26.08.21

In a bid to streamline the setting up of ventures like amusement parks, 5-star hotels, resorts in agriculture zones of the State, the BJP-JJP led Haryana Government has come out with a new change of land use (CLU) policy.

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The policy, approved by the Governor, has been formulated by the Town and Country Planning Department.

The new policy, which is framed in continuation to the governments guidelines issued last year for granting permission for a CLU to establish projects like drive-in theatres, Sports academies and banquet halls outside municipal limits, will keep a check on haphazard Growth of illegal buildings in Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture zones besides boosting investments.

The policy allows setting up a resort, amusement park or theme park in the agriculture zone in a minimum area of 2.5 acres while there is no limit for maximum area. The floor area ratio allowed is 0.5 and the maximum ground coverage is 30 percent while the commercial component will be 15 percent.

The conversion charges for the area under 15 percent commercial component of the amusement park will be charged at commercial rates and for the balance area, conversion charges applicable for recreational use shall be charged. For setting up a 5-star hotel, the policy allows a minimum area of 4 acres while maximum area will be 10 acres. The floor area ratio allowed is 0.75, the maximum ground coverage is 30 percent while the commercial component will be 15 percent.

An Industry Roundtable Meet by SBI-PHDCCI was organised at Ludhiana to Strengthen the Base of Punjabs MSMEs and Export Ecosystem in which important industry stakeholders and exporters of Punjab came on a common idea and discussed crucial aspects concerning businesses and project finance focus on MSMEs, large corporates and enhancing the export potential from the state.

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SBI-PHDCCI Roundtable Meet at Ludhiana was attended by the key policymakers from SBI and states industry to ideate the way forward for an ever closer cooperation between SBI and industry entities in Punjab to support the economic fundamentals and strengthen the business ecosystem.

Over 3K street vendors given loan in Himachal: Minister Suresh Bhardwaj

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Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj said here today that more than 3,000 people had been given collateral-free loans worth Rs 3 crore under the PM Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi.

The state has 5,790 street vendors registered with the department of which more than 3,000 have benefited by this scheme, he said. Bhardwaj said the councillors and officials concerned would reach out to street vendors to make them aware of the scheme.

The minister directed officers of the Urban Development Department to communicate with banks to dispose of the pending cases. The scheme aimed to provide WORKING CAPITAL loans up to Rs 10,000 at a subsidised rate of interest for one year.

The Uttarakhand Assembly passed the supplementary Budget of Rs 5,720 crore on the third day of Monsoon Session. The Assembly also passed supplementary Budget demands of different government departments on the day. The proceedings of the day started with the members of the Congress party demanding discussion under rule 310 on unemployment. The Speaker however allowed discussion on unemployment under rule 58.

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The House also passed the IMS Unison University (amendment) bill, the DIT university (amendment) bill and Uttarakhand Goods and Service Tax (GST) (amendment) bill 2020-21 on the day.

Aiming to improve the living standards of poor families, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath started the distribution of free cooking gas connections under the Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana).

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Enabling households to cook using smoke-free fuels, the Uttar Pradesh government has set a target to provide 20 lakh free cooking gas connections to the poor families under Ujjwala 2.0.

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana under which Women of below https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line (BPL) families are being provided with clean cooking fuel was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) on May 1, 2016.

Distributing free LPG connections through a virtual programme from his official residence in Lucknow, Yogi Adityanath also interacted with the beneficiaries from as many as 10 districts, including Banda, Chitrakoot, Hardoi, Amethi, Farrukhabad, Sonbhadra, Rae Bareli, Mahoba, Budaun and Fatehpur.

Jharkhand is all set to launch its very own industrial and investment promotion policy to revive business opportunities in the State and transform the image of Jharkhand from a State of mines and minerals to a State full of opportunities across multiple sectors. The Government-led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been working tirelessly to attract investment in Jharkhand and to create a vast range of business opportunities in the state. The CM envisions establishing the State as one of the first and foremost investment destinations in the country.

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The CM will launch Jharkhand Industrial and Promotion Policy 2021 at the Investors meet to be organised on August 27 and 28 in New Delhi. The investors meet will also include business to Government meetings with interested investors. During B2G, the Chief Minister will hold one on one meetings with all such stakeholders/ representatives from different business houses from across the country, where he will listen to the proposals and requisitions of investors for required interventions.

With the launch of JIIPP 2021, the State Government is looking towards promoting business opportunities in the field of Textile and Apparels, Automobile, Auto-Components and Electric Vehicles, Food and Meat Processing, Pharma, Electronic System Design and Manufacturing, Tourism, Health, IT & ITeS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, Breweries and Distilleries, Startup and Incubation centres, Education and Technical Institutes and other MSMEs.

To establish the State as a hub of electronic manufacturing & system design, a dedicated Adityapur Electronic Manufacturing Cluster has been established near Jamshedpur under the aegis of Adityapur Electronic Manufacturing Cluster Limited, a special purpose company for the smooth functioning of EMC. Aditypur EMC is a greenfield project spread across 82 acres of land. The campus has 92 flatted factory units ready with plug & play facility. An area of 49 acres has been booked for open infra, which is ready to be allocated for 51 electronic manufacturing units.

The Government aims to attract an investment of up to Rs 1,00,000 crore through JIIPP 2021. To attract a large number of investors the Government has proposed many attractive incentive provisions. The proposed Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion policy promises investors up to 100 per cent relief from SGST for up to 9 Years whereas 75 per cent for large scale industries which is again for up to 12 Years. The policy incentivises investors up to Rs 25 crore as a comprehensive investment project subsidy with an additional 5 per cent incentive provision for SC/ST/Women/Specially abled investors. Apart from these, the policy has provisions for Early Bird Subsidy, Anchor Subsidy, Interest Subsidy, Power Subsidy and many more.

Jharkhand is one of the largest producers of Tasar silk in India, 2nd Largest producer of Horticulture crops, ranked 5 th in Ease of Doing Business. 33 National Highways pass through Jharkhand, the state has excellent Rail, Road, Air and Port connectivity. Also, Indias 2nd multi-model water port has been made in the state of Jharkhand on the river Ganges, which opens up industries established in Jharkhand to the global market. It creates an excellent opportunity for the investors to connect to the markets of Indo-Nepal-Bangladesh and North-East through waterways.

The Government strives for industrial development in the State. To achieve desired results the Government is planning to attract new investments but also wants to revive ill/sick industrial units. The government has marked industrial units which can be revived and turned into production units, such industrial units will be restarted under the beneficial provisions of JIIPP 2021.

534 blocks to get 1 modern ambulance each: Bihar health minister

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The 534 blocks of the state will now get one advance life support ambulance each for transporting serious patients from remote villages to the nearest district hospital or medical college and hospital for treatment.

State Health minister Mangal Pandey said these ambulances would be equipped with cardiac units, portable ventilators, monitors, Oxygen and other life-saving medical devices. The initiative is part of the state governments preparation to face the likely third wave ofCovidpandemic.

As health experts have expressed fears that the third wave of the pandemic might affect children the most as they have not been immunised yet, the has launched an initiative to set up paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) at all the important government hospitals.

The Chhattisgarh Yoga Commission called for starting a Yoga Wing in schools, holding yoga classes in urban bodies and yoga camps in rural areas.

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Social Welfare Minister Anila Bhedia presided over the fourth general body meeting of the Commission here, an official Communication said.

As a pilot project, from next month, classes will commence in all the 70 wards of Raipur Municipal Corporation. A yoga wing will be opened in the schools.

The yoga classes and yoga camps will be held from September to December.

The meeting also gave Consent for yoga programmes for pregnant Women with assistance from Unicef. The project will be implemented in Kondagaon district.

Kalbelia magic unfolds at Bhopals Tribal Museum

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RajasthansKalbeliatribe with its nomadic rituals, colourful dances and apparel has always been an enigma for the rest of the world. To showcase their stunning craftsmanship and creativity to Bhopals culture aficianados, a unique camp has been organised atTribal Museum.

The 10-day event, titled Nispand, offers ample opportunities toBhopalisto see the Kalbeliacraftsmenup close, fine-tuning the art of gudadi, surma, beadwork and embroidery.

RBSK data to be used for comorbidity scan in Gujarat

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About 1.6 crore children and teen are covered under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) (National Child Health Programme) inGujarat. The data will be used for assessing children with comorbidities in preparedness of the possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, said senior health department officials.

TheSchool Health Programmeis also extended to all below 18 years of age recently, bringing all children and teens under the umbrella for free health Services at government hospitals.