The Software of ‘Central Processing System’ prepared by ‘Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers
Welfare Board’ will prove to be a milestone for the
welfare of workers, said Chautala after launching the system here.
The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of Labour and EMPLOYMENT said that with this ‘Central Processing System’, there will be transparency in the work and it will also help curb Corruption.
Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi handed Rs 5 lakh each to Tokyo-bound athletes to procure required besides giving finishing touches to their preparation ahead of the all-important games.
Sodhi said gold winners at the Olympics would get Rs 2.25 crore as prize Money, while those winning silver and bronze medals would be richer by Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 1 crore, respectively, besides a government job.
The Indian contingent for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics is expected to be around 190 with 100 athletes having qualified for the mega event so far, including 56 men and 44 Women.
The Education Department is contemplating providing cell phones to poor students, who cannot afford smartphones. It plans to launch donate a mobile campaign under which NGOs and individuals would be roped in and companies would be urged to fund mobiles under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.
As per a rough estimate, about 10 per cent of students of government schools do not have smart phones. There are about 14,000-15,000 Below https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line (BPL) students presently studying in Classes X and XII, who would be provided smartphones on priority in the first phase, sources in the Education Department said, maintaining that the final draft proposal was yet to be drawn.
Donate a mobile campaign
It plans to launch ‘Donate a mobile’ campaign under which NGOs and individuals would be roped in and companies would be urged to fund mobiles under the CSR programme
There are about 14,000-15,000 Below Poverty Line students presently studying in Classes X and XII, who will be provided smartphones on priority in the first phase, said sources, maintaining that the final draft proposal was yet to be drawn
The state Education department has cleared a budget proposal of Rs 1,850 crore for the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme in the current financial year. The department is going to present the proposal to the central government in a meeting scheduled to be held later this month where the latter will ultimately decide on the amount of budget to be released for the scheme. Last year, the had presented a budget proposal of Rs 1,500 crore to the Centre, following which, a budget of Rs 900 crore was approved for the scheme by the central government.
According to the Union ministry of education website, SSA is an integrated scheme for school education extending from pre-school to Class XII to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education. Meanwhile, several job aspirants hope that the state starts recruitment on the vacant posts of BRP (Block Resource Person) and CRP (Cluster Resource Person) after the Centre releases the budget for the scheme. It is estimated that there are around 900 vacant positions of BRP and CRP inUttarakhand. Notably, a budget of Rs 208 crore has already been approved for the mid-day meal scheme in the state.
Nearly 45% of the Population in 10 districts of Jharkhand had already been infected by Covid-19 before the second wave of the deadly pandemic struck the state in late March, a seroprevalence survey conducted by the has said.
The seroprevalence survey, conducted by the state department of Health, medical Education and family welfare, in Bokaro, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Dumka, Garhwa, Hazaribag, Khunti, Palamu, Ranchi and West Singhbhum has shown that 44.74% of all the people who were screened had Covid-19 antibodies.
State Education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary questioned the ranking of states in the Goals (SDG) India Index 2021 released by NITI Aayog on June 3. Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer state in the ranking.
Choudhary alleged that the methodology of collection of data, its assessment and presentation is unbalanced for developing economies.
The condition of Bihar has improved on many parameters as compared to previous years.
As per the SDG India Index 2021, Bihar scored 52 out of 100 marks on different parameters and came under performer category (with scores in the range of 50-64). Bihar is in the frontrunner category on five parameters. It has scored 91 points in sanitation and clean water category, which is eight points higher than the national Average and two points above Kerala.
As per the SDG dashboard, Bihars performance has improved in hunger, Health and well-being, education, gender Equality, water and sanitation, cities and communities and Justice and institutions.
The state has made remarkable achievement in good health and well-being (SDG3). Entire country knows the works done in Bihar for Gender Equality (SGD5), including promotional schemes for girl students and parallel reservation for Women among others.
The categories in which states performance have been the lowest include POVERTY, hunger, gender equality, Industry, innovation and Infrastructure, reduction of inequalities and Climate action.
An MoU was signed between UNICEF and Amity University Chhattisgarh for establishing a Centre of Knowledge on Children, Women and Tribal Development on Tuesday in a ceremony hosted at Amity University Chhattisgarh (AUC) campus here.
The NSS (National Service Scheme) Unit of AUC will also get a broad region to provide service to the tribal community. Activities by UNICEF and AUC under the MoU would include strengthening knowledge management, building capacities of people and institutions, academic support as Centre of Excellence, technical support in planning and monitoring, youth Empowerment, innovations, and incubation centers and many more.
The monsoon session ofMadhya Pradeshassembly is likely to be convened during the third week of July or first week of August. The session is likely to be short in view of Covid-19 protocols.
Sources said that afterlockdown relaxationin the state, most of the members have agreed to remain physically present during the session though.
The forthcoming monsoon session will be held under strict protocol and only three to five sittings of the House will be convened. Sources disclosed that apart from routine business, the house is likely to clear supplementary estimates, some bills and questions from the members. An all-party meeting will be convened ahead of the session to decide the tenure and issues to be taken up during the proceedings.
TheSupreme Courthas made a special mention aboutGujaratse-nirman portalfor the registration of construction workers and for the issuance of U-Win cards for the unorganized-sector workers.
The e-nirman portal was launched by CM Vijay Rupani on June 8. Gujarat became the first state in the country to launch such a digital platform to register unorganized-sector workers through a common service centre.
The state labour department indicated in its affidavit that an online portal and mobile application have been set up for the registration of construction workers. This is to ensure seamless and smooth grant of various central and state-sponsored welfare schemes. The portal is operational. Registrations will be done through about 21,300 service centres, which were previously limited to 33 board offices. Labourers can also register through the mobile app.
The government ofRajasthanhas decided to set up Vedic Shiksha and Sanskar Board within 4-5 months to teach students how Vedic Education is linked to Science and .
Technical and Sanskrit Education Minister of Independent Charge, Dr Subhash Garg on Monday informed that a committee formed to look into the matter has submitted its report.