TheHaryanagovernment will set up solid Waste Management Plants (SWMP) across the state in order to further accelerate theSwachhtacampaign.
All the districts have been divided into 13 clusters for implementing the Solid Waste Management projects and in the first phase, SWMPs will be set up in three clusters Bhiwani, Sirsa and Karnal.
These projects will be based on open technology. In open technology, the agency can set up bio-methanation plants, compost plants and plants for waste disposal.
While exports from Punjab increased three times from US$ 1,830 million in 2018-19 to US$ 7,096 million in 2021-22, the state still logged the lowest increase in the region — comprising Punjab,HaryanaandHimachal Pradesh— in the last four years, as per a report by the SBI research team.
The report says that Haryanas exports saw a four-fold rise from US$ 3,750 million to US$ 15,550 million and HPs exports went up five times from US$ 395 million to US$ 2,147 million.
The report further emphasises that following the introduction of one district-one product -district export hub (ODOP-DEH) initiative in 2020, exports have increased more than thrice in 16 states, including Punjab, Haryana and HP. The Services identified for Export Promotion under ODOP-DEH include tourism and information technology in Punjab and tourism in Haryana as well as Himachal Pradesh. Under the ODOP-DEH initiative, products and services with export potential have been identified in 733 districts across the country. These include agricultural and toy clusters as well as geographical indication(GI) products. GI items identified for the hill state ofHimachal Pradesh are Chamba Rumal,Kangratea, Kangra paintings, Kinnauri shawl, Kullu shawl, Himachali chulli oil.
The Governor has approved the appointment of a sitting judge of the , Justice Chander Bhusan Barowalia, as Lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh.
Justice Barowalia was due to retire from the post of Judge on March 15, 2023.
In December 2021, the HP Assembly passed an amendment to the HP Lokayukta Act, 2014, making a provision to appoint a High Court Judge as the Lokayukta. Prior to that, under the provision of the Act, only a retired Supreme Court Judge or Chief Justice of High Courts were eligible for the office of Lokayukta.
Chief ministerPushkar Singh Dhamihas agreed to set up a revolving fund for jail development board inUttarakhandand directed to release an initial amount of Rs 1 crore.
The revolving fund would be used to encourage and self-EMPLOYMENT among prisoners. On the other hand, efforts would be made to ensure that the government departments use products made by the jail inmates.
To make Uttar Pradesh a textile hub, the Uttar Pradesh government has approved a new textile and garmenting policy to ensure development of all units through hand-holding and attracting private in this sector.
The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting held here on Thursday.
The cabinet has also approved the Uttar Pradesh Textile and Garmenting Policy-2022 and it authorised the chief minister to make any kind of amendment in it.
The main objective of the new policy is to establish the state as a global level garment manufacturing centre and Sustainable Development of all types of units related to textile Industry like handloom, powerloom, spinning, weaving, processing, and garmenting.
The specific objective of the policy is to attract private investment of Rs 10,000 crore in the textile and apparel sector, to create EMPLOYMENT opportunities for five lakh people, develop five textile and garment parks in the private sector, and to increase the income of handloom and powerloom weavers.
Under the new policy, 25 per cent capital subsidy will be provided to textile and garments units on investment made on purchase of Plants and machinery. Apart from this, additional capital subsidy will be reimbursed at the rate of 5 per cent to textile and garments units to be set up in Madhyanchal region of the state and at the rate of 10 per cent to textile and garments units to be set up in Purvanchal and Bundelkhand.
The is eyeing to attract investments from private players to build industrial parks and logistic hubs in Jharkhand. The state cabinet on September 29 approved the draft of theJharkhandIndustrial Parks and Logistics Policy of 2022.
Effective for the next five years, the policy is aimed at boosting the industrial Infrastructure in Jharkhand by wooing private players to set up industrial parks by providing financial subsidies up to Rs 75 crore.
The policy document entails that any private company or a joint venture (group of public companies or between public entities and government) will be eligible for setting up industrial parks by submitting their proposals and master plans to the Industry department’s single window committee for approval.
The Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies atNalanda University(NU) was inaugurated by Saurabh Kumar, secretary (east), ministry of external affairs.
It is envisioned as a leading interdisciplinary research centre engaged in research, TEACHING and developing evidence-based public policy on diverse subjects of the Bay of Bengal region. The initiative aims at building an empirical Learning program related to the Bay of Bengal region and to study the emerging challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.
He emphasised the importance of studying maritime HISTORY to establish India’s ancient linkages with its neighbouring countries. “As the centre grows and develops, it will aid researchers and policymakers in decisions related to the maritime domain,” he added.
He commended the efforts made by University for leading the initiatives for pan-Asian academic collaborations and developing a collective knowledge Network across the continent.
Chhattisgarh governments Mukhyamantri Slum Swasthya Yojana is providing free of cost healthcare Services to labourers and poor people residing in slums of urban areas through mobile medical units.
These mobile medical units have a team of a doctor, a lab technician, and a nurse for the convenience of patients. Because of the government’s farsightedness, every citizen of the economically-weaker class is reaping the benefits of this.
Country’s first Education center will be set up in Madhya Pradesh for improving the skills of Nursing staff for government hospitals and private medical institutions. Preparations have been started for this, this center is to be constructed in Bhopal at a cost of 25 crores.
After the complaints of patients about the lack of high skills in government hospitals and medical institutions among nursing staff and to alienate the suffering of patients, now preparations are being made by the for improving the quality of the nursing staff of the hospitals. In this , a Center of Excellence of Nursing and Midwifery Education will be established to make the nursing staff skilled in the work of nursing from primary level Health facility to super specialty hospital.
This first center of the country will be located in Bhopal. If the officials of the Medical Education Department are to be believed, then there is no such dedicated institution in the country, in which skill training is given to the nursing staff after completing their studies.
The air action plans for fourGujaratcities have been approved by theCentral Pollution Control Board(CPCB), said GPCB chairman R BBarad, while overseeing a state-level workshop on Air Quality Management and Emissions Reduction.
About 75 participants from various government departments, institutes and NGOs from across the state had participated in a series of workshops that were focussed on improving air quality across Gujarat under the National Clean Air Action Plan (NCAP).