HARYANA

Haryana set to introduce aerospace and defence policy

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In a bid to position Haryana as the country’s leading aerospace and DEFENCE manufacturing hub, the Manohar Lal Khattar Government will soon roll out its aerospace and defence policy which proposes augmentation, setting up of aerospace defence parks, development of freight and air cargo facilities among other initiatives.

The policy aims at attracting an Investment of at least one billion USD (Rs 7400 crore) in next five years in the aerospace and defence sector besides generating direct and indirect EMPLOYMENT opportunities to around 30000 persons in the state.

The State Government, working on finalizing the aerospace and defence (A&D) policy is focusing on seven key aspects including infrastructure augmentation, fiscal incentives to reduce cost of business, Human Capital development, strengthening connectivity, development of MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facilities, easy availability of land at affordable prices and development of MSMEs willing to shift to A&D sector.

Apart from this, fiscal incentives like SGST reimbursement, employment generation subsidy, reimbursement of stamp duty, electricity duty exemption, land concession, freight subsidy will be offered for certain years for mega projects under A & D sector. For Resources-development”>Human Resources Development, the government has proposed to introduce aerospace specific content in ITIs and Polytechnics and offer research and innovation Scholarship for students, the official said

Several rounds of meetings have been held with concerned Departments and stakeholders to take suggestions for chalking out this policy. The State Government is planning to roll out the policy soon, the official added.

Among other key features of the policy include identification of land at the four minor airstrips by the State Government to impart aviation related activities including manufacturing and assembly of smaller aircraft, part MRO and workshops for rotables, small scale flying training organisations, RPAS (drone) assembly manufacturing research and training (at Narnaul and Karnal, aero adventure or aero Sports activities and sub-base parking of helicopters and smaller aircrafts in the state.

Notably, the State Government is currently developing an integrated aviation hub at Hisar, wherein 7200 acres of land have been earmarked for this purpose. It is proposed to set up a world class MRO as part of Hisar aviation hub and this will be a state-of-the-art facility which will provide full aircraft base maintenance Services and also cater to the maintenance needs of regional and global airline customers.

Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran services from 16 to 43 now

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The has further notified 43 Services ofHSVPunder administrative control of Department of Town and Country planning, under the Right To Service Act 2014.
This is consequent to the recommendations of chief commissioner, Haryana Right to Service Commission, official spokesman TC Gupta said adding that this has led to significant increase in the list of notified services of HSVP to 43 from existing 16 services.

Many important services likeIssuance of Possession Certificatehas been notified with the new right to service timeline of 3 days, Removal of Encroachment within the timeline of 15 days, Cleaning of road/berm within the timeline of 5 days, Maintenance of Park-Horticulture within the timeline of 7 days and more such services have been added with an aim to curb Corruption, reduce hassle of the applicant beneficiaries and also ensuring the delivery of notified services in a time bound manner.

Modern retail stores Har-Hith will open in the villages of Haryana on October 2.

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As many as 1100 applications have been received for the franchisee of Har-Hith stores, out of which 95 per cent applications have been found eligible under the franchisee policy. The scheme to open these stores was launched on August 2, said Rohit Yadav, Managing Director, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited (HAICL).

He said that 80 percent of the site surveys of the eligible applicants have been made and after the store site survey, the sites which are ready for setting up of shops have been allotted. Others have been asked to make some basic improvements to the site.

He said that from September 1, out of the sites which are ready to be set up for shops 300 sites have been allotted, while the allotment process for the rest of the sites is underway. Along with this, 100 agreements have been made under the franchisee policy of the scheme.

With this, the stores fitout and interior work will be completed at the earliest by the vendor on behalf of Haryana-Agro within a week, he said.

Haryana gives Rs 2026.19L financial assistance to 2556 SC beneficiaries

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Haryana State Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation has provided financial assistance of Rs 2026.19 lakh to 2556 beneficiaries of Scheduled Castes under various schemes during the financial year 2022-23 till February, 2023. Subsidy of Rs 165.71 lakh is also included in the assistance.

The governments official spokesperson on Tuesday said that loans under various categories including Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied sector, industrial, business sector and self-EMPLOYMENT sector are provided to the SCs so that they can establish their business and generate self-employment opportunities. Financial assistance is also being provided to them under the schemes implemented with the help of National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation.

Haryana CM interacts with MSME entrepreneurs, hails their contribution

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that inspired by the Government of India’s ambitious MSE cluster scheme, Haryana has formulated the State Mini Cluster Development Programme and under this, a 90 per cent grant-in-aid is provided for setting up Common Facility Centres.

At present, the process of setting up 43 mini clusters is going on in Haryana, out of which 25 clusters have started. This scheme was also appreciated by the Government of India, said Khattar while interacting directly with the Micro Small, and Medium Entrepreneurs during a virtual Samvad programme.

The entrepreneurs thanked the Chief Minister for the pro-MSME schemes being run by the to promote industries.

The Chief Minister said that small-scale industries form the basis of strengthening the country’s economy and in today’s time MSMEs are playing an important role in realizing the Prime Minister’s self-reliant India dream. He said that the state government is giving importance to big industries as well as is focussed on promoting Micro, Small, and Medium Industries. MSMEs need less Investment capital but provide ample EMPLOYMENT to more people.

Haryana to enlist Rs 1.2 crore for free healthcare by year end: Manohar Lal Khattar

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Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has launched a state-wide campaign, Chirayu Haryana, under which the government has raised the annual income eligibility cap for theAyushmanBharat scheme to Rs 1.8 lakh from Rs 1.2 lakh.

UnderChirayu Haryana, people with an annual income of up to Rs 1.8 lakh can enrol and avail all benefits offered by the Centres Ayushman Bharat scheme, he said in Manesar.

Under both initiatives, Haryana aims to issue golden cards to a total of 1.2 crore recipients by the end of this year, the CM added. By December 5, we should cover 10 lakh beneficiaries under Chirayu Haryana. With this card, family members of recipients can get free treatment costing up to Rs 5 lakh. The scheme also covers around 1,500 treatment procedures and operation expenses, Khattar said.

Under the scheme, people from the economically weaker section can avail healthcare treatment as well as coverage of three days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days of post-hospitalization expenses. Around 600 golden cards were distributed in Manesar and two more sites in Gurugram on Monday the Freedom Fighter zila parishad hall in Gurugrams Civil Lines and the Pataudi government hospital.

Farm fires down by 64% in Haryana in 4 yrs: Agriculture Secy

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Urging farmers to resort to crop residue management, the Additional Secretary, Union Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Ministry, Dr Abhilaksh Likhi, said there was a significant reduction of 64 per cent in the number of incidents of burning of paddy residue in Haryana in the year 2020 compared to the year 2016.

Interacting with farmers during his visit to the Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (FMTTI) in Hisar today, Dr Likhi called upon the farmers to adopt the management of their crop residue which helps bring down Air Pollution further. He also took farmers feedback while inspecting the machines and equipment used for in-situ and ex-situ crop residue management at Northern Zone Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute.

He informed the farmers that the Agriculture Department had introduced a Central scheme on crop residue management in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in 2018-19 to addressing the problem of air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region due to stubble burning.

He said under this scheme, financial assistance for the purchase of crop residue management machines was provided at 50% of the cost to individual farmers and at 80% of the project cost to of farmers, registered farmers societies, FPOs and panchayats for establishment of custom hiring centres of crop residue management machines.

Integrate all government services with Auto Appeal System at earliest: Khattar

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Presiding over a review meeting of the Auto Appeal System, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed all the administrative officers that the citizen-centric Services of all the departments should immediately be integrated with the Auto Appeal System (AAS). This work should be done expeditiously as ensuring timely delivery of citizen-centric services is the utmost priority of both the Government and Administrative wing, said Khattar.

The AAS proved a boon for the common man. People are benefiting from this system on a large scale. The had started this system so that not only the grievances of every Antyodaya is heard but the timely benefit of government facilities should also be ensured, added the Chief Minister.

Haryana Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Kamlesh Dhanda,said all the appointments that were previously made under outsourcing policy I and II will now be done through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam.

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The Women and Child Development Minister said that employees would be engaged through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam in the State. For this, the Nigam will launch its portal from November 1, and the youth can apply there, she said.

She added employees appointed through various outsourcing agencies in various departments used to complain about not getting EPF, ESI facility, but now they will get all these facilities. Not only will the deserving youth get EMPLOYMENT through the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, but training would also be arranged from time to time for their Skill development, she added.