10.06.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will inaugurate Panchkarma Wellness Centre at Thapli in Panchkula on June 20, a day prior to International Yoga Day.

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The Chief Minister will also conduct an inspection and oversee the demonstration of adventure activities like paragliding and trekking in Tikkartal area, close to Morni Hills, said an official spokesperson. He said that Panchkula, nestled between the panoramic Shivalik hills, is being developed into a tourist hub. Panchkula is probably among the few places in the vicinity to offer such adventure Sports.

He will thereafter inaugurate Panchkarma Wellness Centre in Thapli followed by laying the foundation stone of Nakshatra Vatika, Rashi Van, Sugandh Vatika.

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh termed the meagre MSP (Minimum support price) hike for paddy as not only grossly inadequate but an insult to the farmers who have been fighting for their rightful dues through their anti-farm laws agitation for the past over six months.

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The increase in MSP of other crops was also quite measly, he added, noting that the small hike in the base price of Maize would discourage farmers from going in for the much-needed crop diversification to save the precious and depleting water resource.

The Chief Minister noted that the Swaminathan Committee, whose recommendations the Central Government has adamantly refused to accept, had clearly suggested that MSP should be at least 50 percent more than the weighted Average cost of production.

The Government of India is increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the smooth procurement of food grains at minimum support price by making procedures and process more complicated and anti-farmer, he added.

Himachal Pradesh is showing a steady trend of decline in the anemia which is evident from Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index, 2020-2021 national rankings. The state has secured third position with a score of 57.1 as per the rating, said an official spokesman.

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On this score card, Himachal Pradesh was at 18th rank in the year 2018-2019 but with consistent efforts of the Government this rank has been improved to third in the 2020-21 AMB index, the spokesman said. He said that anemia prevention and control has been the priority agenda of . The government is working with various strategies under Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyan and targets have been setup to reduce anemia.

The program covers the age groups of children 6 to 59 months, adolescents and Women of reproductive age 15 to 49 years.

The Anemia Mukt Bharat aims to provide preventive and curative mechanisms through a 666 strategy including six target beneficiaries, six interventions and six institutional mechanisms, for all stakeholders to implement the strategy. The strategy emphasizes on improving supply chain, targeted monitoring and continuous social mobilization using various channels of Communication.

This comprehensive strategy is expected to yield positive results in decreasing anemia prevalence. The score card and rankings in the Anemia Mukt Bharat Index are based on certain parameters like coverage of IFA supplementation across selected target beneficiaries to support assessment of progress and performance of the programme.

Uttarakhand mulls climate budget, to sanction separate funds for environment-friendly activities

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TheUttarakhandgovernment is mulling to introduce the provision of Climate BUDGETING from next financial year in order to counter adverse effects of global environmental changes in the Himalayan state. If the proposal pitched by the forest and Environment department goes through, Uttarakhand will be among the first states to come up with separate funds for activities related to mitigation of adverse impact of .

To recall, the Uttarakhand government in March this year had presented a Rs 57,400 crore budget for the 2021-22 fiscal in which Rs 455 crore had been earmarked for the environment.

Jharkhand govt waives Rs 980 crore loan of 2.46 lakh farmers

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TheJharkhandgovernment said it has waived off loans worth Rs 980 crore of 2.46 lakhfarmersin the state so far and is committed to their welfare.

Chief ministerHemant Sorenon completion of one-year of his government on December 29 last year had officially announced the farmloan waiver scheme.

In the first phase, the government has decided to waive farm loans up to Rs 50,000.

“The is committed to loan waiver of the farmers. Jharkhand Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Loan Waiver Scheme is one of the important schemes of our government.

“This scheme has brought happiness on the face of those farmers who were under debt,” said state agriculture minister Badal Patralekh.

Post women officers in all police stations: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

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In yet another major step towards Women Empowerment in Bihar, CMNitish Kumar asked the state Police chief to ensure posting ofwomen police officersand constables in each police station.
Earlier on Wednesday, the CM ordered to reserve 33.3% seats for girls in all engineering and medical colleges in the state from the next academic session.

Bihar has 853 police stations and 40 of them are rail police stations.

Chhattisgarh government to present it’s forest policy at London exhibition

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Chhattisgarh governmenthas become one of the sponsors of a global exhibitionLondon Design Biennate 2021 that is being organised in Britain. Being a part of sponsor forIndia pavilioninexhibition,Chhattisgarhwill showcase its stateforest policyas an innovative idea for ECOLOGY‘s balance.

In this exhibition, 22 countries from six continents, including , Canada, Hong Kong, India. Israel. Venezuela will participate and will present their views on the theme ‘Resonance’.

This forest policy, through the private sector, farmers, village panchayats and government departments, is focused on promoting and helping commercial plantations of timber so that the state’s industrial, furniture, firewood can be met and India’s dependence on timber import is reduced. Apart from these, this forest policy will promote greenery in the state in a big way which will increase the forest area and will prove helpful in the prevention of Climate problem. ground water level, drought and flood in the state.

Industries in Madhya Pradesh want proposed power hike dropped

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The cost of takingnew electricity connection, electrification in colonies and shifting of connection among other Services are all set to go up by around 70 per cent following a proposal byMadhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, upsettingindustriesurging to rollback the proposed hike.

The proposed hike in the middle of thepandemichas alarmed industries with many associations writing to the commission for withdrawing the proposed hike in service charges.

As per the proposal by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission, the cost of taking new electricity connection for HT consumers is hiked to Rs 1,260 per kilo volt ampere from earlier Rs 750 per kilo volt ampere.

Gujarat co-operative milk marketing federation MD bags Asian productivity organization regional award

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R S Sodhi, managing director of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has received Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Tokyo, Japan regional award as Asia Pacific productivity champion.

Sodhi is the first person in the last 20 years from India to receive the award. Government of Indias National Productivity Council (NPC) under the Department of Promotion of and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry had unanimously recommended Sodhis name for APO award from India.

Rajasthan remains laggard in creating jobs in manufacturing sector

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The manufacturing sector inRajasthanhas remained a laggard in jobs creation. As per Niti AayogsSustainable Development Goalreport, the sector generates only 7.5% of the total jobs against a target of 20%. Rajasthan ranks 25th among the states and Union Territories.

Another sector where value addition leaves much to be desired is dimensional stone including, marble, granite, sandstone where Rajasthan enjoys a clear edge over other states. But much of the production (stone blocks) is exported without value addition closing the door for new economic opportunities including creation of jobs.