september 2020

HARYANA Haryana’s suicide rate above national average: NCRB With 4,191 people committing suicide in Haryana in 2019, the state’s rate of 14.5% is 4.1% above the national average of 10.4%. The data is provided in the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report on accidental deaths and suicides in India published last week. According to the report, 1,39,123 people committed … Read more

HARYANA Haryana launches ‘e-Sanjeevani’, online medical services and counselling In yet another move to help out residents of the state with medical counselling, during the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, an online health facility ‘Stay Home OPD’ has been started in the State. This facility has been started under the name of ‘e-Sanjeevani OPD’. With this, people suffering from various … Read more

HARYANA Cabinet nod for 122-km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor linking Palwal to Sonipat The Union Cabinet  approved the 122-km Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor project connecting Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna, Manesar and Kharkhoda. Manesar near Gurugram and Kharkhoda in Sonipat are two major industrial hubs in Haryana. The rail corridor project — to be implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited … Read more

HARYANA Haryana govt approves new policy to award teachers for their work The Haryana government has approved the ‘State Teacher Award Policy-2020’. This policy will be deemed applicable from August 29, 2020 in place of the policy formulated in the year 2016. The state awards will be approved as per the new policy in future. Under the … Read more

HARYANA Policy to create jobs, attract investments to be rolled out The Haryana government’s Enterprise and Employment Policy, 2020, which aims at generating 5 lakh jobs for youths of the state, will be launched on November 1. The draft mentions that the state government’s main objective is to not only create 5 lakh jobs, but also attract investments worth Rs 1 lakh crore. The … Read more

HARYANA Smart classroom project: Panchkula starts upgrading govt schools to Sanskriti Models The district administration has started upgrading the government schools with smart classrooms to give elite infrastructure to the working-class children. The Sanskrit Models will have smart classrooms on the lines of private institutes. Gupta promised to release money from his discretionary fund to develop … Read more

HARYANA 54 years after formation, Haryana to cut Punjab tag from its laws Over half-acentury after the division of Punjab under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, Haryana has initiated the process to remove the word ‘Punjab’ from its laws. Haryana, which was part of the undivided state of Punjab before 1966, had retained most of the Punjab laws, which were also … Read more

HARYANA Policy to create jobs, attract investments to be rolled out   The Haryana government’s Enterprise and Employment Policy, 2020, which aims at generating 5 lakh jobs for youths of the state, will be launched on November 1.   The policy also talks about achieving these objectives by fostering ease of doing business, enhancing exports, developing industrial infrastructure, supporting entrepreneurship … Read more

HARYANA Haryana’s skewed sex ratio reflects in adoption data too Haryana is known for skewed sex ratio and the state’s craze for sons is also reflected in the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) data as waiting list for adoption of a male child from Haryana is more than double than that for adoption of a female child from the … Read more