IEP Chandigarh, February 27

The preparations for organizing the G-20 Summit meeting of the anti-corruption working group from March 1 to 4, 2023 in Gurugram are gaining momentum. In this series, preparations have been made to welcome the participant delegates from various countries. Besides this, arrangements have been made for displaying Haryanvi Culture from IGI Airport, Delhi to Leela Hotel to welcome the delegates.  The Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal along with Director General of Police, Sh.  P. K Agrawal reviewed the preparations of the G-20 meeting of the Anti Corruption Working Group. The necessary directions have also been given to officers.

       Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that the foreign delegates would experience India’s warm welcome tradition of Atithi Devo Bhava and the spirit of Haryana’s rich cultural heritage. He said that India has got the presidency of organising the G-20 Summit under the leadership of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi. He was also apprised about the programmes being organized during the summit to be held in Gurugram.

After reviewing the arrangements, the Chief Secretary reviewed the preparations made at the places fixed to be visited by the delegates namely, Museum Camera, Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Transport Museum and Pratapgarh Farm.  He also reviewed the route plan, traffic control and security arrangements from the airport to the venue fixed for the meeting. The arrangements for the stay of the delegates and tour of sightseeing places have been reviewed. Police personnel have also been given special training for the G-20 Summit. He also gave necessary directions regarding the preparations of Gala dinner to be organized in honor of the delegates.

For the convenience of foreign delegates, brochures have been prepared for the designated places – Sh. Amit Agrawal

       Giving more information, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal said that a brochure has also been prepared by the Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture Department of the places earmarked for the tour.  Detailed information about all the destinations is given in this brochure. Besides this, a QR code has also been printed on it. Scanning this QR code will provide complete details of these places on the mobile as well.

He informed that for public association and information regarding the event, the Public Relations, Languages and Culture Department has displayed hoardings on state transport buses, bus queue shelters, cabs, autos, LED screens, Volvo buses and public utilities. Along with this, branding was also done at Chandigarh and New Delhi airports regarding the meeting.

       Coordinator of organising G-20 Summit meeting, Sh. Aditya Dahiya also apprised detailed information about every aspect related to the event. During the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Gurugram, Sh. Nishant Kumar Yadav said that liaison officers have been appointed and other arrangements related to the convenience of guides and delegates will be available at the places to be visited.

       Principal Secretary, Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture Department, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Sh. Sudhir Rajpal, Principal Secretary, Tourism Department, Sh. M.D. Sinha, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurugram, Sh. P.C. Meena and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, February 25

Haryana, which is called the power house of sports, is once again ready for a mega sports event. The 26th All India Forest Sports Meet is going to be organized soon in the state. Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal released the ‘Logo and Mascot’ of the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet at his residence Sant Kabir Kutir today. School Education and Forest Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal was also present on the occasion.

Sh. Manohar Lal said it is a matter of pride that Haryana is the host of the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet. Prior to this, the sports meet has been successfully organized twice in Haryana; 10th meet in the year 2003 and 13th meet in 2013. This time the sports meet will be organized from March 10 to 14, in which about 2,500 participants from all the states, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, Union Territories and Forest Research are expected to participate. Different sports teams will be formed by appointing players to the post of Forest Guard in Group C in the Forest Department. The Chief Minister named the mascot of the sports meet as Krish.

Notably, the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, organizes the All India Forests Sports Meet on an annual basis; the responsibility of which is assigned to a state. With the aim to promote sports in the Forest Department, the 1st All India Forest Sports Meet was organized at Hyderabad in the year 1993 and till date, this meet has been organized 25 times.

Haryana’s culture and progress depicted in logo

The logo for the meet prominently displays ‘Black Buck’ – a magnificent animal that finds prominent place in our history and culture and is also the state animal of Haryana. The state map in the logo depicts that Haryana, which is hosting the sports meet is at the forefront of sports and one of the fast-progressing states in all fields.

The images between the spokes of the circle of the logo indicate the sports meet; popular events that will be played and also the popular games in Haryana. The leaves on the upper part signify the forest fraternity. In Indian mythology, black buck is considered the charioteer of Lord Krishna and is also described as the chariot of Vayu (the wind god), and Chandra (the moon god) at some places.

Competitions will be held at Tau Devi Lal Stadium among other places

The main venue for the 26th All India Forest Sports Meet will be Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector-3, Panchkula. Most of the events will be organised in the stadium which include athletic events like race, walk, relays, hurdles, discuss throw, javelin throw, hammer throw, long jump, high jump, shot put, triple Jump; indoor games like badminton, carom, table tennis, chess and field games including basketball, cricket, hockey, kabaddi, volleyball and tug of war.

Apart from this, golf will be played at Golf Club, Sector-3, Panchkula, while lawn tennis, bridge, snookers, billiard and squash will be played at Gymkhana Club, Sector- 6, Panchkula. Archery competition will be held at sports ground, Panjab University, Chandigarh and the shooting event will be organised at Shooting Range, Chandigarh. Further, weight lifting competition will be held at Government College, Sector 1, Panchkula.

285 types of games in sports meet

There will be about 285 different sports events that will be played in the meet in open, veteran and senior veteran categories; both for men and women participants. While everyone can participate in the open category, the veteran and senior veteran categories have been made especially for participants above 45 and 52 years of age respectively. About 2,500 participants comprising 43 teams from 36 states and Union territories and 7 research institutes and organizations are expected to participate in the sports meet.

Separate committees have been constituted for arrangements including transport, catering, reception, accommodation and cleaning, for the event. The salient feature is that the sports meet will be plastic-free and logos of G-20 and Life (Life Style for Environment) will be prominently displayed at the venues.

On the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Sh. Ankur Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Sh. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Sports Director, Sh. Pankaj Nain and senior officials of the forest department were present.

IEP Chandigarh February 24

To ensure fair and cheating-free conduct of the Secondary and Senior Secondary Examination, the Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal on Friday directed the Deputy Commissioners to impose Section-144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) around all centres in the respective districts to prevent gathering and curb cheating in the examination. The Examination will be held from February 27 to March 28, 2023 in 1476 centres across the state.

        Presiding over a virtual meeting with Deputy Commissioners regarding reviewing the arrangements for conducting secondary and senior secondary examination in the state, Sh. Kaushal directed the Deputy Commissioners to ensure the repair work of boundary walls of schools and windows of class rooms by the District Education Officers. Besides they should also ensure the adequate arrangement of furniture for proper sitting arrangement of the candidates appearing in the examination.

Sh. Kaushal further directed that adequate police arrangements should be made two hours before the commencement of the examination to prevent external interference at the examination centres and photostat shops around the examination centres will remain closed during the examination. Ensuring smooth conduct of the examination, media entry should be prohibited inside the examination centres, he added.

Sh. Kaushal further directed the officers concerned to ensure entry of candidates 30 minutes before the commencement of the examination. He said that around 302 flying squads have been constituted to strictly check cheating and other irregularities.

It was apprised in the meeting that same as last year, control room is being set up at the Board of School Education headquarters, Bhiwani and six control rooms at district level. During the examination, the board will maintain a strict vigil though the control room at all the examination centres of the state.

Board of School Education, Chairman, Dr. V.P. Yadav, Special Secretary, Human Resources Department, Sh. Aditya Dahiya and other officers were present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, February 24

Haryana Backward Classes Commission Chairman and Justice Darshan Singh (Retd) has invited suggestions from various political parties to make provision for reservation for backward classes in local bodies.

In the meeting held at Haryana Niwas, office bearers of various political parties gave their suggestions to give appropriate reservation as per the provisions made in the constitution of reservation for backward classes in the elections of municipal committee, municipal council and municipal corporation. Representatives of several political parties including BJP, Congress, CPI, BSP, INLD, JJP CPIM gave their suggestions and also presented a memorandum to the Chairman of the commission.

Office bearers of various political parties said that till now people of backward classes have not received proper representation in the local bodies institutions. Therefore, they suggested that 27 percent reservation should be made as for backward classes. Apart from this, many political representatives also demanded a separate reservation provision should be made for disadvantaged people according to the population.

Representatives of political parties thanked the Chairman of the Commission, Sh. Darshan Singh for making provision for reservation for backward classes in the elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions. The Commission has made strenuous efforts to connect people and also visited most urban areas and discussed issues with people.

On this occasion, members of Haryana Backward Classes Commission, Sh. Shyam Lal Jangra, Sh. Surender Kumar Gakkhad, Member Secretary, Sh. Inderjit, Superintendent, Smt. Rosy Rani and officials of the Commission and parties were present.

IEP Chandigarh, February 23

Committed to ensure the care and protection of stray cows, the provision for the Haryana Gau Sewa Aayog has been increased from Rs. 40 crore to Rs. 400 crore.

Gram Panchayat land will be made available with the concurrence of the Gram Panchayats for new Gaushalas registered with the Haryana Gau Sewa Aayog. The Gaushalas will be linked to the GOBAR DHAN scheme under which biogas plants will be constructed in every district, announced Sh. Manohar Lal while presenting the state budget 2023-24 during the ongoing session of State Vidhan Sabha here today.

“I hope that with these two measures, we will ensure the care and protection of stray cows while also eliminating the occurrence of accidents being caused by stray cattle on the roads,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Finance Minister further announced the enhancement of financial assistance to Gaushalas housing stray cattle appropriately so that the Gaumata in the Gaushalas are cared and protected.  There are 632 Gaushalas registered with Haryana Gau Sewa Aayog in the State of Haryana, which are housing around 4.6 lakh stray cattle.

Meanwhile, acknowledging that animal husbandry has an important role in enhancing rural incomes and generate employment opportunities, the Manohar Lal led government has introduced the Haryana Pashudhan Utthan Mission (HPUM) which will be implemented through the Haryana Livestock Development Board (HLDB).

The Mission will work with the Shri Vishwakarma Skill University and the Lala Lajpat Rai University of Animal Sciences (LUVAS) to provide training, and support to young entrepreneurs desirous of opting for Animal Husbandry as an occupation whether rearing of cattle, buffalo, sheep, or goat and piggery, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

Haryana to have 4 additional Veterinary Polyclinics 

The Finance Minister said that there are presently 7 Veterinary Polyclinics in the State which provide advanced veterinary care and treatment to animals. Two Polyclinics are under construction in Kurukshetra and Panipat and one has been announced in Charkhi Dadri.

Now the government has planned to construct 4 additional Veterinary Polyclinics in Palwal, Fatehabad, Mahendragarh, and Ambala.  The Government will also establish two state-of-art Government Veterinary Pet Clinics in Gurugram and Faridabad to provide advanced diagnostic and treatment services to pets, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

IEP Chandigarh, February 23

A team of Anti Corruption Bureau, Haryana has arrested ESI Neki Ram, Malkhana Incharge of Sadar Police Station, Narwana red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for giving a viscera report.

While giving this information here today, a spokesperson of the Anti Corruption Bureau said that Suresh, a resident of village Sudkain Kalan, in a complaint given to the Anti Corruption Bureau, told that the accused police officer is demanding Rs 10,000 for getting the viscera report of his late daughter from the Forensic Science Laboratory, Sunaria in Rohtak district. And his daughter’s report is pending for not giving a bribe.

On the basis of the complaint received, a team of the Anti Corruption Bureau was formed. After verifying the facts, the bureau team raided and arrested ESI Neki Ram and recovered Rs 10,000 as a bribe from him.

The Anti Corruption Bureau team has started an investigation by registering a case against an accused police officer under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

IEP Chandigarh, February 23

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the financial budget of the state for the year 2023-24 will increase investment in industries and open new avenues of employment for youth. He added that infrastructure of roads and railways will get further boost.

 Reacting to the budget presented by Haryana Chief Minister and Finance Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today, the Deputy CM stated that although this budget is beneficial for all sectors, special focus is laid on attracting external investors to establish businesses in the state through providing  them with the special concessions in the state budget. He added that this will provide thrust to the employment opportunities in the state and revenue will be further enhanced.

 Sh. Chautala, who also holds the charge of Industries and Commerce Department, said that special emphasis was given industries and MSMEs. Allocating Rs. 1,442 crores to the industries were lauded as a step forward towards development. He further said that the state government is striving to make the state a preferred destination for the data centre industry and taking steps in this direction, provision has been made in today’s budget to set up data centre parks at Ambala and Gurugram. He stated that the government will create a recycling facility promotion policy in the budget to encourage vehicle scrapping-recycling, electronics recycling, as well as a policy for toy manufacturing to encourage investment in the field of electronic toys and a policy for medical device manufacturing to encourage the manufacturing of medical equipment was also in focus.

 The Deputy CM, informed that the State Government is going to develop 3 Multi Modal Logistics Parks (MMLP) in Hisar, Ambala and Mahendergarh districts which will provide impetus to the development. Chautala welcomed a budget of Rs. 1,000 crores over 5 years under the Padma Scheme. Appreciating the increase in exemption in land value from 10 percent to 20 percent for micro and small industries proposed to be set up by Scheduled Caste entrepreneurs, he said that this will be done in the direction of ensuring the participation of Scheduled Castes in the economic development of the state.

 The Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala described this budget presented by the Finance Minister as a road-map for future progress and said that apart from common roads, emphasis has been laid on expanding bypasses, state highways and national highways. He informed that in the year 2023-24, 5000 km of roads will be further strengthened, 553.94 km long roads will be widened and strengthened and 14 new bypasses will be constructed in the state. He informed that R.O.B. and R.U.B. construction of Elevated Road and other projects will be started in Bahadurgarh and Kaithal, which will facilitate the people in the state. He added that the budget will accelerate the pace of development of the state.

IEP Chandigarh, February 22

Haryana Government will now develop and rejuvenate 2679 Amrit Sarovars against the target of 1650 by June 30, 2023. As many as 876 ponds which is 53% of the earlier target i.e. 1650 have been developed and rejuvenated so far.

During the virtual review meeting of the ‘Mission Amrit Sarovar’ under the Pragati platform by the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi, the Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal apprised the state progress report of Amrit Sarovar Mission.

After the meeting, Sh. Kaushal directed the Deputy Commissioner and Administrative Secretaries not to treat these projects as engineering projects. Public participation should be ensured for execution of these projects. Taking this step ahead, user groups should also be formed to aware about the utilization of pond water to the public. The members of user groups should be trained about water conservation projects.  

The Chief Secretary also directed the Administratives Secretaries who are appointed as district in-charge for reviewing various schemes and programmes, to inspect and review the progress of rejuvenation of ponds in their district. Besides this, volunteer’s participation should also be ensured. Similarly, the Fisheries and Forest Department should also be engaged through various activities related to their departments.
 
Sh.  Kaushal said that the participation of public representatives should also be ensured. He directed to explore the possibilities of developing these ponds as tourist spots. He said that during the water conservation in these ponds, grey-water will be treated which will be further used for irrigation and other purposes.

 
The Chief Secretary informed that these ponds are being developed under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, MNREGA, CSR and  Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority  .

Advisor to Chief Minister (Irrigation), Sh. Devender Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats, Sh. Anil Malik and senior officers of the Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority were present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, February 22

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the state government is committed to provide the best eco-system to the industries in the state. Haryana is working on several world class infrastructure projects.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Industries and Commerce Department, was addressing the 6th CII North Regional Council Meeting as the Chief Guest at Chandigarh today.

 Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the Haryana Government is building a Global City at Gurugram, an Integrated Multi Modal Logistics Hub at Narnaul, an Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at IMT Sohna and an Integrated Aviation Hub at Hisar. He said that Haryana is the “Top Achiever” State in the country in Ease of Doing Business Ranking-2020, this year also we aim to maintain the Top Position in the EoDB Rank.

  Inviting the industrialists to invest in Haryana, the Deputy Chief Minister said that Haryana is a land of opportunities. While at the time of its formation in 1966, Haryana was an agricultural state, today it is one of the most industrially developed states in the country.

He informed that recently, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (MIDHANI) Hyderabad has set up its new Armoring Unit at IMT Rohtak spread across 10 acres to meet operational requirements of Defence and Armed police forces. MIDHANI is the first Defence PSU to set up its manufacturing plant in Haryana which will produce almost all types of Armoured products for the Forces and manufacture ‘Bhabha Kavach’ India’s lightest Bullet Proof Jacket, he added.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala informed state has marquee investments from Maruti Suzuki India Limited to the tune of Rs. 20,000 crores wherein the company will manufacture 2 wheelers and 4 wheelers at Kharkhoda, Grasim Industries is setting up a paint manufacturing unit in Panipat with investment of Rs. 1,100 crores, ATL batteries has started building their manufacturing unit with investment of Rs. 7,000 crores in IMT Sohna

Along with this, Haryana has become the top investment destination of the country today with many more investments. He pointed out that Haryana has only 2 per cent of India’s population, but contributes 6.5 per cent of the GST revenue. He informed that Haryana has abundant manpower with 65% of the population in the working age group of 15-59 years.

He further stated that the state is committed to support all industrialists in their entrepreneurial journey with policy and administrative support.

IEP Chandigarh, February 22

 Haryana Government has decided that B.Tech Degrees and Diplomas in Engineering awarded by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) upto academic year 2010-11 and 2011-12 will also be treated as valid for the purpose of initial appointments and promotions.The letter issued by the Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal here today states that this relief has been given following the Judgment of Supreme Court and instructions issued by All India Council of Technical Education. The Technical Education Department which is the Nodal Department is directed to ensure strict compliance of these instructions.