The Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was tabled on the first day of the ongoing winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, was passed today.
It will pave the way for setting up of a private university, Geeta University, in Panipat. As of now, there are 24 private universities in the state, including 10 in Gurugram alone.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday declared the Shri Krishan Balram Rath Yatra as state festival. The Chief Minister also announced Rs 2.51 crore for Ludhianas Iskcon Temple.
As a mark of respect towards Lord Krishna, Shri Krishan Balram Rath Yatra would be celebrated as a state festival every year by Punjab Government, said Channi, who was accompanied by Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MLAs Surinder Dawar, Sanjay Talwar and Kuldeep Singh Vaid, and several others.
Recalling his regard for Bhagvad Gita, the Chief Minister shared that when he became a Municipal Councillor around 25 years back, a noble soul had advised him to recite one shloka from holy Bhagvad Gita for inner peace. The holy book gives a direction to life. Youth should imbibe the teachings of the Bhagvad Gita and practice it in their lives. If one could imbibe just one of the shaloks, it is enough to succeed in life, he added.
He also informed that the is developing Shri Bhagvad Gita and Ramayana Research Centre on 20-acres land in Patiala. The religious texts are the biggest source of inspiration which guide us towards the betterment of our lives. To further nurture our knowledge through the wisdoms in the epic texts of Ramayana, Mahabharat, and Bhagvad Gita, an exclusive research centre is being set up in Patiala, he said.
Presiding over the https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change conference-2021 organized by the department of Environment, Science and Technology here on Saturday, Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that Glaciers were an important part of our ecosystem and we need to take concrete measures at the ground level to reduce the Impact Of Climate Change.
He said that the Himachal Pradesh government was focusing on strengthening Irrigation facilities, increasing agricultural production, improving socio-economic conditions of the people, ensuring economic security and rural Infrastructure.
Thakur said that major steps have been taken to ensure Sustainable Development and environment protection in the state.
To reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the Atmosphere, the State Government was focusing on the use of green fuels like hydropower and Solar Energy.
He said that the State Clean Fuel Policy would soon be brought to reduce Air Pollution, adding that there was a need to make collective efforts to tackle the problem of climate change.
Releasing a detailed analytical report on Uttarakhand’s performance in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 (SS21), the Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation articulated that the state has performed poorly at the national level in the survey and (ULBs) must bring systematic changes in Waste Management to improve the rankings in SS22 and tackle other upcoming waste-centric challenges in future. According to the report, the general performance of the state in various categories like Citizens Voice, Service Level Progress, Garbage Free Cities and Open Defecation Free (ODF) are far lower than the national Average. Uttarakhand got 1,531 scores out of 6,000 points in SS21 and the national average score is 2,072 that clearly shows the states overall poor performance in the survey at the national level. The report mentioned that though Dehradun has become the first city in the state with 82nd position to rank in the top 100 cities in the 1-10 lakh Population category, it should be noted that this position was achieved only amongst 369 cities and not amongst 4,320 cities that participated in SS21. Dehradun ranked 375 amongst these 4,320 cities. Such misunderstandings must not mislead people about the current sanitation situation of the cities across the state as it can be fatal for future sanitation efforts.
According to the report, the state generates annual waste of over 125 crore kilogramme excluding the waste generated by pilgrims and tourists and this quantity will certainly increase with the increasing footfalls of tourists when the projects like Delhi Dehradun economic corridor and the Char Dham All weather Road will get completed. According to the recommendations in the report, the ULBs first need to address the shortcomings found in SS21 and make efforts to improve the conditions irrespective of rankings attained in the survey. The administration should also implement policies like Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and tourism policy to facilitate waste management besides adopting sustainable waste management practices as the current system is inefficient and poses a consistent risk to public Health, the Environment and the economy.
The two-day annual convention of Lucknow Management Association (LMA) on the topic Governance Imperatives of Economic Transformation of Uttar Pradesh kicked off in Lucknow.
Inaugurating the event virtually, president of IMA and Additional Chief Secretary (MSME and Export Promotion) Navneet Sehgal, said: The organisation has made a stellar contribution in enhancing the management technique with the motto reform, perform and transfer.
Uttar Pradesh is on a high Growth trajectory with multiple mega programmes to take its economy to one trillion dollars. To deliberate on this ambitious goal, we had organised our last convention in November, 2020, on Imperatives of creating one trillion dollar economy for Uttar Pradesh. Proceedings of this convention are available in the form of a book and can be made available to you on request, he remarked.
The Supplementary Budget of Rs 2926.12 crore was passed in the House with Opposition BJP staging walkout from the House protesting against the bungling in Jharkhand Commission (Jpsc) PT results.
Despite BJP staging a walkout the Supplementary Budget was passed by voice vote. On Friday, the Finance Minister Rameshwar Oroan, had tabled the Supplementary Budget and as per the rule the discussion in the house over the budget was slated today post lunch, but the BJP members staged a walkout from the House. As per the budgetary allocation, the highest provision of Rs 620 crore has been made in the pension head.
It is followed by allocation of Rs 588 crore for the Energy Department, Rs 518 crore for Health Department, Rs 231 crore for Resources“>Water Resources Department, Rs 208 crore for Home Prison and Disaster Management Department, Rs 172 crore for Higher and Technical Education Department. A provision of Rs 188 crore has been made for the Department of Women and Child Development.
The BJP has been demanding a CBI probe into the matter of bungling in JPPC PT and dismissal of its chairman Amitabh Choudhary. Apart from BJP, independent MLA including Saryu Roy and CPI(ML) candidate Vinod Kumar Singh too are in favour of a probe into JPSC exam results. The JMM legislators Lobin Hembrom and Stephen Marandi had also pointed out irregularities in the JPSC PT.
The State Government, which is trying to save its face over JPSC exam results, today faced another setback as Congress MLA from Poraiyahat Pradeep Yadav today cornered the government on the issue of PoS machines being used at PDS shops across the state and alleged that the government paid Rs 250 crores as rent for the PoS machine which cost hardly Rs 78 crores.
Terming it a wasteful expenditure he said that what is the need of allowing such a PoS machine which is 2G and at many places shop owners have to climb in trees or hills to get connectivity. He was of the opinion that a new vendor be searched for the service instead of allowing the old one whose charge is unreasonable.
Health ministerMangal Pandey said medical facilities at urban primary health centres (PHCs) in the state are being improved with appointment of doctors, nurses and staff. So far, 89 medical officers have been appointed on contract basis. All the newly appointed medical officers have been asked to join duty in their allotted district by December 31, he said.
Pandey added urban PHCs are being established in selected cities under the Centres National Urban Health Mission to provide better healthcare facilities to the people of slum areas. At least 104 such centres are operating in the state. The process of increasing its number of such centres is on. The idea is to ensure quick treatment for people living in slum areas in various cities, he said.
Patients get treatment and medicines for free at these PHCs. Even during the Covid period, patients suffering from other ailments were treated at these PHCs. These PHCs were also made model vaccination centres,
The Chhattisgarh government is expanding the https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance Initiative Model Gram Panchayat programme to all gram panchayats in the state.
According to the Union Ministry of Rural Development, in the first phase for 2019-20 the model was implemented in 81 panchayats in the state. In 2020-21, 84 panchayats were covered. The remaining will be covered in 2021-22.
As part of it, village EMPLOYMENT assistants and panchayat secretaries in all the panchayats will be trained for better maintenance and management of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) job cards, seven types of registers, work files and citizen information boards.
State MGNREGA Commissioner Mohammed Kaiser Abdul Haq has asked for time-bound implementation of the phase wise activities.
The implementation of the Good Governance Initiative Model Gram Panchayat programme will be completed in six phases. The sixth phase will review the progress made in all five phases.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the bankers should complete the target of self-EMPLOYMENT schemes within the time-limit. Work responsibly in the implementation of self-employment schemes of the Government of India.
Chouhan was addressing the meeting of State Level Bankers Committee at Mantralaya today. Finance Minister Jagdish Deora, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Principal Secretary Finance Manoj Govil and other senior officers and bankers were present.
Chouhan instructed the officers regarding the implementation of Mukhyamantri Udyam Kranti Yojana and bringing better results. The Chief Minister said that employment is the biggest priority. Specially the self-employment schemes should be implemented on priority. Let economic activities go fast. For self-employment, ensure to organize loan camps in the presence of public representatives in a systematic manner.
The Chief Minister said that a state-level self-employment fair should be organised on the birth anniversary of on January 12. He said that loans should be sanctioned in maximum cases in the fair. Camps should also be organised at district level. He said that from November 9 to November 26, 117 credit camps were organised and Mudra loans worth Rs.51 crores were sanctioned.
WardWizard Innovations and Mobility Ltdon Monday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for the development of the electric vehicle segment in Gujarat. The company said it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with theGujaratgovernment to foster the Growth of the electric vehicle and meet the government’s vision of strengthening green mobility in the state.
The MoU was inked during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022 in Gandhinagar, it added.
EV ancillary will work as a solution and ease the supply chain while decreasing the dependency on imports.