07.04.23

Dulheri village source of inspiration for cleanliness campaign in country: Hry CM

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said Bhiwani district’s Dulheri village, which was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its cleanliness campaign, has become an inspiration for the ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ across the country.

Khattar has been holding a ”Jan Samvad” programme at several villages in Bhiwani as part of his three-day tour to the district which began on Sunday from Kharak Kalan village to interact with the rural people. This year, the chief minister will visit all the districts of the state and hold these programmes.

Khattar said that tractor trolleys will be given in 135 big villages of the state under the ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ and the number of ‘safai karamcharis’ will also be increased as per requirement. He said that other villages should also follow the Swachhata Abhiyan, considering Dulheri as a model. Khattar instructed the deputy commissioner and the local representatives to conduct cleanliness campaigns in villages in the district.

He said that under the Swachhata Abhiyan, manure will be prepared by composting the garbage of the village within one to two acres of land. The village panchayat can also earn some profit by selling it.

Meanwhile, during the Jan Samvad programme at Tosham village, Khattar said that 1,850 new ration cards have been made in the village. Similarly, Ayushman cards have been made for 6,339 people in the village, out of which 197 cardholders have got their treatment done.

Punjab paid back entire Rs 20 200 cr electricity subsidy for FY 22-23: CM Mann

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the had cleared all dues of the state power utility, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Pspcl), by clearing the subsidy bill of Rs 20,200 crore. At the same time, the Chief Minister claimed that there would be no power crisis in the state as power generation would be beyond capacity.

At the same time, the Chief Minister made it clear that notwithstanding the mounting debt on the state, the power subsidy would continue.

Besides clearing PSPCLs all dues, the Government has also promised to pay the legacy outstanding of Rs 9,020 crore in instalments in five years. The government has already paid the first instalment of Rs 1,804 core and the interest of Rs 663 crore.

The willow trees of Lahaul valley are drying due to mysterious disease and improper irrigation facilities due to scanty snowfall in winters. Willow trees also known as the lifeline of Lahaul valley of tribal Lahaul-Spiti district as they not only provide fodder to the cattle but also provide fire wood.

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Now, the has decided on raising willow species in nurseries including Kashmir willow and planting the same in the forest area. So far, the state government has ensured the planting of 3.40 lakh trees of various species under willow plantation.

He said that based on study and survey now the proper site selection, raising of mixed plantations and planting of good quality seedlings of willow species is being done in Lahaul valley. He said that HFRI under a research project funded by ICFRE is working on development of disease free and disease resistant clonal varieties of willow since 2016 in Lahaul-Spiti district and the same varieties would be available for multiplication within a year.

Consistent innovation must in education: Dhami

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Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that innovation is necessary in Education. He said that the objective of education is balanced development of every dimension and it is impossible without innovations. The CM was addressing a programme organised on the occasion of Praveshotsav ( enrollment festival) at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose residential school Bhaniyawala.

He said that apart from inculcating high ideals and virtues in an individual, education provides solutions for the problems of the Society. Dhami said that the is consistently working to promote girl education. He added that the government is committed to a bright future of the students. The CM opined that any society can become powerful and enrich only with the help of education. He said that the National Education Policy (NEP) -2020 would provide EMPLOYMENT oriented education to the students and now they would not have to prepare separately for the competitive examinations. It would also encourage research and innovations and it would go a long way in making India a developed nation. He said that Uttarakhand is the first State in the country which has implemented the NEP-2020.

Govt to spend Rs 750 crore on education in 3 months

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In order to make Education accessible to everyone in Uttar Pradesh, as well as to improve its quality and link it with EMPLOYMENT, the Yogi Adityanath government will spend more than Rs 750 crore on basic, secondary and higher education in the next three months.

The government has prepared an action plan in this regard.

This amount will be spent on both new and already existing programmes in each of these three departments. Many of these programmes are sponsored by the Centre, and funds will be spent on them after the Central government releases the budget installment and the gives its Consent.

As per the information received, the Basic Education department has prepared an action plan for budget expenditure of Rs 121 crore on various schemes, while the Higher Education department has presented an action plan for spending more than Rs 20 crore. On the other hand, the Secondary Education department has estimated an expenditure of more than Rs 600 crore on the basis of the budget.

It may be mentioned that in his second term, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given priority to the process of setting targets and achieving them within a given timeframe. With the beginning of the new financial year, once again all the departments have been instructed to work on a three-month action plan.

The Secondary Education department will receive a budget of Rs 390 crore under the PM School for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme. This is a centrally sponsored scheme and the amount will be spent through the approved action plan and allocated budget by the Ministry of School Education and Literacy.

Apart from this, a budget of Rs 5 crore has been allocated to the department to reimburse the tuition fees of the second daughter of a parent studying in self-financed schools. The department will allocate Rs 1.39 crore for April on the basis of information provided by the districts after approval of the funds by the government.

There is a budgetary provision of Rs 237 crore for children and adolescents libraries and digital Infrastructure, on which the department has said that the first installment of the Centre is likely to be received in June 2023, after which the physical and financial targets of the scheme will be achieved with the approval of the government.

Through the skill hub, the government will provide Vocational Education to school drop-outs and conduct short-term certification courses for skill training after school and on weekly holidays. On the other hand, an amount of Rs 2 crore will be spent on quality promotion of higher education.

A total of Rs 10 crore will be spent on Chief Minister’s Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, Rs 5 crore on the digital library at the ward level and Rs 1 crore will be spent on a skill hub to provide employment-oriented education. Overall, the Higher Education department will spend Rs 20.1 crore in the next three months.

Jharkhand Education Project Council gives Rs 2.5 crore to 219 girls residential schools

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TheJharkhand Education Project Council(JEPC) has allotted around Rs 2.5 crore to 219 government residential schools for girls to clean and install incinerators on campus. Eachschoolhas received Rs 1.10 lakh for cleaning and the purchase of necessary items such as huge trash cans, incinerators, among others.

In addition to making the necessary modifications to school toilets, manual incinerators will be installed for disposal of feminine hygiene products such as sanitary napkins. Two large waste receptacles will be installed in each school. In order to make thegirl studentsaware about cleanliness, posters will be pasted in the common area. Schools have been instructed to establish two manual incinerators to dispose sanitary napkins.

The state has 203 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidayalayas and 16 Jharkhand Balika Awasiya Vidyalayas ( JBAV), covering all the blocks for the residential education of girls. Around 45,000 girls are being educated while residing on the residential school premises.

The JEPC has formed a team for each of the state’s districts. This team is touring the districts, evaluating and monitoring the condition of the schools, and providing approvals and suggestions as needed.

Nitish Kumar opens Bihars 2nd ethanol unit at Motipur in Muzaffarpur

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Chief ministerNitish Kumar inaugurated Bihars second ethanol plant at Motipur in Muzaffarpur district. The plant has the capacity to produce 110 kilolitre of ethanol per day from maize. It has been developed with an expenditure of Rs 152 crore. The plant is expected to provide EMPLOYMENT to at least 700 people.

Nitish had inaugurated Indias first ethanol plant at Purnia in May last year. Altogether 17 ethanol-producing units have been approved in Bihar, including one in Purnia with a capacity of 65,000 litre per day.

Bihar government had launched Ethanol Production Promotion Policy in March 2021, making it the first state in the country to have its own ethanol promotion policy under National Policy of Biofuels, 2018. The state ethanol policy has allowed extraction of ethanol from surplus quantities of maize, which was earlier limited only to sugar cane.

Cgarh for action plan to meet Health for All

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Chhattisgarh’s Health and Family Welfare Department met on Wednesday to strengthen health Services and ensure Health for All through government hospitals.

Its Secretary Prasanna R organized a meeting of national and international partner organizations and NGOs to discuss in detail how to strengthen the health services in the state.

Prasanna underlined the need to work on the theme Health for All. The institutions should provide quality services to the people, he said.

He told the representatives of various organizations that any deficiency in providing health services to the people at the ground level should be intimated to the department.

This can help eliminate the shortcomings and improve the health facilities.

He called for reducing the infant mortality and maternal mortality rates.

The organizations highlighted their contributions in the diagnosis of cancer, maternal health, child health, TB, filaria, elderly health, medical Oxygen services support and non-communicable diseases as well as health services.

Chief Minister dedicates Hirwar Micro Irrigation Project

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the welfare of farmers is the priority of the government. Several measures have been taken for the welfare of the farmers.

To increase the area under Irrigation in the state, many projects are being implemented and are under construction. Water is being delivered for irrigation to the farmers fields at higher places by laying pipelines.

The CM said that through the Hirwar Project of Shahdol district, irrigation facilities will be expanded in 7481 hectares of farmers’ land in 37 villages, which will change the lives of the farmers and make their fields prosperous.

BIES: Profit margins, sales dip for MSMEs

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The Business Expectations Survey (BIES) for February 2023, carried out byProf Abhiman DasofIIM Ahmedabad(IIM-A), found that profit margins and sales had reduced compared to January.
For inflation expectations, CPI headline inflation was marginally higher at 4.94% against 4.91% in December 2022.

Around 40% of the participating companies perceive a significant (over 6%) cost increase, from 40% reported in the earlier round. Over 30% of companies in this round of the survey reported much less than normal sales, sharply up from 24% in January 2023. More than 35% of participating companies in February 2023 perceive profit margins to be much less than normal up from 28% in January 2023.

The BIES provides ways to examine the amount of slack in the economy by polling a panel of business leaders about their inflation expectations in the short and medium term.