The state government of Haryana has started an initiative called ‘Reading Mission- Haryana’. The initiative was launched to encourage reading habit among the young students of the state.
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo delcared that the Central Government started National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as national level strategy to fight against the air pollution problem across the country.
The government declared, more than one crore twenty-seven lakh pads of Suvidha Sanitary Napkins priced at one rupee per pad have been sold through Jan Aushadhi Kendras all over the country till the end of last month.
Karnataka government started the Janasevaka scheme in a few municipal corporation wards to ensure home delivery of different services like ration cards, senior citizen identity and heath cards.
Andhra Pradesh Government has launched a doorstep pension delivery scheme across the state, under which, various welfare pensions is being delivered at the doorstep of the pensioners.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami launched Direct CTO for companies operating under green category industries to receive faster clearances from government to commence operations.
Maharashtra government launched ‘Shiv Bhojan‘ scheme on the occasion of the 71st Republic Day. The scheme aims to provide a meal to the poor for just 10 rupees. The scheme has been launched on a pilot basis and under the scheme, thalis or lunch plates would be available to people at designated centres during a stipulated time in all the districts.
In Mumbai, district Guardian Minister Aslam Shaikh inaugurated the ‘Shiv Bhojan Thali’ canteen at the civic-run Nair Hospital. A similar centre was unveiled by Tourism Minister and Mumbai suburban district Guardian Minister Aaditya Thackeray at the Collector’s office in Bandra. Guardian ministers of Pune and Nashik, Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal formally launched the scheme in their respective districts.
The thalis would be available for people between 12 noon and 2 pm and each canteen is going to serve at least 500 thalis (plates) per day. The state government is expected to incur an expenditure of Rs 6.4 crore for the pilot ‘Shiv Bhojan’ thali project that will run for three months. The decision on extending the scheme to other parts of the state would be dependent upon the response.
Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana has been launched by the government of Uttar Pradesh to provide financial assistance of five lakh rupees to the family of farmers who die or become handicapped while working in fields.
The scheme will cover farmers and their family members in the age group of 18-70 years and for the first time, will also include the Bataidars, who work in the field of other persons and share the crop after it is harvested.
Government has also decided to implement Mukhyamantri Paryatan Samvardhan Yojana to boost tourism in state under which one tourist point will be developed with a fund of 50 lakh rupees in each and every assembly segment of the state.
The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel has launched ‘Rojgar Sangi’ an employment oriented mobile app at the ceremony of youth fest 2020 held at Science College premises in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The app is developed by state run Chhattisgarh State Skill Development Authority (CSSDA).
The app is designed to provide employment to trained youths under their skill development programme. It is expected that through this app, lakhs of unemployed youth of the state will be able to get employment. Information of trained and certified youths from more than 400 courses has been included.
The app will act as a bridge between the employment generating institutions or individual and skill-trained youth. In this, the institutions or individuals providing employment can contact the youth trained in skill training as per their requirement. Any organization and person can post information on vacancies as per their requirement through this app.
Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Steel launched mission PURVODAYA for the development of eastern India through integrated steel hub in Kolkata, West Bengal. Through this programme, the government aims to transform logistics and utilities infrastructure which would change the socio-economic landscape in the eastern India.
The mission will drive India’s march towards five trillion dollar economy set by the government. The steps, under mission, also include growth of steel industry along with employment opportunities across the entire value chain.