The winter session of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) on Wednesday unanimously passed the bill for raising a separate Police force under its administrative jurisdiction District Council Police Service Rules which will function independently.
Unless the government allocates funds, the process of recruitment cannot be started. We are surprised by the Attitude of the it is not even releasing the sanctionedbudgetof the ADC till the third quarter of the financial year.
The started preparations for the 2023-24 budget with Finance minister Niranjan Pujari presiding over a consultation meeting. As the state economy is on a path of recovery after the Covid pandemic, the size of the budget is likely to be 10 per cent more than the previous year. The government had presented a budget of `2 lakh crore for 2022-23. The budget is likely to be the last before the 2024 Elections and a major portion of the funds will be allocated for a large number of welfare measures announced by the state government.
Official sources maintained with the state maintaining a robust Growth rate of over 6.5 per cent and tax collection remaining satisfactory, the size of the budget will be definitely more than the previous year. The state government has already started the official preparation of a budget and a decision will be taken in this regard.
As the state budget will be placed after the central budget, things will be much clear on it in the first week of February. The state government will no longer have to anticipate the size of the central share and other assistance, he said, adding it will be much easier to prepare the budget.
Govt had presented budget of `2lakh crore in 2022-23
The 2023-24 budget will be the last before next elections
Former finance ministers Stress income from tourism
Major portion of funds to be allocated for govts welfare schemes
State universities in Nadu are left in a quandary with no clear policy regarding academic bank of credits (ABC) or the introduction of four-year degrees. They are caught unawares of the fundamental changes in higher Education that are likely to take effect in the next few years.
The UGC conducted a national level meeting on operationalisation of the ABC on December 29 and a majority of state universities did not take part in the deliberations. Professors said even if the State Government is opposed to the ABC or other key initiatives of National Education Policy, the professors and academicians need to attend these meetings for better understanding and put forth the state government’s views.
University of Madras’ former vice-chancellor P Duraisamy said the state government may form an expert committee to study the advantages of the new initiatives such as the four-year degrees and ABC and can take a decision based on its recommendations.
Indias first seed museum is set to come up at Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) in PeechiThe museum will showcase seeds of all medicinal Plants and tropical plants growing in natural habitats in the country.
The work for setting up the museum has already been started and is expected to be opened for the public by next year. The ministry of Ayush has allotted Rs 2.1crore for setting up the museum, which is coming up on the top floor of the seed centre at KFRI.
The museum will exhibit seeds of around 1,000 species of plants, including rare ones.We have already collected 250 species.
thdraws six pvt varsity bills owing to objections from ruling, oppn parties
The Karnataka government withdrew the bills to set up six private universities owing to objections not only from the opposition Congress and JD(S) but also from the ruling BJP MLAs in the Karnataka Assembly. Higher Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan tabled the GM University Bill, The Sapthagiri NPS University Bill, Rajya Vokkaligara Sangha University Bill, The T John University Bill, The Kishkinda University Bill and The Acharya University Bill.
As the GM University Bill came up for discussion today, Narayan said 40 per cent of the seats will be regulated, while the fees for the remaining 60 per cent will be based on the consensual agreement by the Fees Regulation Committee.
Claiming that government was according top priority for creation of Infrastructure in municipalities in the past few years, municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao said the government had spent 16,000 crore on developmental works in all the 141 municipalities in the last eight years.
He said the governmment was also giving priority for bringing reforms in the administration. “The Centre cannot afford to ignore the development ushered in by the State Government in towns and villages regardless of political affiliations.
The minister said that a comprehensive report will be distributed to all MLAs, MLCs and MPs during the next assembly session and municipal officers to let them know how the state government was trying to develop towns.
The AP Global Investors Summit-2023 would be held in Visakhapatnam on March 3 and 4 to seek in the state.
Education minister Botsa Satyanarayana and Industries minister Gudivada Amarnath launched the website for the global summit and unveiled the brochure. Amarnath said chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had unveiled the logo for the global summit. The venue would be the engineering college grounds in Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.
The minister told the media that the summit aimed at attracting investments in 12 key sectors including Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Food Processing, aerospace and DEFENCE, automobiles and electric vehicles, textiles and apparels, industries and Logistics Infrastructure, petroleum and petrochemicals, electronics and IT, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, RENEWABLE ENERGY, MSME, startup, innovations, Skill development and education, tourism and hospitality, among others.
Efforts are under way to make the Goa state commission for persons with disabilities (PwDs) a separate department, saidGuruprasad Pawaskar, state commissioner forPwDs. The body currently operates under theSocial Welfare Department.
After the success of the first edition of the Purple Festival in Goa which was the first-ever inclusive festival for PwDs, Pawaskar has asked for suggestions from members of the disability community to formulate policies for PwDs in Sports and tourism sectors.
The commission is also contemplating making various grounds and stadia under theSports Authority of Goa(SAG) accessible to PwDs and invite special trainers as well as coaches to Goa to train para-athletes in the state at these grounds.
For tourism, beach access is also in the process at Baga, Arambol, Colva and Palolem. Additionally, 40 government buildings across the state are going to be made accessible within two years.
Days after the Karnataka legislature cleared a resolution on the inter-state border dispute saying it would not give an inch of land to Maharashtra, both houses of Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to legally pursue inclusion of 865 Marathi-speaking villages and its citizens into the state and make all-out efforts to contest the ongoing case in Supreme Court. Among the villages to be included in Maharashtra are Belagavi (earlier Belgaum), Karwar, Bidar, Balki and Nipani.
The resolution, tabled by CM Shinde in the assembly, spoke about firmly standing behind the Marathi-speaking people of the 865 villages. The CM informed the House the government has roped in noted lawyer Harish Salve to represent Maharashtra in the SC.
Perturbed over the lowest gender ratio across the state in 2022, the https://exam.pscnotes.com/Health“>Health authorities have taken all 87 ultrasound centres registered in the district on its radar. It has started screening their records pertaining to ultrasound tests performed on pregnant Women at the centres last year with the twin aim of finding out violations, if any, made by them and discouraging them from disclosing the gender of the unborn baby.
Rewari recorded 883 as the sex ratio at birth (SRB) last year, which is the lowest in the past four years. Rewari witnessed the birth of 903 girls against 1000 boys in 2021, while the SRB was 913 in 2020, 918 in 2019 and 915 in 2018. The district had registered 802 as SRB in 2014.