Punjab to soon announce biomass tariff policy
Chandigarh: Anirudh Tewari, Principal Secretary,Punjab Industries & Commerce and Renewable Energy, while speaking at the Special Sectoral Plenary on ‘Opportunities in Renewable Energy in North’ at CII Invest North 2016 said that Punjab in a span of four years has aggressively tapped the solar energy from 9 MW in Jan 2013 and soon moving to 1,000 MW, and also houses the biggest rooftop solar installation in the world. He said that it is time to diversify towards new avenues like biomass. Punjab with a biomass potential of 2000 MW, has recently bid out 150 MW of projects and will soon be announcing a biomass tariff policy with a fixed and variable component, said he.
Cong opposes entry tax on commercial vehicles
Chandigarh: The city Congress has opposed the decision of Chandigarh Administration imposing entry tax on commercial vehicles in Chandigarh. Pawan Kumar Bansal, former Union Minister and Pardeep Chhbara, president, Chandigarh Congress, said that this will put additional burden on the residents who are already reeling under the burden of the price rise. They said that it was fallacious to say that imposing the entry tax will tackle the problem of increasing traffic congestion and air pollution. The decision was taken at the meeting of the State Transport Authority (STA) Thursday under BJP’s city MP Kirron Kher who herself approved the proposal, they said.
Haryana starts online transfer process
Chandigarh: Haryana School Education Department has started the online process of transfer of Classical and Vernacular (C and V) teachers and Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT) under its new Teachers’ Transfer Policy-2016. A spokesman that those teachers who had not yet completed five-year tenure in a school or area and still wish to get transferred, should log in on the MIS Portal and click on ‘Yes’ option latest by September 25 to express their willingness for transfer. For selecting the ‘Yes’ option, the service profile of the teacher concerned should be complete in all respects.
Departmental examination from October 18
Chandigarh: Punjab Central Committee of Examination will organize the next departmental examination of certain categories of officers/officials from October, 18 to October 24 at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab (MGSIPAS), Sector 26 in two shifts i.e. from 9 am to 12 noon and 2 to 5 pm. A spokesman said that these categories include Assistant Commissioners, Extra Assistant Commissioners/I.P.S officers, Tehsildars/ Revenue Officials and other departments.
Ola Share now available in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Taxi aggregator Ola on Friday said it has launched ride-sharing platform, Ola Share, in the city. With this, customers can reduce their travel expenses by up to 50 per cent and maximum of three people can share a cab together via Ola Share. "Shared mobility has far reaching benefits: less traffic congestion on roads which means you and I will spend less time stuck in traffic, and do more productive things instead. Also, with Ola Share, the same convenience of a regular cab ride at a much lower fare means access to mobility for many more commuters, furthering our mission of building mobility for a billion people," said Raghuvesh Sarup, CMO & Head of Categories at Ola in a statement here.