HARYANA

Haryana 5th in export of organic products

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Haryana has one of the lowest areas under certified but it is ranked fifth in the country in exporting organic products.

The state has 5,303 hectares under certified organic farming with 4,903 hectares under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) and 400 hectares under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification.

A mere 4,339 farmers are engaged in growing organic Cereals and Millets, medicinal Plants, wheat, basmati rice, fodder, fruits and vegetables, oilseeds, processed food, pulses, spices, condiments, sugar, tea and tuber products.

The state exported 38,986 MT worth Rs 348.77 crore in 2020-21. The facts come to Light in a reply of the Ministry of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on a question of land under organic farming in the country in the Rajya Sabha on July 30. Punjab has a total of 7,021 hectares under certified organic farming involving 12,861 farmers. It exported 326.03 MT of organic foods worth Rs 2.73 crore and was ranked 19th in the country in 2020-21. Only Andaman and Nicobar (1,360 hectares), Ladakh (817.85 hectares), Lakshadweep (3,595.51 hectares), Puducherry (183.65 hectares), Daman and Diu (1,100 hectares) and Chandigarh (1,300 hectares) have a lower area under organic farming than Punjab and Haryana.

The neighbouring Himachal Pradesh has 29,554 hectares under certified organic farming involving 60,891 farmers. Besides cereals and millets, dry fruits, fruits and vegetables, medicinal plant products, pulses, spices, sugar, tea and tuber products, it is also cultivating apple, basmati rice, coriander and rajmah.

The state exported a mere 7.88 MT of products worth Rs 1.62 crore in 2020-21. Jammu and Kashmir has 31,179.82 hectares under organic farming involving 24,772 farmers. It exported 607.59 MT worth Rs 10.77 crore. Madhya Pradesh has the maximum area under certified organic farming in the country. It has 11.96 lakh hectares under cultivation and 6.26 lakh farmers are engaged in it.

It exported 5 lakh MT of products earning Rs 2,683.58 crore in 2020-21, the highest in the country. It is followed by Maharashtra (Rs 913.74 crore), Gujarat (Rs 723.20 crore) and Kerala (Rs 355.34 crore). Haryana comes at fifth rank in exports. Experts say that this is because the traders in the state bought organic products from neighbouring states and exported them.

10,000 tubewell connections under process: Haryana jail minister Ranjit Sign

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Hearing the grievances of people in a bijli panchayat (public meeting) organised byDakshin HaryanaBijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) at the public works department rest house in Hisar, power and jail ministerRanjit Singh said 45,000 tubewell connections were given to farmers of the state in various phases.

He added they were processing another 10,000 tubewell connections.

The minister informed that a high-security jail was being built inRohtakand its construction would be completed in six-seven months.

In a step towards empowering the citizens of Haryana with round-the-clock Police assistance, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will launch a new integrated emergency number 112 for all police, fire and ambulance emergencies from Panchkula on July 12.

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Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava on Sunday said that the emergency number would be launched under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). The Chief Minister would also flag off 601 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) equipped with mobile data terminals and other emergency related equipment, he said.

Describing the project as a major milestone for Haryana Police, the DGP said that the launch of this project would enable the police to help people more promptly and more effectively at the time of emergency. The citizens can seek emergency support by dialling a single number, 112 in case of any distress, he said.

Yadava said that the new system would eliminate the need for people to remember multiple numbers. ERSS is an integration of police (100), fire (101) and ambulance (108) helpline numbers to provide emergency Services through the single number. The project has been implemented on the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he added. Under the project, a state-of-the-art State Emergency Response Centre has been set up at Panchkula which has been digitally connected to the Police Control Room at district level as well as emergency response vehicles.

Only 4 universities from Haryana in top 100

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Only four higher educational institutions from the state managed to make a place in the top-100 universities category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education released on Monday. Like previous years, no institution managed to enter the top-100 bracket in the overall ranking.

While the private universities have improved their rankings, some major government institutions have fared poorly this year.

Among Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and allied sectors ICAR-NDRI Karnal ranked 2nd in the country and Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University is ranked 10th

The National Institute of Food Technology, and Management, and the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Science are ranked 24 and 34, respectively

Indian Medical Association, Haryana opposes government promotion of Patanjali pill

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Haryanahealth and Home minister Anil Vij created a new controversy by announcing the Khattar governments decision to purchase and distribute Patanjalis Coronil kits among theCovid-19 patients.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA), Haryana, strongly opposed the state governments decision to purchase and distribute Patanjalis Coronil kits among the Covid-19 patients. The Haryana governments decision comes just after theIMAand Patanjali founder BabaRamdevclashed over his statements against allopathy.

Haryana Government launched the Drone Imaging and Information Service of Haryana Limited (DRIISHYA) for surveying infrastructure projects, monitoring of agriculture and horticulture crops, and surveillance of sensitive areas for security purposes.

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While inaugurating the Startup Symposium and Ignite, 2023 in Chandigarh, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said that the Government of India has emphasized the need of utilizing drones and capture images to understand the crops yield and crops damage due to inclement weather, so that the compensation can be given to the farmers accordingly.

The Haryana government is using drones for surveying Infrastructure projects, monitoring Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Horticulture crops, and surveillance of sensitive areas for security purposes.

The Chief Secretary said that DRIISHYA will impart drone pilot training to the youth in the state which would generate EMPLOYMENT opportunities for them.He said the State Government is also using drones to curb illegal mining activities and ensure sustainable mining practices in the state.

The government has been using drones to monitor and prevent stubble burning in the state. With this step, stubble-burning cases have come down to 47 percent as compared to the previous year. Now we are working to bring down the stubble burning cases to zero active fire incidents, he said.Speaking about the startups in Haryana, he said that the state is becoming a hub for a vibrant startup ecosystem in the country.

Haryana Chief Conservator of Forests (wildlife) ML Rajvanshi said that the State Wildlife and Forest Department has decided to carry out a wildlife census from May 1 to June 30.

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The counting of these animals would also help the department to push its agenda of protecting bird species, animals and more forest areas. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, is the nodal agency for wildlife counting.

According to Forest officials, beat level survey will be done by department officials at identified beats of Shivalik and Aravali between May 5 and May 12. Camera mapping exercise by WII Dehradun team will be done in selected areas between May 1 and June 30.

The State Chief Conservator of Forests said that the distribution, numbers and behaviour of birds and animals are changing over the period of time because of various reasons. The Population of the black partridge (kala teetar), Haryana State bird, sparrow, butterfly, hog deer or pada deer, whit nape tilt, leopards among others has been decreasing over the past few years.

Organic fertilizer to boost carbon content in soil

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On the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote zero budget natural farming, scientists of the National Research Institute (NDRI) here have started the production of an organic fertiliser, Ghan Jeevaamrit, consisting of cow dung and urine of indigenous breed, water, jaggery, Soil and gram flour.

NDRI Director Dr Manmohan Singh Chauhan claimed that it was a rich source of carbon which could increase the carbon content from 0.2 per cent to 0.9 per cent. The NDRI will also give training to interested farmers free of cost in coming days.

The National Dairy Research Institute, here, have started the production of an organic fertiliser, Ghan Jeevaamrit consisting of cow dung and urine of indigenous breed, water, jaggery, soil and gram flour.

It has been observed that due to excessive use of fertilisers the natural carbon content in the soil goes down to less than 0.2 per cent, which is not a good sign. By using this Ghan Jeevaamriit we have observed that it goes up to 0.9 per cent.

Haryana Govt working on 3R- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse principle for water management, says CM

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said that the is working on the 3R- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse principle for water management.

Positive steps are being taken in the direction of water conservation by formulating a Policy for Treated Waste Water. State Governments Investment-friendly policies have made Haryana the first choice for foreign investors, said Khattar after inaugurating the Daiki Axis factory in village Devli at Palwal district.

During this, he also inquired about the technology being used by the company for water management. A MoU was also signed between Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Dudhola and the Company for improving the skills of the students.

Khattar said that a pleasant and safe Environment is being provided in the state and this is the reason that today Haryana is becoming the first choice of foreign investors. He said that the newly inaugurated plant, which has been set up with an investment of Rs. 200 crores, would prove to be an important step in the development of the region besides becoming a partner in the direction of water conservation.

The Chief Minister informed that in the coming 5 years, this prestigious company will invest about Rs. 800 crores by providing EMPLOYMENT to about 4000 people. Haryana is at the top in Ease of Doing Business and this is the reason that today 28 percent of Japanese companies are becoming investors in Haryana, added Khattar. He said, Through new technology, we are working to reuse treated water. So far 200 STPs have been set up in Haryana and about 700 cusecs of water is being reused from them.

Haryana, which is known for its rigid patriarchal order, continued to remain a poor performer in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) towards gender equality, as per the Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index 2020-21.

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Even as Haryana recorded an overall score of 67, an improvement of 10 points and 14th rank among states this time, as compared to 18th in 2019-20 index, the performance of the state on two parameters i.e gender (SDG 5) and life on land (SDG 15) remains poor.

NITI Aayog on Thursday released the third edition of the SDG India Index 202021, which is developed in collaboration with the United Nations India to track the progress of all states and union territories (UT) towards achieving 17 SDGs. The index for SDGs evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.

In Gender Equality, Haryana was placed at 21st rank among states recording a poor score of 43. For this, NITI Aayog had considered nine criteria, including crime against Women, sex ratio, female labour force participation, family planning, domestic violence, operational landholdings, women in Leadership, women in managerial positions and wage gap among regular employees.

Similarly, in life on land (SDG 15), Haryana was ranked 25th among all states with a score of 48. The ranking was based on forest and tree cover, Desertification, wildlife crime cases, area covered under afforestation schemes and land degradation. Haryana has less than 10 percent of their geographical area under forest and tree cover.

While Haryana jumped from 18th to 14th rank in NITI Aayog’s latest SDG India Index, the state continues to remain behind the neighboring states of Punjab and Himachal.

Himachal retained the second spot with an overall score of 74 and Punjab, with a score of 68 was placed at 13th rank, while it was placed at 12th rank in 2019-20.

However, Haryana was among top three states named as top gainers in 2020-21, in terms of improvement in score from 2019. While in 2019-20, 10 states or UTs belonged to the category of front runners (score in the range 65-99, including both), 12 more states or UTs including Haryana find themselves in this category in 2020-21, the NITI Aayog’s report stated.

In the case of Haryana, the five goals with biggest improvement are SDG 1 no POVERTY (+22), SDG 7 affordable and clean air (+23), SDG 10 reduce inequalities (+14), SDG 11 sustainable cities and communities (+32) and SDG 12 responsible consumption and production (+38).

The country’s overall SDG score improved by 6 points – from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020-21.