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Centre has sanctioned Rs 2,000 crore for Tripura under Jal Jeevan Mission: CMTripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said the Centre has approved Rs 2,000 crore for the state under the Jal Jeevan Mission to supply piped drinking water to households. Saha thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for approving Rs 2,000 crore to implement piped water scheme. At present, 56 per cent households of the northeastern state have piped water facility and the state has a plan for water supply to all households.

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Assam passes resolution for strict action against BBC

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After Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, theAssamassembly passed a private member’s resolution seeking action againstBBCfor “malicious and dangerous” documentary, “India: The Modi Question”, leading to a walkout by the opposition, which wanted the documentary on the Gujarat riots to be screened in the assembly before adopting any resolution.
The resolution was moved by BJP MLA Bhubon Pegu through a private members’ resolution.
He alleged that BBC has questioned India’s free press, judiciary and the legitimacy of its democratically elected government in the two-part documentary film.

Odisha govt OKs horticulture complex in Sambalpur

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The has approved the plan to set up aTerminal Market Complex, a super market for Horticulture products, atNiladunguri in Sambalpurdistrict to create market linkage for farm produces and ensure Food Security in the area. The cabinet on Friday approved the plan and would provide 60 acres of land on lease to a private entity, LMJ International, to set up the complex at Niladunguri, only 12 km from Sambalpur. The project would be implemented in a public-private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) mode, said director of horticultureSusanta Kumar Nanda.

Tamil Nadugovernment has allotted 1,500 crore to create sewage treatment plants along the river and also plug the sewage outfalls. Additionally, major beautification work such as a park, open gym, and walking area will also be done.Experts and activists said if the sewage is plugged, residents along the river will be benefitted as it will enable fresh groundwater recharge.

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While some parts of the upstream Adyar River have clean water, the downstream parts inside the city have sewage outflows. Further, encroachment and garbage dumping to is an issues.

SC, ST students to get free access to libraries in Kerala

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As part of promoting Literacy and developing reading habits among the members of Scheduled Caste and scheduled tribe communities, the government has decided to give free access and membership for all the students from the community, including those who are enrolled for higher studies, in all the libraries across the state.

The literacy rate of tribals in the state is 74.44%, much lower than the state Average of 93.91 % as per the census 2011, though significantly higher than the national average of 59%.

The novel decision is being implemented in cooperation with thestate library council, which would mean that the students will be given access to all the 8,182 libraries that are affiliated with theKerala state library council. As per the order issued by the government in this regard on Wednesday, the government will launch new libraries in places especially the tribal settlements.

Karnataka’s first biodiversity park in Harangi

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Karnataka’s first medicinal park is being built at Harangi in Kodagu.

Napanda Ravi Kalappa, chairman of Karnataka Biodiversity Board, who presided over the launch, said that the board has a master plan of building a model medicinal garden in Kodagu. He said that the park is being launched in the district to preserve the rich variety of Flora found in the district.

The board intends to establish biodiversity parks in every panchayat of the district. The Coorg Mandarin was once an exclusive plant in the district. However, it has lost its existence and research is being conducted to promote this species, he said.

India in awe of Telanganas welfare programmes

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BRS MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha said Telanganas welfare and development programmes are being discussed across country and people in Maharashtra are even demanding implementation of Telanganas welfare schemes and programmes in their state.

There is a lot of difference in welfare and development programmes implemented in the two states. Unlike in Hyderabad where drinking water is supplied round-the-clock, in Mumbai drinking water is supplied only for two hours in a day, she said.

Startup failure gradually reducing in India; more awareness needed: STPI DG

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Asserting that the rate of failure of startups in the country is slowly declining, Director General ofSoftware Technology Parksof India (STPI)Arvind Kumarsaid there is a need to create more awareness about what the government is doing to promote startups.

The STPI DG was in Goa to address theFuture Tech Leadership Forum Goa2023 on Saturday organised by the stakeholders in the state’s IT .

Kumar said there should be a subject on Entrepreneurship for students in 12th standard where the product cycle should be explained and they should be made job producers and not job seekers.
He said STPIs’ directors are going to various colleges and giving lectures to youngsters about startups and also how to get funds for that.

Maharashtra budget 2023: State farmers to now get Rs 12,000 per year cash benefits

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In probably the biggest package for farmers in the recent past, deputy chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis, who also holds the finance portfolio, on Thursday allocated around Rs 30,000 crore towards sustainable farming and prosperous schemes such as Rs 12,000 honorarium per annum to all the farmers under the Namo Shetkari Mahasamman Nidhi.
In his budget speech in the assembly, Fadnavis said that the will also dole out a certain amount towards crop Insurance to the farmers besides huge debt incentives to paddy growers and farmers who have opted for short-loans.

Under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Shetkari Karjmukti Yojana, farmers who regularly repay short-term crop loans have been given an incentive of up to Rs 50,000, which was announced in the last two budgets, but not distributed.
“Under this scheme, an amount of Rs 4,683 crore has been directly disbursed to the bank accounts of 12.84 lakh eligible account holders by the end of February 15, 2023,”said Fadnavis pointing out this debt incentive as a major boost to the farmers.
“Value addition process in crops and fruit crops will also be financed by preparing an integrated crop-based project plan for taluka, district wise groups of farmers. This will substantially increase the income of farmers. An outlay of Rs 30,00 crore will be made available for this scheme for the next five years,”he added.