Haryana Current Affairs 2020

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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. 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. The agreement is signed with the aim to impart education to every school student in the state without jeopardizing social distancing norms.

The four channels of EDUSAT will be available free of cost on the live television streaming application of Jio- JioTV. The content that will be live broadcasted on the channels of EDUSAT will also be available in recorded mode on the JioTV platform that will enable students to watch and study as per their convenience. The agreement will benefit a combined 52 lakh (5.2 million) students of both government and private schools in the state of Haryana. India to host Barca Academy Cup Asia Pacific 2020 in Haryana India to host Barca Academy Cup – Asia Pacific 2020 for the 2nd time by Barca Academy, scheduled to be held in Gurgaon, Haryana from January 30 -February 2, 2020, which will see the participation of more than 650 football players from 7 countries (India, Australia, Turkey, China, Singapore, Japan and Spain). A total of 48 teams will play in 4 categories namely under 9(U-9), U-11, U-13 and U-15. It will be played in a 7-player format with a 30-minute game for children U-9, 40 minutes for children U-11and 13, and 50 minutes for children U-15.

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In 2019, Barca Academy’s Asia-Pacific (APAC) Soccer Cup held at The Heritage Xperiential Learning School, Gurugram, Haryana from January 24 to 27, 2019. National importance status for food institutes in Haryana The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to give the status of Institute of National Importance (INI) to 2 National Institutes of Food Technology at Kundli, Haryana and Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu(TN). The cabinet amended National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM) Bill, 2019 to give status of national importance to the 2 food institutions.

This step will help these institutions to cooperate with foreign food institutes and improve the standard of education. Haryana Launches Rs.1500 crores Mukyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana Haryana launched Mukyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana scheme on the mark of successful 100 days of the present state government. The scheme is about providing financial assistance of Rs.6000 to the families below the poverty line. and the amount will be transferred through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) to Bank accounts.

Under the Definition of Below Poverty Line (BPL) the families having annual income up to Rs.1.80 lakhs and holding land of less than 5 acres are Eligible to become Beneficiary under the scheme and the amount Rs.6000 would be transferred into bank in 2 equal installments of Rs.2000 each (total of Rs.4000) and the remaining Rs.2000 would be transferred on March month. The Chief Minister also added that the beneficiary amount of Rs.6000 will be useful to pay the Premium amount of various welfare schemes of central government like Pradhan mantriJeevanJyotiBimaYojna, Pradhan mantriJeevan Suraksha BimaYojna, Pradhan mantriKisanMandhanYojna, Pradhan mantriShram Yogi MandhanYojna, Pradhan mantriLaghuVyapariMandhanYojna and Pradhan mantriFasalBimaYojna, the remaining amount after the payments could either choose for provident Fund or Get cash. Ambala city bus stand renamed after late SushmaSwaraj by Haryana Govt Haryana Government has approved a proposal by AseemGoel BJP MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) from the Ambala City Constituency requested to change the name of the newly constructed Ambala city Bus stand as SushmaSwaraj (former Union Minister and BJP veteran) bus stand The name of the bus stand will be changed on the birth anniversary (14th February) of the late Union Minister SushmaSwaraj, who was born in Ambala Cantt and elected as MLA twice from the Ambala constituency The bus stand had been constructed at a cost of Rs. 18 crores, at present Haryana state has 3200 buses and newly 1500 buses will be added including pink buses for girls and Volvo buses. Govt of Haryana to open Atal kisan – majdoor canteens to provide affordable meals to farmers Haryana state Government will open Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens in the ‘mandis’ and sugar mills across the state to provide affordable, cheap meals to farmers and labourers at concessional rate of Rs 10 per plate.

These canteens will be built by the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, which has also decided to operate the canteens at 25 different locations in the state.

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The state government also decided to provide concessional free travel facility of free travel up to 150 km to 41 various categories of girl students in the ordinary buses of Haryana Roadways. Also during the year 2020-2021, the women and girls (in the age group of 10 – 45 years) belonging to 11 lakh BPL (Below Poverty Line) families will be provided sanitary napkins free of cost, for which state government has allocated Rs.30 Crore.

The state recruited a total of 5,192 constables, including 1,000 women constables to increase policing and improve security and safety in the State. Around 450 under-training Sub-Inspectors including 60 women Sub- Inspectors are also expected to join the force in March 2020. To provide better transport facilities across the state, the Governor said that under the NABARD scheme, 40 projects costing Rs 138.33 crore have been sanctioned for 296.32 km roads during the current financial year 2019- 20. Haryana to construct 1,000 Water Recharge Bores Haryana Government will construct 1,000 water recharge bores in the water deficient areas of the state. The bores are being constructed in the state of Haryana to recharge the underground water with rainfall. The State Government is to bear 90% of the cost in installing the bores. The remaining 10% of the cost are to be borne by the farmers. The underground water level in the paddy cultivation belt has gone down to 80 metres. The bores will thus help to keep agricultural production to the fullest even during dry seasons.

The State Government of Haryana had launched Mera Pani, Meri Virasat Yojana. Under the scheme around 53,000 farmers of the state are registered. They are now sowing paddy under the scheme. These farmers are to be provided with incentive of Rs 1000. The State Government will also provide the benefits of Bhavanter Bharpai Yojana and also Atal Bhujal Yojana The State Government has plans to spend Rs 734 crores for Atal Bhujal Yojana in next three years. NIFM, Faridabad renamed ‘Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management’ The Government of India decided to rename the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad, Haryana, as “Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM)” . Late Shri Arun Jaitley, former Union Finance Minister & Padma Vibhushan awardee played a major role during the period of 26th May 2014 to 30th May 2019.

He oversaw the introduction of GST (Goods and Services Tax) which brought the country under one tax regime, merger of railway budget with general budget, introduction of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy code etc., NIFM, Faridabad was set up in 1993 as a registered society under the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, which train officers of various finance & accounts service recruited by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) through the civil service examination and also officers of the Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS). Haryana toped in DBT payouts rating for 2019-20 Small state Haryana has emerged as the best state in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payouts (Rs.4782 crore in over 4 crore transactions) in 2019-20. It was followed by Uttarakhand at 2nd position with

State-Wise Current Affairs the DBT payout of Rs.1060 cr. while, West Bengal has emerged as the worst performer in DBT payouts (8793 cr through 5 crore transactions) and ranked 36th position. The rating, which ranked 36 states and UTs (Union Territories) according to DBT payouts compared to their population.

The UTs of J&K &Ladakh altogether get 8th rank & reported DBT payouts worth Rs 1,190 crore through over 80 lakh transactions. As per the central Government, it supported around Rs 28,700 crore in the first 9 months in 2019- 20, by transferring a stock of subsidies directly into the beneficiaries bank accounts.Due to the DBT- linked public distribution system (PDS),a total of Rs 19,263 crore of these savings till end-December 2019 have collected. After the abrogation of Article 370 from J&K,the Centre was working at expanding the DBT framework in terms of a wider coverage of beneficiaries and extending the number of central schemes applicable to the erstwhile state in September 2019, to ensure subsidies reach the people without fail. Haryana CM released book titled “A Commentary and Digest on The Air, Act 1981” Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, released a book titled “A Commentary & Digest on The Air, Act 1981” at Chandigarh, Haryana. The book was written by Dr K KKhandelwal and Apoorva Kumar Singh and was published by The Bright Law House. The book focuses on ways of preventing and controlling air pollution.

The book will enhance the readers to create awareness on air pollution in the society and provides an elaborate explanation on law devised to prevent air pollution. Haryana to Reserve 75 percent Jobs in the Private Sector of the State for Locals Haryana Cabinet has approved a proposal for drafting an Ordinance under which 75 percent of the jobs with a salary of less than Rs 50,000 per month will be reserved for the locals of Haryana in the state. In the month of June 2020, Haryana had the highest unemployment rate among all states in the country. The unemployment rate in June 2020 was 33.6 percent. The proposed draft Ordinance is named ‘Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Ordinance 2020’.

The Ordinance will be presented before the Council of Ministers in the next meeting, after approval by the Council of Ministers the Ordinance will require the assent of the Governor of the Haryana and then the President of India for implementation or coming into effect. The Ordinance after coming into effect will be applicable for all privately managed Companies, Trusts, Partnership Firms, Societies, etc that are situated in the state of Haryana. The Ordinance will also have an Exemption Clause for Industries and Businesses were suitable local candidates are not available.

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Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna-Manesar-Kharkhauda. This Rail Line will start from Palwal and end at existing Harsana Kalan station (On Delhi-Ambala section). This will also give connectivity enroute to existing Patli Station (On Delhi-Rewari line), Sultanpur station (On Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar Line) and Asaudha Station (On Delhi Rohtak Line).

The project will be implemented by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC), a Joint Venture company set up by Ministry of Railways with Government of Haryana. The project will have joint participation of Ministry of Railways, Government of Haryana and private stakeholders. The project is likely to be completed 5 years. The districts of Palwal, Nuh, Gurugram, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts of Haryana will be benefitted through this rail line. This will facilitate diversion of traffic not meant for Delhi and will help in developing multimodal logistics hubs in Haryana State sub-region of NCR. 34th Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Haryana President of India inaugurated the 34th edition of Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Haryana organized by the Surajkund Mela Authority & Haryana Tourism in collaboration with Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles, Culture and External Affairs.

The main motto of this mela is to promote handicrafts,rural crafts, arts and the culture of the country and also to bring our country’s heritage among new generations. Surajkund International Crafts Mela (Largest crafts fair in the world) will be held every year at Surajkund in Faridabad district, Haryana. In 2020, the Mela will be carried out from Feb 1 to 16. Haryana Police have launched Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to enhance the security of the fair.

He had visited the pavilion of the Himachal Pradesh with theme ‘Apna Ghar’ and Himachal pradesh has been chosen as theme state in 34th Surajkund Crafts Mela, 2020.Nearly 20 countries & all Indian states will be participating in the Mela. Haryana Govt announced Rs 6 crores cash rewards to gold medal winners at Olympics games Haryana Government has announced that the state government will provide Rs. 6 crores for the players who bagged gold medals, Rs. 4 crores for the silver medalist and Rs. 2.5 crores for the bronze medalists at the Olympics Games and also employment in Haryana Civil Service or Haryana Police service to the sportsperson. Further he added that Rs. 3 crores and Rs. 1.5 crores will be provided to the players who have won gold medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth games respectively, and an amount of Rs. 15 lakhs will be given to each player participating in the Olympics Game The players who represent Haryana state are the only beneficiary for the cash rewards announced by the CM on the occasion of the conclusion of the four-day 46th Junior National Kabaddi Competition.

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Haryana CM presented ₹1,42,343 crore budget for 2020-21 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has presented a budget of Rs 1,42,343 crore in the state assembly for 2020-21 for the 1st time. The Haryana state’s debt will increase from Rs 1.76 lakh crore in the current financial year-FY (2019- 20) to Rs 1.98 lakh crore in 2020-21. The expenditure would increase by 7.7 % to Rs 1,42,343 crore. While, the Revenue receipts are estimated to increase by 15.96 % to Rs 89,964 crore in 2020-21.

The state government has provided Rs 5,474.25 crore for agriculture, Rs 19,343 crore for education and sports and culture, Rs 6,533 crore for health and medical education, Rs 6,294 crore for rural development and panchayat, Rs 349 crore for industry and for pension 9,000 crore has been allocated. Under special category ‘Agriculture Dependent Activities’ ,the farmers have been given relief in electricity rates as they will be given Rs 4.75 instead of Rs 7.50 per unit Allocation of Rs 50 crore for free coaching to soldiers and their dependents, quality education and fellowship scheme for those doing M Phil and PhD , free coaching for 5,000 EWS students, increment of daily diet allowance to sports person from Rs 150 to Rs 200, launching Atal BhujalYojana in 36 water-scarcity blocks for water conservation Affordable housing for all by 2022, drinking water connection to all households by 2022 with a total outlay of Rs 1,926.45 crore, setting up old-age homes, setting up 3 new medical colleges at Yamunanagar, Kaithal and Sirsa districts. Haryana’s Amin village renamed as Abhimanyupur Centre has approved renaming the Amin village as Abhimanyupur in Kurukshetra district of Haryana as per the request of the State government. The decision has been taken by the Union Home Ministry after getting permission from a few central organisations.

The Union Ministry will approve the change of name of any place after taking no-objections from the Ministry of Railways, Department of Posts and Surveys of India. These organisations have to confirm that there is no such city, town or village in their records with a name similar to the proposed one. In order to change the name of the village or a town or a city an executive order is needed and for renaming a state requires amendment of the constitution with a simple majority in the Parliament.

The Central Government has approved renaming at least 25 towns, villages or districts across the country in the last 3 years, including Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Faizabad as Ayodhya and Allahabad as Prayagraj. Haryana to provide tap water to every household by Dec 2022 Haryana planned to provide tap connection to supply water to all rural families by December 2022 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).

The respective officials presented their work plan related to the supply of water to each family under the Mission to the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

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Rs 290 Crores will be provided by Central government by Haryana under JJM for this financial year, which will be supplemented by the same amount of State’s matching share. Jal Jeevan Mission is a central government initiative with the aim to provide drinking water to every rural household. Works under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the government implemented the mission on a priority basis.

The central government has advised the state & UT governments to adopt this JJM mission to achieve 2 objectives. This includes providing tap water connections to every rural family and providing job opportunities to local people and migrants. ‘Samadhan se Vikas’ to Recover External Development Charges dues The Haryana State Cabinet gave approval to the ‘Samadhan se Vikas’, a one-time settlement scheme for the recovery of long-pending dues on account of External Development Charges (EDC). It is modeled on the central scheme ‘Vivad se Vishwas-2020’.

The scheme is applicable in respect of the full amount outstanding on account of the EDC and on interest and penalty interest. Many colonisers and builders, mostly in Gurgaon and Faridabad failed to pay the state government over Rs 10,000 crore as EDC. If the coloniser does not clear all EDC dues within the prescribed 2 years, the waiver of the balance 50% of the accumulated interest and penal interest will be cancelled and the original EDC schedule will come into effect.

If any amount of the 50% outstanding principal amount with interest is not deposited within the prescribed period, the coloniser will lose all benefits under this policy and the original EDC schedule will come into effect. E-Sachivalaya Portal, for Online Appointments with CM Haryana State Government has launched e-Sachivalaya portal, a digital platform to enable people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the chief minister, deputy CM, ministers and other heads of various departments. He also launched a web portal for plasma donation on the occasion. The portal was launched to provide citizen centric services in a transparent and seamless manner to the general public by utilizing Information Technology(IT). This portal enables people to book their appointments digitally through mobile phones, laptops which eliminates the need of physical presence.

After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting The online appointments for e-Sachivalaya can also be taken through Atal Seva Kendras(rural) and Saral and Antyodaya Kendras(cities). Haryana to host the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2021 Haryana will host the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) in 2021 through video conference. The Games will be held in Panchkula in Haryana. Star Sports will be the Official Broadcast Partner like the previous year. The games will take place after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

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The announcement was made in the presence of Sports Minister of Haryana, Sandeep Singh, Secretary Sports, Ravi Mital and Director General of Sports Authority of India, Sandip Pradhan. Haryana came second in KIYG 2019 and 2020 editions (200 medals in 2020 and 159 medals in 2019).

They won the KIYG 2018 edition with 102 medals. Maharashtra came first in the 2020 edition with 256 medals. The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass- root level. The Talented players identified in priority sports disciplines at various levels by the High-Powered Committee will be provided annual financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh per annum for 8 years. Govt laid the Foundation Stone of Indian Oil’s R&D Campus in Faridabad Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas &Steel along with the Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal has laid the foundation stone of Indian Oil’s state-of-the-art Technology Development & Deployment Centre as its second R&D Campus at IMT, Sector-67, Faridabad. The new centre, with an investment of Rs. 2282 crore, and covers an area of about 59 acres.

The R&D Centre of Indian Oil has over the years blossomed into a state-of-the art research institution for downstream petroleum R&D, focusing on indigenizing technologies and processes to suit Indian conditions. The research infrastructure at the new campus includes state-of-the-art laboratories and pilot plants in the domains of alternative & renewable energy, e.g., fuel cell, Hydrogen, gasification & solar energy research, semi-commercial nano-material production unit, scale-up/pilot plants in petrochemicals, catalysts, biotechnology, etc. This new extension of Indian Oil’s R&D Centre is going to focus on non-conventional energy domains besides the conventional ones and will aim at indigenisation of several frontline and sunrise technologies such as Petrochemicals, Batteries/Energy Storage Devices, Bio-Energy- Greenhouse gas (CO2) capture, Novel nano materials for catalysts or fuel cells, Hydrogen production pathways and Fuel cells for both mobility and stationary applications. New economic corridor projects worth about Rs 20,000 crore in Haryana Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of various Highway projects as part of a new economic corridor worth about Rs 20 thousand crore in Haryana through webcast.

These projects will benefit people of Haryana in big way by providing smooth connectivity within the State, as well as to other States like Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The projects will decongest big cities reducing travel time. It will take about 2 hrs to reach Delhi Airport from Chandigarh against 4 hrs now. The projects will also save on time, fuels and cost, as also boost development in backward areas of the State. People in the State should consider adopting crops for bio fuels, which has the capacity to improve their all-round life. This will ensure employment opportunities within the villages, which will also stop mass migration in search of employment.

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The projects inaugurated include the 35.45 km 4-lane Rohna/Hasangarh to Jhajjar section of NH 334B costing Rs 1183 crore, the 70 km 4-laning of Punjab-Haryana Border to Jind section of NH 71 costing Rs 857 crore, and the 85.36 km 2-lane with paved shoulders Jind-Karnal Highway on NH 709 costing Rs 200 crore.

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