25.11.22

Institutes ink MoU to work for Uttarakhand’s integrated development

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Two prestigious institutes – Dr RS ToliaUttarakhandAcademy of AdministrationNainitaland Indian Institute Of Management Kashipur – signed a MoU to coordinate and dedicate their Resources towards integrated development of Uttarakhand.

As per the MoU, both institutes agreed to coordinate and dedicate their resources towards integrated development of Uttarakhand. The possibility of helping each other through “faculty exchange programme” and “capacity building” was discussed at length. Both institutes also agreed to share their strategic resources.

Increase credit-deposit ratio to 60%: Uttar Pradesh chief secretary DS Mishra

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During the state-level bankers committee meeting held on Wednesday, chief secretaryDS Mishrasaid that the credit-deposit ration should be increased from the current 40% to 60% inMadhyanchal, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand in the next four months.

Along with this, he said, there is a need to focus on aspirational districts, blocks and cities and added that districts which are lagging in crop Insurance along with other kinds of insurance must be pulled ahead. Loan melas should be organised in districts so that maximum number of people can take advantage of schemes, he said.

During the meeting it was informed that in the quarter ended September, the total deposits in the state were Rs 14.31 lakh crore against Rs 13.13 lakh crore in September 2021. The advance in September 2022 was 7.51 lakh crore, which is Rs 84,449 crore more than last year. The Banking business in the current financial year saw an increase of Rs 62,166 crore, taking the business to Rs 21.90 lakh crore this year.

In the current financial year, UP saw an improvement in banking with appointment of 10,034 bank mitra and 7,664 bank sakhis and addition of 207 ATMs. Against a target of loans of Rs 2,94,988 crore in this financial year, loans of Rs 1,42,537 crore or 48% have been disbursed till September 2022.

Jkhand to roll out smart agro village scheme soon

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The state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department is soon going to launch smart agro village scheme to develop several pockets into model agri-centres which will promote latest farming techniques and boost farmers income.

Local MLAs have been asked to recommend sites for the scheme in their respective constituencies.

Jharkhand has 81 MLAs of which the minister said that so far they have received recommendations from 36 law makers.

Detailing on the scheme, he said, Under this project, we aim to develop the identified hamlet into a model and zone. Out here, all the best practices of agriculture and its allied activities will be implemented to encourage other hamlets to take up agriculture. The idea is to promote such models of agriculture through community participation so that farmers income can increase, productivity gets enhanced and Jharkhands overall agri-capacity gets a boost.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launches Ganga water supply scheme at Rajgir

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Calling it path breaking, a marvel of engineering, avant-garde and outcome of Himalayan resolve of the , CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday inaugurated theGangaJal Aapurti Yojana (Ganga Water Supply Scheme) atRajgir.

The first phase of the scheme will ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply to Rajgir, Bodh Gaya and Gaya towns. The CM is to launch the Gaya and Bodh Gaya Plants on Monday. Nawada is in the second phase of the project.

The novelty of the scheme lies in the fact that floodwater from the Ganga is being lifted, transported in a special pipeline to 151 kms, stored in huge reservoirs, treated in state-of-the-art water treatment plant and then supplied as potable water to households and institutions in these cities.

Chhattisgarh to make its ration shops sustainable, profitable

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Chhattisgarhhas initiated the process for transforming the fair price shops across the state into sustainable and profitable model shops instead of letting them run on a commission basis.

If everything goes right, the fair price shops will start selling FMCG, grocery goods, Banking, postal and mobile recharging Services from fiscal 2023-24.

Chhattisgarhs food secretaryTopeshwar Vermatold TOI that the has plans to implement the model fair price shop programme from the financial year 2023-24.

As many as 13655 ration shops are being operated across the state under the Public Distribution System and these shops only deal with rice,gramand salt. Once these shops are converted into model shops, they will be able to sell all kinds of grocery goods.
There are 72,58,241 ration card holders in the state and over 2.62 crore people are linked with these ration cards. In this way, a major chunk of consumers will be connected to the model ration shops.

Craftsmen of MP honoured with Shilp Guru and National Award

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Mohammad Yusuf Khatri of Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the Shilp Guru Award for the year 2017 for the conservation of the legacy of Bagh Print handicraft.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal honoured him with Gold Medal and Tamra Patra at Vigyan Bhawan Delhi. Shilp Guru Awards and National Awards for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 were presented at the ceremony.

Mohammad Naseer of Dhar district was honoured with the year 2017 National Award for sari hand-block printing craft and Mubarik Khatri for hand block print on bamboo mats curtains and Late Pradeep Jharia and Pawan Kumar Jharia of Neemuch district for extinct Tarapur hand-block printing art.

eGramSwaraj and Audit Online of Ministry of Panchayati Raj wins GOLD AWARD under the National Awards for e-Governance

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e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline) of Ministry of has won the GOLD AWARD under the category “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” of the National Awards for e-Governance.

The award is a recognition of the excellent and exemplary work done by Team eGovernance and supported by Team NIC-MoPR.

MoU signed between Ministry of Ayush and Department of Science and Technology

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Ministry of Ayush, Government of India and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences today. The MoU will identify the potential areas of research to explore cooperation, convergence, and synergy for evidence-based scientific intervention in the Ayush sector and further application of these into the public Health care system.

Through the MoU Ministry of Ayush and DST have agreed to jointly undertake R&D activities on scientific validation of Ayush concepts, procedures and products, create a platform for the exchange of information and bring about the application of modern science toward understanding the Ayush-related basic concepts and principles.

Centre releases Rs. 17,000 crore of GST compensation to States/UTs

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The Central Government released an amount of Rs. 17,000 crore to States/UTs on 24.11.2022 towards the balance GST compensation for the period April to June, 2022 (State-wise details as per Table below). The total amount of compensation released to the States/UTs so far, including the aforesaid amount, during the year 2022-23 is Rs.1,15,662 crore.

This is despite the fact that total Cess collection till October, 2022 is only Rs.72,147 crore and the balance of Rs.43,515 crore is being released by the Centre fromits ownresources. With this release, the Centre has released, in advance, the entire amount of Cess estimated to be collected this year till March-end available for payment of compensation to States. This decision was taken to assist the States in managing their Resources and ensuring that their programmes especially the expenditure on capital is carried out successfully during the financial year.

World Intellectual Property Indicators 2022

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The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) recently released the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2022.

The World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) is an authoritative report that provides an overview of activities in areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, Microorganisms, plant variety protection, and creative economy. It is released every year by WIPO. The WIPI 2022 compiled the data from around 150 national and regional intellectual property offices across the globe.

In 2021, around 3.4 million patent applications were filed across the world. This is a 3.6 per cent increase from the previous year.

The top two countries with highest number of patent filings are India and China.