Haryana State PCS

• 17 Jan 2024

Medical College and Hospital in Panchkula

Why in News?

Recently, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar laid the foundation stone of a medical college and hospital in Panchkula.

Key Points

• The project is expected to cost over Rs 800 crore, to be constructed over 30 acres of land at Sector 32 in Panchkula by the Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikarn (HSVP).
• The initial phase will involve an expenditure of Rs 500 crore, with an anticipated additional expenditure of Rs 300 crore. The entire project is slated to be completed within 30 months.
• The number of medical colleges in the state will increase to 29 in the future and the MBBS seats will go up to 3,500.
  • The number of postgraduate medical seats in the state is set to rise from 851 to 1,200, addressing the need for specialised doctors.
  • Para-medical colleges and physiotherapy colleges will also be set up within these medical colleges.
  • Medical colleges are being established across the state, such as Shri Krishna Ayurveda Vishwavidyalaya in Kurukshetra, an Ayush AIIMS in Panchkula for natural treatment, and the Kalpana Chawla University of Health Sciences in Kutail.

Haryana Panel to Decide Aid in Accidents Due to Stray Animals

Why in News?

According to Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal, the state government was taking significant steps to address accidents/incidents caused by stray animals.

Key Points

• A committee, chaired by the deputy commissioner, in all districts has been established to determine compensation in such cases, with decisions expected within four months of claim submission.
• The committee includes members such as the superintendent of police or deputy superintendent of police (traffic), sub-divisional magistrate, and a representative of the chief medical officer.
  • The committee will adhere to the guidelines and standards of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, while deciding on compensation for such cases.
  • The decision will be forwarded to the principal secretary of the department concerned or the project director of the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India), who must disburse compensation to the claimant within six weeks.
• Stray animals, for the purpose of compensation, encompass animals like cows, bulls, dogs, donkeys, nilgai and buffaloes.
• The Chandigarh high court has specified compensation amounts, such as Rs 10,000 for a dog’s bite and a minimum of Rs 20,000 for injuries caused by a dog bite.
• ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya Parivar Suraksha Yojana’ was already in operation to provide compensation for such accidents.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Parivar Suraksha Yojana

• Government of Haryana announced the launch of 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Parivar Suraksha Yojana' in the budget for the financial year 2023-24.
• Under this scheme, on the basis of the data verified in Family Information Data Repository (FIDR), financial assistance will be provided on the death or permanent disability of a member of a family above the age of 6 years and upto the age of 60 years having an annual income less than Rs 1.80 lakh.
• The scheme will provide assistance based on the age of the individual at the time of death or permanent disability.

Project e-Adhigam and iDream Education

Why in News?

In 2022, the School Education Department, Government of Haryana has launched project e-Adhigam giving Samsung tablets to every Government School student of classes 10^th, 11^th and 12^th in Haryana.

• It comes with an integrated Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) solution for remedial and supplementary learning support.

Key Points

• For the PAL platform on these tablets, the Department has awarded work to three PAL solution providers to iDream Education.
  • iPrep PAL has been designed to become the one-stop, all-inclusive supplementary learning platform for students, including adaptive and dynamic access to animated video lessons, DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) content, practice questions, digital books and reference material, and practicals with simulations.
• e-Adhigam (Advanced Digital Haryana Initiative of Government with Adaptive Module) became the first of its kind, planned PAL on tablets project in the country.
  • Digital devices with pre-installed Personalized adaptive learning applications have been provided to all students for both in-school and at-home learning under teacher guidance and monitoring.
  • The tablets are issued to every student at the beginning of the academic year, they use it for learning in classrooms and revision at home throughout the year.
  • The tablets are then returned to the school at the end of the academic year, before being reissued to the new batch.
• Every student's usage and learning outcomes data are deeply tracked through central reporting dashboards, and student level usage and learning improvements are monitored through detailed analytics.
• PAL on tablets is one of the best ways to empower government school students to cover their previous year's learning gaps in a personalized, enjoyable and non-judgemental learning environment and achieve their grade-level learning objectives.

Note:

• iDream Education works with a vision to facilitate universal access to learning and growth. Solutions are designed to break the learning barriers and empower students to learn unlimitedly.
• To achieve this, it partners with System Integrators, Government, CSR, NGOs, and other ecosystem partners working with schools and students to deliver its digital content and learning platform through Smart Classrooms, ICT Labs, Tablets, Notebooks, and Mobile Devices.