Two Haryana IAS officers transferred
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has issued transfers and posting order of two IAS officers with immediate effect. SS Prasad, Principal Secretary, Haryana Higher Education Department has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Haryana Social Justice Empowerment and Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Departments during the leave period of RR Jowel. Anshaj Singh, ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Narnaul has been posted as Secretary, Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani relieving Ashok Kumar Meena of the said charge.
Haryana to have Hepatitis C Management Cell
Chandigarh: Haryana will soon have a well equipped Hepatitis C Management (HCMC) Cell and those suffering from Hepatitis C would get latest treatment as the Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has approved a proposal to this effect. The Cell will be established in the office of Director General Health Services at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. A spokesman of Haryana Health Department said that a decision was taken following surveys conducted under expert guidance of Social and Preventive Medicine Department (SPM) of PGIMS, Rohtak.
Night sky viewing programme in Haryana
Chandigarh: Department of Science and Technology, Haryana has decided to organise night sky viewing programmes for the science stream students of IX to XII Classes in the State. The Department had procured an 11 telescope of Celestron make to popularise and promote astronomy among the general masses particularly among students of the region. Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Dheera Khandelwal said that these programmes would be organised every month in the office building situated at Sector-2, Panchkula. Students will be given brief introduction about basic astronomy and its importance in present scenario in the conference hall of the department.
FIAT india opens exclusive dealership
Chandigarh: FIAT Group Automobiles India Pvt. ltd inaugurated its independent and an exclusive dealership at Chandigarh on Friday. The showroom facility comprises of 6,000 sq ft of space with display of 5 cars and a 13,500 sq ft state of the art workshop to ensure commitment to serve the customers beyond expectations. It was inaugurated by Nagesh Basavanhalli, President and Managing Director, Fiat Chrysler India Operations Basavanahalli said: FIAT India views Chandigarh as a very strategic market and the inauguration of an exclusive dealership is in accordance with our strategy to capitalise on this potential. We are confident that our association with Speed FIAT will play a crucial role in identifying the customer base and enhancing customer experience in Chandigarh.
Rural areas to come under Water Supply Mission
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has launched an ambitious project to reorganise rural water supply and sanitation schemes aiming at covering entire rural population of 166 million people under drinking water and sanitation programmes. A spokesman of Government said that in order to improve environmental sanitation, a provision has been made in project to initiate works on pilot basis in about 100 villages for providing modern underground waste water collection and disposal systems. Besides this all 1,811 RO Plants have already been installed for rural habitats of Punjab at a cost of Rs 230 crore. As many as 1166 more villages would be provided with RO Plants with the financial assistance of NABARD and Government of India, he added. In addition, 16,032 schools in Punjab have been covered under rural water supply programmes initiated for the rural schools in the State. The government would also set up a Drinking Water Quality Testing Regulatory Authority in the State.
Aid to SC govt schemes’ beneficiaries
Chandigarh: Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation has decided to provide financial assistance to 12,500 Scheduled Castes beneficiaries under various schemes during current financial year. Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister, Geeta Bhukkal said that the Corporation had assisted over 12,000 beneficiaries with over Rs47.74 crore including more than Rs9 crore as subsidy during financial year 2012-13. She said that members belonging to Scheduled Castes were being provided loans under various categories to enable them to set up their ventures.
labour Dept conducts 4,812 inspections
Chandigarh: Haryana labour Department has conducted 4,812 inspections under various labour laws and detected 401 violations of various kinds during March 2013. The department has recovered a sum of over Rs10.51 lakh as fine. A spokesman of the Department said that prosecutions were launched against 401 establishments and conviction obtained against 393 cases. Furthermore warnings were also issued to 106 establishments due to detection of violations. Also, 114 industrial disputes were got settled by
the conciliation officers of the labour Department and 47 disputes were withdrawn by workers or trade unions. He said that the department recovered Rs478.48 lakh as unpaid contribution and donation of wages from the employers and spent Rs146.01 lakh on various labour welfare schemes run by the Welfare Board during the same period.
Military Engineering Service conference ends
Chandigarh: The two-day conference of Accounts Officers working in Garrison Engineer Offices of Military Engineering Service (MES) under HQrs Western Command concluded on Friday at Chandigarh. In concluding remarks, Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Western Command) Upendra Sah said that all Accounts Officers should now work hard and use IT based software to handle their monitoring work efficiently in a professional manner. He added that Accounts Officers are required to work as a financial manager and should realise their role and responsibilities in a better way.