24.07.21

The Central Government has accorded approval for the Karnal-Yamunanagar railway line to be built along Western Yamuna Canal in Haryana. Besides this, the elevated railway track to be built in Kaithal has also been approved

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This was informed by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while interacting with the mediapersons after meeting the Union RAILWAY Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, in New Delhi.

Khattar said that the Central Government has approved the Karnal-Yamunanagar railway line to be built along the Western Yamuna Canal in Haryana. The construction along the Western Yamuna Canal will reduce the cost of construction of the Karnal-Yamunanagar railroad by about Rs 400 crore, he said.

Like the elevated railway track in Rohtak and Kurukshetra, the Central Government has also accorded approval for the elevated railway track to be constructed in Kaithal.

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh assured a farmers delegation that he would soon meet the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to raise their demand for further revision in compensation against land acquired by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Bharatmala Pariyojana.

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The farmers have rejected the meager compensation awarded by the District Revenue Officers (DROs), who have been designated as CALAs (Competent Authority for Land Acquisitions).

The issue relates to 25,000 hectares of land in 15 districts across the State. The land is under process of acquisition for the project covering multiple expressways, viz Delhi-Jammu-Katra, Jamnagar-Amritsar, Ludhiana-Ropar, Bathinda-Dabwali, besides bypass for Jalandhar and Ludhiana.

Uttarakhand CM announces Rs 200 crore package for 1.64 lakh associated with Char Dham & other sectors

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With Char Dham yatra yet to start for pilgrims this year, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday announced a Rs 200 crore package for 1.64 lakh people associated with the annual pilgrimage and other sectors. Due to the closure of the yatra for devotees, hotel and transport business, porters and other activities are almost at a standstill.

People engaged in various activities of tourism business and registered with the departments would be provided financial assistance of Rs 2,000 per month for six months. The move will benefit as many as 5,000 people.

Under the Uttarakhand Tourism Travel Business Manuals, financial assistance of Rs 10,000 would be provided to the 655 registered tour and adventure tour operators. River guides, 630 of them, will get Rs 10,000.

IIT-K Launches Technology Innovation Hub

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Indian Institute of Technology of Kanpur has launched the first technology innovation hub to find cybersecurity solutions for anti-drones technologies, intrusion detection systems, block-chain and cyber-physical systems.

Highlights:

As many as 13 start-ups & 25 research and development principal investigators were selected after a rigorous application process. The presence of cutting-edge technology in cybersecurity is accompanied by an increasing need to protect digital assets & deploy solutions for the common public, government, and .

C3i of IIT Kanpur hub will focus on safeguarding cyberspace including critical Infrastructure. The government is promoting Make-in India cybersecurity solutions to counter rising threats from neighbouring countries, particularly China.

Vedanta Group has spent Rs 331 crore on social impact initiatives in FY 2021. Vedantas CSR expenditure is 28 per cent or Rs 93 crore more than the stipulated requirement.

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Over the years, Vedanta has built one of the most recognised and impactful CSR programmes in India. During FY 2020, the company had spent Rs 296 crore on its CSR initiatives.

The companys CSR expenditure, which is among the highest by India Inc, has been spread across the companys core impact areas of Education, Health, sustainable livelihoods, Women Empowerment, Sports and culture, Environment and community development.

Each of the Group business units played its part by executing the respective CSR agenda, in line with the Group guidelines.

Vedanta is committed to conduct its business in a socially responsible, ethical and environment friendly manner and continuously works towards improving the Quality Of Life of the communities in and around its operational areas.

Vedanta has recently announced the Anil Agarwal Foundation initiative of Swasth Gaon Abhiyan and has created a roadmap to spend Rs 5,000 crore over the next five years to provide end-to-end healthcare to communities across 24 districts in 12 states.

Mines and geology department on Thursday fixed the rates of sand to be sold from the identified storage points in Patna, Rohtas, Aurangabad and Bhojpur districts.

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According to a notification issued by the mines department, while per 100 cft of sand will cost Rs 4,027 in Patna, the same quantity will be sold at Rs 4,000 in Bhojpur district.

TheDMhas made clusters in all the blocks concerned in association with the Police stations. The officials have been asked to ensure that the commodity was sold from the identified storage points only by the authorised dealers/contractors.

Fishermen, like farmers, in Chhattisgarh are set to get benefits such as interest free loans as well as concessions in water and electricity cess following the government’s decision to give fishery the status of agriculture in the state.

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This will not only promote fishery in the state but also bring about positive changes in the lives of 220,000 people engaged in the , an official Communication said on Friday.

In the last two and a half years, the governments efforts have resulted in a significant expansion of the fishery sector.

The state has registered a Growth of 13 percent in terms of fish seed production and 9 percent in fish production. At present, fishermen get a loan of up to Rs 1 lakh at 1 percent interest and a loan of up to Rs 3 lakh at 3 percent interest.

Now with fishery getting the status of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, people in the fishery sector will get loans from Cooperative Societies at 0 percent interest. Fishermen will also have credit card facility.

In Chhattisgarh, water for fish farming has to be supplied from Irrigation Dams and reservoirs through canal in an area of 30,000 hectares, for which fish farmers and fishermen pay Rs 4 per 10,000 cubic feet of water.

Chhattisgarh ranks sixth in the country for production of fish seeds and fishes. Now Chhattisgarh has a chance of moving up the rank and becoming the leading state in the field.

Chhattisgarh is self-sufficient in terms of fish seed production and supplies fish seed to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Bihar.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh meets the standards of E.S.G. (Environment, Social Responsibility and Governance) of Industrial Development. The State has a clean environment, good work is being done under Corporate Social Responsibility and we are committed to good governance.

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Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh has all facilities and favourable Environment for . Madhya Pradesh is among the leading States of the country in Ease of Doing Business. Come, invest in Madhya Pradesh, earn profits for yourself and provide EMPLOYMENT opportunities to the people of Madhya Pradesh.

Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh is number one in the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector in India. The Basmati rice and Sharbati wheat here are unmatched. Horticulture and medicinal crops are abundant. There is also a huge potential for investment in the pharmaceutical sector.

Madhya Pradesh is a five-time winner of the Krishi Karman Award . The agricultural Growth rate of the state is around 20 percent. In Madhya Pradesh, special attention is being paid to value addition, Food Processing and Organic Farming of agricultural products.

High wind speed acrosscoastal regionsofGujarathas pushed upelectricitygeneration from wind energy close to record-level. The average wind power generation in Gujarat shot up 106 million units (MUs) or 4,432 MW on Wednesday, which was in striking distance of the all-time high wind power generation of 108 MUs or 4,600 MW recorded across the state in July 2019.

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The Average generation was just 552 MW (13 MUs) on Wednesday last week. According to the Western Regional Load Dispatch Centre (WRLD), a central government entity, the daily peak of wind power generation in Gujarat was recorded at 4,712MW on Wednesday, when the states maximum electricity demand was recorded at 14,758 MW.

In fact, the state produced more power from wind farms than conventional thermal power Plants. Electricity generation from sources is growing at a faster rate with new projects coming up across Gujarat, which is the second largestproducerof wind power (with total installed capacity of 7,542 MW) in India afterTamil Nadu.

Despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Gujarat witnessed the highest addition of wind power generation capacity in the country during 2020-21.
Wind power projects having cumulative generation capacity of 1,020.3 MW were installed and commissioned in Gujarat from April 2020 to March 2021, shows data compiled by Indian WindTurbineManufacturers Association (IWTMA).