30.06.21

After recently giving relief to those owning houses and shops of municipality on lease or rent basis for the past 20 years by announcing ownership rights for all such owners, Haryana Government on Wednesday launched Mukhyamantri Shehri Nikay Svamita Yojana portal to invite applications from the eligible beneficiaries.

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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the portal. He also launched Jan Sahayak-Aapka Sahayak a mobile platform ensuring anywhere-anytime-anybody delivery of Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C) Services through one access point.

Under this scheme, if someone has constructed more than the floor or area of the allotted building of the , then he will have to deposit an additional amount that is Rs 1,000 as per the additional constructed area.

If the applicant is not allottee or subletee as per rules of the Municipality but fulfils all the eligibility criteria of the policy, then they will also have to pay a lump sum regular fee of Rs 30,000 in addition to the amount and tax to be paid as mentioned in the policy.

Notably, Haryana Government has framed a policy under which the tenant will have to pay less than the present collector rate to get the ownership right.

Third energy award for Punjabs Virasat-e-Khalsa

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Virasat-e-Khalsa, the landmark museum showcasing heritage and culture of Punjab at Sri Anandpur Sahib, has accomplished a rare achievement by bagging the top state energy conservation award for the third year in SUCCESSION.

The award has been announced by Punjab Energy Development Agency, the state sponsored agency that gives these Awards annually for making extra efforts for efficient utilisation, management and conservation of energy in different sectors.

The award this year is special as it comes on top of awards for Virasat-e-Khalsa in the two preceding editions besides a host of other museum awards Virasat-e-Khalsa has bagged in the recent years.

Himachal farmers get financial aid to cultivate medicinal plants

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The is pushing hard for cultivation and conservation of medicinal Plants. It has introduced several policies to encourage farmers to cultivate these plants and supplement their income. The State Medicinal Plants Board, functioning under the aegis of the Ayush Department, is also working to ensure easy availability of medicinal plants for manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines.

According to a government spokesperson, the state government was providing financial assistance to farmers in different agro-climatic zones for cultivating medicinal plants under the National Ayush Mission. Various farmer clusters have been prepared for this purpose. To avail the financial assistance, a farmer cluster must cover at least two hectares. A cluster can comprise three adjoining villages within 15-km radius.

The state is providing financial assistance to farmers in different agro-climatic zones for cultivating medicinal plants under the National Ayush Mission.

Various farmer clusters have been prepared. To avail the assistance, a cluster must cover at least 2 hectares. A cluster can comprise 3 adjoining villages within 15-km radius.

As part of efforts to better deal with the Covid-19 situation, chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat virtually inaugurated oxygen generation plants in five hospitals in different parts of the state. The oxygen plants inaugurated by the CM include a 250 LPM plant at Bageshwar district hospital, 100 LPM plant at Champawat district hospital, 200 LPM plant at Pithoragarh district hospital and 1,000 LPM capacity plants each in Himalayan Hospital, Jolly Grant and Coronation Hospital in Dehradun.

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These five Plants will generate a total of 4.76 metric tonnes of Oxygen per day. Rawat thanked Azim Premji for the 600 LPM oxygen plant being set up in Pithoragarh with the help of Azim Premji Foundation and social worker Gopal Goswami for facilitating CSR funding for the Bageshwar plant. The oxygen plants set up in Champawat, Pithoragarh and Dehradun have been provided for by the Government of India through the PM CARES fund.

While ensuring transparency in the public distribution system, the UP government has so far provided free food grains to more than 96 per cent of beneficiaries across the state for May-June under PMGKY.

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In order to help the migrants, poor and under-priviledged sections to tide over the hardship of Covid times, the government is providing 5 kg food grains free of cost to over 14.71 crore beneficiaries. Under the scheme, each beneficiary is supposed to be given 3 kg of wheat and 2 kg of rice.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that there is a need to advance the tribal population in the field of education and employment and also provide it with better medical facilities. Their land is important in the survival of the tribals. There is a need to act according to the changing times. The decrease in the population of tribals has to be stopped. For this concrete measures are needed. Priority should be given to resolve pending issues at the earliest in the interest of tribals, he said.

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The Chief Minister said that if different areas would be developed, only then Jharkhand can be raised in the category of a leading State. To give a separate identity to the State, the role of tribals has to be decided. The council will prove to be helpful in preparing a better action plan for the tribal community. Special thinking needs to be done for the 27 per cent tribals of Jharkhand, their social, economic, educational and political aspects will have to be strengthened. To make tribals a part of the all-round development of the State, many parameters have to be fixed. Suggestions of all the members will play an important role in this. Together we have to connect the tribal community with the mainstream of development in a planned manner, he said.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday told officials to ensure supply of green fodder to all the gauthans constructed under Suraji Gaon Yojana.

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In gauthans reserve land meant for grazing, napier grass should be grown. The Forest Department should also take up plantation of green fodder. It should be then supplied to the gauthans, Baghel said.

The gauthan committees which are not active will be revived. The incomplete gauthans should be completed on priority. The Roka Chheka drive in villages should commence from July 1, said Baghel.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan dedicated the Kala Panchang published by the Culture Department at his residence. Tourism, Culture and Spirituality Minister Usha Thakur and Principal Secretary Culture and Public Relations Sheo Shekhar Shukla were also present on the occasion. Minister Usha Thakur presented a book titled Bundelkhand ke Bitti Chitra (Mural Paintings of Bundelkhand) to Chief Minister Chouhan.

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The Kala Panchang has been published with the hope that the country will be free from the crisis of Corona epidemic and cultural activities will be organised as before. If the activities cannot be conducted physically then efforts will be made to organise the events online.

The Kala Panchang for the year 2021-22 portrays the Madhya Pradesh tribes attachment to the nature. The cover page of the Panchang has a painting of Karma dance by Kalabai Shyam. Along with this, the Panchang is adorned with the depictions of Bhuri Bai, Nanku Siya Shyam, Lado Bai, Durgabai, Narmada Prasad Tekam and Ram Singh.

Govt should devise SOP for vulture tissue collection

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In a research published this April, Nimesulide poisoning in white-rumpedvultureGyps bengalensis in Gujarat, India, the authors found the anti-inflammatory drugnimesulidein the Tissues of all the dead vulture fromGujaratthey studied. The research was part of a project funded entirely by the Union ministry of Environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

The collection of tissues of dead vultures sampled in the study were permitted by Gujarat forest department, and shared by Jivdaya Charitable Trust, Ahmedabad.

The research paper pointed out that between March and April 2020, there were at least two other incidents of deaths of white-rumped vultures inAssamand West Bengal.

While 13 vultures died after eating the carcass of a pig in Jalpaiguri district, in West Bengal, 19 vultures died in Sibsagar, Assam possibly due to poisoning However, tissue samples could not be collected for analysis.

The study found that residues of all the 32 most commonly used pesticides in the tissues from kidneys, livers and guts of the four white-rumped vultures collected from Sanand and Dhrangadhra were below detection limits.

Khadi commission plants 5,000 bamboo saplings to help tribal economy in Udaipur

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In a bid to reduce , provide livelihood opportunities in tribal areas and support rural Industry,Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) planted 5,000bamboo saplingsin tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur.

Bamboo plantation drive on such a large scale will create additional income for the local tribal Population while supporting the local bamboo-based industries and boosting the rural economy. In three years, thesebamboopatches will be able to meet the requirement of agarbatti manufacturers inRajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Bamboo can be used for making agarbatti sticks, furniture, handicraft, Musical instruments and paper pulp while the waste can be used in making charcoal and fuel briquette.

Bamboos are also known for conserving water and reducing Evaporation of water from the land surface, which is an important feature in arid and drought-prone regions.