Haryana Current Affairs – June’ 2021 Set 1

Q.) On the occasion of environment day, Haryana govt has decided to plant 3 Cr trees which will be named as__?

In a bid to promote the process of getting natural oxygen from trees, plantation will be done in the name of Panchavati in every village of Haryana.
Besides this, agro forestry will also be promoted on vacant land so that Panchayat income in rural areas can also increase.

Q.) What is the objective of Mera Pani- Meri Virasat Scheme of Haryana?

Q.) Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme beneficiaries are?

The tree pension amount of Rs 2500 per year will increase per year similar to Old Age Samman Pension Scheme.

Q.) Oxy Van going to be established in which districts of Haryana?

What the state government is calling an Oxy Van are identified pieces of land, on which as many as 3 crore trees would be planted.
The Oxy Vans will occupy 10 per cent of the 8 lakh hectares of land across Haryana.
Oxy Van, Panchkula, will be established in Bir Ghaggar over an area of 100 acres to create Mother Nature’s green lungs.
Total cost of project shall be Rs 1 crore.
Oxy Van, Karnal, shall come up along the Old Badshahi Canal (also known as Mughal Canal), on an area of 80 acres, covering a total length of 4.2 km.

Q.) Which position is secured by Haryana in NITI Aayog’s SDG report?

Even as Haryana recorded an overall score of 67, an improvement of 10 points and 14th rank among states this time, as compared to 18th in 2019-20 index, the performance of the state on two parameters i.e gender equality (SDG 5) and life on land (SDG 15) remains poor.
In gender equality, Haryana was placed at 21st rank among states recording a poor score of 43.
Similarly, in life on land (SDG 15), Haryana was ranked 25th among all states with a score of 48. Haryana has less than 10 percent of their geographical area under forest and tree cover.
NITI Aayog released the third edition of the SDG India Index 2020–21, which is developed in collaboration with the United Nations India to track the progress of all states and union territories (UT) towards achieving 17 SDGs.
While Haryana jumped from 18th to 14th rank in NITI Aayog’s latest SDG India Index, the state continues to remain behind the neighboring states of Punjab and Himachal.