January 2021

HARYANA 1% market fee exemption for small traders   In a major relief to small traders, the state government has decided to provide a one per cent exemption in market fee to traders with a turnover up to Rs 5 lakh per annum. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had approved a proposal in this regard. … Read more

HARYANA 33% dip in Faridabad GST collection in April-December   Faridabad has registered a sharp decline of 33.3 per cent in the GST collection till December 2020 in comparison to the corresponding period in 2019.   It is attributed mainly to the Covid crisis and lockdown, which led to disruption in manufacturing and sale of … Read more

HARYANA All Haryana districts told to select six sites for vaccination dry run   As Haryana gears up for the dry run of Covid-19 vaccination, every district in the state has been asked to select six sites for the run. The Haryana chief secretary on Tuesday held a video conference with all the district health departments to analyse … Read more

HARYANA Haryana Roadways lost Rs 676 cr during lockdown: RTI   The Covid-induced lockdown and restrictions, from March month to October, have led to a loss of Rs 676.43 crore to the Haryana Roadways.   The Hisar depot suffered a maximum loss of Rs 38.91 crore followed by Faridabad (Rs 38.75 crore), Sonepat (Rs 38.49 … Read more

HARYANA Mini Sikh museum comes up at Singhu   Parwinder Singh, one of the few Sikh sculptures who has been propagating the Sikh history through a museum created by him at Balongi in Mohali district, today established a mini museum near the central stage at the Singhu border.   He said there were 70 statues … Read more

HARYANA CCTV cameras compulsory in Haryana colleges   The state government has directed to install CCTV cameras for surveillance in all colleges. The colleges that have not installed CCTVs so far have been asked to install them at the earliest.   If CCTV cameras have not been installed in any college-campus so far, then these … Read more

HARYANA Haryana Government announces sops to give affordable housing a boost   To boost affordable housing, the state government has amended its Affordable Housing Policy, 2013, by doling out major sops to the recession-hit realty sector.   Under the new policy, the builders have been extended incentives concerning project area norms, commercial component and parking … Read more

HARYANA Haryana discoms project revenue gap of Rs 9,626 crore   With the project revenue gap of Rs 9,626.8 crore for the next financial year, the two electricity distribution companies (discoms) — Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) — have submitted the annual revenue requirement (ARR) of total Rs 33,799.95 crore before the Haryana Electricity … Read more

HARYANA Schemes for Scheduled Caste farmers launched   The Central and state governments have started various schemes for the welfare of Scheduled Caste (SC) farmers, for which a provision of Rs 193.63 crore has been made for 2020-21.   An official spokesperson said under the National Food Security Mission, subsidy was provided by the government … Read more

HARYANA Set up panel to redraft Acts, agriculture scientists tell govt   Agriculture scientists headed by former Vice-Chancellor of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University (HAU) have suggested to the Centre to keep the new agriculture Acts in abeyance for one year and redraft the Act by setting up a committee having representation from diverse … Read more