Prelims Notes

HARYANA 27 lakh families benefitted under PMGKAY scheme in Haryana: Dushyant Chautala Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Monday said that about 27 lakh families in the state are being given food grains free of cost under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana’. “The State Government has emerged as a well wisher of … Read more

HARYANA To give homes to sparrows and mynahs, Haryana plans 6,000 nest boxes in 6 districts The state wildlife department is planning to set up a total of 6,000 bird nest boxes in six districts. The initiative aims to provide homes to birds as a majority of them are facing a loss of habitat. According to officials, … Read more

HARYANA India’s first ‘Grain ATM’ in Gurugram The dynamics of the food world are changing. From robots to machines, a lot has been introduced in the last couple of years to make food hygienic and clean. And the latest addition to this list is India’s first food grains dispensing machine. Haryana Government has recently set … Read more

HARYANA CHIAL pays Rs 3.56cr dividend to Hry for 2020-21 A dividend of Rs 3.56 crore has been disbursed by Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL) to the Haryana government for 2020-2021. Haryana government has a 24.5% stake in the joint venture formed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the governments of Haryana and Punjab. Aviation … Read more

HARYANA Rural power consumers to pay 2% panchayat tax   Power consumers in the rural areas of the state will finally shell out more, with the BJP-JJP government finally imposing 2% “panchayat tax” on the power bills of the consumers falling within the limits of the gram panchayats. Over one and a half years after … Read more

HARYANA Centre to set up cultural centre in Kurukshetra, says Khattar The Centre has given an in-principle approval to the Haryana Government’s proposal to develop a cultural centre in Kurukshetra and agreed to increase the scale of the Surajkund International Crafts Mela, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The Tourism Ministry also agreed to expand … Read more

HARYANA Haryana’s Saraswati heritage board to develop 5 riverfronts   The Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board has come out with a plan to develop five riverfronts on the Saraswati river. The proposed riverfronts will be at Pipli and Pehowa in Kurukshetra district, Bilaspur in Yamunanagar district, and on the Panchkula-Yamunanagar highway near Dosarka village, and … Read more

HARYANA Rohtak tops gender ratio at birth, Jhajjar at bottom   Rohtak has topped the state in terms of sex ratio at birth (SRB) by recording the birth of 962 girls against 100 boys in the first half of the current year. Jhajjar has performed the worst with the lowest SRB of 858. As per … Read more

HARYANA Groundwater level declined in 76 percent areas of Haryana in a decade: CGWB report Despite Haryana Government’s push for incentivizing water conservation, the groundwater crisis is deepening in the agrarian state. The decadal data shows a worrying trend with 76 percent areas in Haryana witnessing a decline in groundwater level, according to the latest … Read more