09.05.23

Meghalaya roundtable for NE global investors

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TheState Promotion Board, planning, investment promotion and Sustainable Development department held theMeghalayaroundtable for theNE Global Investors Summitat the convention centre here on Wednesday, reports Manosh Das.

Joram Beda, commissioner and secretary of the department in his address and presentation on investment opportunities in Meghalaya, highlighted the advantages of investing in the state. The single-window system is one such initiative which promotes business with a focus on tourism, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Food Processing, Sports, Health, Education, handloom, handicrafts and textile, and IT/ITES sectors, he said.


Assam, Meghalaya CMs meet to resolve border disputes in 6 areas

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The Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya held a second round of meeting to resolve the interstate dispute in the remaining six areas along the 884.9 km border of the two Northeastern states. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K. Sangma had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on March 29 last year in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah “resolving” six of the 12 disputed areas in the first phase.

Sarma and Sangma accompanied by their ministerial colleagues and senior officials in a meeting in Guwahati on Wednesday decided to initiate the process to resolve the interstate border disputes in the remaining six areas. After the meeting, the Assam Chief Minister said that in the last part of June the Chief Ministers of both states would visit Karbi Anglong and West Jaintia Hills districts, where some unrest is going on, as a goodwill gesture.

MMSPY to be implemented in State soon

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The has initiated steps to implement a new scheme, Mukhyamantri Medhabi Chatra Protsahan Yojana (MMSPY) very soon.

Principal Secretary Higher Education Bishnupada Sethi has taken an initiative in this regard, said sources in Department of Higher Education.

Existing three types of scholarships given to the students for pursuing higher studies, such as e-Medhabruti, Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Medha Bhasabruti and Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana, will be brought under one umbrella, that is the Mukhyamantri Medhabi Chatra Protsahan Yojana.

Under the e-Medhabruti component, the Higher Education Department is going to enhance the number of students to be covered under the Scholarship and the amount also, official sources said here on Monday.

According to the sources, the scholarship amount for meritorious UG students under e-Medhabruti will be enhanced from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 per year. In total, now, a selected student will get Rs 30,000 while earlier they were receiving Rs 15,000. Similarly, the number of beneficiaries will also be doubled from existing 5,000 students.

App for medico-legal cases introduced in Kanyakumari dist

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TheKanyakumaripolice on Tuesday introduced a Medico-legal case intimation system to link hospitals with Police stations and digitize intimation of medico-legal cases, as a pilot project.

State minister for information technology,T Mano Thangarajinaugurated the new digital application, in the presence of district collector P N Sridhar,SP D N Hari Kiran Prasad, and others.

The minister said that more than 235 schemes of theTamil Nadugovernment are functioning digitally and efforts are on to establish an additional 16,000 government e-seva centres across the state.

This new application introduced by Kanyakumari police can deal efficiently with medico-legal cases such as road accidents or attacks. Whenever such a patient is admitted to a hospital, they can intimate the police control room by entering the details in the app.

Govt made great strides in 2 yrs, says CM

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The continues its development rhetoric citing the initiatives it launched, many of which had figured in the claims in the previous years too, as the second LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan completed its second year.

In an article released to the media on the occasion of the second anniversary of the government, the chief minister said that the government is holding the basic class as well as the new generation of the state close to it alike while going ahead.

Through these, investments worth Rs 8,300 crore and three lakh job opportunities have been created. In six years, the IT exports of the state doubled. By 2026, the government targets to launch 15,000 startups in the state, the chief minister said.

Vijayan said that the state’s Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector has registered a Growth of 4.64% in 2021-22, despite the setbacks in the form of floods in 2018 and 2019 and Covid-19 in 2020.

Sahas launched to curb workplace harassment

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Home ministerMohammed Mahmood Ali inaugurated Sahas, aTelanganapolice initiative, to make workplaces free from harassment for Women.

Director general of policeAnjani Kumarsaid that there are over three lakh employers in the state and the Sahas team hoped to connect and sensitise them through awareness and training activities. He asked the Sahas steering committee to ensure that a massive awareness-cum-training campaign is taken up among government departments and other stakeholders as well, DGP office said.

Additional director general of Police (Women safety wing) ShikhaGoelsaid Sahas was a collaboration between bodies and the Telangana police. Under the initiative, a working woman, who faces work place harassment, can approach Sahas. The team, with the involvement of NGOs, will contact concerned committees created be the employer to strive to initiate action.

AP releases 14.51 crores for Haj pilgrims: Dy CM

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Andhra Pradesh government released financial assistance worth 14.51 crores by issuing an order for the benefit of Haj pilgrims.

He said that at a time when 1,813 Haj pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh with their embarkation point from Gannavaram in Vijayawada were getting worried as it would cost an additional expenditure of 80,000 per head, the CM issued directions to the officials concerned to consult the Union ministry of civil aviation and also the Union ministry of minority affairs to get the ticket price for those from AP on par with other embarkation points from Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

He said that when the CM was informed that the Union ministries expressed helplessness on the issue on technical grounds, the CM assured to bear the additional expenditure from the , and accordingly, a G.O. was issued releasing the amount.

Cops: 40% of deaths in road accidents in 18-35 age group

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Over 40% of those who died in road accidents last year were from the 18-35 age group, according to Goa Police statistics. The data also reveals that most accidents take place between noon and 9pm.

Road safety activists have flagged the worrisome consequences of so many road accident deaths in the productive age group. Goacan coordinator Roland Martins said people in this age group are usually bread-earners of their families, and therefore accidents bring a huge burden in terms of disruption in family life, new financial challenges, and mental Stress on dependents, who are caregivers.

He also said that there are many in this age group who have suffered grievous injuries resulting in them facing life-long disabilities.
Of the 271 persons who died in road accidents last year, 81 died due to not-wearing of helmets, Goa police data shows. The year saw 3,011 accidents, 2,560 of them on national highways. The data also reported 35 hit-and-run cases.

‘Maharashtra must have vehicle scraping units in all districts’

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Chief minister Ekanth Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis held a meeting regarding projects in the state with Union road and transport minister.

Shinde directed officials to complete projects in time by removing bottlenecks in national highways, flyovers and road work in the state. Gadkari said the state must start a vehicle scraping unit in every district and set up 150-200 such units.

Gadkari said the central government announced a policy to scrap vehicles older than 15 years and appealed to the to start scrapping units in every district inMaharashtra. Officials said Gadkari suggested starting 150-200 units, four in large and developed districts and two in small undeveloped districts.

Haryana govt vehicles will now have GV on their number plates

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To establish a distinct identity for government vehicles, thetransport departmenthas stated a GV series for vehicles owned by government departments. The numbers of existing vehicles will be changed to the GV (government vehicle) series.

At present, there are three kinds of number plates; white number plates for private vehicles, yellow number plates for commercial vehicles and green number plates for electric vehicles. With the creation of the GV series, the state will have a fourth category of government vehicle.

To convert the registration number of government vehicles and obtain new number plates the owners of these vehicles will have to approach the transport department with their original documents.