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State on its way to contribute 35-40% wheat to national pool

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As the wheat procurement season is on its last leg in Punjab, the state is well on its way to contributing about 35%-40% in the national food grain pool, depending on the procurement in other states.Punjabis close to surpassing the 94% of the target as close to 124 lakh metric tonne (LMT)wheat has arrived in the grain markets of the state while theFood Corporation of India(Fci) had fixed a target of procurement of 132 LMT from the state. The target for the entire country has been fixed at 3,41.5 LMT.

During the last 14 years, Punjab had been contributing 30%-50% in the national pool. In terms of quantity, Punjab had contributed maximum 132.22 LMT in year 2021-22, but interestingly, it was the lowest in terms of Percentage in these 14 years as it turned out 30.5% while the state by contributing only 96.45 LMT (first time in 14 years at less than 100 LMT), it contributed maximum so far at 51.32% in 2022-23.

In 2021-22 the country had procured bumper crop at 433.44 LMT maximum so far and due to early heat waves in the month of March in 2022-23 the production was badly affected and the procurement was limited to only 187.92 LMT.

Govt to formulate green hydrogen policy, says Himachal Pradesh CM

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Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said a green hydrogen policy would be formulated to promote its use and make the state a leading hub of its production.

The states abundant Resources, including ample sunlight, water and wind, make it an ideal location for generating green hydrogen. The primary aim is to attract investments in large-scale renewable energy projects, ensuring a consistent and sustainable supply of green electricity for electrolysis.

The CM said, By leveraging its natural advantages, the state aims to create a favourable Environment for the production of green hydrogen. This will not only contribute to the global fight against Climate-change”>Climate Change, but also make the state a pioneer in Sustainable Development.

The State Government has already signed a memorandum of understanding with Oil India Limited. This collaboration would enable the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia on a pilot basis.

Mana’ in Uttarakhand is no more the last but the ‘first Indian village’

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The Border Roads Organization (BRO) placed a sign board at the entrance of Mana village inUttarakhand. It was declared to be the first Indian village.

Mana is located in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand and a border with China. It was previously called the last village. It holds a huge religious significance for the Hindus as the place is related to the time of Mahabharata. It is believed that the Pandavas (the five mythological characters from the epic Mahabharata) passed through Mana Village when they made their final journey to heaven.

5,000 MoUs worth Rs 8 lakh crore shortlisted for UP first groundbreaking event

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The first groundbreaking ceremony to start implementation of MoUs signed during February’s Global Investors Summit is scheduled to take place in either September or October this year.

The government has so far shortlisted more than 5,000 MoUs for investments worth around Rs 8 lakh crore to be grounded in the first lot.

The government will further shortlist these to see which can be included in the final line-up.

In a presentation made by InvestUPbefore chief secretaryDS Mishraon Thursday, it was said that the government had initially set a target of grounding projects worth more than Rs 10 lakh crore through groundbreaking ceremonies but was likely to surpass the target.

In February 2023, the government signed more than 22,000 proposals worth over Rs 35 lakh crore.

UP New and RENEWABLE ENERGY Development Agency has shortlisted MoUs worth Rs 1.35 lakh crore while the department of urban development and IT and Electronics have shortlisted projects worth Rs 1.06 lakh crore and Rs 1.02 lakh crore respectively.

Assembly committee meets over pollution

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The JharkhandAssembly’s Environment and pollution control committee, headed byIchagarh MLA Sabita Mahato, held a meeting on Monday and informed officials and company representatives about the work being done for environmental protection and pollution control.

The meeting was held at the Bokaro Parishad’s auditorium.
The committee directed officials from various departments, such as the mining and geology, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, forest environment and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, and Industry to provide related reports within a week.

Bihar’s caste survey to remain stalled, Supreme Court turns down state’s plea

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In a setback to theBihar government, theSupreme Court refused to allow it to continue with thecaste surveyin the state which was stayed by the Patna in an interim order and asked the state to wait for the next hearing on July 3 in the HC.

At the outset of hearing, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka andRajesh Bindalsaid that there are many issues involved in the case including the issue of privacy and the HC should first decide the case and expressed its reluctance in interfering with the HC order.

Chhattisgarh CJ lauds efforts of Lok Adalats in state

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Chhattisgarhhigh court Chief JusticeRamesh Sinhacommended the joint efforts of everyone involved in the success of theLok Adalatsin Chhattisgarh. Sinha, who was a senior judge in Allahabad High Court before his appointment as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC in March this year, also said that results were better than those expected in Uttar Pradesh.

The Chief Justice addressed the officers via videoconferencing about the upcomingNational Lok Adalat. The conference was attended by all district judges, Family Court judges, judicial officers of districts, collectors, superintendents of Police, officers of banks, Insurance companies, president of Bar Association and municipal commissioners among others.

Soyabean meal exports fall by 40% in a month

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Soyabean meal exports in April plummeted to 2 lakh tonne, down 39 per cent from last month amid a drop in orders fromSouth EastAsian countries, according to a trade body.

Export of soyabean meal from India in April stood at 2 lakh tonne as against 3.27 lakh tonne in March. Though, exports in April were up on a year-on-year basis, according toSoybean Processors Association of India(SOPA).

The trade body said exports in April to Bangladesh was 61, 230 MT and Vietnam 42,837 MT, the two leading buyers of Indian origin soyabean meal.

Soyabean production inMadhya Pradesh, the leading soyabean producing state in the country, was estimated to jump to 54 lakh tonne.

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Soda ash production must be augmented by 2.5L tonne a year

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In the wake of clean energy and electric mobility sectors fuelling the demand for soda ash in India and the world, the domestic soda ash production needs to grow at 2.5 lakh to 3 lakh tonne a year, according toGujarat-based soda ash maker,GHCL.

Soda ash is a key raw material for manufacturing solar glass widely used in solar panels and is also a key component for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries and used in treatment of flue gases.

The Soda ash demand increases by 5% per annum, which is stipulated to increase to 6.5% to 7% per annum, driven by growing clean energy applications such as Solar, Flue gas treatment andLithium Ion batteries. However, if the soda ash must fuel the countrys RENEWABLE ENERGY targets, the production needs to be ramped up at the rate of 2.5 – 3 lakh MT every year, to meet the rising demand.

Industry players suggest that demand-supply gap underlines the need for more Greenfield investments in soda ash manufacturing.

Raj to open over 2k govt-aided English medium schools soon

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The will open over 2,000 government-aided English medium schools.

The government has opened about 2,700 English medium schools. We will open 2,000 more such schools, said Kalla.

During the event, Kalla conducted online lottery to admit students under the Right To Education (RTE) schemein 32,722 non-government schools. Under this scheme, 25% seats are allotted underRTEscheme for students of pre-primary to Class-1 in these private schools. The fee is reimbursed by the state.

The government had conducted lottery for around 2 lakh seats at 37,354 non-government schools. However, number of students who applied for this scheme is more than the number of seats.