28.12.22

Centre nod to procure mandua, Uttarakhand’s indigenous grain

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Accepting a proposal of theUttarakhandgovernment, the Centre has permitted the procurement of 9.6 million kg ofmandua(finger millet) in the first list for the crop year 2022-23.

Grown in the hills of Uttarakhand, mandua is a major source of earning for farmers. The minimum support price of mandua is fixed at Rs 3,574 per quintal. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami termed it a major project, which could prove a “game changer” for the farmers. “We would like to thank the Union Government for accepting the proposal and now it is time our teams worked in coordination to ensure proper procurement of mandua,” he said.

In the first phase, the procurement scheme would be implemented in the mountainous areas of the state on the fixed minimum support price from the farmers of Almora and Pauri districts under the pilot scheme. In the first phase, the purchased mandua would be distributed under the in the districts in the plains — Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar, Dehradun and Nainital. Around eight lakh families enrolled under the National Food Security Scheme of the above districts would be benefited from the scheme.

Follow 5Es to check road accidents: CM

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to follow the ‘5E’ formula of Education, enforcement, engineering, emergency care and Environment to curb road accidents.

He also termed as “worrying” the fact that while COVID-19 claimed 23,600 lives over three years in UP, road accidents led to the loss of 21,200 lives in just one year 2022.

The will be carrying out a month-long campaign on road safety from January 5 to February 4. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the responsibility for road safety was not just limited to one department and community effort was needed to prevent accidents.

Other than poor road engineering, over speeding, overloading, not using safety equipment and driving in inebriated state were the major causes of road accidents.

Most cases take place in large cities like Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Bulandshahr and Mathura.

The chief minister said that efforts should be made to focus on national highways and expressways linked with these cities. He said a task force should be set up to check overloading.

Rs 461 cr allocated under Chief Minister Drought Relief Scheme

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Rs 461 crore has been allocated to all the districts under the Chief Minister’s Drought Relief Scheme. The department is going to give its visiting card to the farmer so that he can be assured that the is with him.

Badal said to make the concept of Smart Village a reality, there is a need to make co-ordination with all the concerned departments. He asked the office bearers to cooperate with those farmers who are not able to reach the Pragya Kendra and are not getting the benefit of the scheme by taking cooperation from Kisan Mitra. Talking about linking the deprived farmers with the schemes, he said that a list of such farmers should be prepared so that the benefits of the schemes could reach them. In 3 years of Government, we are reaching 30 lakh farmer families of the State, this is a big achievement, but the target is to reach 5800000 farmers and ensure the contribution up to 20 per cent in the GDP of the State, he added .

The Minister said that more than five lakh new members have joined the cooperative, monitoring should also be done to see how active the new members are in the cooperative. While addressing 129 new officers, he said that the Government has high hopes from them and the senior officials should share their experience so that they can perform better in the field of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture. He said that the commitment in the department should be visible from top to bottom, so that we can play our role honestly in fulfilling the dreams of Birsa farmers.

Maternal mortality rate registers 28% drop in Bihar

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Recent data released by the registrar general of India showed that maternal mortality rate (MMR) has dropped in the country, including in Bihar, when compared to the previous years. However,Biharlagged behind the national Average of 97 with anMMRof 118.

According to the World Health Organisation, maternal death is the death of a woman during pregnancy or within 42 days of the termination of pregnancy, from cause related to pregnancy or its management, and not accidental or incidental causes.

MMR is the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per one lakh live births during the same time period.

As per the special bulletin of sample registration system released by the registrar general of India on Tuesday for 2018-20, Indias MMR was 97. Kerala was the best with an MMR of 19, followed byMaharashtra(33), (43), Andhra Pradesh (45) and Tamil Nadu (54). Among the states witnessing maximum deaths of Women per one lakh live birth was Assam which had the highest MMR of 195, followed by Madhya Pradesh (173), Uttar Pradesh (167), Chhattisgarh (137) and Odisha (119). Bihar was placed at sixth among the 19 states and union territories with an MMR of 118.

In 2014-16, the average MMR of the country was 130.
This shows there has been reduction of nearly 25% in the deaths on an average. Data for Bihar for 2014-16 showed that MMR was 165 and it came down to 118 for 2018-20.

The drop has been nearly 28%, slightly more than the national average.

MP receives budget allcation of Rs 172 cr

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This year, the state has received a budget allocation of Rs 172 crore 79 lakh under the public development scheme of the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs. With this amount, development works are being done along with Education in minority dominated areas.

Out of the allocated amount, funds are also being spent on the upgradation of Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. Along with the construction of a 180-seater girls’ hostel in Bhopal’s residential school Arif Nagar and Government Unani College, smart class is also being constructed in Government Polytechnic College, Khandwa. Out of the total amount spent in the scheme, 60 percent is the share of the Centre and 40 percent is the share of the state.

Rajasthan government finds signs of large copper deposits in Bhilwara

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As per preliminary findings ofRajasthan State Mineral Exploration Trust(RSMET), large reserves of copper are expected to be found atChandgarhin Kotdi tehsil ofBhilwara. During exploration of iron Ore in the location,RSMETcame across copper deposits at shallow depths.

About 54% of the highest copper deposits in the country are in Rajasthan. Jharkhand andMadhya Pradeshcome after Rajasthan.

Rajasthan is Home to the largest reserves and Resources of copper in the country, estimated at 813 million tonne (53.81%). It is followed by Jharkhand with 295 million tonne (19.54%) and Madhya Pradesh with 283 million tonne (18.75%).
Copper is found in Jhunjhunus Khetri, in addition to the districts Madan-Kudan-Kolihan, Banwas, Akwali, Singhana-Muradpura., and Devpura-Banera belt in Bhilwara, Deri-Basantgarh in Sirohi, Khoh-Dariba Kheda and Mundiyawas in Alwar and Manpura in Udaipur district.

Indiawas among the top five markets, globally, in terms of equity fundraising despite the quantum of funds raised declining by 43 per cent. According to a report byKotak Investment Banking, funds to the tune of $16.4 billion were transacted via equity capital market (ECM) activity in India in 2022.

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Indias outperformance comes on the back of a sharper decline in ECM activity in major markets such as theUnited Kingdom,AustraliaandDEFENCE/”>Japan. ECM activity globally took a hit on account of heightened volatility amid rising interest rates.