Gurgaon, May 10, 2012: On the one hand, Gurgaon has the highest internet penetration in India, while on the other hand, as many as 15% households lack basic sanitation facilities like toilet.

Out of 3,20,642 houses that were enumerated during census, only 2,71,169 have toilets. The Census 2011 report has revealed that 49,473 households in Gurgaon don't have access to toilets.

While in the urban areas over 19,214 households don't have toilets, 30,259 households lack basic sanitation facilities in rural areas.

New Delhi, May 1, 2012: The annual Plan for Haryana for 2012-13 was on Monday finalised at Rs.26,485 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

New Delhi, April 30, 2012: The Annual Plan for 2012-13 for Haryana was today finalised at Rs 26,485 crore, which is a handsome 30 per cent hike over last fiscal’s plan of Rs 20,358 crore. This was announced after a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Karnal, April 28, 2012: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the Centre had fixed a target to make every Gram Panchayat as "Nirmal Gram Panchayat" in next ten years.

Addressing a gathering at a Panchayati Raj Sammelan here, he hoped Haryana would become the third Nirmal state in next three years. The Union government would provide all necessary support to the state in this regard, Ramesh said.

Haryana, April 6, 2012: A village in Sirsa along Haryana’s dusty borders with Rajasthan has redefined what ‘public-private partnership’ can mean in terms of girls’ education and social development. Kaluana village gave shape to its dream of promoting education for its women by utilising a combined prize money of Rs 25 lakh that it won as the ‘Cleanest Village’ at both the national and state levels. The initiatives taken by Kaluana Welfare Shiksha Samiti to ensure higher education for girls have galvanised a whole block of 48 villages in the Dabwali block.

Kurukshetra, March 22, 2012: Kurukshetra district would be first in the state of Haryana to be open-defecation-free district by 31 march 2012. This was announced by Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria while felicitating 50 sarpanches of nirmal gram recently added in the list and honored by the President of India Partibha Devi Singh Patil in a function held in Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi.

Gurgaon, March 15, 2012: After failing to utilize its budget in the last financial year, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has prepared an annual budget for 2012-13 that drastically cuts developmental spending by over Rs 165 crore. While in the previous year, Rs 487.29 crore was allocated for development, this year only Rs 322 crore has been put aside for the same.