1 - Amethi Village To Go Fully Digital
Under the Digital India Programme of the Union government, Pindara Thakur village, Amethi has become fully digital (from September 1, 2018). Now, it can access 206 government services at the click of a mouse. Amethi is the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
The Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani has inaugurated the first digital village in Amethi and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Devi Dayal Verma told that villagers of Pindara Thakur would be linked with Wi Fi Chaupal and may get up to 2 GB free data for 15 days. However, this will be a paid service after 15 days, but the charges will be nominal.
2 - Smt. Maneka Sanjya Gandhi Inaugurated Krishna Kutir – A Home for 1000 Widows
On August 31, 2018, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister (of Uttar Pradesh) inaugurated ‘Krishna Kutir’ the widows’ home at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh.
Krishna Kutir is a special home for 1000 widows. Interestingly, it has the largest ever facility of its kind designed by a government organisation.
3 - Union Home Minister Approves Additional Assistance for UP & Maharashtra
Shri Rajnath Singh, the Union Home Minister, chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) in New Delhi to discuss the additional Central Assistance to the States of Uttar Pradesh (affected by rabi drought during 2017-18) and Maharashtra (affected by pest attack & cyclone during 2017).
The HLC approved assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs. 157.23 crore for Uttar Pradesh and Rs. 60.76 crore for Maharashtra.
4 - Haryana Vidhan Sabha passes State Commission for SC Bill
The Haryana Vidhan Sabha has passed the Haryana State Commission for Scheduled Castes Bill, 2018, for development and safeguarding the interests of people of scheduled caste community. However, the commission will investigate and examine the working of various safeguards provided in the constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the government for the welfare and protection of the Scheduled Castes.
The commission will consist of a chairperson, a vice-chairperson and the members who would hold office for a term of three years. The major works of the commission will be Development and welfare of scheduled castes; provide protection and check and curb the atrocities being committed against them; investigate and examine the working of various safeguards; etc.
5 - First Tribal Circuit Project Inaugurated in Chhattisgarh
K J Alphons, the Union Minister of State for Tourism, inaugurated the country’s first tribal tourism circuit in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh with the purpose to showcase the state’s rich and diverse tribal culture and traditions to the tourists.
The project will be developed by Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and will cover 13 sites in Chhattisgarh namely – Chitrakoot, Mainpat, Kamleshpur, Maheshpur, Jashpur, Kunkuri, Kurdar, Kondagaon, Nathiya Nawagaon, Sarodadadar, Gangrel, Jagdalpur, and Tirthgarh.
6 - Andhra Pradesh Government Launched e-Rythu – A Digital Platform
The Andhra Pradesh Government entered into a MoU with Mastercard and launched a mobile platform, e-Rythu (i.e. e-farmer) enabling small-scale farmers to market their produce at reasonable prices.
The objective of this project is to digitize agriculture marketplaces, payments, workflows, and secure way to buy, sell, and receive payments for agri-products. Interestingly, the platform that has been developed by Mastercard Labs for financial inclusion will have ‘Telugu’ as the medium of communication.
7 - Tamil Nadu Signed for Ayushman-Bharat Scheme
The Government of Tamil Nadu has signed an MoU with the Central Government to implement Ayushman Bharat along with the state Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS).
Tamil Nadu now became the 30th State to sign up for ABS. Under this association, about 77 lakh poor and vulnerable families in Tamil Nadu will be benefitted. Besides, the insurance benefit for all those covered under the state scheme will now be increased to Rs 5 lakh as per the National Health Protection Scheme.
8 - PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated Mahatma Gandhi Museum at Rajkot
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi Museum at Rajkot in Gujarat. This Museum has been set up at the Alfred High School, as it was the important part of the formative years of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum will purposefully help to spread awareness about Gandhian culture, values and philosophy.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister remembered and said that Bapu always taught us to think of the last person in the queue, the poorest person, and serve the underprivileged. Inspired by this ideal, we are serving the poor. Further he said, through our initiatives we want to transform their lives; we want to build homes for the poor.
Besides, the Prime Minister also unveiled a plaque to mark the inauguration of a public housing project of 624 houses and he witnessed the e-Gruh Pravesh of 240 beneficiary families.
9 - Jharkhand Planned to Build Largest War Memorial
Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand state announced that the State government planned to build the largest war memorial in the country, which would have life history of all martyrs from the state.
He said that besides being a symbol of the Kargil war, the memorial would also educate the youths about their responsibility towards the nation. On this occasion, he added that the State government decided to increase the amount, which is provided to dependent of martyred army jawans from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 10 lakh and government will offer job to one member of the family and also provide land to build house.