July 2019

RAJASTHAN 90% immunisation in state: WHO   THE World Health Organization assessment for the year 2018-19 shows that Rajasthan had achieved 90% full immunization.   While the reports of the Pregnancy, Child Tracking and Health Services Management and Health Management Information System of the state government give the percentage of full immunization in the year … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to focus on climate change with new action plan   Thirty-six years ago, Rajasthan set up the directorate of environment (DOE) to reduce vulnerability and build resilience to climate change impacts, but it remained only on paper and the directorate never became functional.   In 2012, the government drafted the Rajasthan Action Plan … Read more

RAJASTHAN State working on law to penalise water wastage   A new Right to Water law of the Rajasthan government proposes to provide 70 litres of water every day to an individual in the state and a jail term of one and a half years or a fine of~1 lakh or both for any violation … Read more

HARYANA Haryana launches ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal   The Manohar Lal Khattar Government in Haryana has decided to introduce a multi-level transparent system for farmers to self-report their land and crop details. For this, a portal named ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ has been launched in the state.   The State Government has also planned … Read more

RAJASTHAN State to launch campaign against measles-rubella   The state government will launch a measles-rubella (MR) campaign from July 22 to administer the MR vaccine to children aged between 9 months and 15 years free of cost.   The campaign will cover about 22.6 million children in the target group and continue until the coverage … Read more

RAJASTHAN Soon, independent society for MGNREGA social audit   The state government is in the process of forming an independent society for social audits of MGNREGA works.   The name of the society will be ‘Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (SSAAT)’, Rajasthan.   Two social audits of MGNREGA are conducted in a year. The objective of the … Read more

HARYANA Hry to provide end-to-end support to farmers’ through portal   Simple and transparent system for farmers to self-report their land and crop details through IT based system would be provided, which would enable them to receive the benefit of several government schemes directly.   To avail various benefits being offered by the State government … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan Government schools to run in two shifts to stop dropouts   The state has decided that government English medium schools opened under Mahatma Gandhi Rajkiya Vidyalaya will run in two shifts if needed.   It is necessary to have a government school in a 2km-radius from the residence of students. In case there are no … Read more

HARYANA 7 Haryana districts under Jal Shakti Abhiyan ranking’   Under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, the flagship scheme of Central Government, seven districts of the state– Ambala, Bhiwani, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Sonepat and Yamunanagar have so far been included in the first 50 districts in the national rankings.   The installation of Rooftop Rain Water … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan’s first weed museum to come up in Jaipur   For the first time in the state, a ‘weed museum’ will be inaugurated at Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (RARI), Durgapura, Jaipur. The concept of weed museum has been proposed wherein preserved samples of weeds can be displayed for the general public and farmers, to help them with … Read more