HARYANA

Hry Budget: Sector wise allocation

Eyeing youth voters of the state, the Manohar Lal Khattar Government in its fifth and final budget focused on the issue of employment and skill development.

Agriculture & allied services

The outlay for Agriculture and Allied Services has been increased to Rs 3,834.33 crore in BE 2019-20, as compared to Rs 3670.29 crore in 2018-19 BE. The State Government has proposed an outlay of Rs 816.91 crore for Rural Development and Rs 4377.25 crore for Development and Panchayats Development.

Health services and education sector

Rs 5,040.65 crore has been allocated in BE 2019-20 for health and family welfare sector, which is an increase of 12.3 percent over the RE outlay of Rs 4,486.91 crore in 2018-19. This includes an outlay of Rs 3,126.54 crore for Health and Family Welfare, Rs. 1,358.75 crore for Medical Education and Research, Rs 337.20 crore for Ayush, Rs. 172.49 crore for Employees State Insurance Health Care and Rs. 45.67 crore for Food and Drugs Administration.

Abhimanyu said that the State Government has approved a proposal for establishment of a Pharma Park at Karnal. Besides, two Mobile Food Testing Laboratories have been approved by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, which have been rolled out for survey and spreading awareness on food safety, hygiene and promoting healthy eating habits.

On the other hand, Rs 12,307.46 crore has been allocated for Elementary and Secondary Education in BE 2019-20 against the revised budget provision in 2018-19 of Rs 11,256.00 crore, with an increase of 9.3 percent.

Animal Husbandry and Dairy

To tackle the menace of stray bulls in the state, the Government has finalized the procurement of 2 lakh sexed semen for artificial insemination of crossbred and indigenous cattle. In 2019-20, the state government will develop a rapid milk testing facility at each Government Veterinary Hospital level to detect the milk adulteration in rural areas. “Pashu Sanjivni Sewa” on call mobile veterinary services at the door step of farmers, would be provided initially in three districts, (Jind, Yamunanagar, Mewat) as pilot project and the same would eventually be extended in the entire State.

Power sector

While budget of Rs 12988.61 crore has been allocated for Power Department, Rs 475.91 crore has been allocated for Department of New and Renewable Energy. The Finance Minister said that concerted efforts have been made to reduce Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses by the Discoms. AT & C losses has been reduced by 13.12 per cent from 30.02 per cent in 2016-17 to 16.9 per cent in 2018. During 2017-18, Discoms achieved financial turnaround two years ahead of target and registered a net profit of Rs. 412.34 crore, he said.

Per capita income and PSEs

Earlier, the FM informed the House that the per capita income of the state at constant prices in 2017-18 was estimated at Rs 1,57,649 which is likely to further increase to Rs 1,68,209 in 2018-19 as compared to the All-India figure of Rs.91,921.

INTERNATIONAL

India ranks 47th in ‘Inclusive’ Internet list

India ranked 47th in the overall “Inclusive Internet Index 2019” (3i).

The index has been prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for Facebook.

Sweden topped the index which was followed by Singapore and the US.

The index was expanded to include 100 countries which will represent 94% of the world’s population and 96% of global GDP.

NATIONAL

National Science Day: 28 February

National Science Day is celebrated on February 28 every year to remember Nobel laureate Sir C V Raman’s contribution to the field of science.

The objective of observation of National Science Day is to spread the message of importance of science and its applications among the people.

The theme for this year’s Science Day is ‘Science for the People and the People for Science’.

For his discovery, Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

Union HRD Minister launches the Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS)

The Minister for Human Resources Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar has launched the Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) in New Delhi.
The scheme will provide industry apprenticeship opportunities to the general graduates exiting in April 2019 through the National Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme (NAPS).

The program aims to enhance the employability of Indian youth by providing on the job work exposure’ and earning of stipend.

SHREYAS portal will enable educational institutions and industry to log in and provide their respective demand and supply of apprenticeship.

· First Indian made Centaur rocket was successfully launched at Thumb, Kerala

The first Indian-made Centaur rocket was successfully launched from the Thumba equatorial rocket station, Kerala on 26th February 2019 to the great jubilation of a large number of scientists.
Vikram Sarabhai, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Indian National Committee for Space Research, described that the flight of the two-stage sounding rocket as very satisfactory. It was a hailed as a momentous event. India is now on the path to long-range development of superior rockets, which will take us to the goal of satellite launching in five years.

· ISRO to launch defence satellite ‘Emisat’ in March for DRDO

In the special mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will also launch 28 third-party satellitesand will demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of ‘Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’ (PSLV) rocket in March, 2019.
Electronic intelligencesatellite ‘Emisat’ of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) weighs about 420 kg.
After launching Emisat at an altitude of 763 km, the PSLV rocket will be brought down to put the remaining 28 satellites into orbit at an altitude of 504 km.

· Govt detects Rs 20,000 crore GST evasion in April-Feb FY19

The government detected Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion of around Rs 20,000 crore between April 2018 and February 2019.
Out of this, ₹10,000 crore has been recovered.
Currently, GST has 4-tier slab of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, while essential items are zero rated.

GST is a consumption based tax levied on sale, manufacture and consumption on goods & services at a national level.

Over 1,300 goods and 500 services fitted under four tax slabs of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% under GST.

· DAC approved purchase of defence equipment worth Rs 2,700 crore

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) granted approval for procurement of three cadet training shipsfor the Indian Navy, which would be utilised to provide basic sea training for officer cadets including women officer under trainees.
DAC meeting was chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
DAC is the highest decision-making body for defence purchases.

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