27.09.22

Strategy to promote NER as Agri Export Hub

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APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development and Authority) recently formulated a Strategy for the promotion of Export of Agricultural and products from North-Eastern (NE) states of India.

APEDA has launched a platform in Assam, which will help the exporters to get products from producer group and processors, directly.

This platform will be linked among the producers & processors of Assam and exporters from across India. This move will expand the base of export pockets inNE states.

Central Government had launched Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCD-NER) in a bid to promote the region as Agri Export Hub.

Assam govt may regulate private madrassas: Edu min

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TheAssam governmentmay regulate all theprivate madrassasin the state under an existing Act,Education Minister Ranoj Pegusaid. The proposal is making rounds in the wake of the arrests of severalmadrassa teachersfor their alleged links with terror outfits.

The government is gradually taking steps to bring all the non-governmental educational institutions under this existing Act for their regulation and monitoring, the minister said.

Odisha will need 428 yrs to ensure women make up 1/3rd of police force

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At the current rate of recruitment,Odishawill need 428 years to fulfil the criteria of having one-third Women in Police force, the India Report 2021, released on Thursday, stated. Ironically, Odisha had introduced 33% reservation for women in police force way back in 1992.

The report, published by a group of seven organisations working towards reforms in justice delivery mechanism, said India will take 33 years to reach 33% target for women, assuming the rate of recruitment for women and men in police stay the same.

The report, the third overall, said as on 2020 Odisha has 9.1% of women in police and 11.1% officers in the force. As per the latest report,Delhi Policewith 12.4% of women in the force, will take 31 years,Gujaratwill require seven years (with 16% women now in police) followed by Bihar (17.4%), needing eight years.

Mizoram will be slowest, requiring 585 years to reach the 33% mark. While Gujarat also has 33% reservation, Bihar has 38% quota for women.

The 2019 report (the second) had said Odisha would take 82-111 years to reach the 33% target. The womens share then was 10% overall and 11.2% among officers, which has since declined, the report stated.

Include TN in MSP panel: Delta farmers

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Delta farmers have urged the Union Government to include a representative from Naduin the committee formed by it to make minimum support price (MSP) system more effective and transparent.

The committee has representatives of the Union and state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture economists.

Swamimalai S Vimalnathan, secretary ofTamil Nadu CauveryFarmers Protection Association, claimed that most of the members in the present committee are those who had endorsed the three agriculture laws, which were repealed following massive protests across the country.

Kerala bas become the first and only state in India to launch its own internet service, Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON).

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It was announced by Chief Minister of Kerala, after Department of Telecommunications granted an Internet Service Provider (ISP) licence to KFON Ltd, to provide internet access to everyone in state.

The Kerala Fibre Optic Network Ltd (KFON) is an initiative of Kerala government, launched with the aim of eliminating the digital gap in state. According to government, created under this project will complement current telecom ecosystem in Kerala.

KFON has been kickstarted with the basic principle of non -discriminatory treatment. Thus, no service provider or business segment will receive preferential treatment, in line with recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority ofIndia(TRAI). Any internet provider, at any level of business segment are free to use KFON network for bridging the connectivity gaps at their core networks.

Karnataka: Coconut coop unit plans Rs 4.5 crore expansion, seeks funds

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The coconut processing centre set up by a cooperative Society at Munachanahalli in Chamarajanagar taluk will soon be extended at a cost of Rs 4.5 crore. A decision to this effect was taken by the board of directors of the unit at the recently held general meeting.

The unit, which has a capacity of processing 50,000 coconuts per day, provides jobs to around 250 people. Local growers formed a cooperative association and established this processing unit under Chamarajanagar Coconut Growers Association 20 years ago. More than 13,000 farmers of the district are cultivating coconut on 26,000 hectares using Irrigation pump sets in Hanur, Kollegal, Yelandur and Gundlupet taluks.
The had sanctioned Rs 3.5 crore for the unit in the 2010-11 budget to help the Association to set up their unit at Munanchanahalli village to ensure Marketing facilities for local coconut growers.

Telangana- UNDP MoU on DiCRA

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Government of recently announced Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture (DiCRA) as a part of Digital Public Goods Alliance, in association with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

DiCRA is the latest addition to Digital Public Goods Registry.

This platform is powered by Artificial Intelligence and aims to strengthen food systems and Food Security.

It is important milestone in Governments commitment towards open data policy, anticipatory Governance to tackle global challenge of food security and service delivery to farmers.

DiCRA supply intelligence on climate resilience at farm-level.

Red sanders traders urge AP govt for SEZ

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Red sanders traders and exporters have urged theAndhra Pradeshgovernment to set up an exclusive special economic zone (SEZ) so that finished products, handicrafts, and furniture made from red sanders logs can be exported.

They said the proposed SEZ will help in stopping Migration of Rayalaseema workers toGulfcountries. Workers from Rayachoti, Kadapa, RAILWAY Kodur andRajampetgo to Gulf in search of EMPLOYMENT.

Red sanders traders have written to chief ministers of AP and Telangana that the SEZ will provide employment to one lakh people and also help the states earn more revenue than selling it in wood form.

Govt begins survey to ascertain Goa’s employment figures

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In order to ascertain the Unemployment rate in Goa, the government has commenced a survey to find out how manyGoansand non-Goans have been employed in various sectors in the state.

The survey, which is expected to go on for a month, is being carried out by officials of the department of labour and EMPLOYMENT, who will visit industries, hotels, showrooms, supermarkets, general stores, pharmacies, garment stores, hospitals, clinics, and even kiosks.

In its annual report for 2020-21, theUnion ministry of statisticsand programme implementation (MoSPI) had said that Goa had the third highest joblessness rate in the country during that period.

Data from the independent think tank, Centre for Monitoring of Indian economy (CMIE), in May revealed that approximately nine lakh of Goa’s Population is in the employable age bracket of 20-59 years, which would suggest that around 1.4 lakh Goans remain unemployed. One of the main reasons for unemployment is the inability to attract new industrial units to the state, the data had indicated.

Citing Gujarat, Karnataka model, Maharashtra private sector seeks vaccination swap

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Private vaccine centres in the state, currently holding an estimated 2 lakh doses and facing low turnout, have urged the government use their stock in the ongoing booster drive.

The Centre had announced free boosters for 75 days (from July 15). Private centres worry the drive will further reduce turnouts for the paid jab and have proposed a swap near-expiry doses in return for fresh vials.

The private sector has demanded an exchange of Vaccines by either compensation through cost or by replacing it with fresh stock to prevent wastage