18-05-23 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

PunjabandHaryanaare lagging in constructing roads, houses and providing sustainable livelihood to people living in rural areas. Both the states missed the targets set under the flagship schemes of the central government by big margins, according to the progress report on the 20-point programme compiled by theUnion ministry of statisticsfor the first three quarters of 2022-23.

In both states, over 60% of the Population resides in rural areas. Despite that, the two states are underperforming in the implementation of thePradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Grameen) aimed at providing pucca houses with supply of water, electricity and toilet facility for all homeless people living in kutcha or dilapidated houses.

Haryana has achieved only 19% of the target, constructing 882 houses against a target of 4,734 set for the period between April 2022 and December 2022, while Punjab could only achieve 22% of the target.

The state built 1,840 houses during the period against the target of 8,481. The neighbouring Himachal Pradesh fared better as it achieved 72% of the target set for the corresponding period by constructing 2,126 houses against a target of 2,973.

Punjab and Haryana have also been found wanting as far as implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana a scheme to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages is concerned. The two states could not even meet half of the targets set under the scheme. While Haryana achieved a target of 45%, constructing 297 km of roads against the target of 657 km, Punjab achieved 47% of the target by constructing 353 km of roads against a target of 750 km.

Both the states also floundered in the execution of the (NRLM), which aims at creating institutional platforms for the rural poor, enabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial Services.

TheMinistry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)has established theCentre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE)to streamline the process of removing companies from theMCA Register. The purpose of C-PACE is to reduce the burden on the registry and provide a convenient process for stakeholders to remove their companys name from the register.

This initiative is part of MCAs effort to make doing business and exiting easier for companies.

C-PACE will operate under theRegistrar of Companies (RoC)and will handle applications for processing and disposal.

The office of C-PACE was inaugurated on May 1, 2023, by R.K. Dalmia, the director of inspection and investigation at MCA.

The Ministry of Finance has announced the launch of a special 75 coin to commemorate the inauguration of Indias new parliament building. Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwill unveil the coin on Sunday, 28 May, coinciding with the celebration of Indias 75 years of independence.

The newly minted 75 coin will feature the iconic Lion Capital of the Ashoka Pillar on one side, with the wordsSatyamev Jayatebelow it. The coin will bear the inscription Bharat in on the left side and India in English on the right. It will also display the rupee symbol and the denomination value of 75 in international numerals beneath the Lion Capital. On the reverse side, an image of the parliament complex will be depicted, with Sansad Sankul written in Devanagari script on the upper periphery and Parliament Complex in English on the lower periphery.

About 20 per cent or one in five adults considered healthy by medical standards, have glucose Metabolism similar to those with pre-diabetes, according to a study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health.

These healthy adults were identified using a new method of analysis, developed by scientists at Klick Health, a US based life sciences Company that flags a precursor to prediabetes called impaired glucose homeostasis (IGH).

The team has stressed the need for intervention to stop these adults from becoming diabetic.

Participants were diagnosed diabetic, pre-diabetic, or healthy, according to guidelines outlined by the American Diabetes Association.

After applying the mathematical model, patients were then re-classified into two groups based on their glucose homeostasis parameters: effective or impaired.

Google Bard now comes up in India with its latest features and upgradation initiated by the multinational company. In the beginning, it was only accessible in UK and US.

This AI model can be used for multiple works including creating answers to your questions, helping with coding projects, etc.

Improved images and PaLM2 updates have been recently added to the companys bucket list with its advancing tools.