12.11.21

Haryana Government has decided to prepare a rejuvenation and riverfront development plan for Ghaggar river focusing on aspects including flood mitigation measures, environment protection and commercial development.

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The decision to prepare a comprehensive riverfront development plan for Ghaggar river has been taken after the directions from Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to study, identify and integrate catchments of river Ghaggar in Panchkula to suggest flood mitigation and Environment protection. Ghaggar originates from Dagshai village in Himachals Solan district and flows through Haryana, Punjab, and then ends in Rajasthan. The river and its tributaries Markanda and Tangri pass from Kalka, Panchkula, Ambala, among other places in Haryana.

The river swells every year during monsoon and many drowning mishaps have been reported over the past years in the State.

Under the commercial development component, the government is keen to explore feasibility of or boating within the river to encourage tourism, development of urban forest, nature park, landscaping along the banks of river and development of gardens, ponds, etc. for recreation purposes.

For flood mitigation measures for river Ghaggar, collection of various hydraulic parameters like rainfall, runoff, discharge, and preparation and study of hydrological model is proposed.

Apart from this, Options like increasing holding capacity and carrying capacity of river by further deepening of riverbed, creation or development of cascades or holding ponds within Ghaggar river, identification of suitable location and construction methodology for surface or underground holding ponds in the vicinity of river, identification of suitable location and construction methodology for weir or barrages with gates will also be explored.

Punjabi Has Been Made Mandatory In Punjabi Schools

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Punjab’s Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi, recently announced that Punjabi will henceforth be a required subject for all students in the province.

Highlights:

Classes 1 through 10 will be required to study Punjabi. Aside from that, it will be made compulsory in offices.
The promotion of mother tongue has been made mandatory. If a school breaks the rule, it could face a punishment of up to Rs 2 lakh.
Punjabi will be inscribed on top of all boards in Punjab, according to regulations.
On November 11, 2021, CM made this announcement a day after the state legislative assembly passed 15 laws.
Education (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was both linked to the Punjabi language. Punjabi language would become a compulsory subject in schools under this bill. It has fixed a fine of Rs. 2 lakh in the event of a breach.

Himachal Pradesh high court says need to establish if Pahari has own script

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TheHimachalPradeshhigh courthas said directions could not be issued to the to declarePaharias an officiallanguageof the state unless it was established on record that Pahari (Himachali) language had its own script and that a common Pahari dialect was spoken throughout the state.

The HC said this while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition which sought directions for the state government to declare Paharias an Official Language of the state.
The court set the petitioner at Liberty to approach the department of language Art and Culture of Himachal Pradesh, with his demand for undertaking a research to promote a common Pahari (Himachali) nuclear language structure and nuclear Tankri script.

U’khand gets its 1st-ever mens player selected in WC-bound national hockey team in 21 years

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Bobby Dhami has become the first-ever hockey mens player in the 21-year HISTORY of Uttarakhand to feature in the national team squad.

Dhami has been selected as a standby player among the 20 players selected for this months Junior Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar. Eighteen players are part of the final squad while two players, including Dhami, are selected as standby, but will be with the team for the entire duration of the junior WC in Bhubaneswar.
Though many hockey players from the state have represented the country, all of them were from the timewhen Uttarakhand was part of Uttar Pradesh. Notably, no male international hockey player has ever come from the Pithoragarh district until Dhami.

2.5 times hike in loans to MSMEs in Uttar Pradesh

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UP chief secretary RK Tewari on Sunday said the loans disbursed to theMSMEunits in the state rose by 2.5 times in the past 4.5 years.

Inaugurating UP Pavilion India International Trade Fair-2021 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Tewari said loan disbursment to MSME grew from Rs 28,136.00 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 73,765.00 crore loan in 2020-21.

He said that UP ranks first in the country in terms of establishment of MSME units. About 90 lakh units are registered in the state, which is 14.2% of the total registered units in the country.
He said an -friendly Environment has been created by the UP government while giving time bound approvals/licenses to the investorsnder the MSME Act-2020,investorshave been kept free from inspection of any department for 1,000 days by issuing acknowledgementcertificatewithin 72 hours.

Jharkhand govt introduces universal pension scheme

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A month ahead of the second anniversary ofJMM-Congress-RJD , the state cabinet on Friday decided to introduce universal pensionschemeby bringing in necessary amendments to pension rules on the recomendation of the Women, child development and social security department.

After the amendments, pension will be available universally to all eligible people with two exclusion categories. A person of 60 years of age, any specially-abled person or widow above the age of 18 years and those entitled to pension under any other category will now be excluded only if the beneficiary or an immediate family member is an Income tax payee or if the beneficiary or family member is a permanent employee of the state, Centre or public-sector undertaking.

The amendments have been introduced in centrally sponsored pension schemes under the National Social Assistance Programme and social security pension schemes operated under the state plan.

The 11-member cabinet also approved a new Mukhyamantri Swasthya Sahayata Yojana. The scheme will provide one-time financial grant to people from SC, ST and OBC communities if they lose their capabilities to earn their livelihood due to ailments. Senior citizens will get one-time benefit up to Rs 10,000 while those below 60 years will get benefits up to Rs 5,000.

The cabinet also gave its approval to the state department of school Education and literacys proposal to provide free textbooks to students of class 9 and 10 in all government schools. It also approved a proposal to provide bicycles to all government school students. Earlier, the Money for cycles were provided to schoolchildren through direct-benefit transfers.

Many in Purnia forced to sell paddy much below MSP

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The had announced paddy procurement on November 1 through PACS (primary Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Cooperative Societies) at the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs1940-Rs1960 per quintal, but the farmers are forced to sell their produce at a throwaway price in several blocks of the district.

The delay has forced the farmers in the district to sell their produce at Rs1,100-1,200 per quintal to the middlemen and arhatiyas as small and marginal farmers dont have storage facilities. Traders and middlemen are making Money by selling the same produce (obtained from farmers) to PACS at MSP.

Chhattisgarh aims to provide international standard education to school students: CM

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ChhattisgarhChief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said government schools in the state will be run as per international standards to provide quality Education to students on the lines of the Swami Atmanand Government English Medium Schools, also known as SAGES. He said the will also set up ‘Balwadi’ (kindergarten schools) for children above three years of age. The CM made these announcements under the ‘Chhattisgarh school education vision document 2030’ while addressing the opening ceremony of the two-day Jawaharlal Nehru Rashtriya Shiksha Samagam, a congregation of educationists and innovative teachers being held here to mark the birth anniversary of the country’s first prime minister.

On the lines of Swami Atmanand Government English Medium Schools (SAGES), (government) schools will be run in the state as per international standard to provide quality education to children.

The state government had launched the SAGES scheme in November last year under which government Hindi medium schools were renovated and modernized into English medium schools. As many as 171 SAGES are being run in the state.

MP: Kamlapati, first state-of-the-art railway station built on PPP mode

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November 15 will mark a significant day in the HISTORY of Indian Railways. Rani KamalapatiRailway Station(formerlyHabibganj RAILWAY Station) inBhopal, redeveloped on a PPP model, is set to become India’s first railway station to deliver the never-seen-before facilities in the country, officials say. This station revamped on the lines of world-famous Heidelberg Railway Station of Germany, will have airport-like facilities for passengers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Rani Kamalapati Railway Station’ revamped at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore (first phase-station work) on November 15. Rs 350 crore have been earmarked for commercial renovation.

The revamped station boasts of a huge parking area that can accommodate 300 cars, 850 two-wheelers, rickshaws, taxis and even buses.

Ahead of VGGS, Gujarat to launch new policies

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To attract investors and boost positive sentiments ahead of the upcomingVibrant Gujarat global summitscheduled in January 2022, theGujaratgovernment is set to announce around half a dozen new policies in key sectors like energy, IT/ITeS, electronics, and agri-business.
Chief minister Bhupendra Patel is likely to announce these policies soon. The government is also expected to approve important long-pending demands made by industries.

The states Information Technology & IT-enabled Services Policy 2016 will lapse shortly. So, the government is working on a new policy that will have a larger ambit. It is likely to cover emerging technologies like blockchain, and Robotics. Compared to the 2016 policy where incentives were given to create IT & ITeS accommodating properties, the new policy will focus on providing easy entry-and-exit plug-and-play Infrastructure on lease.

The policy is also expected to offer manpower-related incentives to attract talent and boost the sectors Growth. Similarly, the current policy for the electronic Industry is also coming to an end this month. To draft the new policy, the State Government is consulting large, medium, and small electronic companies to understand their needs and is also studying policies of other states. Like the IT/ITeS policy, the government intends to provide incentives to nurture manpower required for the industry.