Dec 2018

RAJASTHAN Govt okays water supply through pipeline to scarcity-hit areas   The state government has given work orders to the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) to provide water through pipelines in Kho Nagoriyan, Jamdoli and Amber region which are facing an acute water crisis. The project will cost more than Rs 100 crore. Residents of Kho Nagoriyan … Read more

RAJASTHAN After Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan too waives farm loans   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot  announced that farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh defaulted till November this year will be waived. The CM said it would cost the state exchequer Rs 18,000 crore. Rajasthan is the fourth state to waive farm loans after Congress-held MP and Chhattisgarh and … Read more

RAJASTHAN Plan for green zone at Mt Abu with Centre   The state government has sent a fresh proposal to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) to declare an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary.   The Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Aravalli Hill range in the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government scraps minimum education criteria for civic poll candidates   Rajasthan will once again have direct elections for mayors and chairpersons in urban municipal bodies. The previous government had discontinued the practice introduced by the Ashok Gehlot government of 2008-2013.   The education criteria was introduced by the previous Vasundhra Raje-led government, which stipulated that for contesting … Read more

HARYANA Cooperative Sugar mills in Haryana produce 3.34L quintals of sugar   The cooperative sugar mills in Haryana have so far produced over 3.34 lakh quintals of sugar by crushing 43.95 lakh quintals of sugarcane during the current crushing season. The Cooperative Sugar Mill, Rohtak has produced a maximum of 63,400 quintals of sugar by … Read more

HARYANA Nearly 70% turnout in Haryana municipal polls   Nearly 70 per cent voters exercised their franchise in elections to five municipal corporations and two municipal committees in Haryana.   The five municipal corporations where polling was held were Hisar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak and Yamunanagar and the two municipal committees were Jakhal Mandi in Fatehabad … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·        Khajuraho of Rajasthan’ set to regain its lost glory ð  The 11th century Kiradu temples in Barmer known as ‘Khajuraho of Rajasthan’ having large number of temples in a compound marked with explicit rock carvings, depiction of Mahabharta, combat operations, dancing women and music instruments is set for a restoration. The first phase of the restoration work of … Read more

RAJASTHAN ·        State likely to miss immunisation target due to ANM shortage ð  Rajasthan may fall short of achieving the 90% full immunisation coverage (FIC) target by this month because of shortage of auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMS) who act as vaccinators. ð  The ministry of health and family welfare had planned to achieve 90% immunisation … Read more

HARYANA Rs 5,108-cr highway from K’shetra to Mahendragarh on the anvil   A new national highway will be constructed from Kurukshetra district to Mahendragarh district at a cost of Rs 5,108 crore. This NH, named NH-152D, would be 230-km-long.   It was a big development project of the government and its completion would accelerate the … Read more

HARYANA Conversion charges cut by 50 percent   To benefit thousands of owners of residential units which have come up in unauthorized colonies falling in the areas of civic bodies and improvement trusts, the Haryana cabinet approved the reduction of rates of conversion charges by the half.   This has been done after bringing an amendment in the policy … Read more