Haryana Government is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for those completing their MBBS from Haryana to serve in the State hospitals for two years.
Health Minister Anil Vij while replying to a question in Haryana Assembly on Thursday said that the proposal is being legally examined and if implemented, there would be no shortage of doctors in the State.
Giving reply to the queries of MlA regarding transfers of doctors, Vij said that now the doctors can also be posted in the home district as the State Government has repealed a law to this effect which had been existing since the days of the British.
He informed the House that with a view to meet the demands of doctors, an advertisement has been released for recruitment of 662 doctors. About 1,800 applications have been received and the selection process would soon begin. During last year also, the doctors were recruited to provide quality health care facilities to the people, said he.
Vij said that the Health Department has decided to make online transfers of doctors next month to meet the requirement of doctors in hospitals of the State. During the tenure of the present State Government, the health sector has undergone a significant improvement and the number of patients to the OPDs in the Government hospitals has increased by 19.17 per cent, claimed he.
Govt will rehabilitate Mirchpur Dalits: Capt Abhimanyu
Haryana Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu on Thursday said that the State Government has restored brotherhood among all sections of society in Mirchpur village with the assistance of the local khap panchayat.
Keeping this in view, representatives of all communities of Mirchpur had recently called on Chief Minister Manohar lal, and thanked him for restoring peace in Mirchpur after the latest scuffle, Capt. Abhimanyu said.
Reacting to the statement of INlD MlA Ranbir Singh Gangua that Mirchpur dalits have not been rehabilitated and are still suffering, the Minister said that the rehabilitation process of Mirchpur dalits is going on.
He said that paramilitary forces had been withdrawn from Mirchpur, and assured the House that peace would be maintained between all sections of society in Mirchpur.
Referring to February’s fresh scuffle between two communities in the village, Capt. Abhimanyu said that incident regarding children playing together should not be lent a casteist flavour. He assured to work for maintaining social harmony and fraternity in Mirchpur, which lies in his assembly constituency, even if the people of the village migrate to other places for work.
Around 40 Dalit families of Mirchpur village had fled in fear following an attack on them in February but had returned a day after an assurance was given by the State Government regarding their security.
Nearly six years ago, two dalits were burnt alive in an inter-caste violence in the same village. Following the violence, CRPF troops had been deployed in the village to maintain peace, but the force was withdrawn last year.
Haryana to undertake work on 49 ROBs and RUBs
The State Government has proposed to undertake work on 49 ROBs and RUBs, said Haryana Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh, while giving reply to a question.
He said that construction work on 24 Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) and Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) have been completed in the two-and-a-half-year tenure of the present State Government, whereas work is underway on 30 ROBs and RUBs.
Haryana executing various schemes for farmers: Dhankar
Accepting that there is a shortage of water in Haryana, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister OP Dhankar said that the State Government would make efforts to ensure water supply for agricultural purposes.
Dhankar while giving reply to a question said that the State Government is implementing a number of schemes to uplift the farmers through provisions of subsidies, increased productivity and marketing of produce to help them in making farming profitable.
He said that the schemes having special provisions for small farmers included National Mission on Oil Seed and Oil Palm, Scheme for Agriculture Engineering and Trail Boring, Scheme for Promotion of Crop Diversification, Crop Cluster Development Programme for ‘On farm Marketing Support’ to Horticulture farmers.
In reply to another question, Dhankar said that a number of steps have been taken to tackle the depleting ground water level in the state.
Haryana State Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act had been enacted which prohibits sowing of paddy before May 15 and transplantation of paddy before June 15. The department is encouraging the farmers to adopt drip and sprinkler irrigation. More than 1.65 lakh sprinkler sets have been installed upto 2015-16 since the introduction of the scheme, said he.
He added that a sum of Rs 203.29 crore had been spent to cover an area of more than 2.74 lakh hectares with drip irrigation system.
Apart from this, mass awareness campaigns were held to educate the farmers regarding conservation of groundwater and judicious use of irrigation water.
Process to fill vacancies in Education Dept. in progress: Sharma
Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that process to fill up vacant posts of teachers through promotion or rationalisation or direct recruitment had already been initiated.
In a written reply to a question, the Minister said that the school wise requirement of posts of various categories would be reviewed and rationalised in view of the norms. The vacancies in these rationalised posts would be filled up by promotion and direct recruitment, said he.
1886 wildlife enthusiasts visit Kalesar National Park
A total of 1886 wildlife enthusiasts visited the Kalesar National Park between November 2015 and March 2016. These visits had generated revenue of Rs 58,230, informed Forest Minister Rao Narbir Singh.
In a written reply to a question, the Minister said that 57,407 wildlife enthusiasts visited the Sultanpur National Park between April 2015 and March 2016 which resulted in revenue generation of more than Rs 4.99 lakh.
Over 14 lakh beneficiaries paid old age pension
Haryana Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Kumar said that from 2016-2017, 1432380 old age pensioners were given pension while 629857 widow pensioners got pension from the Government.
He said that 13,99,122 old age pensioners were paid in 2014-15 while 599662 widow pensioners were paid by the Government. Similarly, 1368551 old age pensioners and 585653 widow pensioners were paid during 2015-16 by Haryana Government.