Forest dept starts mulberry plantation to promote sericulture in Punjab

Owing to the poor availability of Resources and expertise in sericulture with the department, the forest department has launched a scheme to revive the sericulture with the beginning of mulberry plantation in Pathankot.

They will also provide other facilities like raising Infrastructure, silkworm pathology, and Marketing.

The villages identified for sericulture where mulberry plantation would be carried out were Durang Khad, Phangtoli, Bhadan, Samanu, Junghath, and Bhabhar.

Items of Una SHGs to be sold under Sombhadra name

The Una administration has launched Sombhadra as an umbrella brand name for all products being made by Women self-help groups (SHG) supported by the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) in the district. The brand namewas launched by Deputy Commissioner Raghav Sharma at the temporary sale outlet set up at the Una municipal park under the theme Vocal for local.

The Swan river, which originates at Marwari village in Gagret subdivision, traverses almost 55 km along the entire length from North to South of the district. This river, along with its Network of 73 tributaries, has sustained the and Fauna, besides shaping agricultural practices and lifestyle of the local civilisation for centuries. The Swan river has been referred to as river Sombhadra in ancient Indian scriptures.

Highest Herbal Park Inaugurated in India

Indias very best altitude herbal park has been inaugurated at Mana village in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

The herbal park is located at a height of 11,000 ft and is shut to the Indo-China border. Mana is the closest Indian village in Chamoli bordering China and is adjacent to Badrinath temple.

The herbal park has around forty species observed in excessive altitude alpine areas in the Himalayan region.

The major goal of this excessive altitude natural park is to preserve quite a number medicinally and culturally essential alpine species and to do lookup on their propagation and habitat ECOLOGY.

The park was developed on an area of three acres given by way of Mana Van Panchayat by means of the Research Wing of the Forest Department of Uttarakhand.

It has been developed in 3 years under the central governments Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme.

Many species are listed as endangered and threatened as per red list as well as with the aid of the State Biodiversity Board. It consists of many necessary medicinal herbs also.

Ubharte Sitaare Fund by Finance Ministry

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched an bold Ubharte Sitaare Fund -USF for export-oriented firms and startups in a application at Lucknow.

The Fund ambitions at arranging cash for the advertising of micro, small and medium companies. The fund has been set up by and Exim Bank. This scheme will be profitable in Uttar Pradesh as the country has the perfect number of MSMEs.

Ubharte Sitaare Programme (USP) of Exim Bank identifies Indian businesses that have the doable to be future champions in the domestic arena whilst catering to world demands.

This fund is a mix of structured support, monetary & advisory Services through investments in Equity or equity-like instruments, debt (funded and non-funded) & technical help (advisory services, offers and tender loans) to the Indian companies.

Jharkhand nod to auction emerald mines in East Singhbhum

After a face-off with the Centre over bringing in commercial firms in the statesminesand mineral sector, theJharkhandgovernment on Monday gave its nod to the Union Government to start auctioning off the panna (emerald) mines in Ghatshilla block of East Singhbhum district.
Moreover, hopes for the renewal of the closed Surda mines in the same block brightened on Monday after the said it has taken an in-principal decision for the resumption of mining work. However, the mines can restart only after getting a nod from the Centre and environmental clearance.

The Surda mines are owned by Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) and were closed since March 2020, which resulted in taking away the jobs of roughly 1,500 people.

The state government aims to complete the process of auctioning will generate EMPLOYMENT for thousands of people. According to records, there is a stock of 11,000 kg of panna in Ghatshila.

Ganga continues to show receding trend in Bihar

The state Resources“>Water Resources department (WRD) heaved a sigh of relief as contrary to forecasts, no moderate or heavy rainfall occurred in the catchment areas of the north Bihar rivers in Nepal and Bihar.

Meanwhile, theGangawas flowing below the danger level at Digha and Gandhi Ghat in Patna and also at Munger on Sunday. However, it was flowing 63cm above the danger mark at Hathidah, 30cm at Bhagalpur, 1.20 metres at Kahalgaon, and 1.54 metres at Farakka.

Raigarh, 1st district in Chhattisgarh to be 100% vaccinated

Chhattisgarhs Raigarh district has achieved 100% vaccination target of all adults. They have received at least first jab of the vaccine.

Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel congratulated the District Administration including Health workers and people for the achievement.

Out of total Population of 16,94,234 of Raigarh, the district administration has achieved the set target of vaccinating a total 10,42,625 adults, who have received first dose of Covid-19 vaccine across the nine blocks in the district.

The majority of population was covered in door-to-door campaign and vaccination drive which was initiated byhealth department.

Proposed pharma cluster near Indore eyes Rs 400 crore investment

A dedicated cluster for homegrowndrugmanufacturers may attract an of over Rs 400 crore from around 40 industries, claimedMadhya PradeshSmall Scale Drug Manufacturers Association.
The Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) department has proposed five clusters, namely furniture, toys, confectionery, pharmaceuticals and Food Processing in theIndoreregion. The pharmaceutical cluster is expected to come in close proximity to the Indore-Ujjain road.

Drug manufacturers have expanded capacity utilisations to enhance production of Covid-19pandemicrelated drugs and cold medicines amid apprehension that the third wave may strike anytime Indore has around 100 small and medium drug manufacturing units engaged in production of ointments, tablets, syrups and syringes among other items. Around 300 drug manufacturing units, including multinationals, operate in MP.

For first time, dry Gujarat to defend prohibition policy

Six decades after its formation, thedry stateofGujaratfaces the challenge to defend its policy of on purchase, possession and consumption ofliquorin the state after the Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed its preliminary objections to petitions questioning certain provisions of the legislation mainly on the ground of Right to Privacy.

The bench discarded the State Government‘s argument that provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act were upheld by the Bombay high court and later by The Supreme Court in 1951 and therefore, any question about validity of the present Gujarat Prohibition Act is not maintainable before the high court, but before the apex court only.

The present petitions question prohibition of import, transfer, possession and buying of liquor, ban on a person’s entry in Gujarat in the state of intoxication, prohibition on selling liquor to anyone except permit holder, permit to use or consumer liquor on warships, troopships and in messes and canteen of armed forces.