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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said under the Chief Ministers Relief Fund, the benefits of healthcare services would be made available to the extremely poor families of the state who are suffering from serious health ailments like heart disease.

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The Chief Minister said that the grant amount given to poor families for the repair of houses would also be made available soon through an online process so that such families could get immediate benefits in case their house is damaged due to any reason.

Such families whose annual income in Parivar Pehchan Patra would be up to Rs 1.80 lakh would automatically be provided BPL cards.

Along with this, for those people who do not have an age certificate, a medical board will be formed at the district level.

The is working to empower the poorest of the Society financially by delivering benefits of Antyodaya family welfare schemes, Khattar added.

With the Antyodaya Mission of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, we are aiming to remove social and economic inequalities so that a simple and comfortable life can be provided to every person in society, he added.

Punjab Assembly Passed Resolution Opposing Farm Laws

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On November 11, 2021, the Punjab Assembly passed a resolution against the Centre’s three problematic farm laws.

Highlights:

This resolution was passed after it was claimed that firm laws had intruded into the realm of the .

This is Vidhan Sabha’s second resolution opposing three agricultural laws. In October of 2020, the first resolution was passed.

State Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Randeep Singh Nabha introduced a new resolution.

Resolution

According to the resolution, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha strongly opposes and condemns the Union Government‘s initiatives. Its goal was to dismantle regulated mandis and replace them with unregulated mandis that were more trader-friendly.

The resolution expressed concern about unfair concessions given to traders and businesses that allowed them to purchase goods from uncontrolled markets without having to pay market fees, rural development fees, and other fees.

With the election commission deciding to extend the voting from home facility to the senior citizens who are more than 80 years old and the physically challenged voters the number of the postal ballots would increase in the upcoming assembly polls. Since the increase is expected to be substantial the political parties would surely revisit their election strategies in such a scenario.

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Traditionally the service voters and the government employees engaged in election duty use the postal ballot method to exercise their franchise. However the addition of physically challenged and 80 plus voters would result in a major increase in the number of postal voters in the upcoming polls.

The integrated draft electoral roll released by the recently mentioned that there are 93911 service voters in Uttarakhand out of which 91378 are male and 2533 female voters. Pauri district has maximum number of service voters (16,163) followed by Pithoragarh (14,545). Chamoli has 10,398, Dehradun 9,805, Almora 7,218, Udham Singh Nagar 5973 and Tehri 5787 service voters.

As per the electoral rolls there are 1,65,113 voters in the state who are above 80 years of age. Interestingly, the number of Women 80 plus voters (93,576) is more than their male counterparts (71,537). Dehradun with 29,619 elderly voters is at the top of the list followed by Haridwar (22,361) and Udham Singh Nagar ( 20,476) 80 plus voters. Similarly the data shows that there are 53,900 specially abled voters in the state out of which 34,832 are males and 19,067 are female voters.

UP set to start ambulance service for cows: Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary

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The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to start an ambulance service forcowssuffering from serious diseases, state development, animal husbandry and Fisheries minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said.

The minister said 515 ambulances are ready for the scheme, probably the first in the country.

Under the scheme slated to begin by December, a call centre will be setupat Lucknow for receiving complaints, the minister stated.

He said the state’s breed improvement programme will get a boost with the provision of free high quality semen and embryo transplant technology.

The embryo transplant technology will virtually be a revolution in the state as it would convert even sterile cows into high milk yielding animals, the minister added.

The scheme would start as a pilot project in eight districts of the state, including Mathura, he said.

For the first time in the HISTORY of the state, theYogi Adityanathgovernment gave funds to cow shelters for keeping stray cattle. No previous government in the state took such a step, the minister added.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s willpower brought Jharkhand state into existence: PM Modi

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On the occasion ofJharkhand’s foundation day, Prime MinisterNarendra Modion Monday said the firm willpower of former Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayeeled to the existence of the state.

Paying his tributes to tribal freedom fighterBirsa Mundaon his birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inauguratedBhagwan Birsa Munda Smriti Udyancum Freedom Fighters Museum in Ranchi via video conferencing.

The Prime Minister said the museum will demonstrate the contribution of tribal heroes and heroines in the freedom struggle and will become a living establishment of the tribal culture.

Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on the birth anniversary of 19th-century freedom fighter and tribal leader Birsa Munda on November 15, 2000.

Bihar seeks central funds for Kosi-Mechi project

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State Resources“>Water Resources department (WRD) minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Friday sought financial support from the Centre under the 90:10 ratio formula for the Kosi-Mechi intra-linking river project in north Bihar.

The Kosi-Mechi project has already got Centres clearance, but the resolution of its financial aspects was in the process. While it is an ambitious project of the Bihar government, the WRD has also identified three other intra-river linking projects, including for south Bihar, to address the flood and drought mitigation concerns.

The project is purported to mitigate flood problem and also provide water for Irrigation purposes to four eastern Bihar districts.
Stating that CM Nitish Kumar has been working on a broad vision pegged to the flood-drought mitigation, Jha also thanked the Centre for considering three other intra-linking of Bagmati-Ganga, Budhi Gandak-Noon-Baya and Bagmati-Budhi Gandak rivers projects in north Bihar.

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel emphasises need to promote organic manure to battle fertiliser shortage

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Chief ministerBhupesh Baghelhas stressed on the need to promote the production of organic manure and vermicomposting at national level to encourage which can help in overcoming chemical fertilizer shortage.

While addressing the meeting of State-Level Disha Committee (Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee), the CM said that, “This would not only improve Soil Health but would also provide better quality of agricultural produce. Covid crisis had affected the supply of raw material for production chemical Fertilizers, which led to the shortage of overall supply of these fertilizers.”

Baghel said thatChhattisgarhis the only state in the country to have declared support price to produce Kodo, Kutki and Ragi. The millet production is being promoted in the state under the Millet Mission. Seven districts of Bastar division, five of Surguja along with Kawardha andRajnandgaonhave been included under the mission. Forest region have low Irrigation capacity and Millets take lesser time to produce. Hence, the production of millet in such areas can provide a good Source Of Income to the dwellers. Arrangements are also being made to procure and market the millets, he said.

MNREGA should be linked with agricultural works. This will greatly benefit the farmers and significantly reduce the production cost. A proposal in the context has been sent to the Centre, said the CM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bhopal for a day on November 15, 2021. Modi, will launch several tribal development and welfare programs during the Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas celebration on the occasion of birth anniversary of Amar Shaheed Bhagwan Birsa Munda.

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The Prime Minister will also dedicate the newly developed (on PPP model) Rani Kamlapati RAILWAY Station. Honorable Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Chief Minister Shivraj singh Chouhan along with several ministers, state ministers, member of parliaments, also be present during the event.

He will launch the ‘Ration- Aapke Gram’ scheme by handing over the keys of the ration vehicle. The scheme provides PDS Ration to Janjatiya community at village level. A short film on the scheme ‘Ration- Aapke Gram’ will be screened.

NTPC Kawas to develop floating solar plant

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Aiming to migrate from traditional energy Resources, NTPC Kawas in Hazira is setting up a 56 MW solar power plant which is likely to be completed by March 2022. Of the total plant capacity, 1 MW plant will be floating in the lake at the existing gas-based power plant at Kawas while the 55 MW solar power plant will be set up on ground.

Apart from the shift to solar power, NTPC Kawas is already producing electricity through wind turbines in Rajkot and Kutch. The power plant at Rajkot is generating 50 MW output while the Kutch plant is producing 150 MW.

NTPC Limited has a target of achieving 1.30 lakh MW power production by 2032. At present NTPC has a total power generation capacity of 67,657 MW.