19-11-22 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

Haryana Government on Thursday said that ever sinceState Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been sworn in as the Chief Minister in 2014, several schemes have been implemented to promote industrial exports. Consequently, not only Haryana got a new identity but the State has taken a quantum leap in its export graph. As per the official figures in 2013-14, Haryana exported goods worth Rs 68,032 crore, while increasing this by four-fold to touch exporting goods worth Rs. 2,17,222 crore.

The government official spokesperson said that because of the radical changes brought about by the Chief Minister to promote the (EODB), Haryana is now third in the country and first in North India in terms of EODB, whereas in the year 2014 it was at 14th position. Obviously because Economic Development has also remained the utmost priority of the Chief Minister and during his consecutive tenure, he had always laid emphasis onboosting Industrial Growth in Haryana so as to provide livelihoodto the people of the State along with making Haryana a preferred global Investment destination.

Guided by the principle of ‘Minimum Government and Maximum Governance, the State Government has created an ecosystem of Ease of Doing Business (EODB) which not only matches global standards but is even more investment-friendly and has also given a powerful administrative structure in the Industrial Sector of the state, he added.

He further said that to propel the State to the next level of growth trajectory, the Enterprise Promotion Policy (EPP) in the year 2015 was launched. The policy is aligned with the ‘ Make in India‘ Digital India‘ and ‘Skilling India’ campaigns of the Government of India and offers best-in-class incentives to attract investments in the state.

Furthermore, going a step ahead to create a more conducive Environment for the industries in the state, for the first time Haryana has formulated The Haryana Enterprises and EMPLOYMENT Policy (HEEP), 2020, after considering suggestions from the industrialists of the state.

Notably, the government took another lead in introducing one of its kind initiatives when it launched the Programme to Accelerate Development for MSME Advancement (PADMA) programme to strengthen the economic condition of every region.

Under PADMA ‘clusters’ of small and medium industries are being established at the block level. Clusters have been formed in all 143 blocks of the state, even in the first phase the work of developing 40 clusters has started. Brands namely Har Amrit’ for fertilizer, ‘Har Agro’ for cattle feed, ‘Haryana Fresh’ for mineral water, ‘Ikshu’ for sugar are being promoted to give special recognition to the products of the state.

Five special policies have been implemented for <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Food Processing, textiles, Warehousing–Logistics, retail, pharmaceutical and MSME sectors. For settlement of government dues and other disputes, help has been provided to industrialists through Vivaadon ka Samadhan.

The Department for Promotion of and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has launched a call for startup applications for registration on the MAARG portal, the National Mentorship Platform by Startup India.

To further boost the Indian startup ecosystem, currently ranked 3rd largest globally, Startup India is focused on catalysing the startup culture and building a strong and inclusive ecosystem for innovation and Entrepreneurship in India. In this context, MAARG portal – Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience and Growth, is a one stop platform to facilitate mentorship for startups across diverse sectors, functions, stages, geographies, and backgrounds. The objectives of the MAARG portal are

To provide sector focused guidance, handholding, and support to startups throughout their lifecycle

To establish a formalized and structured platform that facilitates intelligent matchmaking between the mentors and their respective mentees

To facilitate efficient and expert mentorship for startups and build an outcome-oriented mechanism that allows timely tracking of the mentor-mentee engagements

The Union <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has said the International Year of (IYOM) 2023 will provide an opportunity to increase global production, efficient processing and better use of Crop Rotation and promote millets as a major component of the food basket. Shri Tomar said that on the initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millet (IYOM).

Shri Tomar said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is working in mission mode to increase millet production and consumption in collaboration with other Central Ministries, all State Governments and other stakeholder organizations.

India has more than 500 startups working in the millet value-added chain, while Indian Institute of Millets Research has incubated 250 startups under RKVY-Raftar.

The <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-commission-for-Women“>National Commission for Women (NCW) launched the fourth phase of Digital Shakti Campaign, a pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women and girls in the cyberspace,yesterday. In line with its commitment to create safe spaces for women and girls online, Digital Shakti 4.0 is focused on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand up against any illegal/inappropriate activity online. NCW launched it in collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation and Meta.

The launch was followed by an interactive panel discussion on Safe Spaces Online Combatting Cyber-enabled Human Trafficking & Combatting Other forms of Online Violence in order to provide keen opinions from experts from the Industry, Government, and Academia to address the issue of online women safety from all tangents and provide whole approach to ensure better women safety online.

The new Indonesia Just Energy Transition PARTNERSHIP (JETP) will mobilise $20 billion [17bn] over the next three to five years to accelerate a just energy transition.

The UK stands ready to support delivery of the partnership, including through a $1 billion guarantee.¹

The Indonesia JETP launch builds on momentum of other JETP progress during the COP27 Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The agreement focuses on achieving this transition in a way that considers all workers, communities and societal groups affected directly or indirectly by an energy transition away from coal, and helps to ensure that they are supported through concrete commitments.