25.02.23

Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Sunday said that the government would soon introduce Emergency Response System based on coordination of Private and Government Hospitals to attend to the patients in critical need.

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He said that top priority would be given to the Emergency Response System which includes setting up a strong Network of more than 1400 ambulances of private and government hospitals, deputation of advanced life support ambulances in all Government Hospitals situated on highways in the state, blood donors’ directory, etc.

Terming the Farishtey scheme another step towards saving lives of accident victims in golden hours, the Minister appealed to all the residents to equip their vehicles with first aid kits besides rushing the victim to the nearest hospital.

Himachal tops in crime tracking

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The state has emerged No 1 in the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) rankings for the month of January.

The hill state has topped the rankings with 99.7 points, while Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat took the second and third position with 99.01 and 97.08 points, respectively. According to the press release issued by the Police here today, Himachal has ticked all the parameters used to determine the rankings.

The hill state has topped the CCTNS rankings among the northeastern states for three years in a row since 2020.

Entry & darshan at Char Dham shrines via QR codes

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With a huge turnout of pilgrims expected this year at the four Himalayan shrines of Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath — over 81,000 have registered for Kedarnath and Badrinath alone in past three days — the Uttarakhand government has taken to technology to facilitate a smooth pilgrimage.
Last year, during the peak of theChar Dham yatra season, there were instances of pilgrims waiting for hours in biting cold for darshan at the high-altitude shrines.

Bareilly division tops state in implementation of schemes

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TheBareillydivision has topped the state in implementation of government schemes.

In the latest rankings released by the programme implementation department ofUttar Pradeshfor assessing development in divisions and districts, Bareilly division is followed by Varanasi, Lucknow, Meerut and Saharanpur.

The department has also ranked the districts of Bareilly, Badaun, Shahjahanpur and Pilibhit of Bareilly division as the best performers among districts. Bareilly CommissionerSanyukta Samaddarsaid that in line with the governments directions, public welfare schemes and projects have been implemented uniformly in all the districts of Bareilly division.

Under Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana, about 18,34,436 golden cards have been made in Bareilly division.

Jharkhand govt may reopen schools closed during BJP regime

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The state governments school and Literacy mission department is considering to reopen schools which were closed or merged with other institutes on various grounds during the previousBJPadministration between 2014 and 19.
TheJharkhand Education Project Council(JEPC) has initiated steps in this regard by asking all 24 districts to conduct surveys at their levels and submit their feedback for taking an appropriate decision.

According toJPECs data, about 4,096 schools were closed or merged since the 2016-17 academic session on grounds such as lack of sufficient students, teacher crunch or close proximity between two similar schools among others. The BJP government had then justified the move to rationalise the states schooling set-up for better efficiency. However, the move met with resistance and criticism from various levels and claimed that it also resulted in high dropout rates.

Bihar government’s focus on good governance, says Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

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Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekarsaid that the government has been pursuingcrime controland law and order management with utmost diligence, besides paying attention to constructing Police buildings and establishing forensic science laboratory in all the police zones on a priority basis to strengthen the police force.

The governor also said land has been identified in this regard for all new construction activities and to be incurred on each of the activities has also been sanctioned.
He said the government has been working with zero Tolerance on Corruption, and effectively implementing the Prohibition policy under which 2,611 accused persons from outside the state, including 115 big players involved in illegal liquor trade, have been nabbed.

Mitan scheme getting tremendous response

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Government documents are being made available at citizens doorsteps in urban areas under the Chhattisgarh government’s Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana.

An official Communication on Wednesday said over 62,000 people have scheduled appointments to receive government documents at their homes.

And nearly 51,000 citizens have received official documents at Home, it said.

Similarly, more than 1.25 lakhs citizens have sought information regarding obtaining government documents by contacting Mitan Yojana’s Toll Free number 14545. On the direction of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the doorstep delivery of government documents was started on May 1, 2022 in all 14 municipal corporations of the state to make government documents available to citizens.

Madhya Pradesh has 11.2 Gigawatt pumped hydro storage capacity, says Hardeep Dang

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New and Minister Hardeep Singh Dang said that Madhya Pradesh will create its own special place in the country in pumped hydro storage projects. According to the assessment made by the Central Electricity Authority, the capacity of 11.2 Gigawatt pumped hydro storage projects is available for development in Madhya Pradesh.

The Cabinet has decided to implement the pumped hydro storage projects and execute the tender process.
In order to encourage the pumped hydro storage project, registered projects will be given incentives and benefits including exemption under Madhya Pradesh Renewable Energy Policy-2022 in proposed electricity fee and energy development undertaking, reimbursement of stamp duty, exemption in wheeling charges, exemption in registration-cum-facilitation fee and government land with the right to use at cent percent circle rate.

Farmland jantri higher than non-agricultural!

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Revenue officials of the Ahmedabad collectorate have identified several anomalies arising from the recently announced increase in jantri rates, which were doubled for all areas across the state.

At a meeting of stakeholders which included revenue officials, a real estate association placed on record their objections with regard to the jantri rates.

Revenue officials also said that in certain villages, the jantri rate for agricultural land is higher than for non-agricultural land. Another matter was that rates of plots next to 60-foot roads were 30% higher than commercial rates in the same area.

Officials have also demanded clear demarcation of jantri rates for residential, commercial and industrial plots, which is not the case right now.

Pushkar to get Rs 500 crore for development

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Local self government minister Shanti Dhariwal took up the issue of undertaking a development work forPushkarin a review meeting attended by RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore and senior officials of the UDH department.
Rathore said, the works would entail expenses of about Rs 500 crore and the work will be done in phases.

Listing out the works, he said that the prioroty is to stop the inflow of dirty water into Pushkar Sarovar. Similarly, renovation and beautification of Brahma temple, beautification of 24 Kosi Parikrama Yatra Marg, renovation of Pushkar would be undertaken. These are some of the works among 100 identified amd discussed in the meeting.