August 2019

RAJASTHAN   Centre releases Rs 1,100 crore for material component in Rajasthan   Of the Rs 1,878 crore which is due for material component under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Rajasthan for the financial year 2019-20, the Centre has released Rs 400 crore and Rs 705 crore more has been sanctioned for the … Read more

HARYANA Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh to discuss disputes   Union home minster Amit Shah will chair the Northern Zonal Council meeting, scheduled for September 3 in Chandigarh. The issues to be discussed include boundary dispute between Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the approval needed under Forest Conservation Act, 1980 for the construction of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak … Read more

HARYANA Haryana Civil Services Rules amended for entrance tests   Haryana Government has amended the Haryana Civil Services (Executive Branch) Rules, 2008 to bring changes in the entrance test.   According to the amendment, the main written examination would comprise of four papers, including Paper I: English (Including English Essay), Paper II: Hindi (including Hindi … Read more

RAJASTHAN Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary likely to be made tiger reserve   The state government will soon send a proposal to National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for developing Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary (RVS) in Bundi as a tiger reserve.   The state has three tiger reserves, home to 85 big cats, with the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) … Read more

HARYANA Bill to promote industry on anvil   To promote industry in the state, the Cabinet approved the Haryana Enterprises Promotion (Amendment) Bill, 2019   The amendment includes the provisions to include existing enterprises, grant of renewals of the already granted clearances, expanding scope of services and departments in ambit of single window mechanism, flexible … Read more

HARYANA Cops set up cell to monitor private security agencies in Gurugram   A special cell to streamline the operations of private security agencies, ensure that they are registered and their guards verified has been set up by police. At present, there are more than 500 registered private security agencies in Gurugram. Along with this, many unregistered … Read more

RAJASTHAN Finance Commission to visit Rajasthan   The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, N.K. Singh and including Members of the Commission will visit the State of Rajasthan from 16th August to 19th August 2019.   The Commission will hold the other meeting with the representatives of the State’s Panchayati Raj Institutions and Rural Local … Read more

HARYANA State to promote sunflower farming Keeping in mind the depleting water table and to take forward the crop diversification campaign recently launched by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, the Haryana government has decided to promote sunflower cultivation in a big way in the agrarian state this season. Following over 31 per cent increase in … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award   Rajasthan bagged the Best innovation and initiative leadership award 2019 in the 14th elets World Education Summit (WES) held at New Delhi. The award is for its achievements in higher education. The award was received by the  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Singh Bhati.  The State was award for … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan tops in ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ for 3rd time   For the third consecutive time, the state will be felicitated for its best practices, innovations, awareness generation, community engagement and improvement in sex ratio at birth, under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ (BBBP). State’s department of women and child development will collect the award at … Read more