ANDHRA PRADESH

GST collections in State miss the target

After clocking a growth rate close to 28% in Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections last fiscal, the State government, apparently, could not sustain the momentum during the first quarter of the current financial year.

The Commercial Taxes (CT) department could not achieve the set targets during the first quarter. While ₹1,892 crore was set as target for every month, the collections did not cross ₹1,650 crore each in May and June. The collections should have been ₹7,568 crore, while the total GST collections were only ₹7,345 crore from April to July.

ð According to information, the financial year started with a positive note as the GST collections touched ₹2,113.54 crore. But, in subsequent months, a dip was registered. In May, the revenue through the GST was ₹1,624.61 crore and ₹1,644.77 crore in June. The collections picked up and it was ₹1,962.77 crore in July. The total GST collection was ₹7,345.69 crore, which was behind the set target of ₹7,568.96 crore.

ð As per the GST law, the Centre compensates states to ensure that their revenue is protected at the level of 14% over the base year tax collection in 2015-16. Which means that if the revenue was less than 14% of the base year, the State would be entitled to receive the GST compensation.

INTERNATIONAL

PM Modi, Nepalese PM inaugurates Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross border petroleum products pipeline through video conference.

This is the first transnational petroleum pipeline form India and first South Asian oil pipeline corridor.

The landmark pipeline will ensure a smooth, cost-effective and environment-friendly supply of petroleum products to Nepal.

The 69 km long pipeline from Motihari in Bihar to Amlekhgunj in Nepal has been constructed by India in just 15 months, half of its 30 months deadline.

The cost of the pipeline is around three hundred fifty crore rupees which are entirely borne by Indian Oil Corporation.

NATIONAL

· National conference on crop residue management 2019 was held in New Delhi

TheNational Conference of Farmers on crop residue management 2019 was held in New Delhi.

The national conference was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfarein collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

The national conference proposed to intensifyIn-Situ Management of Crop Residue to stop the straw burning.

During the conference, 20 farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were honoured for their contribution in managing the crop residue by using identified agricultural machinery.

The straw burning incidents in 2018 have reduced by 15% and 41% as compared to that in 2017 and 2016 respectively.

· ANGAN, an international conference, was held in New Delhi

An international conference Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat (ANGAN) was held from 9-12 September in New Delhi.The conference focus on Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector.

The conference was inaugurated by Shri Raj Pal, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Power and Shri Abhay Bakre, DG, BEE.

The conference aims to provide a platform to deliberate on the interdependence between organizations, systemic sustainability and feedback loops for better resource efficiency. It also aims to improve the efficiency in high energy consumption sectors at a reasonable cost. It will also provide thrust to address the challenges faced by the stakeholders.

· Jammu and Kashmir topped the highest consumption of iodized salt

Jammu & Kashmirtopped the highest consumption of iodized salt and Tamil Nadu ranked last as the lowest consumption of iodized salt in the country. The study has shown 3% of Indian households use iodized salt with fifteen components of per million of iodine.

Gujaratproduces 71% of salt in the country,It is followed by Rajasthan at 17%

Tamil Nadu, being the third-largest producer of Salt in India, produces 11%
The rest of the country produces 1%of the salt produced

· PM Modi lanched National Animal Disease Control Programme

PM Narendra Modi launched the National Animal Disease Control Programmefor Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The government has announced that it will fund the 12,652 crore for the programme for a period of 5 years till 2024.

The programme aims at vaccinating over 500 Million livestock including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and pigs against foot and mouth disease (FMD). It also aims to vaccinate 36 million female bovine calves annually in its fight against Brucellosis disease.

The programme hastwo components:
♦ to control the diseases by 2025
♦ to eradicate FMD by 2030

FMD and Brucellosis diseases are very common among the livestock cow-bulls, buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs etc. If a cow/buffalo gets infected with FMD, the milk loss is up to 100%which could last for four to six months.

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