Haryana

• 16 May 2022

First Forest Research Institute In Haryana

Why In news

• On May 15, 2022, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced the setting up of the first forest research institute at Jagadhari in Yamunanagar at a cost of Rs 50 crore to promote the plywood industry in the state.

Key Point

• This was announced by the Chief Minister while addressing the gathering at the Haryana Pragati Rally at Jagadhari. Earlier, he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth about Rs.334 crores.
• Apart from this, the Chief Minister also announced to make the 10-bed hospital at Sahora a 50-bed hospital, a new college building on 14 acres of land in Kishanpura village, to make Farrukhpur School a Model Sanskriti School as well as a total of Rs.680 crore for various development works in the four assembly segments of Yamunanagar district .
• Manohar Lal Khattar said that in order to promote trade, the state government plans to create an industrial cluster of 50 to 100 acres in every block so that the youth get employment opportunities. Five clusters will be formed in all the five blocks of Yamunanagar.
• He said that industrial zones will be developed in the adjoining districts of Chandigarh, namely, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Ambala and Kurukshetra on the lines of Gurugram.

Poster of Khelo India Youth Games, 2021 Released

Why In news

• On May 15, 2022, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sardar Sandeep Singh released the poster of Khelo India Youth Games, 2021 and launched the audio version of its promotional song.

Key Point

• The video version will be launched soon after the audio version of the Khelo India Youth Games Promotional Song.
• The song has been jointly composed by actors from Haryana and Bollywood and the song has been penned by the CHIEF Minister's OSD campaigners Gajendra Phogat and Naveen Lamba.
• It may be mentioned that as part of the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, this year, the Khelo India Youth Games, 2021 will be held in Haryana from June 4 to 13, 2022. These include 5 Indian sports in 25 under-18 games.
• The games will be held in Shahbad, Ambala, Chandigarh and Delhi besides Panchkula. Around 8,500 athletes from across the country will participate in these games.
• The Chief Minister said that in these games, cultural programmes inspired by Haryanvi culture will be organized and during the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, the story of heroes of the freedom struggle and the introduction of outstanding sportspersons of the state will be displayed in the exhibition so that the younger generation can draw inspiration from them.
• Along with Jai and Vijay, this time the audience will also get to see Haryana's own Muscat Dhakad, which will be a symbol of Haryana's milk-curd food and sports culture.