September 2019

RAJASTHAN Rs 600 crore loans sanctioned to over 5 lakh Rajasthan farmers   The state government has sanctioned Rs 600 crore for Kharif crop loans to over five lakh farmers.   Under the cooperative online registration and distribution scheme, over 20 lakh farmers had registered for loans. Out of this, around 15 lakh farmers have already been issued … Read more

HARYANA ·       Unemployment rate in Haryana at 28.7 per cent is highest in India: Yadav ð Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India founder and its national president says that the unemployment rate in Haryana rose to 28.7 per cent, which is the highest in the country. ð Swaraj India has started the “Main bhi berozgar” campaign in … Read more

HARYANA 3rd party assessment of learning levels in Haryana Govt schools   The test to assess the learning level of students will be conducted by third party on September 6 and 7 in Haryana government schools under the ‘Saksham Ghoshna 2.0’ programme.   Saksham Ghoshna 2.0 covers all the classes from Class III to VIII. … Read more

HARYANA Colleges to scrap courses with low pupil strength   The government colleges across the state will discontinue the courses/subjects in which a very low number of students have enrolled. The state government has decided that the courses/subjects wherein the enrolled students’ strength in the academic session 2019-20 was found to be very low would … Read more

HARYANA Buy land for gaushala, pay 1 pc stamp duty   Haryana Gau Seva Commission chairman Bhaniram Mangla has said whoever buys land for gaushalas in the state will have to pay only 1 per cent stamp duty.   The government has started the practice of giving grant for the operation of gaushalas and has … Read more

RAJASTHAN Five panels to monitor development schemes   Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday sanctioned constitution of five state-level committees for monitoring and execution of schemes and development programmes by various departments.   Instead of 12 such committees as were planned in the past, now five state-level committees will be constituted.   The committees will … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan launched Jan Soochna Portal; first state to do so   The Rajasthan government launched a Jan Soochna Portal on Friday. The portal, which has been developed by the information and technology department, will have information pertaining to 13 departments on a single platform. The IT department has created a public information portal in which 23-24 types of information will be … Read more

HARYANA ·         Haryana to increase compensation for rape survivors   ð  Giving into the long-pending demand, Haryana will be increasing the compensation given to rape survivors. This is being done in compliance with Supreme Court directions to implement National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa)’s Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes, 2008. ð  According to the scheme, for … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan higher education department records highest enrolment at institutes   The state higher education department has claimed that it had recorded the highest ever enrolments in admissions with a whopping 4.29 lakh students getting themselves enrolled in government colleges this current season. The total enrolment last year was 4.05 lakh in all streams.   The state … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan launches AB-MGRSBY health insurance scheme   The Rajasthan government launched a new health insurance scheme – Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB-MGRSBY).   The scheme will be implemented after merging the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) and the state’s Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojna (BSBY).   With the merger … Read more