June 2019

RAJASTHAN Plan to review Rajasthan tiger relocation project   The state forest and wildlife officials have written to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) requesting the agency to review the relocation programme.   The Panna National Park was the second reserve in the country after STR which had lost all tigers to poaching. Now, it … Read more

RAJASTHAN Government schools to plant trees equal to number of enrolments   To raise awareness about the environment and encourage afforestation, Rajasthan education minister Govind Singh Dotasra announced that trees, equal to the number of enrolments in each school, will be planted by government schools in this session.   The initiative is said to be inspired from Philippines, where the government … Read more

HARYANA Haryana: App for alerts, GPS on cards for fire brigades   A fire safety app will soon be developed to connect fire stations of all 22 districts of Haryana, including Gurugram, with the deputy commissioners, superintendents of police and chief medical officers.   GPS systems will be installed in fire brigades so that the location of the fire … Read more

HARYANA Villages with population below 10,000 can join ‘Mahagram Yojana’   The Haryana government has decided that villages having a population of less than 10,000 but desirous of having more facilities like augmentation of water supply and sewerage would be covered under the Mahagram B category.   At present 126 villages with over 10,000 people were being … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan government issues guidelines for CM Yuva Sambal Yojana   The state government has issued detailed guidelines for the Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana under which, the unemployed graduates are given an allowance of Rs 3,500 for girls and Rs 3,000 for boys per month. Though the scheme was launched from February this year.   Under the … Read more

HARYANA High Court declares all animals in Haryana to be ‘legal persons’   The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded the status of “legal person or entity” to animals in Haryana.   It has granted them the “corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person”.   The verdict comes nearly a year after … Read more

HARYANA Hry promoting dairy farming & dairy industries   Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that the State Government is promoting dairy farming and dairy industries in the state.   There are number of possibilities in the field of dairy farming and dairy industries. Dairy Farming and Dairy Industries are already being given a lot … Read more

HARYANA Villages with less than 10 k population to be covered under Mahagram-B category   Haryana Government has decided that villages having less than 10,000 population and desirous of having more facilities like augmentation of water supply and sewerage would be covered under the Mahagram Yojana – B category.   The Chief Minister said that … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan govt releases funds for first English medium school   Rajasthan government released the budget for the newly opened Mahatma Gandhi Rajkiya Vidhyalay, Rajasthan’s first English medium government school.   The Bikaner directorate of education had issued orders to open one English-medium school till Class VIII in every district headquarters which will operate in … Read more

RAJASTHAN Government tweaks new staffing pattern to appoint teachers   Rajasthan education department has changed its staffing pattern for the appointment of teachers. Every two years, the rules related to appointment of teachers are changed and this year the focus is on appointing teachers in schools where shortage has been recorded.   As per the recent … Read more