15-16.05.21

Free treatment for BPL patients in private hospitals

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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that the treatment cost of Covid patients belonging to the below https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line (BPL) category would be borne by the State Government.

Earlier, the government had announced a financial assistance of up to Rs 35,000 to BPL patients.

The Chief Minister was apprised that about 10,000 Oxygen cylinders had been delivered to patients on their doorstep to date. So far, 378 NGOs have been registered on oxygenhry.in supply cylinders.

Rs3,000 allowance for construction workers

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To mitigate sufferings caused due to loss of livelihood of construction workers amid the Covid restrictions, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today announced subsistence allowance/cash assistance of Rs 3,000 to all construction workers registered with the Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) Welfare Board.

The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board has nearly three lakh registered construction workers

Last year, the had paid Rs6,000 each to 2.91 lakh construction workers

The CM, who is also the chairman of the board, said the subsistence allowance of Rs 3,000 would be paid in two instalments of Rs 1,500 each, the first one to be released immediately and the second by June 15.

The state government had extended a helping hand to distressed construction workers last year too, amid the first wave of the pandemic. It had then provided a financial assistance to the tune of Rs 174.31 crore, giving Rs 6,000 each to 2.91 lakh construction workers registered with the board.

Rs 2.45-cr incentive for 4,000 Himachal Pradesh sanitation workers

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The has sanctioned Rs 2.45 crore as incentive for 4,082 sanitation workers in all Urban Local Bodies for their outstanding work.

The state government has allowed all five Municipal Corporations, including Shimla, Dharamsala, Mandi, Palampur and Solan, to hire mortuary vans for the next two months (June and July). Its expenditure will be borne from the state disaster relief fund.

In an indication of the severity of the Covid-19 contagion and the lethality of the virus in Uttarakhand, the data of department of health and family welfare government of India suggests that the small Himalayan state is on ninth position in deaths per lakh of population from Covid -19. Incidentally the state holds the dubious distinction of being on top of the list of Himalayan states.

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In the state a total 3728 deaths have occurred from Covid 19 and as per the census data of 2011 the Population of the state is one Crore.

It means that in the state 37 deaths per lakh of population have so far occurred. Himachal Pradesh has 28 deaths per lakh, 28, Manipur 18, Tripura 11, Meghalaya eight, Nagaland seven, Arunachal four and Mizoram two deaths per lakh of population from Covid 19.

The founder of Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation Anoop Nautiyal said that the data is frightening and the State Government should take immediate preventive measures to reduce deaths from Covid 19.

Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said on Wednesday that despite the onslaught of the second Covid wave across the state and disruption in economic activities due to partial lockdown, the state achieved a record revenue realisation of Rs 11,196.49 crore against the target of Rs 13,175 crore in April, the first month of the 2021-22 fiscal.

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He said that in the corresponding period in April last year, the recovery was only Rs 1,298 crore, which was less by Rs 9,898 crore.
The positive Growth in revenue recovery during the pandemic is a welcome sign for the economy of the state. Against the target of Rs 4,965.35 crore for GST, the actual revenue collection was Rs 5,157 crore in April this year. The GST collection in April 2020 was only Rs 670 crore. The collection of VAT in April this year was Rs 1,307 crore against the target of Rs 826.53 crore. VAT collection in April 2020 was only Rs 402.22 crore.

In April last year, the collection from Excise department was only Rs 53.46 crore. Similarly, collections from Stamps and Registration department in April this year was Rs 1,218.39 crore against the target of Rs 1,854 crore while it was only Rs 17.41 crore in April last year.
The collection from Transport department was Rs 553.95 crore in April 2021 against the target of Rs 771 crore while in April 2020, it was only Rs 100 crore. From the Geology and MMining department, the revenue collection in April 2021 stood at Rs 199.74 crore against the target of Rs 338 crore while it was Rs 54.16 crore in April last year.

The second wave of Covid-19 came like a storm for the entire nation. Jharkhand is also struggling to get rid of this ruthless virus. The State government is committed to touching every milestone in the service of the people. Many of the citizens are suffering from the consequence of this pandemic. Even after the constant efforts made by the Chief Minister couldn’t avoid a few losses. Sadly, many people have lost their loved ones in the second wave of this pandemic.

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Given this grim situation, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed all the District Administration officials to ensure proper care for the children who lost their parents. In the past as well, he has been very stringent regarding the cases related to child trafficking. Many children who lost their parents in the fight against Covid19 may face exploitation or get trapped into Child trafficking. Given the above, the Ranchi District, facing the highest number of Covid19 cases, has released a ‘Child Care Helpline’ for such children.

The ‘Child Care Helpline’, which will be monitored by the District Welfare Officer, has a dedicated team to look into such cases and offer immediate assistance. Anyone, who finds or gets to know about such children, who got orphaned due to this disaster, can report those cases to the helpline number released by the administration. The dedicated team from the administration will visit the impacted family and will rescue those children. After gathering detailed information related to the children and assessing the need, the District child Welfare Committee will take further decision.

Bihar: 15 lakh farmers benefited from e-Kisan chaupal

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In a bid to sensitise the farmers about the modern techniques, the e-Kisan Chaupal launched by Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) has already benefited 15 lakh of them in the past three months, vice-chancellor (in-charge) Ravindra Kumar Sohane said.

Apart from imparting modern techniques on farming, BAU is also creating awareness among the farming community about the surge of Covid-19 and taking precautionary steps while carrying on with their day-to-day works.

Sohane said the farmers were being guided on farming of strawberry, pointed gourd (parwal), pineapple, dragon fruit, milky mushroom, basil, high-yield mangoes and fox nut (makhana), besides high-yield food grains, oilseeds, pulses etc.

The maximum 36.2% beneficiaries belong to the 25-34 years age group, followed by 24.9% in 18-24 years, 19.6% in 35-44 years, 9.2% in 45-54 years, 4.6% in 55-64 years and 3.4% in the 13-17 years age group.

North America Chhattisgarh Association (NACHA) President Ganesh Kar along with his NRI friends has launched a portal/App Blood4us to handle blood plasma donations.

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The portal hopes to streamline the process of plasma donation in Light of the Covid wave that has hit India. The organization is registered in the US as a non-profit group.

The portal aims to save lives and arrange plasma by establishing real-time and seamless contact between donors and recipients, it said.

MP ranks 7th on list of vac tally, only 10% given a Covid jab so far

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Madhya Pradeshis on the 7th position in the country when it comes tovaccinationagainst Covid-19 based on the total number of doses administered. But the state is still way behind states like Gujarat,Rajasthan,Karnataka, which have less Population than MP.

Around 10% of the total population has been administered with either dose of vaccine and only 15 lakh have been administered with the second dose.

As per the information available onCowinportal, till May 12 afternoon a total of around 88.66 lakh vaccine doses were administered in Madhya Pradesh, while in both Rajasthan and Gujarat 1.47 crore doses were administered. Highest 1.89 crore doses were administered inMaharashtra.

Around 1.23 crore doses were administered in West Bengal and 1.10 crore doses were administered in Karnataka. Similarly, 1.41 crore doses were administered in Uttar Pradesh. States likes Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka have lesser population than Madhya Pradesh, but they are far ahead of MP in terms of vaccination.

Gujarat: NTPC signs PPA with GUVNL

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NTPCRenewable Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Gujarat government-runGujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited(GUVNL) to sell power from its 150 MW solar project. The project, which will be installed in Gujarat, will sell power at a tariff of Rs.2.20 per per unit.

The company has also been allocated land inRann of Kutchby the Gujarat government to develop a solar park with a capacity of 4,750 MW.