27-10-22 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

The Haryana government on Saturday said it has decided to give a 50 per cent rebate in value added tax (VAT) to industrial units in the state that will replace diesel generator sets required to meet their energy requirement with natural gas.

This scheme will be applicable to entire industries, including micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and will be effective for two years from the date of its notification.

Notably, the use of diesel-powered generator sets is banned in the National Capital Region. Now the industries that will meet their energy requirement from CNG, PNG will get a 50 per cent exemption in VAT, it said.

Similarly, the committee also approved giving a subsidy of Rs 164.66 crore per year to electric vehicle manufacturing companies under various heads, under Haryana Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022.

The chief minister was apprised the EV policy aims to protect the environment, reduce carbon footprint, make the state an EV manufacturing hub, ensure skill development in EV field, encourage uptake of EV vehicles, and encourage research and development in EV technology.

The number ofanaemiacases among boys aged 15-19 years in India has also shown a significant increase, finds the 2019-2021 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report that was released in May this year. It finds that 59% of girls and 31% of boys are anaemic, compared to 54% girls and 29% boys found by the 2016NFHS report.

States like Rajasthan,Jharkhand,Chhattisgarhand Uttarakhand showed an alarming increase. The number of anaemic boys inRajasthanrose by 12%, from 22.1% in the previous NFHS report to 34% in the latest one, and the number of teenage anaemic girls went up from 49.1% to 59.4%. Rajasthan’s data was collected from 31,817 households, 42,990 women and 6,353 men.

In Jharkhand, anaemia among boys rose from 35.3% to 39.7%, higher than the national average. Among girls, such cases rose from 65% to 65.8%. The data was collected from 22,863 houses, 26,495 women and 3414 men.

In Punjab, cases among boys rose from 30.8% to 32.7%, while cases among girls climbed to 60.3% from 58% in the said period, data for which was taken from 18,824 households, 21,771 women and 3,296 men.

In Chhattisgarh, the increase among boys was around 4%, from 27.4% to 31.5%, but was significant among girls, from 45.5% to 61.4%. This data is based on information collected from 24,550 houses, 24,468 women and 4,174 men.
In Arunachal Pradesh, cases among boys rose from 22.9% to 24.9%. Among girls, it went up from 48.2% to 48.5% — based on data taken from 18,268 houses, 19,765 women and 2,881 men.

UP has shown a decreasing trend, from 31.5% to 28.2% among boys, and from 53.7% to 52.9% among girls.

Newspapers remain the most trusted source of information among consumers of media even though television remains the dominant source of news, an India-wide study of media consumption behaviour by Lokniti programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).

The survey, done in partnership withKonrad AdenauerStiftung (KAS), focused on both traditional and new media and was conducted in 19 states Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal among 7,463 citizens aged 15 years and above.

This is the13^theditionof theUNEPEmissions Gap Report. It assesses the gap between anticipated emissions in 2030 and levels consistent with the 1.5C and 2C targets of theParis Agreement. Every year, the report features ways to bridge the gap.

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