IEP Chandigarh, September 23

Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday exhorted that the State Government will complete the process to regularize the services of Education Providers in just three months.The Cabinet Minister further informed that notification regarding the process of services regularization will be issued soon.Mr. Bains said that the employees working with education department will be made regular when the necessary conditions for regularization are fulfilled in pursuance with the decision.The Education Minister said that he eagerly wanted to regularize the services of contractual and other employees of education department so that they will get their dues timely. He informed that the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan is committed to the welfare of the employees and this has been proved with the decision to regularize the services of 8736 teachers on Teacher’s Day. However the process to resolve the matter of computer teachers is underway. He acknowledged that school education is the core area of concern of our government.Mr. Bains said that the long-pending demand of contractual employees of the education department has been fulfilled by implementing the first recommendation in letter and spirit of the sub-committee formed to make policy for regularization the services of such employees of various departments. 

IEP Chandigarh, September 23

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr. Kultar Singh Sandhwan congratulated all the people on the Aagman Purb of the great Sufi Saint Baba Farid Ji.

Mr. Sandhwan said that Baba Sheikh Farid ji gave the message of peace, brotherhood and harmony to the people in his Bani. The verses composed by him have more relevance in the present materialistic society. The Vidhan Sabha Speaker has appealed to the people to follow the path of Baba Farid ji and live with mutual love. He said that with this we can build a better society.

It is worth noting that 112 holy shlokas and 4 holy Shabad of Baba Farid ji are also included in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji.

IEP CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR, September 23

As part of the ongoing drive launched by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab a crime-free state, Punjab Police has busted an ISI-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Pakistan-based Gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda with the arrest of its two operatives, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.Pertinently, Canada-based Landa is considered to be the close aide of Pakistan-based wanted gangster Harvinder Singh alias Rinda, who had joined hands with Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), and they have close ties with the ISI.  Landa had played a key role in conspiring the Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) terror attack at Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali and had also planted an IED beneath Sub-Inspector Dilbag Singh’s car in Amritsar.Those arrested have been identified as Baljit Singh Malhi (25) of village Jogewal in Ferozepur and Gurbaksh Singh alias Gora Sandhu of village Buh Gujran in Ferozepur.Divulging more details, DGP Gaurav Yadav said that in an intelligence-led operation by AIG Counter Intelligence Jalandhar Navjot Singh Mahal, the police teams have managed to arrest both the accused persons. The police have also recovered one sophisticated AK-56 assault rifle along with two magazines, 90 live cartridges and two bullet shells from a location pinpointed by Gurbaksh Singh at his village, he added.He said that the preliminary investigations revealed that Baljit was in touch with Italy-based Harpreet Singh alias Happy Sanghera, and on latter’s directions Baljit had picked consignment of weapons from a pinpointed spot at Makhu-Lohian road near the sanctuary in village Sudan in July 2022. Later, they concealed the consignment at fields owned by Gurbaksh in his village after conducting test fires, he added.He said that it has also been ascertained that Baljit was in direct contact with dreaded gangsters including Canada-based Lakhbir Landa and Arsh Dalla. Further investigations are on and more recoveries of weapons are expected soon, he added.The DGP said that the war against gangsters waged by Punjab Police on directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will continue till Punjab emerges as a Gangster-free state.Meanwhile, an FIR No. 29, dated 22.09.2022 has been registered under sections 10, 13, 18 and 20 of the UA(P) Act and section 25 of the Arms Act at SSOC Amritsar.

IEP Chandigarh, September 23

The Punjab government led by Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann is continuously making efforts to provide basic facilities and clean environment to the people of the state. Working in the same direction, the state government has decided to dispose of garbage and solid waste using modern technology.

Divulging details, Local Government Minister, Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar said that State Government has decided to spend Rs. 351.17 lakh for the disposal of garbage and solid waste with modern technology in different places of Punjab. The tender process has been started in this regard.

Dr.Nijjar said that getting rid of garbage and solid waste problems at Payal, RaiKot in the state. Apart from this, garbage and solid waste at Samrala and Jagraon will also be disposed of in a scientific manner so that the environment can be made clean and pollution free. Similarly, Malout will also be beautified under this decision.

The Minister said that disposal of garbage and solid waste at dump sites with modern technology will not only clean the environment but also help prevent many dangerous diseases that spread among the people.

The Minister directed the departmental officials to ensure completion of these works in a timely manner.

IEP Chandigarh September 22

The procurement of the Kharif crops in Haryana will start from  October 1. Ensuring hassle-free procurement is our utmost priority. 

This was stated by  Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while chairing a high-level meeting with the officers concerned regarding procurement arrangements held here today in the late evening.

Agriculture and Farmers” Welfare Minister, Sh. J.P Dalal also remained present in the meeting.

“Ensure adequate arrangements are made for the farmers bringing their crops to the Mandis,” directed Sh. Manohar Lal.  

During the marketing season 2022-23, crops like paddy, millet, maize, moong, sunflower, groundnut,  til, arhar and urad etc. will be procured.  Adequate arrangements for mandis have been made for smooth procurement. 

The Chief Minister said that procurement of crops should be done in a time-bound manner. Besides this adequate arrangements should be made for the safe storage and proper availability of gunny bags in the mandis.

He said that Meri Fasal – Mera Byora Portal has again been reopened for the next three days (September 22 to 24), therefore farmers who could not register themselves due to any reason can ensure their registration at the earliest. 

The Chief Minister directed the officers of the Agriculture Department to rectify the verified data of e-Girdawari with their data and data collected by  HARSAC  within the next two days and the same should be sent to the CRO through the  Deputy Commissioners. 

Furthermore, the CRO should also be directed to rectify this data in the next 3 days and ensure to upload the update on the portal at the earliest, directed Manohar Lal. 

He said that as before, help desks should be set up in the mandis so that farmers should not face any problem while visiting the mandis.   Officers of the Marketing Board, Agriculture and concerned departments will be deployed at this help desk to redress the grievances of farmers.

Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Dr Sumita Misra, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister,  V Umashankar, Commissioner and Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department Pankaj Agarwal, Director General, Agriculture Department, Hardeep Singh and Deputy Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister,  K Makarand Pandurang and other senior officers also remained present.

IEP Chandigarh, September 22

In order to  provide secure and uninterrupted high speed network connectivity in 244 Police Stations of Haryana, bandwidth speed up to 10 Mbps has been extended. With this high-speed network connectivity, the database of all crimes and criminals will be updated on the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS). The remaining police station will also be equipped with Bandwidth speed up to 10 MBPS by the end of this year. It is noteworthy that Haryana is among the top states in the country in the CCTNS system.

While presiding over the 22nd meeting of the State Apex Committee of CCTNS-Haryana, the Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed the officers to prepare the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for further use of the data collected by the State Crime Records Bureau, so that the data relating to all crimes and criminals can be onboard. Apart from this, the SOP should also mention the supervisory officer, the rule book and the time frame related to the proceedings.

The Chief Secretary directed that a comparative chart should be prepared after studying the various initiatives and techniques being used in other states related to data update and report generation in CCTNS. Accordingly, suitable technology should be adopted in Haryana. He said that for better implementation of CCTNS, data of various concerned departments like prisons, health etc. should also be integrated.

It was informed in the meeting that upgrading the CCTNS system will improve the functioning which will ensure a better and robust system of monitoring. New modules are being prepared for this. Under this, it will be easy to search FIR according to its section or the specified recorded section, which will make it easier to find information regarding the old cases. Integration with FSL, e-Courts, e-Prosecution, LMS and Health Department will be done with CCTNS.

It was informed in the meeting that the State Crime Record Bureau has been designated as the nodal agency for the implementation of CCTNS-ICJS (Inter-operable Criminal Justice System). The officers at the level of Commissioner of Police, Inspector General of Police and Additional Director General of Police, DCP and Superintendent of Police have been designated as nodal officers for CCTNS in their jurisdiction. The Crime Records Bureau has been set up at the district level to promote the use of CCTNS for the evaluation of crime data.

It was informed in the meeting that through CCTNS implemented with the objective of preventing crime in the state, there has been more efficiency in the functioning of the police, as a result of which Haryana is among the top states in the country in the CCTNS system.

The meeting was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. T.V.S.N. Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Director General of Police, Sh. PK Agrawal and other officers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, September 22

For more than seven years upliftment of the last mile person has been the primary goal of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister while upholding the spirit of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s Antyodaya philosophy has not only started several welfare schemes for the Antyodaya families but also ensured complete transparency in their disbursal to those at the bottom of the pyramid.

Whether it is about providing self-employment opportunities to such families via Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana (MMAPUY) or giving government jobs on a merit basis, Sh. Manohar Lal has time and again reiterated his commitment to uplifting the poorest of the poor.

The Chief Minister started Jan Samvad programme aimed at bringing the government to the doorsteps to serve the people of the State in a better way. Along with the Chief Minister, his Administrative Wing is also ensuring on the spot redressal of most of the complaints.

While making a paradigm shift towards good governance, the State Government had started celebrating, December 25, the birthday of former Prime Minister, Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Good Governance Day in Haryana.

Good Governance Day reiterates the commitment of the Manohar Lal-led Government to provide a transparent and accountable administration in Haryana along with bringing a positive change in the lives of the people.

The main aim of celebrating Good Governance Day is to provide hassle-free services and ensure the benefits of various welfare schemes to every needy person and today more than 500 services of more than 40 departments have become online. Now any person can get information about these on their mobile phones only, saving frequent rounds to the government offices.

People are declaring their annual income in the PPP

The Chief Minister firmly believes that the reach of the public welfare schemes to those at the bottom of the pyramid along with ensuring timely redressal of all the problems faced by them.

The latest example of this was later seen in Rohtak when during his visit to Rohtak, a woman complained about stopping her pension because the officers concerned had declared her dead in the government documents.

Later taking strict cognizance of the said complaint, the Chief Minister not only directed the officers concerned to immediately rectify the data and restore the pension of the said beneficiary but also gave Rs. 2500 to an elderly woman from his own pocket.

The Chief Minister said that eligible persons will get the benefit of government schemes and the name of the ineligible persons will be automatically removed through PPP verification.

In the PPP, the head of the family has to declare his own income and even after that he is given an opportunity to rectify the figures, after which the data of the PPP are verified.

After the Aadhaar card, the PPP has become the only document having authenticated data. Haryana is the first state not only in the country but also in the world to implement the PPP.

Jan Samvad programme organized in 3 districts

The Chief Minister resolved the grievances of the people of the state during the Jan Samvad programme organized in Karnal, Rohtak and Sirsa.

Senior officers of the Chief Minister’s Offices, also accompanies him and most of the grievances were resolved on the spot.

During the Jan Samvad programme organized in Sirsa, Sh. Manohar Lal for more than three and a half hours gave a patient hearing to all the complainants having issues regarding Old age pension, BPL Ration Card, Mukhyamantri Vivah Shagun Yojana, and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

Antyodaya Success Story

Aimed at the upliftment of Antyodaya families MMAPUY was launched in November 2021. Through this scheme, efforts are being made to raise the standard of living of the last mile person. Realizing the same such families were identified through the ‘Parivar Pehchan-Patra Portal’, whose annual family income is less than Rs. 1 lakh and a target has been set to increase their income upto Rs. 1.8 lakh and beyond.

Under this scheme, a total of 861 Antyodaya Gram Utthan Melas were organized in three phases across all the 22 districts of Haryana. A total of 1,36,130 identified beneficiaries turned up, and applications of 76,454 beneficiaries were approved in principle under various loan-based schemes, skill development training, and employment generation schemes. Thereafter, loans of 32,743 beneficiaries have been sanctioned out of which over 14,000 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.

One of the most unique features of this scheme is that it focuses on the overall upliftment of the family as a whole. So far 49 schemes of 18 departments have been added to ‘Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana’.

IEP Chandigarh, September 22

Haryana Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan said that Gati Shakti has the potential to completely overhaul not only the planning of infrastructure projects but also statutory approvals and monitoring the progress of projects. The importance of Gati Shakti can be ascertained from the fact that during the launch of the National Logistics Policy last week, Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi had laid great emphasis on Gati Shakti.

Sh. Sharan was presiding over a workshop on ‘PM Gati Shakti’ organized in Chandigarh today

Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar said that the ‘PM Gati Shakti’ scheme is a revolutionary initiative at the national level for holistic infrastructural development and economic growth. He talked about the importance of geographical appreciation of the physical impediments before infrastructural planning in any state. He also exemplified GIS mapping and geospatial based tools that have supported in effective planning and execution of infrastructure planning and other execution works of District Gurugram. He said that the technology of GIS has made it easy and efficient to rapidly identify these physical obstacles. He said that if all the data required for planning and executing the development of large infrastructural projects is available on one single platform, like the PM Gati Shakti portal, then various states and the nation will achieve a next level infrastructural development and subsequent economic growth.

Sh. V. Umashankar said that the PM Gati Shakti launched by the Prime Minister on October 13, 2021 is a great initiative by the Government of India to achieve holistic planning and infrastructural development across the country. It is an integrated plan that aims to bring existing and proposed planned economic zones and multimodal connectivity infrastructure of the country on a single integrated platform.

By facilitating seamless multimodal connectivity as well as better inter-governmental coordination through dynamic, real-time collaboration between various departments, PM Gati Shakti will not only boost the country’s logistics, transport sectors and industrial corridors but also create more job opportunities and industries, reduce turnaround times drastically, improve productivity in project executions and last mile connectivity, enhance transparency and accountability in the ecosystem. This has the potential to optimize India’s manufacturing competitiveness, overall industrial and GDP growth in future.

During the occasion, Director General, Industries and Commerce Department, Sh. Shekhar Vidyarthi, Director, DPIIT, Sh. Arvind Pandey and Project Director, BISAG-N, Sh. Ajay Patel were present.

IEP Chandigarh, September 22

Focused on saving the environment, Haryana Chief Minister is making devoted efforts to increase the sale of electric vehicles. Aimed at making a significant contribution to improving the environment, reducing carbon footprints and aggressively motivating the citizens to buy Electric Vehicles, ‘Haryana Electric Vehicle Policy-2022′ was notified by the Industries and Commerce Department on July 8, 2022.

As per the directions of the Chief Minister, this policy places a special emphasis on the creation of an end-to-end ecosystem for E-Mobility in the state and envisages at harnessing Haryana‘s inherent strength in the automotive manufacturing sector for supporting Electric Vehicle manufacturing and adoption within the state.

The Government of India has also launched The Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India (FAME Scheme I and II) scheme in 2015 which has been extended subsequently in 2019, under the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) with the aim to promote eco-friendly electric vehicles in the country.

In this backdrop, it became imperative for the State Government to come up with an electric vehicle policy which is not only offering a discount bonanza for the manufacturers but also aims to encourage buyers to shift to E-mobility.

The Chief Minister believes that  with this new Policy, the state government aims to promote clean transportation, ensure environmental sustainability by reduction of pollution, increase energy efficiency and conservation and create an ecosystem for manufacturing of Electric Vehicle (EV) components in Haryana. The Policy also aims to make Haryana- a global hub for electric mobility development and manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and generate ample employment opportunities for the Youth.

Special incentives for the Manufacturing Firms

In order to attract the manufacturers to set up or convert the already established industries for manufacturing of electric vehicles in the state, many provisions have been made in the Policy offering a special discount bonanza for the Manufacturing Firms.

        Capital subsidies will be provided to industries manufacturing Electric Vehicles (BEV/FCEV), major components of EVs, batteries for EVs, and manufacturers of charging infrastructure in each segment of electric vehicles (2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, 4-wheelers, buses/Heavy Vehicle).

Micro Industry

As per the policy,  25 percent of FCI or Rs. 15 lakh, whichever is lower will be given as a capital subsidy to the manufacturers on the fixed capital investment of the first 20 units.

Small Industry

The first 10 units will get  20 percent of FCI or Rs. 40 lakh, whichever is lower as capital subsidy on the fixed capital investment.

Medium Industry

The first 5 units will get 20 percent of FCI or Rs. 50 lakh, whichever is lower as a capital subsidy on the fixed capital investment.

Large Industry

The first 2 units will get 10 percent of FCI or Rs. 10 crore, whichever is lower will be given as a capital subsidy on the fixed capital investment.

Mega Industry

The first 3 units will get  20 percent of FCI or Rs. 20 crore, whichever is lower will be given as a capital subsidy on the fixed capital investment.