19.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Haryana approves Rs 5.5K cr projects   Haryana State Level Sanctioning Committee of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana approved projects of Rs 552.73 crore. The projects forwarded to the Government of India for sanctioning. The projects approved to provide water in every field increase crop production, development of watershed, and realize the vision of Prime … Read more

18.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA FASTag: 36% target achieved in Punjab, Haryana FASTag, the national electronic toll collection programme of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), has achieved 36% target in Punjab and Haryana, with an average sale of 2,000 radiotags per day. Instructions have already been issued not to implement FASTag lane concept in 25% of the total lanes at … Read more

17.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA State to solve power plaints in less than two hours   The response time for all calls made to the call centres of power distribution companies — Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) — has come down from 3.47 hours to 2.49 hours in the past 40 … Read more

15-16.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL International Tea Day 2019 The United Nations (UN) has declared May 21 as International Tea Day on the recommendations of India, however, this day is celebrated on December 15 Every Year. The proposal was made by India at the International Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Intergovernmental Group meeting held in Milan 4 years ago. … Read more

14.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Software by undertrial helps police check tampering of reports   It was an undertrial in Bhondsi jail of Haryana who developed the software Trakea, a barcoding system, to check tampering of forensic samples.   On an average, 17,400 samples are collected every year by the police and sent to the FSL for investigation pertaining … Read more

13.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Govt to promote farm tourism   Tourism Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar said farm tourism would be promoted in the state so that farmers could earn extra income. He said for this purpose, some places would be identified where tourists from India and abroad could get information about Haryanvi culture such as making jaggery, milking … Read more

12.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Dudh ki Chakki’ to be launched   Haryana’s Animal Husbandry Department has come up with a unique idea of starting ‘Dudh ki Chakki’, a milk processing van having machines to convert farmers’ milk into eight products — ice-cream, ghee, butter, curd, kulfi, cheese, khoya and lassi. The van will move from village to village. … Read more

11.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Now, rice-for-plastic scheme extended to Ambala villages too   After becoming a hit in the urban areas of Ambala, the rice-for-plastic drive has been extended to villages across the district. The first-of-its-type rice-for-plastic scheme, which was stopped after a massive response on November 30, has been restarted on public demand. keeping in view the … Read more

10.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA All households to get tap connection by June 2022   The Haryana Government has decided to cover all households in villages of the state under the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ Scheme by June 30, 2022. PM Narendra Modi had announced the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ from the Red Fort on August 15. It aims at providing … Read more

08-09.12.19 Haryana (HPSC) Daily Current Affairs

HARYANA Now, hygiene ratings at Haryana eateries   In a first, Haryana’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rating hygiene in restaurants and eateries. The hygiene assessment has been started as a pilot project in seven districts, namely Panchkula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Jhajjar, Rohtak and Yamunanagar. As a prelude to the rating, the FDA initiated … Read more