04-07-22 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

TheHaryanagovernment approved the State Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022 offering several financial incentives to EV manufacturers. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

TheEV policyoffers various financial incentives to EV manufacturers by giving incentives on fixed capital investment (FCI), net SGST, stamp duty, employment generation, etc, an official statement said.

There is 100 per cent reimbursement of stamp duty along with exemption in electricity duty for a period of 20 years.

The SGST reimbursement shall be 50 per cent of the applicable net SGST for a period of 10 years. Companies manufacturingelectric vehicles, components of electric vehicle, EV battery, charging infrastructure etc. shall be incentivized with capital subsidy.

Mega industry shall get capital subsidy at 20 per cent of FCI or Rs 20 crore whichever is lower; large industry will get subsidy of 10 per cent of FCI up to INR 10 crores, for medium industry 20 per cent of FCI upto Rs 50 lakh, for small industry 20 per cent of FCI up to Rs 40 lakh and for micro industry 25 per cent of FCI up to Rs 15 lakh.

Under this policy, units setting up batteries disposal units will get 15 per cent of FCI up to Rs 1 crore.
The policy provides for employment generation subsidy of Rs 48,000 per employee per annum for 10 years in lieu of Haryana domiciled manpower being employed with EV companies.

The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module is a platform which will perform in-orbit experiments through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.

It is a four-stage rocket in which first three spent stages will drop into the ocean and the final stage will end up as space junk after launching the satellite into orbit.

However, in PSLV-C53 mission, spent final stage will be used as a stabilised platform for performing the experiments.

POEM comprises of a dedicated Navigation Guidance and Control (NGC) system for attitude stabilisation.

Governments think tank NITI Aayog published its report titled Harnessing Green Hydrogen- Opportunities for Deep Decarbonisation in India. This report has been prepared in collaboration with Delhi-based think tank RMI India.

In its report, NITI Aayog has recommended to reduce or exempt the GST & Custom duties on production of green hydrogen, in order to boost the production in India.

It also proposed to set up green hydrogen corridors as well as offer grants to start-ups that are working on green hydrogen solutions domestically.

According to it, government should focus on bringing a cost reduction pathway for green hydrogen production in country.

NITI Aayog-WEP report on Take-Home Ration, presents a set of good and innovative practices that have been adopted by states & UTs, in implementation of Take-Home Ration value chain.

Take-Home ration is provided by Government of India, under Supplementary Nutrition component of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

It is provided to fill the gap in nutrition amongchildren, and pregnant & lactating women (PLW).

It suggests to build a robust system for procurement, standardized process, full coverage, supply chain management & monitoring to ensure complete transparency, sustainability, leverages local ties, and bring a culture of collaboration and trust within a community.

Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creating a collaborative ecosystem, which will imparting skill development training in capital goods sector.

Partnership between MHI and MSDE aims to facilitate training in several engineering trades.

Training will be facilitated through Qualification Packs (QPs), that have been developed by MHI related Sector Skill Councils (such as Infrastructure, Automotive, Instrumentation and Capital Goods).

Such QPs have been developed under phase two of the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in Capital Goods Sector.

The National Health Authority (NHA) and IRDAI has decided to develop a National Health Claims Exchange.

The National Health Claims Exchange will be developed as a digital platform, for settling the health claims.

National Health Authority implements Indias public health insurance or assurance scheme called Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)

In the index, four Indian cities viz., Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Mumbai, have been ranked among top 20 sustainable cities.

In it, 36 cities were ranked on the basis of urbanisation pressure, carbon emissions, climate risk, and government initiatives.

Index has been topped by Singapore.

It is followed by Sydney, Wellington, Perth, and Melbourne.

These are the top five green-rated cities in commercial real estate in Asia-Pacific region.

Among the Indian cities, Bengaluru was ranked first. While in the Asia-Pacific region, it has been ranked 14^th.