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Ministry of Defence
Curtain Raiser: Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise 11-12 February 2019
Disaster Risk Reduction has a pivotal role in supporting adaptation to climate change as well as sustained development. Jaipur based Sapta Shakti Command will be conducting Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise EXERCISE RAHAT on behalf of Indian Army over a period of two days on 11th and 12th February 2019. The Joint exercise in coordination with NDMA is being conducted to synergise efforts for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. Representatives from Armed Forces, National Disaster Management Response Mechanism , SDMA Rajasthan and DLMAs will be participating in the exercise.
As a prelude to the exercise, a curtain raiser has been organized at Jaipur Military station on 4th February 2019, during which Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson, GOC-in-C Sapta Shakti Command while interacting with the media informed the modalities of conduct of the exercise. The exercise will be conducted simultaneously in three places, beginning at Jaipur in the form of a table top exercise and at Kota and Alwar wherein on-ground capability and coordination amongst various stake holders will be demonstrated.
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Ministry of Education
Accessibility of higher education
The government is committed to make higher education accessible to all sections of the society including the poor. The department is implementing the following schemesto assist meritorious students from poor financial background and to ensure that no one from the Economically Weaker Sections is denied access to higher education, only for the reason that he or she is poor:
- Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students 
- Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir .
- Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme 
Besides the above, tuition fee is Waived by Indian Institutes of Technology  and National Institutes of technology  whereby the students whose family income is less than a specified level get full/partial remission of the fee.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr.SubhasSarkar in a written reply in the RajyaSabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lauds Ahmedabad’s Flower Show
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said today that Ahmedabad’s Flower Show has drawn many people who are passionate about flowers and nature.
In reply to a tweet by Amdavad Municipal Corporation, Shri Modi tweeted :
"Looks interesting. Over the years, Ahmedabad’s Flower Show has blossomed and drawn many people who are passionate about flowers and nature."
Ministry of Home Affairs
NHRC issues notice to Government of Rajasthan over the reported deaths of more than 100 children at Kota Government Hospital
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the death of more than 100 children at a government run hospital in Kota district of Rajasthan in the month of December, 2019. Ten out of hundred children died within 48 hours between December 23 and 24, 2019. Reportedly, over 50 per cent of the gadgets installed in the hospital are defunct and the hospital is lacking cleanliness and basic infrastructure including oxygen supply in the Intensive Care Unit .
The Commission has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan to submit a detailed report, within four weeks in the matter including the steps being taken to address the issue and to ensure that such deaths of the children do not recur in future due to lack of infrastructure and health facilities at the hospitals.
Ministry of Power
NTPC REL inks MoU with GACL to collaborate in Renewable Energy and synthesize Green Chemicals
India’s first commercial-scale Green Ammonia and Green Methanol project
NTPC RE Limited  has signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited  in New Delhi today to realize green energy and green hydrogen objectives and the Government of India’s efforts toward the carbon-neutrality economy. The MoU was signed by Shri Harshad R Patel, Managing Director, GACL, and Shri Mohit Bhargava, Chief Executive Officer, NTPC REL.
The MoU envisages collaborating in the field of Renewable Energy, Green Methanol & Green Ammonia and mutually exploring the opportunities for the supply of 100 MW RE-RTC  power and synthesizing 75 TPD Green Methanol and 35 TPD Green Ammonia for captive use for the production of various chemicals by GACL at its Vadodara and Dahej complex in Gujarat.
NTPC Limited has been at the forefront of RE capacity development and has been credited for bringing the lowest ever solar tariff in the country. NTPC REL, a 100 % subsidiary of NTPC was incorporated in Oct’2020 to take care of the RE business of NTPC. This development comes in the backdrop of NTPC announcing its green hydrogen initiatives and plans to build the country’s first pilot projects for synthesizing green methanol, setting up green hydrogen filling stations, green hydrogen blending into PNG, and green energy storage project.
This would be the first commercial-scale Green ammonia and Green methanol project in the country and would align with the vision laid out by the Prime Minister for Atmanirbhar Bharat.
NTPC is India’s largest Power Utility and its core business is power generation with a total installed capacity of 69 GW . As part of increasing its renewable energy portfolio, a fully owned subsidiary has been formed on 7th October 2020 known as “NTPC Renewable Energy Limited”  which shall take up Renewable Energy Parks and Projects including business in the area of Green Hydrogen, Energy Storage Technologies and Round the Clock RE Power.
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited , incorporated in Mar 1973, is a state-owned chemical manufacturing unit. GACL is one of the largest producers of Caustic Soda in India, with a production capacity of over 1400 TPD at their two complexes in Dahej and Vadodara. GACL has its subsidiary company viz. GACL-NALCO Alkalies and Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.  putting up an 800 TPD Caustic Soda Plant together with a 130 MW Thermal Power Plant  at Dahej.
Special Service and Features
Gold, iPhones, Cigarettes, used desktops worthRs. 22.66 lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs. One Arrested.
On Wednesday based on intelligence two passengers Sathik Abdul Mannan, 46, and Thamemun Ansari Abdul Rashid, 34, of Ramnathapuram, who arrived from Dubai by Air India Express Flight IX 1644 were intercepted at exit on suspicion of carrying gold. On their personal search two cut bits weighing 98 grams, and one gold paste bundle of 169 grams which yielded 142 grams gold. Total 240 grams of gold of 24 K purity valued at Rs. 12 lakhs was seized .On examination of their check in baggage eleven pieces of iPhone 12 , 45 cartons of Cigarettes of brands GudangGaram and Benson & Hedges and 11 refurbished Lenovo desktops totally valued at Rs. 10.66 lakhs were recovered and seized under Customs Act . Thamemun Ansari Abdul Rashid was arrested as he had a previous offence against him.
Gold valued at Rs. 12 lakhs , mobile phones,useddesktops,cigarettesetc valued at Rs.10.66 lakhs ,totally all goods valued at Rs. 22.66 lakhs seized under Customs Act. One arrested.
Further investigation is under progress, according to a press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Success of Digital India Initiatives a Hope for Poor and Developing Countries: Secretary General of the Commonwealth
In a very encouraging endorsement of the success of Digital India programme initiated by the Government led by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth Ms. Patricia Scotland has expressed her appreciation for this initiative and has called it as a new hope for other developing and aspiring countries of the Commonwealth.
Ms. Scotland, in an interaction with a private news channel recently said that the way India has tried to address the aspirations of the people with innovation and opportunities by offering affordable digital services is commendable. She further said, “if you look at our poorer countries, our smaller, our developing countries, many of them look to the developed nations and they fear that they cannot aspire to do or replicate what the developed countries have done because of the cost. But when they look at India and fact that India is developing these things at scale and at a cost which looks accessible to so many. That brings hope.”
She also mentioned about her visit to India during January, 2020 where she interacted with the Ministers in Government of India and technology experts. During these interactions she got to understand that India was really focusing on helping the small, the vulnerable and the developing. “I very much welcome that”, she added further.
Conveying her appreciation for the contributions made by Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and IT, in the success of Digital India, Ms. Scotland further added that the Minister has been in the forefront of these developments. Talking about what Ravi Shankar Prasad has done she remarked, “he has electrified the other members of our Commonwealth family.”
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
By terming Millets as Shree Anna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the "Miracle Food" a new meaning & dimension: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Union Agriculture Minister addresses the Global Millets  Conference
Union Agriculture Minister addressed the Global Millets  Conference in New Delhi today, where the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was the chief guest during the Inaugural Session.
In his address, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said the International Year of Millets  – 2023 will provide an opportunity to increase global production, efficient processing and better use of crop rotation and promote millets as a major component of the food basket.
Shri Tomar said that on the initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets . He added that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is working in mission mode to increase millet production and consumption in collaboration with other Central Ministries, all State Governments and other stakeholders.
Shri Tomar said, Millets provide an alternative food system in times of increasing demand for vegetarian foods as it contributes to a balanced diet as well as a safe environment and described them as the gifts of nature to mankind. He said, Asia and Africa are the major production and consumption centers of millet crops, particularly India, Niger, Sudan and Nigeria are the major producer of millets and it his earnest desire to see that Millets should take pride of place in every eating plate in the globe.
Millets were the first crops to be cultivated in Asia and Africa, later spreading as an important food source for advanced civilizations around the world.
Earlier, Shri Tomar said that it is a matter of great pleasure for him to meet the President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali at the beginning of this New Year, 2023 and wished and prayed for the wellbeing of the people of Guyana. Shri Tomar also thanked Dr Ali for being the Chief Guest at the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention held at Indore on 8-10 January 2023 and extended his heartiest congratulations to the President for receiving the prestigious Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Schemes for Senior Citizens
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007  recognises the right of the senior citizens to live a life of dignity. The Act provides for financial security to the parents and senior citizens and can award maintenance to the parents if they are not properly cared for. The Act also has provision of punishment with imprisonment upto three months or fine of up to Rs. 5000/- or both for children or relatives, who abandon senior citizens. All the States/UTs have notified the MWPSC Act, 2007 and have taken consequential steps like appointment of Maintenance officers, Maintenance Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals.
The existing National Policy on Older Persons  was announced in 1999 to reaffirm the commitment of the Government to ensure the well being of the older persons. Keeping in view the changing demographic pattern, socioeconomic needs of the senior citizens, social value system and advancement in the field of science and technology over the last decade, a new National Policy for Senior Citizens is under finalization to replace the National Policy for Older Persons 1999.
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Loksabha in a written reply today.
Ministry of Railways
Shri Piyush Goyal Flags Off Mau-Anand Vihar Terminus Biweekly Special train through Video Conferencing
The train will connect Mau with National Capital & bring socio economic development in the Purvanchal region
Local industries in this region shall get the boost with improved connectivity
The Union Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal flagged off Mau-Anand Vihar Biweekly Special train through video conferencing today along with other dignitaries present at the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Hon'ble Minister Shri Piyush Goyal said, "This new train connecting Mau with Anand Vihar will fulfill the long pending demand of the people of the Purvanchal. The new train will boost economy of this region. In the present Government under PM Shri Narendra Modi, the budget allocation for Rail projects in Uttar Pradesh has been increased to ten times as compared to 2009-14. This shows the commitment of the Government for development of infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh."
The train will connect Mau with National Capital & bring socio economic development in the Purvanchal region.Local industries in the region shall get the boost with improved connectivity.
Train no. 05139 Mau-Anand Vihar Terminus shall depart from Mau on every Tuesday and Friday at 20.50 hrs and shall reach Anand Vihar Terminus next day at 11:30 hrs.
Train no. 05140 Anand Vihar-Mau Biweekly Special shall depart from Anand Vihar terminus on every Wednesday and Saturday at 16:45 hrs and shall reach Mau at 06:20 hrs next day.
This train will have total 21 LHB Coaches. It shall have stoppages at Aunrihar, Jaunpur, Sultanpur, Lucknow and Kanpur Central stations enroute in both directions.
Today, this train is being run as “Inaugural Special Train”.
Special Service and Features
BCAS - Aviation security seminars - Chennai Airport
In connection with “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, marking 75 years of Indian Independence, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security , the apex regulatory body for all aviation security matters in India, has taken the initiative to launch a series of regional aviation security seminars to improve professional knowledge and upgrade security measures of all agencies and personnel involved in Aviation Security.
BCAS Regional Office, Chennai is the first to conduct the Aviation Security Seminar ‘RASSC-21’  at Chennai. The inaugural function was a convened over video link with virtual and physical participation of the dignitaries at various stations/offices.
Sh. Jaideep Prasad IPS, Joint Director General, BCAS, inaugurated the Seminar from BCAS Headquarters New Delhi. Sh. Suneel Dutt, Airport Director, Chennai Airport. Sh. R. Madhavan, Regional Executive Director, AAI, Southern Region, Dr. Sharad Kumar, General Manager - Engg , Chennai Airport, and Sh. Sriram, DIG, ASG/CISF. Chennai Airport spoke on the occasion. Sh. Ashish Kumar, Commandant, ASG/CISF and Sh. T. Sukumar, Chief Security Officer, Chennai Airport were present.
Sh. S. Kalyanaraman, Regional Director, BCAS, Chennai delivered the keynote address.
The two-day seminar will have experts and professionals from various fields of aviation security delivering on relevant topics through virtual mode.
Officers from BCAS Headquarters and its 20 Regional offices; Airport Directors and Chief Security Officers of 13 Airports in Southern Region, Local Police representatives and Chief Security Officers of major Airlines are also participating in the sessions.
In the International year of Aviation Security culture-2021, this academic initiative of BCAS will go a long way in upgrading professional knowledge and consequently greater attention devoted to all security measures in all Airports under Southern Region.
This is stated in a press release issued by the Corporate Communications Department, AAI Chennai Airport.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
MAHILA SHAKTI KENDRA
The Mahila Shakti Kendra  Scheme was approved in November, 2017 as a centrally sponsored scheme to empower rural women through community participation. The scheme aims to facilitate inter-sectoral convergence of schemes and programs meant for women. The scheme is implemented through State Governments and UT Administrations with a cost sharing ratio of 60:40 between Centre and States except for North East & Special Category States where the funding ratio is 90:10. For Union Territories 100% central funding is provided.
State/UT-wise details of funds allocated under the Scheme including for the State of Madhya Pradesh during the last three years is at Annexure-I. The district-wise details of funds allocated and utilised under MSK Scheme is not maintained by the Ministry. Women candidates are given preference as per Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme Implementation Guidelines for working as Women Welfare Officers and District Coordinators in District Level Centres for Women .
The MSK Scheme provides for National, State and District Level Task Forces for review, monitoring and coordination at their respective levels. The details of district-wise DLCWs approved for the State of Madhya Pradesh, is at Annexure-II. Further, the functioning of MSK scheme has been reviewed by Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office , NITI Ayog and the recommendations have been considered in the new scheme under recently launched Mission Shakti
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated mobile COVID-19 RT-PCR Lab jointly developed by SpiceHealthand the Indian Council of Medical Research
Modi government is committed to contain the spread of COVID-19
Will help add more capacity to COVID-19 testing
The Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah today inaugurated a mobile COVID-19 RT-PCR Lab at the Indian Council of Medical Research  in New Delhi, jointly launched by SpiceHealth and the ICMR. The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan also participated in the inauguration function. The Secretary DHR and Director General of the ICMR, Dr.Balram Bhargava, the Chairman and Managing Director of SpiceJet, Shri Ajay Singh and the CEO of SpiceHealth, Ms. Avani Singh also took part in the inauguration ceremony.
This testing lab and more such labs which are planned to be set up, shall help in adding more capacity to COVID-19 testing. The lab is accredited by NABL and approved by the ICMR. RT-PCR tests are most decisive and crucial for COVID-19 testing. These tests will cost Rs. 499/- and the cost of testing will be borne by the ICMR. The people of Delhi will not have to bear any cost. This initiative is a step in making COVID-19 testing affordable and more accessible to the common person.
The test report would be available within 6 to 8 hours from the time of sample collection compared to the average 24 to 48 hours taken by similar test reports.
SpiceHealth has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ICMR for setting up testing facilities and collection centres across the country. To begin with, the first testing facility has been set up in Delhi. More such testing facilities will come up in different parts of the National Capital over the coming days.It is planned to set up 10 labs in the first phase. At the outset, each lab would be able to test up to 1,000 samples per day and testing would slowly be ramped up to 3,000 samples per day per lab.
Ministry of Law and Justice
7 th Justice Ministers' Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation  Member States to be hosted by Union Law Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad on 16th October, 2020
In the Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO, Member States to deliberate on areas of cooperation; creating favourable conditions for resolving disputes; and implementation of the Action Plan of the Working Groups of Experts on Forensic Activities and Legal Service
Department of Legal Affairs to also host the Second meeting of the Experts Working Group on 13th and 14th October, 2020
The Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation  Member States will be hosted by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Law & Justice, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology on 16th October, 2020.
In this connection, Shri Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice will also host the Second meeting of the ExpertsWorking Group on 13th and 14th October, 2020.
Both the meetings shall be conducted through Video Conferencing mode.
First Expert Group Preparatory Committee Meeting of the Seventh Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of SCO Countries was also held in New Delhi on 1 7th and 18th September, 2019.
The Experts Working Group will discuss and share their experiences, best practices and the novel steps taken by them for creating conducive environment for promoting resolution of disputes and other related activities of the Ministries of  Justice including legal services and forensic activities.
In the Seventh Meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO, Member States shall further deliberate on areas of cooperation; creating favourable conditions for resolving disputes; and implementation of the Action Plan of the Working Groups of Experts onForensic Activities and Legal Services. A Joint Statement following the results of the Seventh Session of the Ministers of Justice of the SCO Member States shall be signed.
The Ministers of  Justice and senior officials / experts from the Ministries of Law & Justice of India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will be participating in the Meeting. The SCOSecretariat will be providing necessary assistance during the three days' deliberations.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 19 National Highway projects worth Rs 1407 crore in Haryana and Rajasthan
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated 19 National Highway projects worth Rs 1407 crore in Haryana and Rajasthan. Haryana Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar , Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shri Ashok Gehlot, Union Minister of State, General V.K. Singh, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Shri Dushyant Chautala , Shri Rajyavardhan Singh Rathor , Shri Ramcharan Bohra, State Ministers and all MPs-MLAs, officers and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
With the construction of these projects, tourism, agriculture, industry and trade will increase alongwith increase in employment in the states. Time and fuel will be saved and pollution will be reduced. The construction of a U-turn near Ambience Mall will relieve the congestion on the Delhi-Gurugram border. The construction of various fly-overs on the Delhi-Jaipur highway will relieve traffic jams on the highway. With the construction of various major and minor bridges on NH-48, the adjoining areas will get rid of water logging and the travel of the people will be smooth. Dharuhera city will get rid of jam due to the construction of Dharuhera-Bhiwadi link road. Also, with these projects, the travel between Delhi - Jaipur will reduce.