IEP Chandigarh, March 27 

Haryana Right to Service Commission while taking stringent action against a Kanungo of Badli, Jhajjar has imposed a penalty of Rs. 10, 000 for his dereliction of duty in the delivery of a notified service.Giving more information in this regard, RTS Secretary informed that an appeal was raised through Auto Appeal system in a case where the appellant has applied for a notified service under ‘Demarcation of Land if no standing crop’.        Taking cognizance of the matter, the Commission called for an immediate enquiry. A hearing in this regard was conducted on March 7, 2023 through Video Conferencing which was attended by Sh. Sriniwas, Tehsildar, Badli, Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo, Badli and Sh. Vijay Pal, the complainant.He informed that during the hearing, Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo submitted that demarcation was delayed due to late delivery of the map by the operator of DGPS machine who was a private person hired by the complainant. On the other hand, the complainant, Sh. Vijay Pal submitted that he had followed up with the Kanungo regarding the demarcation report but didn’t receive a positive response even after multiple reminders. Further, the Kanungo never informed him regarding the non-availability of the map from the operator, he tried to misguide him by telling him that his signature on the application were missing.         RTS Secretary stated that the Commission has carefully considered all the facts and found that substantial delay has been caused in the matter due to dereliction of duty on the part of Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo, Badli for keeping notified service pending for more than 6 months.RTS Secretary added that he not only misguided the complainant by saying that the report was delayed due to absence of his signatures on the application but also made no efforts to obtain the required map from the DGPS operator. If the Kanungo had informed the complainant about the non-submission of the demarcation map by the operator, the complainant would have ensured its availability.The RTS Secretary further informed that the Commission imposes a penalty of Rs. 10,000/- on Sh. Vijay Singh, Kanungo, Badli for his dereliction of duty in the delivery of a notified service and orders that a compensation of Rs 2,000/- be paid by him to the complainant, to compensate for the harassment caused to him in availing a notified service. He added that the commission will continue to take stringent action against officers/officials taking laxity in their approach towards public work. 

IEP Chandigarh, March 26

The State Election Commission Haryana bagged CSI SIG e-governance Award 2022 for developing integrated suite of applications for ensuring smooth Local Bodies Elections Management. It was developed and implemented by NIC Haryana during general elections of Urban Local Bodies 2022.Giving more information in this regard an official spokesperson said that the award was presented by the Computer Society of India and received by Dr. Inder Jeet, Secretary, State Election Commission, Haryana along with Sh. Deepak Bansal, State Informatics Officer, NIC Haryana and other officials of SEC Haryana and NIC Haryana in a function organised by CSI SIG on March 25, 2023 at Delhi Technological University, New Delhi. The ICT project which received award was developed by NIC Haryana under the guidance of Sh. Dhanpat Singh, State Election Commissioner, Haryana, he added.        He informed that the key target of implementation of ICT application suite for the State Election Commission Haryana is to conduct local bodies elections in a free, fair and transparent manner. ICT is best suited to bring in transparency in any such time bound activity with great public visibility.He further stated that the ICT project comprised of web based integrated modules and applications for preparation of voters list and ward bandi, voter search web application, collection of employees data online for deploying them on election duty, capturing details of nominating candidates, know your contesting candidates (KYC), election duty management system application, final contesting candidates (after scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations) along with their affidavits, allotment of symbols for contesting candidates, poll process monitoring e-dashboard and generation of multiple reports online, counting day management system and result day e-dashboard.

IEP Chandigarh, March 26

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal congratulated and extended good wishes to Haryana’s daughters Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora, on behalf of the people of the state; for clinching gold medals in the Women’s World Boxing Championship. The Chief Minister also congratulated the daughters on their victory through Twitter.        He said that the daughters of Haryana have once again brought laurels to the country and the state by winning gold medals; showing their prowess in sports. Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora have won the Women’s World Boxing Championship organized at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports Complex in Delhi.        “Our daughters have always brought laurels to their families and the state by winning many medals in sports. It is the endeavour of the state government to create a conducive environment for sports with better training arrangements for the players; along with international level coaching facilities, so that they can perform their best in sports,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.        The Chief Minister said that the state government is implementing several schemes for the promotion of sports. Along with cash prizes worth crores of rupees, the sports infrastructure is being improved. He said that the government’s new sports policy have started giving positive results and the sons and daughters of the state are continuously shining bright in the field.

IEP Chandigarh, March 21

 Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal  while delivering  his reply on the budget speech during the ongoing budget session of the state Vidhan Sabha announced that now MLAs can spend an amount of Rs. 2 crore being given under the Vidhayak Adarsh Gram Yojana for the development works in the urban areas as well.Earlier the MLA used to spend the said grant in rural areas only but now this amount can be used for the development works in the urban areas as well. He also announced to rename this scheme as Adarsh Nagar Evam Gram Yojana. The Director, Panchayat will be the nodal officer for this, announced Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister further announced that the Girl’s college to be constructed at Balsamand, Hisar will be named after Late Chaudhary Bhajan Lal. Sh. Manohar Lal said that apart from already announced 4000 playway schools in the year 2022-23, now additional 4000 play way schools would be further opened in the State.Sharing five contradictory figures about State Debt questions the credibility of ‘Hooda Sahab ‘only, CMResponding to the contradictory figures shared by the Opposition leader Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda on State Debt publically from November 22 to till date, Sh. Manohar Lal said that sharing 5 different figures is going to question the credibility of Hooda only, every time the Opposition leader shares different figures it certainly denting his image only. “We are not afraid of criticism, will keep introducing good governance reforms, said the Chief Minister.Opposition always fumble with the debt figures, at present, State’s debt graph has declined, CMClarifying the definition of Debt, the Chief Minister said that in the Public debt three different heads are included.  The opposition should not confuse one with the other while calculating the final debt figures.The State Public Enterprises loan figure was in 2014-15 was 69,922 crore, while in the year 2021-22, the figure was 47,211 crore. The debt graph of the state at present has declined, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.Our GSDP is constantly increasing, at present it is increased up to Rs. 10 lakh crore. The debt limit was increased from Rs. 25 percent to Rs. 33 percent during the COVID-19 period. We are within the prescribed limit of around 26-27 percent while the neighbouring state Punjab is at 48 percent, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister further shared that the HSVP had a pending debt of Rs. 14334. Out of this, about Rs.6000 crore has been settled and now Rs. 8334 crore has been left.Likewise, the HSIIDC had a pending debt of Rs. 13881 crore. Out of this, around Rs.7000 crore has been settled and now Rs. 6944 crore has been left.  The power utilities had a pending debt of more than Rs. 37000 crore, which has been reduced to   Rs. 14800 crore, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister said that the State Government has included an amount of Rs. 25,850 crore of the UDAY scheme in its debt account and this is the reason that the profit graph of the power department is constantly rising, said Sh. Manohar Lal.Haryana is in the third position in the country in terms of InvestmentThe Chief Minister informed that with an investment of 90 rupee per person, Haryana is in the third position in the country in terms of investment after Karnataka and Maharashtra that have per person investment of Rs. 303 and Rs. 108 respectively. State’s investment graph is constantly increasing, said Sh. Manohar Lal.For 2023-24 Rs. 7314 crore allocated for Agriculture and allied sectors, CMThe Chief Minister said that for 2023-24 Rs. 7314 crore allocated for Agriculture and allied sectors, which is 3.9 percent of the total budget. In the revised budget estimates of 2022-23 it was Rs. 5758 crores and in the year 2021-22 it was Rs. 4100 crores.The Chief Minister shared that in the year 2014-15, the total allocated  budget for this sector was Rs. 2156 crore which was only 3.4 percent. The present government has allocated 3.9 percent to this sector.Responding to  an issue regarding why Haryana gets less financial help from Centre as compared to neighbouring states, the Chief Minister said that Centre follows the formula of the more progressive the state is, lesser the financial grant will be. The financial management of Haryana is well managed and this is the reason that we get less help as compared to its neighbouring states.The Chief Minister said that after GST, the Centre had announced to give 14 percent compensation to the States. As per the decision of the GST Council, loan has been taken for the amount which is to be given to the states. This debt is reflected in the State debt account, though this debt would be repaid by the Centre only.Government focused on making Panchayat and civic bodies financially independentThe Chief Minister said that the Government is focused on making Panchayat and civic bodies financially independent. They have been directed to prepare their budgetary allocation and ensure the same is spent on carrying out various development works. Those Panchayat and civic bodies that face storage of funds would be helped. They will continue to get the funds from the Central and State Finance Commission.He said that the local audit system would be meticulously implemented. Whatever public money will be spent on development works, local audit would be conducted for the same, said the Chief Minister.

IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, in response to a question raised by a member of house during Haryana Vidhan Sabha, said that the Haryana government will form a committee under the Chairmanship of the Financial Commissioner, which will prepare new sub-tehsils, tehsils, sub-divisions, districts and decide the rules etc. for the constitution of the district.The Deputy Chief Minister further informed that at present a committee of three ministers has been constituted which takes decisions for the formation of new sub-tehsils, tehsils, sub-divisions etc. and inclusion of villages. This committee takes its decision and takes further action on the recommendation of the Deputy Commissioner.He informed that the government currently has the population figures according to the 2011 census. He said that now reliable data of PPP is being prepared with the state government. On the basis of that, the committee under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner will take its next decision and send the report to the committee of ministers, this committee will present its report on the basis of population, villages etc. Only after that action will be taken for the formation of new sub-tehsil, tehsil, sub-division and district. Dahina may be taken into consideration for subdivision if it meets the criteria set out in the committee’s observation and report.Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, in response to a question raised by a member of house during Haryana Vidhan Sabha, said that in view of the possibility of increase in traffic  at Kanina, Mahendragarh district, a bypass can be constructed. If the report of the Public Works Department ensure feasibility, then the land requirement will be uploaded on e-Bhoomi, once the entire procedure has been completed, work can be started in this direction.The Deputy Chief Minister further informed that the Haryana government has given approval for the construction of 14 new bypasses in the budget, if found appropriate, the Dahina bypass can also be constructed.Haryana Public Health and Engineering Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that a plan of more than Rs. 425 lakh is proposed for drainage of water in Kharkhoda City of Sonipat. He added that an action will be taken on this.The Public Health Minister said this in response to a question raised by a member of the house during the budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.The Public Health Minister said that a permanent plan is being chalked out to drain the water from Kharkhoda City. Under this, areas like Sonipat, Delhi, Sampla Road will get relief from water logging and the issue will also be resolved permanently.He stated that the estimate created for this system is now being re-evaluated due to several shortcomings. Work on this will be started soon after administrative approval. He assured that a permanent solution to this problem will be found by making permanent arrangements for drainage of water in Kharkhoda city.Haryana Public Health Minister, Dr. Banwari Lal said that tender has been allotted for upgrading better water supply under Mahagram Yojana in village Bhagal of Gulha Assembly ConstituencyThe Public Health Minister gave this information in response to a question raised by a member of house during Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.The Public Health Minister said that tenders for providing good sewerage system and construction of Sewage Treatment Plant have been opened for evaluation and are likely to be allotted by April 30, 2023.The Public Health Minister said that the work of providing water supply and sewerage scheme is likely to be commissioned by August 31, 2024. He said that the engineering works are being carried out while ensuring highest quality and in a time bound manner.

IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the rate of unemployment in the state has decreased in comparison to what it was during the tenure of previous government.At present, the number of applicants registered with various employment exchanges in February 2023 is 6.46 lakh, while in December 2014 the number was 7.86 lakh. The government has made tireless efforts to provide employment opportunities to the State Youth. Along with government jobs, employment opportunities have been made available to the youth in the private sector as well, said Sh. Manohar Lal while replying to a question regarding unemployment in the state during the question hour in the budget session of State Vidhan Sabha today.He said that the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) is conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation from time to time. According to the PLFS report, the unemployment rate in Haryana was 8.6 percent in 2017-18, 9.2 percent in 2018-19, 6.5 percent in 2019-20, and 6.3 percent in 2020-21.The Chief Minister said that the Reserve Bank of India also releases such data every year. According to RBI the unemployment rate is 8.1 percent. However, there is no fixed formula for these figures, so the figures of different agencies also differ, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.In 8 years we gave more than 1 lakh government jobs in comparison to 86,000 during Congress 10 years regimeSh. Manohar Lal informed that 86,000 government jobs were given in 10 years from 2005-2014, while during our tenure more than 1 lakh jobs have been given in 8 years. Besides this, under the Saksham Yuva Yojana also, post graduate, graduate and 12th pass students are given Rs.3000, Rs.1500 and Rs.900 per month respectively for 100 hours of work. So far 1.75 lakh youth have taken advantage of this scheme.Not only this, under the Haryana Skill Development Mission, employment opportunities have also been made available to more than 1 lakh youth by skill development. After 2015, employment has been provided to 12.64 lakh youth in the private sector as well, the Chief Minister further informed the House.CMIE figures are beyond facts, they consider small sample sizeResponding to the unemployment figures released by CMIE agency from time to time, the Chief Minister informed the House that CMIE issues unemployment rate after conducting the sample survey of only 5000 population out of the total of 1.80 crore population.CMIE is a private organization and there is no reliability and credibility for such data released by any private organization. The CEO of this institution is also a member of the election manifesto of the Congress party. In the year 2017, this agency had shown the unemployment rate of Haryana at 2 percent. Sometimes it claims it to be 34 percent and sometimes 26 percent, which has no credibility, said Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister said that the data of every person is linked with the Parivar Pehchan Patra and on the basis of self-verified data, the number of unemployed in the state is 10.46 lakh. However, there is a section of the society which is not unemployed but actually underemployed, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal announced to conduct special Girdawari of the crops damaged due to recent untimely rain and hailstorms. He also urged the farmers to ensure the timely uploading of their damaged crop data on the e-fasal kshatipoorti portal so that timely compensation for the damaged crops should be given to them.The Chief Minister was speaking during the ongoing session of the Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. “We are standing shoulder to shoulder with our farmer brothers. I urge them to ensure the updation of their crop damage on the portal so that after proper verification, the compensation can be paid to them, said Sh. Manohar Lal.  

IEP Chandigarh, March 21

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the State Government has framed various Rules to govern services conditions of Group A, B, C & D officers and officials and also issued several instructions from time to time to reforms the civil services. The Government examines and considers proposals received from time to time to determine the hierarchy levels in various Departments, Boards, and Corporations, for which the State Government has formed a Rationalization Commission, shared Sh. Manohar Lal while replying to a question regarding reforms in civil services raised during the question hour in the ongoing budget session of the State  Vidhan Sabha today.Divulging further details, the Chief Minister informed that as on date, a total of 166 IAS officers are serving in the State and 237 HCS (Executive Branch) officers are also serving in the State. Further, Haryana Public Service Commission has recommended 48 candidates for appointment to HCS (Executive Branch) for Register -B (direct recruitment), and the appointment of these 48 candidates is under process, shared Sh Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister informed that 14 IAS officers are currently on deputation with Central Government and 2 IAS officers are with Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration. The 4 number of HCS (Executive Branch) officers are on deputation with Union Territory, Chandigarh Administration. Sh. Manohar Lal said that the government will consider all the feasible suggestions shared by the MLA in the House. He said that the transfer of officers is an administrative process and takes place at the administrative level.  Transfers are done according to the requirement and capabilities of the officers, so no criteria can be fixed for the transfer of the administrative wing. 

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Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said farmers will get minimum support price (MSP) for crops, youth will get jobs and employees will get old pension scheme (OPS) when the Congress government will be formed in Haryana.

Addressing a Press conference in Rohtak, Hooda said it is certain that Bharatiya Janata Party-Jannayak Janta Party (BJP-JJP) coalition government will lose in the upcoming elections and Congress will form the government.

“People are completely fed up with the present government. Haryana, which was number one in per capita income, investment and development till 2014 during the Congress government, has been made number one in unemployment, crime and scams by the present government,” he said.

Hooda said about two lakh posts are lying vacant in government departments. “Instead of filling them, scams are happening continuously in the name of recruitment, jobs are being sold like goods at a grocery store. About 30 papers have been leaked so far,”  the Congress leader said.

“The government is constantly changing the rules to give preference to the people of other states even in the few recruitments that are held in the state. In this series, the government has now decided to give five marks of socio-economic status to the candidates of other states. This will make it more difficult for the local applicants to get jobs,” he said.

Referring to the farmers, Hooda said today the farmers’ mustard is being sold in the market at a rate lower than the MSP as the government is deliberately delaying the purchase. “Due to non-availability of government procurement, farmers had to sell their mustard at Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 below the MSP. Not only mustard, the government is shying away from giving MSP on almost all the crops from bajra and paddy,” he alleged.

“The MSP guarantee law will be implemented after the Congress government is formed. Along with this, the party has decided that after the formation of the government, old age pension of Rs 6000 per month and free electricity up to 300 units per family will be given to the elderly. The scheme to distribute plots of 100 yards each to poor families will start again. The present government reduced the income limit in the creamy layer in backward classes from 8 to 6 lakhs. It will be increased to 10 lakhs so that backward classes can get full benefit of reservation,” the former CM added.

Hooda once again demanded the government to withdraw the e-tendering, accepting the demand of the sarpanches. He said the government wants to paralyze the panchayats through e-tendering and this is why Panch-Sarpanchs have to agitate under compulsion,” he said.

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Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya who attended the closing ceremony of the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet as the chief guest at Tau Devi Lal Stadium said that Haryana is the hub of state sports and patience and discipline are the capital of victory in sports.

Chhattisgarh bagged the first position by winning the overall trophy while Karnataka was the runner-up.

        Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, Forest and Wildlife Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal, Chairman, Haryana Forest Development Corporation, Sh. Dharam Pal Gonder, Chairman, Haryana Public Service Commission, Sh. Alok Verma, vice president, Shivalik Development Board, Sh. Om Prakash Devinagar, Mayor, Panchkula Municipal Corporation, Sh. Kulbhushan Goyal were also present on the occasion.

        Addressing the gathering, Governor, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya said that it is the result of the dedication among the forest personnel and officials towards the sports that the competitors took part in 273 competitions of about 36 different sports. He said that the employees and officials of the forest department have to work in inaccessible forest areas as part of their duties and thus it is necessary for them to be physically fit and mobile.

        “Sports is such a medium by which physical health is maintained and the person’s reflexes are also sharp. Sports are an integral part of the lifestyle of forest personnel and officials,” he added. The Governor said that Haryana is the hub of state sports and patience and discipline are the capital of victory in sports.

        Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta said that sports promote mutual understanding among humans. “Sports give the education of working with team spirit and cooperation. It is also indirectly helpful in spiritual development as sports develop the quality of concentration,” he added.

        Forest and Wildlife Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal said that the All India Forest Sports Meet is a captivating tableau of ‘Mini India’. He said that an energetic body only makes the mind healthy. “Sports keep the human mind happy and motivated. Participation in sports develops tolerance, patience and courage in the players and increases the feeling of collective harmony and brotherhood,” he added.

        On the occasion, Additional Director General, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Sh. S.P Yadav, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Forest and Environment department, Sh. Vineet Garg, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Sh. Jagdish Chandra, Principal Secretary, Tourism Department, Sh. M.D Sinha, along with senior officers of the forest departments of other states were present.