21.10.21

Haryana: Youth in 18 to 35 age group must work for mass awareness in society, says CM Manohar Lal Khattar

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Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday that India is one of the youngest countries in the world, considering which, the is making every possible effort to inspire about 75 lakh youths in the age group of 18 to 35 in Haryana.

For this, Sports, Art and Culture can play an important role in nurturing the talent of the youth, he said, while directly interacting with the representatives of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sports cell, who came to meet him at his residence.

The CM said that according to a study, 65 per cent of the Population of the country is youth, of which 30 per cent are in the age group of 18 to 35 and the participation of zero to 18 age group is about 35 per cent. “Hence, we have to pay extra attention to the age group of 18 to 35 as to how our Society should become a civilized society of high order,” he said.

Khattar said that Haryana is the first state in the country where an advance of Rs 5 lakh is given to any player to prepare for their selection for the Olympics. Apart from giving cash rewards to the players bagging first, second and third positions, the state government has started giving cash rewards also to the players who finish fourth in any sports.

In Punjab, Covid death rate jumps to 7.67% from 5.02%

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Despite the overall improvement in the Covid-19 scenario in Punjab, the high death rate continues to be a matter of concern. The state’s fortnightly death rate has jumped to a new high of 7.67% during October 4-17 from 5.02% recorded on October 3.

While the number of daily deaths has fallen in the state, it is not in proportion to the drop in case tally. Addition of unreported deaths in recent months is another reason for the overall death rate remaining stagnant at 2.7% — three deaths out of every 100 confirmed cases–which is more than double the all-India Average of 1.3%. Around 300 old deaths have been added to the states tally in the last few months.

Punjab and Maharashtra (2.1%) are the only two states in the country with a death rate of over 2%. As many as 10 states/UT have a death rate below 1% while 20 have case fatality rate of below 2%. The neighbouring states of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have death rates of 1.7% and 1.3%, respectively.

Over 55% population fully vaccinated in Himachal Pradesh

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In Himachal Pradesh, 55.6% of eligible Population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The state has 55.23 lakh people eligible for Covid vaccination, of which 30,71,853 persons have been given the second dose.

With the target achievement of 102.8%, tribal Kinnaur district is leading in the state, while tribal Lahaul-Spiti district is in second place with target achievement of 82.1%. Solan district is in third place with 73.6% of the vaccination target achieved.

Kinnaur district has become first in the country to administer both doses of Covid-19 vaccine to its entire eligible population.

Compared to tribal districts, rest of the districts in the state were far behind. Districts like Chamba, Mandi and Sirmaur are the laggards. Bilaspur district has given the second dose to 64.7%, Una 61.3%, Shimla 60.2%, Hamirpur 56.7%, Kullu 53.6%, Mandi 51.8%, Kangra 51.1%, Sirmaur 44% and Chamba 42.5%. A state Health department spokesperson said due to effective Covid-19 vaccination campaign, the government had been successful to a large extent in controlling the pandemic in Himachal.

Registration for BH series vehicles soon

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With the launch of the new Software by next week, the eligible applicants in Uttarakhand will be able to apply for a new form of number plates called Bharat (BH) series for the seamless transfer of vehicles across the country.

On August 28, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued a notification stating that the owners of the vehicles bearing the BH registration number plate will not have to re-register their vehicles after shifting to a new State.

A BH series number plate will comprise four components in the format YY BH #### XX where YY indicates the digits of the year when the vehicle was first registered, BH indicates series code, #### represents four random numbers and XX indicates two English alphabets. As per the rules, the vehicle owners who have to shift to new states frequently due to the nature of their jobs are required to register their vehicle in the new states too.

He asserted that only up to five per cent of the owners of the registered vehicles in the State apply for vehicle transfer every year but added that the new format will certainly help people.

Uttar Pradesh gets NMC nod to run 9 new medical colleges

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Nine medical colleges of UP attached with their existing district hospitals received the approval to start TEACHING for the academic session 2021-2022 by the National Medical Commission (NMC). All of these nine medical colleges are scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 25.

As many as 100 MBBS seats were proposed for each of these nine medical colleges which are based in Etah, Deoria, Sidharthnagar, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Fatehpur and Mirzapur.

“It is a historical achievement for the UP government. The NMC has approved teaching for the academic session 2021-2022 to all of the proposed nine medical colleges by the state. All of these nine medical colleges are expected to be inaugurated by PM Modi on October 25,” he said.

The state chief minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath had previously said that with centre and state Resources, a chain of medical colleges has been established in UP covering as many as 59 districts.

Eight of these nine medical colleges have been converted to their new from that of the existing district hospital at an Average project cost of over Rs 200 crore each. The exception being Jaunpur Medical College which is being set up at a project cost of around Rs 555 crore, half of which has been released.

Ranchi hospital among top-3 under Pradhan Mantri -Jan Arogya Yojna’

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The CEO of National Health Authority (NHA) R S Sharma said Jharkhand is doing excellent work under the Pradhan Mantri -Jan Arogya Yojna (PM-JAY) Ayushman Bharat scheme and the model adopted here will be replicated in other states, too.

Sharma, who paid a visit to PICU and other ICUs at Ranchi district hospital which have been constructed with the the hospital received under the scheme, said: “The very purpose of the scheme has fructified in Ranchi as the district hospital has been able to raise better Services with the money they received under the scheme and this model will be taken up for national implementation.”

The aim behind the launch of the scheme is to provide quality healthcare to all especially the poor as they lose everything once someone from their family develops a life-threatening disease. To ensure that more and more beneficiaries are treated under the scheme, we have to ensure that they are provided with documents be it a smart card, a golden card or any piece of paper which could help them in availing hospital facilities free of cost.

Just 36% cases disposed of at subordinate courts in 20

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The case clearance rate at across the state dropped to 36.58% in 2020 from 67.73% in 2019 due to Covid-19 pandemic.

As per data available on the Patna High Court website, there was a little change in the number of cases which were instituted in subordinate courts in 2020 from 2019, but the count of the cases disposed came down drastically as either courts were shut or had to work virtually.

Altogether 4.76 lakh cases were instituted in 2020 and just 1.74 lakh could be disposed of. In 2019, 5.98 lakh cases were instituted and 4.05 lakh disposed of. In 2018, 4.93 lakh cases were instituted and 3.61 lakh disposed of, taking the case clearance rate to 73.09%.

The poor case clearance rate increased the pressure on the subordinate courts which forms the backbone of the judicial system.

Chhattisgarh: Offering low-cost medicines, CM Bhupesh Baghel launches new scheme

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Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually launched the Shri Dhanwantri Generic Medical Store Scheme from his official residence.

Under this scheme, the chief minister inaugurated 84 Dhanwantri Generic Medical Stores in the state where medicines will be made available at low and affordable rates to consumers.

“Efforts are being made by the to bring costly Health Services to the underprivileged. Many schemes have been started for the same. Along these lines, Shree Dhanwantri Medical Store Scheme has been launched today. Generic medicines will be 50 to 71% cheaper at these medical stores,” said the chief minister.

Mukhyamantri Ration Aapke Dwar Yojana

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The Madhya Pradesh cabinet had a meeting on 19 October and decided to implement Mukhya Mantri Ration Aapke Dwar scheme.

Highlights:

Mukhya Mantri Ration Aapke Dwar Scheme is executed to benefit the poor tribal families.

It will be fulfilled in tribal development blocks of state, excluding those blocks which fall under districts that are undergoing bypolls.

The scheme will benefit tribal families of around 7511 villages in 74 development blocks of 16 districts.

The ration will be distributed from headquarters village and by transporting it through vehicles across other villages attached to the shop.

The collector will fix the days of each month for distribution in the village.

On Average, 220 to 440 quintals of ration will be distributed by a vehicle for 22 to 25 days in a month.

Around 472 vehicles will be used for food transportation.

There will be an annual expense of Rs 24,000 per month on one metric ton vehicle, while Rs 31,000 per month will be on a 2 metric ton vehicle so that it will be a total of Rs 14.07 crore of expenditure.

The quality of the food-grain loaded in the vehicle will also be tested.

Millennia of Buddhist heritage in Gujarat

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The excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Vadnagar, PM Narendra Modis hometown, since 2015 have unearthed the ancient town and, overall, the regions Buddhist past. The finds include multiple votive stupas, relics, artifacts, and structures. Experts said that along with the nearby Taranga hills, the region gives a snapshot of about 1,400 years of .

The major finds from the excavations by the state archaeology department in the 2000s and later excavations by the ASI at Vadnagar and Taranga are on display at the three-day international Buddhist symposium at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh. The symposium will be inaugurated by PM Modi on Wednesday, Buddha Purnima.