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"DUGDH SANKALAN SATHI
MOBILE APP" LAUNCHED
he government is taking a number of steps to
Tfulfil its commitment to improve milk quality,
transfer direct benefits to milk producers, and
promote transparency among stakeholders.
In this sequence, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey,
Union Heavy Industries Minister, launched the
'Dugdh Sankalp Saathi Mobile App' in Mussoorie,
Uttarakhand, with the goal of bringing changes
to the Indian dairy industry. The app's goal is to
improve milk quality and streamline operations
at the village level, including milk cooperatives.
Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited
(REIL) designed and developed the app. The app
will solve the problems that currently exist in
the milk collection process. The application will
allow all partnerships, including milk producers,
milk cooperatives, milk organisations, and
state unions, to improve operations at the
grassroots level. The mobile app will provide
milk producers with information in English,
Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, and other languages.
Aside from that, online monitoring of daily milk
sent to milk cooperative societies, real-time milk
price updates from a cloud server, elimination
of human errors, payment of milk producers,
and direct benefit of government subsidy in
beneficiaries' bank accounts via an app There
will be a switch. The app will send information
to milk producers for milk collection.
INITIATIVE TO
IMPROVE BLACK
SPOTS ON THE
NATIONAL HIGHWAY
ccording to the National Crime Records
ABureau, there were 4.22 lakh road accidents
in the country in 2021, with 1.73 lakh people killed
in these accidents. The causes of these accidents
varied, but one major factor was the negligence
of the drivers on the road, as well as the failure to
follow traffic rules and some accident-prone spots
on the highway. This is why the NHAI has taken
the initiative to improve road safety by issuing
guidelines to improve accident-prone spots on
National Highways through the implementation
of short-term measures. The National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) has given project
directors the authority to improve accident-prone
spots identified by the concerned state police or
district road safety committee, up to a maximum of
Rs 10 lakh per spot. Simultaneously, the authority
for short-term measures costing more than Rs 10
lakh and up to Rs 25 lakh has been delegated to the
relevant regional office. These financial powers are
in addition to the NHAI's previous guidelines, which
stated that project directors could approve the
rectification of black spots notified by the Ministry
of Road Transport and Highways through short-
term measures at a cost of up to Rs 25 lakh per
black spot. Short-term solutions include installing
zebra crossings, crash barriers, and guardrails for
pedestrians.
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