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Chandigarh, Haryana

All preparations completed for the election of Sarpanch and Panch posts in the 9 districts of the second phase: Dhanpat Singh

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11

Haryana State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that all preparations have been completed for the election of Sarpanch and Panch posts in the 9 districts of the second phase. Polling will be held for the post of 2,683 Sarpanch and 25,655 Panch posts in 57 blocks of 9 districts, Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat on November 12.        State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that in the nine districts where the second phase of polling is going to be held, all the preparations related to security and all other facilities have been completed. Necessary guidelines have been issued to all the concerned District Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Supervisors for conducting the polls in a fair and peaceful manner. Along with this, a heavy police force has been deployed at sensitive polling booths. Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that keeping in mind the convenience of voters, necessary arrangements like drinking water, electricity, wheelchair for disabled voters etc. have been ensured at all polling station.        Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the results of the polling for the post of Panch and Sarpanch will be declared after the counting of votes. At the same time, the voting of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad Committee members of the second phase was completed on November 9. The results of these elections will be declared after the counting of votes on November 27, 2022 after the completion of the elections of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members in all 22 districts.There are 48,67,132 voters in the second phase        Sh. Dhanpat Singh informed that there are total 48, 67, 132 voters in 9 districts of the second phase. These include 25, 89, 270 males, 22, 77, 795 females, and 67 others. Sh. Dhanpat Singh informed that there are 5,963 polling stations in these 9 districts, out of which 976 are sensitive and 1023 are highly sensitive stations.Panchayat election activities will be updated on ‘Mhari Panchayat Portal’        Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the activities of Panchayat elections will be updated on the ‘Mhari Panchayat Portal’. The voting percentages can be seen anywhere in the state by opening the Mhari Panchayat Portal through the internet. At the same time, the results will be visible on the e-dashboard on the day of counting. Anyone can see the election trends, voting percentages, and final results on the portal while sitting at home.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Process of making fuel brackets from bagasse in sugar mills will soon begin in Haryana: Cooperation Minister

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11

Haryana Cooperation  Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that the process of making fuel brackets from bagasse would be implemented in all sugar mills of the state following the process started at Cooperative Sugar Mill in Kaithal. This initiative will increase the income of the sugar mill which would further lead them to become self-sufficient. Dr. Banwari Lal was inaugurating the 32nd crushing session of Sugar Mill at Kaithal today.

        The Cooperation Minister said that Sugar Mill, Kaithal has received many state and national level awards. Better quality jaggery and sugar is being produced in this mill. Besides this, a special arrangement of providing food at Rs 10 has also been made for the farmers arriving during the crushing season.

        He said that the target of the mill has been fixed to crush 41,500 quintals of sugarcane. The payment of sugarcane crop is being provided to the farmers on time. Along with this, awareness is being made from time to time to plant a good variety of sugarcane, so that farmers can produce maximum yield. He said that work is being done to produce biogas in sugar mills, so that this system can be initiated in other sugar mills as well.

        The Cooperation Minister said that tenders regarding a technically advanced project will be floated in the month of December to increase the crushing capacity of Kaithal Mill from 2500 to 3,000 TDC. The estimated cost for this project is Rs. 86 crore. Apart from this, the work regarding advancement of ETP plant is being done, which will cost about Rs. 6 crore. The ethanol project of 120  kilo litres per day capacity will be implemented in this mill in association with Jind Sugar Mill. Under this scheme, 2 mills will be set up in the form of cluster.

        On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal, Smt Sangeeta Tetarwal, MD, Sh.  Braham Parkash and other officers were present.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Ensure reservation of a minimum 5 percent posts of Clerical Cadre for the purpose of Compassionate appointment under Ex-gratia Policy: Hry CS

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal has directed all the Head of Departments, Deputy Commissioners to ensure to keep reserve of the 5 percent posts (especially of Clerical cadre) of Group C of direct recruitment for the purpose to grant Compassionate appointment to the family members of the deceased employee.        All the HODs and Deputy Commissioners will send the details about the name of the Group-c post, sanctioned strength of the post of direct recruitment quota, the number of posts under EX-gratia quota, the number of persons given compassionate appointment from August 1, 2019, onwards and the number of the vacant post under EX-gratia quota to HR-II Branch through email-Superintendentgs2@gmail.com by November 17, 2022, directed Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal.Sharing more details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that in some cases it has been observed that in some of the departments the 5 percent quota of Group C posts for the purpose of compassionate appointment is not reserved at the time of sending requisition for direct recruitment to HSSC. As a result, it becomes difficult for them to grant compassionate appointment to the eligible family member of deceased Government employee of their Department and cases are sent to Human Resources Department to grant compassionate appointment on Group C posts in other departments.  This process takes time upto 6 months and the family members of deceased employee have to face difficulties for this purpose added the spokesperson.        The spokesperson shared that in Rule 10 (b) of the Haryana Civil Services (Compassionate Financial Assistance or Appointment) Rules, 2019 it has been mentioned that Compassionate Appointment shall be admissible to the eligible family member of a Government employee who dies while in service to the post of Group-C and D subject to certain conditions.  Where the Compassionate appointment is admissible to Group C posts, the same cannot be granted over and above the 5 percent of sanctioned posts of direct quota but there is no limit bar for compassionate appointment against the post of Group D.

Chandigarh, Haryana

NASA report shows a steep decline in farm fire incidents in Haryana

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11

Concrete steps taken by Manohar Lal- led government to curb stubble burning are reflected in a recent report released by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that has shown a steep decline in farm fire incidents in Haryana.

The recent satellite images of stubble burning and arson incidents in northern India issued by NASA clearly show that in the last 24 hours, farm fire incidents in Haryana have come down even further, while the live images of stubble burning can be seen in three-fourths of the area of neighbouring state Punjab.

The official data released by NASA certainly indicates that cases of stubble burning have decreased in Haryana  while the incidents of stubble burning are continuously increasing in Punjab.

Divulging more details in this regard an official spokesperson said that as per the data released for the last 24 hours, very few incidents of stubble burning have been reported in Haryana. This clearly highlights the fact that Haryana Government’s stubble management programme has been a success. 

The State government’s data also shows that the incidents of stubble burning in Haryana have come down by 25 per cent this year while in Punjab these incidents have increased by 20 per cent, said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson said not only has the Haryana government launched an awareness campaign for the farmers to make them aware of the ill effects of stubble burning, but a provision of giving Rs 1000 per acre incentive has been made for not burning stubble and for its proper management.  

Besides this, Rs. 50 per quintal incentive amount and subsidy on straw management equipment is also given to the farmers for making stubble bales.  Farmers are being given a 50 per cent subsidy on equipment for crop residue management and an 80 per cent subsidy on custom hiring centres.

The spokesperson said that if any farmer takes the stubble bales to the Ethanol Plant set up at Karnal and Panipat, he is given an incentive of Rs. 2000 per acre.  

Furthermore, if he brings the stubble to Gaushalas, then an incentive of Rs. 1500 is given to him.  Not only this, the government also gives up to 10 lakh rupees to the Panchayat for not burning stubble in the red zone area.  Last year, the government made a provision of Rs 216 crore for stubble management, added the spokesperson.

The spokesperson said that the State government has given more than 72,000 machines to the farmers for crop residue management. The government has set a target of taking this to 80000 this year so that farmers can manage maximum crop residues at the ground level.  

Besides this, in Haryana itself, 24 types of industries have given consent to the government to buy stubble, under which command areas will be opened in every district and stubble will be procured through those command area centres.  

The spokesperson said that Haryana has also created a new portal for this, on which the information of the contractors and industries who buy stubble will be available and the farmer who wants to sell the stubble can contact them directly through the portal.  Last year, about 1.75 lakh tonnes of stubble was procured by the biogas plant in Haryana.  

In this sequence, it has also been planned that HAREDA will set up a biomass power plant to use the stubble to generate electricity, in Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Fatehabad and Jind. Apart from this, plans for about 49.08 MW capacity have been approved by the government, and work is in progress on these projects in Kaithal and Kurukshetra, shared the spokesperson.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AFFAIRS CELL: HARJOT SINGH BAINS

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11

As part of the ongoing efforts to take education at par of the International level under the able guidance of Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann, Punjab School Education Department has constituted an International Education Affairs Cell (IEAC), said Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains here on Friday.The eight-member Cell constituted under the chairmanship of Director SCERT, Punjab comprises Assistant Director (Survey Data Processing) as Member Secretary and State Coordinator (SDP & NAS), SCERT Punjab as Member Coordinator, while,  Assistant Director (Academic, Quality and Training), SCERT Punjab, Officer or Finance Branch Incharge, SCERT Punjab, one DIET Principal and two DEO SE are members. The reporting officer of the IEAC will be the Principal Secretary/Secretary, School Education Punjab through Director General of School Education Punjab.          Education Minister S. Harjot Bains said that the main objective of formation of IEAC was to prepare/examine proposal for Professional Development of teachers, school heads and educational administrators working at different levels in the Department of School Education through Indian and Foreign Organizations Institutions and to identify candidates for that purpose in an objective and transparent manner.          S. Bains said that this cell would also help in building the capacity of teachers and send them on special visits to foreign countries to implement their improved policies in the Government Schools of Punjab. The International Education Affairs Cell will create a transparent system for the selection of officers and teachers, who can go on foreign tours for education purposes. The cell will prepare programs for capacity building of educational administrators, school heads and teachers of government schools working in various cadres and will also evaluate their capacity building through national-international visits.The Education Minister said that the selection of various national and international orientation programs by the department is to be done after applying on the portal being prepared, and after passing through the process of special written test and interview. In this process, if any teacher or official uses any kind of external or political influence, then departmental action will be taken against him/her and blacklist will also be made to deprive him/her of the selection of this process in the future.

Chandigarh

PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AFFAIRS CELL: HARJOT SINGH BAINS

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11As part of the ongoing efforts to take education at par of the International level under the able guidance of Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann, Punjab School Education Department has constituted an International Education Affairs Cell (IEAC), said Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains here on Friday.The eight-member Cell constituted under the chairmanship of Director SCERT, Punjab comprises Assistant Director (Survey Data Processing) as Member Secretary and State Coordinator (SDP & NAS), SCERT Punjab as Member Coordinator, while,  Assistant Director (Academic, Quality and Training), SCERT Punjab, Officer or Finance Branch Incharge, SCERT Punjab, one DIET Principal and two DEO SE are members. The reporting officer of the IEAC will be the Principal Secretary/Secretary, School Education Punjab through Director General of School Education Punjab.          Education Minister S. Harjot Bains said that the main objective of formation of IEAC was to prepare/examine proposal for Professional Development of teachers, school heads and educational administrators working at different levels in the Department of School Education through Indian and Foreign Organizations Institutions and to identify candidates for that purpose in an objective and transparent manner.          S. Bains said that this cell would also help in building the capacity of teachers and send them on special visits to foreign countries to implement their improved policies in the Government Schools of Punjab. The International Education Affairs Cell will create a transparent system for the selection of officers and teachers, who can go on foreign tours for education purposes. The cell will prepare programs for capacity building of educational administrators, school heads and teachers of government schools working in various cadres and will also evaluate their capacity building through national-international visits.The Education Minister said that the selection of various national and international orientation programs by the department is to be done after applying on the portal being prepared, and after passing through the process of special written test and interview. In this process, if any teacher or official uses any kind of external or political influence, then departmental action will be taken against him/her and blacklist will also be made to deprive him/her of the selection of this process in the future.

Chandigarh

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS THE ESSENCE OF AAP GOVERNMENT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN UNDER THE ABLE GUIDANCE OF CM BHAGWANT MANN: BALJIT KAUR

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11

In line with the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government, effective implementation of various schemes related to economic empowerment of women is being ensured.          The Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur while sharing this information, said that the Punjab Government is working sincerely to economically strengthen the women of the state and would take all possible steps for the economic empowerment of women.          The Cabinet Minister also said that under the same objective, a workshop on ‘Economic Empowerment of Women’ was organized today at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (Magsipa).          The Cabinet Minister said that in this workshop, the processes and systems related to the smooth implementation of the ongoing schemes for the empowerment of women were discussed in detail.          About 35 representatives from diverse fields participated in this workshop, including the officers of Social Security Department, Health Department, Rural Development Department, Education Department, Labor Department, Social Justice Department, Agriculture Department, Universities apart from the Research Scholars, legal experts, members of self help groups, district and block level officers.          The Additional Secretary of Social Security Women and Child Development Department Vimmi Bhullar, Additional Director Lilly Chaudhary and senior officials of various departments were also present during this workshop.

Punjab, Uncategorized

MANN GOVERNMENT PREPARES ACTION PLAN TO CURB LUMPY SKIN DISEASE, MEGA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FROM FEB’15

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11      

    The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has chalked out action plan for early prevention of Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle to counter any other possible wave. The Group of Ministers (GoM) closely gauging the current situation and planning future strategies to prevent revival of LSD in the state, on Friday decided to start vaccination campaign from February 15, 2023.          During the meeting of the GoM here at Punjab Bhawan, Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema and Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar directed the officials of Animal Husbandry department to start the vaccination drive from February 15 and vaccinate the entire 25 lakh cattle population in the state by April 30, 2023. The Ministers asked the officials concerned to make a foolproof strategy to complete this vaccination target in the given time frame. They also directed officials to immediately initiate the process for procuring about 25 lakh doses at cost effective prices from the Veterinary Biological and Research Institute, Hyderabad (Telangana).          In the meeting, experts from the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) apprised the group of ministers that the national rate of buffaloes being affected by lumpy skin disease was around 1 to 1.5 percent. On this, the Cabinet Ministers directed to form a 7-member committee to decide on need of vaccinating buffaloes with goat pox vaccine. The committee would comprise 3 experts from GADVASU, 2 from Animal Husbandry Department, Punjab 1 each from Animal Husbandry Department, Government of India and Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly. This committee would submit its report and recommendations within 10 days.          Meanwhile, during the review of the vaccination campaign for Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS) disease and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the cabinet ministers were apprised that Animal Husbandry department has completed the HS vaccination drive, while the FMD vaccination campaign would be completed by November 30.          Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema directed the officials to launch an awareness campaign to sensitise the farmers especially dairy farmers of the state regarding the prevention of deadly diseases in the livestock so that they can opt precautionary measures at an early stage.          Mr. Vikas Pratap, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department said that no new case of Lumpy Skin Disease has been reported in the state. He said that so far about 9.21 lakh cattle have been vaccinated with goat pox while 94 thousand doses were available with department.

Chandigarh, Punjab

WAR AGAINST DENGUE TO BE INTENSIFIED, INCREASE FOGGING AND MONITORING IN AFFECTED AREAS: HEALTH MINISTER

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IEP Chandigarh, November 11     

     Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra on Friday called upon people to initiate joint efforts to contain breeding of dengue larvae with ensuring complete caution, awareness besides there should no stagnated water in the house premises, offices, open places and streets.           Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is already taking concrete steps against the increasing cases of dengue and health authorities have already been directed to ensure prompt treatment with requisite tests for effective prevention of the dengue, said the Minister seeking fulsome support and cooperation from general public in implementing all the precautions in larger public interest.          Mr. Jauramajra said that directions had already been issued to all civil surgeons to setup dengue wards, intensify fogging activities in rural and urban areas.          The Cabinet Minister said that the Health Department, with the support of the Panchayat Department and the Local Government Department, is taking immediate steps to prevent dengue by identifying dengue-prone sensitive areas in villages and cities. Work is being done to stop the breeding of dengue mosquito aedes agypti and to identify hotspot areas and conduct continuous monitoring of such areas.          Mr. Jauramajra said that prevention of dengue is possible only by eliminating the source of dengue mosquito production. He said that instructions have already been issued to the officials of the concerned departments regarding the prevention of dengue and to prevent the increase of dengue cases in villages/cities. Officials have also been asked to sensitize the people to seek medical advice immediately if any symptoms appear. He said that people are being made aware of the precautions to be taken to protect against dengue and it is being ensured that public announcements are conducted in rural as well as urban areas.          The Health Minister further said that the health department is continuously conducting activities regarding the precautions to be taken to protect against dengue and people are also being made aware regarding the symptoms of dengue. He said that more attention is being paid to the areas where cases are coming in large numbers. He said that in case of high fever accompanied by headache, pain in the back of the eyes and stiffness in the back, red patches on the body, one should get himself or herself tested for dengue and the number of platelet cells should be tested.

Chandigarh

Chandigarh Admn starts work of recarpeting of cycle tracks

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IEP Chandigarh

The Engineering Department of the Chandigarh Administration has started the work of recarpeting of cycle tracks on Mission Mode basis to provide comfort ride to the cyclists of the tri-city. The cycle tracks/stretches which were damaged due to the recent rain/leakage points due to passing of underground services has been given top priority for recarpeting. Out of total 52 Kms., of damaged cycle tracks found during the detailed survey, the recarpeting work of 17 Kms. cycle tracks have been completed and remaining work of recarpeting of 35 Kms. cycle tracks shall likely to be completed within 1 month’s time with a cost of Rs. 3.80 Crore.

The Engineering Department has recently finished the detailed survey of the cycle tracks/stretches of the whole city to judge the existing condition of the cycle tracks and accordingly the recarpeting work was undertaken on the damaged cycle tracks found during the survey. The random inspection was carried out by the Chief Engineer, U.T. along with concerned Superintending Engineer & Executive Engineer and it has been noticed that the area falling under the jurisdiction of Sh. Trilochan Singh, J.E. is not up to the mark and he has failed to maintain the cycle tracks in good condition. Accordingly he was suspended for dereliction of the duty. Further show cause notice has also been issued to the concerned area Sub-divisional Engineer.

Further, the instructions have also been given to the Executive Engineer, Sub-divisional Engineer & Junior Engineer of the Department to periodically check and monitor the cycle tracks of the city, so that these cycle tracks can be kept in good condition to offer best riding quality to the cyclists in the city.