State PCS

• 22 Nov 2023

Uttar Pradesh 's Annual Software Export Assets Rs 40 thousand and Crore

Why In News?

On November 21, 2023, Dr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Additional Director of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), working under the IT Ministry, said that Uttar Pradesh has taken a huge leap in the continuously increasing software exports. The state's annual software export has crossed Rs 40 thousand crore.

Key Points:

• In the year 2020-21, the state's software export was Rs 28 thousand crore annually, which has currently crossed Rs 40 thousand crore. Lucknow's share in this was Rs 400 crore, which has increased to above Rs 550 crore. Export of hardware from across the state has also crossed Rs 1500 crore.
• According to Dr. Pradeep Kumar Dwivedi, Additional Director of STPI, 42 new startups have been created under the Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS). Of these, eight have been given a fund of Rs 25 lakh each. Apart from this, there is a preparation to provide funds up to Rs 1 crore in the Leap Ahead programme.
• In this scheme, apart from the fund, an incentive amount of Rs 30 thousand per month is also being given for six months.
• Youth have benefited the most from starting software startups. Startups are being created in every sector under the Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) of the IT Ministry. Centers have been set up under this scheme at 12 places in the country. There are two centers in Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow and Prayagraj through which startups are being developed.
• After the implementation of the new IT policy, work is being done at a rapid pace in this area. The use of software has shown positive results especially in the medical field. An important experiment of Center of Entrepreneurship has started in Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow.
• In this joint program of SGPGI management and STPI, continuous work is being done on clinical trials. STPI has recently created 28 such startups which are experimenting only on software technology in the medical world. Six of these have even patented their products.
• At present there are five centers of STPI in the state in Lucknow, Noida, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Meerut. While the other four centers are proposed in Agra, Gorakhpur, Bareilly and Varanasi.
• Presently 342 export units are attached to STPI parks. 101 companies are associated with the incubation centre. When four more centers of STPI will be opened, new avenues of employment will open for the youth. More than six thousand youth get immediate benefits from a single park.

Farakka-Kahalgaon will illuminate Bihar, 159 MW Electricity will be Available from Three Surrendered Units

Why In News?

On November 21, 2023, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) gave permission to purchase power while giving its decision on the petition filed by power companies regarding 24-hour power supply of 159 MW from the generation units of Farakka and Kahalgaon.

Key Points:

• On the orders of the Eastern Region Power Committee of the Ministry of Energy, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has approved the purchase of power companies. This electricity will be available at a rate already approved by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
• The bench of Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission, Member (Technical) Arun Sinha and Member (Law) PS Yadav, while giving its decision on the petition of the power companies related to it, said that the petitioners have to get 107.751 MW more from the Stage-One and Stage-Two units of Farakka. 51.520 MW will be made available 24 hours from NTPC's Kahalgaon unit. Just a month ago, the power company had surrendered about 850 MW of power from two units of Farakka and one unit of Kahalgaon.
• The organization that controls the electricity supply to the eastern states of the country has again made available to Bihar 159 MW of surrendered electricity which was not allocated to any other state. For this, an agreement has been signed between NTPC and Bihar Government in which the surrendered unallocated power has to be used only by the concerned state.
• In the petition, the power companies said that the two units of 110-110 MW built in Barauni Stage One are supplying only 5 percent of the contracted quantity for the last 14 months. There is no possibility of improvement in this situation in future due to which there is a shortage of about 200 MW of electricity throughout the year on 'Round the Clock' basis.
• Power companies said that getting permission to purchase 159 MW power will help in reducing the shortfall of about 200 MW from Barauni Thermal Power Station.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023 : 77.15 Percent Voting Place in the State

Why In News?

According to the information given by Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department on November 21, 2023, 77.15 percent voting took place in the elections held on November 17 in the state for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023.

Key Points:

• It may be noted that voting was held in one phase on November 17 for 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh. In comparison to the Assembly elections 2018 in the state, there has been an increase of 2.10 percent in the voting in the Assembly elections held this year in 2023.
• Excluding the voting percentage of postal ballot, 77.15 percent voting took place in the state this year, which includes 76.03 percent women and 78.21 percent male voters. Whereas in the assembly elections 2018, there was 75.05 percent voting in the state.
• Special points of Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023-
• Seoni district recorded the highest voting percentage of 86.29 percent. Whereas Alirajpur district had the lowest turnout of 61.81 percent.
• Highest voting took place in Sailana assembly constituency of Ratlam district. This time the voting percentage is 90.10, whereas in the year 2018 elections there was 88.35 percent voting.
• Jobat assembly constituency of Alirajpur district recorded the lowest turnout of 54 percent in the state. In the 2018 assembly elections, the voting percentage of Jobat Assembly was 52.31 percent, while in the year 2023 it has increased to 54.37 percent.
• In the Assembly Elections-2023, the voting percentage of Lakhnadaun Assembly Constituency of Seoni district of the state has increased the most. In the year 2018, the voting percentage here was 77.98, whereas in the year 2023 assembly elections, it has increased to 84.71. The voting percentage here has increased by 6.73 percent.
• In the 2023 assembly elections, there are 34 such constituencies out of 230 assembly constituencies in the state, in which the voting percentage of female voters has been higher than that of male voters. In Sinhawal assembly constituency no. 78 of Sidhi district, the voting percentage of women is 11.91 percent more than that of men.

10 Studens of HKRI Selected for Training at Warsaw University, Poland

Why In News?

On November 20, 2023, the spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that 10 students of the university have been selected for training at Warsaw University in Poland.

Key Points:

• University spokesperson said that these students will get practical knowledge about new technologies, innovations etc. in the fields of agriculture, home science and fisheries science at Warsaw University in Poland.
• The above students have been selected on the basis of examination and interview under the process of Student Development Program in International Organization under National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP-IDP).
• These selected students include Sushant Nagpal, third year student from Agricultural College, Hisar, Nidhi and Vishal, fourth year student, Munish and Nancy from Agricultural College, Bawal, Haritima and Anju from Agricultural College, Kaul, Mamta, Muskaan and Matsya from Community Science College. Amit is from Science College.
• Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. B.R. Kamboj said that till now many students of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar have gone to world famous universities for higher education and training.

Training of Chief Trainers on Ethical Behavior Started Under 'Mission Haryana Karmayogi'

Why In News?

On November 20, 2023, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal, through a video message, inaugurated the training of master trainers under 'Mission Haryana Karmayogi' at Haryana Police Academy Madhuban, Haryana Institute of Public Administration Gurugram and the Regional Training Center of the same institute, Panchkula.

Key Points:

• These master trainers will receive training to strengthen the spirit of service and ethical behavior among government employees and will then provide training to approximately 3.3 lakh government employees in their respective districts.
• Chief Minister Manohar Lal said through video message that Haryana is the first state to start Karmayogi Mission for its workers.
• On this occasion, Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal also said through video message that this is a leading program in ethics training programs under which all the employees of the state are going to be trained.
• On the occasion of the launch of the program at Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban, Director General of Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Chandralekha Mukherjee said that Mission Karmayogi Haryana is a unique initiative of moral training of the state government. Under this, Haryana aims to awaken the spirit of service and ethical behavior among the government employees. A target has been set to provide training to approximately 3.3 employees of the state.
• To complete this work, training of about 3 thousand master trainers has started in the first phase. This training will be given in groups and 150 master trainers will participate in one group, who are further divided into five sub-groups of 30 each.
• Thus, three sub-groups will be provided training for two days each at the Haryana Police Academy, one sub-group at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurugram and one group at the institute's regional training center, Panchkula. In the second phase, all these master trainers will pair up and give training on ethical behavior awareness to 300 employees in groups of 30 each.