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Export horti products: Indian mission heads tell Biren

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Six ambassadors/high commissioners of India to different nations on Tuesday suggested to the to export its Horticulture products to different countries.

The Indian mission heads ambassadors to Indonesia, Tunisia, Republic of Cote dIvoire, Romania, Ethiopia and high commissioner to Jamaica are currently putting up in Imphal for their four-day visit toManipurto study various development aspects.

On Learning Manipurs high-value horticulture products, they proposed for exporting them to various countries to generate revenue.

Assam governor highlights role of education for development

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Assam GovernorJagdish Mukhihas underlined the role of Education as a crucial driver of socio- and in the creation ofsustainable livelihood and happiness. Speaking at the ninth convocation of Assam down town University here, the governor said the education system needs to continually address the rapidly changing professional ecosystem to produce employable human Resources.

TheNational Education Policy, which envisages to develop good human beings capable of rational thought and action, should be assiduously implemented by educational institutions of the country.

The Assam down town University is in the process of restructuring its curriculum encompassing flexibility with choice-based course structure in order to provide scope and freedom to learners to acquire specialised knowledge.

Odisha a leading investment destination

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Odisha is progressing fast in every sector. On the strength of abundant https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources, skilled human resources and stable Governance, Odisha is emerging as a leading destination for industries and Investment, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while meeting industrialists at a road show for the Make in Odisha22 (MIO22) in Hyderabad.

Patnaik said most of the top Indian IT companies have established their centres in Bhubaneswar. The Government is also providing continuous support to the startup ecosystem in the city. Odisha is ranked among the top States in terms of live manufacturing investments and has been accorded the Achiever status in the recently-released Ease of Doing Business ratings.

Mission to ensure sustainablesanitation in all villages at critical stage in Tamil Nadu

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Two official surveys have thrown up different findings on the prevalence of open defecation in Nadu.

Though the reference periods are different for the surveys,the gap is only one year. Both – pre-baseline (PBS) Tamil Nadu Household Panel Survey (TNHPS) 2018-19 and the National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2019-20 – relate to the pre-COVD-19 pandemic years. The findings of the former, commissioned by the State Government, were made public only a few days ago, while those of the NARSS were given out as part of the replies in the Lok Sabha during March 2021 and February 2022.

Carried out at the initiative of the Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation at the Union Jal Shakti Ministry, the national survey found almost 95% of villages in Tamil Nadu sustaining the status of open defecation free (ODF). According to the Tamil Nadu survey, 91.9% of the rural Population, which did not have toilets within the premises, practised open defecation.

Kerala start-up to partner with Gujarat to set up floating solar power plants

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Vatsaa Energy Private Limited (VEPL), a start-up in Wayanad, is partnering with Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) to set up floating solar power Plants in that State.

The company began as a campus start-up at the Wayanad Government Engineering College in 2014, and it established Indias first on-grid floating solar power plant for Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) in Banasura Sagar Dam. It was also the first floating solar power plant in the world built with ferro cement. The research and development project triggered the accelerated Growth of floating solar in India.

NGT fines Karnataka government Rs 2,900 crore for lapses in waste management

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Coming down heavily on the Karnataka government for failing to checkenvironmental pollutionby ensuring effective solid waste andsewage managementsystems, the ordered it to pay Rs 2,900 crore as compensation.

TheNGTprincipal bench in Delhi has been, for eight years, supervising compliance of earlier directions issued by theSupreme Courtwith regard to handling solid waste and sewage management.

The steps taken by the Karnataka government in handling solid and liquid waste have been inadequate, and it has caused much damage to Environment and public Health, NGT said. Assessing the extent of damage and estimating compensation on the Polluter Pays principle for restoration of the environment, NGT initially estimated compensation payable at Rs 3,400 crore.

Focus on promotion of MSMEs as they generate employment, CM tells officials

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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the Industries Department to accord top priority to the promotion of MSMEs which provide large-scale EMPLOYMENT, while taking steps to ensure that the industrial units already approved by the State Promotion Board (SIPB) began work at the earliest.

At a review meeting on industries, Ports, industrial corridors, fishing harbours and basic Infrastructure at his camp office near here on Monday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy ordered a special wing comprising the Chief Secretary and officials from the CMO (Chief Ministers Office) to be set up to extend support to the industrial units for which permissions were given by the SIPB, thereby ensuring all such units got the requisite clearances in the stipulated timelines.

Port development projects launched

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Sarbananda Sonowal, Union minister of , shipping & waterways and minister of AYUSH, visited Mormugao Port Authority and opened various projects of the port and also launched virtually projects of New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA), recently.

Sonowal virtually inaugurated the modernisation ofMallya Gate, construction of Solid Waste Management facilities and the design and development of the bilingual website of NMPA. The minister virtually laid the foundation for the construction of Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) from the main gate to KIOCL Junction and the construction of the truck terminal near the Custom House adjacent to NH 66.

Maharashtra govt submits 25 ropeway proposals to Centre for nod

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The has sent about 25 ropeway proposals, including one at Sinhagad fort, to the central government in its bid to push for more such projects acrossMaharashtra, especially Pune, Mumbai, Satara, Raigad, Nashik, Nanded, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.

The proposals were sent last month under the Centre’s National Ropeways Development Programme, named ‘Parvatmala’. Once cleared, the central government would bear the execution cost of the projects, while the state government would provide the land, a senior official from the state public works department (PWD) said.