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The Cabinet met today under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, the Hon. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. The highlights of the deliberations are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bill also provides, in the context of the Needle Exchange Programme with a view to preventing HIV and other blood borne infections, for the exchange, in addition to syringes and needles exchange, of paraphernalia kits such as sterile cooker, alcohol swab, dry cotton swab, cotton filter and sterile water.<\/p>\n Cabinet has also taken note that the Statutory Bodies Pension Funds (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2022 would be promulgated to enlist, with effect from 01 January 2022, the Rose Belle Sugar Estate Board in the First Schedule to the Statutory Bodies Pension Funds Act for the establishment of a defined contribution pension fund with SICOM for its employees who joined service as from 01 January 2013.<\/p>\n The Agreement would now be ratified by both parties for it to enter into force.<\/p>\n The Dental Council (Postgraduate Education Board for Dental Specialists) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 would be promulgated with a view to increasing the assessment fee payable by Dental Surgeons in respect of the Postgraduate Education Board for Dental Specialists.<\/p>\n The Report 2021 would be shared with all stakeholders and uploaded on the website of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n The purpose of the State of Conservation Report is to, inter alia:<\/p>\n A Technical Committee has been set up to undertake the technical discussions with the Indian Authorities. The Committee would be headed by the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development and would comprise representatives of the Bank of Mauritius and the Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n In parallel, the Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities intends to prepare a White Paper on the Draft Water Resources Bill for public consultation.\u00a0\u00a0 The document would be available on the Ministry\u2019s website up to mid-January 2023. Based on the contributions, the Consultant is expected to submit a second draft of the Water Resources Bill in January 2023.<\/p>\n The CWA has deployed water tankers where water supply has been severely affected. The CWA has also proceeded with a rationalisation of hours of water supply in some affected regions and would issue communiqu\u00e9s to inform the public accordingly. Furthermore, the CWA has embarked on a national water-saving campaign on MBC TV and social media to sensitise the population on the judicious utilisation of water.<\/p>\n The project which would be implemented in three phases, would span over 12 months starting from January 2023 and is expected to contribute towards the modernisation of the manufacturing sector through greater technology uptake in the sphere of Industry 4.0.<\/p>\n Exports of Textile and Clothing, Fish and Fish preparations, Jewellery\/Pearls, Precious and Semi-precious Stones, Medical Devices, and Watches and Clocks have increased.<\/p>\n In terms of value, EOE exports to the main destinations, namely South Africa, United Kingdom, USA and France have increased. Continuous initiatives are being undertaken by the Ministry of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives as well as the Economic Development Board to enhance the performance of the EOE sector.<\/p>\n The theme of the Conference is \u201cCharting the way towards the knowledge economy and society\u201d. The objective of the Conference is to reflect on ways and means countries can develop regulatory systems, policies, as well as sound ecosystems and infrastructures for innovation to thrive. The tangible impacts of the Knowledge-Economy on sustainable development and the society at large would be at the heart of discussions. Some 40 researchers and practitioners would participate in the event.<\/p>\n The Political Dialogue allowed for a cordial and constructive exchange of views on a number of issues of mutual interest, including the deepening of the Economic Partnership Agreement, maritime security, fisheries and the blue economy, climate change, governance as well as regional and multilateral issues. Mauritius reaffirmed its strong attachment to multilateralism, the UN Charter and the universality of human rights. Both sides took note of the concrete results of the bilateral partnership since the last session in promoting financial governance, cybersecurity, health resilience, food security as well as trade and investment.<\/p>\n In the margins of the Conference, the Minister also participated in side events and had various bilateral meetings.<\/p>\n The Cabinet met today under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, the Hon. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. The highlights of the deliberations are as follows: Cabinet has agreed to the introduction of the HIV and AIDS (Amendment) Bill into the National Assembly. The main object of the Bill is to amend the HIV and AIDS Act […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[331],"class_list":{"0":"post-27420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-cabinet-meeting"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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