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Chandigarh, Haryana

Government to form a committee for constitution of new tehsil, district

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, in response to a question raised by a member of house during Haryana Vidhan Sabha, said that the Haryana government will form a committee under the Chairmanship of the Financial Commissioner, which will prepare new sub-tehsils, tehsils, sub-divisions, districts and decide the rules etc. for the constitution of the district.The Deputy Chief Minister further informed that at present a committee of three ministers has been constituted which takes decisions for the formation of new sub-tehsils, tehsils, sub-divisions etc. and inclusion of villages. This committee takes its decision and takes further action on the recommendation of the Deputy Commissioner.He informed that the government currently has the population figures according to the 2011 census. He said that now reliable data of PPP is being prepared with the state government. On the basis of that, the committee under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner will take its next decision and send the report to the committee of ministers, this committee will present its report on the basis of population, villages etc. Only after that action will be taken for the formation of new sub-tehsil, tehsil, sub-division and district. Dahina may be taken into consideration for subdivision if it meets the criteria set out in the committee’s observation and report.Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, in response to a question raised by a member of house during Haryana Vidhan Sabha, said that in view of the possibility of increase in traffic  at Kanina, Mahendragarh district, a bypass can be constructed. If the report of the Public Works Department ensure feasibility, then the land requirement will be uploaded on e-Bhoomi, once the entire procedure has been completed, work can be started in this direction.The Deputy Chief Minister further informed that the Haryana government has given approval for the construction of 14 new bypasses in the budget, if found appropriate, the Dahina bypass can also be constructed.Haryana Public Health and Engineering Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that a plan of more than Rs. 425 lakh is proposed for drainage of water in Kharkhoda City of Sonipat. He added that an action will be taken on this.The Public Health Minister said this in response to a question raised by a member of the house during the budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.The Public Health Minister said that a permanent plan is being chalked out to drain the water from Kharkhoda City. Under this, areas like Sonipat, Delhi, Sampla Road will get relief from water logging and the issue will also be resolved permanently.He stated that the estimate created for this system is now being re-evaluated due to several shortcomings. Work on this will be started soon after administrative approval. He assured that a permanent solution to this problem will be found by making permanent arrangements for drainage of water in Kharkhoda city.Haryana Public Health Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that tender has been allotted for upgrading better water supply under Mahagram Yojana in village Bhagal of Gulha Assembly ConstituencyThe Public Health Minister gave this information in response to a question raised by a member of house during Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.The Public Health Minister said that tenders for providing good sewerage system and construction of Sewage Treatment Plant have been opened for evaluation and are likely to be allotted by April 30, 2023.The Public Health Minister said that the work of providing water supply and sewerage scheme is likely to be commissioned by August 31, 2024. He said that the engineering works are being carried out while ensuring highest quality and in a time bound manner.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana’s unemployment graph is continuously declining, CM

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the rate of unemployment in the state has decreased in comparison to what it was during the tenure of previous government.At present, the number of applicants registered with various employment exchanges in February 2023 is 6.46 lakh, while in December 2014 the number was 7.86 lakh. The government has made tireless efforts to provide employment opportunities to the State Youth. Along with government jobs, employment opportunities have been made available to the youth in the private sector as well, said Sh. Manohar Lal while replying to a question regarding unemployment in the state during the question hour in the budget session of State Vidhan Sabha today.He said that the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) is conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation from time to time. According to the PLFS report, the unemployment rate in Haryana was 8.6 percent in 2017-18, 9.2 percent in 2018-19, 6.5 percent in 2019-20, and 6.3 percent in 2020-21.The Chief Minister said that the Reserve Bank of India also releases such data every year. According to RBI the unemployment rate is 8.1 percent. However, there is no fixed formula for these figures, so the figures of different agencies also differ, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.In 8 years we gave more than 1 lakh government jobs in comparison to 86,000 during Congress 10 years regimeSh. Manohar Lal informed that 86,000 government jobs were given in 10 years from 2005-2014, while during our tenure more than 1 lakh jobs have been given in 8 years. Besides this, under the Saksham Yuva Yojana also, post graduate, graduate and 12th pass students are given Rs.3000, Rs.1500 and Rs.900 per month respectively for 100 hours of work. So far 1.75 lakh youth have taken advantage of this scheme.Not only this, under the Haryana Skill Development Mission, employment opportunities have also been made available to more than 1 lakh youth by skill development. After 2015, employment has been provided to 12.64 lakh youth in the private sector as well, the Chief Minister further informed the House.CMIE figures are beyond facts, they consider small sample sizeResponding to the unemployment figures released by CMIE agency from time to time, the Chief Minister informed the House that CMIE issues unemployment rate after conducting the sample survey of only 5000 population out of the total of 1.80 crore population.CMIE is a private organization and there is no reliability and credibility for such data released by any private organization. The CEO of this institution is also a member of the election manifesto of the Congress party. In the year 2017, this agency had shown the unemployment rate of Haryana at 2 percent. Sometimes it claims it to be 34 percent and sometimes 26 percent, which has no credibility, said Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister said that the data of every person is linked with the Parivar Pehchan Patra and on the basis of self-verified data, the number of unemployed in the state is 10.46 lakh. However, there is a section of the society which is not unemployed but actually underemployed, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Farmers should ensure timely uploading of the crop damage data on the e-fasal kshatipoorti portal, says CM 

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal announced to conduct special Girdawari of the crops damaged due to recent untimely rain and hailstorms. He also urged the farmers to ensure the timely uploading of their damaged crop data on the e-fasal kshatipoorti portal so that timely compensation for the damaged crops should be given to them.The Chief Minister was speaking during the ongoing session of the Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. “We are standing shoulder to shoulder with our farmer brothers. I urge them to ensure the updation of their crop damage on the portal so that after proper verification, the compensation can be paid to them, said Sh. Manohar Lal.  

Chandigarh, Haryana

Rationalization Commission constituted to determine the hierarchy level in Departments, Boards and Corporations, says Khattar

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the State Government has framed various Rules to govern services conditions of Group A, B, C & D officers and officials and also issued several instructions from time to time to reforms the civil services. The Government examines and considers proposals received from time to time to determine the hierarchy levels in various Departments, Boards, and Corporations, for which the State Government has formed a Rationalization Commission, shared Sh. Manohar Lal while replying to a question regarding reforms in civil services raised during the question hour in the ongoing budget session of the State  Vidhan Sabha today.Divulging further details, the Chief Minister informed that as on date, a total of 166 IAS officers are serving in the State and 237 HCS (Executive Branch) officers are also serving in the State. Further, Haryana Public Service Commission has recommended 48 candidates for appointment to HCS (Executive Branch) for Register -B (direct recruitment), and the appointment of these 48 candidates is under process, shared Sh Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister informed that 14 IAS officers are currently on deputation with Central Government and 2 IAS officers are with Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration. The 4 number of HCS (Executive Branch) officers are on deputation with Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration. Sh. Manohar Lal said that the government will consider all the feasible suggestions shared by the MLA in the House. He said that the transfer of officers is an administrative process and takes place at the administrative level.  Transfers are done according to the requirement and capabilities of the officers, so no criteria can be fixed for the transfer of the administrative wing. 

Chandigarh, Punjab

Harjot Singh Bains orders to send back science and mathematics lecturers to schools posted in offices

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21    

      Punjab Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains on Tuesday has ordered the immediate return of science and mathematics lecturers working in the state headquarters, district, block or other offices to schools.          S. Bains also said that in future the lecturers of these subjects should also not be called on-duty for some kind of office work.          The Minister of Education said that the government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan ji is fully committed to providing quality education to the students of Punjab and now these lecturers will only work to impart education to the students.          S. Harjot Singh Bains said that strict disciplinary action will be taken against the officials who will call the lecturers of these subjects on duty for office work in future.

Chandigarh, Punjab

People of Punjab & abroad supported action against those trying to disturb law and order in State, thanked CM for saving youth

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IEP CHANDIGARH, March 21      

    Hours after Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann thanked the people of state for supporting the action of the state government by maintaining law and order in Punjab, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill reaffirmed that the situation in the state is totally stable and under control.          He said that CM Bhagwant Mann has received many calls from Punjab and the entire country thanking him for saving the youth of Punjab.          IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill, while addressing a Press conference, said that a total of 154 persons have been arrested for disturbing peace and harmony in the state.          He said that a lookout circular (LOC) and non-bailable warrant (NBW) has been issued against Amritpal Singh, who remains a fugitive and efforts are being made to arrest him. Punjab Police are getting full cooperation from other states and central agencies in this action, he added.While sharing pictures of Amritpal in different looks, IGP appealed people to disclose whereabouts of the fugitive.          Divulging more details, the IGP said that Jalandhar Rural Police have recovered a Brezza car (PB02-EE-3343), which was used by Amritpal to escape, when Police teams were chasing his cavalcade on March 18. Police have also arrested for four accused persons identified as Manpreet Singh alias Manna (28) S/o Harwinder Singh of Nava Killa in Shahkot, Gurdeep Singh alias Deepa (34) S/o Mukhtiar Singh of village Bal Nau in Nakodar, Harpreet Singh alias Happy (36) S/o Nirmal Singh of village Kotla Nodh Singh in Hoshiarpur and Gurbhej Singh alias Bheja S/o Balvir Singh of village Gondara in Faridkot. These four accused persons facilitated Amritpal to escape, he said.   “It has come to fore that Amritpal Singh and his aides have also changed their clothes in one Gurdwara Sahib in village Nangal Ambia to change their attire and absconded from there on two motorcycles,” he said.   IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill said that Police teams have also arrested and detained Kulwant Singh Raoke of Village Raoke in Moga and Gurinderpal Singh alias Guri Aujla of Kapurthala under the National Security Act.          The IGP informed that the Jalandhar Rural Police has registered a fresh First Information Report (FIR) against Amritpal’s uncle Harjit Singh of Kallu Kheda in Amritsar and his driver Harpreet Singh of village Madoke in Moga for trespassing and taking shelter for two days at the house of Sarpanch Manpreet Singh of village Uddowal in Mehatpur, Jalandhar on gunpoint. Both the accused persons had come in their Mercedes car (HR72E1818). An FIR no. 28 dated 20.3.2023 has been registered under sections 449, 342, 506 and 34 of IPC and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Mehatpur.          Meanwhile, the IGP also informed that the protest at Mohali has also been lifted. He said that 37 persons have been taken in preventive custody.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Punjab in safe hands, stern action against those conspiring to disturb peace and brotherhood in the state: CM

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21

 Asserting that the state is in safe and firm hands, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that severest of severe action is being taken against those conspiring to disturb peace, amity, communal harmony and brotherhood in the state. In a video message to the countrymen especially the Punjabis, the Chief Minister said that Punjab symbolises peace and progress as from this sacred land the great Sikh Gurus have given the message of universal brotherhood and well being of every section to the people. He said that right from the national freedom struggle to making the country self-reliant in food grain production and then in safeguarding the borders of the nation, Punjabis have always led the country in every field during the crisis. Bhagwant Mann said that Punjabis are known for extending helping hand to anyone who is in trouble adding that this land has shown the path of love and peace to the world. The Chief Minister categorically said that no one will be allowed to cast a malicious eye on the peace, progress and prosperity of the state and stern action will be taken against them. He said that some anti-national elements had hobnobbed with the foreign forces to put the state on boil by disturbing its hard earned peace. Bhagwant Mann said that strict action has been taken against them and they have been put behind the bars. The Chief Minister said that history is privy to the fact that anyone who has tried to disturb the basic social fabric of the state has been given a befitting answer by the Punjabis.  He said that it is surprising that on one hand the state government is according priority to employment, education, laptops, books, healthcare, infrastructure and other facilities to people and on the other hand such anti-Punjab elements are inciting the youth to indulge in illegal activities against the country. Bhagwant Mann said that this patriotic and secular government of the state cannot be a mute spectator to all such anti-national activities due to which strict action has been taken against them. The Chief Minister profusely thanked the people of state for supporting the action of the state government by maintaining law and order in Punjab. He vowed that no one will be allowed to derail the progress in the state and disturb its hard earned peace. Bhagwant Mann said that though some fissiparous forces are continuously trying to derail the peace and progress of the state, their nefarious designs will not be allowed to succeed.  Reiterating the firm commitment of his government to restore pristine glory of the state, the Chief Minister said that every drop of his blood is committed for progress, prosperity and peace of the state. He said that the state government is making strenuous efforts for promoting the ethos of secularism, communal harmony and brotherhood in Punjab adding that no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause. Bhagwant Mann assured the countrymen that Punjab is in safe hands and every effort will be made to make it a number one state in the country. 

Chandigarh, Punjab

Govt decided to spend approximately Rs 8 crore on development works in Derabassi: Dr Nijjar

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IEP Chandigarh, March 21      

    The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is continuously working to provide basic facilities, clean and pollution free environment to the people of the state. Taking another step in this direction, Local Government Minister Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that the Punjab government has decided to spend approximately Rs 8 crore on development works in DeraBassi at Mohali District.          Giving more information in this regard, Minister for Local Government Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that the services of various posts such as labour, driver, electrician, Mali and other services will be hired for the maintenance of the dumping ground of Municipal Council DeraBassi and other works of DeraBassi, On which approximately Rs 1.86 crore will be spent.          Similarly, Providing and laying interlocking tiles and repair of drains at ward no.1,2,3,4,5,6 and 15, repair work of tiles and drains at various places in Saraswati Vihar, repair of roads and streets Chambers at various places in the town will also be done.          Apart from this, tiling work under over bridge to develop space for parking, Construction of Saini Dharamshala in ward no. 8, Construction of MRF Sheds at Dumping Point Derabassi, providing and laying drainage pipe near Gurdwara Sahib Mubarikpur, construction of street near Community Center Mubarikpur, the construction of ladies and gents bathroom near Community Center ward no.11 and many other works in the areas will be done. He said that approximately Rs.6.14 crore will be spent on all these development works.          Cabinet Minister, Dr. Nijjar said that the local government department has already started the office process for these works. He also said that the large population of the area will get benefit from these development works.          Dr. Nijjar further said that the main objective of the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is to provide corruption free administration to the people of the state. If any officer or employee is caught committing corruption, he will not be spared, he added.          He has directed the officials to ensure transparency and quality in the development works to be carried out.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Aman Arora visits sustainable impacts plant in bengaluru

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IEP Chandigarh, March 20

          In order to bring Punjab on number one in terms of producing green and clean energy, Punjab New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Mr. Aman Arora visited Sustainable Impacts Plant at Bengaluru to study generation of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Compressed Biogas (CBG) from Municipal waste and Agriculture residue.  

          Notably, the Sustainable Impacts is a joint venture of two Bengaluru based start-ups Carbon Masters and Hasiru Dala Innovations and they have capabilities and expertise in the field of waste management and carbon emission control.

          Meanwhile, Mr. Aman Arora along with Chief Executive Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) Mr. Sumeet Jarangal and PEDA Director Mr. MP Singh extended an invitation to the Sustainable Impacts’ team to visit the state and explore feasibilities to set up plants in Punjab. He said that Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government is committed to ensure optimal production and utilization of green energy.

          Sharing his experiences after visiting the plant, Mr. Aman Arora said that this project could also be replicated in the cities, towns and major villages of Punjab. As the state has agriculture residue in abundance, this technology would be of great use not only for producing CBG and CNG but also producing organic fertilizer as a bi-product, which would reduce the use of chemical fertiliser, he added.

          Mr. Aman Arora emphasized that volume of urban solid waste if not addressed adequately, the most of this waste would be end up in landfills causing major health and environmental issues. He said that Mann government has been paying due focus on framing policies, programmes and management strategies to find a sustainable solutions to meet this challenge.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Suggestions sought from general public for the agricultural policy till March 31

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IEP Chandigarh, March 20    

      In order to resolve the problems faced by the farmers of the agrarian state of Punjab and to make agriculture a profitable venture, the State Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has sought suggestions from the general public for the agricultural policy being made for the first time in Punjab.          In a press statement issued here today, Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that it has been decided to prepare an agricultural policy to make the farmers debt-free and to make farmers adopt innovative techniques. In this connection, for the first time in the history of Punjab, the Chief Minister organized a Sarkar-Kisaan Milni. He said that the government has sought suggestions from the general public and especially the farmers, FPO Groups, Self Help Group, Kisan Association and Agro Industrial Association till March 31, 2023, to include the feedback of farmers in the agricultural policy.          The Agriculture Minister has appealed to the residents of the state to give their suggestions so that they can be made a part of the policy. For suggestions, WhatsApp on mobile number 75080-18998 or call on phone number- 0172- 2969340 or email on farmercomm@punjabmail.gov.in or a letter to Punjab State Farmers and Farm Workers Commission, Calcutta Bhavan, Airport Chowk, Aerocity Block C, Airport Road, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) can be sent.