HIMACHAL PRADESH
Himachal Pradesh budget 2021-22 promises 12,000 new houses for poor, filling 30,000 functional posts
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur presented Rs 50,192 crore budget estimates for 2021-22.
Promise of 12,000 new houses to poor people, filling up 30,000 functional posts and launch of Rs 31,000 Shangun scheme for girls belonging to SC/ST/BPL families at the time of their marriage shows that BJP government has made an attempt to please all sections of the society before the upcoming elections.
Total revenue receipts are estimated at Rs 37,028 crore whereas total revenue expenditure is estimated to be Rs 38,491 crore.
Thus, the total revenue deficit is estimated at Rs 1,463 crore.
Fiscal deficit is estimated to be Rs 7,789 crore which is 4.52 per cent of the gross state domestic product.
Out of every hundred rupees to be spent by the state government in 2021-22, Rs 25.31 will be spent on salaries, Rs 14.11 on pension, Rs 10 on interest payment, Rs 6.64 on loan repayment and Rs 43.94 will be spent on development works and other activities.
INTERNATIONAL
Foreign Ministers of India, Australia, Japan and US to meet to discuss free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region
The Third India-Australia-Japan-USA QUAD Foreign Minister’s Meeting will be held with the participation of the respective Foreign Ministers.
The QUAD meeting provides an opportunity to continue the useful exchange of views from their last meeting in Tokyo in October last year.
The Ministers will exchange views on regional and global issues especially practical areas of cooperation towards maintaining a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
They will also discuss ongoing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing global climate change and other issues of mutual interest.
NATIONAL
Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 launched to expand immunization coverage across the country
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0, (IMI 3.0) to expand immunization coverage across the country.
It will have two rounds starting from the 22nd of this month and the 22nd of March this year.
The IMI 3.0 is aimed at reaching the unreached population with all the available vaccines under Universal Immunisation Programme and thereby accelerate the full immunization and complete immunization coverage of children and pregnant women.
The focus of the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 will be the children and pregnant women who have missed their vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The present campaign will target achieving 90 percent Full Immunization Coverage in all districts of the country.
Atal Paryavaran Bhavan Inaugurated By Environment Minister
The Minister of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change unveiled the Atal Paryavaran Bhavan in Lakshadweep on February 19, 2021.
Suheli Par: This is the coral atoll of Lakshadweep. The atoll has an oval shape and is 17 kilometers long. It is surrounded by abundant marine fauna. It is located southwest of Kavaratti, 76 kilometers south of Agatti. It is located 139 kilometers west of Karpeni and 205 kilometers from the NNW of Minikuy Island. The Nine Degrees Strait stretches between these islands. The area is 87.76 square kilometers.
Nine Degrees Channel: It is a passage in the Indian Ocean between Karpeni and Sukhripal Islands and Mariku Atoll. The channel is about 200 kilometers wide and 2597 meters deep.
Kadmat Island: It is also called Cardamom Island. This is a coral island, belonging to the Amindivi island subgroup. The total length is 9.3 kilometers. Coral reefs with seagrass and turtles are the marine characteristics of the island.
Lakshadweep: This group of islands is located 200 to 440 kilometers southwest of India. It is administered as a territory of the United Kingdom and an area of India. Its total surface area is 32 sq.km. It includes 10 subdivisions. The capital of the island is Kavalati. The area is under the jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court.
Power sector reforms for Five States
The other five states underwent partial Power Sector Reforms and obtained additional borrowing of Rs. 2,094 crore.
The states of Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have successfully achieved the targets set by the Ministry of Power to reduce Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses, or achieved target reduction in Average Supply Costs and Average Revenue Realisation (ACS-ARR) gap.
Reducing AT&C losses and ACS-ARR gap are two of the three reforms in Power Sector specified by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
Part of the state’s additional borrowing ceiling is related to the reform of the Power Sector.
States obtain permission to borrow funds equivalent to 0.05% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) to meet the state’s target to reduce AT&C losses, and obtain an additional 0.05% GSDP to meet the ACS-ARR gap target.
In response to the challenges posed by the pandemic, GOI increased the state’s borrowing limit by 2% of its GSDP.
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