Jaipur ., Nov 26 : The Central government has approved the proposal of setting up five new medical colleges in different districts of Rajasthan.
According to an official statement, medical colleges will come up in Hanumangarh, Dausa, Tonk, Sawaimadhopur and Jhunjhunu districts of the state.
“Sanction has been received under the Central sponsored scheme for the construction of a total of 5 new medical colleges… A total amount of Rs 325 crore has been sanctioned for each medical college,” the Rajasthan government said in a statement on Monday.
Medical and Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said with the approval of these medical colleges, the state will have medical colleges in 30 out of its 33 districts.
“At the time of independence in the state, there was only one medical college in Jaipur. The approval of opening 15 new medical colleges is a big achievement in the tenure of just 11 months of the present government,” he said in the statement.
The Minister said that proposals have been sent to open medical colleges in Pratapgarh and Rajsamand as well.
“With the opening of these medical colleges, besides tackling the shortage of doctors in the state, general medical facilities, as well as specialist medical services will be accessible in remote areas. Medical college approval is under process in Jalore district. Rajsamand has a medical college in the private sector,” Sharma said.
New Delhi, Nov 21: The Congress and the NCP on Wednesday announced that they will form an alliance government along with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra ‘as soon as possible’ .
Speaking to reporters after a meeting held at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence, and attended by senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Mallikajun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Prithviraj Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat and NCP leaders Ajit Pawar, Supriya Sule, Navab Malik and others, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said,’the NCP-Congress have gone into various aspects of formation of alliance. We have long and very productive discussion today. Some aspects of the alliance are still discuss and we will do it as soon as possible”, said Mr Chavan after the meeting.
Mr Malik said that the Congress and the NCP together decided that they must give an alternate government in Maharashtra.
“It is not possible without NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena coming together. We are trying our best to resolve all issues. We will provide alternate govt as soon as possible”, he added.
Maharashtra is under President’s rule for last one week after BJP declined to form the government after a fallout with its alliance partner Shiv Sena over the power sharing, including Chief Minister post.
The national leaders of Congress and the NCP had convened several meeting including a meeting with Mr Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
It is learned that Ms Gandhi had given approval for the alliance with the Sena. She had, however, given direction to take the steps with ‘cautious’.
Kolkata, Nov 19 : The sanitation economy in India is a $14 billion market which is expected to double to an estimated US $62 billion by 2021.
The increased toilet construction, operations and maintenance including cleaning are successfully providing universal access to sanitation in the country. There is an emergence of new markets for treated water, renewable energy, organic compost, proteins and nutrients as well.
The digitization of sanitation systems to capture data will further enable the monitoring of human health and behaviour, thus generating more opportunities for businesses across sectors to ensure sanitation access, to contribute their toilet resources to sanitation economy and to achieve zero waste targets.
It will also allow operators to leverage new business models to enable cost-effective benefits. For governments, it will mean delivering sanitation services faster with the generation of revenue and promotion of new markets for private sector engagement and investment.
On the occasion of World Toilet Day, Geneva-based Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) hosted the Global Sanitation Economic Summit in Pune, from November 18 to 21
The summit was a platform for business leaders, investors and sanitation experts, who are at the forefront of the global sanitation economy, to deliberate upon ‘Sanitation Economy’ solutions for various industries, citizens and development agendas.
Toilet Board Coalition – The India Chapter, which will go online in January 2020 was also launched at the summit. Introduced as a result of demand from local Indian companies, who would join a global coalition but wanted to have their coalition in the country, the Chapter will be TBC’s first office outside of Switzerland.
The summit’s inauguration featured eminent keynote speakers including Secretary P. Iyer, Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Government of India; Cheryl Hicks, Executive Director and CEO, Toilet Board Coalition; and Rajendra Jagtap, CEO, Pune Smart City. Other important delegates included representatives from prominent institutions such as Tata Trusts, Unilever, Kalyani Group, LIXIL, Kimberly-Clark, Veolia, Firmenich and USAID as well as Indian Smart Cities.
The HRD Ministry on Monday appointed a three-member committee to recommend ways to restore normal functioning of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), officials said.
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry’s committee on JNU will initiate dialogues with students and administration as well as submit recommendations on resolution of all issues, they said.
The varsity’s students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel manual, which has provisions for hostel fee hike, dress code and curfew timings.