Haryana promotes eight IAS officers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has promoted eight IAS officers of 1986 batch in the pay scale of Rs 80,000 (fixed) with immediate effect. The IAS officers include Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Joint Secretary, Union Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, New Delhi; Sanjeev Kausal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister; Varinder Singh Kudu, Additional Chief Secretary to Haryana Government; PK Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning; Shashi Bala Gulati, Additional Chief Secretary, labour and Employment; Alok Nigam, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering; Roop Ram Jowel, Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department and Dheera Khandelwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Technical Education Department.
CM condoles death of Murti Devi, Kailash Sharma
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has expressed grief over the demise of Murti Devi, mother of Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister Rao Narbir Singh. She was 85 and survived by two sons and four daughters. The Chief Minister described Murti Devi a pious lady who devoted her entire life for social works. Father of Rao Narbir Singh late Rao Mahavir Singh and grandfather late Mohar Singh was also members of legislative assembly and remained in Haryana Cabinet. The Chief Minister has also expressed grief over the demise of Kailash Chand Sharma, Ex MlA and former Vice Chairman State Planning Board who breathed last at Apollo Hospital, Delhi. He was 66 and survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.
Haryana notifies sale of government stock
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has notified the sale of Haryana Government Stock (Securities) of 10-year tenure for an aggregate amount of Rs 1000 crore (Nominal). The auction of the government stock will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, at its Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on September 22. Bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format, on the RBI Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system on September 22. The stock will be of 10-year tenure and the tenure of stock will commence on September 23. The loan will be repaid at par on September 23.
AG issue directions
Chandigarh: The office of the Accountant General (A and E), Haryana, has advised all the stakeholders to ensure that proper and complete correspondence address was mentioned in the pension papers being sent to the office. Accountant General Karan Singh said that the copies of authorisations of retiral benefits were sent to pensioners and family pensioners by Registered Post. In some cases, their personal copies do not reach them causing delay in timely payment of pensionary benefits. As observed, non-receipt of the personal copies was due to non availability of the retirees at the address for correspondence given in the pension papers or incomplete address.
SVIET hosts inter-college Kabaddi tournament
Chandigarh: Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University at Bathinda conducted Inter-College Kabaddi Tournament (Men) 2015. The two-day event which concluded on Friday was held at Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering and Technology (SVIET). Different colleges affiliated to recently established MRSSTU, Bathinda, participated in this tournament. The final match of the tournament was a hard fought battle between Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College (BBSEBC), Fatehgarh Sahib and SVIET, Banur in which BBSBEC won the final match by a narrow margin of 46-45.
Chemical Resources award employees under BBBP
Panchkula: In the support of Government of India’s initiative “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao”, Chemical Resources awarded a fixed deposit of Rs 25000/- to one daughter of the employees who have completed 5 years in the company. Social evils can be uprooted by constant efforts of the society, said Pawan Goel, CEO, Chemical Resources. He said, “A woman is the core of existence. Unfortunately, due to the preference to the male child, financial constraints, dowry system and other social pressures, people are giving in to heinous practices like girl foeticide and female infanticide.”
Dr Kamaljit Soi appointed as member NRSC
Chandigarh: Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has reconstituted the National Road Safety Council, the Apex Body of Government of India to conduct and supervise the road safety management in the country. Union Minister of Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari will be the chairman & Minister of State of Road Transport & Highways will be the vice chairman. Dr Kamaljit Soi, renowned International Road Safety Expert has been appointed as member NRSC . The council will decide the procedure & methodology to be adopted for its functioning. NRSC will advise all states on all matters pertaining to planning & co ordination of policies, standards of safety in the road transport sector.
Cleopatra Training Academy launches ‘Kaushal Mela’
Chandigarh: Cleopatra Training Academy on Friday kicked off ‘Kaushal Mela’ here, aiming a robust skill development ecosystem in Chandigarh to accelerate the speed of Skill India, a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra modi. Cleopatra serves as the Training Partner and key stakeholders in PMKVY, a central scheme. The objective of “Kaushal Mela” is to enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood to boost the productivity of the existing workforce.
HC promotes four special secretaries
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court has promoted four Special Secretaries to the post of Joint Registrars. Those who have been promoted include Satwinder Kumar, AS Randhawa, Rajan Nanda and Ish Kumar.
Toyota Kirloskar launches Toyota Auction Mart
Jalandhar: Toyota Kirloskar Motor announced the launch of Toyota Auction Mart as it becomes the first auto manufacturer in India to venture into used car auction business. Toyota Auction Mart is a first of its kind initiative in the Indian automobile industry where every used car from all brands will go through detailed inspection that will determine the current quality level of the car thereby ensuring highest levels of QDR (quality, durability & reliability) for the end users of the product.