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Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

MCM celebrates Van Mahotsav 

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 09, 2022

To mark the celebration of Van Mahotsav, the NSS units and Parivesh Eco Club of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, in collaboration with State Bank of India, Sector 36-A, Chandigarh, celebrated Van Mahotsav. Organised under the aegis of Swachhta Committee (Sciences) of the college, Van Mahotsav celebration was held by planting fruit bearing, medicinal and air purifying plants.

The event kickstarted with a plantation drive in the premises of Government Model High School, Sector 41-D, Village Badheri, wherein NSS volunteers along with NSS Programme Officers and school students planted saplings of fruit bearing trees like lemon, kathal, bael and air purifying plants such as bamboo.

The event  was graced by the presence of Mrs. Sanjogita, Headmistress of the school and SBI officials Ms. Manpreet Kaur, Manager and Ms. Vibha.

The volunteers apprised the school students about the benefits of planting fruit bearing and medicinal plants, and the students promised to take care of the saplings planted during the drive.
Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava informed that with a vision to spread the message of the need to plant more trees for gifting the future generations a cleaner and greener environment, MCM has undertaken this initiative. She added that even seemingly insignificant individuals acts like planting trees, following sustainable practices can contribute to making our planet cleaner and greener.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

Mayor  & Commissioner visits Sector 13, Manimajra to take stock of basic amenities; listens to the problems of area residents

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 09, 2022

Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Chandigarh and Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today visited Manimajra area to take stock of basic amenities and ongoing development works alongwith to see the problems of area residents.

The on foot visit of Commissioner was started at 7.00 am in the morning. The Mayor and Commissioner were accompanied by chief engineer, all Superintending Engineers and concerned Executive Engineers, SDEs, Junior Engineers of MCC, office bearers of Resident Welfare Associations and local residents.

During the visit the Commissioner asked the SE B&R and architect for proper planning of slip road near Sheetla Mata Mandir and culvert (near housing board light point), Manimajra. She asked the SE B&R to recarpet the road from housing board light point to fauji dhaba after scrapping.

The Commissioner asked the concerned engineers to install Sector 13 board at entry point of Shivalik Enclave and asked them to send a proposal to Chief Architect, UT for naming Shivalik Enclave as sector 13-A. The house indicators boards in Shivalik Enclave to be re-painted and numbering to be done at the earliest.

She asked to check the flow of water around the Nullah during rainy season and if possible for surfacing of small bridge with concrete/bituminous material besides refilling around the nullah with bio-soil and to develop the area as Green belt. The Commissioner asked the engineers to conduct digital survey of the vacant land near Chandigarh & Haryana boundary and the same to be submitted for further planning.

The Commissioner asked the engineers to install cat eye on speed breaker on road near Nullah in Shivalik Enclave. She asked the officers to write to SSP traffic to deploy traffic staff near entry point to Shivalik Enclave from Chandigarh Kalka Highway.

She further asked for cleaning of channel infront of house No. 53 at Shivalik Enclave and channel linked fencing to be done on area infront of house No. 275 after proper demarcation besides preparing expression of interest for design of Multi level parking on PPP basis for vacant land near Gobindpura, Manimajra.

The Commissioner asked the SE, Public Health, MCC to repair the leakage on road infront of house No. 110 and infront of house No. 80 in Shivalik Enclave. She asked the SE, Horticulture and Electricity to conduct survey of all the trees to identify the dangerous trees in the area. She said that UT electricity department to be written to repair/replace the inclined dangerous electricity pole infront of House No. 83, Shivalik Enclave.

She said that open air gyms be installed in all parks of Shivalik Enclave with paver blocks platforms besides providing high mast lights in all the parks. She asked the Medical Officer of Health to provide dustbins at various locations and maintain proper roaster system for sweeping of streets and malba lifting at shivalik enclave. The Commissioner also asked the concerned officers to remove temporary encroachments near Sheetla Mata Mandir, Manimajra.

In addition to that the Mayor and Commissioner planted saplings of various medicinal trees in park of NAC, Shivalik enclave, Manimajra, Sector 13 besides planting saplings in a park at sector 22, where area councilor Sh. Damanpreet Singh and other area residents also planted various medicinal plants.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

Sampark centres will open on Sunday for Aadhar services in Chandigarh

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 09, 2022

“To facilitate the citizens of the city Department  of Information Technology Chandigarh  Administration  will  kick start all Aadhar related services for citizens on Sunday as well.

Citizens can visit Sampark Centre Manimajra, Industrial Area phase1. Sector 27, Sector 21 and Sector 40 on Sunday between 9 am to 5pm to avail Aadhar Services. This initiative will help in providing hassle free Aadhar services to the citizen” The Director IT said

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana, Haryana

Make advance arrangements to control water-borne diseases, directs Deputy Chief Minister

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IEP CHANDIGARH

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala directed the Health and Development & Panchayats Department officers to take all preventive measures including systematic fogging, frequent spray, strict vigil on waterlogged areas and village ponds, etc. to control the spread of dengue and malaria across the state.

          The Deputy Chief Minister was presiding over a review meeting regarding the preparedness for combating malaria and dengue with the officers of the Health and Development & Panchayats Department here today.

          Considering the exponential surge in the cases last year, he directed the officers of the Health Department and Panchayat Department that all preventive measures should be implemented well in advance across all districts with a special focus on rural areas.

          The Health Department officers apprised the Deputy Chief Minister that last year maximum dengue cases were reported from four districts including Mewat, Palwal, Nuh and Hodal districts. It was informed that one of the main causes of the spread was the prolonged monsoon.

          The Deputy Chief Minister directed the officers that fogging in all districts and rural areas should be done in a phased manner and the first phase of fogging should be completed by July 20, 2022. He further directed to depute a nodal officer from each department for maintaining interdepartmental coordination.

          Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that advance preparation should be made to control larvae breeding in village ponds and other water bodies for which he directed that strict vigil should be kept in those areas and also Gambusia Fish be introduced in the ponds.

          During the meeting Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Sh. Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Dr. Sumita Misra, Director, Development and Panchayats, Sh. Dhirendra Khadgata and other senior officers of both departments were present.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

HIPA Gurugram joins hands with Footprints Childcare to provide training in skill to young girls

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 08, 2022

Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) Gurugram will now provide skill training to young girls and help them in gainful employment or setting up their own small enterprises besides performing its day-to-day task of imparting training to the employees and officers of the government of Haryana. The skill training to young girls will be given in areas of care giving, pre-school education and running crèches. For achieving this target, HIPA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Footprints Childcare Pvt Ltd.

          The MoU was signed by Dr. Davender Singh, Head of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at HIPA on behalf of HIPA and Ms. Amita Bhardwaj on behalf of Footprints Childcare Pvt Limited in presence of Director General HIPA, Smt. Surina Rajan at HIPA premises. Smt. Rajan said that these trainings to young girls, belonging to poor families, especially BPL families, will be provided in 3 areas namely Caregivers/Nannies, Pre-School Teachers and Entrepreneurs willing to start their own playschool centers.

          The young girls willing to enroll in these training programmes may fill the forms by July 15, 2022- https://forms.gle/FkeXZNguxCZV8Hfv7. The courses will be of short term, one month and two months duration. She said that in this initiative by HIPA, its Centre for Entrepreneurship, and the Centre for Gender and Juveniles will be documenting this pilot project and evaluating its quality. HIPA will assess its possible replicability in Anganwadis and its market relevance since as per New Education Policy, Anganwaris were being converted into play schools and their capacities are also being enhanced. This experiment will help in developing an effective strategy for running such skill development programmes on mass scale to address this important element, she added.

          Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, Sh. Vishram Kumar Meena, who was also present on the occasion, added that the Gurugram district administration is already working with 104 Anganwaris and revamping their infrastructure to convert them into playschools. Additional CEO of Haryana CSR Trust, Sh. Gaurav Singh apprised that a collective of 6 Corporate Companies has agreed to completely revamp the infrastructure of 200 Anganwaris in district Gurugram as part of their CSR initiative. It was also suggested that going forward, HIPA can play an important role in monitoring the quality and documentation of these Anganwaris in working closely with the CSR Trust, Haryana.

          It was told that Footprints Childcare Private Limited has offered to provide skill training to young girls in areas of caregiving, pre-school education and running crèches as self-enterprises. This initiative will be undertaken by Footprints Ltd as their CSR activity. Ms. Amita Bhardwaj, CDO, Footprints, emphasized that early year education is unorganized and requires systemic and professional intervention for smooth transitioning into formal education system. The organization will take such training to its logical end by helping these girls in gainful employment and setting up their own small enterprises. The training will be conducted in a hybrid mode having components of online, self-study and NEP physical training.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

About Rs. 1,100 crore given to Charkhi Dadri: Khattar

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 08, 2022

Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today presented various projects worth about Rs. 1,100 crore making it rain bonanzas.

          Describing his 32 years old association with Charkhi Dadri, the Chief Minister said that he had the determination to develop this backward area, today he announced to fulfill about 600 demands on the demand of MLAs, MPs and public.

          The Chief Minister announced immediate approval for the implementation of these demands for about Rs. 745 crore. These mainly include ring road bypass of Dadri, bus stand at Imlota, driver training school in Badhra, construction of Dadri to Khairdi road, Jhojhu-Kadma-Satnali road, improvement of Dadri city sewerage etc.

          Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects costing Rs. 350 crore in Charkhi Dadri district.

          Among the projects for which the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has laid the foundation stone today are Nimar-Badesra drinking water project, which is going to be built at a cost of about Rs. 100 crore. The Chief Minister also fulfilled the demand of building a new college building in Kasba Bond at a cost of Rs. 16.11crore.

          The Chief Minister inaugurated Sirsali Watershed constructed at a cost of Rs. 36 crore, Dadri Fire Station constructed at a cost of Rs. 5.78 crore, Dadri-Mahendragarh Road completed at a cost of about Rs.18 crore. Apart from this, the Chief Minister inaugurated Hadodi Minor at a cost of Rs. 2.41crore, Chhapar-Rampura link road at a cost of Rs. 2 crore, Loharu feeder built at a cost of Rs. 1.15 crore and also inaugurated a fifty-bed hospital built at a cost of Rs. 1.60 crore in village Sanwar.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab

CABINET LED BY CM GIVES MAJOR RELIEF TO PEOPLE BY ACCORDING FINAL APPROVAL TO 600 UNITS OF FREE POWER TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD PER BILLING CYCLE

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH, JULY 6, 2022

In a major relief to all the households across the state, Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today gave final approval for the policy governing the decision to provide 600 units of free power to every household per billing cycle in the state with effect from July 1, 2022. 

          A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of the Council of Ministers held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister at second floor in the Punjab Civil Secretariat- I on Wednesday.

          Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Chief Minister’s Office said that all the domestic consumers in the state will be eligible to get zero bills if their consumption is upto 600 units in every billing cycle. This will give a big reprieve to the domestic consumers who have to hitherto shell out huge money every month in form of power tariff. As per the decision Scheduled caste (SC), Non SC BPL and Backward Class (BC) domestic consumers who are currently eligible for free 400 units (per billing cycle) of power will also get subsidy of 600 units now. 

          Likewise, Freedom fighters of Punjab and their successors (upto grandchildren) domestic consumers who are currently eligible for free 400 units of power will also get subsidy of 600 units per billing cycle. In case, consumption of SC, non-SC BPL, BC and Freedom Fighter categories exceeds units per billing cycle then they will pay only for units consumed in addition to 600 units along with full fixed charges, meter rentals and government levies as applicable. 

          Similarly, the Cabinet also gave green signal for waiving off pending arrears of all the domestic consumers as on December 31, 2021 and unpaid upto June 30, 2022. This move will give relief to around 28.10 lakh domestic consumers with a total benefit of Rs 1298 crore.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana will set up a Centre of Excellence for Breed Development of Animals in collaboration with Brazil: Haryana Animal Husbandry Minister JP Dalal

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH JULY 6, 2022

Haryana will establish a Centre of Excellence for the development of animal breeds in collaboration with Brazil.

        This information was given by Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, Sh. JP Dalal in Brazil.  He said that the Gir Association of Brazil has expressed willingness to import Murrah buffalo germplasm from Haryana State through Haryana Livestock Development Board.

        A delegation led by Sh. Dalal is on a visit to Brazil and today in the Brazilian city of Brasilia this delegation met the President of the Gir Association, Professor Jose Fernando and his team members. The Indian Ambassador to the Indian High Commission, Sh. Suresh Reddy was also present in the meeting.

        During the meeting the delegation discussed with the members of Association of Brazilian Zebu Breeders  (ABCZ) the modalities for setting up of Centre of Excellence for Gir Animals in Haryana and got information.  The delegation visited Motam Gir Hut Farm in Alexandrio District near Brasilia which is one of the largest Gir Farm with more than 1,500 good quality Gir Cows.  The delegation inquired about the dairy practices followed in breeding, nutrition and agricultural management practices and studied them.

        Sh. Dalal met Mr. Jean Marcel Fernandes, Secretary of Trade and International Relations, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies of Brazil and had very fruitful discussions.  They agreed to further strengthen mutually beneficial ties in the areas of dairy development and cattle breed improvement, including exchange of information and experiences, technologies such as Embryo Transfer Technology (ETT) and In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), joint research and exchange of genetic material and germplasm.

        During the meeting both sides also agreed to cooperate in setting up a Centre of Excellence in Haryana.  Sh. Dalal also invited a delegation from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture to visit Haryana to take these forward and explore new areas of cooperation in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture.  In the meeting they also agreed to engage with both sides through diplomatic missions located in Brasilia and New Delhi.

        In Uberaba, Sh. Dalal held a meeting with the ABCZ and visited Alta Genetics, a state-of-the-art animal genomics company.  They welcomed their interest in expanding cooperation for mutually beneficial partnerships in animal husbandry and allied sectors. Sh. Dalal also visited the Embrapa Animal Dairy (Embrapa Gado de Leite) Research Center in Juiz de Fora and discussed areas of cooperation.

        The delegation included Chairman, Haryana Livestock Development Board, Sh. Randhir Singh Golan, Chairman, Haryana Warehouse Corporation Sh. Nayan Pal Rawat, Chairman, Haryana Forest Development Corporation, Sh. Dharampal Gondar, Commissioner and Secretary, Haryana Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department, Sh. Pankaj Aggarwal and other officials.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

MCM holds session on Female Health and lecture on Waste Management

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 07, 2022

The Equal Opportunity Cell of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, under the aegis of Swachhta Committee (Commerce), organised an online interactive session on Female Health and Wellness. The resource person for the session was Dr. Ananya Kumar, Faculty, Department of Pharmacology, AIMS, Mohali. Dr. Ananya covered various aspects of women’s health in detail including menstrual health, breast cancer, birth control and mental health. Various mental health issues like anxiety of menarche, relationship anxieties and depression were also discussed in detail.

Dr. Ananya made the students aware about the eight dimensions of wellness i.e. social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, environmental, financial, and occupational. The session had 118 participants. In another event, the PG Department of Economics and Swachhta Committee (Arts) organised an expert lecture on ‘Economic Indigenous Techniques in Waste Management’ to raise awareness about the importance of waste management.

The resource person, Dr. Sandeep Kaur, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science of the college, highlighted the benefits of circular economy in waste management.

Dr. Kaur discussed the latest case studies of innovations in waste management including the innovations of Plastic Man of India Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, Recycle Man of India Binish Desai, etc. She also elaborated the waste management practice in the college wherein dual waste management system has been adopted to use the mess waste in order to produce biogas and compost.


Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava lauded the endeavours of the organising teams for sensitising the stakeholders about the important aspects of female health and waste management. She added that such initiatives help in widening the horizons of the students and empower them to deal with various challenges.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Punjab

VIJAY KUMAR JANJUA APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF SECRETARY

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INDIA E POST CHANDIGARH JULY 05, 2022

The Punjab government led by the Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday appointed Mr  Vijay Kumar Janjua as Chief Secretary in place of Mr. Anirudh Tewari.

Notably, Mr. Janjua is a 1989-batch IAS officer and is currently holding the position of the Special Chief Secretary Jails and in addition Special Chief Secretary Elections.

After completing B.Tech in Electronics from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Mr. Janjua worked for one year at SCL (Semi-Conductor Complex), Mohali, then a Govt. of India enterprise designing computer chips for space agencies. He also worked as an ITS (Indian telecommunication Service) Engineer with Govt. of India for two and half years. Was selected for the IRS (Income Tax) in 1988 and later in IAS in 1989 with All India 12th Rank and was allotted Punjab Cadre. During service, obtained LLB degree from Panjab University and MBA degree with specialisation in Finance from IGNOU, New Delhi. Further did MA in International Development Policies from Duke University, USA.

Mr. Janjua worked in various departments of Punjab including Rural Development, Industries, Labour, Animal Husbandry etc. He also served in Govt. of India for three years as Director Industries in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. During tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Mr. Janjua developed a PRISM software with the help of NIC and introduced computerised registration of properties for the first time in Punjab.

He was also instrumental in carrying out several reforms in Labour laws for improving the ease of doing business in Punjab besides improving the investment climate in the state. Likewise, he also initiated several path-breaking initiatives in Revenue department as Financial Commissioner Revenue.  About 2.2 crore khasra girdawri entries were digitised within a span of about 15 days in the Revenue department under his stewardship.