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23841. Year Ender 2021: उत्तराखंड में आर्थिक तरक्की और रोजगार के द्वार खोल रहा उद्योग जगत
Infrastructural Development and Government Schemes
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Border Infrastructure/ Roads Development
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Uttarakhand
Dainik Jagran
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- दिसंबर 2021 तक प्रदेश में 64,244 हजार से अधिक सूक्ष्म, लघु मध्यम उद्यमिता संस्थान (एमएसएमई) में करीब 23,356 करोड़ रुपये का निवेश हुआ है और 3.34 लाख को रोजगार मिला हुआ है।
- प्रदेश में 377 बड़े उद्योगों में करीब 24,112 करोड़ रुपये का निवेश और 1.89 लाख को रोजगार प्राप्त है।
- उत्तराखंड राज्य से निर्यात बढ़ाने का सरकार लगातार प्रयास कर रही है। इसके सुखद परिणाम भी देखने को मिल रहे हैं। 31 दिसंबर 2021 तक निर्यात का आंकड़ा 17.5 हजार करोड़ पार हो चुका है। पिछले पांच सालों में ही उत्तराखंड ने निर्यात के मामले में करीब दोगुणा से अधिक की बढ़ोत्तरी प्राप्त कर ली है। वर्ष 2021 में भी बरकरार रखने का निर्णय लिया गया। जहां वर्ष 2015-16 में उत्तराखंड से 7350 करोड़ रुपये का निर्यात हुआ वहीं 2019-20 में यह बढ़कर 16,971 करोड़ रुपये पहुंच गया है। इस वर्ष दिसंबर अंतिम सप्ताह तक यह बढ़कर 17541 करोड़ पहुंच गया है।
23842. He Inspired 5000 People to Revive a 60-Acre Lake & Make a Village Drought-Free
Life for Society: Case Studies
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Inspiring Stories of Students/Employees/Senior citizen/Organisation/individual
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The Better India
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- In 2019, the south-eastern city of India, Chennai made national headlines as its water crisis peaked, which served as a wake-up call for the rest of the country. Out of the 38 districts, the drought conditions affected 24, but a small town named Tiruppur faced no water scarcity. The drought condition was not a new phenomenon to the town placed near Coimbatore.
- The industrial town had been reeling under drought conditions since 2002. Thanks to the massive industrialisation and commercialisation around the lake Andipalayam that led to a reduction in groundwater recharge. “The groundwater levels had reached up to 1,000 feet, and the borewells turned dry. The water tankers had no means to lift water,” says Kumar Duraisamy, project director of NGO, Voluntary Organisation for People Empowerment for Rural areas by Youth (VETRY).
- he residents carried buckets, tubs and whatever else to remove silt and deepen the lake, which would enhance its water carrying capacity. By March, 3,000 villagers contributed religiously every Sunday to this cause. Eventually, the numbers grew to 5,000. In addition, some individuals contributed Rs 100 while corporations donated up to Rs 10 lakh,
23843. सोलो साइकिलिंग में दो विश्व रिकॉर्ड अपने नाम कर चुके हैं सेना के ये अधिकारी, बढ़ा रहे हैं साइकिलिंग के प्रति लोगों का झुकाव
Life for Society: Case Studies
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Inspiring Stories of Students/Employees/Senior citizen/Organisation/individual
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Your Story
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- भारतीय सेना का यह अधिकारी एक ओर जहां देश की सुरक्षा में भी योगदान दे रहे हैं, वहीं दूसरी ओर इन सैन्य अधिकारी के नाम पर एक नहीं बल्कि दो गिनीज़ वर्ल्ड रिकॉर्ड भी हैं। ये हैं भारतीय सेना में लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल भरत पन्नू जिन्होंने ये दोनों वर्ल्ड रिकॉर्ड सोलो साइकिलिंग में बनाए हैं।
- अमेरिका में साइकिलिंग करते हुए 5 हज़ार किलोमीटर की दूरी साइकिल पर पूरी करते हुए लेफ्टिनेंट भरत ने भारत के सबसे कठिन रास्तों को भी साइकिल से पूरा किया है। दो विश्व रिकॉर्ड अपने नाम करने वाले लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल पन्नू का मानना है कि उनके इन विश्व रिकॉर्ड के साथ लोगों का आकर्षण साइकिलिंग के खेल की तरफ बढ़ सकता है।
- हालांकि भरत पन्नू यहीं नहीं रुके और उसी महीने के अंत में वे दूसरा गिनीज़ विश्व रिकॉर्ड अपने नाम करने निकल पड़े। इस दौरान पन्नू के स्वर्णिम चतुर्भुज रूट यानी दिल्ली, कोलकाता, मुंबई और चेन्नई का रास्ता चुना। यहाँ पर पन्नू ने पिछले रिकॉर्ड को तोड़ने का काम किया। 5942 किलोमीटर लंबे इस रूट को पन्नू ने 14 दिन और 23 घंटे में पूरा किया था।
23844. How this fintech platform is enabling MSMEs to create and manage growth
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Startups in Bharat
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- UpScale, an initiative by CredAble, aims to solve the working capital problem faced by MSMEs by connecting with the existing accounting software of the business, syncing transaction details, and giving instant access to working capital with the help of financial institutions.
- CredAble, a Mumbai-based fintech startup founded in 2017, is enabling working capital financing by providing liquidity programmes for enterprise ecosystems using technology platforms, digital KYC and onboarding, deep ERP, bank integrations, digital documentation, and transaction management.
- UpScale gives a business a 360-degree view of their financial health and operations, which was missing earlier. Businesses today operate in a very fragmented manner where their banking, payment, accounting and reporting systems don’t talk to each other
23845. Bessemer Venture Partners announces first India-focused fund
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Startups in Bharat
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- US-headquartered Bessemer Venture Partners has announced its first India-dedicated fund of $220 million. The fund which deployed capital from its global fund in India previously, will back early-stage companies from the India fund, investing in seed and Series A rounds.
- In its earlier avatar, Bessemer has made multi-stage investments in India including IPO-bound e-pharmacy player Pharmeasy, Tata-backed grocery platform Bigbasket, food delivery major Swiggy and home services platform Urban Company, apart from others.
- The fund announced investments in corporate health insurance platform Nova Benefits and HR tech startup, LeenaAI around September. Investments by the fund in Indian companies went through a lull as the fund saw senior leadership churn in 2018.
23846. How Bengaluru startup Repyute is helping companies close hiring faster
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Startups in Bharat
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- Founded by Deepak Dhar and Sandesh Chidanand, Repyute works with HRMS platforms to provide background verification and other talent management services to employers.
- Former Nestaway co-founder Deepak Dhar’s talent management startup Repyute is helping companies speed up the background verification process while also keeping a tab on competing offers the candidate might be pursuing and other HR-related services.
- At present, Repute.net is in various stages of deployment with seven Human Resource Management System (HRMS) partners and is adding more. Most of these HRMS are currently piloting the Repute.net feature with their customers, which will be a paid service going ahead.
23847. Our target is to provide tap water connections to all households by 2024: MoS Prahlad Singh Patel
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
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NEWS SERVICES DIVISION
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- The Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Prahlad Singh Patel has told the Rajya Sabha, 44.5 percent of the households in the country have been provided with piped water connection.
- In a written reply, he said 8.55 crore of the total 19.22 crore households have got piped water supply so far.under the Jal Jeevan Mission, it is targeted to provide tap water connections to all the households by 2024.
- Telengana, Haryana, Goa, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli have already provided piped water connections to all the houses.
23848. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts surge to 43 crore 85 lakh with deposit over one lakh 48 thousand crore rupees: Centre
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
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NEWS SERVICES DIVISION
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- Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts has surged to 43 crore 85 lakh with deposit balance of over one lakh 48 thousand crore rupees.
- Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad informed this in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. He said, as of 25th March last year, the total number of Jan Dhan accounts were around 38 crore.
- the Government is not planning to come up with any scheme to provide monetary benefits in terms of interest on their money for the beneficiaries of Jan Dhan accounts as all saving bank accounts including Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan accounts earn interest on deposits.
23849. Centre has so far released 27 thousand 235 crore rupees to States, UTs for their Smart Cities: Kaushal Kishore
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
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NEWS SERVICES DIVISION
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- The government has said that three thousand 131 Smart City projects worth 53 thousand 175 crore rupees have been completed.
- Smart Cities Mission was launched in 2015 for the development of 100 cities as Smart Cities. the cities were selected through four rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018.
- as of 12 November this year, these Smart Cities have tendered out six thousand 452 projects worth around one lakh 85 thousand crore rupees.
23850. Ethanol blending in petrol helped India save Rs 9,580 crore in last one year
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
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The Economic Times
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- India has managed to save precious foreign exchange outgo worth Rs 9,580 crore in the last one year thanks to the use of Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) in transport.
- Under the EBP programme, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) sell 10 per cent ethanol-blended petrol or E10. Indian Oil (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) sold 3,672 crore litres of EBP between 1 December 2020 and 14 November 2021.
- India's current ethanol or alcohol distillation capacity stands at around 722 crore litres per annum which has to be increased to 1,500 crore litres per annum to meet the requirement of 20 per cent EBP Programme, according to Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD).