19.10.22

Haryana: Merged schools to function as 1 unit with master campus

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The directorate of school Education has clarified that 183 schools across the state will now be merged and function as ‘single unit schools’, seeking to allay concerns about the shortage of teachers created by a general transfer drive.
More than 37,000 teachers across the state have been shifted under a mega government drive, attracting criticism that the move has left several schools with only a few or no teachers.

The clarification that the government issued about the shortage of teachers mentioned that the senior secondary schools would function as ‘master schools’ and the lower institutes would operate as its campuses. It said that the teachers had been transferred to these master schools.

For instance, the Government Girls Middle School (lower campus) in Garhi Harsaru has been merged with the senior secondary school (master school) in the same village. The teachers of both these schools will now be deemed as staff of the master school.

Punjab to establish Horticulture Estates in 4 districts for producing high quality fruits

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Equipped with latest technological information and machinery etc to provide all facilities to the horticulturists, Punjab Government will establish Estates in states four districts Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Faridkot, and Ludhiana. These estates will help the horticulturists in producing high quality fruits and cutting cost of fruit production, said the states Horticulture, Food Processing, Ex-Serviceman Welfare and Welfare of Freedom Fighters.

Minister Fauja Singh Sarari while sharing the information during a meeting with the Horticulture Department officials. The Minister, addressing the heads of different districts, instructed them to bring maximum area under horticulture crops by motivating the farmers to come out of the current wheat-paddy crop cycle. He also asked the horticulture officials to create awareness to save the groundwater which is going down day-by-day in Punjab, adding that the best performing officers in this regard will be honoured at the state level.

Now, polling facility for essential services staff in Himachal Pradesh

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For the first time, the Absentee Voters in Essential Services (AVES) can cast vote through postal ballot by submitting Form 12-D to the Returning Officer (RO), said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg here today.

He said this category of essential services officials includes doctors, paramedical staff, ambulance service of the Health Department, driver and Conductors of the HRTC, excluding local route bus services, fire services, the staff on milk supply service of the HP State Milk Federation and Milk , local mediapersons authorised by the ECI, pump operator and turner in the Jal Shakti Department and electrician and lineman in the HPSEB, who are enrolled in electoral rolls, can cast vote through postal ballot.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet led by CMYogi Adityanathgreen flagged setting up of a UPNatural Farming Board– in a move that could help state abate relentless use of chemical fertilizers leading to deterioration of soil quality.

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The objective of the board — proposed to be headquartered in Lucknow — will be to enable the spread of natural farming in the state, besides continuous guidance to the farmers on the subject. As a matter of fact, such boards exist in various other states which were studied by the UP government before a proposal was moved for cabinet clearance. The step resonates with the PM Narendra Modis call for promoting natural farming.

The board will be responsible for policy formulation and guidance will be given at the state level by the governing body and the plan will be reviewed. The state level executive committee will be constituted under the chairmanship of the chief secretary to ensure compliance with the instructions of the governing body.

Govt to construct one lakh wells to help farmers

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The will construct one lakh wells across the State to improve Irrigation facilities for the farmers. The wells construction target will be decided district wise.

For this, assistance will also be given to the beneficiaries for the construction of the well. Rs 50 thousand for boulder well construction and one lakh rupees per well for brick well construction will be given to the beneficiaries under the material item of irrigation well construction. On the instructions of Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, the draft of Birsa Irrigation Well Enhancement Scheme has been prepared, which will be worked by convergence with MGNREGA. One lakh wells will be constructed in two phases. In the first phase, 50 thousand wells will be constructed in this financial year and in the second phase in 2023-24, 50 thousand wells will be constructed.

The launch of this scheme will also help in providing 100 days work guarantee under MNREGA. Workers will be provided work as per the demand in the financial year. Workers registered with MNREGA will be engaged in construction work. Assistance will also be given in creating well construction assets, protecting the Environment, empowering rural Women and reducing Migration to cities.

IIT-P wing trying to conserveendangered languages of Bihar

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The Centre for Endangered Language Studies (CELS) atIITPatna is doing a pioneering job for the conservation of endangered languages ofBiharand its adjoining regions.

Working under the department of humanities and social studies, the Centre has carried out a number of meaningful studies in a very short span of its establishment, the Covid-19 pandemic notwithstanding.

CELS head Sweta Sinha said that an annual project sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) and awarded to the Centre to create a contextualized disaster mitigation framework rooted in the indigenous knowledge system of Bihar has been successfully completed and the findings of the study have already been published in premier research journals.

Chhattisgarh to get first skin bank for burn injury patients

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Chhattisgarhs first skin bank that will help treat severe burn injury will soon come up at Raipurs Dau Kalyan Super Specialty Hospital (DKS).

The cadaver skin is taken with relatives Consent and is processed, incubated, and kept under 4-5 degree centigrade which is kept under a cold room processor. Before the skin graft procedure, the skin is tested similarly as blood tests go through various other screenings including HIV,Hepatitis B, C, Skin infection, and TB. The skin is used for the victim only after the test comes negative.

Madhya Pradesh to amend COTPA, make hookah bars illegal

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could soon bring a stricter law to ban hookah bars inMadhya Pradesh. The state Home department has sent a draft to the law department asking for a stricter law, making provisions for punitive punishment for those running hookah bars in the state.

The proposal is to amend the existingCigarettesand Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade Act and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) COTPA Act 2003, to put a ban on hookah bars which have mushroomed across the state. Last year, the Jharkhand government amended the COTPA Act and made provisions to restrain combustible and smokeless cigarettes purchase and usage.

Gujarat: Defence airbase to come up at Deesa at Rs 1k-crore

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A new DEFENCE airbase is slated to come up atDeesain Banaskantha district ofGujaratfor the Indian Air Force (IAF). The foundation stone for the airbase will be laid by Prime MinisterNarendra Modiduring the Defence Expo 2022 scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar next week.

The decision to set up the airbase was taken in 2020 by the Centre. This will call for an of at least Rs 1,000 crore, according to sources privy to the development.

Some 4,500 acre land has been earmarked for setting up the airbase, which will be situated some 130km from the Indo-Pak border and this proximity will help reduce the aerial distance in Indian Air Defence along the western border.

The airbase will, therefore, be a strategic location for theSouthwestern Air Commandwhich is tasked to protect Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The airbase will expand the operating range of the Indian fighter jets in war situations, according to experts.