a state-level policy to overcome this situation, she said.

To listen to the tragedies of women who have suffered all kinds of exploitation and to include their suggestions in the policy, a discussion is being organized on June 11 at the office of Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner from 11 am to 1 pm.

The Minister explained that incidents of exploitation of women are reported, especially from America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Middle Eastern countries like Kuwait, Dubai, Oman etc. Such bad behavior has been taken seriously by the state Government, she said.

Himachal Government set to raise Rs 800 cr loan for ‘development’

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The Congress is all set to raise a loan of Rs 800 crore for development works though the state is reeling under a huge debt burden of Rs 75,000 crore. The Central Government has imposed a limit of Rs 3,000 crore on external borrowings by Himachal. Besides, the Central Government has restricted the states borrowing capacity for ongoing projects to Rs 4,000 crore.

The loan will be taken in two installments of Rs 500 crore and Rs 300 crore

The loan of Rs 500 crore will be repaid in eight years and Rs 300 crore in six years

The Central Government has imposed a limit of Rs 3,000 crore on external borrowings by Himachal

The loan will be taken in two installments of Rs 500 crore and Rs 300 crore and a notification has been issued in this regard. The reason cited for raising the loan is development works, but it is common knowledge that the government is finding it hard to foot the huge salary and pension bills of its employees and pensioners. The loan of Rs 500 crore will be repaid in eight years, while Rs 300 crore will be repaid in six years.

Ukhand to set up river & spring rejuvenation boards

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The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced setting of the river and spring rejuvenation boards in the State. He also declared that 50 kilometre long cycling tracks will be constructed in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts. The CM made these announcements in a programme organised on the occasion of the World Environment Day at his residence on Monday. A plantation drive was also organised on the occasion.

Dhamisaid that cycling tracks would be prepared in all the districts of the State. He said that one village Panchayat in each district of the State will be awarded for doing commendable work in the field of sanitation.

The CM also chaired a virtual meeting in which all the district magistrates of the State were connected in a virtual manner. Directing the DMs to undertake regular public awareness programmes on environmental conservation, the CM said that everyone should work for protecting the environment.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken a major campaign to provide Health cards which has proved beneficial to the farmers. He said that emphasis should be laid on making the soil free from chemicals, protecting the micro organisms in soil, conserving the soil moisture and preventing degradation of the water table.

He said that all the major development projects launched under the Leadership of PM Modi in the last nine years also focus on environmental conservation in one way or another. The CM said that a campaign of Amrit Sarovars was started by the government for conservation of water. He said that the State was given a target to construct 975 Amrit Sarovars and so far 1,092 Amrit Sarovars have been constructed in the State.

Yogi govt sops to food processing industry

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In an attempt to boost the Food Processing sector in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched Uttar Pradesh Food Processing Policy-2023 under which subsidies and other facilities are being given for setting up food processing industries.

The Uttar Pradesh government is providing additional facilities to encourage investors, including subsidy, interest subvention and transport subsidy. It has been divided into four parts, first is the grant of projects, second is interest subvention, the third is transport grant and the fourth is major incentives.

Under the policy, the Yogi government is giving a grant of 35 per cent of the project cost (on plant, machinery and technical civil work) or a maximum of Rs 5 crore on the establishment of new food processing units.

Similarly, 35 per cent of the project cost of a minimum Investment of Rs 25 crore (five units) or a maximum of Rs 10 crore by the agro-processing group, a grant of 35 per cent of the project cost or a maximum of Rs 5 crore for the development of a priority processing centre at the farm Gate, collection centre, cold storage, dry warehouse, mobile pre-cooling unit, reefer trucks, IQF facility distribution centers, and retail outlets under backward and forward linkage, is being given.

Not only this, a maximum of Rs 5 crore of the project cost is being given for agricultural promotion chain development study, 50 per cent of the project cost or a maximum of Rs 50 lakhs is being given on the construction of decentralised procurement storage and processing unit.

Under major incentives, exemption of 2 per cent fee on the declaration of non-agricultural use, 25 per cent on circle rate on exchange of government land, 50 per cent on change fee on land use conversion, 75 per cent on external development fee, is being given.

Guv inaugurates Natural Farming & Plantation campaign

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On World Environment Day, on Monday, the state level campaign of ‘Natural Farming and Planting’ was inaugurated by Governor C.P Radhakrishnan at Arogya Bhawan Ranchi. In the programme IIM Director Deepak Kumar Srivastava, CCL Director Personnel Harshit Mishra, Vice Chancellor of Shri Sai Nath University Dr. S.P. Aggarwal, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University Vice Chancellor Tapan Kumar Shandilya, Vikas Bharati President Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Vice President Dr. S.N. Munda, Former Vice-Chancellor, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee University, President of Jan Shikshan Sansthan, Ranchi, Vikas Kumar Singh, Chamber of Commerce, Kishor Minister, Vikas Bharti Bishunpur and Jan Shikshan Sansthan-Vikas Bharti, Ranchi, workers, trainers and a large number of trainees were present.

The program started with the and was duly inaugurated by the guests by pouring water on the Tulsi plant. Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh, President of the organization and Dr. Ranjana Kumar Chaudhary, Vice President, welcomed the Governor withAngavastram. Joint Secretary of the organization Mahendra Bhagat presented Tulsi plant to the guests on the stage.

The Governor said on the occasion that everyone should avoid the use of plastic. Our environment is being polluted by the use of plastic. Whenever we go to the market, we carry bags, do not use plastic. We should not be ashamed of carrying bags or utensils, should always be conscious towards Health and environment. He said that the good works of any institution should be appreciated. People doing good work are being continuously encouraged by the Prime Minister.

Nitish launches 189 buildingprojects worth Rs 2,530 crore

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Chief ministerNitish Kumar launched 189 building projects worth Rs 2,530 crore through videoconferencing from Sankalp hall of his official residence at 1, Anney Marg.

Of the 189 projects, 106 buildings worth Rs 1,340 crore were inaugurated, while foundation stones were laid for the remaining 83 projects, worth Rs 1,189 crore.

All the 189 building projects, which are of 18 different departments of the , have been or are being executed either by the building construction department (BCD) or theBiharState Building Construction Corporation (BSBCC).

Godhan NYAY a new hope for women entrepreneurs

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The Godhan NYAY Yojana in Chhattisgarh has emerged as a new hope for Women who manufacture vermicompost and do other economic activities in Gauthans.

It has resulted in empowering the women economically and providing them livelihood .

Members of the Sadguru Women Self-help Group and Farmer Welfare Committee in the Gauthan of Donde village in Pakhanjur Tehsil have earned Rs. 21.57 lakh through the manufacture of vermicompost, pisciculture, mushroom, vegetable cultivation, Poultry farming and from the sale of earthen lamps prepared from cow dung.

The President of the Sadguru Womens Self-Help Group, Nareshwari Kotwar, said the women in her group are manufacturing vermicompost from the cow dung purchased in Gauthans.

She said 13,200 quintals of cow dung were purchased in Gauthan; 3,614.92 quintals of vermicompost and 570 quintals of supercompost were manufactured by cooperative committees. This helped them earn a net income of Rs. 15.07 lakh.

Additionally, the sale of earthworms fetched them Rs. 1.77 lakh.

All 19 members of the womens self-help group have earned Rs. 113,000 each, which enabled them to arrange fee for their childrens Education.

Maximum facilities will be given to Divyang players

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that maximum facilities will be given to the Divyang players of the state.

Apart from providing incentive amount to them for their best performance, priority in government Services, training and other incentives will be given in the Sports sector along with accommodation facility. Preparations are also being started for the Divyang Panchayat on July 18 at the CM’s residence office. About 2500 Divyangs of the state will participate in this Panchayat, including sportspersons and Divyang talents from other fields. Special efforts are being made for the participation of mentally challenged children.

About 7,000 mentally challenged players from 180 countries are participating in the International Sports Competition (Special Olympics) being held in Berlin, Germany, from June 17 to 24. 198 athletes and 57 coaches will go from India to participate in 16 sports in the Special Olympics.

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Registration of EVs up 1,475% in Gujarat in two years

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The government ofGujarat, in a press statement, said that in the last two years there has been a 1,475% increase in sales of electric vehicles (EVs) due to the new incentive policy.

The launched the Gujarat State Electric Vehicle Policy in 2021 with the aim of making Gujarat a manufacturing hub for electric vehicles and related industries With the implementation of policy, the state witnessed a 1,475% increase in registration of EVs. From 7,240 EVs before the launch of the policy, the number of EVs registered in Gujarat now stands at 1,18,086.

Around 8,858 EVs have been registered every month for the last five months. Surat has the highest number of EVs at 31,561. It is followed by 20,937 in Ahmedabad, 7,648 in Vadodara, 6,678 in Rajkot and 3,259 in Jamnagar. Of the registered EVs, there are 1,06,341 two-wheelers, 4,093 three-wheelers, 5,646 four-wheelers and 2,006 others.

The state government is giving special attention to Infrastructure for electric vehicles. EV charging stations are being built at a quick pace in various cities of Gujarat. Some 250 new public charging stations will come up soon. At present, there are a total of 152 charging stations in the state. The government, in collaboration withBISAG-N, will provide uniform charging infrastructure and facilitate smoother charging station site selection. Accordingly, 91 hotspots have been selected in municipal corporations, 48 in municipal areas, 96 on state highways/national highways and 15 at tourist destinations.

Under the state government policy implemented in 2021, a maximum subsidy of Rs 20,000 is given on two-wheelers, Rs 50,000 on three-wheelers and Rs 1,50,000 on four-wheelers. So far, Rs 133.83 crore has been paid out by the state government. This policy will be operational for four years.