IEP Chandigarh, February 15

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that special focus will be given on skill development, employment generation and youth empowerment in the budget for the year 2023-24. “The state’s 2023-24 budget will be completely a balanced and inclusive budget. Along with infrastructure, there will be a balance of all sectors including education, employment generation and social welfare,” he said.

        The Chief Minister was presiding over a pre-budget consultation meeting with the Administrative Secretaries of Foreign Cooperation, Skill Training, Employment and Industrial Training departments at Haryana Niwas today. Stakeholders from these sectors and various entrepreneurs also participated in the meeting.

        Sh. Manohar Lal said that Haryana will contribute in realizing the Prime Minister’s vision of making India a USD 5 trillion economy. He said that the state government is paying special attention to skill development and the industries will also have to cooperate more in making the youth skilled.

Various initiatives to connect with foreign countries

        The Chief Minister said that the Haryana Overseas Cell and Haryana Export Promotion Council have been formed by the state government to provide employment opportunities to the youth. Apart from this, Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Sh. Amit Shah has inaugurated the Haryana Cooperative Export House in Karnal; through which the cooperative societies of the state will be able to export their products, he added.

        “The all-round development of the state is the priority of the government. The budget will focus on every sector including infrastructure development, health, employment generation, housing, social welfare, farmers welfare, higher education, innovation and research; which will benefit every section,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

Haryana doing commendable work in skill training, employment generation and ease of doing business

        During the meeting, the stakeholders gave point-wise suggestions and also appreciated the work being done by the state government for skill training and employment generation of the youth. They said that Haryana is taking progressive steps in the matter of ease of doing business. On their suggestions, the Chief Minister assured to include them in the budget.

        Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Chairman, HAFED, Sh. Kailash Bhagat, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. K.M. Pandurang and administrative secretaries of various departments remained present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, February 14

          In a major citizen centric decision, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday launched an app developed by the Transport department and NIC to provide fitness certificate of the vehicles to people online.

          Divulging the details, the Chief Minister said that it will enable the people get the fitness vehicles at their doorsteps through a single click of mobile. He said that this pro-people initiative is aimed at avoiding inconvenience to the people and ensuring smooth and hassle free delivery of fitness certificate to people. Bhagwant Mann said that this is a revolutionary step that will facilitate the people in a big way.

          The Chief Minister said that this initiative will bring far more transparency in the system to facilitate the people. He said that through this app people can pay the fee for getting fitness certificate online. Likewise, Bhagwant Mann said that the residents will also have the facility of Online appointment as per their convenience.

          The Chief Minister said that Document will be uploaded by the applicant in  VAHAN module. He said that the documents will be scrutinised by the RTO staff and vehicle inspection will be done by the MVI online. Bhagwant Mann said that this app has been jointly developed by the Transport department and the NIC to facilitate the people.

IEP Chandigarh, February 14

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that 98, 845 employees have been engaged through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN) on contract basis in Government Departments, Boards and Corporations. Out of which 30, 214 (30.5%) employees belong to Scheduled caste category and 27, 185 (27.5%) employees belong to Backward Classes (A) + (B) category.        While presiding over the fifth meeting of the Board of Directors of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN), the Chief Secretary said that HKRN has received requisition of additional 10,021 manpower out of which 3,470 have been appointed in various departments and the rest will be filled soon.        Sh. Kaushal said that HKRNL has been set up with the aim to save employees from exploitation at the hands of contractors and to eliminate several irregularities and anomalies in recruitments. Besides ensuring transparency in engagements, salaries are being paid to contractual employees along with the benefits including EPF and ESI in a time bound manner.Sh. Kaushal said that the Nigam adopts a “zero-tolerance” policy towards any misconduct including sexual harassment. This zero-tolerance policy means that no form of sexual harassment by or towards any employee, or other person in our workplace or Nigam jobsites will be tolerated. The Board has approved and adopted the policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal, Act 2013).         In the meeting, the Policy prepared by the Nigam for the deployment of employees and other important matters of Nigam were given ex-post facto approval. In the meeting, the Chief Secretary said that Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam has been formed for the engagement of employees on contract basis in Government Departments, Boards and Corporations.The Board has today approved the provision of redeployment in HKRNL policy. Now the re – deployment of manpower within the Government organizations will be allowed and a procedure may be adopted by the Nigam. Further, the CEO, HKRNL has been authorized to finalize the same.        As per the Policy, government departments and organizations will notify about the requisition of employees on HKRNL portal. According to their requirement, recruitment of employees will be done for these departments by the Nigam.        The meeting was attended by Commissioner & Secretary to Government of Haryana Skill Development & Industrial Training and Employment Department, Sh. Vijay Singh Dahiya, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and CEO, Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam Ltd. Panchkula, Sh. K.Makarand Pandurang, Director, Employment, Haryana and Special Secretary to Government, Haryana, Employment Department, Sh. Prabhjot Singh and other senior officers were present and Director, IIM Rohtak, Sh. Sh. Dheeraj P Sharma joined the meeting through video conferencing. 

IEP Chandigarh, February 14

 Haryana Urban Local Bodies Minister, Dr. Kamal Gupta stated that several significant airport-related information has been acquired during the Aero India show in Bangaluru. He said that these inputs will be strategically incorporated into the development of the Hisar Airport.        Dr. Gupta along with the high officers of Civil Aviation Department held a meeting with experts from all over the world during the Aero India Show held in Bangalore. He informed that Five lakh experts from India and abroad are likely to participate in this show and Defence Ministers of 32 countries and Air Force Chiefs of 29 countries are participating in it.        He said that Haryana’s involvement in this multifaceted event is intended to collect critical information on the growth of the international airport being built at Hisar. In-depth consultations have been held on this subject with experts from major countries, he added.        Dr. Gupta said that Hisar airport will become the most modern and biggest in the country as per the vision of the Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal. He informed that during the Aero India Show, important information has been received on the subject of “Make in India” and “Make for the World”.

IIEP Chandigarh February 14

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that the contractual employees are entitled to one month’s salary in lieu of Leave Travel Concession (LTC) for visiting Home Town and any place in India for the State Government.

Sh. Kaushal clarified that those contractual employees who have completed one year and their contract has been extended for more than four years on year to year basis will be entitled to one month’s salary in lieu of Leave Travel Concession (LTC). The block of four years will be reckoned from the actual date of joining the post under State Government Institutions, Boards, Corporations, Authorities and Cooperative Institutions. The Head of Department will be competent to sanction the amount equivalent to one month’s salary.

IEP Chandigarh, February 14

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that Haryana is emerging as a preferable destination for companies investing in the civil aviation sector; the government is providing several facilities to attract investors in the state.

        The Deputy CM, who also holds the Civil Aviation department, was interacting with representatives of various companies during Aero India 2023, held in Bengaluru today. Urban Local Bodies Minister, Sh. Kamal Gupta, Advisor to Civil Aviation Department Dr. Shaleen were also present on the occasion.

Realizing the potential of the aviation and defence sector in the state of Haryana, Haryana Govt’s newly formed corporation viz-a-viz Haryana Airport Development Corporation (HADC) is participating in Aero India 2023 being held at Bengaluru. The Event was organized by the Ministry of Defence Govt of India.

HADC participated in Aero India 2023 under the leadership of Hon’ble Dy Chief Minister cum Aviation Minister Shri Dushyant Chautala. He was accompanied by Dr. Kamal Gupta – Minister for Urban Local Body Govt of Haryana and Advisor Civil Aviation Department Haryana, Dr. Shaleen. 

        Aero India 2023 is the flagship Defence exhibition of India. This was the 14th edition of Aero India which provided a significant platform in bolstering business opportunities in the International aerospace and defence manufacturing sector. 

Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala was one of the Chief Guest for the event. The Aero India 2023 provided an occasion to meet up with all the key players in the aerospace and defence manufacturing industry, seize fresh commercial opportunities, present their expertise and innovations to the world from technological and industrial partnerships. During the event Deputy Chief Minister addressed INDISEM 2023 where he highlighted the business and employment opportunities in Haryana and how Haryana can play a significant part in the Make in India initiative. During the event Sh. Chautala also met prominent industry stakeholders like M/s Alliance, Air India, M/s Pawan Hans, M/s Mahindra Defence and many others.

During deliberation Deputy Chief Minister showcase the benefits of investing in Haryana and invited prominent stakeholder to invest in state of Haryana and promised that State of Haryana shall provide an ideal platform and opportunity to grow the business which will eventually bring economic and social prosperity in the region and will also create tremendous jobs opportunities for local inhabitants.

IEP Chandigarh, February 12

A new chapter has been added in the development of road infrastructure with the inauguration of the Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section in the first phase of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway during the Azadi ka Amrit Kaal.        Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot 246 km stretch, the country’s longest expressway passing through Gurugram, Palwal and Nuh districts of Haryana constructed at a cost of Rs. 12,150 crores.        Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal also participated in the inauguration ceremony of Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot stretch through video conference from Hilalpur toll plaza located on the state border on this Expressway. Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Gen. Dr. V.K. Singh (Retd) and Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala were also present during the occasion.        The Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal expressed gratitude towards the Prime Minister for inaugurating such a huge infrastructural project which will highly benefit the people of Haryana. He also expressed gratitude to the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Sh. Nitin Gadkari for this bonanza and stated that the Delhi-Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway will set a new paradigm of progress in the entire country. About 1,380 km long 8 lane expressway from Delhi to Mumbai will cover 129 km through Haryana. Besides connecting Delhi and Mumbai, this expressway project will also provide thrust to the economic development of the country.Aspirational district Nuh will be developed through expressway        The Chief Minister said that Nuh district is an aspirational district of Haryana, where the first phase of this expressway is being inaugurated today. Industries will now look forward to establish their base in Nuh due to the construction of this expressway. He added that this project will create various employment opportunities for the youth of this region.Haryana will play a crucial role in Prime Minister’s plan to make India a $ 5 trillion economy        Sh. Manohar Lal said that the way the road network is being laid across the country, it is remarkable that infrastructure is being developed at a rapid pace. This type of infrastructure will lead to the economic progress of our country and certainly all the states will contribute in realizing the Prime Minister’s vision of making India a $5 trillion economy. But Haryana is already ahead in this direction. He said that through all such projects given by the Central Government to Haryana in the past 8 years, the development of the state has manifold. He added that Haryana’s exports will be significantly enhanced by connecting cities which have sea ports and this can only be materialised through this robust highway infrastructure.  Strengthening infrastructure will accelerate development – Deputy Chief Minister        The Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the inauguration of the first part of this historic Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will highly benefit the people of the state. He said that due to the strengthening of infrastructure, the development will accelerate and in the coming years, Gurugram, Nuh and Faridabad will be greatly benefited by the growth of e-commerce business.        He said that the foundation stone of three projects is being laid to strengthen the road network in the state. Work is also being done for the connectivity of Sohna, Nuh, Alwar. The government aims to connect Jewar airport with IGI airport.Traffic congestion will reduce on NH 48 in Cyber City        Prior to the inauguration, the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal along with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Sh. Nitin Gadkari inspected the control room at the Traffic Management Centre set up under the Automated Traffic Management System on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Sohna in Gurugram district today.All sections of the expressway will be operational in the year 2024        This new 1386 Km long expressway from Delhi to Mumbai via Vadodara under Bharatmala Pariyojana has been developed with the aim of cutting travel time by 12 hours. Also, the travel distance will be reduced by 12 percent and the stretch of the road will be reduced from 1,424 km to 1,242 km. All sections of this expressway will be operational in the year 2024. To encourage water conservation, more than 2000 water recharging points have also been made at a distance of 500 meters on the expressway. During the construction of the expressway, 10,000 trees were saved and more than 20 lakh saplings were planted on both sides.Enhance road connectivity from Gurugram to major cities of the countryThis expressway will pass through Haryana including Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and will connect major cities like Kota, Indore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vadodara and Surat. The Expressway will also serve 93 PM Gati Shakti Economic Nodes, 13 ports, 8 major airports and 8 multi-modal logistics parks. Apart from this, the upcoming greenfield infrastructure such as Jewar Airport, Navi Mumbai Airport and JNPT port will also be benefited. The Expressway will have a catalytic impact on the developmental trajectory of all adjoining regions, thus contributing in a major way to the economic transformation of the country. 

IEP Chandigarh, February 12

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala expressed gratitude towards the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi for the inaugurating Delhi-Mumbai Expressway along with laying the foundation stone of other major projects. It was a historic day for Haryana, he added.

        Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that these projects will not only improve the connectivity of the state with the metropolitan cities, but these projects worth one lakh crore rupees will accelerate the pace of industrial development across the state.

        He said this while interacting with the media persons today after the inauguration programme of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

        The Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the work of Phase-1 of this expressway has been completed. He stated that this will improve the connectivity of NCR with Mumbai and will connect Delhi-Gurugram with three National Parks. Not only this, now the journey from Delhi to Jaipur will also be reduced by two hours, he added.

        He said that due to the strengthening of infrastructure, the development will accelerate and in the coming years, Gurugram, Nuh and Faridabad will be greatly benefited by the growth of e-commerce business, warehousing and other industries. He said that Haryana will now be directly connected to the sea port through the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

        Sh. Chautala said that apart from this, Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi has also laid the foundation stone of Delhi-Jammu Expressway which will also pass through Haryana. He said that the foundation stone of a road project has also been laid to further improve the connectivity of Hansi to Bhiwani. He further said that now NCR region of Haryana will also have smooth connectivity with Jewar Airport.

IEP SAS Nagar, February 11

As per schedule of National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi and under guidance of Mr. Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, National Lok Adalat was organized on 11.02.2023 in the leadership of Sh. Harpal Singh, District & Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar. In this Lok Adalat, Criminal Compoundable Offences, NI Act cases under Section-138, Bank Recovery Cases, MACT Cases, Matrimonial Disputes, Labour disputes, Land Acquisition cases, Electricity and Water Bills (Excluding non-compoundable theft cases), Service matters relating to pay and allowances and Retiral benefits, Revenue Cases and other Civil Cases (Rent, Easmentary Rights, injunction Suits, specific performance suits) were taken up.

In this National Lok Adalat, 19 benches were constituted at District Headquarter which were presided over by Sh. Sandeep Kumar Singla, Additional District & Sessions Judge; Sh. Parminder Singh Grewal, Additional District & Sessions Judge; Sh. Avtar Singh Barda, Additional District & Sessions Judge; Sh. Barjinder Pal Singh, Principal Judge, Family Court; Sh. Vineet Kumar Narang, Civil Judge (Senior Division); Ms. Harpreet Kaur, CJM, Ms. Sonali Singh, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division); Sh. Jagjeet Singh, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Sh. Mukesh Kumar Singla, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Sh. Devnoor Singh, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Ms. Vishavjyoti, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Ms. Vaishnavi Sikka, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Sh. K.S. Sullar, Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal; Sh. Kuljit Pal Singh, Chairman, Permanent Lok Adalat (PUS); Sh. Sanjeev Dutt Sharma, President, District Consumer Forum besides four benches Revenue Officers.

At Sub-Division, Kharar, 7 benches presided over by Ms. Geeta Rani, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Ms. Sudipa Kaur, Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.) and Ms. Manzra Dutta, Civil Judge (Jr. Divn), as well as four Revenue Officers and 6 benches at Sub-Division, Derabassi of Sh. Ramesh Kumar, Civil Judge (Junior Division); Ms. Manjot Kaur, Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.) and four benches of Revenue Officers were constituted for National Lok Adalat.  

For the successful organization of this National Lok Adalat, Sh. Harpal Singh, District & Sessions Judge had called various meetings of judicial officers, Presidents and Secretaries of the Bar Associations SAS Nagar, Derabassi and Kharar, officials of other Departments i.e. Banks, Electricity Department, Labour Department, Insurance Companies etc. to sensitize them about the National Lok Adalat. They were also motivated and instructed to identify maximum number of cases which could be taken up in the National Lok Adalat and to make maximum efforts for disposal of the same in the Pre-Lok Adalats and National Lok Adalat.   

Sh. Baljinder Singh Maan, Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar informed that in this National Lok Adalat, 15478 cases were taken up out of which 9973 cases were disposed of by virtue of compromise and awards of Rs.75,91,93,270/- were passed by the different Lok Adalat benches. He further disclosed that 12 couples who were living separately and litigating against each other were reunited in the National Lok Adalat with the efforts of Sh. Barjinder Pal Singh, Principal Judge, Family Court, SAS Nagar who organized counseling sessions for them by holding pre-lok adalats as a result of which they finally agreed to live together by resolving their all disputes and differences. Sh. Bal Mukand Sharma, a renowned Punjabi comedian also rendered his services in the Lok Adalat bench of Family Court and persuaded many couples to settle their matter amicably to save the institution of marriage and future of their children. The reunited couples were felicitated with one sapling each and were motivated to grow the plant and maintain good relationship.

Amongst reunited couples, a husband and wife who had been living separately for the 11 years and were in litigation, agreed to live together resolving their all disputes which is termed as the best success story of the first National Lok Adalat of the year 2023.

IEP Chandigarh, February 11

Sharing about the invaluable contributions of the Indian scientists to the world, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal called upon the students to move ahead expeditiously and bring laurels to the country by making new inventions in the field of science and technology.

The Chief Minister was addressing as the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony of the two-day science conference on the topic ‘Role of Scientists in Nation Building’ at Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani on Saturday.

During this, the Chief Minister unveiled the life-size statue of Swami Vivekananda at the university campus; built at a cost of about Rs 5.5 lakh. He laid the foundation stone of the third educational building here to be constructed at a cost of Rs 128 crore. The Chief Minister also visited the science exhibition organized by the students and the Srinivasa Ramanujan building here.

On the occasion, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister, Sh. JP Dalal, Bhiwani MLA Ghanshyam Saraf, Bawani Khera MLA, Sh. Bishamber Balmiki and University Vice Chancellor, Prof. RK Mittal were also present.

Addressing the students at the science conference, Sh. Manohar Lal said that science and technology infuse energy into life, which speeds up development in every field. “India has been a pioneer in the field of science and technology since ancient times. Homi Jehangir Bhabha, Jagdish Bose, Ramanujan, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar are among the stalwarts of Indian golden history in science, who have made invaluable contributions in the field of science. In the modern era, the name of former president, Sh. APJ Abdul Kalam is also leading,” he said.

12 Indian scientists have received Nobel Prize in field of science and technology

The Chief Minister said that 12 Indian scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for their contribution in the field of science and technology. CV Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his Raman Effect and biochemist Har Gobind Khorana for controlling protein synthesis.

“During the Covid pandemic, Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi had called upon the country’s scientists to develop a vaccine dose, on which the scientists accepted it as an opportunity and made not one; but two vaccines. By making 200 crore vaccine doses, they did the work of giving vaccines not only in India but also to other countries. With this, the scientists of India have proved their talent even in the present times,” he added.

State government increased Vigyan Ratna award prize money to Rs 4 lakh

The Chief Minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi, today India is continuously moving forward with a science-based approach. “The Haryana government is making special provisions in the budget regarding innovation. In order to further develop scientific temper among the students, the Vigyan Ratna award prize money was increased from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh,” he said, adding that the science conference organized by Chaudhary Bansi Lal University will also prove to be very effective.

Vice-Chancellor, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Prof. RK Mittal said that the university has taken steps to implement the new National Education Policy-2020. “In order to make the students self-independent and self-reliant, the university is motivating them to adopt self-employment by providing them special training through the District Employment Generation Centre,” he said. More than 500 students from about 40 government and recognized schools of the region participated in the science exhibition