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Chandigarh, Haryana

Statue of Prithviraj Chauhan will be unveiled on November 13 in village Kulana of Jhajjar: Chief Minister

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IEP Chandigarh, October 14

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the statue of Prithviraj Chauhan will be unveiled on November 13, 2022 at village Kulana, Jhajjar. The Defense Minister, Sh. Rajnath Singh will be the Chief Guest on this occasion.

Sh. Manohar Lal informed this while interacting with the mediapersons today. The Chief Minister said that today a delegation led by BJP State President, Sh. O.P. Dhankar met him. The delegation included heads, representatives and members of various Khaps.

The Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that extensive discussions took place on various issues during the meeting with the delegation. One of the primary issues of discussion was the amendment of the Hindu Marriage Act, which will be proceeded in consultation with the legal experts, he added. The other topic discussed during the meeting was the cases registered during the Jat reservation movement. The Chief Minister assured the delegation that we had decided to withdraw the cases; some cases are pending, which will be reviewed soon.

Responding to another question regarding the Adampur bye-election, the Chief Minister said that he is optimistic regarding the grand victory of BJP’s candidate Sh. Bhavya Bishnoi. Similarly, in response to a question regarding general elections in Himachal Pradesh, Sh. Manohar Lal said that elections are important in a democratic system. He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party government will be formed again in Himachal Pradesh.

        Responding to a question regarding the meeting held with the Chief Minister of Punjab in Chandigarh today on the issue of SYL, the Chief Minister said that “Today’s meeting was held in a very pleasant atmosphere, but Mann Sahib did not agree”.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Govt done commendable work toward reducing air pollution in the NCR region

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IEP Chandigarh, October 14

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Dr. P.K. Mishra, has expressed satisfaction over the steps taken by the Haryana Government to prevent contamination of the air environment in the NCR region. He has also appreciated the incentives being given to farmers to curb stubble burning.

        The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister was presiding over the meeting on the Management of Air Pollution through video conferencing with the Chief Secretaries of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab today.

        He said that Haryana Government has done commendable work toward reducing air pollution in the NCR region. He said that other states should also follow the steps taken by the Haryana Government to make the environment clean in the NCR region.

        In the meeting, Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that Haryana has taken effective steps to prevent stubble burning. Village-level committees have been constituted under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioners. These committees are keeping a strict vigil on stubble burning. Last year till date 389 incidents of stubble burning were reported whereas only 102 instances of stubble burning have occurred this year, which indicates a 23 percent drop from the previous year. The state’s administration is making efforts to further reduce it.

The Chief Secretary said that so far 60 percent of paddy had been harvested in the state. The state government has fixed the target of 55 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, out of which 31 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured so far.

        He said that the straw management system has been promoted. Under this, committees have been formed by dividing the state into red, yellow, and green categories, in which the officers of the Agriculture Department have been included. An amount of Rs. 1000 per acre is being given to the farmers as an incentive for not burning the stubble. Industries are being connected to PNG clean fuel. Apart from this, a subsidy is being given to promote electric vehicles. The state has also imposed a ban on the production, sale, and use of all types of firecrackers.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana and Punjab Chief Ministers will meet today on SYL issue

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IEP Chandigarh, October 13

Haryana and Punjab Chief Ministers will meet on October 14 on the issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. Discussions will be held to address this issue in meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 11.30 a.m. The Chief Minister of Haryana, Sh. Manohar Lal and the Chief Minister of Punjab, Sh. Bhagwant Mann will be present in the meeting. Before the meeting, the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal stated that residents of Haryana have the right over SYL water and he is affirmative that they will definitely get their right. SYL water is very important for Haryana. Now it is necessary to fix a time line in this matter, so that the availability of water to the farmers of Haryana can be ensured. He expressed optimism that this crucial meeting, scheduled for Friday, will draw some positive solution.

It is well known that despite two Supreme Court judgments, Punjab has not completed the construction of SYL. Instead of implementing the decisions of the Supreme Court, Punjab tried to obstruct their implementation by enacting the Cancellation of Agreements Act in 2004. It is worth mentioning that under the provision of Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966, according to the order of the Government of India dated March 24, 1976, 3.5 MAF of water was allocated to Haryana out of the surplus water of Ravi-Beas. Due to non-completion of SYL canal, Haryana is using only 1.62 MAF of water. Punjab is illegally using about 1.9 MAF of water from Haryana’s share by not completing the SYL canal in its region.

Due to this attitude of Punjab, Haryana is not able to take its 1.88 MAF share of water. Punjab and Rajasthan are using about 2600 cusecs of water from Haryana every year. If this water had reached Haryana, it would have been used to irrigate 10.08 lakh acres of land, quench the state’s thirst, and help thousands of farmers.

Due to non-availability of this water, the groundwater level in South-Haryana is also going down considerably. Due to non-construction of SYL, farmers of Haryana irrigate by using expensive diesel and running tubewells with electricity, which incurs an additional burden of Rs. 100 crore to Rs. 150 crore every year. Due to non-formation of SYL in Punjab region, the irrigation potential created to irrigate 10 lakh acres in Haryana is lying idle. Additionally, the state also bears the loss of 42 lakh tonnes of food grains every year. Haryana would have generated an additional 130 lakh tonnes of food grains and other crops had SYL been established in 1983 in accordance with the 1981 agreement. The total value of this agricultural produce at the rate of 15,000 per tonne is Rs. 19,500 crore.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB POLICE ARREST KEY ACCUSED IN RPG ATTACK CASE FROM MUMBAI

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IEP CHANDIGARH, October 13

          The ongoing war against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann delivered yet another major success after Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence, in a joint operation with a Central Agency and ATS Maharashtra, apprehended Charat Singh, the main accused in Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack case from Mumbai on Thursday morning. An RPG attack was carried out at Intelligence headquarters in Mohali on May 9, 2022, at about 1945 hrs.

          Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused is a key operative and associate of Canada-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa.

          He said that accused Charat had built a strong crime network across the state with the help of Landa and was providing logistic support and shelter to foot soldiers, who carried out an RPG attack. Charat had also procured an RPG, AK-47, and other weapons from across the border with the active support of Pakistan ISI through Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Singh alias Rinda.

          Inspector General of Police (IGP) Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill, while addressing a press conference, said that with the arrest of accused Charat Singh, Punjab Police have so far arrested eight accused persons in this case, while, another accused, who is juvenile and had carried out the attack, was arrested by the Delhi Police recently, taking the total number of arrests to nine.

          Earlier, Nishan Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Baljinder Singh Rambo, Kanwarjeet Singh Bath, Anantdeep Singh Sonu, Baljeet Kaur Sukhi, and Lovepreet Singh Vicky were arrested by the Punjab Police.

          He said that Police teams are on a manhunt to arrest the last accused in this case identified as Deepak Kumar of Jhajjar, Haryana, who had carried out an RPG attack.

          Divulging more details, IGP Sukhchain Gill said that accused Charat is a habitual offender and has been facing several cases of heinous crimes including murder, attempt to murder, and under the arms act in Punjab. The accused was serving a life sentence in a murder case, and at the time of the RPG attack, he was out on parole, he said, adding that Charat along with his associates had killed a shopkeeper Shashi Kapoor in Khemkaran, Tarn Taran in March 2015.

 “During his parole period, Charat reassembled his associates including Nishan Kulla and others from the Tarn Taran area to carry out the RPG attack, which was aimed at destabilizing communal harmony and peace in the state,” said the IGP.

          Meanwhile, Punjab Police has been striving to make the state crime-free as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Chandigarh, Punjab

SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPT ISSUES ADVERTISEMENT FOR 5994 POSTS OF PRIMARY TEACHERS: HARJOT SINGH BAINS

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IEP Chandigarh, October 13

Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is constantly striving to provide employment to the youth of the state. Working in this direction, the Punjab School Education Department has issued an advertisement for 5994 posts of ETT cadre of primary teachers.          Giving information in this regard, Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that TET pass candidates can apply online at www.educationrecruitmentboard.com from 14 October 2022 to 10 November 2022 till 5 PM) for these posts of ETT teachers.Bains said that all these recruitment exams will be conducted in a transparent manner.           He said that an objective type written test of 200 marks will be conducted for these posts. The age limit for applying for these posts is 18 to 37 years for general category and  reserved & other categories are given age relaxation as per rules.  For these posts, minimum 50 per cent marks in class XII for general category and 45 per cent marks for reserved category are mandatory.  Passing Teacher Eligibility Test-1 along with two year ETT course is mandatory for these posts.          Out of these total 5994 posts, 975 posts are specially reserved for women and 2994 backlog posts are also included in these posts.          The application fee for these posts is Rs 1000 for general category and Rs 500 for reserved category.

Chandigarh, Punjab

GOVERNANCE REFORMS MINISTER MEET HAYER REVIEWS SEWA KENDRAS OF RAJPURA AND PATIALA

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IEP Rajpura/Patiala, October 13

Minister of Governance Reforms Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today inspected the Sewa Kendras of Rajpura and Patiala and initiated getting reviews from the public. The cabinet minister said that the digitization of all the departmental services is being executed under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. The Government has already started providing 183 services to the people over the phone through the Sewa  Kendras. This will save the time and energy of people seeking a certificate or document from Sewa  Kendras.

 The Cabinet Minister told that the links of the certificates required for admission to the students on WhatsApp through a unique system are being sent. Students have got hassle-free service for their admission.

He further added that in the first phase, the government has eliminated the age-old inconvenient system of filling forms for services viz income and assets certificates, rural area certificates, the inclusion of name in the birth certificate, caste certificate and senior citizen identity card. This will benefit the public in form of quicker and speedy processing of applications.

Meet Hayer further said that more than 46 thousand certificates have been provided on applicants’ mobile phones in the last four days. This will result in saving paper and the environment. Apart from this, the token system has also been extensively improved.

Meanwhile, feeling relieved from the services provided at the Sewa Kendras people appreciated the step and thanked Meet Hayer for the initiative. These services are a boon for senior citizens as they got the requested certificates by signing a single form without any inconvenience.

On this occasion Rajpura MLA Neena Mittal, Director Administrative Reformsh Girish Dayalan, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, S.S.P. Deepak Pareek, ADC Isha Singhal, SDMs Dr Ismat Vijay Singh and Dr Sanjeev Kumar and Assistant Commissioner (G) Kirpalveer Singh were present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

TRANSPORT MINISTER CONDUCTS SURPRISE CHECK OF RTA OFFICE SAS NAGAR

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IEP Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, October 12

          Minister of Transport Mr. Laljit Singh Bhullar paid a surprise visit to RTA office Mohali today and reviewed the work going on in the office.

           Giving more information in this regard, the official spokesperson said that the Minister of Transport went to the public counters at the RTA office this morning, where he got the details of the work being done from the employees and also talked to the people who came to get the work done.  He also interacted with the people and got information about the problems being faced by them. The Minister gave instructions to the officials on the spot to solve the problems faced by the people.

Explaining the purpose of today’s visit, Mr. Bhullar said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Singh is committed to bring administrative reform and transparency in government work so that people do not have to face any hassle in government offices.  On this occasion, he instructed the officials of the RTA office to ensure the attendance of the employees from 9 am to 5 pm.

He instructed the officials and employees of the RTA office that if someone’s papers are incomplete they should be told about it at the first instance so that they do not have to visit the office again and again. Apart from this, he said that the list of required documents should also be posted on the board so that people can apply only after reading it.

He said that the government will soon start biometric attendance of employees so that timely presence of employees in the offices can be ensured.

          On this occasion, RTA SAS Nagar Mr. Pardeep Singh Dhillon and other officers were specially present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains confers Swachh Vidyala awards to distinguished schools

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IEP SAS Nagar, October 11

Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Tuesday gave away Prizes and Certificates of Appreciation to those schools who topped in various categories of Swachh Vidyala Awards of session 2021-22 during a function organized at the head office.

Appreciating the work of principals and teachers of the concerned schools, the Education Minister said that these teachers and their teams brought laurels for the state with their constructive approach. He also urged these teachers of the winning schools to play vanguard role to improve the situation of sanitation in nearby schools so that more schools can get this national distinction next year.

Notably, Government of India has selected these schools in various categories on sanitation parameters under the Swachh Bharat Campaign. The selected schools included government and private ones. In the overall category of elementary schools in selected rural areas included Government Middle School Kingra (Faridkot), Government Primary School Inderpura (Patiala), Government Primary School Suhali (SAS Nagar), Government Primary School Fatehpur (SAS Nagar), Government Primary School Mukandpur (SBS Nagar) and Government Primary School Katarian (SBS Nagar).

However, the overall category of elementary schools in urban areas included Government Primary School Sheikhupur (Kapurthala), Golden Era Millennium School Mandi Killianwali (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Government Primary School Chohak Kalan (Jalandhar) and Government Primary School Sensi Wehra Amloh (Fatehgarh Sahib).

Similarly, DAV International School Verka Chowk (Amritsar), Government Senior Secondary School Bhawanipur (Kapurthala), Government Senior Secondary School Pakki Tibbi (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Pioneer Convent School Gurmukh Nagar (Malerkotla), The Town School (Malerkotla) and K.V. Barnala was given the Swachh Vidyala were awarded in overall category of secondary schools of rural areas.

While Government Senior Secondary School Model Town Patiala, SGRM Government Girls Senior Secondary School Zira (Ferozepur), B.V.M. Kichlu Nagar Ludhiana and Government Senior Secondary School Boys Amloh (Fatehgarh Sahib) were felicitated with the Swachh Vidyala award under overall category of secondary schools of urban areas.

Apart from this, six schools were also awarded under various sub-categories. These schools included Government Middle School Kingra for Capacity Building and Behaviour Change, Sacred Heart School Dosanjh Road Moga for preparedness and response to cope with Covid-19 pandemic, Sita Grammar School Malerkotla for hand washing hygiene, SGRM Government Girls Senior Secondary School m Zira (Ferozepur) for maintaining good environment and better water supply and efficient use, Government Middle School Kingra (Faridkot) for better hygiene in toilets.

During the award ceremony Director General School Education Pradeep Kumar Agarwal, DPI Secondary Education Kuljit Pal Singh Mahi, Director SCERT Dr. Maninder Singh Sarkaria, Deputy SPD and State Nodal Officer Swachh Vidyala Campaign Gurjit Singh and other concerned officials were present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

No need for citizens to fill forms for availing services at Sewa Kendras: Meet Hayer

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IEP SAS Nagar, October 11

In order to reform government procedures that impact the common man,  a landmark decision of the Bhagwant Mann  government became a reality with the discontinuation of physical filling of application forms and submission at Sewa Kendras.
Today Governance Reforms Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer made surprise visit at the Sewa Kendra situated at District Administrative Complex, SAS Nagar, checked working of Sewa Kendra and interacted with citizen to know about the issues.
The Minister asked service Operator (M/s DSSPL) to increase the quality of service delivery and ensure that every citizen is being dealt with utmost priority and provide services without any hassles. Further, the minister also launched a new concept with name of form less services by starting 6 services in phase 1.
Disclosing more about the new initiative Meet Hayer said that in this reform now citizen can avail the services e.g. Income Certificate, Rural area certificate, Addition of name in birth certificate, Income and Asset Certificate, General Caste Certificate & Senior Citizen ID Card without filling the physical form.
To avail these services, citizen has to visit Sewa Kendra with only original Proof of Identify & Proof of Address (already notified by Punjab Government) along with the service specific documents e.g. Self Declaration form.
On the basis of citizen’s documents Sewa Kendra operator shall apply the service by filling the online form and getting the citizen’s signature on the system generated form.
Above reform will reduce 4 steps (e.g. Form procurement, Form Filling, Document Photo Copy attachment and Form checking) from 7 steps to 3 to avail the services. In subsequent features more services will be added in form less service gamut.
With the launch of form less services and acceptance of digitally signed certificates on mobile phone, citizen visits to collect the certificates shall be reduced significantly along with time take taken to fill the applications forms or file making.
The minister also interacted with the citizens who obtained certificates on their mobile phones/SMS. Recently an initiative of doing away holograms and physical signature was announced by the Minister Governance Reforms for which  notification was issued by governance reforms department. This has been implemented across the state. The citizens expressed their satisfaction & delight to obtain certificates on mobile phones.
Prominent among others who were present at the occasion included Director Governance Reforms Girish Dayalan, Deputy Commissioner SAS Nagar
Amit Talwar, ADC Amaninder Kaur Brar, SDM Mohali Sarbjit Kaur, DeGC Mohali Kuldeep Singh, Vice President Dr. IT Diljit Singh and District Manager Sewa Kendra Amandeep Singh.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CM REVIEWS ARRANGEMENT FOR G-20 SUMMIT SLATED TO BE HELD AT HOLY CITY AMRITSAR IN MARCH 2023

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IEP Chandigarh, October 10        

   Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday reviewed the arrangements for the prestigious G-20 summit slated to be held at holy city Amritsar in March 2023.Chairing a meeting in this regard here at his office in Punjab Civil Secretariat, the Chief Minister said that this summit will take place in the month of March and leading countries of the world will be participating. He asserted that the state is fortunate to have got the opportunity to host this mega event in which deliberations will be held on Education by the leading countries from across the world. Bhagwant Mann said that elaborate arrangements have to be put in place for making this global event a huge success.The Chief Minister said that for making this event a huge success the entire holy city will be divided into five major sectors. He said that senior officers of the state Civil and Police administration will be deployed in these sectors for effective management. Bhagwant Mann said that these officers will be responsible for the smooth conduct of the entire activity during the summit in the area under their jurisdiction.The Chief Minister also constituted a Cabinet Sub Committee comprising Local Government Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjer, Public Works Department Harbhajan Singh ETO, Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains and Tourism Minister Anmol Gagan Mann. He said that the Cabinet Sub Committee will monitor the day to day arrangements of the event to ensure its flawless execution. Bhagwant Mann also constituted a high powered committee headed by Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua to facilitate the Cabinet Sub Committee in smooth and hassle free conduct of the mega event.