Ambala - Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram visited the Chaur Mastpur branch of the Punjab National Bank, 17 km from Ambala, on Friday to get first-hand information of the implementation of the loan remission scheme. Chidambaram expressed satisfaction with the working of the bank officials. He also visited State Bank of Patiala branch at Shahabad.
The state government has decided to immunise all children between 1 to 15 years of age in Ambala district against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) this year. A meeting to implement the Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Campaign to be started next month was held under the chairmanship of Dr Satvir Chaudhary, director health services (malaria), Haryana, here today.
A silent revolution has taken place in productivity and profitability of plantations through clonal Eucalyptus, with productivity more than double compared to seed route plantations. The clonal plantations under rain-fed conditions are safer investment, while the irrigated clonal plantations under agro-forestry models are more profitable as compared to agricultural crops.
