27-11-21 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

TheHimachal Pradeshcabinet on Tuesday approved the draft electric vehicle policy to promote sustainable transport system. The said the policy aims to makeHimachala global hub for electric mobility development and manufacturing and to create public and private charging Infrastructure for electric vehicles. It is also going to provide subsidy and incentives to theelectric vehiclesmanufacturing industries.

The council of ministers, chaired by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, also gave its nod to introduce the Sardar Patel University, Mandi, (Establishment and Regulation) bill, 2021 in the state legislative assembly.

In order to double the farmers income by enhancing production and productivity of traditional crops and to improve nutritional security and income of growers, thecabinetdecided to implement Swaran Jayanti Paramparagat Beej Suraksha Avam Samvardhan Yojna in the State.

It gave its nod to provide relaxation for the year 2020-21 to toll units given that traffic was hit from June 2020 to September 2020.

Munjpara Mahedrabhai, Minister of State (MoS) for Ayush, virtually launched the Ayurveda Parv-2021 on November 26, 2021, in New Delhi.

Highlights:

Ayurveda Parv-2021 is a three-day event designed to promote Ayurveda.

In addition to the involvement of pharmaceutical businesses, an exhibition of 40 booths has been organised as part of the event.

This event has been established to promote the right use of Ayurvedic Health care, as well as to coordinate and improve the use of Ayurvedic Education, research, and pharmaceutical manufacture.

The Ayurveda Parv is organised with the goal of increasing public acceptance of Ayurveda and popularising Ayurveda as the primary therapy for a variety of lifestyle disorders. The Ministry of AYUSH is supporting this programme.

In Light of the Covid-19 crisis, this programme has grown in importance during the last two years. It emphasised the need of promoting Ayurveda in the midst of a pandemic crisis.

In New Delhi, the of India (ECI) sponsored an international webinar titled “Enhancing Electoral Participation of Women, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), and Senior Citizen Voters: Sharing Best Practices and New Initiatives.”

In the 2019 General Election, women made up more than 67% of the electorate.

In 1962, the gender gap was -16.71 per cent, however, it has already shifted to +0.17 per cent in 2019.

Since the 1971 Elections, India has seen a 233.72% Growth in female electors.The webinar was attended by representatives from 24 countries.