16-17.07.23

Himachal Pradesh high court gets 3 new judges

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TheHimachal Pradesh high courthas got threenew judgesas The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief of India DY Chandrachud has recommended the appointment of two advocates and a judicial officer from the state.

These include senior advocates RanjanSharmaandBipin Chander Negi, and judicial officer Rakesh Kainthla.

Sharma had enrolled as an advocate on December 11, 1991, and was designated as a senior advocate on March 29, 2019. He had been serving as an additional Advocate General.

Negi has been in practice at the Bar for the last 28 years. He was enrolled in 1994 and was designated as a senior advocate in 2015. He was appointed as an amicus curiae by the High Court in several matters. He would have tenure of over seven years.

UP govt gives nod to portal enabling people to apply for EVs, claim subsidy

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In a relief to e-vehicle users, the Yogi Adityanath government has approved establishment of a web portal to facilitate application and claiming of the subsidy on such vehicles.

Those who bought theirEVsin UP after October 2022 will be eligible for the subsidy.

Under this, the date of notification of the scheme will be effective from October 14, 2022 to October 13, 2023.

Also, the distribution of subsidy in each vehicle category will be done as per the arrangement contained in the policy.

According to this, a 15% subsidy will be given on the factory price of EV purchased in the state.

The first two lakh two-wheeler EVs will be provided with a subsidy of Rs 5,000 each. Similarly, the first 25,000 four-wheelers will get subsidy upto Rs 1 lakh per vehicle.

The initial 400 e-buses (non-government) purchased in the state will get subsidy up to Rs 20 lakh per vehicle. Up to 10% of the factory cost will be allowed on the e-goods carrier.

Subsidy will be available on the purchase of the first 1000 e-goods carriers upto Rs 1 lakh per vehicle.

CM asks Adani Group to start power supply to Jharkhand

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Chief minister Hemant Soren has askedAdani Powerto adhere to the terms of the MoU signed with the for the commissioning of theGodda power plant. Talking to the managing director of theAdani group, Rajesh Adani, at the state secretariat here on Friday, Soren said Adani Power was supposed to provide 25% of the power produced at its Godda plant, which has started operations, to the state at a cheaper rate.
In February 2016, the state government and the Adani Group signed an MoU for the Godda power plant.

Under its policy, the state is entitled to buy 25% of the power produced by any thermal power project built within the state. In the matter of the Godda plant, the Adani Group promised to provide 25% of the power amounting to 400MW to the state government from any other source and not from the Godda plant, the entire power from which is supposed to be sold to Bangladesh.

Bihar’s 15% GSDP growth in 2021-22 offsets Covid effect

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Offsetting the Covid-19 pandemic effect,Biharrecorded theGross State Domestic Product(GSDP) Growth rate of 15.04 per cent in 2021-22, the highest during the past years, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India report, which was tabled in the .

“During the period of 2017-18 to 2021-22, the GSDP growth rate of Bihar was higher than the all-India Average at current prices. During 2021-22, the GSDP growth rate was recorded at 15.04 per cent, the highest during the last five years,” the CAG report states. During the pandemic period (2020-21), the GSDP growth rate was recorded at 0.80 per cent against the country’s GDP of (-) 1.36 per cent. In 2019-20, the GSDP was recorded at 10.33 per cent, followed by 12.64 per cent in 2018-19 and 11.33 per cent in 2017-18, the report states.

This, indeed, could be termed as wonderful given the fact that the economy of Bihar is primarily agrarian and it has higher POVERTY level as compared to the all-India average.

Apart from this, the density of Population in the state has increased from 881 persons per sq km (2001) to 1,327 persons per square km (2022).

The report also said the state witnessed an increase in Revenue Receipts by Rs 30,630 crore (23.90 per cent) in FY2021-22 over the previous financial year.

It further said during the past 10 financial years, transfer of funds from the central government had increased from Rs 42,178.31 crore in FY 2012-13 to Rs 1,19,958.45 crore in FY 201-22.

The report further stated that only 9,878.08 crore (13.87 per cent) out of the total Savings of Rs71,194.67 crore was surrendered during FY 2021-22. As per the report, the overall savings of Rs71,194.67 crore (26.83 per cent) resulted from savings of Rs 53,857.87 crore in 46 grants and eight appropriations under revenue section and savings of Rs 17,336.80 crore in 35 grants/appropriation under capital section, including seven grants under loans and advances and one grant under Public Debt repayments.
The CAG report further mentioned that in 34 cases (of savings amounting to Rs100 crore and above) of 27 grants, there were persistent total savings of Rs 42,260.60 crore and above during each of the last five financial years.

MPPSC advertises 8% more posts in a year than previous 3.5yrs combined

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Madhya Pradesh Commission(Mppsc) has advertised around 8% more posts in last one year than the total number of advertisements published in the previous three and a half years, as per the records.

Between July of last year and today, thecommissionhas published 81 advertisements for 5,314 posts to recruit for various departments. In contrast, from December 2018 to June 2022, the commission only published 31 advertisements for 4,926 posts, records show.

Upon further analysis of the records, the commission has selected only 2,659 candidates in the past four and a half years. Out of these, 1,185 candidates were selected in the last year, while the remaining were selected in earlier periods.

A deeper examination of the records revealed that the 81 advertisements were related to various departments, including GAD, Home, Health, Ayush, higher Education, Handloom, Veterinary, and others.

State Board for Wildlife formed in Gujarat after 15 months

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TheGujarat governmentafter over a year has finally constituted the 27-memberState Board for Wildlife(SBWL).

The board will be headed by the chief minister and will have former forest officials as expert.

Sources in the department said that the term of the last board had ended in December 21 but later it was extended for three months and the last meeting of the SBWL was held on March 22, since then there was no SBWL in the state.

The board will have three representatives from non-government organizations which include director, GEER Foundation, Gandhinagar, member secretary,GujaratEcology Commission (GEC), and representative of Nature Club, Surat.

Govt okays 44cr more to build 50 birdhouses

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TheRajasthan governmenthas approved anadditional budgetof Rs 43.50 crore to build 50birdhousesas part of its efforts to protect and conserve birds, a statement said.

Chief minister AshokGehlothad announced the construction of 50 birdhouses in this year’s budget.

According to an official statement, Gehlot has now approved an additional budget provision of Rs 43.50 crore for the construction of the birdhouses. The birdhouses will be built at 33 Lavkush gardens and 17 other places.
The birdhouses will be built on the lines of those built in Udaipur’s Gulab Bagh, the said. Rs 87 lakh will be spent per bird house on the construction of birdhouses, on food for the birds, and on purchasing foreign birds, it said.

Birds like cockatiel, lovebird parrot, budgerigar (buggy parrot), guinea fowl (chakor murga), etc. will be bought for the birdhouses with Rs one lakh each.

13.5 crore Indians move out of multidimensional poverty in 5 years: Niti Aayog report

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India witnessed 13.5 crore people moving out of multidimensionalpovertybetween 2015-16 and 2019-21 with fastest reduction in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, aNitiAayogreportsaid.

The report — ‘National https://exam.pscnotes.com/multidimensional-POVERTY-index”>Multidimensional Poverty Index: A progress of Review 2023′ — was released by Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog.
“India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 Percentage points in number of India’s multidimensionally poor from 24.85 per cent in 2015-16 to 14.96 per cent in 2019-21,” it said.

The National MPI measures simultaneous deprivations across three equally weighted dimensions of Health, Education, and standard of living that are represented by 12 Sustainable Development goal (SDG) aligned indicators.

The report said rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59 per cent to 19.28 per cent, while the urban areas saw a reduction in poverty from 8.65 per cent to 5.27 per cent.

Providing multidimensional poverty estimates for the 36 states and Union Territories, and 707 administrative districts, the report said the fastest reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor was observed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.

In the five years, the MPI value halved from 0.117 to 0.066 and intensity of poverty reduced from 47 per cent to 44 per cent, thereby setting India on the path of achieving the SDG target 1.2 (of reducing multidimensional poverty by at least half) much ahead of the stipulated timeline of 2030.

NitiAayogsaid the government’s dedicated focus on improving access to sanitation, Nutrition cooking fuel, Financial Inclusion, drinking water, and electricity has led to significant advancements in these areas.

India trying to find ways to resume India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway project

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IndiaMyanmarThailand Trilateral Highwayhas been a “very difficult project” because of the situation in Myanmar and it is the government’s priority to find ways to resume it, External Affairs Minister SJaishankarsaid.

Jaishankar is here to participate in the 12th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Mechanism and attend the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

India, Thailand and Myanmar are working on about 1,400-km-long highway that would link the country with Southeast Asia by land and give a boost to trade, business, Health, Education and tourism ties among the three countries.

Around 70 per cent of construction work on the ambitious India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway has been completed.

The highway will connect Moreh in Manipur, India with Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar.

The strategic highway project has been delayed. Earlier, the government was aiming to make the highway operational by December 2019.

Sitharaman annouces launch ofIndia Indonesia Economic and Financial Dialogue

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alongside Indonesian counterpart Mulyani Indrawati announced the launch of the Economic and Financial Dialogue between the two nations at the ministerial level.

This dialogue aims to foster collaboration, promote trade and , and enhance economic cooperation between India and Indonesia, two of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

The platform, unveiled during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, seeks to strengthen cooperation between the two nations and foster a shared understanding on global issues.

Since the adoption of Indias Look East Policy in 1991 and the subsequent Act East Policy, bilateral relations between India and Indonesia have witnessed significant Growth in both commercial and cultural domains.

Indonesia has emerged as Indias largest trading partner in the ASEAN region, with trade between the two countries increasing eightfold since 2005, reaching a remarkable USD 38 billion last year.