IEP Chandigarh, May 1

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while interacting with the villagers during the Jan Samvad programme organized today in village Jhansa, Kurukshetra district said that for the past eight and half years the present state government while following the motto of Haryana Ek-Haryanvi Ek and upholding the spirit of Antyodaya has not only launched several public welfare schemes but has also ensured its meticulous implementation at the grassroot levels. Minister of State for Printing and Stationary, S. Sandeep Singh welcomed the Chief Minister.

“Haryana Ek-Haryanvi Ek is not just a slogan for me, it is my resolution. Also, compared to the previous government, our government’s tenure will always have an upper hand in terms of both development works and providing state-of-the-art health facilities to the citizens,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

He said that with the opening of medical colleges in every district, the present health system has been further strengthened.

“Our government has ensured direct benefits to the actual beneficiaries, apart from ensuring infrastructural development and reach of public welfare schemes to the beneficiaries at their doorsteps,” said the Chief Minister.

He said that development works worth Rs. 1 core has been done in Jhansa village recently. He directed the officers concerned to appoint a radiographer along with ensuring the availability of health equipment in the village Primary Health Centre to be procured at an amount of Rs 8 lakh.

From 750 MBBS seats now the number has increased to 1850 today

Sh. Manohar Lal said that in the year 2014, there were only 750 MBBS seats in Haryana, which has increased to 1850 today. He said that the members of the previous governments always make bogus claims in front of the public regarding development works done by them, while the reality is that till the year 2014, there were only 750 MBBS seats in the state, however during the present government’s tenure, this number has increased to 1850. Also, with the opening of new medical colleges in all the districts, about 3000 MBBS seats will be available for health services across the state, informed Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister said that the government is focusing on rural development and development works are being done in a transparent manner through e-tendering. He said that work has been done to complete the development works that have been left by previous governments.

The Chief Minister informed that in Jhansa village with a population of about 1840 families, so far Ayushman cards have been made for 3452 people and till date 411 people have availed free treatment facilities worth Rs 71 lakh under the CHIRAYU Yojana.

        He further informed that under the Parivar Pehchan Patra, new ration cards are automatically being made for those having an annual income of less than Rs 1.80 lakh.

“Jobs are being provided on a merit basis and so far 62 youths have got government jobs in Jhansa in a transparent manner without paying a single penny to anyone. Pension is being made automatically. Under the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana, 2685 people in village Jhansa have been provided self-employment,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

Minister of State for Printing and Stationary, S. Sandeep Singh, MLA, Sh. Ram Karan Kala, OSD to Chief Minister, Sh. Jawahar Yadav, Political Advisor to Chief Minister, Sh. Bharat Bhushan Bharti and other dignitaries also remained present on this occasion.

IEP Chandigarh, May 1

Haryana Chief Secretary, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal has prepared a State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2021-2030 for biodiversity conservation and management, which aims to balance the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable development and the well-being of local communities.         While presiding over the first meeting of the Haryana State Biodiversity Board, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushal said that under this action plan prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India, it has been proposed to set up a Haryana Bio-diversity Knowledge Centre which will serve as a think tank and innovation of technologies.The Chief Secretary said that before implementing this action plan, a sub-committee would be constituted to monitor, precisely study and collect the data on biodiversity.  The Committee will include experts in this field besides members from the finance department.Mr. Kaushal said that a Tiger was spotted recently in the Kalesar National Park. Therefore, the officials should explore the possibility of establishing a tiger park.  He further asked the Forests and Wildlife officials to collect information on the areas of the state where the population of Nilgai and other wild animals has increased. A committee will prepare its report and submit it within a month. The next meeting of the board will be held in June.According to the action plan, work will be done by various departments to save species like cow, buffalo, monkey, nilgai and other wildlife etc. Apart from this, work will also be carried out for the management of cultivable land, underground water, supply of clean drinking water etc. in sufficient quantity to the population living in high rising buildings.Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Mr. Sudhir Rajpal, ACS, Environment, Forest and Wildlife, Mr. Vineet Garg, ACS, Development and Panchayats, Mr. Anil Malik, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Haryana Forest Corporation, Mr. Vivek Saxena and other senior officers were present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh April 28

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its anti-corruption campaign, has arrested Forest Guard, Amarjit Kaur, posted at Wadhaghar forest beet, Moga district and resident of Bagha Purana, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the VB said this case has been registered against the above said woman employee on a complaint lodged by Gurmit Singh of village Mangewala, Moga district.Giving details he added that the complainant had alleged that the above said Forest official had demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000 each as a bribe for not to impose heavy fines in lieu of laying water pipes in the forest land against him and his neighbour. The complainant further alleged that the deal has been struck at Rs 10,000 each. He further added that the complainant has recorded the entire conversation on his mobile in this regard.The spokesperson further added that the VB unit of Ferozepur range has investigated the allegations levelled in the complaint and laid a trap in which the accused Forest lady has been arrested while she was taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard a corruption case at VB police station Ferozepur against the above mentioned employee has been registered. The accused lady would be produced in the competent court tomorrow at Ferozepur. Further investigation in this case was under progress, he informed.

IEP Chandigarh, April 28

Wheat arrivals crossed 105 Lakh Metric Tons across the Mandis in the State today and surpassed the last year arrivals of 102.7 Lakh MT wheat that arrived in mandies during the entire Rabi season last year. Further, more than 100 LMT has already been purchased by the Government Agencies thus beating the total purchase of 96.45 Lakh Metric tons by the Govt Procurement Agencies during the entire Rabi season last year. 

Sharing these details the Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister, Lal Chand Kataruchak said that 4.5 Lakh MT wheat has arrived today in the mandies and with this trend, total procurement of wheat will be atleast 20 lakh MT more than the previous season. 

The Minister further said that the hard working farmers of the State have  once again proved that Punjab is on the top in ensuring the Food Security of the nation, as the State is set to contribute more than 50% wheat in Central pool this year. 

Expressing satisfaction at MSP Payments to the farmers, the Minister said that breaking all previous year records, 18366 Crores has been released for payment to 5,72,822 farmers as MSP, till today and it is being ensured that payments are released to farmers within 48 hours of purchase   

The Minister further added that acting on the directions of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for ensuring complete transparency in the procurement of wheat, the Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) has been implemented in the State during the ongoing wheat procurement season. The number of vehicles with GPS fitted on them has increased to more than 30000 as on date and more than 202250 online gate passes have been issued through the VTS, till now.

IEP Ludhiana, April 28 

 The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today mourned the death of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal by observing two minutes silence. At the very outset, the Cabinet paid tributes to the Akali patriarch by observing two minutes silence. The entire council of Ministers paid tributes to departed soul and prayed to Almighty to grant eternal peace to departed soul and courage to bereaved family members for bearing the irreparable loss.

IEP Chandigarh/Canberra, April 28

 Haryana Home Minister, Sh. Anil Vij called on Australian Minister for City Services and Transport, Mr. Christopher James Steel in Canberra, Australia today. During this, discussions and deliberations were held regarding cooperation between Haryana and Australia on various subjects. These mainly include health, transport, education etc.During the meeting, City Services and Transport Minister of Australia Mr. Christopher James Steel expressed his desire to cooperate with Haryana in the above areas. During the meeting, Sh. Vij invited Mr. Christopher James Steel to come to Haryana, on which Mr. Steel accepted the invitation and expressed his desire to come to Haryana. During the meeting, Mr. Steel told Sh. Vij that he wished to work with Haryana in future so that mutual relations could be further strengthened.It is worth mentioning that discussions have been held between various organizations and bodies of Haryana with the Australian Government for short-term employment-oriented courses, which are expected to be finalized soon.

IEP Chandigarh/Canberra, April 28

Haryana Home Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that “The Gita preached by Shri Krishna is not for any religion, caste, region and language, it is for the entire humanity.  He said that every statement of Shri Krishna ji unties the knots of human life and it is also called the key to success. Apart from this, he said that we will spread the message of Gita to all the countries of the world gradually.

Sh. Vij was addressing the gathering as the chief guest at the Opening Ceremony of the International Gita Mahotsav at the Federal Parliament, Canberra, Australia today.  On this occasion, he released the book Geeta Prerna.  In this program, Sh. Vij was also honored by wearing a turban. Geeta Manishi Swami Gyananand Ji Maharaj, Swami Sudarshan Anand Ji, MLA from Panipat Mahipal Dhanda, various ambassadors, commissioners and Senator and Chief Minister of Australia Government were also present on this occasion.

He said that we all have become a part of history by organizing the International Gita Mahotsav in this auditorium in the Australian Parliament. The extent to which Gita ji is propagated is less.  He said that whenever a crossroad comes in your life, you do not know where to go, whether to go east or west, north or south, then it is written in Geeta ji that ‘phakat shaastr ko bana rahanuma, kee karana hai kya, tujhe karana hai kya na.

He said that if you open Geeta ji, you will find answers to all your questions.  Geeta ji undoubtedly during the war of Mahabharata, when Arjuna dropped his weapons, Lord Shri Krishna preached Geeta to him.  He said that the wise people, the people who know, do not grieve for those who die, and Shri Krishna has told about all kinds of knowledge, including Gyan Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Karma Yoga.  Maximum emphasis has been given on Karma Yoga that we have to do our work without worrying about the result, we have to execute our work. Narrating the verse, he said that