HSSC postpones SI exam
Chandigarh: Giving a big sigh of relief to the candidates who had to appear for written examination of Sub-Inspector (Male and Female), scheduled to be held on August 29, the Haryana Staff Selection Commission has postponed it due to the date clash with the AFCAT-2/2021 examination of the Indian Air Force. Spokesperson said that the fresh schedule will be issued shortly. Notably, the candidates, who had filled applications for both the exams, had lately met the Chief Minister Manohar Lal requesting him to postpone the Sub-Inspector examination.
PSPCL top performer in PAT Cycle-II
Patiala: Creating a history of sorts, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has become the top performer in PAT (Perform, Achieve, and Trade) Cycle-II in Discom sector among all discoms of India. “It has been decided by the Ministry of Power to issue 80,686 energy-saving certificates to PSPCL,” said PSPCL chairman-cum-managing director A Venu Prasad. He said that PAT scheme’s second cycle has achieved total energy savings of 14.08 million tonnes besides reduction of 66.01 million tonnes of Carbon dioxide.
Raju holds meet with parties’ leaders
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Dr S Karuna Raju on Wednesday held a meeting with the representatives of political parties to apprise them about Special Summary Revision – 2022. Representatives of all the recognized state and national political parties attended the meeting. Dr Raju said that a special campaign for registration, deletion, and correction of particulars in voters’ list. First time young voters who attains 18 years with qualifying date as January 1, 2022, in view of upcoming Assembly Election scheduled to be in first quarter 2022, this exercise will be extensively carried out across the State from district level, to constituency level and to right upto the booth level.
Punjab’s revenue receipts increased by 12.14%
Chandigarh: Showing an upward trajectory, the total revenue receipts from April 2020 to March 2021 have increased by Rs 7,466.62 crore (12.14 percent) to Rs 6,8995.89 crore in comparison to the previous year’s (April 2019 to March 2020) collection which stood at Rs 61,529.27 crore. Spokesperson said that the State’s Own Tax Revenue (OTR) has shown a marginal increase of 0.19 percent over previous year with total OTR receipts being Rs 30,057 crore with major components showing an uphill trend over previous year.
Mohindra exhorts PR men
Chandigarh: Punjab Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra exhorted the PR (public relations) men to document their literary works in the form of poetry, prose and stories so as to preserve their creative writings for readers as well as generations to come. Launching a poetry book ‘Yaadon Ka Sarmaya’ in Hindi penned by the late Deputy Director Ashok Bansal on his 72nd birthday at Punjab Bhawan on late Tuesday evening, Mohindra said that PR professionals had a vast experience and expertise dealing with people at the grassroots level besides they often come across with real time situations which could be vividly expressed either in form of poems or anecdotes.