18.02.23

Rs 1,800 crore boost for drainage, sewerage network in Rajasthan

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With sewerage and drainage networks in several cities in bad shape, theAshok Gehlotgovernment has allocated Rs 1,800 crore for improvement of sewerage facilities, drainage and beautifications in urban areas.
Officials claimed the fund will help to improve sewerage and drainage networks to a great extent.

Forget about other cities, sewerage and drainage conditions in the state capital Jaipur are in a bad shape. We should wait and check the distribution of this fund and the amount meant for the two municipal corporations in Jaipur. Hopefully, we can repair the networks to some extent, an official said.

World Bank keen for Green Resilient Integrated Development programme of Rs. 2500 crore for Himachal

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Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in a meeting with the team, headed by Regional Director (Sustainable Development), South Asia Region, John Roome here on Monday, discussed the Green agenda of the State and the measures to be adopted to achieve the target of ‘Green Energy State’ by 2025, with the assistance of World Bank.

The World Bank indicated that it is keen on the Green Resilient Integrated Development programme for the state with Basin approach with an estimated cost size of Rs. 2500 crore (300 Million US dollars) depending upon the technical analyses, which may be enhanced further.

The visit of the team was going to be a landmark for the transformation of State towards Green Resilient Himachal, said the Chief Minister and highlighted the priorities in terms of Green Agenda for the State.

Apart from this the Chief Minister also indicated to the team that the State is all set to go ahead in line with National Green Hydrogen Energy Mission in a big way apart from the production.

Discussions about the future plan of action of the World Bank in the implementation of various programmes in the State focusing on Sustainable Forest Management, Forestry“>Community forestry, Ecosystem Services, and Disaster Management along the Basins, Water Resource Management, Nature-Based Tourism and Payment on Ecosystem Services were also held. The World Bank agreed upon providing its support in the implementation of proposed projects.

India-Uzbek joint military drill starts in U’khand

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In line with the overall policy to further step-up military and economic ties with the energy-rich Central Asian republics, India on Monday kicked off a joint combat exercise with Uzbekistan at Pithoragarh inUttarakhand. The 14-day exercise – ‘Dustlik’ – will see Indian and Uzbek soldiers focus on joint counter-terrorist operations in mountainous and semi-urban scenarios under the UN mandate.

UP has emerged as a preferred destination for investors: DyCM

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Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that Uttar Pradesh had emerged as a preferred destination for investors at the Global Investors Summit-2023 (GIS-2023) as the government had extended all help to the entrepreneurs.

Earlier, Chairman, Vinamra Agarwal, CEO of Technical Associates Industries Ltd. and Chairman of the CII Uttar Pradesh State Council, said that the Netherlands orange and saffron were similar. The Netherlands has a high trade surplus. It is a leading manufacturer in Food Processing, refining and engineering. In the food processing , the Netherlands and UP share many similarities.

A Population of 17 million and the fifth largest GDP in the European Union (EU) make the Netherlands a major international player. We are working together in many sectors, including Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and food processing. There is a PARTNERSHIP of $ 23 billion between the two countries and the Netherlands is a major Investment partner of India, he added.

Sadan morcha calls for unity of Moolvasi in State

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On behalf of Moolwasi Sadan Morcha, people from 60 villages gathered in a mahapanchayat at Banabira Bazar Tand in Simdega district in support of their various demands. On this occasion, Chief Guest, Central President of Moolvasi Sadan Morcha, Rajendra Prasad attacked the government and politicians and said that the governments formed in the state have done the work of snatching the rights of Moolvasi Sadan.

He said that in Jharkhand, 80% natives mostly live in rural areas, and for these populations the Jharkhand government should open schools on the lines of CBSE from Class 1 through English Medium.

Padmashree Madhu Mansuri said that Sadan Morcha does not talk about caste, but about Jamaat. Both Hindus and Muslims come from the Sadan community, so both the communities should never get entangled in the name of religion.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurates ‘B-Hub’ for startups

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CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated ‘B-Hub’, the startup co-working space of industries department on the 5th floor of Maurya Lok Complex in the state capital.
Nitish also spoke to entrepreneurs and enquired about the works being done by them. He also enquired about the Services and products being provided or produced by the startup companies.

Established by the state industries department, the co-working space is being managed by the Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna (CIMP) Business Incubation and Innovation Foundation. The B-Hub houses those startups which cannot afford their own offices.

Cgarh disburses subsidy to electric vehicle owners

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Chhattisgarh’s Transport on Saturday disbursed a subsidy of Rs 1.55 crore to 888 people who bought electric vehicles.

Transport Minister Mohammed Akbar said the government is taking the initiative to promote electric vehicles. Under the Electric Vehicle Policy, any person purchasing an electric vehicle can get a subsidy from the government.

The seller has to give his account number and IFSC code. Ten percent of the value of the vehicle, subject to a maximum of Rs 1.5 lakh, will be directly transferred by the Transport Department to the account of the buyer, he said.

Madhya Pradesh govt to present e-budget on March 1

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The Chouhan government will present e-budget, a paperless document, this year for the first time in the state assembly on March 1. MLAs will not get hard copies of the budget, instead will be given tabs to read the proposals and department schemes. In 2019, pen-drives were given to MLAs along with the budget copies.
The preparation for the state budget is almost complete and officials are busy giving it the final shape. Officials said that the e-budget would be presented in the House, but for regular reference throughout the year, books of the departmental budget will also be published.

The state budget this year was likely to be of around Rs 3 lakh crore, while the last year’s budget was over Rs 2.79 lakh crore. Officials said it is likely to go up by ten percent. Being an election year, the budget would have announcements for Women and farmers. Another area that would be in focus of the would be Capital Expenditure on the lines of the Union budget.

In Gujarat, cybercrime up by 368% in 2 years

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It’s not financial frauds alone but there has been a rise in the number of cases involving cyberbullying, threats and posting obscene sexual materials against Women, which are being noticed by the state Police over the last five years. In 2022, there were 5,228 cases involving Social Media accounts and in most cases more than 75% to 80% cases involved women.

According to theNational Crime Research Bureau(NCRB), inGujaratthe most significant period for reporting such cases was between 2017 and 2020 where cases rose from 94 to 277 in 2020 – mainly involving cyber blackmailing, threatening, cyberbullying and posting of obscene contents pertaining to the victims. In all, 781 cases involving women victims were reported by the state police till 2020.

In 2021 and 2022, quite significantly cyber trafficking cases were reported where perpetrators fake a romantic relationship with the victims on social media to exploit them. The cases reported by the CID crime were 32 and 46 cases respectively for the two years.

Post-pandemic, which is between two years, 2021 and 2022, cybercrime complaints have risen 368% – from 17,237 cases in 2021 to 80,681 in 2022. This stupendous rise in overall cybercrime cases is because of a 530% rise in just online financial fraud cases – from 11,131 cases in 2021 to 70,183 in 2022.

Mines dept to make geo heritage sites tourist spots

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Mines department is keen to preserve and promote the geo-heritage sites as new tourism destinations inRajasthan. There are 13 geo-heritage sites in the state out of 33 in the country having immense academic interest and tourist potential.

During a visit to some of the sites, ACS mines and petroleum took note of the importance of the sites and said the will prepare a strategy for preserving and promoting these sites.

He visited Nepheline syenite near Kishangarh which is estimated to be 1590 million to 1910 million years old, formed out of a tectonic activity.
Agarwalalso visitedSendragranite which is made of tectonic activity that happened 900 million years ago. Special types of shapes found in it are pot holes,skeleton head, snake head, eagle shape, tor rock granitic Landforms which are made of weathering and erosion by water and wind.