News: Google has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the government of Haryana to promote digital literacy in the state. Google will undertake a digital literacy drive covering internet safety in government schools, and also conduct a similar exercise for government officials. “The MoU takes us closer to realising our ...
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World Bank to look into investment opportunities in Haryana
News: World Bank will look into investment opportunities in Haryana’s key infrastructure sectors like smart cities, energy and mass rapid transit systems. It also evinced keen interest in deepening the engagement with the state government in the field of cutting down losses in transmission and distribution of power, and in ...
Read More »Haryana to issue photo id to those ‘suffered’ Emergency
News: The Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of all districts will publish a draft list of persons, dead or alive, who had suffered during the Emergency days of 1970’s period. They (the DCs) will prepare the photo identity cards, along with Aadhaar number, for every such individual who is alive and is ...
Read More »8 new national highways sanctioned by Centre to pass through Haryana
News: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation stones for two road projects worth Rs 1821.20 crore at Saha in Ambala district and in Sirsa. In next five years, national highway works spending Rs 5 lakh crore would be undertaken and it would generate employment opportunities for 50 ...
Read More »Haryana to promote farmhouses at Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2016
News: Haryana government will promote farmhouses during the annual Surajkund International Crafts Mela next year with a view to attracting Indians and foreigners to the concept of ‘Farm Tourism’. At present, 14 farmhouses, located mostly in the National Capital Region and a few along a National Highway, are registered with the ...
Read More »Haryana starts state-wide birth defect surveillance
News: Haryana government has initiated state-wide birth defect surveillance in collaboration with World Health Organisation (WHO) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC). The surveillance program aims at collecting uniform data and is the first step in figuring out a primary prevention for congenital birth defects. In Haryana, birth defect data ...
Read More »Haryana launches statistical software
News: The Haryana Government on the occasion of National Statistical Day, launched e-vishleshak, a statistical software where the entire data of various Government departments would be available for analysis. The software is described as Information Destination by Finance and Planning Minister Capt Abhimanyu. The government had decided to make all geographical and ...
Read More »The Village Mentoring Project launched in Haryana
News: The Haryana Government has launched a Village Mentoring Project (VMP) to improve healthcare and education of the villagers with a special emphasis on girl child. The project would create awareness among the villagers about various issues including educating girl child, health, financial matters. The project has been commenced in the state from Panchkula district ...
Read More »Mobile veterinary labs in Haryana
News: Haryana government will set up a mobile veterinary hospital and diagnostic lab in every districts of the state to provide medical facilities to livestock to animals. Benefits: The mobile units which will provide on-the-spot testing and medical facilities to livestock in each district. Each mobile unit will travel across the district to conduct test ...
Read More »Centre eases wheat procurement rules for Haryana: Pro-Farmer Move
News The Centre has relaxed guidelines for wheat procurement from Haryana on a request from the state government, after unseasonal rains and hailstorms in March damaged crop and hurt grain quality. Under the eased guidelines, the limit of shrivelled and broken grains in wheat for procurement has been increased to ...
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