Coop Bazaar App Launched
- Minister for Cooperation K.R. Periyakaruppan launched a mobile app called Coop Bazaar, for marketing products of cooperatives, including Mangalam, Marudham, Kamdhenu, Ardhanareeswarar and Kanchee.
- At present, 64 products including turmeric, oils, dals, honey, sugar bath soaps and even fertilizers can be purchased online.
T.N. notifies rules for electric fences, to protect wild animals
- The State government has notified the Tamil Nadu Power Fences (Registration and Regulation) Rules 2023 to protect wildlife from getting electrocuted by high-voltage electric fences and prevent damage to agricultural produce by wildlife in forests adjoining farms.
- The rules will be applicable ”only within 5 km from notified reserve forest areas”.
- They include provisions such as mandatory permission to erect power fences including solar ones, and registration of already-erected power fences.
- “All companies in the business of erecting power fences are now mandated to comply with BIS standard viz., BIS-302-2-76 (India) Norms,”.
- To ensure compliance, the government has ordered that a joint team of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and the Forest Department take up field-level inspections once a fort-night.
Note
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
