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All India Civil Service Competition for all Central and State Officers

The Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board of the Central Government invites applications for various sports, song-music and dance-drama for Central and State Government employees every year. This time also All India Civil Service Competitions have been conducted. All state officials can participate in it. This time, among the selected sports, athletics, badminton, basketball, carrom, chess, cricket, football, hockey and kabaddi competitions will be held. Those officers-employees who have participated in national, state, taluka, inter-university, college, inter-departmental or panchayat sector and secured one to three ranks can participate in this competition. The state general administration department has said in an order that the officers-employees who want to participate can apply till 31st March 2025. Now it remains to be seen how many officers and employees from Gujarat participate in this competition and win how many medals. It is worth mentioning that when the Khel Mahakumbh was held in Gujarat, a total of 71.30 lakh players including 27.57 lakh women were registered as per the official statistics.

Speak up! Gujarat, which was first in all respects, lagged behind in installing smart meters

Its neighboring states have gone ahead of Gujarat in installing pre-paid i.e. smart meters for electricity. In many respects, Gujarat boasts of being the first in the state government, but the four companies of the Energy Development Corporation have lagged behind in installing new meters. Out of the total 1.65 crore meters, only 3.65 lakh meters have been installed in the state so far, while 4.89 lakh meters out of 2.35 crores in neighboring Maharashtra, 6.14 lakh meters out of 1.49 crores in Rajasthan, 9.08 lakh meters out of 1.34 crores in Madhya Pradesh. The state of Bihar comes first in the entire country with 59.38 lakh meters out of 1.72 crores. The Government of India has sanctioned 22.23 crore meters of electricity smart meters project. Out of which 1.91 crore meters have been laid in the states of the country so far. When the project was launched, it was targeted that by March 2025 smart meters would be installed across the country in place of old meters. Now it is to be seen whether Gujarat succeeds or fails in this target, because the month of January has come to an end but still not even four lakh meters have been installed in the state.

The officials listened to the government and the government agreed

Cabinet expansion has been put on hold. Also, no decision has been taken yet regarding political appointments in the board-corporation, resulting in bureaucratic rule everywhere. In the Gujarat Women’s Commission and urban development authorities in the eight municipal corporation areas, bureaucrats are ruling where political leaders should rule. Apart from the cabinet, there are about 45 positions in the government where MLAs or state party leaders can be kept. Apart from this, there are about 2000 posts of directors in public enterprises and government companies. The political appointments made during former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s regime were disbanded before Bhupendra Patel’s government came to power. That is, the government has not made any appointment in public enterprises for the last three years. A year and a half ago, the state president and general minister made a list of names but it has not been approved yet. Now it seems that the government has no interest in political appointments. Some officials are also responsible for this situation because they have accused the government that after appointing officials in public enterprises and companies, there are many enterprises which have been continuously making losses in the past and have become profitable. This matter has been shoved down the throats of the present rulers.

The new multi-talented head of the Gujarat Forest Department, it was he who conducted the census of lions

1990 batch IFS officer Dr. A.P. Leos are full of versatility. An MSc in Plant Science and PhD in Medicinal Plant Diversity, the officer joined in 1992 as Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF). He has served in Dang, Rajpipla, Devgarh Baria, Surat, Bharuch, Junagadh and other areas in the state. Besides this he has worked as Director of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy, Director in various branches of Health Department and Gujarat Medicinal Plant Diversity Project. A census of lions was conducted in 2015 during his tenure. After this he has served as Chief Conservator of Forests in Surat Action Plan Circle and APCCF in Monitoring and Evaluation at Aranya Bhavan. New schemes like forest cover, Harit Vasundhara, agroforestry, urban forest were implemented during his time. This officer has extensive experience in forestry, wildlife, social forestry, medicinal plants and biodiversity. He has also written many books.

The state government is now planning to do something new in this area

The state government has decided to prepare a digital inventory of all the wetlands of Gujarat. For this purpose, the government has constituted a 24-member authority under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Minister of Forest and Environment. In which the experts of this subject have also been taken. Gujarat has about 23 percent of the total wetland area of ​​the country. The total inundated area in the state is 34749.50 square kilometers, which is 17.56 percent of the total geographical area of ​​the state, according to the Space Application Center estimates. Coastal inundation areas are highest in the state. According to the notification issued by the forest department, the co-chairman of this authority will be the deputy forest and environment minister. Apart from this, officers from the Department of Forest and Environment, Departments like Revenue, Urban Development, Water Resources, Tourism and Fisheries will be members. The authority includes representatives from ISRO, Baiseg, GIR Foundation, Biodiversity Board and Gujarat Pollution Control Board. Bharat Jethwa, Bharat Singh Raizada, Shweta Suhane and Pramod Paliwal have also been made members of the panel experts. The term of this authority has been fixed for three years.

The words are big but the result…. Farmers of Gujarat are living with the help of loans!

Farming income in Gujarat has not doubled, but farmers have certainly become debtors. According to the latest statistics, there are 53.20 lakh farmers in the state, of which 20.18 lakh are marginal, 16.15 lakh small and 11.50 lakh semi-medium farmers. These farmers require loans for crops and agricultural activities. According to the recently published figures, the farmers of Gujarat have taken loans of up to 90 thousand crores. Farmers who are in good financial condition pay the loan installments but those whose farming is not profitable, their livelihood has become difficult. For the last 10 years, the issue of farmers’ loans has become a topic of discussion not only in the state but also in the country, according to official statistics, 16 lakh farmers in the country have a debt of 21 lakh crores, out of which 10.80 lakh farmers have taken loans of 16.40 lakh crores from commercial category banks. On the other hand, 2.67 crore farmers have taken loans worth two lakh crores from cooperative banks. Out of 37 states of the country, only nine states have farmers who have not taken any loan. 47.51 lakh farmers of Gujarat have taken loans worth one lakh crore rupees. In the last one decade, the debt figure of farmers has doubled in the state.

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