13-14.03.22

Jkhand chapter of IMA installs new office-bearers

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TheJharkhandchapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) installed new office bearers during the Jharkhand Indian Medical Conference (Jimacon-2022). The event also saw six scientific sessions based on the theme Let us learn from each other.
National officer bearers of IMA, including national presidentDr Sahjanand Prasad Singh, were present on the occasion. Dr A K Singh was appointed as the state president while Dr Pradeep Kumar was made secretary and Dr B P Kashyap as finance secretary during the conference.

Over two dozen doctors of various specialities shared their experiences and achievements to the gathering through presentations which included surgical management of mucormycosis and the changing face of surgery in government set-ups. The doctors also shared their experiences on performing tech-assisted medical procedures in state-run hospitals.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar hints at giving district status to Barh sub-division

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Chief ministerNitish Kumar saidBarh, a sub-divisional headquarters inPatnadistrict, would be upgraded as a separate district soon.

While interacting with his old associates in the erstwhile Barh parliamentary constituency, which sentNitishto theLok Sabhafor consecutive five times from 1989 to 1999, the CM told the locals that they should not be worried about the upgradation of Barh into a district headquarter. You all will have a district, he said in a vague manner keeping in mind the Election Commissions https://exam.pscnotes.com/model-code-of-conduct”>Model Code Of Conduct which is already enforced due to the ongoing state legislative council election.

Barh did not remain a parliamentary constituency after delimitation in 2008. Its assembly segments were divided into Munger, Patna Sahib andNalanda Lok Sabhaconstituencies.

Empowered committee mulls establishment of C-Marts

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Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain on Friday told officials to take necessary steps for effective implementation, monitoring and coordination to establish C-Marts in each district headquarter across the state.

An official Communication said that at a meeting of the empowered committee, Collectors were told to enlist and prepare details of the Self-Help Groups, weavers, artisans and Cottage industries of their districts whose products would be on sale at the showrooms of C-Marts.

The Chief Secretary stressed the need to properly commercially market the products made in rural areas, the communication said.

On the occasion, the Managing Director of the Minor Forest Produce Federation, Dr Sanjay Shukla, said the C-Marts would be opened in cities to market the products manufactured in the villages.

The objective is to boost the rural economy, he said.

It should be equipped with all the amenities for proper showcasing of the products to attract customers, he said.

The Marketing of these products would be done on the lines of the system developed for the products of Chhattisgarh Herbals brand, he added.

107 Van Dhan Kendras Established

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To increase the income of the tribal brothers of Madhya Pradesh, unique action plans are being implemented as per the instructions of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Well-planned efforts are being made for the economic and skill up-gradation of forest dwellers engaged in the collection, storage, processing and Marketing of non-nationalized minor forest produce.

Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah informed that minimum support price of 32 minor forest produce species has been declared in the interest of forest dwellers. For the purchase of forest produce, 179 procurement centres and 47 godowns of minor forest produce have been built by the name of Apni Dukan.

Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojana is proving to be a boon for the forest dwellers community. The Forest Minister said that in the first phase of this scheme, 107 Van Dhan Kendra clusters have been established in 19 district unions of the state. There are 15 self-help groups in each cluster. Each self-help group will consist of 20 beneficiaries.

At these centres, the primary processing, packaging and marketing of locally available forest produce, agricultural and horticultural produce, etc. will be done by the beneficiaries.

About 350 types of medicines are being manufactured and sold by the Minor Forest Produce Processing and Research Centre in the name of Vindhya Herbals brand. Apart from this, at present 27 Sanjeevani Ayurvedic Centres have been established in different districts of the state.

437kg of drugs confiscated in 2019-21

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The office of DGP stated on Saturday that the state Police and other government agencies in the period between 2019 and 2021 seized 437kg drugs worth Rs 21,000 crore. Another 3,000kg of heroin worth Rs 21,000 crore was seized from the port and special economic zone inMundra.

According to the statement, attempts were made to push drugs in the country throughGujaratfromPakistanbut the ATS with the help of the coast guard foiled the attempts.

In 2019, 18 persons were arrested and drugs, including 5kg of methamphetamine, 2,596g of brown sugar and 100g of heroin, worth Rs 526.96 crore, were seized.

In 2020, the cops arrested 19 persons and recovered drugs worth Rs 177.09 crore. The seizure included 654.63g of methamphetamine, 652.79g of brown sugar and 35.06kg of heroin.
In 2021, the cops arrested 36 persons and recovered 1kg of methamphetamine and 292.29kg of heroin

Revenue dept to regularise land under JDA

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Revenue ministerRamlal Jatsaid told the assembly that as per the decision of the cabinet sub-committee constituted by chief minister, his department has been empowered to regularise land underJDA, ,UITand municipal council areas where the Population has already settled. This provision, though, is not applicable for vacant land.

The minister said there are many conditions related to regularization on restricted lands under List- 4 and this provision will not be applicable to them. He said in sub-rule 13 of theRajasthan Land Revenue(Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules, 1970, there is a provision for the constitution of an allotment advisory committee under the chairmanship of the sub-divisional officer.

Most lives lost to lightning in 2021: IMD chief

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There has been a marked increase inlightningand thunderstorms in the year 2021 and they have become deadlier too.

Sharing the details of casualties arising out of extremeweatherevents in 2021, director general of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, said out of 1,750 deaths occurring due to different extreme weather events, lightning accounted for 45% casualties corresponding to 787, far above than the casualties caused by cyclonic storms (172), which is otherwise considered more dreadful.

Deaths due to flood, heavy rain and landslide accounted for 43% (759) casualties. Lightning events causing deaths have mostly been reported from the eastern part of the country Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.

Indian coast guard launches auxiliary barge Urja Prabha

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TheIndian coast guard’s auxiliary bargeUrja Prabhawas launched byViraj Sharma, wife of deputy director general of the coast guardDR Sharma.

Urja Prabha is 36.96 metre long with a draft of 1.85 metre. It will enhance the INDIAN COAST GUARD operations by extending support to Indian Coast Guard ships deployed in the sea at far-flung areas.

The barge was launched atShoft Shipyard, Bharuch inGujarat.

Janaushadhi Kendras to offer big discounts and nutraceuticals products to customers

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Aimed at providing accessible, standardised and affordable generic medicines, the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras, which currently offer a product basket of 1,451 drugs and 240 surgical instruments, have added nutraceuticals products, including protein powder and bar, malt-based food supplements and immunity bar for its customers.

Currently there are about 8,675 PMBJP Kendras that have been opened in districts across the country with three IT enabled warehouses functional at Gurugram, Chennai and Guwahati and fourth one is ready to start operations at Surat.

The government has also set a target to increase the number of PMBJKs to 10,500 by the end of March 2025 along with a total of six warehouses.

Under the PMBJP being implemented by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, a medicine is priced on the principle of maximum of 50% of Average price of the top three brands of the said medicine. Thus, the prices of Jan Aushadhi Medicines are cheaper at least by 50% and in some cases, by 80% to 90% of the of the branded medicines.

Agri scientist advocates inclusion of millet in PDS

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Making a strong pitch for inclusion of in the daily diet of the Population for their nutritional value and other Health benefits, All India Pearl Millet Research Project has opined that the Central and State governments should make millets a component in the Public Distribution System (PDS), while incentivising farmers to grow nutri-Cereals at the same time.

The millet acreage of 13 million hectares in the country, pearl millet is grown in 7.41 million hectares. The productivity of the crop has gone up from 1200 kg per hectare to 1,370 kg per hectare since 2016. The Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the crop has gone up from 1,300 per quintal to 2,250 per quintal. However, the farmers are being offered much less than this by private buyers.