09-10.04.23

About 12.5L new ration cards made in Hry: CM

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Stating that about 12.5 lakh new ration cards have been made in Haryana, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that many times, the government has received complaints that the ration cards of actual beneficiaries have not been made, while the ineligible were taking the benefits.

To address all such complaints, a first-of-its-kind initiative was started by the and PPP cards of about 72 lakh families were generated. A survey of the families was conducted. Not only this, earlier the income eligibility limit of BPL was Rs 1.20 lakh annually, which has now been increased to Rs 1.80 lakh, he added.

Khattar, interacting with some of such ration card holders through audio conferencing, said: After all these procedures, the process of making automatic ration cards through PPP was started and in the month of January, about 12.5 lakh new ration cards have been made. Now only eligible people are getting the benefits of government facilities.

Punjab records 78pc rise in income from land-property registries in March

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Punjab generated a record income from the land and property registries in the state during the month of March 2023 witnessing a jump of a record 78 percent in income in March 2023 in comparison to March 2022.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to exempt 2.25 percent stamp duty and fees to those registering their property or land in the month of March, that is from March 1 to 31, 2023. Due to this decision, people across the State show great interest in getting land and property registries done, said the state Revenue Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Monday.

Jimpa said that in March, Rs 658.69 crore have been credited to the state treasury from land and property registries; while in March 2022, this income was Rs 369.61 crore. Compared to the previous year, this income is 78 percent more. During the 11 months from April 2022 to February 2023, an Average income of Rs 308 crore per month has been coming to the treasury, while in just one month, that is in March 2023, this income was more than doubled, he added.

Notably, one percent additional stamp duty, one percent PIDB fees, and 0.25 percent special fees have been exempted for registering any kind of land property till April 30, 2023.

Himachal Governor asks experts to encourage natural farming

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Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla asked scientists to come out of their institutes and make farmers aware about natural farming and assist them adopt this method during his visit to the Regional Research and Training Center (RHR&TC), Mashobra.

The Governor evinced keen interest in the display orchard at the centre, which has been developed as a model of natural farming. While interacting with farmers and scientists on the issue of Natural Farming-Safe Option at the centre, the Governor said the farmers adopting natural farming were not only increasing their income but were also helping in raising the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state.

Local languages & dialects are our identity: Dhami

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In an attempt to promote the local languages, the Uttarakhand government has decided to honour the upcoming and talented authors in Garhwali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari languages every year. Similarly the government would also felicitate the writers of other dialects of Uttarakhand and authors of Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave orders regarding the Awards while chairing a meeting of Uttarakhand Bhasha Sansthan (UBS) at the State secretariat on Wednesday.

The CM said that the Uttarakhand Sahitya Gaurav Samman would be provided every year from the year 2023-24. The awards would be given for excellence, literary service and creative literary activities in the field of Garhwali, Kumauni, other dialects, Punjabi and Urdu. He added that upcoming writers in three local languages (Garhwali, Kumaoni and Jaunsari) would also be felicitated. In the meeting the CM approved the proposal of providing grants to such creative writers of the State who in absence of are not able to get their books published.

Aspirational cities’ plan to begin with Rs 100 cr

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In a bid to further strengthen the urban bodies and expand their capacities, the Yogi Adityanath government is going to start the Aspirational Cities Programme.

A budget of Rs 100 crore has been set aside by the Urban Development department for the implementation of this scheme.

In the next three months, using this budget, the Urban Development department will select 100 aspirational bodies on the basis of prescribed parameters. Along with this, CM Fellows will also be posted in the respective districts. The Urban Development department has confirmed through an action plan to spend the allocated budget in the next three months in the schemes operated under the new plan in 2023-24. This action has been taken by the Yogi government to ensure proper development of the municipal bodies.

It is expected that apart from ensuring the quality of work in the urban bodies through this scheme, the implementation of the schemes will also accelerate.

The Urban Development department has stated that 16 parameters will be framed with assistance from for the implementation of the thematic project in the action plan for the upcoming three months. By using these parameters, data will be gathered at the district level.

On the basis of data collection, 100 aspirational bodies will be selected from the state. The thematic plan will be launched with all these selected 100 aspirational bodies. Along with this, CM Fellows will also be deployed for thematic planning in the respective districts. These CM Fellows will work under chief development officers (CDOs) and district magistrates (DMs) and expedite implementation of schemes besides ensuring the quality of work.

Jharkhand minister Jagarnath Mahto dies at Chennai hospital

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JharkhandministerJagarnath Mahto, who had earlier undergone a lung transplant, died at ahospitalin Chennai on Thursday, a senior doctor of the Health facility, where he was admitted, said. He was 57.

Mahto, the minister for school Education and Literacy, was airlifted to Chennai last month due to health complications following the transplant in November 2020, which he underwent after suffering from Covid-19.

Books distribution begins at schools in Bihar

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‘Pustakotsav’, a festival for distribution of textbooks among students of classes I to VIII in government schools for the session 2023-24, kicked off across the state on Tuesday as school kids and parents queued up at the counters set up at different schools for this novel initiative.
The Education department has set the target to complete the distribution of textbooks and almanac by May 15.

The initiative has been taken by the to improve TEACHING–Learning process in the government-funded schools. For last few years, the department used to transfer an amount equivalent to the cost of textbooks to student’s bank account, but it was discontinued due to some issues.

Cgarh enforces Women Entrepreneurship Policy

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The Chhattisgarh government implemented the State Women Policy 2023-28 to provide financial assistance in manufacturing, service and business.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the policy will give a new identity to women’ efficiency and connect them with entrepreneurship.

The policy envisages provision to provide financial assistance (loan) to women for setting up industries. It will help promote startups by women, increase women workforce and also their participation in Industry and trade.

The maximum loan provision is Rs 50 lakh for manufacturing projects, Rs 25 lakh for service enterprise and Rs 10 lakh for other businesses.

Investment incentives will be provided to eligible micro, small and medium manufacturing and service enterprises.

The women enterprises will have other relaxations on net State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) reimbursement, exemption from electricity duty, stamp duty, transport grant, exemption from market fee and rent grant.

Transgenders now on OBC list in Madhya Pradesh, can avail of 14% quota

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In a major decision in election year, theShivraj Singh Chouhancabinet on Tuesday approved inclusion oftransgendersin the OBC list of Madhya Pradesh. Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, minister for medical Education Vishwas Sarang said, “Recently, The Supreme Court recognized transgenders as the third gender and directed that the community should be given reservation benefits in educational institutions and appointments.
The state had 93 castes and communities as part of the OBC list in Madhya Pradesh. Today, the cabinet approved including transgenders as the 94th community on the list ofOBCs.”

This means transgenders can now apply for jobs and admission in educational institutions in MP under the 14% quota allocated for OBCs. There are approximately 30,000 transgenders in the state. The OBCMahasabhais fuming at this decision.

Kushwaha said that according to the 2011 census, MP has 51.5% OBC Population. “While the general category gets 50% jobs, reservation for scheduled castes is 16% and scheduled tribes is 20%.
OBCs are the largest population but get only 14% reservation. We condemn this move by the BJP government and will move court. If the government wants, let it give reservation rights to transgenders separately and not cut into our small portion,” he said.

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Rush to beat jantri deadline spurs 57% rise in revenue in Gujarat

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With the 100% revision in jantri rates coming into effect from April 15, investors acrossGujaratscrambled to register their properties before the deadline. The rush was reflected in the massive jump in the government’s income from stamp duty and registration fees in the January to March quarter. Revenue shot up to Rs 4,876 crore, an enormous increase of 57% compared to the corresponding period in 2022.

The number of properties registered increased from 4,36,665 in Jan-March 2022 to 5,15,116 in the same period this year- a rise of 18%. The four major cities of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot accounted for 60% to 70% of all the properties registered in the state.

The Gujarat government re-evaluated jantri rates after nearly 12 years. It announced that the rates would be doubled with effect from February 5. Following representations from several quarters, including real estate developers, the implementation of the new rates was deferred to April 15.

According to official data, the stamp duty and registration fee collected during 2022-23 stood at Rs 14,318 crore – 34.87% higher than Rs 10,616 crore collected in 2021-22. The number of properties registered in 2022-23 rose by 17% compared to the previous year. Government records state that 14,32,569 properties were registered in 2021-22, while 16,75,648 were registered in 2022-23.