sep 2018

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan seeks project report on feeder canal   The Rajasthan Irrigation Department has requested its counterpart in Punjab to prepare and submit a detailed project report (DPR) to reconstruct the Ferozepur feeder canal.   The feeder canal, which emanates from the Harike headworks, has a capacity of 11,192 cusecs and was constructed in 1952-53. … Read more

RAJASTHAN More clusters to help promote MSME in Rajasthan   The state industries department in Rajasthan is gearing up for more clusters to promote medium, small and micro enterprises (MSME) in the state.   The state has not taken due advantage of the central government’s modified industrial infrastructure up-gradation scheme for cluster development.   The … Read more

HARYANA ·        Cafe for cops launched ð   To provide nutritious food to policemen and their family members, the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) started a café — ‘Madhuban Cafe’ — on the premises of the Haryana Police Academy.   ð  The main aim was to provide nutritious food to police personnel and their family members … Read more

HARYANA No Uphar Yojana draw in three years   Three years after the launch of ‘Krishak Uphar Yojana’, thousands of farmers across the state are waiting for the draw of this scheme.   The scheme had been initiated to motivate farmers to bring their produce to the grain market and to trade it in a … Read more

HARYANA ·        State writes to Centre on rail project ð  The state government has written to the Union Ministry of Railways to accord administrative approval to the elevated railway track project in Kurukshetra.   ð  The Haryana Government has approved the project to decongest traffic in the limits of the holy city.   ð  The … Read more

RAJASTHAN Sushma Swaraj inaugurated ‘Jaipur Foot’ camp in Vietnam capital Hanoi   External Affairs Minister Sushma Swarajwho is on a four day two nation tour of South East Asia which includes Vietnam and Cambodia, presented free India-made prosthetic limbs for 500 Vietnamese beneficiaries. Last month, it was announced in Jaipur that about 1,000 differently-abled people in Myanmar and Vietnam would be provided … Read more

RAJASTHAN CM to launch lion safari, project leopard on Sept 13   Chief minister Vasundhara Raje is likely to inaugurate the much awaited Lion safari at Nahargarh Biological Park in Jaipur on September 13.   The Lion safari in Jaipur will be the first in Rajasthan and the state forest department along with Jaipur Development … Read more

RAJASTHAN Jaipur’s Vishwakarma area most polluted in state, says report Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) has released the data collected by pollution surveillance centres in eight cities of the state. As per the data, Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKI) has the highest particle matter (PM 10 rate) in the state. Jaipur came up as the most polluted … Read more

HARYANA Nodal agency for Rs 300-cr project in F’bad replaced The state government has replaced the HSIIDC, the nodal agency for Rs300-crore development project in the industrial sectors, with the HSVP. The move comes after the delay of one-and-a-half years in the launch of the project aimed at improving basic infrastructure in prominent industrial sectors. … Read more

RAJASTHAN UDH to make ‘space’ for tourism projects   Various tourism projects signed under Resurgent Rajasthan will soon be eligible for allotment of land by local bodies without any size limits. The urban development minister reportedly has consent over a proposal to permit local bodies for the purpose. The proposal is aimed towards improving upon … Read more