January 2019

HARYANA Rs 334 crore for second Panipat-Delhi link   An alternative route to decongest the Panipat-Delhi section of National Highway 44 is on the anvil with the Haryana Government approving a Rs 334-crore proposal.   The road, which will initially connect Panipat Refinery with the Haiderpur Ring Road in Delhi, will replace the narrow and … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan college girls set to get free sanitary pads   Rajasthan is set to become India’s first state to provide free sanitary napkins to college students. The department of higher education has decided to install free sanitary napkin vending machines in all 189 government colleges in the state from the next academic session starting July 2019.   … Read more

HARYANA Flour scheme gets mention on US website   The fortified flour scheme of the state government has found mention on the website of a US-based Food Fortification Initiative (FFI) network. The scheme was started from Naraingarh and Barara blocks of the district in March this year. A team of the FFI had visited the … Read more

RAJASTHAN Govt to bring new system to fix fees of private schools’   Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has hinted to replace RajasthanS chools (Regulation of fees) Act 2017.   The existing fees Act which mandates to form a committee of parents and school management has not prevented schools to fleece parents. Several news reports have … Read more