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Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran services from 16 to 43 now

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The has further notified 43 Services ofHSVPunder administrative control of Department of Town and Country planning, under the Right To Service Act 2014.
This is consequent to the recommendations of chief commissioner, Haryana Right to Service Commission, official spokesman TC Gupta said adding that this has led to significant increase in the list of notified services of HSVP to 43 from existing 16 services.

Many important services likeIssuance of Possession Certificatehas been notified with the new right to service timeline of 3 days, Removal of Encroachment within the timeline of 15 days, Cleaning of road/berm within the timeline of 5 days, Maintenance of Park-Horticulture within the timeline of 7 days and more such services have been added with an aim to curb Corruption, reduce hassle of the applicant beneficiaries and also ensuring the delivery of notified services in a time bound manner.

Punjab CM lays foundation stone of Lamrin Tech Skills University

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To increase the employability and applied skills of the states youth, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday laid the foundation stone of the Lamrin Tech Skills University at Rayat campus in Railmajra the first ever private tech skill university in the Northern region.

Channi, in his address, described it as a red letter day in the annals of the State when the leading players of the Industrial Sector IBM, Tata and Ansys have joined hands for a Skill University in Punjab which would help put the State in upward trajectory in terms of skill training and jobs in the industrial sphere.

Emphasizing upon the skill Education in sync with the demands and emerging everyday trends in as the biggest need of the hour, the Chief Minister exuded confidence that the University would serve the purpose of generating EMPLOYMENT and the three industrial companies would provide jobs to the pass outs from the university.

State Government committed towards welfare of Gaddi community: HP CM

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Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said that the Police Department has been directed to take immediate steps to check theft of sheep and goats of the Gaddi community by taking strict action against the criminals.

While presiding over the meeting of Himachal Pradesh Gaddi Kalyan Board at Dharamshala, the Chief Minister said that the State Police has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on this subject, according to which the responsibility of the police administration has been fixed so as to ensure safety of life and property of the community.

The Chief Minister directed that compensation should be provided without delay to the Gaddis on loss of their sheep or goats due to natural disaster or pandemic. He also directed the concerned officers to ensure timely vaccination of the sheep and goats of Gaddis to protect their flock from various serious diseases.

The would consider including adequate representation of tribal people in Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribe Commission so that participation of the Scheduled Tribes must be ensured.

IIT & IWAI sign MoU to stabilise Ganga navigational channel

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee signed a memorandum of understanding with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to carry out a project on stabilisation of navigational channel at 17 locations along a stretch of the Ganga river from Varanasi to Sahibganj. This follows an earlier morphological study of the Ganga by the institutes Department of Civil Engineering sponsored by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

Under this project, IIT Roorkee will carry out the channel stabilisation (river training) works on 17 locations along river Ganga for development of channel with eco-friendly techniques for capacity augmentation of navigation on NW-1. The work would help in preventing shifting of deeper channel, siltation resulting in formation of secondary channels, erosion of banks and other factors affecting the depth of flow in the main navigable channel, and thus will result in stabilising the main channel by containing the flow to get desirable flow and discharge patterns,which would ultimately reduce the need for dredging.The project work is to be completed in 25 months.

This work is a part of ongoing Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) of IAWI, which is sponsored by the World Bank. The JMVP envisages the creation and improvement of integration opportunities with other surface transport modes, such as roads and railways, so as to improve the overall efficiency of the Logistics chain by linking the waterways through various well-equipped terminals and jetties. The IWAI vice chairman Jayant Singh, member (Technical) Ashutosh Gautam, chief engineer Ravikant along with IITs professors Z Ahmad, PK Garg, AA Kazmi, PK Sharma and others were present at the signing of the MoU.

PM to open Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

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This project was a long pending dream of PM for creating an easily accessible pathway between Kashi Vishwanath Temple and banks of Ganga River.

PM had laid the foundation stone for the project on March 8, 2019.

About Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project

The project is spread across 5 lakh square feet area, comprising of more than 40 ancient temples restored and beautified. Under the project, 23 new buildings were constructed for providing diverse facilities to the devotees.

Message on Environmental Protection

The Kashi corridor also spread the message of environmental protection. the corridor has been adorned by Rudraksh, Parijat, Bael, Amla and Ashok trees. Special arrangements have been made to plant trees across the temple premises and mandir chowk.

Construction of three passenger facilitation centres

Under this project, different buildings have been constructed to organise various religious functions. Three passenger facilitation centres have also been set up in Vishwanath Dham. Project also provided for facilities like lockers, shops selling puja items and ticket counters.

Prepare strategy document for increasing cultivated area: Secy

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Secretary Agricultural, Abu baqr Siddique, on Saturday, urged Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) administration to constitute a team of best scientists for preparing a strategy document for increasing area under cultivation and crop diversification in Jharkhand.

Siddique said all the documents of the and research institutes suggest that area under cultivation has remained static during the last one decade despite all the efforts and investments by the Government and concerned agencies.

Siddique also invited suggestions for addition, deletion, modification in the ongoing projects and schemes of the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department and inclusion of some important projects for the region within a week so that it could be incorporated in the budget of next financial year. Tangible solutions should be suggested for different regions like Kolhan, Palamu, Chhotanagpur, Santhal, he stressed.

Bihars first ethanol plant to become operational by March 2022: Shahnawaz Hussain

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ate industries ministerSyed Shahnawaz Hussain said Bihars firstethanol plantwould start functioning in Ara by March next year and create EMPLOYMENT opportunities for the locals.
While inaugurating a Samanya Suwidha Kendra built at the Bhojpur District Centre with the support of the Union ministry of textiles at a cost of Rs 1 crore, Shahnawaz pointed out, As many as 645 girls and Women have got the latest sewing machines for preparing handicrafts and other items here. More women can join this centre and become self-reliant.

Impressed with a Bhojpuri painting presented to him on the occasion, the industries minister promised to provide all possible help to promote the local handicrafts. He said, Bhojpuri paintings should be made as popular as Madhubani paintings. Bhojpuri gamchhas should also be popularised.

Chhattisgarhs economy gains momentum

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Chhattisgarhs economy has gained momentum with steps taken to increase the income of farmers through welfare schemes and for industrial development, leading to rise in and EMPLOYMENT opportunities.

Three sectors – primary (Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture-related), secondary (Industry-related) and tertiary (service-related) – have played important roles in the overall development of the state under Garhbo Nava Chhattisgarh, an official Communication said on Saturday.

In the last three years, 149 MoUs have been signed for a proposed capital investment of Rs 73,704.30 crores that will provide employment to 89,697 people.

The State Government, keeping in view the challenges created by Covid-19, gave many concessions and facilities.

The new Industrial Policy of Chhattisgarh gives priority to agriculture and forest produce based industries. The procedures to set up industries have been simplified.

A special investment incentive package has been arranged for investment in mega ultra projects in the steel (sponge iron and steel) sector. Industrial land and building management rules have also been simplified.

Ken-Betwa rivers linking to benefit nine districts

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or the people of Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the day of 8 December 2021 brought such good news, which the whole Bundelkhand will remember forever. On this day, the chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the project of interlinking of Ken-Betwa rivers. This project is the first step towards realising the vision of the country’s former Prime Minister Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s River Link Campaign to tackle drought and floods simultaneously. Along with approving the project, the Union Cabinet has also fixed the time for completion of the project by sanctioning an amount of 44 thousand 605 crores for the scheme on the basis of the prices of the year 2020-21.

This unique project, first of its kind in the country, will change the fate of lakhs of farmers and will now saturate the thirsty throats of the people of drought-affected Bundelkhand. About 12 lakh hectare dry land of both the states will get the benefit of Irrigation from this project. 9 districts of Madhya Pradesh namely Raisen, Vidisha, Sagar, Damoh, Chhatarpur, Panna, Tikamgarh, Shivpuri and Datia along with Banda, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur districts of Uttar Pradesh will get the benefit of drinking water besides irrigation.

Chouhan said that the project will become the lifeline of Bundelkhand. With this, 8 lakh 11 thousand hectares of unirrigated area will get the benefit of irrigation in 9 districts of Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. About 42 lakh people will have easy availability of drinking water. The land of Bundelkhand is very fertile, which has been a victim of drought due to lack of water.

55% girls and 41% boys do not reach class 12 in Gujarat: NFHS-5

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Out of every 100 girls who started Education in class I inGujarat, only 45 reached class XII, reveal the findings of National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 conducted during 2019-21. It’s not only girls, though.

The survey revealed that even among boys, out of every 100 students, only 59 reached class XII. The drop was steeper for girls at 55.1% compared to 41.2% for boys according to the survey findings.

The state obviously lags behind in this crucial social development index even as the scenario has improved if one compares the statistics from NFHS-3 conducted in 2005-06.

As compared to 57% boys and 44% girls attending higher secondary school in 2019-21, nearly 15 years ago only 36% boys and 28% girls were able to reach the landmark.

The survey findings reveal that 82% of the children in 6-17 years in Gujarat attended school – 87% in urban areas and 79% in rural areas. Attendance was 71% in 2005-06.