28.11.22

Historic MoU between J&K and Haryana govt expected to strengthen IT initiatives: LG Manoj Sinha

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Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha signed a historic MoU between the IT department of J&K and DITECH Haryana one-Governance.

“This agreement is expected to strengthen and deepen the collaboration on knowledge sharing, IT initiatives & best practices in e-Governance, said Sinha while addressing the valedictory session of the 25th National Conference on e-Governance atShri Mata Vaishno Devi University.

The event witnessed the launch of the J&K Vision Document and J&K Cyber Security policy and a historic MoU between the IT Department of J&K and DITECH Haryana.

Under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi, J&K UT is an emerging model of digital government with a focus on transparent governance and a citizen-centric approach to delivering public Services, he said.
Observing that technology is making a real difference in people’s lives, the LG said that in 2013, the total number of e-transactions was merely 20 lakh.

Stubble burning counts in Punjab and Haryana lowest since 2020

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The annual season ofstubble burningis almost over with the daily combined count in Punjab and Haryana staying below 200. Both Punjab and Haryana have recorded lowest paddy residue burning events this year since 2020, shows data of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), which follows the standard protocol notified by the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) in 2021.

Between September 15 and November 23, Punjab and Haryana have witnessed a reduction of fire counts by 30% and 48%, respectively, this year as against last year.

Punjab has recorded 49,604 farm fires between September 15 and November 23 in 2022 as compared to 71,181 in 2021 and 82,693 in 2020. Data from the stubble burning season of 2021 shows that the daily fire counts crossed 4,000 on six days, including three days when per day counts were higher than 5,000. However, the highest single day count was 3,916 on November 11.

Central University of Himachal Pradesh to promote Buddhist studies, culture

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Sat Prakash Bansal, Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), said that the university and the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) would soon organise an international conference on Promotion of Buddhist Studies and Culture across Buddhist Circuit. Its aim is to promote Buddhist culture in India and in Buddhist circuit.

He said that the central university and the IBC would jointly organise the conference in February next year. The Dalai Lama, Chief Minister, Governor and the Union Culture Minister were expected to attend it. Bansal said that the representatives of seven countries with whom they wanted to promote relations would also be invited.

Uttarakhand government to hire consultant to ‘double’ economy in 5 years

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The Uttarakhand government is in the process of engaging US-based consultancy firmMcKinsey Globalfor two years to help it in drafting and implementing policies to double the state’s economy in 5 next years. Talking about the need to rope in the global firm, officials said the has set a target to double the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) from Rs 2.73 lakh crore to Rs 5.5 lakh crore by achieving a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 15% in the next five years.

In the first six months, the consultancy firm will carry out diagnostic study and in the remaining 1.5 years, it will do the handholding in the implementation of projects.

Besides tourism, the focus areas will be Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, Horticulture, urban (brownfield and greenfield cities), service sector, infra projects (core as well as social sectors) and new cities.

In Uttarakhand, the government is targeting seven to eight products that have great potential and can prove a game changer in future.

UP govt announces conditional subsidies for upcoming firms

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In his ongoing attempt to ensure EMPLOYMENT to the youth of Uttar Pradesh in industrial units being set up in different sectors in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced conditional subsidies for the investors.

The government has divided the into four categories, keeping in view the increase in industrial activities in UP, and has told the investors that they would get subsidies on various items if they provided employment to the youth as per their merits and the industry standards.

The Yogi government has recently brought a new Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy 2022 to provide new opportunities for investment and employment in the state. Under the new policy, the industry has been divided into four categories namely, large, mega, super mega and ultra mega, to increase investment in the state.

Under this, a large industry will have to give employment to at least 300 youths of UP every year whereas mega industry will have to provide job opportunities to at least 600 youths every year. Similarly, super mega and ultra mega industries will have to provide employment to at least 1,500 youths each every year.

The chief minister said that if an industry provided employment to 75 per cent Women in its staff in addition to meeting the minimum requirement of providing jobs, it would get a booster subsidy under different heads according to different categories of the industry.

Under the scheme, mega, super mega, and ultra mega industries will get booster subsidies of 2 per cent and 4 per cent each on provision of employment to 75 per cent women along with ensuring minimum employment as well as more than double and three times of the minimum employment, respectively.

After implementing the new policy, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed the higher officials to give the benefit of subsidy to the investors in due time so that industries could be set up on a large scale in the state at the earliest.

Health Dept inks deal with Care India to improve health services

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Health Minister Banna Gupta said that the agreement signed between the Health Department and Care India will set an example of a new dimension in the as it will boost health facilities in the State.

On the occasion, an MoU was signed between the Health Department and Care India to work in the health sector for five years. The Health Minister said that in order to prevent Women from cervical cancer, after various tests, this test should also be done, so that work can be done under a single system. He said that rural women and girls should also be informed about the benefits of green vegetables, about the Minerals and minerals found in them so that work can also be done to prevent anemia and other diseases.

CARE India will work with the aim of addressing the gaps in child health, maternal health, tribal health, improving the status of Malnutrition, trauma centers and urban health.

Bihar seeks Rs 20,000 crore for infra, 1% hike in fiscal deficit limit

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Biharhas urged the Centre to allot Rs 20,000 crore in the 2023-24 Union budget for development and creation of assets in the state and suggested 90:10 ratio of the central and state Shares of funding for the centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). The state also suggested to the Centre to increase the state’s Fiscal Deficit to 4% of the gross state domestic product (GSDP).

Similarly, Choudhary suggested that the Cess and Surcharge collected by the Centre should be included in the central divisible pool to transfer a part of it to the states.

Noting that the central fiscal deficit has been periodically increased in the past far beyond 6%, Choudhary said the Centre should permit the state to have its fiscal deficit 1% more than the mandatory 3% of the GSDP for a backward state like Bihar.

Choudhary said the Centre had provided Rs12,000 crore under Bihar specific plan (BSP) in the 2012 Budget for use in Infrastructure Development and on the creation of assets.

While 95% of the BSP fund provided in 2012 had been utilised, another chunk of Rs20,000 crore should be allotted in the forthcoming Union budget as BSP-Phase II, Choudhary said.

CM pays special attention to the development of agriculture sector

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Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that several important steps have been taken in Madhya Pradesh for the economic prosperity of the farmers. While staying on top in wheat production in the country, Madhya Pradesh did the work of giving full benefits of all types of production to the farmers.

The agricultural Growth rate of the state is the highest in the country. Despite this, keeping in mind the efforts being made for the welfare of farmers in other states, continuous efforts are being made to implement them in Madhya Pradesh as well. In this connection, on the initiative of the Union Minister Gadkari, work will also be done to adopt the multi-faceted Agro Vision agricultural exhibition and other innovations which have become popular in Vidarbha. Necessary initiative will be taken to organise the programme of Agro Vision in Madhya Pradesh in the interest of the farmers.

The Chief Minister said that arrangements have been made to provide adequate relief amount to the farmers in Madhya Pradesh on damage to their crops due to natural calamities and other reasons. Continuous review was done to provide the amount of crop Insurance to the farmers. As a result the farmers got relief.

ISRO successfully launches its PSLV mission with nine satellites

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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched nine satellites aboard its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C54 (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh.This was the 56th PSLV flight of ISRO and the last one for the year.

The launch of the satellites aboard PSLV comes nearly a week after the entry of the private sector into the space .

Under ‘Mission Prarambh’, Vikram-S, a small-lift launch vehicle, named in honour of Vikram Sarabhai, the pioneer of India’s space programme, was launched into orbit by Skyroot Aerospace, a private space company.

Union Budget 2023-24: 300-400 Vande Bharat trains may be announced in Budget

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The government is likely to announce another 300-400Vande Bharat(VB) trains in the nextBudget. The railways is also targetting to manufacture the first “standard gauge” (SG) version of this semi-high-speed train in the next one year, which will pave way for its export to markets in Europe, South America and east Asia by 2025-26.

The announcement of the new VB trains will be in addition to the already announced plan to making 475 such semi high-speed trains operational in the next 3-4 years. Sources said the ultimate aim is to sanction 300-400 such trains annually to meet the growing demand and to provide better riding experience to passengers.

On the plan to improve upon the design of these trains to increase their speed on existing tracks, a RAILWAY ministry official said India will get its first set of trains with tilting technology by 2025-26. Nearly 100 VB trains out of the already sanctioned 475 will use this technology, which enables trains to maneuver curves at higher speeds.