Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that about 90 per cent of the total 2,57,953 complaints received on CM Window from April, 2015 to December, 2016 have so far been disposed of.
And, about 200 officers and other employees of different departments have been suspended for dereliction of duty, said Vij, while replying to a question on the third day of budget session of Vidhan Sabha here,
He said that out of the total complaints received, only 27,161 were pending, and the rest had been disposed of. Responding to the questions of the opposition, Vij also clarified that there is no plan to give the responsibility of CM Window to the Ministers and the existing system would continue.
He also said that expansion of CM Window on sub-divisional level began on December 25, 2016. Before this, the CM Window was operated at district headquarters. CM Window is presently being operated in 68 out of total 71 sub-divisions and this facility would soon be started in remaining sub-divisions namely Faridabad, Gurugram and Dadri. As the facility is yielding good results, it would be continued, he added. Replying to another question, he said that purchase of electronic equipment and sports kits for Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai was carried out in accordance with the prescribed norms. Only that equipment was purchased by the school, the demand for which had been raised by its different departments. Tenders for the purpose were invited through the website of school and equipment was purchased in one go at less than prescribed amount, he added.
Haryana CM issues clarification
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal has clarified that the State Government is establishing two separate health institutes including a Medical College named after Astronaut Kalpana Chawla and a Medical University named after Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhaya in district Karnal.
The Chief Minister was responding to the statements by members of Congress party about changing the name of the University being set up at village Kutail in district Karnal, during ongoing budget session of State Assembly here.
Manohar lal said that Kalpana Chawla Medical College is under construction, which would be inaugurated next month. The government has also decided to set up a Medical University, which would be established in Kutail in district Karnal. He also made it clear that had the Medical College been converted into a University, its name would have remained the same.
After the decision to set up a Medical University, the village Kutail offered land for setting up of a Medical University. It was not possible to set up two different institutes with the same name within a radius of about 12 km. Therefore, the Government decided to set up a Medical College named after Kalpana Chawla and Medical University at Kutail named after Pt Deen Dayal Upadhaya, he added.
Haryana to fill 662 vacancies of medical officers
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that the process has been initiated for filling up 662 vacancies of medical officers, against which about 1900 applications have been received. The process of conducting the interviews is likely to be completed soon, said he in a written reply to a question. Replying to another question, the Minister said that only gutka containing tobacco has been banned in the State. The Food and Drugs Administration Department has been enforcing the ban by conducting raids and drawing samples.
No land allotted at concessional rate to private hospitals
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal in a written reply informed the House that a provision for giving concession in the treatment to the poor persons has been made in the policy released by Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) on August 13, 2008, and no land has been allotted at any concessional rate to private hospitals such as Medanta Medicity, Artimus and Fortis and others. The hospitals are following the concessional scheme of the Authority, said the Chief Minister in a reply to BJP MlA Umesh Aggarwal.
The CM also informed that meetings with the hospital authorities were held from time to time under the Chairmanship of Administrator, HUDA Gurugram to enforce the policy guidelines. He said that the policy guidelines are available on the website of HUDA and notice boards have been installed by these hospitals for information of the patients and general public.
1937 polyhouses installed
Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister OP Dhankar said that a total of 1937 polyhouses have been installed in the state with maximum of 238 polyhouses in district Sonipat followed by 222 in district Karnal and 162 in district Bhiwani. In a reply to a question, Dhankar said that 131 polyhouses have been installed in district Rohtak, 127 in Hisar, 116 in Panipat, 106 in Ambala, 90 in Jind, 87 in Kurukshetra, 84 in Panchkula, 78 in Jhajjar, 71 in Yamunanagar, 67 each in Kaithal and Fatehabad and 58 in Sirsa.
The Minister added that 57 polyhouses have been installed in district Rewari, 54 in district Gurugram, 34 in district Mewat, 33 in district Palwal, 32 in district Narnaul and 23 in district Faridabad.