IEP Chandigarh, October 29

Haryana is all set to become the first state in the country to set up district-wise helipad facilities to tackle war and emergency-like situations. Inclusive arrangements will also be made so as to ensure proper night-landing facilities on these helipads. The State Government has started making efforts in this direction.

This was stated by Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala while chairing a meeting with the officials of the Civil Aviation Department. During the meeting, he gave necessary directions to the officers concerned.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the possibility of setting up a helipad in the district police lines should be worked out for ensuring a safe landing facility. With the development of this type of infrastructure, helicopter landings can be done in war and emergency-like situations.

Besides this, setting up of helipads in the police lines, all arrangements will also be made for the security of these helipads. The information system of the police is very strong, so these helipads can be accurately used in case of any emergency, said the Deputy Chief Minister.

Haryana will be the first state in the country to set up district-wise helipad facilities

The Deputy Chief Minister informed that recently a Civil Aviation Ministers’ Conference was held. During the conference, the need to build one helipad in every district of each State across the Country was discussed in detail. In this direction, the Haryana Government had expressed its desire to take this first-of-its-kind initiative by setting up district-wise helipad facilities to tackle any emergency-like situation.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that Haryana Government has always been at the fore in implementing the schemes and concepts launched by the Central Government in the State. The plan to set up helipads in every district will also be implemented soon. For this, instructions have been given to the Home Department and the Director General of Police to develop infrastructure. Certainly, Haryana will become the first state in which every district will have helipad facilities, he added.

Institute to be set up for imparting airport security training

The Deputy Chief Minister said that an institute would be set up in Haryana for imparting airport security training. He directed the officials to earmark the places in Hisar, Sirsa and Pinjore for this. He said that along with the youth of the state, the youth of other states would also be able to get training from this institute. With the setting up of this institute, Haryana’s position will become more robust in the aviation sector.

By April next year, new flights under the RCS UDAN scheme will start from Hisar

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that under the regional connectivity scheme -Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN), an action plan is being prepared to tie up with 7 other states to identify new routes from Hisar by April next year to strengthen air connectivity. With the success of this action plan, the citizens of the state will get wide access to air travel, he added.

The Deputy Chief Minister also took feedback from the officials regarding the construction of airstrip at Maharaja Agrasen International Airport, Hisar, and other infrastructure. He directed the officers concerned to expedite the process of making an alternate road for the Hisar-Barwala route. After the completion of this international airport, the development would get a boost in the entire state, he added.

He further said that he would visit Hisar airport on Monday and will take stock of the construction works.

Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Director General of Police, Sh. PK Agarwal and officers of Civil Aviation Department also remained present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, October 29

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister said while reiterating the State Government’s commitment towards ensuring the welfare of the farmers, this time the procurement payment of the farmers has been directly transferred to their accounts within 48 hours only.

Last year, the government had set a target of making payment to the farmers within 72 hours but this time going a step ahead the said payments have been made in just 48 hours. So far a record 52 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured in the state and Rs 10,000 crore has been paid to the farmers,” shared, Sh. Dushyant Chautala while chairing a review meeting with the officers of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department held here today.

During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on the arrangements made for the purchase of procurement crops including Paddy and Bajra.

While directing the officers, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that there should not be any delay in payment to the farmers and all the procurement-related payments should be paid within 48 hours.

He also directed that the payments of the farmers which have been delayed due to technical reasons should be informed through SMS and the pending payments should be cleared immediately after rectifying these technical flaws.

The Deputy Chief Minister further directed the officers to submit the report regarding the compensation of the crops affected by the heavy rains in the past, so that the farmers could get their compensation amount at the earliest.

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that during this period 46 lakh MT of paddy was procured last year, whereas this time 52, 47,111 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured, which is about 13 percent more as compared to the last year. In Kurukshetra, Karnal and Kaithal districts, there has been more procurement than normal, he shared.

The Deputy Chief Minister also asked for a report related to the lifting of paddy in the Mandis. Notably, 210 Mandis have been opened for the purchase of paddy in the state.

81,000 MT Bajra procured at MSP

Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that so far 81,313.70 metric tonnes of Bajra have been procured by HAFED at the Minimum Support Price. The highest purchase of 22,223.90 metric tonnes was done in Bhiwani. Similarly, 15,710.45 MT has been procured in Jhajjar and 14,757 MT in Mahendragarh. So far, more than Rs 160 crore has been paid to the farmers.

He said that about 80000 metric tonnes of Bajra have been procured and sold by the farmers in the open market. Thus, around 1.61 lakh metric tonnes of Bajra have been procured so far.  The State Government has made a provision of Rs 280 crore to pay the farmers under the Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana on the Bajra sold in the open market, said the Deputy Chief Minister.

Groundnut procurement will begin on November 1.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that the procurement of groundnut would start in the state on November 1. For this, 7 Mandis have been set up in Fatehabad, Hisar and Sirsa districts. He said that groundnut would be procured at MSP and this time Rs 5850 per quintal MSP has been fixed for groundnut.

Commissioner and Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department Sh. Pankaj Agarwal, Director-General, Agriculture Department, Sh. Hardeep Singh, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. K.  Makarand Pandurang and other officers of FCI remained present in the meeting.

IEP Chandigarh, October 29

Haryana State Election Commissioner, Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that all the preparations have been completed for conducting a free, transparent and fair poll of Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti members scheduled to be held in the first phase in 9 districts.In 61 blocks of 9 districts Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar, polling will be held on October 30 for 1278 Panchayat Samiti members and 175 Zilla Parishad members, he shared.The State Election Commissioner further said that in the nine districts where the first phase of polling is scheduled to be held, all the preparations related to security and all other facilities have been completed.Necessary guidelines have been issued to all the supervisors. An additional police force has been deployed in sensitive and hyper-sensitive polling booths, shared Sh. Dhanpat Singh.He further said that in view of the inconvenience caused to the voters, adequate arrangements have been made for drinking water, uninterrupted electricity and wheelchair so that Persons with Disabilities and the elderly can easily cast their votes.Sh. Dhanpat Singh said that the EVMs would be kept in a safe place after the voting ends. Tight police security arrangements will be in place at these places where EVMs are to be kept. After the elections of Panchayat Samiti members and Zilla Parishad members in all 22 districts are over, on November 27, after counting their votes, all the results will be declared together.Panchayat election activities can be seen on the ‘Mhari Panchayat’ portalSh. Dhanpat Singh said that this time all the activities related to Panchayat elections can be seen on the ‘Mhari Panchayat’ portal developed by NIC. In this, the nominations of the candidates, the final lists of the contesting candidates will be uploaded. Besides this, an e-dashboard has been prepared for the day of polling and counting so that anyone can see the poll trends, voting percentage and final results sitting at home, informed Sh. Dhanpat Singh.49,67,092 voters to exercise voting rightSh. Dhanpat Singh said that 49,67,092 voters in 9 districts will exercise voting right in the first phase of polling. 6019 polling booths have been set up in these 9 districts and voting will be held for 1278 Panchayat Samiti members and 175 Zilla Parishad members.

IEP Chandigarh, October 28

Chairman, Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Limited,  Sh. Randhir Singh Golan said that the Federation has earned a profit of Rs 49.57 crore in the last two and half years due to the dedicated efforts for improving the quality of products and marketing, branding and packaging of VITA products.He informed that total combined turnover of the federation and unions rose from Rs. 1159 Crore in financial year 2019-20 to Rs. 1505 Crore tentatively in financial year 2021-22. Accordingly total combined profit witnessed steep growth of three times from Rs. 11.50 Crore in financial year 2019-20  to 49.57 Crore in financial year 2021-22, which is an all time record in itself.He informed that with regards to the sale of milk and milk products, sale of liquid milk has witnessed a 7 percent increase during April – June 2022 quarter as compared to the same period last year. The sale of Ghee for the same period has witnessed increase of 29.95 percent, Dahi 54.5 percent and Lassi 48.70 percent.Sh. Randhir Singh said that the prime objective of the Federation is to increase the overall welfare and economic condition of dairy farmers and HDDCF has been continuously taking initiatives in this direction. Therefore, the Dairy Federation is doing commendable work in the direction of encouraging the farmers. The dairy business is a very profitable business related to rural areas, due to this people can become financially prosperous.Managing Director, HDDCF, Sh. A. Sreenivas said that geography wise marketing strategy, increasing marketing campaigns, tying up with modern/general trades and increase in vita booth/outlet network remains the important contours in this success.He also emphasized on the importance of infrastructure augmentation and said that HDDCF has initiated many projects which include setting up of new upgraded plant at Ambala, setting up of modern dairy plant in southern Haryana, setting up of central state laboratory for the sampling of food products in Rohtak, installation of Aseptic packaging lines in Rohtak, Increasing the capacity of Ghee plant in Jind.

IEP Chandigarh, October 28

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while speaking during the second day of the ongoing Chintan Shivir being held in Surajkund said that Central Government should issue directions to the financial institutions for immediate blocking of bank accounts during the holidays in case, cyber crime is reported on those days.He said that sometimes when any person reports cyber crime, immediate action is not done because of weekends or public holidays, therefore to keep a check on such crimes, the banking system should remain active round the clock throughout the entire week.At present, the victims have to suffer financial losses because of the non-blocking of bank accounts in spite of getting timely information during holidays, said Sh. Manohar Lal while sharing his views on the topic of cybercrime discussed during the first session of the ongoing two-day Chintan Shivir.Meanwhile, the second day of Chintan Shivir started with the address of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi through video conference. A two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ is being held under the chairmanship of the Union Home Minister at Surajkund. Governors, Chief Ministers, Home Ministers, Director General of Police and other delegates of the various States are participating in important discussions on law and order and internal security of the country. After the Prime Minister’s address, the topic of cybercrime was discussed in the first session of the Shivir.Later in his address, Sh. Manohar Lal said that in the era of information technology, the cases of cyber crimes have also increased. Moving ahead in this direction, cyber desks have been set up in every police station. As many as 29 new cyber police stations are being opened across the State.  Besides this, we are also running several awareness camps to make people aware of cyber crimes through helpline number 1930 and cybercrime.gov.in portal, shared the Chief Minister.He further shared that about 46,000 complaints related to cybercrime have been received in the state, in which 22,000 cases have been resolved and justice has been delivered to the victims while taking strict action against the criminals. The Chief Minister also demanded to expand the scope of investigation of complaints in cyber crimes by amending Section 70 of the IT Act.He further informed that 10 centres have been opened in the state for the Central Police Forces and work is in progress to set up three new centres. The State Government is also ready to provide land for setting up additional training or group centres for central police forces, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.Divulging the details about the police Modernization Fund, the Chief Minister shared that the Haryana Government has made full use of this fund and with time, the State should be included in the ‘A category state’ for the fund for additional resources. Along with this, the Centre should also give a special package for the modernization of the Haryana Police and necessary resources, demanded Sh. Manohar Lal.He said that the security agency in the state is constantly working to keep a check on drug smuggling. Commendable work has been done in collaboration with other adjoining states to stop smuggling through neighbouring countries. Along with putting the criminals involved in drug smuggling behind the bars, the work of punishing them financially is also being done. The CCTNS project has also been implemented in Haryana. Now a multilingual mobile app will also be ready for this, shared the Chief Minister.He further shared that to prevent crimes against women, 33 new police stations and 239 help desks have been set up at the sub-division levels in the state. Free legal aid is also being provided to women. Along with this, the women’s helpline has also been integrated with Dial-112, added Sh. Manohar Lal.The dignitaries present there carefully listened to the address of the Chief Minister and praised the commendable work done in Haryana.

IEP Panchkula October 23

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today celebrated Diwali with villagers of Marog in Bhoj Naita of Morni. On this occasion, he extended warm wishes to the people of state and wished them a happy Diwali, the festival of lights.

Sh. Manohar Lal expressed his happiness to celebrate Diwali in a remote village of Morni with the villagers. When the Chief Minister arrived in Marog, the residents gave him a warm reception and offered him sweets. Sh. Manohar Lal is probably the first Chief Minister who has came to this remote village of the hilly region.

While addressing the villagers present at Government Primary School, Marog, the Chief Minister said that Morni is a hilly area of Haryana and as an ‘Sangathan Mantri’, he has visited this area numerous times. He said that he shares a special bond with the people here. He said that in the year 2015, he had the privilege of attending a similar programme organized in the school at Mandhana in Morni in the month of May as well. On this occasion, the Chief Minister honoured Baldev Singh, a senior citizen of the village with a shawl and an idol of Lord Krishna.

Due to the area’s difficult accessibility, the Chief Minister stated that all necessary facilities like electricity, water, education and road connectivity are being provided by the state government to the people in Morni including village Marog so that the people here do not face any kind of inconvenience. He said that Morni is being developed from the point of view of tourism. Adventure activities have been started in Tikkartal of Morni. Apart from this, a home stay policy has been implemented in Morni, due to which new employment opportunities have been created for the local residents. He said that Morni is a hilly area bordering Himachal Pradesh and has immense potential for tourism. All necessary facilities are being provided by the state government to the tourists coming here so that the footfall of tourists in this area increases.

 He said that the ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’ has been started by the State Government, through which health, education, old age pension and other facilities have been directly linked so that all facilities can be made easily available. He said that due to the creation of ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’, now the person eligible for old age allowance will not have to run from pillar to post to avail the benefits of the scheme. He said that a person after attaining the age of 60 with an annual income of less than Rs. 2 lakh automatically gets eligible for the Old Age Samman Allowance without any hassle.

 On this occasion Additional Director General of Police CID, Sh. Alok Mittal, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Mahavir Kaushik, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sh. Surinder Pal Singh, former MLA of Kalka, Smt. Latika Sharma, besides other officers including villagers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, October 20

Haryana Government will set up 6 Automated Vehicle Testing Stations in the state for fitness testing of vehicles through Automated Testing Stations (ATS). These stations will be set up at Ambala, Faridabad, Hisar, Karnal, Gurugram and Rewari. These stations are likely to cost around Rs. 116 crore. In this regard, while presiding over the meeting of the Committee of Secretaries here today, Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed the officials of the Transport Department to finalize the draft of testing stations within a month, so that the process of setting up testing stations can begin at the earliest.

Sh. Kaushal directed to carefully examine the technical and commercial aspects at the Automated Testing Station operating in Delhi. He said that these stations will be built on PPP mode. He said that it has been made mandatory by the Central Government from April 1, 2023 to conduct fitness tests of heavy goods carrier vehicles and heavy passenger vehicles from ATS. On the other hand, it is proposed to implement from June 1, 2024 for medium goods carrier vehicles, passenger vehicles and light goods carrier vehicles. Therefore it is imperative to set up automated testing stations in the state.

He said that in future, it is also being considered to link the scrap policy with these automated testing stations. The state government has expedited the process of setting up these stations at the earliest.

It was informed in the meeting that at present a vehicle fitness station is operating in Rohtak. In addition, 6 more new stations will be built. These stations will be built in line with the vision of the next 20 years. These stations will be made in 3 lane, 4 lane or 6 lane.

It was informed in the meeting that the ATS uses several machines to check the fitness of the vehicle in an automated manner. Many new devices may also be included in the future to test electric vehicles. ATS automatically performs all the necessary tests to check the fitness of the vehicle through mechanical equipment. It was informed in the meeting that a draft has also been prepared on providing facilities for the people coming to these stations. These stations will also be equipped with facilities like  ATM, lounge, cafeteria etc.

          In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments, Sh. VS Kundu, Additional Chief Secretary Finance and Planning Departments, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department, Sh. Vineet Garg, Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Sh. Navdeep Virk, Director General, Town and Country Planning Department, Sh. TL Satyaprakash and Transport Commissioner, Sh. Rajnarayan Kaushik and other officers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, October 20

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal directed the concerned officers to expedite the land acquisition proceedings so that construction works of Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) Project can be taken up on priority basis.Chief Secretary along with Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works held a review meeting today in connection with land acquisition for HORC Project with Deputy Commissioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners of Palwal, Gurugram, Nuh, Jhajjar and Sonipat districts and HRIDC Officials where 20E Notifications (Declaration of Land Acquisition) have been issued for all five districts. He said that 66% land should be acquired for Part A of the project (between Dhulawat and Badsa) and 10% for Part B of the project. Part-A of HORC comprises 30 Km route length with five new Railway Stations (Dhulawat, Chandla Dungerwas, Pachgaon, Manesar and New Patli), 11.4 Km of connectivity lines to the Railway network at Patli and Sultanpur and 4.8 Km of connectivity line to DFC network at New Tauru. Commissioning of Part A will facilitate early train operations and revenue generation, he added.It was informed in the meeting that Part-B of HORC comprises 96 Km route length with 12 new Railway Stations and 6.28 Km of connectivity lines to the Railway network and DFC network at three interchange points (New Prithala, Asaudah and New Harsana Kalan). This portion covers tunnel and viaduct which are long lead items and hence proposed to be commissioned after operationalization of Part A.Sh. Kaushal was apprised in the meeting that Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) connecting Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna, Manesar and Kharkhoda is broad gauge double railway line for passenger and freight traffic by passing the rail network of Delhi area. It will provide seamless connectivity to Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) and to five sections of Indian Railways and spur economic activity in the region.

IEP Chandigarh, October 20

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that a special subsidy will be given by the Haryana Government to the companies engaged in the field of defence sector for setting up their units in Haryana. He gave this information during the “DefExpo-22” organized in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, while interacting with various company representatives in ‘Haryana Pavilion’. The Deputy Chief Minister also visited the exhibition of modern weapons manufactured by Indian companies there.Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that although the Indian armies have always proved their capability, yet in view of the changing technological era, our army needs modern weapons. After seeing the modern weapons under the “Make in India” programme, He asserted that India is now more equipped to respond to any misadventure by any enemy countries.The Deputy Chief Minister said that New India is moving ahead in the defence sector with the ‘mantra’ of intention, innovation and implementation. Earlier India was considered as the world’s largest defence importer but the new India has proven its intentions and is also seeing a new success story every day in the defence sector thanks to the “Make in India” initiative.Our defense exports have grown 8 times in recent years. We are exporting defence materials and equipment to more than 75 countries of the world. In the year 2021-22, defence exports from India reached 1.59 billion dollar i.e around Rs. 13,000 crore. In the coming time, the Government of India has set a target of taking it to 5 billion dollar i.e. Rs. 40 thousand crore.Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that Haryana has always made a special contribution to the Army. Despite being a small state in terms of area and population, Haryana has played an unforgettable role in the freedom struggle.