07.10.22

Manipur fixes 4-child norm to avail govt jobs

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Taking an effective step to enhance family planning, the state cabinet on Thursday fixed a four-child limit policy and also resolved that no government benefits, including jobs, would be provided to a family which will have more than four children.

Towards this end, the cabinet decided to set up theManipurState Population Commission as an Ordinance. The Ordinance would be promulgated after obtaining due approval of the Governor.

Earlier, the assembly had unanimously adopted as private member resolution to establish the population commission of the state.

The cabinet resolved to set up a high-powered committee to evict encroachers from the Loktak Lake, the sources said, adding that the committee will also oversee demarcation of the biggest fresh water lake in the NE region.

It also declaredIbudhou Thangjingat Thangjing Hill, Ibudhou Koubru andLaitinkon(popularly known as Lai Pukhri/Ikon) on Koubru hill as sacred sites under Manipur Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1976. The cabinet also approved recruitment of various posts in different departments, including 1512, in the Home department. Other posts, among others, include, 200 doctors and 300 nurses in the Health department and 1,000 primary teachers.

Assam govt merges elementary, secondary education depts

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TheAssam governmenthas decided to create a newschool Education departmentby merging two existing ones, an official notification said. Theelementary and secondary educationdepartments are being merged to form the new one, it said.

Consequent to the merger, all officers and staff of the two departments will come under the administrative control of the school education department.
All correspondence relating to the existing departments will also be henceforth made in the name of the new one, it said.

All existing directorates and organisations of the two departments will be under the administrative control of the school education.

Thirty four new courts to come up in Odisha

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A committee led by finance minister Niranjan Pujari has given its nod to establish 34 new courts16 civil, 10 commercial and eight sessions courtsin the state, law minister Pratap Jena said here on Monday. Jena said the new courts will help reduce pendency and take the delivery system closer to people.

Odisha currently has more than 700 Subordinate Courts. According to a reply given by Union law ministerKiren RijijuinLok Sabhaon March 25, total 15.45 lakh cases are pending cases in lower courts in Odisha. They include 12.38 lakh criminal cases and 3.07 lakh civil cases. Similarly, 1.89 lakh cases are pending in theOrissaHigh Court, the HCs pendency report as on April 29 on its website shows.

Tamil Nadu: Study, document slender loris habitat to prepare a management plan, says Experts

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In the wake of ear-marking a sanctuary for the endangered slender loris, wildlife experts have urged the to carry out a detailed study and documentation of the habitat of the nocturnal primate and prepare a management plan.

A protocol should be issued to monitor the slender lorises and to create awareness among people residing in and around the reserved forests and also those dependent on these forests. Activists and experts said that habitat loss has already driven the Population into isolation. Trees being cut for furniture and firewood has resulted in reduced canopy. “Conserving the scrub forests of Eastern Ghats can only help the long-term conservation of slender lorises.

Government exploring possibility of restructuring scale of finance for crops

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The is exploring the possibility of restructuring the scale of finance (SoF) for crops in a scientific manner. The SoF forms the basis for determining the credit for various crops.

The State Agricultural Prices Board (SAPB) on Wednesday organised a consultative meet attended by banks, officials of the National Bank for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the State Agriculture department and farmers to discuss the current guidelines and how best the SoF can be redesigned to reflect the cost of cultivation borne by farmers.

The move assumes significance since credit limits under Kisan Credit Card (KCC) and crop Insurance are fixed on the basis of the SoF.

Karnataka govt to merge all road transport corporations

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Despite a recommendation to the contrary, the has decided to merge all four state-run road transport corporations to plug operational losses and increase efficiency.

KarnatakaState Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Staff and Workers Federation, for years, has been demanding a merger with Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation (BMTC), North Western Karnataka RTC (NWKRTC) and Kalyana Karnataka RTC (KKRTC).

It was even one of the demands made to the MR Srinivasa Murthy committee which was set up by the government in November 2021 to recommend measures to restructure and revive ailing RTCs. However, the one-man committee reportedly rejected the merger demand.

Telangana: Forestry varsity to function from 2023

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As the plans to scale up the existingForest College and Research Institute(FCRI) into India’s firstUniversity of Forestry(UoF), plans are afoot to start affiliated colleges across the state. Officials

expectFCRItransitioning into a university may be completed before the next academic year.

According to officials, once the University of ForestryTelanganaBill, 2022, is ratified, they would be offering 18 more courses, including diploma and technical certificate courses for students.

These include nursery management, forest Entrepreneurship, forest park management, enhancement of tribal livelihood, agro-forestry, and urbanforestryamongst others.

The UoF would add an additional 96 staff to the existing 210 employees, including the vice-chancellor, while the chief minister would be its chancellor.

World Bank extends unconditional loan of $250 million for SALT project in Andhra Pradesh

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The has imposed certain curbs to extend the financial assistance is baseless, says Special Chief Secretary (School Education)

Special Chief Secretary (School Education) B. Rajasekhar has said that the World Bank (WB) has extendedan unconditional loan of $250 million to the Supporting Andhras Learning Transformation (SALT) project in appreciation of the path-breaking reforms implemented by the State Government.

The SALT is the first project in the school Education sector to be funded by the World Bank without any precondition.

Govt will spend Rs 10cr in each constituency for underground cabling

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Power minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar said that theTamnar projectis the need of the hour to cater to the states growing power requirements over the next 20 years.

The minister said that Rs 10 crore will be spent in each constituency to take up underground cabling. The will generate Money to take up underground cabling, said Dhavalikar, adding that so far Rs 80 crore revenue has been generated and the target is to generate Rs 800 crore.

Maharashtra to set up over 3,000 centres to update Aadhaar

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More than 3,000 kiosks, banks and post offices will be dedicated to update Aadhaar cards in the state now that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has directed that documents submitted 10 years ago must be revised. Nearly 750 such centres will be in Pune district itself.

Aadhaar establishes identification through the iris, fingerprint and photographs. The 12-digit unique identification number obtained voluntarily by citizens was launched in 2009. Over the years, it has been used for linking with various schemes as well as the voter ID card and has become arguably the most important identification document. The number is used in different government schemes and Services.

There are more than 50,000 Aadhaar enrolment centres across the country. Recently, the UIDAI tied up with the postal department to have a postman come to a person’s doorstep to update Aadhaar.