12.04.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday approved the proposal for purchase of 200 acres of land for the AIIMS to be constructed in Rewari.

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or the Aiims to be built in Rewari, the committee approved the purchase of 200 acres of land at the rate of Rs 40 lakh per acre. For identifying the land for this project, the concerned Deputy Commissioner was asked to prepare a detailed report of the available land, said an official spokesman.

He said that the approval for the purchase of land for seven other projects cleared the way for the bypass in Hathin. This will help Hathin to get rid of traffic congestion. Not only this, it will also speed up the development of Hathin.

Apart from this, the landowners also agreed on the price for the construction of a Water Treatment Plant at Rajound in Kaithal district, after which the land was approved to be purchased for the plant.

Punjab Government on Thursday said it has initiated a set of reforms to further reduce regulatory burden on MSMEs through rationalisation and digitalisation, aiming to enable entrepreneurs to focus on expanding their operations amid Covid-19 pandemic.

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The reforms on building flexibility and reducing oversight in the labour rules, and pursuing a data driven assessment of service delivery delays are all centered around making easier in Punjab, said Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

To ensure timely delivery of key licenses and permits, the government has begun a monthly data driven assessment mechanism under the Chief Secretary to make sure not a single license or permit is delayed beyond the stipulated period.

Various prominent personalities remembered famous poet, writer and journalist Girija Shankar Trivedi and paid him homage on his 13th death anniversary on Thursday.

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Remembering Trivedi, noted singer musician Buddhinath Mishra said that he was a great teacher and writer of his time and anyone could learn something from his manners alone.

Mishra called him a Maharatna of Uttarakhand. Congress leader, Suryakasnt Dhasmana and poet, Hemchand Saklani also paid their respects to Trivedi on his death anniversary. Former vice chancellor of University, Sudha Pandey remembered him as an incredible poet. Educationalists Kamala Pant, Lalima Verma, former member of Public Service commission, Sanjay Sharma and many others also paid their tributes to Trivedi.

The State health department on Monday directed all private hospitals in Jharkhand to reserve at least 50 per cent of beds for Covid-19 patients amid an alarming rise in Covid cases and an acute shortage of dedicated beds in the State capital.

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Last week, the Government had asked private hospitals to reserve 25 per cent of beds for Covid patients, but the crisis of beds continued to haunt patients and their family in many parts of the State. The fresh direction was given to private hospitals following a meeting of top Health officials chaired by Health Minister Banna Gupta

Ranchi alone accounted for eight Covid casualties and 787 cases of infection on the day, revealed NHM data. The active caseload in the district reached 6,981 on Monday, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand.

Increase milk and fish production in Bihar: Nitish kumar

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CMNitish Kumarasked thestate government officialsto work in mission mode to achieve the targets fixed under different development schemes.

Presiding over the 8th governing body meeting of theBihar Vikas Mission(BVM) through videoconferencing, Nitish also called for taking all necessary steps to increase the milk processing capacity in the state.

The BVM was formed in January, 2016 forproper implementationand monitoring of the schemes under the Saat Nischay (seven resolves) programme of the erstwhile grand alliance government also headed by Nitish.

The Chhattisgarh government said that it has distributed another consignment of 8,800 Remdesivir injections to different hospitals amid reports of an acute shortage.

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On Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghels instruction, Chhattisgarh State Road Development Corp Managing Director Bhoskar Vilas Sandipan and Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corp Managing Director Arun Prasad went to Mumbai and Hyderabad respectively to coordinate with the companies producing Remdesivir injection.

This has helped in keeping a continuous supply of the injections, the press release said. Sun Pharma provided 5,400 injections and Hetero Pharma 3,400. The supply will continue. The state got 9,100 Remdesivir injections.

Through the Green India Mission by the Forest Department, training will be provided to rural youth for skill up-gradation and employment opportunities will be made available to them. It has been decided to organize 14 such training workshops in the state. About 500 rural youths will be imparted training in various fields.

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It is noteworthy that to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence at the national level, the ‘Amrit Mahotsav of Independence’ has started on March 12.

In this episode, the forest department selected under the Green India Mission by the Forest Department will help the rural youth Training workshops are being organised.

The first training under the Green India Mission Scheme has been started at Forest Village Bhatna of Hoshangabad Forest Division.

In this one and a half month training, young men and Women belonging to 35 tribes of village

Suzuki Motor Gujarat commences production from third unit at Ahmedabad facility

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SuzukiMotor Gujarat Pvt Ltd (SMG), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation, has commenced production from third unit at its Ahmedabad-based manufacturing facility.

With production starting at the Plant C, which has an annual production ability of 2.5 lakh units, together with Plant A and Plant B, the total ability of SMG will be 7.5 lakh units.

In October 2020, SMG became the fastest production site of Suzuki to achieve accumulated automobile production of 10 lakh units.

Rajasthan government working on extending industry benefits to tourism sector

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After prolonged Persuasion by the tourism bodies, thestate governmentseems to be heeding to their demand for extendingindustry benefitsto the sector that has been hobbled by the pandemic.

The state finance department has communicated to thetourism departmentto prepare an action plan to offer benefits to the hospitality sector.

Industry benefits will include electricity rates, UDH and land taxes which are currently paid by the hospitality sector at commercial rates which are higher.

Tourism was declared as an industry in 1989, but the benefits were not extended by states and the units are paying taxes and electricity tariffs at commercial rates. Recently, states likeMaharashtraand Karnataka have given the sector the industry benefits.

As per industry estimates, energy costs account for a significant part of a hotels operating expenses ranging from 15-35%. It is the second highest expenses after manpower cost. Additionally, whether a hotel or restaurant consumes electricity or not, it has to pay a fixed tariff.

Chief Justice of India Ramana

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Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was appointed Chief Justice of India. Chief Justice of India:

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the supreme head of the Indian Judiciary System.

The Chief Justice is the head of The Supreme Court, responsible for case allocation and appointment of the constitutional body that handles important legal matters. Article 145 of the Constitution deals with the Chief Justice of India the right to assign related matters to the judges.

The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) released the “Consumer Confidence Survey” report. The survey was conducted among more than 5,000 respondents in major cities in the country.

The consumer confidence index dropped from 55.5 points in January 2021 to 53.1 points in March 2021. The future expectation will fall from 117.1 in January 2021 to 108.8 in March 2021. When the index measurement is higher than 100, it means optimism, and when it is lower than 100, it means pessimistic.