HARYANA

The Haryana government will provide an annual pension of Rs 2,500 to custodians of trees older than 75 years, a minister said.

Haryana Forest and Environment Minister Kanwar Pal said trees older than 75 years have immense ecological value and a pension would be deposited in the bank accounts of those protecting and maintaining such trees.

The Haryana Pran Vaayu Devta Pension Scheme was launched to inculcate a sense of protection and conservation of old trees among people, he said, adding that the government was committed to protect such trees.

Pal said the pension amount will increase every year at rates pro-rata to the increase in the Old Age Samman Pension Scheme for people in the state.

A Pran Vaayu Devta Tree Conservation Committee will identify, map and make an inventory of the trees being covered under the scheme through a systematic census, he said.

The Chief Minister was responding to the latest data of the Centre for Monitoring of Indian economy (CMIE) for the month of May which has put the rate of Unemployment in Haryana at 29.10 percent. Citing the report, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala has accused the BJP-JJP led of pushing the future of the state’s youth into darkness.

The Chief Minister said that the State Government has the data from Parivar Pechchan Patra (family ID cards) in which people who say they are unemployed have given self-declaration. As per the data, about 5-6 lakh are those who call themselves unemployed.

Out of these 5-6 lakh too, 2 to 2.5 percent are those who remain unemployed for a brief period, eg. while changing jobs or for a few months after completion of their graduation, he said.

On unemployment rate in the state, Khattar further said that five to six per cent unemployment rate overall can be there in the state and that too includes factors impacted by COVID situation.

Unemployment figures like 30 percent, 35 percent or 40 per cent, which means more than one-third are unemployed, are not correct. We don’t have such big numbers of unemployed people in Haryana, he claimed.

After witnessing a steady trend for two years, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the district has improved to 10 for the period between April 2022 and March 23. The IMR is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

As per data procured from the Health Department, the IMR was recorded at 17 in 2018-19 with 285 deaths. It improved to 14 with 279 deaths in 2019-20, and further to 11 with 212 deaths in 2020-21. It remained static at 11 with 219 deaths in 2021-22 and improved to 10 with 197 deaths in 2022-23.

The Haryana Government has decided to cover nambardars under Ayushman Bharat Yojana to allow them benefits in case of serious illnesses. Apart from this, smart mobile phones will also be provided to them.

Kaushal said there are 23,375 sanctioned posts of nambardars in the state. Under this scheme, beneficiaries were being provided funds up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary Health treatment in public and private listed hospitals in India. The scheme provides health Services free of cost to a beneficiary in Seva Sansthan ie hospitals. The scheme helps in reducing the excessive expenses incurred due to medical treatment. Under it, clinical treatment, health treatment and medicines are available free of cost up to three days before and 15 days after hospitalisation.

Scientists of theNational Research Institute(NDRI) in Karnal have achieved new milestone by producing countrys first Indigenous Gir cow clone calf.
The female calf namedGangawas born on March 16, but the achievement was disclosed on Sunday after observing her Health for around 10 days. The weight of the calf at the time of birth was 32 kg and the new-born is keeping good health.

The somatic cells of elite cows are used as donor genomes, which are fused with OPU-derived enucleated oocytes. Following chemical activation and in-vitro culture, the developed blastocysts are transferred into recipient mothers to deliver the Gir calf.”
Himanshu Pathak, Secretary (DARE) & Director General ofIndian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Dheer Singh, Director & Vice Chancellor of NDIR congratulated the team of scientists.

Haryanais ready for a mega Sports event as the 26thAll India Forest Sports Meetis being organized soon atPanchkula.

Haryana CMManohar Lal Khattar released the Logo and Mascot of the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet at his residence.

Khattar said it is a matter of pride that Haryana is the host of the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet. Prior to this, the sports meet has been successfully organized twice in Haryana; 10th meet in the year 2003 and 13th meet in 2013.

The ministry of Environment and forest, Government of India, organizes the All India Forests Sports Meet on an annual basis; the responsibility of which is assigned to a state. With the aim to promote sports in the Forest Department, the 1st All India Forest Sports Meet was organized at Hyderabad in the year 1993 and till date, this meet has been organized 25 times.

The Haryana Government today launched the Programme to Accelerate Development for MSME Advancement (PADMA) programme.

“Based on the principles of ‘local yet global’, the PADMA aims to create self-sustainable and thriving industrial at the cluster level for each block of Haryana,” said Manohar Lal Khattar while launching the scheme at a function held here today.

He said the PADMA programme was a multi-department programme, which would not only promote local products but also give EMPLOYMENT opportunities to the youth, especially the targeted Antyodaya Anna Yojana beneficiaries. “The MSME sector plays a significant role in economic landscape of Haryana, contributing over 22 per cent to the Gross State Value Added (GSVA),” said Khattar.

The Chief Minister also said under the PADMA scheme, one product in each block of 22 districts, covering all 140 blocks in the state had been identified based on the locally available Resources, existing micro enterprise ecosystem, demographic profile, key opportunities, sunrise sectors and Growth potential.

With the main Rabi sowing period set to end in a month, aureacrisis seems to be brewing inHaryana. Though state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture minister JP Dalal has claimed that the state boasts of ample stock of urea,farmersin his own Loharu assembly constituency in Bhiwani district who are forced to stand in long queues to get the fertilizer tell a different story.

In fact, the entire sowing season has been marred with the shortage of the crucial fertiliser while the government has been claiming that all is well. Farmers in Bhiwani have now given the agriculture minister an ultimatum, stating that if urea is not available by December 23, they will not allow him to enter his constituency and would launch a protest.

Urea is a source of nitrogen. According to Baljeet Singh Bhayan, an expert, nitrogen is the most important of the 16 nutrients since it boosts crop Growth. Urea is given first during the sowing period, followed by a 30-day interval till the first Irrigation.