Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday directed the officers concerned to prepare a centralized water monitoring system over the next two years for the smooth availability of ground water, river water and treated water to the farmers in the state. The Chief Minister asked the officers to soon formulate a plan in this regard in which districts, blocks and villages should be included.

The plan should be extended to the village level with the participation of people and public representatives so that future generations do not have to face the problem of shortage of water, he said.

He directed the officers to formulate plans on the basis of different areas of the state and prepare water availability index of each village, so that people can get information regarding availability of water in future.

To resolve the grievances of the State Government employees, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh constituted an Oversight Committee of Ministers comprising Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Medical Education and Research Minister OP Soni, and Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu.

Besides, the Chief Minister has also directed the Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan to constitute an Officers Committee to personally listen to the grievances of the employees of various departments.

While emphasizing on quality education and health facilities in the tribal areas, Himachal Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on Friday directed the officials concerned to make special efforts to start schemes providing employment to the youth of these areas.

The allotment of Pattas of Nautor land in all sanctioned cases in the tribal areas of the state and follow up action were discussed during the meeting. Problems of migratory shepherds and their solutions including problems of pastures, theft and problems of right of way were also discussed.

The additional secretary of the ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Ravi Agrawal visited ENVIS (Environmental Information System) resource partner on forestry and forestry related livelihoods at Forest Research Institute to review and monitor ongoing programmes.

Agrawal was apprised of various activities and progrmmes executed by the ENVIS-FRI. He saw various ENVIS publications and appreciated the outreach awareness programmes of the centre on various occasions involving school, college and university students.

He also appreciated the implementation of Green Skill development Programme of MoEF&CC wherein 32 GSDP training programmes were organised during financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 by ICFRE Institutes benefiting 596 participants. He informed that the government has a target of imparting training to seven lakh participants for EMPLOYMENT generation by the end of this financial year. He stressed over the need to increase participation of secondary level students significantly to achieve the objective of this government scheme.

Government to promote rooftop rainwater harvesting in Uttar Pradesh

The government has embarked on a campaign for preserving water and is promotingrainwater harvestingacross the state.

As per directions of chief ministerYogi Adityanath,rooftop rainwater harvestinghas to be set up in government and semi-government buildings in six major cities, includingMeerut, Bareilly, Lucknow, Prayagraj,GorakhpurandJhansi.

A government spokesperson said that the Jal Jeevan Mission section of the minor Irrigation department has been entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating this project.

In rural areas, water harvesting facilities are being installed at both private and public places underMNREGA. This includes setting up of rooftop rainwater harvesting systems at government schools, digging ponds and recharging pits in a beneficiary farmers field.

Government will conduct a gap assessment of private hospitals with pediatrics facilities in order to identify infrastructural shortcomings of the healthcare setups and provide oxygen concentrators on rent to the hospitals for tackling a possible third wave of Covid-19.

The districts will have to prepare a detailed report on the number of hospitals providing pediatrics facilities, whether they have separate Covid wards or not and whether the hospitals have dedicated Pediatrics Intensive Care Units (PICUs).

The State will also vaccinate truck drivers, helpers and labourers engaged in transportation of goods between India and Bangladesh via road on a priority basis following a directive from the Ministry of External Affairs.

All schools to have headmasters soon: Bihar education minister

With a view to ensuring regular classes and enforcing discipline among the students, the has decided to appoint regularheadmastersin all the schools.

The minister also pointed out that the government had decided to set up at least one +2 school in every panchayat with a view to promoting Education, especially among girls, in rural areas.
Meanwhile, the Bihar State Higher Education Council (BSHEC) has constituted four committees that can suggest ways for bringing the much-needed reforms to ensure qualitative improvement in higher education. According to a notification issued by the education department on Monday, BSHECs vice-chairman, Kameshwar Jha, has been authorized to coordinate the activities of the committees and ensure implementation of their recommendations.

The academic reforms committee will help prepare the states higher education plan and provide inputs to the council for smooth functioning of universities and research institutions. It will also undertake a comprehensive study on the states higher education system and submit an annual report for its improvement. Besides, it will suggest measures for implementation of the semester and choice-based credit systems. The NAAC committee will assess the baseline of all the institutions of higher education in the state and ensure their assessment and accreditation. The quality assurance committee, on the other hand, will suggest steps for stimulating the academic Environment for improvement in Learning and research. The fourth committee will suggest policy measures and prepare the road map for implementation of the NEP.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday gave directions to the Agriculture Minister and officials to ensure continuous supply of fertilizers to farmers, especially urea and Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP).

He told Minister Ravindra Choubey, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Commissioner Dr M Geetha to parley with representatives of fertilizer supplier companies to ensure supply based on allocation of states, an official statement stated.

The Chief Minister also called forr regular inspection of wholesalers and retailers for Fertilizers to detect hoarding.

Chhattisgarh has been allocated 565,595 tonnes of chemical fertilizers from April to June. Against this, 362,966 tonnes have been received. Due to the early sowing season, the demand for fertilizers has risen in the state.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has congratulated Indore for bagging the first position in overall 11 awards to 5 smart cities of the State and Madhya Pradesh for ranking second in the category of States in the India Smart City Awards Contest-2020.

Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh has also appreciated the entire staff for this remarkable achievement.

He has also congratulated the administration and local people of Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur and Sagar for this achievement. Surat has also got bagged the first position along with Indore.

On completion of six years of Smart City Mission, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of India Smart City Contest-2020 in a programme organized through virtual meet.

Built Environment Theme – Indore bagged first position for 56 shop projects. Sanitation Theme Indore, along with Tirupati city, bagged the first position in Municipal Waste Management System theme.

Culture Theme – Indore got first place for Conservation of Built Heritage and Gwalior got third place for Digital Museum. economy Theme – Indore got the first position for Financing Mechanism. Urban environment Theme – Bhopal bags first position for Clean Energy with Chennai.

Indore bagged the first position for the Carbon Credit Financing Mechanism in the Innovation Idea Award theme. Indore got first place and Jabalpur got third place in Round 1 Cities. Sagar got second place in Round 3 Cities.

Gujarat govt to give up to Rs 1.5 lakh subsidy for EVs

With an ambitious target of having two lakhelectric vehicleson roads within a period of four years, the announced theGujarat Electric Vehicles Policy, 2021.

While the government has announced subsidies between Rs 20,000 and Rs1.5 lakh for different types of electric vehicles, it has also promised to ramp up charging Infrastructure for electric vehicles.

The policy has a four-fold objective of popularizing the use of e-vehicles, making Gujarat a hub for e-vehicle manufacturing, protecting the Environment, as well as encouraging start-ups and investors in the field of electric mobility.