Haryana first state to provide health insurance to all its poor

October 9th, 2009 Health care issues: Paying for abortionsA look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Would new health care legislation allow abortions to be funded with tax money? THE POLITICS: Abortion opponents say proposed government-sponsored health insurance plans would change federal policy by paying for abortions in many cases. For years, a restriction in the law that governs Medicaid — health insurance for the poor — has barred federal funding of abortions except in cases of rape, incest and danger to the mother's life.

October 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the controversial issue of sharing of water between Haryana and Punjab should be sorted out through talks. The water sharing has been a thorny issue between both states with Haryana seeking completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and Punjab opposing the move.

October 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Congress Party in Haryana promised food grains for the poor at cheap rates and better governance in its manifesto for the October 13 assembly elections. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress general secretary in-charge for Haryana affairs Prithviraj Chavan released the party's election manifesto here on Wednesday.

September 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The ruling Congress in Haryana Wednesday promised in its manifesto for the Oct 13 assembly elections to make the state power surplus in the coming years. Releasing the party's manifesto here, Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress general secretary in-charge for Haryana affairs Prithviraj Chavan claimed their party would register a thumping victory.

September 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election manifesto for Harayana assembly polls that was released Tuesday has promises for all sections of the society, while the party urged the voters to offer it an opportunity to rule the state. "Haryana has seen governments of all parties.

August 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) snapped its ties with the Om Praksh Chautala led Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana on Monday. Addressing aprhs conference, party General Secretary Vijay Goel said: "The alliance with INLD has come to an end, we will contest the upcoming Assembly polls in the state on our own." According to sources both parties were said to be at loggerheads over seat sharing for the upcoming assembly elections.

August 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia dissolved the state assembly on the recommendation of the State Cabinet on Friday evening. Earlier in the day Haryana Cabinet recommended the Governor to dissolve the State Assembly.

August 17th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - New lakes will be dug and reservoirs built, while old ones will be renovated by the Haryana government to fight drought in the future, the state's finance minister has announced. The Haryana government has decided to dig big lakes and will renovate the old ones in the state to provide irrigation facilities to the farmers in adverse circumstances, a state government spokesman said Monday quoting the minister, Birendra Singh.

August 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Sunday urged the central government to provide it Rs. 3,168.75 crore to tackle drought-like conditions.

August 12th, 2009 Lawmaker health insurance costs at a glanceLawmakers in many states enjoy free or heavily subsidized health insurance paid for by tax dollars, even as the recession claims the jobs and health benefits of millions of workers who elected them. The disparity is creating a backlash in some states to cut back lawmakers' health benefits.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana Special Economic Zones (SEZs) project is "the biggest land scandal in the history of India" and the alleged scam should be probed a high level judicial official, the opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) said Wednesday. INLD general secretary Ajay Chautala said the ruling Congress had grabbed poor farmers' land on the false assurances of creating 200,000 jobs through these SEZs.

August 12th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the wake of a poor monsoon in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday urged the central government to allocate 400 MW additional power from the unallocated pool of central generation. In response to our earlier request, the central government had allocated only 100 MW of additional power for Haryana.

July 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Rural women in Haryana will get "women chaupals" - an exclusive common meeting place for them - in all villages across the state. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Thursday that the women chaupals, each costing Rs.300,000 and having a covered shed, would be constructed in all villages in a phased manner.

January 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Planning Commission has agreed to allocate an outlay of Rs.100 billion (Rs.10,000 crore) to Haryana for 2009-10, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Friday. The outlay is over 50 percent more than the total outlay of Rs.66.5 billion (Rs.6,650 crore) approved for the state last fiscal.

January 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Haryana has tied up with automobile giant Maruti-Suzuki to set up a Rs.250-million (Rs.25-crore) driving training and research school in the state. The foundation stone of the proposed school was laid by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Bahadurgarh, 250 km from Chandigarh.