Uttarakhand

• 12 Jun 2023

Uttarakhand Government will Now Give One Lakh Rupees on Selection in NDA and CDS Preliminary Exam

Why in News?

On 9 June 2023, Higher Education Minister of Uttarakhand Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat announced that the state government will now give one lakh rupees to the youth of the state for selection in the preliminary examination of NDA (National Defense Academy) and CDS (Combined Defense Services). For this, a proposal is being prepared by the department.

Key Points:

• Along with free coaching, the state government is going to give one lakh rupees as financial and incentive amount to the youth of the state who dream of becoming an officer in the army. Although till now 50 thousand rupees have been given by the department for this, but now preparations are on to double this amount.
• According to the officials of the department, the benefit of this scheme will be given to those students who are permanent and native residents of Uttarakhand, who have passed 12th, graduation and post-graduation examinations from the educational institutions of the state.
• For the benefit of the scheme, the result of the preliminary examination has to be applied within one month. The benefit of this scheme can be availed only once.
• Joint Director of the department AS Uniyal said that for the first-time free coaching for competitive examinations would be provided to meritorious students by the department. For this MoU will be done with Uttarakhand including Delhi, Chandigarh, Hyderabad etc. states. Students will be prepared not only for NDA, CDS and OTA but also for competitive exams like IAS and PCS etc.
• For the better future of meritorious students, the government will also prepare the students who have passed the preliminary examination for the main examination.

Contract Between SIDCUL and Central Government for Electronic Manufacturing Cluster will be done soon

Why in News?

According to information received from the media on 9 June 2023, a contract will soon be signed between the Central Government and the State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCUL) to build Uttarakhand's first electronic manufacturing cluster.

Key Points:

• According to information, an electronic manufacturing cluster will be set up on 133 acres of land at Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district of the state. For this, the State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCUL) has prepared a DPR.
• An estimated Rs 115 crore will be spent on making the cluster. In this, 50 percent amount will be given by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. For this, the Center has approved Rs 56 crore for developing the cluster.
• After the formation of this cluster, all the facilities will be available to the electronic manufacturing industries along with the land, in which plots will be given to about 60 companies manufacturing electronic goods, electric vehicles, defence, telecommunication, power equipment.
• Hostel, warehouse, lab for testing equipment, fire station, medical facility will also be available inside the cluster for the employees of the industries.
• Samruddhi Automation Pvt Ltd will invest around Rs 200 crore as an anchor unit in the cluster. For this, eight acres of land has been allotted to the company. With the formation of the cluster, an investment of Rs 700 crore is expected in the electronics sector.