08.06.23

1 lakh fund for poor Punjabi students in UK

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Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Vikramjit Singh Sahney has announced the creation of an Education fund with an opening contribution of 100,000 to support students from Punjab enrolled for higher studies at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Sahney, who was in London for an event organised by Sikh Forum International on Monday, said the fund would be coordinated by the World Punjabi Organisation in the UK under the chairmanship of the Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami.

Himachal: Treasury deficit rises to Rs 1,000 cr

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Industries Minister Harshwardhan Chauhan has revealed that the state treasury is in a deficit of Rs 1,000 crore.

Monthly honorarium of panchayat chowkidars to be enhanced from Rs 6,200 to Rs 6,700

The honorarium of elected representatives of institutions to be increased

Paperless registration system to be introduced at the EMPLOYMENT exchanges in the state

The minister said the financial Health of the state was bad and the government was finding it tough to handle day-to-day expenses. The Centre has reduced our loan limit by Rs 5,000 crore and imposed cut on foreign-aided projects as well, he said.

Govt to release GO for implementation of new PRD Act in State

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The will provide maternity leave to pregnant Women of Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) as per the new PRD Act which will be introduced soon after the release of the government order regarding the same by the end of this month. The government has also planned other important arrangements for PRD Jawans including providing financial and government-permissible Services to Jawans, EMPLOYMENT for them up to 60 years of age and making necessary amendments in PRD Act 1948 for which a GO will be released soon too.

Arya said that PRD Act 1948 was in force in the State till now as it did not have its own act but now the State will get a new PRD act after the proposal regarding the same was passed by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in the recent cabinet meeting. She said that the government has introduced several new arrangements in the Act which will be highly beneficial for PRD Jawans once the act is implemented after the release of the GO.

UP launches campaign to register MSMEs

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In order to give recognition to the Micro, Small and Medium enterprises of Uttar Pradesh, the MSME and Export Promotion department has started a registration campaign on the MSME Udyam portal in the entire state.

This campaign will be run in the entire state till June 15.

The Directorate of Industries will organise camps for the registration of micro, small, and medium enterprises in each district. Additionally, the MSMEs themselves can also register by visiting the portal. All eligible MSMEs can register.

The objective is to provide a platform for the active micro, small, and medium enterprises in the state so that they may benefit from the schemes implemented by the Yogi Adityanath government for MSMEs.

According to officials, there are more than 90 lakh active MSMEs in Uttar Pradesh, but only 14 lakh MSMEs are registered on the portal so far. All these units contribute directly and indirectly to the states gross domestic product (GDP).

Rims, pvt univ sign MoU to promote edu

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A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between state-runRajendra Institute of Medical Sciences(Rims) and Amity University, Jharkhand on Friday to promote a collaborative Education programme, capacity development and joint research projects.

As per the memorandum, the university and the hospital shall make arrangements to share respective facilities in order to foster academic and scientific interaction in the areas of cooperation.

Sex ratio down in state, worst in Muzaffarpur

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Several initiatives and incentives from the for female children notwithstanding, their number has declined in Bihar from 934 per 1,000 males in National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 4 to 908 in NFHS-5 though the national Average has improved from 919 (NFHS-4) to 929 (NFHS-5).

In fact, districts like Muzaffarpur showed an alarming figure of only 685 female children per 1,000 males in NFHS-5 compared to 930 in NFHS-4. Second worst was Saran with 779 female children in NFHS-5 compared to 976 in NFHS-4. Darbhanga, Madhubani, East Champaran and Samastipur also have a big drop in thesex ratio. Darbhanga figures dropped from 982 to 812, Madhubani from 954 to 805 while East Champaran and Samastipur witnessed a decline of -159 each. Interestingly, Haryana, infamous for female foeticide, showed an improvement from 836 to 893.

An artificial intelligence (AI) based “Chhattisgarh Elephant Tracking and Alert App” has been developed by the Forest Department and mobile alerts are sent through it to residents of affected villages to avoid elephants.

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An official communiqu said an alert over elephant activity within a 10-km radius was sent to the villagerss registered mobile numbers. When the elephant trackers record any elephant movement inputs on the App, the app sends alerts on the mobile phones of the villagers.

The wildlife wing and the forest management information system (FMIS) collectively developed this App.

This application uses AI based on information provided by Elephant Trackers (Hathi Mitra Dal). With the exception of “Munaadi,” performed by elephant trackers, this App sends notifications to everyone in the affected villages.

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Kisan Kalyan Mahakumbh on June 11

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that many activities are being conducted for the welfare of farmers by the . The Mohanpura-Kundalia Irrigation system being dedicated in Rajgarh district will change the lives of the farmers of the area. Chief Minister Chouhan was reviewing the preparations for the Kisan-Kalyan Mahakumbh to be held at Rajgarh on June 13 at his residence office. Rajgarh Collector and other officials attended the meeting.

It was informed that Chief Minister Chouhan and Union DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh will be specially present in the Mahakumbh. In the programme, about 1400 crores of Mukhyamantri Kisan-Kalyan Yojana and Rs. 2200 crores of farmers’ loan interest waiver will be transferred with a single click. Along with this, payment of claims worth Rs. 2900 crore will also be transferred to the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. During this Mohanpura-Kundalia pressurized pipe irrigation system will be dedicated.

Inauguration of water supply scheme in 156 villages of Gorakhpura project of Jal Jeevan Mission and E-Lokarpan and bhoomi-pujan of works costing Rs. 40 crore in the district will also be done.

55% cut in carbon emissions in energy production after implementation of New Solar Policy in Gujarat

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On theWorld Environment Day, the announced the success of achieving a 55% reduction incarbon emissions in energy productionafter the implementation of New Solar Policy 2021. The state government initiated theGujaratSolar Policy 2021 on December 29, 2020, and in the last two and half years, 9.32 million tonnes of less carbon has been emitted in energy production across Gujarat.

Due to a significant increase in the installed capacity of RENEWABLE ENERGY in Gujarat, there is a need to reduce dependence on conventional ways of energy production. Consequently, there has been a substantial reduction in carbon emissions from energy production in Gujarat.

Gujarat government has prioritised the reduction of carbon emissions on a daily basis. To further this objective, the state government established a dedicated Decarbonization Cell in 2022. This specialised cell operates under the purview of the Gujarat Energy Training and Research Institute (GETRI) and comprises accomplished officers from various domains, including energy transmission, energy production, distribution, finance, and commerce. These expert officers work with a long-term vision, focusing on crucial aspects such as decarbonization and achieving a net-zero state in Gujarat.

100s of Aravali hillocks flattened, sandstorms reaching Delhi-NCR: Study

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Scores of Aravali hills have vanished in the past 20 years due to unchecked mining and Urbanisation, threatening the and Fauna of one of the worlds oldest mountain ranges and leaving the path open for sandstorms from the Thar desert to hitthe nationalcapital region (NCR) and western UP and increased conflicts with animals, warns an ongoing study on the state of the hill range.

The findings have come in a research of the Central University ofRajasthan(CURaj), which has identified over 31 hills in the upper Aravali range that have disappeared in the last two decades, besides hundreds of hills in the lower and middle levels.

The systematic disappearance of hills at the upper level was recorded in Naraina, Kalwar, Kotputli, Jhalana and Sariska with heights of 200 metres to 600 metres above sea level. However, the count of vanishing hills at the lower and middle level, with heights between 50 to 200 metres above sea level, has yet to be completed. All I can share now are the preliminary results which are very alarming, saidL K Sharma, head of department of environmental science, CURaj.

The destruction of hills and forests in the Aravalis, apart from exposing NCR to more sandstorms, has also led to increased man-animal conflict. Leopards, chinkara and sambhar deer, which live in the hills, have been entering human settlements. Rare Plants like neel, chonakurinji and karun kurinji also face wipe-out threats, says a study conducted by the Central University of Rajasthan (CURaj).