Researchers at the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered arare plant, which is sometimes called the Indian lipstick plant, from remote Anjaw district inArunachal Pradeshafter more than a century.
The plant (Aeschynanthus monetaria Dunn) was first identified by British botanist Stephen Troyte Dunn in 1912, based on the plant samples gathered from Arunachal Pradesh by another English botanist,Isaac Henry Burkill.
The ITE Education Services ofSingaporeformally handed over the reins of North East Skill Centre to theAssamSkill Development Mission (ASDM).
He added that Indias connection with Singapore dates back to the Chola dynasty period when they shared strong commercial, cultural and people-to-people links.
Shanmugaratnam said Assam has tremendous potential for Growth and the upcoming mega projects such as Assam Skill University can be a role model for the rest of India in terms of Vocational Education.
The State received excise revenue of Rs 5,528.36 crore in the year 2021-22 whereas in 2020-21 it was Rs 4,053.51 crore and in 2019-20 Rs 4,495.52 crore.
Regarding the licence criteria, the Minister said only the Government-approved and tested liquors are allowed to be sold in shops. If somebody is found selling imported foreign liquor in a Government-licensed shop and found manufacturing spurious liquor, the shop shall be fined Rs 10 lakh and its owner would be imprisoned up to 10 years along with paying fine.
In the last three years, only nine persons reportedly died by consuming illicit or spurious liquor in the State and all cases were reported from Bhadrak district, the Minister said.
Kuruvai paddycultivationthis year will exceed 5.2 lakh acres as already planned and arrangements have been made to stock all varieties of Fertilizers to avoid shortage, state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture director A Annadurai has said. About 65,000 tonnes of urea and sufficient stock of diammonium sulphate (DAP) are available and officials have been asked to ensure private fertilizer agencies dont indulge in misappropriations, he said after a consultation meeting with agriculture officials about the distribution of kuruvai special package.
Last year, 4.9 lakh acres of land was under cultivation, the highest in 46 years. This year we will cross the targeted area of 5.20 lakh acres easily. So far cultivation is being undertaken on 2.30 lakh acres in delta districts. Under special kuruvai package, 13,000 farmers have registered their names so far and around 1,600 have got inputs.
About 30% of land in the state is forest land, while 48% comprises the Western Ghats, lakes, backwaters, paddy land and wetland. The Population density of the state is more than 900 per square km, and the present population is 3.5 crore.
Hence, there is very little land available in the state. The proposal of the state that inhabited areas should completely be excluded from the ambit of eco-sensitive zones was under the consideration of the Centre, when The Supreme Court order was pronounced, the resolution said.
According to the department of public instruction, there are around 1,387 tonnes of E-Waste lying in 5,000 schools. The department of state Education research and training has decided to call tenders for disposing of this waste. The highest bidder will get the waste which are mostly desktops, projectors and lead acid batteries.
Since the department introduced computer education in 2000-01, many of its schools were equipped with computers, thin clients, UPS systems with lead acid batteries, projectors, printers/multi function devices, modems, etc for technology assisted Learning.
Telanganamoved up thestartup rankingsto emerge as a’top performer’in the latest ranking of states and Union territories released by the central government’s Department for Promotion of and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
However, Gujarat, Karnataka and Meghalaya were judged ‘best performers’ ahead of Telangana in developing startup Ecosystems for entrepreneurs in 2021.
Giving Telangana company in the ‘top performer’ category in the 2021 rankings were Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Jammu & Kashmir.
Andhra Pradesh Tourism has received an award for Best Print Promotional Material at Travel Tourism Fair (TTF).Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority(APTA) CEO SSatyanarayanasaid that this year the focus is on tourism promotion towards the revival of the travel, tourism and hospitality .
Organising such fairs is the best open-source platform to give fillip to the tourism sector in India, he added.TTFTravel & Tourism Fair in Hyderabad is Indias leading exhibition for the travel and tourism industry. It provides an annual opportunity for organizations from India and abroad to showcase their products and Services.
The state governments efforts over the last two years to improve theease of doing business(EODB) appear to have borne some fruit, with Goa making it to the top 20 states in the fifth edition of the assessment exercise.
The assessment report under Business Reforms Action Plan for 2020 released by finance ministerNirmala Sitharamanplaced Goa in the Aspirers category, but did not give a ranking.
BRAP 2020 includes 301 reform points covering 15 business regulatory areas such as access to information, single-window system, labour, Environment, land administration and transfer of land and property, utility permits and others. The sluggish pace in regulatory reforms prevented Goa from breaking into the top Achievers category.
Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal joined Goa in the Aspirers category.
DPIIT assesses the states through a competitive system in order to spur reforms and also boost investor confidence, foster business-friendly Climate, and augment across the country by introducing an element of healthy competition.
This time around, Goa has managed to return to sit among the top 20 states.
Chief minister EknathShinde said the diversion of surplus water from westernMaharashtras rivers to aridMarathwadashould be a priority in order to provide relief to the region. The project was discussed at a meeting on Irrigation schemes in the state.
The Vainganga-Nalganga river linking blue-print is also ready. The scheme will provide irrigation water to parts of the Vidarbha region Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Wardha and Nagpur. Around 104 irrigation projects in the city are 10-20% incomplete. These should be completed soon, Shinde said.