• 30 Jun 2023

2 Start-Ups won Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Dialogue 2022

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On June 27, 2023, 2 start-ups from Uttar Pradesh working in Ed-Tech and Biodiversity were declared winners at the 5^th edition of Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Dialogue India.

Key Points:

• Twelve top start-ups from 9 Indian states working in agriculture, ed-tech, women's livelihood, circular economy and biodiversity were declared winners in the 5th edition of Youth Co: Lab National Innovation Dialogue India.
• Under the theme 'Developing Fintech solutions focused on Biodiversity Conservation', Aman Kumar's start-up 'Natti Village – Managing Farm to Create Organic Value Chain in Peanuts' was declared the winner.
• Similarly, under the theme 'Practical Suggestions for Life', Sandeep Kumar from Uttar Pradesh 'Digi Swasthya - Telemedicine for Rural India' was declared the winner.
• Winners from each thematic area received a seed grant of $5,000; The runner-up received $3,000. This funding will help the winners to mold their ideas into tangible products or services.
• Youth Co:Lab India 2022-23 has focused on 6 thematic areas - digital and financial literacy for youth, gender equality and economic empowerment of women, developing fintech solutions focused on biodiversity conservation, promoting biodiversity-friendly lifestyles through solutions to technologies in finance, accelerating circular economy through upcycling innovations and focusing on life-friendly lifestyle s Focused.
• Youth Co:Lab was launched in India in 2019 in partnership with NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). The 2022-23 edition received 378 applications from 28 states across the country.
• Out of the applications, 47 selected start-ups were given direct expert consultation and capacity-building sessions for two months through the Youth Co/Lab Springboard Programme, a start-up support platform for SDG innovators. These start-ups then presented their ideas before an eminent jury in May 2023, from which 12 winners were selected.
• About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM):
  • AIM is the Government of India's endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, including self-employment and talent utilisation (SETU).
  • It aims to act as a platform to promote world-class innovation hubs, big challenges, start-up businesses and other self-employment activities, especially in technology-driven sectors.
• About UNDP India:
  • UNDP has worked in almost all areas of human development in India since 1951, ranging from system and institutional strengthening to inclusive growth and sustainable livelihoods as well as sustainable energy, environment and resilience.
  • UNDP's programmes fully integrate the global vision of catalytic transformation with India's national priorities. With over 30 projects in almost every state, UNDP India works to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by adapting traditional models to develop differently
• About Citi Foundation:
  • The Citi Foundation works to promote economic progress and improve people's lives in low-income communities around the world. They invest in efforts that enhance financial inclusion, catalyze employment opportunities for youth and envision new approaches to building economically vibrant communities.
  • Citi Foundation's 'More than Philanthropy' approach leverages the abundant expertise of The City and its people to accomplish the mission and advance thought, leadership and innovation.
• About Youth Co:Lab:
  • Co-created in 2017 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Citi Foundation, the Youth Co-Lab aims to establish a common agenda for countries in the Asia-Pacific region to empower and invest in youth to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leadership, social innovation and entrepreneurship.

Psychological Counselling Centres to be established in Jodhpur & Kota

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On June 28, 2023, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot approved the establishment of psychological counselling centres in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota medical colleges of the state.

Key Points:

• Along with setting up a psychological counselling centre, approval has also been given to purchase the necessary furniture and equipment for this.
• According to the proposal, these centres will be operated on the available space in the medical college/hospital. Approval has also been given to hire the services of 3 Clinical Psychologists, 6 Counsellors, 4 Ward Boys/ Security Guards/ Attendants and 2 Machines with a Man on contract for each institute.
• It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister had announced in this regard in the budget year 2023-24.

Soldiers decorated with Tatrakshak Medal will also get the facilities in the state

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On June 28, 2023, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has also given the necessary approval to give the benefit of facilities provided by the state government under the Rajasthan Shaurya Puraskar (Cash Award and Land Grant) Rules 1966 to the soldiers awarded the Coast Guard Medal in the state.

Key Points:

• According to the proposal, the President's Coast Guard Medal holders will be given Rs 6 lakh in cash along with Rs 25 lakh in cash in lieu of 25 bighas of irrigated land or land.
• Similarly, Rs 30,000 cash will be given to coast guard medal holders and Rs 25 lakh in cash in lieu of 25 bighas of irrigated land or land. These benefits will be payable to the medal holders from January 26, 1990.
• It is noteworthy that the Chief Minister had announced this regard in the budget year 2023-24.

Decisions of the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister

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In the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on June 28, 2023, a subsidy of more than Rs 24,000 crore was approved for power distribution companies along with many other important items.

Key Points:

• Approval was given to construct 33 well-equipped schools in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 1335.20 crore. In the first phase of the CM RISE scheme, 275 schools are being developed by the School Education Department.
• In lieu of the subsidy approved by the Cabinet for the domestic consumers of the state under the 'Atal Griha Jyoti Yojana' for the domestic consumers of the state and subsidy to various consumer categories, a subsidy of Rs 24,196.47 crore was approved to the power distribution companies in different categories.
• The Cabinet approved an amount of Rs 1700 crore for two years (financial year 2023-24 and 2024-25) for the fourth phase of the 'Chief Minister Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme' for infrastructure development in all urban bodies of the state.
• The Cabinet has given in-principle approval for setting up of new medical colleges with an intake capacity of 100 MBBS seats in Khargone, Dhar, Bhind, Balaghat, Tikamgarh and Sidhi districts.
• In addition to the 100 kitchen centres established earlier in the 'Deendayal Rasoi Yojana', 20 new permanent kitchen centres and a total of 25 kitchens will be opened in 16 municipal corporations, Pithampur and Mandideep to help such people who cannot reach the permanent kitchen centres. Thus, the decision has been taken by the Council of Ministers to open a total of 45 new kitchen centres and to provide food in the kitchen at the rate of only Rs. 5 per person.
• The Cabinet decided to provide exemption on payment of destitute fee along with exemption of market fee on procurement of notified agricultural produce from the farmers of the state at minimum support price under the 'Price Support Scheme' of the Government of India by the central / state government institutions. Also, in the Price Support Scheme, exemption of destitute duty has been provided on summer Moong and summer Urad procured at minimum support price in the year 2022 (marketing season 2022-23).
• The Cabinet gave administrative approval for the Seeping-Amber Complex Irrigation Project Phase-II at a cost of Rs 190.11 crore. The project will provide irrigation facilities in 13 thousand 457 hectares of irrigated area of 24 villages of Bhairunda tehsil of Sehore district.
• The Cabinet also approved that the 'Madhya Pradesh Police Health Protection Scheme', which was being run in the state since August 19, 2013, will continue continuously for the next five years after March 31, 2019.
• The Cabinet approved the revision of the criteria currently prescribed for financial grant-in-aid on banana crop loss in the table of Appendix-1 (1) (b) of Revenue Book Circular Volume 6 No. 4.
  • For banana crop, approval was given to give the amount of 30 thousand rupees per hectare grant-in-aid for 25 to 33 percent damage, 54 thousand rupees per hectare grant-in-aid for 33 to 50 percent damage and Rs 2 lakh per hectare grant-in-aid in case of more than 50 percent damage.
  • The maximum payable limit of the financial grant-in-aid amount will not exceed Rs.6 lakh instead of Rs.3 lakh.

Niranjan Kujur's Ad Film 'The Spitting Wall' Bags ABBY'S Award

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According to information received from the media on June 28, 2023, Jharkhand's young filmmaker Niranjan Kujur's advertisement film 'The Spitting Wall' was given the prestigious award of the advertising world, ABBY'S Award, during the Goa Fest.

Key Points:

• The award was given at the 54th edition of the Advertising Club. In the advertising world, it is considered to be the biggest award in South Asia.
• This ad film by Niranjan Kujur was released on the day of 'No Tobacco Day'. It is a digital ad film which was released in the year 2022 on social media.
• Niranjan Kumar said that 'The Spitting Wall' advertisement has been created in collaboration with Dabur Red Paste.
• The ad film was awarded for Cause Marketing in the specialist category. The ad film has been shot in Kolkata and Noida.
• The purpose of the ad film is to create awareness among those who eat paan-gutkha. In this advertisement, common people have been advised to avoid tobacco consumption very beautifully by making an artificial wall as a medium.
• Niranjan is making an Ad film from the year 2020. So far he has made five ad films, two of which have won awards.
• 'The Spitting Wall' has received two awards so far. The film also won the Mob-Ex Awards Singapore 2023 for Ed Galli. Apart from this, 'Dabur Ratnaprash' has also received the award for Best Used of Content Marketing by the Economics Times.
• It is known that the film 'Edpa Kana', made in Kurukh language by the state's young filmmaker Niranjan Kujur, has been awarded the National Award for Best Audiography in the non-feature film category.
• It is noteworthy that Niranjan Kujur is a director and screenwriter living in the Lohardaga district of Jharkhand. So far Niranjan has made films in Kudukh, Hindi, Bengali and Santali languages.
• Recently Niranjan has made a short film 'Tere Bendho Na' in Bengali, which will be screened at the IDSFFK and SiGNS film festivals in Kerala. After that, it will also be screened at the South Asian Short Film Festival (SASFF) in Kolkata.

Health Department and Tata Trust Together Made 23 urban PHCs of the State Adarsh Humar Aspatal

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According to the information provided by the Public Relations Department of Chhattisgarh on June 28, 2023, the State Government's Health Department, National Health Mission and Tata Trust's sister organization CINI (Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives) have jointly converted 23 urban primary health centres of the state into Adarsh Humar Aspatal. developed as.

Key Points:

• The local people are getting excellent health services from these model Hummer hospitals. Out of these 23, 14 Urban Primary Health Centers have been awarded the National Quality Assurance Standard (NQAS) certificate by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• The Tata Trust has also collaborated with Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Naya Raipur for the screening and treatment of children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease. One thousand children have been operated upon with the help of the trust.
• With the help of the trust, screening centres for congenital heart diseases are also being run in four cities of Jagdalpur, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon and Raipur.
• The closing ceremony of the Model Urban Primary Health Center run by CINI in Chhattisgarh and the CHD project of Tata Trust was organized today at a private hotel in Naya Raipur.
• A panel discussion on 'Primary Health Care among Urban Population' was also organized along with a workshop on 'Workplace Happiness' for the hospital staff.
• A booklet based on the Adarsh Humar Aspatal Project in Chhattisgarh prepared by CINI was also released in the programme.
• It is known that from the year 2019, the Model Urban Primary Health Center project was being run by the Tata Trusts in partnership with the state government under the Chhattisgarh Health Systems Strengthening Initiative.
• Under this, child-friendly model vaccination rooms, patient-centred health centres, use of digital technologies, pharmacy strengthening, increasing the number of tests and medicines and increasing the efficiency of the staff working there in the state's 23 urban primary health centres as model Hummer hospitals. has been developed.
• Other urban primary health centres of the state will also be developed as Adarsh Humar Aspatals on the same lines. Tata Trusts has also partnered with Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital for the early detection and treatment of congenital heart diseases (CHD) as part of its commitment to making healthcare accessible to all.
• The hospital developed as Adarsh Humar Aspatal-
  • Bhanpuri, Bhathagaon, Labhandi, Rajatalab, Gudhiyari, Amasivani, Mathpurena, Hirapur, Kanshiram Nagar, Devpuri and Gogaon Urban Primary Health Centers of Raipur,
  • Baikunth Dham, New Khursipar, Potia Kala and Charoda Urban Primary Health Centers of Durg District
  • Gandhi Chowk and Rajkishore Nagar Urban Primary Health Centers of Bilaspur District,
  • Dhodhipara and Gopalpur Urban Primary Health Centers of Korba District,
  • Budha Mahadev Urban Primary Health Center of Kabirdham District,
  • Nawapara Urban Primary Health Center of Ambikapur District,
  • Shri Ram Nagar Urban Primary Health Center of Kanker District,
• Out of the above, Bhanpuri, Bhatagaon, Rajatalab, Amasivani, Mathpurena, Hirapur, Charoda, Gandhi Chowk and Rajkishore Nagar, Dhodhipara and Gopalpur, Budha Mahadev, Nawapara, and Shri Ram Nagar Urban Primary Health Center have been awarded the National Quality Assurance Standard Certificate by the Union Ministry of Health.

Setting up 2 New Cities in the state

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According to the information received from the media on June 27, 2023, the central government has initially given the green signal to establish two new cities near Parag Farm near Kichha and Doiwala in Uttarakhand.

Key Points:

• It is known that the information sought from the state government regarding the setting up of two new cities has been made available to the Centre, after which the approval of the Center can be obtained soon for the setting up of these two cities.
• It is noteworthy that in the past, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had proposed Rs 1,100 crore while requesting the Center in this regard. Among these, one city will be built on 378.50 hectares of land named as Industrial City on the land of Parag Farm near Kichha in the Udham Singh Nagar district of the state.
• Apart from this, another township will be built near Doiwala on the Doon-Haridwar Highway by the name of Aero City. This city will be built on 3080.8 hectares in the name of Integrated Township. It will have 746.98 hectares of government land and 2333.81 hectares of private land.
• The housing department will provide facilities in all these cities. These will include all facilities from roads and sewers to state-of-the-art cities.
• The master plan of these cities will be prepared with the help of the Town Planning Department. Accordingly, the work of building cities with private participation will be done. The government will also give some of its land to them.

Country's second Largest Bone Hospital is Being Built in Bihar

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On June 29, 2023, Dr. Subhash Chandra, director of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan (LNJP) Bone Hospital, located in Rajvanshi Nagar, Patna, Bihar's capital, said that in view of the shortage of beds for bone patients, the construction of the country's second largest bone hospital has started in Patna. Done, this hospital will be of 400 beds.

Key Points:

• Apart from a 400-bed hospital, the construction work of a spine hospital has also started in the LNJP Bone Hospital located in Rajvanshi Nagar of the capital Patna. In such a situation, now super specialty facilities will be available to the patients in LNJP Hospital itself.
• After its construction, patients will not have to wander here and there, because now all kinds of modern facilities will be available here under one roof. Everything from investigation to treatment and operation will be done free of cost.
• It is known that the construction work is being started about two years after the foundation stone of the hospital. The tender was floated twice, but both the tenders were canceled by BMICL due to irregularities.
• It is noteworthy that this will be the first bone and spine hospital in the state and the second largest in the country. Bigger than this is a hospital with more than 400 beds in Gurugram, Haryana, where only bone and spine treatment facilities are available.
• Patients will get all kinds of facilities under one roof in the new hospital. There will be provision of modular OT, CT scan, ultrasound, digital X-ray machine, MRI, mammography along with modern equipment for physiotherapy such as short web diathermy, microwave diathermy etc.
• The hospital building will be constructed only on the land available in the campus. It will be constructed in a total of 3,39551 square feet. Rs 215 crore will be spent on its construction.