July 2019

HARYANA Total fertility rate in state on downward spiral The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Haryana will fall below replacement levels by 2021, says Economic Survey 2018-19. The TFR refers to the total number of children born or likely to be born to a woman in her lifetime. As per Census, Sample Registration System and … Read more

HARYANA ·         State, NSE sign agreement to boost medium enterprises ð  The National Stock Exchange (NSE) said it has signed a pact with the Haryana Government to help boost the growth of MSME sector in the state. ð  As per the memorandum of understanding, NSE will support the Haryana Government in enhancing the financing opportunities … Read more

HARYANA Big leap by Haryana on gender ratio map   From a dark spot to a ray of hope, Haryana is making a slow but steady progress on the gender map of India.   Registrar General of India’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) data based on registered child births shows Haryana as the best performing … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government has launched Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme   The Rajasthan governmenthas launched Student Police Cadet (SPC) scheme, a Police training program, for class 8 and 9 students . The training aims to curb rising adolescent delinquency and strengthen teenagers mentally and physically. Also, it aims to make the students aware of basic laws and legal procedures. All aspects of … Read more

RAJASTHAN Panel to monitor colleges in districts   The college education department of Rajasthan is setting up district resource assistance committees (DRACS) in each district “to monitor colleges, enhance coordination among them and provide resource help to them at district level.   The DRACS are being constituted under the resource assessment and college with excellence … Read more

RAJASTHAN CM inaugurates two units of Chhabra thermal power plant   With the start of unit 5 and 6 of CSTPS, Rajasthan witnessed addition of 1,320 megawatts of additional power generation.   The two CSTPS units have augmented the Chhabra power station’s installed capacity to 2.320 megawatts.   There was power generation of only 13 … Read more

RAJASTHAN New policy in offing to promote tourism in Rajasthan   A new policy is on the anvil to promote tourism in the state by adding new circuits and sectors.   The new policy in the pipeline proposes to add new circuits in adventure tourism, rural tourism, religious tourism, archaeological tourism and a mix of some including wildlife.   Rs … Read more

HARYANA Hry to build silos with 6L metric tonne capacity for storing grains   Haryana Government has decided to construct silos having capacity of 6 lakh metric tonnes in the state under the Warehouse Infrastructure Fund of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for providing sufficient storage facilities of foodgrains.   For this, … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan still among top 4 states with high fertility rate: Niti   Rajasthan might have been praised by NITI Aayog for its efforts in improving health indicators but in population stabilisation efforts   The NITI Aayog report released recently shows that there is no change in Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in the state. It is still among the four states … Read more

HARYANA Enrolment on wane in Haryana schools   With enrolment dipping every year, Haryana has 20,000 surplus classrooms at elementary level (classes 1 to 8), according to the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry.   The fact came to light in the minutes of a meeting of Samagra Shiksha’s Project Approval Board (PAB) with Haryana Government … Read more