HARYANA

Haryana CM honours women for commendable work in various fields

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday honoured Women who have made remarkable contributions in various fields like Education, culture, army, singing, art, medicine, social welfare, Empowerment, Sports, aviation and mountaineering etc at a state-level Samman Samaroh on the occasion of International Womens Day in Karnal.

In recognition of the improvement in sex ratio, the Chief Minister awarded the Deputy Commissioners of the districts of Fatehabad, Ambala, and Jind with cash Awards of Rs. 5 lakhs, Rs. 3 lakhs, and Rs. 2 lakhs, respectively. Apart from these, for improving Nutrition levels, the Deputy Commissioners of the districts of Faridabad, Narnaul, and Ambala received first, second, and third prize awards along with the cash reward of Rs. 2 lakh, Rs. 1 lakh, and Rs. 50,000 each.

Khattar honoured Manju Sharma with Sushma Swaraj Award, Ritu Lather and Monika Sharma with Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award, Vandana with Kalpana Chawla Shaurya Puruskar and Chandraprabha Madan with Lifetime Achievers Award.

Haryana: Sushma Swaraj Award

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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar of Haryana while presenting the state budget has announced a Sushma Swaraj Award for Women for their significant achievements or contribution in different walks of life in the international and national spheres.

The Sushma Swaraj Award will carry an award of Rs 5 lakh along with a commendation.

Sushma Swaraj was a lawyer of The Supreme Court as well as an Indian politician. She was a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, served as Indias Minister of External Affairs during the first Narendra Modi government (20142019). After Indira Gandhi, she was the second woman to occupy this position. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of Legislative Assembly.

Panchayat games to start again in Haryana to promote sports culture: CM Khattar

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To promote Sports culture in the rural areas, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday announced that sports competitions will be organized at the village, block and district level by the Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad. There will be 12 types of sports in these competitions.

Apart from this, the Chief Minister also announced to set up a medical college in Rasulpur village of Tohana block, Fatehabad district and a Nursing college in Jakhal.

Khattar announced development works worth Rs 580 crore to the residents of Tohana. Out of this, inauguration and foundation stone was laid for projects worth Rs 272 crore. He further announced to establish the Government College, Tohana, outside the city limits, wherever about 15 to 20 acres of land would be available.

Khattar said that Panchayat is the third government and the has given many powers to these local governments. The previous governments did not give power to the panchayats, but our government has given them power to get development works done on their own. The Money belongs to the Panchayats and they can spend it accordingly. They can pass the resolution and get the development work done in their area. If the power or funds has to be increased then as per the demand; it will be taken up he added.

Sex ratio at birth dropped in Kurukshetra district last year

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After witnessing an upward trend for a couple of years, the sex ratio at birth dropped 17 points to 921 girls per 1,000 boys in the Kurukshetra district last year.

As per the data, the figure stood at 743 in 2012 and improved to 887 girls per 1,000 boys in 2013. It witnessed a continuous decline for the next three years 869 in 2014, 860 in 2015 and 859 in 2016. The situation improved in 2017 and the sex ratio increased to 924 and remained static at 924 in 2018 too.

The sex ratio improved to 928 and then further to 938 in 2019 and 2020 respectively, but it dropped to 921 last yAs per the data procured from the Health Department, 16,130 children 8,398 boys and 7,732 girls were born in Kurukshetra district last year.ear. The state Average was 914.

Haryana eyeing Rs 1 lakh crore investment for Global City project in Gurugram, says Khattar

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The Haryana government is eyeing an of Rs 1 lakh crore in the Global City project in Gurugram which will come up over about 1,080 acres of land.

Khattar said that the Global City is a mixed land-use Township being developed over nearly 1,080 acres to redefine the concept of urban development and what cities of the future shall look like through its sustainability-focused future-oriented Infrastructure planning and design.

Fertility of one lakh acres of land to be improved in Haryana

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Haryana Resources“>Water Resources Authority chairperson Keshni Anand Arora said on Wednesday that the fertility of one lakh acres of land will be improved in the state within the coming year, for which the first phase of land survey has been completed in 4 districts. Along with this, directions have been given to start the second phase survey in 5 districts of Nuh, Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa.

Presiding over the meeting of Haryana Water Resources Authority, Arora said that this authority is working on a comprehensive plan on the problem of falling water level and waterlogging in various districts of the state.

For the convenience of the farmers and to get rid of the problems related to the ground water level in the state, a centralized water monitoring system is being prepared by the government. He said that through this scheme, the farmers of the state would get the benefit of diversification in their crops, due to which it would be possible to produce more than one crop in a year. This process will not only increase the income of the farmers but will also improve the fertility.

Advanced soil testing lab to come up in Hry

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Plans are underway inHaryanato establish an advanced testing laboratory and a vermi-compost demonstration unit. ICAR-Indian Wheat and Barley Research Institute in Karnal will also set up a wheat-based agripreneurship centre to enhance the income of small and medium farmers. Additionally, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, will establish a biopesticide laboratory and a natural farming pesticide production unit at Uchani in Karnal.

These initiatives were approved during the state-level steering committee meeting of the Rashtriya KrishiVikasYojana, chaired by chief secretarySanjeevKaushal. In the meeting, an annual plan worth Rs 1,371.91 crore for the year 2023-24 was also approved. The plans will now be forwarded to the Union ministry of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture for final approval.
Kaushal said the agriculture department is committed to promoting Organic Farming and improving Soil fertility

About 12.5L new ration cards made in Hry: CM

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Stating that about 12.5 lakh new ration cards have been made in Haryana, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that many times, the government has received complaints that the ration cards of actual beneficiaries have not been made, while the ineligible were taking the benefits.

To address all such complaints, a first-of-its-kind initiative was started by the and PPP cards of about 72 lakh families were generated. A survey of the families was conducted. Not only this, earlier the income eligibility limit of BPL was Rs 1.20 lakh annually, which has now been increased to Rs 1.80 lakh, he added.

Khattar, interacting with some of such ration card holders through audio conferencing, said: After all these procedures, the process of making automatic ration cards through PPP was started and in the month of January, about 12.5 lakh new ration cards have been made. Now only eligible people are getting the benefits of government facilities.

Annual water level decline reported in about 58% wells in 22 districts, says CGWB report

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The groundwater crisis continues to deepen in the agrarian state of Haryana with annual water level decline reported in about 58 percent wells covering all 22 districts of the state.

The annual analysis of water level showed groundwater level decline in 58 percent of wells monitored post monsoon (October month) from 2019-2020.

This covers 62 percent of the area covering all districts in the state, according to the latest report of the Central Ground Water Board.

The annual water level decline of 0-2m was recorded in 49 percent of wells and 46 percent of area in all districts of the state in one year while decline of 2-4m was recorded in 5 percent of wells and 8 percent of the state’s area.

The groundwater level decline of more than 4m was recorded in four percent of wells and eight percent of area of the state at isolated patches in Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Jind, Sirsa, Gurugram, Mewat, Jhajjar, Rewari, Panipat and Faridabad districts, the report stated.

As per the CGWB report, 330 wells monitored reported decline in water level between 0-2m, 31 wells from 2-4m and 25 wells more than 4m.

The rise in water level from 0-2m was observed in 238 wells, 2-4m in 31 wells and more than 4m in 14 wells in the state in post monsoon annual analysis.

The rise in groundwater level of more than 4 m was observed in only two percent of wells and two percent of area of the state at isolated patches in Panipat, Faridabad and Palwal districts.

The report further pointed out that the decadal analysis from January 2011-2021 also showed water level decline in 58 percent of wells which covers about 66 percent area of the state falling in 22 districts.

The decadal groundwater level decline of more than 4m was observed in 10 percent wells and 14 percent of the area of state covering parts of Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mahendragarh, Rewari and Gurugram districts.

Rationalisation Commission to be setup in Haryana: CM

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that a Rationalization Commission will be set up in the state to rationalize posts in government departments as per the requirement. This Commission will rationalise the number of posts in every department; announced Khattar while replying to the introduced in the house regarding the recruitments being done through the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam on the second day of the winter session of the Haryana Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.

The Chief Minister made it clear to the House that complaints of exploitation of employees were received in cases of outsourced EMPLOYMENT done through contractors. Thus, ending the same, Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam has been set up to save all such employees from this exploitation.

Through this Nigam, initially, temporary employment is offered for a period of one year on a contract basis. These youth will have to leave the job if any other person is recruited on a regular basis through Haryana Public Service Commission and Haryana Staff Selection Commission. However, these youth can also apply for regular recruitment.

Khattar said that through HKRN first priority is given to those with higher educational qualifications. He said that so far only 4000 to 5000 TGT, PGT recruitment has been done through HKRN and he himself had telephonically talked to 10 candidates each inquiring if they have received any deployment message from the Nigam or not. All such candidates are given 15 days of joining time.