August 2019

HARYANA State Will have medical college in each district:CM   Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the state government planned to open one medical college in each district.   Khattar said though the state had adequate health infrastructure, more doctors were needed to meet the demand. He said 13,000 doctors were available against the requirement … Read more

HARYANA ·         Rewari on top in country’s Swachhta Darpan rankings ð  Rewari district has bagged the first rank at the national level in Swachhta Darpan Phase III-2019 under the Swachh Bharat Mission, scoring 100 out of 100 in all three parameters. ð  Sources said around 700 districts across the nation had participated and their performance … Read more

HARYANA ·         HAU signs pact with Kabul varsity ð  Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kabul University, Afghanistan. ð   The objective of the MoU was to facilitate mentoring and training for Kabul’s technical and academic institutes in the areas of research and extension. He hoped that this … Read more

  HARYANA ·         11 Haryana dists lag in child, maternal care ð  Eleven out of 22 districts in Haryana have been found lagging in child and maternal health care, as per data compiled by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). ð  As per the 2017-18 scorecard, which uses 16 indicators to calculate composite … Read more

HARYANA First virtual court launched in Faridabad   The Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana high court, Justice KrishnaMurari on Saturday launched the first virtual court in Faridabad through video conferencing. This virtual court will deal with traffic challan cases of the entire state of Haryana. It is aimed at eliminating presence of litigant in the court and adjudication … Read more

HARYANA State makes PRAYAAS to improve colleges   The Haryana Government has put in place a comprehensive performance audit system for higher educational institutions with the aim of getting them better rankings from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).   To begin with, the Performance Rating Yardstick for Academic Audit Standards (PRAYAAS), a detailed … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan: Marriage key reason for intra-state migration According to the Census 2011 report on migration, Rajasthan’s 28% of the 6,85,00,000 population was found to be residing in a district different from their birthplace in Rajasthan. The report on migration states that the sole reason for the staggering 66% of the total intra-state migration was marriage. The report revealed … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to acquire land for northern corridor of Ring Road   The state government will soon start the process to acquire land for northern corridor of the Ring Road that will connect the Jaipur-Agra National Highway with the Jaipur-Delhi National Highway.   The length of the northern corridor will be 44-km and the NHAI will construct … Read more

HARYANA Minimum income limit up for BPL cards   The state government on Tuesday enhanced the minimum income limit for Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards from Rs10,000 per month to Rs15,000 so as to ensure that more families get the benefit of government schemes.   As BPL cards were distributed among 56,315 persons living the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government to add more water bodies to boost fisheries   The government plans to give a big boost to fisheries in the state. Rajasthan has not been able to exploit its potential in fisheries. The government plans to bring about 1 lakh more hectares of water bodies under fisheries by 2022.   According to the government data … Read more