14-06-23 Daily-Jharkhand-JPSC Current Affairs

Jharkhand Affairs

Govt aims to set up 572 Vermicompost units in State

State <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Badal inaugurated the Godhan Nyaya Yojana in the auditorium of the Animal Husbandry Department. Addressing the progressive farmers and milk producers from different districts of the state, he said that we can make Jharkhand’s identity in the field of organic agriculture with the cow dung in the state. Today we are dependent on chemical Fertilizers, which leave a deep impact on our Health. He said that Godhan Nyaya Yojana is being started as a pilot project from five districts of the state. After reviewing the success of this project, we will plan to run it in the entire state, so all the cow herders are requested to move towards making the state an organic Jharkhand.

Badal said that the government is preparing to set up an agency and a centre so that more and more organic food items are used in the state, and our products are recognized as organic. We have made a budget provision of Rs 10 crores for vermicompost, if it is successful, then a plan of Rs 100 crores will also be made. Under this scheme, farmers of the state will be able to get vermicompost at Rs.8 per kg in their area only. Along with this, the government will take cow dung at Rs. 2 per kg from the cowherds and after processing it will make it available to the farmers in the form of vermicompost.

Badal said that for the first time, construction of Gomukti Dham has been started in the state along with work on Gaushala. So far 12 lakh farmers of the state have been given a benefit of Rs 3500 per farmer. Along with this, an amount of Rs 810 crore has been distributed among 9.38 lakh farmers as benefit of crop Insurance in lieu of damage caused by drought. For the welfare of farmers, we have demanded 9682 crores to the central government for drought relief. This amount will go directly to the farmers’ account. Our department has started many flagship schemes under the guidance of the Chief Minister. Godhan Nyay Yojana is also one of them, which will benefit about 10,000 farmers in the first phase.

The objective of this scheme is to reduce the dependence of farmers on chemical fertilizers and increase the income of farmers by preparing vermicompost using cow dung available in the state of Jharkhand. According to the economic survey of the year 2019, there are 12.57 million cattle in the state. As an estimate, 504 lakh tonnes of cow dung is emitted every year by the cattle.

National and International Affairs

Sonowal launches ‘Sagar Samriddhi’ to bring transparency, efficiency

Union Minister ofPorts, Shipping andWaterways(MoPSW) and Ayush,Sarbananda Sonowallaunched the ‘Sagar Samriddhi‘ the online dredging monitoring system in order to amp up ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of theMinistryin Delhi.

As per the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, “This system has been developed by National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) the technological arm of MoPSW. The new technology brings marked improvement against the old system of the Draft and Loading Monitor (DLM) system.

“The system will bring in synergy among multiple input reports like daily dredging reports, and the pre and post-dredging survey data before processing and producing real-time dredging reports,” they added.

Over 11% Indians diabetic, 36% have hypertension: Lancet survey shows

The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent and 15.3 per cent of people suffer from hypertension and prediabetes respectively, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.

The largest epidemiological study on diabetes and non-communicable diseases (NCD) estimates that in 2021, there were 101 million people with diabetes in India, 136 million with prediabetes, and 315 million had high blood pressure.

The study, conducted by the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr) and funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also found that the prevalence of generalised obesity and abdominal obesity in India stood at 28.6 and 39.5 per cent, respectively.

The estimate shows that 254 million people in India had generalised obesity, and 351 million had abdominal obesity in 2021.

In 2017, the team found that the prevalence of diabetes in India was around 7.5 per cent, meaning there has been an increase of over 50 per cent in the burden since then.

Among the states, Goa (26.4 per cent) had the highest prevalence of diabetes andUttar Pradesh(4.8 per cent) had the lowest, while (31.3 per cent) and Mizoram (6.8 per cent) had the highest and lowest burden of prediabetes.
Punjab (51.8 per cent) had the highest prevalence of hypertension while Meghalaya (24.3 per cent) had the highest burden, the researchers said.

US, UK forge ‘Atlantic Declaration’ to boost economic ties

The United States and Britain announced a new strategic pact as their leaders rededicated the “special relationship” to counter Russia, China and economic instability.

An “Atlantic Declaration” adopted by the leaders aims to boost ties on defense and RENEWABLE ENERGY, in the face of growing competition from China.

On Ukraine, the US and UK governments are moving closer to offering advanced fighter jets to help Kyiv counter the Russian invasion.

Cyclone Biparjoy, expected to cross theGujaratcoast on June 15, is on course to become the cyclone with the longest lifespan in theArabian Sea, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

It will also be the third cyclone to hit the western state in June since 1965,”Based on data from 1965 to 2022 for the month of June, 13 Cyclones developed over the Arabian Sea.

Of these, two crossed the Gujarat coast, one Maharashtra, one Pakistan coast, three Oman-Yemen coasts and six weakened over the sea.

The life period ofCyclone Biparjoy, which developed over the southeast Arabian Sea at 5.30 am on June 6, is about seven days and 12 hours so far.

The extremely severeCyclone Kyarrof 2019 over the Arabian Sea had a life of 9 days and 15 hours. It developed over the east-central Arabian Sea, had multiple recurvatures and weakened over the southwest Arabian Sea.

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