Haryana State PCS

• 09 Apr 2022

Ethiopian Investment Commission Signed with Haryana for Cooperation

Why in News?

Recently, a two-day meeting of 'Haryana-Ethiopia Investment Commission' (EIC) was organized by the State Foreign Cooperation Department at Gurugram and Chandigarh. The Framework for Cooperation between the State of Haryana and Ethiopia was signed on the occasion.

Key Points

• In this meeting, the framework of cooperation between the State of Haryana and EIC, Ethiopia was signed by Yogendra Choudhary, Principal Secretary, Department of Foreign Cooperation, Haryana and Dr. Tijita Mulugeta, Ambassador of Ethiopia.
• The primary objective of this meeting was to strengthen trade and investment relations between the Democratic Republic of Haryana and Ethiopia.
• A spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Cooperation said that a pioneering initiative has been taken by the Department to organize the 'Haryana-Africa Conclave, Series-1' in October 2021 in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Twelve countries of the African continent including Ethiopia participated enthusiastically in this conclave.
• On this occasion, dignitaries from the Government of Haryana, businessmen and exporters from the pharmaceutical, agro-processing and textile sectors of Haryana participated.

Haryana One of the Top 3 Best Performing States in the Country

Why in News?

On April 8, 2022, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Public Health Engineering Department, A.K. Singh said that Haryana has completed the target of 'Har Ghar Nal Se Jal' mission. With this achievement, Haryana has been ranked among the top 3 best performing states in this mission.

Key Points

• Although the Central Government had set a target to achieve this goal by 2024, due to the efforts of the Haryana Government, this target has been achieved two years before the scheduled time.
• This mission was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2019 to improve the lives of people by ensuring clean water from tap to every household in the rural areas of the country. In Haryana also, this mission was implemented to make provision for supply of tap water to every household in the villages.
• Through this mission, a constant effort was made to free women from the heavy burden of labor of fetching water from afar.
• In Haryana ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ was started in 2019, at that time 17.66 lakh connections out of total 30.96 lakh connections were already provided in the state. Haryana had achieved 100 percent coverage of tap water connections on November 1, 2021, in 18 districts except Mahendragarh, Palwal, Nuh and Jind.
• Now by providing 1.41 lakh tap connections in the remaining 4 districts- Mahendragarh, Palwal, Nuh and Jind, the state has made a record of providing tap connections to 100% households.