19.08.21

Centre gives NE states Rs 1,300 crore to manage Covid; Mandaviya holds meet to push vaccine drive in region

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Union Health ministerMansukh Mandaviyahas said theCentrewill provide Rs 1,300 crore Covid-response package to thenortheast.

Utilising this financial aid, from local to district level, medicine procurement, Oxygen stock availability, an increase of hospital beds, including ICUs and pediatric beds, will be done.

On concerns over a possible third wave hitting the country, Mandaviya said the government is prepared to handle the Covid situation even if the number of cases rises in the coming days. Going by Population, Rs 23,000 crore is being distributed among all states. More than Rs 1,300 crore, out of it will be given to the northeastern states, the minister informed.

Mizoramcontinues to top the tally with the highest number of active Covid cases in the northeast with 8,880 cases. Assam has 7,707 active cases, followed by Manipur (6,270), Meghalaya (3,761) and Arunachal Pradesh (1,836). Tripura andNagalandhave 1,538 and 1,153 active cases respectively.

Mirabai Chanu as Ambassador of Amway

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Directly promoting FMCG company Amway India has announced that it has appointed Olympian Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as the company ambassador for Amway and its Nutrilite range of products.

Chanu will spearhead the companys campaigns centered on product tiers such as Nutrilite Daily, Omega and All Plant Protein amongst others. Chanu, a weightlifter, received the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the womens 49kg category.

ID cards to senior citizens of Bhubaneswar soon

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The commissionerate of Police on Sunday assured senior citizens of Bhubaneswar that issuing of identity cards for them would be resumed soon. Through these ID cards, senior citizens can get police help at any time and extra attention from their local police station.

The SCSC scheme had been started in 2010 with an objective to build a sense of security and confidence among the senior citizens. A nodal officer has been engaged at every police station in the city to look after the safety and security of the elderly. At present, these officers visit them at regular intervals of two-three months. But, Sharma said the nodal officers would now visit the senior citizens every month to inquire about their physical security and problems.

Organ donations have come down steadily in Tamil Nadu over the last four years and worsened during the pandemic, but the state continues to make best use of the organs it has received as donations, said state health secretary J Radhakrishnan at a function organised to honour donor families and medical teams involved in transplant surgeries.

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Health minister Ma Subramanian gave away Awards to senior transplant surgeons, nurses and counsellors in government and private hospitals. From about 185 donations in 2016, the number of donations came down to 127 in 2019 and 55 in 2020, according to data published byTRANSTAN, a state registry that networks with hospitals and registries across the state. “In the last five years, there has been an increase in the number of people heart, lungs and pancreas being utilised. In case hearts can’t be used, doctors harvest valves,” said director of medical Services Dr S Gurunathan.

Kerala: Digital resurvey to be done in 4 years, says revenue minister K Rajan

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The government will complete theresurveyprocess usingdigital technologywithin next four years, said revenue ministerK Rajan. The cabinet had decided to sanction Rs 807.98 crore for the resurvey of 1550 villages in the state.

In the first phase, the government will provide Rs 339.438 crore under the RebuildKeralaInitiative (RKI) for the resurvey. The government has also given administrative sanction for Rs 156.173 crore for the second phase, Rs 156.189 crore for the third phase, and Rs 151.186 crore for the last and the final phase, the minister added.

The government will utilise a continuously operating reference station (CORS), real-time kinematic (RTK), drone, Lidar and electronic total station (ETS) for the resurvey depending on the nature of the land.

As per the order issued by therevenue departmentin this regard, the government has formed thestate steering committee, district monitoring and review committee, taluk-level committee and panchayat and urban local monitoring committees, as part of implementing the scheme in the state.

KVGB launches fruits portal to assist farmers avail crop loan

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Farmers who are finding it difficult to avail crop loans and other facilities, can now easily get a loan, without the need to run from pillar to post from banks to the sub-registrars office to furnish details, as theKarnatak Vikas Grameena Bank(KVGB),Dharwad, launched the Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System (FRUITS) portal, an e-Governance project of the government ofKarnataka.

This portal has land and other details of farmers in the state. Bankers can get the details of farmers who apply for an agricultural loan or other financial assistance through this portal. KVG is the first bank inNorth Karnatakato launch this portal for the benefit of farmers.

National Youth Award for Mohammad Azam

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Mohammad Azam from Karimnagar in has been awarded the National Youth Award by the Youth Affairs & Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi for displaying exemplary management qualities.

Mohammad Azam has carried out a few attention programmes related to blood donation, organ donation and plantation programmes under the Haritha Haram project. The award includes an understanding certificate and Rs 50,000 cash.

Apart from these, he has additionally laboured on water conservation, development of soaking pits works related to the Swachh Bharat mission & authorities welfare schemes for the advantage of the people in quite a several villages. He received the Indira Gandhi NSS Award from then Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. He was awarded the Pratibha Puraskar award using the State authorities in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and the Rashtriya Gaurav Samman Award.

Andhra Pradesh govt to reduce compliances for ease of biz

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The is ready to amend some legislations to liberalise rules and promote industrialisation. This is expected to be done in the next Assembly session.
The government has already reduced burdensome compliances from 390 to 285, said chief secretary Adityanadh Das.

The chief secretary stressed the importance of minimising regulatory compliance burden in the state to promote industries and trade. The decision is also in line with the CentresAtmanirbhar Bharatvision, he said.

National-level conclave for startups in Goa

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A two-day Start-up Conclave and Summit AnthaPrerna will be held in Goa from August 29 with a focus on Goas tech ecosystem.

Organised by the Start-up Promotion Cell (SPC), the conclave will serve as a common platform for startups, investors, mentors and other IT ecosystem enablers.

AnthaPrerna will be inaugurated by chief minister Pramod Sawant. Sawant had chaired a meeting with the department of information technology on Monday to oversee the preparations for the conclave.

A national level event, the summit will highlight Goas innovation ecosystem, Infrastructure, presence of sector-agnostic and sector-focused incubators and accelerators.

Various start-ups, investors, mentors and startup ecosystem stakeholders from across India are expected to participate in the conclave.

Maharashtra: Schools to submit info on teaching of Marathi

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A year after Marathi was made compulsory inschools in Maharashtra, all non-state board schools have to submit their progress report on the local language.

Marathi has been a compulsory subject for state board schools. From the academic year 2020-21, it was made compulsory for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), Cambridge Board International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), International Baccalaureate (IB) and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).

The Maharashtra Compulsory TEACHING and Learning of Marathi Language in Schools Act was introduced in June 2020, when non-state boards had to introduce Marathi as a subject for Class I and VI. The act made it mandatory to introduce Marathi in schools in a phased manner. In this academic year, Marathi has to be taught to students of Class I, II, VI and VII.