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‘Significant stride…’: PM Modi on Cabinet approval to Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project in Uttarakhand

Shreyansh Raghuvanshi — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:53:34 +0000

On Thursday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the inclusion of Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project of Uttarakhand under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (PMKSY-AIBP). The CCEA has approved central support of Rs.1,557.18 crore to Uttarakhand for completion of the project with estimated cost of Rs.2,584.10 crore by March, 2028.

Sharing the news on social media platform X, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekawat wrote: “Our cabinet chaired by Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji approved the inclusion of Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project of Uttarakhand under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (PMKSY-AIBP). The project involves construction of a dam near Jamrani village across river Gola, a tributary of river Ram Ganga, in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.”

“The project envisages additional irrigation of 57,065 ha (9,458 ha in Uttarakhand and 47,607 ha in Uttar Pradesh) in Nainital & Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand, and Rampur & Bareilly districts in Uttar Pradesh,” added the Union Minister.

Our cabinet chaired by Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji approved the inclusion of Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project of Uttarakhand under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (PMKSY-AIBP).

The project involves construction of a dam near…

— Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (@gssjodhpur) October 25, 2023

After this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also called this move a “significant stride” towards prosperous and sustainable Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Replying to Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat’s post, PM Modi wrote: “This decision by the CCEA will bolster irrigation, enhance hydro power generation and provide clean drinking water to over 10 lakh people. It is a significant stride towards a prosperous and sustainable Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.”

This decision by the CCEA will bolster irrigation, enhance hydro power generation and provide clean drinking water to over 10 lakh people. It is a significant stride towards a prosperous and sustainable Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.https://t.co/k2Lay5KpDe https://t.co/LfmyIkVRdQ

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 26, 2023

The CCEA has approved central support of Rs.1,557.18 crore to Uttarakhand for the completion of the project with an estimated cost of Rs.2,584.10 crore by March 2028. Apart from the construction of two new feeder canals, 207 km of existing canals are to be renovated and 278 km of pucca field channels are also to be taken up under the project. In addition, the project also envisages hydropower generation of 14 MW, as well as the provision of 42.70 million cubic meters (MCM) of drinking water to Haldwani and nearby areas benefitting more than 10.65 lakh population. (Source: Press Information Bureau)

However, drinking water and power benefits shall be available entirely to Uttarakhand.

BJP removed Nitin Gadkari and Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Parliamentary board

Pranay Maniar — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:37:43 +0000

The Bharatiya Janata Party released a new list of members of the parliamentary as the party chief, J.P Nadda reconstituted the board.

The Parliamentary Board is the governing body of the Bharatiya Janata Party which takes day-to-day decisions on behalf of the National Executive. The National Executive sets up a Parliamentary Board consisting of the Party President and ten other members. The Parliamentary Board supervises the activities of the Parliamentary and Legislative groups of the Party.

The Board has removed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. They were also pulled out of the central election committee.

New additions to BJP Parliamentary Board – BS Yediyurappa, Sarbananda Sonowal, K Laxman.

The Board, headed by the party's national president JP Nadda, will also have PM Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. pic.twitter.com/RXbRfDDetz

— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2022

New names on the board include former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, former Assam Chief Minister and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Sudha Yadav, Iqbal Singh Lalpura, and Satyanarayan Jatia.

The BJP’s central election committee has new members that include, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Bhupendra Yadav and Om Mathur.

BJP releases a list of members of the party's Central Election Committee (CEC).

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis included in the Committee. pic.twitter.com/wvUJAvoNzA

— ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2022

BS Yediyurappa and Sarbananda Sonowal find a place in both the panels.

Newly appointed ministers get places in cabinet committees

Bhaswati Sengupta — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 07:52:57 +0000

Following the cabinet expansion and reshuffling, the Union Ministers who were sworn in the past week have been included in several Cabinet committees, reconstituted on Monday.

Bhupender Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal and Mansukh Mandaviya, the newly inducted Union Ministers have been appointed in the cabinet committee on political affairs. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsh Vardhan and late Ram Vilas Paswan are replaced by Smriti Irani and Giriraj Singh.

The cabinet committee on political affair will be responsible for addressing Centre-state issues along with examining economic and political issues that posses no internal or external security implication.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narayan Rane and Ashwini Vaishnaw have been included in the committee to oversee investment and growth. This committee is will have to identify key projects that are to be implemented on a time-bound basis, having investments of Rs 1,000 crore or above, along with other critical projects as specified by the committee in sectors namely infrastructure, manufacturing. They will also have to prescribe time limits for the issue of requisite approvals and clearance by the ministries and the departments concerned.

In the committee of employment and skill development established by the Modi government in 2019, Vaishnaw and Yadav are the new inclusions.

The Cabinet committee on Parliamentary affairs have added minister of law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, information and broadcasting ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, minister of social justice and empowerment Virendra Kumar and ministers for tribal affairs Arjun Munda.

The committee on parliamentary affair has to formulate the schedule of Parliamentary sessions, scrutinize non-government business and take decisions regarding the bills and resolutions that are to be presented.

The appointments committee of the cabinet has Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with home minister Amit Shah. They are responsible for the appointment of key positions like three service chiefs, Director general of Military operations, Chiefs of all air and army commands.

The Cabinet committee on economic affairs have the Prime Minister along with defense minister Rajnath Singh, external affair minister S Jaishankar, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, commerce minister Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan, education minister.

In CCEA no one has been appointed to replace Prasad and DV Sadananda. The committee is entrusted to examine economic trends, problems and prospects for evolving a consistent and integrated economic policies along with coordinating all activities that requires policy decision at a highest level.

Janata Dal (United)’s RCP Singh is the only to have a place in the eight committee. He is a special invitee to the committee on skill development and employment.

In the past committee, allies who were part of the council of ministers are Lok Janshakti Party’s Ram Vilas Paswan , Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Shiromani Akhali Dal (SAD) and Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant. As the SAD along with Sena have broken the ties with BJP, there is no representation from LJP or Apna Dal in any committees.

Minister of housing and Urban affairs, Harsdeep Singh Puri has been added in the committee on accommodation. He was a special invitee in his position as a Minister of state. The committee of accommodation are responsible for overseeing and drafting the rules required for the allotment of government accommodation.