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An amount of Rs.7.65 crore has been released to compensate the victim families of atrocities: Dr. Baljit Kaur

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IEP Chandigarh, January 20

          The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is continuously working for the welfare of families suffering from atrocities.  Therefore, under the Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, an amount of 7.65 crores has been released for the year 2022-23 to compensate the families which are victims of atrocities.

Giving information in this regard, Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that Centrally sponsored scheme under the Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 and Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 has released the amount as part of the budget provision of the state during the year 2022-23.  Due to this, approval has been given to release an amount of Rs 7.65 crore as the state’s share.

She instructed the officials of the department to speed up the process of giving compensation to the families of the victims under Act 1989.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Kanwardeep Singh appointed as Chairman of State Child Rights Protection Commission Punjab

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IEP Chandigarh, January 20

Punjab Government has been appointed S. Kanwardeep Singh as the Chairman of State Child Rights Protection Commission Punjab.

Social Security, Women & Child Development Department spokesperson said that the tenure of the chairman will be for three years.  The terms and conditions will be applicable as per the rules notified by the State Government under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.

In this regard, Punjab Government Social Security, Women & Child Development Department has issued a notification on Januray 19, 2023.

Chandigarh, Punjab

TRADITIONAL PARTIES ENVIOUS OF ME BECAUSE I AM SON OF A COMMON MAN; ASSERTS CM

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IEP Abohar (Fazilka), January 20

          Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that the traditional political parties are envious of him because they are not able to digest that the son of a common man is governing the state effectively.

          The Chief Minister, while addressing the gathering after disbursing compensation to the flood affected residents here during a function, said that the people of the state have lost their faith in the traditional political parties because of their anti-people and anti-Punjab stance. He said that the wise and brave people of the state had ousted these parties during the 2022 assembly polls due to which they are frustrated now. Bhagwant Mann said that the leaders of these parties are now ganging up with each other to mislead the people.    

          The Chief Minister quipped that these leaders were first welcomed with garlands but now people greet them with defeat wherever they go. He said that the people of state have elected the sons and daughters of common man as their representatives, who were performing their duties zealously. Bhagwant Mann said that on the contrary these traditional parties have failed in their duty miserably when they were in power.

          The Chief Minister said that these leaders plundered the resources of the state for their vested political interests. Bhagwant Mann said that while the state was facing challenges in form of unemployment, brain drain, corruption and others, these leaders were busy minting the money illegally. He said that these leaders had built their own palaces and empires of business at the cost of the people and the state. 

          The Chief Minister said that these leaders have sown thorns before the Punjab and its younger generations by derailing the progress and prosperity of the state. He said that for the sake of their vested interests these selfish political leaders have prepared distress for the state. Bhagwant Mann said that the hands of these leaders are drenched with this crime against state and history will never forgive them for backstabbing Punjab.

          Taking the former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal to cudgels, the Chief Minister said that in his long stint as the incharge of Finances of state he had always claimed that the exchequer of the state is empty. He said that after failing to perform his duty as the Finance Minister to ensure the well being of the state, Manpreet Badal has now joined the BJP. However, Bhagwant Mann said that except reciting a few couplets in Urdu, the former Finance Minister will not do anything for betterment of state and even for BJP.

          The Chief Minister unequivocally said that any person who has looted even a single penny of the public will be made accountable to people. Bhagwant Mann said that he will expose all such plunderers and severe action will be taken against them, as per the law. He said that it is the firm commitment of his government that a corrupt leader or officer, however affluent he may be, will be brought to book and made accountable for his sins.

          Training his guns against the traditional political parties, the Chief Minister said that they were shedding crocodile tears by raking up non issues. He asked them why they were mum when people of state had given them power to serve the state. Bhagwant Mann said that these leaders are just making hue and cry to mislead the people on various issues pertaining to the state.

          The Chief Minister also slammed the Congress and Akalis for patronizing the gangsters in the state for their vested political interests. He unequivocally said that these gangsters have not mushroomed up after his government has assumed charge of office. But, Bhagwant Mann said that as a fact of matter these gangsters have been patronized by the Congress and Akali leaders during their government as these leaders and parties used these youth for their vested interests by handing over guns to them.

          The Chief Minister bemoaned that it is unfortunate that the flood fury had created a whopping loss in the Fazilka district in 2020 but except lip service the then government had done nothing to give relief to people. He said that floods had caused major damage in the district but instead of extending a helping hand to flood affected people the then state government had been delaying the matter to further aggrieve the situation of the people in distress. He asserted that the apathetic attitude of the then government was visible from the fact that not even a single penny was given as compensation to the people.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Punjab government’s ‘Dhiyan di Lohri’ week concludes on a positive note

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IEP Chandigarh/Sangrur, January 20

The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann organized a state-level concluding ceremony of ‘Dhiyan di Lohri’ week today here at village Bhalwan in Sangrur district. In this program, Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur, wife of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Dr. Gurpreet Kaur and MLA Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj felicitated newborn and other girls who excelled in the field of education and sports. Speaking on this occasion, Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that the daughters of Punjab were emerging as leaders in every field and the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was standing firm to protect the rights of women.

Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, concrete efforts were being made to boost the morale of the daughters of Punjab in every field and these efforts have been started by celebrating ‘Dhiyan di Lohri’. She said that due to the negligence of the previous governments, the sex ratio rate in the state was very low and efforts were being made seriously to raise it. She said that the society does not celebrate the birth of female children and to change this malpractice, Punjab government has decided to celebrate ‘Dhiyan di Lohri’. She said that since centuries, women have made their unique contribution in the progress of the society and have proved their mettle in every field.

Dr. Baljit Kaur said that it was a matter of great concern for a state with a glorious history that tragic incidents like feticide took place here and the Punjab government has now taken the noble initiative to celebrate ‘Dhiyan di Lohri’ week. She said that now onwards, not only the birth of daughters but every stage of life would be celebrated by the state government.

On this occasion, MLA from Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj congratulate Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for taking such a big initiative for daughters and said that if the girls get an open and constructive environment at home, then they can hone their skills in every field.

During the event, the team of Lok Kala Manch Zira staged a play with a message to stop female feticide. Apart from this, the girl students of Adarsh School presented a cultural program. On this occasion, parents of 51 new born daughters were honored with certificates and special kits by the key personalities and women of 11 self help groups and 20 meritorious female students were also honored.

On this occasion Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal, SSP Surendra Lamba, Chief Minister’s OSD Onkar Singh, Chairman District Planning Committee Gurmail Singh Gharachon, Chairman Gau Sewa Commission Ashok Kumar Singla, Additional Deputy Commissioner Varjit Walia, Assistant Commissioner (UT) Nitesh Jain, SDM Dhuri Amit Gupta, District Program Officer Gagandeep Singh, District Social Security Officer Loveleen Kaur, District Child Protection Officer Navneet Kaur, District Education Officer Sanjeev Kumar and a large number of other dignitaries and local residents were present.

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Hry issues instructions for PRIs to execute works from their funds and grant-in-aid

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IEP Chandigarh

To ensure rapid development of rural areas and to achieve the goal of strengthening Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs), the Haryana government has issued new instructions regarding the process of development works in rural areas. The Government official spokesperson said that as per the new instructions, the PRIs will have the power to give administrative approval to the estimates of all the development works to be carried out of the funds available with them and the grant-in-aid given by the government. With issuance of the new instructions, the state government has cancelled all the instructions issued earlier. The Panchayati Raj Institutions include Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad, he added.

The spokesperson further said that in future, Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad will ensure to get the development work done from their respective funds as per these instructions. For this, firstly a proposal will be passed by the concerned Panchayati Raj Institution according to the availability of the budget. Subsequently, the passed proposal will be sent by the Panchayati Raj Institution to the concerned technical officer to prepare estimates.

The resolution passed at the Gram Panchayat level will be forwarded by the Gram Sachiv to the concerned Junior Engineer (JE). At the Panchayat Samiti level, the proposal prepared by the BDPO will be sent to the Sub Divisional Officer (Panchayati Raj). At the Zila Parishad level, the resolution passed by the Zila Parishad will be forwarded by the Chief Executive Officer (Zila Parishad) to the Executive Engineer (XEN).

The spokesperson said that the technical approval of the estimates of development works up to Rs 2 lakh will be given by the concerned JE at its own level. In case of development work of more than this amount, proposals will be sent to the competent authorities for approval. Technical approval of estimates up to Rs 25 lakh will be given by SDO, up to Rs 1 crore by XEN, up to Rs 2.5 crore by SE, and technical approval of estimates above Rs 2.5 crore by Chief Engineer (Panchayati Raj). After receiving the technically approved estimates, administrative approval will be given by the concerned Panchayati Raj Institution.

The spokesperson further said that all the Panchayati Raj Institutions will be able to get the works costing up to Rs. 2 lakh done at their own level without any tender (on the basis of quotation). All development works costing more than Rs 2 lakh will be done through e-tendering. For this, the competent authority i.e., SDO or XEN will issue the tender.

The spokesperson said that after the approval of detailed notice inviting tender (DNIT), the notice period for issuing e-tender for development work up to Rs 25 lakh will be 7 working days. The notice period for work ranging from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore will be 15 days and 21 days for works of more than Rs 1 crore. For issuing e-tender for development work up to Rs 25 lakh, a sub-divisional officer (Panchayati Raj) will be the technical officer and for more than Rs 25 lakh; Executive Engineer (Panchayati Raj) will be the technical officer.

 He said that for the technical bid of works up to Rs 25 lakh, the concerned contractor will have to upload the related documents on the Haryana Engineering Works Portal. For approval of the technical bid for Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore, a committee will be headed by the XEN, which will have an SDE and section officer/account officer/accountant/accounts assistant, any of them; as the members.

 For the approval of the technical bids of more than Rs 1 crore, the superintending engineer (SE) will be the convenor, XEN as the member secretary, another XEN and section officer/account officer/accountant/accounts assistant, any of them; as the members.

 The financial bids will only be opened for the technically approved tenders, for which committees have been made at various levels. The spokesperson said that as per the new instructions, the time limit has been fixed from passing the proposal to preparing its estimates, administrative approval by the concerned Panchayati Raj Institutions, issuing tenders, technical evaluation, opening of financial bids and issuing work orders.

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Chief Secretary instructs to prepare a comprehensive plan to explore ways and means of using paddy straw as animal fodder

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IEP Chandigarh, January 20

The Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua has instructed to prepare a comprehensive plan to find ways and means to use the straw as animal fodder to dispose of the paddy straw in a proper manner and to make the farmers aware of it.Today, the Chief Secretary at the Punjab Civil Secretariat in a meeting with the officials of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, Cooperation, Agriculture, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary University for Animal Sciences, Ludhiana and Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, said that State Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan is making in situ and ex situ arrangements for paddy straw management. In the same direction, straw is being used as a substitute for animal fodder.The Chief Secretary asked the expert representatives of the three departments and the two universities to form a committee to work in this regard by establishing contact with the progressive dairy farmers at different places in the state. He said that feedback should be taken from the livestock keepers who are already using it.Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Vikas Pratap briefed the Chief Secretary that by using this method, the management of stubble will be done in a smooth manner and the livestock farmers will also benefit financially. The Chief Secretary said that the farmers should be made aware through training centres of dairy development, Krishi Vigyan centre and Milk unions in this regard.The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Cooperatives Anurag Agarwal, Principal Secretary Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Vikas Pratap, MD Milkfed Amit Dhaka, Vice Chancellor Guru Angad Dev Veterinary University for Animal Sciences, Ludhiana Dr. Inderjit Singh, Director Animal Husbandry Department Ram Pal Mittal, Joint Director Agriculture Department Jagdish Singh and Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana Forage Breeder Incharge RS Suhu.

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PATIALA LAGGED BEHIND IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT DUE TO VESTED INTERESTS AND GREED OF THE SUCCESSIVE RULERS: SAYS CM

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IEP Patiala, January 20 

Asserting that despite of being power centre Patiala lagged behind in process of development due to vested interests and greed of the successive rulers, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that those in power decorated their own palaces at the cost of dilapidation of the city. The Chief Minister, while interacting with the media after reviewing the progress of development projects worth Rs 167 crore in the city, said that it is ironic that the ‘Maharajas’ in power were more concerned about their own development rather than that of the city. He said that though Patiala was known as ‘City of gardens’ but due to apathy of those in power the city lost its shine in the last few years. Bhagwant Mann bemoaned that the rulers of Punjab, who hailed from Patiala remained callous about the development of the city. The Chief Minister said that work on the majority of these projects including construction of new bus stand, roads, drain channelization and beautification project, construction of digital library at Musafir Memorial Central state library and others have been hanging in fire since long. However, he said that his government, which is committed to the development and progress of Patiala, has put these projects on fast track mode. Bhagwant Mann said that the work on the state of the art bus stand which is being constructed to cope up with the futuristic needs will be completed by April 1st. The Chief Minister said that 93% work on this bus stand, which will have facility of lift, ramp and stairs, has already been completed. Bhagwant Mann said that once operational 1500 buses will ply from this bus stand and will facilitate the residents a lot. He said that the existing bus stand will be used as a city bus stand adding that shuttle bus service to various parts of the city will be introduced.    The Chief Minister said that Rs 20 crore are being spent for extending 24X7 canal water supply to the city residents adding that work for channelizing and beautification of model town drain will be completed by March 31st. He said that the Rajindra Tank will be developed into a tourism spot for attracting the people from across the globe. Likewise, Bhagwant Mann said that Rs 8.26 crore is being spent on digitalisation of the Musafir Memorial Central State library. The Chief Minister also announced that the work on all these projects will be completed in a time bound and result oriented manner. He said that any sort of delay in the completion of these projects is totally unwarranted and undesirable. Bhagwant Mann said that responsibility of the officers will be fixed if the work is not completed within the stipulated time.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Police seizes over 85,000 prohibited medicine, one held

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IEP Chandigarh, January 20

Under its ongoing campaign against drugs, Haryana Police has seized a huge consignment of banned medicines including more than 10,000 capsules, 75,000 tablets, 300 bottles of syrups and 100 injections and arrested a person while he was carrying the contraband in a car in Yamunanagar district.

                    Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that seized prohibited medicines were being supplied in the state from Uttar Pradesh.

                    A police team had received secret information that a suspected peddler will come from Uttar Pradesh to Haryana via Kalanaur with a huge consignment of drugs in his car. Immediately after getting the input, a team was formed that went to the Kalanaur border and started checking the vehicles at naka. Meanwhile, when a car was stopped and checked, a huge amount of medicines, fallen under the category of prohibited drugs was recovered from the vehicle. These include 20 boxes (2880) of Spasmo Proxyvon capsules, 10 boxes (60000) of Lomotil tablets, 25 boxes (6000) of Pyeevon Spas Plus capsules, 25 boxes (15000) Alprazolam tablets, 2 boxes (300 bottles) Chlorpheniramine syrup, 5 boxes (1200) Hydrochloride capsules and 2 boxes of Tramadol.

                    The arrested accused was identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Barara in Ambala district.

                    The accused has been booked under relevant sections and further investigation is underway.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Home Minister Anil Vij himself re-created the crime scene in connection with the shooting of a female prisoner in Ambala’s Central Jail

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IEP Chandigarh, January 20 

Haryana Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij himself recreated the crime scene in the case of a female prisoner being shot in the leg after reaching Ambala Central Jail. Sh. Vij also instructed the investigation team to re-create the crime scene and investigate in the jail as well. At the same time, during an interaction with the media persons, he said that “this case is challenging, but our police are working to solve it”. Today Home Minister Anil Vij reached Ambala Central Jail where a female prisoner was shot in the leg. In this case, Home Minister Anil Vij inspected the crime scene along with Jail Superintendent Sanjeev Patra and Ambala SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, ballistic experts and other teams. Sh. Vij himself recreated the crime scene and learned from which direction the bullet came and how it hit the female prisoner’s leg. The minister also inquired with the expert from which direction the bullet hit the female prisoner. He directed the police to investigate the matter thoroughly. Apart from this, he directed all the teams to re-create the crime scene and conduct a thorough investigation in the jail as well. To know how the woman was shot in the jail At the same time, interacting with the media persons after the investigation in the jail, Home Minister Anil Vij said that the woman was shot inside the jail and it is being investigated from where the bullet came. For this, the ballistic expert team came on the spot and by re-creating the crime scene, to know from which direction the bullet came. After the woman recovers, she will also be brought to the spot to see from which direction the bullet came. He was also instructed to search the entire jail because it is a very serious matter that it is not known how the bullet hit and where it came from. He said that the Superintendent of Police of Ambala is also investigating in this matter; a team has also been formed to investigate it. This is a challenging case and our police are investigating this case and solving this case. Vij said that he was gone in the jail, everything has been seen and from which direction the bullet came, it has been fully investigated, every aspect has been inquired. Police are taking it seriously, he added. Politics should not be brought into the issue of sportspersons On the protest of the Olympians and the demand for the resignation of the Wrestling Association President, Home Minister Anil Vij clearly said that this is the issue of the players; it should not be made an arena of politics. Politicians also should not politicize it; even sportspersons do not want to politicize it. The Home Minister said that some politicians had gone to the players’ stage, where the players pulled them down and said that this is the players’ arena, don’t make it politics, so these politicians should keep their mouth shut and trust the government. He said that the government is very serious about this matter but the matter will be investigated before reaching any conclusion. Home Minister Anil Vij said that the allegations made by the players are a serious matter, as far as I know my party does not spare any guilty person, but it needs to be investigated. The minister said that an inquiry committee has been formed and the strictest action will be taken against the guilty. The government is not a mute spectator in this matter but is very serious, he asserted. Congress has run entertainment campaign, Bharat Jodo Yatra will not make any difference Reacting to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s invitation to all opposition parties at the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Home Minister Anil Vij said that the BJP will not be affected by this Yatra, not only the BJP. Even this is not going to have any effect. The Home Minister said that this is just a drama by the Congress. The Congress government has run an entertainment campaign. He said that no one is going to be affected by the Bharat Jodo Yatra. This is their own drama, just like circus people come and go after doing circus, in the same way they are running an entertainment campaign with Rahul Gandhi. It won’t matter to anyone, he added. Everyone has their own point of view, someone likes Pappu and someone else Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said that Rahul Gandhi is not Pappu but a smart and curious person to which Home Minister Anil Vij reacted and saying that it is everyone’s own point of view.