15.06.23

Tripura starts production of canned pineapple

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After proving its supremacy in the market of raw pineapple, Tripura is all set to touch new heights in production and Marketing of processed pineapple in canned form. This year, the first production unit established in Unakoti district of the state has set a target of five to ten lakhs pieces of processed pineapple in canned format for the national market.

According to him, the pineapple is procured from the farmers at a static price fixed by the farmers committee and the selling prices depend on the production.

Assam adopts Samarth for college admissions

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The dilemma on college admissions inAssamended on Wednesday, as the Assam Education department launched acommonadmission portal inSamarthe-gov suite as perthe NationalEducation Policy-2020 for admission to all colleges offering undergraduate (UG) courses.

Pegu said from this academic session itself, colleges will have to join Samarth. He said even as competitiveness is growing due to an increasing number of aspirants knocking on the doors of higher educational institutions.

Odisha’s debt rises but within stipulated limit

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The debt level of Odisha is now within stipulated limit and it is expected to increase by 4% by the end of financial year 2026-27, according to a status paper published by the Odisha Finance Department on .

As per the report, the total outstanding public debt of the State as per the revised estimate for the financial year 2022-23 stood at Rs 97,037 crore which is 12.7% of the States Gross Domestic Product (GSDP). Over the next three years, total public debt is expected to increase to approximately 16.7% of GSDP in 2026-27, which will be within the stipulated limit of 25%.

The Fifteenth Finance Commission and Odisha FRBM Act, 2005 prescribe for limiting the debt to GSDP ratio within 25%. The current debt level of Odisha is within the stipulated debt limit. Besides, the debt stock is considerably lower than that of the Central Government which is 57% of GDP as per the Union Budget.

The Government has expected that the total debt stock will increase to Rs 1,12,882 crore by the end of FY 2023-24 and again it will go up to Rs 1.40 lakh crore in 2024-25, Rs 1.72 lakh crore by 2025-26 and may rise to Rs 2.09 lakh crore by the end of 2026-27.

The Odisha Government has not resorted to open market borrowing during 2022-23 because of funds from other low cost sources like the Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC) and Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).

The loan from these dedicated funds is available at interest rates 2 to 2.5% lower than the open market borrowing (OMB). The State Government can borrow up to 60 percent of the surplus fund available in these funds.

The open market borrowing stood at Rs 24,058.07 crore. As per 2022-23 revised estimate, the share of open market borrowing in total debt of the State is around 24.8%. The share of the open market borrowing has gone down from 30% in FY 2021-22 to 24.8% in FY 2022-23 and is expected to decrease further in the coming financial year.

State revises speed limits on roads and highways

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As per Central notification, the has issued a new, increased speed limit for vehicles on national-state highways and city roads.

As per the new speed limits that will become effective on July 1, the maximum speed for vehicles that have up to nine seats will be 110km/hr on six-lane highways, 100km/hr on four-lane highways, 90km/hr on four-lane state highways and MC Road, 80km/hr on major district roads, 70km/hr on other roads and 50km/hr on city roads.

For vehicles which have more than nine seats, including Light and medium heavy motor vehicles, the maximum speed limit on six-lane national highways will be 95km/hr and 90 km/hr on four-lane national highways. On state highways and MC Road, it will be 85km/hr, 80km/hr on district roads, 70km/hr on other roads and 50km/hr on city roads.

Govt committed to boost IT: Minister

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New development schemes for the information technology (IT) sector will be brought to Coimbatore soon, industries minister T R B Rajaa said.

The minister inspected Tidel Park Coimbatore and later inaugurated theLuLuHypermarket nearLakshmiMills Junction.

LuLu Group International launched operations in Coimbatore after it signed an MoU with theTamil Nadugovernment during chief minister M K Stalin’s visit to the United Arab Emirates.

Karnataka govt will withdraw amended APMC Act: Minister HK Patil

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The Siddaramaiah-led government has said that it will repeal amendments piloted by the previous BJP government to the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) Act and that it will restore old provisions of the Act with some progressive additions.

TheKarnatakaAgricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) (Amendment) Act 2020 is the state version of the central legislation to modify APMC laws. HK Patil said the amended Act will be withdrawn and the Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation and Development) Act, 1966, will be restored with some provisions of the amended Act.

Prior to the amendment, the revenue of all APMCs put together was around Rs 650 crore, but it fell to around Rs 200 crore after the amendment

Telangana is a role model for inclusive growth: KTR

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BRS working president and IT minister KT Rama Rao saidTelanganastate is a role model for inclusive, comprehensive and balanced development.

From performing yagnas torenovationof Yadadri temple, from building Kaleshwaram project to irrigate lakhs of acres and transforming Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture to improving greenery and giving a big fillip to the Education system through gurukuls (residential schools) and boosting the https://exam.pscnotes.com/Health-sector”>Health sector by improving Infrastructure in government hospitals, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has developed every sector, he said.

KTRsaid this after laying the foundation stone along with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairmanYV SubbaReddy for renovation and reconstruction of Lakshmi Venkateswara Swamy temple in Sircilla.TTDis funding Rs 2 crore for temple renovation and construction of a kalyana mandapam at the temple.

Telangana‘s villages are becoming role models at the national level bagging national Awards. Even the towns in Telangana were winning awards.

Jagan launches distribution of Vidya Kanuka kits worth 1,042 crore

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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched the distribution of Jagananna Vidya Kanuka kits worth Rs 1,042.53 crore under the scheme that would benefit 43,10,165 students of Classes I to X in government and government-aided schools.

This is the fourth consecutive year that the is distributing the kits to deserving students. Each kit costs Rs 2,400.

The distribution of kits was taken up all over the state in the presence of ministers, MLAs, MLCs, MPs and other public representatives in a festive Atmosphere.

The CM said that this time, the government has come up with better-quality material in the kits, based on the feedback it received from the stakeholders. He listed out the material contained in each kit, like three pairs of uniform dress, a school bag, bilingual textbooks, notebooks, workbooks, a pair of school shoes, two pairs of socks, a belt, an English to Telugu dictionary and a school bag of larger size.

The Chief Minister announced that the AP government has signed an MoU with the Educational Testing Service to train students from Classes three to nine, to improve their skills and appear for TOEFL. This apart, under this programme, select groups of English teachers would be made to attend orientation courses in the US from the current academic year.

The CM promised efforts to link Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine Learning, data analysis, language learning module and Chat GPT with the Education system in the state so that students could get an exposure to the international education system.

To promote higher education, the government is providing fee-reimbursement to the students with no cap on the number of beneficiaries in each family. So far, a sum of Rs 10,636 crore was spent on this. Under the Vasanthi Deevena, the government spent Rs 4,275 crore so far, he said.

The CM said that the government was providing financial assistance upto Rs 1.25 crore each for students to pursue professional education in top universities around the world, under the Jagananna Videshi Deevana. The government had spent Rs 60,329 crore on the Education sector in the last four years in AP, he said.

Rs 372 crore for 20 vehicle fitness testing centres

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The has come out with the latest GR sanctioning Rs 372 crore from Road Safety Fund to set up 20 automated vehicle fitness testing centres referred to as inspection and certification (I&C) centres at various locations acrossMaharashtraincluding Navi Mumbai, Vasai and Pen.

A few months back, a decision was taken to set up 24 centres including the ones at Tardeo RTO in Mumbai and in Thane, Kalyan and Panvel and tenders were floated. On Tuesday, state transport commissionerVivekBhimanwar said that a total 44 such fitness testing centres will now come up across Maharashtra in less than a year.

The centres will ensure commercial vehicles like autorickshaws, Kaali Peeli taxis, aggregator cabs likeOlaand Uber, school buses, tourist buses and trucks/tempos plying on city roads meet standard requirements for safe driving and emission parameters. IT will check 23 parameters including tyres and indicators with the latest technology, sources said, adding that it will check whether vehicles are ‘road worthy’ and do not pollute the Environment. At present, the fitness tests are conducted manually.

Haryana to shift govt warehouses outside cities: Khattar

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said a policy is being formulated to shift government warehouses outside the cities.

He also announced the extension of the Vivadon ka Samadhan Yojana for one year to settle the ongoing disputes related to shops in mandis. He said that the has already announced to give 1.25 percent handling charges to the arhtiyas on the purchase of crops done by NAFED. If still there is any difficulty, this decision will be implemented after taking up the matter with NAFED. The handling charges will definitely be given to the arhtiyas, he added.

Under this, a committee will be formed with arhtiyas as part of it. Some amount will be made available to the committee from the market fees so that the committee can get the works of the market done at its own level, he added.