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Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT APPROVES OPERATION OF SUGAR MILL PHAGWARA, NOTIFICATION ISSUED

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IEP Chandigarh, November 27

Punjab Government has today approved the operation of Golden Sandhar Mills Limited, Phagwara till February 20, 2023. The approval has been given after receiving the nod from the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Disclosing this, the Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Mr. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that in the interests of the farmers, it has been decided to run this sugar mill with conditions.

He said that inter-departmental committee has also been formed to ensure payment of farmers. In this committee SDM Phagwara, Project Officer (Cane) Jalandhar, Assistant Commissioner Excise Kapurthala Range, DCFA. (Internal Investigation Organisation) Kapurthala, Assistant Sugarcane Development Officer Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Mr. Satnam Singh Sahni Kisan Leader Bharati Kisan Union Doaba and Mr. Kripal Singh Musapur Bharati Kisan Union Doaba were included.

Mr. Dhaliwal said that the committee would maintain complete supervision on the sugarcane coming to the sugar mill, sugar recovery and sale of the products, and would submit a report to the cane commissioner regarding the payment of sugarcane to the farmers within 15 days.

He said that the cane commissioner will report to the state government in this regard and if the mill failed to make the payment on time as per the agreement, the license of the mill would be canceled and the sugarcane will be allotted to other mills.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CM REITERATES COMMITMENT TO EMERGE PUNJAB AS ‘HUB OF MEDICAL EDUCATION

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IEP Kapurthala, November 27

          Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday reiterated the firm commitment of his government to emerge state as a hub of ‘Medical Education’across the globe.   

          The Chief Minister, who was here to inspect the site of the upcoming medical college in the district, said that this medical college will be named after Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He said that the location of this college and all the designs have already been finalized adding that work on this ambitious project will start soon. Bhagwant Mann said that the medical college will come up over an area of 20 acres and the total cost of the project will be Rs 428.69 crore.

          The Chief Minister envisioned that the new Medical college will give a major boost to treatment and diagnostic facilities. He said that since a large number of students from other states will also come to this college, a state of the art hostel facility along with a 300 bed ultra modern Civil Hospital having 10-12 floors will also be constructed along with the college. Bhagwant Mann said that this college will open new vistas of employment for the local youth.

          The Chief Minister further said that in a major push to Medical education in Punjab, the state government has decided to construct 16 new Medical colleges in the coming five years that will enhance the total tally of medical colleges in the state to 25 thereby ensuring that every district of the state touches a medical college. He said that the foundation stone of Sant Attar Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences at Mastuana Sahib in Sangrur had already been laid by him. Bhagwant Mann further said that work on two other medical colleges at Kapurthala and Hoshiapur will also commence soon.

          The Chief Minister envisioned that the students aspiring to pursue medical education will no longer have to go to countries like Ukraine as they will be provided quality medical education in these medical colleges. Bhagwant Mann said that earlier governments have not paid any attention towards it but his government is laying major thrust on it. He said that health, education, power and clean water are the major thrust areas of his government.

          The Chief Minister further said that with the active support and cooperation of people, the state government has taken several pro-people initiatives. He said that the government is providing 600 units of free electricity to the people in every cycle adding that for the first time in the state 86 percent of the households have received zero electricity bill. Bhagwant Mann asserted that more than 95 percent of households will benefit from free electricity in the coming months.

          The Chief Minister reiterated that the state government is fully committed to preserve the hard earned peace in Punjab. He said that the strenuous efforts are already being made to discourage the gun culture in the state. Bhagwant Mann said that the officers have been directed that no one should be spared who is involved in hate speeches aimed at disrupting the peace and tranquility in the state. 

          The Chief Minister further said Aam Aadmi clinics opened by the state government are getting overwhelming response from people. He said that these clinics are acting as a catalyst to impart quality health services to people adding that more such clinics will be opened in the coming days. Bhagwant Mann said that it is a  matter of great pride and satisfaction that even the Government of India (GoI) had lauded the role of these clinics in providing effective healthcare services to people.

          The Chief Minister said that ever since assuming the charge of office the state government has handed over 20557 letters of government jobs to eligible youth. He said that more jobs are in the pipeline and staff scarcity in all the government departments will be overcome soon. Bhagwant Mann categorically said that merit has been the sole criteria of the government recruitment in the state.

          Later, the Chief Minister also inspected the site of the Medical college at Hoshiarpur to be named after legendary martyr Shaheed Udham Singh.He said that this Medical College will come up over an area of around 23 acres of land and the total cost of the project will be Rs 418.3 crore. Bhagwant Mann said that the location of this college and all the designs have already been finalized adding that work on this ambitious project will start soon.

          On the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary to CM A Venuprasad and others were also present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

LAND PURCHASED IN NAME OF SEED FARM IN VILLAGE RANIAN DURING BADAL REGIME WILL BE PROBED: KULDEEP SINGH DHALIWAL

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IEP Chandigarh/Amritsar, November 27 

Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today said that 700 acres land across international border at village Ranian in district Amritsar, which was purchased on exorbitant prices by the agriculture department in the name of seed farm in 2008 at a cost of Rs.32 CR, will be throughly probed. While addressing the media persons after visiting this land today, the Cabinet Minister said that during the Badal government, when Sucha Singh Langah was the Agriculture Minister and Kahan Singh Pannu was the Deputy Commissioner of district Amritsar, this land was bought at a very high prices. He said that then government purchased this land in 2008 at Rs.4.5 lakh per acre, which is across Ravi river and the barbed wire on international border and even one cannot enter this land without the prior permission of BSF. “An investigation will be conducted under which ‘scheme’ this land was purchased at that time”, he categorically mentioned. He said, “we will find the farmers who sold this land and the prior owners to found out the truth.” Expressing concern over the thick and tall growth of the elephant-grass on the land, which had been cultivated for three or four times, Mr. Dhaliwal said there must be something fishy as how any then chief minister, agriculture minister and deputy commissioner, who were also belonged to farmer families can buy this land on such exorbitant prices? He infomed that around Rs.8 crore were also spent for purchasing equipments including 30 submersible tubewells for irrigation, electricity and tractors, generators and other machinery, adding that “I am saddened to see how public money had been misused for this land, which became barren and the machinery isn’t in working condition.” He said, “I will bring this matter into the notice of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and cultivation on this land will be considered after coordinating with the union Government as the BSF can allow to go there only.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Chief Minister Manohar Lal pays obeisance at Shri Vaishno Devi shrine, prays for progress and prosperity of country, state

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IEP Chandigarh, November 27

 Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal paid obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine and prayed for the progress and prosperity of the country and the people of the state. Karnal MP Sh. Sanjay Bhatia was also present on the occasion.Sh. Manohar Lal said that he was fortunate to get the opportunity to visit Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. “I have prayed that the path of development of the people of our country is paved, everyone’s work progress uninterrupted and there should be welfare of all human beings, ” he added. The Chief Minister said that he has an old association with Jammu as he had worked for the organisation here for three years.Haryana will sign MoU with Jammu and Kashmir government in IT sectorSh. Manohar Lal said that Haryana has not only facilitated the delivery of citizen-centric services by using information technology (IT), but has ensured that the services reach the eligible beneficiaries by bringing transparency in it. Not only this, the government work has also been expedited by using information technology.He said that Haryana has made its own identity in the country in terms of use of IT. “The Jammu and Kashmir government has also liked the new IT experiments of the Haryana government. The Haryana government will cooperate with the Jammu and Kashmir government to implement such experiments here. In this direction, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will also be signed with the Jammu and Kashmir government in the IT sector,” he asserted.Sh. Manohar Lal said that before the abrogation of Article 370, there were issues of fighting terrorism and civil security in Jammu and Kashmir. “Today this state is marching ahead on the path of development after coming out of terrorism. Jammu and Kashmir is moving in the direction of IT and Ease of Living,” he added.CM listens to Prime Minister’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme in KatraTaking out time from the busy schedule, the Chief Minister listened to Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme at Katra itself. Regarding the message given by the Prime Minister during the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on the importance of education, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the Prime Minister has called upon the people of the country to illuminate the entire society on the basis of their knowledge. “I have full faith that this initiative of his will inspire every person to work for the golden future of the country,” he added.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana signs MoU with Jammu and Kashmir Govt in IT sector

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IEP Chandigarh, November 27

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal at the 25th National Conference on e-governance organised in Jammu and Kashmir   today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the IT sector with the government of Jammu & Kashmir   Lieutenant Governor of  Jammu and Kashmir , Sh. Manoj Sinha was also present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering, Sh. Manohar Lal said that he is happy to witness a changing Jammu and Kashmir today. Recalling his deep connection with  Jammu and Kashmir , he said that he is no stranger to this region; as he had an old association with it and did many works related to the organisation here. “Today’s era is of information technology (IT) and with its use; we are trying to bring e-governance by changing the system,” he added.
 
Technology, best tool to provide government schemes to general public
 
Sh. Manohar Lal said that e-governance means efficiency governance in which the needy should get the benefits of the government schemes; this is the true meaning of a welfare state,” he said, adding that digitalisation in the administrative system has ensured that the benefits of welfare schemes reach the eligible beneficiaries.

He said that technology is the best tool to provide the schemes of the government to the general public. “The Haryana government has brought transparency in the system by using technology. We have promoted IT interventions to streamline the public service delivery system in the state and today, Haryana has carved a niche for itself in terms of digital initiatives,” said the Chief Minister.

Haryana government will fully cooperate with  Jammu and Kashmir government

Sh. Manohar Lal said that for balanced development, a state needs to adopt the best practices of other states. In this direction, the Haryana government will extend full cooperation to the Jammu and Kashmir government in meeting their requirements.
 
Brainstorming on challenges arising in changing era of technology

The Chief Minister said that the way technology is changing at a rapid pace in today’s era with new technologies coming; there is a need for brainstorming to tackle the challenges arising everyday

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Govt bond has MBBS students in state up in arms for 26 days

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IEP Chandigarh

The Haryana government’s bond policy has evoked all-round criticism from the MBBS students and hundreds of undergraduates medical students are protesting against this since last 26 days. The policy mandates students to work for the state government for seven years on completion of their course.

Under the bond policy, the doctors “need to work for a specified period of time in a state-run hospital after their graduation and postgraduation course is completed. If doctors fail to do so, they will have to pay a penalty to the state or medical college”.

In Haryana, the MBBS students studying in government institutions have to sign Rs 36.40 lakh tripartite bond at the time of admissions to ensure that they serve for the government for seven years. The students are protesting against the policy arguing that the bond amount is “huge and unjustified”, and the seven year is a “long tenure”.

Meanwhile, the health ministry is working to scrap the bond policy for doctors. The National Medical Commission has also said that since the bond policy was introduced, the scenario of medical education has changed in the country and therefore, it may be worth reviewing.

Founder of Federation of All India Medical Association Dr Manish Jangra said, “We are protesting against the policy as seven years is a long tenure and they are expecting doctors to be bonded labours for seven years… Out of total 1,200 vacancies for doctors in Haryana, 8,000 aspirants had applied. If govt thinks the crisis of doctor in the state, why not they select all those who had applied instead of such inhuman bond.”

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has also joined the students’ agitation on Saturday. The IMA national president Dr. Sahajanand Prasad Singh, along with Dr. Jayesh Lele, and IMA’s Haryana president Dr. Punita Hasija and others joined the agitating students at PGIMS, Rohtak.

Dr. Singh assured the students that the whole medical fraternity around the nation supports the protest. The doctors of IMA will be beginning with a relay hunger strike across all the districts of the state until the demands of students are met.

Government’s talks with the doctors will resolved the matter soon: Vij

Chandigarh November 27 – Haryana Home, Health and Medical Education Minister Sh. Anil Vij said about the demonstration by doctors and talks with the government that the matter will be resolved soon and talks are going on and Chief Minister Taking cognizance himself. He said that “I think this matter will be resolved soon”.

Sh. Vij was intracting with media persons today. 

Responding to the question of Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s allegation that the Bharatiya Janata Party has not set up a single power plant in the state in the last eight years, Sh. Vij said that “For this, the Bharatiya Janata Party government should be praised that as many in the same plants, the Bharatiya Janata Party government giving electricity for everyone and the Hooda government was a sloppy government, and from those plants, people’s industries were closed, people remained in darkness, people did not get electricity”. He said that “Rather, the Bharatiya Janata Party government should be patted on the back that without setting up any new plant, electricity is being given to every person, it means that during your (Hooda government’s) tenure, there used to be theft, cheating, dishonesty.”

In response to a question asked by media persons that the BJP and the RSS are trying to destroy the Constitution, Sh. Vij said that “this statement does not suit the mouth of Indira Gandhi’s grandson Rahul Gandhi, who imposed Emergency in the country by trampling the Constitution and Abrogated fundamental rights”. He said that “all over the country people were picked up and put in jail and tortured and people were kept in jail for two-and-a-half years, the same Indira Gandhi’s grandson does not behove when he talk about constitution and democracy”.  Sh. Vij said that “Indira Gandhi demolished many more elected state governments during her tenure, even in our times, the situation has deteriorated in some states, but we did not use the section of the constitution under which elected governments can be toppled because the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS worship the Constitution and democracy”.

Responding to the question of Congress leader Digvijay Singh falling on the road in Manihar during Bharat Jodo Yatra, Sh. Vij said that “They are taught to do drama in the Congress party because they are disguised because they are something from inside and something from outside.” He said that by showing potholes on any one road, they will say about all the roads, this is not a reasonable thing.

In response to a question regarding Kejriwal’s statement that if the ED and CBI are given to me for a day, I will show the BJP that how many people in the BJP are corrupt, the Home Minister said, “Kejriwal ji, what you show The whole country is watching the way your minister is taking rest in Tihar Jail, taking advantage of a five star hotel, how he is getting massages from rapists”. He said that the whole country is watching your thinking and philosophy of your ideology, you do not need to show anything else.

In response to a question regarding Satyendar Jain’s meeting with the jail superintendent, Sh. Vij said, “Kejriwal ji has now presented a new model, when he came for the first time, he had said that we will not form the government Formed the government, he said that we will form an honest government, how many people are there in the case of corruption, he said that we will not take facilities like other leaders and even inside the jail, you are not holding back from taking facilities”. 

He said that “by showing the power of your government in the jail, you are talking to the superintendent of the jail by calling him there, what right does a prisoner have to call the superintendent of the jail to order him there or talk to him, People are seeing the ideology of Kejeriwal ji.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Counting of votes of members of all 143 Panchayat Samitis and 22 Zilla Parishad will be done on November 27, Dhanpat Singh

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IEP Chandigarh, November 26

  Haryana State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the counting of votes of members of all 143 Panchayat Samitis and 22 Zilla Parishad in the state will be held on November 27, 2022, at 8 am. Adequate security arrangements have been made for this.        Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that for the security arrangements related to the monitoring of the counting of votes in Palwal district, Divisional Commissioner, Faridabad, Sh. Vikas Yadav has been directed to remain stationed in the Palwal district. Earlier, this responsibility was assigned to the Deputy Commissioner,  Nuh, Sh. Ajay Kumar. He informed that Deputy Commissioner, Nuh Sh. Ajay Kumar has the additional charge of Deputy Commissioner, Palwal. On November 27, 2022, the counting of votes will be held simultaneously in both Palwal and Nuh districts. Hence, Sh. Ajay Kumar should remain stationed at Nuh and for the purpose of monitoring the counting of votes in Palwal district, Divisional Commissioner, Faridabad, Sh. Vikas Yadav has been directed to remain stationed at Palwal for two days, 26 and 27 November, 2022.Dr M Ravi Kiran,IPS appointed Election Observer (Police) for District Mahendragarh        Sh. Dhanpat Singh informed that IPS officer, Additional Director General of Police, South Zone, Rewari Dr. M. Ravi Kiran has been appointed as Election Observer (Police) to supervise the counting of votes for Members of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad in District Mahendragarh.  Earlier, IPS officer, Dr Rajshree Singh was appointed as Election Observer (Police), but keeping in view her family circumstances, now Dr. M. Ravi Kiran has been appointed.IPS officer Mamta appointed as Election Observer (Police) for district Jind        The Chief Election Commissioner informed that IPS officer, Smt. Mamta, Inspector General of Police, Rohtak and Hisar Zone has been appointed as Election Observer (Police) to supervise the counting of votes of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members in district Jind. Earlier, IPS officer Sh.  Rajender Kumar Meena was appointed as Election Observer (Police), but due to unavoidable reasons, now Smt. Mamta has been appointed in his place.        The Chief Election Commissioner said that both the Election Observer (Police) would visit a maximum number of counting centres in their respective district to take stock of the security arrangements made by the district administration for the smooth counting of votes. By establishing coordination with all other Returning Officers/Assistant Returning Officers of the district, they will ensure that there is no problem at any counting centre. They will leave the district only after the completion of counting of votes and declaration of result for all members of Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad in the district, added Sh. Dhanpat Singh.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Officers will administer oath to the newly- elected Sarpanchs and Panches in the Gram Sabha meeting

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IEP Chandigarh, November 26 

 Haryana Chief Minister,  Sh. Manohar Lal said that newly elected Sarpanchs and Panchs will now be administered the oath by the officials after holding a Gram Sabha meeting in the village itself.

        This new initiative has been taken under Vyavastha Parivartan. Earlier, all the sarpanches and panches  gathered at one place and were administered oath, said Sh. Manohar Lal today during a meeting with the newly elected Sarpanch and Panchs of the Gram Panchayat belonging to the Karnal assembly constituency.

        The Sarpanch and the Panches welcomed the Chief Minister by presenting him with bouquets and sought his guidance.

        Sh. Manohar Lal told  the newly- elected Sarpanchs and Panchs to make new schemes for rural development and perform  their duties with utmost  honesty. There will be no shortage of funds from the government for the development works of any village, he added. 

        He said that Gram Panchayat is the smallest unit of governance and it acts as an independent government of the villages.  That’s why all the newly elected Sarpanch and Panch should jointly take forward the rural development. Complete cooperation will be given to them by  the government, said Sh. Manohar Lal. 


        He said that now the election process is over, Sarpanch and Panch should get the necessary works related to the basic needs of the village completed on priority basis by taking cooperation of all the villagers.

Electing Sarpanch and Panchs  unanimously in Panchayat elections is the beginning of a good tradition, Chief Minister

           The Chief Minister said that this time in the elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions, the villagers have started a good tradition by unanimously electing the block samiti members, sarpanch and panch and the entire village panchayats. Due to this mutual brotherhood has boosted. Not only this, Sarpanch, Panch elected unanimously will get an incentive amount ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs. 11 lakh as a reward for the development of the village from the Haryana Government.

        Mayor Smt. Renu Bala Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Anish Yadav, Superintendent of Police, Sh. Ganga Ram Punia and CEO, Zilla Parishad, Sh. Gaurav Kumar remained present on this occasion.

Chandigarh

Haryana to start scheme for conducting health checkup of every citizen, says Chief Minister

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IEP Chandigarh, November 26 

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the health check-up of every citizen of the state must be done at least once a year. A scheme has been formulated for this. President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu will formally launch this unique scheme called Mukhyamantri Parivar Swasthya Parikshan scheme during her visit to Kurukshetra on November 29, said Sh. Manohar Lal while interacting with media persons at Haryana Bhavan in Delhi on Saturday.

        The Chief Minister said that a health check-up of every citizen must be done once a year to ensure timely diagnosis of any health ailment and the person can also get timely treatment. He said that this scheme in Haryana is also unique in itself and has not yet been implemented in any other State in the country.

        Speaking about the implementation of the said scheme, the Chief Minister said that in the first phase, the State Government will start this scheme from Antyodaya families having annual incomes up to Rs 1.80 lakh. In the first phase, the health checkup of the members of such families will be done and after that, in the next phase, all the other sections will be covered by making this scheme universal.

Suggestions are given to the Union Finance Minister in the pre-budget consultation meeting

        Responding to a question about the pre-Budget meeting held with the Union Finance Minister, the Chief Minister lauded Union Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman for continuing the old practice of taking suggestions from the Finance Ministers of all the states before the budget like every year.

        Sh. Manohar Lal said that Haryana has also given many suggestions in that meeting considering the development of the state.

Haryana will create three dedicated funds, If the centre creates the same it will be better

        The Chief Minister said that Haryana is in the third position in the country in terms of Ease of Doing Business and along with that, the State is now vastly moving towards Ease of Living. For this, the State Government proposes to create 3 dedicated funds and the Center should also create these funds. First, Climate and Sustainable Development Fund to achieve green development objectives, Second, the Establishment of a Research and Innovation Fund to encourage scientific activity and scholarship in universities, other educational institutions and economic entrepreneurs in the public and private sectors and third, venture capital fund to promote entrepreneurship and help youth to set up startups by providing financial support as well as exposure to the developing market.  Whenever the State needs it, it can take money from that fund.

         Out of the capital provision of Rs 1 lakh crore made under this fund last year, it was said to give interest-free funds for 50 years.  Out of that, Haryana also got Rs 874 crore, which we have invested in the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor. Even on this, Haryana has said that this amount should be increased and the scheme should be continued, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

The land of failed CPSUs should be given to the states

        The Chief Minister said that the land of those CPSUs which have failed and are located in different states, an amount of that land should be fixed and given to the state governments so that that land can be put to good use. For example, the land of HMT, Pinjore, IDPL and HIL in Gurugram have been demanded. If Haryana gets that land, then we can do development work on the same, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

Demand raised before the Centre to increase the supply of CNG-PNG to reduce pollution in NCR

The Chief Minister shared that subsidies is being given to the industrial units of NCR region to make a shift from coal to natural gas, CNG, and PNG. Giving 50 percent of VAT on natural gas, 30 percent grant is also given on capital investment. The Central Government should also cooperate in this so that we can reduce pollution in the NCR region. Along with this, demand has also been made to increase the supply of CNG and PNG.

Paddy area decreased by one lakh acres, Rs. 700 crore incentive was given to farmers for sowing other crops

        He informed that the ‘Mera Pani – Meri Virasat’ scheme is being implemented in Haryana to save water. Rs 700 crore has been spent on this scheme last year. Under the scheme, Rs 7000 per acre is given to the farmers who do not sow paddy, so an amount of Rs 700 crore has been spent on that because one lakh acres area of paddy has been reduced in the state and other alternative crops have been grown. The central government should cooperate to take the benefits of these schemes to the masses.

        He said that the next year is the ‘millet year’, especially since millet is available here and the MSP of millet has been declared, but due to the low market rate, we have included it in Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana, under which about 700 crores will be distributed in 2 years. Rs.  In this too, cooperation has been sought from the Central Government.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Talks are going on with MBBS students, the issue is likely to be resolved very soon, says Chief Minister

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IEP Chandigarh, November 26 

 Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that doubts of medical students regarding bond policy are being cleared.  Senior officers are holding continuous talks with doctors and medical students and he is hopeful that the issue would likely to be resolved soon said Sh. Manohar Lal while interacting with media representatives at Haryana Bhavan in New Delhi today.

        Responding to a question regarding the ongoing agitation of medical students, the Chief Minister said that many things related to the bond policy were explained to the students on Friday. Senior officers and administrative officers of medical education are holding regular talks with these students.  He clarified that the bond policy does not mean to harass the family of any doctor or poor family. This bond policy will apply only to a person who wishes to join the private sector instead of the government, said the Chief Minister.

        He said that out of the total bond amount of Rs. 40 lakh, Rs 3.5 lakh which the MBBS student has paid in the 4 years will be excluded from that amount. Interest is also not being charged from them. The transaction in this regard after the completion of the degree will be done only with the bank concerned, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister said that if a private practitioner wishes to repay early, he can do the same anytime as there is no set time limit for the same.

        He said that this bond policy has been implemented to encourage MBBS students for choosing government service to discharge their duties after completing their medical studies in government medical colleges.