Haryana to increase ASHA workers’ honorarium
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said that monthly honorarium to ASHA workers and incentives given under various schemes would be increased benefiting about 20,000 ASHA workers in the State. Vij, presiding over meeting with ASHA Workers’ Union, assured them to consider their all demands sympathetically, following which the representatives of the Union announced to call off their protest. Minister also approved the demand to provide almirah to the ASHA workers at sub-centre. Apart from this, approval has also been given to provide medi-claim insurance in case of death or injury in a road accident, marks for experience in recruitment for regular posts and android mobile phones to ASHA workers.
Budget reflects Modi’s vision: Dhankar
Chandigarh: Hailing the Union Budget 2018-19 presented on Thursday, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister OP Dhankar said that this budget reflects the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to double the farmers’ income by 2022. It will also help in implementation of Haryana’s proposed peri-urban agriculture concept in National Capital Region. Dhankar said that allocation of Rs 2,000 crore for new rural market of e-NAM, Rs 1400 crore for food processing sector, 42 Mega Food park,
Rs 10,000 crore for development of fisheries and aquaculture and an assurance about joint efforts by Haryana, Punjab,
Uttar Pradesh and Delhi for prevention of air-pollution due to crop residue would not only strengthen agriculture economy but would also supplement the vision of Gramyajivan envisaged by Nanaji Deshmukh.
Anti-common man budget: Haryana Congress
Chandigarh: leader of Haryana Congress legislature Party Kiran Choudhry on Thursday branded the “lacklustre” Union Budget for 2018-19 as “anti-common man and anti-farmer” which has
failed to give the economy and job-creation the desired push and direction. People’s hopes have been dashed to the ground, she said. Haryana’s former excise and taxation minister described budget as long on tall talk and short on actual delivery. “It has little to de-stress the distressed agrarian sector, lift manufacturing spirits and give job creation the much-needed boost.