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Ministry of Steel
Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL ,flags off the Vizag Steel Run-a 5K promo run as a precursor for the Vizag Marathon.
Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL and other dignitaries flagged off the Vizag Steel Run, a 5K promo run at the Col.CK Naidu Ukku stadium of RINL, Visakhapatnam steel plant today as a precursor to the "Vizag Marathon " run scheduled on 18th Dec 2022 at RK Beach.
Shri DK Mohanty, Director , Dr KH Prakash, CGM  & HOD , Shri MS kumar, renowned cricketer and ex-GM , RINL, Mr Balkrishna Rai, President, Vizag Runner Society also participated in the flag off of the Vizag Steel 5K Promo run.
Appreciating the organisers’ efforts on promoting the run, Sri Atul Bhatt, CMD of RINL exhorted the RINL collective to involve themselves in this kind of physical activity, which keeps them healthier, as a fitter RINL can be a prosperous RINL. Shri Bhatt further added that Vizag city is blessed with its beauty, cleanliness, environment and friendly people, which can be compared with any popular international tourist destination, and this kind of marathon will help in promoting its image further.
Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL, Shri DK Mohanty, Director , Dr KH Prakash, Shri MS Kumar, and Shri Balkrishna Rai also participated in the run, along with over 500 person comprising of employees, officials, sportspersons from various athletic associations, and children, who actively participated in the Vizag Steel 5 K promo run.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves reservation in Teachers’ Cadre Ordinance, 2019
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for promulgation of "The Central Educational Institutions  Ordinance, 2019" considering the University/ College as a unit instead of 'Department/ Subject'.
Impact:
This decision is expected to improve the teaching standards in the higher educational institutions to attract all eligible talented candidates.
Benefits:
This decision will allow filling up of more than 5000 vacancies by direct recruitment in Teachers' Cadre duly ensuring that the Constitutional Provisions of Articles 14, 16 and 21 shall be complied with and stipulated reservation criteria for the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes are met with.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
EIACP takes Prime Minister’s message of Mission LiFE to the people
About 59,500 people inspired to become Pro-Planet People
A five-day mass awareness programme promoting Mission LiFE was conducted from 20-24 March 2023 by Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme, Programme Centres and Resource Partners  of Delhi, Uttarakhand and Punjab. Mission LiFE launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi focuses on environmentally conscious living, promoting mindful and deliberate utilization instead of wasteful consumption. The initiative aims to create a global network of individuals called Pro-Planet People  committed to adopting and promoting eco-friendly lifestyles.
About 59,500 people  took part in the awareness programmes on Mission LiFE and its themes organized by EIACP. The awareness activities were conducted in Haridwar, Rishikesh, and Dehradun, targeting local communities and students. The programme inspired people to adopt eco-friendly lifestyles and create a global network of environmentally conscious individuals committed to making the world a better place.
At Haridwar, the campaign was carried out at Har-ki-Pauri, Upper and lower market and Kotwali Chowk. March past, pledge and interactive sessions were carried out at Doon University, Shree Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology, Kingston Imperial Institute of Technology, Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya and Patanjali University. The programme witnessed active participation from various communities, students, and faculty members.
At Parmarth Niketan, the participants were informed about the significance of Mission LiFE during the evening Ganga Aarti where Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagavati Saraswati emphasized the importance of eco-friendly living. Coordinator, WWF EIACP PC-RP, Dr. G. Areendran; SPO, WWF EIACP PC-RP, Mr. Rajeev Kumar; SPO, JNU EIACP PC-RP, Ms. Swati Singh; and IO, UKPCB EIACP PC-RP, Ms. Niharika Dimri, were felicitated by Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji with a Rudraksh Plant.
The awareness programmes were organized by various EIACP PC-RPs and hubs, including World Wildlife Fund  EIACP, JNU EIACP, IIHH SULABH EIACP PC-RP, SPA EIACP PC-RP, CPCB EIACP PC-RP, NCAP  team, UKPCB EIACP PC-RP, FRI EIACP PC-RP, and Punjab EIACP PC Hub.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Delhi’s Malba Project: Demolishing unsafe environment, constructing clean future
One often wonders as to where the debris or malba generated out of new constructions, reconstruction or demolition of illegal constructions ends up. It is generally assumed that the debris would land in the garbage or be used as backfill in an under-construction house/plot. In fact, about 30 thousand tonnes of debris is generated every day from cities across the country. Concrete steps have been taken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  under the Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban to ensure safe disposal of C&D waste. Under this, 15 thousand tonnes of debris are being disposed of every day at 400 'Construction and Demolition  Waste Plants'. This has inspired citizen groups and other organization to contribute their bits to ensure environment-friendly disposal of C&D waste, something that Malba Project is doing in Delhi.
Malba Project is a Delhi-based startup facilitating a circular economy in the construction sector in India. They are primarily focussing on the prevention of illegal dumping of C&D waste by making C&D waste collection facilities easily accessible for small waste generators. During the Swachhata Pakhwada- Swachhata Hi Seva 2023 campaign launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Municipal Corporation in Delhi held a malba removal drive with the help of Malba Project at Moti Bagh in Karol Bagh. Meanwhile, PM Modi has appealed the citizens to join a mega cleanliness drive called Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Sath at 10 am on 1st October 2023 to sanitize high footfall public places and give the true tribute to Mahatama Gandhi on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti.
Malba Project’s tech-enabled system consists of a Malba Map that keeps track of C&D waste hotspots and infrastructure in the city which helps keep a tab on the amount of such a waste being generated, collection Point Management System helps municipal corporations streamline waste collection at a neighbourhood level, and digitises waste data in addition to setting up a MyMalba App, which is a cab aggregators-like app for residents to easily request C&D waste pickups from their sites. At the heart of Malba Project is creating a win-win partnership between informal waste haulers, urban local bodies, and recycling plants to provide an affordable, convenient waste pickup service for all waste generators, streamlining waste supply for recycling plants.
As an impact of the drive, the Malba Project team has held IEC activities and empowered the average citizen  to manage their C&D waste and illegally dumped C&D waste in an easy, environment-friendly, and cost-effective manner. Also, a Malba Spotting Walk is organised with citizens who volunteer to spot illegally dumped malba and get it cleaned up. This is one of the best examples of managing C&D waste in effective manner, working on the principle of Waste to Wealth creating a circular economy.
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Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan meets FIFA Secretary General ahead of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, bats for making Football for Schools program a mass movement
Football for Schools program to reach schools in all 700+ districts across India, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to be the nodal agency - Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today met Secretary-General, FIFA, Ms. Fatma Samoura ahead of FIFA U-17 World Cup. MoS, Sports, Shri Nisith Pramanik; President, All India Football Federation, Shri Kalyan Chaubey; Secretary General, AIFF, Shri Shaji Prabhakaran and officials of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs NVS, CBSE and SAI also attended the programme.
Discussions centred around collaboration with FIFA & UNESCO’s Football for Schools Programme in the schools across the country.
In a joint press conference after the meeting, Shri Pradhan said that the Football for Schools movement espouses the spirit of NEP 2020 and promotes sports-integrated learning. It will boost culture of sports in India and help in developing skills of our students, he further added.
He said that the Government of India is committed to promote sports and create a mass movement for football, especially among school children, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing India as a sporting superpower as well as ensuring a Fit India.
Keeping in view the large network of schools, Ms. Samoura and the Minister agreed to take the Football for Schools programme to all the 700+ districts in India. Shri Pradhan informed that Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti will be the nodal agency on behalf of the Ministry of Education to take this initiative forward.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Nishith Pramanik said that this initiative will be a game changer for the future of football game. He also said that Sports Authority of India will extend all support for this initiative.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Additional 61,120 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin B allocated to all States/UTs & Central Institutions: Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda announced that an additional 61,120 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin-B, used in the treatment for Mucormycosis have been allocated to all States/UTs and Central Institutions today.
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The Minister also informed that, so far, approximately 7.9 Lakh vials have been allocated across the country, maintaining an adequate availability to patients of Mucormycosis.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railway Solarises more than 960 Stations
Orders placed for 198 MW solar rooftop capacity for 550 stations which are under execution
Indian Railways is set to produce solar energy for meeting all it's energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030
Use of solar power will accelerate the Railways’ mission to achieve the goal of becoming ‘Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway’
In order to achieve its objective of becoming 100% self-sustainable for all it's power needs and also to contribute to national solar power goals, Indian Railways has solarised more than 960 stations till date . Orders have been placed for 198 MW solar rooftop capacity for 550 stations which are under execution.
It may be noted that Indian Railways had recently organised a meet of leading solar power developers who had shared their expectations of being partners in the journey of Indian Railways to become “net zero carbon emitter” before 2030. Indian Railways is set to produce solar energy for meeting all it's energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030. Current annual requirement is about 20 billion units.
Indian Railways has a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20 GW capacity by utilizing its vacant land by 2030. Some of the Stations solarised are Varanasi, New Delhi,Old Delhi , Jaipur ,Secunderabad , Kolkata , Guwahati , Hyderabad , Howrah etc.
About 51,000 hectare vacant land available with Indian Railways and is now ready to extend all support to the developers for installing solar power plants on Railway’s vacant un-encroached land. It may be noted that Railways is also set to achieve 100% electrification by the year 2023.
It may be noted that Indian Railways is committed to utilize solar energy for meeting its traction power requirement and become a complete ‘Green mode of transportation’. This is in line with the recent directive of Hon’ble Prime Minister to solarise railway stations and utilize vacant railway land for Renewable Energy  projects.
The use of solar power will accelerate the Railways’ mission to achieve the goal of becoming ‘Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway’. In order to achieve this, Indian Railways has developed a mega plan for installing solar plants of 20 GW capacity by utilizing its vacant land by 2030.
In this regard, to begin with, bids for 3 GW solar projects on vacant Railway land parcels and land parcels along the railway track have already been invited by Railway Energy Management Company Ltd. , a PSU of Indian Railways. These solar projects, besides supplying power to Railways at reduced tariff, will also protect the Railway land by construction of boundary wall along the track.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
MSME Ministry allocated Rs.7011 Crore in Budget 2019-20
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal presented the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today. The Government has taken several measures to strengthen the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises . Highlights of the Union Budget 2018 for the Ministry of MSME are as under:
- An all-time high allocation of Rs.7011.29 crore has been made in the Budget of 2019-20.
- The flagship scheme for employment generation of the Ministry, namely Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme  got an all-time high allocation of Rs.2327 crore. This reiterates Government’s focus on creation of sustainable employment in the non-farm micro enterprise sector.
- For ensuring seamless credit guarantee to Micro and Small enterprises, Rs.597 crore has been provided under the Credit Support Programme.
- To provide funding for the 2% interest rebate on incremental loan up to Rs.1 Crore for GST-registered MSME units, Rs. 350 crore has been provided under ‘Interest Subvention Scheme for Incremental Credit to MSMEs’.
- Under the recent announcements made on 2nd November 2018, encompassing multiple initiatives and interventions for the MSME sector, 20 large and 100 small Technology Centres are going to be set up with a support of Rs.6000 Crore. This Budget has made allocation for this initiative.
- For setting up clusters in the manufacturing and artisan sectors, Rs.450 crore has been allocated. Allocation under National SCST-Hub has been increased substantially.
- Mission Solar Charkha has been launched in the current financial year, for which Rs.143 crore has been allocated under the BE 2019-20. The scheme envisages setting up production clusters, each employing 2000 youth in the rural area, at least 50% of which would be women.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Anganwadi Centres
The Anganwadi Services Scheme has an in-built monitoring system since its inception to track the physical progress of the scheme in respect of various input process, output and impact indicators through regular collection of monthly/ quarterly reports maintained in a standardized Management Information System . An ICT enabled platform named Poshan Tracker has been designed to capture realtime data on implementation and monitoring of Anganwadi Services across the country.
In addition, in order to strengthen the performance of Anganwadi Services Scheme, Government has a 5-tier monitoring & review mechanism at National/State/District/Block and Anganwadi levels for monitoring the status of Anganwadi centres.
State/UT-wise details of sanctioned & operational Anganwadi Centres across the country including Haryana is at Annexure-I.
State/UT-wise funds released to States/UTs including Haryana during last three years and current financial year is at Annexure-II.
Anganwadi Services Scheme is a universal scheme implemented across the country covering all habitats of the country including all backward districts.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Coal
Shri Pralhad Joshi lays foundation stone of Crusher and Conveyor System at NALCO, ODISHA
Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri Pralhad Joshi laid foundation stone of Crusher and Conveyor System at NALCO’s Mining & Refinery  Complex in Damanjodi, Odisha today. The System will cater to feed bauxite for the 5th stream of Alumina Refinery of the company. The project is expected to be completed by April, 2022 and would cost around Rs. 483 crores.
“We as a country aim to reach a $5 trillion economy by 2024 and I am sure NALCO will be a success story in this growth trajectory.” Union Minister of Coal and Mines said while interacting with employees of NALCO at M&R Complex in Damanjodi after laying the foundation stone.
Referring that Odisha has about 51% of bauxite, 25% of coal and 34% of iron ore resources of the country apart from 96% of Chromite and 44% of Manganese resources, Shri Pralhad Joshi said “Our Govt. has taken a number of steps to unlock the mining potential of mineral rich States for the benefit of the country as well as the population residing in these areas.” He also appreciated the State Government for supporting mining activities in the region and highlighted that it will help in boosting the economy and bringing development to the State.
Earlier on Monday, Shri Joshi had chaired a review meeting of NALCO at Visakhapatnam and directed the senior officials of the company to ramp up production to achieve annual target with paying due attention to safety. He expressed his happiness over NALCO becoming the world’s cheapest producer of Bauxite & Alumina for the 4th consecutive year. He also praised NALCO for achieving capacity utilisation in the midst of challenges arising out of operating in a remote location.
Union Minister of Coal and Mines also visited Panchpatmali bauxite mine located in the Koraput district, the largest bauxite mine in Asia, having a bauxite deposit of approx. 310 million tonnes.
National Aluminium Company Limited  is a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India. with its headquarters at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Company is one of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminium- Power Complex in Asia. The company is listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. The Alumina Refinery provides alumina to the company’s smelter at Angul and exports the balance alumina to overseas markets through Visakhapatnam Port. The present normative capacity of Alumina Refinery is 21 lakh MT per annum through 4 nos. of independent streams. The Refinery receives bauxite from its own captive Panchpatmali Bauxite Mines of Eastern Ghats located 16 kms away through a special type of conveyor belt called Cable Belt. Coal is received from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited; Caustic Soda Lye is received through their Port Facilities and water from upstream of Kolab Reservoir which is located in the Koraput District.
Ministry of Finance
High-level Event on Sri Lankan debt issues on the sidelines of IMF/WB Spring meetings
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in a high-level Event on Sri Lankan debt issues on the sidelines of International Monetary Fund - World Bank  Spring Meetings in Washington D.C today.
Mr. Suzuki Shunichi, Finance Minister of Japan and Mr. Emmanuel Moulin, Director General of the Treasury, France, and Mr. Shehan Semasinghe, State Minister of Finance, Sri Lanka, were present in the meeting. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President and Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka, participated virtually.
The purpose of the event was to demonstrate the multilateral cooperation regarding the debt restructuring process among the creditors, together with Sri Lanka. In the event, the ministers announced the launch of the debt restructuring negotiation process on Sri Lanka under the three Co-Chairs: India, Japan, and France, to lead coordinated debt restructuring of Sri Lanka.
Union Finance Minister Smt. Sitharaman expressed India’s commitment to support Sri Lanka in dealing with its current economic crisis. She emphasised that a collaboration among creditors is important to ensure transparency and equality in treatment of all creditors in the debt restructuring discussions.
Prime Minister's Office
PM remembers Bhai Taru Singh Ji on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Bhai Taru Singh Ji on his Jayanti.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Remembering Bhai Taru Singh Ji on his Jayanti. Generations to come will never forget his bravery. His unwavering commitment to truth and justice are deeply inspiring."
Ministry of Science & Technology
CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for Covid-19
CCMB is also planning to culture the covid-19 virus
To combat Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation  insists that widescale “testing, testing, and testing” is the key as early diagnosis may help save lives. Aligning with the call of WHO, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology  is working overtime on the development of cost-effective and accurate diagnostic kits for wide distribution.
“We are helping our incubating companies; they have come out with ideas and we are supporting them. We are testing and validating the diagnostic kits proposed by them. We may come up with some good kits and it may take at least 2-3 weeks if everything goes well. Quality and accuracy of the kits are the most important things. If the kits give 100 percent results, then only they will be approved,” said Dr R K Mishra, Director, CCMB.
The organisation is also keeping in mind the cost. “Our estimate is that the test should be less than 1000 rupees. We are also thinking of kits which are as cheap as 400-500 rupees, but at present we cannot assure that, as it is a different route and all this needs more standardisation”, said Dr Mishra.
Further, CCMB is also planning to culture the covid-19 virus. Dr Mishra said that the institution has facilities for this and they have got the approvals from the government too, they are yet to receive sample and kits to initiate the culture. “In the meantime, our facilities are set and we are actually training people who are going for the testing in other recognised places in the city” he said. There are 5 government designated testing centres in Telangana state. CCMB has trained 25 people so that they can go and do the testing in these centres.
Some of the labs where the COVID-19 testing will be done include Nizam's Institute Of Medical Sciences  Hydrabad, Gandhi Hospital, Osmania General Hospital, Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases or the Fever Hospital and the Warangal Hospital. The Centre for DNA Finger Printing and Diagnostics  is also likely to be added to this group.
Vaccine and drug development are another aspect of fighting the virus. But as of now CCMB is neither working on the vaccine nor on the drug development. “We have no expertise for working on this. However, when the virus is being cultured, we will try to set up a system as it can be used for screening” said Dr Mishra. He told that may be CCMB’s sister organisation Indian Institute of Chemical Technology  is working for repurposing of drugs as making a new drug is a long-term process.