All posts by admin

Chandigarh, Haryana

Patience and discipline are capital of victory in sports: Hry Guv

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya who attended the closing ceremony of the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet as the chief guest at Tau Devi Lal Stadium said that Haryana is the hub of state sports and patience and discipline are the capital of victory in sports.

Chhattisgarh bagged the first position by winning the overall trophy while Karnataka was the runner-up.

        Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, Forest and Wildlife Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal, Chairman, Haryana Forest Development Corporation, Sh. Dharam Pal Gonder, Chairman, Haryana Public Service Commission, Sh. Alok Verma, vice president, Shivalik Development Board, Sh. Om Prakash Devinagar, Mayor, Panchkula Municipal Corporation, Sh. Kulbhushan Goyal were also present on the occasion.

        Addressing the gathering, Governor, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya said that it is the result of the dedication among the forest personnel and officials towards the sports that the competitors took part in 273 competitions of about 36 different sports. He said that the employees and officials of the forest department have to work in inaccessible forest areas as part of their duties and thus it is necessary for them to be physically fit and mobile.

        “Sports is such a medium by which physical health is maintained and the person’s reflexes are also sharp. Sports are an integral part of the lifestyle of forest personnel and officials,” he added. The Governor said that Haryana is the hub of state sports and patience and discipline are the capital of victory in sports.

        Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta said that sports promote mutual understanding among humans. “Sports give the education of working with team spirit and cooperation. It is also indirectly helpful in spiritual development as sports develop the quality of concentration,” he added.

        Forest and Wildlife Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal said that the All India Forest Sports Meet is a captivating tableau of ‘Mini India’. He said that an energetic body only makes the mind healthy. “Sports keep the human mind happy and motivated. Participation in sports develops tolerance, patience and courage in the players and increases the feeling of collective harmony and brotherhood,” he added.

        On the occasion, Additional Director General, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Sh. S.P Yadav, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Forest and Environment department, Sh. Vineet Garg, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Sh. Jagdish Chandra, Principal Secretary, Tourism Department, Sh. M.D Sinha, along with senior officers of the forest departments of other states were present.

Chandigarh

Meter reader held for accepting bribe

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 14

In Haryana’s Faridabad district, the team of Anti Corruption Bureau has caught a Meter Reader of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam for accepting illegal gratification of Rs 4000 in lieu of changing the tampered electricity meter.

While giving this information here today, a spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Bureau said that the ACB has initiated further action by registering a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the accused Meter Reader.

Balbir Singh, a resident of village Fatehpur, Faridabad, had given a complaint to the ACB stating that Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, meter reader Ravi Kumar, posted at Chainsa, Faridabad, was demanding bribe in lieu of changing the tampered electricity meter. The accused has already accepted Rs 11,000 for this work from the complainant. After verifying the facts, the bureau team conducted a raid and nabbed the accused meter reader Ravi Kumar red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs.4000.

The ACB team has recovered Rs 4000 from the accused and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him in ACB police station Faridabad.

Chandigarh

Transport Minister hears public grievances in Sonipat

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 14

Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma directed the officials to set up a committee to resolve the issue of loan repayment of a woman; while redressing seven out of ten complaints during the meeting of the district public relations and grievances redressal committee today. While chairing the meeting, the Transport Minister also announced to provide roadways bus facility for Salasar Balaji Dham and Khatu Shyam Yatra.        Meanwhile, on the complaint of councillor Puneet Tyagi about the non-registration of the property inside and outside Lal Dora in Rai, despite being in the valid area of the Municipal Corporation; Sh. Mool Chand Sharma constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner to review the matter.        Responding to a question asked about construction of new bus stands, the Transport Minister said that new bus stands will be set up in Sonipat, Faridabad, Gurugram and Karnal.

Chandigarh

Festival of colours, Holi was auspicious for farmers

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 14

On the initiative of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Sh. JP Dalal, made the festival of colours, Holi, auspicious for the farmers and livestock owners by organizing the Haryana Krishi Vikas Mela and the State Livestock Exhibition simultaneously for the first time. The events focused on harnessing the rural economy and taking the farmers and villages towards prosperity.

        As Finance Minister, Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal has focused on making villages prosperous in his 2023-2024 budget speech. The ‘Haryana Krishi Vikas Mela’ was organized at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, from March 10 to 12, 2023; where farmers not only from Haryana but also from neighbouring states registered their presence. During the Krishi Vikas Mela, agricultural scientists gave information about new varieties and techniques of crops being developed on the changes coming in the crop cycle due to climate change.

        On the other hand, at the State Level Livestock Exhibition organized at Charkhi Dadri from March 11 to 13, 2023, best breeds of livestock were showcased and the scientists of Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, gave important information related to livestock. Notably, after the formation of Haryana in the year 1966, this was probably the first time when agriculture and livestock exhibitions were organized simultaneously in the state.

        At both the programmes, the Chief Minister interacted with the people and informed about the future plans for harnessing the rural economy in the Union budget as well as the state budget. The Chief Minister also listened to the grievances of the people during the Jan Samvad programme at both the places; which garnered appreciation from the people.

        The Jan Samvad programme is an initiative of the Manohar Lal-led state government to ease the lives of the citizens by ensuring quick redressal of their grievances. So far, the Jan Samvad programmes have been organized in Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat and Karnal.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Major administrative reshuffle in Punjab; 16 IAS, 3 PCS officers transferred

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 13

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Punjab government on Monday transferred 16 IAS and 3 PCS officers. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, who is currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Elections, has now been posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Elections, and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research in place of Alaknanda Dayal, IAS. 

Also, Raji P. Shrivastava, IAS, currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Forest and Wildlife Preservation has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Freedom Fighters, in place of Veerendra Kumar Meena, IAS.

Vivek Pratap Singh, Principal Secretary, Local Government has been posted as  Principal Secretary, Local Government and in addition, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare relieving Veerendra Kumar Meena, IAS of additional charge.

Rahul Bhandari, Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and in addition Principal Secretary, Civil Aviation and in addition Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relations and in addition Principal Secretary Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi has been posted as Principal Secretary Resident Commissioner, Punjab Bhawan, New Delhi.

Veerendra Kumar Meena, Principal Secretary, Freedom fighters and in addition Principal Secretary Printing and Stationary and in addition Principal Secretary, Health and Family welfare has been posted as  Principal Secretary Printing and Stationary.

Vikas Garg, Principal Secretary, Transport has been posted as Principal Secretary, Transport and in addition Financial Commissioner, Forests, Wildlife Preservation in place of Raji P Srivastava.

Sumer Singh Gurjar, Principal Secretary, Social Security, Women and Child Development and in addition Commissioner, Rupnagar Division, Rupnagar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare and in addition Principal Secretary, Horticulture and in addition Principal Secretary Soil and Water Conservation in place of Rahul Tiwari.

Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Secretary, Tourism and Culture affairs and in addition Secretary Mines and Geology has been posted as Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs in place of Rahul Bhandari and in addition Tourism and Culture affairs, and in addition Secretary Mines and Geology.

Arshdeep Singh Thind, Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare has been posted as Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare and in addition Secretary Horticulture.

Ritu Aggarwal, Secretary, Home Affairs and Justice has been posted as Secretary Cooperative.

Malwainder Singh Jaggi, Chief Executive officer, Punjab water Supply and Sewerage Board has been posted as Secretary, Information and Public Relations and in addition Civil Aviation relieving Rahul Bhandari and in addition water Supply and Sewerage Board.

Other officers include IAS Abhinav, IAS Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, IAS Babita Singh, IAS Devinder Singh, IAS Puneet Singh, PCS Rajesh Kumar Sharma, PCS Vikas Hira, PCS Amardeep Singh Thind were transferred by the government. 

Uncategorized

AHEAD OF G-20 SUMMIT, PUNJAB POLICE CONDUCT ‘OPS SEAL-II’ TO PREVENT SMUGGLING OF ARMS & AMMUNITION, DRUGS & LIQUOR

Leave a comment

IEP CHANDIGARH, March 13      

    With G-20 Summit is around the corner, Punjab Police have not been leaving any stone unturned on security point of view to make this event a grand success, as part of which a special operation ‘OPS Seal-II’ was conducted wherein all the vehicles entering the border state of Punjab were thoroughly checked.          The operation was conducted at all the Inter-State Boundaries of the state on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav with an aim to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the Vision of Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann.          As many as 112 well-coordinated strong nakas involving over 1500 Police Personnel, were set-up under the supervision of Inspectors/DSPs at all the entry/exit points of 10 districts, which share boundaries with Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Haryana. The 10 inter-state border districts include Pathankot, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Fazilka, Ropar, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa, Hoshiarpur, and Bathinda.          The operation was conducted in a synchronised manner from 8am to 2pm and all the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSPs) were asked to mobilise a maximum number of officers and manpower for this operation to lay strong ‘nakas’ at sealing points under the supervision of Gazetted officers/SHOs.          Divulging details, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla as many as 5669 vehicles entering the state were checked, of which 300 were challaned and 39 were impounded.          He said that the Police have also registered 21 first information reports (FIRs) and arrested one proclaimed offender. Apart from this, the Police teams have recovered 3kg poppy husk, 3.8Kg opium, 140grams heroin and two illicit weapons, he added.          Meanwhile, the operation was aimed at preventing the influx of illegal arms & ammunition, drugs and illicit liquor in the state, besides, keeping vigil on the movement of gangsters and anti-social elements. 

Chandigarh, Punjab

SCHOOL EDUCATION MINISTER ORDERS TIME BOUND INQUIRY INTO PSTET CASE

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 13

Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Monday ordered an inquiry pertaining to irregularities during Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET).

Mr, Bains said that the matter was come to his notice that grave irregularities have been found during the Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test held on Sunday. He issued an order to conduct time bound inquiry by Principal Secretary Level Officer and asked that a criminal case should be registered against the perpetrators of this heinous crime.

Apart from this, the Cabinet Minister also instructed the Guru Nanak Dev University to conduct the paper agains as soon as possible without charging any fee. He directed the officials of the School Education Department to incorporate a clause in the contract with the third party regarding conducting examinations on behalf of the department that if any irregularities will be found then the executing agency or organisation will pay the suitable compensation to the students.

Chandigarh

AMAN ARORA HANDS OVER JOB LETTERS TO 14 SDOs & 3 JEs IN H&UD DEPT

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 13

Punjab Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Mr. Aman Arora on Monday handed over appointment letters to 14 SDOs and three JEs at Mohali Club, SAS Nagar.

Welcoming the newly inducted officials in the department, Mr Aman Arora implored them to work diligently and with full honesty. He said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann led state government is committed to ensure transparent and corruption-free governance and they should also adopt this agenda while delivering services to the public. He also wished them all the very best for future. 

He further said that Punjab Government has been making concerted efforts to provide employment opportunities to the youth of the state and as many as 26,797 jobs have been provided to youth just in a year after coming to power in the state. Punjab government is  committed to welfare of its staff.

Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Mr Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Chief Administrator PUDA Ms Apneet Riyait, Chief Administrator GMADA Mr. Amandeep Bansal and other officials of the department were also present in the event.

Chandigarh, Punjab

AMAN ARORA MEETS SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS OF E-AUCTION CONDUCTED BY GMADA

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 13

          Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Mr Aman Arora on Monday met the successful bidders of recently concluded e-auction of GMADA, in which the authority has earned the highest ever revenue of a whopping ₹1935.88 Crores in a single e-auction.

          Addressing the function organised at Mohali Club, SAS Nagar, Mr. Aman Arora directed the GMADA officials to designate Single Point Contact Official to facilitate these investors in getting all required permissions and also provide them a required Documents Checklist for various categories of properties so that they won’t have to face any hardship in setting up their establishments.

          Expressing gratitude towards the investors for showing faith in the Housing & Urban Development Department and giving thumping response to the e-auction, Mr. Aman Arora assured that GMADA would provide every possible help at every step.

          He said that investors from around the world are coming to Punjab to set up their ventures due to investors-centric policies implemented by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government in the state.

          All the bidders thanked the H&UD Minster Mr Aman Arora and Principal Secretary Mr Ajoy Kumar Sinha for organising this event to interact with them.

          Chief Administrator PUDA Ms Apneet Riyait and Chief Administrator GMADA Mr Amandeep Bansal were also present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND ABOUT RS 6.90 CRORE ON DEVELOPMENT WORKS FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF AMRITSAR CITY: DR INDERBIR SINGH NIJJAR

Leave a comment

IEP Chandigarh, March 13  

        The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is making all possible efforts to provide basic facilities, clean and pollution free environment to the people of the state.          Taking another step in this direction, Local Government Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that the Punjab government has decided to spend about 6.90 crore on development works for the beautification of Amritsar city.          Disclosing this, Cabinet Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that about Rs 3.91 crores are being spent to provide and set up CNG based crematorium as well as to develop the crematorium in all aspects.          He further said that apart from this, a decision has been taken to spend 48.50 lakh rupees for the re-conditioning and development of various streets of Guru Amardas Avenue Ward No. 3 under Phase-2.          Cabinet Minister, Dr. Nijjar said that about Rs 1.51 crore will be spent for the redevelopment and beautification of 15 parks in Ward 6 of Pandura Sultanwind, South Constituency of Amritsar city.          He said that apart from this, other development works worth more than Rs.1.00 crore will be done.          Local Government Minister, Dr. Nijjar said that department has already started the process for these works. Tenders for these works have already been uploaded by the Local Government Department on the Punjab Government website www.eproc.punjab.gov.in.  If there is a need to make any kind of amendment in these tenders the same information would be made available on this website, he also added.          He said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to provide corruption free administration to the people of the state. Therefore, any official or employee caught committing corruption would not be spared.          Cabinet Minister, Dr. Nijjar directed the officials to ensure quality and transparency in the work of the department.