PGI organizes 3 blood donation camps in tricity; 350 donate blood

Chandigarh: To raise awareness of the importance of blood donation and to recognize the contribution of voluntary unpaid blood donors in saving lives and improving health, Department of Transfusion Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh organized three blood donation camps at Swaraj Engines Ltd. Plot No.2, Industrial Area, Phase 9 Mohali; Bridge Market, Sector-17, Chandigarh and Blood Donation Centre, Advanced Trauma Centre, PGIMER. A total of 350 blood donors donated blood in these camps.

IAS officer and APSCM Ashima Brar deputed as in-charge of Karnal District

Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has deputed Ashima Brar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, as in-charge of Karnal district in addition to her present duties. An order to this effect was issued by Chief Secretary TVSN Prasad on Friday. As per the orders, she will review the projects worth Rs. 25 Crores and more of district Karnal. Besides, she will make a broad review of overall incidents of crime and occurrence of the heinous crime, vigilance matters in terms of clearances within the ambit of 17A and 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, efficacy and functioning of service delivery mechanism as envisaged in Right to Service Act, parameters of functioning of Health, Education and Social sectors and impediments faced by DETC with regard to taxes GST etc. In another development, the Government has also designated all Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil) in the state as Ex-Officio Sub-Divisional Citizen Resources Information Officers (SDCRIO) in their respective Sub-Divisions for activities of the Citizen Resources Information Department (CRID) including Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP), with immediate effect.

Pb Minister directs revenue field officers to fix meeting hours for common people

Chandigarh: Punjab Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa, during a meeting of the Department’s top brass on Friday, directed the officers to radically reform in a comprehensive manner the Department’s working mechanism. It would be mandatory for the field officers, that are Patwari, Kanugos, Naib Tehsildar or Tehsildar, to sit in their offices daily at a fixed time for meeting the people, listening to their grievances and ensure the facilitation of common people. Besides, the information to this effect must be displayed through signboards outside their offices. He asked the departmental officers to issue orders soon at the Department level.

Enhance revenue generation, manage expenses effectively: Pb CS to officers

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma on Friday chaired a Program Steering Review meeting on the World Bank-funded BFAIR Project to improve the financial health of the state by increasing revenue generation, and managing expenses more effectively. Verma said that the main aim is to enhance state's financial management and institutional capacity. Emphasizing the importance of timely completion and adherence to guidelines, Verma called for intensified collaboration and proactive measures to ensure the project’s success. He underscored need for implementing e-governance platforms for better service delivery and strengthening the capacity of municipal institutions.
 
Punjab Govt to hold departmental exams for various posts from July 22

Chandigarh: Punjab Government has announced dates for departmental examinations of various posts. The departmental examinations of officers will be held at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Sector 26, Chandigarh, from July 22 to 26, 2024. Spokesperson of the Personnel Department on Friday said that officers intending to appear in the examinations should send their applications to the Secretary, Personnel Department and Secretary, Departmental Examination Committee (PCS Branch), Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh through their departments in the prescribed proforma by June 28, 2024. ‘‘No direct application will be entertained under any circumstances’’, said the spokesperson, adding that incomplete applications will be rejected and no roll number will be issued for which the ones will fall upon the applicant concerned.

AAP played cruel joke on Punjabis by hiking power tariff: Sukhbir

Chandigarh: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the AAP Government had played a cruel joke on Punjabis by hiking the power tariff for both domestic and industrial supply after the conclusion of the parliamentary elections and demanded it be withdrawn immediately. “It is shocking that a party which consistently claimed it would lower power tariffs for both domestic and industrial consumers has penalized Punjabis for reposing faith in it and increased both tariffs significantly. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann should explain why he has cheated Punjabis in the name of ‘badlav’ by burning a hole in the pocket of the common man at a time when power consumption is at its peak due to heat wave conditions,” he added.