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Chief Secretary directs officials to speed up the recruitment process for over 26,000 government jobs in Punjab

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IEP Chandigarh, September 15

          Aiming to generate maximum employment for youth of Punjab, the Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua has emphasized on speeding up the recruitment process of over 26, 000 government jobs in a meeting with the top officials of various departments.

          He said that the government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is creating many employment opportunities for the youth of Punjab from day one after forming the government.  In order to prevent the youth from going abroad in absence of employment, the Chief Secretary squarely instructed to all departments to complete the recruitment in a time-bound manner to achieve the goal of providing employment to maximum number of youth in Punjab as desired by the CM Mann.

          He said that special attention should be given to the completion of the recruitment process in all the departments in time so that maximum number of boys and girls can be given employment opportunities. He unequivocally directed concerned officials to ensure that the entire recruitment process should be carried out in a transparent manner.

          During the meeting, the Chief Secretary was informed that the recruitment process is going on for 26,454 posts in different 24 departments. Among the departments where the recruitment is underway includes Home Department (Police), School Education (Teacher Recruitment), Health, Power, Technical Education, Finance Department, Rural Development, Cooperative Department and Water Supply Department.

          The Chief Secretary said that with the new recruitment, where young men and women will get employment, the performance of the government will be nourished at the administrative level as well. With the new recruitment, government work will be done more efficiently and swiftly.  The Chief Secretary asked officials to resolve any issue pertaining to employment process on the spot and also asked the officers for timely recruitment.

Chandigarh

Two Senior PGI Radiology Professors honoured by National Radiology Association on Teachers Day

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IEP Chandigarh September 14, 2022

     Prof. Dr. M.S. Sandhu, Head, Deptt. of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGI, Chandigarh  and Prof. Paramjeet Singh, Professor, Deptt. of Radiodiagnosis were both honoured by the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association”  (IRIA) National  body on Teachers Day 5th September, 2022 in  recognition  of their outstanding services  and in recognition of their hard work, dedication and teaching over last more than 3 decades.

     Prof. M.S. Sandhu is a Senior Professor at PGI working in the Higher Administrative Grade. He has over 35 years of teaching, research and work experience. He has over 225 Research Publications/Presentations/ Chapters in Books.  He is the current President of the Chandigarh Chapter of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA) and also the Current President of the North India Chapter of Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR). He has previously been honoured with a Fellowship of the Indian College of Radiology in view of his outstanding services to the field of Radiology.  He has been awarded a Certificate of Completion of Specialist training by the Royal College of Radiology, London, UK.  Prof. Sandhu has also been awarded the Dr. M.L. Aggarwal Oration by the Indian College of Radiology and Imaging.

        Prof. Paramjeet Singh who is the senior faculty in Neuro Radiology Section is convener of DM Neuro Radiology course,  has over 30 years research, work, and teaching experience. He has published over 180 research presentations/ chapter in Books. He is former President of Chandigarh Chapter of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association and also former President of Chandigarh Chapter of ISVIR. He has previously  been awarded a certificate of Completion of specialist training by the Royal College of Radiology, London, UK. He has been honoured with a Fellowship of the Indian College of Radiology in view of his outstanding services to the field of Radiology.   He has also been awarded the Sir JC Bose Oration by IRIA, and  is former President of the Indian Society of Neuro Radiology.

Chandigarh

PGIMER ENT Department’s National level Surgical Skills Workshop starts today

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IEP CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In pursuance of its commitment towards imparting quality educational and training opportunities to the ENT surgeons across the country,  the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ENT), PGIMER, Chandigarh is conducting a three day Surgical Skills Workshop in collaboration with the Department of Anatomy, at the institute.

The workshop starting from today till 17th of September 2022 intends to cover all the subspecialties of ENT and includes the 18th Temporal Bone Dissection Workshop, 13th Hands on Cadaveric Head and Neck Dissection Course and 13th hands On Cadaveric Basic and Advance FESS (Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery) Course.

The programme includes lectures on the various aspects of the different advanced ENT Head and Neck Surgeries by faculty of the Department of Anatomy followed by live demonstration of the nuances of the procedures by the experienced faculty from the departments of ENT, Plastic Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery. The delegates will then be given the opportunity to dissect and operate on the cadavers.

The workshop is being attended by around 30 delegates and 30 ENT residents from all over the country. The participants will also be judged on the basis of the finesse of dissection and prizes will be given to the best dissectors in all the categories

Chandigarh, Haryana

Deh Shamlat land case will be resolved by staying within the ambit of law: Financial Commissioner

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IEP Chandigarh, September 12

In the matter of Deh Shamlat land, a solution will be found by staying within the ambit of the law. While protecting the interests of the farmers, the government will not allow any farmer to be harmed in any way; this was stated by the Additional Chief Secretary, Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. Varinder Singh Kundu while talking to the mediapersons after the meeting of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with the farmers’ delegation.

Earlier, a delegation of farmers met the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister assured all possible help to the farmers’ delegation. He said that the present government is completely dedicated to the interests of the farmers. The Chief Minister told the farmers’ delegation that whether it is the matter of crop compensation or the purchase of MSP crops, the government has always defended the interests of the farmers.

After the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. Varinder Singh Kundu said that the Chief Minister has assured that all possible help will be extended to the farmers within the legal framework and no damage will be allowed to impact the farmers. He said that the government has heard the side of the farmers’ leaders and each and every issue will be resolved. In the case of Naraingarh Sugar Mills, the previous dues of the farmers will be paid first. The government’s stand is also positive for compensation for crop damage caused by water logging.

The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Dr. Sumita Misra, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister V Umashankar, Managing Director, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd, Mohammed Shayin, ADGP CID, Alok Mittal, Director General Agriculture, Hardeep Singh, Commissioner of Police, Panchkula, Dr. Hanif Qureshi were present, while Suresh Kauth, Amarjit Modi, Jagdish Singh Aulakh, Sukhwinder Singh, Dr. Darshan Pal, Sahab Singh Sandhu, Shingara Singh, Jagtar Singh and Mandeep Nathwan participated from the farmers’ organizations.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Chief Minister releases book on inspirational stories of MMAPUY beneficiaries

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

After losing her father at a young age, the 19-year-old Monica, hailing from the remote village Khanak never in her dreams had thought of running a small dairy unit of her own.  Thanks to Manohar Lal-led Haryana Government which not only helped Monica in setting up her own business but also instilled hope in many other young people like her to move proudly in their lives, despite facing struggles.

        While Monica is not the only blessed one for whom the State Government has paved the way for being self-reliant.  Amanpreet, another young man from Ambala, who at one point in his life was struggling to get employment, today not only proudly owns a Common Services Centre but also became a job giver from a job seeker.

Now the common thread that connects us with the inspirational stories of these young people is that they are the beneficiaries of Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana (MMAPUY), an umbrella Mission scheme of the Department of Social Justice and Department.

        While, apart from these two, MMAPUY also proved a fortune turner for Praveen Kumari, a widow from Yamunanagar who after availing of the scheme benefits started a tailoring shop at her home to proudly raise her children.

        “These stories certainly give us an insight into the transformative journey of Antyodaya families in overcoming poverty with the help of MMAPUY,” said Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while releasing a book titled Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana- A compilation of success stories here today.

        Complied by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, this 48-page booklet has inspirational success stories of 37 MMAPUY beneficiaries residing in 22 districts of the State highlighting how this scheme has proved to be a boon for them in achieving their dreams. Besides this, the reader will also get a glimpse of the Utthan Melas.

        Notably, since 2014, the Chief Minister time and again had reiterated his commitment to making the unprivileged believe that they have the first right on their Government.  To uphold this belief, it was last year only when Sh. Manohar Lal had launched ‘Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana to increase the income of the poorest ‘Antyodaya’ families having annual income of less than Rs. 1 lakh.

        In just nine months, MMAPUY while swiftly working on its core objective of alleviating poverty by facilitating economic inclusion of the last mile citizens, the State Government not only identified actual needy families having an annual family income of less than Rs. 1 lakh but also made dedicated efforts to increase their annual family income to Rs.1.80 lakh by linking them to various loan-based, skill development and employment generation schemes.

        Under this scheme, Antyodaya Gram Utthan Melas were organized so as to ensure greater transparency and efficiency in the delivery of schemes. As per the official data, so far (as of September 7, 2022), a total of 861 Melas were organized in three phases across all the 22 districts of Haryana.

        A total of 136130 identified beneficiaries turned up, and applications of 76454 beneficiaries were approved in principle under various loan-based schemes, skill development training and employment generation schemes. Thereafter, loans of 32743 beneficiaries have been sanctioned out of which over 14000 have been disbursed as well.

        Further 436 beneficiaries have joined private employment opportunities and 908 beneficiaries have secured contractual jobs through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. Additionally, a total of 1185 beneficiaries have been provided with various skill, and development opportunities.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Ivy Healthcare bags ‘Best hospital network’ in Punjab award

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Ivy Healthcare Group, Mohali has been chosen for ‘Best hospital network’ in Punjab award during Medical Excellence Awards ceremony at a hotel in Chandigarh today.

Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare gave away this prestigious award to Gurtej Singh, chairman and Dr. Kanwaldeep, medical director of the Group .

Chandigarh

Teacher’s Day: ‘Teach Chandigarh’ project unveiled by Dev Samaj College 

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

On the occasion of ‘Teacher’s Day, Dev Samaj College of Education(DSCE), Sec 36, Chandigarh has launched a unique project – ‘Teach Chandigarh’. This project aims at providing voluntary services by Dev Samaj College alumni; to the entrant teachers in Government Schools of Chandigarh. DSCE alumni hold degrees and are well qualified. 
Highlighting the benefits of the project, Dr. Agnese Dhillion, Principal, DSCE said, “’Teach Chandigarh’ project will provide an impetus to the education process as per the goals of National Education Policy of India(NEP) 2020. The process of teaching the students under the guidance of DSCE alumni; will provide a real-time teaching experience to the new teachers.”

Chandigarh, Punjab

Chetan Singh Jauramajra launches eye donation campaign by pledging to donate his eyes

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

With an attempt  to boost the eye donation movement in the state  health minister Punjab Chetan Singh Jauramajra took the  initiative by pledging to donate his own eyes.   He said that the  campaign should become people’s movement.

On the occasion of 37th National Eye Donation Fortnight, Chetan Singh Jauramajra while presiding over a state level event at Government Dental College Auditorium Patiala asked the public to come forward voluntarily to contribute towards the awareness campaign launched by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab government to become an eye donor. On this occasion, Patiala Rural MLA Dr.  Balbir Singh and Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sahni were also present.

Chetan Singh Jauramajra, who also holds Medical Education and Research and Elections, said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann would not allow state government hospitals to become referral hospitals only. It is the first priority of the Chief Minister that Punjab becomes the number one state in the country in the health sector. To fulfill this promise, many milestones have been being achieved to provide better health services to the public, he added.

The minister informed that the previous charisma of Government Rajindra Hospital and Mata Kaushalya Hospital would be restored and patients be treated on the lines of PGI by providing state-of-the-art facilities and best doctors in these hospitals.

He further added that in the near future state hospitals in Punjab wot provide medical packages at competitive rates to attract foreign nationals for treatment, which in turn would promote medical tourism and this could be a good source of revenue.

On the occasion three patients namely Gulzar Kaur of village Duladi, Seema Rani of Patran and Tejo Devi from Cheeka were also present who regained their eyesight after undergoing free corneal transplants at Rajindra Hospital after the resumption of eye pupil replacement operations after a gap of nearly 10 years. While sharing their experiences, these patients have expressed special gratitude to the Punjab Chief Minister and the Health Minister and stated that that it was the health model of Bhagwant Mann’s government which has come as a saviour for them.

Elaborating the health facilities in the state Chetan Singh Jauramajra said it was the first priority of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that Punjab became a number one state in the country in the health sector, therefore 16 new medical colleges would be set-up to provide affordable medical education to our students.

He also appealed to the doctors of the government hospitals of the state to cooperate with the government and work as a team to provide better health services to the patients with full diligence.

Earlier MLA Dr.  Balbir Singh congratulated on teacher’s day and said that once Patiala was a center for Keratoplasty (Replacement of eye pupils) but the previous governments never paid attention to it. He assured that the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is paying full attention to health services.

Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sahni assured the district administration would make special efforts to disseminate the message of voluntary eye donation to the common people so that the patients who have lost their sight due to any reason could get eyesight back.

Earlier to this, Civil Surgeon Dr. Raju Dhir formally welcomed the Health Minister. Director Health and Family Welfare Department Dr.  Ranjit Singh Ghotra informed about the activities being carried out to make Patiala a cataract free district by 2024. The state program officer Dr. Neeti Singla and Dr. Jitendra Kansal asked people to stay away from superstitions regarding eye donation.  Principal Dental College Dr. G.S. Maan thanked all the participants to make the function a memorable event.

On this occasion, the Health Minister also honored the Block Extension Educators (BEE) of the state, including Narinderpal Singh from Sangrur, Gautam Rishi from Barnala, Divesh Kumar from Fazilka, Ritu Mehta from Roopnagar and  Sarabjit Singh from Patiala besides eye specialist doctors of Patiala district.

On the occasion Assistant Commissioner (UT) Dr. Akshita Gupta, SDM Dr. Ismat Vijay Singh, District Urban President of AAP Tejinder Mehta, Rural President Megh Chand Shermajra, Event Incharge Angrej Singh, Director Principal Medical College Dr. Harjinder Singh, Medical Superintendent. Dr. H.S.  Rekhi, Students and health department staff were also present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Youth should focus on sports & Stomp out drugs from state :Anmol Gagan Maan

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cabinet Minister Ms. Anmol Gagan Mann encouraged the wrestlers to take part in the sport by reaching out to the wrestlers in the wrestling competitions organized at villages Togan and Majri of Halka Kharar of District SAS Nagar.  These wrestling competitions were organized at Jai Baba Guga Maidi Jaharveer Managing Committee Reg.Village Toga and Majri with the support of all the residents.  Renowned wrestlers from other states including Punjab participated in wrestling competitions.  On reaching at the venue , the cabinet minister was warmly welcomed by the residents and the youth present there.  After this, Ms. Anmol Gagan Mann inaugurated the competition by making the wrestlers join hands.

Addressing the public, the Cabinet Minister congratulated the organizers for organizing such sports competition for the residents of the constituency.  She said that the demand of the residents to install tubewell at Taugan village will be fulfilled soon.  She said that approval will be received from the government soon to build five bridges in the constituency.  

On this occasion, She appealed to the youth to give more attention to wrestling and other sports, shun away from drugs, and to shine the name of their parents, region and country by becoming good sportsmen.  The cabinet minister said that wrestling is a priceless heritage of Punjab which keep the body healthy. 

 On this occasion, SDM Kharar Mr. Ravinder Singh, Ravi Rana Togan, Ankit Sidhana MD, Raghbir Singh Badala, Suraj Bhan Goyal, Sukhwinder Singh Bittu, Nitasha Joshi besides volunteers were present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CABINET LED BY CM APPROVES POLICY TO REGULARISE SERVICES OF ADHOC, CONTRACTUAL, TEMPORARY TEACHER AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5. 2022

In a major employee friendly decision, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday approved a policy for regularising services of Adhoc, Contractual, and Temporary Teachers thereby benefitting more than 9000 employees of the state government.

A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of Council of Ministers chaired by the Chief Minister here at the Punjab Civil Secretariat- I.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the Chief Minister’s Office said that previously various appointments to ‘Group C’ and ‘Group D’ level posts in government had been made on contract/temporary basis. Some of such employees have now put in a period of more than 10 years and had given their prime years of life in service of the state. The Cabinet opined that now at this stage, to relieve these employees will be unjustified and improper.

Thus, being a Welfare State and to protect the interest of these contractual temporary employees, state government has formulated a Policy for welfare of Adhoc, Contractual, and temporary teachers and other employees in Education Department under Article 162 read with entry 41 of list-II of the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, to ensure that such employees do not suffer from uncertainty and harassment and to grant them a security of tenure. The state government has taken a policy decision to continue such desirous suitable Teachers, who fulfill the eligibility conditions, in service till the age of 58 years by placing them in a special cadre. This policy, which will benefit more than 9000 employees, has been framed only in relation to Group C & Group D posts of Education department, Punjab.

For regularization of services an employee should have worked on adhoc, contractual, or temporary basis for a continuous period of minimum ten years till the issuance of present policy and must have possessed the requisite qualifications and experience for the post in terms of rules, if any, at the time of placement in the Special Cadre. The work and conduct of the applicant must have remained satisfactory as per the assessment of the department/employer during the period of 10 years service.

However, the policy will not be applicable to a person who has been engaged in an honorary capacity or on a part time basis or had attained the age of superannuation or had resigned on his own or had not been retained by the Department or had been engaged on outsourced basis or is on an incentive based engagement or does not possess the requisite qualifications and experience for the post prescribed under the service rules, if any, at the time of placement in the Special Cadre or had been engaged or continues in service on account of any interim order(s), direction(s) of any Court or Tribunal; or had been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude or charges have been framed against him in a Court of Law relating to such offence.

For the purpose of grant of continuation to these employees they will be placed on a post, which shall not be a cadre post, by creating special cadre of posts. The process of placement of beneficiary employee will commence after submission of the Application Form, accompanied by all required documents, by him.  The beneficiary employees, who are being placed in special cadre posts and will be allowed to continue in service till the age of 58 years. They will be treated as a fresh appointee.