IEP Chandigarh, December 5

Haryana Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal has requested the legislators to forward their suggestions and ideas for the forthcoming state budget.

The legislators should share the list of works to be done in their respective areas and they should share their suggestions and demands, which can be included in the budget, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister was addressing the legislators during the discussion programme held on State Finance Management and Budget organized by the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in Panchkula today.  

Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, Deputy Speaker, Sh. Ranbir Gangwa, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Sh. Kanwar Pal and other Ministers and MLAs attended the programme.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that in today’s programme, the legislators will get an excellent opportunity to understand the nitty-gritty of the budget.  

He said that for the last 8 years he got an opportunity to understand all the activities related to the budget.  However, for the last 3 years, every time while presenting the budget as the Finance Minister,  he also gets a chance to know many untouched aspects of the budget.  

“Such training programmes will also provide an opportunity for the MLAs to understand the detailed information of the budget.  This also helps in preparing the state budget well and will become an ideal budget for other states as well,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

He said that before preparing the budget if there are demands from the members, the State Government will try to include them in the budget.

The Chief Minister said that the budget is prepared to keep in mind the income and expenditure. It is not possible to make changes in the budget after it is presented before the Hosue. 

He said that it is often seen that when the budget is presented, the MLAs place demands for development works in their respective areas, but at that time those demands cannot be included in the budget.  This time there is a 3-month gap before the budget would be presented. 

“Therefore in these three months, all the MLAs can send the list of development works to be done in their respective areas to the Finance Department or the concerned Minister or even directly to me, so that these demands can be included. I will try my best to fulfill the demands raised by every MLA,” said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

Initiative taken to hold pre-budget consultation meetings with stakeholders

Sh. Manohar Lal said that the state government has started pre-budget consultation meetings with various stakeholders to make the budget welfare-oriented. 

The Chief Minister  said that for this year’s budget, the State Government held 8 meetings with public representatives, etc., and discussed with 477 stakeholders. These meetings were held with officials of all departments, representatives of local bodies, Panchayatiati raj institutions, industry and commerce, agriculture, education, health, service sector, and real estate, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

He said that, this time the State Government has also formed 8 committees of MLAs to discuss the budget. A total of 74 MLAs were included in these committees. Various departments were given to these committees for deliberations, added the Chief Minister. 

Haryana’s economic condition is better than many other states

Sh. Manohar Lal said that the economic condition of Haryana is better than many other states. 

“Our financial management is good, due to which we have been able to manage State’s budget deficit. In terms of per capita income also, we are number one among the big states,” said the Chief Minister. 

He said that the borrowing limits of the states are fixed by the Union Finance Ministry. 

“States cannot borrow more than 25 percent of the GSDP. Due to the Pandemic, the receipts of the state government decreased and faced economic hardship, but We have taken loans within this limit despite the Pandemic crisis,” said the Chief Minister. 

He said that due to COVID-19, the Central Government had given the states the facility to take loans up to 5 percent of the GSDP. But Haryana’s debt burden has remained within the range of 3 to 3.5 percent of GSDP. While other states took the entire 5 percent loan. The government aims to keep this limit up to 3 percent only, informed Sh. Manohar Lal

Paperless budget presented under e-vidhan sabha initiative

The Chief Minister said that the State introduced many first-of-its-kind initiatives to smoothly run the proceedings of the Assembly. 

To make the Vidhan Sabha paperless, this time every MLA was given a copy of the budget in a tablet to make them IT-oriented. said Sh. Manohar Lal. 

IEP Chandigarh, November 17

Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that as per the visionary plan and strenuous efforts of Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), the key component of the Smart City Project will be established in every district which will support in fetching real-time information and enhance security and surveillance, traffic management, solid waste management and e-governance applications.

He said this while presiding over a review meeting of a committee constituted under the ICCC projects. The State government is already running pilot projects in three districts namely Gurugram, Faridabad and Karnal which are yielding outstanding results.

This project will prove to be a milestone in curbing crime while ensuring transparency in every nook and corner of the state. The Chief Secretary mentioned during the meeting that the government will frame its own model of implementing this visionary plan; which will eliminate the dependency of the third party. He added that the project will be reviewed every 5 years for the upgradation of the smart systems and to meet the gaps.

The key project components include civil infrastructure, smart solutions, sensors/cameras & other devices and IT infrastructure. Extensive discussion also took place regarding the existing private camera integration with ICCC platforms and its network provisioning which will expand the horizon of monitoring through command centres. The Chief Secretary stated that the proposed draft along with a detailed presentation will be presented to the Chief Minister by next week.

During the meeting Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Departments, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, Director, Urban Local Bodies, Sh. Dusmanta Kumar Behera, DGP Haryana, Sh. PK Agrawal, IGP, Sh. Amitabh Singh Dhillon and other senior officers were present.

IEP Chandigarh, November 11

Concrete steps taken by Manohar Lal- led government to curb stubble burning are reflected in a recent report released by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that has shown a steep decline in farm fire incidents in Haryana.

The recent satellite images of stubble burning and arson incidents in northern India issued by NASA clearly show that in the last 24 hours, farm fire incidents in Haryana have come down even further, while the live images of stubble burning can be seen in three-fourths of the area of neighbouring state Punjab.

The official data released by NASA certainly indicates that cases of stubble burning have decreased in Haryana  while the incidents of stubble burning are continuously increasing in Punjab.

Divulging more details in this regard an official spokesperson said that as per the data released for the last 24 hours, very few incidents of stubble burning have been reported in Haryana. This clearly highlights the fact that Haryana Government’s stubble management programme has been a success. 

The State government’s data also shows that the incidents of stubble burning in Haryana have come down by 25 per cent this year while in Punjab these incidents have increased by 20 per cent, said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson said not only has the Haryana government launched an awareness campaign for the farmers to make them aware of the ill effects of stubble burning, but a provision of giving Rs 1000 per acre incentive has been made for not burning stubble and for its proper management.  

Besides this, Rs. 50 per quintal incentive amount and subsidy on straw management equipment is also given to the farmers for making stubble bales.  Farmers are being given a 50 per cent subsidy on equipment for crop residue management and an 80 per cent subsidy on custom hiring centres.

The spokesperson said that if any farmer takes the stubble bales to the Ethanol Plant set up at Karnal and Panipat, he is given an incentive of Rs. 2000 per acre.  

Furthermore, if he brings the stubble to Gaushalas, then an incentive of Rs. 1500 is given to him.  Not only this, the government also gives up to 10 lakh rupees to the Panchayat for not burning stubble in the red zone area.  Last year, the government made a provision of Rs 216 crore for stubble management, added the spokesperson.

The spokesperson said that the State government has given more than 72,000 machines to the farmers for crop residue management. The government has set a target of taking this to 80000 this year so that farmers can manage maximum crop residues at the ground level.  

Besides this, in Haryana itself, 24 types of industries have given consent to the government to buy stubble, under which command areas will be opened in every district and stubble will be procured through those command area centres.  

The spokesperson said that Haryana has also created a new portal for this, on which the information of the contractors and industries who buy stubble will be available and the farmer who wants to sell the stubble can contact them directly through the portal.  Last year, about 1.75 lakh tonnes of stubble was procured by the biogas plant in Haryana.  

In this sequence, it has also been planned that HAREDA will set up a biomass power plant to use the stubble to generate electricity, in Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Fatehabad and Jind. Apart from this, plans for about 49.08 MW capacity have been approved by the government, and work is in progress on these projects in Kaithal and Kurukshetra, shared the spokesperson.

IEP Chandigarh November 1

Even though Haryana was constituted as a separate state on November 1, 1966, but historically and spiritually, it is known from the primitive culture.  According to Manu, Haryana emerged from the name of gods and it is also known as Brahmavarta region.  The state level function of the 57th Haryana Day organized at Haryana Raj Bhavan witnessed a scintillating cultural programme today.
In last eight years, the sportspersons of Haryana have brought laurels to the country by winning medals in national and international level competitions in sports whereas it has also become an IT hub as many MNCs have been setting their base in Cyber City Gurugram.

Haryana is exporting 50 percent of developed softwares to other countries.  In recent eight years, the people of Haryana have also got a visionary Chief Minister in the form of ‘IT Guru’ who has made strenuous efforts to expedite 600 services of various departments online.  Other states have been following the online teacher transfer policy formulated by Haryana Government.
Haryana Governor, Sh.  Bandaru Dattatraya and Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal extended warm greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Haryana Day.

The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, Sh. Banwarilal Purohit and Lady Governor Smt. Vasantha Dattatraya were also present on the occasion.  Governor Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya said that Haryana State is on the path of continuous progress.  This has only been possible due to the hard work and cooperation of the people of the state.

During the programme of Haryana Day celebrations, shades of cultural programmes were presented showcasing culture of Haryana and other states.  The programme started with Saraswati Aradhana and lighting the traditional lamp.  Besides Haryanvi culture and folk songs, a glimpse of Bhavai dance left the audience spellbound in the programme.  The performance of Haryana’s Loor dance in the programme left everyone entranced.  In the end, the performance of Punjabi Bhangra in the presentation was also commendable.  The Governor, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya, pleased with the cultural program, announced Rs. 3 lakh to the artists.

On this occasion, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, Ambala MP, Sh. Rattan Lal Kataria, Haryana Advocate General Sh. B. R  Mahajan, Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Home Secretary, Sh. T.V.S.N.  Prasad, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Dr. Amit Kumar Agrawal, Secretary to Governor, Sh. Atul Dwivedi, Director Art and Cultural Affairs Department, Sh. Mahavir Kaushik and other dignitaries were present.

IEP Chandigarh, October 31

On the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal paid homage to the ‘Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

        The Chief Minister paid floral tributes to the portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and urged the society to follow the path shown by him.

        “The Youth of the Nation should inculcate the spirit of Rashtriya Ekta among themselves as only then the country can move forward on the path of progress,” said Sh. Manohar Lal while speaking at the oath ceremony organized on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas held at Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on Monday.

        The Chief Minister said that October 31 is celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas across the country to mark the birthday celebrations of former Home Minister of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

        He said that Sardar Patel played a significant role in the freedom struggle, while after independence also dedicated his life to the Unity and Integrity of the country. 

Sardar Patel played a pivotal role in uniting 562 princely states

Sh. Manohar Lal said that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel played an important role in uniting 562 princely states that were left by the British when India became independent. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took charge of the country’s Deputy Prime Minister as well as Home Minister, and with his wisdom, he united the  562 princely states to create a united India, said the Chief Minister.

Hence in this way he played an important role in strengthening the unity of the nation by facing the challenges after independence, the country will always be indebted to him, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi installed the Statue of Unity

        The Chief Minister said that the under the leadership of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi first of its kind memorial ‘Statue of Unity’ dedicated in the memory of Sardar Patel has been constructed. The foundation stone of ‘The Statue of Unity’ was laid on October 31, 2013, and later it was inaugurated on October 31, 2018.

Sh. Manohar Lal said that the dream of a united India was realized by the Prime Minister with the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. 

Chief Minister administered Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Oath

        Chief Minister administered the oath of unity and integrity of the nation to his officers and officials, other officers and employees present in the Oath Ceremony.

‘I solemnly pledge that I dedicate myself to preserve the Unity, Integrity and Security of the Nation and also strive hard to spread this message among my fellow countrymen. I take this pledge in the spirit of the unification of my country which was made possible by the vision and actions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. I also solemnly resolve to make my own contribution to ensure the internal security of my country.’