Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to provide monthly financial assistance in the form of pension to acid attack victims.
"Financial Assistance to Women and Girl Acid Attack Victims Scheme” was approved by the cabinet under which a monthly pension to a woman or girl acid attack victim will be provided to allow her a continuous source of income throughout her life.
Under the scheme, any woman or girl victim facing acid attack on or after May 2, 2011 will be eligible for the benefits of the scheme. The financial assistance will be given on the basis of the percentage of disability. On 40-50 per cent disability, 2.5 times of Divyang pension, 51 to 60 per cent, 3.5 times of Divyang pension and more than 61 per cent, 4.5 times of Divyang pension.
The cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal here also reviewed the progress of implementation of Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) scheme in Haryana power Discoms- the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN).
The cabinet also approved the Haryana Mata Bhimeshwari Devi Mandir (Ashram) Beri Shrine Act, 2018 for the better management of the shrine.
“Haryana Cabinet approved to amend the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Rules, 1976 to enable maintenance of town-wise EDC Account. The amendment has been made for making an enabling provision regarding maintenance of a town-wise EDC account and for utilising the amount collected towards external development works for such town alone,” said an official spokesman.
The Chief Minister Manohar Lal had made an announcement in this regard recently.
While reviewing UDAY scheme, the cabinet placed on record its appreciation for unprecedented reduction in aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses by the Haryana Discoms and remarkable achievement in achieving financial turnaround in FY 2017-18 by eliminating the gap between average cost of supply and average revenue return, the spokesman said.
It also congratulated the UHBVN and DHBVN for being ranked 10th and 13th best performing utilities among 42 Discoms in 6th Annual Integrated Rating issued by Ministry of Power
The cabinet was informed that the Discoms have achieved 20.29 per cent reduction in AT&C losses as against the target of 20.04 per cent in the year 2017-18 and 25.43 per cent as against the target of 24.02 per cent in the year 2016-17, thus showing significant reduction in AT&C losses over a period of two years which constitutes 5.14 per cent and 4.40 per cent.
Similarly, the line losses in rural areas have been reduced from 69 per cent in financial year 2016-17 to 60 per cent in financial year 2017-18 and in urban areas from 20 per cent in financial year 2016-17 to 15 per cent in financial year 2017-18.
Registration fee revised
The State Government has decided to revise the fee for registration of non – testamentary documents relating to immovable property. The rates of registration fees were last time revised on November 6, 2006 according to which the maximum rate of registration fee is Rs 15000 if the value of consideration in money terms is exceeding Rs 25 lakh.
As per the revised rates, if the registration of non – testamentary documents such as exceeds Rs 25 lakh but does not exceed Rs 30 lakh, the rate will be Rs 15000. If it exceeds Rs 30 lakh but does not exceed Rs 40 lakh, then the revised rate would be Rs 20000 and it would be Rs 25000, if the money terms exceeds Rs 40 lakh but does not exceed Rs 50 lakh. If it exceeds Rs 50 lakh but does not exceed Rs 60 lakh, the revised rate would be Rs 30000, and similarly, it would 50000, if it exceeds Rs 90 lakh.
It had become necessary to increase the rates of registration fee in order to augment the state revenue to meet the increased development expenditure and to feed the expenditure of registration department, a spokesman said.
Non testamentary documents relating to immovable property are instrument of sale, gift, mortgages, sale certificates, rent or lease deed, collaboration agreement, deed of exchange of property, deed of settlement and deed of partition, he added.
Govt takes over Mata Bhimeshwari Devi Mandir
The cabinet approved the Haryana Mata Bhimeshwari Devi Mandir (Ashram) Beri Shrine Act, 2018 for the better management, administration and governance of Mata Bhimeshwari Devi Mandir (Ashram), Beri and its endowments including the lands and buildings attached or appurtenant to the Shrine.
Shree Bhimeshwari Devi Mandir (Ashram) Beri is an ancient temple and about 5-6 lakh pilgrims all over Haryana and neighbouring states come to the temple every year to pay their obeisance to the deity. Two big fairs during Navratras are held annually in Bhimeshwari Devi Mata Mandir at Beri in Jhajjar.