1. Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana 2022
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has launched 'Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana', which will be implemented on a pilot basis in 14 municipal corporations including cities like Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur and Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh.
Through this scheme, all government services such as citizen's caste certificate, residence certificate, ration card, etc. documents will be delivered directly to the homes of citizens by the government.
Under the Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana, assistant friends will be deployed by the government. Who will go to the house of the people and complete all the formalities.
An initial provision of Rs 10 crore has been made by the government for the operation of this scheme.
To get the benefit of this scheme, citizens have to contact a helpline number 14545.
About Chhattisgarh State
Formation - 1 November 2000
Capital- Raipur
Governor- Anusuiya Uikey
Chief Minister- Bhupesh Baghel
Assembly seats- 90
Lok Sabha seats- 11
2. Jeevala scheme for prisoners
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The Prisons Department of the Government of Maharashtra has launched a first of its kind credit scheme called 'Jeevala' for prisoners lodged in jails across the state.
The loan scheme called 'Jivhala' has been introduced by the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank for prisoners who are serving jail terms for more than three years.
The pilot project of this scheme was presented at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.
This scheme will be extended to around 60 jails by the Maharashtra government.
The loan from this scheme can be used by the prisoners for the education of their children, medical treatment of family members, legal fees or other expenses.
About Maharashtra State
Formation - 1 May 1960
Capital- Mumbai (Summer), Nagpur (Winter)
District- 36
Governor- Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister- Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy Chief Minister- Ajit Pawar
Legislative Council seats- 78
Assembly seats - 288
Lok Sabha seats- 48
Other Schemes - Mission Kabach Kundal, Mission Oxygen Self Response Scheme, Swadhar Yojana
3. Deadly Shigella bacteria cause Kerala food poisoning cases
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Recently, 58 people became ill after eating food from a dhaba and one girl died. Shigella sonnei bacteria are believed to be the reason behind the incident of suspected food poisoning in Kasaragod district of Kerala.
Since the test results found the presence of Shigella sonnei bacteria, the water source used for the restaurant will be inspected.
Steps are being taken to conduct diarrhoea surveys, chlorination of drinking water sources and cleanliness checks at food preparation and distribution centres as part of preventive measures.
However, the presence of E.coli and coliform bacteria were found in the food samples.
Testing to check the presence of shigella and salmonella bacteria is under way.
About Shigella sonnei bacteria
Shigella sonnei is a species of Shigella.
Along with Shigella flexneri, it is responsible for 90% of cases of shigellosis.
Shigella sonnei is named after Danish bacteriologist Karl Olaf Sonne.
It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, nonmotile, non-spore forming bacterium.
Shigella is one of the leading bacterial causes of diarrhoea and intestinal infection worldwide.
Some common symptoms of Shigella infection include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, fatigue, and blood in the stool.
It is spread through contaminated food and water and can also be spread by direct contact with faeces from an infected person.
4. Governor has forwarded NEET exemption Bill to Union Home Ministry
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Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has sent a bill to the Union Home Ministry to abolish the NEET exam in the state. The Bill will be sent to Rashtrapati Bhavan by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the assent of the President.
However, even before this, a bill was passed in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly to free the state from the NEET examination.But it was returned by the Governor.
The state of Tamil Nadu is witnessing a tussle between the elected government and the state governor over the question of approving the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) Bill passed by the state assembly.
Position of Governor in Constitutional system of India
The Governor is appointed by the President, which means the central government.
Although Article 154(1) of the Constitution vests the executive power of the State in the Governor, he is required to exercise that power according to the Constitution.
The Governor can act only on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers.
The Governor is only the constitutional head of the state and the executive power of the state is exercised by the Council of Ministers.
The options before the Governor in the matter of giving assent to a Bill
The assent of the Governor or the President is necessary for a bill to become a law.
Article 200 of the Constitution provides for four alternatives for a Governor when a Bill passed by the legislature-
The Governor can give his assent straightaway.
The Governor can withhold his assent.
He may also reserve it for the consideration of the President.
He may return the Bill to the legislature with the request that it may reconsider the Bill or any particular provision of the Bill.
However, if the legislature re-passes the bill without accepting any of the amendments suggested by the governor, he is constitutionally bound to assent to the bill.
5. The 61st Annual Bodo Sahitya Sabha was organised in Tamulpur, western Assam
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The 61st Annual Bodo Sahitya Sabha was organised in Tamulpur, western Assam, in which the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind participated.
President Ram Nath Kovind is the first President to address the Bodo Sahitya Sabha.
Bodo Sahitya Sabha is an organisation formed for the promotion of Bodo language and literature.
It was established on 16 November 1952 at Sasugaon in Kokrajhar district of Assam.
This organisation is playing a leading role in maintaining coordination among various ethnic groups of Northeast India.
About Bodo Tribe
The Bodos are native to the state of Assam in Northeast India and are an important tribe of India.
According to the 2011 Indian National Census, there are about 20 lakh Bodo tribes living in the country.
Bodos have the status of Scheduled Tribes under the Sixth Article of the Indian Constitution.
Bodo people living in the northeast of India, Nepal and Bangladesh speak the Bodo language.
Bodo language is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with special constitutional status.
6. Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurates ISBT terminus in Manipur
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Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the Inter State Truck Terminus at National Sports University Campus, Khuman Lampak, Sekmai Manipur.
The opening ceremony was organised during the North East Regional Sports Week to commemorate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The Inter State Truck Terminus was completed during 2021-22 and is the first and only Truck Terminus in the State.
It is situated 2.5 km from NH-02 on Khurkhul Awang Sekmai Road with campus area of 18.34 acres.
It was constructed under NEC funding to provide a formal transit point for inbound and outbound trucks and goods carriers for the state.
7. Maharashtra Cabinet approved the country’s first-of-its-kind gene bank programme in the State
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Maharashtra government has announced to set up a 'Gene Bank Project' for the conservation of native and endangered animals, crops, marine and biological species.
The project will be executed by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB).
The Maharashtra Gene Bank project will help in the conservation of biodiversity across the state and ensure their availability for generations to come.
The project will focus on mitigating the impact on the food chain due to climate change.
Rs 172.39 crore has been allocated for this project for the next five years.
The 'Maharashtra Gene Bank Project' will work on seven themes
1.Marine Biodiversity
2.Variety of Local Crop/Seed
3. Indigenous Cattle Breeds
4. Biodiversity of Pure Water
5. Grasslands, scrub and animal grazing lands Biodiversity.
6. Conservation and Management Plan for Areas Under Forest Rights
7. Rejuvenation of Forest Areas
8. Bihar CM inaugurates India’s first ethanol plant in Purnia
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The country's first ethanol plant operated from coarse grains was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar on 30 April 2022 in Purnia district of Bihar.
This is the first plant set up after the Central Government approved the Ethanol Production and Promotion Policy-2021 of the Government of Bihar.
Ethanol will be manufactured from maize and broken rice in the plant, which will benefit more than 10000 farmers of Bihar in the coming time.
The production capacity of the Greenfield Grain Based Ethanol Plant is 65 thousand litres per day.
The plant has been designed keeping in mind the environment friendly so as to ensure zero liquid discharge and cause less damage to the environment.
This plant has been set up at a cost of one hundred and five crores.
Production of ethanol will reduce the cost of petrol in the state and create new employment opportunities.
About ethanol-
Ethanol is a kind of alcohol, it is also called ethyl alcohol.
It can be used as fuel in vehicles by mixing it with petrol.
After sugarcane, the central government is now focusing on preparing ethanol from rice.
By producing ethanol, farmers can make their economic condition better by earning good profits.
Ethanol is mainly produced from the sugarcane crop, but it can also be prepared from different types of sugar crops.
9. Meghalaya govt launches project to promote music, support budding artists
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The music project was launched to promote music and support emerging artists in the northeastern state of Meghalaya.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma unveiled the project while presenting the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' to state music icon Lou Mazow.
This project will help at the grassroots level to provide support to the artists for out-of-state programs.
This program has been started to encourage and provide a platform to the musicians in the state and link it with tourism.
About Meghalaya
Establishment- 1st April 1970
Capital- Shillong
District - 11
Assembly seats - 60
Lok Sabha seats- 2
Chief Minister - Conrad Sangma
Governor - Satya Pal Malik
Majority of the population of Meghalaya is tribal people, in which Khasi, Garo and Jaintia are prominent.
10. Cabinet approves 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric project in J&K’s Kishtwar
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, has approved the construction of 540 MW Kwar Hydro Electric Project located on the Chenab River in Kishtwar district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The project will be implemented by Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Ltd which is a joint venture company between NHPC and JKSPDC.
The project has been approved with an investment of more than Rs 4 thousand 526 crore.
This project will generate 1975.54 million units of electricity in an average year.
The construction activities of the project will result in direct and indirect employment to about 2,500 people.
It is part of the Indus Basin and will be one of at least four upcoming projects in the district, including the 1,000 MW Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project and the 624 MW Run-of-the-River Kiru Hydroelectric Project.
Under the 1960 Old Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, the two countries share the waters of six rivers in the Indus basin that flow from India to Pakistan.
Out of these three eastern rivers – Sutlej, Beas and Ravi have full rights by India, while western rivers – Chenab, Jhelum and Indus have rights of Pakistan.
