Ahead of President Xi
Jinping’s visit to India, China has amplified its vision of the Maritime Silk
Road (MSR) amid the repositioning of American forces in the Asia-Pacific and an
emerging trade deal between Washington and its traditional regional allies
The State government will, in a few days, introduce worksite
biometric identification system to make the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) system more transparent and reduce
irregularities. The system will document fingerprints of labourers in a village
or a gram panchayat and ensure their identity when they turn up for work.
Officers in charge of collecting applications from labourers will collect their
fingerprints too before issuing job cards.
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Gujarat, Le
Yucheng, the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to India, paid a courtesy visit
to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel in Gandhinagar on Saturday. Mr.
Yucheng invited Ms. Patel to visit China. Highlighting the Vibrant Gujarat
Global Investors’ Summit, 2015, the Chief Minister invited China to participate
in the mega investment event in Gandhinagar in January.
The State’s much-awaited second regional
science centre will be opened at Pilikula Nisargadhama next month, according to
S.R. Patil, Minister for Science and Technology, Information Technology and
Biotechnology.
Finance Minister K.M. Mani has said that the government will go
in for a recruitment freeze in the State. Delivering his keynote address at the
State conference of the Assistant Vehicle Inspectors Association here on
Saturday, Mr. Mani said the Cabinet had already taken a decision not to create
new vacancies during the current financial year. The Finance Department had
decided not to sanction any new vacancies this year.
The State government will set up sub-regional science centres in
all district headquarters in a phased manner, at two centres per year,
according to S.R. Patil, Minister for Science and Technology. He told
presspersons here on Saturday that each centre would be set up at an estimated
cost of Rs. 3.50 crore. These centres would take up activities of infusing
scientific temper among students and people, he said. He said that the revenue
from Information Technology companies in the tier II cities of Mangalore,
Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad during 2014-15 is expected to be Rs. 5,000 crore.
China’s drive to deepen linkages among the
littoral states in South and South East Asia through a revival of the Maritime
Silk Road (MSR) project, has deeper geopolitical resonance as it follows the
U.S.-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) initiative, which seeks to forge a
regional free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region. The 12 participating
countries in the TPP include Washington’s major allies such as Japan, Australia
and New Zealand, apart from Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.
China’s drive to deepen linkages among the
littoral states in South and South East Asia through a revival of the Maritime
Silk Road (MSR) project, has deeper geopolitical resonance as it follows the
U.S.-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) initiative, which seeks to forge a
regional free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region. The 12 participating
countries in the TPP include Washington’s major allies such as Japan, Australia
and New Zealand, apart from Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.
Prominent leaders, including Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav,
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh
Yadav on Saturday have condoled the death of the former MP Mahant
Avaidyanath.
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