26.05.21 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

The dream of a self-reliant and Digital India will only be realised by taking along the farm sector,AgricultureministerNarendra SinghTomar said.

Tomar was speaking during a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony of the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture ministry with four institutions, an official statement said.
These institutions are — Patanjali Organic Research Institute,Amazon Web Services(AWS), ESRI India Pvt Ltd, and Agribazar India Pvt. Ltd.

The MoUs have been signed with these organisations for pilot project of using Kisan Database asAadhaarwithin a period of one year.

The agreement with ESRI is for setting up and launching of ‘National Agriculture Geo Hub’.
The MoU with Amazon Web Services is for creation of digital services and innovation ecosystem linked with digital agriculture in the agricultural value chain.

The agreement with Agribazar is for collaborating withDepartment of Agriculturefor pilot project in three states (Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan) to promote digital agriculture.

An MoU has been signed with Patanjali for agricultural management and farmer service in three districts (Haridwar- Uttarakhand, Hamirpur- Uttar Pradesh and Moraina- Madhya Pradesh).

The government has set up a panel of state ministers for better valuation of Services ofcasinos,online gamingportal and race courses for levying goods and services tax (GST).

The seven-member panel, convened by Gujarat deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, will also examine whether any change is required in the legal provision for better means of valuation of these services.

It will also examine the administration of such valuation provisions and if an alternative means of valuation is recommended.

The panel would also look into the impact of such valuation on other similarly placed services like lottery.

The Ministry of Power has decided to establish a National Mission to promote the use of in coal-fired thermal power Plants.

Increase the level of co-firing from the current 5% to higher levels in order to have a greater share of carbon neutral power generation from thermal power plants.

Conduct R&D in boiler design to handle the higher levels of silica and alkalis in biomass pellets.

To make it easier to overcome constraints in the supply chain of bio mass pellets and agro- residue, as well as their transport to power plants.

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, a 1985 batchIPSofficer serving as CISF DG, on Wednesday took charge as theCBIdirector.

TheCentral Bureau of Investigationwas working without a regular chief for over three months afterRishi Kumar Shuklacompleted his two-year tenure on February 3.

Jaiswal, ex-Maharashtra DGP and former Mumbai top cop, was the seniormost officer in the panel.