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1. CM of Tamil Nadu unveils ‘Meendum Manjappai” campaign against plastic use

Tags: State News

• The campaign known as 'Meendum Manjapai Vizhipunarvu Iyakkam' (Back to Yellow Cloth Bag Awareness Campaign) was launched by the CM of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin.
• Brainchild of Environment and Foreign Secretary Supriya Sahu, the campaign aims at encouraging people to dump plastic bags and revert to using the traditional yellow cloth bag.

2. Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly passes a bill to recover property damage from protesters

Tags: State News

• The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the Madhya Pradesh Damage to Public and Private Property Recovery Bill, 2021.
• The bill provides for the recovery of losses from people and organizations responsible for damaging public and private properties during protests.
• Madhya Pradesh is the 3rd state to pass such a bill after Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
• Abetment of the offense will carry the same penalty as the main offense.
• The bill provides for setting up a tribunal composed of a retired judge and an IAS officer which would look into the claims of property damage during riots or public protests.
• Application for compensation needs to be made within 30 days of vandalism and the tribunal will have to take a decision within 3 months of the application.
• Tribunal order can only be challenged before the high court within a period of 90 days after the claim order is passed.

3. Maharashtra Assembly passes Shakti Bill

Tags: State News

• The Maharashtra Assembly has  unanimously cleared the Shakti Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, on crimes against women and children.
• The Shakti Bill amends the  Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) in their application to Maharashtra.  It amends these laws for offences committed against women and children to curb sexual crimes committed against them.
• The legislation recommends capital punishment in rape cases, a time limit of 30 days to complete the probe from the day of registering the complaint, and places the onus on social media platforms and Internet data providing companies to share data for the police investigation.

NOTE 

• Criminal law, including matters covered by the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) falls under the Concurrent List of the Constitution.  It means both the center and the state make law  on criminal law 

4. CM Dashboard inauguration by the CM of Tamil Nadu

Tags: State News

To the point:

• The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru M.K. Stalin launched the state-of-the-art "CM Dashboard - Tamil Nadu 360" monitoring system on 23rd December.
• This dashboard would track, analyze and increase the efficiency of the government and would avoid delay in decision making.
• This dashboard will provide real-time information on all State government departments, storage levels of key reservoirs, rainfall patterns, price mesh, which monitors the price stability over 25 food grains/vegetables/fruits, and it will provide projections on possible increases in price, enabling government intervention.
• Across the country, the Chief Ministers of a few States, including Orissa, Punjab, Haryana have dashboards which provide available information.

5. PM inaugurates and lays the foundation of multiple projects in Varanasi

Tags: State News

• In an endeavour to strengthen the rural economy and help farmers of the region, PM lays foundation stone of ‘Banas Dairy Sankul’ at the UP State Industrial Development Authority Food Park, Karkhiyaon, Varanasi.
  • Spread across 30 acres of land, the Dairy will be built at a cost of about Rs 475 crores and will have a facility for processing 5 lakh litre of milk per day. 

• The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the Biogas based Electricity generation plant for the Milk Producers Cooperative Union Plant, Ramnagar, Varanasi.
• The Prime Minister launched a Portal and Logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with the help of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
• PM distributes rural residential rights record ‘Gharauni’ under the Swamitva scheme of the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj to over 20 lakh residents of UP.
• The PM also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of developmental Projects worth over Rs. 1500 crores in Varanasi.
• He paid tribute to “Chaudhary Charan Singh on Kisan Diwas”.

6. State News

Tags: State News

Punjab

Punjab approach Supreme Court on BSF jurisdiction in the state

• Punjab has filed a suit in the Supreme Court against the Centre’s move to increase the limits of jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km along the India-Pakistan International Border.
• The State has filed an original suit challenging the October 11,2021 notification issued by the Union Home Ministry extending the Central force’s area of jurisdiction, calling it a breach of the federal form of governance under the Constitution.

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Thai Vaazhthu declared Tamil Nadu State song

• The M.K.Stalin led government of Tamilnadu has declared Tamil Thai Vaazhthu song as the State song.
• The song is from the Tamil drama ‘Manonmaniam’ penned by P Sundaram Pillai.
• The song is composed in Mullaipaani Ragam also known as Mohana Raagam by M.S Viswanathan.

Uttar Pradesh

North India’s first Centre of Entrepreneurship in Medi Electronics and Health Informatics start operations in Lucknow

• North India’s first Centre of Entrepreneurship - “MedTech” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute , Lucknow.
•  It has been built in partnership with Software technology Park of India, Ministry of Electronics and IT and Government of Uttar Pradesh. 
• The centre of entrepreneurship shall provide state of the art facilities to Startups in the field of Medi electronics and health informatics providing impetus to the startup culture in the state.
• Medi electronics sector is currently estimated to be at $10 billion and is expected to grow to $50 bn by 2025.
• India imports around 75-80% of its Medi electronic and health informatics requirements.
• Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field in the healthcare industry that uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes.

Uttar Pradesh

All India Mayor Conference

• Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the All India Mayor Conference via video conferencing on 17 December 2021.
• The conference was organised by the Urban Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh Government.
• It is being held at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• The theme of the Conference is “New Urban India”.

Uttar Pradesh

The longest Expressway of Uttar Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on 18th December 2021.

• Length of the Ganga Expressway: 594 kilometers.
  • It will connect Bijauli village near Kharkhauda on NH-334 in Meerut district with Judapur Dandu village near Soraon on NH-19 in Prayagraj district.
  • It will pass through 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh namely (from west to east), Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Raebareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj.
• The estimated cost of the six lane expressway: Rs. 36,230 crores.
• It will be constructed by: Adani Group and IRB Infrastructure.
• Expected to be completed by: year 2025.

There will be a 3.5km long airstrip on the Ganga Expressway, which will assist in emergency take-off and landing of Indian Air Force (IAF) planes.

7. India’s 2nd Mega Common Facility Centre for Gem and Jewellery sector to be set up in Mumbai

Tags: State News

• It will be set up at the Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Mumbai.
• It will be the second such facility in India after Surat, in Gujarat.
• The Mega Common Facility will provide training to the workforce in the Gems and Jewellery sector and  will provide cutting-edge technology for manufacturing and other allied processes of the gem and jewellery sector.
• The Indian Gems and Jewellery sector is one of the largest in the world, contributing around 29% to the global jewellery consumption.
• As of February 2021, India’s gold and diamond trade contributed ~7.5% to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 14% to India’s total merchandise exports. 
• The Government of India is aiming at US$ 70 billion in jewellery export in the next five years (until 2025),
•  In FY 2020-21, gems & jewellery exports in India stood at US$ 25.30 billion.
• The US is the biggest export destination for Indian Gems and Jewellery.

8. The longest Expressway of Uttar Pradesh

Tags: State News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on 18th December 2021.

• Length of the Ganga Expressway: 594 kilometers.
  • It will connect Bijauli village near Kharkhauda on NH-334 in Meerut district with Judapur Dandu village near Soraon on NH-19 in Prayagraj district.
  • It will pass through 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh namely (from west to east), Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Raebareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj.
• The estimated cost of the six lane expressway: Rs. 36,230 crores.
• It will be constructed by: Adani Group and IRB Infrastructure.
• Expected to be completed by: year 2025.

There will be a 3.5km long airstrip on the Ganga Expressway, which will assist in emergency take-off and landing of Indian Air Force (IAF) planes.

9. All India Mayor Conference

Tags: State News

• Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the All India Mayor Conference via video conferencing on 17 December 2021.
• The conference was organised by the Urban Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh Government.
• It is being held at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• The theme of the Conference is “New Urban India”.

10. North India’s first Centre of Entrepreneurship in Medi Electronics and Health Informatics start operations in Lucknow

Tags: State News

• North India’s first Centre of Entrepreneurship - “MedTech” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute , Lucknow.
•  It has been built in partnership with Software technology Park of India, Ministry of Electronics and IT and Government of Uttar Pradesh. 
• The centre of entrepreneurship shall provide state of the art facilities to Startups in the field of Medi electronics and health informatics providing impetus to the startup culture in the state.
• Medi electronics sector is currently estimated to be at $10 billion and is expected to grow to $50 bn by 2025.
• India imports around 75-80% of its Medi electronic and health informatics requirements.
• Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field in the healthcare industry that uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes.

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