27-05-21 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

The Chief Minister, chairing the third meeting of the Board of Governors of Punjab Bureau of Promotion (PBIP) through video conferencing, said that the recently-passed legislation on anti-red tapeism as a part of Governments reforms agenda for improving delivery of Services to public and Ease of Doing Business to Industry has already been put in place so as to re-engineer the Government procedures and make it more investor friendly.

The Chief Minister categorically said that the Governments aim should be to facilitate every prospective entrepreneur or industrialist to be a part of Punjab’s overall industrial development and prosperity.

The <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Ministry, the Government of India, and Mashav (Israel’s International Development Cooperation Agency) are leading Israel’s largest G2G cooperation, with 29 operational Centres of Excellence (COEs) across India in 12 states.

They are establishing Advanced-Intensive Agriculture farms using Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions.

The Centres of Excellence generate knowledge, demonstrate best practices, and provide farmer training.

The (NGT) has formed a joint committee to investigate allegations of illegal construction activity in Mekedatu. The Karnataka government had proposed building a dam across the Cauvery River in the same location.

Highlights:

The Mekedatu multi-purpose project entails the construction of a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River near Kanakapura in Ramanagaram district.

It intends to supply drinking water to the districts of Bengaluru and Ramanagaram, as well as generate electricity.

However, Tamil Nadu has objected on the grounds that the project violates the award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.