Haryana Current Affairs Jan –July (2017) Dr. Gaurav Garg Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana (DDJAY) is an affordable housing scheme of Haryana Government Under Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojana, Haryana Government aims to develop 2 Lakh affordable housing units in low and medium level cities and towns in the state by the year 2022. Government of Haryana organised Pravasi Haryana Divas on 10 – 11 January 2017 in Kingdom of Dreams, Gurugram. The objective of the Pravasi Haryana Divas is to recognize the achievements of NRIs and PIOs of Haryana as well as those persons from Haryana who are now settled in other States of India and to harness their energies in the future development of Haryana. Khattar urged Pravasi Haryanvis to adopt villages under the Swa-prerit Adarsh Gram Yojana for their development. Haryana Gaurav Samman upon 19 Pravasi Haryanvis, including actor Randeep Hooda and singer Sonu Nigam in Entertainment and Tourism category Lalit Shokeen, Principal Engineer, Global Foundries, New York, USA; in social service category, Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, former prime minister, Fiji; and Subhash Chandra, chairman, Essel Group of Companies; Balinder Singh Kundu, Touch International Inc, USA; in art and culture category, Ritu Sheoran; and Vikas Sheoran, Melbourne, Australia; in health and education category, Special Achievement Award to B L Chawla, father of Kalpana Chawla (posthumously). Prominent sports personalities felicitated at the event included former captain of Indian Womens cricket team, Anjum Chopra, international athlete Naveen Suhag and former captain of Indian Womens hockey team Mamta Kharab. Mango fest Haryana tourism department in collaboration with horticulture department organized a two-day 'Mango Mela' at Yadvindra Garden, Pinjore entire heritage site of Yadvindra Gardens in Pinjore was given the theme of 'Go Green' to promote protection of the environment. 26th mango fest Haryana tourism minister Ram Bilas Sharma inaugurated Haryana signs MoU with Patanjali for world herbal forest Haryana Forest Department today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Patanjali Anusandhan Sansthan Divya Yog Mandir Trust, Haridwar for developing World Herbal Forest in Morni in district Panchkula. Wildlife sanctuary and a herbal forest at Morni in Panchkula. Construction of a bridge in Neemwala to connect Haryana with Himachal Pradesh World herbal Forest would be developed over an area of about 53,000 acres with the technical and knowledge support of Patanjali Anusandhan Sansthan This will not only help in promotion of herbal and medicinal plants, but will also assist to promote forest tourism in the State The people will also obtain new technique of cultivation. Apart from the conservation of existing plants, a variety of about 25,000 medicinal plants and herbs found in the country will be planted in this area. Haryana and Switzerland have agreed to explore the possibilities of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for imparting training to the students in the field of hotel management so that maximum youth could be provided employment in the booming hotel industry