25.08.21

The Manohar Lal Khattar Government in Haryana got the contentious The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2021 passed in the State Assembly, amid protest and walkout by the Congress.

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The amendment, which essentially allows to speed up the land acquisition process for development projects, was passed after the rejected the demand of Congress to send it to the Select Committee of the House for greater scrutiny.

It was among the six Bills passed by the State Assembly, on the last day of the monsoon session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Terming the bill as anti-farmers, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that with the amendment, the government has removed the clause of the prior Consent of at least seventy per cent of those affected families for public private PARTNERSHIP projects.

The State Government intends to amend the Principal Act of 2013 to exempt certain development projects, including rural Infrastructure, affordable housing, industrial corridors, Health, Education and urban metro rail projects, from the preview Act pertaining to conducting Social Impact Assessment Study.

Punjab Government has named 10 government schools of the respective areas after the Olympic medal winner hockey players.

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Sharing the information, the state School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said that the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has given the approval to rename schools after the name of 11 Punjabi players of the Indian hockey team who won a bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020.

The Minister said that Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) Mithapur, Jalandhar, has been named after Indian hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, and the school will now be known as Olympian Manpreet Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur.

There was a golden contribution of Punjab in the field of Indian Sports and it has sent the second largest contingent in Olympics in the country as 20 sportspersons were from Punjab out of total 124.

Decks cleared for Rs 1,813-cr water scheme for Shimla

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Decks have been cleared for the Rs 1,813-crore Satluj water supply scheme for meeting the water requirements of the state capital till 2050 as the Cabinet approved the draft negotiation package for the -funded project.

The Cabinet at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur gave approval for the negotiations by the Urban Development Department with the World Bank and Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India for funding Shimla Water Supply and Sewerage Services delivery programme for improvement of water services in Greater Shimla Area.

Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj revealed that out of $250 million (Rs 1,813 crore), the World Bank will provide financial assistance to the tune of $160 million (Rs 1,160.32 crore) and the remaining amount of $90 million (Rs 652.68 crore) will be borne by the Himachal Government. He added that Principal Secretary, Department of Urban Development, had been authorized to finalize and sign the negotiation package with the World Bank.

The main component of the water scheme include augmentation of Shimla water supply from river Sutlej with additional 67 MLD to meet the water demand of the state capital up to year 2050. The scheme will help meet the bulk water supply requirement to Shimla peri-urban areas and meet the demand of Special Area Development Authorities (SADA) of Kufri, Shoghi, Ghanahatti and additional planning areasand improved sewerage services within the MC areas.

Corbett Tiger Reserve NTCA

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The Delhi has requested the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to reflect on consideration as illustration a petition to end the alleged illegal construction of bridges and partitions inside tiger breeding habitat of the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

About NTCA:

National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body . It is under the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate-change”>Climate Change.

It was installed in 2005 following the hints of the Tiger Task Force.

It was once constituted beneath enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation, as per powers and features assigned to it.

Giving wings to the hopes of the youth, the Uttar Pradesh government’s Swarojgar Yojana aims to make them financially stable by providing them employment and youths are being trained in various skills under the programme so that they may move towards self-reliance.

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Mega camps are also being organised at district level for disbursement of loans to the beneficiaries of Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME), Swarojgar and One District One Product (ODOP) schemes. Owing to these schemes, the educated unemployed are getting opportunities and skilled and hard working youths are getting a chance to stand on their feet.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had launched Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarojgar Yojana on August 11 last year to connect the youth with self-EMPLOYMENT. Under the scheme, youths are being attracted towards self-employment by giving them loans through banks as well as other support and as many as 1,11,000 young artisans are being trained.

The government has sanctioned loans worth more than Rs 7,500 crore to the beneficiaries of MSME, self-employed, ODOP, PM SVANidhi and other schemes by organising mega camps in all districts of the state from August 11. It is also going to organise campaigns soon to provide benefits of the scheme to other youths of the state. The government has also issued instructions to organise mega camps at the divisional level in the second half of September.

Filaria eradication programme will be launched in 12 filaria affected districts of the State by Health Minister Banna Gupta. This programme will run from August 23 to August 27 in the filaria affected areas.

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Mass Drug Administration campaign with two drugs DEC and Albendazole in 11 districts namely Giridih, Chatra, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Godda, Hazaribagh, Khunti, Lohardaga, Ranchi, West Singhbhum and three drugs that DEC, Albendazole and Ivermectin in Simdega will be done in compliance with the restrictions and protocols of Covid-19. The Mission Director said that the success of this programme is possible only when there is public participation in it and appealed to all the beneficiaries to take anti-filaria medicine.

Special postal cover on Sikki art released in Darbhanga

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With a view to going vocal for local, a special cover onSikkigrass products was released at the Postal Training Centre in Darbhanga.

Such special postal covers were necessary for making the traditional products of Bihar popular at the national level.

The special cover would help create awareness about Sikki craft and provide a fillip to the Cottage industries. Most Sikki artists belong to the lower strata of Society“.

The traditional craft, which received the geographical indication tag in 2007, is made from a special kind of grass called Sikki. The products are eco-friendly, natural, stylish, attractive, and affordable.

Chhattisgarh govt mulls to cut down liquor in phases

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The government-constituted committeethat was formed to study the aspects of liquor ban in Chhattisgarh, held its second meeting recently. The legislators said that since the sudden ban may disturb social fabric and increase smuggling, the state is looking for an alternative for habitual alcoholics.

The government is mulling to reduce the number of liquor shops and reduce the operation timing. It will also be taken care that the of alcohol does not adversely affect the culture of the tribals.

The committee will study the impact of liquor ban on state’s financial structure on the economy, on social sphere, challenges in implementing prohibition and situations impacting the law and order of the states.

Proposed pharma cluster near Indore eyes Rs 400 crore investment

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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.

The association has demanded 100 acres of land from the State Government to set up the cluster.

10,000 jobs to flood Gujarats IT sector in next six months

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Buoyed by the increasing demand for digitisation and automation in the states Information Technology (IT) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) sector, companies in Gujarat are looking to hire more people in the days to come. estimates by IT giants and other firms suggest that at least10,000 more people are expected to be hired in the IT sector of Gujarat in the coming two quarters.
For instance, Ahmedabad-based Outsourcing firm Analytix Business solutions (India), which provides technology solutions to US-based businesses, is looking to recruit more than 100-150 people in the coming months.

Gujarat is Home to at least 2,000 IT and ITES firms in addition to a slew of tech startups. With growing number of companies opting for automation, the demand for IT services has grown. Several businesses are undergoing cloud transition involving automation of basic business processes ranging from accounting to attendance and concierge management at break-neck speed.