11.10.21

Indicating a rapid economic recovery after the second wave of Covid-19, Punjabs Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue receipts have registered a growth of 24.76 per cent. GST revenue receipts for the state during September 2021 stood at Rs 1,316.51 crore against Rs 1,055.24 crore for the same period previous year (September, 2020).

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The sectoral analysis of the GST receipts of the State suggest healthy Growth in sectors such as Iron and Steel, Automobiles, Insurance, Telecom, Transport, Banking and non-VAT petroleum products, said an official spokesperson of the Commissionerate.

The GST revenue, up to the month of September 2021, has witnessed a high growth of nearly 67.55 per cent as compared to corresponding period last year. Even, when compared to the pre-pandemic financial year of 2019-20, the growth during the first half of the current year is 54 per cent higher.

Besides, the Base Effect of the abnormal previous year, the said growth is attributed to strong anti-evasion activities of the department, better compliance by the taxpayers, effective data analysis based on machine Learning and intelligent on-road detention with special focus on taxpayers engaged in fake billing, added the spokesperson. The positive trend witnessed in the revenue so far is likely to continue in the coming months as well, said the spokesperson while adding that the fiscal year 2021-22 reflected a tremendous growth as compared to the same period last year, for VAT and CST revenue collection have displayed a growth of 41.09 per cent and 18.68 per cent this year.

The total revenue collection comprising GST, VAT and CST registered a growth of 29.47 percent with a collection of Rs 1,965.99 crore this September as against Rs 1,518.52 crore during the corresponding month of 2020-21.

Himachal Pradesh: Switch To Horticulture Is Bearing Fruit

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Although only 8% of the land inHimachal Pradeshis under crops, of late farmers are being hand held and schooled on switching to horticultural crops, as the benfits overweigh the challenges.

For instance, according to horticulture officer Sanjeev Katoch, HPs horticulture department is running a state-sponsored scheme, Himchal Pradesh Kiwi Protsahan Yojana, under which farmers are given 50% subsidy Rs 6,93,000 per hectare on pro rata basis for planting material, field preparation, trellis system and installation of micro-Irrigation system.

The biggest challenge though is the wait farmers are expected to wait for two to three years before they can harvest their hard work. Although lucrative, many farmers do not want to go this route as it means they have to wait for two to three years. But, if they are patient, they earn 10-year income from traditional crops in a single year,

The Uttarakhand Government would distribute 14 lakh ration kits free to the poor of the state under the Annotsav programme under the aegis of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). The Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami started the Annotsav programme by handing over the ration kits to six beneficiaries at his residence on Monday. These kits would be distributed from all 9230 fair price shops of the state.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi always remain concerned about the poor and 80 crore people were provided free ration during the pandemic period by him. He said that under PMGKY, five kg food grain (wheat/ rice) and one kg pulse was given to the Antyodaya and primary families for eight months from April to November in 2020. Dhami said that under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Yojana, five kg rice and one kg chick pea was given to the migrants. He added that under One Nation One Ration card scheme, ration card portability is being implemented from August this year. Dhami said that under the state food scheme, the Uttarakhand government provided subsidised ration to 10 lakh families for three months each in the year 2020 and 2021.

The Cabinet Minister Banshidhar Bhagat said that the objective of Annotsav programme is to provide food and respect to every beneficiary. He said that free ration kits would be distributed from all fair price shops of the state.

River Ranching Programme Launched In UP

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Affairs:River Ranching Program was launched on October 8, 2021, by Minister for , Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Parshottam Rupala.

The Program is a part of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) scheme.

It is done to augment and enhance fish production and productivity by expanding, intensifying, diversifying and utilizing land & water productively.

National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad had been designated as the vital agency by the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries.

The program was also launched in Orissa, Uttarakhand, Tripura and Chhattisgarh.

In Uttar Pradesh, the programme was launched at Brijghat, Garh Mukteshwar.

Three lakhs fingerlings were ranched at 3 sites in UP, namely, Brijghat, Tigri, Meerut, Garhmukteshwar and Bijnor.

In Uttar Pradesh, about 500 people participated in the national level launching of the River Ranching program.

In a bid to produce agricultural women entrepreneur, Dr MS Yadav, at the conclusion of the 5-day training programme organized in the Community Science Department of Birsa Agricultural University, (BAU), said that there is a lot of potential in food processing sector through better quality of products by women’s group.

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Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB), Garhkhatanga, Ranchi has asked to provide processing equipment to the Women group of trained women desirous of self-EMPLOYMENT.Yadav said that most of the rural women of the State are associated with agricultural work and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture is the main source of their family livelihood.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar directs to open residential plus two schools in all districts for OBC girls

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There will be a residential 10+2 school for OBC (otherbackward classes) girls in all the districts ofBihar.

Bihar CMNitish Kumar ordered the government officials to open residential 10+2 schools for the OBC girls in all 38 districts of the state.

These residential schools will be available only for the OBC girls.

While chairing a meeting to review functioning of the Backward Classes (BC) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) Welfare department, the CM further asked the officials to expedite construction work of the Jannayak Karpoori Thakur hostels in all those districts where they were in the stage of under-construction. The JKT hostels are allotted to the boys of the EBC category.

The CM also ordered for immediate payment of the remaining amount of the Scholarship / stipend to the beneficiaries of the OBC Post-admission scholarship scheme, the Chief Minister EBC Merit-cum-Means scholarship and the Chief Minister Backward Classes Merit-cum-Means Scholarship.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said the Narva Development Yojana is an important scheme and relates to conservation of forests, increasing ground water and biodiversity and bettering the lives of tribals, forest dependents and farmers.

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He also distributed incentive remuneration of Rs 71 crores to more than 8 lakh tendu patta collectors on Monday.

Baghel virtually performed the Bhoomi Pujan of 37.99 lakh structures related to ground water conservation for 2021-22 under the scheme. The structures will be built utilizing the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).

In Madhya Pradesh, the public will now be able to file an e-FIR on the Citizen Portal sitting at home. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said this while dedicating the Citizen Portal at a ceremony organised on the occasion of 20 years of Jan Kalyan and Suraj yesterday. He said that new efforts are being made daily by the government to provide facilities to the citizens. Innovations are being implemented. By establishing good governance, coordinated efforts are going on to make the life of the common man smooth and easy.

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Optional facility of registering FIR in the form of e-FIR has been provided to the common men by the Citizen Portal. With this, everyone can file an e-FIR in relation to the incident to the concerned Police station online. e-FIR can be registered by citizens by registering themselves on Madhya Pradesh Police website or citizen portal https://citizen.mppolice.gov.in only by logging in with registered ID.

After the registration of FIR on the said e-FIR application, the applicant will continue to receive the updated status of various stages of his FIR through SMS and e-mail. With the dedication of the Citizen Portal, the aggrieved person will be able to file a complaint online through e-FIR in cases of vehicle theft up to 15 lakh or general theft up to one lakh. The common person will get the facility of Aadhaar e-sign through this. Aadhar e-signed acknowledgment will be available through online e-mail and SMS.

Through the citizen portal, the aggrieved person will be able to get the current status of the e-FIR.

The facility of Madhya Pradesh Police Mobile App has also been provided in the state. Through this app, electronic acknowledgment of missing documents and missing mobile information, facility of sending SMS to relatives and Dial-100 in times of crisis, facility to search information of missing person or unidentified dead body has been provided.

Gujarat govt to notify 1,500 new panchayats

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After reaping huge benefits of a meticulous delimitation exercise in the recently concluded Gandhinagar civic body election, the Bharatiya Janata Party is looking to replicate the same formula in rural areas of the state as well. Even as more than 10,000 village panchayats go to polls in December this year, the ruling BJP is looking to increase the number of village panchayats by about 1,500.

The panchayat & rural development department has completed all formalities like passing of resolutions by large panchayats for the formation of new panchayats and approval of district authorities and the development commissioner to form new panchayats. After the approval from minister Brijesh Merja, a notification to form around 1,500 new village panchayats will be issued.

More than 55% women have Jan Dhan Yojana accounts in Rajasthan

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Rajasthan is one among the 11 states in the country where more than 55 per cent of the Pradhan MantriJan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY) account holders are Women, an RTI response has revealed.

In the state, 55.37 per cent (1.48 crore) of the total 2.68 crore PMJDY account holders are women, stated a reply to an RTI application filed by Venkatesh Nayak. Out of 43.47 crore PMJDY account holders in the country, 24.15 crore (55.55%) are women, according to the data.
Among the 29 states, Andhra Pradesh (AP) recorded the highest Percentage of women beneficiaries at 88.32 per cent. Meghalaya took the second position with more than 67 per cent PMJDY account holders being women, followed by Kerala at third position with more than 60 per cent PMJDY account holders being women in March 2020.

The states of Assam (59.48%), Nagaland (58.17%) Nadu (57.46%), Arunachal Pradesh (55.95%), Jharkhand (55.81%), Himachal Pradesh (55.76%), Bihar (55.66%) and Rajasthan (55.37%) recorded more than 55% women PMJDY account holders till March 2020.

Data also revealed that while all districts in Rajasthan were covered in the ministry of rural developments list, 1.98 lakh beneficiaries belonged to the unspecified district category, which means the the districts of residence of the women beneficiaries was not available. Rajasthan was also among the top five states with 1.48 crore beneficiaries in the country.