10.02.23

Tripura ahead of all northeast states in development: Assam CM

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Highlighting the success of the government inTripura, Assam CM Himanta BiswaSarma sought votes for the saffron brigade in the upcoming assembly while addressing Jana Viswas Yatra on a chariot at Killa in Gomati district.

Sarma claimed that Tripuras progress is much ahead of other northeastern states, including Assam and there is no chance of the return of CPM. He said, In five years, the scale of development in Tripura is incomparable with other states despite two-year-long hindrance created by Covid-19.
Manik Saha da has become a reference point for us I have given only 4% DA to Assam employees but he has given 12% at a time and 20% in five years. Agartala airport has become bigger than Guwahati airport with all modern facilities. The monthly social pensionsroseto Rs 2,000 to a large number of beneficiaries and the list of development in Tripura is too long, Sarma claimed.

Assam cabinet panel to explore ways to rehabilitate child marriage victims

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The Assam cabinet gave its go-ahead to the Police to continue the crackdown on child marriages, but decided to form a cabinet sub-committee for exploring ways to rehabilitate the victim girls.

The committee will submit a report, based on which the will take steps on rehabilitation of such victims.

The sub-committee comprises Health minister Keshab Mahanta, Education minister Ranoj Pegu and finance minister Ajanta Neog.

Odisha has huge renewable energy potential: Survey

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Odishahas huge potential, including around 1.5 lakh MW solar power, which is six times more than the assessment of theministry of new andrenewable energy (MNRE), a survey conducted by International Forum for Environment, Sustainability ad Technology (iForest), an environment pressure group, has revealed.

We have conclusively assessed thatOdishahas huge renewable energy potential, especially solar, to become a major renewable energy state of the country. By utilising only 2% of wasteland, Odisha can install over 170 gigawatts of solar capacity, saidChandra Bhushan, chief executive officer and president of iForest.

Getting affiliation to become hassle-free for Tamil Nadu private schools

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More than 15,000 private schools will have hassle-free and fast approval for starting a new school, getting extension of affiliation, and permission to start additional sections and new courses as the school Education department has launched a new portal for providing these Services.

Private schools ask for recognition up to 10 years for schools which have been functioning for more than two decades, with annual renewal of sanitary, building stability and fire safety certificates.

Some 2,500 private schools which do not have the approval of the Directorate of Town and Country planning (DTCP) or local planning authority (LPA) for buildings are getting extension of approval every year. This year, the school education department gave approval only after they submitted evidence while applying for regularisation of school buildings.

IT parks get allocation for development works in budget

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Though the budget presented by finance minister K N Balagopal did not announce any major IT projects, all major IT parks in the state managed to get fund allocation for development works. This will help make the IT corridor project announced in the previous budget a reality.

An amount of Rs 26. 60cr has been earmarked for developmental activities of Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram, Rs 35. 75cr for the development of Infopark, Kochi and Rs 12. 83cr for Cyber Park, Kozhikode.

A total of Rs 559cr has been earmarked for the IT sector, in the budget. Among this, Rs 127. 37cr has been provided forKeralaState Information Technology Mission and Rs 53cr for State Data Centre.

Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project got Rs 100cr while Rs 2cr was earmarked for providing free household Internet connection under K-FON project to 70,000 eligible BPL families. For this, 500 families will be identified in each assembly constituency.

Implement National e-Vidhan application in Karnataka, demands litigant

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The ordered notice to the State Government in a Public Interest Litigation seeking implementation of National e-Vidhan (NeVA) application in the state.

NeVA is a work-flow system developed by the Centre to enable smooth conduct of legislative proceedings and house business in a paperless manner. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale directed the government to submit its response by the next date of hearing.

The Central government sponsored scheme, NeVA, which envisages to cover all state assemblies has a total comprehensive outlay of Rs 674 crore as against Karnatakas scheme which covers only the states assembly and council with an outlay of Rs 254crore, the petitioner states.

Telangana sees sharp drop in maternal mortality rate

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has seen a significant reduction in maternal mortality rate (MMR) in recent years. As per the recently released Sample Registration System (SRS) Special Bulletin 2018-20, the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in the state has dropped to 43 points from 56 points in 2017-19 reducing by 13 points.

Telangana stood at the third position in the country with the lowest number of deaths, after Kerala and Maharashtra. MMR is calculated as the number of maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births.

The national Average MMR stands at 97, almost double of Telangana. MMR was 92 at the time of the formation of the state and has reduced by 53 points since then. The State Government has ascribed the decrease to measures in child and maternal care taken by the government.

The national average has come down to 97 from 130 in 2014, a decrease of only 33 points. The top three states with the highest maternal mortality are Assam at 195, Madhya Pradesh at 173 and Uttar Pradesh at 167. Between 2017-19 and 2018-20, the MMR steadily increased in the respective states.

Around 29% of coastline eroded in Andhra Pradesh

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Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences Dr.Jitendra Singhgave out some alarming facts about coastal erosion based on a study byNational Centre for Coastal Research(NCCR) by revealing that as much as 294.89 kms or 28.7% of the coastline inAndhra Pradeshis under varying degrees of erosion.
Districts that have seen the highest erosion of the coastline are East Godavari (89.25 kms), Krishna (57.55 kms), Nellore (53.32 kms), Visakhapatnam (25.81 kms) and Srikakulam (25.12 kms).

Asked about the factors causing coastal erosion in AP, Minister Jitendra Singh replied that the natural factors (tropical , monsoon floods, sea level rise, extreme events and others) and anthropogenic factors (like Ports or 0harbours, damning of rivers) are responsible for coastal erosion.

Goa Industrial Development Corporation to create digital land bank afresh, focus on dues

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In yet another attempt to bring in transparency and provide online Services to entrepreneurs and industrial units, Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has decided to create a digital land bank of all industrial estates by October.

Aside from digitization of services and the creation of a digital land bank, GIDC is trying to plug the gaps at every industrial estate. This includes roads, power supply, water supply and other amenities, said Lourenco.
In 2020, the Centres Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade launched the countrys first digital industrial land bank and Goa was among the first seven states to map industrial land as part of the national GIS-enabled land bank system. GIDC officials admit that the project failed and that a fresh attempt will have to be made.

Maharashtra govt launches single-window portal for NRIs, foreign students

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In a bid to attract more foreign nationals to professional courses and to streamline the admission process for them, the launched a single-window portal for them.

The states CET cell will not only simplify the process for aspirants, but the state is hopeful that it will also help in increasing enrolment of international students. A separate link has been provided on the cetcell.mahacet.org for these students which will cover foreign nationals,NRIs, PIOs, OCIs, etc.