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Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

Khattar extends greetings to doctors on Doctor’s Day

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 02, 2022

Extending greeting to the doctors on Doctors’ Day, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that serving the poor people as a mission is the biggest service to humanity.

In a message issued here today on the occasion of National Doctor’s Day, the Chief Minister said that in today’s era everyone has joined the rat race. Now we have to pay attention to the health of environment along with the health of human beings. For this, he said that we have to change our eating habits. For which only a doctor can give the right advice.

        Everyone accepts the advice of doctors easily because it is widely believed that doctors are next to God. During the Covid pandemic, doctors treated patients day and night, which cannot be forgotten.

        The Chief Minister said that to meet the shortage of doctors in the state, while the government is working on a plan to open one medical college in every district, on the other hand the regular recruitment process of doctors has also been simplified.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

Differently-abled to get 4 pc reservation in promotions in Haryana

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 02, 2022

Haryana Government has decided to grant the benefit of horizontal reservation in promotion @ 4 percent to the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) covered under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. A letter in this regard has been issued by Chief Secretary to all the Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Chief Administrators and Managing Directors of Boards, Corporations, Public Undertakings, Divisional Commissioners, Registrar of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioners and Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil) and Registrar of all Universities of the State.

Divulging more details in this regard an official spokesperson said that as per instructions, the new Act namely, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 has come into force from April 19, 2017, therefore, these instructions of 4 percent horizontal reservation shall be applicable with effect from April 19, 2017 onwards to the PwBDs who covered under this Act.

In case of promotion, 4 percent of the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength of Group A, B, C and D shall be reserved for PwBDs. Against the posts identified for each disability, one percent each shall be reserved for PwBDs under blindness and low vision, deaf and hard of hearing and locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy respectively and one percent combined under autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness, multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses a to d including deaf-blindness.

Horizontality of Reservation for Persons with Disabilities

The Spokesperson said that reservation for backward classes of citizens (Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes) is called vertical reservation and the reservation for categories such as PwBDs and ex-servicemen is called horizontal reservation.

The Spokesperson said that to illustrate, if in a given year there are two vacancies reserved for the PwBDs and out of two PwBDs promoted, one belongs to Scheduled Caste and the other belongs to Unreserved, the SC candidate with benchmark disability shall be adjusted against the S/caste point in the reservation roster and the Unreserved candidate with benchmark disability against the unreserved point in the relevant roster.

In case none of the vacancies falls on the point reserved for the SCs, the candidate under benchmark disability belonging to SC shall be adjusted in the future against the next available vacancy reserved for SCs.

Since the PwBDs have to be placed in the appropriate category viz. SC/BC/ Unreserved in the roster meant for reservation of SCs/BCs, the application form (in respect of Departmental examination for promotion) for the post should require the candidates applying under the quota reserved for PwBDs to indicate whether they belong to SC/BC or Unreserved category.

Competent Medical Authority to Issue Disability Certificate

The Spokesperson said that the competent medical authority to issue Disability Certificate shall be a Medical Board duly constituted by the State Government. The State Government may constitute Medical Board(s) consisting of at least three members out of which at least one shall be a specialist in the particular field for assessing locomotor, cerebral, visual and hearing disability, as the case may be.

The Spokesperson said that the Medical Board shall, after due examination, give a permanent disability certificate in cases of such permanent disabilities where there are no chances of variation in the degree of disability.

The Medical Board shall indicate the period of validity of the certificate, in cases where there are chances of variation in the degree of disability.

Exemption from Reservation

As per the notification, if any Department considers it necessary to exempt any post/cadre partly or fully from the provision of reservation for persons with disabilities, it may make a reference to the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Haryana giving full justification for the proposal. The grant of exemption shall be considered by a Committee set up by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Haryana, constituted vide their notification dated August 3, 2011, in consultation with the State Commissioner.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

Want uplift of people through infra development, says Murmu in Himachal

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 02, 2022

NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu on Friday said she wants the uplift of people through infrastructure development at the grassroots level.

Murmu was addressing a function attended by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union minister Anurag Thakur and state MLAs in Solan’s Baddi.

Addressing the function, Murmu said her aim is to ensure the uplift of people by working towards infrastructure development at the grassroots level. She also paid tributes to war heroes, including Major Somnath Sharma, the country’s first Param Vir Chakra recipient, and said the history and tradition of the state has been glorious. Himachal is the main area of spirituality and tourism and is known as Dev Bhoomi across the country, she added. She said the state is showing the way to the country on various parameters of development and urged the countrymen to work unitedly to make India a prosperous nation.

On this occasion, the chief minister said the victory of Murmu in the polls is certain. The selection of Murmu for the post of the president is a reflection of positive and holistic thinking of the BJP, he said. He said the BJP has always been committed for the unity and welfare of all sections of society.

The CM said Murmu has set an excellent example for all sections of society through her life. Murmu’s efforts in the direction of development of tribal areas, education of girls and balanced development of all sections of society are highly commendable, he said. Union minister Anurag Thakur expressed his gratitude to the presidential candidate for starting her election campaign from the state.

He said the selection of a woman belonging to a tribal community for the election of the President is a reflection of the BJP’s progressive thinking.

Union Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Arjun Singh Meghwal gave details about the value of vote in the presidential elections. He said the value of the vote of an MLA from Himachal Pradesh is 51.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

Cyber Swachhta Mission initiative of Chandigarh Police

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 2, 2022

Cyber Swachhta Mission is part of Chandigarh Police’s community outreach initiative to inculcate Cyber Hygiene among citizens and spread cyber awareness primarily through engagement of youth. It is a kind of unique and creative collaboration among police, academia, technical industry and community so as to make Cyber Awareness a Jan Andolan. Students from reputed colleges/universities of Chandigarh are enrolled as Cyber Soldiers, who are trained in cyber security and cyber awareness by cyber experts and police officials as part of Internship Programme under the mission. It is a way for students to gain valuable experience in law enforcement by involving them in the creation of a healthy, positive and hygienic cyber space.

The objective of this programme is to engage the youth in nation building and national security, spread cyber literacy and discern penetrating/insights into social media, thus creating a positive and robust cyber space & enabling collection of information/facts from open sources to produce actionable intelligence.

Cyber Swachhta Mission was launched on 17th November, 2021 with enrollment of 300 students from Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College (MCM), University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) & Punjab University enrolled as Cyber Interns. This programme provided learning and training in the domain of cyber awareness and cyber security to Interns. The Interns worked as team under the mentorship of police officials and tasks were assigned to them regularly and their assessment was conducted. Infosys provided intensive 4-month training to the cyber interns covering topics such as cyber security, OSINT, coding, dark web, cyber crime investigation , etc. Following cyber related activities were carried out:-

1.       Survey regarding cyber awareness among senior citizens

2.       Detecting and Identifying Fake news; Unlawful Content Flagging

3.       Cyber 112 – Interaction of cyber interns with complainants

4.       Cyber 112 – Interaction of cyber interns with complainants

5.       Cyber Awareness Sabhas at Police station and beat level, involving all category of citizens

6.       Cyber Awareness sessions in schools and colleges, covering around 28000 students in 85 institutions

After the successfully completion of 1st batch, Chandigarh Police has started 2nd Batch of Cyber Internship, in which enrolment forms of approx. 1100 students from various colleges of Tri-city were received, out of which 389 students from 9 different colleges & institutes have been selected and divided in 16 Teams, police station wise, to carry out various cyber related awareness & survey activities and already their introductory training and orientation has begun.

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Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab

Doctor’s Day celebrated at Ivy Hospital, Mohali

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IEP MOHALI JULY 01, 2022

Revelry and fun-filled activities marked the National Doctor’s Day celebrations at Ivy Hospital on Friday. During the occasion, doctors sang songs and danced to the latest peppy Punjabi songs. They were also felicitated with a ‘Doc you Rock’ certificate for their commendable work in the past.

Dr. Kanwaldeep, medical director of Ivy Group of Hospital said ,”There’s no better day than today to express our gratitude for our medical team who work tirelessly round the clock to give their best to the patients. 

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

MC Commissioner appreciates remarkable work done by Safaikarmacharis on their superannuation

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 07, 2022

Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh appreciated the remarkable work done by Safaikarmacharis and sanitary jamadars on their superannuation last evening.

Safaikarmacharis and sanitary Jamadars namely Sh. Satpal, Sh. Mehar Chand, Sh. Sat Pal-II, Sh. Tej Pal, Sh. Ram Pal, Sh. Jati Ram and Smt. Raj Rani got retired on 30.06.2022.

The Commissioner said that they had a sense of pride in their often considered thankless job as it directly contributed to make the city beautiful clean. She said that they should be showered with congratulations and welcomed at almost every home in the city. She said that every citizen should congratulate ground level workers by welcoming and thanking who practically keep the city clean.

Appreciating their hard work, the Commissioner said they displayed their exceptional skills and worked with great sincerity and generousness with the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh. She wished them good health and better future in life.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

11th Meeting of State Advisory Council held in Chandigarh

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 01, 2022

11th Meeting of State Advisory Council was held today under the Chairmanship of Adviser to the Administrator. 

The State Advisory Council has been constituted as per the provisions of RTE Act to advice the Government regarding implementation of various provisions of RTE Act. 

Education Secretary, Deputy Commissioner, Chairman CCPCR, Director School Education, Director Higher Education and other members of the Council were present. 

The following issues were deliberated and decisions recorded:

(a) The outstanding EWS cost reimbursement payments of per child expenditure under the provisions of RTE Act should be expedited so that the due payment is released to private recognized schools without any further delay. In future the reimbursement process be streamlined to ensure seamless settlement of payments 

(b) on the issue of income certificate for admission under economically weaker section category, Deputy Commissioner Office to review and amend the application form to ensure the benefits are availed by only by the eligible and the process becomes more transparent. 

(c) It was also decided that there should be uniformity in the EWS admission process in the schools in UT Chandigarh. For this the Education Department will study the practices and procedures being followed by the Govt. of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab and and Delhi for admission procedures for the Economically Weaker Section. It was also decided that from the next session onwards online monitoring of admission across all school be established.

(d) The Education Department was also directed to develop a roadmap to meet the future needs of the departments/schools.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab

PATWARI AMONG THREE HELD FOR GRAFT AS MORE COMPLAINTS POUR IN ON ANTI CORRUPTION ACTION LINE

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH JULY 01, 2022

With eradicating corruption in the governance system of the state is the top priority of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Government, the Vigilance Bureau has registered two fresh FIRs and arrested three persons including Patwari and Deed Writer for graft following complaints on Anti-corruption Action Line, said Chief Director Vigilance Bureau Varinder Kumar here on Friday.

          In the first case, Accused Patwari Manavdeep Singh posted at Banga and his aide Navjot Kumar alias Lavi were arrested on Thursday for accepting illegal gratification of Rs 2000 in lieu of registering Intakal of land transfer mutation from the complainant. In this regard, FIR No 9 dated June 30, 2022, has been registered under sections 7 and 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, range Jalandhar.

          In another case, accused ASI Manjit Singh posted at Police Station Dugri in Ludhiana Commissionerate has been booked for taking a bribe of Rs 1500 for submitting the challan in the court of an old case against the complainant. ASI was further demanding a bribe of Rs 3000 from the complainant. FIR No 7 dated 28.06.2022 under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana and Police are conducting raids to nab the accused ASI.

          In addition to this, the Vigilance Bureau teams on Thursday have also arrested accused Deed Writer (Arzi Navis) Mukul Gupta posted at Tehsil office Jalandhar in a previous corruption case in which he took illegal gratification of Rs 20,000 for the registry of the plot of the complainant without NOC. The case FIR No. 08 dated 10.06.2022 under section 7a of the Prevention of Corruption Act had been registered at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Range Jalandhar.

          Pertinently, after taking charge as the Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann launched the anti-corruption action line 9501200200 and appealed to the people of Punjab to share complaints pertaining to corruption via WhatsApp so that the state could be made corruption-free. Since the launch of the helpline number of prominent people including State Health Minister Vijay Singla, former Congress Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, former Congress MLA Joginder Pal, and IAS Officer Sanjay Popli has been arrested on corruption charges.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab

Punjab CM fulfils another poll guarantee by providing 300 units of free power to people

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH JULY 01, 2022

Fulfilling another guarantee promised with the people of state during elections, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today announced providing free electricity up to 300 units per month to the power consumers in the state.

In a statement issued here today , the Chief Minister said that the guarantee of providing free electricity up to 300 units has started from today i.e July 1 2022. He said that this means that people will get free power as they will have zero amount electricity bills. Bhagwant Mann also said that in a major relief to common man in the state, all electricity bills prior to 31 Dec 2021 will be waived off.

The Chief Minister categorically said that it is a big reprieve for the people of the state who were hitherto shelling out money for paying huge power bills. He said that from now onwards all the consumers will get 300 units of powers free which will mitigate the woes of a common man. Bhagwant Mann further said that the state government is committed for  fulfilling every guarantee promised to the people of state.

Training his guns against opposition, the Chief Minister said that previous governments made tall promises to people during polls but they were hardly fulfilled in five years. However, he said that their government has set a new precedent by fulfilling one after another guarantee with every passing day. Bhagwant Mann assured the people that the state government is committed for progress of the state and prosperity of its people.