14.07.21

Centre to set up cultural centre in Kurukshetra, says Khattar

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The Centre has given an in-principle approval to the Haryana Governments proposal to develop a cultural centre in Kurukshetra and agreed to increase the scale of the Surajkund International Crafts Mela, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

The Tourism Ministry also agreed to expand the scale and grandeur of the Surajkund crafts mela. The has been given permission to prepare proposals for projects based on the PPP model.

Khattar apprised Reddy that the state government had submitted a detailed proposal to the ministry for the proposed state-of-the-art museum based on Lord Krishna, Gita and Mahabharata in Jyotisar, Kurukshetra.

The proposed projects include a museum on the Indian classical music in Pinjore, a museum at the palace of Raja Nahar Singh palace in Ballabgarh and a heritage circuit in Mahendragarh.

Power curbs on industries lifted in Punjab: Chief minister Amarinder Singh

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Punjabchief minister Amarinder Singh on Monday evening ordered immediate withdrawal of all power regulatory restrictions that were imposed on industries across the state to meet the power crisis.

An official said the crisis was triggered by a delayed monsoon and an unprecedented surge in demand from both agricultural and domestic sectors.

Reviewing the power situation in the state after the resumption of generation at one of the three non-functional units at Talwandi Sabo Thermal plant, the chief minister directed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (Pspcl) to ease off all power regulatory restrictions on industrial consumers across the state with immediate effect. The chief minister was informed that the plant at Talwandi Sabo had resumed 660 MW production, improving the power situation in the state. Two other units of 660MW each at the plant are yet to be made operational.

Punjab has 99,834 small power industrial consumers besides 30,176 medium power consumers upon whom no usage restriction has been levied at all despite rising demand for power across the domestic sector.

13 industrial proposals cleared

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As many as 13 proposals for setting up new industrial enterprises and expansion of the existing units involving the of about Rs 1,297.23 crore were approved at the 17th meeting of the State Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.

The projects will give EMPLOYMENT to 1,718 persons. These include proposals of Sri Ram Healthcare Unit-III at Burranwala in Baddi, for liquid ampule, liquid vial, dry injection and ointment, RKV Spirits, Beed Palasi in Nalagarh for extra neutral alcohol, animal feed, carbon dioxide, ethanol and beer, Kinvan Private Limited, Plassara, Nalagarh, for making of APIs/bulk drugs.

Uttarakhand government hikes subsidy given to Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims of the state to Rs 50,000

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Uttarakhand tourism ministerSatpal Maharaj has announced that the government doubled the subsidy for the people ofUttarakhandundertaking Kailash Mansarovar yatra from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000. Besides, he directed officials to fill up the 126 vacant posts of the tourism department at the earliest to boost tourism.

Out of the budget of Rs 39.23 crore for development works at Badrinath, the Centre has already released Rs 11.77 crore.

Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has taken yet another step towards facilitating the policy of Ease of Doing Business for its allottees and potential investors. The UPSIDA in its board meeting under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary (IIDD) on June 22 took a decision on revising the time extension fee for all the allottees.

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As per the UPSIDAs existing policy, the allottees that do not set up their unit and commence production within stipulated time are required to pay a time extension fee on the allotted plots computed on quarterly basis.

In order to provide relief to the allottees, the UPSIDA Board decided to reduce the basis of computing time extension fee from existing three months to one month, as a result of which the allottees will be able to pay a minimum one month time extension fee instead of three months, if their unit starts production within one month.

Earlier, the minimum time extension period was three months irrespective of whether the unit started production within one month or two months. The amendment has been made to ensure that those allottees who are ready to start production or have already started production are not required to pay the time extension fee for more than the required time.

This step has been appreciated by all allottees as it now gives them a huge relief on monetary fronts. Apart from this, in case UPSIDA is not able to transfer possession of the allotted land to the allottee within prescribed time, the time extension fee calculation shall be done from the actual date when the allottee gets the possession.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren said there is ample scope for development of industries in Jharkhand.

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The Government is constantly making efforts to provide facilities and giving concessions to investors to promote industrial and prepare a conducive Environment for industries, he said, while giving several instructions to the officers in this regard in a high-level review meeting of the Industries Department.

Soren said Jharkhand has great potential in agro-based industries, especially in the field of Food Processing. There is also a need to encourage investment here.

He said single window system should be implemented effectively here too, so that investors can be attracted to come here. The CM said Jharcraft is the identity of this State. Apart from the good quality of Jharcrafts products, its demand is also very high. But, accordingly, the market is not being available to Jharcraft.

New Patna-Bettiah NH gets approval

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The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has notified Patna-Bettiah road as National Highway 139W, setting the state for construction of a high-quality four-lane road between the two towns that would reduce the distance between them to 167 kilometres from the current 200-odd km and travel time to around 2.5 hours from the current five hours, officials familiar with the matter said.

The NHAI is also likely to build a four-lane bridge over the river Ganga, parallel to JP Setu, which would also ease traffic load on the proposed outer ring road in the state capital. The road construction department (RCD) has already submitted the detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed bridge, estimated to cost 1,900 crore.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the government’s plans and development agenda are linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted by the United Nations.

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Baghel was addressing the first meeting here of the State Level SDG Steering Committee, set up to review the Goals. SDGs adopted by the UN General Assembly include ending POVERTY, protecting Environment, reducing economic inequality and ensuring peace and Justice for all.

The Chief Minister said the government is making efforts to achieve the SDGs through various public welfare schemes. He released the “State Indicator Framework” prepared by the State Planning Commission for achieving the SDGs and the “Baseline and Progress Report 2020” based on the same.He said the ‘State Indicator Framework’ will help in systematic evaluation and monitoring and thus improve the implementation of departmental plans. Baghel said that soon the District Indicator Framework will be finalized on the lines of the State Indicator Framework. All the districts will be ranked on the basis of their performance. State Planning Commission’s Deputy Chairman Ajay Singh said that for better implementation of SDGs, two committees have been constituted at the state level under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary. The district level committees will be under the chairmanship of Collector.

The State has a strong tradition of cooperative movement. There is documentary evidence of this from the year 1900. In India, cooperative banks were first formed in 1904 in Sehora district, Jabalpur and Vadodara. Madhya Pradesh has been a leader in the formation of cooperative banks. The Co-operative Department and more than 50,000 cooperative societies affiliated to it, despite all their limitations, have provided a strong base to the economy of the state through business promotion and welfare schemes.

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Agricultural credit institutions and in the State have always been ready to serve farmers. Consequently, the state got the highest position in the field of agricultural production.

There are more than four thousand five hundred primary agricultural credit cooperative institutions in the state.

They are mainly engaged in important tasks like short term agricultural loan distribution, supply of agricultural inputs, procurement of agricultural products and Public Distribution System.

Madhya Pradesh has made new achievements in the field of Women Empowerment through self-help groups and cooperatives. Lakhs of women from poor and deprived sections of rural areas are becoming self-dependent by organizing themselves in the form of self-help groups.

Exports from Gujarat special economic zones slide 6%

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Cumulativeexportsin June both merchandise and Services from functioning specialeconomiczones (SEZs) inGujaratdeclined by 5.6% from May,2021.

GujaratsSEZexports fell to Rs 17,408 crore in June 2021 against exports worth Rs 18,441 crore in May. However, exports were 60% higher than exports of Rs 10,901 crore in June last year, government data shows. In June 2020, the states SEZ exports were hit by the nationwide lockdown.

players attributed the June fall to the second wave of the pandemic and a container shortage, among other factors.

On month-on-month basis, exports fromSurat SEZdeclined by 59% to Rs 726.27 crore in June from Rs 1,790.73 crore in May. Exports from the Reliance SEZ dipped by 4% to Rs 13,283.63 crore from Rs 13,868.63 crore in the same period.