Goa Affairs
For tourism projects & green policies, Goa govt to modify RP
The state cabinet granted approval to amendGoa Town And Country Planning Act, 1974, which will allow the government to modify theregional planto accommodate tourism-related projects and the states economic and environmental policies.
The cabinet also felt that there are inadvertent errors, inconsistent and incoherent zoning proposals in the Regional Plan which need to be corrected.
It is resolved to amend Section 17 of the Act for introducing a provision for alteration/modification of Regional Plan by the government, for accommodating projects/schemes in furtherance to tourism development, economic and environmental policies of the state or in consonance thereof, which will not materially alter the overall character of regional and for rectification of inadvertent errors, inconsistent/incoherent zoning proposals in the Regional Plan in such manner and to such extent as may be prescribed.
National and International Affairs
Forex Reserves at $562.9 bn; Fall by $70 bn in 2022
Indias Foreign Exchange reservesfell by $70.1 billion in 2022, data released by theReserve Bank Of India (RBI)shows. The forex reserves stood at $562.9 billion in the week ended December 30. The decline in theforex reservesis partly due to theRBIinterventionin the currency markets to stave off volatility and partly on account of depreciation of other major currencies held by the central bank. The RBI net sold $33.42 billion till September,Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharamansaid. The RBI holds major currencies includingpound sterling, yen and euroin its reserves, which are expressed in US dollar terms.
According to a survey by Avtar, a company that specializes in workplace inclusion,Chennaiis Indias top city for womens employment. Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai are the next best cities for womens employment.
According to criteria that support an ecosystem that is favourable for womens EMPLOYMENT, the research ranks 111 cities.
The remaining Top 10 cities for womens employment are Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Coimbatore, and Madurai; each has a Population of over a million people.
In another group of cities with a population under one million, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, , Shimla, Mangalore (officially Mangaluru), Thiruvananthapuram, and Belagavi are the top 10 cities.
The top five state Averages in the nation were achieved by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh.