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Vigilance Bureau arrests its own Inspector for accepting bribe Rs 5,000

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IEP Chandigarh November 1

Aiming to eradicate corruption in the state, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign on Tuesday arrested an Inspector of police Amolak Singh posted at Bureau range office Amritsar for accepting a bribe of Rs 5000.

          Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the VB said the accused Vigilance Inspector has been arrested on the complaint of Prabhmesh Mohan resident of New Mohindra Colony, Amritsar.

He further informed that the complainant has uploaded a video on online complaint number alleging that he and his wife, who is an employee in MC Amritsar, were arrested by the Bureau in a corruption case in 2021 and court has granted bail to them.

The complainant further alleged that Amolak Singh, being investigation officer of this case, was demanding Rs 5000 as a bribe from him to record his voice as a sample in their case. To keep it as evidence the complainant has recorded this conversation on his phone and handed it over to the VB also.

          After verification of the facts in the complaint and the material evidence, the VB has arrested the above mentioned Inspector for accepting  bribe of Rs 5,000 from the complainant.

          In this regard a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused police official at VB flying squad-1 Punjab, police station SAS Nagar and further investigation is under progress.

Chandigarh

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLIES INSPECT PADDY PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS IN PATIALA, SANGRUR AND MALERKOTLA

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IEP Chandigarh, November 1

Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies, Punjab Mr. Rahul Bhandari today said that the state government led by Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Mann is committed for ensuring smooth and hassle free procurement of paddy in the ongoing season to facilitate the farmers’.The Principal Secretary, who visited the grain markets at Malerkotla, Dhuri and Rajpura to review the ongoing procurement of paddy, said that the state government will lift every single grain of paddy in a smooth and hassle free manner, during the ongoing marketing season. He said that the state government has made elaborate arrangements to ensure that the harvest of farmers is lifted from the grain markets in a smooth and hassle free manner. Mr. Bhandari said that farmers will not be allowed to face any sort of problem while selling their produce in the mandis.The Principal Secretary said that the entire process of procurement and lifting will be completed within a week. He said that till October 31, around 118.83 LMT of paddy has arrived in the state out of which nearly 116.12 LMT has been procured and 93.54 LMT has been lifted. Mr. Bhandari said that payment worth Rs 20,085 crore has been transferred so far in the bank accounts of the farmers.The Principal Secretary said that besides procurement a robust mechanism has been evolved for the proper transportation and storage of the grains. He said that in the current procurement season 1806 total grain markets have been notified adding that 579 total temporary yards have also been notified. Mr. Bhandari said that chiefs of all procurement agencies have been asked to personally supervise the paddy procurement operations to ensure prompt and smooth lifting of paddy as per their allotted share of procurement.Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to procure every single grain of paddy, the Principal Secretary said that during the current procurement season not even a single complaint has been received from the farmers across the state. He said that directions have already been given to officers to make foolproof arrangements in mandis to avoid wastage of the produce. Mr. Bhandari also asked the officers to make sure that farmers do not face any sort inconvenience while selling their produce in the mandis.  Meanwhile, the Principal Secretary also inspected Sewa Kendra and Aam Aadmi Clinic at Malerkotla. Reviewing the functioning of Sewa Kendras and Aam Aadmi Clinics, he asked the officers to ensure that people get the best facilities at these places. Mr. Bhandari said that any sort of callousness in this noble cause is unwarranted and undesirable.Meanwhile, the Principal Secretary also had detailed interaction with people at Sewa Kendra and Aam Aadmi Clinic. He was apprised that Aam Aadmi clinics are getting overwhelming response and more than 125 patients are visiting the clinic daily. People also urged Mr Bhandari to open four more such clinics in Malerkotla. He expressed satisfaction over the functioning of Clinic and Sewa Kendra adding he assured the people that every step will taken for welfare of public.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Arrangements made for the election of Panch and Sarpanch in 9 districts of the first phase in Haryana: Dhanpat Singh

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IEP Chandigarh, November 1

 Haryana State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that all the preparations have been made for the election of Panch and Sarpanch of the first phase in the state. Polling will be held on November 2 for 2607 Sarpanch and 25,968 Panch in 9 districts Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar.

 State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that all the preparations related to security and other facilities have been completed in the nine districts where the first phase of polling is going to be held. Guidelines have been issued to all the supervisors. Along with this, a heavy police force has been deployed at sensitive polling booths. Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that keeping in view the convenience of the voters, arrangements have been made for drinking water, electricity and wheel chair for disabled voters at all polling booths.

 Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the results of Panch and Sarpanch polls will be declared only after the elections. The voting of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad Committee members of the first phase has been completed on October 30. The results of these elections will be declared on November 27 after the completion of the elections of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members in all 22 districts.

 Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the activities of Panchayat elections will be updated on the ‘Mhari Panchayat Portal’. Voting percentage can be seen anywhere in the state by opening the Mhari Panchayat Portal through the internet. At the same time, the results will be visible on the e-dashboard on the day of counting. Anyone can see the election trends, voting percentage and final results on the portal while sitting at home.

State Election Commissioner Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that 49,67,092 voters of 9 districts will cast their votes in the first phase of polling. 6019 polling booths have been set up in these 9 districts. Voting will be held to elect 2607 Sarpanch and 25,968 Panch.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Distributed equipment worth Rs. 43.54 lakhs to differently-abled people

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IEP Chandigarh, November 1 

On the initiative of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar distributed equipment worth Rs. 43.54 lakhs to differently-abled persons on the occasion of Haryana Day programme held in Panchkula today.
On this occasion WheelChair, Standing Frame Hearing-Aid, Eye Occluders, DB Splint were distributed to mentally challenged children up to the age of 18 years.
In his address, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar said that equipments worth Rs. 65 lakhs will be distributed in future. He said that an amount of Rs. 1.10 crore is being spent under this scheme. Presiding over the programme, Chairman, Haryana Power Utilities, Sh. P.K Das said that power companies have become profitable. Because of this, we are running various campaigns under the Social Responsibility Scheme. Public libraries are being established with an aim to enlighten the society of Haryana. We are setting up Sardar Patel Library chain under which 15 libraries have been established so far and 85 more libraries are to be established in future.
Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Dr. Saket Kumar said that various campaigns are being run by Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam to make the lives of differently abled people at ease. On this occasion Director General Health Services, Dr. Sonia Khullar, Sh. Sunil Makkar, UHBVN, Director Finance, Sh. Amit Divan, Project Director, Sh. Rajesh Goyal and other officers were present on the occasion.

Chandigarh

10 IAS Officer transferred in Haryana

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IEP Chandigarh, November 1

Haryana Government has issued posting and transfer orders of 1 IFS officer and 10 IAS officers with immediate effect.

The name of the IFS officer include

S. Narayanan, IFS, CCF, North Ambala, and M&E Karnal has been given additional charge of Director General, New & Renewable Energy, Haryana, and Secretary to Government, New and Renewable Energy Department.


The names of the IAS officers include

Amneet P. Kumar, Commissioner & Secretary to Government, Women & Child Development Department has been additional charge of Commissioner & Secretary to Government, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Department.

Rippudaman Singh Dhillon, Director, Social Justice & Empowerment, Haryana, Special Secretary to Government, Social Justice & Empowerment Department, Director, Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward       Classes,     Special      Secretary to Government, Haryana, Welfare of Scheduled Castes       &      Backward Classes Department, Managing Director, Backward Classes & Economically Weaker Sections Kalyan Nigam and Managing Director, Haryana Scheduled Castes, Finance & Development Corporation has been given additional charge of Member Secretary, Haryana State Backward Classes Commission.

Sujan Singh, Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board has been posted as Labour Commissioner, Haryana, and Special Secretary to Government, Labour Department.

Monica Malik, Member Secretary, Haryana State Commission for Women and Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration, Haryana has been posted as Director, Women & Child Development and Special Secretary to Government, Women & Child Development Department, Secretary, Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Managing Director, Women Development Corporation, Member Secretary, State Commission for Women.

Dr. Garima Mittal, Administrator, HSVP, Faridabad, Additional Director, Urban Estate, Faridabad, Additional Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Faridabad, and Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad City Transport Service Ltd. has been posted as Director, Skill Development & Industrial    Training and Special Secretary to Government, Haryana, Skill Development & Industrial Training Department.

Rajnarayan Kaushik, Transport Commissioner and Special Secretary to Government, Haryana, Transport Department, Labour Commissioner, and Special Secretary to Government, Labour Department has been posted as Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Managing Director, Haryana Medical Services Corporation Ltd.

Virender Kumar Dahiya, Director, State Transport Haryana and Special Secretary to Government, Transport Department has been given additional charge of Transport Commissioner, Haryana and Special Secretary to Government, Transport Department.

Krishna Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad Smart City Ltd., Faridabad, has been given additional charge of Additional Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Faridabad, Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad City Transport Service Ltd.

Aparajita, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Citizen Resources Information Officer, Faridabad, and Special Officer, APZ, Faridabad has been given additional charge of Administrator, HSVP, Faridabad, and Additional Director, Urban Estate, Faridabad.

Hitesh Kumar Meena, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Citizen Resources Information Officer, Palwal has been given additional charge of District Municipal Commissioner, Palwal. 

Chandigarh, Haryana

Adequate arrangements to ensure cheating free conduct of Haryana Common Eligibility Test -2022 in HARYANA

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IEP Chandigarh, November 1

The Haryana Staff Selection Commission has made adequate arrangements to ensure cheating free conduct of Haryana Common Eligibility Test (CET- 2022) examination on November 5 and 6, 2022. The candidates appearing on the behalf of the actual candidates will be on the radar of the Commission. No eligible candidate will be debarred from taking the examination but the fake candidate will not be allowed to take the examination and will not be spared at any cost.
Giving information in this regard, Chairman, Haryana Staff Selection Commission, Sh. Bhopal Singh Khadri said that in the CET examination, the candidates will be identified on the basis of Aadhar card based iris recognition. He further clarified that this time there will be 5 options in the answers. If a candidate does not fill any circle, then 0.95 marks will be deducted for each not attempted question. He urged the examinees to answer all the questions. It is mandatory to fill the 5th option if a candidate does not know the answer. There is no negative marking in this examination.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Punjab government according top priority to impart quality healthcare services to the people: CM

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IEP Phagwara, November 1

 Reiterating the firm commitment of the Aam Aadmi government to ensure well being of people, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that the state government is according top priority to impart quality healthcare services to the people.

 The Chief Minister, who dedicated the Mother and Child care hospital here at the local Sub Divisional hospital, envisioned that this newly constructed hospital will act as a catalyst to impart quality health care to the pregnant women and newly born child. He said that the move is aimed to ensure that people get quality health services in these hospitals. Bhagwant Mann said that more such hospitals will be constructed across the state in coming days.

 The Chief Minister further said that strenuous efforts are being made to equip the government hospitals with the ultramodern facilities. Likewise, he said that a massive recruitment drive has been embarked to fill all the vacant lying government posts in the health department. Bhagwant Mann said that the sole purpose is to ensure that people get the best healthcare facilities in the state.

 The Chief Minister asked the medical and para-medical staff present on the occasion to discharge their duty with utmost dedication and sincerity. He said that it is the need of hour to ensure that people get quality healthcare services in the government hospitals. Bhagwant Mann also said that the state government will leave no stone unturned to spruce up government healthcare infrastructure across the state for providing state of the art medical treatment and diagnostic services to people.

 The Chief Minister also inspected the operation theatre, immunisation ward, OPD and others to take stock of the health facilities. He also inspected various wards of the hospital and interacted with the patients to take their feedback about the state of affairs in the hospital. Bhagwant Mann also had detailed interaction with the Doctors and para medical staff about the facilities at the hospital.

Chandigarh

RBI clears cash credit limit of Rs 43526.23 crores for paddy procurement upto november: Kataruchak

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IEP Chandigarh,  November 1

The Reserve Bank Of India has enhanced the CCL for procurement of paddy during the ongoing Kharif season to Rs. 43526.23 crores up to end November 2022.

Disclosing this today, Lal Chand Kataruchak, Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister, stated that timely purchase, payment and lifting is going on in each mandi where any farmer has brought his produce from the day one of the procurement.

Further, giving details of the MSP payments, he said that MSP payment of Rs. 20086 Crores has been released directly in the bank accounts of farmers till yesterday, on completion of first month of procurement season and nearly 5.60 lakh farmers have been benefitted from MSP so far. He reaffirmed the commitment of the State Government to purchase every single grain produced with the sweat and toil of the farmer. 

Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies, Rahul Bhandari said that all DCs have been asked to daily review/monitor procurement, lifting and payments operations. With the approval of CCL, MSP payments will continue to be made seamlessly. He also added that  lifting of nearly 6.5-7 LMT paddy is being done every day. As per the State Govt. Procurement Policy and Punjab Mandi Board bye laws, lifting of paddy is to be done within 72 hours. Accordingly, 99% of the paddy procured before 72 hours has already been lifted as per reports received from districts.

Chandigarh

Students of government schools in Punjab will become job givers, not job seekers: Harjot Singh Bains

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IEP Chandigarh, November 1

In yet another step to further strengthen the education system by the Punjab government led by Bhagwant Mann, the Minister of School Education Mr. Harjot Singh Bains on Tuesday inaugurated Business Blaster Young Entrepreneur Scheme to fulfill dream of the students studying in the government schools to become entrepreneurs.

Speaking on this occasion Harjot Singh Bains said that the government wants to make Punjab’s education model better than the rest of the world, and they are working dedicatedly to ensure that the students who have studied in the Punjab government schools would not be concerned about their future.

He said that in order to boost business enterprises in the state, children of government schools will become  “job givers” and not “job seekers”.

He said that to fulfil this aim, the Punjab government led by CM Bhagwant Mann has decided to start the Business Blaster Young Entrepreneur Scheme. The students of classes 11 will be provided seed money of Rs 2,000 to start a business, which is aimed at developing young entrepreneurs at the school-level.

He said that under the first phase the scheme will be launched in 31 schools in 9 districts of Punjab state including Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Sangrur, Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, Ropar and Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. He said that the scheme will be implemented in all schools of Punjab from the next academic year.

He said that under this scheme first their business proposals will be taken from the children and then those business proposals will be discussed with established industrialists and a mixed group of 8 students will be formed for the proposal which is found suitable and they will be given complete guidance.

He said that there are intelligent children studying in the government schools of the state of Punjab who have the ability to change the country and the world and he hopes that this scheme will not only make the students of its government schools employers but also eliminate many problems of the state.

Director General school education Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma,DPI Kuljeet Pal Singh Mahi and Director SCERT Maninder Singh Sarkaria also present in the occasion.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CM announces to spruce up government healthcare infrastructure across the state

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IEP Jagroan, November 1

 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday announced to spruce up government healthcare infrastructure across the state for providing state of the art medical treatment and diagnostic services to people.

 “During the run up for elections we had promised guarantee of quality health care to the people and no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause” said the Chief Minister, while addressing after dedicating newly built mother and child care hospital here today.

 The Chief Minister said that strenuous efforts are being made to equip the government hospitals with the ultramodern facilities. Likewise, he said that a massive recruitment drive has been embarked to fill all the vacant lying government posts in the health department. Bhagwant Mann said that the sole purpose is to ensure that people get the best healthcare facilities in the state.

 The Chief Minister further said that along with upgrading the existing government hospitals with latest facilities due focus is also being laid on opening of new hospitals. He envisioned that Punjab will soon emerge as a hub of Healthcare and Medical education. Bhagwant Mann said that 16 new medical colleges will be constructed in the coming five years thereby enhancing the total tally of medical colleges to 25 thus transforming Punjab into a hub of medical education. 

 The Chief Minister envisioned that the newly constructed mother and child hospitals will act as a catalyst to impart quality health care to the pregnant women and newly born child. He said that the move is aimed to ensure that people get quality health services in these hospitals. Bhagwant Mann said that more such hospitals will be constructed across the state in coming days. 

 The Chief Minister further said that the prestigious G-20 summit, scheduled to be held in the holy city of Amritsar in March-2023, will promote Punjab as a preferred destination for business on the international level. He said that the summit will also provide a stage to the government to showcase its achievements and facilities for setting up new businesses. Bhagwant Mann said that this is a golden opportunity when Punjab can be highlighted as a land of best opportunities adding that the state is fortunate to have got this opportunity to host this event, in which leading countries from around the world will discuss education and labour and other crucial issues.

 The Chief Minister asserted that the entire process of ongoing procurement and lifting of the paddy crop will be completed within a week. Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to procure every single grain of paddy, Bhagwant Mann said that he is personally monitoring the entire procurement process to ensure that farmers do not face any sort of inconvenience. He said that during the current procurement season not even a single complaint has been received from the farmers across the state.

 Listing the pro-people initiatives taken by the state government in the last seven months, the Chief Minister said that from July 1 onwards the Punjab government has provided 600 units of free power to people in every bill cycle. He said that as a result of this around 50 lakh households out of total 72.66 lakh, which was roughly 68.71 %of total) have got zero power bill in the month of September. Bhagwant Mann said that this initiative has given a major relief to the people of the state.

 Likewise, the Chief Minister said that the Punjab government has launched a major crackdown against the corrupt leaders who had plundered the wealth of the state. Bhagwant Mann said that his government has launched anti- corruption helpline after which around 250 corrupt elements have been put behind the bars. He said that only an honest and committed government can take such path breaking and pro-people initiatives.

 The Chief Minister further said that the state government has passed the historic ‘One MLA, One Pension’ bill which stipulates that each MLA will get only a single pension, instead of the earlier provision of permitting multiple pensions for every term. He said that similarly the state government has given more than 20,000 government jobs to the youth purely on merit basis. Bhagwant Maan said that the process to regularize 36,000 contractual employees in the state has also started and recently only the state government has issued notification for regularizing services of around 9000 employees.

 The Chief Minister also said that in order to provide quality and timely health services to the people 100 Aam Aadmi clinics have been dedicated to the people to mark 75th Independence Day. He said that these clinics are offering 41 health packages with nearly 100 clinical tests free of cost to the people. Bhagwant Mann envisaged that these clinics will act as the cornerstone in the revamp of the healthcare system in Punjab.

 Earlier, MLA Jagroan Sarvjit Kaur Manuke welcomed the Chief Minister and other dignitaries.

 Prominent among the present on occasion included Cabinet  Minister Chetan Singh Jauremajra, MLAs Sarvjit Kaur Manuke, Hakam Singh Thekedar, Madan Lal Bagga, Ashok Parashar Pappi, Hardeep Singh Mundian and Jiwan Singh Sangowal, Secretary health Ajoy Sharma, Special Principal Secretary to CM Ravi Bhagat, Chairman Punjab State Cooperative Agricultural Development Bank Suresh Goyal, Chairman Forest Development Corporation Navjot Singh Jarg, IG Ludhiana range SPS Parmar, DC Surabhi Malik, SSP Harjeet Singh and others.