28.07.21

To provide ease of doing business and cutting down the compliances for the trade and industry in the border state, Punjab Government has decided to reduce the costs of mandatory compliances for the MSMEs.

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It was informed at the meeting that the Labour Department has already accepted 22 of 33 recommendations made by GAME.

The Chief Secretary asked the Labour Department to consider the recommendations on the standing order exemptions for .

The GAME has identified several NOCs being issued by various departments and has recommended their rationalisation.

Shekhar proposed the recommended rationalisation in consultation with the concerned departments and to put forth the proposal before the Council of Ministers for freezing the requirement of several NOCs for setting up of business in the state.

Notably, the Punjab Government had signed a MoU with the GAME in November 2020. The GAME was working closely with the state departments to reduce the costs of compliances for MSMEs that will help further improve the congenial business Environment for MSMEs in Punjab.

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the State Government is committed towards the welfare of the employees of the state and all their genuine demands are being redressed from time to time.

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The Chief Minister further said that the would soon hold a meeting with the employees so that they get an opportunity to take up their issues.

He assured the Federation that the endeavour of the State Government would be to amicably resolve all the genuine issues of the employees, as the Government wants to maintain cordial relations with its employees.

Thakur also urged the employees to work with greater dedication and commitment to make Himachal Pradesh a model State in the country. He assured the members of the Federation that their interests would be safeguarded at all cost as they are part and parcel of the Government.

Rejuvenation of Rivers in Uttarakhand

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The NMCG (National Mission for Clean Ganga) was launched in June 2014. In the 36th Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, new projects were approved for the rejuvenation of six rivers in the state of Uttarakhand.

Highlights:

According to the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board), there are nine polluted stretches in Uttarakhand, and six are in the Udham Singh Nagar district on various tributaries or small rivers such as Bhela, Dhela, Kichha, Nandor, Pilankha and Kosi.

The projects shall cover the 6 polluted river stretches in the Kumaon region. Out of the rest three polluted stretches, the task of Ganga at Jagjeetpur, Haridwar has been commissioned already, and on the remaining two, Namami Gange projects are already under execution.

It also approved Sewerage (I&D) scheme (Dhela River) Phase-1 of District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand under Namami Gange Programme at a sanctioned cost of Rs 199.36 crore.

Striving hard to improve the sports facilities in order to provide better opportunities to sports enthusiasts, the Uttar Pradesh government has laid a network of rural stadiums with special focus on the rural pockets of the state.

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Committed to equipping the state with all required Resources and to foster Sports culture, the has so far established around 81 rural stadiums while 20 stadiums are under construction.

Under the Khelo India programme, introduced to revive the sports culture at the grassroots level by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country, construction of rural stadiums was going on at a rapid pace.

To encourage rural sports in the state, the government has also started conducting competitions in five sports disciplines. Under this, competitions of athletics, volleyball, kabaddi, weightlifting and wrestling are organised at the block and district levels. Not only this, the players have got more opportunities to play than before by organising divisional, zone and state-level sports competitions.

Jharkhand govt preparations for another Shravan sans devotees

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With the holy month of Shravan starting on Sunday, the administration is making extra preparations to enforce Covid-19 protocols.

As per Hindu beliefs, Shravan is an auspicious month to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva. Devotees in lakhs visit prominent shrines across the state during this time of the year and especially on Mondays. But keeping the Covid-19 situation in mind, the has continued its ban on large-scale religious congregations, notwithstanding the demands of several BJP leaders to reopen temples for devotees.

There will be no kanwar yatra andShrawani Melain the state this year due toCovidpandemic. The devotees will have to offer prayers at home and only priests will be allowed to perform rituals in temples.

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Important temples which used to attract large number of devotees with kanwar in the state during the month of Shrawan were Garibnath Dham (Muzaffarpur), Kusheswar Sthan (Darbhanga), Harihar Nath Temple (Sonepur) and Bihta temple.

According to Hindu traditions, Shrawan is the dearest month of Lord Shiva and that is why devotees hold special prayers in different temples.

Chhattisgarhchief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that maximum number of citizens should be included in theCooperatives Movementforfarmers. Various cooperative activities are being conducted in the state in larger interest of farmers. State government is making consistent efforts to benefit maximum number of people through cooperatives.

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Fertilizers, seeds are distributed to the farmers from . Now Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojna, Godhan Nyay Yojana,Minor Forest Produce Procurement etc. have also become the part of cooperative movement. Chhattisgarh is becoming a model state for farmer-friendly schemes.

New Cooperative Societies have been constituted for the convenience of farmers. He informed that the number of committees in the state has increased from 1,300 to 2,058. Farmers loans were waived off. Farmers are being economically empowered through Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana and Mukhyamantri Godhan Nyay Yojana.

Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) commissioned teams arrived from Delhi to conduct ODTwater plussurvey. The survey is part of the Swachh Survekshan 2021 andBhopalis vying to improve its position on the heels of recent, ease of living survey.

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According to sources, the survey can last up to five days. Six teams are conducting the inspection which uses GPS based tagging application for transparency.

GPS tagged photographs are uploaded on theSwachh Portalon the go. Water plus is an addition to the ODF inspection as part of the part of Swachh Survekshan.
More than 20 percent of the rating score is linked to Open Defecation Free (ODF) and Water Plus.
According to information, the teams visited BMC zones 1, 2, 4, 5, 13, 16 and 17. The team took stock of the public and community toilets. Toilets and sewage system were also noted. In most places, the team found deficiency in connecting drains.

Recently, newSTPhas been operation along the Upper Lake. The team inspected other sewage treatment Plants at Char Imli, Bawdiyakalan, Jail Road among others. Total capacity of the plants and the treatment of sewage was inspected.

Gujarat govt to introduce new act for rented properties

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Adopting the government of India’s Model Tenancy Act 2021, theGujaratgovernment plans to introduce a new tenancy act for the state to replace the Bombay (now Gujarat) Rents, Hotel andLodging House Rates Control Act, 1947.

Although the new act will be structured to ensure impartiality to both owners and tenants of properties, the new act is expected to shield property owners from unwarranted harassment by tenants.

The new law is expected to facilitate the Growth ofrented propertiesin the state. The existing laws give less protection to owners, who are apprehensive of renting out properties as they fear harassment by tenants who do not vacate the premises.

The new act will have a provision to establish a state-level authority to regulate the rented property market.

The model tenancy act makes it mandatory for the landlord and tenant to sign a written agreement which specifies the rent, period of tenancy and other related terms. The will establish a body on the lines ofRERA(Real Estate Regulation Authority) to regulate all rented property transactions.

Rajasthanhas topped among the states in terms of employment generation underGarib KalyanRojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA), which was launched by theCentrein June 2020 to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers and similarly affected citizens in rural areas in the wake of the pandemic.

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Of the total 50.78 crore persondays, 15.39 crore persondays have been generated by Rajasthan, which is the highest among all the six states. The total expenditure during the campaign was Rs 39,293 crore.

The objectives of the campaign were to provide immediate EMPLOYMENT and livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate villages with public and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long-term livelihood opportunities by giving focus on 25 works (including work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in 116 selected districts across 6 states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.