DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The preparations for the Army Recruitment Rally for the year 2022-23 in Haryana have almost been completed and recruitment rallies will be organized in 4 districts soon. Under the Agneepath scheme of the Central Government, a Recruitment Rally will be organized in Hisar from August 11 to August 25, 2022. After that Recruitment Rallies will also be held in Ambala, Bhiwani and Rohtak. Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal chaired the Steering Committee meeting regarding the preparations for the year 2022-23 Army Recruitment Rally along with four Deputy Commissioners and other Officers through video conferencing here today. While directing the officers, the Chief Secretary said that nodal officers should be appointed in all the districts to conduct these recruitments smoothly. Accommodation should be arranged for officers and applicants during the recruitment. He said that the first Recruitment Rally is being organized in Hisar and so far 12,500 applicants have registered in Hisar. The last date to register is July 30, so it is possible that the number of applicants may increase. Therefore, during the recruitment rally, all the arrangements like toilets, drinking water arrangements etc. should be well-planned. Apart from this, compliance of the guidelines of Covid-19 should be ensured. He directed the police officers to arrange first aid kit, adequate quantity of necessary medicines, ambulance and fire fighting vehicles to avoid any untoward incident at the rally site. During recruitment, adequate police force should be deployed to control the crowd and conduct activities in a systematic manner. Also, patrolling should be done in the area around the place of recruitment. In view of security, a temporary control room should also be set up at the rally site. He also directed that proper arrangements should be made to ensure that there is no hindrance in the movement of normal traffic during recruitment. He said that in view of the possibility of rain during these recruitment rallies, there may be a problem of water logging, so water pumps should also be arranged for drainage. Apart from this, uninterrupted supply of electricity should also be ensured in coordination with the Power Department and arrangement of generator sets should also be made. Hp govt approves MIS Shimla A spokesperson of the Horticulture department informed here today that the State government has given approval for the implementation of Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of processing grade mango in the state during the year 2022. He said that under the scheme, 250 M.T. fruit of seedling, 500 M.T. of grafted and 500 M.T. unripe Achari varieties of mangoes would be procured at the rate of Rs. 10.50 per kg respectively. He said that procurement of fruits would be done by HPMC and HIMFED in crates with handling charges at the rate of Rs. 1.30 per kg. As per past practice of previous year, average sale returns from the fruits have been assessed as Rs. 2500, Rs. 2500 and Rs. 3500 per MT for fruits of seedling, unripe achari and grafted mango varieties respectively, he added. The spokesperson said that under the scheme, 42 fruit collection centres will be opened. The HPMC and HIMFED will coordinate for setting up of procurement centres on the basis of procurement data for the last three to five years. These centres will be opened by the procurement agencies on a need basis. Under the scheme, 2.5 percent extra fruit will be procured from the farmers/orchardists keeping in view the evapo-transpiration and respiration losses during the procurement and handling operations, he said. Under the scheme, fruits will be procured from those farmers/orchardists who possess horticulture cards and own 10 bighas or less land under mango cultivation. (editor@dailyworld.in)