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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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BJP is going to register a historic victory in Adampur by-election, says Manohar Lal Khatar

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IEP Chandigarh, October 31

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh.  Manohar Lal said that the BJP will win the Adampur by-election with a huge margin. BJP’s election campaign is going on in full swing in the region.

“BJP is going to register a historic victory in Adampur by-election. I will also be going to the Adampur assembly constituency to campaign for the party,” said Sh. Manohar Lal while addressing a press conference held here today.  

Answering a question, the Chief Minister also took a jibe at the Congress party. 

He said that in Adampur, no big political face from Congress is campaigning in favour of Congress in the Adampur except the father-son duo of Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Deepender Singh Hooda. 

The Chief Minister said that the Congress did not find any local face in the Adampur election and because of this, they have tried their luck on Jaiprakash from Kaithal.  

He said that while, BJP has fielded local candidate Bhavya Bishnoi, who is the young face, in Adampur assembly constituency.

“BJP is campaigning vigorously in support of Bhavya Bishnoi.  His victory is certain,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

Bharatiya Janata Party will register victory in Himachal Pradesh also Responding to a question, the Chief Minister said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will register a big victory in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election as well.  There is a good atmosphere in favour of the BJP.  

The Chief Minister said that after the arrival of Prime Minister,  Sh. Narendra Modi, such an atmosphere has created in Himachal Pradesh that the BJP government will be formed there again and again, not alternately. 

He also took a jibe at the Congress candidates contesting for Himachal Pradesh and said that there are serious allegations of corruption against him even today.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Chief Minister launches CM dashboard, showcasing live monitoring of the departments

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IEP Chandigarh, October 31

While taking yet another pioneering step towards ‘Vyavastha Parivartan Se Sushasan’, the Chief Minister today launched the CM dashboard, a unique IT platform having real-time data of all the departments. 

“Live monitoring of every department at the block, district and Panchayat levels would be done. Along with this,  minute-to-minute details of the working of the government functionary would be done,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

The portal will also have information about the high-level decisions taken by the administrative wing on all the major schemes. This will enable tracking of the methodology and analysis of the reports and further will help in valuable comparison between the old and new data, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

Notably, this dashboard has been developed in-house with state-of-the-art Business Intelligence software. This portal would be greatly beneficial in taking the state government’s ambition of good governance, added the Chief Minister. 

Now get an opportunity to buy gifts, and mementoes received by Chief Minister 

The Chief Minister also launched a dedicated e-Upphar portal to auction the gifts received by him.  

Various gifts received by the Chief Minister would be put up for auction on the CM-Upphar portal. The base bid amount would be fixed and the payment would be directly transferred to Chief Minister Relief Fund and the same would be used for the welfare of the people of the State. 

On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal and other senior officers remained  present.

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Haryana is focusing towards zero stubble burning, Chief Minister

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IEP Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while addressing a press conference held here today said that Haryana is taking concrete steps for stubble management and improving air quality. 

Divulging the data about the stubble burning incidents reported this year, he said that this year as of now only 1925 incidents have been reported, which shows decline in the incidents. 

He further said that the state has accelerated its campaign further to curb the incidents and he is hopeful that soon the state government will achieve its target of zero stubble burning.  

“If we compare Haryana with our neighbours Punjab, we are not even 10 per cent in terms of stubble burning cases that are being reported there. As per data, 13,873 cases of stubble burning have been reported in Punjab til October 30, 2022,” added Sh. Manohar Lal. 

He further said that to control stubble burning, the State Government has implemented a framework which includes In-situ Crop Residue Management, Ex-situ Management, Effective monitoring, enforcement and wide reach of Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities. 

The Chief Minister said that crop residues are being utilized through various machines and decomposers. He said that farmers are being continuously made aware of the ill effects of stubble burning. The Chief Minister said that an incentive amount of Rs. 1000 per acre to farmers for bailing (In-Situ Management) is being given by the State Government. The State Government has formulated a special framework for stubble management to reduce pollution,” added Sh. Manohar Lal.

A 50 per quintal incentive amount and subsidy on straw management equipment are given to the farmers for making stubble bales. Besides this, farmers are being given 50 percent subsidy on equipment for crop residue management and 80 percent subsidy on custom hiring centres, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

He said that the government has created a new portal to buy stubble and supply the same to the industries. Information about the contractors and industries who buy stubble will also be available on this, the farmer who wants to sell his stubble can contact directly through the portal, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

The State Government has formed a committee for the purchase of stubble on MSP. There are about 24 more such industries which have agreed to use the stubble for their energy consumption, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal and other senior officers remained  present.