HARYANA

Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said permanent arrangements are being made for drainage of rainwater with an expenditure of Rs 1,100 crore by the in order to protect the crops. He stated that from next year, arrangements will be made to ensure proper drainage of water from the waterlogged fields within four hours.

He said digital libraries will be set up in all state villages. The work of setting up libraries in 1,000 villages has been completed and by the end of the year, work of setting up libraries in 4,000 villages will be completed. Also, by 2024, the target of setting up digital libraries in all the state villages will be achieved.

Following the pattern of villages, the process of making the urban areas free of lal dora has started inHaryana. State chief secretarySanjeev Kaushal directed the officers to prepare an action plan in 15 days for mapping of assets inside lal dora, using drones in urban areas as well.

Kaushal was presiding over the review meeting on the progress of SVAMITVA Yojana (ownership scheme).

He directed the officers to prepare master data of property IDs issued by department, town and country planning department, and Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran and in private colonies in order to know the actual situation, and share the information about lal dora with all municipal corporations, municipalities and committees.

He said the work of drones flying in villages under the SVAMITVA Yojana was almost complete and the work of making and distributing property cards was going on in a phased manner.
Now on the same lines, the work of lal dora free in urban areas will also be done expeditiously so that people can get their ownership rights.

Kaushal said Haryana was the first to start the lal dora-free scheme in the country, which was later implemented by the centre government across India.

The Food and Civil Supplies Department has procured 2567599 MT, HAFED has procured 3622157 MT, has procured 694294 MT and Haryana Warehousing Corporation has procured 1609095 MT of wheat during 2021-22.

A total of 7798851 MT of wheat was procured through 915603 J Forms by the state procurement agencies and the total MSP of the procured crop was about Rs 15402.73 crore out of which a payment of Rs 15385.09 crore has been made directly into the accounts of the farmers through 914415 J Forms.

The contractors desiring to work in various projects of three primary engineering departments of the state namely Public Works Department, Irrigation-and-water”>Irrigation and water Resources Department and Public Health Engineering Department will benefit from this portal.

The portal will enable the contractors desirous of participating in various tenders of these departments to register themselves for the purpose. Every contractor will have to create a profile on it and they would be exempted from bearing Earnest Deposit (EMD) if they provide certain essential details for registration on the portal.

Khattar also directed that startups and new entrepreneurs should also be facilitated through this portal and expressed his hope that the portal would prove as a game-changer in providing an accessible and simple platform for the contractors which would also be a single-point reference for providing necessary information to the prospective bidders of the departments.

Two teachers of Kurukshetra University (KU) have been honoured by the Haryana Academy. While Surendra Mohan Mishra, a retired Professor of Sanskrit from department of KU will receive Acharya Sthanu Dutt Award for the year 2017, Lalit Kumar Gaur, Professor of Sanskrit, KU will receive Maharishi Vedavyasa Samman for the year 2018.

KU vice-chancellor Prof Som Nath Sachdeva congratulated Prof Mishra and Prof Gaur for this noteworthy achievement. Prof Som Nath said that it is a matter of great honour and pride for KU which was established as a Sanskrit University in 1956 and whose foundation stone was laid by the first president of India, Bharat Ratna Rajendra Prasad in 1957.

To complete the works at the local level in a time-bound and expeditious manner, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that the Government is committed to give full autonomy to the local governments, that is the municipal bodies.

For the year 2022-23, out of the State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR) of about Rs 65,000 crore, about Rs 3,600 crore will be given to the municipal bodies. Apart from this, an additional Rs 500 crore will be given for the previous dues. In this way, the municipal bodies will get Rs 4,100 crore to get development works done at their own level, said Khattar, adding that a total amount of Rs 5,000 crore is already available in all the municipal bodies.

Khattar said that a state-level committee should be constituted for restructuring and rationalization in the municipal bodies, which would conduct a complete study by visiting the municipal bodies. Instructing the officers, he said that a common portal should be made for auction of properties in all municipal bodies.

After implementing 75 percent reservation for people of the state in private jobs, the Manohar Lal Khattar Government in Haryana has decided to set up a call centre to provide assistance to its citizens and seek feedback on various aspects related to EMPLOYMENT. The outbound call centre is proposed to be launched to provide personalized assistance to the job seekers, offer information on different government policies and schemes, redress grievances of citizens and address the queries of job seekers. Besides this, a bulk messaging service is also planned to be started by the government to connect to the citizens on employment related issues.

The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 that reserves 75 per cent of jobs in the private sector in Haryana offering a salary of less than Rs 30,000 a month only to locals came into effect on January 15, 2022. Under this, any local candidate (resident of Haryana) aggrieved by the action of any employer in violation of any provision of the Act, can file a complaint with the government.

The Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board (HSHDB) will celebrate two-day Sarasvati Mahotsav on January 25 and 26 in Yamunanagar and Kurukshetra, respectively. Dhuman Singh, vice-chairman of the HSHDB, said the inaugural ceremony of the Mahotsav would be held at Adi Badri, Yamunanagar, on January 25, and the closing ceremony on January 26 at Sarsavati Tirtha in Pehowa (Kurukshetra).

A painting and drawing competition on the theme Sarasvati will be organised for schoolchildren on both days. Cultural events will be organised at Sarasvati Tirtha on January 26.