07.04.23 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

In order to make Education accessible to everyone in Uttar Pradesh, as well as to improve its quality and link it with EMPLOYMENT, the Yogi Adityanath government will spend more than Rs 750 crore on basic, secondary and higher education in the next three months.

The government has prepared an action plan in this regard.

This amount will be spent on both new and already existing programmes in each of these three departments. Many of these programmes are sponsored by the Centre, and funds will be spent on them after the Central government releases the budget installment and the gives its Consent.

As per the information received, the Basic Education department has prepared an action plan for budget expenditure of Rs 121 crore on various schemes, while the Higher Education department has presented an action plan for spending more than Rs 20 crore. On the other hand, the Secondary Education department has estimated an expenditure of more than Rs 600 crore on the basis of the budget.

It may be mentioned that in his second term, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given priority to the process of setting targets and achieving them within a given timeframe. With the beginning of the new financial year, once again all the departments have been instructed to work on a three-month action plan.

The Secondary Education department will receive a budget of Rs 390 crore under the PM School for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme. This is a centrally sponsored scheme and the amount will be spent through the approved action plan and allocated budget by the Ministry of School Education and Literacy.

Apart from this, a budget of Rs 5 crore has been allocated to the department to reimburse the tuition fees of the second daughter of a parent studying in self-financed schools. The department will allocate Rs 1.39 crore for April on the basis of information provided by the districts after approval of the funds by the government.

There is a budgetary provision of Rs 237 crore for children and adolescents libraries and digital Infrastructure, on which the department has said that the first installment of the Centre is likely to be received in June 2023, after which the physical and financial targets of the scheme will be achieved with the approval of the government.

Through the skill hub, the government will provide Vocational Education to school drop-outs and conduct short-term certification courses for skill training after school and on weekly holidays. On the other hand, an amount of Rs 2 crore will be spent on quality promotion of higher education.

A total of Rs 10 crore will be spent on Chief Minister’s Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, Rs 5 crore on the digital library at the ward level and Rs 1 crore will be spent on a skill hub to provide employment-oriented education. Overall, the Higher Education department will spend Rs 20.1 crore in the next three months.

The Rajya Sabha approved the Competition Amendment Bill, 2023, aimed at modernizing the two-decade-old anti-trust law to align with changes in the economy. The Competition Amendment Bill, 2023 aims to modify the Competition Act, 2002, which authorizes the Competition Commission Of India (CCI) to prevent practices that adversely impact competition and consumer interests.

India has developed a country-level mathematical model that estimates the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the country. The model allows for TB incidence and mortality estimate data to be available by March each year, months before the World Health Organization (WHO) releases its annual estimates in October. The model, which draws from data such as an individuals infection and disease status, healthcare utilization, and treatment outcomes, was presented at the 36th Stop TB PARTNERSHIP Board meeting in Varanasi. The Indian model estimated the TB incidence rate in India to be 196 in 2022, lower than the WHOs estimate of 210 and suggested 3.20 lakh TB mortality absolute numbers in 2022, lower than WHOs estimated 4.94 lakhs

India has made significant efforts to increase the National TB Elimination Program coverage and generate more evidence. Laboratory Services have been scaled up and decentralized with high-quality rapid diagnostic tests. In addition, India has introduced a daily regimen for first-line treatment of tuberculosis, integrating the regimens in the public and private sectors to ensure universal access to TB care. Patients with drug-resistant TB have been provided with injection-free, shorter, and better second-line treatment. The use of Nikshay, a tracking system for patients, has helped to improve the treatment outcomes of all types of patients in both the public and private sectors, including those who may have otherwise been lost to follow-up.

The well-known Gond painting of Madhya Pradesh has been granted the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tag, which safeguards and acknowledges the work of tribal artists and requires approval from a committee for non-tribal artists to use the art. A GI tag is a symbol used on items that are exclusively produced in a specific geographical region and have characteristics or a reputation that are associated with that location. This tag is applied to a variety of goods, including food products, handicrafts, industrial items, <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture products, and alcoholic beverages. The GI Tag certifies that only the registered and authorised user is permitted to use the name of the popular product

The Gaj Utsav-2023 was inaugurated at the Kaziranga by the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu. During her speech, she highlighted the significant bond between nature and humanity, which is regarded as sacred. India has always identified itself with a culture of respecting nature. Our country has a unique connection between nature and culture, where both have been intertwined and nourishing each other. Elephants have been held in high esteem in our tradition, and are considered a symbol of prosperity. As the National Heritage Animal of India, safeguarding elephants is an essential element of our national duty to conserve our national heritage.

The Gaj Utsav 2023 is a significant event in India that commemorates the 30th anniversary of Project Elephant, a flagship conservation initiative launched by the Indian government in 1992.

The event aims to promote awareness about the conservation of elephants and their habitats, reduce human-elephant conflicts, and ensure the welfare of captive elephants.

According to data from the Moscow Exchange, the yuan accounted for 23.6% of Russias Foreign Exchange turnover in the first quarter of 2023, while the dollars share was 22.5%. This marks the first time the yuan has surpassed the dollar in Russias currency market

The rise of the yuan in Russia is part of a broader trend of increasing acceptance of the Chinese currency in international trade and finance. China has been actively promoting the internationalization of the yuan, encouraging its use in cross-border transactions and investing in to support its use in global markets