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.

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.

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. 

IEP Chandigarh, December 5

Haryana Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal said that the state budget for the year 2023-24 will be for the welfare of every section of the society. 

He said the main focus in the next budget will be on promoting the key areas including education, health, rural development, environment, etc.  

“We will bring a good and balanced budget after holding consultation meetings with all the stakeholders,” said Sh. Manohar Lal while addressing the media after participating in the discussion programme on State Finance Management and Budget organized by the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in Panchkula today.

Responding to the media query on the state debt, , the Chief Minister said that the economic condition of Haryana is better than other states and the state government is taking loans within the prescribed limit according to the State Gross Domestic Product.  

“At present, the loan limit is 3.52 percent, which we will try to bring down to 3 percent,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

The Chief Minister said that the Haryana government is doing dedicated work for the welfare of the people.  More and more development works are being done. The income of the government is also increasing every year and the government is spending the same amount for the welfare of the people, he added. 

For instance, he said, under the old age pension scheme in the state, elderly people are being given financial benefits at the rate of Rs 2500 per month, which is the highest in the country.

CHIRAYU Haryana scheme launched to provide health security to every needy

The Chief Minister said that under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, according to the annual income limit of Rs 1.20 lakh fixed by the Central Government, other states have given benefits to the beneficiaries in their states.  While the Haryana government has taken a step ahead for public welfare and has increased the income limit to Rs 1.80 lakh, due to which now other eligible beneficiaries of the state have also come under the ambit of this scheme.  

“We have named this scheme CHIRAYU Haryana and under this scheme, the state government will bear the additional financial burden of more than Rs 500 crore,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

In response to another question, the Chief Minister said that this time also pre-budget consultation meetings would be held with the stakeholders. Today’s training programme is the first phase, in which the legislators will be informed about all the nitty-gritty related to the budget by the experts.

Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal also remained present on this occasion.