August 2018

HARYANA Haryana notifies maternity benefit (amend) act rules   Every establishment in Haryana having 50 or more employees would have to maintain a facility of crèche.   For, the Haryana Government on Thursday notified rules under the Maternity Benefit (Amended) Act, 2017, for providing crèche facilities and amenities in such establishments as employ 50 or … Read more

RAJASTHAN Gavial count goes up in Chambal sanctuary   The Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary of Kota is witnessing growth in the number of gavials, which were on the verge of extinction some years ago.     There has been a gradual rise in the nesting and population of gavials at Gudla over the last five years. … Read more

HARYANA First airport of hry to be inaugurated on aug 15   The flight service from Hisar Airport will become operational from this month with Chief Minister Manohar Lal set to inaugurate the Airport on August 15.   The Hisar Airport will be the first licensed airport of Haryana.   The flight service from Hisar … Read more

RAJASTHAN Now, students under RTE can file complaint online To ease out the problems of the students who are studying in various private schools of the state under the Right to education (RTE) benefit, department of education has launched an online portal. On this platform, the students can raise their complaints or the issue and … Read more

RAJASTHAN RTU’s A-category list has no government engineering college In a major embarrassment for the state technical education department, none of its 13 government engineering colleges have made it to the Quality Index Value A-Category list of engineering colleges that was released by the Rajasthan Technical University (RTU).   Government engineering colleges failed to score … Read more

HARYANA Portal for crops details in haryana launched   In Haryana, the details of crops of farmers will now be registered online through ‘Meri Fasal- Mera Byora’ portal launched by the State Government. The farmers will be able to register the details of their Kharif crops on this portal by September 15. During this period, … Read more

RAJASTHAN The Walled City of Jaipur is the next proposed site for UNESCO World Heritage recognition   The site namely “The Walled City of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India” has been proposed for World Heritage.   As per Operation Guidelines 2017, only one site can be nominated by the state party each year.   The recognition of … Read more

HARYANA Hry to launch ayushman bharat scheme on aug 15 Haryana Government has decided to launch the Ayushman Bharat-Haryana Health Protection Mission  on August 15 to provide cashless and paperless healthcare treatment facility to the eligible beneficiaries in the empanelled government hospitals of the state.   On pilot basis, the scheme would be implemented in … Read more

RAJASTHAN   World Bank to provide $250 million loan to state for improving power distribution   The World Bank will provide a $250 million loan facility to Rajasthan for improving the performance of its electricity distribution sector.   The Second Programmatic Electricity Distribution Reform Development Policy Loan for Rajasthan is the second in the series … Read more

HARYANA   Mega food park to come up at imt rohtak   The Haryana Government will set up a mega food project at IMT Rohtak, for which a grant amounting to Rs 50 crore has been received from the Central Government.   “This project would provide employment opportunities to about 1,500 youth.   The capacity … Read more