Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that 2021 would be observed as 'Sushasan Parinam Varsh' during which officers and employees at field will be trained to ensure successful implementation of various Good Governance reforms implemented during the year 2020 which was been marked 'Sushasan Sankalp Varsh'.
“During 2021, no stone will be left unturned to ensure that delivery of citizen-centric services to the people of the state is done in a time-bound and hassle-free manner,” said the chief minister.
Addressing a state-level function held to celebrate the Good Governance Day, on the birth anniversary of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which was telecast live in around 150 places in various districts, sub divisions, tehsils and blocks in the presence of Union Ministers, MPs, Cabinet Ministers and MLAs,
Khattar made eight Good Governance announcements to motivate government employees to work hard for the welfare of masses.
Besides this, six new IT initiatives along with release of ‘Sushasan Sankalp Patrika’ highlighting the
Good Governance initiatives of the State Government were also launched by the Chief Minister.
The list of announcements include, an innovative project “Suksham sinchai se Har Khet Mein Pani”, through which water availability to farmers would ensured through on-farm micro irrigation based on canal water and STP treated wastewater which would be launched on a pilot-basis from January 1, 2021. Nine STPs and canals in the districts of Narnaul, CharkhiDadri, Bhiwani and Fatehabad are being selected in the first instance. The total estimated cost of the project is about Rs. 600 crore.
The CM also announced that One-time Registration Facility for all applicants to Government posts will be launched from January 1, 2021 by Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) and Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC). Now applicants will not have to pay separate fee for separate post. The applicant will have to do one-time registration and then will have to pay online fee once in three years. However, after three years, if an applicant wants to appear for any examination, then he would have to get fresh registration done.
He announced the increase of Honorarium to Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awardees increased from Rs. 5000 per month to Rs 20,000 per month with effect from January 1, 2021.
Besides this, Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana for insurance of horticultural crops was also announced by Khattar.
Under this scheme, farmers' crops will be compensated for losses due to adverse weather and natural disasters. The CM announced that Higher Education loans will be made available for study in educational institutions in Haryana at an interest rate of 7.5 percent through the Credit Guarantee Scheme notified by the State Government.
Khattar announced that to bring more transparency in the functioning of government work and to eliminate corruption, a new online portal will be started to process all the cases of Change of Land Use from January 1.
He informed that with the launch of this online system, if the department does not decide the online request within 30 days made by any citizen then it would result in deemed approval.