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Bill Gates meets Yogi Adityanath to discuss MeIinda Gates foundation running in UP
Lucknow: The American multinational technology company Microsoft founder Bill Gates today arrived in Uttar Pradesh state capital to meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official resident to discuss progress related to Melinda Gates Foundation running in the state.
The Microsoft boss Bill Gates who is currently in India met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday morning. The former Microsoft boss arrived at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s Lucknow office this morning in Audi car.
Principal Secretary, Avnish Awasthy talking about this meeting said that UP CM told Bill Gates that 92 Lakh children have been vaccinated against Encephalitis and added that government will have to work on acute Encephalitis.
On other hand, “Bill Gates told us that he is already monitoring vector-borne diseases with Indian Council of Medical Research. Regional vector disease centre at BRD medical college will be strengthened.”
Bill Gates in Lucknow to discuss MeIinda Gates foundation running in UP with Adityanath
Avnish Awasthy further added that Adityanath is not the only politician Bill Gates have met during his India trip. Yesterday, he met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him various welfare initiatives of the American philanthropies he is involved in here.
The meeting assumes significance as registration of one of the Indian NGOs, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), which has been working in the field of public health, was cancelled by the home ministry in April.
The Gates Foundation was one of the donors to this NGO. The home minister met Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, an official statement said.
After the meet, Rajnath Singh praised various welfare works being undertaken by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in India and requested Gates to initiate health awareness programmes in the country.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates meets Yogi Adityanath to discuss MeIinda Gates foundation running in UP:
The home minister also suggested that the foundation should concentrate on developing villages and make them “model villages” so that the local people get inspired, the statement said.
Assuring constructive support to India, Gates also explained about the various technologies being adopted by them in the field of agriculture and sanitation, it added.
Later, while participating in a panel discussion, Gates said if India can achieve a 7 per cent average growth rate over the next 20 years and do that in an equitable way then it will be a remarkable achievement for the country.
“If India over the next 20 years can achieve a 7 per cent average growth and do that in equitable way thats a miracle for the country and the world,” he said while participating in a panel discussion organised by Observer Research Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
The billionaire, however, lamented that philanthropy in US is 2 per cent of overall economic activity but it is less than 0.2 per cent in India.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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