07.02.23

Haryana making gaushalas self reliant, says CM Manohar Lal Khattar

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Haryanachief minister,Manohar Lal Khattarsaid on Sunday that the is taking effective steps to make the state’s gaushalas self-reliant. He said that a grant of Rs 30 crore is given every year for fodder of cattle.
The CM was addressing on the occasion of the anniversary celebration ofShri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushalain PanipatsKuranavillage.
Kurana village will be developed under Mahagram Yojana.

The chief minister approved several demands for Kurana village. He approved the demand for widening four roads of the village to five and a half meters. With the Population of the village being more than 10,000, the CM also announced to give the benefit of Mahagram Yojana to Kurana village, along with an assistance of Rs 21 lakh for Shri Jagat Guru Brahmanand Gaushala, Kurana.

Apart from this, Member of Parliament, Sanjay Bhatia and Rajya Sabha member,Krishan Lal Panwarannounced Rs 11 lakh each and MP Arvind Sharma announced Rs. 2.50 lakh for the Gaushala.

Punjab’s Electric Vehicle policy offers 15% tax incentive

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Punjab Cabinet accorded approval to Electric Vehicle Policy-2022 with a move to check the vehicular pollution.

The policy desires to reduce vehicular emission, create , manufacturing, research and development, job creation, ensuring sustainability besides to establish Punjab as a favored destination for manufacturing of electric vehicles, components and batteries. The policy seeks to incentivize those buying electric vehicles by up to 15 per cent in road tax.

The Cabinet also approved allowing open mining at 18 sites in the state. The common man can extract sand at Rs 5.5 per cubic feet by taking his tractor trolley. The cost of transportation is over and above this rate, Housing Minister Aman Arora told media persons after the Cabinet meeting.

Technology to reduce water use in textile sector

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The Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, has developed an innovative green technology air nano bubble that can reduce the use of water up to 90 per cent in textile . Nearly 200 litres of water is required to process 1 kg of Cotton fabric.

The laboratory reports suggest the air nano bubble dispersed in water could reduce the water consumption and chemical dosage by 90-95 per cent.

This ultimately also saves 90 per cent of the energy consumption, said Dr Neelkanth Nirmalkar, who has developed the technology.

In the textile industry, the water is used at many steps, including for dyeing, finishing chemicals in the textile substrates, desizing (process of removal of sizing material from yarn), scouring, bleaching, and mercerizing (chemical treatment of fabric to enhance affinity towards dye).

At the same time, the textile industry also produces the highest volume of waste water.

Uttarakhand’s contribution in central taxes has gone up by Rs 2,500 crore: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

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Chief ministerPushkar Singh Dhamisaid, a day after the Union budget, that the contribution ofUttarakhandtowards thecentral taxeshas gone up by 25%.
The contribution of the state to the central taxes this fiscal was Rs 9,000 crore, and it has gone up to Rs 11,420 crore for the next financial year. Terming it as a major contribution of Uttarakhand towards nation building, Dhami said, “In the long run, it would help in the development of the state as well.”

Similarly, the centre’s decision in the Union budget to continue with the 50-year-interest-free loans to the state governments for one more year, would benefit the Himalayan state by Rs 1,000 crore, the CM added. Under the proposed construction and upgradation of , Dhami said that the two airports of Uttarakhand – Dehradun and Pantnagar – would be taken up under the scheme. He claimed that with the thrust on air connectivity, the state is expected to benefit more from the project for construction and upgradation of 50 new airports and heliports.

Rs 26,000 crore investment proposals for Unnao at investors summit

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Ahead of the Global Investors’ Summit in Lucknow from February 10 to 12, proposals worth Rs 26,000 crore were received from investors at an investors’ summit inUnnaoon Monday. Industrial development ministerNand Gopal Nandi, MSME ministerRakesh Sachanand state transport ministerDayashankar Singhwere present at the meeting attended by 200 investors.

In the journey from 2017 to 2022,Uttar Pradeshhas become ‘Uttam Pradesh’. Now, it is on its way to become the ‘Sarvottam Pradesh’ (Best State). Unnao has received proposals for investment of Rs 26,000 crore against the target of Rs 3,000 crore.

NCST reviews schemes related to Scheduled Tribes

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The team of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) reached Lohardaga, under the chairmanship of Anant Nayak, Member, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, an important meeting with Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and other district level officials was held in the collectorate hall.

At the beginning of the meeting, Alka Tiwari, Secretary, NCST gave detailed information about the constitution of the commission, functions, rights, advice/suggestions given by the commission in the policy making of the state/central government, etc. to the district officials.

New Buddhist pilgrimage site consecrated in Gaya

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The Gayasisha hill, also known as Brahmayoni hill (south of theGayatown), has been developed has the new Buddhist pilgrimage site.

The place where Buddha delivered Adittapariyaya Sutta (fire sermon) was consecrated by the 12th Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche on Sunday. The new site, which includes a fire sermon stupa, has now been opened for the visit by Buddhists and other devotees.

The project has got support from Buddhist spiritual leaders from different countries including Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Hongkong.

Cgarh disburses subsidy to electric vehicle owners

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Chhattisgarh’s Transport on Saturday disbursed a subsidy of Rs 1.55 crore to 888 people who bought electric vehicles.

Transport Minister Mohammed Akbar said the government is taking the initiative to promote electric vehicles. Under the Electric Vehicle Policy, any person purchasing an electric vehicle can get a subsidy from the government.

The seller has to give his account number and IFSC code. Ten percent of the value of the vehicle, subject to a maximum of Rs 1.5 lakh, will be directly transferred by the Transport Department to the account of the buyer, he said.

Unique initiative, boot camp for youth selected in CM Youth Scheme

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has included youth power in Saptarishi in the budget and described the Amritkal generation as an important role in the progress of the country, while Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken innovative initiatives for the development of youth by turning PMs vision into action. In the new scheme launched by Chouhan, where educated youth from across the state will be taught focus skills on the concept of finishing school, they will also be given an opportunity to understand the actual projects going on at the ground level.

They will also get a chance to learn with the main start-ups and get work experience with Howard, UNICEF, UNDP, ISB, American Indian Foundation.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan has adopted the method of direct conversation with the youth while sidelining the traditional pattern of stage, speech, garlands and welcome during the programmes in which the youth are present. He is going to repeat this tradition again in the youth intern programme to be held in the capital Bhopal.

43% of Guj developers expect steady demand in 2023: Report

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Developers inGujarathave seen inquiries increase in 2022 and believe the trend will continue in 2023 as well. According to a CREDAI report, 62% of developers in the state have seen an increase in demand and 43% believe housing demand will remain stable in 2023, while 29% said demand will grow by up to 25% in 2023.

According to the Developer Sentiment Survey conducted by CREDAI and Colliers and Liases Foras, in Gujarat, 10% of developers believe demand will increase by 25% to 50% while 19% believe there will be a slowdown in 2023.

The study said 2023 is likely to see a spurt in new launches, equivalent to current supply under construction as about 87% of developers are willing to launch new residential projects in 2023. This indicates increased optimism among developers despite inflationary pressures and a potential impending .

About 33% of developers of Gujarat said higher construction costs have pushed up project costs by 5% to 10% while 38% said project costs have increased by up to 20% and 29% said the increase was more than 20%.

The majority of states witnessed increases in project costs. More than 70% of developers in Delhi, UP,Telangana, Andhra Pradesh andTamil Naduwitnessed a more than 10% increase in project costs.

While the majority of the developers who witnessed an increase up to 10% were from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal, the report said.