21.12.22

Manipur CM launches dedicated ILP portal

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Chief ministerN BirenSingh launched a dedicated Inner Line Permit (ILP) portal at his office complex.

Following a prolonged mass campaign to safeguard the indigenous Population of the state and Biren Singhs pressure, the Centre had extended the ILP system in the state in December 2019. It came into effect from January 1, 2020.

Speaking on the occasion, Biren said ILPs were earlier issued manually at Maogatebordering Myanmar, the Imphal airport and Jiribam bordering Assam. With the launch of a dedicated portal, ILPs can now be issued online by DCs and labour commissioners, he added.

CM Naveen launches loan distribution for SHGs

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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the mega loan distribution programme of Odisha Gramya Bank (OGB) for self-help groups under Mission Shakti. The chief minister handed over Rs 10 lakh loan each to five groups for the benefit of 2.68 lakh members. The rural banks have set a target to distribute loans amounting to Rs 1,001 crore for 26,722 SHGs under the state governments Women Empowerment programme Mission Shakti.

The chief minister said the banks should come forward to help the government in its Women Empowerment programme by extending loans to members of Mission Shakti. The has decided to create a revolving fund of Rs 1 crore for every district-level federation of the SHGs and Rs 50 lakh for block-level federation. It will help women get loans up to Rs 5 lakh without any interest, he added.

Tamil Nadu to digitally document loose sculptures, inscriptions

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The Nadu government has decided to digitally document loose sculptures and inscriptions that are not within any heritage site or religious places and conserve them in-situ.

A government order will be passed within this month to preserve the loose sculptures including hero stones, Jain, Buddhist sculptures and small inscriptions around the state, said commissioner of archaeology, R Sivanandam.

Around 25 lakh will be allotted every year for In-situ conservation of the sculptures, while 3 crore would be given to digitally record them, said the commissioner.

NH development cost in Kerala 100cr/km’: Gadkari moots alternatives

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Stage is set to resolve the issues between state and Centre over the former’s refusal to bear 25% of the land acquisition (LA) cost for upcoming NH development in Kerala.

Inaugurating the completed road projects and laying the foundation stone for upcoming projects (15 in total, including Kazhakkoottam’s elevated flyover and Kuthiran tunnel) worth Rs 45,536 crore on Thursday, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that instead of bearing 25% of LA costs for upcoming projects, Kerala should waive off its share of GST on steel and cement. He added that government can give land required for development projects free of cost to construct logistic parks so that the issue can be resolved. He said Centre understands Kerala’s issue and its inability to bear the LA cost from its budget.

Implement National e-Vidhan application in Karnataka, demands litigant

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The ordered notice to the State Government in a Public Interest Litigation seeking implementation of National e-Vidhan (NeVA) application in the state.

NeVA is a work-flow system developed by the Centre to enable smooth conduct of legislative proceedings and house business in a paperless manner. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale directed the government to submit its response by the next date of hearing.

The Central government sponsored scheme, NeVA, which envisages to cover all state assemblies has a total comprehensive outlay of Rs 674 crore as against Karnatakas scheme which covers only the states assembly and council with an outlay of Rs 254crore.

Telangana top in country in number of medical seats/1 lakh population’

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tops the country with 19 medical seats per lakh Population, Health minister T Harish Rao has said, attributing it to the TRS (now BRS) government’s persistent push to set up medical colleges since the state was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.

As part of united Andhra in 2014, Telangana had only 8.5 medical seats per lakh population, the minister said. Not just this, Telangana now has the second highest number of PG medical seats per lakh population.

When Telangana was formed eight years ago, there were only five medical colleges.Now, there are 17.”There were only 850 MBBS seats in government medical colleges before 2014.Now, the number has gone up to 2,890.

The closest rival is neighbouring Karnataka, which had 17.91 medical seats per lakh population, but with a higher seat number at 10,945. The Percentage-to-seat difference arises as Karnataka’s population is around 6.5 crore while Telangana’s is 3.5 crore.

Andhra Pradesh gets 6.68 mtoe energy saving target

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The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has set a target of 6.68 mtoe energy to Andhra Pradesh. TheBEEsuggested theAndhra PradeshState Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM) to chalk out a sector-wise action plan to achieve the target.

It also directed the state to develop a special strategy and action plan to raise public awareness about the significance of energy efficiency measures. TheFacilitation Centre of BEEhas identified 30 energy efficiency financing projects, the highest among all the states, with estimated project cost of around 412 crore in Andhra Pradesh.

Based on the report of energy savings achieved till date and consumption pattern in various sectors, the BEE has fixed a saving targets for all the states, including the 6.68 mtoe target for Andhra Pradesh.
The officials of the AP State Energy Conservation Mission explained to the DG BEE that the State Government has focused on both implementation and awareness programmes pertaining to energy conservation and efficiency.

The BEEs goal of saving 150 million tonnes of oil equivalent by 2030 and Indias goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2070 can be met more quickly by sensitising consumers on energy conservation. The adoption of energy efficiency measures in key sectors such as Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, Industry, municipal, and buildings will help achieve these targeted milestones

Goas drug haul in 2022 was 65% more than in 2021

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Goa witnessed a 65% increase in the seizure of drugs in 2022 compared to the previous year. Police last year seized over 207kg of narcotic substances worth over Rs 5.1 crore, and arrested 180 persons.

Over half of those arrested are from outside the state (97), followed by Goans (54) and foreigners (29). Among the drugs seized were ganja, charas, LSD, MDMA, ecstasy tablets and powder, cocaine, hashish oil, heroin and cannabis.
In 2021, Goa police seized over 134kg of various kinds of drugs worth over Rs 2.7 crore, and arrested 138 persons.

To make Maharashtra $1 trillion economy, CM Eknath Shinde forms panel led by Tata Sons Chandrasekaran

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The Maharashtra government has announced Rs 15,000 per hectare bonus for them, thus fulfilling their long pending demand.

With a view to achieve the target of $ 1 trillion economy of Maharashtra, Shinde declared constituting an economic advisory committee to be chaired by Tata Sons chairman N Chandrashekharan. Experts from diverse fields like , Education, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and others will be roped in too.

Shinde also announced that the government will come up with a new textile policy next year and it will continue till 2028. Our focus will be to implement modern technology in the textile sector, he said.

Haryana to set up 10 NABL accredited labs, says Chautala

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Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Friday said that 10 NABL-accredited labs and quality marking centres will be set up to test the quality of the products across the states. He directed the officers to prepare a proposal in this regard.

Presiding over the review meeting of the Industries and Commerce Department, Chautala directed the officers to implement the policies of Industries and Commerce Department related to rural areas on priority basis. He said that farmers should be given detailed information about Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture & agro-based industries and businesses so that they can benefit by adding value to their products.

Chautala reviewed in detail the ‘Haryana Enterprises and EMPLOYMENT Policy 2020′, ‘, Warehousing and Retail Policy 2019′, ‘Electric Vehicle Policy 2022’ and ‘Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre’ of the department. He asked the officers to speed up the work in the year 2023.

While reviewing the progress regarding various schemes of MSME, he said that the small industries being set up under the said schemes should be given complete support as per the rules so that the employment opportunities for the youth can be increased in the state.

The Deputy Chief Minister was informed that at present there are more than 9.70 lakhs MSMEs in the state, out of which 9.53 lakhs are micro units. More than 19.06 lakhs employment opportunities have been created under MSME in the state, which is a matter of pride for the state.