IEP Chandigarh, October 1

 The players of Haryana, who won more than half the medals in the Olympic, and Commonwealth Games, are now again shining bright in the 36th National Games as well.  

Haryana continues to top the medal tally with 16 medals including 9 gold medals in these ongoing games in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. So far, the state players have won 3 silver and 4 bronze medals.  Due to the stunning performances of both sons and daughters of State, Haryana is dominating in the National Games.

Congratulations to the medal winners, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has wished them to continue giving outstanding performances in the upcoming games as well. 

The Chief Minister said that it is only because of the hard work of the players of the state, today Haryana has made an incredible mark in the field of sports. Inspired by the Sports Policy of the State, other states are also willingly following the State’s Sports Policy. 

“I hope that the state players by giving brilliant performance will keep the pride of the tricolour high and will continue to make the Country and the State proud,” asserted Sh. Manohar Lal.  

Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, S. Sandeep Singh has also congratulated the players for this achievement.  

He said that the State Government under the leadership of the Chief Minister is committed to promoting sports continuously and providing all kinds of possible assistance to the sportspersons.

State Wrestlers win 5 gold

In Haryana’s favourite sport wrestling, no other state could stand in front of the Haryanvi players. The State has won 5 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in wrestling.

In the 87 kg Greco-Roman category, Haryana’s Sunil defeated Harpreet Singh of  Punjab and Haryana’s Ashu defeated Karanjeet Singh of Punjab in the 67 kg Greco-Roman category and won gold medals.  

Similarly, in the 97 kg freestyle category, Haryana’s Deepak defeated Sahil of Punjab to bag gold.   In the same category, Haryana’s Parveen Kumar won the bronze medal.

In the 57 kg freestyle category, the final match was between the players of Haryana, in which Aman won the gold medal, while Udit bagged the silver medal.

In the 62 kg freestyle girls’ wrestling, Manisha from  Haryana won the gold medal by defeating Shafali who also hailed from Haryana only. Apart from this, Haryana’s Reetika won the bronze medal in 76 kg freestyle wrestling.

Haryana wins gold defeating Maharashtra in rugby game

In the 36th National Games in the rugby game, the players of Haryana also surprised everyone as they defeated the Maharashtra team by a huge margin of 19-7 and won the gold medal for the Haryana. 

In the netball team event, both boys and girls teams of the State brought laurels by winning gold medals.  Apart from this, Haryana’s Anish won the gold medal in 25m rapid fire pistol, Soumyajit Ghosh won a silver medal in the boys’ table tennis singles category, Manpreet Kaur won a bronze medal in shot put and Renu Chikara won a bronze medal in the hammer throw.

IEP Chandigarh, October 1

Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Sh. J.P Dalal and Additional Chief Secretary  Agriculture and Farmers’ welfare Department, Dr. Sumita Misra visited Cranfield University in Bedford, a premier institute in the UK for Research and development of post-harvest technologies.

This University shall be part of the consortia of the University of Birmingham that has signed an MoU with Haryana.

The Cranfield University will help Haryana to further develop applied research on the fundamentals of postharvest physiology; pre-harvest factors, biochemistry, ripening, Preservation methods, cool chain, packaging, ethylene, specialist treatments, Postharvest diseases, physiology, pathology, principles of disease control, Quality control; biochemical changes, assessment methods and Food waste management.

The proposed ‘Centre for Post-Harvest and Cold Chain Management’ shall have various units where applied research will be conducted. This Centre shall develop post-harvest solutions that will help farmers and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)  to address their solutions. The Centre will also have an incubation Centre, Startup an ecosystem where budded entrepreneurs can start and establish their businesses.

IEP Chandigarh, October 1

The Final Round Conference of The Governance Challenge (TGC) was organized at PWD Rest House in Panchkula in which 6 finalist teams pitched their solution to the Haryana, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal.NMIMS Mumbai emerged as the winner of the first edition of TGC 2022. The Chief Minister honoured the winning team with a trophy, and certificate and also presented them with a cheque of Rs 5 lakh. Similarly, a trophy, certificate and a cheque of Rs. 3 lakh was handed over to the IIM Bangalore team, which finished second, while a trophy, certificate and cheque worth Rs. 1 lakh was given to IIM Kozhikode, which came third.Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that organizing such programme is very important not only for Haryana but also for other states, country and the world because today governance has become a broad subject.“When I took oath as the Chief Minister in the year 2014, many said that I have no experience of how a Chief Minister works, but we certainly had the experience of serving the people and developing a citizen-friendly system. Taking this experience a step further we decided to celebrate December 25, as Good Governance Day and also took a new initiative, CM Window was started, which today is yielding positive results,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister said that in the last 8 years, more than 10 lakh complaints have been received on CM Window, out of which 90 percent of complaints have been resolved. Now the common man can directly send their grievances to the government while sitting at home through the online system.In the last 8 years, the state government did more than 100 works of system changeThe Chief Minister said that taking a big step for the convenience of the teachers, an online teacher transfer policy was started in Haryana, which today is being followed by other states also. Thus, in the last 8 years, the state government has done more than 100 works of system change to ensure better service delivery to the common man.We are working on the 5S mantraSh. Manohar Lal said that 5S that is Shiksha, Swasthaya, Suraksha, Swabhiman and Swavlambhan are the basic necessities and realizing the same the present State Government is continuously working towards fulfilling these basic needs.Education should be imparted in such a way that gives a feeling of nationalism. Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi has called for the implementation of the New Education Policy – 2020, because only through education a person can become cultured, asserted the Chief Minister.Sh. Manohar Lal said that in today’s era more emphasis is being laid on skill development besides academics  Realizing the same, Haryana Government has also established Shri Vishwakarma Skill University in the state to promote skill development. In this, skill training is being imparted to the youth in various fields.He said that youth should aim to become job givers instead of job seekers. This can be realized only when they will become skilled. It is pivotal that the Youth should be targeted to do something for the country and for this it is necessary to organize a programme like The Governance Challenge.PPP Haryana government’s ambitious schemeThe Chief Minister said that Haryana has continuously tried new experiments to change the system. He said that it was not possible to collect the real time data of the population, so the State Government started a unique scheme – Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) in which authentic, verified and reliable data of all families in Haryana has been created in a digital format.Today, through PPP, the benefits of government schemes are being extended to eligible persons and families. The beneficiaries are no longer required to make frequent rounds of the government offices to take advantage of government schemes as they can get the same while sitting at their homes only.  On one hand, this system has brought transparency in the distribution of benefits of various welfare schemes; while on the other ineligible people have also been automatically excluded. From getting admission in schools to getting the benefits of the old age pension, ineligible people have been identified and excluded from the benefits list.New initiative taken in the interest of farmersThe Chief Minister said that taking a step further to ensure the welfare of the farmers, the State government has started the Meri Fasal – Mera Byora Portal, on which the farmer himself can enter the details of their land and crop. Similarly, taking another new initiative in their interest, the e-Fasal Kshatipoorti portal has been started on which the farmer individually update their crop loss information. Once any farmer updates the information about his crop loss, then the concerned Patwari, Kanungo should ensure verification of the data uploaded by the farmer within seven days so that they can get timely compensation of the same, informed Sh. Manohar Lal.He said that by using IT, Haryana is swiftly shifting towards e-governance to ensure the delivery of citizen-centric services to the grassroot levels in a fair and transparent manner.“Becoming a cultured citizen certainly plays a significant role in the development of society. The government, NGOs and promising youth need to work together to build a civilized and prosperous society,” added Sh. Manohar Lal.The Governance ChallengeThe Governance Challenge (TGC) is a national governance case competition envisioned to engage the most talented youth of our country on governance issues. Haryana is the participating State for the inaugural edition of TGC.In TGC 2022, students from 30 business and policy schools in India are ideating on the theme- Making Haryana’s youth future ready for the changing livelihood opportunities of the next decade.There were total of three rounds in TGC 2022. In the campus round, teams submitted a three-minute executive pitch video and a one-page document sharing their understanding of the problem statement and proposing 2-3 innovative ideas to solve the same. The top team from each campus qualified for the next round.Notably, in the TGC, around 6,400 participants from more than 2,100 teams go themselves registered, out of which more than 700 teams submitted presentations and 26 teams were declared campus winners.In the second round, teams presented to a jury panel of IAS officers Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Joint Secretary, Government of India and Former Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, Sh. Amit Khatri and industry leaders Prachi Jain Windlass, Senior Director, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation; Mekin Maheshwari, Co-founder, ACT Grants. The top 6 teams qualified for the final round.

IEP Chandigarh, October 1

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala while holding a review meeting with the officers concerned here today directed them to complete the work of consolidation across the state by April 2023.

Sh. Chautala further directed the officers to speed up the pending consolidation work. He said that if required the vacant post of the staff required to complete the said work should also be filled soon.

Deputy Chief Minister has assigned the duty of Revenue Advisor, Sh. R.K Garg to expedite the consolidation work to be done in 35 villages of the Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri districts. Sh. R.K Garg has been directed to take regular meetings with officers and employees in both districts and submit his report in 45 days. Along with this, the Deputy Commissioners of many districts presented the report on consolidation work done in their districts.

On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. V.S Kundu, Deputy Commissioners, District Revenue Officers and many other officers were present.

Numberdars to get Ayushman Bharat benefits

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that now numberdars of the state will also get the Ayushman Bharat scheme benefits.

The Deputy Chief Minister also held a meeting in this regard here today, in which Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. V.S Kundu, Additional Chief Secretary Health Department, Smt. G. Anupama and officers of the Finance Department remained present. Soon an MoU would be signed with the Health Department in this regard, said Sh. Dushyant Chautala.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, medical assistance is provided up to Rs. 5 lakh per year per eligible family in the state. Under this, numberdars will be able to avail benefits in the event of illness and will also be able to get treatment facilities in the hospitals included in the schedule of the Haryana government.

Haryana is  fully prepared for the Kharif procurement

The Deputy Chief Minister said that the government is fully prepared for the purchase of Kharif crops in the mandis. For this, elaborate arrangements have been made in all the mandis.

Talking to media persons here today, Sh. Chautala said that this time a mobile app has also been prepared for the convenience of the farmers. He said that the compensation for crop damage due to rain in 2021 has been released in three installments. This time the incidents of crop damage have been sought from the district officials, on the basis of which compensation will be given to the farmers.

          The Deputy Chief Minister said that preparations are on for the launch of Gurugram Global City after Deepawali. This global city will be built on 1008 acres and investment is expected to be up to Rs. 1 lakh one lakh crore. In addition, a two-day Investors Meet event is also organized in the UAE for investors.

IEP Chandigarh, October 1

At the 68th National Film Awards distribution ceremony, Sh. Mandeep Singh Chauhan, a resident of Karnal, was honoured with the Rajat Kamal Award by the President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu for the documentary film produced by him.

Producer, Sh. Mandeep Singh Chauhan received this honour for his short film ‘Justice Delayed but delivered’. The film was selected as the best film at the National Level in the non-feature film category. Along with Sh. Mandeep Singh Chauhan, the director of the film, Kamakhya Narayan Singh, a resident of Mumbai, was also honoured by the President.

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has congratulated Sh. Mandeep Singh for this remarkable achievement. He said that such documentary films serve to give direction to society.

Notably, the National Film Awards for 2020 were announced recently by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the awards were distributed today in a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. In the same ceremony, the country’s best film industry award Dadasaheb Phalke Award was presented to eminent actress Asha Parekh.

Sh. Mandeep Singh Chauhan, who received the National Film Award, originally belongs to Gondar village of the Karnal district. His elder brother Dr. Virender Singh Chauhan is the Vice President and Director of Haryana Granth Akademi. Sh. Mandeep Singh Chauhan has been associated with many regional and national news channels.

IEP Chandigarh, October 1

The Special Task Force Ambala team of Haryana Police has succeeded in arresting a notorious bounty gangster of Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang after an encounter. A huge quantity of foreign arms and cartridges has been recovered from the accused possession.

Today, the team of STF Ambala conducted a search operation in the Sadar Karnal area police station to nab the most wanted criminals. The team received secret information Mukesh, a resident of village Jamba police station Nigdu district Karnal an active member of Ankush Kamalpur Gang and Lawrence Group who is the main supplier of weapons of Ankush’s gang has brought illegal foreigner weapons in quantity through a drone from Pakistan.

On the basis of the information received, the team raided the spot and after the encounter, the accused Mukesh was arrested. A total of 4 illegal foreign pistols, empty shells and 10 live cartridges were recovered from the possession of the accused. A case was registered against the accused in the police station Sadar Karnal under police station 307 IPC and Arms Act.

During the preliminary interrogation of the accused and the information collected from other credible evidence revealed that the accused Mukesh has links with Babbar Khalsa Group, Lawrence Group, or Ankush Kamalpur Gang. The accused had purchased these illegal weapons from gangsters Damanjot Singh alias Kahlon and Virender Sambi who are currently residing abroad. The accused tried to get these weapons from Pakistan through a drone.

It was also revealed in the investigation that at the behest of the accused gangster and other terrorists, along with other members of his gang, plans were made to murder Brijpal, brother of gangster Neeraj Punia and Prahlad Khatwa resident Abohar. The accused Mukesh was being funded by Virendra Sambhi who is currently in sitting to conduct anti-national activities.

A reward was also announced on behalf of the Haryana Police Department for the accused. A total of 9 cases are registered against the accused in Haryana and Punjab that include an attempt to murder, robbery, ransom demand, Arms Act and indulging in terrorist activities.

The accused was on the run in a case registered in Punjab for being involved in terrorist activities. The accused will be produced before the court and taken on police remand. During the remand, the accused will be interrogated thoroughly and the other accomplices of the accused will be arrested and the matter will be disclosed.

IEP Chandigarh, October 1

Two cities of Haryana have made it to the top 100 in the Swachh Survekshan survey rankings, released under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.

As per the rankings, Gurugram has been ranked 29th and Rohtak 56th in the Swachh Survekshan survey 2022, while Dharuhera with a population size of 25,000-50,000, and Bawani Khera with a  population of 15,000-25,000 bagged awards for Fast Moving City.

Meanwhile, Ambala Cantt bagged the 25th rank in the Cantonment Board-based ranking. On the other hand, Haryana is included in the top 6 in the overall progress and citizen vice progress, while in the category of small states, Haryana is on the top.

Notably, Haryana’s performance has improved a lot as compared to 2021.

Haryana government under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has taken several important steps to ensure cleanliness in both urban and rural areas of the State.

Chief Minister firmly believes that spreading mass awareness about ensuring the cleanliness of the cities and the villages is of utmost priority to the State Government. He said that every citizen should consider cleanliness as a fundamental responsibility and ensure that they give their contributions to keeping their surroundings clean and hygienic as only then the Country and the State can swiftly move towards realizing Swachh Bharat Mission and Swachh Haryana.

Notably, several awareness programmes are being run by the Haryana Government and from time to time monitoring is being done regarding cleanliness in various government offices, Municipal corporations and municipal areas. As a result of this, the cleanliness of the State is continuously improving.

IEP Chandigarh, September 30

The Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday passed the Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill 2022in the Punjab Assembly. The Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister, Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema tabled this bill in the House which was passed with thumping majority.

          Launching a scathing attack on the opposition for creating unwarranted hue and cry in the House, Cheema said that previous governments had not made any effort to improve the financial health of the state exchequer.

          “Now, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government has plugged all the loopholes and stopped bogus billing, which will not only benefit the traders but will also increase the revenue of the state,” he said.

          Revealing the importance of the amendments made in the Bill,   Harpal Singh Cheema said that tax evaders will be dealt severely. He said that to check the menace of bogus billing and fraudulent ITC, Section 16 of the Act has been amended to empower the State Government to restrict the availment of ITC by the taxpayer. “To facilitate ease of doing business, time period for availment of ITC has been extended to thirtieth day of November following the end of the financial year in which the supply is carried out, or furnishing of the relevant annual return, whichever is earlier”, he added.

          The Finance Minister said that rationalising the furnishing of returns by the taxpayers, amendment has been passed to be carried in section 37, 38 and 39 of the Act. He said Section 39 amended to provide for furnishing of details of outward supplies as a condition for furnishing the return to check the menace of bogus billing and fraudulent ITC and to improve compliance.

          He further added that late fees is introduced for late filing of statement by taxpayers who are Tax collectors such as e-commerce operators to improve compliance. He said that Section 49 has been amended for improving compliance to empower the government to prescribe restrictions on utilization of ITC by taxpayer.

          The Finance Minister said that to facilitate ease of doing business, Section 50 has been retrospectively amended to limit the levy of interest only on the ITC wrongly availed and utilized. He further added that section 54 is amended to provide that time period for claim of such refund shall be two years from the furnishing of return to streamline refunds to SEZ Unit or Developer.

          Notably, the Union Government, on the recommendation of the GST Council, had amended the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 through the Finance Act, 2022. Similar changes are proposed to be carried out in the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

IEP Chandigarh, September 30

A 10 years old Happy (name changed) boy from Paonta Sahib with a condition of a large hole in his heart, got a new lease of life after a successful surgery at Ivy Hospital, Mohali recently.

Ivy Institute of Advanced Cardiac Sciences team Dr. Harinder Singh Bedi , Director of Cardiac Sciences, Dr Jiten Singh, Consultant CTVS Surgeon, Dr Vikram Arora, Consultant Cardiac Anaesthesia at the Ivy Hospital, Mohali who performed the procedure on the boy informed during a press conference here on Friday that the boy was suffering from double outlet right ventricle which is a worse condition.
Dr. Bedi further explained that in such a condition there is a block in the outlet to the lungs which cause bad blood to mix and not to reach the lungs at all. The skin of kids with this condition usually turns dark blue as the blood does not have enough oxygen. The kids also fail to develop and in most cases the condition can be fatal for them, said Dr. Bedi.

Happy’s parents were in a hopeless situation as their only son was getting dark blue in colour and at times he was not able to breathe well. He was seen by a local doctor and diagnosed as a blue baby (Tetralogy of Fallot).

He was then referred to Dr. Bedi who has operated upon on such children in India and abroad . Dr. Bedi realized that time was running short and so a major open heart surgery was planned.

The kid underwent total repair under cardio-pulmonary bypass. The heart was placed on a heart lung machine and put on ice. All the defects were repaired with a meticulous surgery Total Intra Cardiac Repair which almost reconstructed the whole heart. The kid became pink and recovered well after the surgery, said Dr. Bedi.
Meanwhile Ivy Hospital is now operating on small children with heart defects also. A special thanksgiving Shukrana Sukhmani Sahib Path was also organized at Ivy for the kid’s recovery after the surgery.

IEP New Delhi, September 30, 2022

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India joins the nation as well as the global community to observe International Older Persons Day on the 1^st October, 2022.

This day is commemorated each year on 1^st October, to highlight the issue of older persons to promote a better understanding of the challenges faced by older persons. One of the biggest societal changes of the twenty-first century is expected to be the ageing of the population. There are currently more than 1 billion individuals who are 60 years of age or older, the majority of whom reside in low and middle-income nations. In spite of beneficial schemes, many of them lack the resources required for a meaningful and respectable existence and face several obstacles that hinder them from fully participating in society.

This year’s theme for International Older Persons Day is ‘Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World’. The theme serves as a symbol and a reminder of the important role elders play in overcoming obstacles and making a positive contribution to their solutions.

We have seen how the COVID-19 epidemic affected all facets of society, but mainly the weaker facets, such as the elderly. To address the concerns of the elderly, the NHRC has issued an advisory to the administrations of the Center, States, and UT.

On behalf of the Commission, I urge all stakeholders involved to strive toward developing inclusive policies, strategies, and taking all necessary steps to advance and defend the rights of all older people, which will undoubtedly improve their quality of life and social wellbeing.