The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination.

Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly at the jail itself through a mobile team of Civil Hospital concerned.

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good governance to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder/Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati/Ravinder

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly at the jail itself through a mobile team of Civil Hospital concerned.

No IPRDH/2020

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good governance to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder/Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati/Ravinder

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly at the jail itself through a mobile team of Civil Hospital concerned.

No IPRDH/2020

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good governance to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder/Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati/Ravinder

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly at the jail itself through a mobile team of Civil Hospital concerned.

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Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good governance to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder/Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly
Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good govere to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

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Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

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Ravinder/Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati/Ravinder

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly at the jail itself through a mobile team of Civil Hospital concerned.

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Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good governance to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.Chandigarh, July 21: – The Board of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani has today declared the result of Senior Secondary examination with pass percentage of 80.34% and a pass percentage of 64.83% of students who have appeared in Haryana Open Schools.

In view of the convenience of the candidates, the Board has also decided to keep the certificates and results in the digital locker, which can also be downloaded from the Board’s website as per the requirement. With this, the candidates would not face any difficulty in while getting admission in the next class.

While announcing the result, Chairman of Board of School Education Haryana, Dr. Jagbir Singh and Board Secretary Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that the candidates can see the declared exam result today on July 21 at 5.00 pm on the board’s website i.e : www.bseh.org.in.

They said that the girl candidates are ahead of the boys with the pass percentage of 86.30% while the boy candidates have a pass percentage of 75.06%. In this way, girl candidates have secured 11.24 per cent more than boy candidates.

The Chairman said that 2,12,693 candidates had appeared in the Senior Secondary Examination, out of which 1,70,881 have passed and 32,361 candidates have got compartment. The percentage of compartment candidates is 15.2%, while 9,451 candidates have failed in the examination and the percentage of candidate failing is 04.44%. Total 1,12,816 students were appeared in the examination, out of which 84,685 have passed and 86,196 girls have passed out of 99,877 girl candidates that appeared in the examination. He further informed that in this examination, the pass percentage of State Government Schools has been 79.78% while the pass percentage of private schools has been 80.97%. Urban students have pass percentage of 82.28% while 79.14% rural students have been successful

He said that the result of Haryana Open Schools in senior secondary examination has been 64.83%. In this examination 13,060 candidates appeared, out of which 8,467 have passed and 3,126 candidates have got compartment while 1,467 candidates have failed in the examination.

Manisha of Mahendragarh topped in the state in the Arts stream

Board President said that in this examination in the Arts stream, Manisha daughter of Mr. Manoj Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Sihama, from Mahendragarh has secured first position and scored 499 out of 500. At the second place, Monica of daughter Mr. Ajay Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Chamarkheda, Hisar and Amandeep Kaur daughter of Mr. Pal Singh, Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lakhuwana, Sirsa scored 497 out of 500 and third place Varsha, daughter of Mr. Azad Singh, Government Senior Secondary School, Jadra, Rewari scored 495 out of 500.

Pushpa of Kaithal topped in the state in Commerce stream

In the commerce Stream, Pushpa daughter of Mr. Jora Singh, KVM Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal and Sanyam son of Mr. Hardeep Bhaiyana, Sharda Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad scored 498 out of 500. Second position was secured by Anshu daughter of Mr. Virendra Kumar, PGDS Senior Secondary School, Hisar and Muskan daughter of Mr. Surendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind scored 496 out of 500 marks. In third place Jaspreet Singh son Mr. Attar Singh, Government Model Sanskrit Senior Secondary School, Ismailabad, Kurukshetra, Visakha daughter of Mr. Virendra, SD Girls College, Narwana, Jind, Babita daughter of Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, PGM Senior Secondary School, Baharampur Bandagi, Rewari and Simran daughter of Mr. Kishori Lal, New Sunrise Senior Secondary School, Bhuna, Fatehabad has scored 495 out of 500 marks.

Bhavna Yadav of Rewari scored the highest marks in the entire state in the Science Stream

Bhavna Yadav daughter of Mr. Bijendra Kumar, Government Senior Secondary School, Bodia Kamalpur, Rewari scored 496 out of 500 marks securing the first position in the Science stream. The second place was secured by Amit son of Mr. Ganga Ram, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani, Monu Kumari daughter of Mr. Ramchandra, Pragya Senior Secondary School, Bhandwa, Charkhi Dadri, Shrutika daughter of Mr. Jagmendra, Government Senior Secondary School, Bahuli, Kurukshetra and Kajal daughter of Mr. Mukesh, The Heights Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar scored 495 out of 500 marks and in third place Muskan daughter of Mr. Sunil, ARID Senior Secondary School, Dohka Hariya, Charkhi Dadri, Sachin son of Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Pai, Kaithal, Sanju daughter of Mr. Chandan Singh, Sweet Angel Senior Secondary School, Palwal, Mandeep Kodan son of Mr. Satish Kumar, Maharishi Dayanand Senior Secondary School, Khudan, Jhajjar and Sweta Rani daughter of Mr. Satyaveer Singh, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Milakpur-2, Bhiwani scored 494 out of 500.

The marking policy adopted on the lines of CBSE – Board Secretary

Board Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Prasad informed that prior to the lockdown (COVID-19 pandemic), only the examinations for some subjects of Senior Secondary Examination could be conducted. According to the marking policy adopted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the Board of Education, Bhiwani has also considered the marks based on the average marks of the examination conducted in the subjects and the result has been tabulated accordingly. He further stated that if any candidate is not satisfied with the result, then he can improve the partial marks in the upcoming examination of the Board, for which the candidate will be given two opportunities.

He said that the Board office will not be responsible for any technical defect/error. The results can also be downloaded by the schools by logging in with user ID and password of the candidates.

Mr. Rajiv Prasad said that on the basis of these exam results, the candidates who want to get their answer books re-examined or re-evaluated can apply online. The candidates can apply for re-examination or re-evaluation online within 20 days from the date of declaration of results, after submitting the prescribed fee.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder/Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has directed the officers to ramp up the work of constructing community toilets at various Public places such as bus-stands, schools or chaupals in large villages of the State so that the target of Swachh Bharat Mission can be achieved.

Deputy Chief Minister said this while presiding over the meeting to review the work being carried out in rural areas under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin held here today. Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal and Director, Rural Development, Mr. Hardeep Singh and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

In the meeting it was informed that under Swachh Bharat Mission, 4000 Community Sanitary Complexes have been constructed in rural areas near Dalit Bastis and at public place and for this Sarpanches, swachhagrahi and GRAVIT volunteers had participated enthusiastically.

It was also informed that for cleanliness of rural areas in Haryana, the State was ranked at number one position in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 in the country. Besides this, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal districts were declared as cleanest districts in the country.

The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that the State had bagged first position in the North-Zone and had also bagged second position in the country in Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019. In the category of cleanest districts, Faridabad and Rewari got the second and third position respectively in the country.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala directed the officers to expedite and bring quality in the work being carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin. He said that the best standard to measure the development of any nation is the health of its society. The health of the citizens has a direct impact on their work force. The citizen workforce is directly linked with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The country with strong production power is successful in setting new standards of development at the global level. It is clear that for the development of any Nation, it is very important to improve the civic health of the country, he said. He said that the State Government aims to improve cleanliness level in rural areas of the State.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Minister of State for Archaeology & Museums and Labour & Employment, Mr. Anoop Dhanak has directed to investigate and find out the causes of death of buffaloes belonging to cattle rearer Ranvir Singh of village Nangthala, district Hisar at the earliest.

He spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Dr. Priyanka Soni about the case of death of 36 animals due to unknown reasons. At the same time, Mr. Anoop Dhanak directed the officers of Animal Husbandry Department that other cattle of the affected cattle rearer be treated properly.

It is noteworthy that Ranvir Singh’s dairy in village Nangthala has about 110 animals, of which 36 animals have died.

Mr. Anoop Dhanak said that under the leadership of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Dr. Rajendra Vats, an entire team of veterinarians were engaged in caring for and treating animals round the clock. Treatment, medicines etc. are being provided by the Animal Husbandry Department. He said that all efforts are being made to help cattle rearer Ranvir Singh.

Giving more information in this regard, Dr. Rajendra Vats said that three shifts of eight hours each have been set by the department. Each team consists of 2 Veterinary Surgeons and 3 VLDAs. With this, a team of experts from Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS) has taken various samples in the dairy and other animals are being treated as per their advice.

He said that the post mortem report of the dead animals will come soon and only after that the exact causes of death will be known.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala has expressed his deep condolences over the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon. He said that Mr. Tandon’s demise was an irreparable loss to the nation.

Describing him as a veteran politician, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that Mr. Tandon was a prominent face of Indian politics, who had worked with political leaders like former Deputy Chief Minister, Late Ch. Devi Lal.

Mr. Dushyant Chautala extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati/Ravinder

Chandigarh July 21: Haryana Government has decided to declare one Central Jail and three District Jails in the State as Special Jails (Temporary Jails) for confinement of new male prisoners remanded to judicial custody in Haryana till the receipt of their COVID-19 reports.

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard. These Special Jails would include Central Jail-II, Hisar and District Jails of Faridabad, Karnal and Rewari.

The spokesman said that one Medical Officer each and other para medical staff would be deputed for examination and treatment of prisoners at these special jails. He said that it would be ensured that the Medical Officers and para medical staff are tested for COVID-19 and negative reports obtained before their deputation at these jails. Apart from this, it would also be ensured that testing of prisoners for COVID-19 and submission of reports is done on priority basis, he added.

He said that tests of prisoners would be conducted using RT-PCR instead of rapid test kit at government institutes only. He said that prisoner wards would be established in the COVID-19 dedicated hospitals and every COVID positive prisoner would be admitted and treated in these wards. It would also be ensured that sampling for COVID-19 tests of such prisoners or staff that had been in contact with any COVID positive prisoner/staff is done promptly at the jail itself through a mobile team of Civil Hospital concerned.

No IPRDH/2020

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Government, when Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal while moving ahead with his core mantra of Good governance to provide citizen centric services to general public in a transparent and seamless manner by making maximum use of Information Technology, today launched e-Sachivalaya https://esachivalaya.edisha.gov.in/ portal, a digital platform, facilitating people to take online appointments for virtual meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other Heads of Departments.

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Dushyant Chautala was also present at the launching ceremony along with the Chief Minister.

On the occasion, Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to ensure maximum utilization this portal for getting their work done related to government. He said that in this hour of COVID-19 crisis, they should not travel to visit the government offices by risking their lives, rather while following Stay at Home norm they should use this portal to resolve their problems and further get the desired works done.

The Chief Minister while addressing Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners said that with the e-Sachivalaya concept, any person seeking appointment for meeting Ministers and Officers at their offices in Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh do not have to appear physically, rather through their mobile phones, laptops they can simply book their appointments digitally. After taking the appointment, within 24 hours they will be given a time slot for the virtual meeting, he said.

Mr. Manohar Lal said that in last six years, through e-governance, many digital services have been started in the direction of good governance. During COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (H.U.M) portal was launched to facilitate MSMEs. Similarly, online education has been made available through learning management system software.

During COVID-19, for the convenience of farmers, shopkeepers, labourers, employees and common man, various portals are launched to provide online facilities. While, the general public was having difficulty in meeting Chief Minister, Ministers and officers sitting at Headquarters Chandigarh, therefore in view of this, now e-Sachivalaya portal has been launched today, he asserted.

It was also informed that presently there are 6000 Atal Seva Kendras in rural areas and 115 Saral and Antyodaya Kendras in cities and in these Kendras 542 services and schemes of 39 departments are available online. Through these Kendras, online appointments can be taken for the e-Sachivalaya.

On this occasion, Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora urged all the Deputy Commissioners to get their Secretariat staff trained in the work related to e-Sachivalaya, for which NIC has also prepared a training programme. All the Deputy Commissioners will be informed about the programme by the NIC.

Meanwhile in the launching ceremony, Chief Minister also launched a web portal for plasma donation For this, patients who have recovered after defeating COVID-19 infection will receive an SMS on their mobile for plasma donation, on which they will be requested to donate plasma. At present, plasma banks have been opened in Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula. The number of COVID-19 Warriors who have bravely defeated the virus is around 20,000.

Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department, Mr. Alok Nigam, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Principal Secretary, Electronics and Information Technology, Mr. Ankur Gupta, Principal Secretary, Labor Department, Mr. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Mr. Vijayendra Kumar, Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mr. Nitin Yadav, and officers of NIC were also present in the launching ceremony.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- While describing the present State Government as a pro farmer government, Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that various schemes have been implemented for the welfare of farmers in the State and in the same series more than 13,000 tube-well connections have been released to the farmers besides allowing them to purchase motors up to 10 Hp.

Dr. Banwari Lal was speaking after inaugurating the shopping complex and streets at village Padla, district Rewari today.

He said that Kisan Mitra would be appointed to assist farmers for better financial management. He also exhorted the farmers to promote livestock business along with farming so as to further strengthen their economic condition and added that the State Government has implemented various schemes to promote animal husbandry in the State including Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. This scheme, he said is an important step towards further empowering livestock farmers in the State.

Dr. Banwari Lal said that farmers should avail maximum benefit of Pashu Kisan Credit Card Scheme. He said that under this scheme, a provision of collateral-free loan up to Rs 1.60 lakh has been made for the purchase of livestock like cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and poultry . He said that instructions have been issued to the banks to provide collateral free loan of Rs 1.60 lakh and collateral loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to the beneficiaries in a convenient manner.

The Cooperation Minister assured that no stone would be left unturned for development of Bawal. While referring to COVID-19, he urged the people to adhere to instructions issued by the Government from time to time to contain the spread of COVID-19.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana Government is geared up to become the first State in the Country to achieve the target of making 11 villages in every district of the State Lal Dora free by October 2, 2020 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under Svamitva scheme, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day.

This information was shared during a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal with Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar regarding review of the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project and SVAMITVA scheme, through video conferencing, held here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Dushyant Chautala, was also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Minister urged the officers of Survey of India to prepare Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the departments including Development and Panchayat, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies so that they can freely carry out the work related to this scheme. Besides this, SOP should also be prepared for getting administrative approval from the Chief Secretary Office.

While ensuring that full cooperation will be extended to the Survey of India, Chief Minister said that the State Government will leave no stone unturned in achieving Prime Minister’s goal set under SVAMITVA scheme. He said that all the necessary information related to properties and revenue records of the Gram Panchayats and Municipal Corporations should be made available on a single platform.

The Chief Minister was apprised that the work of mapping using drones has been completed in Municipal Corporation of Karnal, 140 villages and Jind and Sohna cities. The work of digitizing the records of the remaining nine Municipal Corporations will be done in the next phase.

Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal informed that by July 27, 2020, the work of line marking of Lal Dora area in the villages will be sent to Survey of India.

After declaring the Village Sirsi in district Karnal free from Lal Dora, now the process of making eight villages of Panchkula free from Lal Dora is in the final stage. He assured the Chief Minister that Haryana will be a leading State in the country for declaring 11 villages in every district as free from Lal Dora under Svamitva scheme by October 2, 2020, as announced by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi. He said that in 242 villages and three cities including Karnal, Jind and Sohna this work will be completed on a fast pace.

Surveyor General of India, Lt. General Girish Kumar, apprised the Chief Minister that along with line marking, 30 drones would be deployed at different locations.

Chief Secretary Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Mr. Vijai Vardhan, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr. V. Umashankar, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mrs. Ashima Brar, Director General Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal Director Town and Country Planning Department, Mr. K. Makarand Pandurang were present.

No. IPRDH/2020

Himani Bahuguna

Chandigarh, July 21- Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has expressed grief on the demise of Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mr. Lalji Tandon.

In a condolence message released here today, the Chief Minister said that Mr. Tandon was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and other than being a skilled administrator, sensitive politician, and an eminent legislature he was also well-versed in constitutional affairs. He said that there was a special stature of Mr. Tandon in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and it will be difficult to fill the void created due to his demise.

Mr. Manohar Lal expressed condolences to the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21: Haryana’s farmers and cattle rearers should keep a stock of silage of green fodder to provide nutritious and balanced fodder to their cattle throughout the year especially in case of shortage of green fodder.

Giving information about this, an official spokesperson of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar said that to get optimum yield of milk from cattle, it is important that they be given green and dry fodder in nutritious and balanced quantity throughout the year. He said that due to lack of green fodder cattle become weak and their capacity to produce milk also reduces. He said that if the cattle continue to get nutritious green fodder, they remain healthy and their feed also costs less, so whenever the production of fodder is high during the monsoon season, it should be preserved to ensure availability of nutritious fodder throughout the year.

He said that there is a significant shortage of green fodder in the months of April to June and November and December, so some precaution should be taken in advance so that the livestock can be given green fodder throughout the year. He said that during the rainy season, kharif and rabi, fodder is available with the cattle rearers, so green fodder should be preserved during these days which can be fed to the cattle in times of shortage.

He said that the farmers have green fodder from kharif crops such as jawar, maize, bajra and lobiya and in rabi crops such as barseem, oats, lurasan (Rijka) and while preserving the fodder it should be kept in mind that the quality of the fodder is not compromised.

No.IPRDH/2020

Randeep/Priyanka

Chandigarh July 21 – Haryana Governor, Mr. Satyadeo Narain Arya has expressed grief over the demise of Governor Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Lalji Tandon and expressed condolences to the bereaved family.

In a condolence message issued here today he said that Mr. Lalji Tandon was a veteran and a stalwart politician who had left an indelible impression while serving the people as the Governor of Bihar. With the demise of Mr. Lalji Tandon country has lost an able administrator and it is an irreparable loss.

The Governor recalled that he had personal relations with Mr. Tandon due to which he received guidance from him from time to time. His long public life had been devoted to the service of people.

Mr. Arya prayed to god to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and prayed that the departed soul may rest in peace.

No. IPRDH/2020

Swati Mahajan

Chandigarh, July 21 – Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the State Government has been working with an objective of socio-economic welfare of all sections of the society and has also been making continuous efforts to connect all sections through cooperative societies.

Dr. Banwari Lal said this while addressing the people during inauguration of newly constructed office building of ‘The Palhawas Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd’ along with 500 MT and 100 MT godowns and five outlets, constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh at village Palhawas in district Rewari.

The Cooperation Minister said that these godowns will be used by Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society (PACS) to store manure etc. These can also be used commercially when there is no requirement of storage, he added.

He said that after the construction of five shops, it can be given on rent to the youth residing in rural areas, which will also provide self-employment to the youth of rural areas. He said that this will provide rental income to PACS. Besides this, farmers and nearby entrepreneurs will also get benefitted from the construction of these godowns.

The Cooperation Minister also congratulated the villagers for these development works and extended his best wishes to them.

During this occasion, MLA Mr. Laxman Singh Yadav said that these development works of Rs 70 lakh will benefit the people of about 28 villages near Palhawas village as it was a way back demand of the people of this region.

No. IPRDH/2020

Ravinder

Chandigarh, July 21: Cotton growers in Haryana who enroll under both the crop insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ (PMFBY) and crop diversification scheme ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’, need not worry about any increase in premium rates, as the State Government will bear 100 per cent of the cost of insuring alternate crops.

While stating this here today, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, said that following the revamp of the Central Government’s crop insurance scheme, farmers would have to pay two per cent of sum insured for Kharif, 1.5 per cent of sum insured for Rabi, and five per cent for cotton, which is a commercial and annual crop.

However, farmers who opt to cultivate alternate crops, including cotton, under the State’s crop diversification scheme would not have to pay any insurance premium on such crops. The State Government would also bear 100 per cent of premium share of maize crop in eight blocks in five districts.

Mr. Kaushal said that farmers in the State have received more money in claims than the premium paid collectively by them and the Central and State governments under PMFBY in the past three years. Farmers had received Rs. 2,097.93 crore in claims, as compared to Rs. 1,672.03 crore paid as premium between Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2018-19.

Moreover, farmers in Haryana have paid the least and claimed the most as compared to neighbours Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh where Rs. 8,501.31 crore and Rs. 4,085.71 crore were paid as premium, and Rs. 6,110.77 crore and Rs. 1,392.6 crore were received as claims, respectively. At the national level, an amount of Rs. 76,154 crore was paid as premium collectively by the farmers, Central Government and State Government, but farmers received claims amounting to Rs. 55,617 crore.

As many as 49,78,226 farmers in the State were covered under the scheme between Kharif 2016 and Kharif 2019. Total premium of Rs. 2,524.98 crore was paid during this period, of which farmers paid Rs. 812.31 crore, the State Government paid Rs. 996.01 crore and Central Government paid Rs. 716.66 crore. In comparison, the farmers received Rs. 2,662.44 crore as claims.

Allaying the fears of farmers, he said that the changes made to the crop insurance scheme earlier this year would prove to be beneficial to them, as the scheme has been made voluntary for farmers with crop loans as well. Apart from this, contract period for insurers has been extended to three years from one year, and insuring for single peril has been allowed. This means that farmers can choose which risk factors they wish to insure their crops against, instead of paying for the more expensive multi-peril cover which included factors that might be a rarity in that particular region.

He said that when the scheme was launched in Haryana in 2016, Kharif crops including paddy, bajra, maize and cotton, and Rabi crops namely wheat, mustard, gram and barley were covered. Sunflower was also covered under the scheme Rabi 2018-19 onwards.

Giving details of measures taken by the Haryana Government for the implementation of PMFBY in the State, he said that the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department had established a State Level Grievance Committee to sort out the pending grievances at fast track level. The Department has also provided one project officer and one surveyor in each district exclusively to handle the scheme-related work.

A centralized call centre was established in the Directorate with a 22-seat call centre (one for each district). The Department also created Management Information System (MIS) for localised claim intimations and timely assessment and settlement of localised claims. In 2019-20, target was set to enroll one lakh non-loanees, including 30,000 in each of the three clusters.