August 2018

HARYANA Air quality monitoring station for Karnal soon   The state government had decided to instal an online air quality monitoring station in Karnal to regular monitor and analyse air quality.   It would be installed at the Mini-Secretariat at a cost of around Rs 1.60 crore. A display board would be installed, which would … Read more

RAJASTHAN Education dept announces 3,290 ‘Ujiyari Panchayats’   Education department announced 3,290 panchayats in the state as ‘Ujiyari Panchayats’.   Government schools in such panchayats had zero dropout rate of students around 50 lakh students will be enrolled in secondary schools under the enrolment campaign in the state.   Directions have been given to officers … Read more

HARYANA Policy on jobs to medallists ready: Vij   state government had prepared a transparent policy to provide jobs to Asian Games medal winners and a notification in this regard would be issued within a couple of days.   Besides, an advertisement would also be issued in newspapers next week.   The jobs are to … Read more

RAJASTHAN MOU signed, state to get Yamuna water in summer   In order to meet future water requirements, Rajasthan, along with five other states, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of ~4,000 crore Lakhwar multipurpose project in the upper Yamuna basin.   The MOU between Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and … 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 US firm offers Rs200-crore investment in transport   The Northern Lakes Data Corporation (NLDC), a US-based company, offered to invest Rs 200 crore in Haryana to strengthen the public transport system and mobility.   Based in Minnesota, the NLDC has expertise in providing back office solutions to transportation, tolling and public safety. The NLDC … Read more

HARYANA Govt empanels 13 more pvt hospitals   The Health Department has added 13 more private hospitals to its list of empanelled hospitals for the treatment of government employees and pensioners.   Sources said while two hospitals each had been empanelled from Chandigarh and Hisar, one hospital each from Gurugram, Bhiwani, Ambala, Sonepat, Karnal, Faridadbad, … Read more

RAJASTHAN   To boost tourism in Rajasthan, government promotes unexplored heritage sites   Rajasthan, which houses centuries old heritage buildings and monuments, has notched up an important place in global tourism. Lakhs of tourists annually visit its known heritage buildings famous for unique sculpture, which is a great source to boost state’s revenue along with … Read more

HARYANA 18 labour laws amended in state   The Haryana Government has amended 18 labour laws to facilitate workers and employers and resolve irritants and practical problems dogging the state industry during the tenure of the present government.   Relaxing Regulation 30 of the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958, women employees had been … 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