Haryana to setup solid waste management plants in state

Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said that the Government will set up Solid Waste Management Plants (SWMP) in the state to further accelerate the Swachhta campaign. All the districts have been divided into 13 clusters for implementing the Solid Waste Management projects. In the first phase SWMP will be set up in three clusters i.e Bhiwani, Sirsa and Karnal. Presiding over a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries to approve the selection of implementing agencies for Integrated Solid Waste Management projects on Public Private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) basis, he said that the committee of secretaries today approved the agencies for implementing the SWMP to these three clusters. These projects will be based on open technology. In open technology, the agency can set up bio-methanation plants, compost plants and plants for waste disposal, he added.

Integrate all government services with Auto Appeal System at earliest: Khattar

Presiding over a review meeting of the Auto Appeal System, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed all the administrative officers that the citizen-centric Services of all the departments should immediately be integrated with the Auto Appeal System (AAS).

This work should be done expeditiously as ensuring timely delivery of citizen-centric services is the utmost priority of both the Government and Administrative wing, said Khattar. The AAS proved a boon for the common man. People are benefiting from this system on a large scale. The had started this system so that not only the grievances of every Antyodaya is heard but the timely benefit of government facilities should also be ensured, added the Chief Minister.

Shoolini University top private institute

Himachal Pradesh-based Shoolini University has been ranked best private universities in India in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2023.

The Lawrence School, Sanawar, has been ranked best In the country in the category Vintage Legacy Co-ed Boarding Schools by the Education World, which announced its India-Schools Ranking (EWISR) for 2022-23.

Uttarakhand cabinet nod to replace revenue police

TheUttarakhandcabinet gave its nod to a proposal to replace the antiquated revenue Police system in the state with regular police, which will be done in a phase-wise manner. Presently, Uttarakhand is the only state in the country where the revenue police, popularly known as ‘patwari police’, operates, wherein the revenue staff double up as police officers in the hill districts.
The demand to replace the revenue police was a long-standing one and matters came to a head during the recent resort murder in Rishikesh where the role of revenue police officials in not registering the case and even siding with the accused, came to Light.

The cabinet decided that the easing out of revenue police would be done first in villages which are close to regular police jurisdiction areas. Thereafter, six new police stations and 20 new police outposts will be set up in revenue police areas which have witnessed a rise in tourism and commercial activities. The six new police stations to be opened in areas earlier controlled by revenue police are: Yamkeshwar in Pauri district, Chham in Tehri, Ghat in Chamoli, Khansaun in Nainital and Deghat and Dhaulcheena in Almora district.

After more than three months of wait, the non-Covidorphanswill finally receive financial aid as the state government has sanctioned the fund.

UnderMukhyamantri Bal Sewa Yojana(Samanya) non-Covid orphans receive Rs 2,500 per month till the minor attains the age of 18 years. However, the fund is given maximum to two minors of a family.

Further, the WCD has raised a request to the for Rs 40 crore for 12,429 Covid orphans. Under Mukhyamantri Bal Sewa Yojana (covid), the orphans receive Rs 4,000 per month till the age of 18 years.
In the scheme, every minor of the family is covered and is also given a tablet after completing the board exam. Further, the orphans are funded for their higher Education till the age of 23 years.

Infamous for witchcraft killings,Jharkhandhas earned the disrepute of having the highest percentage of underage girls getting married, according to the latest demographic sample survey by theunion home ministry. The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand, according to the survey brought out by the office of theRegistrar Generaland Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs.

In Jharkhand, child marriages accounted for 7.3 per cent of marriages in rural areas and three per cent in urban areas, it said.

TheSample Registration System(SRS) Statistical Report contains estimates of various demographic, fertility and mortality indicators based on the data collected through one of the largest demographic surveys in the world covering about 8.4 million sample Population.

The survey said that while 54.9 per cent of girls are married in West Bengal before attaining the age of 21 years, the figure for Jharkhand is 54.6 per cent as against the national Average of 29.5 per cent.

Meanwhile, as per theNational Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), 32 people were killed on allegations of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand in 2015, 27 in 2016, 19 in 2017, 18 in 2018, and 15 each in 2019 and 2020.

Bihar govt to set up 66 medical facilities for kanwariyas

The is busy making elaborate arrangements for providing healthcare facilities on theKanwariyapath in Shrawan beginning on July 14 to carry Ganga water from Sultanganj to Deoghar and other places to worship LordShiva.
Health minister Mangal Pandey said the department will provide all the required facilities to the devotees undertaking the pilgrimage to Deoghar.

Streams of devotees undertake the kanwar yatra during Shrawan month. Larger health camps with beds, ambulances and medicines were being set up at Banka,Bhagalpurand Munger enroute to Deoghar in Jharkhand for the devotees.

The government has also directed to provide raincoats to all doctors, paramedics and other staff being deputed on duty in health camps or temporary hospitals, he said.

Chhattisgarh to launch online portal for RTI

Chhattisgarh is going to be the sixth state in the country to start an online Right To Information (RTI) application facility. Webportal rtionline.cg.gov.in launched.

People residing infar-flung regions of the state will benefit as they can avail the facility with the click of a mouse.

People can submit online applications under RTI to the first, second and thirdappellate Public Information Officials in the government departments.

Govt employees providing schemes benefits in remote areas

Under the ongoing Mukhyamantri Jan Sewa Abhiyan(MJSA), the employees of the Barwani district are providing benefits of the government schemes even on top of the hills to those beneficiaries, who live in remote villages where the Internet is inaccessible.

Barwani has around 90 per cent tribal Population in rural areas. Around 50 per cent of villages have no internet access. In this situation, providing online-based Services to the beneficiaries in remote villages is a big challenge for the administration.

Govt will need 7,700cr more to give free power: Report

An internal report prepared by the government to counter the announcement made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to provide 300 units of free electricity, has pegged the financial burden at Rs 7,700 crore per year for the perk.

A key source close to the development said that of the total 1.61 crore domestic electricity connections in the state, those consuming less than 300 units of electricity per month amount were about 1.21 crore. The will have to make an additional provision of Rs 7,700 crore to provide free electricity to 1.21 crore connections, the source said. The state government has been bearing a whopping Rs 8,400 crore Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture power subsidy to farmers every year, he added.