27.08.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday congratulated Singhraj Adhana for winning the bronze medal in shooting at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Tokyo and announced a cash reward of Rs 2.5 crore and a government job for him.

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The Chief Minister said that winning the bronze medal in P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol event at Tokyo Paralympics is the result of Singhraj Adhana’s sheer determination. He has won the hearts of the people of Haryana as well as the whole of India, said the Chief Minister.

Khattar said that as per its Sports Policy, the is giving equal Awards, government jobs and other facilities to Paralympic players as being given to the general sportspersons. He congratulated Singhraj Adhana and wished him a bright future.

Fulfilling a major poll promise, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday launched the enhanced Social Security pension of Rs 1,500 per month a threefold increase from Rs 500 given earlier.

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The Chief Minister, during a launching event, claimed that out of 547 poll promises made in the manifesto, 422 have already been fully implemented, 52 partially while 59 are yet to be implemented.

Notably, people from across the state virtually joined the event at nearly 4,000 different locations while several Ministers, MLAs, and other peoples representatives participated at 400 functions organized in different parts of the State for disbursal of cheques of enhanced social security pension.

The states Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary lauded the Chief Minister to double the social security pension from Rs 750 to Rs 1500 per month from July 1, 2021, to 27 lakh old age, widow, destitute and handicapped beneficiaries.

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said that the State Government is committed to ensure overall development of the tribal areas.

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Several schemes have been launched for the development of tribal areas in the state, the Chief Minister said while addressing a public meeting at Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district.

Thakur also inaugurated Yoche-Boltozing Road constructed by spending an amount of Rs 1.34 crore. He laid foundation stones of Rs 12.24 Shopping Complex and Parking at Keylong, Rs 13.69 crore augmentation work of Drinking Water Supply Scheme Keylong, Rs 1.10 crore Fire Hydrant for Keylong, Rs 1.33 crore Flow Irrigation Scheme Kardang, Rs 85 lakh Flow Irrigation Scheme, Tozing, Rs 1.26 crore Flood Protection Work at Jispa, Rs 6.59 crore Flood Protection Work for Goshal, Rs 45 lakh Flow Irrigation Scheme, Kawaring, Rs 1.19 crore Flow Irrigation Scheme, Bargul and Rs 78 lakh Flow Irrigation Scheme, Rogling.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and IIT Roorkee has developed an app, in a joint venture, that can predict natural disasters.

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App will alert about possible natural calamities in advance.

Uttarakhand cabinet has also formed an expert committee that will tell us about the quantum of rainfall in each area in order to make arrangements in advance.

According to minister, Doppler Radar has started functioning at Mukteshwar. Radar will also be installed at Surkanda Devi within 1-1.5 months.

Third Doppler Radar will be installed in Lansdowne.

As a tribute to former UP chief ministerKalyan Singh, the UP government on Monday announced that one road each in six districts Ayodhya, Lucknow, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Etah and Prayagraj would be renamed after the stalwart saffron party leader who passed away in Lucknow on August 21.

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Sources said PWD is contemplating renaming the road leading to Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya where the Ram Temple is coming up as Kalyan Singh Marg.
The other five districts, too, have been strategically selected. Prayagraj is an important Hindu religious centre, while Lucknow is the state capital. Atrauli in Aligarh was Kalyans birthplace and he won nine UP assembly from the seat since 1967. He lost it only in 1980 to Anwar Khan of Congress. After leaving the BJP in 1999, he had formed Jan Kranti Party (Rashtrawadi) and won from Atrauli in 2002 assembly elections.

Jharkhand HRD Minister Jagarnath Mahato informed a delegation of para teachers that the Government has taken the decision to accommodate demands of para teachers from pay hike to regularisation of their service.

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The Minister informed the delegation that the Jharkhand government is working on the proposal on the line of the Bihar Government where para teachers too had carried agitation for their demands.

At present there are around 65,000 para teachers working in Jharkhand and out of these, 13000 teachers are TET qualified. Once their service is regularised para teachers will be able to work till 60 years of age. They will be entitled for a pay scale of Rs 5,200-Rs20,000 besides three percent increase in pay scale per year.

Bihar CMNitish Kumar made an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Darbhanga and Madhubani districts and asked the district magistrates concerned to ensure that the people staying at the relief camps do not face any inconvenience.

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The CM also inspected the flood situation in Kusheshwar Asthan Purvi blocks Adalpur and Sahorawa village by the NDRF boat. Accompanied by states Resources“>Water Resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha and several senior officials, the CM inquired about the facilities and relief being provided to the flood-affected people camping on the nearby roads. He also visited the flood relief camp at Masankhor High School under Kusheshwar Asthan Purvi block and also inspected the temporary shelter made for the flood-affected pregnant Women, community kitchen and a smart class being run in the school.

The Central government is committed to an integrated approach to ensure health, education, better living and livelihood in the tribal forest villages with women’s welfare on priority, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda said.

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The aim is to boost institutional efforts to make the tribals economically and socially self-reliant. This is possible by ensuring overall development with regular EMPLOYMENT opportunities.

Appreciating the Chhattisgarh government, he said it has done good work of covering 57 forest minor produce under the minimum support price.

District administration claimed to have carried 100 per cent first dose inoculation of Covid-19 vaccine in eligible candidates, makingIndorethe first district in the country with over 10 lakh population to achieve the distinction.

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The age wise bifurcation of inoculation records suggests, around three to four per cent of the eligible 18 lakh Population in the 18-44 age group is yet to be given the first dose. In the age group people above 45 years, it has already achieved over 103% of its target.

Faced with increased cost of production, tile makers in Morbi, India’s largest cluster of ceramic industry,Morbihave decided to raise the prices of their products by about 10-15%, The new prices will come into effect from September 1, according to ceramic industry players.

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The tilemakers in Morbi have decided to raise prices to pass on the increased production cost, which has gone up by around 15% due to increase in prices of natural gas, raw materials, coal as well as a surge in transportation cost following spiralling diesel prices, said players.
GujaratGas Limited (GGL) hiked the price of natural gas supplied to ceramic and sanitaryware units in Morbi and Surendranagar. For 3-month minimum guaranteed offtake (MGO), GGL increased the rate by Rs 4.37 per SCM (excluding taxes).