HARYANA

In a bid to boost the purchase of electric vehicles in the state, Haryana Government has proposed to waive off road tax, registration fee, state toll tax and provide an incentive of upto at least Rs one lakh for new vehicles.

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The draft electric vehicle policy chalked out by the to provide the much needed impetus to the electric mobility sector and reduce carbon emissions, is also aimed at generating EMPLOYMENT in Haryana.

The electric vehicle (EV) draft policy has proposed 100 percent exemption of road tax on EVs purchased within Haryana state, applicable over the period of the validity of policy. The state will also exempt SGST on purchase of EVs manufactured within the state under certain conditions.

Apart from this, other proposed incentives include 100 percent interest free loans to the State Government employees for purchase of EVs in the state, exemption from paying state toll tax, 30 percent subsidy on road price of EVs in form of reimbursement directly to the buyer in the state on purchase of EVs and to the financer, if the electric vehicle is hypothecated, the dealers of EVs (non-transport) will be exempted from submitting of bank guarantee of Rs one lakh for Online Dealer Point Registration in the state and the EVs will also be registered on priority basis with a minimum token fee of Rs 100.

Under its ambitious policy, the State Government has proposed to convert 100 percent of bus fleet owned by State Transport Undertakings in Haryana into electric buses (battery electric vehicles or fuel cell EVs) by 2029, with the first phase of 100 percent conversion of bus fleet in Gurugram and Faridabad by 2024. It also proposed phasing out all fossil fuel based commercial fleets and Logistics vehicles in Gurugram and Faridabad by 2024 and all cities by 2030.

ASHA workers to be covered under AB-PMJAY

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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today granted formal administrative approval to cover ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

State Health Minister Anil Vij said the CM had declared at a meeting held on July 27, 2021, that Nambardars, chowkidars, ASHA, anganwari and MGNREGA workers, street vendors, rickshaw-wallahs and auto drivers will also be covered under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

Vij said the National Health Mission, Haryana, had allocated Rs248.11 lakh to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, to implement this project (Project Implementation Plan 2022-23) to cover ASHA workers in the Ayushman Bharat scheme, for which the proposal had already been sent to the Centre.

Sarpanches protest e-tendering of panchayat works across Haryana

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A day after the show of strength by sarpanches in Tohana, the Home town of Development and Panchayat Minister Devender Singh Babli, they staged demonstrations outside the Block Development and Panchayat Offices across the state today to press for their demand for the withdrawal of e-tendering in the development works in the villages and also oppose the Right to Recall.

In the new system, villagers can get details of the tender of any work to find out every detail related to the work, including amount and other parameters of the quality in works.

Ashwini Kumar Choubey inaugurates FCI laboratory in Gurugram

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The (Fci) under Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) developed its first State-of-art Quality Control Laboratory to conduct in house testing of food grain samples.

Laboratory was set up under the guidance of Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysuru, Karnataka.

Quality Control Laboratory will test food grain samples for chemical parameters

Laboratory was inaugurated by Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey.

It was inaugurated at Institute of Food Security (IFS), FCI, Gurugram (Haryana) on November 21, 2021.

Focusing on bringing various information and technology reforms in its functioning, Haryana Government has now planned to distribute GPS-enabled wrist watches to its employees to keep track of their real-time location during office hours.

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An announcement in this regard was made by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday during Vikas rally held at Sarmathla village of Sohna in Gurugram district.

The objective of giving GPS-enabled wrist watches to the employees include recording attendance of staff, prevention and control of misuse of manual attendance system, maintaining transparency, accountability in operations and weeding out of the fake, duplicate, and false system of marking attendance.

The is chalking out a detailed plan on how the proposed system of smartwatches will be introduced for over 2.5 lakh employees in its departments, boards and corporations.

Apart from this, many digital reforms have been brought in by the State Government since 2015 to bring transparency in its functioning. All the Services of all the departments were made online on the Saral portal. As many as 547 schemes and services of 42 departments are now given through the Saral and Antyodaya portal.

In a bid to streamline the setting up of ventures like amusement parks, 5-star hotels, resorts in agriculture zones of the State, the BJP-JJP led Haryana Government has come out with a new change of land use (CLU) policy.

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The policy, approved by the Governor, has been formulated by the Town and Country Planning Department.

The new policy, which is framed in continuation to the governments guidelines issued last year for granting permission for a CLU to establish projects like drive-in theatres, Sports academies and banquet halls outside municipal limits, will keep a check on haphazard Growth of illegal buildings in Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture zones besides boosting investments.

The policy allows setting up a resort, amusement park or theme park in the agriculture zone in a minimum area of 2.5 acres while there is no limit for maximum area. The floor area ratio allowed is 0.5 and the maximum ground coverage is 30 percent while the commercial component will be 15 percent.

The conversion charges for the area under 15 percent commercial component of the amusement park will be charged at commercial rates and for the balance area, conversion charges applicable for recreational use shall be charged. For setting up a 5-star hotel, the policy allows a minimum area of 4 acres while maximum area will be 10 acres. The floor area ratio allowed is 0.75, the maximum ground coverage is 30 percent while the commercial component will be 15 percent.

Haryana- Israel Agreement on Water Management

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Recently, Israel and Haryana government signed a joint declaration in capacity building and integrated Resources“>Water Resources management.

The joint declaration is a significant milestone as India and Israel are celebrating 30 years of full diplomatic relations.

Water security has always been an important pillar of the bilateral relations.

Under the agreement, Israel will share its most advanced and cutting-edge water technologies, expertise and know-how with the government of Haryana.

Israel will work closely with all of its partners in India, in order to continue enhancing the strategic relations between both the countries.

Through the joint declaration, Israel and government of Haryana expressed their willingness to strengthen existing relations in water management sector, improve public Health in the region and preserve water resources in public water areas in Haryana.

o facilitate transportation of farm produce to the mandis, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday approved Rs 1122 crore for repair of 8198 km link roads and directed the Mandi Board to complete the project by March 31, 2022.

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The Chief Minister ordered the allocation as part of the Link Road Repair Programme 2021-22 (Phase-IV), aimed at strengthening rural in the state.

It may be recalled that the Capt Amarinder Singh-led Government had, immediately after assuming office in March 2017, given approval to the Mandi Board for undertaking repair of the link roads in 12,581 villages across the State, to provide easy access to the farmers for selling their crops in 1872 mandis. As per the state policy, link roads become due for repair after every six years.

Giving details of the link roads or culverts and bridges constructed since April 2017, the Mandi Board secretary Ravi Bhagat said that of total length of link roads of 64,878 km in the State, repair or upgradation of 34,977 Km link roads had been successfully completed in three phases, at a cost of Rs 4,112 crore.

In addition, 1,507 culverts or bridges are being upgraded at a cost of Rs 389 crore. Of these, the upgradation work has been implanted on 966 culverts or bridges.

At Rs 200 crore, growth budget cut to half

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The has cut down the District Development Plan Scheme (D-Plan) budget by 50% during the financial year 2023-24.

The Department of Economic and Statistical Affairs (DESA) releases the funds under the DDP scheme every year which is distributed among all districts as per the set criteria of the government.

According to information, the state government had released a budget of Rs 400 crore during the financial year 2022-23. The DESA stated that Rs 120 crore has been earmarked for the General Component, while Rs 80 crore is meant for the Scheduled Castes Sub Plan component.

The department stated that the parking of funds in the banks had been prohibited and the funds would be released to all districts online. It should be ensured that all approved works are completed within this financial year whether they belong to the current financial year or to the previous financial year. The state government would not reallocate any fund which would remain unutilised on March 31, 2024, it stated.

New appeal for men in rural Haryana: Stop hookah, cards

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Smokinghookahand playing cards have emerged as major obstacles for the Health authorities in containing the spread of Covid-19 inHaryanas rural belt.

The two favourite hobbies of men in the states rural belt are turning into a major threat when it comes toCovid. Medicos and paramedicos have been appealing to men in villages not play cards or smoke hookah. Now, and their leaders have also joined them in appealing to men to stop these sittings in their villages man corner, the chaupal.