Himachal Pradesh Monthly Current Affairs - February 2020
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Himachal Pradesh Weekly Current Affairs: February Week 1
The population of Flagship Species, Bar-headed Goose have shown a 68% increase from last year (2018-19):
- Dominant species are Bar Headed Geese (49496), Northern
Pintails (12881), Eurasian Coots(10860), Common Teals (7334), Common
Pochards (3988), Northern Shoveler (2818), Great Cormorants(2121),
Eurasian Wigeons (1350), Eurasian Wigeon (1350), and Ruddy Shelducks (1028)
have been noticed this year.
- Other uncommon bird species recorded in the lake are Common
Shelducks (75), Northern Lapwings (32), Common Ringed Plover (20), Pied Avocets
(09), Ospreys (05), Black-bellied Terns (05), Common Mergansers (04),
Sarus Cranes (02), Eurasian Curlews (02), White-tailed Lapwings (01),
Water Pipits (01), Lesser White-fronted Goose (01), and
Buff-bellied Pipit (01).
- The population of Flagship Species of Pong Lake,
Bar-headed Geese have shown a 68% increase from last year (2018-19) as the
total count was 29443 as compared to 49496 Bar-headed Geese this year.
Vipin Parmar to become new Speaker of Himachal Assembly
- Himachal Pradesh minister Vipin Parmar is set to become the
next Speaker of the state Assembly.
- Mr. Parmar filed his nomination papers on 25th Feb 2020 for
the Speaker’s post to assembly secretary Yash Paul Sharma in the presence
of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and former speaker Rajeev Bindal.
- The 55-year-old BJP leader will be formally declared as the
new Speaker on Wednesday as no other member of the legislative assembly
has filed his or her nomination.
- Born on March 15, 1964 in Kangra’s Nanao village, Mr. Parmar
is a law graduate and MLA from Sullah assembly constituency.
- Mr. Parmar was elected to the state legislative assembly for
the first time in 1998. He was re-elected as MLA in 2007 and 2017. He was
inducted into the Council of Ministers as Health Minister along with the
portfolios of Medical Education, Ayurveda and Science and Technology on
December 27, 2017.
- He also remained organizing secretary of state Akhil Bhartiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and secretary of national ABVP.
Pong dam of Himachal records 1, 15,701 birds of 114 different
species
- Around 1,15,701 birds of 114 different species have been
recorded at Pong Dam Lake this year, that include 1,04,032 migratory water
fowls of 60 species, 10,377 resident water birds of 30 species and 1,292
birds of 24 other local Species.
- Total population of birds as well as number of species of
birds have shown an increase over the last year probably because of open
grassland and desirable habitat. Population has shown marginal increase
from 1, 15,229 to 1, 15,701 whereas species have increased from 103 to 114.
- This year number of migratory water-dependent species as well
as resident water dependent species have also show an increase over the
last year from 58 to 60 species and 29 to 30 species respectively.
- Pong Lake Wild Life Sanctuary is one of the important
destinations of migratory birds. Lakhs of migratory and local birds of
more than hundred species have their destination at and around Pong Dam
Lake. This lake has become one of popular places to be visited by the bird
watchers, researchers, experts and tourists.
- The state has collected taxes of more than Rs. 600
crore in the financial year 2019-2020 over the corresponding year in
the financial year 2018-19.
- The results for the current year were also encouraging, as
the overall GST collection has registered a growth of 50.76 percent.
- 703 MoU’s have been signed so far, with proposed investment
of Rs. 96720.88 crore.
- Nine MoU’s worth Rs. 309.55 crore were signed in
Agri-Business, Food Processing, and Post-Harvest Technology, 250 MoU’s of
Rs. 17063.22 crore in Manufacturing and Pharmaceuticals, 225 MoU’s, worth
Rs. 16559.94 crore signed in Tourism, Hospitality and Civil Aviation
sector, 18 MoU’s of Rs. 34112 crore in Hydro and Renewable Energy.
- Besides these 50 MoU’s of Rs. 1901.75 crore have
been signed-in Wellness, Healthcare, and Ayush, 76 MoU’s of Rs. 21740.36
crore in Housing, Urban Development and Transport, 14 MoU’s of Rs. 2833.21
crore signed in Information Technology, ITES and Electronics, 57 MoU’s of
Rs. 2034.85 crore in Education and Skill Development and four MoU’s of Rs.
166 crore in various sectors.
- Employment to 196800 persons is proposed through
these MoU’s.
Himachal Pradesh Weekly Current Affairs: February Week 2
- In the commission report, Himachal will receive the highest
revenue deficit grant in the country after Kerala which will be given Rs
15,323 crore.
- The projected annual growth rate of comparable GSDP for
Himachal has been put at 10.3 per cent for 2020-21 as compared
to 9.3 per cent for 2019-20.
- A grant of Rs 207 crore will also be made
for urban local bodies. The commission has also restored the
budgetary allocation to Zila Parishads and block development committees (BDC),
which had been stopped by the previous Finance Commission.
- There has also been a hike of almost 40 percent in the
disaster relief fund being provided by the Centre. Sources in the
government said this would rake in an additional amount of almost Rs
450 crore to Himachal.
- In a major decision, which will go a long way in helping
Himachal, is the enhancement in the weightage given to states for
protecting forest and ecology. There are six major factors – area,
population, income distance, demographic performance, and tax effort,
besides forest and ecology. In the case of Himachal, this too has been
enhanced from 7.5 percent to10 percent.
- Forest cover was used as a criterion in the devolution
formula for the first time by the 14th commission on the grounds
that while the forest cover maintained by states provide ecological
benefits, it also imposes opportunity costs that need to be compensated.
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Himachal Pradesh Weekly Current Affairs: February Week 3
- The social services sector has been
accorded priority by allocating Rs. 3487.24 crore, which was 44.14
percent of the total annual plan.
- The transport and communication sector has
been allocated Rs. 1394.89 crore, hereas agriculture and allied activities
had been allotted Rs. 974.29 crore.
- Similarly, irrigation and
flood control has been proposed Rs. 508.05 crore,
while Rs. 499.05 crore has been earmarked for the energy sector.
Himachal Pradesh gets indigenous cattle breed registered
('Himachali Pahari' as very first indigenous cattle breed of the state).
- The cattle breed of Himachal Pradesh has finally got its
recognition as 'Himachali Pahari' with the Breed Registration Committee of
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR). The Agriculture
University of Himachal Pradesh at Palampur issued a statement on Saturday
appreciating the scientific work by animal breeders from CSK Himachal
Pradesh Agriculture University.
- Prof Ashok Kumar Sarial, vice-chancellor, NBAGR at Karnal
(Haryana) has approved and registered 'Himachali Pahari' as very first
indigenous cattle breed of the state.
- The veterinary scientists of his university lead by Dr YP
Thakur, Director of Extension Education has done all the scientific
research work to get this breed with unique features, registered with the
NBAGR.
- “Among the seven cattle breeds recently registered,
'Himachali Pahari' with an approximate population of 8,00,000 was
primarily distributed in mid-hills to high hills region of the state, like
Kullu, Chamba, Mandi, Kangra, Sirmour, Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti districts
and adapted to mountain topography, extremely cold climate and fodder
scarcity,” he said in his statement.
- Scientists here said that 'Himachali Pahari' was a small to
medium in size animal, primarily black and blackish-brown in colour with
compact cylindrical body, short legs, medium hump, horizontally placed
ears and comparatively long tail.
- Horns of this breed are medium in size and are mainly curved
in the lateral and upward direction. It is well-suited to the mountainous
livestock production system as a source of milk and manure. Adult weight
varies from 200 to 280 Kg in males and 140 to 230 in females. Its height
varies from 90 to 120 cms. Daily milk yield ranges from one to three kg
and lactation milk yield from 350 to 650kg.
- This financing would come in the pattern
of a 90 percent grant and a 10 percent loan to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.
- The project aims at the holistic
development of the power sector of the state through investment in all
three segments of power sector i.e. Generation, Transmission and
Distribution.
- On the generation part, funding
of Rs 1600 crore will come to the ongoing Shongtong Karchham HEP
450 MW. This is an ambitious project of HPPCL which will
generate energy at a very competitive rate of Rs 6.3 crore per MW against
the normal average cost of Rs 10 crore per MW. The project once
commissioned would earn revenue of Rs 500 crore per annum to the
state exchequer.
- This is by far the biggest project taken
up by state government without the participation of any Central Public
Sector undertaking and was facing financial hardships due to
non-availability of adequate funds.
- Transmission part-funding amounting to Rs
534.72 crore would come for strengthening Extra High Voltage
transmission (EHV) network in different parts of the state.
- The distribution system will get a
funding of Rs 937 crore and would be used towards automation and
strengthening of the distribution network in 13 different towns of
Himachal namely Solan, Baddi, Nalagarh, Nahan, Paonta Sahib, Mandi,
Sundernagar, Bilaspur, Kullu, Manali, Una, Parwanoo and Hamirpur.
Finance Commission recommends Rs 19,309 cr devolution to Himachal
for 2020-21
- The 15th Finance Commission has recommended devolution of Rs
19,309 crore to Himachal Pradesh for the year 2020-21, Industries Minister
Bikram Singh said.
- In a statement issued on Saturday, Singh said the 13th Finance
Commission only awarded an annual average grant of Rs 4,338.4 crore to
Himachal Pradesh when the UPA-II government led by Congress was in power
at the Centre.
- Singh said the people of the state were thankful to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government for enhancing the grant by over
Rs 50,000 crore for the state in 14th Finance Commission for 2015-19 in
comparison to the grant provided by 13th Finan...
- The average annual grant under was increased by Modi to Rs
14,407 crore in 14th Finance Commission and now to Rs 19,309 crore in 15th
Finance Commission for 2020-2021, he said
- The 15th Finance Commission is yet to give its
recommendations for 2021-22 to 2025-26, he said, adding that the state
government would continue to pursue issues of Himachal Pradesh with the
Commission, whose final report is expected in October 2020.
- Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union
minister Anurag Thakur laid the foundation stones of development projects
worth Rs 40 crore in the Dehra assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh
on Wednesday 19th February 2020.
- Among the projects whose foundation
stones were laid are a health centre in Bhawan Chanaur, a bridge on the
Bassi Sunhet road and a drinking water initiative for various
panchayats.
- Earlier, the chief minister inaugurated a
bio-mass project at Dhaliara. Cabinet ministers Vipin Parmar and Bikram
Thakur were also present on the occasion.
Himachal Pradesh Weekly Current Affairs: February Week 4
- Earlier Animal Husbandry Department has sent a proposal to
Bureau to register this cow under the name ‘Gauri‘ but the indigenous cow
of the state was more famous as Pahari Cow so this breed has been named as
Himachali Pahari.
- At present the strength of Himachali Pahari cow is estimated
to be between 7.50 to 8.00 lakhs and this cow is mainly found
in Chamba, Mandi, Kullu, Kangra, Sirmaur,
Lahaul-Spiti districts.
- Apart from this, the Bureau has also recognized the special
breed of buffalo found in the state, which has been named as Gaujari.
This breed of buffalo is found mainly in Chamba and Kangra
districts.
- This is the 4th award received by Department of Tourism
in the span of last one month.
- On January, 14th the state tourism department made world
record by
cooking 1995 KG of Khichhri at Tattapani which
has been entered in the Guinness book of World Record.
- Thereafter during
the Surajkund Craft Mela the showcase of Himachal
Pradesh as a Theme state has been awarded for Excellence, which is
1st time any Theme state has been appreciated for the last 33 years
for its performance.
- During the IITM Kolkata Tourism fair in
February, 2020 again Himachal has been awarded as an Adventure Tourism destination of
the year.
- The event would be organised from
31st March to 5th April, 2020 at Bir-Billing. He further
informed that there would be 100 participants from 28 different
countries.
- Bir-Billing is very famous for this
adventurous sports and earlier world level event was organised in the
year 2015.
- The event is being organised by the
Department of Tourism and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering
and Allied Sports, Manali.
- The idea of the state government was to create replica of
the twelve Jyothirlinga viz. Somnath in Gir Somnath, Gujarat,
Mallikarjuna in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, Mahakaleswar in Ujjain, Madhya
Pradesh, Omkareshwar in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, Kedarnath in Rudraprayag,
Uttarakhand, Bhimashankar in Maharashtra, Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh, Trimbakeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra, Vaidyanath in Parli,
Maharashtra, Nageshvara in Dwarka, Gujarat, Ramanathaswamy in Rameshwaram,
Tamil Nadu and Grishneshwar in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
- The new policy, which was approved by the state cabinet on
February 17, envisages collection of ₹1,840 crore annual revenue, an
increase of 13% over present fiscal.
- In addition to this, the policy also extended operational
timings of the bars in all-star-related hotels and bars in specified
important tourist areas from 12 noon to 2 am past midnight.
- Meanwhile, nod was also given for the renewal of retail
excise vends in the state with an objective to generate more revenue,
reduction in the price of liquor and to curb its smuggling from the
neighboring states.
- However, the government has been drawing flak from people for
making liquor cheaper and extending the timings of the bars.
- Opposition Congress has adopted an aggressive posture against
the government and was cornering the government over the issue.
- Sources said that the government may soon take a decision on implementing the amended Motor Vehicle Act. The law department has given its recommendation on the new Act and the state government may reduce the penalties for traffic violations. The government is likely to implement the Act after budget session.
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