Speech Affected as Hands Tied!During his Kathua speech, Rajnath Singh had to hold microphone as the mike installed on dais was not functioning. Rajnath said he couldn’t speak for long as he was not used to holding a mike while speaking as it distracted him. Singh may have made the remarks in jest, but organisers may not have had it that easy as Jitendra Singh, whose rally Rajnath was addressing, must have given his team a dressing down.Counting PunchesHeated exchanges are common during election time though senior leaders are expected to maintain decorum. In Jabalpur, a news channel had organised a debate in which a BJP MLA from one of the city seats and a former lawmaker almost came to blows on stage. They were pacified, but a few of their supporters in the audience got into a no-holds barred scuffle. Rescue Mission in KhajurahoAfter papers of Khajuraho’s SP candidate Mira Yadav were rejected, Congress and SP have decided to back All India Forward Block candidate Raja Bhaiya Prajapati, a retired IAS officer. Congress and SP leaders from the area have proposed to their party leadership to hold a joint rally of Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav in support of the candidate
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Third Eye: Speech affected as hands tied!, counting punches, rescue mission in Khajuraho
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‘Nearly 90 lakh sq feet space cleared, Rs 371 crore revenue earned in last 2 cleanliness campaigns’
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday said nearly 90 lakh square feet space was cleared and around Rs 371 crore revenue was earned in the past two cleanliness campaigns.
The government has announced a special campaign 3.0 from October 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, till October 31. The campaign is a sequel to the special campaigns conducted in the last two years.
“Special campaign 3.0 will focus on field/outstation offices responsible for service delivery or having public interface, in addition to the ministries/departments and their attached/subordinate offices,” said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.
Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Friday launched the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 public grievance portal, whose dashboard has been implemented by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
First of its kind Artificial Intelligence driven initiative.”Intelligent” Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Public Grievance portal launched. Provision of Automated Analysis in1/2 pic.twitter.com/HpvLesKBfS
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) September 29, 2023
The dashboard provides instant tabular analysis of grievances filed and disposed of, the ministry said, adding it will also help the officials identify the root cause of the grievance.With a ballooning caseload of problems being raised by the common man and their trust in the timebound redressal of their grievances, close to 20 lakh grievances are received annually on the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal — an online system that allows raising of grievances by people.
Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged that grievance redressal is important for the accountability of the government and also for citizen-centric governance.
“The union minister was informed that close to 90 lakh square feet of prime office space has been cleared during the last two Swachhata campaigns and put into productive usage. Besides, the government generated a revenue of Rs 370.83 crore from the disposal of scrap, 64.92 lakh files were reviewed, 4.56 lakh public grievances redressed and 8,998 MPs’ references replied,” the statement said.
The Swachhata campaign also spurred e-office work culture in the government and now over 90 per cent of file work has been made online, it added.
Singh said Prime Minister Modi has transformed the Swachhata campaign into a “Jan Andolan” within a few months.
He added that the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) has launched a compendium of 300 best practices, which will be implemented by all government ministries and departments and published widely through media, highlighting “whole of government” and “whole of science” approach.
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday said nearly 90 lakh square feet space was cleared and around Rs 371 crore revenue was earned in the past two cleanliness campaigns.
The government has announced a special campaign 3.0 from October 2, coinciding with the birth anniversary of father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, till October 31. The campaign is a sequel to the special campaigns conducted in the last two years.
“Special campaign 3.0 will focus on field/outstation offices responsible for service delivery or having public interface, in addition to the ministries/departments and their attached/subordinate offices,” said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });
Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Friday launched the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 public grievance portal, whose dashboard has been implemented by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
First of its kind Artificial Intelligence driven initiative.”Intelligent” Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Public Grievance portal launched. Provision of Automated Analysis in
1/2 pic.twitter.com/HpvLesKBfS
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) September 29, 2023
The dashboard provides instant tabular analysis of grievances filed and disposed of, the ministry said, adding it will also help the officials identify the root cause of the grievance.With a ballooning caseload of problems being raised by the common man and their trust in the timebound redressal of their grievances, close to 20 lakh grievances are received annually on the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal — an online system that allows raising of grievances by people.
Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged that grievance redressal is important for the accountability of the government and also for citizen-centric governance.
“The union minister was informed that close to 90 lakh square feet of prime office space has been cleared during the last two Swachhata campaigns and put into productive usage. Besides, the government generated a revenue of Rs 370.83 crore from the disposal of scrap, 64.92 lakh files were reviewed, 4.56 lakh public grievances redressed and 8,998 MPs’ references replied,” the statement said.
The Swachhata campaign also spurred e-office work culture in the government and now over 90 per cent of file work has been made online, it added.
Singh said Prime Minister Modi has transformed the Swachhata campaign into a “Jan Andolan” within a few months.
He added that the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) has launched a compendium of 300 best practices, which will be implemented by all government ministries and departments and published widely through media, highlighting “whole of government” and “whole of science” approach.
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Bill to set up mega R&D funding agency introduced in Lok Sabha
By PTI
NEW DELHI: A bill to set up a national agency to fund research across universities in the country was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday with the government eyeing at least 10 per cent of CSR monies for research and development.
Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh introduced the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill-2023 which seeks to set up a Rs 50,000-crore fund, with a sizeable contribution from the private sector by tapping into the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, to “seed, grow and promote” research and development (R&D) and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout India’s universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
VIDEO: Introduced the landmark “Anusandhan National Research Foundation” Bill in #LokSabha today. A historic initiative by Ministry of Science & Technology to launch India as a global player under PM Sh @narendramodi. pic.twitter.com/NmZOo8gkwu
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) August 4, 2023
A senior official said the total CSR fund kitty in 2021 was Rs 24,860 crore with the largest chunk spent on social sector projects such as schools, healthcare and sanitation.“Research and Development get a very minuscule part of the CSR fund. Through the National Research Foundation, we will encourage the corporate sector to contribute at least 10 per cent for R&D,” the official said.
The official contended that money spent on research would ultimately benefit the industry and help businesses grow further.
“This bill intends to enhance India’s national research infrastructure, knowledge enterprise, and innovation potential, for scientific pursuit,” Singh said while introducing the bill in the Lok Sabha.
The bill seeks to set right the R&D funding which, presently, is skewed in favour of IIT and other elite institutes, while state universities get barely 11 per cent of the funds allocated for research.
“The NRF is meant to ensure that scientific research is funded equitably and greater participation from the private sector was forthcoming,” the minister said.
The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), which was set up through an Act of Parliament, will be subsumed in the NRF and provisions have been made in the bill to ensure that the sanctioned projects keep receiving funds.
The bill seeks to set up different funds. the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Fund, for the financing of activities under the Act; the Innovation Fund for supporting outstanding creativity in the areas supported by the Foundation; the Science and Engineering Research Fund for the continuation of the projects and programmes initiated under the Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008; and one or more Special Purpose Funds for any specific project or research.
According to the government, the National Research Foundation will be an apex body to provide high-level strategic direction of scientific research in the country according to the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP).
“The NRF will forge collaborations among the industry, academia, and government departments and research institutions, and create an interface mechanism for participation and contribution of industries and State governments in addition to the scientific and line ministries,” Singh had said when the Union Cabinet approved the bill in June.
He said the NRF will focus on creating a policy framework and putting in place regulatory processes that can encourage collaboration and increased spending by the industry on R&D.
The NRF will have a governing board consisting of 15 to 25 eminent researchers and professionals, and it will be headed by the Prime Minister.
The Education Minister and the Science and Technology Minister will be the vice presidents of the NRF. The proposed foundation will also have an executive council under the principal scientific advisor.
NEW DELHI: A bill to set up a national agency to fund research across universities in the country was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday with the government eyeing at least 10 per cent of CSR monies for research and development.
Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh introduced the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill-2023 which seeks to set up a Rs 50,000-crore fund, with a sizeable contribution from the private sector by tapping into the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, to “seed, grow and promote” research and development (R&D) and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout India’s universities, colleges, research institutions, and R&D laboratories.
VIDEO: Introduced the landmark “Anusandhan National Research Foundation” Bill in #LokSabha today. A historic initiative by Ministry of Science & Technology to launch India as a global player under PM Sh @narendramodi. pic.twitter.com/NmZOo8gkwugoogletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) August 4, 2023
A senior official said the total CSR fund kitty in 2021 was Rs 24,860 crore with the largest chunk spent on social sector projects such as schools, healthcare and sanitation.“Research and Development get a very minuscule part of the CSR fund. Through the National Research Foundation, we will encourage the corporate sector to contribute at least 10 per cent for R&D,” the official said.
The official contended that money spent on research would ultimately benefit the industry and help businesses grow further.
“This bill intends to enhance India’s national research infrastructure, knowledge enterprise, and innovation potential, for scientific pursuit,” Singh said while introducing the bill in the Lok Sabha.
The bill seeks to set right the R&D funding which, presently, is skewed in favour of IIT and other elite institutes, while state universities get barely 11 per cent of the funds allocated for research.
“The NRF is meant to ensure that scientific research is funded equitably and greater participation from the private sector was forthcoming,” the minister said.
The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), which was set up through an Act of Parliament, will be subsumed in the NRF and provisions have been made in the bill to ensure that the sanctioned projects keep receiving funds.
The bill seeks to set up different funds. the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Fund, for the financing of activities under the Act; the Innovation Fund for supporting outstanding creativity in the areas supported by the Foundation; the Science and Engineering Research Fund for the continuation of the projects and programmes initiated under the Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008; and one or more Special Purpose Funds for any specific project or research.
According to the government, the National Research Foundation will be an apex body to provide high-level strategic direction of scientific research in the country according to the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP).
“The NRF will forge collaborations among the industry, academia, and government departments and research institutions, and create an interface mechanism for participation and contribution of industries and State governments in addition to the scientific and line ministries,” Singh had said when the Union Cabinet approved the bill in June.
He said the NRF will focus on creating a policy framework and putting in place regulatory processes that can encourage collaboration and increased spending by the industry on R&D.
The NRF will have a governing board consisting of 15 to 25 eminent researchers and professionals, and it will be headed by the Prime Minister.
The Education Minister and the Science and Technology Minister will be the vice presidents of the NRF. The proposed foundation will also have an executive council under the principal scientific advisor.
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Microseismic observation system to be set up in Joshimath: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Days after the Joshimath sinking incident occurred in Uttarakhand, Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh said that man-made disasters are rising rapidly.
“Thus, there is the need to devise proper mitigation strategies to minimize these disasters”, said Dr Singh.
Dr Singh made this remark while speaking at the two-day Joint Indo-UK Academic Workshop, organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences here with the UK delegation, led by Christina Scott-British deputy high commissioner of India, on ‘Solid Earth Hazard’.
“The Ministry of Earth Sciences is addressing the Joshimath-like challenges along with other agencies. We will be installing systems for Micro Seismic Observation in the area,” Dr Singh said, adding that workshops have been organized when India is witnessing the unfolding of the Joshimath crisis.
The minister informed that 100 New Seismological Centres (Observatories) will be opened up across the country in addition to 152 already existing and functional such centres.
“There is a critical need for fundamental research on the physical process that leads to failure of the brittle layers beneath the crust and sub-crust, to develop a low-cost solution to check natural disasters,” he said.
He also stressed that international collaboration like the Indo-UK initiative to fight such disasters in future for mitigating the risk associated with natural disasters, like earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis. The minister further claimed that India is moving closer to playing a critical role in seismological advancements and understandings.
“The scientific understanding of the processes behind disasters has grown immensely over the past 50 years also,” he said.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences has constituted a group of scientists to interact with the experts and scientists visiting from the UK at the workshop to frame unique research projects on ‘Solid Earth Hazards’.
The experts attending the workshop will continue deliberating on earthquakes, landslides and subsidence like Joshimath combing data sets, remote sensing and field observations and scope to identify the geo-hazards through AI-driven techniques. Wendy Matcham-head of Resilient Environment, Natural Environment Research Council (UK) is among other experts attending the workshop.
NEW DELHI: Days after the Joshimath sinking incident occurred in Uttarakhand, Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh said that man-made disasters are rising rapidly.
“Thus, there is the need to devise proper mitigation strategies to minimize these disasters”, said Dr Singh.
Dr Singh made this remark while speaking at the two-day Joint Indo-UK Academic Workshop, organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences here with the UK delegation, led by Christina Scott-British deputy high commissioner of India, on ‘Solid Earth Hazard’.
“The Ministry of Earth Sciences is addressing the Joshimath-like challenges along with other agencies. We will be installing systems for Micro Seismic Observation in the area,” Dr Singh said, adding that workshops have been organized when India is witnessing the unfolding of the Joshimath crisis.
The minister informed that 100 New Seismological Centres (Observatories) will be opened up across the country in addition to 152 already existing and functional such centres.
“There is a critical need for fundamental research on the physical process that leads to failure of the brittle layers beneath the crust and sub-crust, to develop a low-cost solution to check natural disasters,” he said.
He also stressed that international collaboration like the Indo-UK initiative to fight such disasters in future for mitigating the risk associated with natural disasters, like earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis. The minister further claimed that India is moving closer to playing a critical role in seismological advancements and understandings.
“The scientific understanding of the processes behind disasters has grown immensely over the past 50 years also,” he said.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences has constituted a group of scientists to interact with the experts and scientists visiting from the UK at the workshop to frame unique research projects on ‘Solid Earth Hazards’.
The experts attending the workshop will continue deliberating on earthquakes, landslides and subsidence like Joshimath combing data sets, remote sensing and field observations and scope to identify the geo-hazards through AI-driven techniques. Wendy Matcham-head of Resilient Environment, Natural Environment Research Council (UK) is among other experts attending the workshop.
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India to observe National Science Day on Feb 28 with new theme
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: After wider consultations and discussion, India has decided to celebrate the National Science Day (NSD) this year on February 28 on a new theme, ‘Global Science for Global Wellbeing’ to match the spirits of the G-20 presidency.
After unveiling the theme on Monday, union minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said: “National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28 to commemorate the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. However, this year, the country has decided to celebrate on a new theme that is in sync with India assuming the Presidency of G-20.”
Elucidating the objectives of the theme, Jitendra Singh said that as India enters 2023, the theme illustrates the country’s emerging global role and rising visibility in the international arena.
“The theme has been selected with proper guidelines from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who emphasizes special focus on technological advancements and innovation in the country.”
The minister remarked on how India has assumed the presidency of G-20 thereby becoming the voice of the global south comprising of developing countries of Asia, Africa and South America.
He also said that the theme of NSD has been chosen also with the purpose of raising public appreciation of the scientific issues in a global context which is having to bear upon global well-being. Speaking about India’s performances in science, the minister claimed that Indian scientific breakthroughs have reached from the lab to the land, thus enhancing the ease of living for everyone in the country.
“With many rapid strides made in the last 8 years in science and technology, India is progressively marching towards becoming a global leader in industrialization and technological developments. India’s new plan called Science Technology and Innovation Policy 2022 is aimed at promoting science more effectively and experts-driven,” said Singh.
National Science Day will be observed across the country in every educational institution.
NEW DELHI: After wider consultations and discussion, India has decided to celebrate the National Science Day (NSD) this year on February 28 on a new theme, ‘Global Science for Global Wellbeing’ to match the spirits of the G-20 presidency.
After unveiling the theme on Monday, union minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said: “National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28 to commemorate the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’ by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. However, this year, the country has decided to celebrate on a new theme that is in sync with India assuming the Presidency of G-20.”
Elucidating the objectives of the theme, Jitendra Singh said that as India enters 2023, the theme illustrates the country’s emerging global role and rising visibility in the international arena.
“The theme has been selected with proper guidelines from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who emphasizes special focus on technological advancements and innovation in the country.”
The minister remarked on how India has assumed the presidency of G-20 thereby becoming the voice of the global south comprising of developing countries of Asia, Africa and South America.
He also said that the theme of NSD has been chosen also with the purpose of raising public appreciation of the scientific issues in a global context which is having to bear upon global well-being. Speaking about India’s performances in science, the minister claimed that Indian scientific breakthroughs have reached from the lab to the land, thus enhancing the ease of living for everyone in the country.
“With many rapid strides made in the last 8 years in science and technology, India is progressively marching towards becoming a global leader in industrialization and technological developments. India’s new plan called Science Technology and Innovation Policy 2022 is aimed at promoting science more effectively and experts-driven,” said Singh.
National Science Day will be observed across the country in every educational institution.
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Better to close down dozen offices than losing a single human life: Union Min on Pandits terror threat
By PTI
JAMMU: Indicating a thaw in the government’s stance on relocation of under-threat Kashmiri Pandit employees from the valley, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said it is better to save a human life even if it means closing down a dozen offices.
He also hit out at the opposition parties accusing them of following the policy of appeasement to the extent of being “inhuman”.
He alleged that these parties not only discriminated between people but also went to the extent of discriminating between Line of Control and International Border purely for vote considerations.
“This should be addressed amicably and with sensitivity. My personal opinion is that nothing can be more valuable than a human life,” the minister told reporters in Kathua.
“If there is a threat even to one life, it is better to save that life even if it means closing down a dozen offices.” Singh was in Kathua to lay the foundation stone of central PMGSY road from Bakhta to Magloor in Jalota area.
ALSO READ| Chalk out middle path to address issues of Kashmiri Pandits: Mehbooba Mufti
Addressing a public rally after the ceremony, Singh said the previous governments headed by opposition parties crossed all limits of ethics and propriety when they allowed reservation for people living along LoC but denied the same benefits to the people living along the IB.
“They did so because their MLAs were elected from the areas along the LoC, some of whom also became the ministers. They denied the same benefit to the people living along IB or on the Pakistan border, mostly in Kathua and Samba districts, because the people here did not vote for them,” the Union minister said.
He said this discrepancy was corrected only after the Modi government came to power when the people living near the IB were given justice with the grant of four per cent reservation, the same as people living along LoC.
ALSO READ| Kashmiri Pandits hold barefoot march in Jammu, demand to ensure their ‘Right to Life’
Singh also said the government was making efforts to set up a satellite hospital and Tata Cancer Centre in Kathua.
“This will provide the latest hi-tech facility for cancer patients from J&K, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh.”
ALSO READ| Will turn colonies into ‘graveyards’, militants to Pandits
On Keedian Gandyal bridge, he said it was not constructed over the last 70 years because it would have benefitted mere 2,000 people, but “we had the courage and conviction to construct a bridge for these people at a cost of over Rs 150 Crore”.
Along the route of the holy Machil Yatra before 2014 there were neither toilets, nor mobile connectivity, nor electricity because these people did not figure in their list of the vote bank, he said.
ALSO READ| Nine Kashmiri Pandits killed in Jammu and Kashmir in 3 years: Govt
“It is this government which set up toilets and mobile towers there and recently sanctioned one exclusive solar power plant for the village,” he added.
Referring to one of the first Industrial Biotech Parks which has been set up in Kathua, Singh said people will realise its worth over a period of time.
He said that due to the Modi government the Shahpur Kandi project was revived after 40 years, and the Ujh multipurpose irrigation project, which was conceived for the first-time during Maharaja’s rule, is also scheduled to take off very soon.
JAMMU: Indicating a thaw in the government’s stance on relocation of under-threat Kashmiri Pandit employees from the valley, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said it is better to save a human life even if it means closing down a dozen offices.
He also hit out at the opposition parties accusing them of following the policy of appeasement to the extent of being “inhuman”.
He alleged that these parties not only discriminated between people but also went to the extent of discriminating between Line of Control and International Border purely for vote considerations.
“This should be addressed amicably and with sensitivity. My personal opinion is that nothing can be more valuable than a human life,” the minister told reporters in Kathua.
“If there is a threat even to one life, it is better to save that life even if it means closing down a dozen offices.” Singh was in Kathua to lay the foundation stone of central PMGSY road from Bakhta to Magloor in Jalota area.
ALSO READ| Chalk out middle path to address issues of Kashmiri Pandits: Mehbooba Mufti
Addressing a public rally after the ceremony, Singh said the previous governments headed by opposition parties crossed all limits of ethics and propriety when they allowed reservation for people living along LoC but denied the same benefits to the people living along the IB.
“They did so because their MLAs were elected from the areas along the LoC, some of whom also became the ministers. They denied the same benefit to the people living along IB or on the Pakistan border, mostly in Kathua and Samba districts, because the people here did not vote for them,” the Union minister said.
He said this discrepancy was corrected only after the Modi government came to power when the people living near the IB were given justice with the grant of four per cent reservation, the same as people living along LoC.
ALSO READ| Kashmiri Pandits hold barefoot march in Jammu, demand to ensure their ‘Right to Life’
Singh also said the government was making efforts to set up a satellite hospital and Tata Cancer Centre in Kathua.
“This will provide the latest hi-tech facility for cancer patients from J&K, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh.”
ALSO READ| Will turn colonies into ‘graveyards’, militants to Pandits
On Keedian Gandyal bridge, he said it was not constructed over the last 70 years because it would have benefitted mere 2,000 people, but “we had the courage and conviction to construct a bridge for these people at a cost of over Rs 150 Crore”.
Along the route of the holy Machil Yatra before 2014 there were neither toilets, nor mobile connectivity, nor electricity because these people did not figure in their list of the vote bank, he said.
ALSO READ| Nine Kashmiri Pandits killed in Jammu and Kashmir in 3 years: Govt
“It is this government which set up toilets and mobile towers there and recently sanctioned one exclusive solar power plant for the village,” he added.
Referring to one of the first Industrial Biotech Parks which has been set up in Kathua, Singh said people will realise its worth over a period of time.
He said that due to the Modi government the Shahpur Kandi project was revived after 40 years, and the Ujh multipurpose irrigation project, which was conceived for the first-time during Maharaja’s rule, is also scheduled to take off very soon.
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907 deaths due to lightning this year: Minister Jitendra Singh
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Lightning incidents have caused the most deaths – 907 – so far this year, the government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as it tabled the details about casualties due to disastrous weather events.
According to the information given by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, disastrous weather events have caused 2,183 deaths across the country this year.
Lightning was the cause of 907 deaths, followed by floods and heavy rains (804 deaths), thunderstorms (371), snowfall (37), heatwave (30), dust storms (22), gale (10), and one death each due to cold wave and squall.
There were zero deaths due to cyclonic storms this year, Singh said.
He said the country had witnessed 566 lightning events, 240 thunderstorms, 37 heatwave events, eight instances of gale winds and seven snowfall events.
Singh said the India Meteorological Department has launched Mausam App for the dissemination of information about weather forecasts, the Meghdoot App for the circulation of Agromet advisories and the Damini App for issuing lightning alerts.
In a reply to a separate question, Singh said though there has been a noteworthy decrease in the death toll due to cyclones in recent years, containing damage and economic loss associated with the weather event was still a challenge.
Singh said various structural measures with multi-institutional support at the national and state level are required to reduce damage due to cyclones.
NEW DELHI: Lightning incidents have caused the most deaths – 907 – so far this year, the government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as it tabled the details about casualties due to disastrous weather events.
According to the information given by Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, disastrous weather events have caused 2,183 deaths across the country this year.
Lightning was the cause of 907 deaths, followed by floods and heavy rains (804 deaths), thunderstorms (371), snowfall (37), heatwave (30), dust storms (22), gale (10), and one death each due to cold wave and squall.
There were zero deaths due to cyclonic storms this year, Singh said.
He said the country had witnessed 566 lightning events, 240 thunderstorms, 37 heatwave events, eight instances of gale winds and seven snowfall events.
Singh said the India Meteorological Department has launched Mausam App for the dissemination of information about weather forecasts, the Meghdoot App for the circulation of Agromet advisories and the Damini App for issuing lightning alerts.
In a reply to a separate question, Singh said though there has been a noteworthy decrease in the death toll due to cyclones in recent years, containing damage and economic loss associated with the weather event was still a challenge.
Singh said various structural measures with multi-institutional support at the national and state level are required to reduce damage due to cyclones.
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Modi@20 is case study on PM’s governance: Jitendra Singh
By Express News Service
CHENNAI: After launching the book Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery at an event held at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (independent charge) Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, on Saturday said the book was a case study of the governance model of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has completed twenty years as the head of democratically elected governments.
“Nowadays, we are very passionate about sustainable development goals. The prime minister is turning India’s development journey into a mass movement.” This book was written by 21 renowned personalities, including PV Sindhu, Amit Shah and S Jaishankar. Singer Lata Mangeshkar wrote foreword to the book.
“In her quote, PV Sindhu says that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the very few undisputed youth icons of India. Union Minister Jaisankar also wrote about Modi’s foreign policy, his vision and achievements.”Jitendra Singh also interacted with students of the college and advised them to be aware of how the government functioned.
BJP state president K Annamalai said: “This is not a political journey. A politician is often compared with God and talked about as though he was of a higher order… Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a doer and one of India’s finest administrators because of his ideas, the way he wants them to be executed, and the way he wants to put India on the map of the world.”
CHENNAI: After launching the book Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery at an event held at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (independent charge) Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, on Saturday said the book was a case study of the governance model of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has completed twenty years as the head of democratically elected governments.
“Nowadays, we are very passionate about sustainable development goals. The prime minister is turning India’s development journey into a mass movement.” This book was written by 21 renowned personalities, including PV Sindhu, Amit Shah and S Jaishankar. Singer Lata Mangeshkar wrote foreword to the book.
“In her quote, PV Sindhu says that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the very few undisputed youth icons of India. Union Minister Jaisankar also wrote about Modi’s foreign policy, his vision and achievements.”Jitendra Singh also interacted with students of the college and advised them to be aware of how the government functioned.
BJP state president K Annamalai said: “This is not a political journey. A politician is often compared with God and talked about as though he was of a higher order… Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a doer and one of India’s finest administrators because of his ideas, the way he wants them to be executed, and the way he wants to put India on the map of the world.”
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Azad’s resignation shows ‘lack of internal democracy’ in Congress: BJP’s Jitendra Singh
By PTI
JAMMU: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from Congress was an internal matter of the party, even though it showed ‘lack of internal democracy’ in the party.
He said BJP is the only option left in the country with its democratic values.
“It is an internal matter of Congress but as a responsible citizen of a democratic country, one expects that there should be internal democracy in every party, just as we follow the democratic values,” Singh, the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s office, said here on Azad’s resignation.
“If internal democracy is not followed in the party, then it is a cause of concern for its leaders and they should think over it,” he said.
The minister said a recent survey has put Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the top of the list of the ‘most popular world leaders with an approval rating of 75 per cent and Congress too should be proud of the fact.
“BJP is the only option left in the country. Modi is not only popular in the country but a recent survey at the international level put him at the top spot once again, which is a proud moment for all of us. Congress should also be proud of it as an Indian leader has emerged as the most popular leader at the global level,” he said.
Asked whether BJP will welcome Azad in its fold, he said it is up to him to decide his next course of action. “It will be his decision what to do next.”
On the timing of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, he said it is the prerogative of the Election commission of India to decide the date of the polls and BJP has no role in it.
Earlier, addressing a seminar on ‘waste to wealth’ organised under ‘Ek Kaam Desh Ke Naam’ programme here, he said there is a need to create awareness about several waste products which can help people generate income with little effort.
He said cooked oil from kitchens could be sold at about Rs 20 per litre to the industries which have the technology to convert it into alternative fuel.
He also said that fly ash, produced during the combustion of coal, could be used for making bricks for construction.
Referring to the ‘Amrit Kaal’, the PM’s buzzword for great times ahead, the minister said that India will see a surge in its economy in the next 25 years, and this will come on the back of resources, which have yet been unexplored or couldn’t be utilised because of lack of technology.
JAMMU: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from Congress was an internal matter of the party, even though it showed ‘lack of internal democracy’ in the party.
He said BJP is the only option left in the country with its democratic values.
“It is an internal matter of Congress but as a responsible citizen of a democratic country, one expects that there should be internal democracy in every party, just as we follow the democratic values,” Singh, the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s office, said here on Azad’s resignation.
“If internal democracy is not followed in the party, then it is a cause of concern for its leaders and they should think over it,” he said.
The minister said a recent survey has put Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the top of the list of the ‘most popular world leaders with an approval rating of 75 per cent and Congress too should be proud of the fact.
“BJP is the only option left in the country. Modi is not only popular in the country but a recent survey at the international level put him at the top spot once again, which is a proud moment for all of us. Congress should also be proud of it as an Indian leader has emerged as the most popular leader at the global level,” he said.
Asked whether BJP will welcome Azad in its fold, he said it is up to him to decide his next course of action. “It will be his decision what to do next.”
On the timing of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, he said it is the prerogative of the Election commission of India to decide the date of the polls and BJP has no role in it.
Earlier, addressing a seminar on ‘waste to wealth’ organised under ‘Ek Kaam Desh Ke Naam’ programme here, he said there is a need to create awareness about several waste products which can help people generate income with little effort.
He said cooked oil from kitchens could be sold at about Rs 20 per litre to the industries which have the technology to convert it into alternative fuel.
He also said that fly ash, produced during the combustion of coal, could be used for making bricks for construction.
Referring to the ‘Amrit Kaal’, the PM’s buzzword for great times ahead, the minister said that India will see a surge in its economy in the next 25 years, and this will come on the back of resources, which have yet been unexplored or couldn’t be utilised because of lack of technology.
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Union Minister claims J&K tops all UTs in e-governance service delivery
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir has topped all Union Territories e-governance services delivery, enabling it to save around Rs 200 crore annually that was incurred in carrying physical files during the annual durbar move between the two capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar.
Declaring this here today, while releasing the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment report, prepared at the initiative of Department of Administrative Reforms, Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh said J&K achieved the position with an overall compliance of nearly 90 percent.
Addressing a national workshop on e-office and launch of National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA 202), Singh said that J&K was assessed for the first time in NeSDA 2021 and scored the highest amongst all UTs for six sectors.
He said that since the 2019 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act came into force, it is the first UT to come up with a good governance index for 20 districts. Besides, the operationalisation of two secretariats in J&K was possible because of e-office, which has ended the annual darbar that involved carrying over 300 truckloads of files between Srinagar and Jammu.
This also saved Rs 200 crore per annum and led to uninterrupted work culture across the entire UT without any official break of six weeks for organisation of files in Jammu and Srinagar, respectively.
