Haryana State PCS

• 07 Sep 2022

New School Health Scheme 'SEHAT'

Why in News?

• On the occasion of National Teachers' Day on September 5, 2022, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya launched a new school health scheme 'SEHAT' under the Ayushman Bharat programme for health check-up of school children at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, Panchkula.

Key Points

• The Governor also felicitated 93 teachers of the state for their outstanding work in the field of education in 2020 and 2021 at the State Teacher Award ceremony organized by the School Education Department at Indradhanush Auditorium.
• The Governor said that a new school health scheme 'Sehat' has been started under the Ayushman Bharat program. Under this scheme, the health of 25 lakh school children will be checked twice a year from the upcoming academic session. The data collected in the investigation will be linked to the e-treatment portal, which will make the digital health record of the child available at any place.
• Speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the Haryana government has taken several steps for qualitative improvement in education. Haryana is not only the first state in the country, but also in the world, where 5 lakh tabs were provided free of cost to students and teachers of 10th and 12th standard.

'Operation Akraman-2'

Why in News?

• On September 6, 2022, Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar Agarwal said that a day-long special operation 'Operation Akraman-2' was launched by the Haryana Police to nab the miscreants.

Key Points

• As part of the 'Operation Akraman-2' operation, the police conducted extensive raids across the state throughout the day and registered 710 cases under relevant sections of the IPC, NDPS, Excise and Arms Act etc. and arrested 964 accused.
• The DGP said that the objective of this campaign launched by Haryana Police on September 5 is to take effective action against criminal elements, curb street crime and illegal weapons, crackdown on illegal liquor and drug trafficking.
• He said that we want to create fear of law among the criminals by raiding their areas/roads/houses suddenly to crack down on miscreants and anti-social elements in every district without leaving any scope for them to escape.
• According to reports received from various districts, 645 teams of about 3500 policemen raided many places in the field. During the raid, the raiding teams also managed to nab 45 proclaimed offenders and 34 bail jumpers. The arrested miscreants were wanted in several cases and were absconding to evade arrest.
• The highest number of 116 accused were arrested in Panipat district, followed by 108 in Gurugram and 102 in Ambala. Similarly, maximum 24 POs and bell jumpers were nabbed in Sonipat district and nine were arrested from Panipat.
• The DGP said that police teams also raided the jail premises of the state to check any kind of illegal activities, equipment and other items.
• Assessing the special drive, he described it as a step towards strict police action against criminals and further strengthening faith in law among the general public. He said that such special operations will continue in future also.
• 'Operation Akraman' is a special state-level operation to simultaneously raid the premises of criminal and anti-social elements. Under this, raiding police teams have been formed. These police teams jointly take action to curb criminal elements without leaving them the scope of escape.