08.07.23

IO: 2-kg LPG cylinder to hit NE mkts soon

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After Chotu,Indian Oilis all set to launch Munna in the northeastern region soon, a top official said.

The Psu is also focusing on development in the region, including setting up of LPG bottling units in all the seven states, he added.

These lightweight LPG cylinders are catering to migrant populations in urban and semi-urban areas who do not have local address proof, people with lower gas consumption and commercial establishments with limited space. It will be particularly helpful for people in hilly areas as it will be easy to carry, he added.

The perkgprice of Munna is nearly the same as the regular domestic cylinder, while non-domestic Chotu is a little higher.


TheAssamcabinet rolled out a host of offerings, which include free scooters and bicycles for students, reservations of seats in agriculture university and nursing schools for the states six backward communities, expansion of coverage Orunodoi, the poverty alleviation scheme for women, simplified rules for setting up MSMEs and expansion of food security net.

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The cabinet also approved sending a request to the Indian Olympic Association to allow Assam to hostthe NationalGames in either 2025 or 2027. The free scooters will be for meritorious students, who have excelled in the recently-concluded higher secondary (Class 12) examination under the state board. While the qualifying Percentage for a scooter for girl students is 60% marks, for boy students, the cut-off will be 75%.

On the other hand, the bicycles will be for 3,78,000 girl and boy students studying in Class IX in the states 4,372 government and provincialised schools. The cabinet sanctioned over Rs 167 crore for procurement of the bicycles through Government e Marketplace (GeM) portal.

Min sanctions Rs 1.55 cr for Bahanaga dev

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RAILWAY Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has sanctioned Rs 1.55 crore from his MPLAD fund for various developmental works of the Bahanaga area.

A sum of Rs 1 crore has been sanctioned for works including construction of five community centres and halls with provision of toilet and cold drinking water at Bahanaga Bazar and nearby villages, construction of a childrens park and gym near Basuli High School, strengthening of road from NH-16 to level-crossing No. 95, repairing of a village road, improvement of Pranabandhu Bidyapitha playground, provision of 42 solar streetlights, etc.

He has also sanctioned Rs 35 lakh for Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance for District Headquarters Hospital besides Rs 20 lakh for a Modular Operation Theatre at the Balasore Lions Eye Hospital.

Govt forms team to study feasibility of liquor in tetra packs

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and excise minister S Muthusamy said an official team was formed to check the feasibility of sellingliquorin tetra packs.
“Many states and union territories like Karnataka and Puducherry have made liquor available in tetra packs. We will also implement it based on the panel’s report and its pros and cons,” he said while addressing the media in Bhavani, where he participated in many government events.

Muthusamy said a memorial would be constructed for Eswaran, who first proposed the Lower Bhavani dam and canal projects in Sathyamangalam taluk in the early 1950s.

State must strive harder to achieve target: Union min

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Union minister of state for Food Processing industries and Jal ShakthiPrahlad Singh Patelhas urged the to strive harder to achieve the target on implementation of JalJeevanMission programme.

The Union minister, who arrived inKeralafor a two-day visit, was interacting with the media persons in Kochi on Thursday.
Pointing out that tap water connections reached more than 12 crore families across the country andthe nationalaverage of the mission is above 63%, the minister said that the implementation level of the programme in Kerala hasnt reached even 50%.

Jal Jeevan Mission is a major initiative by the central government through which the government aims to give tap water connections to all households by 2024.

Budget 2023-24: Mysuru pushes for infra projects to boost investments

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From heritage conservation to pushing for projects to boost investments, Mysuru district is expecting a lot from the record 14thbudgetof CM Siddaramaiah, who is a native of Mysuru.
Stakeholders from various walks of life are expecting various new interventions, announcements for the overall development of the district.

Hosur Kumar, president of Mysuru district unit of theKarnatakaRajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), said he is expecting announcements in Fridays budget with regard to support price for various farm products, including tobacco, procurement of paddy, finger millet and other grains on time besides timely payment of Money to the growers, modern markets for ginger and Cotton, two major commercial crops of the district. The government should announce a comprehensive policy on farm procurement, and market interventions in this budget as a confidence- building measure among the farmers, he said.

T-Hub Kicks Off Innovate Tgana

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As part of theTelanganagovernments efforts to foster in the remote corners of the state, state-led incubator T-Hub has kicked off Innovate Telangana with an eye on discovering and accelerating promising startups from the state.

The initiative was launched formally on Thursday by IT & industries minister KT Rama Rao at the second edition of the T-Innovation Summit, held on the theme Gladiators of the mind to mark the first anniversary of T-Hub 2.0, the worlds largest innovation hub.

Innovate Telangana will scour all 33 districts of the state over a period of 120 days for promising startups that will pitch their ideas at five pitching clusters Sircilla, Nirmal, Warangal, Medchal and Gadwal.

STPI to set up incubation centre at Andhra varsity

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The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) will set up an incubation centre onAndhra Universitycampus. A memorandum of understanding will be signed with regard to the same on July 6, following which the foundation stone for construction of the AU-STPI hub will be laid in the next two-three weeks.

The building, to be built at a cost of 60 crore, will come up on AU engineering college premises and will mentor startups from the IT/ITeS sector that provide technological solutions to different domains. 19.5 crore has already been sanctioned for the project.

Meanwhile, the AU-STPI-RINL Centre for Excellence for 4.0 will be operationalised on July 6. The five-year project will be shifted to AU campus after functioning for two years at RINL-Vizag steel plant. TheCoEwill bolster research, innovation, product development, and empower startups to build innovative products to address challenges of various industries.

Researchers in state prepare to predict landslides in face of climate change

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In theclimate changescenario, Goa will witness erratic rainfall patterns, which means not only long dry spells but also sudden bursts of heavy showers, which are known to triggerlandslides. Currently, the state is severely lacking in historic landslide data, making it difficult to predict vulnerable spots for the future.

To fill this data gap, researchers have decided to create an inventory of landslides with details of the time and rainfall received during the period to enable accurate prediction of landslides.

After the massive landslide in the forests of Satre in Sattari in 2021, the formed a committee to map landslide hotspots in Goa, and a few vulnerable spots were found, including at Satre and Mauxi in Sattari, areas near Sanvordem, and in parts of Canacona.

Mapping landslide vulnerability, identifying hotspots, developing a functional early warning system for the state, and creating a landslide inventory for Goa with time stamps and associated rainfall data are keys to saving lives in the future.

4,067 villages vulnerable to floods in state

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The state has 4,067 villages that could get flooded during rains, according to a district-wise map of Health emergencies drawn up by thestate health department ahead of monsoon.

According to the plan prepared by the state health department, the highest number of vulnerable villages (702) are in Pune district, followed byKolhapur(645) and Thane (5,692).

However, no danger zones have been identified in Mumbai. There are 206 vulnerable villages in Thane, 273 in Palghar, 90 in Raigad and one village in Kalyan.