IEP Chandigarh, January 22

In the last 8 years,  as many as 48 corrupt, non-performing officers and employees had to face the flak of the zero-tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Manohar Lal-led government.  

In the last eight years, the Manohar Sarkar, while following the footsteps of the Central Government, has terminated these officers/employees in the age group of 50 to 55 years in the last 8 years.   

Meanwhile, afraid of meeting the same fate as those involved in corrupt practices, some of the employees who were negligent in performing their duties, making fake certificates, etc even took premature retirement.  

The list of such officers and employees includes Assistant Professor, Sub Inspector, Horticulture Development Officer, Industrial Extension Officer, Naib Tehsildar, DRO, Supervisor, Manager, Resident Audit Officer, Junior Auditor, Assistant Registrar, Deputy Engineer, Clerk, Assistant, Havaldar, Peon, Godown Keeper, etc. Officers and employees are included.  

These employees were working in the offices of various departments, boards, and corporations of the Government of Haryana.  

The Chief Minister said that the government keeps evaluating the performance of officers and employees from time to time. After reviewing the service records, the employees who work honestly are honored, while the action is taken against the non-performing ones.  

“We aim to make the governance system transparent. The state government is moving forward on the basic principle of minimum government and maximum governance. Corruption has no place in such a system. Efforts are being made to completely curb corruption in the state,” says Sh. Manohar Lal.        

Significantly, as per the government rules,  the services of officers or employees who do not work properly can be terminated at the age of 50-55 years or after 20 years of service. But the previous governments did not strictly implement these rules, because of which even the officers and employees who were unfit for the job continued to work.  

Till the year 2014, when only 32 people were shown the doors, the year 2014, the Haryana government under the leadership of Sh. Manohar Lal implemented these rules strictly in the public interest, as a result of which 48 government employees were shown the doors. 

Haryana under the leadership of Sh. Manohar Lal is constantly working on the policy of zero tolerance against corruption while establishing a transparent system in the state.  

While in past also strict decisions have been taken by the government against the employees and officers involved in such corrupt practices.

IEP Chandigarh, January 22

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will attend the ‘Madhur Milan’ programme as the chief guest; being organized on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Bidhai Khera village, Tohana, on January 23. On the occasion, the Chief Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 18 projects worth Rs 278.30 crore in Tohana assembly constituency. After this, the Chief Minister will also address a public rally on January 23 at 11am at the Community Centre. Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala will also be present on the occasion.

        Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will inaugurate the swimming pool and beautification work of Baliyala Guest House of the Irrigation Department costing Rs 6.50 crore. Besides, the beautification of Kalpana Chawla Park costing Rs 5.65 crore, Hisar to Ratia Road bypass costing Rs 58.10 crore, waterworks costing Rs 1.92 crore, waterworks in village Dult costing Rs 1.63 crore, waterworks in village Nadhori costing Rs 2.14 crore, extension of waterworks in village Parta costing Rs 1.72 crore will be inaugurated.

        Along with this, the Chief Minister will lay the foundation stone for dewatering of logged water and flood relief works in village Bhimewala at a cost of Rs 11.32 crore. Similarly, the foundation stone for Civil Hospital, Tohana, to be built at a cost of Rs 131.87 crore, Panchayat Bhawan, Tohana to be built at a cost of Rs 5.50 crore, and new bus stand, Tohana to be built at a cost of Rs 16.60 crore will be laid.

        The Chief Minister will also lay the foundation stone of waterworks worth Rs 13.89 crore in village Samain, Rs 3.30 crore in village Hansewala, Rs 4.58 crore in village Therwa, Rs 1.73 crore in village Kamalwala. Besides, the foundation stone for drinking water supply work in Jakhal at a cost of Rs 5.45 crore and Government Senior Secondary School at a cost of Rs 2.7 crore in Shekupur Daroli village of Fatehabad assembly constituency will be laid.

No. IPRDH/2023

Yuvraj Kaushal

IEP Chandigarh

On the occasion of National Girl Child Day, President of Gurmat Prachar Society and Ayurvedacharya Dr. Sukhinder Yogi started an awareness campaign. This campaign was started to save girls from anemia. During the recent study of the National Family Health Survey, it was found that 55 percent of adolescent girls i.e. 10 to 19 years of age are anaemic. These figures found during the National Family Health Survey are shocking. Assam has maximum anemia.  Society will spread awareness  to 1 lac girls about anemia  in government and private schools of Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab by organising awareness talks , free screening and distributing free nutrition kits ,said Dr Yogi , who will also be rewarded for his services to ayurveda at House of Lords UK  later this month

IEP Rohtak, January 22

 Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that every Congress worker is fully prepared for the 2024 elections and people have made up their mind to bring back the Congress government in the state and this was visible in the historic support received by Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana.Addressing a press conference after participating in many social and religious programs in Rohtak, Hooda said the people of the state had already made up their mind on bringing back the Congress. Answering question regarding BJP’s preparations for the elections, Hooda said that the public is gearing up to defeat BJP and JJP. “Today there is a lot of problems before the people. Congress will go to people on issues like corruption, unemployment, inflation, increasing crime and drugs,” he said.Hooda reiterated the demand for an impartial inquiry into the allegations levelled by the wrestlers against the Wrestling Association and its president. He said that the wrestling body president has unnecessarily tried to drag his and Deepender’s name in the whole matter. He said he is consulting lawyers in this regard so that a defamation case can be filed against the Wrestling Association President. He said sportspersons are the pride of our country and they should get justice. “There should be a fair inquiry into the allegations levelled against the Sports Minister of Haryana. For this, it is necessary that the Sports Minister resigns from his post,” he stated.Supporting the demands of the sugarcane farmers, once again the former Chief Minister reiterated that the government should accept their demand. “The farmers are demanding a rate of ₹450 per quintal. The government should at least give the farmers of Haryana the same rate as that of Punjab,” he said and added that during the Congress government, there was a record increase of 165% in the rate of sugarcane, while during the BJP regime it was increased by only 17%. BJP and JJP stand nowhere in front of Congress in the matter of increasing the rate of sugarcane.Hooda also stated that he stood with the sarpanches opposing e-tendering. He said the government should trust the elected representatives and give them a chance to get the development work done in the village. “The government should leave the obstinate attitude and rid the sarpanches from the web of e-tendering,” he said.Explaining about the Hath Se Jodo Hath program of the Congress, the Leader of the Opposition said that the party meeting is going to be held on the January 25th. “Haryana Congress will leave no stone unturned to make this program a success. Like Bharat Jodo Yatra, this program will also get historical support in Haryana,” he stated. 

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.