06.07.21

In a step towards empowering the citizens of Haryana with round-the-clock Police assistance, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will launch a new integrated emergency number 112 for all police, fire and ambulance emergencies from Panchkula on July 12.

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Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava on Sunday said that the emergency number would be launched under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). The Chief Minister would also flag off 601 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) equipped with mobile data terminals and other emergency related equipment, he said.

Describing the project as a major milestone for Haryana Police, the DGP said that the launch of this project would enable the police to help people more promptly and more effectively at the time of emergency. The citizens can seek emergency support by dialling a single number, 112 in case of any distress, he said.

Yadava said that the new system would eliminate the need for people to remember multiple numbers. ERSS is an integration of police (100), fire (101) and ambulance (108) helpline numbers to provide emergency Services through the single number. The project has been implemented on the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he added. Under the project, a state-of-the-art State Emergency Response Centre has been set up at Panchkula which has been digitally connected to the Police Control Room at district level as well as emergency response vehicles.

Publicise pro-farmer schemes: Minister

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When Union Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh attacked the Punjab Government yesterday, saying the state had not enhanced its transmission capacity for many years, he was not off the mark. As the enhancement of transmission capacity takes several years, Punjab has not been able to keep pace with the rising demand in the peak season.

Though many in the power sector blame successive governments of deliberately going slow on the enhancement of transmission capacity in order to keep under control the free power given to farmers and other socio-economically vulnerable sections, the cash crunch with the state power utilities is also a major factor responsible for this slow transmission capacity enhancement.

Punjab has a transmission capacity of 6,400 MW for quite a few years now. The states capacity in 2011-12 was 4,700 MW, which means it has gone up by 1,700 MW in the past 10 years. On the other hand, as Punjabs peak demand went up to over 15,000 MW this year, the power availability in the state, including its own generation and through short-term and long-term agreements, could not exceed 13,300 MW, resulting in a gap of 1,700 MW.

Himachal Pradesh to facilitate virtual learning for students

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Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, while virtually addressing at the launching function ofDigital Saathi-Bacchon Ka Sahara,Phone Hamara programmeat Shimla from Balichowki in Mandi district, said new technology had proved a boon to the students during the lockdown due to the pandemic as they were able to continue their studies through online mode.

He said Digital Saathi-Bacchon Ka Sahara, Phone Hamara campaign launched by the Education department would facilitate the students belonging to weaker sections of Society to get a smartphone so that they could continue their online classes without any hindrance.

Thakur saidDigital IndiaCampaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 had helped the country in ensuring that the pace of life does not slow down. He said thestate governmenthad also ensured optimum use of this new technology and held virtual meetings daily with the officers to review Covid-19 situation. He said that not only this, he also virtually inaugurated and laid foundation stones of developmental projects worth Rs 4000 crore in different parts of the State.

He said that the also started Har Ghar Pathshala programme to facilitate the students during the pandemic. He added that about 80% students were covered under this programme and now the endeavour of the government was to cover 100% students.

The pandemic of the Covid-19 has failed to make much of a dent in income of the state government from sale of liquor this year. In fact the excise department of Uttarakhand has achieved 114 per cent of the revenue target for financial year 2021-22. The department had a revenue target of Rs 2051 Crore for FY 2021-22 against which it has collected Rs 2267 Crore. It is pertinent to mention here that the revenue target of the department was reduced this year by the government.

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The above mentioned information was provided by the officials during a review meeting of the excise department chaired by the cabinet minister Yashpal Arya on Tuesday. In the meeting, the minister directed the officers to increase enforcement activities against the illicit liquor trade. He also held elaborate discussion on the reorganisation of the department structure so that enforcement activities are increased.

The minister took stern note of the fact that the department was not able to recover Rs 93 Crores in the last four years. He said that the responsibility for it should be fixed and it should be examined what action apart from issuing notices were taken by the officials concerned for recovery.

Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has allotted land to Britain based multinational firm AB Mauri in Pilibhit Industrial Area near Bareilly for its Rs 1,100 crore mega project.

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Under the dynamic Leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the UPSIDA has been continuously working towards the 360-degree development of the state since inception.

Attracted by UPSIDAs policy of and convenience of obtaining all land related information on GIS portal of UPSIDA, AB Mauri had expressed its interest in setting up its project in Pilibhit and 257 acres of bulk industrial land was allotted to it for the production of yeast.

With the proposed Investment of Rs 1,100 crore for the project, the company is expected to create 5,000 plus EMPLOYMENT opportunities. The companys forte lies in industrial baking.

The AB Mauri group was formed in 2004 and has its presence across the globe in 32 countries and is operating 52 Plants. The company has a golden heritage of almost 150 years in manufacturing yeast and baking ingredients.

With this mega investment proposal from the company, the UPSIDA is spreading its presence globally. The UPSIDA has allotted land to AB Mauri in spite of the challenging second phase of COVID-19 pandemic and that too in record time.

71% health workers in Jharkhand fully vaccinated in last 6 months

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As nationwide vaccination drive against Covid-19 is set to complete six months, the looks back on the many highs and lows, including overcomingvaccinehesitancy to facing supply gaps in doses, during the first ever adult immunization drive.

As perhealthdepartment records, Jharkhand has been able to completely inoculate around 13,50,465 beneficiaries, out of around 2.47 crore targeted beneficiaries. A total of 64,89,159 have received their first doses till yet.

Out of the targeted 2,20,955 Health workers, 1,58,895 have been administered both the doses, ensuring 71% coverage while 207418 have received their first shot, followed by other frontline staff with 56%. Of 3,98,051, 2,25,397 have received both doses while 362547 have received first dose.

The coverage rate for senior citizens stood at 13.32%, as 4,30,709, out of 32,31,564, have received both doses while 14,07,788 have received their first jab. Those in the 45-59 age group 4,32,831 people receiving their both doses while 17,75,599 received their first jab, the coverage being 8.39%.

Even though youngsters have been turning out in large numbers to take the jab the coverage among the 18+ category with complete inoculation remains lowest with a mere 0.65 % receiving their both the doses. Out of 1,57,34,635 beneficiaries, only 1, 02,643 have received both doses while 2735807 have received first dose.

RT-PCR labs at all sadar hospitals in Bihar soon: Minister

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State Health ministerMangal Pandey saidRT-PCRlabs would be set up at all thesadar hospitalsin the state soon to conduct Covid tests.

The minister, who inaugurated an RT-PCR lab at Siwan sadar hospital, said Siwan was the 10th district in the state to get the facility. At least 96 samples can be tested at a time and 1,000 samples in a day at the lab. While there was just one virology lab in the country before Covid-19 pandemic, it has crossed 2,500-mark now, he said.

The minister said health facilities in the state were being strengthened to face any upcoming challenges. Apart from medical colleges and hospitals, modern equipment are being installed even at public health centres in the state, the minister said.

Under the National Health Missions Free Dialysis Programme, free of cost dialysis facility is being provided in eight district hospitals of Chhattisgarh, it was announced on Thursday.

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The facility began in Durg, Kanker, Korba, Bilaspur, Mahasamund and Bijapur from 2020 and it was extended to Jashpur and Surguja districts in June this year, an official Communication said.

For dialysis, five machines have been set up in Jashpur and four in Ambikapur.

So far, a total of 12,933 dialysis sessions have been conducted in the eight district hospitals.

Of these, 3,499 took place in Durg, 2,606 in Kanker, 2,370 in Mahasamund, 1,864 in Bilaspur, 1,793 in Korba.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the economy has been affected by Covid. Mineral activities give impetus to the economy. It is our resolve to extend maximum cooperation in fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of self-reliant India. Every effort will be made to speed up mining activities in the state. It will be our endeavour to auction more than one hundred mineral blocks in the state by 2022.

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Union Minister Prahlad Joshi said that mineral activities contribute to the basic economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi intends to expedite the auction of mineral blocks by simplifying the processes in the mineral sector to build a Atma-nirbhar Bharat. For this, necessary reforms have also been made in various laws. Proceedings are underway under . Expressing satisfaction over the ongoing activities for auction of blocks in Madhya Pradesh, the Union Minister said that the next auction process should be conducted by fixing the time table.

The Chief Minister said that coal reserves are abundant in the state. The coal mining work in the state is being done by the public sector companies of the Government of India. Instructions should be given to these companies to work for coal gasification and liquefaction in Madhya Pradesh. This will help in protecting the Environment and enriching the Source Of Energy. Chouhan said that survey is going on for the discovery of rare Minerals in Betul and Chhatarpur districts by the Geological Survey of India. This work should be completed within the time limit. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan also requested to revise the royalty rates of limestone.

Gujarats cotton acreage may grow 10%

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Gujarats acreage is likely to increase 10% this kharif season with farmers getting high prices for the natural fibre last year. Currently, the area under cotton cultivation in the state has increased to 16.50 lakh hectares as on July 5, compared to 15.72 lakh hectares during the same period last year. This was revealed in the latest data compiled by thestate Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department.

The area under cotton cultivation in Gujarat had declined 15% to 23 lakh hectares in 2020 from 27 lakh hectares in 2019. The Average cotton acreage of the past three years is 25.53 lakh hectares.
Strong demand from domestic and international markets had pushed up cotton prices to a decadal high of Rs 52,000 per candy (one candy is equivalent to 356kg) by the end of the cotton season for 2020-21.

According to theCotton Association of India(CAI), despite a lower acreage last year, Gujarats cotton output is estimated to rise to about 97 lakh bales in the 2020-21 season. One bale is equivalent to 170kg. In the previous season, the output was 95 lakh bales.