31.08.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that the Haryana Government has taken the state on a progressive path by promoting its Antyodaya spirit during its tenure of 2500 days.

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Pointing out that the has launched many schemes for the welfare of every section of the Society, he said that every person in the state should be fully motivated to avail benefits from these schemes so that a prosperous Atmosphere prevails.

Khattar said about 70 lakh families were provided free food grains till November, 2020 under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana and the sentiment of the people is positive towards the government. He said the opposition parties are misleading the people and presenting the schemes of the government in the wrong way without any true facts whereas the present State Government has consistently been working to uplift the life of the people. Now the efforts of the state government have started showing results. Those with family income up to Rs 1.80 lakh annually would get the benefits of the schemes run by the State Government on priority basis.

ThePolice Reform Commissionsubmitted its report on reforms in the police department toPunjab governor and UT administrator V P Singh BandnoreatRaj Bhawanon Saturday. K B Singh, retiredIPSofficer and single member of the police reform commission, submitted the report to Praveer Ranjan, DGP UT.

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The commission recommended a people-friendly face for the UT Police, besides imparting soft skills to police personnel during training at the time of recruitment. The commission pointed out that as most of the complainants who visit police stations are not aware of who they have to meet or where they have to lodge their complaints, a reception area should be set up in each police station. The commission also recommended a separate cyber police station to deal with cyber crimes effectively and setting up of two more sub-divisions along with five more police stations in the city. At present, the city has 17 police stations.

Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the State Government would organise Swarnim Himachal Rath Yatra to commemorate the golden jubilee year of Statehood from October 2 this year. The Chief Minister presided over the high powered committee meeting regarding Swarnim Himachal Rath Yatra here.

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He said that the Rath Yatra would celebrate the contribution of a common man in these 50 years of the glorious journey of Himachal Pradesh. The would organize 51 events across the State by different departments. Swarnim Rath Yatra would cover almost all the constituencies of the State in over two months.

A mega event would be held on January 25, 2022 on the State level Statehood day function, he said.

Thakur said the State Government was contemplating to organize the Swarnim Himachal Rath Yatra in the State from January 25 this year but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed.

The Women Empowerment and Child Development (WECD) Minister, Rekha Arya has transferred `3,000 to the bank account of each newly marked beneficiary in the third phase of Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana (MVY). Arya informed that in the first two phases, the department started providing the benefits under the scheme to a total of 1,418 eligible beneficiaries of the State besides providing them with the monetary help of `3,000 each. In the third phase of MVY, Arya informed that a total of 149 beneficiaries were marked in five districts in which 72 beneficiaries are from Tehri, 48 from Nainital, 20 from Haridwar, eight from Rudraprayag and one from Pithoragarh.

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The Women Empowerment and Child Development (WECD) Minister, Rekha Arya has transferred `3,000 to the bank account of each newly marked beneficiary in the third phase of Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana (MVY). Arya informed that in the first two phases, the department started providing the benefits under the scheme to a total of 1,418 eligible beneficiaries of the State besides providing them with the monetary help of `3,000 each. In the third phase of MVY, Arya informed that a total of 149 beneficiaries were marked in five districts in which 72 beneficiaries are from Tehri, 48 from Nainital, 20 from Haridwar, eight from Rudraprayag and one from Pithoragarh.

Choosing the auspicious occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath released financial assistance of Rs 1,341.17 crore to 2.853 lakh beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U) in Uttar Pradesh.

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In the last four-and-a-half years, the has provided over 40 lakh houses under PMAY-G. Before 2017, UP was nowhere in PM Awas Yojana, or SVANidhi Yojana but as soon as our government assumed office, the state clinched the first position in providing homes to residents of the state under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), Yogi said.

To provide dignified livelihoods to over 20,000tribal womenengaged in selling Hadiya (rice beer), theJharkhandStateLivelihoodPromotion Society (JSLPS) in collaboration with an international NGO Green Digital has launched a project to generate income.

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The project, Advancing Tribal Livelihood and Self Reliance (ATLAS), aims to provide alternative livelihoods to such Women by assisting them on the modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based agricultural practices.

On the criteria of beneficiaries to be covered by the project, Sahay said, All beneficiaries of Phulo Jhano Ashirvad Scheme, as well as those who are involved in the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic drinks like Hadiya, will be selected under the project. Digital Green will provide the beneficiaries with the latest technology and equipment.

A green belt with dense canopy trees will be developed along the Ganga as part of the state governments measures to curb pollution level in the state capital, said minister of environment, forest and climate change (EFCC)Neeraj Kumar Singh, while releasing the report of source apportionment study for ambient particulates matter (pm) -2021 for Patna.

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He said plantation on the banks of the Ganga would help in checking the windblown dust sediments reaching the state capital and adding to its pollution load.

The study was conducted by TheEnergy and Resource Institute(TERI), centre for Environment, energy and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change,Asian Development Research Institute(ADRI), Patna and Bloomberg philanthropies.

As the plantation along the Ganga was one of the suggestions made in the study, the minister said similar forestation would be made along other rivers passing through important towns of the state for checking pollution.

The North America Chhattisgarh Association (NACHA), a grouping of non-resident Indians from Chhattisgarh, was awarded Organisation of the Year title in the 10th Annual Global Community Oscars Award.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has congratulated all members of NACHA for winning the award.

We take pride in glorifying the beauty of our culture across the world. It is a matter of pride for Chhattisgarh that NACHA is promoting Chhattisgarhi culture on a global level, he said.

This is the first award for NACHA, which was set up in Chicago in 2017 to promote the heritage and culture of Chhattisgarh outside of India.

On the recommendation of the selection committee constituted by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department for the highest sports awards of Madhya Pradesh followed by the approval of Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, the State level sports awards were announced.

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Director Sports and Youth Welfare Pawan Jain informed that for the year 2020, 13 Eklavya, 10 Vikram, 3 Vishwamitra, 1 Late Shri Prabhas Joshi award and 1 Life Time Achievement Award have been announced. The Life Time Achievement Award for the year 2020 is being given to Padmashri Abhay Chhajlani.

He said that the states Olympic hockey star player Vivek Sagar would be awarded the Vikram award, highest award of the state. For the year 2020 State Level Sports Awards, 110 applications for Eklavya, 95 for Vikram Award, 34 for Vishwamitra Award, three applications were received for Prabhas Joshi Award and 21 for Life Time Achievement award.

As part of its preparedness for the projected third wave ofCovid-19 infections, the state government is all set to add at least 500 pressure swing adsorption (PSA)oxygenplants to augment the existing oxygen producing capacity in the state. This will take the total number of oxygen plants to 553 acrossGujarat.

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Gujarat currently has an Oxygen manufacturing capacity of at least 1,000MT, according to sources. A majority of this is diverted towards industrial consumption. In routine times, the medical consumption of oxygen is barely 50MT in a day.
The new Plants that are being commissioned include 392 being set up by the government and the remaining by private sector.