IEP Chandigarh, December 23

As announced by Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, the Cancer patient suffering from Stage III and IV Cancer will now start getting a monthly pension of Rs.2500 for which a separate budgetary provision of Rs 68.42 crore has been made by the state government.

        Earlier, in terms of giving monthly pension to cancer patients, Tripura was the only state in the country that has been giving monthly financial assistance of Rs.1000 to stage-3 cancer patients.

Chief Minister had announced this pension in May this year

It was in May this year when the Chief Minister while meeting the families of cancer patients, had assured them that the State Government will extend every possible help to them. He then had informed that this assistance would be given to those patients whose family’s annual income is up to Rs.3 lakh.

Pension will be transferred directly to bank accounts through Public Financial Management System (PFMS)

In a bid to ensure that the actual beneficiaries get the scheme benefit, the income verification of such patients would be matched with PPP. The beneficiary will get the said benefits till they are alive. Documents verified by the committee of the Civil Surgeon Office will have to be uploaded through Saral Kendra. Applicant must bring ration card, voter card, pan card, passport, bank passbook, telephone, water, electricity or other utility bills with home address or land record documents/Parivar Pehchan Patra to Saral Kendras for necessary verification. The ASHA worker/ANM will verify the survival certificate of the patient which will be counter-signed by the health department.

State Government offers all support to cancer patients

        The financial assistance given to cancer victims from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund was earlier approved by the Chief Minister’s Office. The concerned Deputy Commissioner then used to forward the matter to the Chief Minister’s Office, which was a time-consuming process. As soon as this matter came to the notice of the Chief Minister, he then had given directions to the Deputy Commissioner to issue this financial assistance amount at his own level. This amount of up to Rs 1 lakh is given at the district level as financial help to the patient.

Showing sympathy towards these cancer patients, Haryana Government has now decided that if the patient is taking advantage of any other type of social security pension or old age pension scheme, then he will also continue to get an additional monthly pension of Rs. 2500.

IEP Chandigarh December 23

Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal today stressed the identification of appropriate location and land availability in the planning at various levels before setting up waste management infrastructure in the state.

Laying emphasis to promote and implement ‘Circular Economy’ in the state, Sanjeev Kaushal said that with the growing economy in different sectors and the expansion of the urban areas due to fast expansion of their jurisdiction the need for upgrading the waste management infrastructure also arose.

It may be stated that ‘Circular Economy’ is an economic system, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as and wherever possible in different spheres.

Kaushal here today suggested various important measures to implement ‘Circular Economy’ in the state along with its implementation across the Country. During the presentation Union Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Guaba, CEO Nitti Ayog, Sh. Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Sh. Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Smt. Vini Mahajan besides Chief Secretaries of various states were present.

Taking ahead the vision of encouraging a Circular Economy as envisioned by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Kaushal urged the need to strengthen the monitoring of various policies run by the government.

Kaushal said that the states should notify and amend the policies and bylaws from time to time for incorporating new elements as per the national priorities and changing situation. Enforcement mechanism will eventually streamline the waste management operation, he added.

The Chief Secretary said that informal sectors play a very important role in the waste management value chain. A huge quantity of dry waste has been managed by them in an informal manner.

They should be integrated in the waste managed value chain with the help of Community- Based Organizations (CBO) and Self-Help Groups (SHG), Kaushal said adding that they can be engaged in the management of dry waste as they are very much prominent in the dry waste management.

Sharing measures about managing organic waste, he further said that the bio-fertilizer/organic manure generated from the biogas/CBG plants have got a very good nutrient value. There off take can be ensured by engaging with the local farmers and fertilizer co-operatives through formal agreement, capacity building and IEC activities.

Kaushal said that all the waste processing plants, specifically organic waste processing plants should be identified, and the assessment should be done to calculate the GHS emission reduction. This can be done with the help of identified Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) agencies, he added.

Stressing that e-marketplace has an important role in disbursement and sale of various products, Kaushal further said that the processed by-products of C and D waste should be featured in the Government E-marketplace so that the buyers can directly buy the required quantity of materials from there.

State needs to plan for the same and register one entity as the overall responsible agency for the same. For certain processed/recycled products Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standards are available which can be used only for non-load bearing construction works.

Kaushal said that it should be ensured that all the processed products are BIS certified and this will help in creating a market for the offtake of these products, he added.

        On the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Vineet Garg, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Arun Kumar Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering A.K. Singh and other senior officers were present.

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Ravinder Singh

IEP Chandigarh, December 23

Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that in view of the possibility of resurge in Covid-19 infection, a mock drill will be conducted in the state on December 27, 2022. Apart from this, arrangements of flu corners will be made in every hospital across the state so that the infected patients can be isolated there. Similarly, the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Test (RTPCR) test will be conducted for flu, severe acute respiratory infection like cases.

        Sh. Vij was interacting with the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Sh. Mansukh Mandaviya through video conferencing here today. He said that due to the possibility of resurge in Covid-19 infection, the Central Government has timely taken several measures to fight the Covid-19 new variant.

        Sh. Vij said that at state level, we have also issued various instructions to the officers of the department. He informed that the RTPCR test will also be done in cases of severe acute respiratory infection. He said that all the flu infection cases will be examined through RTPCR.

        The Health Minister further said that we have adequate arrangement of RT PCR labs in the state. 26 RT PCR labs are functional in 22 districts for the convenience of the public. He said that orders have been issued to all healthcare workers to wear masks and gloves from today and they have to use precautionary measures during working hours.

        Sh. Vij said that orders have been issued to conduct genome sequencing in the state and the department is following the test-track-treat and vaccine procedure to fight the infection. People have been vaccinated well in Haryana, but the first vaccine dose has been applied to 103 percent population in the state and the second dose has been applied to 86 percent population, while precaution dose has been applied to 10 percent of the state’s population.

        Sh. Vij said that the department has a storage of about 1.40 lakh vaccination including 1.39 lakh Covaxin vaccine and 750 Covishield vaccine in the state. He demanded 2 lakh more Covishield vaccines to resume the vaccination process. Apart from this, the instructions given by the Central Government from time to time will be followed in Haryana. He said that “We have sufficient stock of everything including PSA plants in every 50 bedded hospitals. We have sufficient quantity of oxygen concentrators and medicines in the state,”.

        On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department, Smt. Anupama, Director, Medical Education & Research Sh. Aditya Dahiya and other senior officers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, December 17

Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught six accused including – an Executive Engineer, Junior Engineer, a Police official, a Registry Clerk, Patwari, and a Computer Operator – in the last 24 hours while accepting and demanding bribes worth Rs 1.95 lacs in separate incidents.

Sharing the information here today, the spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau informed that in the first case, Virender Cheema, Patwari Halka Naggal, Ambala was caught with Rs 25,000 bribe money. He has taken the bribe from the complainant in lieu of separation of land khewat. When the patwari demanded bribe, the complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau. After verifying the complaint, a team laid a trap and arrested him red-handed with the bribe money.

In another case, Vigilance Bureau has arrested Registry Clerk Ved Parkash posted at the office of Sub-Tehsil Kadipur Gurugram while demanding Rs 80,000 bribe in lieu of mutual transfer of plots which are situated at village Hayatpur Gurugram.

In a separate case, a Bureau’s team caught Computer Operator Haryana Koshal Rozgar Nigam Chander Shekhar along with Naveen Kumar Yadav, XEN Irrigation Department while accepting bribe of Rs 5000 on the complaint of Anant Ram.

Accused Computer Operator who is working under Haryana Koshal Rozgar Nigam in the O/o Xen, Irrigation Gurugram was demanding bribe Rs. 5000 from the complainant in lieu of helping for preparing a contractor license (Construction) of the complainant. Accused Chander Shakher was arrested while accepting of Rs. 5000 as bribe. Accused Naveen Kumar Yadav, Xen has also been arrested for demanding and earlier accepting Rs. 20,000 as bribe in connection with issuance of contractor license (Construction).

In yet another case, a vigilance team arrested Mukesh, a Junior Engineer, Horticulture Wing Municipal Corporation, Gurugram while accepting Rs 60,000 bribe from complainant in lieu of facilitating the bill payments which are pending with Horticulture wing.

Similarly, Bureau’s team has arrested a Head Constable Ajay Kumar posted in district Yamunanagar while accepting bribe of Rs 5000 in lieu of completing investigation process in an accident case registered at police station Radaur.

A case has been registered against them at respective police stations of the Bureau. Further investigation is underway.

IEP chandigarh

Himgiri Zee University awarded its 292 graduaends their respective degrees. These included 289 Graduates and Post Graduates and 3PhD Scholars. Prof. VPS Arora, Ex-Vice Chancellor Kumaon University was the chief guest on the occasion. Prof. HS Gaur, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Sardar Ballabh Patel Agriculture and Technology University was the guest of honour. The program was conducted by Amit Kumar, Ritesh Chaudhary and Suchita Gera. Registrar Himgiri Zee University, Dr. R Nesamoorty thanked both the guests. Both the guests requested all the gradauends to contribute to the national development and bring forth a glorious era in India. Dr. Sharad Pandey, Dr. Manish Sharma and other staff had a major role in successful conduction of the event.