Haryana Gk and Current Affairs January to July 2017 by Study IQ

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Haryana
Current Affairs
Jan –July
(2017)
Dr. Gaurav Garg

Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana (DDJAY) is an affordable
housing scheme of Haryana Government
Under Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana, Haryana Government
aims to develop 2 Lakh affordable housing units in low
and medium level cities and towns in the state by the
year 2022.
Government of Haryana organised Pravasi Haryana Divas on 10 – 11
January 2017 in Kingdom of Dreams, Gurugram.
The objective of the Pravasi Haryana Divas is to recognize the
achievements of NRIs and PIOs of Haryana as well as those persons from
Haryana who are now settled in other States of India and to harness their
energies in the future development of Haryana.
Khattar urged Pravasi Haryanvis to adopt villages under the Swa-prerit
Adarsh Gram Yojana for their development.
Haryana Gaurav Samman upon 19 Pravasi Haryanvis, including actor Randeep Hooda and
singer Sonu Nigam
in Entertainment and Tourism category Lalit Shokeen, Principal Engineer, Global Foundries,
New York, USA;
in social service category, Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, former prime minister, Fiji; and Subhash
Chandra, chairman, Essel Group of Companies;
Balinder Singh Kundu, Touch International Inc, USA;
in art and culture category, Ritu Sheoran; and Vikas Sheoran, Melbourne, Australia; in
health and education category,
Special Achievement Award to B L Chawla, father of Kalpana Chawla (posthumously).
Prominent sports personalities felicitated at the event included former captain of Indian
Womens cricket team, Anjum Chopra, international athlete Naveen Suhag and former captain
of Indian Womens hockey team Mamta Kharab.
Mango fest
Haryana tourism department in collaboration with horticulture
department organized a two-day 'Mango Mela' at Yadvindra Garden,
Pinjore
entire heritage site of Yadvindra Gardens in Pinjore was given the
theme of 'Go Green' to promote protection of the environment.
26th mango fest
Haryana tourism minister Ram Bilas Sharma inaugurated
Haryana signs MoU with Patanjali for world herbal forest
Haryana Forest Department today signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Patanjali Anusandhan Sansthan Divya Yog
Mandir Trust, Haridwar for developing World Herbal Forest in Morni in
district Panchkula.
Wildlife sanctuary and a herbal forest at Morni in Panchkula.
Construction of a bridge in Neemwala to connect Haryana
with Himachal Pradesh
World herbal Forest would be developed over an area of about
53,000 acres with the technical and knowledge support of Patanjali
Anusandhan Sansthan
This will not only help in promotion of herbal and medicinal plants,
but will also assist to promote forest tourism in the State
The people will also obtain new technique of cultivation. Apart from
the conservation of existing plants, a variety of about 25,000
medicinal plants and herbs found in the country will be planted in
this area.
Haryana and Switzerland have agreed to explore the possibilities
of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for imparting
training to the students in the field of
hotel management so that maximum youth could be provided
employment in the booming hotel industry