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Chandigarh, Punjab

BRAM SHANKER JIMPA GREETS PEOPLE ON THE EVE OF BAISAKHI

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IEP CHANDIGARH, APRIL 13    

      Punjab Revenue Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa today greeted the people of Punjab on the eve of Baisakhi.          In a message Jimpa said that this festival has a great significance for the farmers of Punjab as this day traditionally marks the beginning of harvest of Rabi crops. This harvest festival is indeed an occasion for them to rejoice over their fruits of toil and for all of us to acknowledge Punjabi farmers’ contribution in making India self-sufficient on food security front.          Jimpa said that this festival has a great religious significance for Sikhs since on this day in the year 1699 at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Guru Gobind Singh ji established Khalsa Panth,  a body of people dedicated to the principles of truth, justice, and equality; the cardinal principles of Sikh faith.          The Minister said that the massacre of hundreds of innocent Punjabis by the British at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar on this day in the year 1919 proved as the last nail in the coffin of British rule in India.          He called upon people to celebrate this festival collectively and utilize this day to pay our gratitude to all those known and unknown freedom fighters, who laid their lives so that we all can breathe in freedom. Let us also acknowledge the contribution of humble farmers who are working day and night to feed the nation, Jimpa added.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Libraries will be built in 5 villages of Palwal district, announces Hry CM

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IEP Chandigarh, April 12

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar  Lal made several  pivotal announcements during  Jan Samvad programme held at village Mandkola in Palwal district today.        “Libraries would be set up in five villages including Bahin, Hathin, Mandkola. Besides  this, a purchase centre would also be constructed in the village at a cost of Rs. 1.25 crore. Further an  amount of Rs 3.6 crore has been sanctioned for Mandkola village for this financial year,” announced Sh. Manohar Lal.        Interacting with the villagers during the Jan Samvad programme, the Chief Minister  said that the  construction  of a road with a cumulative length of 6 km from Mandkola village has also been approved. Also, an amount of Rs 3.2 crore has been sanctioned for construction  of a 3.5 kilometre road between Dhatir-Mandkola village.         Sh. Manohar Lal further said that the sewerage system  would be further  strengthened, along with this  rejuvenation of ponds would be done  in 10 Mahagrams of the surrounding area.        He said that the work of upgrading the CHC centre  of the village and construction of a PWD building is going on.        The Chief Minister said that Jan Samvad programme has been started to hold one to one interaction  with the people and to listen to their grievances.        He said that the Jan Samvad programme in district Palwal will run from April 12 to April 14, covering 15 villages.        MLA, Sh. Parveen Dagar and other dignitaries also remained present on this occasion.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Administrative Secretaries should monitor public grievances on CM window every month: Sanjeev Kaushal

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IEP Chandigarh, April 12

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed the Administrative Secretaries to monitor and review the public grievances received on CM Window every month. He further asked them to ensure the redressal of pending grievances within the next three months.        While presiding over a review meeting regarding CM Window with the nodal officers of various departments here today, he said that the officers should focus on the areas of major public issues.Mr. Kaushal said that the CM Window portal is directly linked with the Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal and he himself is monitoring it. If any officer is found negligent, strict action will be initiated against him. He directed that the registrar of the Cooperation Department must issue directions regarding redressal of public grievances at the level of inspectors on a daily basis and submit the action taken report.        Mr. Kaushal asked the nodal officers to redress the public grievances with a positive mind set.        The Chief Secretary said that a special drive should be launched to redress the pending grievances for the last three years. For these, 30 days time should be fixed according to the year. He directed them to ensure the redressal of all the pending grievances of 2023 in the next three months. Mr. Kaushal said that so far over 10.91 lakh grievances have been registered on CM Window, out of which over 9.52 lakh have been resolved. He also reviewed the grievances pertaining to the Public Health Engineering, Energy, Food and Supplies, Agriculture, Social Justice and Empowerment, Cooperation, Revenue and Disaster Management, School Education, Forest and Wildlife, Urban Local Bodies, Land and Mining, Citizen Information and Resources departments and gave necessary instructions to the officers.        ACS, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare,  Smt. Sumita Misra, Advisor (Irrigation) to Chief Minister, Mr. Devendra Singh, Director General, Town and Country Planning, Mr. T L Satyaprakash, Director Food and Civil Supplies, Mr. Mukul Kumar and OSD to Chief Minister, Mr.  Bhupeshwar Dayal were also present in the meeting.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Chief Minister holds Jan Samvad programme in Palwal’s Bagpur village

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IEP Chandigarh, April 12

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today visited Palwal as part of his Jan Samvad programme in rural areas, where people warmly welcomed him. The Chief Minister sat among the people and discussed various works done in the village. During the Jan Samvad programme organized in Bagpur village, the Chief Minister announced to upgrade the girl’s primary school in the village; besides sanctioning Rs 4.15 crore for Solra road and Rs 2.10 crore for Bagpur road.He said that the government has now entrusted the task of building and maintaining the bus queue shelters to the Zila Parishad and they will construct the same in the village. Also, two new buses would be added to ply from Palwal to Ballabgarh via Bagpur; beside a separate bus will be arranged for girls. Along with this, the village phirni will also be paved and village Chaupal will be renovated, he added.         On the demand of employment for the women of the village, the Chief Minister ordered the formation of two self-help groups. He said that through self-help groups, the government is providing interest-free loans to women for employment. The Chief Minister also directed the Deputy Commissioner to inquire about the low number of Ayushman cards made in the village in view of the population and to get the cards made of the remaining people.        Sh. Manohar Lal said that the state government has done the work of curbing corruption in the departments by making an online transfer policy. “By bringing transparency in jobs, the government has given an opportunity to the educated youth to move forward,” he added.He said that in the previous governments, recommendation or ‘parchi-kharchi’ were required for jobs, which has been completely curbed by the present government.           The Chief Minister said that the benefits of the schemes are being given to the common man through the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP). In the state, the poor families whose annual income is less than Rs 1.80 lakh are being given the benefits of all kinds of schemes through PPP. “The state government would give grants for development works on the basis of population in each village; that is why every person in the village must get his PPP made,” he added.        Sh. Manohar Lal said that new ration cards have been made for 1,328 people in Bagpur village and 1,772 Ayushman cards have been made in this village under Ayushman Bharat Yojana. He said that six families of the village have been provided employment by giving loans under the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana. In Bagpur village, 1,657 farmer families are given Rs 6,000 per year under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.        He said that Haryana is the first state in the country, where 50 percent representation is being given to women in Panchayati Raj institutions. On the occasion, Palwal MLA Sh. Deepak Mangla along with officials of various departments were present. 

Chandigarh, Haryana

CCTV cameras will be installed in big villages of state: Hry CM

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IEP Chandigarh, April 12

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that CCTV cameras will be installed in the big villages of the state from the point of view of security. A decision in regard with its arrangement will be taken soon. Apart from this, the Chief Minister announced to sanction Rs 45 lakh for construction of new road from Dhatir village to Patli village and Rs 10 lakh for repair of Hazari Bungalow Chaupal and Rs 3 crore for construction of 3.30-kilometre-long road from Dhatir to Mandkola.The Chief Minister was interacting with the people in Dhatir village, Palwal district, during a Jan Samvad programme today. He said that the work of installing street lights in 750 villages with more than 10,000 population will also be done.Sh. Manohar Lal said that the state government is working with the spirit of Antyodaya. “Today the intention of the central government and the state government is clear in matters of development,” he added. Referring to Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, he said that it has safeguarded the health of the women and today crores of women of the country have been relieved of smoke under this scheme.Describing the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) as permanent protection of poor people, the Chief Minister said that according to the 2011 census, 15 lakh Ayushman cards were made in the state, but after the PPP was made; the names of 14.5 lakh people have been added to it. He said that there were 450 BPL cards in Dhatir village in December and now 350 more BPL cards have been added. Also, 3,598 Ayushman cards have been made and so far, 17 people have taken benefits of it.Referring to the Chirag Yojana, the Chief Minister said that under the scheme, if any promising child studies in a private school, the government will give Rs 700 to a child from Class I to V, Rs 900 to a child from Class VI to VIII and Rs 1100 to a child from Class IX to XII. He said that the development works worth Rs 43 lakh have been done in Dhatir village so far.On the occasion, Union Minister of State for Power and Heavy Industries, Sh. Krishan Pal Gurjar, Palwal MLA Sh. Deepak Mangla, OSD to Chief Minister, Sh. Jawahar Yadav, Media Advisor to Chief Minister, Sh. Amit Arya, Deputy Commissioner Neha Singh, along with other dignitaries were present. 

Chandigarh

Mock drill to assess preparedness to manage COVID-19 conducted in Hry

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IEP Chandigarh April 12

A mock drill to assess the preparedness to manage COVID-19 was conducted on April 10th and 11th, 2023, in Haryana as per directions and guidelines by Government of India (GoI).        Giving more information in this regard an official spokesperson informed that “The key objective of the drill was to ensure operational readiness for the management of COVID-19 with specific focus on availability of equipment like oxygen plants, ventilators, other logistics, and skilled human resources in public and major private hospitals. The observations generated through this exercise will help in finding the major gaps and to take necessary action.        He stated that as a result of well-coordinated efforts by all the stakeholders an improvement was significantly observed in the number of health facilities participating in Mock drill from 766 in December, 2022 to 901 in April, 2023. He said that Data will be analysed by the department to further argue the health care facilities for improving systems for COVID-19 management or other such outbreak situations.        He further stated that overall activity was conducted under the leadership of Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij. Public and private health facilities including medical colleges in all the districts were oriented regarding mock drill by the State Surveillance Unit, Haryana under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Smt. G. Anupama, Director General Health Services, Dr. Sonia Trikha and MD, NHM oriented the districts regarding GOI guidelines and motivated the workers to conduct this exercise meticulously to ensure improvement in systems. 

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana to provide rail connectivity between IGI Airport Delhi and Maharaja Agrasen International Airport Hisar via Bijwasan–Gurugram– Garhi Harsaru -Sultanpur -Farukhnagar –Jhajjar

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IEP Chandigarh, April 12

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has approved the proposal of Rail Connectivity between IGI Airport Delhi and Maharaja Agrasen International Airport  Hisar via Bijwasan –Gurugram– Garhi Harsaru – Sultanpur –  Farukhnagar – Jhajjar for freight as well as passengers. Accordingly feasibility report has been presented in the meeting of Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HRIDC) presided over by the Chief Secretary. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal who is also the Chairman of HRIDC.        Mr. Kaushal informed that this project will be sent to Ministry of railways for sanction. The rail link between Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar–Jhajjar will be developed while in the second phase, the connectivity to Maharaja Agrasen International Airport  Hisar will be taken up. He said that the rail connectivity links will boost regional development, improve transportation efficiency, and promote sustainable mobility for both freight and passengers.While reviewing various other railway projects, the Chief Secretary appreciated the progress near Manesar and directed the officers to set the timeline and fix physical milestones for the year 2023-24.Managing Director, HRIDC, Mr. Rajesh Agarwal apprised in the meeting  that the proposed project route is Garhi Harsaru– Farukhnagar (11 km) existing single line and Farukhnagar–Jhajjar (24 km) missing link to be developed for double line at the total cost of Rs 1225 crore.Jhajjar–Rohtak (37 km) in an existing single line, Rohtak–Dobh Bahali–Hansi (68 km) which is under progress by northern railways.   Hansi–Maharaja Agrasen International Airport Hisar (25 Km) will be developed in second phase, he added.        A loan of Rs. 1040 crore from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been sanctioned for the rail infrastructure projects in the state, for this the agreement will be signed soon.  Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) was given an amount of Rs. 874 Crore under the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for capital Investment for 2022-23 by the Union Finance Ministry. The Government of India has extended the scheme for which the proposal for 2023-24 will be sent for assistance soon, he added.        Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Mr. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Civil Aviation, Mr. Ankur Gupta, and other senior officers were present in the meeting. 

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB IS EMERGING AS HUB OF INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND STARTUPS, SAYS AMAN ARORA

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IEP Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, April 12

To realise the dream of Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab a hub of innovative ideas and startups, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr Aman Arora on Wednesday said that talent ecosystem is being developed to hone the skills of youth from rural and remote areas.He was addressing a jam-packed auditorium hall of Amity University, SAS Nagar (Mohali), where the grand finale of “What an Idea! Startup Challenge” was organised by SAS Nagar district administration in association with District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises.Motivating the grand finale winners, Mr. Aman Arora said that it’s just a beginning and their out of the box ideas can take them to heights of success in life as sky is the limit. It’s just a platform to take off to achieve bigger goals, he added.Director Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Ms Deepti Uppal said that the main objective of this competition was to provide platform to the local population and students to bring forward their innovative business ideas and encourage entrepreneurship.Mr Aman Arora, while distributing prizes to winners of Innovative Startup Ideas, wished them all the best for their future endeavours.Meanwhile, In student category, the First Prize of Rs 50,000/- was bagged by Rajat Narang for project of Digital Chowkidaar, Kaushal Malhotra won 2nd prize of Rs 30,000/- for startup project of AEROGENS and Jaspreet Kaur won third prize of Rs 20000/- for startup project of Innovative use of Stubble. In open category, Dr. Gowri Jayamurugan won first prize of Rs. 50000/- for startup project of Bio-sunscreen, Gaurav Bali won 2nd prize of Rs. 30,000/- for startup project of CAREWELL360 and Saswat Patnaik bagged 3rd prize of Rs. 20,000/- for startup project of Resnote.Apart from this, Harmanjot Kaur and her team (students of Govt. Senior Secondary School, Majatri) were given a special consolation prize of Rs 8,000/- for their Nobel idea “Padhai di Zidd”, which they started to teach under privileged children. The final pitching competition was judged by a Jury panel of Joint Director PSCST Dr. Dapinder Bakshi, Sr. Consultant Invest Punjab Mr. Ankur Kushwaha, Tynor Orthotics’ Mr Paras Bafna, CEO JAL Mr. B.S. Anand, Mission Director-cum-CEO Innovation Mission, Punjab Mr. Somveer Anand and Head of Angels Network’s Chd operations Ms. Nitika Khurana.CEO DBEE Ms. Avneet Kaur, ADC (G) Ms.Amninder Kaur Brar, Deputy Director DBEE Ms. Meenakshi Goyal and presidents along with their teams from Mohali Industrial Assocation, Mohali Chambers of Industries & Commerce, Chanalo Industrial Association & Cheema Boilers were also present during the event.

Chandigarh

CM UNVEILS STATUE OF EMINENT FREEDOM FIGHTER COMRADE TEJA SINGH SUTANTAR

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IEP Nihalgarh (Sangrur), April 12

 Punjab Chief Minister on Wednesday unveiled the statue of eminent freedom fighter Comrade Teja Singh Sutantar at his native village during a function to mark his 50th death anniversary. Recalling the immense contribution of Comrade Teja Singh Sutantar, the Chief Minister, while addressing the gathering, described him as an iconic leader of the national freedom struggle. He also remembered the services rendered by the legendary freedom fighter as an eminent Parliamentarian also. Bhagwant Mann said that the life and contribution of Comrade Teja Singh Sutantar will inspire the people especially the youth to serve the country selflessly. The Chief Minister said that anything that is named after such legendary leaders acquires its own importance. Batting for conferring Bharat Ratna award to those legendary martyrs who had sacrificed their lives during the national freedom struggle, the Chief Minister said that bestowing the Bharat Ratna award to these legendary martyrs will enhance the prestige of this award. He said that these great martyrs really deserve this award because they had made supreme sacrifices for emancipating the country from foreign clutches. The Chief Minister bemoaned that unfortunately this award has not been bestowed to these leaders even after the passing of more than 75 years of independence. He said that the awardees for this coveted award are selected by a high level committee led by the Prime Minister of the country. However, Bhagwant Mann quipped that ironically two past Prime Ministers from the Congress party had recommended their own names for this prestigious award.  The Chief Minister asserted that he is the votary of the fact that the democracy with diverse ideas and views is always a successful one. In the same manner, Bhagwant Mann said that in democracy opposition and ruling party both are important adding that both of them should make concerted efforts for the development of the state. He said that politics should be confined only upto elections only and after that everyone must join hands for the welfare of people and progress of the state.  Slamming the centre for muzzling the voice of opposition, the Chief Minister said that it is unfortunate that the people in power are not ready to listen to any voice of dissent. He said that anyone who speaks against their ‘friends’ are thrown out of the Parliament, which is totally against the spirit of democracy. Bhagwant Mann said that this trend needs to be checked as the great national heroes like Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Comrade Teja Singh Sutantar had not envisioned such a democracy in the country. Listing the several pro-people initiatives of his government, the Chief Minister said that ever since assuming the charge of office he is working tirelessly for resolving the issues being faced by the state. He said that his government is providing free power to the state residents as a result of which 80% people are getting zero bills. Bhagwant Mann said that more than 9000 acres of land have been freed from the illegal occupation of the affluent people. The Chief Minister further said that the state government has dedicated more than 500 Aam Aadmi Clinics across the state to impart quality health services in the state. He said that these clinics are providing world class treatment and diagnostic facilities to the people free of cost. Bhagwant Mann said that so far 21.21 lakh patients have been benefitted from these Aam Aadmi clinics adding that it has helped the government in preparing a database for checking the various diseases prevalent in the state and combating them effectively.

Chandigarh, Punjab

WILL NOT REQUEST THE CENTRE ON EVERY MATTER: ASSERTS CM

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IEP Nihalgarh (Sangrur), April 12

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that instead of requesting the centre for compensating the farmers for crop loss due to rains, but the state government will bear the entire expense of the burden being faced by the farmers due to the cut being imposed by Government of India (GOI) on damaged wheat grain.  “We are not going to request the centre to not impose the cut but we will extract compensation for the interests of farmers when centre will seek supply of grains in terms of wheat and paddy for the national food pool”, said the Chief Minister, while addressing the gathering after unveiling the statue of eminent freedom fighter Comrade Teja Singh Sutantar.The Chief Minister said that the farmers have suffered huge loss due to incessant rains but the indifferent centre government has not done anything to bail them out. Rather, he said that to rub salt into wounds of farmers the centre has imposed a cut on the damaged, slightly damaged, shriveled and broken grains along with those having high moisture content. Bhagwant Mann said that the limit of shriveled and broken grains has been relaxed up to 18% under uniform specifications.Giving more details, the Chief Minister said that the value cut is not applicable on wheat having shriveled and broken grains upto 6% whereas Value cut of Rs. 5.31 per quintal will be deducted on wheat having shriveled and broken grains above 6% and upto 8%. Further, he said that the value cut of Rs. 10.62 per quintal will be deducted on wheat having shriveled and broken grains above 8% and upto 10% whereas value cut of Rs. 15.93 per quintal will be deducted on wheat having shriveled and broken grains above 10% and upto 12%. Similarly, Bhagwant Mann said that in an arbitrary decision the centre has further decided to impose value cut of Rs. 21.25 per quintal on wheat having shriveled and broken grains above 12% and upto 14% adding that value cut of Rs. 26.56 per quintal will be deducted on wheat having shriveled and broken grains above 14% and upto 16% whereas value cut of Rs. 31.87 per quintal will be deducted on wheat having shriveled and broken grains above 16% and upto 18%.Likewise, the Chief Minister further said that as per decision of centre value cut is not applicable on wheat having luster loss grains upto 10%. He said that a value cut of Rs. 5.31 per quintal on a flat basis will be deducted on wheat having luster loss grains above 10% and upto 80%. Bhagwant Mann said that already the centre has not released the share of state under GST and RDF adding that much to the dismay of the state now this decision has been imposed on the farmers of the state, who were already in crisis due to inclement weather.Urging the farmers not to worry, the Chief Minister said that the state government is competent to secure the rights of the farmers and they will not beg the centre to help the food growers. However, he said that instead of bailing the farmers in this hour of crisis, the centre has decided to impose a cut on damaged, slightly damaged, shriveled and broken grains. But, Bhagwant Mann said that the state is solidly with the farmers in this grave situation and the Punjab government will bear the entire expenditure for the loss being suffered by the farmers due to cut by the centre. The Chief Minister asserted that in a major relief to the farmers of the state the state government has announced 25% upward revision in the compensation for the crop loss to the farmers. He said that in case the loss is more than 75% then the state government will compensate the farmers with Rs 15,000 per acre. Bhagwant Mann said that the motive is to ensure the well being of the farmers at all costs adding that special Girdawari is going on in state and the compensation will be disbursed before Baisakhi.The Chief Minister said that the state government is fully with the beleaguered peasantry in this hour of deep crisis. He said that for the first time before Girdawari public announcements are being made about the entire process to ensure that all the people are made aware of it. Bhagwant Mann said that earlier instead of this the Girdawaris were usually conducted in office or residence of politically affluent people but now these are being done in free and fair manner to ensure that every tiller gets the compensation.The Chief Minister said that on the agriculture front, the state government has already paid all the pending arrears of the sugarcane arrears. Bhagwant Mann said that his government has also ensured that the farmers get uninterrupted power supply during the paddy season last year adding that the same will be ensured this year too. He said that the state government is committed for the well being of the farmers of the state and no stone will be left unturned for this noble cause this time too.