IEP Chandigarh, December 25

Taking Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal’s commitment to the principle of Maximum Governance, Minimum Government,  four more key public-centric services, and two welfare schemes have been made online. These include a portal for the new automated Ration Cards Scheme, Online Fard (copy) of Jamabandi, Free Passport Scheme, HPSC Requisition Portal, Citizen Facilitation Centre in all sectors under HSVP, and Works Grievance Redressal System.

        The Chief Minister while addressing the people of the state during the state-level function held here today on governance day launched these services.

Automated Ration Cards Scheme

        While once again becoming a role model for other states, Haryana will now be the first state in the country for making the entire process of making the Ration cards online.   With this launch, the government has made the process of making ration cards simple and easy.  Now the beneficiaries do not need to visit different departments to get their BPL/AAY ration cards made, as eligible families will get automated BPL Yellow Ration Cards online without applying through Parivar Pehchan Patra.

        Based on the verified data of their annual income, these beneficiaries will automatically be selected and their ration cards will be automatically generated online. The beneficiaries can download their ration card from their nearest Common Service Center or Atal Seva Kendra or E-Disha etc. They can download the same themselves also.

        With the objective of uplifting the last mile citizen or Antyodaya, the Manohar Lal-led government had increased the BPL income limit to Rs 1.80 lakh, and because of this 12,46,507 new BPL families have been added and now the number of such families is 30.38 lakh.

Free Passport Scheme to encourage willing students to pursue higher education abroad

        The Haryana Government reimburses the Fees charged by competent authority for the issuance of Passports to the students studying in the Final year of Government Colleges. The cost of the Passport will be borne by the Haryana Government. Students can apply on the Higher Education portal (https://passport.highereduhry.ac.in) for Passport Fee Reimbursement.

        After the launch of the free passport scheme, now, Passport fee will be reimbursed by Higher Education in a centralized manner which will eliminate many steps from the earlier process that was used for reimbursement and make the process time efficient. This scheme will encourage willing students to pursue higher education and exploring other life opportunities abroad. 

Farmers to get online Fard (copy) of Jamabandi

        The Revenue Department has computerized the land records management operations using the WEB-HALRIS system in all 143 Tehsils/Sub-Tehsils across the State. Despite this, a farmer has to get the print-out of Jamabandi verified/attested from the Patwari, causing mental agony and inconvenience to him. But now, the farmers will get digitally signed copies of the Jamabandi from the jamabandi.nic.in portal.  This copy of Jamabandi will be legally valid.

Citizen Facilitation Centre, an Initiative towards citizens’ empowerment

This Citizen Facilitation Centres (CFC) will be a one-stop solution for all citizen-related issues, catering the residents of the State. The comprehensive programme shall serve the residents by providing facilitation centres in all sectors under HSVP.

        The centres shall provide citizen-centric services related to urban development and urban issues along with services of general. Each sector developed by HSVP shall have atleast one CFC. Within the next one year, all 250 sectors of HSVP shall be equipped with Common Facilitation Centres. 

        Each centre shall include a minimum of 2 workstations in which the Customer Service Expert will be appointed to ensure effective communication and service delivery. The infrastructure required to provide services to the residents shall also be made available at the centre, such as biometric machines for updating Aadhaar, etc. The services shall be provided to the citizens based on token or online appointment.  Token numbers shall be provided to the citizens at the reception of the centers.

HPSC Requisition Portal

This portal will help in expediting process of raising new requisition to Public advertisement.  The Departmental Nodal Officers fill the new requisition online and submit the same to Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) via respective Additional Chief Secretary login.  With the launch of this portal, the HPSC can raise queries to Department against requisition, Department to reply back and address the queries on the portal itself. Automated reminders will be sent to the department for the raised queries. HPSC and Department can track the status of the requisition on the portal.

Works Grievance Redressal System

        The Works Grievance Redressal System is a one-stop platform for raising grievances by citizens and contractors.  This system aims to give An opportunity for citizens to keep a watch on the quality of various engineering works, improved the quality of work and adherence to timelines and Check on corruption.

        In this system, citizen can raise grievances related to the deficiency in the quality of work and corruption. Besides this, contractors can also raise grievances related to billing, payment and corruption.

        The grievances related to billing and payment will be forwarded to one step higher to the officer who invited the tender. In case no action by the officer within 15 days, the grievance will be escalated to the next higher officer by the system.  The corruption-related Grievance will be forwarded to the Nodal Officer of the Vigilance Department.

        The citizen/contractor can reopen the grievance in case not satisfied with the Closure report. In case of reopen, the grievance is marked to the next higher officer to whom the grievance was initially marked.

The Chief Minister also launched Haryana Government Official Calendar, 2023, and released of Manual of Office Procedure.

IEP Chandigarh, December 24

Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam is committed to providing uninterrupted power supply to the consumers. Several ambitious programmes are being run by the Nigam for quick resolution of the problems of the consumers. The Chairman Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (Circle Forum), Panchkula of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam along with the members of the Forum would take the proceedings of the forum in the office of SE/OP Circle, UHBVN, Panchkula, SCO-96, 1st Floor, Sector-5, Panchkula to redress the grievances / to hear the complaint of the consumers (belonging to Panchkula District only) and to entertain new complaints from 11:30 AM on dated December 27, 2022 (Tuesday).                 

The CGRF shall take all grievances/complaints of consumers like billing problem, voltage complaints, problems in metering, disconnection and reconnection of power supply, interruptions, failure of power supply, efficiency, safety, reliability, noncompliance of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission orders etc. However, the cases of theft and unauthorized use of electricity, offences and penalties as specified under section 126 and section 135 to 139 of Electricity Act, accidents and inquiries as under section 161 of the Act would not be considered by the Forum. 

IEP Chandigarh, December 24

The Women and Child Development Department has invited applications for Haryana State Level Awards for Women who have made commendable achievements in various fields till December 31, 2022. Detailed information is available on the department website www.wcdhry.gov.in.

A spokesperson of the department said that the women who have done exemplary work in various fields will be honoured by the state government. These awards are given every year on International Women’s Day, March 8.

These state level awards include Sushma Swaraj Award, Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award, Kalpana Chawla Shaurya Award, Behan Shano Devi Panchayati Raj Award, Life Time Achievement Award and Women Outstanding Achievers Award (Social Worker Award).

These awards include cash award of Rs. 1.50 lakh and a citation under Sushma Swaraj Award, Rs. 1.50 lakh and a citation under Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award, Rs. 1 lakh and a citation under Kalpana Chawla Shaurya Award, Rs. 1 lakh and a citation under Behan Shano Devi Panchayati Raj Award.

          The spokesperson said  that Rs. 51,000 and a citation under LifeTime Achievers Award, Rs. 21,000 and a citation under ANM, Women APHW (two awards), Rs. 21,000 and a citation under Mahila Khiladi Puraskar Award, Rs. 21,000 and a citation under (two awards) for Literate Women Group member, Rs. 21,000 and a citation under government employee segment (two awards), Rs. 21,000 and a citation for social worker (two awards) and Rs. 21,000 and a citation for women entrepreneur (two awards) will be given.

IEP Chandigarh, December 24

The Haryana Government has notified the prescribed time limits for 37 services to be provided to the citizens by the Transport Department under the Right to Services Act, 2014.

 Learner Driving License (Non-Transport Vehicles)

Sharing information in this regard, Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that Learner Driving License (Non Transport Vehicles) will have to be made within a fixed time limit of 7 days and Permanent Driving License, Duplicate Driving License, Renewal of Driving License, to add a new category in the driving license will have to be made within a fixed time limit of 10 days by Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) cum Registering cum Licensing Authority.

Registration of non-transport vehicle through dealer

He informed that registration of non-transport vehicle through dealer a timeline has been fixed for 10 days, duplicate vehicle registration certificate 7 days, registration of non-transport vehicle purchased from outside the state (NOC)  15 days, Transfer of ownership of old vehicles purchased within the State 7 days, Addition/Continuance/Cancellation of Hypothecation 7 days, Change of Address (DL) 10 days, Change of Address RC 7 days, Conversion of vehicle (Transport to Non Transport) 10 Days, Transfer of ownership of non-transport vehicle purchased from outside the State 7 days.

*Driving License (Transport Vehicles)*

Learning driving license (transport vehicles) 7 days and permanent driving license 10 days, duplicate driving license 10 days, renewal of driving license 10 days, addition of new class to driving license to be made within the time limit of 10 days by District Transport Officer cum Registration and Licensing Authority.

          Transport vehicles purchased from outside the state 15 days, transfer of ownership of old vehicles purchased within the state 7 days, addition / continuation / termination of hypothecation 7 days, change of address 10 days, change of address registration certificate 7 days, transfer of ownership of transport vehicles purchased from outside the state 7 days, Fitness Certificate 7 days, Permit (Haryana) and Permit (National) a timeline has been fixed for 5 days for issuance.

IEP Chandigarh, December 24

The Haryana government will organise a state-level function in Panchkula on the occasion of ‘Good Governance Day’ on Sunday, December 25, 2022; in which Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will be the chief guest. The Chief Minister will felicitate 118 officers and employees for simplifying work through digital medium during government service in various departments. These include ‘State Level Awards’ and ‘State Flagship Scheme Awards’ for Good Governance. Giving information about this, an official spokesman said that a total of five employees, including Dr Virendra Kumar Bansal, Director General, National Health Mission Department, will be felicitated with the State Level Awards.

Similarly, a total of 14 employees including inspector Rajeev in Police Department, five employees including Additional Director (administration) in School Education Department, Vivek Kalia, seven employees including Chief Controller of Finance, Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, B.B Gupta, four employees including Technical Director, Revenue Department, Gurpreet Singh, seven employees including Joint Director, Horticulture Department, Ranbir Singh, Deputy Director, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Aditya Pratap Dabas, seven employees including Executive Engineer, Development and Panchayat Department, Navdeep Anand, six employees including Chief Engineer, Public Health Department, Devendra Dahiya and seven employees including Vice Chancellor, Sri Vishwakarma Skill University, Raj Nehru, will be felicitated with State Level Awards.

He further informed that three employees including Information Public Relations Officer, Aditya Chaudhary in Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, six employees including State Immunization Officer, Health Department, Dr Virender Singh Ahlawat, five employees including Cooperative Department Managing Director, Harco Bank, Rahul Uppal and three employees including CGM of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, MR Sharma will be given the State Level Awards.

The spokesperson further said that several departments would also be given the ‘State Flagship Scheme Awards’ for making the flagship schemes of the government digitally simple. These include seven employees including Deputy Director (IT), Crid Department, Ashish, Senior Project Officer, Revenue Department, Ritesh, six employees including General Manager, Skill Development and Industrial Training Department, Rajesh Garg, four employees including Joint Director, Haryana Right to Service Commission, Meenakshi Raj, six employees including Deputy Director, School Education Department, Surendra Bangar, seven employees including Additional Mission Director, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Ruchi Singh Bedi and Executive Officer (Administration), Ayushman Bharat Haryana, Dr Sushil Kumar Mahi, will be felicitate with the State Flagship Scheme Awards by the Chief Minister.

IEP Chandigarh, December 21

The Cabinet Sub-Committee comprising Finance & Planning Minister Adv. Harpal Singh Cheema, Housing and Urban Development Minister Mr. Aman Arora and Rural Development & Panchayats Minister Mr. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday held a meeting to listen and resolve all the legitimate issues of various Unions and Associations regarding landless labourers and employees hired through contractors and reservation for Schedule Tribes (ST).It was the maiden meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted on the directions of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann to find the best possible resolution of the demands of Theka Mulazim Sangharsh Morcha, Zameen Prapati Sangharsh Committee and Gazetted & Non-Gazetted SC BC Employees Welfare Federation Punjab.The Sub-Committee gave a patient hearing to the issues raised by the representatives of various unions and associations during a series of meetings that lasted for more than three hours at Punjab Bhawan here.Heading in the direction of resolving the majority of the issues positively, the Sub-Committee directed the officials of the concerned departments to hold meetings with the representatives of the respective unions and associations to come up with an early resolution to their issues.The Sub-Committee also assured the unions that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has directed them to find the acceptable solutions in the interests of concerned sections of the society. The meetings were attended by senior officials of the concerned departments and LR branch to ensure that all the legal barriers in resolution of the issues may be tackled accordingly.The Sub-Committee decided to convene the next meeting with these unions in the month of January next year. These meetings were held up in a congenial atmosphere and ended on a positive note.Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur and MLA Kulwant Singh Bazigar were also present in one of the meetings.

IEP Chandigarh, December 21

The Haryana government along with the central government is working in the direction to fulfill the objective of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi to double the income of the farmers. Under this, the Haryana government is opening centres of excellence to increase the income of the farmers of the state. If the farmers adopt new techniques of horticulture; their income will also increase.

Centres of excellence to promote modern technology in horticulture

Haryana is at the forefront of setting up centres of excellence in the country for increasing the quality and production in the horticulture sector. For this, 11 centres of excellence have been established. Many farmers have been associated to these centres of excellence and villages which have registered notable achievements in better agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry are being identified through ‘Village of Excellence’.

Several new programs to encourage diversification in horticulture

To motivate diversification in horticulture and increase the income of the farmers, the state government has initiated several new programs like ‘Mera Pani-Meri Virasat’, ‘Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana’, ‘Mukhyamantri Bagwani Bima Yojana’. Besides, crop residue management, ‘Har Khet-Swasth Khet’ and several other programs are also being run.

Farmers tendency increased towards horticulture

The area under horticulture in the state has increased than before and the farmers are inclining towards horticulture; instead of traditional farming. With the setting up of Maharana Pratap Horticulture University in Karnal, the farmers are directly getting the benefit of the new research being done and the techniques being developed by the university.

Subsidies to farmers for setting up packhouses

Besides increasing the income of the farmers, the government is also providing subsidies to them for setting up pack houses to facilitate the washing, grading and packaging of agricultural products. The state government has set a target to establish 100 pack houses by the end of the current financial year to give more boost to the cultivation of horticulture crops and increase the income.

Haryana bagged best state award

Haryana has also been awarded the ‘Best State Agribusiness Award-2022’ by the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture for outstanding contribution in the areas of policies, programmes, production, inputs, technologies, marketing, value addition, infrastructure and exports in the agriculture sector.

Over 700 Farmer Producer Organisations formed

Haryana is the leading state in the formation of the Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in the country and so far, more than 700 FPOs have been formed and the target of formation of 1,000 FPOs will be achieved soon.

Asia’s biggest horticulture market to come up in Ganaur

Asia’s biggest horticulture market is going to be set up at Sonipat’s Ganaur. With its formation, the farmers will be able to earn more profit by selling their produce at one place. The farmers of the state are promoting the country’s economy by cultivating grains as well as fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has brought many new schemes and has taken decisions in the interest of the farmers. Concrete steps have been taken to make the farmers financially prosperous and jubilant. Under this, the benefits of the government schemes are being given directly to the farmers through digital medium. Today, the farmers of the state are earning more profit at less cost by using new technologies.