10.11.21

To provide employment to the local youth of the State in the private sector, the Haryana Government on Saturday said it has notified the implementation of The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidate Bill 2020 from January 15, next year.

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The EMPLOYMENT for local youth was one of the main poll promises made by Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) during the assembly . Amidst hiccups, the BJP-JJP alliance managed to get the bill passed.

The Chief Minister said that the main objective of Haryana Government is to make more and more youth of the state employable by skilling them and promoting skill Education. He added that the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 was duly passed by the Haryana State Legislative Assembly on March 2 and approved by the Governor of Haryana. Now, as per Section 1(3) of the said Act, the Haryana Government has issued a notification in the Official Gazette on November 6, 2021, specifying the date of its commencement as January 15, 2022.

He further added that the State Government has issued another notification on November 6 specifying the upper limit of gross monthly salary or wages under the said Act, under which the said limit has been reduced from Rs 50,000 to Rs.30,000.Therefore, now the Act will be effective from January 15 and from the date this Act will be applicable to employer of private sector companies, societies, trusts, limited liability PARTNERSHIP firms, partnership firms and any person who employs ten or more persons on salary, wages or other remuneration for the purpose of manufacturing, carrying on business or rendering any service in Haryana.

He said that it would be mandatory for all these employers to register all their employees drawing gross monthly salary or wages not more than Rs. 30,000 on the designated portal available on the official website of the Labour Department, Haryana. They will hire 75 percent (subject to condition) local candidates in all new recruitments for posts where the gross monthly salary or wages does not exceed Rs. 30,000. Violation of any provision of this Act will be a punishable offence.

In a major decision to provide sand and gravel to the public at large at minimum affordable rates besides checking the sand mafia, the Punjab Cabinet approved the Punjab State Sand and Gravel Mining Policy-2021 to provide sand and gravel at Rs 5.50 per cubic feet across the state.

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As per new policy, the sand and gravel shall be provided to the public at Rs 5.50 per CFT at mining sites, including loading charges. Further, the royalty rate of ordinary clay and ordinary earth shall be decreased from Rs 10 per ton to Rs 2.5 per ton in public interest.

According to the new mining policy, the land owner or possessor can dispose of ordinary earth extracted or removed during the levelling of their Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture fields up to three-feet.

Himachal Pradesh to get 2nd state university, panel to work out modalities

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Himachal Pradeshis going to have its secondstate universitywith thecabinet deciding to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of chief secretary to work out the modalities to set up a state university at Mandi.

Himachal Pradesh Universityat Shimla was established on July 22, 1970, and after a wait of 51 years now, the government has decided to have another state university that will directly benefit the students of Mandi, Kullu, Kangra, Hamirpur, Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts as students of these districts will not have to travel much distance for higher Education.

Having two state universities will also increase post-graduation seats and students will be able to take admission easily as they will not have to go to private universities. At the same time, thousands of students of Himachal Pradesh will not have to go to other states for the higher education.

Geographically, Mandi is situated in the middle of Himachal Pradesh. Students from tribal areas will be benefited the most with the opening of second university of the state.

Ganga Mashaal starts Journey from Uttarakhand

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The Ganga Mashaal started its journey, formally from Rishikesh and Haridwar in Uttarakhand on November 8, 2021.

Mashaal will travel to a total of 23 stations along river Ganga.

It will help in sensitization of local people and Namami Gange volunteers.

Journey will be supported by District Administration, field volunteers such as Ganga Vichar Manch, Ganga Praharis, Ganga Doot (NYKS), Ganga Mitras.

Mashaal is being carried by the brave men of Ganga Task Force (GTF).

The journey will end up at Ganga Sagar in West Bengal.

Union Minister of Law and , Kiren Rijiju and Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, flagged off the Ganga Mashaal from New Delhi, during Ganga Utsav on November 3, 2021.

Ganga Mashal was welcomed at Triveni Ghat in Rishikesh. It was followed by lighting of the lamp, Saraswati Vandana, Nukkad Natak on Swachhta, Ganga Aarti, and other cultural performances by school children & youth from National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS).

Ganga Mashaal was welcomed by WAPCOS and Wildlife Institute of India, in Haridwar.

Toxic Foam in Yamuna River

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Devotees offered prayers as a part of their four-day Chhath Puja celebrations at the banks of foam-coated Yamuna near Kalindi Kunj. The visuals have worried environmentalists and led political war of words between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and other state governments.

Between Wazirabad and Okhla, Yamuna runs for 22-kilometre. It is less than 2 per cent of its length of 1,370 kilometres between Yamunotri and Allahabad. But this stretch accounts for 80 per cent of the total pollution load in the river.

Phenomenon of froth formation takes place on several lakes and streams. These Foam bubbles are produced on the decomposition of organic matter. The foam-producing Molecules comprises of two ends. Its one end repels water while another attracts water. These molecules work to reduce the Surface Tension on the surface of water. Foam bubbles are lighter as compared to water. Thus, they float on the surface as a thin film and gets accumulated over time.

Major reason behind froth formation is presence of phosphates and surfactants in untreated sewage generating from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Phosphates and Surfactants components comprise of 1 percent of the froth, while 99 per cent is air and water.

In a bid to increase job opportunity in Jharkhand in an effort to provide jobs to the youth of the State, the State Government of Jharkhand and GoodWorker opened its first resource and migration support centre at KantaToli in the State capital on Tuesday.

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State Labour Minister, Satyanand Bhogta inaugurated the Centre and shared his vision and encouragement for improving EMPLOYMENT opportunities for the State’s youth. Bhokta on this occasion handed over offer letters to 50 candidates who will get the jobs, in presence of employers.

The Department official also said that the resource and Migration support centres are key to connect the youth to suitable jobs via face-to-face counselling and joining facilitation. GoodWorker aims to set up such centres across key states in the country and is thankful to the state of Jharkhand for being the first one to enable this.

Around 20,000 security personnel mobilised for security for Chhath festival across Bihar

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Around 20000 security personnel including theCentral Armed Police Force(CAPF) companies have been mobilised and deployed at various locations for ensuring security and maintaining law and order duringChhath Puja.

At least four companies of CAPF includingRapid Action Force(RAF) have been deployed at required locations in Patna, Bhagalpur, Aurangabad andMuzaffarpurfor Chhath.

Besides them, 2500 trainees ofBiharSpecial Armed Police (BSAP) and an equal number of Home guard jawans have also been mobilised for deployment and crowd control on roads, ghats and other places specially land-bound water bodies where devotees would throng for worshipping the Sun god.

In a bid to boost rural economy, modern showrooms of C-Mart are to be opened in Chhattisgarh’s cities to market products manufactured in the state’s villages.

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Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel wants products made by self-help groups, weavers, artisans and Cottage industries to be on sale at these showrooms.

Officials have been told to set up C-Mart like a modern showroom, with all the amenities to attract customers.

In the first phase, the showrooms will come up on 8-10,000 square feet in case of municipal corporations and on 6-8,000 square feet in the case of municipalities in all district headquarters.

Baghel has directed District Collectors to coordinate with the Managing Director of the Minor Forest Produce Association to make arrangements to process, pack, brand and market the products.

M.P: PM Modi to address Tribal Pride Day Mahasammelan

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the Tribal Pride Day Mahasammelan in Madhya Pradesh on November 15, 2021.

PM will address the Mahasammelan at Jamboori Maidan Bhopal.

Mahasammelan is being organised to commemorate the birth anniversary of Lord Birsa Munda.

On this occasion, several programmes will be organised in every tribal-dominated gram panchayat of the state.

Programmes will mark the presence of Tribal Women self-help groups of Madhya Pradesh, beneficiaries of schemes like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Kisan Samman Yojana, and others.

On the occasion, PM will dedicate Indias first PPP-mode built Habibganj RAILWAY station to the Nation.

He will also launch Sickle Cell Eradication Mission and Ration Aapke Dwar Yojana in Madhya Pradesh while addressing from the Mahasammelan.

Birsa Munda was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, folk hero and a religious leader. He belonged to the Munda tribe. He led the tribal religious millenarian movement, arising from Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) during the British Raj, in the late 19th century. This movement made him a significant figure in the HISTORY of Indian independence movement. This revolt was mainly concentrated in the Munda belt of Khunti, Sarwada, Tamar and Bandgaon. His portrait has found place in Museum, making him the only tribal leader to get this much honour.

Birsa Munda was born on November 15, 1875, at Ulihatu village in Lohardaga district of Bengal Presidency. It is now in Khunti district of Jharkhand. He was born on a Thursday. Thus, he had been named after that day in accordance with Munda custom.

Coastal salinity in Gujarat increasing by the day, says study

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Gujaratboasts of the longest coastline in the country and it has paved way for industrial development along thecoastalarea in the past couple of decades. However, the industrialization and consequent Migration have contributed majorly to increase salinity in the state.

In its latest book titled Revisiting ECOLOGY of the Gujarat coast: Trends of last two decades, city-basedGujarat Ecology Society(GES) tried ascertaining how coastal dynamics have been altered over a span of 23 years.

In 1960, Khar Land Development Board had found that 12,164 sq km land in the state was saline which increased to 16,899 sq km in 1992 as per the study done by Central Salinity Research Institute. In 2019,Indian Space Research Organisations research found 18,073 sq km of land saline.