08.07.22

Haryana to implement Aatmanirbhar Textile Policy’ to promote textiles, says Dushyant Chautala

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In order to promote textiles, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said that the will soon implement the ‘Haryana Aatmanirbhar Textile Policy 2022-25’ in the state. This policy will help in giving wings to the textile Industry in the State and MSMEs will also get a boost. The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of Industries and Commerce Department, said that the state government is coming up with ‘Haryana Aatmanirbhar Textile Policy 2022-25’ to promote textiles. It is our endeavour that more and more youth of the state should join MSMEs so that they themselves become employable and are able to provide EMPLOYMENT to other youths also, he added.

Chautala said that in the last few years, investors are coming forward to set up industries in the state, as the government has taken several major steps to improve the industrial Environment, due to which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also recognized Haryana for the remarkable work being done in the field of MSME. In this field, where the state has got the third position at the national level, Haryana has also been ranked in the top achievers category in the fifth edition of ‘State Ease of Doing Business‘ released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which is a matter of pride for any state.

He said that Haryana Government’s commitment to provide a conducive ecosystem to the industries has resulted in Haryana getting excellent ranking in Ease of Doing Business, Ease of Logistics and Export Readiness. Apart from this, the state has been ranked first in Export Readiness Index (Land Closed Category)-2021 and second in ‘Logistics is Across Different Status Survey’-2021.

Punjab to increase green cover in govt schools

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To increase green cover across the state, Punjab government has decided to plant fructiferous saplings in states government schools. Under this campaign, to be launched across the state on July 15, 2022, more than 1.25 lakh fructiferous saplings will be planted in government schools in the first phase.

The states Minister Fauja Singh Sarari said that the State Government was paying special attention towards crop diversification to further increase the farmers income and get them out of the vicious circle of wheat and paddy.

Regarding second phase of the campaign, the Minister said that fructiferous saplings would be planted along the water distributaries and roads across the State. Further care of these saplings is to be ensured by the Horticulture Department and responsibility of the concerned officials would be fixed, he said.

The Minister also reviewed the working of Horticulture Department and directed the officials to chalk out the plan to set up orchards on abandoned government land.

Himachal Pradesh aims to cover Rs 5 lakh farmers under Kisan Credit Card scheme

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InHimachal Pradesh, 4.36 lakh farmers have been covered underKisan Credit Card(KCC) and a target to cover more than five lakh farmers under KCC has been set. This was informed during the meeting of chief secretaryRam SubhagSingh with National Bank for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Rural Development () chairmanG R Chintalain Shimla.

It was informed in the meeting that during the year 2021-22, the ground level credit flow to priority sector was Rs 20260.14 crore whereas the credit flow to agriculture sector was Rs 8855.60 crore under Nabard. In 2021-22, the achievement made by Nabard under annual credit plan remained 77.98 %.

In 2021-22, about Rs 7296.17 crore loans has been disbursed as crop loan in the state and estimated credit potential for 2022-23 was Rs 29,172 crore. The sanctions have increased from Rs 510.59 crore in financial year 2017-18 to Rs 1134.33 crore in financial year 2021-22 for the state. In 2021-22, about Rs 1,134 crore have been sanctioned under rural Infrastructure development fund (RIDF) for various developmental projects including setting up of poly-houses, ropeways and sewerage projects.

NEDAC holds its first ever global meet, Uttarakhands initiative to strengthen livestock cooperatives lauded

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A global organisation, Network for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific (NEDAC), held its first meeting onlivestock cooperativeson June 29. The organisation is headquartered in Thailand.

The meeting, that was held online, had experts from eight countries including Bangladesh, China, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. In the meeting,Uttarakhand‘s steps to uplift cooperatives were lauded by experts from different countries, a communique from the State Government said.

Cabinet OKs scheme for Uttar Pradesh financial sops to set up data centres

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In a decisive push to by private players in UP, the state cabinet headed by chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday approved the scheme of providing financial incentive for establishment of data centres in the state. The measure was introduced in the UP Data Centre Policy-2021 which envisaged attracting firms to set up data centres all over the state, not just Noida.

The work of setting up of four data centre parks with an investment of over Rs 15,950 crore is under process. These include NIDP Developers Pvt Ltd of Hiranandani Group with investment of Rs 9134.9 crore, NTT Global Centers and Cloud Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd of Japan with investment of Rs 1,687 crore and two projects of Rs 2,414 crore and Rs 2,713 crore each of Adani Enterprises Ltd. These will provide direct and indirect EMPLOYMENT to more than 4,000 people. Hiranandani Group’s first institute is expected to be ready in July and commercial work is likely to start in September.

The cabinet has decided to give necessary impetus to these projects, with the condition that the investment made under the policy period will be considered for permissibility of financial incentives and will be started during the policy period (5 years).

Jharkhand earns Rs 180 crore in excise revenue through liquor sale during June

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The has earned excise revenue of Rs 180 crore in June, a slump of around four per cent over the previous month, an official release said.

The state has received Rs 368.29 crore as excise revenue in the past two months since the implementation of the new liquor policy on May 1.

The release said the state earned Rs 9 crore from excise duty and Rs 171 crore from excise transport duty in June.

Niti Aayog ranking: Gaya No. 1 on list of 112 aspirational districts

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Gayaemerged No. 1 among 112 aspirational districts across the country in theDeltaranking announced byNiti Aayogon the basis of points awarded on five indicators in May. The district had a composite score of 48.7 points, better than its 45.5 in April.

The five indicators are Health and Nutrition, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Resources, and Skill development and basic Infrastructure.

Gaya performed the best in Health and Nutrition with 52.2 points, compared to 43.2 points in April. In the field of Education, the district secured third position with 52.7 points. Financial inclusion and skill development fetched Gaya 29.6 points and it remained on the 11th position.

Cgarh announces sops for buying electric vehicles

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The Chhattisgarh government announced various sops for promoting electric vehicles which include waiver of road tax and registration fee.

Also, the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) will be reimbursed for manufacture of electric vehicles. Electricity tariff for charging stations will be waived.

An official Communication said the state has set a target of procuring four lakh electric vehicles by 2026-27.

There will be 100percent road tax exemption on all electric vehicles purchased during the first two years from the date of commencement of this policy. Road tax exemption on all-electric vehicles purchased in the next two years and one year will be 50 percent and 25 percent respectively, the communication said.

To develop the manufacturing enterprise, the government will give a grant of 25 percent of the cost of plant and machinery.

The government is also going to allot 500-1,000 acres of land to develop an electric vehicle park to woo the manufacturers.

The participation of the people of Chhattisgarh will be encouraged along with promoting the establishment of electric vehicle supply and charging .

LOA distribution for Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project

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Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project, the India’s largest and one of the world’s biggest projects 600 MW, under which Letter of Award distributed to the Developers selected for the project of 278 MW capacity in the first phase by Principal Secretary of New and the Department and Chairperson of Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, Sanjay Dubey and CEO of Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited. and the Managing Director of MP Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd., Karmveer Sharma during the program organized at Urja Bhawan, Bhopal.

The 600 MW Omkareshwar Floating Solar project at reservoir of Narmada river is being constructed in two phases. Omkareshwar Floating Solar Project will be Madhya Pradesh’s first, Country’s largest and one of the World’s largest floating solar projects. Till now, solar projects were developed on land, but innovative steps have been taken by the State Government and RUMSL to give concrete shape to the concept of developing solar projects on water too, to save precious land.

Gujarat’s 99.97% of gram panchayats in optical fibre network: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel

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The said on Friday thatGujarathas connected 99.97% of gram panchayats through the optical fibre Network as envisioned by the Union governmentsDigital Indiainitiative under theBharatNetproject. Underground cables spread across more than 35,000km have been laid in the state, the government said.

Due to this connectivity, all government Services will be available to citizens at their homes. It is a matter of pride for Gujarat that its state-led model is being implemented in nine states of the country, a release from the CMO (chief ministers office) said.