20.10.22

All northeast states should try to resolve boundary disputes, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

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Assamchief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed the 70th Plenary of the North Eastern Council (NEC) here on Sunday that measures are being taken for an amicable settlement to the inter-state border disputes in the northeast, with 50% of Assam’s boundary row with Meghalaya lready been resolved.

He said processes have been initiated to arrive at a permanent solution to Assam’s boundary dispute with Arunachal Pradesh. Sarma insisted on the need of initiating a concerted effort by the governments of all the northeastern states, if boundary disputes are to be settled once and for all.

Set up panel for proper functioning of quasi-judicial forums, Orissa high court orders government

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The Orissa has directed the government to constitute a high-level committee in order to monitor the smooth functioning of quasi-judicial forums in the state. JusticeBiswanath Rathissued the direction on October 19 while adjudicating on a petition questioning the functioning of such forums.

Cases involving the OdishaLand Reforms(General) Amendment Rules, 2015, and theOrissa Survey and Settlement Act, 1959, among others, are settled through the quasi-judicial forums.

The high court divided the petitioners’ allegations into three categories – first, in quasi-judicial proceedings initiated around four years ago, there is no admission of such matters for a long period of time; second, there is no hearing even on matters admitted around 15 years ago; third, many posts in the forums remain vacant on most occasions.

Act on complaints on promotion policy: NCSC to Tamil Nadu

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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has directed Naduto immediately act on complaints pertaining to the promotion policy on filling vacancies in the revenue department.

The department in September issued a circular saying deputy tahsildar panels, prepared between 2004 and 2018, would re-drawn as The Supreme Court direction aimed at filling vacant Other Backward Caste (OBC) posts. But while doing so, the revenue department de-reserved the posts assigned to SC officials and thrown them open for general category candidates and those from other communities, saidS Karrupiah ofDalit Freedom Movement, a not-for-profit organization fighting for the welfare of scheduled castes in TN.

Agriculture ministerP Prasad kick-started the KrishiDarshan programme, which aims to generate a database on the challenges in the agriculture sector inKeralaand to find solutions through direct interaction between the officials and the farmers.

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The programme will be launched in all the 152 block panchayats in the state and its maiden edition is being held at Ollukkara in the district, with a series of programmes.Prasadand revenue minister K Rajan as well senior officials of the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department visited the farms as well as the houses of the farmers at Ollukkara.

The programme has multiple objectives like attracting more people to farming, enhancing the crop area and productivity as well as supporting the farmers to launch units for the production of value added products, and Marketing. The farm groups will be strengthened and technologies will be provided to enhance production, value addition, storing, and reduce the input costs.

Karnataka implements enhanced reservation for SC/STs

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TheKarnatakagovernment has issued a notification giving directions to implement 17 per cent enhanced reservation for the Scheduled Castes and 7 per cent for the Scheduled Tribes from Tuesday on the occasion ofKannada Rajyotsavaday.

However, the bureaucrats have stated that there was no clarity on the notification issued for the implementation. They also stated that the ambiguities need to be ironed out first.

The roasters have to be reworked and under legal provisions also, the implementation of enhancement of reservations was not simple, they said.
TheSocial Welfare Departmenthas issued a notification and has given directions for implementing the ordinance by the .

The notification had been given to the heads of all departments, universities, academic institutions, corporations, boards, commissions, government undertakings, the secretary of theKarnataka Public Service Commission(Kpsc) and the CEO ofKarnataka Examination Authority(KEA).

Only 44% of Telangana’s class 3 kids can read time: Study

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The first-of-its-kind study byNCERTon how robust the foundational Learning outcomes are in schools across the country has found that only 51% students inTelanganahave reached basic global proficiency standards, when it comes to numbers and numerical skills.

For instance, the survey that measured academic competency of third grade students, found only 44% students could read time and only 63% could read the date displayed on a calendar.

The study titled “Foundational Learning Study” analysed 349 schools with 3,313 students. The study assessed them on foundational Literacy in terms of three languages – ,Hindiand English and also looked at foundational numeracy.

AP showcases housing prog on natl platform

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Andhra Pradeshhas decided to provide energy efficient housing facilities, including the adoption of Indo-Swiss building technology, in the nearly 30 lakh housing units being constructed across AP.

According to officials, the 30 lakh houses will come up on 71,811 acres distributed to the beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh. The is spending about Rs.3,525 crore on layout development and Rs 32,900 crore on Infrastructure creation. The Indo-Swiss energy efficient building technology may help reduce temperature by at least 2 degrees inside the houses than the outside temperature comparing to conventional houses.

The city has topped in the disbursal of the micro-credit to the vendors under the Prime Minister Street VendorsAtmaNirbhar Nidhi(Svanidhi Yojana) in the state.Under the scheme, executed by the local bodies, the vendors get a loan of up to Rs10,000 at a low-interest rate, possibly at 7%, which has to be repaid in monthly instalments within over one year.

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The central government has subsidised the loans for the vendors who can get a minimum of Rs 10,000 and a maximum of Rs 50,000 subsidised loans from the banks under the scheme.

Haryana to develop Morni from a tourism perspective

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar,, said that Morni is a hilly area bordering Himachal Pradesh and has immense potential for tourism. Morni is being developed from a tourism perspective. All necessary facilities are being provided by the to the tourists coming here so that the footfall of tourists in this area increases.

The Parivar Pehchan Patra has been started by the State Government, through which Health, Education, old age pension and other facilities have been directly linked so that all facilities can be made easily available. He said that due to the creation of Parivar Pehchan Patra, now the person eligible for old age allowance will not have to run from pillar to post to avail the benefits of the scheme. He said that a person after attaining the age of 60 with an annual income of less than Rs 2 lakh automatically gets eligible for the Old Age Samman Allowance without any hassle.