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India's Rocket Man Dr K. Shivan appointed as new BoG chairman of IIT Indore

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Fri, 1 Sep 2023 10:06:00 -0700

Former Chairman of International Space and Research Organization (ISRO) and former secretary of Department of Space, India's Rocket Ma Dr K.Shivan has been appointed as the chairman of the board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore for the three years

Dr K. Shivan

Dr Shivan is replacing Professor Deepak B Phatak whose tenure ended on August 31 The IIT Indore has thanked Professr Deepak B Phatak for mentoring and guided them from front with his immense experience and taking the Institute to newer heights and out-of-the-box solutions.

IIT Indore director Suhas S Joshi said that the institute has introduced 10 new academic programs, including B Tech in Space Science and Engineering with a total strength which includes 4 woman students.He expects IIT Indore to contribute to the country's space mission by working in the untapped areas of Space and Engineering under the valuable guidance of Dr K Shivan.

India to become the world’s second-largest economy by 2075

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:02:00 -0700

India to become the world’s second-largest economy by 2075, surpassing not only Japan and Germany, but the U.S. too, says Goldman Sachs. Currently, India is the world’s fifth-largest economy, behind Germany, Japan, China and the U.S.

Indian Economy Growth

India’s population is 14 billion now which is world’s largest having progressive GDP growth that boosts the labor work force participation. India’s progress lies in innovation and technology, higher capital investment and rising worker productivity

The dependency ratio of any country is measured by the number of dependencies against the total working age population. It is expected that the dependency ratio of India to be lowest among large economies in next 20 years. The low dependency ratio indicates that there are more working age adults who are able to support both youth and elders.

India’s top priority growth relies on the infrastructure services creation and setting manufacturing capacity to spur investments especially in roads and railways. This is the right time for private sector to scale up creating capacity in manufacturing services to generate more jobs and quality labor work force.

India’s trajectory economic progressive growth is seen in the field of Information technology, Business process management and software product innovation and the revenue is expected to reach $245 billion by the end of 2023.

Capital Investment will also play the significant role in India’s growth. With the decrease of dependency ratio, Income rising ways and deeper financial sector development savings rate is likely to increase that make the pool of capital available that drives further investment.

As according to survey report predictions India will become the third largest economy by 2030. India’s GDP growth for first quarter is expanding 6.1% year-on-year. India’s growth rate is @ 7.2% this year and it is expected to expand dramatically in upcoming years.

ISRO is all set to launch Chandrayaan-3 Mission on July 14

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:05:00 -0700

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is going to launch Chandrayaan-3, the third lunar ambitious exploration mission to the moon on July 14 @ 2.35 PM from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. It is expected to reach moon in 45-48 days after the launch.

Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 comprises of lander and rover but doesn't have an orbiter like in Chandrayaan 2 The Propulsion Module will act as a communication rely satellite that carries until the space craft is in 100 km Lunar Orbit . It also carries a payload called Spectro Polarimetry of Habitable Planet Earth ( SHAPE) to study various Spectric and Polarimetric measurements of Earth from the lunar orbit.

ISRO has set three main objectives for the Chandrayaan-3 which includes Safer and Soft Landing on the Moon. The rovers demonstrating and observing capabilities on the moon, In-site Scientific experiments and observations regarding various chemical and natural elements like water, soil etc on the Moon's surface, Understanding and Practicing the composition of the moon

Once the spacecraft enters the gravitational area of the moon it will undergo the orbit reducing procedures to lower its attitude and enters the circular orbit around the moon known as Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI). LOI involves precise engine firings that slows down the speed of the spacecraft and allows to capture the gravity of the moon.

The Key features of the India's Majestic New Parliament building - A new symbol of Indian democracy

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Thu, 25 May 2023 00:07:00 -0700

The Existing original parliament building, a Century old structure was built on 1927 found to be inadequate to meet present-day requirements. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed resolutions to construct new parliament building for future needs. The foundation stone was laid on December 10 2020 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

New Parliament Building

The Old building will accommodate 543 members in Lok Sabha and 250 members in Rajya Sabha. The New Parliament building will provide space for 888 members in Lok Sabha and 384 members in the Rajya Sabha. The New Parliament building will not have a Central Hall like in the existing building.The New design was done by Ahmedabad based HCP Design and Management Pvt Ltd. Tata Projects won the new building contract.

Here are some of the Key features of the India's Majestic New Parliament building

The New parliament structure was built over an area of 64,500 Square meters
Constructed on the lines of Central Vista buildings in a triangular structure
The New Lok Sabha chamber is designed in the shape of India's National Bird, the peacock
The New Rajya Sabha chamber is designed in the shape of India's National Flower, the lotus
The New building reflects various architectural resemblances from important heritage buildings
Around 800 chambers for MPs are constructed in the Shram Shakti Bhavan
The old building will remain as an historical heritage of India
All the famous statues will be restored
The new building will have six committee rooms where as at present has only three such rooms
There will be 92 rooms for the use of the council of ministers
Each seat will have digital systems and touch screens
Two members will be able to sit side by side on each bench in both the houses
There is provision for open meeting space in the central courtyard premises
The new building is designed in such a way that it meets high level security standards
A special constitution hall is available to showcase India's democratic heritage
A library, dining room and best parking facilities are planned for future needs
The building comprises of Rain water harvesting, Water cycling systems features
100% power backup facility is also available in the new building

Karnataka Elections 2023- The Promised Manifestos of BJP and Congress

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Thu, 4 May 2023 02:57:00 -0700

Karnataka's 224 seat Assembly elections is scheduled on May10. Both National Parties Congress and BJP are all set for electoral clash. They have already announced their Manifestos and made several promises to the people.

BJP Vs Congress

On 2 May Tuesday, The Congress Party released its manifesto 'Sarva Janangada Shanthiya Thota' which means 'Peaceful Garden of all communities' Earlier BJP released its manifesto titled 'BJP Praja Pranalike' (BJP People's Manifesto,

Here are some of the Highlights of BJP and Congress Manifesto's

1.Free Nutrition Scheme : Nutrition Scheme or Poshane Scheme BJP has promised 5Kg of food grains or millets per family through Monthly Ration Kits. Three free domestic cooking gas cylinders annually and half a litre of Nandini Milk everyday to Below Poverty Line households. On the other hand Congress party has promised 10Kg of rice per month to Below Poverty Line families under 'Anna Bhagya' Scheme. The milk subsidies for farmers will increase from Rs 5 to Rs 7 per litre.

2. For Education: BJP has promised that under 'Visvesvaraya Vidya Yojana' scheme the government schools will be upgraded to top standard schools.Under Samanvaya Yojane SME's and ITI's will be collaborated to promote education and employment. Congress Party promised that a state education policy will be announced They will restore the true values of Bharat and Karnataka and the scientific temper in text books

3, For Women : BJP has promised to install CCTV's equipped with AI facial recognition software in Bengaluru which will be linked to the Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC) for women safety. BJP's 'Onake Obavva Samajika Nyaya Nidhi' women scheme that provides a matching deposit up to Rs 10,000 on five-year fixed deposits made under SC/ST households. Congress has promised free travel for women in regular KSRTC/BMTC buses under Shakti Scheme They have also promised Rs 2000 a month to every woman head of the family

4. For Farming and Fishing Communities: BJP has promised to set up a Rs 30,000 crore K-Agri fund that allocates money for the establishment of micro-cold storage facilities, five new agro industry clusters, Three new food processing parks, and farm mechanization acceleration initiatives Congress has announced 'Prakariti Vikopa Nidhi' of Rs 5,000 crore in case of crop destruction, Rs 10 Lakh Insurance coverage for fisherman,Rs 25 per litre subsidy for diesel (up to 500 litres) .Under 'Matsya Kranthi Scheme Rs 12,000 crore would be invested to improve blue economy income With in two years of coming to power the 'Yettinahole' irrigation project will be completed

5.Youth and Employment: BJP is planning to generate 10 lakh manufacturing jobs under production linked incentive scheme where as Congress has announced to setup Gig workers Welfare Board along with separate boards for auto and taxi drivers. They have also promised Rs 3,000 per month for graduates and Rs 1,500 for diploma holders for 2 years Under 'Yuva Nidhi' Scheme

6.Health and Wellness: The BJP has promised to strengthen Public Health Infrastructure through 'Mission Swasthya Karnataka' scheme by establishing One Namma Clinic eqipped with all diagnostic facilities in all Municipal Corporations There will be provision of free annual master health checkup for senior citizens The Congress has promised that the salaries of anganwadi and mini anganwadi workers would be hiked by Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively The Police Personnel on night duty will get an additional allowance of Rs 5,000 per month. Under 'Griha Jyothi' Scheme the congress has promised 200 units of free electricity for house holds

7.Political: BJP is planning to implement National Citizens Register and Uniform Civil code in the state.The Congress has announced that it will revoke all anti people and anti farmer laws with in one year of coming to power. They will also ban Bajrangdal and Popular front of India which apparently involved in various illegal activities in the state so as to promote rivalry between communities

The Creator of AI foundation technology Geoffrey Hinton Quits Google

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Wed, 3 May 2023 06:31:00 -0700

Geoffrey Hinton, The creator of foundation technology for Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning systems and the God father of Artificial Intelligence said that the advancements made in the field of AI will create intense risks to society and humanity.As he is one of the first companies to publish Artificial Intelligence principles, he is committed to a responsible approach to AI.

Geoffrey Hinton- God Father of AI

The computer scientist has quit his job at Google last month and he praised Google for his responsible approach to AI. He speaks out about the risks or dangers associated with AI Chat bot along with the bold innovations of the technology The competition between tech giants was forcing various companies to release new AI technologies at dangerous speeds, risking jobs and spreading misinformation.

The startup behind the popular Open AI Chat bot ChatGPT started building systems using huge amounts of data than before These systems were overshadowing human intelligence and be leveraged by 'bad actors' in many ways because of the data they were analyzing. It is because of what is happening in this systems is far better than what is going on in the brain

Hinton's research in deep learning has a significant impact on speech recognition and object classification Artificial Intelligence has been used to support humans, the rapid expansion of chat bots like ChatGPT could put jobs at risk The potential spread of misinformation created by Artificial Intelligence makes that the average person will not be able to know what is true anymore.

An open letter signed by more than 1,000 people prompted by the release of GPT-4, a much powerful and advanced version of the technology used by ChatGPT but Hinton told scientists not to scale more until they have understood whether they can control it

The Importance and History of International Women's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Tue, 7 Mar 2023 22:33:00 -0800

International Women’s Day is observed on March 8 every year. It is the day that belongs to everyone and everywhere. It's a special day to celebrate women's strength, cultural, socio and political achievements, resilience and role in country's progress They are always a source of motivation inspiration and determination for the family and also the society today and every day for sustainable tomorrow.

International Women's Day

Women's day was first celebrated on 28 February 1909 and it was known as National Women's Day. In New York more than 15000 women marched demanding voting rights, better pay and shorter working hours. At the same time The Second International Conference of Working Women was held in Denmark under the leadership of Clara Zetkin proposed the idea of an International Women's Day on March 9, 1911.

The United Nations started celebrating International Women's Day officially on March 8 1977 and it was declared and widely observed on March 8 every year.International Women's day has become a symposium to raise awareness and energize change in society. As according to United Nations The theme for this year International Women's Day is DigitALL: "Innovation and Technology for gender inequality".

The prime focus of International Women's Day is to bring attention to several issues like Gender equality, Violence, abuse and reproductive rights against women.International Women's Day was celebrated in a wide variety of ways world wide to promote the achievements of womanhood.International Women's Day was honored first in various countries Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland

India's UPI and Singapore's PayNow has launched the realtime cross border payment systems linkage

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:01:00 -0800

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das and the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong has launched the cross-border connectivity between Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and PayNow of Singapore on Tuesday.

UPI-PayNow

The UPI Integration with PayNow enables Low-cost, Faster and 24*7 cross border payments using Google Pay, Paytm and other digital payments to transfer money instantly through mobile number to people in Singapore and Vice versa. UPI was developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). UPI process will eliminate the risk of sharing bank account details creation through Virtual Payment Address (VPA).

PayNow is just like UPI in which users can send/receive payments in Singapore easily with the Mobile number.People in both the countries will be able to send/receive payments in real time using QR code scanner or just by entering Mobile number.

This facility will benefit Students and Migrant workers as it allows cost effective, faster and efficient fund transfer between both the countries. It also creates a new path in the development of next generation infrastructure for cross border payments between India and Singapore.

Andhra Pradesh government aims to showcase Powerful presence of MSME's and Startups in Global Investors Summit 2023

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:04:00 -0800

The Andhra Pradesh government is conducting two day Global Investors Summit 2023 on March 3 and 4 at Visakhapatnam. The main theme of this Global Investors Summit is " Advantage Andhra Pradesh - Where Abundance meets prosperity". The aim of AP government is to achieve remarkable growth in the Industrial Sector.

Global Investors Summit 2023-Andhra Pradesh

At the Summit AP government will showcase its booming presence of MSMEs , Startups , Good Infrastructure Facilities, Favorable Business friendly environment, Industry focused policies, Young and Skilled pool of talent. The state government has also held several road shows in Chennai, Mumbai and Bengaluru to attract investors.

The government is going to extend its support to MSMEs to the fullest as they are backbone of the economy and Job creation. In the last four years, more than 3000 crores of financial incentives has been released to MSMEs under various schemes.

The government is committed in ensuring the progress of existing MSMEs and also aiming to create 20,000 more MSME units with more than 5 lakh jobs creation. There has been a gradual increase in MSME development and job creation opportunities in the state. In three years 37956 MSME units have grown to 60800 units employing 5,61,235 from 4,04,939 in 2019.

AP is focusing more on various high growth potential sectors like Agriculture, Defense, Aerospace, Food Processing. Automobiles, Information Technology, Electronics, EVs , Healthcare, Medical Equipment , Logistics, MSME, Petroleum, Startups, Pharma, Renewable Energy Hospitality, Textiles and Tourism

The state government has ranked first in Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) for the last three years. The State government has launched two schemes called "YSR Cheyutha and YSR" to support women entrepreneurs. The government has also set a target of grounding 100 clusters in the next two years out of which 52 clusters are proposed to be established during the FY 2022-23.

As according to the numbers AP has recorded the highest double digit GSDP growth rate @ 11.43% in 2021-22. AP has maritime infrastructure and it is also called as India's gateway to the south east with 974 km coastline which is the second largest in the country.

AP has now 6 ports and 4 more are upcoming. Three of eleven industrial corridors are being built in the state.AP has also received the Inertia Award for Energy 2022, The LEADS award for Logistics 2022,The ET Award for port led and the infrastructure project 2022.

EPFO had announced a new plan for Higher pension under EPS

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:37:00 -0800

Employees Provident Fund Organization ( EPFO), Retirement Fund Body on Monday announced a new plan to enable subscribers and their employees to jointly apply for Higher Pension under Employees Pension Scheme (EPS). Earlier in November 2022 the Supreme Court had advocated Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme in 2014

EPFO

The EPS amendment of August 22 2014 had increased the monthly pensionable salary capacity from Rs 6,500 to Rs 15,000. They have also allowed members along with their employers to contribute 8.33% of their actual salaries ( if it exceeded the capacity) towards the EPS

In an official order being issued in compliance with the order of Supreme Court on November 4 2022 EPFO has asked to provide 'Joint Option Form' along with eligible subscribers by field offices of the body in accordance with the supreme court order.

EPFO is going to provide a URL (Unique Resource Location) then regional Provident Fund Commissioner shall serve appropriate notice on the notice board and banners for wider spreading of information to public

Each application will be processed digitally and the respective receipt number will be provided to the applicant. The Concerned regional provident fund office will examine each case of joint option on higher salary and intimate the information to the application through SMS/email/post. The grievance of applicant can be registered on EPFiGMS(grievance portal) after the submission of his joint option form and payment of due contributions if any.

According to the EPFO Circular on December 29 2022 the central government has directed to implement the court order. The Apex Court had given all the EPS Members, as on September 1, 2014 six months time to opt the amended scheme.In order the Apex court gave 4 more months to eligible subscribers to opt for Higher Pension Scheme under EPS-95.

The court has also made mandating employee contribution of 1.16% of the salary exceeding Rs 15,000 per month. This will help subscribers to contribute higher to the scheme and get more benefits.The EPFO has also provided higher pension option for all eligible subscribers who are contributing salaries higher than Rs 5000 or Rs 6500 per month The eligible subscribers would have to apply jointly with their employer in prescribed form and other relevant documents like joint declaration etc.. by the commissioner to receive benefits

US President Joe Biden has made a surprise visit to Kyiv in Support for Ukraine

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:48:00 -0800

US President Joe Biden has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, and met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday. He promised that US will increase arms deliveries and continue its unflagging commitment and support to Ukraine in defending Ukraine's territorial Integrity ahead of one year Russian's invasion of the country.

Joe Biden and Zelensky

Biden and Zelensky walked over together and shared silence for a few moments as a remembrance for the fallen heroes of the Russian- Ukraine war. Earlier Air raid sirens rang out across Kyiv as the US presidents first visit to country since Russian troops invaded on Feb 24 2022 Military salute played to the two presidents

US President Joe Biden stated that he will announce another delivery of critical equipment which includes artillery ammunition,anti-armor systems and air surveillance radars to help and protect Ukraine people from various severe serial attacks. Zelensky cheerfully welcomed Biden's visit as an important sign of support for all Ukraines

Tripura Legislative Assembly Polls : Large Voter Turnout recorded at over 87.63%

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:54:00 -0800

Tripura has a tentative record of more than 87.63% voter turnout in today's assembly elections poll .86.12 % of Male electors turned up, while 89.17% of female voters turned up and 67.74% of Transgender voters turned up to caste their vote . Across 3,328 polling stations including 1,100 sensitive and 28 marked critical amid high security. Long queues were witnessed at almost all polling booths. Bru migrant voters has also caste their vote after many years.

Tripura Legislative Assembly Polls 2023

As according to Election commission over 28.14 Lakh electorates of which 14,15,233 are male voters and 13,99,289 are female voters and remaining 62 are of transgender are eligible to caste their vote 259 candidates are contesting in the assembly polls to the 60 member Assembly. The counting of votes will be held on March 2

According to the latest figures, the reserved constituency of Manu ST has recorded a turnout of 92,09% the highest in any assembly constituency in the Tripura state. The lowest turnout of 79.94% was registered at Town Bardowali assembly constituency.

There have been no reports of any major violence or attack on candidates or polling agents. There have been largely peaceful with no demand for re-poll as of now. Only minor incidents happened during the polling like a CPM leader and two poll agents were injured.

The battle is in between the BJP, IPFT, The CPI (M) -Congress Alliance and TIPRA Motha. BJP is contesting in 55 seats, The CPI(M) is contesting in 47 seats while Congress has candidates in 13 seats.TIPRA Motha is contesting in 42 seats .The Trinamool Congress is contesting in 28 seats.

Turkey Syria Massive Earthquake Death toll crosses 5000

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Tue, 7 Feb 2023 07:05:00 -0800

A 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake hit the Central Turkey region n Tuesday, hours after three disastrous earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. More than 5100 people lost their lives and Thousand more are injured and the search for survivors is on.

Turkey-Syria Massive Earth Quake

Many countries (almost 70) across the World including India had offered help in search and rescue operations. They are sending relief teams and supplies to Turkey. The death toll is stewed to go up. The rescue operations are going on . Three devastating and severe earth quakes of 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0 hit's Turkey and Syria. Another 5.6 magnitude tremor struck on Tuesday and there after they have noticed many tremors and shocks as well.

Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning. He also declared the 10 provinces as a disaster zone and imposed state of emergency for next three months which as affected by the devastating earthquake Indian government has sent NDRF search and rescue teams to Turkey.Along with teams specially trained dog squads, Drilling Machines and equipment Medical Supplies has also sent.

As according to Turkey's disaster management agency more than 24000 emergency personnel were working now. It is estimated that 6000 buildings confirmed to have collapsed in Turkey alone. Attempts to reach survivors were hindered by severe climatic conditions as temperatures are very low. Thousands of people are sheltered in sports centers or fair halls shopping malls, stadiums mosques and community centers.

Election commission announced schedule for Assembly Polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:07:00 -0800

The Election Commission has announced schedule for three states Assembly elections on Wednesday.. Polling in Tripura on Feb 16, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Feb 27 and The Counting of votes for these three states will take place on March 2. The Poll Schedule penciled keeping in mind in board examination and security forces movement.

Assembly Elections 2023

Meanwhile the election commission announced By polls in one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, two in Maharashtra, Lakshadweep Loksabha seat polling will take place on February 27. The term of these three Assemblies which have 60 members each will end in March. Assembly tenure for Tripura ends on March 12 , Meghalaya on March 15 and Nagaland on March 22

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said A total of 62.8 lakh voters in three states will cast their vote in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland Assembly elections. Around 2.8 Lakh New voters added to the list 376 polling stations across three states will be managed by Women staff.

97,000 voters are more than 80 years of age and 2,600 voters are more than 100 years of age.The BJP is in power in Tripura in coalitions with The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland and with National People's Party ( NPP) in Meghalaya.

"The Energy of Young and Dynamic brains motivates India to keep moving forward" says FM

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 22:53:00 -0800

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman said that the energy of the young brains motivates India to keep moving forward. While addressing "Yuva Shakti Samvad" on Sunday she told that India is having a strong leadership that works for the good of the people. The presence of young people is more inspiring and motivating.

Digital University

The Central government is planning to build a medical college in every district of the country. By setting up more institutes there is a great chance of increasing medical seats that facilitates more people to study medicine. The government has also made a remarkable progress in establishment of digital university.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi awaited the concept of digital university to utilize technology for assuring the reach to far-flung areas also. The Central government in his budget (2022-2023) has disclosed the setting up of the Digital University. The Digital University will provide quality university education at their door steps with personalized learning and easy access to students across India.

The Finance Minister also prompted the youth to remember those who fought for the country and also armed forces who are standing hard to prevent outsiders to enter and to protect the nation. She has also stressed the importance of Corruption free leadership that keeps the spirit of hope and optimism that helps to achieve the goal of making India a developed country by 2047.

Central government is planning to make India The Green Hydrogen Production global hub for the future

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Fri, 6 Jan 2023 01:55:00 -0800

The Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday has approved The National Green Hydrogen Mission at an initial outlay of Rs 19,744 crore and an incentives worth Rs 17,000 crore will be allotted for electrolyser manufacturing for five years and green hydrogen manufacturing under Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) program. Rs 1,466 crores will be spent on upcoming pilot projects and Rs 388 crore for various other mission components.

National Green Hydrogen Mission

This is one of the World's biggest greenhouse gas emitters which will help India in a big way. India is planning to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.The Natural Hydrogen Mission was started in 2021 Aug 15 with a view to reduce carbon emissions and also increases the use of renewable sources of energy. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will formulate specific guidelines for the successful implementation.

The main aim of government is to make India a global hub for the production of green Hydrogen and to create export opportunities for Hydrogen and its derivatives and reduces dependency on imported fossil fuels and feed stocks.

The mission will also be helpful in decarbonisation of mobility, energy and industrial sectors.This mission also focuses on improving local manufacturing capabilities which will provide lakhs of job opportunities in cutting edge technologies by 2030 The mission will also ease production, creation and utilization of green hydrogen.It will also target Domestic electrolyser manufacturing units and green hydrogen production activities

ECI has developed new Remote Electronic Voting Machines for migrants to cast vote Remotely from their place

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 05:57:00 -0800

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has developed a new prototype for a Multi- Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (REVM) that helps migrant voters with Remote voting facility..RVM's can handle multiple constituencies from a single Remote Polling Booth. The EVM's which was developed by public undertaking can handle up to 72 Multiple Constituencies from a single remote polling booth.

Remote Electronic Voting Machine

The Election Commission of India has invited 8 national parties and 57 state political parties on January 16 demonstrate the smooth functioning of the Multi Constituency prototype remote EVM functioning. The main aim is to find the credible technological solution that is easily accessible and acceptable to all

The information has already shared with them on legal, operational, administrative and Technological challenges defining domestic migrants, Implementation of Time tested Model Code of Conduct, Ensuring secrecy of voting, Voters identification process for polling agents, Remote Voting process and methods and counting of votes.

The laws and rules that are required to implement remote voting is The Representation of People's Ac of 1950 and 1951 , The Conduct of Election rules 1961 and The Registration of Election Rules 1960.The ECM has also requested all political parties to express their views in Written format on various issues related to legislation, Administrative procedure changes and also on Voting methodology or Remote Voting Machine Technology by January 31.

The administrative challenges includes Remote Voters self declaration aspects make sure the confidentiality of voting at remote voting boots and make certain identification of voters to avoid enactment, The other areas include the appointment of polling personnel for remote polling stations and supervision.The technological challenges includes the remote voting methodology and the intimacy of voters with respect to the Multi Constituency Remote EVM and counting of votes.

The main idea is to implement Voter Portability using RVM technology as a pilot project in the upcoming Assembly Elections in nine states in 2023.If it is successful then it will be fully implemented in general elections 2024.

This is a new initiative can lead to social transformation for increasing voters participation in electoral democracy. If implemented perfectly this is very much useful for the migrants so that they need not travel to their home districts to caste their vote. This will increase the Voter turnout in the election. Voters will exercise their vote from a single machine.

Indian Air Force has successfully Conducted a trail run on Emergency landing Facility on Andhra Pradesh National Highway

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:03:00 -0800

Indian Air Force has successfully conducted a trail run onThurday for the 4.1 newly constructed Emerging landing Facility(ELF) on Andhra Pradesh National highway. The landing place was constructed near Picchikalagudipadu village of Korishapadu Mandal, Bapatla district in Andhra Pradesh state on National Highway-16

IAF

Indian Air Force fighter and transport aircraft carried out practice flying including circuit approach and overshoot on NH-16 of Andhra Pradesh on Dec 29. A Transport plane AN-32, Two Sukhoi fighter planes and Two-Tejas light fighters participated in the Trail.

As according to the report The runway is perfect for landing. There is still work pending for the runway which includes road safety and also prevention of entry for people and animals.Indian Air Force in coordination with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is resolving issues such as painting on the runway and to look after surface consistency.

A strong security with 200 police personnel was provided for the trail run. From 10.30 AM till Noon the vehicles coming on the National Highway was diverted. The aircraft flew at a height of 100 meters without touching the ground.

India is conducting Mock drills at hospitals for Covid-19 Operational Preparedness

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 02:23:00 -0800

India is conducting mock drills on Tuesday to check and assess the operational preparedness to deal with any possible outbreak and spike of fresh covid-19 cases. The Mock drill will focus mainly on availability of health facilities and human resources capacity in all parts of the country.

Covid-19 Mock Drill

This Mock drill will help in filling gaps in necessary areas like the availability of Isolation beds, oxygen cylinder supported beds Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds and Ventilator Supported beds. This will also help in checking the availability of Advanced and Basic Life Support ( ALS/BLS) ambulances , Essential Testing equipment and necessary drugs that are required .

Many states in India have adopted their own set of measures in order to keep Covid-19 new variant away.The Delhi government has already allocated Rs 104 crores for hospitals to purchase general medicines required as a part of preparations to deal Covid-19.

The Karnataka government has also made the wearing the masks mandatory at movie theaters , Educational institutions and also at crowded gatherings. They have also made mandated two doses of covid-19 vaccination at bars, restaurants and pubs ahead of New Year Celebrations.. The Bars, Restaurants and Pubs should operate only up to the seating capacity only.

The Tamil Nadu government has asked the private hospitals and labs to send Covid-19 positive samples for Whole genomic sequencing (WGS) to monitor existing variants and to detect new variants.The West Bengal government is also following six point plan that focuses on Genomic Surveillance, Oxygen capacity, testing and emergency responses.

Pariiament passes Anti-Maritime Policy Bill on Monday.

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:50:00 -0800

The Lok Sabha has passed Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill by a voice vote on Monday to make special provisions for the confinement of Piracy on high note. The central government has also added imprisonment along with the provision of death penalty for the convicted.

Anti Maritime Policy

The External affairs Minister S. Jai Shankar said Whoever commits the act of piracy should be punished severely with a fine,imprisonment or even sometimes death sentence too depending on the nature of the circumstances. Various amendments moved by the opposition party members were negated.

This bill was brought in 2019. and has referred to parliamentary standard committee panel for scrutiny the central government has proposed official amendments in this winter session of the parliament. This bill will apply to all parts of the sea adjacent to and 200 nautical miles beyond the limits of the Exclusive Economic zone of India. Participating, aiding, supporting,organizing, attempting to commit, and directing others to participate in an act of piracy will be punishable with up to 14 years of imprisonment as according to law.

Special courts will be established for the speedy recovery of these cases. As according to Anti Maritime Policy bill Piracy means any illegal act of detention,,violence or depredation against aircraft, person, ship or property. On keeping the observations of the Supreme Court The death penalty was also included in the bill which should happen in the rarest of rare cases. The government has also included the option of life prison as many nations do not apprehend accused to view of the provision of capital punishment.

LinkedIn user Sanjay shares inspiring words about view on life from 92-year old man Mr Keki.

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 08:53:00 -0800

A LinkedIn Post about a conversation with a 92 year old man by Sanjay Mudnaney describes the elder man's view on life at a cafe is winning hearts online. His words wil surely touch your heart and make you think.

Mr Keki

Sanjay Mudnaney shared about his interaction with a 92 year young gentleman at Starbucks. He takes an auto rickshaw to get to Starbucks and back to his home.Though he is weak,walks with a stick he always comes by himself and orders a cup of coffee. He shared about his conversation below.

"Mr Keki a Parsi gentleman shared his life moments with enthusiasm from his 92 years of age.. The First and foremost principle in his life is to be honest. Need to be honest in our work and he never run after money.He strongly believes that "What is due to you will come to you" and we doesn't need to bother what doesn't come to you which means that it is not meant for you. He never had hatred or said any bad things about anyone.Even for anyone who treated him badly He has given beautiful advice to them stating that For long life don't carry your worries, he never did and he has no regrets, none at all. He has traveled the world and he has lived an honest life". He explained.

He is enjoying the small and pretty things of life over a sip of coffee Mr Keki is an inspiration to everyone stating how life must be fully lived in joy. The LinkedIn user Snajy Mudnaney walked out of Starbucks with a huge smile on his face and joy in his heart. Don't carry your worries he added. He concluded the post with an image of the inspirational elderly man Mr Keki.

Reliance Industries will build India's First Multimodal Logistics Park

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:27:00 -0800

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has acquired India's first Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) which was awarded by the Ministry of Road Transport, and Highways. The proposed state of art freight of Multi Modal Infrastructure facility handling facility that provides access to various modes of transport. It will be developed in three phases with an estimated budget of Rs 783 crores.

MoRTH is a pioneer in building the state of the art multi modal infrastructure and has made significant progress under the NMP and take up the same MMLP Chennai at Mappedu which is located at 52 Km from Chennai Port, 80 Km from Ennore Port, 87 Km from Katupalli Port is being developed in 184.27 acres and it will be the main focal point of logistics in the southern region.

Multi Modal Logistics Park @ Chennai

It is estimated that around 7.17 Million Metric Tonne (MMT) cargo in next 45 years.It was the first MMLP awarded to RIL in which the Prime Minister has laid foundation for the development of large scale infrastructure projects on May 26 2022.

The development of these large kind of infrastructure projects in Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode for which both the Central and State governments will work together as SPV formed amongst National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLM). Three bids was received including Adani group and two bidders are technically qualified financial bid opening. The Concession Agreement for MMLPs is on DBFOT (Design ,Build, Finance ,Operate and Transfer) Model.

The Project costs Rs 1,424 crore and it facilitate cost effective, efficient and value added logistics services like Packing, Sorting, Cargo aggregation and dis-aggregation, distribution, inter modal transfer, repacking features.

Government is planning to launch QR code Track and Trace Mechanism to check the Medicines

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Thu, 6 Oct 2022 07:56:00 -0700

The government is planning to launch a "Track and Trace" Mechanism for top selling medicines to prevent the use of forged and low-quality medicines. This QR Code will also authenticate about the drug along with the name of the company and expiry date of the brand. With this decision it is now allow consumers to check whether the medicine you are using is safe or not and enter them on government website.

QR Code on Medicines

In the first phase 300 top selling drugs will Print or affix QR codes on their first product Primary level packaging labels like can,bottle,jar or tube saleable items. Pain relief Tablets, Antibiotics, cardiac, anti-allergic with an MRP of over Rs 100 per strip are expected to be in the first phase list.

This announcement was expected a decade ago as it was delayed due to lack of preparedness in Domestic pharmaceutical industry.Even for experts this track and trace mechanism has been postponed till April next year. This system will also increase the costs of the company by 3-4%.

Over the years we are seeing several instances of forged and low quality medicines/drugs in the market. These fake drugs are seized by the state drug regulators in various parts of the world. About 10% of the drugs in the low and middle income countries are falsified.

In June the government asked pharma companies to affix barcodes or QR codes on their primary or secondary package information with authenticated software application that helps to store data or information about the medicine in a reliable way. Consumers can check the genuineness of the medicine easily by scanning the unique ID QR code on a portal developed by ministry and later track on using the mobile or text message.

Various options are also being studied to set up a central database agency for a single barcode provider for the entire industry.and it takes sometime to implement it. The implementation will increase the costs by 3-4% and certain companies already started affixing QR Code voluntarily. This facility will allow manufacturers and consumers to report counterfeit pharma codes using various handheld devices.and Mobile applications.

DA and DR for Central government employees and pensioners hiked by 4%

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:36:00 -0700

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has announced 4% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees and Dearness relief (DR) for pensioners as Festival Bonanza.. With this increase in DA employees now stands at 38% of the basic pay/pension as against 34% earlier.

DA and DR Hiked by 4%

The hike will be applicable with effect from July 1 2022. Earlier In March 2022, the centre has increased DA by 3 % from 31% to 34% effective from January 1 2022. The additional financial inferences after the increase of DA to employees are estimated at Rs 6,591.36 crores per annum and Rs 4,394.24 crore in the financial year 2022-23 ( 8 months from July 2022) to February 2023.

In case of Pensioners .the additional financial inferences after the increase of DR are estimated at Rs 6,261.20 Crore per annum, and Rs 4,174.12 crore in the financial year 2022-23. The combined impact of both Dearness allowance and Dearness relief would be Rs 12,852.56 crore per annum and Rs 8,568.36 crore in the current financial year.

This is the 4th hike in DA allowance since rate hike was stopped in 2020 due to Covid-19. The DA and DR rates were hiked from 17% to 28% in July 2021..The rates were hiked again in October 2021 from 28% to 31%.. In March 2022 The centre had increased DA rates by 3% from 31 % to 34% effective from January 1 2022. The centre had frigid three additional installments of DA and DR due to Pandemic which were due from January 1,2020 , July 1 2020, and January 1 2021.

Andhra Pradesh government is planning to make Plastic Free state by 2027

noreply@blogger.com (Murthy Poduri) — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 02:58:00 -0700

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy stated that Andhra Pradesh will ban the use of plastic flexi boards from today and he promises to make Andhra Pradesh as a plastic free state by 2027.On Friday The AP government has signed an MoU with the American Based NGO named " Parley for the Oceans" organization to clean up the sea shores of the state.

Plastic Free State - Andhra Pradesh

The Special Chief Secretary of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Y Srilakshmi was signed a MoU on behalf of the AP government and Cyrill Gustch CEO of Parley was signed on behalf of the 'Parley for the Oceans".

Speaking on this occasion Chief Minister said that Environment and Economy are two sides of the coin and the government is moving ahead with compendious and maintainable environment to protect and flourish the environment. He said that Visakhapatnam has engaged the World's largest bleach cleaning program. Over 22,000 people participating at a stretch of 28 km starting from Gokul Beach to Bheemili Beach and about 76 tons of plastic was collected from the seashore and recycles and manufactures many products.

He also said that It is the responsibility of all the citizens to save the oceans.70% of world's oxygen comes from marine plants and the usage of more plastic has affected at least 267 species of marine species worldwide. In order to protect the environment The AP government has been taking the necessary steps and thus brought industrial policy that encourages companies to adopt green and clean measures.

Around 4,000 garbage collection vehicles has been arranged across the state that results an increase in garbage collection rate from 22 to 62 %. The main aim of the government is to curb the plastic menace all over the state.

The government is also planning to set up the Parley Super hub to manufacture the goods with recycled plastics that attracts Rs 16,000 crore investments and generates employment for 20,000 people in next six years. The Chief Minister went around the stalls and inspected recycled goods like shoes, glasses and wallets. He had also worn a pair of goggles which was made using synthetic plastic.