07.08.21

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said that the state is first among others in the country to implement the National Education Policy-2020.

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With the implementation of the NEP, a new era has started in the entire country making the future of the youth secure, the Governor said while addressing at the inauguration of a one-day workshop of Vice Chancellors and Registrars from various Universities across the State at Raj Bhavan.

He said that Universities certainly play a pivotal role for ensuring successful implementation of the NEP in the country. Under this policy, new job oriented courses will be started in Universities as per the current demand.

The Chief Minister said that Haryana can become a centre of attraction for foreign students due to its proximity to the national capital. Just as Gurugram as an industrial city and Kurukshetra as a religious city have made their mark on the world map, similarly it will be the endeavour of the to make Haryana a global hub of Education.

Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora on Sunday asserted that with Hi-Tech Cycle Valley, coming up on 378.77 acres of land in Ludhiana, will be on the world map as cycle industry titans are establishing their units there which would in turn generate employment opportunities for the youngsters of the State.

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Layout plan, change of land use (CLU), Environmental Clearance under EIA notification, RERA have also been accorded approval for the entire chunk of 378.77 acres land. The project would entail the cost of Rs 365 crore.

He said that the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh led is working diligently towards setting up such industrial projects in the State which would serve the twin purpose of being environmental friendly and providing EMPLOYMENT avenues to the youth.

A 100-acre plot had been allotted to Hero Cycles Limited, Ludhiana, in December 2018 for setting up of anchor unit on which Hero Cycles Limited has already commenced production from April 2021 after constructing requisite manufacturing Infrastructure.

Further, 61.38 acre plot has been allotted to the Aditya Birla Group and 17 acre plot allotted to the JK Paper Industry.

The Industries and Commerce Minister added that the cycle valley has been connected with the Chandigarh-Ludhiana national highway by constructing a 100 feet wide four-lane and 8.3 Km long, external concrete road, and handed over to the public on 14 April, 2021.

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the State Government is committed to strengthen the panchayati raj institutions in the state.

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The Chief Minister was addressing the Swaran Jayanti Panch Parmeshwar Gram Swaraj Sammelan at Jogindernagar in Mandi district. Thakur performed inaugurations and foundation stones laying ceremonies of developmental projects worth Rs 110 crore at Chauntra in Jogindernagar Vidhan Sabha area.

He said that this shows that the pace of development has been expedited during the last three and a half years. The developmental projects worth crores of rupees were being implemented in Jogindernagar constituency.

The is providing old age pensions to over 5 lakh old age persons in the State. Almost 3.17 lakh free gas connections were provided in the State under the Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojna.

The Union surfaced Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that Uttarakhand would receive a sum of Rs 1000 crore for construction of new national highways. He added that the centre would provide an additional sum of Rs 300 crore under central roads infrastructure fund. Gadkari told Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday that every requirement of Uttarakhand would be addressed.

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He also assured that centre would help the state in construction of ropeways and cable cars. Dhami thanked Gadkari for these announcements and said that historic work in the increasing connectivity has taken place in Uttarakhand in last your years.

The huge investments being made by companies in the solar energy sector have opened up opportunities for fresh job creation in Uttar Pradesh, The state governments Solar Energy Policy 2017 is creating a plethora of opportunities for people to earn their living from it. In the last four-and-a-half years, solar power projects of 1,370 megawatt capacity have been commissioned while projects of another 417 MW capacity are under construction.

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Big investors are coming forward to invest in the sector in the state. Besides, several Investment proposals for solar power projects are currently under the governments consideration. The government has set a target to achieve 10,700 MW capacity solar power generation by the year 2022, and is working on plans for setting up a solar park and an ultra mega solar park in the state.

The UP government formulated the solar energy policy soon after Yogi Adityanath took over as chief minister. Open access was given to companies for the establishment of solar parks and third party sale of solar energy. Under the incentive provisions of this policy, 100 per cent stamp duty exemption and 100 per cent exemption in electricity duty for 10 years is being given to investors through an online single window clearance system. This has led to 11 private companies in the solar Energy sector setting up their Plants in seven districts of the state, namely Bundelkhand, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Jhansi and Lalitpur to date. The solar power units are generating more than 550 MW of electricity daily.

Solar energy generation has also started in Chhibo village of Chitrakoot, with the commissioning of a 25 MW solar power plant by a private company. Besides, the REC Power Distribution Company is setting up a 50 MW solar power plant in Kanpur Dehat and a 75 MW solar plant in Jalaun.

The solar energy sector has been one of the priority areas of the Yogi government because of its multi-dimensional benefits, which has led to over two dozen solar power projects getting off the ground in UP with a total investment of Rs 8,905 crore so far. Besides, solar rooftops of 235 MW capacities have been installed in the state with the efforts of the government.

Furthermore, 19,579 solar pumps have been installed to benefit farmers. The installation of 1,80,000 solar power plants has transformed the picture of UPs villages. The rural folks that yearned for four hours of power supply during previous regimes due to frequent power outages are getting regular power supply with the massive investment in the solar energy sector during the Yogi regime.

In a massive outreach programme, 39 newly inducted ministers of the Modi Government are set to reach out to masses in their constituencies and beyond.

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The yatra christened as Jan Ashirwad Yatra is scheduled to begin on August 16, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In Jharkhand, Annapurna Devi the Koderma MP and newly inducted minister in the Modi Cabinet will be the star attraction of Jan Ashirwad Yatra. Annapurna, the first time MP from Koderma has been made Minister of State for Education in the Modi Cabinet.

The outreach programme, named Jan Ashirwad Yatra, will have the 39 newly inducted Cabinet ministers cover 22 states, including 212 Parliamentary seats, and 265 districts in total.

Even as India is inching closer to covering almost half of its adult population with at least the first dose of Covid vaccines, theCentreis concerned about the low uptake of jabs among women, particularly in states likeUttarPradesh,Biharand Madhya Pradesh. Overall, about 46% of total 52.2 crore doses administered so far have been given to women.

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At present, the gap between the coverage among male and females is about 7-8%. This is slightly on the higher side given that there is not much difference in the overall adult male and female Population ratio. The gap in immunisation coverage between the two genders should not be more than 2-3%.

The current gender distortion is also more significant among elderly population than in younger females.

A Unified Farmer Portal (UFP) is being prepared to facilitate the farmers of Chhattisgarh.

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The farmers can register for the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and the Chief Ministers Tree Plantation Promotion Incentive Scheme on this portal. In future, other schemes related to the farmers will also be integrated.

The portal is being developed to integrate the schemes related to farmers in the state.

The portal will be linked to the Bhuiyan portal of the Revenue Department. It would help to authenticate and match the land holding of the farmers registering with the portal.

After a law for death sentence in killer hooch cases, theMadhya Pradeshgovernment is going to enact a tough anti-gangster law.The state government is going to bring about MP Anti-Gangster Bill to control organized crime.

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Thehome departmenthas sent the draft bill to the law department for clearance so that it can be placed before the cabinet.

The anti-gangster law will have provisions for two-to-10 years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000. If anyone attacks a public servant — you may have seen incidents of stones being hurled at government officials — the quantum of imprisonment will increase from two years to five years, and the fine will be hiked from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000.

Addressing beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Gujarat is among those states that implemented the One Nation-One Ration Card scheme first. Gujarat continues to get the benefits of double engine governments, he said. Nearly 3.5 crore people from Gujarat are benefiting from free ration, said Modi, while lauding the state government for giving priority to lakhs of migrant labourers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, despite most of them not having ration cards or even such cards of their native states.

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Under the scheme that will continue until Diwali, government provides 5kilos of wheat and rice in addition to the already stipulated quota of wheat provided at Rs 2 per kg, and rice at Rs 3 per kg.