08-09.08.21

In a bid to attract investments and encourage private firms to build data centre parks in the state, Haryana Government is all set to launch its Data Centre Policy which proposes incentives in form of subsidy and exemption for land, power, water and allied infrastructure.

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The policy, which is likely to be released soon, aims to give a boost to the data centre in big cities like cyber city-Gurugram and Faridabad and also, attract big investments in cities like Panipat, Hisar, Yamunanagar among others.

The State Government has planned to give Infrastructure status to the data centre sector to enable the industry to avail long-term credit from lenders at easier terms and, in turn, boost Investment in this space. Apart from this, the Data Centre Parks (DCPs) and Data Centre Units (DCUs) will be declared as an energy intensive industry and considered essential service under Haryana Essential Services Maintenance Act, which means that the services will be available during calamities or crises as well.

Data Centre Units, covered under the policy, will be declared as a separate infrastructure industry. The Data Centre infrastructure will be a separate entity under the Haryana Building Code providing relaxed FAR and Building Design Requirement Norms, stated the policy.

Under the policy, the government has proposed that all approvals related to construction of DCP/DCU like building plan approval, temporary power connection, fire fighting scheme and Consent to establish amongst others shall be given in ten working days of acceptance of application.

The approvals for provisions like permanent power connection, occupation certificate and consent to operate among others are proposed to be given to the data centre operational in data centre parks within 15 working days of acceptance of application.

Punjab has ranked number one among the states in the country in sustainable development goals (SDGs) India index-2020-21 for sustainable cities and communities, besides making into the frontrunner list with a score of 68.

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This was disclosed by Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan, after reviewing department-wise progress of the state as per the SDGs India index-2020-21.

the Chief Secretary said there were 22 indicators where the performance of the state/index score was 100. These included major indicators such as Percentage of individual household toilets constructed against target (SBM-G), pupil-teacher ratio at secondary level (Class IX-X), percentage of households electrified, districts verified to be ODF (SBM-G) and individual household toilets constructed against targets.

Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Rajasthan are offering the best elderly care, reveals the first national Quality of Life for Elderly Index that assesses preparedness of states/UTs for the challenges posed by the ageing Indian population.

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Rajasthan with the score of 54.61 leads the rankings in the aged category; Himachal (61.04) is the top ranker in the relatively aged states category with Uttarakhand and Haryana bagging the second and third spots and Punjab eighth.

Among UTs, Chandigarh is the leader with a score of 61.81. It also leads India on the income security for elderly pillar with the highest score of 61.54 as against the national Average of just 33.03. Himachal and Haryana are among better performers on income security with scores of 55.70 and 49.56. Most states finished below the national average on this parameter.

On social well-being, Himachal is among the top four performers with Meghalaya, and Mizoram. The index, prepared by the Institute for Competitiveness, maps the states/UTs on four pillars of elderly well-being financial, social, Health and income security.

The rankings have been published in four categories aged states (elderly Population more than 5 million), relatively aged states (elderly population below 5 million), UTs and northeastern states.

Nationally, the health system pillar of the elderly has the highest score of 66.97, followed by 62.34 in the social wellbeing category.

The history of tea cultivation in Uttarakhand is about 150 years old. In 1824, the British writer Bishop Heber, while expressing the possibility of cultivating tea in the Kumaon region, said that tea plants grow naturally on the land here but are not used. Heber had said that Kumaon’s soil, temperature and other weather conditions closely match those of China’s tea gardens. Tea cultivation has a come a long way in Uttarakhand since it was encouraged by the British. Today, there are some tea gardens which not only produce good quality tea but also provide locals with a source of employment. The Simgadi tea garden located along the border of Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts is one such example.

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About three dozen Women here have become self-sufficient from this plantation. They get 18 to 20 days of work every month, but only a few days in the three rainy months. They get remuneration at the rate of Rs 316 per day. Along with their farming, these women are augmenting their income with their work in the tea garden which is also motivating the women of other villages to do the same.

The Uttarakhand Tea Development Board established the tea garden at Simgadi in 1994. The former Uttarakhand chief secretary RS Tolia and statehood activist Ganga Singh Pangti also played a role in establishment of this tea garden. At a time when lack of EMPLOYMENT opportunities remains one of the major factors for Migration from the mountainous regions, the tea garden is providing a reason for villagers to remain here. Pangti said that most of the people living in Simgadi are associated with this work. A woman earns upto Rs 7,000 per month from her work in the tea garden. He further said that there was a time when the tea from Uttarakhand was exported to all over the world with the tea from Berinag, Chaukori and Kausani leaving its mark.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Rashtriya Swasthaya Sevak Abhiyan by launching the Health Warrior Portal under which a campaign will be launched to train health workers.

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He said that four lakh Health volunteers were being linked to the campaign by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in two lakh revenue villages of the country.

A target has been set to have two lakh volunteers in the state and these health workers will also be imparted training.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) demanded from the Central Government to conduct caste and religion based census in the State.

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The census was done in 2011 and in 2014, the complete list was prepared. In 2015, the then Minister in the Central Government, Arun Jaitley had said that it would be published soon. In 2018, the then Union Minister, Rajnath Singh also reiterated this but the matter got stuck. Census 2021 is going to start. No place for caste census has been given in this column. Religion has been made the basis. This reflects the Manuwadi thinking of the Centre. When there is no census of castes, it will prove to be fake and conducted with dishonest mindset,

With a view to provide adequate infrastructure and other facilities, the state education department has directed the officials concerned to take stock of the physical status in higher secondary and secondary schools and create a database.

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There are 9,361 higher secondary and secondary schools inBihar, out of which 2,948 middle schools have been upgraded to secondary schools to admit students from the academic session 2020-21. In these upgraded schools, a survey would be conducted for providing necessary facilities to ensure Education up to class XII.

TheBihar Education Project Councilhas also asked the district education officers (DEOs) to conduct survey and collect information from government schools on various parameters, including enrolment of students (as on September 30, 2020), — number of buildings, status, condition, number of classrooms, scope of expansion and year of construction, and availability of land among other things.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday asked agriculture produce markets (Krishi Mandi) to make transparent arrangements while buying and selling farm produce so that farmers get the right price.

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The Mandis should keep the needs and problems of the farmers in mind.

The , to protect the interest of farmers, amended the Mandi Act. The 80 percent of farmers in the state are small and marginal farmers and their rights need to be protected, he said.

Using modern modes of Communication, agricultural price fluctuations should be told to farmers. It is a good sign that farmers of the state, apart from traditional paddy crops, are moving towards other crops. They should be guided, he said.Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey said the work to establish C-Mart will soon begin in Durg.

Northern Coalfields Limited, a pioneering of Coal Indian arm has collaborated with Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and boost Singrauli Eco-Tourism Circuit giving thrust to Mine Tourism under sustainable development initiatives. Joining the ceremony CMD NCL PK Sinha reaffirmed his commitment of sustainable development of the Singrauli region with uninterrupted coal supply to the nation. He extended his full support to MP tourism for development of Singrauli Eco-tourism Circuit, which will be a major milestone in the upliftment of the far eastern district of Madhya Pradesh.

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Every endeavour will be undertaken to bring Singrauli in the tourism map of the country and make it famous tourist spot. Viswanathan said that through tourism a large number of local people get EMPLOYMENT with very little .

Union health ministerMansukh Mandaviya Tuesday said the Centre has approvedBharat Biotechs vaccine manufacturing facility atAnkleshwarin Gujarat for manufacturing Indias first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccineCovaxin. The move, he said, will help ramp up availability of the indigenous vaccine for the national vaccination drive.

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Bharat Biotech had, in May this year, announced plans to repurpose the Ankleshwar BSL2+ facility, that makes anti-rabies Vaccines, for manufacturing 200 million doses per annum of Covaxin. The company recently said it had commenced manufacturing Covaxin at Ankleshwar since early June, prior to which engineering batches were also executed to study equipment functionality and that the products manufactured there would be available for supplies from September this year.

The Ankleshwar facility, set up in the 1980s to manufacture anti-rabies vaccines, was acquired by Bharat Biotech in early 2019 from GSK Asia as part of its acquisition of Chiron Behring Vaccines Pvt Ltd.