IEP Chandigarh January 22

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today assured the delegation of farmers who came to meet him at his residence, Sant Kabir Kutir, that the state government would soon take a decision in the best public interest.

The government has constituted a committee to fix the price of sugarcane.  The decision will be taken by the committee keeping in view all the points raised by the farmers including cost and recovery of sugar, price of sugarcane in neighbouring states, and other important demands of the farmers, said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

        Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Sh. J.P. Dalal also remained present on this occasion.

        He urged the farmers not to adopt the agitation way as the closure of sugar mills is neither in the interest of the farmers nor of the mills.  

        “Let the sugar mills run smoothly as the closing of mills is not going to benefit anyone,” said Chief Minister. 

He called upon the farmers not to get misled by anyone in any way.  Farmer brothers should take a wise decision and let the mills run smoothly, he asserted. 

“The state government has always stood shoulder to shoulder with the farmers.  In the last 8 years, we have continuously started new schemes in the interest of farmers.  The committee constituted by the state government will look into the demands of the sugarcane farmers and take appropriate decision, which will be beneficial for all in the long run,” said the Chief Minister. 

        Additional Chief Secretary,  Agriculture, and the Farmers’ Welfare Department, Dr. Sumita Misra, the delegation of farmers’ representatives, and other officers remained present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, January 20

Under its ongoing campaign against drugs, Haryana Police has seized a huge consignment of banned medicines including more than 10,000 capsules, 75,000 tablets, 300 bottles of syrups and 100 injections and arrested a person while he was carrying the contraband in a car in Yamunanagar district.

                    Sharing the information here today, a Haryana Police spokesperson informed that seized prohibited medicines were being supplied in the state from Uttar Pradesh.

                    A police team had received secret information that a suspected peddler will come from Uttar Pradesh to Haryana via Kalanaur with a huge consignment of drugs in his car. Immediately after getting the input, a team was formed that went to the Kalanaur border and started checking the vehicles at naka. Meanwhile, when a car was stopped and checked, a huge amount of medicines, fallen under the category of prohibited drugs was recovered from the vehicle. These include 20 boxes (2880) of Spasmo Proxyvon capsules, 10 boxes (60000) of Lomotil tablets, 25 boxes (6000) of Pyeevon Spas Plus capsules, 25 boxes (15000) Alprazolam tablets, 2 boxes (300 bottles) Chlorpheniramine syrup, 5 boxes (1200) Hydrochloride capsules and 2 boxes of Tramadol.

                    The arrested accused was identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Barara in Ambala district.

                    The accused has been booked under relevant sections and further investigation is underway.

IEP Chandigarh, January 20 

Haryana Home Minister Sh. Anil Vij himself recreated the crime scene in the case of a female prisoner being shot in the leg after reaching Ambala Central Jail. Sh. Vij also instructed the investigation team to re-create the crime scene and investigate in the jail as well. At the same time, during an interaction with the media persons, he said that “this case is challenging, but our police are working to solve it”. Today Home Minister Anil Vij reached Ambala Central Jail where a female prisoner was shot in the leg. In this case, Home Minister Anil Vij inspected the crime scene along with Jail Superintendent Sanjeev Patra and Ambala SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, ballistic experts and other teams. Sh. Vij himself recreated the crime scene and learned from which direction the bullet came and how it hit the female prisoner’s leg. The minister also inquired with the expert from which direction the bullet hit the female prisoner. He directed the police to investigate the matter thoroughly. Apart from this, he directed all the teams to re-create the crime scene and conduct a thorough investigation in the jail as well. To know how the woman was shot in the jail At the same time, interacting with the media persons after the investigation in the jail, Home Minister Anil Vij said that the woman was shot inside the jail and it is being investigated from where the bullet came. For this, the ballistic expert team came on the spot and by re-creating the crime scene, to know from which direction the bullet came. After the woman recovers, she will also be brought to the spot to see from which direction the bullet came. He was also instructed to search the entire jail because it is a very serious matter that it is not known how the bullet hit and where it came from. He said that the Superintendent of Police of Ambala is also investigating in this matter; a team has also been formed to investigate it. This is a challenging case and our police are investigating this case and solving this case. Vij said that he was gone in the jail, everything has been seen and from which direction the bullet came, it has been fully investigated, every aspect has been inquired. Police are taking it seriously, he added. Politics should not be brought into the issue of sportspersons On the protest of the Olympians and the demand for the resignation of the Wrestling Association President, Home Minister Anil Vij clearly said that this is the issue of the players; it should not be made an arena of politics. Politicians also should not politicize it; even sportspersons do not want to politicize it. The Home Minister said that some politicians had gone to the players’ stage, where the players pulled them down and said that this is the players’ arena, don’t make it politics, so these politicians should keep their mouth shut and trust the government. He said that the government is very serious about this matter but the matter will be investigated before reaching any conclusion. Home Minister Anil Vij said that the allegations made by the players are a serious matter, as far as I know my party does not spare any guilty person, but it needs to be investigated. The minister said that an inquiry committee has been formed and the strictest action will be taken against the guilty. The government is not a mute spectator in this matter but is very serious, he asserted. Congress has run entertainment campaign, Bharat Jodo Yatra will not make any difference Reacting to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s invitation to all opposition parties at the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Home Minister Anil Vij said that the BJP will not be affected by this Yatra, not only the BJP. Even this is not going to have any effect. The Home Minister said that this is just a drama by the Congress. The Congress government has run an entertainment campaign. He said that no one is going to be affected by the Bharat Jodo Yatra. This is their own drama, just like circus people come and go after doing circus, in the same way they are running an entertainment campaign with Rahul Gandhi. It won’t matter to anyone, he added. Everyone has their own point of view, someone likes Pappu and someone else Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said that Rahul Gandhi is not Pappu but a smart and curious person to which Home Minister Anil Vij reacted and saying that it is everyone’s own point of view. 

IEP Chandigarh, January 19

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the Union Government has taken all the concerns of the players seriously and the Union Sports Ministry has asked the Wrestling Federation of India to respond in this regard within 72 hours; on whose report the central government will definitely take appropriate action.

He said that the central and state government through its welfare schemes are doing several works to boost the morale of the sportspersons. In relation to the latest case, if any matter is referred to the state government by the Centre, then cognizance will be taken of it. He said that no such complaint had come earlier and all the information was received only after the demonstration of the players yesterday.

IEP Chandigarh, January 19 

The newly appointed Publicity Advisor in the Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Sh. Tarun Bhandari paid a courtesy visit to Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal at his residence Sant Kabir Kutir and thanked him for the new responsibility. On the occasion, Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta was also present.After this, Sh. Tarun Bhandari officially assumed his office and also paid a courtesy call on Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal.Sh. Tarun Bhandari said that he will seriously discharge the responsibility assigned by the Chief Minister. He said that under the able leadership of the Chief Minister, the state government is running welfare schemes for all sections. “It will be my endeavour to take the public welfare schemes and policies of the government to the masses, together with the department,” he added.Along with Sh. Tarun Bhandari, his colleagues and supporters, Neeraj Chaudhary, Bhavani Singh, Rakesh Jagota, Kapil Chaudhary, Roshan Lal, Sanjay Sharma, Bhiwani, Manoj Khanna, Satish Chaudhary, Deepak Sharma and Umesh Sood were also present on the occasion. 

IEP Chandigarh

interacting with media persons, the Chief Minister said that the problem of water logging is commonly seen in 10 districts namely Rohtak, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Hisar, Jind, Fatehabad, Sonipat, Kaithal, Palwal and Sirsa. Therefore, giving special focus to these 10 districts, most of the schemes approved in today’s meeting are for these districts only.

He said that it has been decided to hold a meeting of the Haryana State Drought Relief and Flood Control Board twice a year in the months of January and May. The short-term projects and long-term projects decided in the January meeting will be reviewed in the month of May. For water conservation and water reuse, the budget has been increased from Rs 35 crore, allocated previously to Rs 167 crore, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.

He said that instead of draining out the water from the population and agricultural sector, emphasis is being laid on recharging of this water. More than 50 acres of the area have a waterlogging problem, the government is ready to take this area and work will be done to construct a pond or recharge well on this land.

Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D S Dhesi, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal and various Administrative Secretaries also remained present in the meeting. The Deputy Commissioners of all the districts also joined the meeting virtually.

IEP Chandigarh, January 19

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the disposal of complaints received on the CM window should be completed in a time-bound manner for quick redressal to the people. Besides, the Chief Minister will preside over the review meeting of CM Window every three months.

While presiding over the CM Window meeting here today, the Chief Minister said that a mobile app will be created for the departmental officers for complete information about the grievances of CM Window. He said that the details of the complaints regarding the police department should be kept separate and it should be disposed of within the time limit.

The Chief Minister said that to redress the grievances of the people, various departments should develop a separate system at their level. Along with this, information about redressal of complaints received during the last three months should also be made available to them on a regular basis. He said that in cases of corruption, the complaints should be disposed of by the concerned senior officers on priority basis and in case of complaint against any officer; only the senior officer should investigate the matter.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that the Chief Secretary can directly send the complaints of corruption to the Vigilance Bureau for investigation as per the requirement. Along with this, he should also regularly review the complaints related to various departments. He said that unless there is a clear order of the court in any case, the department should settle them within the time limit at its own level to provide relief to the complainant. Also, the reference of the complaint given to the department should also be registered in the complaints received in the CM window, he added.

The Chief Minister said that an Additional Director or Class-A officer should be made the nodal officer at the department level to resolve the complaints of CM Window. In this regard, the department heads will review redressal of complaints in 15 days, administrative secretary in one-month, Chief Secretary in two months and the Chief Minister in three months. Along with this, the complaints of the Panchayat Department at the district level should be redressed by the CEO and the complaints of the Urban Local Bodies Department by the DMC. The officers doing excellent work in redressing the complaints of CM Window will be appreciated.

The Chief Minister was apprised in the meeting that 10,58,888 complaints have been received on the CM Window, out of which 9,23,880 complaints have been resolved. Out of these, 54,262 complaints have been found inconsistent and action taken report has been received on 23,011 complaints. Along with this action has been taken on 10,057 complaints and 29,072 complaints are overdue and clarification has been sought on 17,614 complaints.

On the occasion, Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Director General of Police, Sh. PK Aggarwal, Advisor (Irrigation) to Chief Minister, Sh. Devender Singh, OSD to Chief Minister, Sh. Bhupeshwar Dayal, along with additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries and nodal officers of various departments were present.

IEP Chandigarh January 19

The Haryana Government has decided that in future, case of re-employment of a government employee in service beyond two years will not be considered states a circular issued by the Chief Secretary, Mr Sanjeev Kaushal.

According to Rule-143 of Haryana Civil Services (General) Rules, 2016 and State Government Instructions, the re-employment can only be given in exceptional circumstances after 58 years for a period of maximum two years to a government employee beyond the age of superannuation. However, many departments are sending the proposals of re-employment beyond 2 years to Human Resources Department. The State Government has taken a serious view in this regard and decided that in future no case of re-employment in service beyond two years be considered. If there is requirement of service of any retired employee beyond two years, only contractual engagement may be considered as per policy/guidelines, with the prior approval of Human Resources Department (in Human Resources-III Branch added, Mr Kaushal.

IEP Chandigarh, January 19

Haryana Higher Education Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma said that with a view to increase the placement of students studying in universities and colleges of the state, the heads of higher education institutions should sign Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with more and more industries.

Sh. Mool Chand Sharma said this while presiding over the review meeting with the officers of Higher Education Department here today. He said that colleges should be opened in densely populated areas according to the number of students. The government’s scheme of college within the radius of 20 kilometres should not be applicable in such areas.

The Higher Education Minister said that there would be no laxity in the matter of promotion of teachers. “The recruitment process will be expedited and the shortage of teachers will be met. Along with this, the construction work of higher education institutions will also be expedited,” he asserted.

It was apprised in the meeting that a placement cell has been set up in every college in which the students are being told about career opportunities through extension lecturers. Job fairs were also organized in government colleges of Panchkula, Hisar, Rohtak and Gurugram in which students from across the state participated.

Apart from this, training programmes are also being organized by the industries and students are being offered employment after training. Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar, Director, Sh. Rajeev Rattan, Joint Director (Administration) Sh. Deepak Kumar and other officers of the department were present in the meeting.