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Social Security, Women and Child Minister hold meeting with Anganwadi Unions regarding the demands

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IEP Chandigarh, September 7, 2022

The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to the welfare of employees. Under this series, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur held a meeting here today with various Anganwadi organizations, said that all genuine demads of employees would be considered for positive outcome.

          Giving more information in this regard, Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development Department Dr. Baljit Kaur gave a lengthy patient hearing to all the grievances and demands of the Anganwadi Employees Union (Reg:), Anganwadi Employees Union Punjab (CITU), All India Anganwadi Workers/Helpers Union, (ATK) and Punjab National Creche Union (CITU). The Minister assured the employees unions that their legitimate demands would be fulfilled.

          Prominent on the occasion included Sumer Singh Gurzar Secretary Social Security, Women and Child Development Department, Arvind Pal Singh Sandhu Director Social Security Women and Child Development and representatives of employees unions.

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CM GIVES NOD TO ORGANIZE PUNJAB INVESTMENT SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY 2023

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IEP Chandigarh, September 7, 2022

In a bid to attract more investments to the state for giving impetus to its industrial growth, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday gave approval for organizing the Punjab Investment Summit in February 2023.

Chairing a meeting of Invest Punjab- the state government’s investment promotion agency, the Chief Minister envisioned that the summit will go a long way in ensuring holistic industrial development of the state to propel it into the orbit of high growth trajectory. He asked Invest Punjab to make optimum use of this healthy platform to project Punjab as the preferred investment destination among the domestic and global investors. Bhagwant Mann said that elaborate arrangements will be made for making this mega event a huge success.

The Chief Minister also underscored the need to promote the state as a most preferred investment destination in India and globe. He envisioned that this summit will act as a catalyst to emerge state as a hub of industry. Bhagwant Mann also directed Invest Punjab to organize promotion outreach program including roadshows in all key cities of India and globally, so that the potential investors may be invited to the summit and the advantages of the state may be showcased during the Summit.

The Chief Minister further underscored the strengthening of the unified regulator and single window system of Punjab to facilitate the investors. He said that it is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that during the current government regime the state has roped in investment worth Rs 21,000 Crore in the last five months. Bhagwant Mann asserted that this investment will open new vistas of employment for around 93,000 youth across the state. However, he said that this momentum should not break and further more investments should be encouraged in the state.  

On the occasion, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Invest Punjab, Kamal Kishor Yadav gave a detailed presentation about the strengths of Invest Punjab and the investments grounded by the Invest Punjab team from Japan, USA, Europe and other parts of the world.

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MEET HAYER GIVES CLARION CALL FOR JOINING HANDS TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY

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IEP Chandigarh/ SAS Nagar, September 7, 2022

Environment Minister Punjab Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today gave a clarion call for joining hands to improve the air quality, so that our coming generations can breathe in clean air and blue SKIES to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.Addressing the gathering in a State level function to mark the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies organised by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) at Amity University Mohali.On this occasion a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between I.I.T New Delhi and Punjab Pollution Prevention Board and . A sapling was also planted in the campus by the Environment Minister.He said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, continuous efforts are being made by the state government to preserve the environment. Funds have been kept for installing solar panels in government educational institutions. Besides imposing a complete ban on single-use plastics many other projects have been started including. cleaning Budha river from Industrial pollution. He said that  protecting the environment is a common responsibility of all of us.Giving an example, Meet Hayer said that during the lockdown, the blue sky and the range of Shivalik and Dhauldhar hills were clearly visible from the cities of Punjab.  Our aim is to create such an environment as usual.  The need and importance of oxygen, which nature gives us for free, was dearly felt during COVID.  He said that although industrial development came much earlier in foreign countries, the clean environment there is better than ours. He said that we have been taught by our Gurus about the importance of air, water and earth.  He said that climate change is the main issue nowadays and we are standing at a decisive moment. In the past, the adverse effects of climate change were also seen in major developed countries.  He said that industry is also necessary for development, but any tampering with the environment will not be tolerated.  He said that the state government is giving equal opportunities to the industries and no industrialists will be discriminated against and the law is equal for all.The Minister said that the day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly on September 7th, 2020 to strengthen international cooperation in improving air quality and reducing air pollution. He said that the current year’s theme of “The Air We Share” focuses on the trans-boundary nature of air pollution, stressing the need for collective accountability and action. Describing air Pollution as a global health emergency, Hayer bemoaned that polluted air affects 99% people on the planet and kills around 7 million people around the world.  Addressing the students, he said, “You are our future and we are making every efforts to leave a clean environment for you.” The Environment Minister said that clean air is one of the most important elements for the existence of human life on earth.  He further said that it is the collective responsibility of governments, policy makers, industries, private organizations and all individuals to make efforts to improve air quality and protect the environment.The Minister said that the state government is carrying out various activities by indulging various stakeholders. He said that the private sector and industrial sector can also drive rapid change and provide sustainable solutions towards providing better air quality. Hayer said that the last decade has seen a global swing towards electrical vehicles, driven by innovation and government support.On this occasion, MLA from Derabsi, Kuljit Singh Randhawa, while addressing, praised this initiative and called for the maintenance of the environment .  On this occasion, Punjab Pollution Control Board Chairman Prof Adarsh Paul Vig, Member Secretary Engineer Karunesh Garg, Amity University Vice Chancellor Dr Ravinder Kohli also adressed the gathering. Dr. Harsha Kota from IIT Delhi and Ms. Shweta Yadav from Central University Jammu delivered the keynote adresses.

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Students will get opportunity to have technical knowledge and working methods – Dr. Misra

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IEP Chandigarh

Dr. Sumita Misra said that under this Internship Scheme, students of B.Sc, M.S.c, and Ph.D. degree in the field of Agriculture and Horticulture are included. Apart from this, the trainees will get the opportunity to know about the departmental programmes, methodologies, technologies and will get the opportunity to meet and interact with the farmers. They will also get practical knowledge of agriculture and horticulture crops during the Internship.  She said that the students would be able to learn from practical experience through Internship.  Dr. Misra further informed that though this Internship is neither a job nor is there any such assurance for jobs in Departments on this basis however, this may prove to be very helpful in the future for the students.Apply onlineWhile giving more information in this regard, the official spokesperson said that the students can apply online on the website of Department of Agriculture & farmer Welfare https://agriharyana.gov.in and https://hortharyana.gov.in website of Horticulture Department under internship link. Apart from this, one needs to send application and bio-data to agriharyana2009@gmail.com and horticulture@hry.nic.in. Further, before joining the Internship Programme, the students must submit a letter from his/her Head of Department/Principal indicating his/her position in the Institution that he/she has no objection in allowing the concerned student for the Internship Program.Agriculture Department and Horticulture Department will give Internship for 4 to 12 weeksThe spokesperson added that under the Internship Program the Internship of B.Sc students will be of 4 weeks, whereas for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students it will be of 8 to 12 weeks.  The students of B.Sc., who are already being given a stipend of Rs.13,000/- per month by the University, will be given the facility of Internship Program only for work in the Departments.  While M.Sc. students will be given Rs. 9000/- and Ph.D. students will be given Rs. 12,000/- as stipend by the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture. However, before the Internship, the Intern will have to submit a confidentiality report to the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.  Along with this, for internship, students will have to give a statement of 100 to 200 words to the concerned Department, along with a co-curricular record of educational qualification.  On the basis of merit, 10 students for B.Sc., 5 each for M.Sc. and Ph.D. each will be selected for internship in each Department.  The selected students will be given work in different divisions of the Departments.  Certificates will also be issued to the students after satisfactory completion of Internship.

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Agriculture and Horticulture Department will provide stipend to students under Internship Scheme: Dr Sumita Misra

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Chandigarh, September 7- Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Dr. Sumita Misra, informed that the Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture have decided to implement Internship Scheme for B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. students for Agriculture and Horticulture subjects. Under this Internship Scheme, all the students of Chaudhary Charan Singh, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Maharana Pratap Horticulture University, Karnal and Central Institutes situated in Haryana will get an opportunity to do Internship in Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department and Horticulture Department, Haryana.

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MCC carries out “Swachhata Ki Paathshala” at 10 schools from Aug 22 to 26

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 27, 2022

“Swachhata Ki Paathshala”, an initiative of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh which was initiated in July, 2022 to motivate the young minds to follow the habits of personal hygiene, cleanliness in the surroundings etc. In this initiative, the Commissioner, Joint Commissioners and other senior officers along with employees of corporation visit the schools of daily basis to address the students about the importance of segregation of waste, ban on plastic, home composting and responsibility of the citizen.

During these sessions, Ms. Anindita Mitra IAS, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and other officers of MCC Mrs. Shalini Chetal, Sh. Rohit Gupta, Mrs. Isha Kamboj, Joint Commissioners, Sh. N.P. Sharma, Chief Engineer, Dr. Vinay Mohan, MOH and Dr. Vivek Trivedi, Social Development Officer addressed students between class 6th to 12th and emphasized upon the import of segregation of waste considering the amount of waste being generated and its negative impact on environment if not segregated.

“School authorities are actively participating in the activity and they are cooperating with the corporation in vision to make the city beautiful in real sense of cleanliness. The aim behind organizing “Swachhta Ki Paathshala” is to bring sustainable change in the attitude of students as well as adults.”, she added.

An interactive session was conducted with students by Representatives of Municipal Corporation during which Students ask their queries and all the queries are answered by the officials.  Videos are shown to the students for better understanding of the swachhata related issues.

Students are trained to take responsibility to keep the city clean and deter people from littering the streets, spitting in public places and stop using single-use plastic. The message taken by the students during “Swachhata Ki Paathshala” spreads to their parents, families and surroundings in true spirit of responsible citizens.

During the last week from August 22nd – 26th, 2022, MCC has covered 10 Government and Private Schools covering the urban and peripheral areas including GMSSS- MHC, Manimajra, GMHS, Sec-7, GMSSS- Karsan, St. Mary’s School- Sec-46, Kulwant Rai Sarvhitkari Vidya Mandir, Sec-43, Aanchal International  School, Sec- 41, Paragon Convent School, Sec- 24, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sec-27, GMSSS- Sec. 44/B, GMSSS-Kaimbwa

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Prime Minister inaugurates Amrita Hospital in Faridabad

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 24, 2022

The Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi today dedicated the country’s largest super-speciality Amrita Hospital in Faridabad to the people of the country. On this occasion, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi felicitated the Prime Minister.

Haryana Governor, Sh. Bandaru Dattatraya, Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal also remained present on this occasion.

In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister said that as the country is entering the Amrit Kaal, it is very fortunate that the country is getting the blessings of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi and such a big prestigious health institute has been inaugurated today at Faridabad.

This hospital is a blend of modernity and spirituality as along with having excellent infrastructure and the latest modern technology the hospital is equally spiritual in terms of service and spiritual consciousness. This hospital will certainly become a medium of accessible and affordable treatment for poor and needy patients, said the Prime Minister.

          The Prime Minister said that he is grateful to Amma for such a big Mahayagya of service. He expressed hope that this project will become a role model for other institutions in the country.

Sh. Narendra Modi said that with the operationalization of Amrita Hospital it will prove to be a boon for not only the people of Faridabad and Haryana but also for those coming from Delhi, NCR and other areas.

Every welfare scheme formulated by Prime Minister is guided by Antyodaya principles

On this occasion, Chief Minister welcomed and felicitated the Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi and Sri Mata Amritanandamayi.

Later speaking on the occasion, Sh. Manohar Lal said that Prime Minister has a special connection with Haryana and only because of this love today the entire State has considered Prime Minister’s arrival at this inauguration function as a blessing for them.

“Under the dynamic leadership and guidance of the Prime Minister, the country is persistently progressing on the world map. It is really commendable that, while taking care of every poor and needy, the Prime Minister is formulating welfare schemes on the Antyodaya principles,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.  

The Chief Minister said that providing a roof over every head, implementing the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Ayushman Bharat Yojana and ensuring domestic gas connections under the Ujjwala scheme, providing clean drinking water under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal Yojana are among the list of the welfare schemes which are guided by Antyodaya principles. It is only because of these unique welfare schemes that the confidence and morale of every countryman has been boosted as they strongly believe that their Prime Minister is firmly standing with them in every difficult situation.

With the opening of this hospital, the people of the state would get world-class health facilities

While, referring to the day when the foundation stone of the Amrita hospital was laid in 2016, Sh. Manohar Lal said that this sapling planted by Amma in the year 2016 has now taken the shape of a huge tree. Today is not just a hospital inauguration but ‘Yagya’ for the welfare and service of the poor and needy. This hospital will certainly play a significant role in realizing Prime Minister’s ‘Swasth Bharat’ vision.  With this, Amrita Hospital will prove to be a boon for the people of the State, added Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister said that the entire Haryana is grateful to Amma for choosing Faridabad for the construction of the hospital in the North after South.

“Haryana is continuously progressing in terms of providing better health facilities to its citizen. In the year 2014, there were only 7 medical colleges in Haryana. However, presently, there are 13 medical colleges in the state and in the coming time; nine more medical colleges including this college will be opened. There will be a medical college in every district in the state. With this, the benefit of the Ayushman Bharat scheme will reach more than 21 lakh people residing in Haryana,” added Sh. Manohar Lal.

Managed by Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM), an internationally acclaimed organization, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad is equipped with 2600 beds including 534 ICU beds. The hospital will offer 81 specialities for patients, which is the highest in any medical institution in the country. There will also be 64 modern operation theatres. The institution will have fully residential 150 MBBS seats, a Nursing College, and College for Allied Health Sciences. A fully automated smart lab, the largest in the country, has also been set up in the hospital.

Union Minister of State, Sh. Krishan Pal Gurjar, Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, Director, Amrita Hospital, Dr. Sanjeev Singh,  MLA, Sh. Rajesh Nagar and MPs, Ambassadors and other dignitaries were present at the inauguration ceremony.

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CM exhorts Corporate Companies to adopt districts for complete eradication of TB from the state

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 24, 2022

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal today called upon the corporates to adopt a district of the state to achieve the target of making the country TB free by 2025. He said that though TB treatment services would be available in the government hospitals of the state, but in order to eradicate the disease completely all the stakeholders needed to work unitedly.

He was addressing the people present after launching the ‘Adopt a District’ initiative under Mission TB Free Haryana campaign organized at Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, Gurugram today. After the program, the Chief Minister flagged off two mobile clinics provided by Krishna Maruti Industries under it’s CSR initiative. These bus mounted mobile clinics have many facilities for medical examination like portable X ray machine and TrueNet machine etc.

Addressing the representatives of various corporate houses and doctors present in the program, the Chief Minister said that Haryana has become polio free and now we are moving towards making the state TB free. In the coming days, a campaign will also be launched to make the state free from anemia, which will be of great benefit especially for women and children. The Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal also said that although measures are being taken to prevent malaria, but a campaign also need to be launched to get rid of malaria. With this, the Chief Minister said that different waves of Covid-19 are also coming from time to time due to which people are suffering. The state will also have to run a campaign to make the state Covid-19 free.

Referring to ‘Mission TB Free Haryana’, the Chief Minister said that so far 11 districts of Haryana State have been adopted by various corporate companies. These include Yamunanagar and Karnal district have been adopted by RITES Company, Panipat has been adopted by Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Sonipat by Hindustan Lever, Hisar by Jindal, Mewat by RJ Corp Ltd, Faridabad by Escorts Company, Mahendragarh and Rewari by Hero MotoCorp. Today Mankind Pharmaceutical Company has also agreed to adopt two districts of the state, Palwal and Jhajjar. He said that now nine districts of the state remain to be adopted, which include Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jind, Ambala, Panchkula, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Charkhi Dadri and Bhiwani. He has appealed to the corporate houses to adopt these districts and run a campaign to make them TB free.

Earlier, Civil Surgeon of Gurugram, Dr. Virendra Yadav informed that anemia free campaign was launched in three villages of Gurugram district namely Hajipur Patli, Sultanpur and Farukhnagar which have yielded positive results. Apart from this, now with the help of 7 private hospitals including Medanta, Fortis, Artemes, Paras etc alongwith Mission TB Free campaign, patients suffering from anemia would also be identified and treated at the block level in district Gurugram.

The program was also addressed by CMD of Medanta-The Medicity  Dr Naresh Trehan. On this occasion, Public Safety Advisor to Chief Minister Anil Rao, Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran, Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, State TB Officer Dr Rajesh Raju, Haryana CSR Trust Vice Chairman Bodhraj Sikri, Civil Surgeon Dr. Virendra Yadav, representatives from various corporate houses including  Ashok Kapoor from Krishna Maruti Industries were also present.

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Efforts underway in Uttarakhand to reopen 257 blocked roads, restore power & water supply in affected villages

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IEP CHANDIGARH AUGUST 22, 2022

According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), about 257 roads were reported to be blocked in various parts of the State.

After considerable damage caused by heavy rainfall on Saturday, comparatively clear weather in different parts of the State brought relief on Sunday. According to the SEOC, a total of 75 roads under the Public Works Department were blocked on Sunday while 140 were blocked on Saturday. Out of the total 215 blocked roads, 102 roads were reopened on Sunday with efforts underway to reopen the remaining 113 blocked roads. The roads reported blocked on Sunday include 10 State highways, three main district roads, three other district roads and 98 rural roads. Further, 19 roads under the PMGSY were reported blocked on Sunday in addition to the 178 blocked on Saturday. Out of the total 197 blocked PMGSY roads, 50 were reopened on Sunday with efforts underway to reopen the remaining 144 blocked roads. On Sunday, the authorities had deployed 25 mechanical excavators and other machines on State highways, 11 on main district roads, nine on other district roads and 105 on rural roads- totaling to 150 machines reported to be working on clearing the roads. Apart from these, 27 machines were deployed on PMGSY roads.

Apart from the roads, power supply was disrupted to a number of villages due to rain in Chamoli, Pauri, Dehradun, Tehri, Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag districts. According to the official data on Sunday, electricity supply had been restored in 311 out of 428 villages where it was disrupted. Efforts were underway to restore power supply in the remaining 117 villages.

When it comes to drinking water supply, 28 water supply schemes were damaged during the past three days due to heavy rain and disaster. Three of these have been restarted temporarily with work continuing to restore supply through the remaining 25 water supply systems. During the past 24 hours, personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conducted rescue operations in various affected parts of the State, rescuing both people and domesticated animals.

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IEP DEHRADUN AUGUST 20, 2022

Uttarakhand Sports Minister Rekha Arya today said that State Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will launch the Mukhyamantri Khiladi Udiyaman Yojana on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29. She informed that children between the ages of 8 to 14 years will be provided Rs 1,500 each as a sports scholarship. About 4000 children will be the beneficiaries of the scheme which will help them to build a bright future, said Arya. According to her, the launch event will be organised in every district in the presence of officials concerned, respective MLAs and other public representatives of the respective areas. She also conducted a review meeting on Friday to discuss and review the preparation made by the officials of the sports department for the launch of the scheme.

She directed all the officers to ensure that talented children who are into sports from all the districts belonging to the eligible age group to be the beneficiary of the scheme participate in the launch event. A grand event will also be organised in the state capital Dehradun.

She said that the government is also working seriously on preparing a game nursery in the state which will also contribute immensely to the future of those children who want to be a sports person.