25.06.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that special incentives will be given for setting up pharma industries in the state.

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The is focusing on boosting small, micro and medium scale industries and is steadily working towards developing the state into a hub of pharmaceutical Industry, the Chief Minister said while presiding over a meeting with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) held digitally,

The Chief Minister elaborated that a major area of the state falls under the NCR-region and it has Sound parameters and is all set to compete with other states.

He said that Haryana stood third in Ease of Doing Business. Besides this, the state has put 18 Departments under one umbrella where it is made mandatory to give clearance in 45 days. The State Government has formulated the Haryana Entrepreneur and EMPLOYMENT Enterprises Policy and under its ambit several facilities are being provided to the industry, he said.

Khattar further said that the State Government aims to set up a large number of such clusters at the district level under MSMEs so as to provide maximum employment opportunities to the youth of the state. With this scheme, more Marketing can be done at less cost.

To tackle the stray animal menace, the Punjab Government is set to take the help of technology. The Government will soon be launching an e-portal on which anyone can upload the picture of stray animals roaming in their area following which the enforcement staff will take them away and rehabilitate them at the pounds and sheds available for the purpose in the State.

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This 24×7 facility will be one-of-its-own-type and is aimed at checking the increasing menace of stray animals.

Besides, the existing capacity of the cattle pounds besides the sheds at the government facilities will also be augmented with additional space to accommodate more stray animals to be caught under the special drive to free the roads and public spaces of the stray animals in the state.

The uploaded picture on the portal shall be accessed at the headquarter level, from where the same will be automatically transferred to the concerned officials for catching and taking away the photographed stray animals.

On getting the intimation, the animal catching team, along with all requisite necessary equipment and , will move to the area concerned and bring that animal to the nearest shelter, pound, and shed with prior information to that government and private facility for making all the necessary arrangements for the arriving animal.

The animal, after being lodged at the facility, would be given due veterinary care by the local veterinarian and the requisite care and management would be provided by the concerned shelter house for ensuring proper rehabilitation of the caught stray animal.

In Himachal, 75% of abduction cases last year involved schoolgirls

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A perusal of the matter revealed that a majority of the cases were of elopement, but FIRs were registered for kidnapping or abduction. Also, in several cases after the girl was rescued or returned Home, parents filed a complaint under social pressure.

Sharing the data with department officials, Director, Higher Education, Amarjeet Sharma, has directed them to conduct awareness campaigns to sensitise the girls and file the action taken report.

Uttarakhand education department finalises draft on Fee Act after stakeholders’ suggestions

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After takingsuggestions from various stakeholders, the state Education department has finalised its draft on “Fee Act” in Uttarakhand.

The draft for the Fee Act has been made after studying the acts implemented in Hindi-speaking areas of the country. The suggestions of district administrations of Uttarakhand were also considered.
The private schools have made several demands to form the act in such a way that it doesnt create a hostile Environment for them to operate their education business.

Uttar Pradesh government to aid farmer producer organisations to get loans upto Rs 5 lakh from banks

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In a financial push to the agricultural sector, the on Monday decided to help farmer producer organisations (FPOs) in getting loans from banks besides provisioning aid in payable interest. Issuing a government order, additional chief secretary (Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi said that FPOs have the provision of getting WORKING CAPITAL under the Centres directions. He said FPOs face financial crunch because of the shortage of share capital and less number of members. This results in problems pertaining to purchase of raw material and other requisite equipment.

Chaturvedi said that at present, commercial, cooperative, schedule and regional banks are providing loans to FPOs at the rate of 9-11% to carry out commercial activities.

AState-level programme under Project Shishu for rehabilitation of children orphaned due to Covid-19 was organised by the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority in the virtual presence of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Cum-Patron-in-Chief Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority, Dr Ravi Ranjan, Judge Jharkhand High Court cum Executive Chairman JHALSA, Aparesh Kumar Singh and other honorable Judges, Jharkhand High Court.

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Under Project Shishu, a complete scheme has been made for the rehabilitation of orphaned children. The programme started with NALSA song and welcome message by Member Secretary JHALSA Mohammad Shakir.

Launching the programme, Chief Minister Soren said that under Project Shishu, a campaign has been started to support the orphaned children. Soren appreciated the efforts of Jhalsa members in launching the project. Chief Dr. Ravi Ranjan described Project Shishu as a major step taken for the rehabilitation of children orphaned in the epidemic. He said that this project has been launched at the right time and urged that there is a need for human sensitivity for the rehabilitation of children.

Bihars first transgender shelter home set up in Patna

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The states first-of-its-kind transgender shelter Home-cum-skill training centre has started functioning at Khagaul in westernPatnawith five inmates. Set up under the Garima Greh scheme of theMinistry of Social Justiceand Empowerment, the objective of setting up such a shelter home is to integrate transgender people into the mainstream.

The three-storey building would provide infrastructural support to 25 transgender persons at a time and make them self-sufficient by empowering with skill training programmes which may open a range of professions they can choose for their livelihoods. A separate skill training block has been built to provide soft skills.

Chhattisgarh’s forest policy is the main attraction in the third edition of ‘London Design Exhibition’ being held from June 1 to 27. This exhibition is being organized at Somerset House in the heart of London. The Chhattisgarh government is one of the sponsors of the India Pavilion.

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Chief Director Nisha Methui Ghosh selected Chhattisgarh’s forest policy for its multi-dimensional design and vision. The policy focuses on promoting and supporting commercial plantation for timber to meet industrial, furniture, firewood industries. The forest policy will help increase the forest area and to prevent Climate issues, ground water level, drought and floods.

Madhya Pradesh: Rs 300-crore boost for Agar-Malwa industrial belt

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The proposed industrial belt inAgar-Malwais attracting close to Rs300 crore investments from mostly micro and smallscale industries of the region.

The Madhya Pradesh industrial development Corporation (MPIDC),Indore, has taken possession of around 29.7 hectares for developing the multi-sector industrial belt. The proposed belt is expected to house around 200 micro and small units from engineering, packaging, automobile and other sectors.

As per the department, the industrial belt in Agar-Malwa is expected to give EMPLOYMENT to close to 2,000-2,500 people of the area. The industry department has held talks with industries and associations of the region to understand their requirements and facilities anticipated from the proposed industrial belt. A senior official from MPIDC, Indore said, Over 150 applications have come to us from various industries who are interested in taking up land in theAgar-Malwa industrial belt. This greatly helps us in understanding the interest level of industries though as per the rule, we will invite expressions of interest from industries.

According to the industry department, the phase one development of the Agar-Malwa industrial belt will cost Rs32 crore.

Only 62% of export credit target met in pandemic year

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As export volumes across varioussectorsdeclined in the pandemic year, only 62.11% of the export credit targets were met in the pandemic year. The export credit in 2020-21 stood at Rs 1,036 crore against a target of Rs 1,668 crore laid out in the service area credit plan (SACP) according to the latest report by state level bankers committee (SLBC).

Interestingly, barely 5% of the targeted accounts under SACP 2020-21 have sought credit, according to the SLBC report. Bankers said that export credit has gone down as exports across major sectors took long to recover in the subsequent quarters.