Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Thursday said that the State Government has received the report of the committee constituted to explore the possibilities of launching the ‘Kisan Pension Yojana’ and the report is being studied now.
“The Finance Department would be consulted to find out the additional financial burden on this account,” he said while talking to the mediapersons after the second day of the ongoing budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the first instalment of 'Kisan Samman Nidhi' scheme, on February 24 to the farmers' accounts as announced in interim Union Budget.
In response to a question, the Chief Minister said that about 10 lakh farmers of Haryana are expected to benefitted with this scheme of the Central Government. As per the scheme, the farmers having up to five acres of land will be benefited. The Central Government has asked all states to provide details and data of the farmers and Haryana will be the first state in the country to provide this data, Manohar Lal said.
Replying to a question regarding AIIMS, the Chief Minister said that the AIIMS given to the Haryana will be made at Manethi in district Rewari. Apart from this, AIIMS in Badhsa of district Jhajjar is a part of AIIMS in Delhi, he said.
On being asked about his meeting with BJP national president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister said that it was a routine meeting.
He said that elections to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha will not be held alongwith the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. The decision to finalize the name candidates for Lok Sabha Elections is under the consideration of Central Parliamentary Board, he added.
Gurugram MLA questions the Govt over investments
MLA from Gurugram, Umesh Aggarwal on Thursday questioned his own government over the issue of setting up of new industries in Haryana. During the question hour, the Gurugram MLA left the Manohar Lal Khattar Government embarrassed when he questioned the Industries and Commerce Minister Vipul Goel over the statistics related to investment tabled in the House.
Aggarwal said, “During Happening Haryana in 2016, more than 600 MoUs were signed while Rs 6 lakh crore investment was claimed to expected from this. But as per the data given by the government, only Rs 500 crore investment is made in Haryana, he said urging the State Government to put in more efforts to give a boost to IT sector.
He also questioned that government’s data which claimed that a total of 58342 enterprises have been set up in the state from October 2014 to January 2019 and 395199 persons got employment.
Earlier, BJP MLAs Mool Chand Sharma and Umesh Aggarwal expressed disappointment over the issue of cleanliness in Ballabgarh and Gurugram while requesting the Haryana Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain to look into the issue.
5118 deaths registered in road accidents in 2918
As many as 5118 people had died in 2018 due to road accidents in Haryana. The State Government, in a written reply informed the State Assembly that 429 deaths have been recorded till January 2019 due to roads accidents. In 2018, 446 people had died in road accidents in Gurugram, 432 in Sonepat, 352 in Karnal, 284 in Yamunanagar, 277 in Rewari, 267 in Jhajjar, 258 in Kurukshetra.
6.18 lakh unemployed registered last year
A total of 6,18,565 unemployed youth were registered with employment exchanges in the state on the Departmental portal, the State Government informed in a written reply. The number of applicants currently receiving unemployment allowance in Haryana is 85152, it was informed. A maximum of 57685 unemployed youth were registered in Bhiwani followed by 53553 in Jind, 49700 in Hisar, 46382 in Karnal and 41376 in Yamunanagar.
1272 deaths reported due to cancer in 2017
As per the medical certification of cause of death (MCCD) data, 883 and 1272 deaths due to cancer and 694 and 753 deaths due to heart attack occurred in the calendar year 2016 and 2017 respectively in the state, the State Government informed while adding that the data for the year 2018 will be available after mid 2019.
22nd AIIMS to come up in Manethi
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that the country’s 22nd AIIMS would be constructed in Manethi, Rewari at the cost of Rs 1100 crore. For this, all formalities would be completed soon, he said. Responding to a question of Congress legislators on whether the National Cancer Institute would be shifted from Badhsa, Vij clarified that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) constructed at Badhsa in Jhajjar, is the country’s first biggest hospital which would work as extension institution of AIIMS. The NCI has been constructed on about 300 acres at the cost of about Rs 2035 crore.
Sub-committee constituted under Minister
Responding to question related to giving Gohana a status of district, Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu said that in order to create new districts, new tehsils and sub-tehsils in the state, a cabinet sub-committee under the chairmanship of Development and Panchayat Minister, OP Dhankar has been constituted.