07.01.22

Manipur will become key source of Indias growth, says PM Modi

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Prime MinisterNarendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 22 development projects worth Rs 4,815 crore in poll-boundManipur.

The northeast, which had been long neglected by the previous government, joined the development race after 2014, and Manipur will become the main source of Indias Growth, the PM said. Amid total shutdown and boycott call by the proscribed Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of rebel outfits of the state,Modiarrived at Imphal airport around 11 am on his whirlwind visit to the state and addressed a mammoth public meeting at Hatta Kangjeibung in Imphal East.

Nirbhaya Kadhi Campaign

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Ganjam district of Odisha has declared itself a child marriage free district, first in the State.

In last two years, 2020 & 2021, Ganjam District Administration has been able to stop around 450 child marriages and video-record 48,383 marriages.

Administration has also made Aadhaar card mandatory to produce for any marriages to take place.

Nirbhaya Kadhi (Fearless Bud)

Nirbhaya Kadhi programme was started in Ganjam. The campaign was started with the objective of preventing adolescent girls from dropping out of school, and counselling them. Under the programme, all the heads of educational institutes were directed to inform administration if girl aged 12 to 18 years remained absent from school for five days. Around one lakh teenagers have undergone counselling under the programme, in past two years.

Award on producing information

Administration had also announced Rs 5,000 for those informing about any child marriage. This amount has now been increased to Rs 50,000.

Prevalence of Child Marriage in India

According to United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) estimates, at least 1.5 million girls under 18 get married in India each year. This makes India a Home to largest number of child brides worldwide.

Govt will end online gaming soon: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin

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Chief ministerM K Stalin said the will put an end to online gaming soon.
Intervening during the debate on the motion to thank governors address to the assembly, the chief minister said the previousAIADMKregime had enactedTamil Nadu Gamingand Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, which was declared ultra vires of the Constitution by the Madras High Court.

Earlier, AIADMK MLA R Vaithlingam drew the attention of theHouseto the recent suicides of a bank official and his family in Chennai due to online gaming, while the AIADMK regime led byJ Jayalalithaahad destroyed the lotteries and kandhi vatti (Money lending) in the state.

Govt forms committee to design certificate, medal

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The government has constituted a five-member committee of experts to design the decorum, certificate and the medal for the recently instituted Kerala Awards, on the lines of the of the Centre.

Once the government clears the design and the model, it will be finalized and will be permanently the awards identity. The award will be conferred from the current year.
The cabinet had in October last year decided to institute state governments awards on the lines of Padma Awards that will be conferred on those who have excelled and made exemplary contributions to the Society in various fields from the state.
The government had decided to confer three types of awards -Kerala Jyothi,Kerala Prabhaand Kerala Sri. WhileKerala Jyothiwill be conferred on one person, Kerala Prabha andKerala Sriawards will be given to two and five individuals, respectively.

4yrs on, 4.5L still wait for ration cards across Ktaka

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Since the start of 2017-18 till the beginning of the current fiscal year, more than 4.5 lakh people have applied for ration cards inKarnataka. Although officials have cleared nearly 60% of these applications 2.7 lakh none has been issued yet, infuriating applicants. The delay in issuance of a ration card has only added to the already long list of problems of the underprivileged.

The department of food and civil supplies was to begin issuance of ration cards to applicants, the credentials of whom had been examined and verified, in August 2021. But the second wave of the pandemic delayed the process.

Hyderabad Open Rock Museum

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The Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh, inaugurated first Open Rock Museum in Hyderabad.

The museum displays about 35 different varieties of rocks from different parts of India.

Age of these rocks are ranging from 3.3 billion years to around 55 million years.

These rocks also represent deepest part of the Earth, that is up to 175 km of distance from Earths surface.

The Museum was inaugurated at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI).

Big Earth data have a strategic high ground in the era of knowledge economies. India has been fully exploiting this new frontier, by contributing to advancement of earth science.

Geosciences contribute significantly towards national priority and self-reliance in New India.

Complete mapping all schools in tune with NEP: Jagan

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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked officials of the Education Department to ensure that all schools are mapped in line with New Education Policy (NEP) and subject-wise teachers appointed.

He said focus should be on maintenance of existing and any addition to infrastructure should be included in the Action Taken Report on a regular basis.

During a review meeting of the Education Department, Mr. Jagan asked the officials to ensure additional facilities were provided in schools keeping in view the increased student enrollment due to the Nadu-Nedu programme.

State pollution board gets new chairman

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The has appointed former Vedanta associate Mahesh Patil as the new chairman of the Goa StatePollutionControl Board (GSPCB). The appointment comes after the term of the earlier chairman, which had been extended on four occasions, lapsed.

Patil has 25 years of experience in dealing with corporate sustainability, safety, and rehabilitation, reclamation and resettlement at several locations in India and abroad. He has successfully completed more than 25 environmental clearances to the mining sector and other industries in Goa, Karnataka, Odisha and Jharkhand. He is also behind ensuring environmental compliance at more than 15 sites across India and abroad.

After schools, Maharashtra shuts all non-agricultural varsities, colleges

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As Covid-19 and its variant Omicron tighten their grip inMaharashtra, the has decided to shut down all non-agricultural, technical, deemed or private universities and their affiliated colleges and students hostels till February 15, officials said.

Samant said that considering the safety and Health aspects of the students, all colleges and varsities have agreed to conduct the classes as well as the upcoming examinations online.

Haryana Vidhan Sabha to go paperless

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Haryana Vidhan Sabha is set to go completely paperless. The Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said that preparations are being made to ensure that the upcoming budget session of Haryana Assembly is completely paperless.

The Speaker held a meeting of the Apex Committee constituted for the purpose. Several MLAs and senior officers were present during the meeting.

Gupta said that the process of making Haryana Legislative Assembly paperless has been accelerated. The details regarding setting up of state-of-the-art equipment to make the House an e-Vidhan Sabha were discussed. A 2-day workshop to impart training on digitization to the staff of the Legislative Assembly Secretariat has also started on Thursday. MLAs of the state will also undergo training to understand the new system.