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Haryana Chief Minister commemorates death anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar

IEP Chandigarh, December 6

Commemorating the death anniversary of the principal architect of our constitution and Bharat Ratna, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that Babasaheb’s name is always mentioned with pride and dignity whenever there is discussion about freedom, equality, justice, and fraternity in the world.

        “Babasaheb serves as an inspiration in the struggle for social justice on behalf of the oppressed and underprivileged members of the society.  Even after getting higher education and a doctorate degree in prestigious universities of the country and the world; he dedicated his whole life for the upliftment of the deprived section of the society,” said the Chief Minister, adding that Babasaheb Ambedkar gave a new direction to the country and the path shown by him still remains relevant even today.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala while commemorating Bharat Ratna, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar on his death anniversary said that Baba Saheb’s name is always mentioned with pride and dignity whenever there is discussion about freedom, equality, justice, and fraternity in the world . 

        He serves as an inspiration in the struggle for social justice on behalf of the oppressed and underprivileged members of the society.  Even after getting higher education and a doctorate degree in prestigious universities of the country and the world, he dedicated his whole life for the upliftment of the deprived section of the society.  He gave a new direction to the country.  The path shown by him in the year 1940-50 remains relevant even today.

Airtel launches ‘World Pass’ – One pack for travel across 184 countries

IEP Chandigarh, December 06

As the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic ebb, we are beginning to witness a massive surge in international travel both for work and leisure. India, in fact, has seen a jump of 3X in international travellers this year, which is likely to double next year.

In order to make staying connected easy, intuitive and compelling, Airtel has launched ‘Airtel World Pass’. The World Pass revolutionises the experience for all international travel because it works seamlessly across 184 countries. So even if you are en-route at an Airport or travelling to two or more countries one pack now covers all your roaming needs.

This change comes on the back of extensive customer research conducted by Airtel that showed that many customers find International Roaming packs in general confusing across the whole global Telco industry. As a result, many are not connected when they want to be. Or they seek complex alternatives of temporary connections abroad. Airtel has now solved this problem structurally with the launch of the Airtel World pass.

Commenting on the launch of the Airtel World Pass, Shashwat Sharma, Director Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel said, “At Airtel, our mission is to solve customer problems so that our experience speaks for itself. The feedback that we have heard on international travel related concerns has compelled us to launch a defining proposition for our customers – the Airtel World Pass. This offers our customers one pack for the globe, significantly greater value, allows them to control what they use on the app and allows for emergency data usage long after the pack allowance is over.” 

“With Airtel World pass, we have set a new standard in the global telecom industry. I am certain our customers will benefit hugely from it as they travel the world, keeping their phones switched on, no matter where they are. As a matter of fact, our new plans offer significantly better value than travel or local sims in most countries.” Sharma added.

Airtel World Pass – Key Features

·                       One Plan for travel to 184 countries. No confusion over which zone or pack to select. No need for multiple packs across multiple countries or transit airports

·                       24X7 Call centre support for the customer from any corner of the world, absolutely free of cost. A dedicated number 99100-99100 available on call and WhatsApp for all international travelling customer, serviced with a network and experience specialist squad for a real-time resolution of issues.

·                       Special Packs for long stay/frequent travellers – Prepaid and postpaid packs specifically designed for frequent travellers and long stay customers that offer up to 1 year validity at an affordable cost.

·                       Plans packed with significantly higher value for customers. In addition, customers will have Unlimited data available for emergency usage and messaging applications.

·                       All control in the customers hand where they can manage their entire International roaming needs on the Airtel Thanks app, with updates on usage, billing amount or addition of data or minutes as needed.   

Eye & health Check-up camp test organized at Brookfield International School

IEP Mohali, December 6

Brookfield International School organized Eye Check-up  test for its students, staff and faculty members. Tests like vision ,colour Vision, Refractive index test, Radioscopy and Neuropathy were done in order to check the health of the eye   by  A team of Eye specialists from Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd.

The doctors brought well-equipped eye examination tools to examine the students effectively. They also spoke to the students about how to increase awareness and improve access to eye healthcare services. The objective of this event was to spread awareness of eye disorders, their early detection and detect refractive errors and eye ailments among school children.

Good health and good habits are very important factors for students to get benefited from quality education and grow up as empowered individuals. The Students were also oriented by the doctors how to protect eyes after the check-up programme.

Manav Singla , Director,  Brookfield International School motivated the students, staff and Faculty members to have stress free life. He informed them that Health is everything, if we invest more in health as compared to anything else and then we will be getting many fruitful returns in the near future. He further added that this is a beautiful beginning for promoting health among young students.

Oncologists win laurels at Annual Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India

IEP Chandigarh December 05

In the recently held 42nd Annual Conference of Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI) held in Manekshaw Centre from 01 to 4th December at Delhi. Dr. Rakesh Kapoor,Professor & Unit Head Department of Radiation Oncology PGIMER,Chandigarh has been elected as Chairman of Indian College of Radiation Oncology. (ICRO) for the period of two years. ICRO is on the academic wing of the association and is actively involved in all academic and teaching activity for the Post Graduate & Young Radiation Oncology in the Country. ICRO conducts various academic courses in all the five zones of the Country and thus contributing in dissipating update research in the field of Radiation Oncology.    Dr.Narendra Kumar,Professor Department of Radiation Oncology, PGIMER,Chandigarh  was awarded the Fellow of ICRO and Dr. Shikha Goyal Overseas AROI  Fellowship

Veg Surprise Burger back in McDonald’s menu

IEP Chandigarh, December 5


Customer favourite, Veg Surprise Burger is back on as part of the menu at McDonald’s India- North and East.

A complete value for money, the Veg Surprise Burger is priced at INR 65, available à-la-carte or with Value Meals and Double Patty variant at McDonald’s restaurants in North and East India or through McDelivery including Swiggy, Zomato and Magic Pin by takeaway or drive-thru.

I&PR MINISTER CONDOLES SAD DEMISE OF SENIOR JOURNALIST’S MOTHER

IEP Chandigarh, December 5

Punjab Information and Public Relations Minister Mr. Aman Arora on Monday mourned the sad demise of Mrs. Shanti Devi Sharma, the mother of Mr. Deepak Sharma, Punjab Bureau Chief of MH1 news channel.

Mrs. Shanti Devi Sharma (80) breathed her last on Sunday afternoon after a brief illness at PGI here.

Extending his heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family and relatives of the deceased, Mr. Aman Arora prayed to the Almighty to give them courage to bear this irreparable loss and grant eternal peace to the departed soul.

Meanwhile, Principal Secretary Information and Public Relations Mr. Rahul Bhandari and Director Ms. Sonali Giri also expressed their heartfelt condolences to Mr. Deepak Sharma in this hour of grief.

One unit of donated blood can save four lives – Chetan Singh Jauramajra

IEP Chandigarh, 5 December

Health and Family Welfare Minister, Punjab Chetan Singh Jauramajra inaugurated the Blood Donation Camp organized by Punjab AIDS Control Employees Welfare Association in collaboration with Punjab State Blood Transfusion Council. In this camp employees of Punjab State AIDS Control Society from across Punjab participated. During this time Chetan Singh Jauramajra said that blood should always be taken from licensed blood banks. Because many diseases are tested in these centers and blood is given to a person only after the report is correct. There are 161 approved blood centers operating in Punjab, out of which 46 are government, 7 are military and 108 are private blood centers.

Chetan Singh Jauramajra appreciated the blood donation camp organized by the association. He said that many lives can be saved through voluntary blood donation camps. One donated unit of blood can save many lives. Jasmail Singh Deol, president of Punjab AIDS Control Employees Welfare Association, said that his union also does social welfare work like blood donation, besides assisting in the treatment of AIDS patients. On the occasion Project Director, PSACS Ms. Neelima, Director Health Services Dr. Ranjit Singh, Director NHM, Punjab Dr. S.P. Singh, Civil Surgeon Mohali Dr. Adarshpal Kaur, Additional Project Director Dr. Boby Gulati were present. Apart from these  General Secretary Gurjant Singh, Chief Advisor Mahinder Pal Singh, Finance Secretary Kawaljit Singh, Manish Yadav, Media Secretary Manish Kumar, Core Committee Member Ashu Garg, Surinder Singh, Rajan Kumar, Ramandeep Kaur and other staff were present.

Punjab’s new agriculture policy will be ready by March 31: Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

IEP Chandigarh, December 5

With a move to improve agriculture system in the state, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will launch new agriculture policy for the state by March 31, 2023.

Giving this information, Agriculture Minister of Punjab Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that the new agricultural policy will be prepared keeping in mind the geographical situation of Punjab, soil health, availability of crops and water, for which consultations are being held with renowned agricultural scientists, experts and farmers’ organizations.

Mr. Dhaliwal, speaking today during the ‘Kisan Goshti’ organized by the Punjab State Farmers and Agricultural Workers Commission on the topic of ‘Agricultural Development Model of Punjab – some policy issues’, said that due to the irresponsible attitude of the previous governments and due to wrong policies, the pure water of Punjab, Clean air and environment and healthy fertile land are now turning into polluted water, toxic air and infertile land, which needs to be replaced with clean policy and intention.

Announcing the creation of a separate policy for natural farming, the Agriculture Minister said that due to excessive use of fertilizers, chemicals, weed killers and pesticides in agriculture, people are facing health problems. He said that Punjab is in the previous situation. To bring natural farming, it is necessary to work according to its climate. He said that farming is not just farming, it is an issue related to life. He emphasized on the need to populate the cooperative system and said that farming should be done according to the need.

The agriculture minister emphasized the need to remove the insecurity in agriculture and said that the state government will move forward with the support of all in the direction of saving agriculture. He said that instead of buying big machines for farming, use small machines. It is necessary, with which the economy of the farmers will also improve. Announcing to hold various conferences keeping Punjab’s crops, water and soil and environment at the center, he said that the state government will make every possible effort to strengthen the agricultural sector with the help of agricultural experts, agronomists and experienced people.

On the occasion, Vice-Chancellor PAU Ludhiana Dr. Satrir Singh Gosal, Chairman Punjab State Farmers and Agricultural Workers Commission Dr. Sukhpal Singh, Director Agriculture Dr. Gurvinder Singh, Dr. Davinder Sharma, Dr. Gurkanwal Singh, Professor Bawa Singh, Principal Sucha Singh, Dr. Kuldeep Singh and Kirti Kisan Union leaders; Mr. Ravinder Singh Patiala and Mr. Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala also addressed. Secretary Agriculture Mr. Arshdeep Singh Thind and senior officers of the Agriculture department were also present on the occasion.

Haryana to impart administrative training to officers and employees for good governance

IEP Chandigarh, December 5

Haryana Chief Secretary said that all the departments running training institutes should establish mutual coordination and provide training to the employees and officers in specialized subjects. Presently 30 departments are running such institutes.

        Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal was presiding over a meeting with the Administrative Secretaries regarding training here today. Director General, Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Smt. Surina Rajan virtually joined the meeting and apprised in detail about the training being run by the institute.

        The Chief Secretary said that training programmes will be organized from time to time for officers and employees of all departments under the supervision of senior administrative secretaries by the state-run training institutes so that they can be efficient in their work. Apart from this, the year-long training schedule should be prepared and released by the training institutes and training should be made compulsory for all.

Constitution of the steering committee

The Chief Secretary said that a steering committee for the training of administrative secretaries should be constituted. After studying the training policy of the state, this committee should submit its suggestions for better training in 15 days. Apart from this, the committee also regularly monitored the training being organized.

        For good governance and effective governance, it is essential to make arrangements for responsible and ethical training of officers and employees in the state so that there is a change in their official functioning and they can become good citizens as well as good officers and employees, said Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal.

He said that such training programmes will significantly improve the functioning of the officers and the employees and they will do better work in their departments for the betterment of the public. All training institutes should prepare a framework and implement it systematically, he directed.

The Chief Secretary said that training programmes should be organized in coordination with all the training centres related to various departments, organizations and the private sector and their records should also be properly maintained.

The topics related to training should also be updated according to the present needs. In relation to the training of officers and employees, the concerned department should upload their complete details on the HRMS portal, so that it can be ascertained which officers and employees have received training in respect of which subjects and in which subjects they should be trained in future. If some officers and employees are experts in any subject, then other employees can also get the benefit of their experience, said Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal.

Innovation and Cyber Security Training

The Chief Secretary said that it is mandatory for every employee and officer to conduct innovative training at state-of-the-art levels along with ethical and responsible values in the training programmes. He said that along with the promotion, ACP and general courses, if training is given for capacity building, then the employees will become efficient in their work.

In the meeting, detailed information was shared regarding training programmes being conducted by Rural Training Institute, Education, Electricity Training Institute, Civil Aviation Institute, Transport Training Institute,  Development and Panchayat, Irrigation, Public Health, Horticulture, Public Works Department, Cooperative and Revenue Disaster Management Department in the meeting.

Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department, Dr. Mahavir Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Housing for All Department, Sh. Anil Malik, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and  Family Welfare Department, Dr. G. Anupama, ADGP CID, Sh. Alok Mital, Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Sh. Navdeep Singh Virk, Director General, Development and Panchayat Department, Sh. Sanjay Joon and many senior officers remained present on the occasion.

Organize Special Aadhaar updation camps in Haryana-Chief Secretary

IEP Chandigarh December 5

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal today directed the Additional Deputy Commissioners to hold special Aadhaar updation camps in the state.

The Chief Secretary was presiding over the UID implementation committee meeting in which Additional Deputy Commissioners and other concerned officers attended the meeting through video conferencing.

Citizens to update POI and POA in Aadhaar details

The Chief Secretary directed the officers to expedite the process of Aadhaar revalidation, Citizens having an Aadhaar generated more than 10 years ago need to revalidate details in their Aadhaar by updating the Proof of Identity (POI) and Proof of Address (POA) documents to steadily avail the benefits of government services.

The Chief Secretary directed the State Registrar to continue deployment of at least 3 operational kits at each Mini Secretariat and at least one operational kit at SDM Offices, Tehsils, Sub – Tehsils and Blocks in all the districts as residents visit these places for availing government services and Aadhaar facilitation.

Organize camps to clear Mandatory Biometric Update (MBUs) pendency

The Chief Secretary further directed the IT Department to ensure implementation of the in-house model in accordance with instructions issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India. He said that to strengthen Aadhaar Eco System, it has been decided to restrict the facility of new enrolment of adult residents at select Aadhaar centers only and list of such centers should be provided by State Registrar, Execution/Management of State Portal for new enrolment of adult population. Department should organize camps in collaboration with Education Department to clear Mandatory Biometric Update (MBUs) pendency. The Chief Secretary directed the Health Department to ensure that all newborn are covered under the new enrollment of Aadhaar.

He further directed the School Education Department to prepare a roster for conducting regular camps for enrolling left out children and updating biometric both in government as well as in private schools. Regular camps shall be organized for enrolling children in Anganwadis.  District wise roster for this should be prepared by Women and Child Development Department and be shared with Deputy Commissioners with a copy to UIDAI RO Chandigarh. 

While presenting the Aadhaar Card Status of Haryana, Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Regional Office Chandigarh, Ms Bhawna Garg apprised that a monthly target of updating 13.20 lakh aadhaar cards has been fixed up to March, 2023. So far, 299,57,178 Aadhaar Cards have been generated in the state including 18,01,041 aadhaar cards of population upto 5 years, 67,12,666 aadhaars of 5 to 8 years and 2,14,43,470 aadhaars of 18 and above years. Thus, achieving 100.37 percent of Aadhaar Generation in the state.

On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department, Dr. Mahavir Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Labour Department, Sh. Raja Sekhar Vundru, Additional Chief Secretary, Housing for All Department, Sh. Anil Malik, Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Smt. G. Anupama, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.