09-03-23 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

hief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday proposed Rs 2,233 crore for the social security and welfare ofwomen,childrenand other weaker sections in the budget estimates for 2023-24.

The has started a new scheme -Mukhya Mantri Sukh-Ashray Yojana- for children in need of care (orphans, semi-orphans and specially abled). All children and persons up to the age of 27 years covered under the scheme will be known as ‘Children of State’ and the government will look after them by following the principle of ‘Sarkaar hee Mata, Sarkaar hee Pita’.

Sukhu in his budget speech also said new integrated buildings – Adarsh Gram Sukh Ashray Parisar – with a capacity of about 400 inmates would be constructed in Sundernagar and Jwalamukhi to provide shelter and residential facilities to senior citizens, children, specially-abled children and destitute Women.

He further said provision of better furniture, clothing, bedding, food, additional house mothers, quality Education, career counseling, etc. would be made for qualitative improvement of orphanages.

Additionally, the children covered under this scheme will be taken out for educational tours outside the state once in a year. They will also be provided facilities of air travel and stay in three star hotels, said Sukhu.
The expenditure on account of education, hostel, professional training and skill upgrade for the beneficiaries in the age group of 18 to 27 years, covered under the scheme, will be borne by the state government, he said.

Sukhu also announced ‘Mukhya Mantri Vidhwa Evam Ekal Nari Awas Yojana’ with the financial assistance of Rs 1.5 lakh for construction of houses for eligible widows and single women.

He said 7,000 women would be given assistance for constructing houses under the scheme in 2023-24. Electricity, water and other facilities will be provided in the houses built under this scheme, the CM added.
He said the government would provide financial assistance to such poor children of the state, who were unable to pursue higher and professional studies due to paucity of Resources. For this, Sukhu announced to start ‘Mukhya Mantri Vidyarthi Protsahan Yojana’ with the proposed expenditure of Rs 200 crore.

Under the scheme, eligible poor children will be given education loan through financial institutions/banks at the interest rate of 1% to pursue engineering, medical, management, PhD, courses from ITIs/polytechnics, BPharmacy, Nursing, general nursing and midwifery.

The crude steel capacity of the country has increased from 137.97 million tonnes (MT) in 2017-18 to 154.06 MT in 2021-22 and is envisaged to reach 300 MT by 2030-31. The production capacity of 300 MT shall be achieved by the private and public sectors expanding their production capacities. National Steel Policy, 2017 aims to provide the conducive Environment for attaining this objective by providing policy support and guidance to steel producers.

No specific fund has been allocated for Mission Purvodaya in last three years.

In the public sector, one greenfield plant has been set up at Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh.

Seven sites were chosen out of 18 proposals for PM MITRA parks which were received from 13 States.

The Parks will come up inTamil Nadu, , Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.

These are aimed at helping India to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9: Build resilient Infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

It will offer the opportunity tocreate an Integrated Textiles Value Chainright from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing etc. at one location and will reduce the Logistics cost of the Industry.

ASpecial Purpose Vehicleowned by the Centre and State Government will be set up for each park which will overseethe implementation of the project.

The UnionHomeMinistry has started the process for eviction and sale of enemy properties, the immovable assets left behind by people who have taken of Pakistan and China.

There are a total of 12,611 establishments called Enemy Property, roughly estimated to be worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, in the country.

The enemy properties are vested with the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI), an authority created under the Enemy Property Act.

According to a Home ministry notification, the guidelines for disposal of the enemy properties have been changed under which the process for eviction of enemy properties now shall be initiated with the help of the District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner concerned before the sale of properties.

Those enemy properties having valuation of Rs one crore and below Rs 100 crore, shall be disposed of by the CEPI through e-auction or otherwise as may be decided by the central government and at the rate determined by theEnemy Property Disposal Committee. The e-auction platform of public enterprise, the Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited, shall be used by the CEPI for e-auction of enemy properties.

The government has earned over Rs 3,400 crore from disposal of enemy properties, mostly movable assets like Shares and gold.

The highest number of enemy properties were found in Uttar Pradesh (6,255 properties), followed by West Bengal (4,088 properties), Delhi (659), Goa (295),Maharashtra(208), Telangana (158), Gujarat (151),Tripura(105), Bihar (94), Madhya Pradesh (94),Chhattisgarh(78) and Haryana (71).

The 5th Asean-India Business Summit took place on 6 March 2023 in Kuala Lumpur. Speakers and participants from Asean and India convened to discuss how business linkages, connectivity and supply chain resilience can be enhanced through deeper ASEAN-India cooperation. The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology addresses the 5th ASEAN-India Business summit.

It is being held as part of the ASEAN-India Year of Friendship to commemorate the more than three-decade-long engagement between India and the 10-member bloc in Kuala Lumpur.