TELANGANA
Eye on revenue, Telangana govt to regularise encroached land
In a fresh move to shore up the state exchequer, the Telangana government has decided to take up another round of regularisation of illegal structures built on encroached government land. While encroachments below 125 square yards of land will be regularised free of cost under the GO 58, the encroachments above 125 sq yards would be regularised by collecting penal amount based on basic value of the land.
The Telangana government had first provided this opportunity of regularisation in 2014 after TRS came to power. Committees have been constituted at district, secretary and government level to scrutinise the applications and clear them. There was a criticism on the GO earlier that even affluent people who had encroached upon the government land even in areas such as Jubilee Hills, Madhapur and other upmarket locations got their encroached land regularised paying a fee.
INTERNATIONAL
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2021/2022 Report
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2021/2022 report, unveiled at the Dubai Expo, India, is among the highest five most accessible places to start a replacement business.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2021/2022 report, unveiled at the Dubai Expo, India, is among the highest five most accessible places to start a replacement business.
The survey of Indian respondents, who answered questions on their entrepreneurial activity, attitudes to enterprise, and considering their local entrepreneurial ecosystem, found that 82% think it’s easy to start a business, placing India fourth globally.
NATIONAL
National Productivity Day: 12 February
National Productivity Day is observed per annum in India on 12 February.
Highlights
- Every year on 12 February, India celebrates National Productivity Day.
- The National Productivity Council’s mission is to encourage and promote productivity and quality awareness in all country sectors.
- The most observance of the Day is to encourage all stakeholders to implement productivity tools and techniques with contemporary, relevant themes.
- The Day is widely known by the National Productivity Council (NPC) to market productivity culture in India.
- National Productivity Council (NPC) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Government of India may be a premier institution for propagating productivity movement in India.
JITs In India
Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) of India and Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan held an annual meeting to review the progress under Japanese Industrial Townships (JITs) in India.
DPIIT and the States presented developed infrastructure and land open for Japanese investors in these townships.
Japanese companies were requested for field visits to JITs to draw in investments.
DPIIT reviewed the status of JITs with METI during a virtual platform in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Japan Embassy in India and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) also partook from the Japanese part.
INSPIRESat-1
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a satellite called “INSPIRESat-1”.
Highlights
INSPIRESat-1 has been developed by a team of international researchers from India, the U.S., Taiwan, and Singapore.
INSPIRESat-1 means International Research & Teaching Satellite Project satellite one.
It has been developed by the Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) in association with the Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
It was launched onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52
It’s a student satellite with One Year Mission life that will study the orbital heating of the Sun and about dynamics of the ionosphere. The weight of INSPIRE-1 is 8.1 kg.
Caste Census Databases Integration By NHA
The National Health Authority (NHA) started an exercise to integrate the beneficiary database under several schemes for upgrading its database during a bid to implement the scheme better.
Highlights
AB-PMJAY Stands for Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana
It provides insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per annum. Insurance is provided for secondary and tertiary care-related hospitalizations.
Under the scheme, 10.74 crore beneficiary families are identified from the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 on the idea of 6 deprivation and 11 occupational criteria, respectively, in rural and concrete areas.
The majority of SECC, 2011 also eligible for benefits under National Food Security Portal (NFSA).
As per Health Ministry, Aadhaar may be a common identity across most state databases.
It will enable the combination of caste census databases and ensure certainty on identifying beneficiaries through e-KYC. e-KYC enables target-based paperless delivery of services.
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