IEP Chandigarh , September 12

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal today took strong cognizance of the cheating a person in the name of getting him appointed in Group-D job in the Central Government and directed to suspend the then SHO, who was probing the matter, for laxity on his part. During this, CM  also ordered to take action against the Deputy District Attorney appointed in Gurugram Commissioner of Police office for giving wrong opinion to the police in this matter. The Deputy District Attorney of the Police Commissioner’s Office had given opinion that this prime facia appeared to be a civil matter of giving and taking money instead of a corruption case.

The Chief Minister was presiding over the monthly meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee at the Swatantrata Senani Zilla Parishad Hall in Gurugram on Sunday. In this meeting, 19 complaints or problems were placed before him, out of which after hearing all the parties to the dispute, he redressed 16 complaints on the spot. After the agenda of the meeting was over, the Chief Minister also heard the complaints pertaining to public interest of the nominated members of the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee and directed the concerned officers on the spot to resolve them.

Taking strong cognizance of the issue of taking money on the pretext of getting a Group D job in the Central Government, the Chief Minister said, “ we have established such a system in the state, in which no person can get a job by paying money. Our government is working towards giving corruption free governance to the people”. In this case, the accused person has a history of doing fraud in the past, so the police will take action against him. This complaint was made by a resident of Sohna in which he had alleged that he had paid Rs.3.5 lakh to the accused person. The then SHO at Sohna Police Station had shown laxity in handling the case and had told it to be a case of mutual money transaction saying that there is no evidence of money transaction between the complainant and the accused. The Deputy District Attorney, appointed in the Police Commissioner, Gurugram, had considered it to be prima facie a civil matter between the two parties.

Gurugram Municipal Corporation will run ‘Marking for Parking’ campaign

Action will be taken against the shopkeepers who allow street vendors in front of their shop.

While disposing of another matter, the Chief Minister said that the temporary encroachments done by street vendors in front of shops in Sector-23 market have been removed by the officials of Haryana Urban Development Authority. In future, if street vendors are found standing in front of the shops, action will be taken against the concerned shopkeeper. Regarding problem of parking vehicles here and there in the same sector, the Chief Minister said that the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram would launch a new initiative of ‘Marking for Parking’ under which parking space would be fixed for vehicles, after that if vehicles are parked at other places, fine will be imposed on them. Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) has identified places for making 15,000 boxes (marking) for parking of vehicles.

2 units spreading pollution were closed

Two complaints related to pollution were placed in the meeting, in which it was told that the smell of burning rubber in Rajendra Park’s  Fand G blocks has made it difficult for the residents to breathe and was also causing irritation in the eyes. In this case, the officials of the Pollution Control Board said that the factory causing pollution has been closed but the complainants said that they are getting threats. On this, the Chief Minister said that police should be deployed there in plain clothes, who will catch those giving threats and take action against them. Similar orders were given against unauthorized rubber company operating in Amar Colony, near Sector-10. According to the officials of the Pollution Control Board, this company has also been closed.

Quality Assurance Authority will be formed soon, public will also get option to complain on the portal

In the meeting, a complaint related to inferior quality in the construction works was put up before the CM, who ordered to hand over the matter to the Division Vigilance SP. He will get the quality of material checked and submit a report in a week, after that action will be taken accordingly. The Chief Minister said, “the State Government has constituted a Quality Assurance Authority to ensure quality in development works. This authority will regularly check the quality of development works in routine. The public will also be given an option to send complaints on a portal, in which any person from the public  would be able to send complaints about  the quality of development work and also about corruption, if any. After that, the complaint will be investigated by the team of Vigilance Bureau constituted at the divisional level.” The Chief Minister made it clear that no compromise would be allowed on the quality of development works. He said  that the Vigilance Bureau units have been constituted at all 6 Division Head Quarters in the state. In the referred complaint, questions were raised on the quality of the stormwater drain and road constructed from Alpine Convent School to Om Chowk in Sector-10.

Instructions to remove encroachment from government land

The matter of removal of encroachment in Sector-45 of the city was also put up before the Chief Minister, in which the Estate Officer-II Sanjeev Singla told that the encroachment has been removed from the vicinity of the residential society called ‘The Royal Residency’ and the estimate for developing a park at that place. Has also been prepared. On this, the Chief Minister gave clear instructions that the encroachment should be removed from the entire area except that which is under stay of the court. In this case, the complainants claimed that a scheme to develop a park by the Horticulture Wing of Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) in front of the society was almost final but it was not implemented and now slums had come up there due to which criminal incidents have increased.

In the meeting, the issue of deteriorating musical fountains and cleanliness in Maharana Pratap Laser Valley Park, Sector-29, Gurugram was again raised. In this matter, Additional CEO of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Subhash Yadav said that the park is being cleaned regularly and an estimate was prepared to get the musical fountain repaired, but in the meantime, on August 23, an MoU has been signed with Hyundai company. Now this company will renovate this park under CSR and after that it will also maintain it for 2 years. The renovation work will be completed by March 31 next year.

In the meeting, Chief Minister’s Public Safety Advisor Anil Kumar Rao, Media Advisor Amit Arya, Mayor Madhu Azad, Gurugram MLA Sudhir Singla, Badshahpur MLA Rakesh Daulatabad, Pataudi MLA Satyaprakash Jarawata, BJP District President Gargi Kakkar, Divisional Commissioner RC Bidhan, Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran, Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, Municipal Corporation Gurugram Commissioner Mukesh Ahuja, Municipal Corporation Manesar Commissioner Mohd Imran Raza, HSVP Administrator Jaspreet Kaur were also present.

IEP Chandigarh, September 12

 – Special Nutrition Month is being organized by Haryana Women and Child Development Department which will be observed till September 30, 2022. Under this special nutrition month, parents are being made aware about proper nutrition through various activities. Along with nutrition awareness, special activities like plantation, cleanliness are also being taken up.

Giving detailed information in this regard, the spokesperson of the department said that yoga camps will be organized by the department of Ayush on September 12, nutrition fair will be organized on September 13, khelo and padho activities will be organised on September 14, similarly, special health checkup of pregnant women on September 15, Ayush camps will be organized on September 16, door-to-door breastfeeding awareness drive on September 17, nutrition walk on September 18, awareness regarding personal hygiene on September 19.

He further told that awareness programme regarding the nutritional thali will be organised on September 20, information on 5 sources of nutrition on September 21, health camps will be set up in the slum area on September 22, Green Haryana Campaign, plantation and rallies will be carried out on September 23, weak children will be measured on September 24, prabhat pheris will be carried out on September 25, workshops on how to save water will be organized on September 26, awareness about nutritious food through Maa Ki Rasoi programme on September 27, special health check-ups for ghumantu community on September 28, nutrition awareness programme for mothers of new born baby on September 29 and full month review will be done on the culmination day of Poshan Maah on September 30.

IEP Chandigarh, September 11

The Vice Chancellor of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Prof. B. R. Kamboj reviewed the preparation for the two-day Krishi Mela (Kharif) starting from September 13, 2022. He informed that this time the main theme of Krishi Mela will be water conservation in agriculture.

Director of Extension Education, Dr. Balwan Singh Mandal informed that progressive farmers of the state will also be honoured in the Krishi Mela. In order to resolve all the issues related to farming special farmers’ seminars will be organized in which the scientists of the university will take up the queries and provide relevant solutions to the problems related to agriculture and animal husbandry. Along with this, they will provide crops, seeds, varieties and all other useful information. The visiting farmers will be provided information about the Kharif crops grown by the scientists at the research farm of the university and the technology used in them. Apart from this, agricultural and agro-industrial exhibitions will also be organized in the fair, so that farmers will be able to get information about modern agricultural implements and techniques. In this exhibition there will be a pavilion ‘Swawlambi India – Self-reliant Farmer’ in which farmers who started their business after taking training from Haryana Agricultural University will showcase their products.

He also informed that the wheat’s varieties like W. H.-1270, 1105, 711, 1124, 1142 and 1184 along with HD-2967, 3086, 3226, DBW- 222 and 303 varieties, Mustard’s RH-725, 30 and 749 varieties, Barley’s B.H.-393 variety, Gram’s HC-1, 5 and 7 varieties base (foundation) and certified seed will be available. For the purchase of seeds, farmers must bring their Aadhaar card with them.

IEP SAS Nagar, September 11, 2022

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s decision to organize ‘Kheda Watan Punjab Deyan’ to revive sports culture in Punjab and recognize the talent of sportspersons in the state is finally bearing fruit as the sports department has successfully conducted block level competitions after the inaugural ceremony. Now district level competitions will be held in district SAS Nagar from 12 to 22 September for which all preparations are complete. It was disclosed by Mr. Kulwant Singh, MLA Mohali through a press released issued here today.

Mr. Kulwant Singh said that Volleyball, Athletics, Football, Kabaddi (National style), Kho Kho and Wrestling competitions were held at the block level. Now the winners of these games will participate in district level competitions. Apart from these sports, there are six age groups at the district level of Handball, Softball, Judo, Roller Skating, Gatka, Kick Boxing, Hockey, Netball, Badminton, Basketball, Power Lifting, Lawn Tennis, Wrestling, Swimming, Boxing, Table Tennis and Weightlifting. There will be Under 14, Under 17, Under 21, 21-40 years, 40-50 years and above 50 years. Para sportsmen competitions would also be held. In 41-50 years and above 50 years age group competition of Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Badminton, Volleyball and Athletics will be held. Certificates will be awarded to the winners of these categories.

Mr. Kulwant Singh further informed that the district level winners will be given certificates. After this, the state-level competitions of the district winners will be held from October 10 to 21. A total of Rs. 6 Cr worth prizes will be distributed to the winners at the state level. Rs. 10,000 will be given to the first position winner, Rs. 7,000 for the second and Rs. 5,000 for third place winners. 

IEP Chandigarh, September 11, 2022

22In ‘Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan -2022’, organized by the Sports Department to bring back Punjab’s glorious sports culture and inspire youth towards healthy lifestyle, four players of the same family belonging to three different generations are participating.          Rahuldeep Singh, the District Sports Officer of Fatehgarh Sahib, who is also the organizer of the block and district level sports competitions of this event, is participating in basketball. His father, wife and son are also participating in ‘Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan’ as players.          Rahuldeep Singh is participating in the district level competitions of basketball in the age group of 21 to 40 years. His father Jarnail Singh, who is a national level volleyball player, will now compete in the district level competitions after winning in the 50+ age group volleyball competition in Sirhind-Fathigarh Sahib block.  Rahuldeep Singh’s wife Swati Chauhan is also participating in district level volleyball competitions in the age group of 21 to 40 years.  Lakshdeep Singh, son of this sports couple, is participating in U-14 age group district level basketball competition.          Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said that this sports event was designed by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to create a sports-friendly environment in the state and our main objective is to encourage every family of the state towards sports. This family of Fatehgarh Sahib is an inspiration for other families as well. He said that sports are means to keep our youth away from the quagmire of drugs and help them to channelise their energy in the right direction. He said that the overwhelming response to ‘Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan’ is a huge positive step towards creating ‘Rangla Punjab, Khelda Punjab

IEP CHANDIGARH, September 11, 2022

As the Punjab Police arrested the sixth and last shooter identified as Deepak Mundi in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case along with his two aides from the Indo-Nepal Border in West Bengal when the trio were attempting to escape to Nepal, the entire conspiracy and modus operandi as also the link-ups of these gangsters was revealed. The operation was carried out jointly by the Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) along with Delhi Police and Central agencies.          As part of its ongoing war against gangsters launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav, addressed a press conference here on Sunday, where he informed that Deepak Mudi, the main assassin, had fired indiscriminately at Shubhdeep Singh, the Punjabi Singer killed by gangsters on May 29th. .           The other two arrested along with Mundi are, Kapil Pandit and Rajinder alias Joker from near Indo-Nepal checkpoint in the area of Kharibari Police Station in Darjeeling district of West Bengal on Saturday. A team of AGTF led by AIG Gurmeet Chauhan and DSP Bikram Brar brought Mundi and his two aides to Punjab by air on Saturday late night.          With these three arrests, the total number of arrests in the Sidhu Moosewala Murder case are 23, and two shooters identified as Manpreet Singh alias Manu Kussa and Jagroop Singh alias Roopa were neutralized during an encounter in Bhakna village of Amritsar. Other shooters, who were arrested earlier, have been identified as Priyavrat Fauji, Kashish and Ankit Sersa.           DGP Gaurav Yadav, who was accompanied by ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Promod Ban, said that after killing Sidhu Moosewala both Mundi and Kapil have been staying together and were constantly shifting their locations on the directions of Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, who is the main conspirator. “Mundi and Kapil stayed in states including Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP and West Bengal,” he said, adding that Joker, who was already stationed in Nepal, had come to West Bengal to facilitate the entry of Mundi and Kapil to take them to safe house in Nepal.          He informed that Goldy Brar had promised Mundi and Kapil to settle them in Dubai on fake passports. “Both were supposed to receive their fake passports in Nepal or Thailand, and after which they were to fly to Dubai,” he added.

IEP Chandigarh, September 11, 2022

In order to make SAS Nagar (Mohali) and New Chandigarh a model cities by ensuring ultra-modern amenities, Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister reviewed the progress of various projects and development works being carried out by GMADA, on site to assess the development at the ground level. He also directed the officials concerned to complete all development works within the stipulated time but cautioned them, that there should be no compromise with the quality of work being executed.

          The Cabinet Minister visited Aero-city, IT City, Sector 88-89, Sports Complex in Sector-78, Purab Premium Apartments, Eco City 1 & 2, Medicity, 20 MGD water treatment plant in village Sinhpur, Sewerage treatment plant (STP) in Sector-83 to review the progress of ongoing projects in Mohali. He also reviewed the construction of PR-7 road to New Chandigarh and construction of other master plan roads.

          Asking the officials that the delivery of property possession on time should be the top priority, the cabinet minister said that Chief Minister S Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government is committed to ensure planned commercial and residential development in urban areas equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.  

          Keeping in view the future demand of developing Mohali, Mr. Aman Arora was apprised that GMADA has already initiated the process of upgrading capacity of existing Sewerage treatment plant (STP) situated in Sector-83 from 10 MGD to 15 MGD on the latest SBR technology. He directed the officials that the treated territory water shall be utilised for flushing and plantation and the project should meet the deadline of June, 2023.

          The GMADA officials informed the minister that the Authority has also operationalised 20 MGD water treatment plant in village Sinhpur to treat water coming from kajauli headworks to ensure potable water supply to the residents of Mohali and New Chandigarh. Mr. Aman Arora asked the officials to accelerate the pace of execution of ongoing projects so that people dont face any problem.

          During the visit, the Housing and Urban Development Minister was accompanied by Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Mr Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Chief Administrator GMADA Mr. Amandeep Bansal and Chief Town Planner, Punjab Mr Pankaj Bawa and Chief Engineer GMADA Mr. Balwinder Singh.

IEP Chandigarh, September 11, 2022-09-11

          With a vision to foster a Progressive, Innovative and Sustainable Industrial and Business Ecosystem in state by transforming it as the most preferred destination for doing business, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has approved the draft Industrial and Business Development policy.

A file to this effect was cleared by the Chief Minister on Saturday.

 The Chief Minister asked the industry department to invite Comments of the Industrial Fraternity by uploading the policy on website www.pbindustries.gov.in. He said that suggestions regarding the policy can be sent by email at suggestions.ind@punjab.gov.in and can also be submitted on portal itself. Bhagwant Mann said that the policy has been meticulously drafted for giving major push to industrial development on one hand and providing employment to youth on the other.

 The Chief Minister said that policy aims at Promoting Punjab as the preferred Investment Destination by accelerating industrial growth and job creation. Likewise, he said that it will accelerate growth of Startups and promote entrepreneurship by nurturing innovation, improving competitiveness and enhancing capability. Bhagwant Mann said that policy will also accelerate growth of MSMEs and develop world class infrastructure for the industry including quality and affordable power.

The Chief Minister said that policy will also facilitate availability of skilled manpower to the Industry, create opportunities for moving up the Global Value Chain and bring synergy between State programs and Central schemes to achieve Global scale. He said that it will also help to have a Circular and sustainable economy, attract Rs. 5 lakh Crore of investment in five years, increase the Share of Secondary sector in GSDP to 30% and Tertiary sector to 62% and increase the employability of the youth through skilling and increase employment opportunities in the State. Bhagwant Mann said that policy will also facilitate the development of at least 15 Industrial Parks in the State, attract at least one anchor unit in various Manufacturing and Service Industry Sectors, provide power at affordable and fixed tariff for 5 years to the Industry and upgrade power supply infrastructure to all the industrial areas to provide quality and uninterrupted power.

The Chief Minister said that draft policy also envisages to carryout in depth study of 10 clusters every year for specific interventions to increase their competitiveness, to upgrade and set up common facility centres in five clusters every year, to upgrade and set up 10 Technology centres in the State, to facilitate 1000 start-ups in five years and to facilitate setting up of 10 incubation centres/ accelerators in the State particularly focusing on Digital manufacturing, Lifesciences (Biotechnology), Agro &Food Processing and Information Technology. He said that it will also help to build strong linkages with all the major educational institutions, to facilitate setting up of 50 Entrepreneurship Development Centres in colleges, to set up one Skill University in the State, to set up one Skill centre for each identified industrial cluster and to set up advance skilling centre on hi-tech manufacturing, design and IT skills for five identified sectors. Bhagwant Mann said that to facilitate investors the draft policy proposes to scale up Invest Punjab Business First portal for a single unified interface to the Industry and Businesses for all regulatory and fiscal services throughout their lifecycle and its Integration with National Single Window System, to re-engineer the processes of seven core departments on priority namely Industry, Power, Pollution Control, Labour, Housing & Urban Development, Local Department and Taxation to make them extremely simple, industry friendly and completely digital and to rationalise document/checklist of various regulatory services at all levels of processing.

The Chief Minister also said that the draft policy also stipulates to restructure existing entities and empower them through statutory powers to translate the vision and mission into reality, to set up a Policy Implementation Unit to support the implementation of various aspects of the policy and monitor the progress, to set up effective mechanism for talent acquisition for specialized projects, organizations and other initiatives and to set up effective mechanism for partnering with various national and international agencies and develop effective PPP model for infrastructure, technology support, skills and other requirements of the Industry. He said that while formulating Draft Policy stake Holder consultations were held with prominent Industrial houses both at state and district level. Bhagwant Mann said that the draft Policy has Provision for Fiscal and Non Fiscal Incentives for new as well as existing units across all category of units like MSME, Large, Anchor, Border Districts, Border Zone, Thrust sectors, Private Industrial Parks and Sick Units. The Chief Minister said that Policy has Ten Core Focus areas including Infrastructure, Power, Skill, StartUps, MSMEs, Ease of Doing Business , Fiscal/ Non Fiscal Incentives, Export Promotion, Logistic, Grievance Redressal and Stake holder consultations  to strengthen the ease of doing Business ecosystem in the state to provide facilitation and support to industry in an efficient and Transparent way.

Meanwhile Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce Dalip Kumar informed that Final Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022 will take into account the suggestions of Industry who can  submit them at the earliest. He said that as the new policy has to be notified by October 17, 2022 so the industrialists should to send suggestions within a fortnight.

IEP Chandigarh, September 11, 2022    

      The Punjab School Education Department will conduct a special lecture on 13th September to provide information about the many scholarship schemes that are available for students studying in government schools.          Giving further information, an official spokesperson of the department said that this lecture will be held from 11:00 to 11:40 AM through Eduset system and all the School Heads and Principals of the state have already been issued instructions to attend the same.          The Heads of the schools wherein the Eduset system is not in working condition have been asked to visit nearby schools to attend the lecture, said the spokesperson, adding that the purpose of the lecture is to give maximum benefit of scholarship schemes to school students.

IEP Chandigarh/ Ludhiana, September 11, 2022

Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said that the state government would take every possible step to stop stubble burning in the upcoming paddy harvesting season.Dhaliwal, who was addressing a press conference in Ludhiana said that Agriculture department had pulled up all socks to manage the stubble and it will distribute 56000 machines under in-situ management of stubble  this season taking the total tally of machines to 146422 machines as 90422 machines were already given to farmers from 2018-2022.Pointing about new development in program of machines’ distribution this year, Dhaliwal said that now small farmers would also get machines like super seeder, happy seeder, zero drill as 500 such equipment will be sent to 154 blocks of state. He said that after September 15, from class-IV to director rank officer of Agriculture Department including himself, will stay in the fields and visit door to door for sensitizing the food growers against stubble burning.The Minister said that a massive awareness drive would be launched in the rural belt of Punjab in coming days comprising officials of Rural Development and Panchayat, Environment departments, NGOs, Students of schools and colleges and others to exhort the farmers for adopting in-situ crop residue management wholeheartedly to manage the stubble.Lashing out at Union Government for turning down cash incentive proposal to farmers for not burning stubble, he called it anti-farmer, anti-Punjab and said that the state government had proposed to give Rs 2,500 per acre to paddy growers suggesting that the Centre will pay Rs 1,500 per acre while Rs 1,000 per acre will be borne by Punjab and Delhi governments.Coming heavily on the previous governments, he said that several farmers failed to get the benefit of the subsidy on agricultural implements and a scam of Rs. 150 crores had been surfaced. Its report has been handed over to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and nobody will be spared.Soliciting support of farmers to wipe out menace of stubble burning, Dhaliwal expressed hope that this year not a single farmers will indulge in this practice.Prominent among present on the occasion included MLAs Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina, Jiwan Singh Sangowal, Daljit Singh Grewal, Hardeep Singh Mundian, Kulwant Singh Sidhu and others.