IEP Chandigarh, March 27

 Haryana Government will set up a Venture Capital Fund in ‘Padma’ programme to accelerate development for MSME Advancement which will promote young entrepreneurs and provide boost to startups.This information was given by the Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, Sh. Dushyant Chautala after presiding over the review meeting of ‘Padma’ here today.The Deputy CM, who also holds the portfolio of Industries and Commerce Department, took information through a presentation about the strategy prepared by the department to implement ‘Padma’ and gave several constructive feedbacks for further improvements. He said that the state government has budgeted for a venture capital fund of Rs 200 crores to Rs 5 crores to support young people starting businesses, similarly to encourage ‘Padma’ Venture capital fund will be created.Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the state government has started the ‘One Block-One Product’ initiative under the ‘Padma’ scheme of the central government. The objective of this initiative is to promote micro and small enterprises at the block level by taking advantage of the cluster approach and promote balanced regional development. He said that in the recently presented budget also Rs 1,000 crore has been proposed for ‘Padma’ in the next 5 years, through which new innovative incentives like designing, branding, marketing and export promotion scheme will be introduced.The Deputy CM said that incubation centres will be set up to encourage youth to set up startups and promote entrepreneurship among youth with requisite skills and assistance will be provided for loans from banks, financial institutions and venture capital funds.The Deputy Chief Minister was apprised that about 12 places have been identified for setting up industries under ‘Padma’, soon the places in the remaining blocks will be finalized and people will be encouraged to set up industries. He informed that a plan has been prepared by the state government to make 6 schemes for ‘Padma’ in which provision will be made to give various incentives etc.On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, MD, HSIIDC, Sh. Vikas Gupta, Director, Industries and Commerce, Sh. Shekhar Vidyarthi, OSD to Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Kamlesh Bhadoo and other senior officers were also present. 

IEP Chandigarh, March 27

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal directed the officers of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to develop a separate dashboard for all the properties of HSVP, on which all information like location of the property, name of the owner, etc. would be registered. He also directed that the entire record of the HSVP including the documents of the properties should be digitised.        The Chief Minister, who is also the Chairman of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, was presiding over the 125th meeting of the HSVP here today.        In the meeting, giving ex-post facto approval for the construction of multi-storey car parking and commercial complex being constructed by Faridabad Smart City Limited on about 4,000 square meter land of HSVP in Sector-18A of Faridabad, the Chief Minister said that in place of this land, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran should get the same amount of land transferred from Municipal Corporation, Faridabad or Faridabad Smart City.        In the meeting, post facto approval was also given for the issuance of allotment letters of ownership rights to 131 shopkeepers and Antyodaya Market being constructed in place of the Rehri Market; as per the instructions of the Chief Minister, after the incident of fire in the Rehri market of Sector-9, Panchkula. Apart from this, pucca shops will be set up as Antyodaya Market in place of Rehri markets in Sectors 7, 11 and 17 of Panchkula.        The Chief Minister said that pucca shops should be made in the cities where Rehri markets are functioning. On this, Chief Administrator, HSVP, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi informed the Chief Minister that the HSVP has a proposal to set up Antyodaya Market in place of Rehri markets in Gurugram, Faridabad and Karnal.        Sh. Manohar Lal instructed the officers to constitute a committee to prepare a list of the cities where buildings or any other type of construction or activity has been done on the HSVP’s land or on the land of other departments.        It was apprised in the meeting that the HSVP has 5,418 residential, 2,688 commercial and 230 institutional properties, out of which 4,804 residential, 2,305 commercial and 205 institutional properties have been sold through e-auction.        Sh. Manohar Lal said that on the lines of the scheme for setting up cooperative group housing societies for MLAs, employees, journalists and lawyers in Panchkula; permission can be given to set up cooperative group housing societies for former MLAs as well.        It was also apprised in the meeting that the bidders for the plots taken in the e-auction process of the properties, who did not pay the full amount and whose plot was cancelled by the date of December 3, 2022; such bidders were given an opportunity to pay their dues with an interest rate of 18 percent per annum. There were 374 bidders who were given a chance to pay the dues by March 14, 2023.        Of these, 162 bidders are now left, whose plots are currently cancelled, but Rs 116 crore has been paid to the HSVP on behalf of these bidders. It was decided during the meeting to give one last chance for 30 days to these 162 bidders to clear the dues; provided the bidder has paid 75 percent of the cost of the plot.HSVP estimated to have receipts of about Rs 14,719 crore in financial year 2023-24        It was informed in the meeting that for the financial year 2023-24, the HSVP’s non-EDC receipts are estimated to be around Rs 14,719 crore. In the year 2023-24, through e-auction, receipts of about Rs 3,000 crore are estimated to be received from residential properties and Rs 2,080 crore from commercial properties. About Rs 8,326 crore is estimated to be received from the old assets of the HSVP.        It was also apprised that the dependents of nine deceased employees have been given jobs by the HSVP on compassionate grounds, whose post facto approval was given in the meeting.        Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Director General, Town and Country Planning, Sh. TL Satyaprakash, Chief Administrator, HSVP, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi and other senior officers were present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, March 27 

Haryana Government has decided that all the field officers i.e. Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Sub Divisional Officers (Civil) etc should refrain from leaving their jurisdictions in case of sensitive situation in the district to control law and order situation, except from pre approved tour programmes. Furthermore, in case of an impending Law and Order issue, senior officers may be intimated about their inability to proceed on such approved tour programmes of their additional charge in view of the said situations. As per the instructions issued by the Chief Secretary, the State Government has taken a serious note of any shirking of responsibilities. Officers have been again directed to ensure compliance of these instructions. In case of any default, disciplinary action shall be initiated against the delinquent officer, states the instructions

IEP Chandigarh, March 27

Haryana Government has decided that   Universities across the state should be prioritized to assign studies, surveys and consultancy assignments by Government Departments. A letter in this regard issued by the Chief Secretary’s office today states that the deliverables and essential requirements must be monitored closely and performance or quality of reports or surveys should also be evaluated for the future.All the Administrative Secretaries, Head of Departments and Managing Directors, Chief Administrators of Boards and Corporations have been directed to comply with these instructions. 

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.