Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that the State Government has fixed a target of opening 500 Model Sanskriti Schools across the State, of which 138 have already been opened.
Education is being imparted in these schools through English medium and in these schools, free education is being imparted to the children of families having an annual income of upto 1.80 lakh. While nominal fee is being charged from the students belonging to families above this income group, said Khattar.
Giving his reply on the last day of the Monsoon session of the State's Vidhan Sabha here, the Chief Minister said that some people wish to get their children enrolled in private schools, fulfilling the same, the State Government has implemented 'Cheerag' scheme. Under this scheme, the government will give Rs 700 to private schools for children studying in the classes from I to V, while an amount of Rs. 900 and Rs. 1100 will be paid for the students studying in classes VI to VII and IX to XII respectively. So far around 300 schools have given their consent under this scheme and 2700 children have enrolled, informed Sh. Manohar Lal.
The Chief Minister said that the government is doing rationalization of teachers in schools. We are working constantly to bring reforms in the system. The government is taking dedicated steps to help poor children. In the future, more reforms will be brought in the education sector, said Khattar.
Compensation for water logging
The Chief Minister said that the State Government will soon introduce a scheme to give compensation of the houses damaged due to flood and water-logging. Under this scheme, families having an annual income of upto Rs 1.80 lakh will get benefit. He said that the State Government has set a target to reclaim 10 lakh acres of waterlogged, saline and alkaline land and a dedicated portal for this has been launched.
Guaranteed jobs to Agniveers
Khattar said that the Haryana government will give guaranteed government jobs to these Agniveers and a policy in this regard will be framed immediately. Some private industrialists have also offered jobs to them, he added
Mutation of Shamlat land in name of Panchayats not a cause of worry
Khattar said that as per Supreme Court’s directions, the mutation of the Shamlat Deh (common land) in the name of Panchayats is not a cause of worry and is aimed at stopping the illegal transfer of Shamlat Deh land. He said the State Government is only changing the mutation. Curbing the illegal transfer of such land is the sole objective of the State Government, he said.
Assembly adjourned sine die
Haryana Assembly was adjourned sine die or for an indefinite period after the 3-day monsoon session ended on Wednesday. A total of four Bills were passed in the Assembly on the last day of the session.
In the monsoon session, the legislators were trained on the first day of the proceedings of the house through tablets, and a new tradition was started by commencing the assembly session on the lines of Lok Sabha at 11am. Not only this, arrangements for lunch were also made for the MLAs on the Vidhan Sabha premises for Rs 100. Haryana became the third state to launch the National e-Vidhan Application. This time during the monsoon session, a new era has been ushered in by connecting all the MLAs of Haryana Vidhan Sabha with the National e-Vidhan Application (NEVA).