Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said Haryana was the first state in the country to complete all works allocated under Phase-1 and Phase-2 of the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana.
Dushyant gave this information after presiding over a meeting of the sixth executive committee of the Haryana Rural Roads and Development Agency.
He said Haryana had completed 426 roads under Phase-1 and 88 roads under Phase-2 and construction of 18 bridges under the scheme
The enforcement wing of Punjab State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department has imposed penalty of Rs 10.44 crore on tax evaders during the month of April.
Ludhiana’s mobile wing topped the list with penalties to the tune of Rs 3.35 crore.
Despite the fact that the number of Covid-19 cases witnessed a surge in April and from last year the number of mobile wings are reduced to 7 from 13, the enforcement wing ofState GSTdepartment got success in setting up a new benchmark.
Notably, the commodity-wise analysis reveals that Rs 4.59 crore penalty was imposed on vehicles carrying iron scrap, Rs 2.60 crore on Vehicles carrying finished goods of iron and steel, Rs 1.04 crore on vehicles carrying parchoon and mixed goods, Rs 1.03 crore on miscellaneous goods, Rs 80.67 lakh on vehicles carrying copper scrap, Rs 17.47 lakh penalty on vehicles carrying mustard seeds or oil.
The excise policy for 2021-22 envisaging the collection of Rs 1,829 crore, which is Rs 228 crore higher than the previous year, was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here today. The new policy will help in increasing collections by almost 14 per cent over the last year.
The Cabinet also approved the setting up of excise Police in the Excise and Department to check inter-state and intra-state smuggling and illicit trade of liquor and bootlegging.
The excise year 2020-21 has been extended by one month up to June 30 considering the situation arising out of Covid. As such, the new excise policy will be operational for nine months from July 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. The Cabinet also approved the renewal of retail excise vends for 2021-22 at a fee of 3 per cent of the value of the unit/vend.
Reaching the Covid centre at the district hospital in Gopeshwar, the CM directed that installation of the Oxygen plant here be completed in the next two days. He also inspected the vaccination of people in the 18-44 years age group at the government PG college.
Rawat said that vaccination is the top priority of the government which is working to ensure that no individual is left without being vaccinated against Covid. He said that work is alo being undertaken to import Vaccines from abroad, adding that all will be vaccinated in Uttarakhand soon. The CM said that adequate oxygen beds, ventilators, PPE kits and other Resources are available in the state. Further, 500-bed Covid hospitals are being set up at Rishikesh and Haldwani with the assistance of DEFENCE Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He also appealed to the people to wear masks in public, wash hands frequently and observe all the Covid guidelines properly.
TheUttar Pradesh governmentwill now take the help ofreligious leadersto createawarenessamong people not to dump bodies in the rivers, an official said on Monday, amid mounting criticism over such incidents.
A large number of dead bodies have been found flowing in the rivers in many districts of the state. There have also been reports of bodies being found buried on the banks of the Ganga.
CIL and its all subsidiaries including CCL supply raw coal to more than 80 % of power Plants in the country. At the time of pandemic, it is the top priority of CCL to ensure interrupted supply of coal to the power plants.
CCL has signed eight separate MoUs with local administration of Ramgarh, Latehar, Chatra, Bokaro, Ranchi, Giridih, Palamu and Hazaribagh in respect to treatment of Covid patients as well as building in hospitals. Recently, CCL management has signed a MoU with Latehar district for setting up a 12-bed ICU with Oxygen supply pipeline at Sadar Hospital.
Also setting up PSA Oxygen Plant and strengthening of ICU facility at Sadar Hospital (Chatra district), digital covid centre and high- tech ambulance with oxygen in Bokaro district. One MoU for Medical College, Hazaribagh is related to procure 100 oxygen concentrators, 100 Jumbo cylinder, 100 B-type cylinder etc so that the Covid-affected person having respiratory issues met get proper treatment within the district itself.
In FY 2020-21, CCL contributed Rs.26 crore to the Central and State Govt. for tackling the Covid pandemic and CCL also contributed Rs.1.25 crores to the District Administration of eight districts where our mines operated including Ranchi district. There were distributions of dry food grains, mask senitizers etc amounting to Rs. 129 lakhs in last fiscal.
The farm labour crunch has hit harvesting season as migrants are making their way back to their native states again fearing another lockdown in the Tricity. Again, factory owners and farmers are grappling with labour crunch.
The exodus this time is said to be driven by fear of being trapped in place due to another lockdown and panchayat in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Industrialists are also facing shortage of labour and finding it expensive to hire workers and helpers. Industrialists in Derabassi said they are getting helpers at the cost of skilled labour.
A decision in this regard was taken on Friday at a cabinet sub-committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey.
Choubey told the media that they have chosen the day as it was death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
This flagship scheme of the is known as a morale booster for famers and has encouraged farming and farm sector in Chhattisgarh.
Under the scheme, record paddy procurement of 92 lakh tonnes was done from the farmers from December 1, 2020 to February 15 this year.
Under the scheme, a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 per acre is given to the farmers apart from paying them the minimum support price fixed by the Union Government.
Apart from encouraging paddy growers, the government also benefits maize and sugarcane producing farmers.
Besides, last year, out of 378 bodies of Madhya Pradesh, 108 bodies were successful in obtaining ODF++ certification, this year 248 urban bodies have obtained ODF++ certification. In addition, 71 bodies have been successful in obtaining ODF++ certificate. According to the data, about 2.5 times more bodies passed the rigorous ODF++ examination as compared to previous year.
ODF++ norms are extremely difficult, under which 25 percent of the total available public / community toilets in the body should be of excellent standards. Thee bodies must mandatorily have continuous water supply, arrangement of lighting, sanitary napkins and incinerators etc. The remaining toilets must essentially have basic facilities.
Wind power projects with the cumulative generation capacity of 1,020.3MW were installed and commissioned in Gujarat from April 2020 to March 21. That was the highest capacity addition by any state in India during the period, shows data compiled byIndian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association(IWTMA).
Gujarat was followed by Nadu (303.7MW) and Karnataka (148MW). In fact, Gujarat grabbed the lions share of 68% in the new wind power capacity addition across the country in 2020-21. About 1,503.3MW of new wind power generation capacity was installed in India in fiscal 2021, IWTMA data shows.
With these new installations, Gujarats current operational capacity for generation of power from Wind Energy sources stands at 8,561.8MW as against 7541.5MW in 2019-20. At 1,468.4MW, Gujarat created the highest wind power capacity in the previous fiscal as well.
RENEWABLE ENERGY companies such asAdani GreenandReNew Powerwere among the prominent players that commissioned their power projects. Adani Green and ReNew Power commissioned 100MW and 300MW wind power projects in Kutch in March 2021.
The State Government sources, however, pegged the capacity of new wind projects commissioned in Gujarat at 890MW for the fiscal 2021.
Gujarat currently stands second after Tamil Nadu in terms of the total installed wind power generation capacity in the country.