15.01.22

HAFED signs pact with IFFCO for urea product

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The Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian https://exam.pscnotes.com/farm-Forestry“>Farm forestry Development Cooperative (IFFCO) regarding arrangement of a newly launched product IFFCO Nano Urea (liquid) in 500 ml pack.

The I FFCO Nano Urea Pack was the best alternative of the 45 kg bag of urea having same nutrients.

Farmers could purchase the product from the sales outlets of the Cooperative Marketing Society and the PACS in the state for Rs 240 per 500 gm bottle/pack

FDI in Himachal Pradesh rose to $7.6 m till June 2021

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Notwithstanding the hardships faced by the in the Covid-induced lockdown, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the state registered a significant increase in the quarter ending June 2021.

An FDI to the tune of 7.6 million US dollars was received in the state in the first quarter of this financial year till June. Though the states share nationally was merely 0.04 per cent, it reflected an increase vis–vis the quarter ending March 2021 when the FDI had declined to an all-time low of 0.2 million US dollars.

The lockdown badly hit the FDI flow into the state from December 2019 to March 2020. From 10 million US dollars in December 2019, the FDI plummeted to as low as 1.9 million US dollars in March 2020. Though it increased to 4.3 million US dollars in the quarter ending June 2020, it fell to a mere 1.5 million US dollars in the subsequent quarter ending September 2020.

The lockdown was lifted in September 2020, and the FDI again rose to 5 million US dollars in the quarter ending December 2020.

The state had registered its highest ever FDI of 10 million US dollars during the quarter ending December 2019 prior to that. Though this was merely 0.09 per cent of the total FDI flow into India, it was significant for the small hilly state of Himachal. Trade analysts opine that the Union Government has taken a slew of measures to enhance its investment potential.

Migration-hit hill dists had least voter turnout in 2017

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During the lastUttarakhandassembly in 2017, plain districts recorded the highest voter turnouts and hill districts, where Migration had emptied out villages, the least. A report named Migration & Uttarakhand 2017 Electoral Data, released on Friday by Dehradun-based think tank Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation, suggests that migration was a major reason behind constituencies in remote areas recording very low voting. According to the report, the Average voter turnout in Uttarakhand was 65.6% in 2017.

In 2017, the highest voter turnout, between 81-82%, was recorded in three constituencies of plain district Haridwar: Laksar (81.95%), Haridwar (rural) (81.76%) and Piran Kaliyar (81.6%). The lowest turnouts were in three seats of two hill districts:Salt(46.01%) in Almora district, Chaubattakhal (46.91%) and Lansdowne (47.87%), both in Pauri Garhwal district. Ghansali inTehri Garhwaldistrict had 49.19 polling Percentage.

CESL to set-up 900 more EV charging stations in 2022

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State-run Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) plans to install at least 900 more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the country in 2022.

CESL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) – an entity under the Ministry of Power.

In a conversation with IANS, CESL’s MD Mahua Acharya informed that 396 charging stations have already been installed across India.

“As on date, 396 charging stations have been installed across the country, out of which 166 are commissioned,” she said.

“When we see a projection for 2022, we are doing all we can to expand the number of charging stations in the country including install or enable the installation of another 900 more.”

At present, the state-run firm has tied up with various private and public companies to set up public charging .

It has also partnered with Urban Local Bodies to create such infrastructure.

One of the main requirements to set up charging infrastructure is the availability of ‘land’, which in most cases, is provided free of cost by most municipal bodies or firms for public chargers to CESL.

JREDA & JSLPS to connect 100 villages to Solar Power

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The is preparing for solar power generation in the villages. Jharkhand RENEWABLE ENERGY Development Agency (JREDA) and Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) have been given the responsibility of this work and villages are being visited in the State to promote Solar Energy. So far, about a hundred villages have been connected with solar energy under the scheme.

The plan is in the first phase and priority has been given to the villages which did not get electricity from the grid, those villages will get priority to this scheme. In such a situation, along with the survey in the first phase, hundred villages were connected with solar energy in the State so far. While for other villages JREDA and JSLPS are doing survey to provide facility of the scheme. In this, such villages will also be included, where electricity has been provided under solar power in the past as well. It has a remote and inaccessible village.

Under the scheme, one thousand villages of the State have to be equipped with solar energy. For which a target has been set for the next five years to connect them with the scheme. And, the target is to generate five thousand MW of solar power.

Two types of villages are being selected under this scheme in the State. The villages that have already been solar powered by JREDA. These villages are being included in this. At the same time, those villages which do not have electricity Resources, those villages are being surveyed. Such villages are not being included in the scheme, where electricity is available from the grid.

Minister inaugurates e-Panchayat web portal

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Chhattisgarh Panchayat and Rural Development Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Saturday launched the e-Panchayat Chhattisgarh web portal prepared. It works on four modules.

Inaugurating the portal, Singh Deo said it will definitely prove to be effective in making the state digitally empowered in the field of e-Governance, an official Communication said.

He said it will help in achieving the objectives of the . The state will move forward in the direction of political-Empowerment“>Social Empowerment.

The Minister suggested that the complete Database of each family including basic facilities in every street and locality of the village should be updated by March 31. On that basis, all Services can be made available in those gram panchayats.

Through the portal, online payment of salaries of Panchayat Secretaries working in Gram Panchayats across the state will be done by the Human Resource Management System (HRMS) Software.

The Learning Management System (LMS) will broadcast the learning Videos related to Panchayati Raj Institutions issued by the state and Central governments.

The Knowledge Management System (KMS) will compile documents related to departmental orders, notifications and legislation by the Directorate of Panchayats.

A survey module has been developed for collection of basic information on the first 100 points of Gram Sabha in Gram Panchayats. He suggested adding some more features and information in the portal.

Chhattisgarh has more than 11,000 Gram Panchayats. The portal will act as a platform for better implementation, evaluation, monitoring and training of state and central government schemes with transparency.

Companies should come forth to plant trees in MP: Minister

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Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has said that big companies of the country acquire land for construction and quarrying works, in return development of forests is necessary. Such companies should come to Madhya Pradesh and come forward in the development of forests through Forest Development Corporation. Forest Minister Dr Shah was inaugurating the Regional Office of Forest Development Corporation in Indore on Thursday.

Forest Minister Shah said that companies can get carbon credits in exchange for the development of forests. He said that discussions have been held with various coal companies and administration in this matter.

The Forest Minister said that there is a need for more forests in the Nimar-Malwa region and since Indore is the main centre of the corporate, work will be done by creating more coordination between the Forest Department and various private companies. Regional office has been started with this intention.

State got 6 lakh crore investment in 4 years: Centre

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Figures released by thedepartment of Industrial Policyand promotion (DIPP) of the government of India state that in the past four years,Gujaratgarnered the highest proposed investments in the country.

Between 2017 and 2021, Gujarat received 1,744 IEMs (industrial entrepreneur memorandum) applications, with a proposed of nearly Rs 5,99,121 crore, accounting for almost 25% of Indias total proposed investment.

During the same period, the total IEMs applications implemented in the state were 1,218 with total reported investment of Rs 3,41,227crore, the DIPP report said. This accounts for 25.8% of Indias total actual investment during the said period. In 2021 (January to November), Gujarat received 199 IEMs with a promised investment of Rs 50,645 crore. Of these, 106 applications were implemented during the year, and Gujarat garnered 31.6% of the total actual investments made in the country in the year.

Tourism dept plans to launch river cruise, says minister

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In a bid to add diversity to the existing tourism products and attract domestic tourists, the tourism department is planning to start river cruise and introduce houseboat accommodation in the state.

Tourism ministerVishvendra Singhsaid that for some time the foreign tourists are not going to come and our focus should be on attracting domestic travellers. We have monuments and palaces. But we need to create more activity-based tourism to attract domestic travellers.Rajasthanhas huge tourism potential and we have been able to realize only 20 per cent of it. That means we can do much better, said Singh. He said they had a meeting with the senior officials ofHeritage River Journeys, which currently owns and operates four luxury river cruise vessels across India.

Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centre (VWDC) Scheme

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The Supreme Court has directed the High Courts of the country to provide an estimate of manpower required to create Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centre (VWDC) scheme in their states within three months. It has introduced new definitions to the vulnerable victims.

The Supreme Court has included the sexually assaulted victims in the vulnerable witnesses. The other vulnerable victims are as follows:

Gender neutral victims of sexual assault

Witnesses under threat perception. These witnesses are those included under the Witness Protection Scheme of the Union launched by the Central Government in 2018.