Chandigarh

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PNS

Punjab holds workshop on digilocker

Chandigarh: To minimize the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across government organizations, the Punjab Governance Reforms Department in collaboration with the National e-Governance Division under Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) on Monday organized a one-day state level workshop on DigiLocker for the Heads of State Government Departments and Universities here at MGSIPA, Sector-26. Principal Secretary, Governance Reforms and Higher Education Seema Jain said, the Department started process of integrating DigiLocker with e-Sewa and m-Sewa applications which are being used to deliver key services to citizens through different modes including Sewa Kendras.

Haryana to organize job fair

Chandigarh: Haryana Government will organise a job fair in a community hall at 10 am on June 26 at Barnala Road Sirsa. A spokesman said, this employment fair would be attended by the representatives of various private companies. In this fair, the candidates would be selected on the spot for salesman, security guard, supervisor and general posts. The educational qualification required for these posts is Class 10 and Class 12, the age limit should be between 18 to 35 years and other information would be given by the representatives on the spot. Apart from this, the registered applicants would be provided information related to self employment by organising a loan fair for financial assistance. In this fair, ANM, GNM and pharmacist would also be appointed by hospital.

Mohali,  first Corp to pass Tobacco Vendor Licensing

Chandigarh: A resolution for compulsory tobacco vendor licensing was passed in the house meeting of Municipal Corporation of Mohali.  The city will be the first Corporation in Punjab that has made it mandatory for tobacco vendors to obtain a license. Earlier The Punjab Tobacco Vends Fees Act, 1954 made it unlawful for any person to keep manufactured tobacco for sale or sell manufactured tobacco except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of dealer license.