The newMeghalaya governmentwill lay focus on sectors such as farming, tourism, , Health and youth, outgoing CMConrad K Sangmasaid.
The State Government has also been focusing on ensuring that implementation of programmes and schemes are done in a proper manner
Assam intends to shut itsremaining madrassasafter having already converted those that used to be funded by the state into general schools because there is no need for any such religious Education in new India, chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmasaid on Thursday in poll-bound Karnataka.
What Assam needs are schools, colleges and universities to produce doctors, engineers and other professionals to serve the state and the country, Sarma told a gathering at the inauguration of a Light-and-Sound show on Chhatrapati Shivaji in Belagavi.
Odishacontinues to have maximum villages in the country without mobile phone Network. As many as 4,549 of the total 51,176 villages in the state still do not have mobile coverage, a reply in the assembly by electronics and information and technology ministerTusharkanti Beherarevealed.
Odisha had 6,592 villages without mobile phone network, which was highest in the country. However, no other state had more than 3,500 villages without mobile connectivity though Odisha still has more than 4,500 villages without network. Chauhan had quoted Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) data as on March last year.
After squirreling away the state’s and earnings for two years,Tamil Nadufinance ministerPalanivel Thiaga Rajanon Monday presented a budget that reflected fiscal discipline, measured populism and a promise to balance the two.
By reducing Revenue Deficit by around 16,062 crore,PTRmanaged to restrict Fiscal Deficit – as a Percentage of GSDP – at 3% this year (2022-23) at 30,476 crore (46,538 crore in 2021-22, at 3.4%).
Yet he managed to set aside 7,000 crore to offer 1,000 a month for Women household-heads from September this year to fulfil a prominent poll promise of theDMKin 2021. Termed the “largest direct cash payout” by any state, the announcement comes at a time when the state faces an annual loss of 20,000 crore as GST compensation from the Centre from 2023-24. The finance minister announced higher allocations for Education, urban development, highways and Health for the year ahead.
The state’s own tax revenue is estimated to grow by almost 20% at 1.81 lakh crore during 2023-24, as against 1.52 lakh crore in the revised estimates of 2022-23. The state’s own non-tax revenue is expected to register a 32% Growth at 20,223.51 crore during 2023-24 compared to 15,309.4 in the revised estimates for 2022-23.
The share of central taxes is set to increase to 41,664 crore in 2023-24 (38,731 crore in the 2022-23 revised estimates). Despite an increase, it continues to be far less than what should be devolved to states but for the indiscriminate levy of cesses and surcharges by the Union Government, PTR pointed out. Grants-in-aid from the Union government will be lower at 27,444 crore, including 4,572 crore in GST compensation arrears for 2023-24 compared to 39,748 crore, including 16,215 crore as GST compensation arrears in the revised estimates of 2022-23.
As the demand for nurses are on a rise in the state hospitals with many migrating abroad, the private hospital managements are demanding theKerala University of Health Sciencesto allow 100 to 150-bedded hospitals in the state to start Nursing courses. However, the university has refused the demand stating that “the move will affesct the quality of Education“.
As per Indian Nursing Council (INC), a nursing college should have 100 bedded parent hospital or own hospital which is a compulsory requirement. ButKUHSis insisting on 300 bedded parent hospital or own hospital to run a nursing college.
KUHS in its reply to theKerala Private Hospitals Associationsaid that the university has the to fix higher standards considering the uniqueness of its jurisdiction. KUHS registrar toKPHAsaid that the university has set a higher minimum standards requirement and stipulated that to start a new nursing college, there shall be an established functional hospital with a minimum of one year of existence having 300-bed strength with all facilities. The bed occupancy of the parent hospital shall also maintain a 1:3 student-patient ratio.
The issue of separate religious status for Lingayats was a political issue in the 2018assembly . Three ministers and many MLAs of the Congress and JD(S) Coalition Government had taken initiative for the agitation. However, those politicians have left the movement for their own reasons. The demand took a backseat in these five years.
About 1 lakh Lingayats from across state, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and other states are participating at their own cost and contributing funds voluntarily for the event.
The government has invited the Dalai Lama to visit theBuddhavanam projectatNagarjunasagar.
Laxmaiah briefed about the Buddhavanam project, a unique Buddhist heritage theme park, first of its kind in India, developed in an extent of 274 acres showcasing the events from the life of the Buddha, his previous lives( Jataka Stories) in bronze and stone, including a 100-foot-tall and 200 feet in diameter encased with more than 1,200 sculptural panels and 13 miniature stupas of India and south-east Asian countries to preserve and propagate Buddhas teachings and Buddhist culture.
Andhra Pradesh has logged the Growth of its gross state domestic product (GSDP) at 16.22 per cent for 2022-23, a rise over the previous fiscal and signifying faster economic growth.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released the states Socio Economic Survey 2022-23 on Wednesday. The GSDP at current prices for 2022-23 (advance estimates) was put at Rs 13,17,728 crore against the Rs 11,33,837 crore of 2021-22 — meaning a net addition of Rs 1,83,891 crore to the states economy.
Gross value-added growth rate at current prices for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied sectors was registered at 13.18 per cent — with agriculture showing 20.72, 12.58, Livestock 7.32 and Fisheries 19.41 per cent.
In Industry, it is 16.36 per cent — with mining and quarrying at 15.81, manufacturing at 11.81, electricity, gas and others 30.96 and construction 16.94 per cent. Services-sector”>services sector also registered a GVA growth rate of 18.91 per cent — with trade and hotels at 28.42, railways at 17.82, transport by other means at 21..64 and real estate at 13.14 per cent.
In 2021-22, AP had posted a record growth of 7.02 per cent at constant prices against an all-India growth of 7.0. Accordingly, agriculture and allied sectors registered a growth of 4.54, industry 5.66 and services 10.05 per cent. As for sectoral contributions, agriculture registered 36.19, industry 23.36 and services 40.45 per cent.
The per capita income of AP at current prices increased to Rs 2,19,518 crore in 2022-23 against Rs 1,92,587 crore in 2021-22, by registering a jump of Rs 26,931crore a year. The per capita income growth rate at current prices in 2021-22 stood at 13.98. The all India per capita income for 2022-23 is Rs 1,72,000 — up from Rs 1,48,524 in 2021-22; showing a jump of Rs 23,476.
As for Navaratnalu and related schemes, AP government has incurred a spend of Rs 1.97 lakh crore so far through direct benefit transfer (DBT) in sectors like Education, Health, Women, farmers, welfare etc.
For education, the government strengthened Infrastructure in all government schools under Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu in three phases at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore. In phase-1, 15,717 schools were developed at a cost of Rs 3,669 crore; and in three years, 57,189 schools and 3,280 other educational institutions were developed at a cost of Rs 16,022 crroe.
For Jagananna Ammavodi, an expense of Rs 19,617.60 crore was incurred. For Jagananna Vidya Kanuka, the government provided student tool kits to 47.4 lakh students from Classes I to X involving a cost of Rs 2,368 crore. For Jagananna Gorumudda, it spent Rs 3,239 crore to address problems of Malnutrition and to provide enriched mid-day meal to 43.26 lakh students. For Jagananna Vidya Deeevena, it spent Rs 9,249 crore; and for Jagananna Vasanthi Deevena Rs 3,366 crore.
For health, Nutrition and women welfare, the State Government initiated the family physician concept with two doctors per PHC; and YSR Aarogyasri provides 3,255 procedures to benefit 1.41 crore families.
For women Empowerment, schemes like YSR Cheyutha was implemented at a cost of Rs 14,129 crore while the government spent Rs 12,758 crore for YSR Aasara. Under YSR Sunna Vaddi, an interest free loan of Rs 3,615 crore was sanctioned for 1,02 crore SHG members.
Under housing and social safety nets, 30.65 lakh house site pattas — each worth Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh were distributed to women under the Pedalandiriki Illu scheme. Of these, 21.25 lkah houses were sanctioned and construction of 4.4 lakh houses completed. A plan is to provide basic amenities to all the layouts in YSR Jagananna Colonies at a cost of Rs 32,909 crore.
Farmers welfare: A total of 52.38 lakh farmer families had benefited from an agricultural allocation of Rs 27,063 crore. For free crop Insurance, a sum of Rs 6,872 crore was released to benefit 44.55 lakh farmers.
The AP government successfully conducted the Global Investors Summit 2023 in Visakhapatnam. As many as 378 MoUs were singed with a commitment of Rs 13.42 lakh crore to generate over six lakh jobs. Notably, AP got first rank for three consecutive years in the Ease of Doing Business, the Socio-Economic Survey 2022-23 noted.
Since the introduction of theIntrauterine Insemination(IUI), a procedure for treating infertility, inNorth Goa district hospital, last year, 13 procedures were successfully completed.
The treatment for Goans is free while people from other states need to pay nominal charges fixed by the government three years ago.
The laboratory at the state-run-hospital, the Health minister said, has cutting edge technology.
Launching Vyapari Kshatipurti Yojana in Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday announced that the traders having annual turnover of below Rs 20 lakhs will now get the CA certificate free of cost from the Chartered Accountants empaneled with the . This will come into force from April 1, 2023, he said.
Khattar, addressing the gathering after the launch, said that small traders require a CA certificate for doing their GST registration, and to get the same, they have to pay some amount. Now, small traders with a turnover of less than Rs 20 lakhs will get the CA certificate from the Government empaneled CAs, and its expense will be paid by the State Government, said Khattar.
In 2019, the State Government had launched Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Yojana to give Insurance benefits to traders having an annual turnover is up to Rs 1.50 crore, he said.
The Chief Minister said that now under this scheme, insurance coverage ranging from Rs five to Rs 20 lakhs is provided to the taxpayer traders against loss of stock and furniture and fixtures by fire, burglary, and natural calamities. The scheme benefit will be given to those eligible taxpayers of the State registered as on March 31 or the date of registration or at later date under Goods and Services Tax (GST) either in the State or Central Jurisdiction.
Further such beneficiaries should also be registered on the online portal of this scheme. The registration fee as prescribed will be collected by Haryana Traders Welfare Board (HTWB) and then the same would be transferred to Haryana Parivar Suraksha Nyas (HPSN), shared Khattar.