06.10.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that the State is swiftly moving towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) goals 2030.

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The Chief Minister while speaking during a workshop organized by Swarna Jayanti Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management (SJHIFM) said that since 2015. through the SDG Index development priorities have been set for every state under which they are given 17 goals to achieve desired targets. Haryana is swiftly walking on this pace and all the parameters fixed for achieving SDG goals 2030 are being implemented in a phased manner in the State, he said.

On this occasion, he also released Haryana Goals Index 2020-21 and Haryana Provisional SDG District Index 2021 and congratulated the Finance Department and SJHIFM for their efforts in this regard. He further encouraged the Institute and all link departments to work in close coordination for the release of the subsequent edition as well.

Punjab state economy may take hit as coal stock dwindle

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Worsening arrival of coal and dwindling supply is triggering a power crisis in Punjab that can hit the state economy. Over 10,000 industrial units have already been closed due to Covid in the state and any outage is likely to worsen the situation.

Punjabs coal-fired power stations are now left with less than three-day stock. With demand expected to go down after October 10, the state still faces power crisis, if the coal situation does not improve in the coming week.

Supplies to power Plants are currently short following prolonged rains that have drenched coal pits as unusually heavy rain last month in major coal mining centres have worsened the situation.

At present, the power demand is around 9,924 MW, out of which central sector contributes 5,010 MW, private plants 2,510 MW, two state-owned plants 1,091 MW, while state-owned hyrdo projects supply 392 MW and solar and 291 MW.

Following complaints of rampant copying during examination in some private educational institutions in the state, Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPERC) today constituted a three-member committee to check quality of education in private institutions.

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The commission has received complaints of rampant copying, paid copying, students paying for not appearing in examinations and other similar complaints said chairman, HPPERC Maj Gen Atul Kaushik (Retd).

He added, Though examinations are under the preview of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) and other bodies, we have constituted a three-member committee to check the quality of Education in private educational institutions.

The survey of residential and non-residential buildings with drones using Geographic Information System (GIS) will start from this week in the four urban local bodies (ULBs) in Uttarakhand under the Urban Development Directorate (UDD).

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The step is likely to increase the revenue collection of property tax by two to four times and the details of all the properties will be available online from the year 2023

The collected data will also be used to generate a unique property identification number in order to provide necessary facilities to the locals of a certain area. An App has also been developed to update all the information collected through the surveys in all the selected ULBs in the first phase, stated the urban planner.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announces pay raise for job scheme workers

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As a festival bonus toMNREGAemployees in the state, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced an increase in their honorarium from October. The government has also announced a 180 day long maternity leave, along with 24 days of casual leave and 12 days of medical leave for workers.

Speaking at the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee programme on Monday, the CM said that the government would soon be bringing out an HR policy, on the lines of theUttar PradeshState Rural Livelihood Mission, which would guarantee leaves etc to the employees.

The increase includes Rs 10,000 per month to MGNREGS workers, Rs 10,000 to gram sewaks, Rs 15,656 to technical assistants, Rs 15,156 to computer operators, Rs 34,140 to additional program officers, Rs 15,156 to accounts assistants, Rs 18,320 to operation assistants, Rs 18,320 to helpline executives, Rs 9,000 to class IV worker, Rs 14,100 to block coordinator and Rs 19,900 to district social audit coordinators.

In addition to this, the CM said that the government is working towards ensuring 100 days of employment under MNREGS to at least 20 lakh families on projects worth Rs 13,000 crore. The Consent of the deputy commissioner of MNREGS has been made necessary before terminating the Services of rozgar sewaks.

The CM added that in 2020-21, 1.16 crore jobs were generated with 39.46 crore of mandays. Under MNREGS, 103.27 crore mandays of work was generated over the past four years. In 2020-21, 94.37 lakh families got jobs in UP, which is the most in the country while over four years, 246.56 lakh families were given employment.

In a move to expand agricultural work in the State, Governor Ramesh Bais held a meeting with the officers of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperatives Department at Raj Bhawan

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In such a situation, always keep in mind the interest of the farmers. He directed to expedite the testing of the fields of the farmers of the State so that the farmers can get information about the deficiencies or specialties in the soil of their fields and farmers can use friendly Fertilizers.

The Governor said that the soil and Climate here is conducive for vegetable production. We need to motivate the farmers more in this direction.

The Governor said there is no shortage of water in the State, yet farmers are not getting adequate Irrigation facilities for agricultural work, this is a serious problem, there is a need to work actively with coordination in this direction.

Bihar at last in NITI Aayog health system rankings

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Bihar, as per its Health , is languishes last among all states and Union Territories, as per the latest report on health infrastructure at the district level, published by NITI Aayog.

As per the report, prepared with the help of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry and WHO India, Bihar has just six hospital beds for one lakh Population as against the national standard of 24 beds per one lakh population. Puducherry tops the list with 222 beds per one lakh population.

Tourist destinations Sitamadi-Harchauka and Ramgarh in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja region will be formally be inaugurated under the Ram Van Gaman tourism circuit on October 7.

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Both places are related to the exile period of Lord Ram.

Under Ram Van Gaman circuit, nine sites were selected in the first phase to be developed as tourism pilgrimage. Sitamadi-Harchauka in Korea and Ramgarh in Surguja districts are among them.

During his exile, Ram entered Chhattisgarh from Korea. Sitamadi-Harchauka in Janakpur of Bharatpur Tehsil is believed to have been his first stop in Chhattisgarh.

There are 17 chambers in the caves of Sitamadi-Harchauka on the bank of Mawai river. This place is also known as Sita Ki Rasoi. There is a ‘Shilakhand’ here which is believed to be the footprint of Lord Ram.

The site also houses a Shivling. This place is known as Harchauka (kitchen). Ram reached Sitamarhi-Ghaghra on the banks of Rapa river from Harchauka.

There is a four-chambered cave about 20 feet above, in the middle of which the Shivling is established.

The caves of ‘Sitabengra’ and ‘Jogimara’ are believed to date back to the Mauryan period. Evidence of inscriptions in in Jogimara cave and inscriptions in Brahmi script of Gupta period are seen in Sitabengra cave.

For fast and swift resolution of family disputes online e-mediation platform was started from July 10, 2021 through the organization “SAMA” in association with the Police Women’s Crime Branch, Legal Volunteers and URJA Mahila Help Desk.

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The effort was made by successful by Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority and District Legal Services Authority in association with the Police Women‘s Crime Branch, Legal Volunteers and URJA Mahila Help Desk.

Initially, it was started in three districts of the state, Bhopal, Gwalior and Jabalpur as a pilot project for one month.

A detailed report of the action taken by the organization “SAMA” was presented during this period. According to which out of the complaints received to Urja Mahila Help Desk and Dial-100 in three districts of Gwalior, Bhopal and Jabalpur, a total of 4215 complaints were sent for counseling.

Out of which 37.04 percent cases were resolved on the basis of mutual understanding. In which 215 out of 1062 cases are in Bhopal, 217 out of 1258 cases in Gwalior and 478 cases out of 1895 in Jabalpur.

The cases coming for counseling in the institution are being heard quickly and their resolution is being done through virtual medium. The counseling being done by the Legal Volunteers through the organization “SAMA” has yielded very positive results.

Now a proposal is being prepared to implement this system in the entire state and is being sent to the for approval. After the approval of the government, online e-mediation platforms will be started in all the districts of the state.

Roused economic activity, high prices lift Gujarats GST mop-up

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As industrial production has returned to full-throttle after the second wave of Covid cases with a massive increase in raw material prices across sectors, GST collection inGujaratgrew by 28% in September 2021 against the same month in 2020.

Total GST collection in the state stood at Rs 7,780 crore in September, up from Rs 6,090 crore in September 2020, according to data from the Union finance ministry.

xperts say the increased tax collection is primarily due to a revival indemandand the low-base of last year, as tax collection was relatively low due to the post-lockdown effect.

Of the total collection, State GST (SGST) in Gujarat stood at Rs 3,654 crore this September, up 47.5% from Rs 2,415 crore last September. Tax collection, however, grew marginally, by 3.5%, against Augusts figure of Rs 3,530 crore, according to figures from the state commercial tax department.