29.06.22

Haryana to free urban areas of lal dora, action plan for mapping assets in 15 days

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Following the pattern of villages, the process of making the urban areas free of lal dora has started inHaryana. State chief secretarySanjeev Kaushal directed the officers to prepare an action plan in 15 days for mapping of assets inside lal dora, using drones in urban areas as well.

Kaushal was presiding over the review meeting on the progress of SVAMITVA Yojana (ownership scheme).

He directed the officers to prepare master data of property IDs issued by department, town and country planning department, and Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran and in private colonies in order to know the actual situation, and share the information about lal dora with all municipal corporations, municipalities and committees.

He said the work of drones flying in villages under the SVAMITVA Yojana was almost complete and the work of making and distributing property cards was going on in a phased manner.
Now on the same lines, the work of lal dora free in urban areas will also be done expeditiously so that people can get their ownership rights.

Kaushal said Haryana was the first to start the lal dora-free scheme in the country, which was later implemented by the centre government across India.

88% Punjab farmers suicides in 18 yrs due to debt

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Heavy debt burden accounted for 88% of farmer suicides that occurred inPunjabbetween 2000 and 2018 a period that witnessed 9,291 deaths — finds a new study based on a primary survey by thePunjab Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University(PAU). Of these, more than 77% were those of marginal and small farmers.

The study was aimed at an objective assessment of the incidence and causes of suicides by farmers in the districts of Barnala, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga and Sangrur. Among these, Sangrur reported the highest number (2,506) of suicides during the 18 years, followed byMansa(2,098) andBathinda(1,956). Overall, the number of suicide cases was the highest (630) in 2008 and then registered a decline, which could be due to the Debt waiver scheme announced by the Centre that year.

Himachal Pradesh approves move to fill up 3,970 posts in jal shakti Department

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The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Saturday approved to engage 3,970 para workers on an honorarium basis in theJal Shakti Departmentfor schemes across the state. Consent was given to fill up 389 posts of panchayat secretaries throughStaff Selection Board. Moreover, the Cabinet also underlined that steps will be taken to ensure jobs for Agniveers.

In order to encourage innovation and research in Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and sector, the Cabinet meeting chaired by chief ministerJai Ram Thakurgave its approval to provide research fund of Rs 5 crore each for Agriculture and Horticulture Universities of the state.

The Cabinet also decided to amend the Himachal Pradesh Widow Remarriage Rules-2013 by making a provision of providing grant of Rs 65,000 instead of existing Rs 50000 to the couple.

IIT-Roorkee develops fuel from forest bio residue

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TheIndian Institute of TechnologyinRoorkee(IIT-R) has developed briquettes that can be used for energy generation. These cost-effective briquettes — made fromforest bio residue(like pine needles fallen from trees) — release a very small amount of carbon into the as opposed to other energy sources, according to the premier institution.

These briquettes were developed under a project — titled Socio-Economic Value Creation through Forest Bio Residue Energy Generation in Alignment with the UNs SDGs — led by professors Vinay Sharma and Rajat Agrawal from the institute’s department of management studies. The grant for the pilot project was provided by the National Mission on Himalayan Studies, a central government intervention.

As part of the project, more than 1,000 quintals of pine needles were gathered from around 100 acres of forest land with the help of theUttarakhandforest department. Subsequently, these pine needles were crushed and processed to make briquettes. In addition to manufacturing the briquettes, the institute has also developed a mobile application to streamline the process of buying and selling briquettes.

UP first state to fully vaccinate 16cr people

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Uttar Pradeshachieved a major milestone by becoming the first state in the country to fully vaccinate over 16 crore individuals.

In nearly 20 days after crossing the landmark of fully vaccinating 15 crore people, the state crossed another significant milestone with 16,02,66,806 individuals receiving both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

The most populous state has so far administered over 33.92 crore doses. Besides, the state has also achieved the landmark of administering the first dose to 100% of the eligible adult Population while nearly 99% of the population is fully vaccinated.
UP had started administering booster (precaution) doses from January 10 and nearly 35.22 lakh doses have been administered since.

The is providing vaccination to all children between 12 to 17 years of age in a time-bound manner. So far, over 2,60,80,643 doses have been administered to children in the 15-17 age group and over 1,37,51,108 to the children in the 12-14 age group.

Over 35k schools in state to be painted in green & white

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More than 35,000 government schools inJharkhandare set for a fresh coat of paint in green-and-white shades, colours associated with the rulingJMMs party flag.

While the ruling dispensation claimed the colours were selected based on experts recommendations as green is soothing for eyes and white symbolises cleanliness, the oppositionBJPcried foul alleging the shades were chosen to send out a political message.
At present, school buildings are painted pink and toilets blue.

As per an order issued by theJharkhand Education Project Councilto all district education officers, the walls of the school buildings will be painted in swan, angora or coconut white, while frosted green or mehndi green will be used for borders and projections of the walls. The doors and windows, and also the toilets will be painted in deep green.

Bihar govt to make health card of 133 wetlands

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In its first attempt to map the wetlands ofBihar, the Environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (DEFCC) department has identified 133 water bodies to prepare documents and ecosystem Health report card to provide them legal protection under theWetland Protection Rules.

The Bihar State Wetland Authority (BSWA) has started the survey work on the wetlands spread over more than 100 hectares with focus on three areas area of the wetland, hydrology and catchments, Biodiversity and Governance. The imaging of such wetlands was done with the help of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The wetlands will be examined in different phases by the forest officials, environmentalists, wetland and water experts.

The ecosystem health score between 1 and 0.91 is considered very good (rank A), 0.90 and 0.81 good (B), 0.80 and 0.71 moderate (C), 0.70 and 0.61 low (D), and 0.60 and below very low (E).

Of 133 wetlands, maximum 14 is inVaishali, 12 each in East Champaran, Samastipur and Katihar, 10 each in Saran and Darbhanga, eight in Siwan, seven each in Khagaria and Muzaffarpur, six in Saharsa and five each in Banka and Jamui.

State adopting organic farming to counter climate change: CM

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Chhattisgarhchief ministerBhupesh Baghelon the occasion of AkshayTrityaand ‘Mati Pujan Tihar’ said that the state has started taking sincere measures to deal with and similar environmental issues by promoting Organic Farming and encouraging scientific farming. CMBaghelattended events with farmers at Indira Gandhi Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University and drove a tractor in the varsity, where organic farming is done.
Baghel participated in farming activities on Tuesday with an intent to promote the culture and agriculture of Chhattisgarh.
CM vowed to protect the land and Soil of the state by using maximum organic fertiliser in fields, gardens and farms, and prevent using chemicals that pollute soil, water table and Environment.

Cabinet increases CMs Discretionary grant to Rs 200 cr

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The State Cabinet here on Tuesday approved to increase the annual limit fixed for the Chief Ministers Discretionary grant from Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 crore for the financial year 2022-23 and the coming financial years.

The Cabinet has decided to increase the MLA Area Development Fund Scheme (Capital) of Rs 1 crore 85 lakh by Rs 65 lakh in under MLA fund making it Rs 2 crore 50 lakh and Rs 35 lakh in MLA Discretionary grant of Rs 15 lakh making it Rs 50 lakhs.

The Cabinet has decided to sanction a special ex-gratia amount of Rs. one crore to the heirs of Sub-Inspector Late Rajkumar Jatav, Acting Head Constable Late Neeraj Bhargava and Constable Late Santram Meena Aron Police station, Guna district.

The Cabinet has granted in-principle approval to establish medical college with 100 MBBS seats admission capacity and 500-bed affiliated hospital, besides setting up of a Nursing college of 60 seat admission capacity for nursing courses and a paramedical college of 60 seat admission capacity for paramedical courses in Budni Tehsil located in Sehore district.

The Cabinet gave its approval for setting up of Rural Technology Park at Morena. Approval was given to create posts for the operation of Rural Technology Park. Decision was also taken to approve Rs 50 lakh 88 thousand for the payment of salary and allowances for the operation of the park and expenditure of Rs. 1 crore 10 lakh 46 thousand for recurring / training expenses, making provision in the head available for allied organizations / training institutes of the department.

The Cabinet gave revised administrative approval to Chheetakhudri Medium Irrigation Project of Jabalpur district, cost amount Rs 434 crore 21 lakh, irrigation area 16 thousand 875 hectare and Kundalia Multipurpose Major Irrigation Project, Rajgarh district cost amount Rs 4614 crore 73 lakh, irrigated area 1 lakh 39 thousand 600 hectare.

The Cabinet has given revised approval of 25 group water supply schemes worth Rs 11 thousand 100 crore 72 lakh in different districts of the state under Jal Jeevan Mission. Through these water supply schemes of the mission, arrangements will be made to provide tap water to the rural Population of 6223 villages at their homes.

Balika Panchayat Initiative

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Indias first-ever girl Panchayat, called Balika Panchayat, was started in several villages of Kutch district in Gujarat.

The Balika Panchayat Initiative was started with the aim of promoting social and political development of girls as well as ensure active participation of girls in politics.

The Balika Panchayat initiative was started by the Women and Child Development Welfare department ofGujaratGovernment. It was launched under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign.

Main objective of the Balika Panchayat is to promote social and political development of girl child. It also seeks to remove evil practices like child marriage and dowry system from Society. It aims for girls to get their nominations done in decision-making process in Panchayat. It seeks to make girls active in politics since childhood.