Telangana government to hold a protest with farmers on 12 Nov

Ministry of Power has said that multipronged, comprehensive, and aggressive interventions of the government have resulted in power deficit nearly being wiped out consistently over the last 3 years. It said that India had a massive power deficit of 16.6 percent in 2007-08 and 10.6 percent in 2011-12. The power deficit was 0.4 percent in 2020-21, 0.7 percent in 2019-20, and 0.8 percent in 2018-19. For the current year up till October, the power deficit has been 1.2 percent. The ministry said that the marginal spike is attributable to the annual post monsoon pressure on power output which is also likely to normalize by the end of the year. It is said that this has been made possible by massive policy and infrastructure interventions through schemes brought in by the current Government. These schemes include Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, Integrated Power Development Scheme, and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana. The ministry added that consequent to these efforts in approximately the last 7 years, the augmentation to the installed power capacity in the country has been over 1 lakh 55 thousand 370 MEGAWATT.

-Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will organize protests in all Assembly Constituencies on November 12 with farmers demanding the Central government to procure the entire paddy crop produced during Kharif season in the state.The Telangana government has been asking the Centre to purchase Kharif Paddy crop and parboiled rice from farmers. The Chief Minister said about 70 thousand jobs will be given soon whereas 1 lakh 35 thousand jobs have been already provided. 

-As covid cases continue to decline in Himachal Pradesh the state government has decided to reopen schools for students of Standard 3 to 7 from this Wednesday while for students of 1st and 2nd standards from November15. All schools will reopen with all safety protocols. The decision was taken during the state Cabinet meeting held in Shimla today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. It was also decided to resume bus services with full capacity instead of the earlier 50 percent norms. The Cabinet has also decided to hold 'Janmanch' Programme on November 21, in different parts of the State.It was also decided to recommend Governor RV Arlekar to convene the winter session of HP Vidhan Sabha from 10th to 15th December at Dharamshala in Kangra district.

-Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards.In a tweet, PM Modi said, he felt extremely happy to see grassroots level achievers being recognized for their exemplary efforts to further the public good. He said, from the environment to enterprise, agriculture to the arts, science to social service, public administration to cinema recipients of the people's Padma Awardees come from diverse backgrounds. PM Modi also urged everyone to know about each of the awardees and get inspiration from them.

-Delhi Regional Security Dialogue, convened by India over the situation in Afghanistan will be held in New Delhi on November 10. The Dialogue will be held at the level of National Security Advisers or Secretaries of Security Councils and will be chaired by India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. The Security Dialogue on Afghanistan will witness expanded participation of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan who will all be represented by their National Security Advisers or Secretaries of the Security Councils. India had also invited Pakistan and China for the meeting. However, both countries are not participating. However, China said it is unable to attend the meeting due to scheduling issues but it is open for dialogue with India on Afghanistan multilaterally and bilaterally. There will be discussions over the security situation in Afghanistan, radicalization, extremism, drug production, and trafficking. Threats emanating from military weapons left behind in Afghanistan will also be part of the discussion. The meeting will also deliberate on issues of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.  The first two editions of the Dialogue were hosted by Iran in 2018 and 2019. India has traditionally enjoyed close and friendly ties with the people of Afghanistan and has called for a unified international response to address the security and humanitarian challenges facing Afghanistan. The forthcoming meeting is a step in that direction.