Haryana continues to give sops as polls near

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 7: With the formal announcement of the date of Assembly elections expected soon, the Haryana Cabinet went on another s...

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 7: With the formal announcement of the date of Assembly elections expected soon, the Haryana Cabinet went on another spree of doling out sops.

On Thursday it approved a sugar mill at Sonepat, an Industrial Model Township (IMT) at Gurgaon, a modification in the auction policy for residential plots, setting up of Haryana Livestock Development Board and taking over of the Institute of Indian Systems of Medicine and Research at Panchkula among other things.

The Cabinet granted approval to most pre-poll announcements made by the Haryana Chief Minister during his Sarkar Aap ke Dwar programmes.

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The sugar mill will come up at Gohana in Sonepat district at an estimated expenditure of Rs 40 crore, which will be financed primarily by HAFED.

A Haryana Livestock Development Board is to be set up to improve the genetic stock of animals in the state, and Rs one crore has been approved for the Board to start their activities. The Cabinet also approved the transfer of land measuring a littleover 84 acre for setting up a Trade and Business Complex at Hisar.

The sugar mill will have a crushing capacity of 2,500 tonnes per day for which the Government of India had granted a letter of intent way back in 1993. At a recent meeting under the Sarkar Aap ke Dwar programme, the Chief Minister had assured people of a sugar mill at Gohana. The second major proposal approved by the Cabinet was the setting up of IMT at Manesar.