Uttarakhand State PCS

• 16 May 2023

Inauguration of National Homoeopathic Conference 'Homoecon 2023'

Why in News?

On 14 May 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the National Homeopathic Conference 'Homeocon 2023' at Doon University, Dehradun in the state.

Key Points:

• On this occasion, the Chief Minister launched a documentary on homoeopathy and also honoured the doctors doing commendable work in the field of homoeopathy.
• It is worth mentioning that Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed a separate Ministry of AYUSH in the year 2014 to promote the traditional medical system in India. Homeopathy has been considered by the World Health Organization as the second most popular system of medicine in the world.
• Recalling the father of homoeopathy, Samuel Christian Hahnemann, the Chief Minister said that he developed such a treatment method in the form of homoeopathy, which is very effective as well as economical.
• The Uttarakhand state government is determined to establish Devbhoomi as an important AYUSH region. In a state like Uttarakhand with a heterogeneous geographical situation, the importance of AYUSH and especially the homoeopathy medical system increases due to being economical and effective.

State Government will give a 75% subsidy on project costs to Single Women for self-employment

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On 15 May 2023, Uttarakhand's Women Empowerment and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya told the media that the state government will give a 75 percent subsidy on the project cost to single women for self-employment in Uttarakhand.

Key Points:

• The departmental minister said that this subsidy will be given on projects costing Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh, while 25 percent of the amount will be given as a loan without a guarantor.
• The departmental minister informed that a proposal is being prepared at the directorate level for the self-employment of single women. It will be presented in the next cabinet after the approval of the Department of Justice, Finance and Personnel.
• The departmental minister said that in the first year, 500 women would be benefited from the scheme. There are about 1.5 lakh single women in the state. Apart from this, the amount of Rs 30 thousand received by the workers from the Anganwadi Welfare Fund will be increased to Rs 50 thousand. Both proposals will be brought to the next cabinet.
• The minister said that there are four lakh single women in the state, but to make economically weak single women self-reliant, the scheme to be launched in the name of 'Ekal Mahila Self-Employment' will cover about one and a half lakh women.
• These women will be able to do any self-employment-related work like animal husbandry, beauty parlour, tea shop etc.
• To get the benefit of the scheme, the age of the woman should be 22 to 45 years and the annual income should be less than 72 thousand rupees.
• Among Single Women, widows, divorced, abandoned, unmarried women, as well as transgenders, will also be eligible for this scheme.
• In the meeting, while increasing the scope of the Mahalakshmi kit, the minister instructed to prepare a proposal for giving the kit even after the birth of a child.

GIA map of the Entire State will be prepared

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On 14 May 2023, Commissioner & Secretary of Uttarakhand Revenue Council, Chandresh Yadav told the media that for the first time, the entire land of the state would be surveyed by taking the help of modern technology. After this, a map of the entire state will be prepared with GIS (Geographical Information System).

Key Points:

• A budget of Rs 150 crore has been arranged for this by the state government. Uttarakhand Revenue Council has been made the nodal agency for this work.
• The Uttarakhand Revenue Board will conduct a survey of the land recorded in the revenue records under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program (DILRMP). Along with this, details of the land of all government departments will also be collected.
• Under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program, a target has been set to complete the survey work of the entire land of the state in about two years. The RFT tendering process will be started after the order is issued by the Chief Secretary.
• The survey work will be done with Aerial Lidar (Light Detection & Ranging) technology. This is the survey's aerial mapping technique, which uses calibrated laser returns from the Earth's surface and is accomplished via a GPS-tracked aircraft equipped with on-board positional & IMU sensors.
• It is known that due to the hilly terrain of the state (9 districts), all the lands are embroiled in the dispute of round accounts. Government is not able to start many development schemes due to the non-availability of land. At the same time, many departments do not have records of their own available land.
• To overcome all these problems, the government has now decided to conduct a survey of the entire land. For this, a governing body has been constituted under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Dr. S.S. Sandhu, in which Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and Heads of Departments have been made special invitees.
• After the survey of the entire land in the state and preparation of the GIS map, it will help in solving the issues related to land disputes. Along with this, it will be easier for the government to take decisions at the planning stage. The Bhu Aadhaar Number (ULIPN) of every land will be prepared.