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State-Wise Current Affairs Haryana Current Affairs 2020 Haryana Rooftop Solar Plant Subsidy Scheme Haryana government has announced Rooftop Solar Plant Subsidy Scheme to motivate the people to choose for green energy. The Department of Renewable Energy is responsible for formulating policies and programmes necessary for renewable sources of energy in the State. The objective of the scheme is to promote green building design for efficient use of energy in housing, commercial and industrial sector. Installation of solar power plant is mandatory in certain categories of buildings in Haryana. To increase the capacity of solar power energy for energy security. Rooftop Solar Plant Scheme has a target to add grid connected solar power generation of 3000 MW by 2017 and 20,000 MW by 2022. Annual capacity of insolation in state is 4.6 kWh/m2/day. The project is aimed at fighting with the climate change issue and motivate to develop the green energy. Click here for Current Affairs PDF Haryana Mera Pani Meri Virasat Scheme Haryana government launched Mera Pani Meri Virasat Scheme 2020. Under the new Mera Pani Meri Virasat Scheme, the state government will provide Rs. 7000 per acre incentive to farmers to switch from paddy. This water conservation initiative will also protect depletion of natural resources such as water and soil. The state is currently producing nearly 68 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy and 25 LMT of basmati. So to give a first firm diversification push, the state govt. has decided to buy maize and pulses at minimum support price (MSP). The Mera Pani Meri Virasat initiative to shift cultivation process from paddy to other crops will result in greater earnings for farmers. Educated Youth Allowance and Honorarium Scheme Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com 1 State-Wise Current Affairs Haryana state government has launched Educated Youth Allowance and Honorarium Scheme under which unemployed youth educated and educated in return for work. The Saksham Yuva Yojana was launched in the year 2016 and till now more than 2.5 lakh youth have registered under the scheme, out of which 106471 youth have been given jobs. Under the Haryana Saksham Yuva Yojana, all the 12th pass / graduate and post-graduate youth are being provided skill training, work and financial assistance. The main objective of this Saksham Yuva Yojana is to provide unemployment allowance and honorarium to all unemployed able youth in Haryana. Under this scheme, all eligible and competent youth are being given honorary assignments in various departments / boards / corporations / registered societies and private companies / enterprises etc. of Haryana Government. Haryana Saksham Yojana has been launched to enable the youth to develop their skills and enable them. This scheme will enable youth to take up employment or self-employment in their field of choice. Click here for Current Affairs PDF Haryana Mukhyamantri Doodh Uphar Yojana Mukhyamantri Doodh Uphar Yojana has launched by the Haryana government on 5 August 2020. In this scheme the state government will provide free fortified milk to children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. The main purpose of Haryana Mukhyamantri Dudh Uphar Yojana (CM Free Milk Gift Scheme) is to improve nutrition levels in kids, pregnant women & lactating mothers. Each of the beneficiary women and children who comes to anganwadi centres will now get 200 ml fortified milk. The state govt. will focus on eradication of malnutrition and promote nutrition level so as to make the future generation healthy. Haryana govt. is laying special emphasis on health as it has been the core issue of the world amid COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Haryana Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana Haryana government has launched Mahila Evam Kishori Samman on 5 August 2020. In this scheme the state government will provide free sanitary napkins for women / girls belonging to below poverty line (BPL) category in villages. The main purpose of Haryana Mahila Evam Kishori Samman Yojana is to promote menstrual hygiene & women empowerment. Each women/girl b/w the age of 10 to 45 years will get a packet of 6 sanitary pads absolutely free each month. In the Haryana state, there are 11,24,871 BPL families. In order to provide sanitary napkins to each girl in these village families, Rs. 39.80 crore amount has been allocated. Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com 2 State-Wise Current Affairs Highlights: These sanitary pads will remain available in packets comprising of 6 sanitary pads absolutely free of cost. These free sanitary napkins are easy to dispose which will help in keeping environment clean. Biodegradable pads are of high quality and will promote Swachhta, Swasthya and Suvidha for poor women. This scheme will promote menstrual hygiene, provide huge relief to the girls and women and will result in Women Empowerment. Haryana Free Sanitary Pad Distribution Scheme is a major initiative towards Waste to Wealth Management. Click here for Current Affairs PDF Haryana Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme Haryana state government has launched Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme for all the farmers with livestock. With Pashu Kisan Credit Cards, farmers can get loans and buy anything they need but must repay the money within 1 year to avail concessional 4% interest rate. The state govt. of Haryana has already brought a strict law for cow protection, now it would be the first in country to launch credit cards for farmers owning livestock. All the Pashu Kisan Credit Cards would be based on the lines of Kisan Credit Cards. The loan given under PKCC Scheme will promote animal husbandry as farmers will get loans for fish farming, poultry farming, sheep, goat, cow & buffalo rearing. Around 10 lakh farmers to receive credit cards during FY 2019-2020 and the number of farmers availing credit cards would increase in the upcoming years. Haryana Battery Operated Spray Pump Subsidy Scheme Haryana government has made announcement for providing 50% subsidy on agriculture spray pumps to farmers of the Schedule Caste communities. The state govt. of Haryana has taken this step to provide 50% subsidy on Battery Operated Spray Pump to help the farmers during the Kharif season. This scheme is started as farmers have faced losses due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. The govt. is putting its weight behind farmers as record agricultural production is expected in this Kharif season 2020. It is important to note that this SC scheme is applicable only to farmers from SC category. Haryana Mahila Samridhi Yojana Haryana state government has launched the Mahila Samridhi Yojana and Micro Credit Scheme. According to the state government, this government scheme will be run by Haryana Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Department. Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com 3 State-Wise Current Affairs Under Mahila Samridhi Yojana, a maximum loan of Rs 60,000 will be given, with an interest rate of 4% per annum. Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Department has also issued guidelines for Mahila Samridhi Yojana 2020. During the coronavirus epidemic, all the women who have lost their jobs will go a long way in promoting this women prosperity scheme. Solar Water Pumping Scheme Haryana state government has launched Solar Water Pumping Scheme 2020. Under this scheme, the state government will provide subsidy on installation of solar water pumping systems. These installations would be carried out under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM Kusum) Yojana. Haryana government is implementing Solar Water Pumping Scheme 2020 to install 2HP (surface and submersible) and 5HP (submersible) solar pumps. Under this Solar Water Pump Installation Scheme under PM Kusum Yojana, state and central subsidy would be provided and farmer’s share is only 10% of the total cost. These solar water pumps are suitable for the places with water table of 10 m, 30 m and 50 m respectively. Solar water pumping systems are capable of providing availability of water for farming needs without much dependence on electricity. Solar energy (Saur Urja) is a clean and green source of energy. Click here for Current Affairs PDF Haryana to link welfare schemes through ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’ Haryana launched a unique identity card, the Parivar Pehchan Patras (PPP), an initiative of the state government developed by the team CMO (Chief Minister’s Office) for effective and efficient delivery of central and state schemes to the people in a transparent way. Under this, each family will be considered a single unit and allotted an 8-digit unique identification number. In order to avail the benefits of social security schemes of the state government, it is mandatory for each family to register themselves on the Parivar Pehchan Patra portal. Also, the government has made it mandatory for employees to go for this PPP, failing which their salaries may also be withheld. Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are also exploring the possibility of implementing a similar PPP project. While Aadhaar represents an individual as a unit, a PPP represents a family as a unit. Most of Haryana government schemes are structured around the family and not around an individual. Aadhaar, due to its litigation history, has not served the purpose of linking different databases because it cannot be shared. Report Errors in the PDF – [email protected] ©All Rights Reserved by Gkseries.com 4 State-Wise Current Affairs Click here for Current Affairs PDF Reliance JioTV & Haryana Government Signed Agreement to benefit 5.2 Million School Children Haryana State Government has signed an agreement under the Chief Minister’s Distance Learning Programme with Reliance Industries Limited’s subsidiary company Jio. The agreement signed is to provide education to school children in the rural areas of the state.

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