IEP Chandigarh, November 10

As per the commitment of chief minister Bhagwant Mann to provide employment to maximum youth of the state, today the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Punjab Mr. Chetan Singh Jaudamajra gave appointment letters to 12 youths for the job of ward attendants .

          Congratulating the newly appointed employees at the Punjab Civil Secretariat here today after giving the appointment letters to them,  Mr. Jaudamajra said that they should honestly render their services in public interest and make sure to adopt polite behavior with patients during duty.

          Mr. Jodamajra further said that the state government is committed to provide quality health services to the people of Punjab.  He said that the health department is soon going to recruit 634 specialist doctors so that best health services can be provided to the common people in the nearby government hospitals.

          On this occasion Director Health and Family Welfare Punjab Dr.  Ranjit Singh Ghotra and other senior officers of the department were also present.

IEP Chandigarh, November 10

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the State on Thursday nabbed an Inspector of Police Bakhshish Kaur, posted as Incharge/SHO police station women cell, Fazilka red handed for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

          Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the VB said the accused SHO has been arrested on the complaint of village Gurdial Singh of Mandi Hazoor Singh, Fazilka.

Giving details he said the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the above said police official was demanding a bribe of Rs. 40,000 for taking action against the culprits who have abused her daughter but deal was struck at Rs. 20,000. The complainant has further alleged that the SHO has already taken Rs. 8,000 as a bribe in two instalments and demanding Rs 10,000 as a third instalment.

            The spokesperson added that after verifying this complaint, a VB team from Ferozepur unit laid a trap and the accused police official was caught red handed taking bribe money of Rs. 10,000 in the presence of two official witnesses. He informed that a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused the woman SHO at VB police station Ferozepur and further investigation was under progress.

IEP Chandigarh, November 10

The Haryana government has invited comments and suggestions from the departments regarding the transfer drive of Group D employees who are covered under the Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2018. In a letter issued by Chief Secretary Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal to all administrative secretaries, comments and suggestions have been sought latest by November 25, 2022 through e-mail at hrdharyana@gmail.com and hrd-goh@hry.gov.in or through post addressed to Special Secretary to Government of Haryana, Human Resources Department (Common Cadre -I Branch), Haryana Civil Secretariat.

        Giving information in this regard, an official spokesperson said that the state government has received a large number of requests of newly recruited Group D employees from time to time regarding change of their post or the department on grounds of technical/educational qualifications. Keeping this in view, comments and suggestions have been invited regarding the transfer drive of Group D employees and a concept note has also been prepared.

        The note states that the state government vide notification dated March 28, 2018, enacted the Haryana Group D Employees (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2018 (referred to as the Group D Act) in which a Common Cadre of all the Group D posts of all the departments of the Haryana government was created. Thereafter, more than 18,000 posts were advertised and filled up by direct recruitment through Haryana Staff Selection Commission.

        In this common cadre, some of the posts were of semi-skilled nature and others were of unskilled nature. It has been observed that some persons appointed in Group-D are facing difficulties in performing their duties efficiently. Further, some of the employees have been posted at far flung places from their hometown and keeping in view their hardship, the government has decided to launch a transfer drive to give an opportunity to all the Group D employees of common cadre for appointment/adjustment in an office near their hometown and on a suitable post.

Purpose of transfer drive to remove difficulty of posts or station of posting of employees

        The spokesperson further said that the main objective of this transfer drive is to remove hardship of the employees regarding their station of posting, and also adjustment on the posts other than the posts on which they do not deem themselves fit for appointment. For this purpose, each employee will be at liberty to select three districts where he/she wants to be posted/transferred. Further, the employees can also select a maximum of 50 posts on which they do not deem themselves fit to work out of the list of all Group D posts. In this drive, efforts will be made to transfer the employees at any one of the three districts selected by them on priority basis and try not to appoint them to the posts on which they do not want to work. However, it will not be guaranteed that the employees will be able to get the station of their choice or avoid the posts they do not deem fit for themselves.

 Eligibility to participate in transfer drive

        The spokesperson said that in this transfer drive, all the Group D employees appointed after the enactment of Group D Act and posted in any department of the government are eligible to participate. However, the Group D employees posted in any Statutory Body, Board, Corporation, Public Sector Undertaking and Constitutional Body are not eligible to participate in this drive.

        Only those eligible employees who want to change their station or their post, and participate online on the portal within 15 days from the date fixed by the government; will be considered eligible for transfer drive. The employees, who will fail to register and apply on the portal by the said date, will not be considered eligible. The concept note include the criteria for transfer from one station to another or from one post to another, general instructions and necessary procedures and detailed format.

IEP Chandigarh, November 10

Haryana Police has busted an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraudsters gang with the arrest of two accused in Palwal district. Police has also recovered 209 ATM cards and a Paytm swipe machine from their possession.

Disclosing this here today, the Haryana Police spokesperson informed that the gang used to change ATM cards of innocent people in the name of assisting them and then commit the crime.

On November 9, 2022, Dharamvir Singh, a native of Uttrakhand presently living in NIT Faridabad had lodged a complaint that he went to an ATM to check his account balance. After some time, he received two SMSs about deduction of Rs 5000 and Rs 10000 from the bank account. Upon checking, he found that his ATM card has changed and fraudsters withdrew money.

Taking cognizance of the complaint, a police team based on the intelligence and other inputs arrested two accused with in few hours identified as Akram and Mohammad, both residents of Palwal district.

 Police also recovered 209 ATM cards belonging to nationalized and other private banks and a BharatSwipe machine from them.

During the probe, it was revealed that both had a criminal past and had executed many incidents of ATM card fraud in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana’s Palwal since 2014. Both fraudsters make people a victim of their fraud by putting money in a fake account through the swipe machine and then withdrawing the money. Six cases of similar fraud were found to be registered in different police stations against accused Akram in Ujjain (MP).

The accused will be taken on remand to find out their involvement in other cases, he added

IEP Chandigarh, November 10

 The efforts of the Manohar Lal-led government in making Haryana a farmer-oriented state have brought positive outcomes; as Haryana has been awarded the India Agribusiness Best State Award- 2022 by the Union Government for its outstanding contribution in the agriculture sector. Issued by the Indian Chamber for Food and Agriculture, Haryana has been accorded the award for its distinguished contribution in the areas of agriculture friendly policies and programmes, production, inputs, technologies, marketing, value addition, infrastructure, and exports in the state.

Expressing gratitude to the Centre government, Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal said that the effort is now to make Haryana a farmer-oriented state from agriculture-oriented. “For this, along with modernity in agriculture, the big goal is to increase the income of the farmers. While the state government is buying more than 14 crops at MSP, it is also encouraging the farmers to adopt modern farming,” he said.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that to get more yield at less cost, the farmers should adopt crop diversification and move towards natural farming. “The State Government has taken several steps to improve the agriculture and horticulture sector including proper use of water for irrigation and adoption of less water consuming crops by the farmers,” he added. The Chief Minister also congratulated the officials and the employees along with the people of the state for the achievement.

It is noteworthy that the state government is paying special attention to promote agribusiness and make farmers self-reliant. For this, companies in the agriculture sector, farmer’ producer organisations have been identified; so that by organizing the farmers, the system of their production and marketing can be ensured collectively. Also, special emphasis is being laid on reducing the cost of agriculture and horticulture by providing investment, technology and new equipment.

IEP Chandigarh, November 10

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that five districts including Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Mahendragarh, Faridabad and Kurukshetra have been included in the tourism hub to promote tourism in the state. In addition, a detailed project report is being created for infrastructure development of District Panchkula from the tourism point of view.

        The Chief Secretary was presiding over a meeting of the first State Steering Committee organized for the development of tourism infrastructure under the Swadesh Darshan-2.0 scheme of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, here today. He said that this is a better effective scheme to promote tourism. More effort should be put into it for the expansion of tourism in the state which will directly give a boost to employment.

        He said that there are 55 tourist places in Panchkula like Morni Hills, Yadavindra Garden, Kaushalya Dam, Nada Sahib etc.. The proposal to include Mahendragarh and Faridabad districts in this scheme will also be sent to the Ministry of Tourism so that tourism can be promoted in these districts as well. He said that Mahendragarh has many ancient monument sites like Madhogarh Fort, Birbal Ka Chatta, Jal Mahal, Dhosi Parvat which are being developed from the tourism point of view.

        He said that there are 17 tourist places in Faridabad like historic Surajkund, Damdama Lake, Aravali Golf Club, Sohna Water Springs etc. He said that work should also be done on creating a modern level special tourism block in Surajkund as per the directions of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal so that it can become a centre of attraction for the tourists. There are many tourist places in Yamunanagar like Adi Badri, Lohgarh, Hathni Kund Barrage, Kalesar National Park, etc.

        The Chief Secretary stated that work on tourism and related infrastructure, tourism services, human and capital development, site management and promotion, etc. must be done in order to implement the Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0. Additionally, facilities and services related to wellness and rural tourism, adventure tourism, cultural and heritage tourism will be worked on. Apart from this, meeting, conference and exhibition venues and places to promote tourism promotion are also to be selected.

        He said that under the Swadesh Darshan 1.0 scheme, eco-tourism, wildlife, intellectual, spiritual, hilly inaccessible areas, pilgrimage places etc. were selected. In this scheme, tourism infrastructure is being developed at a cost of Rs. 97.34 crore by including the Krishna Circuit project in Kurukshetra, Haryana. In these, work is being done on 5 schemes like Multipurpose Tourism Information Centre, Railing of Sarovar, Abhimanyu Ghat, Light and Sound show which will be completed and operated in the month of November. He said that Thanesar Sheikh Chilli Tomb of Kurukshetra should also be included in this scheme and developed.

        A presentation on Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme was also shown in the meeting. Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Sh. Anil Malik, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Sh. Apoorva Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, Haryana Tourism Department, Sh. MD Sinha, Director, Tourism, Special Secretary to Government, Tourism Department, Sh. Pankaj, Director, Art & Cultural Affairs and Special Secretary, Art & Cultural Affairs Department, Sh. Mahavir Kaushik and many senior officers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, November 10

The Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal today released a coffee table book titled ‘Hari Sadan’ highlighting the new initiatives taken in the 14th Haryana Vidhan Sabha in the last three years at a function here today. 

Speaking on this occasion, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the manner in which the Speaker Vidhan Sabha, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta has conducted the House proceedings during these three glorious years is really commendable.

Regulating the debates and proceedings of the House in an unbiased manner is certainly not a simple task, but Sh. Gian Chand Gupta while rising above the party’s ideology has always ensured to give equal chance to the leaders of both Ruling and the Opposition party, added Sh. Manohar Lal. 

He said that as the Speaker of the Assembly, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta conducted the Assembly in a dignified and constitutional manner. 

The Chief Minister said that the proceedings of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha have been conducted very well as compared to the Legislative Assemblies of other states.

Haryana Vidhan Sabha has become e-Vidhan Sabha 

Sh. Manohar Lal said that Sh. Gian Chand Gupta has brought many revolutionary changes to the Vidhan Sabha. Taking a new initiative, the Vidhan Sabha has been made e-Vidhan Sabha. At present, in the first year, the proceedings of the Vidhan Sabha will be conducted in both ways, but in the coming years, the State Vidhan Sabha will be made completely paperless. This move of making Assembly paperless is a big change in itself.

Many revolutionary changes were brought in the State Assembly

The Chief Minister said that various  changes have been brought in the Vidhan Sabha. A new food arrangement for the MLAs has been made in the Vidhan Sabha wherein the MLAs can pay Rs.100 to eat food. Apart from this, the timing of the proceedings of the House has also been changed. Now the proceedings of the House begin at 11:00 am and continue till the completion of legislative business in the evening. 

Introducing yet another first-of-its-kind initiative in Haryana Vidhan Sabha, MLAs were provided training regarding the legislative work. For this, Lok Sabha Speaker was also specially invited for the said training session, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

He said that in these 3 years another new tradition was started. During the budget session, a holiday was observed in the house for 4 days so that the MLAs could read the budget well in advance and during these 4 days, suggestions were also taken from MLAs of both the ruling party and opposition.

Steps taken towards construction of new building of State Vidhan Sabha

The Chief Minister said that the Speaker has also made efforts for the construction of a new building of the State Vidhan Sabha. Now the site for the building has been earmarked and consent has been given for the same. The new building will be constructed soon after completing the necessary procedures. The unique beginning of selecting the Best MLA of the Year was also done during the tenure of Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, shared Sh. Manohar Lal. 

Many first-of-its-kind initiatives introduced in the Assembly, Speaker

Speaking on the occasion, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for releasing the Coffee Table Book. 

In these three years, the legislators of both the ruling party and the opposition have played an instrumental role in the smooth functioning of the House, implementing new initiatives for the betterment functioning of the Assembly, added Sh. Gian Chand Gupta. 

He said that new initiatives were introduced to maintain the dignity of the House. The questions to be asked during the Question Hour are selected through draw of lots. Similarly, by changing the Punjab Legislative Assembly rules, new rules of the Haryana Legislative Assembly were introduced. Besides this, the statue of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was also unveiled in the premises of Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

He said that provision has also been made for the legislators to get questions and bills well in time. Now questions and Bills are given to the MLAs almost five days prior to the session, so that the MLAs can read them well in time.

Not only this, biometric attendance was started in the Assembly office. Apart from this, timely execution of files is also being ensured under the Right to Service Act.

On this occasion, Transport Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma, Deputy Speaker, Sh. Ranbir Gangwa, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Sh. O.P. Yadav, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt. Kamlesh Dhanda, MLAs and other officials were present.

IEP Chandigarh, November 9

Since 2014, the Double engine government has certainly doubled Haryana’s growth pace. In all these eight years, the State has not only set a record in terms of implementing several first-of-its-kind development reforms but has also placed Haryana as one of the prominent state of the country in terms of infrastructural development.

        The credit for this success certainly goes to the visionary thinking of the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal. The Chief Minister not only increased the fund allocation for the development of infrastructure but set up various new developmental projects so as to ensure the holistic development of Haryana.

        “We don’t just promise, we deliver. Our government is giving special focus to the overall development of the state by bringing in radical changes. In today’s era, Haryana has become prominent state of the country in terms of infrastructural development,” believes Sh. Manohar Lal.

        The Chief Minister, who is also the Finance Minister of Haryana, while bringing in a policy change had created a Medium Term Expenditure Reserve Fund of Rs 8,700 crore so as to ensure the smooth execution of long-term projects.

        The budget allocation is done on an annual basis and many projects are of long duration, which takes more than a year to complete. Our government has accepted the fact that many projects, especially those related to infrastructure, require continuous support of budget. Therefore, a Reserve Fund has been created for such projects by making provision for medium-term expenditure structure to avoid delay in the completion of projects due to budget allocation on annual basis, says Sh. Manohar Lal.

59 ROBs and RUBs already constructed, 40 in progress

        From time to time, the Manohar Lal-led government is ensuring the construction of Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) or Railway Under Bridges (RUBs). In the last 8 years, railway mapping has been done and such places have been identified where there is a need for ROB / RUB. During the tenure of the present State Government, 59 ROBs or RUBs have been constructed and construction of 40 ROBs / RUBs is in progress.

Roads to prosperity

        The Chief Minister firmly believes that the economic development of any state clearly depends on the connectivity of its regions, while realizing the same the State Government has taken concrete steps to strengthen the road network across the State. Whatever projects Haryana has proposed to the Central government, the Centre has immediately shown the green signal to the same.

        Till now, 17 new National Highways have been declared in Haryana, out of which work on 7 has been completed and work on 10 is in progress. Not only this, 18,470 km of roads have been improved with an investment of Rs 7717 crore.

Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor to come up at a cost of Rs 5,618 crore

The Regional Rapid Transit System Connectivity project between Sarai Kale khan-Karnal and Sarai-Kale khan to Alwar Rajasthan border was started at a cost of about Rs.70,000 crores. The foundation stone of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor has also been laid for Palwal– Sonipat and Sohna–Manesar at a cost of Rs 5,618 crore.

        The work of the elevated railway line has also started in Kurukshetra, the country’s first elevated railway line built in Rohtak. To ease the traffic around Delhi, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal and Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal Expressways were built, on which traffic has started. Besides this traffic movement has also started on Sonipat – Jind railway line and work on Rohtak – Meham – Hansi and Karnal Yamunanagar railway lines have been started.

        The Delhi Metro extension has also been approved from Narela to Kundli, Sonepat HUDA City Center Railway Station Sector-22, Cyber City Faridabad and Gurugram and Rejangla Chowk to Sector-21 Dwarka. Ring roads of Ambala and Bhiwani and bypasses of Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Pinjore and Jind towns have been constructed by the State Government in the last 8 years.

Haryana progresses to become a developed state

        With the pace at Haryana steering towards growth during the tenure of the Manohar Lal government, it would not be wrong to say that it will become a developed and prosperous state of the 21st century. The State Government further aims to ensure holistic development while working on the motto of Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Saba Vishwas.

IEP Chandigarh, November 8

Haryana State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that all preparations have been completed for Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members for the second phase in the state. Polling will be held on November 9 for 1244 Panchayat Samiti members and 158 Zilla Parishad members in 57 blocks of 9 districts Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, and Sonipat. In the second phase, polling will be held on November 12, 2022, for the post of Sarpanch and Panch.State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that in the nine districts where the second phase of polling is going to be held, all the preparations related to security and all other facilities have been completed. Guidelines have been issued to all the supervisors. Along with this, a heavy police force has been deployed at sensitive polling booths. Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that keeping in mind the convenience of voters necessary arrangements like drinking water, electricity, wheelchair for disabled voters etc. have been ensured at all polling station.Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that these EVMs will be kept at a safe place after the voting of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad Committee members. Tight police security arrangements will be in place at these places. After the elections of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members in all the districts are over, their results will be declared.There are 48,67,132 voters in the second phaseSh. Dhanpat Singh informed that there are total 48, 67, 132 voters in 9 districts of the second phase. These include 25, 89, 270 males, 22, 77, 795 females, and 67 others. Sh. Dhanpat Singh informed that there are 5,963 polling stations in these 9 districts, out of which 976 are sensitive and 1023 are highly sensitive stations.Panchayat election activities will be updated on ‘Mhari Panchayat Portal’Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the activities of Panchayat elections will be updated on the ‘Mhari Panchayat Portal’. The voting percentages can be seen anywhere in the state by opening the Mhari Panchayat Portal through the internet. At the same time, the results will be visible on the e-dashboard on the day of counting. Anyone can see the election trends, voting percentages, and final results on the portal while sitting at home.

IEP Chandigarh, November 8

International Gita Mahotsav-2022 will be organized in Kurukshetra from November 19 to December 6. In various programmes, work will be done to spread the teachings of the Gita among the youth through subject experts.

Sh. Vijay Dahiya, the nodal officer of International Gita Mahotsav-2022 and member secretary of KDB, took feedback report of the preparations being made for the festival through video conferencing and also gave necessary directions to the officers to complete all the arrangements within the stipulated time. Several senior officers including Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Shantanu Sharma were also present.

In Gita Mahotsav, directions have been given to make adequate security arrangements, traffic, parking, as well as to repair Brahmasarovar and the main roads of the city. Apart from this proper arrangements for drinking water, toilets, and sewerage, etc. within a set timeframe.

He asked for organizing competitions at the state level regarding the festival, involving more and more school children in the global Gita recitation. Along with this, directions were also given to complete the preparations for the three-day International Gita Seminar to be held at Kurukshetra University in time.

He said that the Haryana Arts and Cultural Affairs Department and Haryana Kala Parishad as well as officials of North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala will organize cultural programmes at 48 Kos pilgrimage sites along with Gita Mahotsav. This time ‘Saras’ and Craft fair will also be organized in International Gita Mahotsav and the main programmes will be organized from November 29- December 4.