Days after his resignation from the new ad-hoc panel of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC), Jagdish Singh Jhinda, former president of the HSGMC, on Wednesday served an ultimatum on the state government to reconsider the names nominated in the new ad-hoc committee of the HSGMC by December 31.He said the new committee members were not accepted by the ‘sangat’. “The state government has ignored the community leaders, who have struggled for the formation of a separate committee in Haryana. It has accommodated loyalists in an ad hoc HSGMC panel,” he alleged. “I have served an ultimatum that by December 31 the state government should reconsider the names of the new ad-hoc committee members, otherwise I will hold a meeting in Kurukshetra on December 31 with intellectuals of the society ,” said Jhinda.“I will appear before the Akal Takht and convey the feedback of the ‘sangat’. I will follow the directions of the Akal Takht,” said Jhinda. He also demanded elections of the committe 

IEP Chandigarh, December 29

Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has demanded a white paper from the BJP-JJP government regarding the rising debt on the state. He said the present government has drowned Haryana in debt of more than 4 lakh crores. 

“The government has loans of Rs 3,25,000 crore and liabilities of Rs 1,22,000 crore. The situation has reached a point where the government is taking loans even to pay salaries to the employees. Due to this, there is a delay in getting salary to the employees many times,” he said.

Hooda said while the debt has been sky-rocketing, no new railway line, no metro line was laid, no big university and no big project was established in the state during the tenure of the present government. Despite this, the debt burden on the state is continuously increasing. The government has trapped Haryana in the debt trap.

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, he gave details about the second phase of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana. “The second phase of the yatra in Haryana would start from January 5. “Rahul Gandhi will enter Haryana via Sanauli (Panipat) from UP. There will be a big public meeting in Panipat on January 6, in which thousands of people will participate. The yatra will reach Karnal on January 7 and Kurukshetra on January 8. 10th will be break day. After this, the yatra will enter Punjab from Ambala on 11th,” he said.

Hooda said the purpose of the yatra is not for political and getting votes, but to raise issues like unemployment and price rise. “Yatra is a public awareness campaign against the politics of division and making people fight in the name of caste and religion. This is the reason why the yatra is getting tremendous support from the people,” he stated. 

Speaking on the 3-day assembly session, Hooda said the government was running away from its accountability throughout the session. “Many proposals were given for discussion by the Opposition, on which the government did not even allow discussion. Even the important issue like the case filed on the farmers during the agitation was not heard despite being on the table,” he said.

The former Chief Minister said the Congress demanded an increase in the price of sugarcane, but this too was rejected by the government. “The farmers of the state are demanding a rate of Rs 450 per quintal, but the government is not even ready to give the same rate as in Punjab. 

“This season, the government did not increase the price of sugarcane even by a paisa, pushing the farmers into losses and distress. Due to the delay in fixing the rate by the government, the payment of the farmers has also stopped. The farmers are demanding that the rate of sugarcane should be Rs 450 per quintal, but the government is not even ready to rate at par with Punjab, he said.

Hooda said till 2005 the rate of sugarcane in the state was Rs.117. During the Congress tenure, it was increased by Rs 193 to Rs 310, a jump of almost 3 times, or 165 percent. “This amounts to an annual increase of about 18.3 percent. The BJP and the BJP-JJP government increased the rate of sugarcane by only 17 percent in 8 years, an annual increase of only 2.1 percent. The BJP-JJP government does not stand anywhere close to the Congress in providing a fair price to the farmers,” he said and added that the government is running away from discussion even on the issues of farmers, like shortage of fertilizers, water logging and compensation. 

“The government is also misleading on the bond policy imposed on MBBS students. The government says that it has convinced the students. The truth, however, is that pressure was created on the students. Due to three conditions in the bond policy, the children of poor and middle class families in the state will not be able to study MBBS. The government should end this policy, because the purpose of education is not to earn profit,” he stated.

Speaking on Kaushal Rojgar Nigam, Hooda said the aim seems to be to eliminate permanent jobs, merit, reservation and recruitment bodies. Through the corporation, the government is playing with the future of educated and qualified youth. The youth are being exploited by making them do temporary jobs at low wages. 

“The job of the government is to end the contract system and provide permanent jobs, but this government is promoting contract system by eliminating permanent jobs. Bypassing the merit process, the government has made the income of the family the basis for the recruitment of the corporation,” he said. 

“The government has considered the family identity card as the basis for measuring income, but the truth is that the government has no way of determining a household’s income. There are so many flaws in PPP’s income that they can not be rectified. Everyday news of mess in the PPP is coming in newspapers. Family identity cards are being used to cut the pension of the elderly and the pension of 5 lakh people has been cut till now,” he said.

“Property ID is also a system implemented only and only to harass the public. There is a lot of confusion in this. Somewhere the landlord has been made the tenant and somewhere the tenant has been made the landlord. Mistakes have been found in more than 15 lakh out of total 42.7 lakh property IDs created by the government. People are now standing in queues in government offices to get the mistake done by the government, rectified,” he said. 

Hooda reiterated that the BJP-JJP government has become just a portal government. “Portals created by the government do not work at all. We have no problem with the portal or digitalisation, but portals should be simplify governance, not to harass people and complicate the system,” he said. 

Citing the example of ‘Meri Fasal, Mera Byora’, he said the portal did nothing but harass the farmers. “Most of the portals created by the government are often not working and the server is always down. That’s why even the work done in minutes remains stuck for many days,” he stated. 

In response to a question on Punjabi language, Hooda said the Congress government had given Punjabi the status of second language in Haryana, but the recruitment of teachers of Punjabi and Urdu is not being done during the present government. 

“The government is giving step motherly treatment to the Punjabis. Similarly, in the case of separate Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee of Haryana, the government’s attitude seems to be negative. During the Congress tenure, he had approved a separate committee for the state. The court also accepted this as correct, but the present government has not been able to complete it till now,” he said. 

State Congress President Chaudhary Udaybhan was also present in the press conference.

IEP Chandigarh, December 29

In a target drive against drug mafia and narcotic trade, Haryana Police have seized a whopping 24 tonnes of narcotic substance worth crores of rupees during the year 2022.

 The police have also attached properties worth Rs 31.45 crore of those involved in drug trafficking under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Besides, the process to attach properties worth Rs 12.23 crore of persons who are facing charges of smuggling drugs in the state is also on.

Disclosing this here today, Director General of Police (DGP), Haryana, Sh. P.K. Agrawal said that Police have filed a total of 3636 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in 2022, as against the 2583 cases registered in 2021.

The DGP said that effective action is being taken against drug traffickers to completely eradicate the drug menace from the state and save the future generation. People involved in the drug trade will be dealt with strictly and no one will be spared.

Giving details about the drug-wise seizure, he said that over 271 kg opium, more than 196 kg charas/sulpha, over 10173 kg poppy husk, 6 kg 701-gram smack, over 13311 kg ganja and 35 kg 328 gram of heroin was seized from the possession of drug traffickers.

To prevent drug trafficking, Police have been working relentlessly to curb drug menace. It is because of our team’s efforts as well as increased inter-state cooperation for exchange of information that the number of cases registered has increased this year compared to last year. “We have adopted a multi-pronged approach that resulted in seizure of such large amount of narcotic substances. Our field units including the Special Task Force (STF) and Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau (HSNCB) have dismantled the potential supply of almost all types of narcotics in the state. The crackdown was made in line with the government’s commitment to make Haryana a drug-free state”, he added.

At 587, the maximum cases under NDPS Act were registered in Sirsa, followed by 349 in Faridabad, 273 in Karnal, 240 in Fatehabad and 220 in Kurukshetra.

There is no place for drugs in our society. We will continue to speed up our operations against drug traffickers and drug cartels to save the people especially youth from drug menace. Besides, special campaigns are being organized to make the youth aware of the ill effects of drug addiction, he added.

 The DGP also urged people to supplement the police efforts in tightening the noose on those involved in drug peddling by sharing information about sale, consumption and use of drugs at mobile number 7087089947, toll-free number 1800-180-1314 and landline number 01733-253023.

IEP Chandigarh, December 28

Stressing on dynamic linking of farmers’ Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) with land records, Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed the officers of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Revenue Department to expedite the process to implement the AgriStack Project in the state.The Chief Secretary gave these directions during the meeting of the Steering committee for development of Agristack here today. Strategic Advisor and Chief Knowledge Officer to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Sh. Rajeev Chawla joined the meeting through video conferencing.It is worth mentioning that AgriStack is an ecosystem for facilitating the delivery of digital services to farmers with the aim of doing farming and higher returns for the farmer Services farmers.Sh. Kaushal further directed the officers of Revenue Department to complete the work of Geo-referencing of villages and GIS based real time crop survey across the state till March 31, 2023.Sh. Kaushal further directed the officers to further upgrade the E-Girdawari Application to incorporate digital cadastral maps and photographs of the field. He said that the App should be upgraded to access the actual figure of crop damage assessment during the situation of natural calamities in the state.During the discussion, Sh. Kaushal directed the officials of revenue department to assist Patwaris to bring more accuracy and precision in data of land records so as to deliver the benefits of Agricultural Schemes to the actual farmer beneficiaries across the state. He also directed the officers to maintain accurate records of ROR, Land Mutation and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to farmers.It was apprised in the meeting that out of 19.9 lac farmers in the state currently data for about 12.8 lac farmers is available on Meri Fasal Mera Byora portal.  Geo – referencing of village maps is being taken up in the state by Survey of India (SOI) using Drone data and CORS. Though this would be the most accurate database but creation of this data may take time. However, HARSAC has digitized and geo – referenced cadastral maps prepared on 1:10,000 scale. This data can be used for crop enumeration and surveys etc.Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management, Sh. V.S Kundu, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Dr Sumita Misra, and Director General, Horticulture Department, Sh. Arjun Saini and other senior officers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, December 26

On the first day of the winter session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha which commenced here today, obituary resolutions were passed to pay rich tributes to those prominent personalities who have expired between the period from the end of the previous session and the beginning of the current session.

Leader of the House and Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal paid tributes and read out the obituary resolutions. These include Sh. Dhanik Lal Mandal, former Governor of Haryana, Sh. Bhag Singh Chatter, former Members of Haryana Legislative Assembly.

Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta read out the obituary resolutions and paid tributes to the departed souls. The House conveyed its heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved families.

Leader of the Opposition, Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda also read out the obituary resolutions on behalf of his party.

The House bid tearful farewell to 17 brave Martyrs of Haryana who showed indomitable courage and made the supreme sacrifice while safeguarding the unity and integrity of the motherland. These include, Lieutenant Colonel Saurabh Yadav, Gurugram, Captain Nidesh Singh Yadav of village Nandgaon, District Bhiwani, Inspector Jitender Kumar of village Jhanwari, District Bhiwani, Assistant Sub Inspector Virender Singh of village Patikara, District Mahendragarh, Havildar Satender Pal of village Ganiar, District Mahendragarh, Rifleman Manoj Kumar of village Shahjahanpur, District Faridabad. Rifleman Nishant Malik of village Dhanderi, District Hisar. Signalman Chandermohan of village Jhanwari, District Bhiwani, Naik Manoj Kumar of village Budhwal, District Mahendragarh. Sailor Mohit Kumar of village Silani Kesho, District Jhajjar, Sepoy Vinod of village Dawala, District Jhajjar, Sepoy Yogesh Kumar of village Rampuri, District Rewari, Sepoy Satpal of village Bohar, District Rohtak, Sepoy Karan Singh of village Sundrah, District Mahendragarh, Sepoy Rajesh of village Chadhwana, District Jhajjar, Sepoy Manjeet of village Dhanasri, District Charkhi Dadri, Sepoy Noor Husain of village Kalyanpur, District Yamunanagar, Naib Subedar Sarabjeet Pal Singh of village Chhapar, District Jind and Havildar Jasmer Singh of village Hatt, District Jind.

The House also placed on record its deep sense of sorrow on the sad and untimely demise of 16 Soldiers, who lost their lives in a road accident in Zema, Sikkim on December 23, 2022. The House pays tributes to the brave soldiers of Haryana who died in this mishap namely Havildar Arvind Kumar of village Jhojhu Kalan, District Charkhi Dadri, Lance Naik Somvir Singh of village Sandol, District Hisar, Sepoy Vikas Kumar of village Pili Mandori, District Fatehabad along with brave soldiers of other states Subedar Guman Singh, Naib Subedar Chandan Kumar Mishra, Naib Subedar Omkar Singh, Havildar Charan Singh, Havildar Gopinath Makur, Naik Ravinder Singh Thapa, Naik Vaisakh S, Naik Pramod Singh, Naik Shyam Singh Yadav, Naik Lokesh Kumar, Lance Naik Bhupender Singh, Lance Naik Manoj Kumar and Sepoy Sukha Ram.

Apart from this, the House placed on record its deep sense of sorrow for the sad demise of Smt. Krishna Devi, mother of Sh. O.P Yadav, Minister of State, Smt. Santosh Devi, sister of Sh. Nayan Pal Rawat, MLA and Dharambir Singh, cousin brother of Sh. Raghubir Singh Kadian, MLA.

IEP Chandigarh, December 26 –

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the state government had never announced the release of Rs 15 crore to the municipal bodies and Panchayati Raj institutions.  If any institutions still need financially help then the state government certainly provided all possible help to them, he added. 

The Chief Minister was speaking during the first day of the winter session of the Vidhan Sabha while responding to a question raised by MLA, Sh. Bishan Lal regarding the release of funds to the financially weak municipal committees.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that the funds of the Central Finance Commission and State Finance Commission are provided to the Municipal Committees from time to time.  These committees also have self-income, if any institution remains financially weak after spending all these funds, then the state government helps it as per the requirement, he added. 

The Chief Minister said that at present, Radaur municipality still has an amount pending allocated by the Central Finance Commission and State Finance Commission. The municipality has a total balance of Rs 4 crore.  First, this amount should be spent, after that, the state government will consider their demand if there is a need.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala in response to a question raised by a member of the House in the winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha today said that the total length of Brij Parikrama falling in the state of Haryana is 37.85 kms, out of which 6.25 kms falls in Punhana constituency and 31.60 kms in Hodal constituency.

He further stated that a road of 30.10 km length already exists in Hodal constituency and for remaining 1.50 Km the government has accorded administrative approval for the purchase of land which is under process through e-Bhoomi portal. He further informed that the bridge over Yamuna river is to be constructed by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government.

In response to another, the Deputy Chief Minister said that a traffic survey will be conducted on the road from Tohana to Ratia, if the number of vehicles is found to be within the rules, the road will be made four-lane.

In response to another question regarding the making of a four lane road from Pipli to Yamunanagar by a member of the house, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, said that the state government has requested the central government to declare this route as a national highway, it is known that a proposal in this regard has been made. If the central government is not able to make it under Bharatmala project, then by establishing a state highway, the state government will work to widen this route to four lanes.

Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Sh. JP Dalal said that a drain of about 1,700 feet length has been dug from the land of Gram Panchayat for drainage of rain water in Juan and for cementing this drain; the scheme costing Rs. 105.00 lakh has been put in the agenda for approval in the forthcoming 54th meeting of Haryana State Drought Relief & Flood Control Board (HSDR&FCB).

Sh. JP Dalal was replying to a question raised during the winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.

Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Sardar Sandeep Singh said that the facility of Astroturf ground for hockey is available in the Sports Complex, Sector-4, Sonipat.

          This information was given by Sardar Sandeep Singh today in response to a question raised during the winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

He informed that there is a district level stadium in Sonipat district. In addition, there are 4 sub-divisional stadiums, 16 Rajiv Gandhi Rural Sports Complexes and 19 mini/rural stadiums. Apart from this, 71 sports nurseries are being run in Sonipat, in which 41 are being run through private coaches and 30 through government coaches.

He informed that Kabaddi Hall at village Rindhana district Sonipat at a cost of Rs. 939.20 lakh and facility centre at Subhash Stadium, Sonipat at a cost of Rs. 325 lakh is under construction. There are 20 coaches and 18 junior coaches of various sports in Sonipat district who are providing training.

Sardar Sandeep Singh said that the state government has laid special emphasis on promoting sports infrastructure in the state. At present there are 3 state level sports complexes, 21 district level sports stadiums, 25 sub-divisional stadiums and 163 Rajiv Gandhi Rural Sports Complexes in the state. Apart from this, 245 mini/rural stadiums, 09 swimming pools, 09 multipurpose halls, 11 synthetic athletics tracks, 14 hockey astroturf and 2 artificial football turfs are available in the state. 238 coaches and 365 junior coaches are imparting training in various sports across the state.

He informed that 1100 sports nurseries have been started by the department to promote sports at the grass root level. Similarly, 9 day-boarding, 08 residential sports academies have also been opened across the state to train talented players. A proposal is under process to appoint 202 coaches on contract basis for providing coaching/training to budding players across the state.

Apart from this, a sports hostel has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 1318.54 lakh under the Scheduled Castes Component Plan in district Ambala.

He said that in all the district level stadiums of the state (except Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Kurukshetra Nuh and Panchkula), facility centres have been constructed for the office of District Sports and Youth Programme Officer at an estimated cost of Rs. 3 crore. The construction work is underway in Sonipat and Jhajjar.

He informed that with the approval of the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, directions have been issued to all the Deputy Commissioners through the District Sports Council to provide basic machinery and appoint a groundsman in each Rajiv Gandhi Rural Sports Complex. All the Deputy Commissioners have been requested to repair the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Sports Complexes under MGNREGA through the District Sports Council of the concerned district.

IEP Chandigarh, December 26

A total of 5 Bills were passed on the first day of the winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha held today. These include The Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Repeal Bill, 2022, The Haryana Small Towns (Tax – Validating) Repeal Bill, 2022, The Haryana Municipal (Tax – Validating) Repeal Bill, 2022, The Haryana Minor Canals (Repeal) Bill, 2022 and The Haryana State Tube-Well (Repeal) Bill, 2022.

Besides this, 10 Bills were also introduced in the House. These include The Haryana Shree Mata Bhimeshwari Devi Mandir (Ashram), Beri Shrine Bill, 2022, The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Haryana Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Haryana Enterprises Promotion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Haryana Legislative Assembly (Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members) Second Amendment Bill, 2022, The Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2022, The Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Amendment Bill, 2022, The Haryana Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022 and The Haryana Municipal (Second Amendment) Bill, 2022.

The Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Repeal Bill, 2022

The Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Repeal Bill, 2022 has been passed to repeal the Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Act, 1943.

The Haryana Statute Review Committee was constituted by the State Government under the Chairpersonship of Mr. Justice Iqbal Singh (Retd,) to identify such laws which are not in harmony with the existing climate of economic liberalization and need to be changed or repealed. Accordingly the Committee had recommended to repeal the Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Act, 1943 related to Urban Local Bodies Department, having lost its relevance. Property Tax as well as other applicable taxes are being levied and collected as per the provisions of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994. As such the Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Act, 1943 has no force and value to deal with the provision of present scenario of taxation Validations in the municipalities. Hence, it is necessary to repeal the Haryana Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Act, 1943 by way of enacting the Haryana Urban immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Repeal Bill, 2022.

The Haryana Small Towns ( Tax – Validating ) Repeal Bill , 2022

The Haryana Small Towns (Tax – Validating) Repeal Bill , 2022 has been passed to repeal the Haryana Small Towns (Tax – Validating) Act, 1934.

The Haryana Statute Review Committee was constituted by the State Government under the Chairpersonship of Mr. Justice Iqbal Singh (Retd .) to identify such laws which are not in harmony with the existing climate of economic liberalization and need to be changed or repealed . Accordingly the Committee had recommended to repeal the Haryana Small Towns ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 related to Urban Local Bodies Department , having lost its relevance. Property Tax as well as other applicable taxes are being levied and collected as per the provisions of the Haryana Municipal Act , 1973 and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act , 1994. As such the Haryana Small Towns ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 has no force and value to deal with the provision of present scenario of Taxation Validations in the municipalities  Hence , it is necessary to repeal the Haryana Small Towns ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 by way of enacting the Haryana Small Towns ( Tax – Validating ) Repeal Bill , 2022 .

The Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Repeal Bill , 2022

The Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Repeal Bill , 2022 has been passed to repeal the Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 (Punjab Act IV of 1934) and the Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1956 (Punjab Act 34 of 1956).

The Haryana Statute Review Committee was constituted by the State Government under the Chairpersonship of Mr. Justice Iqbal Singh ( Retd . ) to identify such laws which are not in harmony with the existing climate of economic liberalization and need to be changed or repealed . Accordingly the Committee had recommended to repeal the Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 and Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1956 related to Urban Local Bodies Department , having lost their relevance. Property Tax as well as other applicable taxes are being levied and collected as per the provisions of the Haryana Municipal Act , 1973 and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act , 1994. As such the Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 and Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1956 has no force and value to deal with the provision of present scenario of Taxation Validations in the municipalities. Hence , it is necessary to repeal the Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1934 and Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Act , 1956 by way of enacting the Haryana Municipal ( Tax – Validating ) Repeal Bill , 2022.

The Haryana Minor Canals (Repeal) Bill, 2022

The Haryana Minor Canals (Repeal) Bill, 2022 has been passed to repeal The Haryana Minor Canals Act, 1905. The Repeal of enactments under the Punjab Minor Canals Act 1905 specified in the Schedule which have been ceased to be in force or have become obsolete or the retention whereof as separate , independent and distinct Act is unnecessary , then , such enactment is to be repealed . The enactment in reality has lost its meaning but is still shown on the Statute – books . The law has become irrelevant and dysfunctional . The Punjab Minor Canals Act , 1905 , at present does not apply in any part of Haryana . The act was introduced only for West Punjab ( Now Part of Pakistan ) under which all the powers vests with Collector . However , all these powers under Haryana Canal and Drainage Act , 1974 vests with the Officers of the Canal Department ( mostly with Canal Officer / Divisional Canal Officer ) . The Haryana Statute Review Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Iqbal Singh ( Retd . ) constituted by State Government submitted its report , in which , it has been recommended to repeal various Act . This Act also figures in that list . Hence the Haryana Minor Canals ( Repeal ) Bill , 2022 has been passed.

The Haryana State Tube-Well (Repeal) Bill,2022

The Haryana State Tube-Well (Repeal) Bill, 2022 has been passed to repeal the Haryana State Tube-well Act, 1954.

The Repeal of enactments under the Punjab State Tube – Well Act 1954 specified in the Schedule which have been ceased to be in force or have become obsolete or the retention whereof as separate, independent and distinct Act is unnecessary, then, such enactments are to be repealed . The enactments in reality have lost its meaning but are still shown on the Statute – books . The law has become irrelevant and dysfunctional. The Haryana State Minor Irrigation & Tube – well Corporation ( HSMITC ) which was governed by the Punjab State Tube – Well Act , 1954 has already been abolished in 2002 and at present , there is no Tube – Well Corporation working in the State of Haryana . The State owned tube – wells have already been auctioned in the State of Haryana . Tube well , if any , in State of Haryana are installed by the Departments , particularly Agricultural Department / Public Health Engineering Departments for their own Farms or domestic water supply and those are governed and regulated by the rules of respective departments and as such , this Act – The Punjab State Tube – Well Act , 1954 is not applicable to those tube wells . Further , Haryana Water Resources ( Conservation , Regulation and Management ) Authority has been established for conservation , management and regulation of water resources Le ground water and surface water within the State of Haryana for ensuring the judicious , equitable and sustainable utilization , management , regulation thereof , fix the rates for use of water and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto under The Haryana Water Resources ( Conservation , Regulation And Management ) Authority Act , 2020 . The Haryana Statute Review Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr.Justice Iqbal Singh ( Retd . ) constituted by State Government submitted its report in which it has been recommended to repeal various Act . This Act also figures in that list . Hence , the Haryana State Tube – well ( Repeal ) Bill , 2022 has been passed.

IEP Chandigarh, December 25

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal conferred the Digital Media Section of the Department of Information, Public Relations and Languages (DIPRL) with state level award during a state level programme organised on the occasion of Good Governance Day in Panchkula today. The award was given for playing a remarkable role in disseminating government schemes and curbing fake news through ‘Fact Check Accounts’. On the occasion, Digital Media Section incharge (Information and Public Relations Officer), Aditya Chaudhary and Assistant Manager, Arvind Kumar received the award from the Chief Minister.

        Notably, the Digital Media Section has been set up by the Information, Public Relations and Languages Department; so that essential information related to the government, information on latest schemes and notifications reaches the people on time through an effective and authentic medium. The Digital Media Section is working under the inspiring leadership of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal and the able and constant guidance of Principal Secretary, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Sh. Anurag Agarwal and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Dr. Amit Kumar Agrawal.

        The Digital Media Section has an impressive presence on 11 major social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The section keeps a check on fake news and information; and responds promptly through its ‘Fact Check Accounts’. The Digital Media Section is playing a vital role in disseminating information related to the government schemes.

IEP Chandigarh, December 24

Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught an SDO Civil and a Junior Engineer of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (construction wing) Panipat while accepting a bribe of Rs 77,000.

Stating this here today, a Bureau’s spokesperson informed that arrested accused were identified as Rakesh Kumar, SDO and Rajesh Kumar, JE posted at the office of SDO  Civil UHBVN (Construction Wing) Panipat.

Both the accused were taking the bribe in lieu of disbursing the remaining amount of the complainant’s company, who had constructed the building of 33 KV substation situated at Kabri village in Panipat.

The complainant had approached the bureau. After verifying the facts, a team conducted a raid at the UHBVN office and arrested the accused red-handed with Rs 77,000 bribe money.

           A case was registered against them at State Vigilance Bureau police station, Karnal and further investigation is underway.