Cooperative Election Authority soon in Haryana

Cooperative Election Authority soon in Haryana

Context:

The Haryana government has announced that a Cooperative Election Authority would be set up in the State for supervising the election process in cooperative bodies.

Function of the Cooperative Election Authority:

Cooperative Election Authority will be entrusted with the responsibilities of superintendence, direction and control of the election process in the cooperative organisations

Other announcements:

• Haryana Governor has also announced that the State government had been giving final touches to a comprehensive State action plan on sexual and gender-based violence to address all major components of crime afflicting women and children in the State.
• On the controversial issue of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal, Mr. Solanki has said the “concerted efforts” of the government have resulted in a favourable verdict from the Supreme Court on a presidential reference
• He further said that the government has been vigorously pursuing the matter for initiation of the long-pending construction work on the remaining portion of the canal.