17.11.21

Govt and ADB sign $61 million loan for development of Agartala

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Indian government and Asian (ADB) signed a loan agreement of $61 million in order to improve liveability, promote new developments and harness technology.

The loan agreement will help in accommodating the expanding Population in Agartala city.

It will also build capacity of state agencies for improved service delivery.

Loan agreement between India and ADB was signed for Agartala City After Urban Development Project. This project is aligned with the vision of Centres Smart City Mission for upgrade urban Infrastructure Services. It will improve liveability in Agartala by providing better road connectivity, flood resilient measures as well as by making tourist places more attractive. ADB seeks to catalyse synergies with components of smart city which are being implemented in Agartala by means of this project. Components of the scheme include:

1. Shifting of electrical lines,

2. Improving road geometry,

3. Incorporating elderly, children, Women, & differently abled responsive features

4. Urban design interventions.

Task force’ to keep check on prices in Guwahati

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The Assam government on Tuesday constituted a task force’ to keep check on prices of essential food commodities in the state’s largest city Guwahati, an official release said. The decision to form the special panel was taken by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass after a meeting with various stakeholders, including government officials and representatives of chambers of commerce and wholesalers and retailers of food items and vegetables

t will have as members a magistrate and officials from Police, Guwahati , Assam State Marketing“>Agricultural Marketing Corporation and Veterinary department. The task force has been instructed by the minister to inspect the markets on a daily basis and ensure that prices of essential commodities are kept in check.

Despite restoration of economic activities, the funding from the Central kitty to Odisha continues falling down drastically, which is a major concern of the State Government.

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With a total Revenue Receipt target of Rs 1,25,600 crore, the has expected to get Rs 68,100 crore from the Union Government as Share Tax and Central Grants during 2021-22 fiscal.

However, by October 31, 2021, the State has received only Rs 23,528.73 crore, which is 15.25% less compared to October 2020. In real figures, during April to October of 2021-22, the State got Rs 4238.68 crore less than what it had got during the same period of previous fiscal year. Up to October, 2020, it had received Rs 27,763.41 crore.

Moreover, the State has estimated to get Grants of Rs 37,963.32 crore from the Centre during the current year. Till October 2021-end, it has received only Rs 9,596.57 crore, which is 31.49% less than the amount received up to October last year.

Similarly, against the budget estimation of 2021-22 to get Rs 30,136.68 crore share on Central taxes, the State has received Rs 13,932.16 crore till last month-end. Though the amount received on Share Tax head is 1.28% more than the previous years figure, it is not satisfactory as the funding is 19.22% less than received till October 2019.

The target for both Tax and Non Tax revenue for 2021-22 is Rs 57,500 crore, out of which Rs 37,500 crore is from Own Tax and Rs 20,000 crore from Non Tax sources. The total revenue collection from both sources till October-end has increased by 75.37% against the collection of the same period of last year. So, both Tax and Non Tax collection till October 2021 was Rs 45,516.61 crore while the collection till October 2020 had been Rs 25,955.16 crore.

The Own Tax Revenue collection registered a 29.42% Growth till October of 2021-22 as compared to corresponding period of 2020-21 while Non Tax Revenue collection growth has gone up by 152.59%. Own Tax Revenue collection by October 31, 2020 was Rs 16,273.84 crore and Non Tax Revenue collection was Rs 9,681.32 crore.

Food Security Museum Launched In TN

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Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal opened India’s first Museum.

Highlights:

The Food Corporation of India created a food security museum in Thanjavur.

Food Corporation of India (Fci) and Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museums, Bengaluru, collaborated on the museum’s creation.

It was constructed on a 1,860sqft plot at a cost of Rs 1.10 crore.

In Thanjavur, the birthplace of FCI, a museum was erected. On January 14, 1965, FCI opened its first office there.

The Food Security Museum depicts man’s progression from nomadic hunter groups to stable Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture practises, which marks the start of civilization.

It also highlights a number of historical global and indigenous grain storage technologies, as well as storage issues and food grain production situations in the globe and India.

It dynamically displays educational material about FCI’s HISTORY, current operations, and the path of food grains from farm to plate through FCI.

Kochi: Canal rejuvenation project yet to get green clearance

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Even two years after awarding the work on integrated urban rejuvenation and water transport system (IURWTS) project, theKochi Metro Rail Ltd(KMRL) the nodal agency is yet to secure environmental clearance for the project fromKerala coastal zone management authority(KCZMA).

Though KCZMA has asked KMRL to “submit details and data regarding the implications of regulating water flow by the canal lock gates” on July 2, 2021, the Metro agency is yet to submit the details. When the Rs 1,528 crore IURWTS project, which was designed for cleaning and beautifying six canals in Kochi and making them navigable, was launched in November 2019, the plan was to start the work within six months.

Moreover, the land acquisition wing of KIIFB-funded projects in Kochi is overburdened. There are just 12 officials in the team which is to take care of land acquisition of all the KIIFB-funded project.

Puneeth Rajkumar to be conferred Karnataka Ratna award

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Kannada film starPuneeth Rajkumar, who passed away following cardiac arrest a fortnight ago, will be conferred Karnataka Ratna, the highest civilian honour in the state.

The award has been given to nine achievers ever since it was instituted three decades ago.Puneethis the second Personality from the Kannada film after his father and superstar Dr Rajkumar to be given the award.

CM Basavaraj Bommai made the announcement during Puneeth Namana, a tribute to the actor organized by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce.

Telangana’s Pochampally, Indias silk city, is worlds best tourism village

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Pochampallyvillage in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, known for its famous hand-woven Ikat saris, was on Tuesday selected as one of the best tourism villages by theUnited Nations World Tourism Organisation(UNWTO).

The best tourism villages by UNWTO pilot initiative aims to award those villages which are outstanding examples of rural destinations and showcases good practices in line with its specified evaluation areas. It also aims to support villages to enhance their rural tourism potential through training and access to opportunities for improvement.
Theministry of tourismhad recommended three villages for the award — Kongthong in Meghalaya, Ladhpura Khas in Madhya Pradesh and Pochampally in .

Andhra Pradesh government pays Rs 22 crore to farmers for crop loss

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Chief ministerY SJagan Mohan Reddy paid a compensation of Rs 22 crore to 34,586 farmers who sufferedcrop lossdue toCyclone Gulabin September this year. The chief minister sent the amount to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries from hisTadepallicamp office.
Chief minister said the government was giving highest priority to farmers welfare. Besides extending a helping hand to the farmers through the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) across the state, he said the government was also coming to their rescue at the time of distress, including disasters. He said the government had paid a compensation of Rs 645.99 crore to 8.34 lakh farmers who lost their crops due toCyclone Nivarin November 2020. The compensation was paid in December 2020, he added. With the latest Rs 22 crore, the government has in total paid Rs 1,071 crore to the farmers during the last two years towards compensation, he said.

Listing out the welfare initiatives of the government during the last two years, the chief minister said Rs 18,777 crore was credited under YSR Rythu Bharosa, Rs 1,674 crore under Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu, Rs 3,788 crore was credited through YSR Bima, Rs 18,000 crore under nine-hour free power supply and Rs 1,520 crore towards power subsidy for aqua farmers.

Launch of Goa Tourism Development Corporations seaplane service delayed yet again

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Goa tourisms plan to introduce seaplane service will take some more time to materialise since a three-month extension has been granted to the service provider to submit a detailed project report.

After re-tendering for introduction, operation and management of seaplane service in Goa,Air Mauryan Services Ltd Services, was selected in July.

The GTDC had floated the idea of launching a seaplane service about five years ago, when it introduced several new tourism services in the state to up the destinations potential.

Maharashtra And RMI Signed An MoU

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Maharashtra and RMI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for technical assistance in EV policy.

Highlights:

The Maharashtra government has signed an MoU with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organisation based in the United States, to provide technical help for the state’s electric vehicle (EV) policy.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the United Nations Conference on https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change in Glasgow, United Kingdom (COP26).

By 2025, Maharashtra’s EV strategy targets for a 10% share of all electric vehicle registrations in India.