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Youth should focus on sports & Stomp out drugs from state :Anmol Gagan Maan

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Cabinet Minister Ms. Anmol Gagan Mann encouraged the wrestlers to take part in the sport by reaching out to the wrestlers in the wrestling competitions organized at villages Togan and Majri of Halka Kharar of District SAS Nagar.  These wrestling competitions were organized at Jai Baba Guga Maidi Jaharveer Managing Committee Reg.Village Toga and Majri with the support of all the residents.  Renowned wrestlers from other states including Punjab participated in wrestling competitions.  On reaching at the venue , the cabinet minister was warmly welcomed by the residents and the youth present there.  After this, Ms. Anmol Gagan Mann inaugurated the competition by making the wrestlers join hands.

Addressing the public, the Cabinet Minister congratulated the organizers for organizing such sports competition for the residents of the constituency.  She said that the demand of the residents to install tubewell at Taugan village will be fulfilled soon.  She said that approval will be received from the government soon to build five bridges in the constituency.  

On this occasion, She appealed to the youth to give more attention to wrestling and other sports, shun away from drugs, and to shine the name of their parents, region and country by becoming good sportsmen.  The cabinet minister said that wrestling is a priceless heritage of Punjab which keep the body healthy. 

 On this occasion, SDM Kharar Mr. Ravinder Singh, Ravi Rana Togan, Ankit Sidhana MD, Raghbir Singh Badala, Suraj Bhan Goyal, Sukhwinder Singh Bittu, Nitasha Joshi besides volunteers were present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

CABINET LED BY CM APPROVES POLICY TO REGULARISE SERVICES OF ADHOC, CONTRACTUAL, TEMPORARY TEACHER AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5. 2022

In a major employee friendly decision, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday approved a policy for regularising services of Adhoc, Contractual, and Temporary Teachers thereby benefitting more than 9000 employees of the state government.

A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of Council of Ministers chaired by the Chief Minister here at the Punjab Civil Secretariat- I.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the Chief Minister’s Office said that previously various appointments to ‘Group C’ and ‘Group D’ level posts in government had been made on contract/temporary basis. Some of such employees have now put in a period of more than 10 years and had given their prime years of life in service of the state. The Cabinet opined that now at this stage, to relieve these employees will be unjustified and improper.

Thus, being a Welfare State and to protect the interest of these contractual temporary employees, state government has formulated a Policy for welfare of Adhoc, Contractual, and temporary teachers and other employees in Education Department under Article 162 read with entry 41 of list-II of the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, to ensure that such employees do not suffer from uncertainty and harassment and to grant them a security of tenure. The state government has taken a policy decision to continue such desirous suitable Teachers, who fulfill the eligibility conditions, in service till the age of 58 years by placing them in a special cadre. This policy, which will benefit more than 9000 employees, has been framed only in relation to Group C & Group D posts of Education department, Punjab.

For regularization of services an employee should have worked on adhoc, contractual, or temporary basis for a continuous period of minimum ten years till the issuance of present policy and must have possessed the requisite qualifications and experience for the post in terms of rules, if any, at the time of placement in the Special Cadre. The work and conduct of the applicant must have remained satisfactory as per the assessment of the department/employer during the period of 10 years service.

However, the policy will not be applicable to a person who has been engaged in an honorary capacity or on a part time basis or had attained the age of superannuation or had resigned on his own or had not been retained by the Department or had been engaged on outsourced basis or is on an incentive based engagement or does not possess the requisite qualifications and experience for the post prescribed under the service rules, if any, at the time of placement in the Special Cadre or had been engaged or continues in service on account of any interim order(s), direction(s) of any Court or Tribunal; or had been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude or charges have been framed against him in a Court of Law relating to such offence.

For the purpose of grant of continuation to these employees they will be placed on a post, which shall not be a cadre post, by creating special cadre of posts. The process of placement of beneficiary employee will commence after submission of the Application Form, accompanied by all required documents, by him.  The beneficiary employees, who are being placed in special cadre posts and will be allowed to continue in service till the age of 58 years. They will be treated as a fresh appointee.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Five bridges to be approved soon for Kharar constituency : Anmol Gagan Maan

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IEP CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 5

Cabinet Minister Ms. Anmol Gagan Mann today declared that five new bridges will soon be approved for Kharar constituency. She was speaking at the inauguration of a wrestling competition  organized at villages Togan and Majri of Halka Kharar of District SAS Nagar.She said that approval will be received from the government soon to build five bridges in the constituency. 

          The wrestling competitions were organized at Jai Baba Guga Maidi Jaharveer Managing Committee Reg.Village Toga and Majri with the support of all the residents.  Renowned wrestlers from other states including Punjab participated in wrestling competitions.  On reaching at the venue , the cabinet minister was warmly welcomed by the residents and the youth present there.  After this, Ms. Anmol Gagan Mann inaugurated the competition by making the wrestlers join hands.

Addressing the public, the Cabinet Minister congratulated the organizers for organizing such sports competition for the residents of the constituency.  She said that the demand of the residents to install tubewell at Taugan village will be fulfilled soon. 

On this occasion, She appealed to the youth to give more attention to wrestling and other sports, shun away from drugs, and to shine the name of their parents, region and country by becoming good sportsmen.  The cabinet minister said that wrestling is a priceless heritage of Punjab which keep the body healthy.

On this occasion, SDM Kharar Mr. Ravinder Singh, Ravi Rana Togan, Ankit Sidhana MD, Raghbir Singh Badala, Suraj Bhan Goyal, Sukhwinder Singh Bittu, Nitasha Joshi besides volunteers were present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

KULDEEP SINGH DHALIWAL INTERVENES TO GET ONE MONTH EXTENSION FOR FARMERS TO GET VERIFICATION THROUGH E-KYC UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI YOJANA

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 31, 2022

Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal today participated in a video-conference meeting held by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar regarding Pardhan Mantri Kisan samman Nidhi Yojana. Sharing information about the meeting, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that 44 percent of farmers in the state have been verified through e-KYC to avail benefit of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana. There was a slight delay in verification of farmers through e-KYC, for which the Punjab Minister appealed to the Union Agriculture Minister to give one month’s extension. On this the Union Agriculture Minister asked the states to complete this work by September 30.

          It is worth mentioning that in the year 2019, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan samman Nidhi Yojana was implemented by the central government to give a benefit of 2 thousand rupees every four months to the farmers. Nearly 17.50 lakh farmers of Punjab are registered under this scheme, who are getting the benefit of this scheme. But the central government has ordered all the states to re-review the registered farmers under this scheme so that only the eligible beneficiaries can get the benefit of the scheme.

          After e-KYC 44 percent of the farmers of Punjab have been verified under this scheme. Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal has appealed to the farmers of the state to visit Common Service Centers for e-KYC registration or go to the online portal for registration to avail the benefits of Pardhan Mantri Kisan samman Nidhi Yojana. Besides this, he also issued directions to the officials of the Agriculture Department to ensure that this work is completed in time. He also directed the officials to link land records of farmers under this scheme so that the farmers can get the benefit of this scheme.

Chandigarh, Punjab

NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH WILL BE CELEBRATED IN THE STATE FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30: DR. BALJIT KAUR

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Maan is continuously working for the welfare of children and women. Under this series, National Nutrition Month is being celebrated by the state government from 1st September 2022 to 30 September 2022 in the state. This information was given here today by the Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development, Dr. Baljit Kaur.

Dr. Baljit Kaur said that this nutrition month and fortnight is celebrated every year by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) with the participation of all partner ministries/departments.

She said that activities related to women and their health, child and education and also water conservation and management, nutritional food for women and children will be conducted during the National Nutrition Month. People can send their suggestions in this regard at e-mail ID reshma.nair@gov.in to make the National Nutrition Month a grand success.

Chandigarh, Punjab

POWER DEPARTMENT PROVIDES JOBS TO 1702 IN SIX MONTHS

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

The Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has given jobs to 1702 candidates in Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) during last six months. The recruitment process for another 2314 posts is underway.

Disclosing this, Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO said that the Punjab Government is committed to provide government jobs/employment to maximum youngsters of the state. He said that 889 Lower Division Clerks, Junior Engineers, Assistant Sub Station Attendants etc. have been provided government jobs in PSPCL. He said that so far the kin of 86 employees, who lost their lives in line of duty, have been given jobs on compassionate grounds in PSPCL.

The Cabinet Minister further said that 727 Junior Engineers (Electrical), Junior Engineers (Civil), Assistant Sub Station Attendants and Assistant Linemen etc. have been given jobs in Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) till July, 2022.

The Minister said that the recruitment process of 624 JEs and Clerks in PSPCL is going on and appointment letters will be handed over soon. He specifically mentioned that the advertisement for posts of 1690 Assistant Lineman in PSPCL has already been released. He said that the eligible candidates of the state will soon be appointed to these posts.

The Minister said that the Punjab government is committed to extend helping hand towards youngsters in the shape of providing government jobs in all departments to root out the menace of brain drain. He said that a large number of youngsters of the state will get employment in coming months.

Chandigarh, Punjab

COMPREHENSIVE REAL ESTATE POLICY ON CARDS TO STOP  HAPHAZARD DEVELOPMENT, SAYS AMAN ARORA

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

In order to stop illegal & haphazard development in the urban areas, Punjab Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann led state government is all set to bring a comprehensive Real Estate policy, disclosed Mr. Aman Arora, Minister for Housing and Urban Development.

          He was presiding over a high-level meeting with senior officials of Revenue & Rehabilitation Department and Real Estate Developers at Punjab Bhawan here, on Monday. He asked the Real Estate Developers to submit their representation to Additional Chief Secretary-cum-FCR Mr. Anurag Agarwal for their queries and problems.

          The Cabinet Minister assured the Real Estate Developers that their all legitimate demands will be considered sympathetically and he will discuss it with the Chief Minister, who is personally supervising the every development in this regard. He asked the developers to make sure that the interests of property buyers should be protected.

          Interacting with media persons after the meeting, Mr Aman Arora said that the previous governments have created a mess in the name of urban development, which resulted in mushrooming of around 14000 illegal colonies in the state. Mann Government is fully aware of all the problems being faced by the common man and it would bring a comprehensive policy to clean this messy system so as to ensure planned development in the state, besides keeping a check on loot of people in this business.

          On a question of making NOC compulsory for property registration, the cabinet minister said that this issue would also be resolved soon as Punjab Government’s three departments Housing & Urban Development, Revenue and Local Government are working in tandem to sort it out at the earliest.

          Additional Chief Secretary-cum-FCR Mr. Anurag Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana Ms. Surabhi Malik and other senior officials of Revenue department were also present in the meeting.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT DISBURSES RS 45 CR  UNDER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WELFARE SCHEMES

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Punjab S.Bhagwant Mann and under the direction of Labor Minister Anmol Gagan Mann are making continuous efforts for the welfare of construction workers. In order to further implement the schemes being run for the welfare of construction workers and to help them, an amount of 45 crores was distributed by the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board under various schemes related to construction workers after the formation of the present government.

Giving more information, the spokesperson of the labor department said that many schemes are being run by the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board for the welfare of the construction workers. He said that a person who is between 18-60 years of age and has worked as a construction worker for 90 days or more during the last 12 months can become a beneficiary. He said that masons, brick cement workers, painters, electricians, welders, carpenters, plumbers, stone cleaners, glass installers, POPs etc. construction workers can become beneficiaries of the labor board.

He said that 65 thousand rupees are given under Shagun scheme for the marriage of two girls of beneficiary construction workers. Similarly, 800 rupees is given for eye glasses, 5 thousand rupees for teeth treatment and up to 6 thousand rupees for hearing aids. Apart from this, financial assistance of 20 thousand rupees is given for cremation for registered construction workers and their family members. He said that up to 1 lakh rupees can be reimbursed for the indoor treatment expenses of the workers and their dependents for the treatment of dangerous diseases. A female worker can be given a benefit of Rs 21,000 and a male worker Rs 5,000 per child for a maximum of two children. He said that the registered beneficiaries of the board can get treatment of Rs. 5 lakh per family after registering under the Ayushman Yojana. An online application for this purpose can be registered at the nearest service center at a one-time registration fee of Rs.25 and Rs.10 per month for a period of one year to three years.

He said that for more information, one can contact the nearest service center, assistant labor commissioner or inspector, labor enforcement officer of the constituency.

Chandigarh, Punjab

VIGILANCE UNEARTHS RS 7 CRORE SCAM IN KARNANA MULTI-PURPOSE AGRICULTURE SERVICE SOCIETY

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

Punjab Vigilance Bureau has unearthed a Rs seven crore scam in the Karnana multipurpose agricultural service society limited village Karnana, District SBS Nagar and registered a case against 7 officers/employees at VB police station at Jalandhar. In this case the Bureau has arrested 5 accused of the case.

          Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that during the investigation into the accounts of the society, it has came to light that a scam to the tune of Rs 7,14,07,596.23  (Seven crores, fourteen lakhs seven thousand five hundred and ninety six rupees and three paise) has been committed in connivance with officers/employees of the said cooperative society.

          He said that there are about 1000 account holders/members in the said society. This society has been running an Indian Oil petrol pump, tractor and agricultural implements to plough a large amount of agricultural land. Apart from this, the said society also sells fertilizers and pesticides to the farmers and a total of 6 employees are working in different places in the said society.

          He said after investigating the matter, it came to light that NRIs of village Karnana and the people of this village got the FDRs worth crores of rupees in the name of above society. Secretary of the said Sabha Inderjit Dhir, who has also been the cashier earlier, embezzled crores of rupees by setting limits etc. on the said FDRs in collusion with the president Randhir Singh and the present cashier Harpreet Singh.

          The spokesperson said that during the checking of the records by the technical team from 01.4.18 to 31.03.20, the loans taken by the members of the sabha and deposits of the members amounted to Rs. 7,14,07,596.23 were found to be embezzled

          Giving the details of this scam, he informed that during the investigation, it was also found that two computers were installed in the society by the secretary Inderjit Dhir, out of which one system was to show the records to the members so as to satisfy them about the entries of their deposits. On the second computer, it was found that the secretary used to feed the data according to the amount of fraud committed to get verification of from the audit team and other officials.

          On the basis of investigation of this scam, it has been established that former secretary of the society Inderjit Dhir, Harpreet cashier, Randhir Singh former president, Sukhwinder Singh vice president, Ravinder Singh committee member, Mahinder Lal committee member and Kamaljit Singh committee member (all residents of village Karnana) have in connivance with each other committed a fraud to the tune of Rs 7,14,07,596.23 in the above said society.

          The spokesperson said that in this regard, a case no 15 dated 29.08.2022 against the above-mentioned accused under sections 406, 409, 420, 465, 468, 471, 477-A, 120-B of I.P.C. and  u/s 13(1), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, has been registered at Vigilance Bureau, Police Station Jalandhar.

          The accused in this case, Randhir Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Ravinder Singh, Mahinder Lal and Kamaljit Singh (all residents of Karnana village) have been arrested. Further investigation in this case is under progress.

Chandigarh, Punjab

Dazzling start for ‘Khedan Watan Punjab Dian’ at Jalandhar

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 29, 2022

One of the biggest sporting extravaganzas of the country, ‘Khedan Watan Punjab Dian’ today began with a great pomp and show as the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, inaugurated this mega sporting event here at Guru Gobind Singh

Stadium. 

The Chief Minister took salute from the impressive march past of the participating contingents of various districts. Announcing the opening of this around two months long much awaited gala sporting event, Bhagwant Mann said that in this mega event more than 4 lakh players in different six age groups are expected to participate in the competitions from block to the state level in 28 sports categories. He said that that the state-level winners will be given cash prizes worth Rs 6 crore adding that these games will be annual feature from the coming years.

“I am elated to see Punjab happy and the youth in field of sports”, said the Chief Minister.

Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said that the state government has been making all out efforts for promoting sports across the state to channelize the unbounded energy of youth in a positive manner. He said that these games were a right step towards this direction as it will provide platform to the players for showcasing their latent. Bhagwant Mann asserted that likewise it will also help the state government to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the players which will be beneficial for grooming them for the national and international events in future.

Congratulating the Sports Minister for organizing these games, the Chief Minister said that Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer deserves kudos for making all these arrangments. He said that it is a matter of great pride for the entire state that these games are being held in every nook and corner of Punjab. Bhagwant Mann said that these games will be made a regular feature in the coming years too.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is leaving no stone unturned to popularize sports in the state as it can be play a key role in progress of the state. Bhagwant Mann said that Punjab has became the first state in the country to felicitate its players who had brought laurels for the country in the commonwealth games. He asserted that it is the need of hour to encourage more budding players to excel in field of sports.

The Chief Minister said that Aam Aadmi government is working on an aggressive campaign to produce maximum number of trained sportspersons and to have more Punjabi players in the Indian contingent for international events. He stressed that Punjab has abundant sports talent and Punjab government would not left any stone unturned to enable the players to participate and win Olympic medals for India.

The Chief Minister also remembered the hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary. He said that this is observed as national sports day. Bhagwant Mann said that the youth must take inspiration from the hockey legend on this day.

The Chief Minister said that the games will provide an opportunity to the youth to excel in field of sports. He said that Punjab and sports have a strong bond. Bhagwant Mann said that the youth of the state have an inherit talent but the successive governments have failed to provide requisite infrastructure.

The Chief Minister asserted that the players will be provided the state of art infrastructure and world class facilities. He said that apart from inspiring us to fight against tyranny, injustice and oppression the great Guru sahiban have showed us way to stay healthy by taking part in sports. Bhagwant Mann said that we must follow footsteps of great gurus and participate in the games.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is committed for restoring pristine glory of state in field of sports. He said that new Sports policy will focus on promotion of sports and players. Bhagwant Mann said that special budgetary allocation will be for the sports.

Meanwhile, cultural performances by the school kids mesmerized the audience with their dazzling performance. Leading Punjabi singers Nooran sisters, Amrit Mann and Ranjit Bawa entertained the audience. On the occasion wonders kids stunned the audiences with their skating and gymnastic performances.

Earlier, Olympian Baljit Dhillon and Manjit Kaur brought the baton of games and Olympian Gurjit Kaur triggered of games flame from the stage. 

On the occasion the impressive video depicting the overall scenario of the games accompanied by the traditional dance ‘Giddha’ and ‘Bhangra’ enthralled the audience and forced them to tap their feet. Likewise the gathering also cheered the medley performance of students during the inaugural function in the stadium. The gathering also gave standing ovation to the dazzling firework show on the occasion.

On the occasion Cabinet Ministers Aman Arora, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjer, Harbhajan Singh ETO, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Laljit Singh Bhullar, Lal Chand Kataruchak and Brahm Shankar Jimpa, Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Ravi Bhagat, Principal Secretary Sports Rajkamal Chaudhary, Director Sports and others.

On the occasion several MLAs and other officers were also present.