20.12.21

Centre and Hry Govt. exploring better medical practices for cancer treatment: Dattatraya

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Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya said that the Central and have been exploring better medical practices for the treatment of cancer.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), 90 cancer treatment hospitals with modern medical care have been set up across the country.

Besides this, a cancer treatment hospital has also been set up in Jhajjar district of the state, the Governor said while addressing the annual conference of Innovation in Oncology of the Society“>Indian Society of Oncology at Sarvodaya Hospital, Faridabad.

Dattatraya said that apart from Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana in the country, better medical facilities are also being provided to the people under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Haryana Government is also excelling in the field of medicine and Education, he said.

Punjab scraps 40,000 pending VAT cases

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Giving a much-needed relief to trade and in the state, the Punjab Government has exempted around 40,000 statutory form related outstanding cases under Central Sales Tax / Value Added Tax (VAT), out of over 48,000 cases related to each of the financial years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. Notably, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had announced the decision at the Progressive Punjab Investors Summit in Ludhiana.

The State Government is fully committed to create a conductive ecosystem for Ease of Doing Business in the state. The fullsome support to trade and industry will help the Punjab to emerge as the front runner state across the country. This industry-friendly initiative would go a long way to instil confidence and boost morale to invest in the state.

Himachal adjudged first in implementation of CCTNS

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Himachal Pradesh has been awarded the first position among hill states in the implementation of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has congratulated Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu and his team for their effort.

It was announced at a Conference on Good Practices in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) and Interoperable Criminal System (ICJS). The virtual event was hosted at the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), New Delhi and was attended by senior police officers of all states and union territories.

The Chief Minister said the state police’s stellar performance in the field of CCTNS would boost the confidence of Hp Police in using technology in day to day policing.

This is a national level award for hilly states and Himachal Pradesh has been declared the best performing state amongst the 10 hilly states for a second year in SUCCESSION.

CCTNS is a Central government project for creating a comprehensive and integrated system for effective policing through e-Governance. There are 22 different parameters/criteria viz hardware/Software deployment, network connectivity, data Migration, capacity building etc. to decide this award.

CCTNS was conceptualised in the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai attack and it aims to integrate all the data and records of crime into a core application software (CAS), spread across 29 states and 7 union territories of the country.

Asias biggest liquid mirror telescope to come in Ukhand

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The Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (AIRES) will soon install Asia’s biggest Liquid Mirror Telescope also known as Devasthali Optical Telescope (DOT) at Devasthal near Nainital in Uttarakhand. A liquid mirror telescope coated with mercury is much cheaper than the usual ones and it can observe only those objects in space that come into its view as it cannot be moved in different directions. It will be used to study celestial bodies like stars, space debris and satellites among others which will pass through its focus.

Currently, biggest such telescope in Asia has a diameter of 3.6 metres while this telescope would be of four metres in diameter making it to be the third biggest telescope in the world after the installation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel launched this telescope remotely in March, 2016. It has been made in joint cooperation with Canada and Belgium at a cost of Rs 10 crore. The scientist of ARIES, Dipankar Banerjee informed that the telescope could have been installed earlier but it got delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the state. He said that all the manufacturing work of the telescope is completed and it will be installed and inaugurated soon. Some experts from Belgium and Canada will also arrive on the occasion, added Banerjee.

Allahabad: PM Narendra Modi to boost women empowerment, transfer Rs 1,000 crore to SHGs

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The Sangam city is all decked up to welcome Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwho will attend a programme on Tuesday to promoteWomen Empowermentand transfer Rs 1,000 crore to the bank accounts of self-help groups benefiting 16 lakh women.

A pandal has been prepared on 85,000 square metre area on Parade ground where arrangement has been made for seating of around 3.5 lakh women. The stage has been handed over to the special protection group (SPG) for security reasons.

The organisers have decided that the beneficiaries will be seated in threee wings, nine rows and 68 blocks. At least 1,920 teachers have been put on duty and 383 teachers have been posted as nodal officers. Arrangement has been made for parking of 4,000 vehicles.

The women beneficiaries include BC Sakhis (60,000), community toilet operators (57,000), take-Home ration plant operators (4,040), SHG workers (1.15 lakh), and Kanya Sumangala (37,000).

CM launches Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative in State

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Chief Minister Hemant Soren today unveiled the Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative (SRMI) at Project Building Secretariat. At present, the policy has been made keeping in mind the migration of workers from Dumka, West Singhbhum and Gumla under the SRMI pilot project.

From these three districts, a Database of migrant workers who have gone for EMPLOYMENT in places like Delhi, Kerala and Leh-Ladakh etc is being prepared. Social, economic and legal rights of migrant workers will be ensured by coordinating with all these states. A rule has been made to prevent the exploitation of migrant workers in any manner. After the success of this pilot project in the initial phase, the scope of the system can be made bigger. The CM on the occasion said that despite large scale migration from Jharkhand to other states and countries there was no proper policy to safeguard the interests of migrant workers. It is the effort of the that we can prepare a complete database of all the labour brothers and other people from Jharkhand who go to other states or countries in search of employment and help them at the time of calamity under the policy. Certainly migration to Jharkhand in the last Corona transition period has felt to be a very big and very worrying topic, he said.

Soren said that people of the State migrate to different states of the country and also abroad for better means of employment.

The CM appealed to the migrant labourers of the state that they must register themselves in this portal. There is also a need to establish coordination between the Central and State government in order to protect the migrant workers who work in other countries. He said that in such a way, many ambitious schemes are being run by the State Government so that the workers here can be provided employment in the vicinity of their homes.

Experts for adopting agro-centric model of development in Bihar

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A two-day national seminar on Raising Agricultural Productivity and Farmers Income in Bihar concluded on Saturday with a call for adoption of an agro-centric model of development.

Addressing the participants, chief secretary Tripurari Sharan and development commissionerAmir Subhanipleaded for a multi-dimensional approach for raising the states agricultural productivity.

Cgarh bags award for Good Practice in CCTNS, ICJS

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Chhattisgarh on Friday bagged the second prize for good practices in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) and Inter & Operable Criminal System (ICJS).

The award was presented to Chhattisgarh in an online conference organized on December 16-17 by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), New Delhi.

In ICJS, the award was given for better implementation of forensic science at digital platform. Odisha was adjudged first and Madhya Pradesh clinched the third position.

In Chhattisgarh, the integration work in between CCTNS, Forensic, Court, Prosecution and Jail have been done at a digital platform through ICJS.

Forensic laboratory has also been established in the state with e-forensic Software application. The entire process in between case registration to the final report is uploaded online. This data is shared with the help of ICJS.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed delight over the Awards.

MP is progressing rapidly in the field of green energy generation: Shivraj

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Madhya Pradesh has always been working for environmental protection. This is the reason that our state has got the distinction of having the largest area of forests. We have been working in the field of environmental protection in various ways. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state is progressing rapidly in the field of green energy generation. We have increased its production by more than 10 times in the last 8 years.

Chouhan said that in the year 2012, our production in solar power, wind power, power and small Hydro Power used to be 438.24 megawatt, which has increased to about 5500 megawatt in 2021.

He further said that the future belongs to green energy, because the traditional Resources of energy will definitely be exhausted gradually, the Sound of which is already being heard, due to exploitation of coal reserves in energy production, there is a supply crisis.

The state has set new benchmarks of progress in the field of Solar Energy. Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project is one of the important solar projects not only in the country but also in Asia. In the year 2019-20, 14 projects of 401.95 megawatt capacity were established and 8 projects of 45.63 megawatt capacity were registered. Similarly, in the year 2020-21, 12 projects of 81.20 megawatt capacity were registered and a total of 13 projects were established. So far, 2386 megawatt power is being generated from 128 solar power projects in the state.

Gujarat govt to spell out hydrogen policy soon

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As the green energy movement gains momentum, theGujaratgovernment is planning to roll out a special policy for promoting green hydrogen generation and products.

The proposed policy, which aims to incentivize the sunrise sectors, in all Probability will be announced ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) to be held inGandhinagarnext month, said sources close to the development.

Gujarat plans to offer financial subsidy or (VGF) for companies investing in green hydrogen which is being touted as the future of energy.

The government aims to offer major financial incentives for research & development and human Resources incentives also.
The government also plans a budgetary allocation for the sector.