May 2021

HARYANA Free treatment for BPL patients in private hospitals   Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that the treatment cost of Covid patients belonging to the below poverty line (BPL) category would be borne by the state government. Earlier, the government had announced a financial assistance of up to Rs 35,000 to BPL patients. … Read more

HARYANA Indian Medical Association, Haryana opposes government ‘promotion’ of Patanjali pill   Haryana health and home minister Anil Vij created a new controversy by announcing the Khattar government’s decision to purchase and distribute Patanjali’s Coronil kits among the Covid-19 patients.   The Indian Medical Association (IMA), Haryana, strongly opposed the state government’s decision to purchase and distribute … Read more

HARYANA New appeal for men in rural Haryana: Stop hookah, cards   Smoking hookah and playing cards have emerged as major obstacles for the health authorities in containing the spread of Covid-19 in Haryana’s rural belt. The two favourite hobbies of men in the state’s rural belt are turning into a major threat when it comes to Covid. Medicos … Read more

HARYANA Banks fail to achieve export credit target in Haryana   Despite repeated deliberations by stakeholders, export credit has failed to take off in Haryana. Against the national target of 2% of total advances, the disbursement in Haryana was just 0.05% in the last fiscal. The total advances in the state were Rs 3,25,641 crore. … Read more

HARYANA Haryana to spend Rs 2.5 cr on Coronil kits   The Haryana Government is likely to give about Rs 2.5 crore to Patanjali Industries of yoga guru Baba Ramdev on the purchase of Coronil kits, which are to be distributed free of cost among Covid patients in the state. Meanwhile, the state unit of … Read more

HARYANA Haryana first to finish works under Central scheme “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana”   Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said Haryana was the first state in the country to complete all works allocated under Phase-1 and Phase-2 of the “Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana”. Dushyant gave this information after presiding over a meeting of the … Read more