18.04.23

750 villages will have streetlights in Haryana, says CM

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said streetlights will be installed in 750 villages with more than 10,000 Population and CCTV cameras will be installed in the big villages of the state from a security point of view. A decision for making arrangements for the installation of CCTV cameras will be taken soon, Khattar said while interacting with the residents of Dhatir village in Palwal district, during a Jan Samvad programme.

Khattar visited Palwal as part of his Jan Samvad programme during which he visited villages and interacted with the people. During the Jan Samvad programme organized in Bagpur village, Palwal, Khattar announced to upgrade the girls primary school in the village, besides sanctioning Rs 4.15 crore for Solra road and Rs 2.10 crore for Bagpur road. On the demand of EMPLOYMENT for Women of the village, the chief minister ordered the formation of two self-help groups. Through self-help groups, the government is providing interest-free loans to women for employment. Earlier this month, Khattar had held Jan Samvad at several villages in Bhiwani as part of his three-day tour to the district. Khattar started the Jan Samvad programme in Rohtak district last year.

Intelligence unit to monitor tax collection launched

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Finance, Excise and Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday launched the State Intelligence and Preventive Unit (SIPU), and GST Prime, an analytical tool for state GST officers, to analyse and monitor tax collection and compliance in their jurisdiction.

Addressing the launch event at Punjab Bhawan, Cheema said the existing seven mobile wings of the Taxation Department at Amritsar, Bathinda, Fazilka, Shambu in Patiala, Ludhiana and Jalandhar had now been converted into State Intelligence and Preventive Units (SIPUs), besides creating three new SIPUs. The three new SIPUs will be at Madhopur in Pathankot, Mohali and Central Unit at the Head Office, Patiala. The Central Unit and SIPUs will work directly in coordination with Tax Intelligence Unit, Patiala, he added.

Highlighting the key features of GST Prime, the Finance Minister said the portal would result in better tax monitoring by officials and enhanced compliance by the taxpayers. He said the system caters to the requirements of the field offices and enforcement & intelligence offices to identify the defaulters and tax evaders. The system acts as an interface between GST Common Portal and E-way Bill Systems and tax administrators, he added. Cheema said the initiatives of the department were aimed at effective tax compliance, identification of top defaulters, keeping tax payers details at finger tips and to detect frauds.

Himachal ranks 3rd in number of colleges per lakh population list

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The hill state ofHimachal Pradeshhas one of the highest number of colleges per lakh Population in the country, as per the All-India Survey of Higher Education 2020-21.For every one lakh population in the 18-23 age group in Himachal, there are 50 colleges, suggests the survey released recently by the Union education ministry.

In the survey report,Himachalis placed alongside Kerala, which also has 50 colleges per one lakh population the third highest in the country. Karnataka with maximum 63 colleges per lakh population is at No. 1, followed byTelanganaat No. 2 with 53 colleges.There are a total of 348 colleges in Himachal Pradesh, including private colleges, government degree colleges and Nursing colleges.

The survey report coincides with the Himachal governments move of shutting down colleges that have registered low or zero student attendance from the time they were opened.While there were 132 government degree colleges till December 2021 in Himachal, as many as 23 new degree colleges were opened during the BJP rule in the election year of 2022.

Consistent innovation must in education: Dhami

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Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that innovation is necessary in Education. He said that the objective of education is balanced development of every dimension and it is impossible without innovations. The CM was addressing a programme organised on the occasion of Praveshotsav ( enrollment festival) at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose residential school Bhaniyawala here on Tuesday. He said that apart from inculcating high ideals and virtues in an individual, education provides solutions for the problems of the Society. Dhami said that the is consistently working to promote girl education. He added that the government is committed to a bright future of the students. The CM opined that any society can become powerful and enrich only with the help of education. He said that the National Education Policy (NEP) -2020 would provide EMPLOYMENT oriented education to the students and now they would not have to prepare separately for the competitive examinations. It would also encourage research and innovations and it would go a long way in making India a developed nation. He said that Uttarakhand is the first State in the country which has implemented the NEP-2020.

Govt: Urban bodies tobedigitally empowered

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According topmost priority to Women welfare, the Yogi Adityanath government has been taking dedicated steps ensuring all-round Empowerment and uplift of women. In line with the vision, with Rs 150 crore, the government will solemnise the marriage of poor girls belonging to Other Backward Classes.

It may be mentioned here that the has been allocating funds and provides grants for the marriage of poor girls of Backward Classes. The grant is provided by the State Backward Classes Welfare department on applications submitted by any family belonging to the Backward Class seeking to avail of the grant amount. So far, the state government has provided grants of Rs 771 crore to 3,85,514 beneficiaries under the marriage grant scheme.

In the order issued by the department, it has been stated that the benefit of the scheme should be provided as per the prescribed rules and following the instructions completely. The officials must inform the government by the 10th of every month that the amount has been spent under this head. Non-compliance with this will be treated as an irregularity.

Also, the sanctioned amount will not be used for any other work under any circumstances and the remaining amount will have to be deposited in the treasury at the end of the financial year.

In this regard, instructions will be given by the director, Backward Classes Welfare department to the officers concerned in all the districts and divisions to take necessary action.

Jharkhand ready to tackle wildfires, activates all forest divisions

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The department of forest, Environment and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change has activated its divisions to devise plans to curbforest firewith cases being reported from a few districts before the advent of summer. Officials are anticipating a spike in forest fires due to the extended dry spell.

The Forest Survey of India (FSI), which sends daily satellite feeds to all the states on forest fires, reported 235 large fires from January 1 till March 11 this year. Three large fires were burning inGirgaunder Khunti circle, Kharsawan and Rajmahal, and Sahebganj region.

Caste census will be beneficial for all sections of society: Nitish Kumar

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Supporting theCongress’s demand for an up-to-datecaste censusin the country,Biharchief ministerNitish Kumar said it would be beneficial for all sections of the Society.

The survey report would help the government in better implementation of welfare schemes for the socially and economically disadvantaged groups, the chief minister said.

The month-long second phase of caste headcount is underway in Bihar from April 15 to May 15. The enumeration exercise, which started from January 7, will be completed by May.

The 50 per cent ceiling refers to Supreme Court judgements pointing out that the overall reservation in government jobs and Education for various communities should not breach the mark although there are exceptions with some states crossing the figure.

The Congress-led-UPA regime had compiled the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in 2011. The reports from the census have been published except that of the caste data.

Rehab centre lends helping hand to Divyangs in Cgarh

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The state-of-the-art Physical Referral Rehabilitation Center here is giving a ray of hope to thousands of differently-abled persons by providing them artificial limbs, wheelchairs as well as physiotherapy.

People from Chhattisgarh and neighbouring states come to the center for artificial limbs.

In collaboration with the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), the Center provides free-of-cost artificial limbs to Divyangs and training on limb movement and maintaining balance.

Special equipment is made for the rehabilitation of patients suffering from cerebral palsy. Such patients have a lack of balance in walking. They get free of cost wheelchairs and other chair so that the patients can eat, sit and read easily.

Along with this, special physiotherapy equipment is available for the convenience of such patients.

Apart from this, artificial limbs, calipers and other assistive accessories are made according to needs.

So far, 3,740 patients have benefited with 5,258 artificial limbs and devices through the centre.

Jiwaji University declared A++grade with 3.6 score by NAAC

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Jiwaji University (JU) in Gwalior of Madhya Pradesh was declared the A++ Grade with a CGPA of 3.6 scores on a seven-point scale by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) on Tuesday.

Now, the JU has become first in the MP as well as in adjoining Chhattisgarh state which has got an A++ grade with a 3.6 score.

The grade is the result of a determination made by the faculty members, students, technical, academic and office staff. After getting the achievement, the university achieved its dignity again and I hope the institution will make new records in future”, Vice-Chancellor of JU Avinash Tiwari told The Pioneer on this achievement.

The NAAC evaluates the institutions for their conformance to the standard of quality in terms of their performance related to the educational process and outcomes like curriculum, TEACHING, Learning, feedback system, , research, innovation, extension activities, Governance, Leadership, institutional values and best practices.

Vibrant Gujarat Summit likely to be held from January 11 to 13 next year

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Gujarat government’s flagship summit, the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS), is all set to be organised from January 11-13, 2024, according to top sources in the State Government. The last edition of VGGS took place in 2019, during which some 28,360 MoUs were signed, which include MoUs worth at least Rs 1 lakh crore inked in the RENEWABLE ENERGY sector.

Post-Covid, VGGS was scheduled to be held in January 2022. However, the state officials had deferred the event in the last minute. Notably, at that time, tensions betweenUkraineand Russia were escalating while Covid-19 cases triggered by the Omicron variant were also rising.

All major economies including the US, UK, Japan, Germany, Netherlands in addition to Gulf countries and African countries will be approached to participate in the 10th edition of the mega investment summit.