07.04.21

Soon, a course on processing of medicinal plants

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The Dr YS Parmar University of and Forestry, Nauni, will soon introduce a vocational certificate course on Entrepreneurship development in production and processing of Plants“>Medicinal And Aromatic Plants. The course will be among five vocational courses initiated under the World Bank-funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

The course will focus on value addition of medicinal and aromatic plants and information on production, processing, Marketing and value addition of Himalayan medicinal herbs would be provided. It is designed to provide foundational information in the development of herb enterprises and will also assist trainees to develop and enhance their knowledge at both backyard and commercial levels by enhancing their knowledge and skills.

The CM said that facilities like drinking water, toilets, electricity, furniture and other equipment should be provided to all the schools and the campus should be clean and beautiful. He said that the officers should ensure that every student has textbooks and the schools have smart classrooms.

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Rawat suggested that GPS based mobile application technology should be used for marking attendance of the teachers in the schools. He added that the plans at state level should be made for the students not covered under the centrally sponsored projects. While reviewing the progress of the Atal Utkrishta Vidhyalayas (AUV), the CM said that proper monitoring of these schools should be done and it should be ensured that work

The Government of Jharkhand is committed itself to secure the health of the States citizens. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has always been instructing officials to ensure better health care facilities for the people of the State. The instructions and different measures are now yielding positive results.

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Major initiatives taken in this direction include the establishment of modern trauma centres, up-gradation of the Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and hospital in Dhanbad, MGM medical college and hospital in Jamshedpur along with other divisional hospitals.

With the help of this Health management system, one can check for the availability of doctors in the hospital and schedule an appointment with them by registering online through the portal. Apart from this, the availability of blood in the Blood Bank is also made available with regular updates.

If a patient books an appointment through the online registration portal, his/her health information, such as, treatment report, test reports, surgery, prescriptions, medicine details get regularly updated on the website, this information can be accessed by the patient and hospital management. The government plans to add other government hospitals of the district to the existing system.

After the implementation of the online health management system, the administration is also witnessing improved efficiency of the hospital staff as the system is also being used to assign duty hours/ schedule to the workforce. People coming for the treatment at the Sadar Hospital Dhanbad are also appreciating this positive effort by the Government.

Rajgir, Bodh Gaya set to be green energy towns

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Rajgir and Bodh Gaya, important tourist hubs, are set to become the country s first fully green energy efficient towns, as Bihar vies with Delhi, Goa and Odisha to supply 24×7 clean power round the year through the first of its kind hybrid model.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a central government Psu, which will develop the system in Andhra Pradesh, has agreed in principle to Bihars proposal to feed clean power to the two towns and some important government installations in Patna, including the Raj Bhawan, chief ministers house, Legislative Assembly, MLA quarters, Patna High Court, Gyan Bhawan, Bihar museum and the Vidyut Bhawan.

The state pays an annualised Average power purchase at the cost of 4.90 to 4.96 per unit, with thermal power contributing to 78% of the states power share.

The Centre has also waived off the 1 per unit interstate transmission charges to encourage renewal energy projects commissioned by June 2023. It will also bear the transmission and distribution loss, which is generally up to 2%, in ferrying power from the south Indian state.

The SECI had floated the tender last year, inviting stakeholders to avail of green power round the clock through renewable energy. Bihar showed interest in February, this year.

What is delaying the SECI nod, said officials, was Bihars insistence on customised power supply 160 MW solar and 39.93 MW hydel as against the SECI formula to give 37.5 MW through hydel pump storage plant in a 200 MW renewable energy hybrid package.

Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain on Tuesday held interactions with representatives of different industrial institutions seeking their cooperation in supporting different sports in the state.

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The players require motivation and cooperation for their performance. The Industries can play a role under funds meant to be used as corporate responsibility, Jain said.

The Sports in Chhattisgarh can prosper if both the government and industries work together, he added.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that effective implementation of Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain in all districts of Madhya Pradesh should be ensured.

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Chouhan said that under the programme Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain, the rainwater harvesting campaign will be conducted in rural and urban areas across the country and its slogan will be collect rainwater wherever it falls, whenever it falls.

The Chief Minister said that encroachments on and around water structures should be removed and after that the work of repairing and renovating them should be undertaken. Small rivers and water sources should be revived with the participation of the community.

Chouhan said that an action plan for water conservation should be implemented on the basis of the nature of water sources and land available in the district. G.I.S. mapping of all water structures of the state should be done and their lists should be prepared district-wise.

Guj GST mop-up up 14%, fastest among mfg states

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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection inGujaratincreased14%to a fresh record high of Rs 8,221 crore in February 2021 as against Rs 7,217 crore during the same month last year, shows the latest data released by the Union finance ministry. With this, Gujarat clocked the highest Growth inGSTcollection among the top manufacturing states.

Gujarat is the only manufacturing state which registered a growth above 10%. Other manufacturing states where GST collection increased include Nadu (9%), Haryana (6%), Uttar Pradesh (4%) and Karnataka (2%) and Maharashtra (2%).
Tax experts suggest that growing demand coupled with revival in industrial production pushed tax collection to go up.

On the other hand, Delhi (-3%) and Telangana (-1%) witnessed a decline in tax collection whereas in Andhra Pradesh, the tax collected remained flat.

SMShospital to have air ambulance landing facility

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The Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital of Jaipur will become the states first healthcare institute with a helipad to facilitate air ambulance Services.

Of the total expenditure, 125 crore will be borne by Jaipur Smart City Limited, 96 crore by the hospital, 50 crore by Jaipur Development Authority, 50 crore by the Rajasthan Housing Board and 29 crore by DMFT and other sources.

In 2021-22 state budget, chief minister AshoK Gehlot has made announcement for the IPD and cardiology unit at SMS Hospital.