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HARYANA REVIEW MAY 2013 1EDITORIAL

CHIEF PATRON Bhupinder Singh Hooda

PATRON Pt Shiv Charan Lal Sharma

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr K K Khandelwal

CHIEF EDITOR Sudhir Rajpal

MANAGING EDITOR M S Yadav

CONSULTING EDITOR Parveen K Modi

NEWS BUREAU Ruchi Sharma Swati Sethi

COPY DESK Shweta Vashishta

LAYOUT & DESIGN Sunil Kumar

ILLUSTRATOR Gurpreet Singh

PHOTOGRAPHER Randeep Singh

PHOTO SUPPORT Gopal Singh Karam Singh Neeraj Chopra Gauri Shankar Jasmer Singh

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Mixing growth with delivery Of late, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder

Singh Hooda, has been exhibiting added zeal and zest to prod his way through odds to not only push and pace up growth but also to ensure that the benefits of growth percolate down to the people. Converting the HT Conclave into a platform, he disseminated the message that after Haryana gave the millennium city of Gurgaon, the state government will now give Haryana the future city of Sonipat. In our cover story, we bring to our readers an analysis of the factors that have made Sonipat-Kundli belt a cluster of industry and a hub of education, drawing investors and investment.

Progress, he is of the firm conviction, is made to the extent progress is realised and felt by the people. And in making this happen, bureaucrats and the police force can play a vital role. For, they truly represent the face of the government. If one were to squeeze the sermons he delivered to administrative secretaries as well as DCs and SPs at separate encounters last month, it would bring out two things. One, he wants visibly fast and result-oriented progress; and a responsive, responsible and transparent set-up engaged in making delivery to the people quick and hassle-free. Two, he wants both administrators and the police to be among the people, feel their pulse, and let them, in return, go back with the feeling that the administration is there for them, at their beck and call, and that they can rely on it.

Read in this context the Chief Minister’s call to senior administrators to make frequent field visits and mix up with people to know how do they feel about the government and its governance; and take remedial measures, if required. His directive to DCs and SPs to spend a night or two in a week with villagers conveyed no dissimilar message.

We have a special article on battery-operated autorickshaw, nicknamed ‘Garud’, which has come as a divine intervention in the lives of some rickshaw-pullers of Sirsa. In the sports column, we have traced the journey of para-sports and para-athletes making it big in Haryana.

Learn in our art and culture segment how passion for collecting coins can reap rich dividends if you really amass them. Do not forget to savour the potpourri made especially for you. g

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COvER STORY

Future beckons Sonipat-Kundli p 4 After making the millennium city of Gurgaon the Singapore of India, the Haryana Government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, now aims at making Sonipat the future city of Haryana

Industrial cluster in the making p 8 Today, Sonipat is home to about 4,000 industrial units and is set to emerge as a major industrial investment hub with the development of Kundli-Rai Industrial Complex

It's boom time at Rai, Barhi, Kundli p 12

Connectivity connects investment p 14

A nucleus of higher learning p 18

One campus, many institutes p 22

The Golden City eyes new horizons p 24

Rai school blends studies with sports p 26

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Tau, Hooda sarkaar ne to Sonipat

ka naksha hi badal diya sei...eib to mhara jila Gurgaon se

kisi bhi tarah kam na sei...

Hooda sarkaar, wah bahi wah!

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Madhya Marg, Chandigarh - 160019. Ph. 0172-5055971

LABOUR DAY SPECIALMay Day bonanza p 28

PHOTO FEATUREBack to school p 30

GUEST COLUMNDr Ambedkar: The apostle of just society p 36

ANNOUNCEMENTSC students can cheer up p 37

SPECIAL ARTICLE“Garud” comes to them as a divine intervention p 38

REPORTReach out to people, CM tells babus p 41 Outsource some cop jobs: Hooda p 42

FEATUREFilling country’s milk pail p 44

NEWS IN CAPSULEThe month that was p 46

SPORTSPara-sports make it big in Haryana p 50

ART AND CULTUREA passion for coins p 52

POTPOURRIStruggle emits strength p 54

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HARYANA REVIEW MAY 2013COVER STORY4

We made Gurgaon the millennium

city, now Sonipat will be the future city of Haryana"

Bhupinder singh HoodaChief Minister Haryana

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Parveen K Modi

Kissing new peaks of growth and glory, crossing new milestones

in industrialisation and infrastruc-ture, achieving laurels in taking development to the people, and set-ting new benchmarks for the peers, Haryana is galloping on the road to all-round progress.

Its vision set on putting the state in high-growth orbit, the Haryana Government, led by the Chief Min-ister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has taken conscious and concrete measures to put the state in the elite bracket of most progressive and advanced states in the country. Need-less to emphasise, it could not have been possible without the thrust on infrastructure and connectivity, commitment of the powers that be, and indulgence of the hard working people of Haryana.

the future cityAfter making millennium city Gurgaon the face of the country, the state government is now aiming at making Sonipat the future city of Haryana. Given the plans, Soni-pat-Kundli belt is set to emerge as a cluster of industry, a hub of higher learning, and an urbanised conglom-erate, enjoying high-end connec-tivity right on the outskirts of the national capital.

Unfolding his vision on the open-ing day of the three-day exposition on “Investment Opportunities in Sonipat-Kundli” in New Delhi, Mr Hooda said that many more Gur-gaons would come up across the

state putting urbanisation on a higher pedestal. A rapid rail corri-dor will be built to span Delhi-Soni-pat-Panipat and Delhi-Gurgaon-Re-wari-Alwar at the cost of Rs 40,000 crore.

Ground level realties show that infrastructure and connectivity con-stitute the cornerstone of the devel-opment strategy of the state govern-ment. Well though indeed! For, these two are the life blood of industriali-sation which alone can pave the way for growth, generate employment

and bring about prosperity.The Delhi Metro which has been

taken to Gurgaon, is being further extended up to Ballabhgarh and Bahadurgarh. Delhi Metro will not only be extended up to Manesar in Gurgaon district, it will also be extended up to Kundli after reaching Narela. The Haryana Government will contribute its due share to this project.

Mr Hooda told the conclave that a new railway line was being constructed between Sonipat and

After making the millennium city of Gurgaon the Singapore of India, the Haryana Government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, now aims at making Sonipat the future city of Haryana

Future beckons SONIPAT-KUNDLI

SONiPAt


Gohana which will ultimately go up to Jind. The Sonipat-Kundli area, located on the national highway road next door to Delhi, holds great poten-tial for development. It is connected with six-lane NH-1, KMP Expressway and major railway line.

hOrticulture eXPOrtSAn international horticulture mar-ket is coming up at Gannaur, which will be a potential hub for export of fruits, flowers and vegetables. The industrial complex of Kundli-Rai is spread over an area of about 2,500 acres with Electronic Hardware Technology Park and a Food Park in Rai. A new IMT is planned near Kharkhauda and Industrial Town-ship is proposed to be developed near Gohana, the Chief Minister added.

Mr Hooda said that there are four basic parameters to evaluate the growth story of any State. While re-

ferring to these parameters, he said, “Today, Haryana is number one state in per capita investment and is also number one in per capita income among bigger states. Per capita Plan expenditure of Haryana is also the highest in the country, and as per the Planning Commission report, the resource mobilisation in Haryana during Eleventh Five-Year Plan had been 192 per cent of the projected

mobilisation as against the national average of 92.5 per cent, which sub-stantiate the progress of Haryana.”

Answering a query from one of the participants, Mr Hooda said, “I know only about the Haryana model of development, which is very suc-cessful and can be verified on these parameters. Gujarat is not ahead of Haryana in any of these four parameters of per capita income, per capita investment, per capita planned expenditure and resource mobilisation”, he averred.

Recalling the journey on the patchy road to bringing Haryana where it stands today, Mr Hooda recalled that on assuming the office of Chief Minister in 2005, the first challenge his government faced was that of acute power shortage. “We decided to set up four thermal power plants in the state. Today, the power availability in the state has gone up

Today, Haryana is number one state in per capita investment and is also number one in per capita income among bigger states. Per capita Plan expenditure of Haryana is also the highest in the country

The audience is all ears as Mr Hooda unfolds the growth story of Haryana

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, speaking at the conclave on 'Unfolding the Haryana Growth Story-Investment Opportunities in Sonipat-Kundli' in New Delhi


from 1,587 MW to over 6,500 MW and there is no shortage of power”, he said.

Another challenge was of cre-ating employment opportunities for the youth and making them employable. Increase in the power generation capacity and availability of excellent infrastructure helped in pacing up industrialisation, leading to more employment opportunities in Haryana.

glObAl StANdArdS Of educAtiONOn the education front, Soni-pat-Kundli belt is set to emerge as a major hub of higher learning of global standards. The Rajiv Gandhi Education City is being developed in Sonipat where 11 reputed education-al institutions, including National Law University and the extension campus of IIT Delhi, have been allotted land.

Besides, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Tech-nology at Murthal, an All Women University at Khanpur Kalan along

with a Women’s Medical College, O.P. Jindal Global University, the Na-tional Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) and a number of other in-stitutions have come up in this area.

A number of industrialists, devel-opers and investors participated in the conclave. The Principal Secre-tary to Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Chhatar Singh, Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning Har-yana, Mr S S Dhillon, Principal Secretary Agriculture, Mr Roshan Lal, Principal Resident Commission-er, Mr P K Mahapatra, Managing Director of HSIIDC, Mr Tarun Bajaj, Director General of Information and Public Relations, Mr Sudhir Rajpal, Media Advisor to Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Shiv Bhatia, Additional Media Advisor Mr Sunil Parti and other senior officers of the state gov-ernment were also present. g

On the education front, Sonipat-Kundli belt is set to emerge as a major hub of higher learning of global standards. The Rajiv Gandhi Education City is being developed in Sonipat where 11 reputed educational institutions, including National Law University and the extension campus of IIT Delhi, have been allotted land


Parveen K Modi

Haryana has come a long way. From being primarily an agrar-

ian state, the small state has made rapid strides and found its rightful place on the global industrial map. While agriculture continues to be the mainstay of its economy, the state has emerged as an industrial giant, and an ideal destination for industri-alists and investors to invest in and do business from.

The tiny state has harnessed the progressive thrust of industrialisa-tion with its innovative policies and

pragmatic strategies. The state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities, industry-friendly policies, respon-sive administration, peaceful law-and-order situation and abundant skilled manpower make Haryana a preferred destination for setting up industry and enterprise in all sectors of the economy.

hOme tO iNduStriAl biggieS“Small wonder, the industrial estates and industrial model townships set up by the nodal agency, the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC),

across the state have become home to industrial biggies, including MNCs. Enjoying proximity to the national capital and high-end connectivity, the Sonipat-Kundli belt is fast emerg-ing as an industrial cluster”, the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, told Haryana Review.

mAjOr iNveStmeNt hubSonipat got its footprint on the in-dustrial map of India with the estab-lishment of ‘Altas Cycles’ way back in the 1950s, which was followed by another major Steel Pipes Industrial Unit in ‘Bharat Steel Tubes’ in Ga-nuar in the 1960s. Today, it is home to about 4,000 industrial units and is emerging as a major industrial in-vestment hub with the development of Kundli-Rai Industrial Complex.

Sonipat district today accounts for about 4,000 acres of developed industrial space at Kundli, Rai, Sonipat and Barhi. Sonipat and Kundl-Rai together span industri-al area of about 2,500 acres. One major industrial township is being developed at Kharkhauda, along the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, for which land acquisition proceed-ings have been completed. Similarly, another major IMT project has been planned at Laath-Bidhal-Jauli for which proceed-ings

Industrial cluster in the makingToday, Sonipat is home to about 4,000 industrial units and is set to emerge as a major industrial investment cluster with the development of Kundli-Rai Industrial Complex

An industrial unit in Rai


for acquisition of another 3,300 acres of land have been started.

Niche parks like Electronics Hard-ware Technology Park at Kundli; IT Park and Food Park at Rai; Apparel Park at Barhi; and Footwear Park at Bahadurgarh have also been set up to support cluster-based growth of industry. It is unfortunate that IT industry has not come up as expected in this area even though supporting infrastructure is available.

emergiNg AS AN it hubHowever, Anant Raj Industries has set up an IT/ITES Sector SEZ in this area and about 10 lakh sq feet of built-up space is awaiting occupa-tion. For want of adequate demand, DLF has temporarily held back its plans to create another 25 lakh sq ft of space for IT industry. But with the establishment of an education township in close vicinity, and availability of large housing stock, this place

holds great promise and potential to emerge as an IT hub.

“We have always believed that good infrastruc-ture attracts

investment, good governance affirms it, and the quality of life sustains it. We have undertaken a mission to give a further impetus to economic devel-opment of the state through strong infrastructure, favourable business environment, pragmatic policies and pool of skilled manpower,” the Chief Minister said.

“Creation of a world-class infrastructure has been top priority of the

this sonipat-Kundli Multi-Functional Urban Complex shares its boundary with the national Capital. Due to its location and planning, the complex offers unlimited investment opportunities in the nCR

Bhupinder singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana


Osram Unit at Kundli

Haryana Government. Consistent efforts are being made to improve connectivity, ensure adequate power supply, water supply and provide ef-fective logistics support to industry”, Mr Hooda said.

Having close proximity to the na-tional capital, Sonipat will have seam-less connectivity with the highways crossing the state after completion of the 135-km four-lane Kundli-Mane-sar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway. The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project will add lot of value to the region.

Lending connectivity pace, Metro has already reached Gurgaon. Work on the Metro project for Faridabad is in progress. Foundation of the

Bahadurgarh link has also been laid. Besides, study has also been initiated for a Rapid Rail Corridor between Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat. The other initiatives include upgradation of national and state highways, new inter-city connectivities, intra-city transport etc.

dmic iNitiAtiveHaryana is a key constituent of the DMIC initiative, which covers nearly 66 per cent of the total area of the state, including the Sonipat region. Under this project initiative, an Investment Region would be set up at Kundli-Sonipat. The Kundli-Rai area, situated along the NH-1 axis, is set to grow as a highly preferred invest-

ment destination with the completion of the KMP Expressway

The Sonipat-Kundli area has been planned as a Multi-Functional Urban Complex by the Town and Coun-try Planning Department, keeping in view its strategic location and advantage of close proximity to the National Capital. The development plan proposes to equip the town with necessary infrastructure required to serve its own population as well as of the surrounding region. Regional Plan 2021 AD prepared by the NCRPB, has also identified Sonipat- Kundli Urban Complex as a regional centre in the National Capital Region (NCR).

This Multi-Functional Urban Com-plex shares its boundary with the


National Capital. The development plan has on its radar residential, industrial, institutional, commercial, public and semi-public as well as public utilities sectors, including the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Education City (RGEC) Project.

The Haryana Urban Development Authority has incurred huge expend-iture on the execution of various de-velopment works in the urban estate of Sonipat. Lot of money has been spent on laying of roads, sewerage, storm water drainage, water supply, electrification and horticulture works etc. Besides, emphasis has been laid on the creation of infrastructural fa-cilities like dispensaries, poly clinics, schools, community centres, old age home, police station etc.

well PlANNed SectOrSThe urban complex is shaping up well and can deservingly be called ‘the future city’. Due to exorbitant prices and scarcity of land at Delhi, resi-dential/ commercial and industrial plots in the well planned sectors of

Sonipat- Kundli urban complex are in great demand.

Haryana is a small state, geograph-ically. It accounts for just 1.3 per cent of the total area of the country. However, it contributes nearly 3.4 per cent to the national GDP. With per capita income of about Rs 1.24 lakh in 2012-13, the state occupies top position among the major states of the country. Haryana offers unique competitive advantage vis-à-vis

other states of the country and has emerged as a preferred investment destination among the domestic and foreign investors.

eXcelleNt ecONOmic grOwthThe economic growth of Haryana registered an average annual growth rate of 6.4 per cent between 1966-67 and 2004-05. But during the last eight years, the state’s economy grew at an excellent average annual rate of 9.3 per cent, much higher than the rate of growth of the Indian economy which was 8.5 per cent. Exports from Haryana have touched Rs 55,000 crore in 2011-12. g

During the last eight years, the state’s economy grew at an excellent average annual rate of 9.3 per cent, much higher than the rate of growth of the Indian economy which was 8.5 per cent. Exports from Haryana touched Rs 55,000 crore in 2011-12


B S Malik

Sonipat has made tremendous pro-gress on the industrial front since

its formation and it is forging ahead on this path with gusto. At the time of formation of the district in 1972, there were just 188 industrial units, where-as now the figure is 3,609. Besides, 56 large and medium units also exist in the district.

The process for setting up an industrial model township at Khark-hoda is mid way as the government has been distributing compensation to the farmers for acquiring about 3,300 acres of land. The initial process for acquiring about 3,500 acres of land of Bidhal, Joli, Lath and Bhainswal Kalan villages has also been initiated for setting up industrial estate in the Gohana region of the district.

The biggest industrial bonanza has come from the Railways for this district. The Union Railway Minis-

ter, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, has announced setting up of a rail coach manufacturing unit in Sonipat which is expected to be set up in the Gohana area of the district.

fOur iNduStriAl zONeSThere are four industrial zones in the district- Kundli, Rai, Murthal and Barhi- which have been developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corpo-ration, and there is an old industrial area in Sonipat town.

The Industrial Estate (IE), Kundli is developed over an area of about 1,000 acres and the allottees include – Jagdamba Exports, NIFTEM, Mag-ppie International, Osram, Action shoes etc. The Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) has been developed over an area of about 108 acres and the Electronics Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) over an area of nearly 100 acres in Kundli.

The Industrial Estate, Rai is devel-oped over an area of above 650 acres (excluding Food Park and Technology Park) and the allottees include Fiem, Concord, Can-Pack, Yakult etc. The IT Park has been developed at Rai over an area of about 56 acres. The Food Park has been developed over an area of nearly 210 acres and the allottees include Yakult Danone, Bikanerwala Foods, Victoria Foods, Shakti Bhog, Rajdhani Flour Mills, Kayem Foods etc.

iNduStriAl eStAte, bArhiThe Industrial Estate, Barhi (Ph-I) is developed over an area of about 275 acres and the allottees include Seasons Textiles, Wooltex Industries, Kaico Deer, EOC Polymer India etc. The Apparel Park has been developed at Barhi over an area of nearly 330 acres and the allottees include Tush-kar Ploychem, TDI Clothing, Surya Compunds, Tulip Apparel, Amu Inter-

It's boom time at Rai, Barhi, Kundli Work apace at different plants in Rai, Kundli (second), and Barhi


It's boom time at Rai, Barhi, Kundli national, Chopra Embroidery, etc. The IE Barhi (Phase-III) is being developed over an area of about 646 acres

remArkAble grOwth iN eXPOrtS There is a remarkable growth in the export of rice, stainless steel prod-ucts, paper products, electrical goods, auto parts etc. in the district. At the time of formation of the district, there were negligible exports whereas now, exports worth of Rs 1,200 crore are made by 70 industrial units exist-ing in the district.

The major countries to which exports are made include USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Items like bi-cycles, basmati rice, sheet glass, medicine, ready-made garments, leather and shoes, rubber conveyor belts, surgical blades, poly-ester buttons, auto parts, hand tools, utensils and electrical appliances are exported.

Few units in the district are engaged in dying of fabrics, electro-plating, glass designing, coating work, printing of label and stickers, wooden work, embroidery etc. There is ample scope for printing, photography, tenting, event management, clinical and pathological laboratory, dying of fabrics and glass designing.

There is a good potential for new micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) such as biotech products e.g. bio-fuel, bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides, herbal extract for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use, ready-made garments, edible oils, perfumery, auto compo-nents, engineering products, basic drug and pharmaceutical, ready to serve food stuff etc.

cluSterS Of eNterPriSeThere are two existing clusters of micro and small enterprise: Stainless Steel Cluster at Kundli and Print-ing and Packaging Cluster at Rai.

Utensils, cutlery and kitchen tools are the principal products manufac-tured in the Kundli cluster having 72 functional units with an annual turnover of about Rs 800 crore. The annual exports from Kundli cluster are approximately Rs 200 crore. The Printing and Packaging Cluster at Rai has 110 industrial units with annual turnover of Rs 165 crore.

dwelliNg uNitS iN eStAteSIt is proposed to construct single dwelling units and dormitory at each of the estates at Kundli, Rai and Bar-hi. Work for construction of industri-al labour housing at Kundli is already in progress.

The industrial associations of dif-ferent industrial estates in the district have raised their issues relating to excise-free zone, electricity, availabili-ty of finance and skilled manpower. g

The writer is former DIPRO, Sonipat


Swati Sethi

Connectivity holds the key to growth of any belt and acts as

a magnet for investment. Creation of world-class infrastructure has been and remains top priority of the Haryana Government. Constant and consistent efforts are being made to improve connectivity, ensure ade-quate power supply, water supply and provide effective logistics support which is vital for industry.

“We have already brought metro to Gurgaon. Work on the metro project for Faridabad is in progress. Foundation of the Bahadurgarh link has also been laid. Study has also been initiated for a Rapid Rail Corridor between Delhi-Sonipat-Pa-nipat. The Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway or Kundli- Manesar-Pal-wal (KMP) Expressway will connect all the highways in the state and the Delhi-Mumbai-Industrial Corridor will give a definite fillip to industry in the region. Our other initiatives include upgradation of national and state highways, new inter-city con-nectivities, intra-city transport etc”, the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, told Haryana Review.

iNveStmeNt OPPOrtuNitieS Haryana is a key constituent of the DMIC Project initiative, which covers nearly 66 per cent of the total area of the state, including the Sonipat region. Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) would open up new opportunities of investment and growth in the state.

It is one of the largest infrastruc-ture project undertaken in India entailing an investment of USD 90 billion (Rs 4,32,000 crore) with the fi-nancial & technical aids from Japan, covering an overall length of around 1,500 km between the political capital and the business capital of India, i.e. Delhi and Mumbai. Under this pro-ject initiative, an investment region would be set up at Kundli-Sonipat.

The Kundli-Rai area, situated along the NH-1 axis, is set to grow as a highly preferred investment destination with the completion of the Delhi Western Peripheral Ex-pressway, or Kundli Manesar Palwal

Connectivity connects investmentThe Haryana Government is making constant and consistent efforts to improve connectivity, ensure adequate power and water supply and provide effective logistics support which is vital for industry


(KMP) Expressway Project. The 135-km-long, four-lane expressway will provide seamless connectivity across NH-1, NH-2, NH-8 and NH-10 passing through Haryana without travelling through the National Capi-tal of Delhi.

Travel and access between Kund-li-Rai (NH-1), Bahdurgah-Rohtak (NH-10), Gurgaon-Manesar (NH-8), and Faridabad-Palwal (NH-2) is going to be measured in time rather than in kilometres.

theme hubSVarious theme hubs like Leisure Hub, Sports Hub and Leather Hub are planned to be developed along the KMP Expressway.

DMIC has influence area of 29,362 square kilometer in Haryana and covers 66 per cent of the area of the state across 14 districts. Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HSIIDC) is the nodal agency for the project in Haryana.

The DMIC aims at creating a band with globally competitive environ-ment and state-of-the-art infrastruc-ture to activate regional commerce and enhance foreign investment. Its avowed goals are doubling the employment potential in seven years; tripling industrial output in nine years; and quadrupling exports in eight to nine years.

eArly bird PrOjectSThe state government has declared three projects as early bird projects and two projects as the priority pro-jects to be developed under the cor-ridor. The early bird projects under the Corridor are construction of an Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre in Manesar, an Integrated Multi-Mod-al Logistics Hub in Rewari and a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT S) between Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal. Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre is one of the mega infrastructure development projects that the state government plans to complete in phases in the next four to five years. For this project, 400 acres of land have already been acquired at Panch-gaon near Manesar.

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

has been set up under Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) for the project estimated to cost Rs 3,000 crore. Theproject will be completed in three phases over a period of four to five years. While 150 acres will be developed in the first phase, 150 and 100 acres will be developed in the sec-ond and third phase respectively.

Another early bird project is the Integrated Multi-Modal Logistics Hub. The project will be set up in villages Ludahana, Pithanwas, Garhi and Bolni in Rewari. Spread over 900 acres of land, the project is proposed to be the largest facility in

North India. Total investment under this project is Rs 1,900 crore. The main components of this project are Container Freight Station, Custom bonded and domestic warehouses, Railway sliding, truck parking, auto zone and container handling facility.

mASS rAPid trANSit SyStemFor providing high speed con-nectivity between the industrial townships of Gurgaon, Manesar, Dharuhera and Bawal for movement of goods and labour, a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT S) between Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal is being


established. MRTS covers a distance of 130 km including connectivity to Delhi Metro with 57 stations and pro-vides connectivity to IGI airport. The project will cost Rs 63.17 crore.

The priority projects under DMIC are Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Express-way & Global Economic Corridor and a Cargo Airport in NCR. Delhi West-ern Peripheral Expressway, or Kund-li-Manesar-Palwal (KMP Express-way), is a 135.6 km long Expressway being constructed in the state. The expressway will act as a Delhi bypass for traffic coming from North Delhi on NH 1 and going to South Delhi on NH 2 or West Delhi on NH 8.

The expressway will cross four national highways, seven state highways and four major district roads. The total cost of this project is Rs 2,500 crore approximately. The 135.6-km-long KMP Expressway has been divided into three sections of 45

km each. Flyovers are being con-structed at places where the express-way crosses national highways. The expressway connects Kundli (Sone-pat) on NH-1, Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar) on NH-10, Manesar on NH-8 and Pal-wal on NH-2. The project’s scope of work includes the construction of 220 major structures including bridges, grade separators and underpasses.

OverPASSeS ANd uNderPASSeSSixteen overpasses and underpasses at crossings on state highways and major district roads; seven overpass-es, nine underpasses and 27 under-passes at crossings on village roads; and 33 agricultural vehicular under-passes, 31 cattle crossing passages, 61 pedestrian crossing passages, four railway overbridges, 18 major and minor bridges, cross drainage works (culverts) at 292 locations, and two truck parking and four bus bays will

also be constructed.An international Cargo Airport is

being set up in the National Capital Region (NCR). 3,000 acre of land has been identified for this in Bhaini Maharajpur and Bhaini Bhairon villages. Airport Authority of India has conveyed its in-principle consent

kundli-manesar-Palwal expresswayLength 135.6 km

North end

Kundli on NH 1, 5 km north of Delhi border

NH 10, 5 km northwest of Bahadurgarh

Badli village 3 km west of Delhi border on

Gurgaon-Jhajjar road

East of Farrukhnagar on Gurgaon-Farrukhnagar

road

Northwest corner of IMT Manesar on SH 26

(Gurgaon-Pataudi-Rewari state highway)

Pachgaon village on NH 8, 5 km southwest of

National Security Guard campus, Manesar

4 km east of Taoru town on NH 71B

10 km south of Sohna on SH 13 (Gurgaon-Sohna-

Nuh-Alwar state highway)

South end

5 km south of Palwal on NH 2 or about 40 km

south of Delhi border

State Haryana

Mojor cities Sonipat (Kundli), Gurgaon and Palwal

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to the project site after carrying out preliminary site visit and pre-feasi-bility study.

The Haryana Chief Secretary, Mr P.K.Chaudhery told Haryana Review that the state Government intended to set up a Cargo Airport in Har-yana in the NCR Sub-Region. The

application was filed with the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation for site clearance. The Ministry of Defence has issued the requisite NOC to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and now the case is being processed by Minis-try of Civil Aviation, he added.

HSIIDC has signed a pact with

consortium of Japanese companies comprising Toshiba, Tokyo Gas & NEC for building ‘Smart Communi-ties’ or ‘Eco Cities’ in the DMIC re-gion. There are many other projects that are under pipeline. The HSIIDC has allotted five acres to the Unique Identification Authority of India at IMT Manesar for setting up Central Identification Data Repository for the Aadhaar project. The project would involve an investment of Rs 275 crore.

The total built up area would be more than 2 lakh sq. ft. UIDAI has been created by the Government of India to develop and implement the necessary institutional, technical and legal infrastructure to issue a 12 digit unique identity numbers to India residents.

SettiNg uP Of it PArkSSome other projects include setting up of IT Parks in Panchkula, Rai and IMT Manesar; allotment of more than 4,100 industrial plots and sheds in the last seven years which would catalyse investments of nearly Rs 40,000 crore; setting up of new IMTs in Faridabad, Rohtak, Mewat and Kharkhoda; and allotment of up to two per cent of the plots or sheds in each Estate to persons with disabil-ities.

Three skill development institutes i.e Footwear Design and Develop-ment Institute (FDDI) in IMT Rohtak, National Institute of Food Technol-ogy, Entrepreneurship and Manage-ment (NIFTEM) at Kundli and Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) at IMT Manesar have been set up. g

The HSIIDC has allotted five acres to the Unique Identification Authority of India at IMT Manesar for setting up Central Identification Data Repository for the Aadhaar project. The project would involve an investment of Rs 275 crore


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Education, and particularly higher education, is vital for the growth

of industry. Until and unless skilled workforce is there, industry cannot progress. Knowing this full well, the Haryana Government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, is giving top priority to higher education in the state. It is also mak-ing efforts to tailor higher education to the needs of the industry.

Haryana has taken extensive steps in the direction of imparting quality higher education to produce such stu-dents who are able to take up global challenges. Soon after taking over the reins of the state government in 2005, the Chief Minister put the expansion of education facilities in the academ-

ic as well as technical fields in his priority list.

Though these activities have been undertaken throughout the state, but these are particularly concentrated in Sonipat because of its proximity to Delhi and its location on both sides of GT road. The district houses three universities and a number of other national institutes. It is emerging as a hub of higher education in Haryana.

hub Of educAtiONA number of institutions have been set up in the Sonipat district in the last eight years. There are about 40 in-stitutes of engineering and technolo-gy and Jindal Global University in the private sector, while the Bhagat Phool Singh (BPS) Mahila Vishwavidyalaya and BPS Government Women Medical

College at Khanpur Kalan, Deenband-hu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology at Murthal and Na-tional Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management at Kundli are the premier institutions in the government sector.

The process of developing the Rajiv Gandhi Education City (RGEC) and the Central Institute Plastic Engineering and Technology is in full swing. Being developed on the pattern of Oxford University, RGEC will have educational institutions of national and international repute and state-of-the-art infrastructure. The proposals to open an IIIT near village Kilorad and a national law university in Rajiv Gandhi Education City have also been approved.

The district has become the first

A nucleus of h igher learningA number of institutions of higher learning have been set up in Sonipat during the last eight years. The district has become the first choice of youngsters, especially girls, for pursuing higher education


choice of youngsters, especially girls, for pursuing higher education. Inter-estingly, there are 10 academic degree colleges in the district and out of these, seven are exclusively for girls.

Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya: Since Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidya-laya (BPSMV), Khanpur Kalan was establishment in August, 2006, the university has made tremendous progress in terms of infrastructure and academics. It is North India’s first women university.

Since the university is committed to helping in social growth, the Cen-tre for Society University Interface and Research (CSUIR) has been estab-lished to strengthen the bond between society and the university. Similarly in order to preserve and research on Indo-Asian heritage and culture, the UGC has awarded BPSMV with an Area Study Centre on Indic and Asian Studies.

The programmes offered by the

university are completely job orient-ed. Many innovative programmes, like Masters in Rural Development Planning and Management, M Tech in Network Security, Integrated pro-grammes in English and Economics, MBA (Tech.), Post Graduate Diploma programmes in foreign languages (German, Russian and French), are being offered. The university has also introduced PhD programmes in English, Education, Engineering Sciences, Management, Home Science and Laws.

The university’s Vice Chancellor, Dr (Mrs) Pankaj Mittal, says the University has future plans to expand substantially on infrastructure and academic fronts. “The BPS Mahila Vishwavidyalaya’s vision is to make a profound difference in the lives of women by empowering them to attain their full potential through pursuit of knowledge, acquisition of skills, development of character and self es-teem, and recognition of their rights

and responsibilities,” she adds. Since its inception in August 2006,

Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwav-idyalaya has earned its place of ‘uni-versity with a difference’ in the arena of higher education. A 75-years old Gurukul started with only three girls has turned into a modern university with approximately 7,000 girls on its rolls.

It is spread over lush green, pol-lution free 500 acres of land. There are two teaching blocks housing various teaching departments of the university, an administrative block, a multipurpose hall and the School of Engineering and Sciences. There are several constituent colleges viz. BPS Memorial Girls’ College, BPS Institute of Teacher Training and Research, Department of Laws, BPS Mahila Polytechnic and MSM Insti-tute of Ayurveda. Also there are two Schools offering courses in all school subjects both in Hindi and English medium.

A nucleus of h igher learning

Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan


There are 15 hostels with modern facilities with a capacity of 3,500 resi-dents. The university has constructed new 95 faculty houses in addition to 131 old houses.

Bhagat Phool Singh Govern-ment Women Medical College: The Bhagat Phool Singh (BPS) Govern-ment Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan is the second gov-ernment medical college for girls in the country after a gap of almost 100 years as the Lady Harding Medical College was established in 1914. This is a matter of great pride as it is the first medical college for girls’ medical education after independence, which is a milestone in the history of the country.

The foundation stone of the insti-tute was laid down by the Chairper-son of UPA, Mrs Sonia Gandhi on March 1, 2009, and she dedicated the institute to the public on March 8, 2013. The institute has been built in 88 acres land with the cost of Rs 374 crore in a record time of two years.

According to the Director of the medical college, Dr R C Siwach, the institute was started on trial basis by Hon’ble Health Minister Rao Naren-

der Singh on September 1, 2011 with 100 beds and opened for the public with a team of 21 dedicated faculty members. “The strength of the beds as well as doctors grew at a very fast rate and today, we have 450 beds, 211 doctors, state-of-the-art intensive area with ventilators, modular operation theatres and world-class labour room,” he said.

Hundred girl students are pur-suing MBBS course in the campus. Presently, the OPD strength has reached to nearly 1,500-2,000 persons per day with bed occupancy of more than 90 per cent. The intensive area created in the institute, comprising 40 beds, is providing yeoman services to the poor and downtrodden. About 20 to 30 major surgeries are carried out every day.

Dr Siwach said special bus services are being provided from the neigh-bouring towns, including Sonipat, Gohana, Rohtak and Gannaur, for the convenience of the students and the patients.

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology: The Deenbandhu Chho-tu Ram University of Science and

Technology, Murthal, was established through an Act of the Haryana State Legislature on November 6, 2006, to facilitate and promote studies and research in emerging areas of higher education with focus on new frontiers of science, engineering, technolo-gy, architecture and management studies. The university is recognised under section 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956. It was accorded the affiliating status by Act of the Haryana State Legislature on August 3, 2009.

Nearly 25 technical institutes with-in the Sonipat District are affiliated with the university. The university is spread over 273 acres and has a fully residential campus. It has 16 depart-ments under six different faculties. In addition to research facilities leading to enrollment of 242 research scholars, the university is presently running 21 post graduate (PG), nine under graduate (UG) and two inte-grated programmes on regular basis, and three PG and 5 UG courses in weekend mode, in engineering, sci-ence, architecture and management with an annual intake of about 3,500 students.

The university has highly qualified

Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Technology, Murthal


faculty, well-equipped library, com-puter centre with high speed internet facility, faculty rooms and classrooms. It has been recurrently organising conferences, workshops, short-term training programmes, seminars as well as expert lectures by research-ers from academia and industry of national and international repute.

With a view to promoting research and development in the university, some centres of excellence have been created, such as Centre for Research, Innovation and Development (CRID), a collection of four units, i.e., Re-search and Development Unit, Innova-tion Unit, Business Incubation Unit

and Entrepreneurship Unit; Centre of Excellence in Energy and Envi-ronmental Studies, and University Test House. Proposal for establishing centers of excellence in biotechnol-ogy and highway safety through intelligent transportation systems is pending with funding agencies for approval of funds. The university has signed MoUs with a number of uni-versities, research organisations and industries to exchange faculty and students and to conduct joint research work.

Besides these academic activities, the university has a well-built infra-structure and ambience for carrying out sports activities, such as tennis academy with synthetic court and flood light facilities, basketball courts with flood lights, gym and health club, volleyball ground, handball ground, cricket ground, football ground, athletics track, sand track, and health track. Multi-purpose gymnasium hall for indoor games and an all-weather swimming pool are in the pipeline.

O P Jindal Global University: The O P Jindal Global University (JGU) is a non-profit global university established by the Haryana Private

Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009. JGU was established in the memory of Mr O P Jindal as a philanthropic initiative of Mr Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. The University Grants Commission has accorded its recognition to the university.

The vision of JGU is to promote global courses, global programmes, global curriculum, global research, global collaborations, and global interaction through a global faculty. The university is situated on a 70-acre state-of-the art residential campus in the National Capital Region.

It is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:15 facul-ty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience. JGU has established four schools: Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global Business School, Jindal School of In-ternational Affairs, and Jindal School of Government and Public Policy.

Thus, with so many world-class in-stitutes, Sonipat district has become the nucleus of higher learning in Haryana. g

OP Jindal is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:15 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience


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Making the vision of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh

Hooda, of having world-class educa-tional institutes under one roof in Haryana, a reality is the Rajiv Gandhi Education City (RGEC) in Sonipat. Being developed on the pattern of Ox-ford University, the RGEC will house institutions like the extended campus of IIT-Delhi, National Law University, FORE School of Management and other institutes of national and inter-national repute.

The Education City is envisaged as a hub for higher learning and a centre for research in cutting edge technologies, such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, medicine, management, architecture etc. Sites for educational institutions with sizes ranging from 1 acre to 131 acre have been provided to meet varied requirements.

RGEC has a locational advantage as it is situated on NH 1, at a drive of

about 10 minutes from the national capital Delhi. Setting up of premier institutions in this City promises to catapult the state into the focal point of higher education studies.

Land measuring 2,007.6 acres was acquired for setting up of the City with the aim of having the largest single higher education complex in the world with education facilities for about 1.5 lakh students.

25 Per ceNt reServAtiONAs many as 25 per cent seats will be reserved for the students from Hary-ana. The total investment in land and development of campuses is estimated to be to the tune of Rs 1,500 crores.

The RGEC campus is being de-signed by an American architect, Perkins Eastman, who has worked on leading educational campuses around the world. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad was also established by this institution.

Till date, 12 sponsoring bodies, including National Law University

One campus, many institutesThis aptly describes the Rajiv Gandhi Education City which is envisaged as a hub of higher learning and a centre for research in cutting edge technologies, such as nanotechnology and medicine


and IIT Delhi for its extension cam-pus, have been allotted educational plots in Rajiv Gandhi Education City. Allotment of land to ITDC is also being considered for setting up a Tourism University.

Foundation stones of 10 institutions have been laid. These institutes include the Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune, Ashoka University, Asian Educa-tion Society Skyline Business School, Foundation for Organisation Research and Education (FORE) School of Man-agement, Manav Rachna International University, N.C. College of Engineering and Research, Hindu School of Archi-tecture, RIMT Technical Campus, Shri Balwant Rai Institute of Technology and Research and SRM University number 3. These institutes are being set up over an area of 167.74 acres.

AShOkA uNiverSityAshoka University would be set up over 25 acres of land in collaboration with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Penn-sylvania, the oldest and prestigious university of USA, where students could get education of the level of Har-vard, Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge. The university with a capacity of 4,000 students would start operations in 2014.

Skyline Education Group would set up a business school on four acres of land. This institute would offer special courses in business management

subjects like international business, marketing, information systems, tour-ism, human resource management and insurance.

Manav Rachna University, being set up under the Haryana Private Univer-sities Act, 2006, would provide faculty of medicine, engineering, technolo-gy and management studies. FORE School of Management would be devel-oped over an area of 7.38 acres with an investment of about Rs 74 crore. The institute would offer Post Graduate Diploma in Management.

Srm uNiverSitySRM University would be set up by South Indian SRM Group of Institute. Equipped with modern facilities, the university would offer courses in medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, en-gineering and technology, architecture, science, humanities and management. A medical hospital would also be estab-lished in the university campus.

The Sonipat Hindu Educational and Charitable Society would set up Hindu School of Architecture, which would offer five year course in B. Architec-ture. RIMT Technical Campus would offer technical courses, like B.tech, B. Architecture, MBA and MCA. This campus would be developed on over 13 acres of land.

The NC Group of Institute would set up NC College of Engineering and Research. This institute has up to 90

per cent placement of students. Shri Balwant Institute of Technology is affiliated to the Deenbandhu Chottu Ram University of Science and Tech-nology, Murthal, and would offers post graduate courses in management and engineering.

Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune, would also set up its campus in the Education City. It has 29 constituent units under its umbrella with diverse disciplines such as management, med-icine, law, engineering, science, arts, commerce, pharmacy, architecture and social work.

The state government is also establishing the National Law Univer-sity in RGEC. It will be a state-funded university and will be raised with government grant of approximately Rs 119 crore.

It is the aim of the state government to produce legal professionals who are resourcefully competent, technically sound and socially relevant. This uni-versity will be developed as a Centre of excellence with objectives to organise advanced studies and research in all branches of law.

Well proportioned supporting infrastructure sites like residential, commercial areas, multi level parking, health facilities, taxi stands, water treatment/effluent treatment plant, hotels, shopping arcades, satellite sta-tion etc have been provided in RGEC to make it self sufficient. g

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, laying foundation stone of SRM University at RGEC, Sonipat


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Known as the Golden City in ancient times, Sonipat is today

a full-fledged district having many feathers in its cap. The district is known for Atlas Cycle Industries, one of the largest manufacturers of bicycles in the world. Boasting of three universities, the ambitious Rajiv Gandhi Education City which will bring world-class educational institutions, and countless number of colleges, Sonipat is set to emerge as a hub of education in Haryana.

Not only this, the district is home to Olympic medalist wrestler Yoges-hwar Dutt, discus thrower Seema Antil, and Arjuna awardees Rohtash Singh Dahiya and Ramesh Kumar. Sonipat is famous for its monsoon time sweet dish ghevar. It is also well known for its dhabas (local restau-rants) at Murthal on Grand Trunk Road which offer lip-smacking dishes.

The district was carved out of Rohtak on December 22, 1972. Besides Sonipat, the district headquarters town, it comprises smaller towns like Gohana, Ganaur, Mundlana, Khark-hoda and Rai.

The district spans an area of 2,260 sq km and is surrounded by the states

of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and the districts of Rohtak, Jind and Panipat. The River Yamuna runs along the eastern boundary of the district, a natural boundary between Haryana and UP. Topographically, the district is divided into three regions: the Kha-dar, upland plain and sandy region.

SwArNAPrASthALegend has it that Sonipat was earlier known as Sonprastha, which later became Swarnprastha, mean-ing the "Golden City", derived from two Sanskrit words, "swarn" (gold) and "prastha" (place). Eventually, the pronunciation of the classical name Swarnprasth changed into Swarnpath, and then to its current form, Sonipat. It is believed that Swarnaprastha was founded by the five Pandava brothers during the

times of Mahabharata. At that time it was one of the five villages demanded by the Pandavas in lieu of the king-dom of Hastinapur. The other four villages were Panprastha (Panipat), Baghprastha (Baghpat), Tilprastha (Tilpat) and Indraprastha.

According to the 2011 Census, population of Sonipat is 19,79,175 with sex ratio of 839 women per 1,000 men. The growth rate (1991–2001) of the population is 22.36 per cent. The average literacy rate is 72.79 per cent with 83.06 per cent male literacy and 60.68 per cent female literacy.

The district has three universities: the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Uni-versity of Science and Technology, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwav-idyalaya and O.P. Jindal Global Uni-versity. The Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technol-ogy situated at the Sonipat-Murthal road provides for an ideal place for attaining excellence in education and research.

firSt wOmeN’S medicAl cOllegeSonipat holds the distinction of having North India's first ever government-funded women's uni-versity, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan.

The Golden City eyes new horizons Once known as the Golden City, Sonipat is today touching new horizons. It is home to three universities and Atlas Industries, one of the largest manufacturers of bicycles in the world, and countless number of dhabas at Murthal ladling out lip-smacking dishes for the highway travellers

Sonipat holds the distinction of having north India's first ever government-funded women's university, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan


Recently the UPA Chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women at Khanpur Kalan, first women’s medical college in India after independence, with a view to further empowering the women.

jiNdAl glObAl uNiverSity O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is a non-profit global university established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009, established in memory of the Late O P Jindal as a philanthropic initiative of Mr Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. The University Grants Commission has accorded its recognition to the university.

Industrial development started in the district in 1950s with the coming up of Atlas Cycles. Since then, many small and big industries have been established. Sonipat has four industri-al areas (Sonipat, Kundli, Rai, Barhi) which contain numerous small and medium-scale industries. Atlas Cycle Industry was started in 1951 and today it is one of the largest manufacturers of bicycles in the world.

mANufActuriNg uNitSElectric Construction & Equipment Co Ltd is a company of the B K Birla Group which is also known as E.C.E. It manufactures transformers and switchgears. LT Overseas is a global rice food company that makes Daawat Rice. It is one of the major organi-sations in Haryana involved in the milling, processing and marketing of branded basmati rice.

OSRAM India manufactures electric bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and tube lights. Yakult Danone India Pvt Ltd is a joint ven-ture (50:50) between Yakult Honsha, Japan, and Groupe Danone of France, both of which are global probiotic leaders. Yakult, a probiotic drink, was launched in India in 2007 and is manufactured at the Food Park, Rai Industrial Area, Sonipat.

Besides industry, Sonipat also excels in agriculture. The main crops grown here are wheat, rice, sugar-cane, cotton, oilseeds, pulses, barley, maize, millet, etc. Presently, rice and sugarcane cultivation is undertaken

in the Khadar area and oilseeds, hor-ticultural plants, vegetables and flow-ers, is cultivated in the upland plains of the district. The main sources of irrigation are tubewells and canals.

SPOrtS SchOOl, rAiThe Sports Authority of India has established the Northern Regional Centre (the SAI, Ch. Devi Lal Regional Centre) at Sonipat to provide world-class facilities to athletes (especially wrestlers). In July, 1973 the govern-ment established the Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Sonipat to provide education facilities with extra emphasis on sports.

With world class infrastructure, huge participation and fine per-formance of the students in sports events, MNSS, Rai has been ranked India’s no.1 boarding school in the category of sports education and no. 3 in value for money in Education World-C in a survey of India’s most respected schools, for the second time in succession in September, 2012. It trains athletes in hockey, basketball, lawn tennis, horse riding, gymnastics, swimming, rifle shooting, volleyball, boxing, cricket and football.

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Sonipat is dotted with many places of religious importance and monuments of historical interest. The Shri Ram Temple and Shankar Kui Temple are the one of the oldest temples in Sonipat. The Shiv Temple located on Sonipat-Murthal road has a big statue of Lord Shiva. Baba Dham is a religious place which has two big statues of Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman. Other religious places are Mata Chintpurni Mandir and Sai Dham.

Tomb of Khwaja Khizr houses the remains of the saint who lived during the rule of Ibrahim Lodhi. The structure was built in between 1522 and 1525 AD. Khwaja Khizr was Darya Khan's son. The tomb stands on an elevated platform. It is one of the few monuments where

red sandstone along with ‘kankar’ blocks has been used.

The ceiling is decorative and comprises floral designs. The hues of yellow, red, and green make it quite colorful. The cenotaph chamber is surrounded by a dome-shaped structure which rests on a small drum of octagonal shape. Now it’s under the protection of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and surrounded by 4 acres of lush green gardens.

At the outskirts of the city one can enjoy the site of Mughal buildings which lie unprotected. Among them is the Mosque of Abdullah Nasir-ud-din, who was a descendant from Mushid of Iran.

Places of interest

Tomb of Khwaja

Khizr


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Sited on about 300 acres of verdant splendor at about 37 km north of

Delhi in Sonipat district in Haryana on the Sher Shah Suri Marg (NH-1), Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai (MNSS, Rai) is one of the country’s most reputed fully residential and co-educational senior secondary school run by the Haryana Govern-ment. With world class infrastructure, huge participation and fine perfor-mance of students in sports events, MNSS, Rai has been ranked India’s No.1 boarding school in the category of sports education.

The school has already set a high standard of excellence by virtue of being the winner of the British Council’s International School Award (ISA) for the second consecutive term i.e. for (2008-11) and now for (2012-15). It has been a proud recipient of the ISO 9001-2008 certification from a UK

based accredited agency. The institution has also been ap-

preciated for its eco-friendly endeav-ours. It is instrumental in creating awareness about environment in the society through its students by instill-ing in them the quality of service to community to make this world a safer place to live in.

high StANdArdS Of educAtiON MNSS, Rai was established on July 2, 1973 by the Haryana Government with the prime objective of providing high standards of education on the public school pattern with special emphasis on sports. It works on the philosophy of providing value-based education to children through scientific vision, emphasising on nation building so that they become good human beings. It aims at bringing out the genius hidden in every student by providing them maximum exposure, making them academically proficient and

developing their overall personality to face the challenges of this world.

The school is being governed by a special board of which the Governor of Haryana is the chairman. The Principal Secretary to Chief Minis-ter, Haryana is the chairman of an empowered committee which decides all policy matters related to the school which are approved by the special board.

This

Rai school blends studies with sports With world class infrastructure, huge participation and fine per-formance of students in sports events, MNSS, Rai has been ranked India’s No.1 boarding school in the category of sports education


school from Class IV to XII boasts of 800 plus students and more than 300 dedicated staff members, including 55 highly qualified faculty members and 14 coaches from all over the country, on its muster roll with a staff student ratio of 1:14 approx. It provides a unique study experience, combining academic rigour with co-curricu-lar and sports education, and truly justifying the school motto “Urdhavo Bhav”, which means “rise high.”

ON cAmPuS fAcilitieSThe school’s picturesque 300 acres campus is surrounded by lush green lawns and play fields. On campus facilities include the architectural beauty in the form of academic and administrative blocks with Wi-Fi broadband facility, science block and wooden and metallic workshop, well-equipped other laboratories like three computer labs, home science lab, language labs, geography lab etc. with all modern gadgets, and a 250-bedded school hospital with two resident medical officers.

There is an acoustically-designed auditorium having a seating capacity of 800 persons for organising various cultural and academic activities, two school libraries having more than 44,000 volumes of books, and an Open Air Theatre (OAT) having a seating capacity of over 1,200 people.

The school has two wings-- sen-

ior and junior wing. Junior wing, also known as Kamla Nehru School, comprises classes IV to VI, with four sections each, and has separate labo-ratories, auditorium, library, activity rooms, mess, hostels etc.

As far as sports facilities are concerned, the school has world-class infrastructure. There is an Astro-Turf hockey complex with viewers gallery and a modernised multi-gym apart from another grassy ground for hockey, a cricket field having six practice pitches and a cricket pavil-ion, an athletic stadium ( Pratap sta-dium) with a velodrome and an eight-lane 400-m cinder track for organising various track and field events having a multi-gym and a viewers gallery.

SPOrtS iNfrABesides, there are four cemented bas-ketball courts, four volleyball courts, one boxing ring, two squash courts, four badminton courts, 11 lawn tennis courts, two football grounds, a 10m Air Rifle Shooting Range, an Olympic- size swimming pool with the facility of diving, an equestrian course and a stable housing 16 top-class horses which are trained for show jumping, tent paging etc.

The school has constructed a multipurpose hall with viewer’s gallery having a seating capacity of 1,200 persons. Games like lawn tennis,

basketball,

volleyball, badminton, artistic and aerobic gymnastics, table tennis etc can be played inside the hall during inclement weather. All its features are the envy of any good institution in the country.

PArticiPAtiON iN NAtiONAlSIn School Nationals in 2012-13, a total of 216 students participated in vari-ous disciplines and the school won 37 medals, including seven gold, 13 silver and 17 bronze medals. NCC is an inte-gral part of training for the multifac-eted development of the students as all the wings of NCC are functional.

There is only one entry to the school which is in class IV. Approx-imately 100 children (50 boys and 50 Girls) in the age group of 8 to 10 years who have passed Class III exami-nation as a regular student from a school recognised by the CBSE/State Board are admitted in Class IV. The admission procedure includes a written test, physical efficiency and sports apti-tude test and an interview followed by medical exami-nation. g

HARYANA REVIEW MAY 201328 LABOUR DAY SPECIAL

Parveen K Modi

In keeping with the avowed policy of the state government to care for

its workers, the Haryana Chief Min-ister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has announced a bonanza for the con-struction workers. Financial help at the rate of minimum wage for 30 days would now be provided to such work-ers as are unable to rejoin work due to accident or some serious illness.

Emerging from a meeting of the Haryana Building and Other Con-struction Workers Welfare Board he chaired, Mr Hooda told Haryana Review that financial assistance would be given to such workers as are hospitalised in a government hospital for five or more days.

At present, Rs 215 and Rs 200 are payable as the minimum wages to skilled and unskilled workers, respectively. Earlier, the financial

assistance was limited to Rs 200 for the first five days; and Rs 20 for each remaining day, subject to a maximum of Rs 1,000.

The Chief Minister said it had also been decided to enhance the financial assistance being provided under the Kanyadaan Scheme to workers on the marriage of their two daughters from Rs 21,000 to Rs 31,000.

fiNANciAl Aid NOw rS 1 lAkhThe financial aid provided to the de-pendents of deceased worker has also been increased from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh; and if the death is due to ac-cident during the course of employ-ment, the dependents of the deceased would now get Rs 1.5 lakh instead of Rs 1.25 lakh at present.

Also, financial assistance of Rs 50,000 will be given to the dependents of an unregistered worker in the event of his death due to accident during the course of employment.

It has also been decided that the Haryana Building and Other Con-struction Workers Welfare Board will reimburse up to Rs 3,000 on the

May Day bonanzaThe Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, unfolds the May Day package for construction and other workers

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, presiding over a meeting of Haryana Building and Construction Workers Welfare Board

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purchase of bicycle by the construc-tion workers. This facility will be provided once in three years to such beneficiaries as are member for at least one year.

Apart from this, the board will provide a pair of footwear costing not more than Rs 250 and two pairs of saris or suit of maximum cost of Rs 1,000, to women construction workers. Similarly, the Board would also provide rain coat or umbrella once in a year, at the cost of not more than Rs 250 to each of the registered construction labourers.

The Haryana Labour and Em-ployment Minister, Mr Shiv Charan Sharma, also announced a number of welfare measures for the labourers. These include raising of the retire-ment age to 60 years; no objection certificate before selling a factory; and the facilities of ESI, Provident Fund; weekly holiday, gazetted holi-day and annual increase in the salary of contract labourers.

The minister also announced

to give a bicycle to the labourers earning up to Rs 10,000. Earlier, it was given to the labourers earning up to Rs 5,000. Salaries to labourers would now be disbursed through bank cheques.

Mr Sharma told Haryana Review that countless number of welfare schemes, including financial assis-tance to workers for the purchase of new cycle; artificial limbs; hearing aids; dental care; financial aid to the children of construction workers for getting computer training; purchase of school dress; financial help to female workers for delivery etc, have been implemented during the last eight years.

More than 7,000 workers have benefitted from various statutory and non-statutory welfare schemes launched by the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board to the extent of Rs 21 crore, during the last eight years.

rAjiv AAwAS yOjNAA scheme namely, "Rajiv Aawas Yojna", launched by the Central Gov-ernment, has been implemented in the state by the Urban Local Bodies Department for the welfare of con-struction workers. Under the scheme, housing facility is provided to the slum dwelIers.

It has been provided in the scheme that 70 per cent of the cost of house would be provided as subsidy (50% by GOI and 20% by the state govern-ment). The remaining 30 per cent of the cost has to be borne by the ben-

eficiary which would be provided as loan at subsidised rate of interest. This share of beneficiaries at present

works out to Rs 1.3 lakh (estimated) but may increase with the passage of time.

In order to give the housing facili-ty to the beneficiaries, the issue was placed before the Board at its meeting on April 10, 2013 for enhancing the present amount of loan from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh for all beneficiar-ies, and also to relax the condition of membership from five years to one year, subject to the charge of five per cent annual rate of interest. g

THE GAINSn Financial help at the rate of

minimum wage for 30 days to workers who are unable to rejoin work due to accident or some serious illness.

n Hike in financial assistance for such workers as are hospitalised in a government hospital for five or more days.

n Financial assistance provided under the Kanyadaan Scheme increased from Rs 21,000 to Rs 31,000.

n Financial aid provided to the dependents of a deceased increased from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh; and if the death is due to accident during the course of employment, the dependents of the deceased would get Rs 1.5 lakh instead of Rs 1.25 lakh.

n Financial assistance of Rs 50,000 will be given to the dependents of an unregistered worker in case of death due to accident during the course of employment.

n The Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board will reimburse up to Rs 3,000 on the purchase of bicycle by construction workers.

n The board will also provide a pair of footwear costing not more than Rs 250 and two pairs of saris or suit costing up to of Rs 1,000, to women construction workers.

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HARYANA REVIEW MAY 201336 GUEST COLUMN

Amar Nath Wadehra & Randeep Wadehra

It is said that great visionaries are born only once in a millennium.

But India has been fortunate in being blessed with several such visionaries almost simultaneously, and that too at the most critical juncture of the coun-try’s modern history. Among them Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Babasaheb Ambedkar were the most prominent. We all know that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar is considered as the father of free India’s Constitution. We also know that he was a fearless advocate of equality for the depressed classes.

A person’s worldview is invariably moulded by childhood experiences and his or her upbringing. This was true in case of Babasaheb too. Kabir’s cou-plets (dohas) were his favourite child-hood reading. Later on, he was gifted a book on Buddha. Both had a profound and lasting effect on his thought pro-cesses and political ideology.

PriNciPleS Of buddhiSm Although he embraced Buddhism rather late in life, he had great admira-tion for its three principles, which he adopted as his life’s philosophy. These principles were: Prajna (rational understanding), Karuna (compassion), and Samata (equality). He considered Buddhism as culturally superior to Hinduism. He pointed out how the Constituent Assembly had preferred to adopt the Wheel of Law (Buddhism’s Dhamma Chakra) as the National Symbol, which graces our National Flag as well as the National Emblem.

Exposed to the West’s liberal so-cio-cultural, as well as political, ethos during his impressionable years, Dr Ambedkar had become a great votary of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. He was no armchair intellectual. On his return to India, he put his beliefs into action.

AgAiNSt cASte SyStemHe looked upon the caste system as an instrument of oppression of one set of human beings by another, which deprived a vast section of Indians of their dignity as human beings and citizens. He once remarked that the caste structure was an instrument of, “on the one hand, tyranny, vanity, pride, arro-gance, greed as well as selfishness, and on the other hand, insecurity, poverty, degradation, loss of liberty, self-re-liance, independence, dignity and self-respect.”

There are several instances of how he stood up fearlessly for his convic-tions. In Maharashtra’s Mahad town, the depressed classes were not allowed to use a local water tank, although ani-mals were allowed. Babasaheb Ambed-kar decided to rectify this despicable assault on human dignity.

On March 20, 1927, he led about ten thousand Satyagrahis to the town to assert the human right to drink water from a tank meant for the public. The procession was attacked by upper caste Hindus, but the Satyagrahis remained peaceful although there were many ex-soldiers among them.

Dr Ambedkar could easily have behaved like a demagogue and incite counter-violence. But, he chose the path of non-violence deliberately. He

was a great democrat. He also firmly believed that, (i) The

individual is an end in himself; (ii) The individual has certain inalienable rights, which must be guaranteed to him/her by the Constitution; (iii) The individual shall not be required to re-linquish any of his or her constitution-al rights as a precondition precedent to the receipt of a privilege; and (iv) The State shall not delegate powers to private persons to govern others.

He was convinced that through the parliamentary form of democra-cy the government could usher in revolutionary

changes– social as well as economic– in the society without having to shed blood. He looked upon the democratic form of government as a reflection of attitude of respect towards common people.

fAther Of cONStitutiONNo wonder, he was such a relentless vo-tary of enshrining fundamental rights in our Constitution. He believed that the Constitution was effective enough to banish inequities in the society and establish a truly fair and just socio-po-litical system in the country.

Even today, Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s thoughts are relevant as much in Haryana as in other parts of the country. The Haryana Government is following the way showed by Baba-saheb and implementing a number of schemes for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes to bring them on par with other sections of the society. g

Amar Nath Wadehra is a writer and Randeep Wadehra is a poet and

columnist

Dr Ambedkar: The apostle of just society

dr AmbedkAr wAS bOrN ON APril 14,1891

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Swati Sethi

A big bonanza of incentives for as many as 11 lakh Scheduled

Caste students studying in classes I to XII of the state has come from the Haryana Government. The month-ly incentives given to SC students would be increased from Rs 100-Rs 400 to Rs 150 - Rs 600, putting an addi-tional burden of Rs 150 crore on the state exchequer.

This was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hoo-da, at a state level function organised to commemorate the 122nd birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on April 14, 2013 in Jhajjar. Accompanied by the Hary-ana Congress President, Mr Phool Chand Mullana, and Social Welfare Minister, Mrs Geeta Bhukkal, the Chief Minister also paid floral

tributes to the Architect of Indian Constitution, at the Dr Ambedkar Chowk in Jhajjar.

While announcing the hike in monthly incentives, Mr Hooda said that the Scheduled Caste boys study-ing in classes XI and XII would now get Rs 400 instead of Rs 300 and SC girls would get Rs 600 instead of Rs 400. Similarly, the SC boys studying in classes IX and X would now get Rs 250 instead of Rs 200 given earlier, whereas girls would be given Rs 400 instead of Rs 300.

iNceNtiveS fOr Sc StudeNtSThe SC boys studying in classes VI to VIII would get an incentive of Rs 200 instead of Rs 150 given earlier and girls would get Rs 300 instead of Rs 200. Boys of classes I to V would now get an incentive of Rs 150 instead of Rs 100, while SC girls would be given

Rs 225 instead of Rs 150.Paying rich tributes to Dr B R

Ambedkar, Mr Hooda described him as a great scholar, patriot, economist, jurist and historian, who rendered right of franchise to every person. All his life, Dr Ambedkar struggled to promote self respect among the poorest of the poor. In the history of India, his name would always be written in golden letters, he added.

The Chief Minister said that the state government was fully com-mitted to promoting the welfare of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes by implementing various schemes. The state government has allocated Rs 3,761.2 crore, which represents 20.9 per cent of the State Net Plan Outlay, under Scheduled Castes Sub Plan in Annual Plan 2013-14 as against the proportionate population of Sched-uled Castes that is 19.35 per cent of the total population in the state.

fiNANciAl Aid fOr the dePrivedApart from the increase in incen-tives of SC school students, the fi-nancial aid is also being given to the members belonging to the Scheduled Castes for surgical treatment. For this, Dr Ambedkar Chikitsa Sahayta Yojana has been started under which families belonging to Scheduled Castes and having annual income below Rs 50,000 are being given fi-nancial assistance of up to Rs 1 lakh for surgical treatment.

The state government is also committed to providing residential facility to the poor. People belong-ing to Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes-A and BPL families belong-ing to all categories are being given plots of 100 square yard each free of cost. So far 3.88 lakh families of the state have been provided with free plots.

Extending best wishes, the Edu-cation Minister, Mrs Geeta Bhukkal, said that Dr Ambedkar was a great son of the country who established such high ideals for eradicating social evils like discrimination on the basis of caste and untoucha-bility, and achieving welfare of the Backward Classes, as would keep on guiding us for times to come. g

SC students can cheer up The monthly incentive given to SC students studying in classes I to XII is being increased from Rs 100-Rs 400 to Rs 150-Rs 600, putting an additional burden of Rs 150 crore on the state exchequer

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, paying floral tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar at a state level function in Jhajjar

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Satish Mehra

“Garud” has come like a divine intervention in their lives. The

battery-driven autorickshaw, given to 40-odd lowly rickshaw-pullers free of cost by the Sirsa District adminis-tration, has transformed their lives; improved their economic and social standard; and earned them a status they had never dreamt of.

They now earn more for working less; look and live clean, their children get education in good schools; and families enjoy a better living. Better still, many have left behind the intox-icants they had got hooked to while plying rickshaws.

The battery-driven vehicle, named “Garud”, costing Rs 90,000 each, has been given to 40 rickshaw-pullers under the Backward Regions Grant

Fund Scheme being run by the Harya-na Government in Sirsa district. The scheme was launched by Dr Ashok Tanwar, MP from Sirsa, on February 17, 2013. The Fund has helped bring about unprecedented development in the field of education, health, public health and rural areas.

chANge fOr the betterSome of the rickshaw pullers who have been given ‘Garud’, told Haryana Review that their lives had changed for the better after getting these auto-rickshaws. Earlier, they would sweat out the whole day paddling rick-shaws but would earn only a measly Rs 150 to Rs 200 per day, but with the four-seated battery-driven auto-rick-shaw, they now easily take home up to Rs 700 per day.

Earlier, they would reach the

market on their rickshaws by 6 am, wait for customers and worked till 10 pm. They remained constantly wor-ried about their family’s future and children’s upbringing, and even hit the intoxicants to overcome fatigue and leave behind tensions caused by the mismatch between the needs of the family and their resources. Their social status was very poor.

What’s more, battery-driven au-to-rickshaws have uplifted the social status of rickshaw pullers. Earlier people talked to them in a derogatory manner and bargained over the fare which hurt their self-respect, but they had no option. Now they feel proud when they sit in battery-driven auto rickshaws and people respectfully calls them Auto Bhaiya. No one ar-gues with them over the issue of fares.

The auto-rickshaw drivers no more

The initiative of the Sirsa District administration to give battery-driven rickshaws, nicknamed “Garud”, free of cost to lowly rickshaw pullers has changed their lives; improved their economic and social standards; and earned them a status they never dreamt of

“Garud” comes to them as a divine intervention

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wear dirty clothes; they have been given grey uniforms. People are excit-ed to sit in these “Garud” rickshaws because they are both pollution-free and sound-free. “Garud” has not only spread happiness in 40 families, but has also contributed towards main-taining a clean environment. They have become the identity of Sirsa city.

Battery-driven auto-rickshaws have given rickshaw-pullers a new lease of life. Almost all who would drink have quit drinking, having experienced considerable improvement in their economic and social standing. Need-less to emphasise, those who have got battery-driven auto-rickshaws, are all praise for the state government and the district administration for their unique initiative.

Chandrabhan, a rickshaw-puller, told Haryana Review, “I was tired of paddling the rickshaw. It had begun to take a toll on my health. But poverty, hunger and family responsibilities left me with little option but to continue pulling the rickshaw. The battery-driv-en auto-rickshaw has come as a saviour for me. I now earn anything

up to Rs 600 per day, come back home by 5 pm, and get to spend time with my family too.”

Another rickshaw-puller, Satish Kumar Pandey, who hails from UP, said, “I have been driving paddle-driv-en rickshaw for the last 12 years and struggling hard to make both ends meet with meagre earnings. Now that I have got a battery-driven auto-rick-shaw from the district administration, I earn more than Rs 500 per day.”

mOre eArNiNgSVeer Singh, a resident of Kotli village and a rickshaw-puller for the last 18 years in Sirsa, said with what he made by plying the rickshaw, he could barely meet the needs of his family and often borrowed money to discharge responsibilities of his family. Since the income from driving rickshaw was not enough to meet the day-to-day needs there was no question of repaying the debt which kept increasing by the day. "Garud has changed my life. I am earning more than Rs 500 per day. Now, I will be in a position to repay my debt,” he said,

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heaving a sigh of relief. Soocha Singh, a resident of Kotli

village, told Haryana Review, “I have six children and my wife to support. Even after plying rickshaw from morning till evening, I did not make enough money to meet the needs of the family. I could not even meet their basic needs like food and clothes. But for the last one-and-a-half months since I got the battery-driven auto-rickshaw, my daily income has increased four times.”

His beaming wife, Bimla, chipped in, “With increased income, our home has become a heaven. Earlier, we didn’t have money even to buy the basic food, but now we do take even fruits and other delights.”

recAlliNg the PAStSantram, another resident of Kotli village, recalled how he spent his en-tire youth pulling a rickshaw to meet the bare and basic necessities of life. “I lost my prime pulling a rickshaw to get two square meals a day. But I did not want my children’s future to be like that, and Garud has come to my rescue. Now, I am earning up to Rs 700 per day running the battery driven au-to-rickshaw. My social and economic status has improved. I can now assure my children a bright future,” added an

elated Santram.Suresh, a rickshaw-puller in Sirsa

who originates from UP, said, “This time I have got my children admitted in good schools. These battery-driven auto-rickshaws have changed the fate of my children and now their future also seems secure.”

Battery-driven auto-rickshaws have also been given to four physically chal-lenged persons who were earlier driv-ing manually-driven rickshaws. All now drive them with ease and earn bread for their families with pride.

Speaking to Haryana Review, the Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, Dr J Ganesan, said that with availability of more such battery-driven auto-rick-shaws, the old tradition of man pull-ing man on paddle rickshaws would come to an end. Today, all locals and persons from other cities coming to Sirsa are saying that it will be better

if such auto-rickshaws run in other cities, too.

“Forty such battery-driven au-to-rickshaws costing Rs 36 lakh, have been given free of cost to the rickshaw pullers. Each auto rickshaw costs Rs 90,000. An auto driver has to deposit only Rs 10,000 as non-refundable security and this amount has been fi-nanced by the Punjab National Bank,” the DC said.

fAcilitieS At PArkiNg ShedSHe said that arrangements had been made for charging the batteries of these autos in a parking shed, and an employee had been deployed for the purpose. He is fully trained and also provides spare parts and repair facilities to the auto- rickshaw drivers, if needed. Only Rs 20 is charged from every driver for charging the battery.

The administration has made all arrangements for repair of the autos. Earlier, a trial of this auto was conducted in Sirsa city where it was found that once the battery is charged completely, ‘Garud’ can run up to 90 km. The District Administration plans to procure more such auto-rick-shaws to give to more rickshaw pullers. g

The writer is DIPRO, Sirsa

Forty such battery-driven auto-rickshaws costing Rs 36 lakh, have been given free of cost to the rickshaw pullers. Each auto rickshaw costs Rs 90,000

The auto-rickshaw parking shed

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Haryana Review Bureau

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has ex-

horted administrative secretaries of the state government to be punctual and monitor developmental projects on a regular basis so that their bene-fits reach the people in the state.

Presiding over a meeting of administrative secretaries in Chan-digarh, Mr Hooda asked them to clear their files daily to avoid delays and stressed the need for conducting field visits to see for themselves the progress of various development projects.

iNterActiON with mediAPerSONSDuring such visits, they must inter-act with mediapersons to share in-formation about development works. This would enable the people to know more about the development taking place in the state.

He advised them to promptly dispose off all cases of disciplinary action and other such files. “Citi-zen-centric, friendly, efficient and

transparent administration has been the focus of our government and we continue to be deeply committed to these goals”, Mr Hooda said. He urged them to ensure that the pro-grammes, policies, processes and data are made available and accessible to the people through websites, mass education and press interaction.

“Ever since the present govern-ment came to power in 2005, we have constantly strived for the progress and development of the state and the credit for our success goes largely to the team of officers who worked hard and with dedication”, the Chief Minister said.

He expressed happiness over the fact that Haryana is one of the best

administered states in the country. “With the joint effort of the political, executive and the administrative machinery, our state has witnessed a very high growth rate all these years. To meet the future challenges, we would have to work hard with dedica-tion and commitment”, he added.

SigNificANt AchievemeNtSAll the Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries were given time to share significant achieve-ments of their respective depart-ments, plans for the current financial year and point out constraints, if any. The meeting lasted for more than four hours.

Those present included Chief Secretary, Mr P K Chaudhery, Princi-pal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr Chhatar Singh, Additional Principal Secretaries to Chief Minister Mr K K Khandelwal and Mr Shiv Raman Gaur, Deputy Principal Secre-tary to Chief Minister, Mr R S Doon, Principal OSD to Chief Minister Mr M S Chopra, Additional Chief Secre-taries and Principal Secretaries. g

Reach out to people, CM tells babusThe Chief Minister has exhorted administrative secretaries of the state government to be punctual and monitor developmental projects on a regular basis so that their benefits reach the people in the state

Citizen-centric, friendly, efficient and transparent administration has been the focus of the government headed by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, presiding over the meeting of

administrative secretaries

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Haryana Review Bureau

The Haryana Government favours outsourcing of such non-core

functions of the police as servicing of summons; issuance of driving licences; arms licence verification; recruitment to ministerial jobs in police establishment; traffic control functions to progressively free the force for use in priority areas. These functions should be handed over to outsourced agencies in a phased manner after giving them requisite training.

These suggestions were made by the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, in his speech at the conference on ad-ministrative reforms in New Delhi today. As Mr Hooda himself could not attend the conference because of some pressing engagements, Haryana Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr Randeep Singh Surjew-ala, represented the state. Besides Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, Union Home Minister, and Mr R P N Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs, Chief Ministers and Home Ministers of states attended the conference.

In the speech read out by Mr Surjewala, Mr Hooda said that the

state government had communicat-ed its detailed response to the 153 recommendations contained in the Administrative Reforms Commis-sion (ARC) report.

The Chief Minister told the conference that in keeping with the ARC suggestions, Haryana had set up State Police Board to serve as an overall supervisory body at the highest level. It aids and advises the state government, frames policy guidelines for prompt efficient, responsive and accountable policing and evaluates organisational perfor-mance of police service in the state.

POlice tO Serve AS A wAtchdOg“With fairly wide-ranging functions and powers of the board and well laid out procedures and rules, we have not felt any need to have more institutions or boards in the ad-ministrative structure of the state police”, he added.

Haryana has also set up a Police Complaints Authority to serve as a watchdog on the police force within the ambit of the Police Act. Fur-ther, the institution of Lokayukta too has been doing an admirable job by investigating and bringing to book serious violations of law inter alia, by police personnel. With

all this, Haryana does not feel the need for overarching supervisory and control systems like the state commission for performance and accountability, board of investiga-tion, inspectorates of police etc, as envisaged in the ARC report, Mr Hooda said.

Scheme fOr victimS Welcoming the initiative of the Government of India to formulate a model statutory witness protection programme, Mr Hooda disclosed that Haryana had formulated a com-prehensive victims compensation scheme for which the state would provide necessary funds. Under the scheme, victims of serious crimes would get compensated according to the prescribed scale of compen-sation.

The Chief Minister favoured a strong federal structure which would safeguard the autonomy of the state. “We cannot support any step which compromises the federal structure in any manner. It is not possible for us to support any provision which enables the Central Government to move in the cen-tral forces into a state without the state’s consent or requisition”, he said, adding that “federal crimes” should be identified and listed.

Outsource some cop jobs: Hooda The Haryana Government has suggested outsourcing of such non-core functions of the police as servicing of summons; issuance of driving licences; arms licence verification etc to free the force for use in priority areas

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On modernisation of the police force, he said that even after alloca-tion of funds from the Centre under the Modernisation of Police Force Programme had been diminishing, Haryana had kept up the momen-tum through financial and adminis-trative means.

“As a result, today we have been able to create systems and assets of great utility. To illustrate, we have two high-tech control rooms in the state, a comprehensive system of surveillance in the main urban centres is under implementation, we have a large and modern fleet of vehicles, PCRs fitted with GPS are patrolling urban areas, a high-speed telecommunication network is spread throughout the state”, he added.

On the issue of separation of criminal investigation from law and order functions, he said that Harya-na had set up an independent State Crime Branch.

dedicAted iNveStigAtiON uNitThere is also a dedicated investi-gation unit in every police station. Effort is made to ensure that the tenure of officers deployed on the investigation side, remains stable so that expertise and competence ac-quired by them is gainfully utilised.

Agencies connected with crimi-nal investigation like the Forensic Science Laboratory, Finger Print Bureau, criminal investigating agencies at the district level, are independent of the law-and-order machinery of the police. Given this, Haryana did not feel the need for a board of investigation, Mr Hooda said.

Regarding setting up of dedicat-ed police to carry out enforcement work for government departments, Mr Hooda said the state had ded-icated police units permanently attached to the power and irrigation departments.

POlice welfAre fuNdS“We are of the considered view that in Haryana, there is no need for a

separate metropolitan police force. Police Commissionerate systems have been established in major towns and are functioning well. Any overlap of jurisdiction or separation of command would not be desira-ble”, he added.

Committed to the welfare and well-being of police personnel, the Haryana Government liberally contributes to police welfare funds. Six top quality police schools have been set up and police housing has been taken up as a priority project. Training of police force remains a priority. “Our training institutions working at Madhuban, Bhonsdi in district Gurgaon, Suneria in district Rohtak, Newal in district Karnal and Hisar have been doing yeomen’s service in the field of imparting foundational training as also upgrading the skills of police-men at different levels. We have also had the opportunity of training the police personnel from a few foreign countries like Sri lanka and Afghan-istan”, Mr Hooda said.

Conscious of the importance of having women in the police force, the state government has set up two Mahila Police Stations and four more are coming up. All women mobile PCRs are operating in major cities. “Our aim is that at least ten per cent of our police force should be women. We also propose to raise an all woman IRB battalion and for this, I would urge the Government of India to give the necessary sup-port”, Mr Hooda added.

meASureS tO StreNgtheN AdmiNIn Haryana, we support all meas-ures which strengthen the capabili-ties of the district administrations in pre-empting and controlling law and order situations. Coordination between the District Magistrate or executive magistrates and the Police force has not been an issue. Being endowed with excellent logistics and communication network, prompt joint action is achieved easily with no problems regarding their mutual coordination. Haryana has comput-erised all police stations and FIRs are being entered and copies thereof generated through computers. g

Conscious of the importance of having women in the police force, the state government has set up two Mahila Police Stations and four more are coming up. All-woman mobile PCRs are operating in major cities

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Dr Anil Kumar Sharma

Haryana is referred to as India’s “milk pail” and not without

reason. The state ranks topmost in milk yield, at 680 gm of milk per day as compared to the national average of 262 gm. The land of “Murrah” has livestock numbering 98.97 lakh, with an annual milk output of 62.67 lakh tonnes.

Haryana is now poised for a high growth in dairy farming, which will also result in more rural em-ployment generation. The saying “Dessan mein des Haryana jit doodh dahi ka khana” (best among all the regions in the world is Haryana, where the staple food is milk and yoghurt) is fortified by the large segment of lacto-vegetarians.

The average milk productivity of local cows and buffaloes is 4.11 kg and 5.66 kg per day, respectively, and both are the highest in India. The total annual milk production in Haryana went up from 52.59 lakh tonnes in 2010-11 to 66.61 lakh tonnes in 2011-12, an increase of 14 lakh tonnes. A target for doubling the milk production in the next 10 years has been fixed.

hurrAh fOr murrAhThe Department of Animal Hus-bandry and Dairy Development has been conducting an 11-day free training programme on differ-ent facets of dairy development, covering almost every village. Be-sides, the government has initiated measures for the conservation and improvement of indigenous breed of buffaloes and cattle.

The top-quality Murrah buffalo owners are given cash incentives ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 depending on the yield. The year 2012 also saw the hugely-popularised “Murrah on Ramp” show organised by the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department at Jind, where 11,429 elite Murrah owners were awarded with a total prize of Rs 8.21 crore by the Union Agriculture Minister Sha-rad Pawar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Even the Lala Lajpat Rai Uni-versity of Veterinary and Animal

Filling country’s milk pailThe tiny state of Haryana is the country’s largest milk producer, and is looking at doubling the production

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Husbandry Sciences in Hisar is all set to achieve new dimensions in the field of animal sciences. To pro-vide quality veterinary services, the government has opened 133 veteri-nary hospitals and 291 dispensaries. These are in addition to the upgra-dation of 120 dispensaries. Haryana now has 2,790 setups for providing veterinary and breeding services to the livestock.

iNSurANce, lOAN SchemeSHaryana is also the only state in India undertaking free insurance of animals owned by farmers belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Between April, 2005 and December, 2011, about 2.27 lakh animals have been insured. NABARD’s loan to dairy farmers in 2013 has been in-creased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. There’s also a model scheme for 20 milch animals, in which a term loan of Rs 8.5 lakh would be provided with working capital of Rs 2.5 lakh. The amount is to be repaid in seven years with 78 monthly installments.

Based on the International Farm Comparison Network, the profile of four types of farms has been identi-fied as typical.

The IN2 farm represents a rural household with two buffaloes, while IN4 denotes four dairy animals: two cows and two buffaloes. The IN22 farm is localised within the pe-riphery of a city, and keeps 22 to 30 dairy animals. Milk is sold to a milk processing plant under a multi-year contract.

The IN37 farm is situated within an urban area. It is landless. Milk is sold directly to the end-users through own shops. About 90 per cent farms in Haryana have less than 1 hectare of land with one or two dairy animals.

dAiry cO-OP mOvemeNt The cooperative movement has got a leg-up in Haryana with the launch of a slew of innovative schemes and programmes. Lately, there have been more than 35,000 cooperative societies with a membership of over 57 lakh. A network of 15,000 milk cooperative producers’ societies gives farmers handsome returns

in exchange of milk. The Haryana Dairy Development Corporation has also introduced a scheme for farmers who will be ensured for Rs 60,000, for which they will only have to pay Rs 10. So far more than 26,000 farmers have been insured.

vitA brANdThe Haryana Dairy Development Federation (HDDF) aims at protect-ing the economic interests of milk producers by procuring and process-ing milk and, thereby, marketing under the brand name VITA. The brand VITA is a known model in dairy development, working on the lines of the Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) brand. The biggest challenges lie in logistics, prolong-ing the shelf-life of dairy prod-ucts and establishment of a mass market brand among the big players like AMUL, Nestle India, Mother Dairy, Britannia Industries, Every-day and ITC.

Setting an example in the private sector, completely automatic dairy farming was established in 2010 at Syahdwa village in Hisar. At present, the dairy produces about 1,400 litres of milk per day. There are seven milk plants in Haryana-- at Ambala, Ballabhgarh, Bhiwani, Hisar, Jind, Panipat and Rohtak, the Ambala plant being the oldest.

The major dairy products include pasteurised standardised milk, skimmed milk, soya milk, flavoured milk, ice-cream, curd, cheese, butter, ghee, lassi, kheer, milk cake, kaju

pinni, mango drink and jaljeera.

white revOlutiONHaryana is the home tract of Mur-rah and Hariana breeds, one of the best in the world. Dairy farming has made deep inroads into the agrarian economy. The “white revolution” — also called “Operation Flood” — was the brainchild of Dr Verghese Kurein. It made states like Harya-na and Punjab among the leading milk producers, which also helped Haryana farmers, owning not more than 2 hectares of land, get gainful employment under the cooperative movement and Chopal model.

The National Dairy Develop-ment Board (NDDB) has picked up eight state cooperatives out of 22 federations: AMUL (Gujarat), VERKA (Punjab), VITA (Harya-na), SARAS (Rajasthan), PARAG (Uttar Pradesh), VIJAYA (Andhra Pradesh), NANDINI (Karnataka) and MILMA (Kerala).

For the 63 VITA milk booths across Haryana, the Haryana Urban Development Authority charges Rs 1,500 per booth. In Chandigarh, how-ever, Haryana has been denied its rightful share of having 40 booths keeping in view the 60:40 ratio be-tween Punjab and Haryana.

lOOkiNg AheAdMadhya Pradesh’s initiative of set-ting up “Kamdhenu Go-Abhyaran” (cow sanctuaries) on the lines of wildlife sanctuaries to improve breeds and supplement organic fertiliser and medicines from cow urine is noteworthy.

A study shows that the herds of animals lack proper hygiene and quality fodder. The veterinary structure leads to their unhealthy growth. Even the processing and transportation of milk is not equipped to match the growth and this needs to be looked into on priority.

The government may even consider distribution of subsidies either in cash or fodder through the PDS, irrespective of BPL and APL distinction. g

The writer is Librarian with the Archives Department of Haryana

Haryana is also the only state in India undertaking free insurance of animals owned by farmers belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Between April, 2005 and December, 2011, about 2.27 lakh animals have been insured. NABARD’s loan to dairy farmers in 2013 has increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh

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CM tells DCs, SPs to remain 24x7 available to public

The Deputy Commissioners and the Superintendents of Police in the state would now have to spend at least two days in a month in a villages falling under their jurisdiction to jointly deal with the local issues of the villagers on the spot. The decision was taken by the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, in the annual conference of the DCs and SPs of the State.

Mr Hooda described them as "face of the Government" and exhorted them to remain available 24x7 to the public and properly attend to even their phone calls for timely redressal of their grievances. Also, this practice will further enhance the faith of the people in the working of the adminis-tration.

Describing the concept of night stay in the villages by senior officers as an important grievance redressal mech-anism, Mr Hooda directed that apart from the DCs and SPs who would stay in villages for two nights, Tehsildars, Block Development Officers (BDOs) should also be assigned duties during the night village halt.

He said that the DCs should also conduct inspections at institutions that are regularly visited by general public,

like hospitals to see for themselves whether medicines are being given to patients and also to see the presence of medical or para-medical staff. He said that the DCs should also conduct surprise inspection in the schools to ensure the presence of teachers.

DCs have also been asked to check the unauthorised colonies in their re-spective districts. The Chief Minister directed the Chief Secretary, Mr PK Chaudhery, that a committee be consti-tuted for Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat and Bhiwani districts in the first phase to check the unauthorised colonisation in these districts.

Issuing directions to SPs, Mr Hooda asked them to maintain district wise record of hard core criminals and as a preventive measure they should not be allowed to enter the villages. He also stressed on the need to strengthen the District Intelligence Cell to anticipate the incidents of crimes and other related problems.

Economics, politics aspects of same coin: Hooda

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupin-der Singh Hooda, has said that neither economics nor politics can be divorced from real life. These are the two sides of the same coin and dominate all

spheres of life. Good economics and good politics together make good gov-ernance, and Haryana offers one of its shining examples.

Speaking on ‘Can Good Economics be Good Politics’ at the CII in New Del-hi , he said good politics should always focus on how to safeguard the interests of the most vulnerable sections of the society, and bring them to the cen-tre-stage. What ultimately matters is whether we succeed in improving the lives of the people for whom we work.

Explaining the equation between economics and politics, he said, “If a policy is not politically correct, it is difficult to assume its economic sustainability. Politics also generates its own economics and creates its own dynamics of development. It creates stakeholders’ lobbies which negotiate for their respective space in the deci-sion making process.”

Commending the CII for initiating a lively debate on such an interesting topic, Mr Hooda referred to one of the most sagacious thinkers of our country, Kautilaya, who said, good economics is driven by concerns for and welfare of all sections of the soci-ety, especially the lowest strata of the society, which certainly leads to good politics.

THE MONTH THAT WAS

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, presiding over a conference of Deputy Commis-

sions and Superitendents of Police

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Govt to give 'aam aadmi' life cover

With a view to providing life in-surance protection to people living below poverty line, marginally above poverty line and rural landless households, the Haryana Govern-ment has decided to implement a new insurance scheme, Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. However, the Cabinet author-

ised the Chief Minister to finalise its modalities.

The Cabinet also decided to expand the scope of the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshani Vivah Shagun Scheme by extending its benefits to general categories.

State-ownwd buses to have GPS

For the convenience and safety of passengers, the Haryana Roadways buses will be equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) and LED

based Electronic Destination Board displaying the destination stations, including stoppages en route. A deci-sion to install the GPS in state buses was to ensure safety of the passen-gers, crew and the vehicle, an official spokesman said.

However, in the first phase, GPS would be installed in the buses of Gurgaon and Rewari Depots. After the successful implementation of the GPS in these depots, it would be implemented in other depots of Har-yana Roadways. All new buses being fabricated by the Haryana Roadways Engineering Corporation would have the electronic destination boards.

Thereafter, such boards would be provided in all the 4,000 buses of the fleet, the spokesman added.

Haryana plans knowledge corpn for mass IT literacy

In order to create mass Information Technology (IT) literacy facilities across the state, the Haryana Govern-ment has decided to constitute Harya-na Knowledge Corporation Limited (HKCL). A decision to this effect was taken in a cabinet meeting.

The HKCL will be established in joint collaboration with Maharash-tra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) as the state has been highly successful in imparting IT skills on a mass scale through MKCL, an official spokesperson said.

"The MKCL runs a basket of courses towards mass IT literacy. Its success can be gauged from the fact that it has so far (2002- 2012) impart-ed training and issued certificates to about eight million persons," the spokesperson said.

The HKCL is envisaged to be a Public Limited Company, with an authorised capital of Rs 5 crore and a paid-up capital of Rs 2 crore. Except the initial equity support, its oper-ations will be self sustaining. The Company's professional operations such as the Certification of author-ised learning centres, recruitment of its professional staff, and evaluation of the learners will be completely independent.

Its courses, including Haryana State - Certificate in Information

Haryana has reiterated its de-mand for a separate high court and demanded that the ratio of judges between the two states in the Punjab and Haryana High Court should be adjusted in keeping with the recent trend that more litigation cases are originat-ing from Haryana than Punjab.

“This trend must be duly re-flected in the number of posts of judges assigned to Haryana. In my view, it would be appropriate that the present ratio of 60:40 of judg-es be changed to 50:50 between Punjab and Haryana”, the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said while addressing the conference of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts in New Delhi.

A separate high court is the constitutional right of Haryana and it can be realised by bifurcat-ing the existing premises, judges and staff of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. “This will not only answer the aspirations of the people of the state but will also help strengthen the judicial system in Haryana”, the Chief Minister added.

Lauding the conference, he said it would provide the executive and judiciary which have been conferred the responsibility of translating the sacred objectives of our Constitution into action, a forum to exchange ideas on im-

portant issues and challenges and build mutual confidence. “Let us today share our views, difficulties, aspirations and hopes and jointly move forward in the common task of ensuring justice to our people as efficiently as possible”, he added.

Referring to the main con-cerns, including pendency of cases, vacancies in courts, lack of infrastructure in courts and the need to modernise systems, Mr Hooda said the Haryana Gov-ernment was fully committed to implementing recommendations of the previous conferences. The state has never let deficiency of funds or resources come in the way of achieving the constitu-tional mandate of speedy justice. A judicial academy has been set up with the joint funding of the Punjab Government for up-grada-tion of skills and enhancing the capabilities of judicial officers and others engaged in legal pro-fession.

The Chief Minister said that apart from increasing the number of judges, courts and improving the infrastructure, steps should be taken to reduce litigation. Realis-ing that even marginal changes in the functioning of the executive can help reduce litigation, Har-yana notified litigation policy in 2010 and the experiment has been very positive.

Haryana pitches for more judges, separate HC

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Technology' (HS-CIT), will be recog-nised by the Board of Technical Ed-ucation Haryana. The HS-CIT will be a recognised qualification regarding computer efficiency for all govern-ment appointments and recruitments in groups A, B, and C services.

Randeep Surjewala gets Best Legislator Award

The Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, has been awarded the Best Legislator Award for 2012-13. The award carries Rs one lakh in cash, a shawl and a citation. The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda awarded Mr Surjewala in a function held in Chandigarh.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Hooda said the initiative would also infuse a sense of responsibility and discipline among other legislators and would also encourage them to perform better by raising various issues concerning the welfare of the people. He said that the aim of democratic system was to discuss public issues, form policies and pro-grammes for the benefit of people and enact laws with the consent of all the parties, thus strengthening the democratic system of the coun-try. Praising Mr Surjewala, Mr Hoo-da said he had always maintained sanctity of the house and always came to the House with complete home work. "A successful legislator is the one who has thorough knowl-edge of all issues," Mr Hooda said.

Nod to draft plan for Manesar-Bawal

The State-level Committee of Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana which met under the chair-manship of the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, approved the Draft Development Plan for Manesar-Bawal Investment Region (MBIR) — 2039.

The Draft Development Plan for Manesar-Bawal Investment Region has been prepared for a projected population of 32 lakh with urbanis-able area of 40,232 hectares. Under the first phase, from the year 2011-21,

as many as 8,800 hectares of land would be developed whereas, 15,000 hectares would be developed during the second phase upto the year 2031. The third phase of MBIR would be completed by the year 2039.

Under the MBIR, an industrial township would be developed in the first phase over an area of about 400 sq/km. The MBIR which would be a new industrial hub is located in Rewari district, and is about 82 km to Southwest of NCT of Delhi. The area of MBIR covers 400 sq/km which would include the existing Bawal In-dustrial Town and the stretch along NH-8 upto Rajasthan border.

In MBIR, 11,189 hectares has been earmarked for residential purpose, 1,120 hectares for commercial pur-pose, 6,771 for industrial, 4,254 for transport and communication, 441 for public utilities, 892 for public and semi-public, 13,005 for open spaces and recreation, 424 for rivers and wa-ter bodies and 2136 for natural zone.

Forest and mining areas would be incorporated in the plan keeping in view the possibility of slate stone in the peripheral area. The CM was apprised that reservation of two to five per cent is given to the students in the educational institutes of the area where land has been acquired by the State Government.

It was also recommended in the meeting the green belt area falling in the residential areas should be increased and 30 metre and should be left on both sides of NH-8. On the problem of drainage of water, it was informed that water study was being conducted through an international consultant who would submit its re-port within a period of three months.

Haryana to roll out jobs programme 'Aajeevika'

The National Rural Livelihood Mis-sion, known as Aajeevika, would be implemented in all the districts of Haryana in a phased manner. An of-ficial spokesman said that in the first phase, three blocks in each of the districts of Kaithal, Mewat, Bhiwani and Jhajjar had been identified for the implementation of the Mission.

The Initial Annual Action Plan has been submitted to the Central Government. He said that an outlay of Rs 15 crore has been proposed for Aajeevika as 25 per cent state share for Annual Plan 2013-2014.

He said Watershed Projects were being implemented under the Desert Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP). The objective of these schemes is to control severity

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, conferring Best Legislator Award upon the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala

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of drought and desert conditions in the identified districts through wa-tershed development approach.

In the year 2008, these two schemes were merged into new scheme called Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP). The objective of IWMP is to conserve water, recharge water table, and cre-ate livelihood opportunities.

5% VAT, surcharge on bidis

With a view to discourage the con-sumption of ‘bidis’ which leads to health problems in the consumers, Haryana Government today decid-ed to levy VAT at a rate of five per cent (plus surcharge at a rate of five per cent) on the sale of ‘bidis’ with immediate effect.

The Cabinet also approved the proposal of the Excise and Taxation Department to change the upper financial limits of various officers who are competent to allow refund arising out of a single order passed under Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003. The decision would facilitate early refunds to the dealers under Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003.

Excise earns Rs 19,703.6 cr

Excise and Taxation Department has collected revenue of Rs 19,703.64 crore in the financial year 2012-13 against Rs 18,077 crore collected dur-ing 2011-12. The Finance Department has set a target of Rs 23,500 crore for revenue collection for the year 2013-14, the Excise and Taxation Minister, Mrs Kiran Choudhry said.

She said a computer portal and 24 hour help line would be set up to receive grievances of the dealers, if any, and for their quick redressal. The Minister said she would person-ally review the action taken in this regard on regular basis.

The minister said that the depart-ment had maintained a healthy growth rate in revenue collection even after economic slowdown in the recent past "and this has been achieved with the efficient func-tioning of the department which is definitely much better than what it was earlier."

Pravesh Utsav launched

The Haryana Government has launched “Pravesh Utsav”, a drive to ensure 100 per cent enrolment of children in Class I and 100 per cent transition from Class V to Class VI, from Class VIII to Class IX and from Class X to Class XI. The Chief Min-ister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, launched the drive at a state-level function organised at a government school in Tohana in Fatehabad dis-trict on March 24, 2013.

Mr Hooda said the admission rate would be improved considerably dur-ing this 45-day campaign. Under the drive, it would be the joint responsi-bility of the sending and the receiv-ing school (primary to middle and middle to high/senior secondary) to ensure that the children of Classes V, VIII or X enrol in the next class.

HMT employees thank CM

The employees of Hindustan Ma-chine Tools (HMT) Ltd, Pinjore have thanked the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for the efforts made by him to get a Rs 1,083 crore plan sanctioned by the Central Government to rejuvenate this public sector undertaking.

A delegation of the employees of the HMT led by the spokesperson of Panchkula district unit of Congress, Ms Manvir Kaur Gill, called on Mr Hooda at his residence to express their gratitude to him. The employ-

ees said that they had a long standing demand for a package to rejuvenate HMT, Pinjore.

More treasuries to go online

The Haryana Government has decided to expand the network of the web-enabled online treasury information system in seven more districts of the state with effect from April 25. The system began opera-tions in Chandigarh and Gurgaon from April 1.

A spokesperson of the Finance Department said the seven districts were Panchkula, Sirsa, Karnal, Rohtak, Fatehabad, Panipat and Kurukshetra.

He said the services which had been made fully operational in the web-enabled online treasury infor-mation system included e-salary, e-pension, online budget allocation, monitoring and analysis system for the preparation and distribution of budget and electronic payment system.

He said for a smooth changeover from the offline to the web-enabled system, some restrictions needed to be imposed on bill passing in treas-uries and sub-treasuries in these districts during the transit period from April 23 to 30.

Therefore, bills, cheques and re-fund claims, other than those related to salary payment, would be accepted in treasuries or sub-treasuries only up to April 23. g

The Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with a delegation of HMT employees, Pinjore

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Saurabh Duggal

From having a single participant in the 2000 national champion-

ship to fielding one of the biggest contingents and winning the overall trophy in the last month concluded Senior National Pa-ra-Athletics Meet held in Banga-lore, Haryana has made a complete domination in the para-athletic national circuit over the period.

Since 2008, when Haryana be-came the overall national cham-pion for the first time, the state para-athletes are not only winning the overall coveted title, but are also challenging their own yard-sticks every time by constantly improving the state’s medal tally.

In 2010 National Games held in Panchkula, Haryana won overall trophy with 154 medals, including 66 gold. In the next meet, held in 2012 in Bangalore, the state pa-ra-athletes grabbed 162 medals, including 69 gold. This year again in Bangalore, Haryana has become the overall champion with the num-ber of gold medals increasing from 69 to 78. The total medal tally is 161.

the begiNNiNg Before 2000, the para-athletes from the state were ignorant about the fact that there was a separate sports event conducted specially for the physically challenged play-ers. The only way out they knew was to compete along with their able counterparts. But it was in 2000 that Girraj Singh from Farid-abad showed the path to others, and today, Haryana para-athletes are a force to reckon with.

In 2000, during the senior National Athletics Championship held in Bangalore, Girraj was the lone competitor from the state. He proved his worth by clinching a bronze medal in the 800m event in the 2002 Para-Asian Games held in Bussan, South Korea. Since then, no para-team has left the Indian shores without a player from the state in its rank.

“Earlier I did not have any idea about the sports events conducted for the disabled athletes, so I used

to compete with the general ath-letes. But a former international athlete introduced me to the world of para-sports and the rest is histo-ry," said Girraj Singh.

"Earlier, Maharashtra and Kar-

nataka used to be the powerhouses of para-sports, but since Haryana has started taking it (para-sports) seriously, we are the undisputed champs," he added. In 2004, Hary-ana won the overall third position

Para-sports make it big in HaryanaAbout 1,000 to 1,200 disabled persons in the state are pursuing para-sports and every year more and more of them are joining it

Haryana Para-athletes holding the overall trophy for the Senior National Para-Athletics Meet held in Bangalore

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and in 2008 championship hosted by the state in Faridabad, the state broke the earlier domination of Bangalore and grabbed the overall first position. Since then there is no looking back and the top spots remains with the state.

PArAlymPic ASSOciAtiON Sensing a need to have a sporting body to take up the cause of the disabled athletes and to further promote para sports in the state, Girraj, along with some other players, including sportspersons from general category, formed the Paralympic Association of Harya-na, the governing body of the sport in the state.

Girraj was nominated as the founder secretary general, and after that he doubled up as a player and office-bearer till the time he hang up his boots in 2012. Member of Parliament Rao Inderjit Singh is the president of the association. After setting up of the Paralympic

Association, the sport in the state grew manifold. The sporting body in association with the State Sports Department is organising the state championship for the last seven years.

wideNiNg the bASeThe holding of state meet is help-ing in widening the base of pa-ra-athletes at the grass-roots level. “In the first state championship for the para-athletes in 2007 there were only 85 participants, and in this year held state meet the participa-tion went to 415.

The increase in participation clearly shows that more and more players in the state are defying their disability and joining sports,” said Girraj, who is also the first para-athlete to receive the Bhim Award, the highest state sports award.

“In the state about 1,000 to 1,200 disabled persons are pursuing the sport seriously,” he added.

iNterNAtiONAl mArk Over the years, Haryana play-ers have not only dominated the national scene, but have made their presence felt at the interna-tional arena. In the last year held 2012 London Paralympics, out of 10-member Indian squad, three --- Narinder Singh, Jaideep Kumar and Amit Kumar Saroha --- were from the state and they finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respec-tively, in the games.

Girraj was the first para-athlete from the state to make the country proud in the international arena. He won bronze in the 800m in the 2002 Para-Asian Games.

In the next edition of the games, Rajesh won silver in 100m, and in the 2010 games, Amit Kumar Saro-ha (silver), Prashanta Karmakar (bronze and silver) and Deepa Malik (silver) won medals.

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, India had won only one medal in the para-events and that was won by swimmer Prashanta Karmakar. He won bronze in the 50-m free style event.

Considering the disabled ath-

letes on par with the able-bodied athletes helped the growth of para-sports in the state. Earlier there was disparity in the cash awards given, but in the new sports policy which came into existence in July last year, the state government equaled the cash awards of pa-ra-sports to that of general sports.

After the success of state pa-ra-athletes in the 2010 Para-Asian Games, the state government has appointed all the three medallists -- Amit, Deepa and Prashanta -- Assistant Coach with the Sports Department. Amit and Deepa have already been given appointment letters, and Prashanta will get it as soon as a new post is created. “I am sure our appointment will motivate more and more para-athletes to do well in the field of sports,” said Amit Saroha, who has got a posting in Sonipat.

PArA-SPOrtS StArSTill date five para-athletes have got the Bhim award, the state’s highest sports award. The first one was Para-Olympian Girraj Singh (2008), who had represented the country in three Para-Asian Games and one Commonwealth Games.

In 2009, Sukhbir Siwach got the award. The para-swimmer was part of the Indian squad in the 2006 and 2010 Para-Asian Games. This year he was also conferred the Dhyanchand award --- a nation-al award for being part of active sports as well as for contributing in its promotion.

In 2010, Gyanender Kumar and Sunita Malhan got the Bhim awards. Both represented the coun-try in the 2006 Para-Asian Games and won several medals at various international competitions. In 2011, Rajesh Kumar, who won the 100m silver in the 2006 Para-Asian Games, was awarded the Bhim award.

Apart from these five, two para-athletes --- Deepa (2012) and Prashanta (2011) -- from the state have also got the Arjuna Award. g

The writer is Senior Sports Journalist with the Hindustan

Times, Chandigarh

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Anjana Datta

Money, in any form, continues to hold sway over men and women of all ages irrespective of their status

in society. Most of us use coins as a form of money for conducting day-to-day transactions without giving it a thought. The word coin has a magical spell about it. Everyone covets it. People get a unique joy possessing it. Age has neither withered its ancient glory nor disturbed its veil of security.

For all of us, a coin is just one of the oldest forms of money, discovered to satisfy the human need for transac-tion. It is considered as a hedge against possible disas-ters. It is a worthy asset in occasions of distress or need, whether to pay off debts or as a means to an end. The

Indian royals, endowed with a creative mind and inspired by the bounties of nature, had introduced the most ex-quisite pieces of metals from time to time. The need led to innovation and the use of different metals like silver, gold and platinum into making it.

The earliest references to coins can be traced back to pre-historic ages when a mind-boggling variety of metals were discovered from the ruins of ancient civilisations of Mohenjodaro and Harappa. As years rolled into decades and decades into centuries, people’s tastes and preferences for coins changed over the years, partly influ-enced by foreign culture. The coins came to be associated with status symbol. The artisans were highly skilled craftsman who intricately cast the names of the rulers and period of their empire on the coins.

Coin money was first introduced by the Mauryan Empire during the late 4th- early 2nd century B.C. This trend was followed by other kings and rulers of other states adding to the numismatic glory of India. The sheer wealth of the Indian rulers has been much written about.

There have been innumerable references to coins made by the Chola kings and others.

Madhya Pradesh is a coin-collectors’ paradise. It possesses the unique privilege of providing her pos-terity with the most prolific and varied numismatic heritage. The excavations of the Archaeological Sur-vey of India yielded a large number of punch-marked coins, coins of numerous city-states, more than a lakh Naga coins and thousands of small copper pieces of Ramagupta of rich variety.

We Indians have given coins a religious fervour too. The gold or silver coins displaying Shree Gane-sha, Goddess Lakshmi or Durga have their religious significance. Such coins are called bullion coins made from precious metals, such as gold, silver or plati-num. These are not used as payment for everyday transactions but instead kept separately for special pujas on auspicious occasions or as collectibles. Sometimes commemorative coins are issued by the government to commemorate significant historical event or to honour some dignitaries.

Millions of people take to the fascinating hobby of coin collection. Among those who pursue this hobby are aristocrats, kings, presidents, elites and other big

A passion for coinsMillions of people take to the fascinating hobby of coin collection, called numismatics, with a passion and habitual interest of a lifetime

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names who own fabulous collection of rare coins. Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus was the first monarch to col-lect precious coins to be given as gifts. Old and rare coins of different countries are always in great demand. The collectors and hoarders of rare and varied coins discover their love for this passion-packed hobby with the habitu-al interest of a lifetime.

“Coin collection and study, called numismatics, is a fascinating hobby with a lot of educational and histor-ical importance. Antique coins not only spread ripples of joy to the onlooker, but it also keeps the numismatist in touch with the past, making him feel a part of histo-ry,” remarks Preeti, an ardent collector of coins from Gurgaon.

“Most of us use coin-money without giving it a thought. Coin is considered as a form of money that is being used in the family for generations. And, that’s the end of the matter. But it does help to know a little that this little piece of metal has a lot of interesting stories to tell about the past civilisations and lost empires, the erst-while rulers or the events engraved on it,” she adds.

Her treasure trove includes rare coins minted with images of Queen Victoria, George V and George VI during the Mughal and British Empire. She also has two anna, 12 paise, a quarter –anna and one-pie coins minted by the East India Company in 1835.

“My childhood memories are built on piles of rare antique coins,” remarks Rohit Gupta from Palwal whose magnificient collection spread over a few hun-dreds of rich variety of ancient coins. “It all started way back in the 80s with my father, Bharat Gupta, who made his collection by accepting coins as gifts and pur-chasing them from the market. Seeing his rich collec-tion, I, too, developed an interest for coins,” says Rohit.

“I also started collecting coins independently. Now I have a fabulous collection of several ancient coins of extraordinary variety,” he adds proudly. Among his unique collection are several notes with their numbers ending with 786 which he considers very auspicious for himself. Obsessed with the Islamic religious number 786, his passion for this particular number grew when he saw the movie Coolie with Amitabh Bachchan wear-ing an amulet bearing this lucky number.

“In fact 786 number is nothing but the calculation

of the holy words contained in the name of God ‘Allah’ = ‘Bismillaah al-Rahmaan al-Raheem’ or the aggregation of numbers used in ‘Lord Hari Krishna’,” he elaborates. So obsessed is he with his fabulous collection that like his father, he, too, wants to build a legacy to bequeath to his children and grandchildren. What a unique idea!

Rajiv, another enthusiastic collector, belonging to Hansi, inherited the valuable collection of coins from his father. His fabulous collection includes the round 20 paise coin with the figure of Gandhi ji, 10 paise coins captioned ‘Planned families’, ‘Happy Childhood-Nation’s Pride’ and others to commemorate the important events embossed on them. He displays a childlike enthusiasm when it comes to adding to his collection.

Ingenuity was one of the virtues when these individ-uals took to acquiring rare coins of infinite variety with-out realising that their sizeable collection of coins could be of invaluable price that would one day yield impres-sive dividends. If you, too, have such a passion, go ahead and start procuring the rarest of rare coins belonging to different countries without giving a second thought to it. Who knows your collection may also vie for attention one day and reap you dividends! g

The writer is a freelance journalist

If you, too, have such a passion, go ahead and start procuring the rarest of rare coins belonging to different countries without giving a second thought to it. Who knows your collection may also vie for attention one day and reap you dividends!

HARYANA REVIEW MAY 201354 POTPOURRI

Q1. Which one of the following folk dances belongs to Haryana?

A. BaoulB. Yaksh-GaanC. GhumarD. Biehu

Q2. Which one of the following cricket players belongs to Haryana?

A. Sunil GavaskarB. Kapil DevC. Sachin TendulkarD. Rahul Dravid

Q3. Where is Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University located?

A. HisarB. KaithalC. JhajjarD. Gurgaon

Q4. Which city of Haryana is known as ‘City of Weavers’?

A. MahendergarhB. FatehabadC. KarnalD. Panipat

Q5. In which district of Haryana is Badkhal Lake situated?

A. HisarB. JindC. SirsaD. Faridabad

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Struggle emits strength

A man found the cocoon of a butterfly that was about to emerge. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then, it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. So, the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily—but it had a swollen body and small, shrivelled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly, expecting that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shrivelled wings. It never was able to fly.

The man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. This ensures that it will be ready for flight once it achieves its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly.I asked for strength . . . . . . . . And I was given difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom . . . . . . . . And I was given problems to solve. I asked for prosperity . . . . . . . . And I was given brain and brawn to work. I asked for courage . . . . . . . . And I was given danger to overcome. I asked for love . . . . . . . . And I was given troubled people to help. I asked for favours . . . . . . . . And I was given opportunities. I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed. g

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