September 2019

HARYANA Haryana jumps five places to rank 3rd in education quality rankings Haryana secured third spot in the School Education Quality Index-2019 rankings complied by Niti Aayog, jumping five places up in the list of 20 large states. The state’s score has gone up to 69.5% in 2016-17 in comparison to 51% recorded in the base year … Read more

HARYANA Haryana CM announces insurance for small, medium entrepreneurs paying GST   Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar formally launched a social security scheme and insurance cover for 3.86 lakh entrepreneurs registered as payees of goods and service tax (GST) in the state. According to the scheme, the small and medium entrepreneurs registered for GST would be insured … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan schools to have NCERT syllabus from next session   The state government announced the implementation of the NCERT syllabus in schools from the next session.   The new syllabus will be implemented for classes VI to IX and Class XI.   The English and Hindi medium books of the National Council of Educational … Read more

HARYANA ·         Know your Case’ gets positive response The “Know your Case” scheme launched by Haryana Police to give complainants the right to know the status of the investigation is getting a positive response across the state.   The police had launched the scheme in all police stations in 2016. Under this, the complainant of … Read more

HARYANA Hry to extend existing airstrips in 5 aerodromes   Haryana Government has decided to extend existing airstrips in five aerodromes of the State.   While Hisar Airport is being developed as International Aviation hub and would be extended to 9000 feet, the other four airstrips at Karnal, Pinjore, Bhiwani and Narnaul would be extended … Read more

RAJASTHAN AMD surveys to look for uranium in 15 state dists   Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, plans to carry out heliborne geophysical surveys in 15 districts of Rajasthan, states a letter issued by the Hyderabad-based office of AMD.   In the airborne geophysical … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan govt mulls 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs   The Rajasthan government is mulling the possibility of providing 75 per cent reservation to local people in private jobs.   The proposal is in the initial stage. A brainstorming session will be held with stakeholders in coming days.   The Andhra Pradesh government had … Read more

RAJASTHAN 1,300-year-old Jain scriptures on display in Jaipur   For the first time in Jaipur, two 1,300-year-old Jain religious scriptures on palm leaves have been put on display at an exhibition in Abhigyan Bhawan at Mansarovar.   Scriptures, manuscripts and invitation letters as old as 1,200 years have been brought from Anekant Gyan Mandir at Bina in Madhya … Read more

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan gets 34% higher rainfall than 2018   The state so far has received an average rainfall of 419.67 compared to 396.26 mm received till August 29, 2018. As monsoon will continue for at least one more week many places in the state are going to receive more rains compared to what they had … Read more

HARYANA Despite slowdown, GST collections rise by Rs566 cr   Notwithstanding the slowdown, Haryana has witnessed a growth of nearly 40 per cent in GST collections in the past one year. The collections under the state GST Act for July this year was Rs1,971.02 crore as against Rs1,404.98 crore last July — an increase of … Read more