Haryana: ‘Door-to-door delivery of oxygen cylinders will be done with the help of NGOs’

In yet another move targeted to ensure smooth availability Oxygen for those in Home isolation, door-to-door cylinder refill facility will be provided to them inHaryana.

As soon as the needy patients register for oxygen cylinder refill, their applications will be reflected in both the NGOs and theRed Cross Society. If any of them accepts the request, then the information will be sent via SMS on the given mobile number of the applicant.

Now, state gurdwara panel to take over SGPC-managed educational institutions

After gurdwaras, the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) ad hoc has decided to take over the educational institutions, which the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee was managing in the state.

As per HSGMC leaders, there are three schools, two colleges, and a vocational training academy that are being managed by the SGPC. Besides these, the Miri Piri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Shahabad is managed by a trust.

As the Miri Piri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Shahabad is not being run by the SGPC directly but by a trust, controlled by the Badal family, and to take over the institute.

Haryana mulls merging high schools into sr sec schools

Haryanaeducation department is considering a proposal to shut down all government high schools in the state and merge them with the government-run senior secondary schools. After this, Haryana will only have senior secondary, middle and primary schools. As of now, there are 1,032 government high schools in the state.

Sources added that the Haryana government may merge all primary schools into middle schools as its next step, creating a two-tier school system in the state.
If implemented, this would be the second major step taken by the Haryana government to bring changes in the states school Education department. In August last year, the BJP-JJP government merged a large number of middle and high schools with less than 20 students and 25 students, respectively, with the nearby available schools.

During the parliamentarybudgetsession, the Union Government informed the Rajya Sabha that around 292 government schools in Haryana were either closed or merged in 2022 because of poor numbers of students. The data was shared in response to a question asked byLt Gen D P Vats(Retd), a member of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana. Satpal Sindhu, president, Haryana School Lecturer Association (HSLA), said this would be a good move, especially in the distribution of work among the school lecturers as many of them are currently deployed in high schools TEACHING lower classes, whereas their job profile is to teach classes IX to XII.

Health services to get priority in Budget: Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said the Health Services would be prioritised in the upcoming Budget session so that every citizen can avail the benefits of health services.

The CM was interacting with officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department, the Medical Education Department, the AYUSH Department and officers of National Health Mission(NHM) and the Ayushman Bharat Scheme.

The CM said a provision would be made to make additions in the Budget after considering the suggestions received through government/private doctors and other representatives related to health.

The Chief Minister said that in order to provide accessible health services to the citizens in Civil Hospitals, those suggestions would be given precedence which will revolve around strengthening the health services at Civil Hospitals.

Innovative measures taken to keep animals and birds warm in Haryana zoos

The Wildlife wing of Haryana Forest department has taken extra measures for animals and birds to make them feel at ease during the ongoing winter season. With winter hitting in full force, the management of zoos are using scientific techniques to keep enclosures of birds and animals warm. The instructions have been given to use a combination of facilities, technical staff and supplements for this, said the department of forests (wildlife) officials.

In case of birds, all the cages have been covered with fibre cloths, jute mat and polythene sheets tightly to save them from wind chill and winter rain. Paddy straw and wheat husk bedding have been provided to all the birds for warm nesting. For herbivore animals, temporary shelters and huts made from kanna (secrem-munja), wooden logs and bamboo are created with the help of binding wire and ropes. These facilities are water-proof.

Reptile houses have been equipped with oil fin heaters, which are very good for reptiles as they do not affect the natural humidity of enclosures. Reptile cells have been provided with wheat husk, dry leaf foliage and heavy blankets. Reptile basking lamps (UV LAMPS) have been fitted in the reptile section. Aquarium water heaters with water circulation systems are also being provided to turtles and tortoises.

Nipun Haryana: Gurgaon falls 2 spots in 1 month, ranks 9th

The city slipped back to the ninth position on the Nipun Haryana district dashboard in March, a month after climbing two places, with officials saying this decline may be because mentors for primary school teachers couldn’t complete classroom observations.

The assistant block resource coordinators (ABRCs) could visit 55% of the 363 government-run primary schools located across 65 clusters of Gurgaon.

Rolled out last year, the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (Nipun) Haryana Mission aims to improve foundational Literacy in English and Hindi languages and mathematical skills for students of classes 1 to 3 in government run primary schools. These rankings are a monthly exercise as part of the Mission.

Topping the 22-district list is Charkhi Dadri with a performance score of 98%, followed by Rewari (97%), Faridabad (95%), Panipat (94%) and Palwal (93%).

At the bottom is Sonipat, at 78%, preceded by Panchkula (80%), Rohtak (81%), Jind (83%) and Hisar (83%).

Gurgaon slipped from the 7th spot despite improving its performance . The district had risen two ranks from January to February.

The districts are judged based on the Percentage of target they achieve under six parameters: skill passbook assessment, weekly assessment, availability of print-rich Environment, completion of Hindi workbook, mentors completing classroom observations and review meeting of the district programme implementation unit (DPIU).

PM Modi: Haryana has done commendable work in Aspirational District Programme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while praising the Institutional Delivery System in Mewat (Nuh) district of Haryana, said that when this district was included in the list of Aspirational Districts in 2018, the rate of Institutional Delivery was 50.61 percent and through the continuous efforts of the , it has increased to 92.2 percent which is a matter of pride for the state government and the administration.

Modi, on Saturday, took the review meeting of the Aspirational District Programme in which Chief Ministers of various states, Lieutenant Governors, Secretaries of various Ministries, State Ministers and

District Commissioners directly interacted with the Prime Minister through video conferencing.

Aspirational District Programme was implemented to develop better Health and Nutrition, Education, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Resources“>Water Resources, Financial Inclusion, Skill development and other basic facilities for the citizens so that all round development of selected districts can be achieved.

The PM also praised the government for working to give global identity to the district Nuh of the State and vision of promoting One District-One Product scheme based on the speciality of each district.

Hry to introduce law to give ownership rights to various categories of land owners, says CM Khattar

In a big relief for Jumla Malkan, Mustraka Malkan, Shamlat Deh, Jumla Mustraka Malkan and Abadkar, Pattedar, Dholidar, Butmidar Mukrirdar and Kashtkar, the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that the has decided to introduce a new law to give ownership rights to them.

Chairing a meeting with the delegation of Bhartiya Kisan Union, the Chief Minister said that a special Committee being monitored by him has been constituted to study the old laws and prepare new ones. Deputy Chief Minister, Development and Panchayat Minister, Urban Local Bodies Minister and Advocate General have also been included in this Committee.

The Chief Minister said a new scheme is being formulated for groundwater recharging, adding that as the availability of water is continuously decreasing in the state, it is the responsibility of the government to ensure the optimum use of water. Borewells are also being set up by the government for groundwater recharging, he added.

Accepting the suggestion given by the Union, the Chief Minister said that soon a new scheme will be brought, under which farmers will be able to set up borewells in their fields for groundwater recharging and the state government will make provision for giving subsidies on this. For this, the blueprint will be prepared soon, he added.

Khattar said that in areas where the groundwater level has gone down considerably, farmers should adopt Irrigation“>Micro Irrigation. The state government is providing subsidies up to 85 percent to the farmers for micro irrigation. Not only this, the Resources“>Water Resources Authority is assessing the water level of every village. Piezometers are being installed for this. Now the groundwater level will be ascertained not block-wise but village-wise.

No shortage of fertilizers in State, claims Haryana Agri Min

Haryana Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, JP Dalal on Tuesday came under the severe criticism of opposition after his claims that there is no shortage of Fertilizers in the State.

Dalal, while replying to the on the issue of shortage of DAP/Urea in the state said that adequate stock of various fertilisers is available in the state.

The Agriculture Minister informed the House that till now about 6.93 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of urea, 2.82 lakh metric tonnes of DAP, more than 1 lakh tonnes of SSP, more than 41,000 NPK is available, out of which 6.24 lakh metric tonnes of urea, 2.60 lakh metric tonnes of DAP, 79,000 metric tonnes of SSP, 38,661 metric tonnes of NPK have been provided to the farmers in the State.

Government spending Rs. 16,000 crore on medical, education and research: Haryana CM

At the second convocation ceremony of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, the Chancellor of the University and Governor, Haryana, Bandaru Dattatraya and Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar presented degrees to the students of various courses related to health sciences.

Khattar said that a joint course of bio engineering and medical engineering will be started soon in the state. He said that the kidney transplant will start soon in Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences. He said it is being ensured that every district must have a medical college and at present, 13 medical colleges are functioning in the state and 11 medical colleges are either under construction or have been announced. He said that after the year 2014, medical seats have been increased significantly in the state and in the next five years, the number of these seats will be increased to 3,000.

He said that as per the norms of World Health Organization, there is a requirement of one doctor per 1000 Population. Thus, at present there is a need of 28 thousand doctors in the state, while there are about 7 thousand government doctors in the state. About 50 percent of doctors, including government and private doctors, are providing Services to the people in the state. The is making continuous efforts to meet the shortage of doctors.