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15th, March, 2023

Topic: Students in classes 1–8 will get Rs 600 for uniforms: CM Himachal

 

Himachal HPAS Prelims and Mains are essential.

Importance for  Prelims: Economic and social development – sustainable development poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives, etc.

Significance for the Mains Exam:

  • PAPER-VI: GENERAL STUDIES-III: UNIT II: Appraisal of education, Health, Physical and Financial Infrastructure Development.

 

What is the news?

  • The state government has decided to give each student in government schools from Class I to Class VIII Rs 600 for a school uniform through a system called Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

What’s the meaning?

  • The money will be sent straight to the students’ bank accounts or those of their mothers.

 

It will help how many students?

  • About 5.25 million students will be helped by this.

 

Changes made:

  • Before, the government decided that this service would be available to all girl students and boys from the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Below Poverty Line (BPL) groups. Now, all boys in the general category will be able to use the facility as well.

 

CM told:

  • The government made this decision to help parents out financially as much as possible. Also, the DBT will make sure everything is clear.
(Source: HP Tribune)

 

Topic: Hamirpur’s water resources and arable land are threatened by debris.

 

Himachal HPAS Prelims and Mains are essential.

Importance for  Prelims: Economic and social development – sustainable development poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives, etc.

Significance for the Mains Exam:

  • PAPER-VI: GENERAL STUDIES-III: UNIT II: Issues, concerns, policies, programmes, conventions, treaties and missions aimed at environment protection, and dealing with the problem of climate change.

 

What is the news?

  • The National Highway Construction Company is blamed for illegally dumping trash and muck, which is hurting water supplies and putting at risk farmland near Bari Mandir village, which is close by.

Challenges we all face:

  • The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has found about 10 kanals where waste from the hill cutting site can be dumped. Sources say that the land was found near the Kohlu Sidh Temple, and the company was told to build a crate wall around it before dumping trash there, but it didn’t do what it was told. Because of this, debris fell onto the land that villagers could use to grow food.
  • People are upset that the company isn’t listening to their request to build a crate wall. Amarnath, a local, says that the trash will hurt their land, and when it rains, mud will get into their homes. He also says that sources of drinking water are also being damaged.

 

Steps taken:

  • NHAI Site Engineer Sushil Kumar said that the construction company has been told to soon put up a crate wall at the site where trash is dumped. He gave people his word that no one’s property would be lost in the area.
(Source: HP Tribune)