The government has approved the country’s largest ever hydropower project in the region bordering China as it seeks to build renewable generation to meet rising power demand.
It has approved the estimated of $3.9 billion for the 2,880-megawattDibangproject inArunachal Pradesh, hydropower producer NHPC Ltd said on Monday. The project is likely to be completed in nine years.
Child marriageis a major problem inAssamand many other parts of the country. Despite laws and policies to curb the menace, it continues unabated in the region.
The root causes of child marriage in Assam are POVERTY, social and cultural norms, and a lack of Education. In many rural areas of the state, families consider child marriage as a way to secure the future of their daughter. They believe that getting her married at an early age will ensure her financial security and protect her from social stigma. In some communities, child marriage is also seen as a means of establishing a social alliance between families.
The consequences of child marriage are severe and far-reaching.Child bridesare forced to leave school and miss out on the opportunity to receive an education. They also face increased Health risks, including complications during pregnancy and childbirth, and a higher risk ofdomestic violence. Furthermore, child brides are often unable to exercise their basic rights and have limited autonomy, which can have a detrimental impact on their mental and physical well-being.
In a move to protect the Environment, the has decided to scrap its vehicles which have completed 15 years to its initial registration.
Commerce and Transport, Principal Secretary Usha Padhee has written a letter to all senior officials to scrap all Government vehicles of more than 15 years of old in Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) Centers.
As per the amended Central Motor Vehicle Rules, the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle owned by the State Government, ULBs, State PSUs, corporations established, owned or controlled by the State Government, would expire after the lapse of fifteen years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle.
Further, the certificate of registration of Government vehicles, if already renewed, such certificate should be treated as cancelled on completion of 15 years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle Padhee stated in her letter.
In order to facilitate scrapping of old vehicles, the Odisha Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Policy, 2022 has been notified by the Transport Department.
Under the policy guidelines, it has also been mandated that all Government vehicles under different Government Departments, PSUs, organisations, autonomous councils and ULBs above 15 years of age are to be mandatorily scrapped through a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF).
Seeking to bring about aparadigm shiftin the government’spaddy procurement system, the is all set to rope in private players to process paddy procured by the civil supplies corporation fromfarmers. Sources said the government would sign agreements with private players for 10 years.
Drenching of paddy bags in direct procurement centres (DPCs) will be a thing of the past as modern rice mills of 200TPD (tonnes per day) would come up at Theni, and six units of 500TPD would come up at Thanjavur, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai and Thiruvarur districts. These centres to be established by private players would have adequate warehouses/silo to store 1,500MT/3,500MT. They would also have facilities for post-harvesting activities, said sources.
The rice will be sent for public distribution in bags of 5kgs-50kgs as stipulated by the Civil Supplies Corporation.
The state procures 40 lakh tonnes of paddy annually. It hulls paddy in its own 21 rice mills and through 592 private hulling agents. They have a minimum capacity of 100TPD. Frequent cyclonic storms result in moisture level rising in paddy. Hence, they require post-harvest drying facility.
The rice mills and hulling agents, however, lack drying and storage facilities, which results in large scale damage to paddy and deterioration of quality of rice and by-products. “Tenders will be floated in a few days to engage private players to save the paddy from getting spoilt and improve the quality of rice being supplied to PDS outlets,” said a senior official.
will launch a special drive Mission 2024 to ensure that all institutions of the higher Education-sector”>Education sector haveNational Assessment and Accreditation Council(NAAC) accreditation by 2024, said higher education ministerR Bindu.
She was speaking at Excellentia 23, organised by the government to felicitate higher education institutions that achieved A++ or A+ ranking in the NAAC accreditation at Rajagiri Valley in Kakkanad on Friday. She also said besides supporting institutions to secure NAAC accreditation, the government has set up State Assessment and Accreditation Centre. Assessments by these councils will help institutions improve international rankings.
TheKarnatakagovernment proposed to set up a cloud-based state data centre with an outlay of Rs 590 crore for various departments and . Information technology (IT) is being used extensively in the administration of the state, chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaisaid, adding the security of the administrative system is of extreme priority.
The government proposed to simplify the Professions Tax Act by amending the law.
To provide relief to the lower income class, it is proposed to raise the tax exemption limit from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per month for salaried or wage-earning employees
The Forum for https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance has alleged violations in usage of funds granted under the constituency development programme (CDP) by MLAs and MLCs and said no audit of CDF was done since formation ofTelanganain 2014.
Under CDP, the government gives funds to legislators to recommend works in their respective constituencies with emphasis on creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs. EachMLAandMLCis eligible to sanction development works worth 2.5 crore in their respective constituencies.
Andhra Universityhas received a proposal to be associated with the IndianNavyto offer academic training toAgniveers. This is the first time for any Indian university to receive such a proposal related to Agniveers. For the uninitiated, the approved the Agnipath scheme in 2022, which allows the selected youth to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years.
As per the initial proposals, faculty from Andhra University will visit the Navy establishments to offer courses/training sessions to the in-service Agniveers in domain areas such as Disaster Management, fire safety, Waste Management, arboriculture, etc.
The state intends to use thePM Gati Shakti national mission portalto create a ‘Cultural Atlas of Goa’ and a time series map and analysis of domestic and international tourist footfalls in the state. The project will be implemented using funds allocated to the tourism department and no central funding will be sought, officials said.
To create the cultural atlas, a list of all festivals, events and fairs will be identified and marked on aGISmap. TheGoa Electronics Limitedand the tourism department will work on the project and will also identify and map all the libraries, religious sites and museums in the state.
Goa prepared the evacuation plan for flood-prone regions of Sanquelim and Amona using the Gati Shakti portal. The shortest distance to reach mapped key assets such as government buildings, schools, places of worship andhospitals was planned, said Sachan.
A committee formed under the state town planning department will start visiting the 30 proposed integrated townships inMaharashtrafrom month-end to check upon their progress and submit a report to the in six months.
Most of the 30 proposed townships are coming up in Pune, Konkan and Nagpur divisions. Twelve of them are in the construction stage, the department said.