Hike in property tax unjustified: Bansal
Chandigarh: Pawan Kumar Bansal, Former Union Minister and former city MP, has come down on the decision to hike property tax by 10 per cent by the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. He said that the increase in property tax will unjustly burden the citizens. He said that if the civic body is in shortage of funds then Centre should be made aware of the issue as UT is directly administered by the Centre, which should release necessary funds. He added that institutions are also being made to starve even when the BJP led Centre had this week only boasted of GST collections of Rs. 92,000 crore.
Haryana re-allotes districts to ministers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has re-allocated the districts to Ministers as Chairpersons of District Public Relations and Grievances Committees in the state. Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar, Health Minister Anil Vij and Public Works (Buildings and Roads) Minister Rao Narbir Singh, would preside over the monthly meetings of these committees in districts Ambala and Jind, Rohtak and Dadri, Kaithal and Panipat and Jhajjar and Rewari, respectively.
Vij congratulates sports persons
Chandigarh: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij has congratulated four sports persons of the state, on their selection for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan Award, Arjuna Awards and Dhyan Chand Award for 2017. Sardar Singh has been for selected for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan Award in Hockey, Jasvir Singh and Satyawart Kadian have been selected for Arjuna Award in Kabaddi and Wrestling, respectively, while Bhupender Singh has been selected for Dhyan Chand Award in Athletics.
Haryana Tourism Day to be celebrated today
Chandigar: Haryana Tourism Day will by celebrated on September 1 by the State Government and a 10 per cent discount on food as well as accommodation would be extended to the guests visiting any of the tourist complexes of Haryana Tourism from August 31 to September 2. A spokesman siad that Haryana Tourism has currently have a network of 43 tourist complexes equipped with air-conditioned rooms, restaurants, bars, convention centres, banquet, conference and multipurpose halls. As as part of celebrations, competitions for students would also be organized at all tourist complexes of Haryana Tourism.
clarification on renewable energy projects issued
Chandigarh: Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s recent clarification on competitive bidding for setting up of renewable energy projects will help in setting up of micro hydel power projects in Haryana for the undiscovered sites on new canals, said a spokesman. He said now Project Developers could identify suitable site for setting up of such power projects. They could submit the proposals along with the detailed project report to Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) and thereafter the tariff for these projects would be fixed by the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) under Section 62 of the Electricity Act, 2003 Union Ministry has clarified that competitive bidding is not required for setting up of renewable energy projects till the Central Government frames guidelines for competitive bidding for procurement of power as per National Tariff Policy 2016.
ABS India launches sexed Dairy Genetics
Chandigarh: ABS India launched ABS Sexcel to deliver more high-value pregnancies to dairy herds in Chandigarh. Priced differently for different genetics, this product will be available to Indian Dairy Farmers at approximately 30- 40% less than the import price.