IEP NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 

            Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today extended invitation to President of India Mrs Draupadi Murmu to visit the state.

            The Chief Minister called on the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning and invited her to visit PUNJAB-the land of great Gurus, saints, seers and prophets.

            The Chief Minister apprised Mrs Murmu that Punjab is the cradle of civilisation and inherits a rich culture which can be observed only by visiting this pious soul. He said that the President of India must visit the state and have a feel of this glorious cultural heritage besides enjoying the warm hospitality of the Punjabis. Mr Bhagwant Mann said that entire Punjab will give a red carpet welcome to country’s President during her visit to the state.

            Later, interacting with mediapersons the Chief Minister said that his tour to Germany will give a major impetus to the economic activity in the state. Mr Bhagwant Mann said that during his visit to Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, he will be meeting leading companies in the field of manufacturing, tourism, pharmaceuticals and others who are keen to invest in Punjab. He said that the entire effort is aimed to make sure that Punjab emerges as the most preferred investment destination in the country and across the globe.

            The Chief Minister reiterated his commitment to emerge state as an industrial hub adding that the state government is leaving no stone unturned for it. Mr Bhagwant Mann said that strenuous efforts are being made to propel the industrial growth of state on one hand and open new vistas of employment for youth on the other. He said that Punjab has a conducive environment for industrial growth due to which investors are keen on coming in the state and expand their business.

IEP CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 

          Slamming the Union government for pulling its hand from ensuring viable solution for paddy straw burning, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that the state government is mulling to introduce more than one lakh machines for insitu management of the paddy straw from its own resources.

“We had offered a joint resolution of this menace but instead of helping us the Centre government has dragged its feet from it. But it doesn’t mean that it will deter us from ensuring the well-being of our farmers and protection of environment” said the Chief Minister.

The Chief Minister said that in Punjab paddy cultivation is done over 75 lakh acre of land. He said out of this the farmers having 37 lakh acres don’t burn the paddy straw. However, Bhagwant Mann said that some major steps needs to be taken for ensuring management of remaining 38 lakh acres. 

The Chief Minister said that the state government is mulling to introduce one lakh machines for this purpose. He said that these machines with capacity of managing crop residue of 8-10 acres daily will solve this vex problem. Bhagwant Mann said that it is in consonance with the commitment of state government to make Punjab clean, green and pollution free.

Quoting verse ‘Pawan Guru, Paani Pitaah, Mata Dharat Mahat’ from Gurbani, the Chief Minister said that the great Gurus have equated air (pawan) with teacher, water (paani) with father and land (dharat) with mother. Bhagwant Mann said that now the time has come when we must imbibe the teachings of Gurbani in our lives for restoring pristine glory of state by resolving not to burn crop residue. He said that the state government will leave no stone unturned for this noble cause.

IEP CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The Department of Hematology and the Department of Clinical Hematology & Medical Oncology at PGIMER, Chandigarh organized the Annual Conference of the North-West Chapter of the Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion on September 10, 2022. The meeting was attended by over 250 delegates from across the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and others from Rajasthan, New Delhi, and Jammu.

The event marked the successful completion of one-year of the new Department of Clinical Hematology and Medical Oncology at PGI, which caters to a large load of cancer patients as well as those suffering from benign blood diseases in the region. Prof. Pankaj Malhotra, the Head of the CHMO department, said that he was proud to note that specialist services were now available in the most premier institute of the region, and that oncology patients did not have to run from pillar to post, or travel long distance distances to get high-quality healthcare.

In the meeting, Dr. M. Joseph John from CMC Ludhiana highlighted “near-miss” events that were avoided, and how learning from them is the key to making patient care safer and more effective. Dr. Rishi Dhawan from AIIMS, New Delhi talked about care of a very common childhood cancer, A.L.L., and how to ensure that nearly 80-90% of children with this dreaded disease can be cured. New techniques of diagnosis were discussed: sequencing by Dr. Neeraj Arora from Ahmedabad, and flow cytometry by Dr. Kunal Sehgal from Mumbai. Dr. Shaji RV from CMC Vellore and Dr. Ganesh Kumar from AIIMS, New Delhi talked about the diagnosis of bone marrow failure and hemolytic anemias respectively. Each of the talks was followed by a presentation of examples of patients with these blood diseases by PGI faculty.

At the end of the meeting, Dr. Reena Das, Head of the Department of Hematology, told the gathering how this annual conference was part of the efforts of PGIMER to revive the tradition of knowledge sharing and expertise development in medical institutions of the North-West region of India. Dr. Sreejesh from the same department expressed the hope that collaborative work will speed up the path to enhanced patient care and development of newer and better technologies to diagnose and manage these serious and common blood illnesses.

IEP Chandigarh September 11, 2022

Dr Aman Sharma, Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology services, Department of Internal Medicine delivered the NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases), National Institute of Health USA Rheumatology Grand rounds. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is one of the institutes and centres that make up the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

This is an honour for any Indian Rheumatologist to deliver the NIAMS NIH grand rounds. The title of his talk was “Exciting world of vasculitis and Relapsing Polychondritis: care and clinical research’. The faculty and residents of NIH attended this round held virtually in this era of COVID Pandemic. Dr Aman shared his rich experience of published work done at PGIMER, Chandigarh in the field of Systemic Vasculitis and Relapsing polychondritis.

 Dr Aman has been working in these fields for nearly two decades and has established himself as an international expert in these two fields. He was a local investigator and an expert reviewer of the ACR EULAR study on the classification of systemic vasculitis, He is credited with description of new disease entity DADA2 in adults for which he was invited for the Inaugural lecture during the international DADA2 Conference hosted from NIH in 2020. He also expanded the spectrum of clinical presentations of a newly described disease entity VEXAS syndrome.

 He has been selected as incoming Editor in Chief of the Indian Journal of Rheumatology ,the official, peer-reviewed publication of the Indian Rheumatology Association. Prof Aman is presently the executive Editor of IJR and Associate Editor of International Journal of Rheumatic diseases(official journal of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology) and Frontier in Medicine(Rheumatology).He is on the editorial board of various other international journals and served as peer reviews of various major international journals like NEJM, Lancet, Annals of Rheumatic diseases and Arthritis and Rheumatology etc. He has more than 450 publications in peer reviewed journals, more than 60 book chapters and has edited many books including popular Textbook of Systemic vasculitis. He is also the current Honorary Secretary of Indian Rheumatology Association

IEP Chandigarh, September 10, 2022

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday directed the officials of the Archaeological Survey of India to swiftly complete the excavation work of the protected site at Rakhigarhi. Besides this, the security of these historical sites should also be ensured so that no person can cause any damage to these sites. State Government is ready to extend all possible help in this work, assured Khattar.

The Chief Minister gave this direction while chairing an important meeting with the officials today regarding the development of this area as an archaeological site. The meeting was held at the under-construction museum building in Rakhigarhi. Development and Panchayats Minister  Devender Singh Babli also present in the meeting.

 He said that Rakhigarhi has historical importance, hence safeguarding these mounds is of utmost importance. Proper security arrangements will be ensured by the police here after having a discussion with the Director General of Police. Besides this, the Archaeological Survey of India, on its behalf,  should also ensure the deployment of private guards to ensure additional security. Furthermore,  no soil excavation in the protected area should also be ensured.

 The Chief Minister directed the officials of the Archaeological Survey of India to formulate a master plan for all the 11 mounds of Rakhigarhi. He said that a long-term rehabilitation policy should be formulated for the rehabilitation of the displaced.

 While drafting the policy,  emphasis on ensuring the means of livelihood of such rehabilitated families should be given along with providing them the best residential facility. Arrangements should be made for rehabilitation by talking to the villagers with the help of local MLAs, Panch-Sarpanches, said Khattar.

The Chief Minister said that Panchayat and Animal Husbandry Department should jointly prepare a plan for such displaced families who are doing animal husbandry work. Under this, the Panchayat land should be given on lease to the Animal Husbandry Department and the Animal Husbandry Department should construct a combined shed or separate small sheds for 10-20 animals on the said land. Accordingly, these sheds can be given to such families for livestock, directed Khattar.

        The Chief Minister said that a Home Stay Policy has been prepared by the Haryana Government, under which the villagers can offer  one or two rooms in their houses to the tourists. For this, licenses will be given by the tourism department. With this Home Stay Policy, the people of Rakhigarhi will get new employment opportunities. The State Government aims  to popularize the homestay culture in the State, so that while the local people get new employment, the tourists also get a chance to know the culture of Haryana closely, asserted Khattar. Citing the example of Tikkar Taal in Morni Hill, the Chief Minister said that there are about 30 families  who have been given licenses under the Home Stay Policy and they are taking complete  advantage of it.

 The Chief Minister directed the officers to strengthen the three side road network  starting from Hansi, Jind and Barwala till Rakhigarhi. Besides this, the road having a cumulative length of 5.5 kilometers from Gaibi Nagar (Kinnar) to Rakhigarhi should be widened and strengthened and additional land should be purchased soon through the e-bhoomi portal for this purpose.

 Sign boards highlighting the historic importance of Rakhigarhi should be installed on National Highway and State Highway. Besides this, the historical importance of Rakhigarhi should  also be displayed on the premises of Haryana Tourism Corporation and other tourist places so that the people of the state and the country can get information about Rakhigarhi and tourism in Rakhigarhi should be promoted in the coming days. Khattar said that all the artefacts found from the excavation of Rakhigarhi are the valuable property of India, hence ensuring their security along with  preserving it is of utmost importance.

 A list of artefacts and other old items found from the excavation in Rakhigarhi should be prepared. Besides this, if the villagers also have such artefacts, then a list of them should also be prepared. He said that arrangements should be made to keep these artefacts in the museum after talking to the villagers and villagers can also be informed that the name of those who will give these artefacts will be displayed in the museum.

 The Chief Minister directed the officials of the Archaeological Survey of India to give permission for the beautification of the ponds present inside the protected area of Rakhigarhi and prepare designs and hand over them to the Pond Authority.

 The Chief Minister was apprised that a coordination committee has been formed by the Government of India for the work of the Rakhigarhi site and a task force has been constituted by the State Government. In the meeting, a detailed presentation of all the mounds of Rakhigarhi was given by the Archaeological Survey of India. In addition, a walk-through documentary of the museum was also shown.

 Vidhan Sabha Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa, MP, Brijendra Singh, Rajya Sabha MP,  Lt.Gen.(Retd.) Dr. D. P. Vats, MLA, Vinod Bhayana, Jogi Ram Sihag, Sh. Ram Kumar Gautam, Principal OSD to Chief Minister Sh. Neeraj Daftuar, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works (Building and Roads) Department, Ankur Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department, Anil Malik, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Principal Secretary, Tourism Department, MD Sinha, Commissioner, Faridabad Division, Faridabad. Vikas Yadav, Director General, Development and Panchayats Department, Sanjay Joon, Director General, Archeology and Museums Department, P C Meena, Commissioner, Hisar Division, Hisar, Geeta Bharti, Deputy Commissioner, Hisar, Uttam Singh and other officers of the district administration also remained present.

IEP Chandigarh, September 10, 2022

State Crime Branch Haryana’s ATM Fraud Investigation Cell has succeeded in arresting 3 accused in 2 different untraced cases of ATM fraud. The Bhiwani team of ATM Fraud Cell has arrested the wanted criminal Rohit alias Amit alias Bilal resident of Rohtak from Hansi in the ongoing untrace case. Rs 70000 and an Altroz Model Car is recovered from the accused. Giving information, a police spokesman said that accused Rohit is an expert in fraudulently changing ATM cards of unknown persons to withdraw money and prepare ATM clones. Apart from this, the accused had carried out incidents of ATM fraud in Haryana as well as in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. Giving further information, the police spokesperson said that the accused had been arrested in those crimes earlier also. The accused was an expert in making ATM clones, due to which the accused used to prepare a copy of the ATM after duping innocent people. On the pretext of helping, he even got the password of the ATM card.

3.84 lakh were withdrawn by the thugs, the complainant came to know of the fraud after a month

        Police spokesperson further said that Bhiwani resident Gaurishankar submitted in his complaint that he is 71 years old man and came to withdraw money at the ATM Machine at Meham Gate, Bhiwani in November 2021. An unknown person there carried out the incident of cheating by changing his ATM on the pretext of assistance. The complainant is an elderly person and uses a normal phone. That is why the victim did not even know about changing the ATM. After checking the accounts after 1 month, the victim found 384500 missing from his account. The complainant had given his complaint to the local police in which after investigation, the complaint was declared untraceable. Giving further information, a police spokesperson said that the untrace complaint was handed over to the State Crime Branch, Haryana in July this year. On which the State Crime Branch took further action and arrested the accused from Hansi. Inspector Shekhar Singh, SI Veer Singh, ASI Pradeep Kumar, ASI Manendra, ASI Vinod Kumar were the part of the ATM Fraud Cell Bhiwani Cell.

2 accused arrested in cheating of 1.5 lakh, SCB achieved success in 2 months        Giving information, a police spokesperson said that the ATM Fraud Investigation Cell, Faridabad has succeeded in arresting two accused in the untrace case by the local police. Accused Deepak Shah resident of Faridabad and Anil Verma resident of Delhi have been arrested in the ATM Fraud and recovered Rs 7000. The complainant, Ballabhgarh resident Satish Gupta had submitted his complaint that some unknown person cheated him of 1.5 lakh through online transaction and other means by changing his ATM. The case was handed over to the State Crime Branch for further investigation, in which 2 accused

IEP Chandigarh, September 9, 2022

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has urged the office bearers of Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaishik Mahasangh, Haryana (Higher Education Cadre) to inculcate a sense of service among students by connecting them directly with society. He said that students must be involved in verification, survey, or other such activities under the welfare schemes being run by the state government. When students themselves become participants in welfare schemes, then they will develop a sense of service within them.        The Chief Minister was meeting the delegation of Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaishik Mahasangh, Haryana (Higher Education Cadre) in Panchkula today during which  the delegation put forward their demands. The Chief Minister accepted a few demands and directed the officers of the department to discuss the rest of them.        The Chief Minister directed the officers of the Higher Education Department to conduct a survey regarding the preparation of a new transfer policy of teachers, under which the teachers should be given the option of their preferred locations. Accordingly, the policy will be prepared subject-wise and according to the demand. This policy will not only benefit the students as well as the teachers but will also contribute to enhancing the standard of education.        In the meeting, the office bearers put forward the demand to merge the increment for Ph.D. and MPhil holders. The Chief Minister said that the government will review it and the final decision will be taken after a meeting with the officers of the department.        The Chief Minister said that 1,535 teachers will be recruited soon in the state. A letter has been written to the Haryana Public Service Commission on behalf of the Higher Education Department. Apart from this, a letter will also be sent to the commission this month for the recruitment of 1,500 more teachers.        The Chief Minister directed the officers to settle all such matters related to promotion, child care leave, study leaves, or other matters associated with teachers within the stipulated time frame. Apart from this, the already pending cases should also be disposed of as soon as possible.        He said that the teachers who will come on deputation to the posts of Joint Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director in Higher Education Department Headquarters, will serve for 3 years after which they  will be transferred.        The Chief Minister said that efforts should be made to get admission of students in self-finance courses running in the universities of the state. He said that currently, the intake of students in these courses is less and sincere efforts should be made by the department so that the number of students in these courses can be increased. Apart from this, universities and colleges should also be contacted by alumni and appeals should be made to financially support these educational institutions, so that maximum work can be done in the field of research.

IEP Chandigarh, September 9, 2022

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has congratulated Panipat-based star athlete Neeraj Chopra for creating history by securing the first position in the Diamond League Finals in Zurich. He expressed pleasure over the performance of Sh. Neeraj Chopra and hoped that his stellar performance will continue in the future as well. He said that Sh. Neeraj Chopra is one of the finest sportspersons of Haryana and has left his indelible mark in the noted International Sports Events globally.

        The Chief Minister said that with this unprecedented achievement by Neeraj, the young players of the country and the state will surely draw inspiration from him and work more hard to bring laurels for the country in their respective game. He said that the Haryana government has always stood with the players. He added that no shortfall will be allowed to the players, be it the diet allowance of the players or availability of stadiums and other things for the practice, all facilities matching International standards are being made available to the players in the state.

        The Diamond League is considered the most prestigious track and field competition after the Olympics and the World Championships. In the 13th edition of the league that started back in 2010, Neeraj has also become the first Indian athlete to create history. He became the first Indian to win a Diamond League Grand Final title by throwing the best distance of 88.44 metres.

IEP Chandigarh, September 9, 2022

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the state government is making continuous efforts to improve the standard of education in the state. Taking this step forward, Haryana has set a target to completely implement the New Education Policy-2020 by the year 2025. There has been a major improvement in the standard of education during the tenure of the present state government.

        The Chief Minister was interacting with the media persons after meeting with the delegation of Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, Haryana (Higher Education Cadre) in Panchkula today.

        Responding to a query raised by media persons, the Chief Minister said that some schools have been merged by the state government in the ratio of students to teachers. It is worth mentioning that there is no shortage of teachers in any school. Deployment of teachers has been ensured institutionally only in proportion to the number of students.

        He said that the online teacher transfer policy of Haryana Government is being appreciated by other states in the country and they are following it. 90% of the teachers transferred under this policy are getting the top-3 options chosen by them and the teachers are satisfied with the policy. However, if any case related to shortage of teachers is approaching before the government, then immediate cognizance is being taken to redress the matter.

        He said that the government would soon recruit more teachers. Till regular recruitment, the shortage of teachers will also be filled through Haryana Skill Development Corporation.

        Responding to another question regarding the pension issue of a 102-year-old, the Chief Minister said that orders have been given to the Additional Deputy Commissioners to resolve the matter. He said that for redressal of pension related grievances, there is a grievance redressal forum at the level of Additional Deputy Commissioner, through which all grievances are resolved.

        The Chief Minister made it clear that if anyone receives pension in an unfair way, it will not be tolerated. However, during the tenure of Congress Government, recovery was not carried from defaulters by issuing notices to them. The aim of the present state government is to provide the benefits of government facilities to the eligible person only in a transparent manner, he added.

IEP Chandigarh, September 9, 2022

Happiness of  All India National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) topper, Tanishka Yadav today knew no bounds when she received a personal phone call from none other than Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

        The Chief Minister while speaking to Tanishka Yadav, a resident of Mirzapur Bachhod village in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district congratulated her for bagging the All India Rank 1 in the NEET  undergraduate (UG) 2022 examination.

        “By topping All India in the NEET examination, you have not only made the country proud but have also brought laurels to Haryana as well. I hope by becoming a good doctor, you will serve the country and state,” said Khattar while wishing Tanishka Yadav the best for her future endeavours.

        The Chief Minister while assuring to extend all possible help to Tanishka, said that if at any given point of time she faces any difficulty related to her education or any other kind, then she without any hesitation can seek help from the State Government. We are ready to help you at every step, said Khattar.

        Speaking to Chief Minister, Tanishka shared that her father is a teacher who constantly provided much-needed guidance to her to achieve this feat.

        The Chief Minister also spoke to Tanishka’s parents and congratulated them on her daughter’s achievement