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More than 1,000 govt schools in Assam don’t have electricity: Govt

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In a digital era, over 1,100 government schools, mostly elementary, are functioning withoutelectricity, the informed the state assembly.

There are over 50,000 government-run schools in the state, from elementary to senior secondary level.

The minister also stated that 2,979 elementary schools have single-teachers, while 15,161 schools of the same category are being managed by two teachers each. Altogether 8,207 elementary schools have three teachers each. Pegu informed the house that there were no secondary-level schools with such a low count of teachers. Contrary to the scenario of single-teacher schools, the state government said there have been 2,916 elementary schools that have more than seven teachers each. The number of high schools and higher secondary schools with more than seven teachers each were 4,129.

Quoting the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2021-22 findings, Pegu informed that 3,117 schools do not have toilet facilities for boys, whereas 1,693 lack toilets for girls. Most of these schools also belong to the elementary standards.
On the other hand, 1,124 schools inAssamdo not have proper drinking water, of which 1,066 are elementary and 58 are secondary-level schools.

Tamil Nadu to digitally document loose sculptures, inscriptions

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The Nadu government has decided to digitally document loose sculptures and inscriptions that are not within any heritage site or religious places and conserve them in-situ.

A government order will be passed within this month to preserve the loose sculptures including hero stones, Jain, Buddhist sculptures and small inscriptions around the state, said commissioner of archaeology, R Sivanandam.

Around 25 lakh will be allotted every year for In-situ conservation of the sculptures, while 3 crore would be given to digitally record them, said the commissioner.

Jakanacharis sculptures part of Karnatakas heritage

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Karnataka has made its own unique contribution to Indian sculptural tradition, said Viranna M Arkasali, former president of Karnataka Shilpakala Academy. He said the state is a pioneer in the world, and credit for this must go to sculptor Jakanachari.

He said Jakanachari was a great artist and sculptor who settled in Kedalu village of Tumkuru and later took shelter under the Hoysalas. Arkasali pressed for research about Jakanachari to bring out several facts about him. The temples carved by Amarashilpi Jakanachari in several villages and towns of Karnataka have earned a place in world HISTORY as they have introduce the history and heritage of Karnataka to the world.

Telangana second in country in own tax income GSDP share

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At 8% own tax income share of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for budget estimates for this fiscal, is second only to UP (10.3%) in the country, according to the recent ‘State of Finance Report (2022-23)’.

The two states are followed by Jharkhand (also 8%), Kerala (7.9%) and Haryana (7.5%). The Average GSDP-to-own-income ratio in the country is 6%.

A higher ratio of own tax income to GSDP indicates that the state has a better ability to collect taxes from its economic activities.A variety of factors influence tax collection, including income level, economic structure, tax rate and tax administration, according to analysts.

The report observed that the key sources of own tax revenue for states in 2022-23 is SGST (42%), sales tax/VAT (23%), state excise duty (14%), stamp duty (11%), vehicle taxes (5%), and electricity taxes and duties (3%). For Telangana, SGST share is (2.7%), sales tax/VAT (2.5%), excise duty (1.3%), stamp duty (1.2%) and other sources (0.4%).

According to the report, the GST Council has been given authority to decide on rates for a significant portion of state’s own tax revenue.

In 2022-23 fiscal, states have estimated that their own non-tax revenue will be about 1.3% of GSDP.The level of own non-tax revenue varies greatly across states.For instance, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have estimated significantly higher non-tax revenue, primarily from mining royalties.

Andhra Pradesh looks to become leader in green energy

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AP is taking big strides in attracting investments in green energy.The state is giving a tough fight to the states which were so far known as hubs for green energy Plants.The state secured fourth spot in generation of green energy in 2022 and it is going to be the leader in the next two-three years as the has lined up several big-ticket projects in RENEWABLE ENERGY sector..

The state secured fourth spot in generation of green energy in 2022 and it is going to be the leader in the next two-three years as the state government has lined up several big-ticket projects in renewable Energy sector.

According to the data compiled by the Centre, AP added 1,261.54 megawatts to the existing power generation through green energy during 2022.While Gujarath added a whopping 7,880 mw, Rajasthan added 9,227 mw..

State cabinet had recently stamped its nod for big-ticket investments in green energy sector. The state government gave green signal to different firms to set up Pumped Storage Hydro-Electricity Projects (PSP). Adani group is planning to set up plants to generate about 3,700mw in different locations. Shirdi Sai electricals of Kadapa district is coming up with two plants with 1,200 mw in green energy sector. These projects are expected to be completed in two-five years. Adani group alone is investing 16,000 crore in green energy plants in AP.

Climate-smart agriculture can help meet rising food demands’ in Goa

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and Climate-change”>Climate Change are posing a threat to crops and there is an urgent need to make a shift to ‘Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture“>Climate-Smart Agriculture‘ to meet the increasing demand for food, said Balasaheb Sawant, vice chancellor of Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli while speaking as the chief guest at the two-day national level conference on agriculture and climate change.

He said that to avoid losses there is a need to propagate varieties of mango, paddy and other crops that would suit aptly to the changing climatic conditions.Indian farmers through their hard work have made it possible to get good yield of crops of temperate zone grapes and apples in the tropical areas, said Sawant at the event organised by the department of economics at Laxmibai Halbe College, Dodamarg, and the Indian council of social science and research.

Maharashtra bids to acquire 865 border villages in Karnataka

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Days after the Karnataka legislature cleared a resolution on the inter-state border dispute saying it would not give an inch of land to Maharashtra, both houses of Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to legally pursue inclusion of 865 Marathi-speaking villages and its citizens into the state and make all-out efforts to contest the ongoing case in Supreme Court. Among the villages to be included in Maharashtra are Belagavi (earlier Belgaum), Karwar, Bidar, Balki and Nipani.

The resolution also requested Karnataka government to abide by terms and conditions finalised during a meeting of its CM Basavaraj Bommai with Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis with union Home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi recently. It called upon the Karnataka government to ensure safety of Marathi-speaking people in these villages.

Make state a model in utility of Anganwadi centres: Hry CM asks officials

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday directed the officials to update the data online of all the Anganwadi centres located in the state and make the state a model in terms of the utility of Anganwadi centres; setting an example for the other states to follow.

Presiding over a review meeting of the Women and Child Development Department here in which Minister of State for Women and Child Development Kamlesh Dhanda was also present, Khattar instructed the officials that the attendance of the children upto 6 years of age coming to the Anganwadi centres, the workers running those centres along with the helpers working there, would also be taken online daily. He directed to provide mobile phones to the Anganwadi workers at the earliest to keep the data of their centres updated. Further directing the officials to link the data of all the concerned with the Parivar Pehchan Patra, the Chief Minister said that it will help in providing timely Nutrition, vaccination and nutritious food to the children at the Anganwadi centres.

Punjabs 90% households getting zero electricity bill

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Punjabs about 90 per cent households are getting zero power bills which is expected to increase in January this year, said the state Power Minister Harbhajan Singh.

He said that the earlier governments used to betray people with fake promises to garner votes but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Government has fulfilled the promise of zero electricity bill in the very first year of their tenure.

Free 600 units of electricity bimonthly or 300 units of electricity monthly has been granted for all domestic consumers, with annual subsidy benefit of Rs 5,629 crore along with continuation of subsidy of Rs three per unit up to seven KW for domestic consumers with annual benefit of Rs 1,278 crore, he said.

The Minister said that besides providing free power to all residential units, all pending bills up to December 31, 2021, were also waived off; and all such disconnected connections have been restored.