30-06-22 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said the guarantee given by the Aam Aadmi Party to give Rs 1,000 per month to all Women over 18 years of age would be fulfilled soon.

The CM made this statement during his speech while concluding the debate on Budget proposals for 2022-23. He said his government was trying to find Resources for implementation of this guarantee as soon as possible. Unlike previous governments, which only sent files for approval to regularise jobs of contractual employees but advertised that they have done it, we will fulfil our commitment to the women of the state this year, he said.

The Chief Minister bemoaned that the previous government have jeopardised the government Education and Health sectors to give open space to private players for expanding their business. However, he said this trend would be reversed in the coming years by his government. Mann said those who have ruined the government schools and hospitals have been shown the door by the people.

approves $250 mn loan for road safety

The World Bank has approved a $250 million loan to support the Government of India’s road safety programme for seven States under which a single accident reporting number will be set up to better manage post-crash events.

The India State Support Program for Road Safety, financed by the World Bank, will be implemented in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The $250 million variable spread loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has a maturity of 18 years including a grace period of 5.5 years.

The project will also establish a national harmonised crash Database system in order to analyse accidents and use that to construct better and safer roads.

It will also fund Network expansion of basic and advanced life support ambulances and training of first responder caregivers to road crash victims on the spot.

The project will also provide incentives to the States to leverage private funding through Public Private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) concessions and pilot initiatives.

According to a World Bank study, road crashes are estimated to cost the Indian economy between 5% to 7% of GDP a year. Official government data show that each year road accidents in India kill about 1,50,000 people and injure another 4,50,000. More than half of the victims are pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcyclists and almost 84% of all fatalities are among road users between the working ages of 18-60 years.

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