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RAJASTHAN State plans law to punish child rapists with death The Rajasthan government was planning to bring a law to award death penalty for raping girls aged 15 or below. The Rajasthan’s home department was preparing a bill that would be presented during the budget session, expected to begin in the last week … Read more
RAJASTHAN State not able to implement Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Rajasthan has expressed its inability to implement the Centre government’s Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS) citing lack of time to migrate from the state-run Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana (BSBY). AB-NHPS aims to provide ₹5 lakh health insurance cover per family. It has … Read more
HARYANA State readies for Saksham status assessment With 26 of its 119 blocks already declared Saksham, Haryana now seems headed towards near-complete coverage of grade-level competence in Hindi and mathematics. The initiative is being upgraded to now declare certain blocks saksham-plus by February-end after ensuring similar competence in English. The Haryana Government launched … Read more
India State of Forest Report 2019 has been prepared by Forest Survey of India (FSI). It is a biannual report. The report is prepared after mapping of forests and trees through satellite. Key highlights of the report are as follows: the forest area has increased by 3976 kilometers and the area of trees by 1212 … Read more
RAJASTHAN Jaipur Literature Festival begins in Houston Jaipur Literature Festival was begun in Houston with a soulful music performance followed by stimulating discussions. The festival is touted as the world’s largest free literary festival. The inaugural session also saw Congress leader and writer Shashi Tharoor discuss his book “Why i am a … Read more
RAJASTHAN Patients to get free food at govt hospitals in state. The state government has announced that it will offer food free of cost at government hospital across the state and health department will bear the entire expenditure. The scheme is likely to be implemented from September. In addition, the government has … Read more
HARYANA State to provide 70-90% subsidy for pack-houses Farmers producers organisations (FPOs) in Haryana will get 70 to 90 per cent subsidy for setting up of pack-houses as the state government has earmarked Rs510 crore for setting up 140 pack-houses for fruits and vegetables in the state. The pack-houses will have facilities of … Read more
HARYANA In five years, crime against women up by 30% in state Haryana has witnessed an exponential rise in crime against women in five years (2013-17), with cases going up by 30 per cent. The cases of kidnapping and vehicle theft have also increased by a whopping 45 per cent and 25 per cent, … Read more
HARYANA ‘eKarma programme’ to promote entrepreneurship The Haryana Government has decided to implement ‘eKarma programme’ to promote freelancing and entrepreneurship in the state. The scheme will be started with an initial batch of 2,000 persons spread over 21 colleges is in line with the government’s vision of promoting self-employment, entrepreneurship and start-ups among the … Read more
RAJASTHAN 14-yr-old swimmer Gauravi Singhvi does Rajasthan proud in Mumbai Ninth-grader Gauravi Singhvi, 14, from the City of Lakes set another record by covering a distance of 48 kilometers in 9 hours 22 minutes in Mumbai on Tuesday. She is the youngest swimmer in the state to do so. She began her mission from … Read more