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Kharif procurement to begin from Oct 1, Khattar holds high-level meeting

As procurement of various Kharif crops including paddy will begin in Haryana from October 1, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday evening chaired a high-level meeting. In the meeting, the Chief Minister was apprised by the officials that for this season government aims to procure around 55 lakh metric tonne of paddy. The procurement of Kharif crops will be done at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as announced by the Government of India, said Khattar. The MSP of Rs 2,040 per quintal has been fixed for Paddy (common), Rs 2,060 per quintal for paddy (Grade-A), and Rs 2,350 per quintal for bajra. During the Kharif marketing season 2022-23, crops like paddy, bajra, maize, moong, sunflower, groundnut, til, arhar and urad, etc. will be procured. The Divisional and Deputy Commissioners and the chairmen of government procurement agencies also attended the meeting held through video conferencing. Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Princ

Haryana to develop world's largest safari, park to cover 10,000 acres

Haryana will develop the world's largest jungle safari park in the Aravalli range, the state government said in a statement on Thursday. The 10,000-acre safari park will cover Gurugram and Nuh districts. "This project will be the largest such project in the world," it said. At present, Sharjah is home to the largest curated safari park outside Africa. Opened in February 2022, the Sharjah Safari covers an area of about 2,000 acres. "The proposed Aravalli park would be five times more this size and it would include a large herpetarium (a zoological exhibition space for reptiles and amphibians), aviary/bird park, four zones for big cats, a large area for herbivores, an area for exotic animal birds, an underwater world, nature trails, visitors, tourism zones, botanical gardens, biomes, equatorial, tropical, coastal, desert, etc," the government said in the statement. Union Minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatta

Modern bus stands to be built at six locations: Haryana transport minister

Bus stands equipped with all modern facilities will be built for the convenience of the passengers at six locations in Haryana, state Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma has said. The new bus stands will come up at Rewari, Pipli, Barwala, Kanina ,Guhla Cheeka and Kherki Daula. Also, tenders have been floated to buy 1,000 buses, Sharma said while presiding a review meeting with the officers of the department on Wednesday. He said the foundation stone for the new bus stands will be laid soon. The minister said in order to provide better services to citizens, e-ticketing on 60 routes in the state has been started on a trial basis. It would be implement on other routes soon, he said. The Transport Minister said the department has floated tenders for the purchase of 1,000 buses, which will be finalized soon. Apart from this, 100 electric buses will also be available to the department within the next two months, the minister said.

Haryana's superior quality of employment

Haryana is a rich state with a relatively high per capita income. People here are therefore apparently less willing to take up informal employment in the unorganised sector

Surge in retreating rains may hit harvest for UP, Haryana farmers

On September 25, according to the IMD, western Uttar Pradesh received around 29.7 mm of rain, 889 per cent more than the normal for the day

Farmers lift blockade on NH-44 in Haryana after govt intervention

Farmers on Saturday lifted their over 20-hour blockade of the National Highway-44 at Shahabad here after the government assured them of increasing the ceiling on per acre yield for procuring crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP). Farmers under Haryana Bhartiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) had on Friday blocked the national highway connecting Delhi and Chandigarh, demanding the government to immediately begin paddy procurement. The procurement of Kharif crops, including paddy, in Haryana will start from October 1. Haryana BKU (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni said the decision to end the stir was taken after the government agreed to consider procuring 30 quintals of paddy per acre instead of the earlier 22 quintals. "It was decided that the average yield of 30 quintals per acre will be considered for procurement at MSP in the main paddy yielding districts and 28 quintals per acre in other paddy districts," an official said. Chaduni hoped this decision would help the farmers in selling s

Why can't Haryana have separate gurdwara panel, asks CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday asked when a separate gurdwara committee can formed for Patna Sahib and Delhi, then why the same cannot be done in Haryana. Khattar made the statement in the wake of the Supreme Court upholding the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act enacted by the state legislature to manage religious places of Sikhs effectively and permanently under the exclusive control of the Sikhs of Haryana. The Act was enacted under the Congress rule when Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the chief minister of Haryana. According to a statement, a delegation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and other Sikh bodies delegates called upon the chief minister here on Friday. They hailed the Supreme Court order, the statement said. The Supreme Court's verdict is a victory of Sikh bodies of Haryana, said Khattar while meeting the delegation. The CM said the state government strongly defended the formation of a separate gurdwara managing

Farmers block highway near Kurukshetra, demand early procurement of paddy

A group of farmers on Friday blocked the national highway near Shahabad in Haryana's Kurukshetra district demanding that the government immediately begin paddy procurement. The procurement of Kharif crops, including paddy, in Haryana will start from October 1. Some protesting farmers even tried to remove police barricades on the road. The protest was led by Haryana BKU (Chaduni) chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni. Addressing the farmers at the protest site, Chaduni said the government should immediately begin the procurement process. The protest caused inconvenience to commuters using the highway and police had to divert traffic. Meanwhile, according to an official statement here on Thursday, crops such as paddy, millet, maize, moong, sunflower, groundnut, til, arhar and urad will be procured during the marketing season 2022-23. Adequate arrangements have been made for smooth procurement in mandis, it stated.

Sula Vineyards eyes double-digit revenue growth in next five years

The company has filed its draft prospectus with Sebi and is awaiting approval for its IPO

Sula Vineyards eyes double-digit revenue growth in next five years

The company has filed its draft prospectus with Sebi and is awaiting approval for its IPO

SC upholds constitutional validity of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Act

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014 under which a separate committee was formed to manage the affairs of gurdwaras in the state. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath dismissed the plea filed by a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee seeking quashing of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Act. The top court's judgement came on a 2014 plea filed by Harbhajan Singh, a resident of Haryana, who contended that Section 72 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 says the power to make law in respect of the SGPC as an inter-state body corporate has been reserved with the Central Government only and there is no provision in law for any bifurcation by enacting a State legislation. The petition had said the hasty enactment is not only against the constitutional provisions and the statutory provisions of Punjab Reorganisation Act but is also divisive in its intention to create dissension amongst ...

Haryana's stormy labour markets

According to its Economic Survey, in 2021-22, Haryana's per capita net state domestic product at Rs 2,74,635 was nearly twice the national average of Rs 1,50,326

Khattar stresses on conducting research, extending reach of natural farming

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday stressed on conducting more research along with ensuring the extensive reach of the benefits of natural farming to the masses. He was speaking while attending a brainstorming session regarding natural farming held at Gurukul here. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Gujarat's Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel, among others, also attended the session. Khattar discussed the model of natural farming in detail with the Gujarat Governor and the Gujarat Chief Minister at Gurukul. Patel especially reached Gurukul Kurukshetra to know about the model of natural farming. After attending the session on natural farming, he visited Gurukul's agriculture farm where natural farming is being done and took a look at the crops being grown there. In the present time, natural farming is the need of the hour. There is an increasing trend among farmers and consumers for adopting this kind of cultivation in

All obsolete laws will be abolished soon in Haryana: Chief Secretary

Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Friday said that 20 of the 56 obsolete laws identified in the state have been repealed and asked the officials to work on scrapping of the remaining others. Kaushal was presiding over a meeting regarding the repeal of obsolete laws and acts, according to an official statement. The repealing of these laws was done following the recommendations of Haryana State Review Committee. The committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Iqbal Singh, Commissioner of Gurdwara Commission, on the direction of the state chief minister. It took the decision to scrap these laws in consultation with the second Haryana Law Commission, the statement said. Kaushal said the review committee had recommended repealing of 56 obsolete laws and to amend six other laws and Acts.

Haryana reports 37,000 cybercrime cases till August; 15,000 disposed of

Haryana reported nearly 37,000 cybercrime-related complaints till August this year and 15,000 of them have been disposed of, officials said. A meeting of 29 cyber police station incharges and all district nodal officers for cybercrime of deputy superintendent of police and additional SP rank officers was held in Panchkula on Thursday. It was chaired by O P Singh, additional DGP (Crime) and state nodal officer for cybercrime for the state. During the meeting, officials said that till August this year, 36,996 cybercrime-related complaints were received on helpline number 1930, cybercrime portal, 309 cyber desks and 29 cyber police stations in the state. Over 20,000 of them are under process and nearly 15,057 have been disposed of, officials told the meeting. Cyber police station of the state crime branch, Panipat and Sonipat were among the top three units in disposing of the maximum percentage of complaints, according to a statement. Karnal, Sirsa and Bhiwani were among the top thr

CBI takes over probe into BJP leader Sonali Phogat's death: Official

The CBI has taken over the probe into the mysterious death of Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat in Goa last month, officials said Thursday. The central probe agency re-registered the FIR of Goa Police on a reference from the Ministry of Home Affairs which was routed to it through the Department of Personnel and Training, they said. Teams of the CBI along with CFSL experts will reach Goa to collect documents and interact with the local police officials and doctors who had examined the former TV anchor after she was brought to the hospital. The sources said viscera samples will give a definitive clue about the causes of Phogat's death. The ministry had referred the case to the CBI after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The home ministry recommended to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to get the case probed by the CBI, an official privy to the development said. The C

Hot water: A chronology of Punjab, Haryana's Sutlej-Yamuna Link dispute

The 214-km long Satluj Yamuna Link is meant to share the Ravi and Beas rivers: an arrangement eluding solution for decades

Police recover IED weighing 1.16 kg from village in Haryana's Kaithal

Police recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 1.16 kg from Haryana's Kaithal district on Monday. The IED was packed with RDX and the recovery was made from the roadside in a village at Kainchi Chowk on the Jind road, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police recovered the IED in the evening hours. "The IED weighs 1.16 kg," Station House Officer (SHO) of the Titram police station Inspector Ramlal said over the phone. It was kept in an iron box, he added. The area was sealed and the bomb disposal squad summoned, which defused the explosive, police said. A case has been registered under the provisions of the Explosive Substances Act, the SHO said. The STF had recovered an IED packed with around 1.3 kg of RDX from a place near Shahabad in Kurukshetra district last month. In May, the Haryana Police had arrested four people from Karnal and three IEDs packed in a metallic case, weighing 2.5 kg each, and a pistol were seized f

Haryana CM Khattar asks ASI to expedite excavation at Rakhigarhi village

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday asked officials of the Archaeological Survey of India to expedite the excavation work at the protected area in Rakhigarhi, a Harappan civilisation site. During a meeting with the officials regarding the area's development as an archaeological site here, Khattar also directed them to prepare a master plan for all 11 mounds at the site. Batting for providing security to Rakhigarhi, the chief minister said all artifacts found during the excavation are the country's property, and hence, it is important to preserve them. Khattar also directed officials to prepare a list of artifacts found from the excavation site and also record ancient items that villagers possess. To rehabilitate those displaced due to the excavation, the chief minister told the officials to chalk out a long-term rehabilitation policy, which would also take into account their means of livelihood. He asked the panchayat and animal husbandry departments to jointly

Haryana CM expresses grief over loss of lives during Ganesh idol immersions

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar expressed grief over the tragic deaths of youths during the Ganesh idol immersion at Mahendragarh and Sonipat on Friday.Taking note of the situation, the state chief also prayed for a speedy recovery."The news of the untimely death of many people due to drowning in the canal during Ganpati immersion in Mahendragarh and Sonipat districts is heart-wrenching. We all stand with the families of the deceased in this difficult time. NDRF team has saved many people from drowning, I pray for their speedy recovery," Tweeted Manohar Lal Khattar.His remarks came after four boys lost their lives during the Ganesh idol immersions in the Mahendragarh region of Haryana. As per reports another two drowned in the Sonipat region.Over 20 people had gone for the immersion near a canal in the Jhagadoli village.Another 4 boys have been rescued from the spot, the officials added."Around 20-22 people had gone to a canal near village Jhagadoli in Mahendragarh for ...