15-04-21 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

The revenue generation in 2020-21 has crossed of Rs 56, 363 crore in absolute figures. These data were presented on Friday by Finance Department Principal Secretary Ashok Kumar Meena in a high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra. While complementing the departments for good performances, Mahapatra set a target of Rs 40,000 crore from own tax revenue for the year 2021-22 which is around 15% more than the revenue generated in 2020-21.

Mahapatra also set a target of Rs 21,500 crore from nontax sources for 2021-22. The budget estimate from nontax and own tax sources had been fixed at Rs 20, 000 crore and Rs 37,500 crore, respectively, for the current fiscal. Based on the 5T principles in financial management, around 95% of the States revenue collection has been brought into electronic fold.

At present, about 95% of the own revenue is being collected electronically. The CS directed to achieve 100% electronic receipts of the taxes in the current financial year.

Indiaselectricmobility sector is on a steady road to recovery, post a lockdown-induced dip in sales. The sector registered nearly 1.35 lakh EVs in FY21, according to CEEW Centre for Energy Finances (CEEW-CEF) electric mobility dashboard.

The updated dashboard released on Wednesday highlighted that electric vehicle (EV) registrations formed 0.88 % of all vehicle registrations in the last financial year – the highest share ever achieved. The Indian automobile market has registered over 6.38 lakh EVs since 2011-12.

The mobility dashboard shows that the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) in India – II scheme has achieved only 4.25% of its sales targets till now. One major barrier could be that many potential EV buyers are unaware of the financial incentives available to them such as user subsidies and significant exemptions from road tax and registration fees.

The MANAS App was introduced by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India to encourage Health among all age groups.

NIMHANS Bengaluru, AFMC Pune, and C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) Bengaluru collaborated on the project.

The Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council approved MANAS, which stands for Mental Health and Normalcy Augmentation System, as a national programme (PM-STIAC).

It’s a nationwide interactive wellness Network that’s robust, scalable, and customizable. It’s an app that was created to help Indian people improve their mental health.

It brings together various government ministries’ health and wellness efforts, scientifically validated indigenous Resources, and gamified interfaces developed/researched by various national bodies and academic institutions.

The app was unveiled as part of C-DAC’s 34th anniversary celebrations.

The <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture ministry has selected 100 villages in six states Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana,RajasthanandAndhra Pradesh for pilot projects ondigitalfarming, leveraging the use of technology, data and (AI) in supporting farmers in multiple activities. It has signed an MoU withMicrosoft Indiato develop farmers interface for post-harvest management and distribution.

This project will reduce input costs for farmers and make farming easy. It is proposed to undertake similar pilot projects with other public and private players to create a vibrant digital agro-ecosystem in the country.

Microsoft India has joined its local partner, CropData, to do the pilot projects in 100 villages across 10 districts in six states. Digital technology and data will be used to assist farmers in taking right and cost-effective decisions.