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Haryana Chief Secretary-led Standing Committee Ensures Timely Completion of Rs. 2,099.86 Crore Infrastructure Projects

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IEP Chandigarh, June 19 

The Standing Committee, headed by the Chief Secretary Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal, which monitors the monthly progress of infrastructure projects worth over Rs. 100 crore, has ensured the timely completion of 13 projects costing Rs. 2,099.86 Crores across eight departments, namely PWD B&R, Public Health Engineering, Irrigation and Water Resources, Technical Education, Urban Local Bodies, Transport, Energy, and Home Departments so far.To ensure the quality and efficiency of project reviews, regular capacity-building sessions were conducted for departments, accompanied by the appointment of Department Nodal Officers. “In line with our commitment to enhance monitoring mechanisms, we are now embarking on the implementation of a dedicated Haryana Project Monitoring System (HPMS) portal.  This portal aims to strengthen the monitoring process by providing interactive dashboards and facilitating seamless coordination,” said the Chief Secretary during the meeting.In the meeting, discussions revolved around the HPMS portal, abringing together Additional Chief Secretaries and Nodal Officers responsible for monitoring the operational review of state infrastructure projects. The Chief Secretary Mr. Kaushal, presiding over the meeting, emphasized the importance of timely updates. Officers will be required to upload project progress within the first week of every month. Currently, the standing committee is overseeing the progress of over 90 projects across 14 departments, with a total cost exceeding Rs. 57,798.84 Crores was revealed in the meeting.Mr. Kaushal said that we remain committed to deliver quality infrastructure projects and will continue to leverage technology to enhance our monitoring and evaluation processes. The HPMS portal represents a significant step forward in our efforts to promote accountability and timely completion of projects, ultimately benefiting the people of Haryana.Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Mr. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Dr. G. Anupama, Additional Chief Secretary, Town and Country Planning, Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta, Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Haryana, Urban Local Bodies, Mr. Vikas Gupta and other senior officers were present in the meeting.

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Gurugram-Heliport” is an ambitious project of the state government: Dushyant Chautala

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IEP Chandigarh, June 19 

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that “Gurugram-Heliport” is an ambitious project of the state government, which will be started soon. Under the Central Government’s “Udan” scheme, air travel will be started from Hisar Airport to various major cities of the country.        The Deputy CM, who also holds the portfolio of Civil Aviation Department, was presiding over a meeting of senior officers of Civil Aviation Department and State Government, here today.Sh. Dushyant Chautala discussed the various sites suggested by the officers related to Gurugram-Heliport and directed to prepare its final report at the earliest.Referring to the routes to be started from Hisar Airport under the UDAN scheme, he said that explore the possibilities of starting air flights from Hisar to Delhi, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Jaipur, Amritsar, Kullu, Jammu and other cities.The Deputy Chief Minister informed after the meeting that on April 27, 2017, the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi had launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN, the flagship programme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The scheme was launched with an aim to fulfil the aspirations of common citizens following the vision of “Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik” with advanced aviation infrastructure and air connectivity in Tier II and Tier III cities.He informed that under UDAN it is targeted to complete 220 destinations (Airports/Heliports/Water Aerodromes) across the country with 1000 routes by the year 2026 to provide air connectivity to the unconnected destinations of the country. He said that this scheme has played a major role in the transformation of the Indian aviation industry. Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the day is not far when civil aviation will become the basis of transport in Haryana along with rail transport and road transport.

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to gift 3 big road projects worth about Rs. 3,700 crores in Haryana: Dushyant Chautala

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IEP Chandigarh, June 19

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that on Tuesday, June 20, Haryana is going to get a big bonanza. Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister, Sh. Nitin Gadkari will announce various major road development projects worth about Rs. 3,700 crores to the state.Giving this information, Deputy CM, who also holds the portfolio of Public Works Department, said that Union Minister Sh. Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate 11 flyovers on the eight-lane National Highway from Delhi to Panipat in Sonipat at 11 am.The project is 24 km long with an estimated cost of around Rs. 900 crores. He informed that Sh. Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for the construction work of Karnal Green Field Six-Lane Ring Road project at village Kutail in Karnal district at 3.30 pm.The total length of this project is 35 km and it will cost about Rs. 1,700 crores. Similarly, at 5.30 pm, the Union Minister will lay the foundation stone of the construction work of Ambala Green Field Six Lane Ring Road project at village Jandli in Ambala district. The total length of this project is 23 km with an estimated cost of around Rs. 1,100 crores.The Deputy Chief Minister said that the government is continuously strengthening the road network. He said that these three major road projects will change the picture of infrastructure in the state and will also give a new direction to the development of industries. Sh. Chautala said that along with Haryana, the passengers of Punjab, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir passing through Delhi-Panipat corridor will also get complete benefit of this road project. Similarly, the construction of Ambala and Karnal Ring Road will provide relief to the local people from the traffic congestion in the city in both the districts. 

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Development works are being carried out in the state without any disparity: Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal

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IEP Chandigarh, June 19

Haryana School Education Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal said that the Chief Minister through his visionary approach has ensured holistic development across the state without any disparity.        Sh. Kanwarpal said this while addressing a Jan Samvad programme in villages Ghodo Peepli, Shadipur, Balachaur, Fatehgarh and Bibipur of Yamunanagar assembly constituency. In these programmes, he directly interacted with the public and informed about the development works being carried out by the government.        The Minister informed in the Jan Samvad Programme that 71 colleges have been established by the Chief Minister in eight years, while earlier there were 103 colleges in the state. He said that now no girl has to travel more than 20 kms to get education.Interacting with the public, the Minister said that in the government schools, the government has ensured to provide facilities of dual desks, toilets, clean drinking water, playground, boundary wall of the school and paved path to reach the school. He said that the schools which had 80 to 100 children in class 11th have been upgraded up to class 12th and the remaining schools will also be upgraded without any discrimination.

Chandigarh, Punjab

TO MAKE YOUNGSTERS SELF-EMPLOYED, PUNJAB GOVT TO PROVIDE SKILL TRAINING TO YOUTH ON DAIRY FARMING

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IEP Chandigarh, June 16

 In consonance with the aim of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make youth of Punjab self-employed, Punjab Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department will impart four-week dairy entrepreneurship training to the youth and farmers of the state.Divulging the details, Mr. Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development said that the intent of this initiative is to impart skill training to the youth, so that, they can adopt the cooperative profession of dairy, which will give a boost to the agricultural economy.The Cabinet Minister said that a new batch of this four weeks training will be started by the Department from July 03, 2023. He urged farmers, especially the young farmers, to undergo training and take up dairy farming on a commercial scale, so that the income of the farmers will get a push.Mr Gurmeet Singh Khuddian said that the aspiring youth interested to enrol themselves for training can get the prospectus form from any district office of Dairy Development department Punjab or related training centres i.e. Abul Khurana (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Chatamli (Ropar), Bija (Ludhiana), Phagwara (Kapurthala), Sardulgarh (Mansa), Verka (Amritsar), Gill (Moga), Tarn Taran and Sangrur.Following this, the candidates must complete the application enclosed in the prospectus and get it attested by the Deputy Director Dairy of the district concerned and submit it to their first priority training center or carry it along with the documents at the time of counselling.The Cabinet Minister said that the age of the aspirant must be 18-45 years and the educational qualification of a candidate should be at least 10th pass. The selection of eligible candidates will be done by the Departmental Committee on first-come-first-served basis at the respective training centres on June 28, 2023.Mr Gurmeet Singh Khuddian said that the interested applicants could seek further information in this regard from the department’s telephone no. 0172- 5027285 or contact the office of the Deputy Director Dairy in their respective district. 

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB CM BATS FOR OPTIMUM UTILISATION OF MGNREGA SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

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IEP Chandigarh, June 16

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday batted for optimum utilisation of The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme to give boost to development in rural areas on one hand and provide livelihood opportunities on the other hand.

Chairing a meeting here to review the functioning of scheme here today, the Chief Minister said that this scheme is important as it provides enhancement of livelihood security, giving at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household, whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. He said that the scheme  has been implemented in all districts across the state from April 2008 adding that state government will enhance the budget of this ambitious scheme upto Rs 2000 crore. Bhagwant Mann said that it is heartening to learn that 11.53 lakh active job cards are there in state with 14.86 lakh active workers.

The Chief Minister bemoaned that wage rate notified under MGNREGA for State Rs 303/- is less in comparison to neighbouring State Haryana where it is Rs 357 adding that the state government will vehemently raise this issue with the Union government. He also said that state government will also make concerted efforts for Inclusion of “Laying of Underground Pipeline” activities in Permissible List for accelerating works relating irrigation, water supply and sanitation can be undertaken. Bhagwant Mann also said that the state Government will also request government of India to provide Corpus funds under the scheme.

The Chief Minister also said that the state government will also seek enhancement of Mandays Budget given by GOI as only 250 lakh mandays target for the State has been assigned which is too less than previous year achievement of 321 lakh mandays. He also underscored the need to further popularise the scheme for giving benefits to the common man. Bhagwant Mann also said that an information board should be installed at every work place under the scheme so that awareness can be created among the general public about the scheme and the details of the work done can reach the people

The Chief Minister also asked the officers to popularise the scheme through social media platforms like Facebook Page, YouTube Channel, twitter and WhatsApp groups for the purpose of sharing Best Practices and for disseminating requisite information to the rural masses. Bhagwant Mann envisioned that the scheme can be a game changer in transforming the lives of weaker and underprivileged sections besides giving impetus to development works in rural areas.

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PUNJAB CM ANNOUNCES TO LAUNCH A SPECIAL PROJECT FOR STRENGTHENING SECONDARY HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE

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IEP Chandigarh, June 16 

Taking a leap forward towards further imparting quality health service to the people of state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced to launch a special project for strengthening of all Secondary Health Care Institutions viz. Community Health Centres (CHCs), Sub-Divisional Hospitals and District Hospitals. Chairing a meeting here to review the health care sector, the Chief Minister said that the state government has already given a major boost to primary healthcare services by opening more than 500 Aam Aadmi Clinics in the State. He said that these clinics are acting as cornerstone in providing free of cost health services to people. Bhagwant Mann said that lakhs of people are daily getting benefit of these clinics through free diagnosis, treatment and clinical tests. The Chief Minister said that moving a step further the state government has now decided to spruce up the infrastructure in government secondary healthcare institutes across the state. He said that the sole aim is to ensure that the general public gets quality health services too without shelving huge money from their pockets. Bhagwant Mann said that these centres will be developed as ultra-modern healthcare institutes where people will get quality treatment. The Chief Minister said that the blueprint for modernisation of these centres has already been prepared to ensure that this work is executed in a time bound manner. He said that the entire work will be conducted by spending more than Rs 400 crores for which adequate provisioning has been made.  Bhagwant Mann said that in the first phase Secondary Health Care Facilities i.e District Hospitals, Sub Divisional Hospitals and CHCs in bigger rural areas will be strengthened on priority. The Chief Minister said that 40 such facilities including 23 District Hospitals have been identified by the state government which will be given a facelift in the first phase. He said that the Department of Finance shall accordingly provide the requisite budgetary support for strengthening/upgrading these facilities. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government is committed to ensure that this work is accorded top priority and no stone is left unturned for it in larger public interest.

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MEMOIRS OF FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY RAJAN KASHYAP TITLED BEYOND THE TRAPPINGS OF OFFICE, A CIVIL SERVANT’S JOURNEY IN PUNJAB RELEASED

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IEP Chandigarh, June 16

          BEYOND THE TRAPPINGS OF OFFICE, A CIVIL SERVANT’S JOURNEY IN PUNJAB, a memoir by Rajan Kashyap, former Chief Secretary and Ex Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Punjab, was released at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Sector – 26 today by former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Mr. S.S. Sodhi and Mr. Gurbachan Jagat, ex- Governor of Manipur.

          The book describes the growth story of the state, and the important events and leaders who shaped the unprecedented development of Punjab over half a century. The Author Mr. Rajan Kashyap joined the IAS in 1965 and retired as Chief Secretary in 2003 after a long and illustrious career spanning 38 years.

          In a lively interaction on the occasion, Professor BN Goswamy, who had joined the IAS in the 1950s and left soon to pursue a career in academics, shared interesting anecdotes on the work ethic of that era.

          Brigadier Sukhjit Singh presented an interesting picture of governance in the erstwhile state of Kapurthala while also emphasizing that perfection as such doesn’t exist. What is needed is to continue to work harder and much harder. 

          Sanjeev Chopra, former Director of Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, brought out how the civil servants of today are becoming more professional. He quoted the Former Finance Minister of India C.D. Deshmukh and said that the civil servants must write about events as they are participants in History. 

          In his reflections, Rajan Kashyap underlined how the things have gone sea change in comparison to the past. Batting for the positive approach, he advocated a very close coordination between the civil servants and the police, a sentiment which was echoed by Mr. S.S. Sodhi and Mr. Gurbachan Jagat.

          The Former Education Secretary (Government of India) Vibha Puri Das said that the human considerations must be supreme in the discharge of bureaucratic functions. 

          The Director General MGSIPA, Mr. Anirudh Tiwari said that better Human Resource Management, Skill specific training apart from the eternal values of compassion, empathy, justice and fairplay are very important. The event was compeered by the Former IAS Officer Mr. Vivek Atray.

Chandigarh

UT Administrator launches ‘mPassport’ app to complete verification process in 15 days

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IEP Chandigarh

To ensure that all passport verifications are completed within 15 days, the Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Banwarilal Purohit on Friday launched ‘mPassport’, a mobile application of Chandigarh police. He also announced that four more services, including employee verification, character verification, tenant verification and servant verification, would be made available online through the mobile application of Chandigarh police, ‘e-Sathi’.In the statement, UT Police official said that the ‘e-Sathi’ app has already been offering 11 online services including parking stickers for senior citizens, lodging of e-FIRs, lodging of complaints of missing objects etc.‘mPassport’ was created by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and has been linked to the Regional Passport Offices (RPOs) throughout the country. It will make the entire verification proceeding paperless, he added.The official further said, “Today, Chandigarh Police adopted the „mPassport Police APP‟, a unified platform for all passport verifications in UT Chandigarh, which were earlier being done through paper mode, but will now be done through online mode.”He further said that the main aim and objective of mPassport Police App is to provide passport related services to the Indian Citizens in a speedy, convenient and transparent manner. So, today “mPassport Police App” is launched to provide a wide variety of services to Smartphone users and now onwards the whole process of the passport verification would be paperless, online and will provide speedy, convenient and transparent services to the residents of the city.DGP (UT) Praveer Ranjan said, “mPassport-enabled 32 tablets were allotted to 16 police stations. Now on, cops will visit the applicants’ residences and upload the necessary documents on the application instead of collecting the photocopies. As the application is connected with the RPO, uploaded documents will reach the concerned department. Although 15 days is the timeframe to complete passport verification, Chandigarh police usually completes the verification process within 5 days.Besides this, UT Administrator also handed over the insurance claim cheque of Rs 90,00,000 presented by HDFC bank to the family members of lady police official L/C Sharda who departed recently in a road accident. She was survived by two children and husband serving as Constable Parveen Kumar in Chandigarh Police. The Cheque was given as per recently signed MoU between Chandigarh Police and HDFC Bank.

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SCHEDULED CASTE CERTIFICATE OF MR. AMRIK SINGH, SON OF MR. MAKHAN SINGH AND RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SHANKARPUR IN PATIALA DISTRICT, WAS CANCELLED: DR. BALJIT KAUR.

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IEP Chandigarh, June 16

Dr. Baljit Kaur, Minister of Social Justice, Empowerment, and Minorities, announced that Mr. Amrik Singh, son of Mr. Makhan Singh and a resident of village Shankarpur in District Patiala, had his fake Scheduled Caste Certificate rejected by State Level Scrutiny Committee which was constituted by Government.

Providing more information, Dr. Baljit Kaur, Minister of Social Justice, Empowerment, and Minorities, explained that Mrs. Usa Rani, wife of Mr. Puran Singh and resident of village Kauli in District Patiala, had lodged a complaint with the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission, Chandigarh. The complaint stated that Mr. Amrik Singh, the current Sarpanch of Village Shankarpur, District Patiala, had forged a Scheduled Caste certificate despite belonging to the General Category (Rajput) caste.

The Minister further informed that the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission forwarded this complaint to the Director of the Social Justice, Empowerment Department for investigation. After the department conducted its investigation, it was confirmed that Mr. Amrik Singh’s Scheduled Caste certificate was indeed fake.

The minister stated that our department has written to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala, requesting the cancellation and confiscation of Mr. Amrik Singh Sarpanch’s Scheduled Caste Certificate No. 2131 dated 06.11.1995.