22-01-22 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

At a time when the state is battling a massive surge in Covid-19 cases, it is faced with an alarming deficit of super specialists in government hospitals.

Going by government data itself,Gujaratis faced with a 99% shortfall in super specialist doctors like surgeons, paediatricians, obstetricians-gynaecologists and the like.

This deficit of specialist doctors is the highest among all major states of the country. If Gujarat was compared to all states, it is ranked second from bottom with onlyMizoramfaring worse than Gujarat.

According to data released in the Handbook of Statistics of India States (2020-2021) by the Reserve Bank Of India, Gujarat has a requirement of 1,392 super specialists, and its shortfall is 99% at 1,379. Among all states, only Mizoram fares worse with a 100% shortfall against the requirement of 36 super specialists.

All other states fare better than Gujarat in terms of the deficit of super specialists in government healthcare systems.

Maharashtra(64%), Madhya Pradesh (96%),Rajasthan(80%),Bihar(46%), Uttar Pradesh (71%) West Bengal (54%) and several other states have a lesser Percentage of deficit of super specialists as compared to Gujarat.

The Ministry of recently revised the Rural Area Development Plan Formulation and Implementation. The plan has been revised to increase rural prosperity.

The town areas are increasing. The spatial development in gram panchayats is not planned well. The census towns are increasing. It is essential to link the agro climatic regions with the Sustainable Development Goals.

The plan aims to improve spatial rural planning. It intends to transform the villages and provide better Quality Of Life. Also, it aims to implement effective land planning. The RADFI includes the Village Planning Scheme, which is currently operating under the Town Planning Schemes. The Village Planning Scheme is implemented in urban villages.

Recently, Central government rejected the contention that Amar Jawan Jyoti has been extinguished.

Government further asserted that Amar Jawan Jyoti has been merged with the flame at National War Memorial in the vicinity.

They are of the view that, this merger will mark a tribute to the fallen soldiers befitting their sacrifice.

India Gate is a memorial, honouring the fallen heroes of the First World War. Amar Jawan Jyoti was added to it in 1972 because India did not have another memorial.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to unveil a hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose near India Gate in Delhi. The statue is to be unveiled on Netajis 125^thbirth anniversary. His birth anniversary falls on January 23^rd.

The statue is powered by 4k projectors, capable of delivering 30,000 lumens of brightness value. The cost of these projectors is around 15 lakh rupees. Their projection capacity is 13 by 13 feet. The statue is 6 feet wide and 28 feet tall. Apart from projector, the technology also demands a screen. The screen is invisible to the visitors.

The birth anniversary of Netaji is celebrated as Parakram Divas. It is celebrated on January 23. It was celebrated for the first time in 2021. Netaji birthday is an official holiday in Tripura, Assam, Jharkhand, West Bengal.

During their eighth ruling body meeting, India and Israel recently expanded the I4F.

Highlights:

The India-Israel Industrial Research and Development Technological Innovation Fund (I4F) is a joint fund for industrial research and development in India and Israel.

The fund’s size has now been increased to 5.5 million USD.

Essentially, the fund will be used for agricultural, Health care, and mosquito control projects.

Telecommunications, <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, information technology, pharmaceuticals, and homeland security are all examples of industries.

Agriculture has the strongest link between the two sectors. The Indo-Israel Agriculture Project has been in operation for over ten years.

According to a recent NASSCOM report, India’s startup Environment has grown over double. The country’s startup grew to 330 billion dollars between 2020 and 2021.

Highlights:

The year 2021 was a watershed moment for startups. Between 2020 and 2021, 65,000 startups generated 6.6 lakh direct jobs and 34.1 lakh indirect jobs.

The retail, EdTech, BFSI, Retail Tech, SCM and Logistics, Food Tech, and mobility businesses created the majority of the new jobs.

The number of value deals more than tripled. Deals worth more than $100 million USD saw a significant increase in the number of deals.

Among the startups, there is a willingness to take chances. The level of investor confidence has risen.

Investors from India were involved in 50% of the deals signed. The number of transactions grew by thrice.