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

RAJASTHAN Package for film shooting in state soon   The state government will soon announce a package to attract filmmakers for shooting in Rajasthan.   The process of taking permissions for film shooting will be further simplified. If the major part of the film will be shot in the state, then the state government will … Read more

HARYANA ·         Haryana govt makes vector-borne diseases notifiable   ð  The Haryana government has made vector-borne diseases notifiable for the next three years to control and reduce possible outbreaks. ð  A notifiable disease is one that is required to be reported to government authorities by law so that incidences of the disease can be monitored … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·         State govt plans to develop ‘tribal tourism’ in Baran   ð  The state government is planning to develop ‘tribal tourism’ in the Sahariya dominated Baran district. ð  There is a plan to develop a tribal museum in Baran district where the traditional weapons, crafts, art and culture and lifestyle of Sahariyas will be … Read more

HARYANA Haryana to install CCTVs in all government colleges   Students in the state-run colleges would now be under lens as the government issued guidelines to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras on various strategic locations in the premises.   The CCTV cameras in colleges would be installed in accordance with the guidelines issued by the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan ranks 1st in free medicine scheme implementation   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s flagship free medicine scheme secured the top position in the country in the ranking issued by the National Health Mission (NHM).   The NHM assessed the performance of the states on the basis of effective implementation of Drugs and Vaccine Distribution Management System (DVDMS), stock … 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

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan seeks UNICEF help for counselling parents   The health department has claimed that it has achieved 70% of target under measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign in one month in the state. However, in some pockets, parents have refused to give their consent for vaccination of their kids. This has prompted the department to seek help of the UNICEF in … 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 New unit to monitor ‘heinous’ crimes in Rajasthan   Chief minister Ashok Gehlotannounced the formation of a special Heinous Case Monitoring Unit (HCMU), headed by ADG (crime), to keep track of investigations and trials of serious crimes.   The unit will have two SPs, one DIG and IG rank officer each along with one SP … Read more