September 2019

HARYANA ·         Digital kisan kiosks’ come up at district headquarters ð  The Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department has developed a digital platform to communicate with farmers, making Haryana the first state in the country to come up with such an initiative. ð  The touchscreen-based ‘digital kisan kiosks’, powered with a dedicated helpline, directly connect farmers … Read more

RAJASTHAN Second highest number of Hindi speakers in Rajasthan   Rajasthan has the second highest number of Hindi speakers in the country making the desert state the ‘heart’ of the Hindi belt. Leading the pack is Uttar Pradesh where 94% of the population has registered Hindi as their first language while Rajasthan’s 89% populace speaks the same language, as … Read more

HARYANA Haryana police unveils six citizen services with online portal SARAL   Taking an e-route to speed up the delivery of services, Haryana director general of police (DGP), unveiled the integration of six citizen services of Haryana Police with the online platform Antyodaya-SARAL. An event for the unveiling of the integration of these services was held at police headquarters. … Read more

HARYANA ·        Haryana evokes Mental Healthcare Act, in a first Haryana claims to have become the first state to evoke the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.   It was for the first time that a multiple department approach is being adopted to help the substance abuse addicts. Social justice, police, district administration and health departments have … Read more

HARYANA Haryana govt announces about Rs 5,000 cr interest, penalty waiver on crop loans   The BJP-led Haryana Government has announced a 4,750 crore rupees waiver on interest and penalty on crop loans.   This will benefit around 10 lakh farmers of the state.   The farmers whose bank accounts were declared Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) … Read more

HARYANA TERI study shows crop residue could fuel village cold storages for fruit, milk In the past few years, citizens and environmentalists have flagged the enormous spike in air pollution in the region once stubble burning begins after the harvest in Punjab and Haryana. The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) researchers have now shown how crop … Read more

HARYANA ·         State bans sale of e-cigarettes ð  The state government has prohibited the sale (including online sale), production, distribution, import and advertising of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS). ð  In ENDS, a solution is heated to create an aerosol which contains flavours, usually dissolved in propylene glycol. These do not burn or use tobacco … Read more

HARYANA A first: Haryana has more women than men pursuing higher education   Haryana, for the first time, has more female students pursuing higher education than male, according to the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)-2018-19.   The Ministry of Human Resource Development brings out AISHE report every year.   Boys, however, continue to outnumber … Read more

HARYANA Mewat, Palwal, Faridabad health index flops: Study   Scientists at the PGIMER in Chandigarh have developed a health system performance index based on 67 health indicators. They have found that Mewat, Faridabad and Palwal are among the worst performers and Panchkula, Ambala, Fatehabad and Jhajjar among the top performers.   A total of 1,762 … Read more

RAJASTHAN NGT bans new industry in five clusters of state   In view of the increasing pollution levels, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned sanction to any new industrial set-up or expansion at five industrial clusters of Rajasthan.   Rajasthan’s five industrial clusters – Jodhpur, Pali, Bhiwadi, Jaipur and Sanganer Industrial area (Jaipur) have … Read more