Maternity leave to contractual employees
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has approved to give benefit of maternity leave of six months to female contractual employees on the pattern of regular female employee of the State Government. He said that at present, fully paid maternity leave of upto a maximum of three months or till the currency of subsisting contract is admissible to female Government employees who are engaged on contract basis.
GPF and loan statements will be issued soon
Chandigarh: Principal Accountant General (A and E), Haryana, Onkar Nath said that General Provident Fund(GPF) statements of over 1.87 lakh subscribers and loan account statements of 72761 loanees for the year 2013-14 have been prepared ahead of the prescribe schedule that is July 31, 2014 and are ready for issue. He added that the loan account statements included House Building Advance- 29,611, Marriage loan- 19,259. Motor car Advance -12,143 and Computer Advance-11,748. These will be handed over to the Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) or their representatives in his office complex from June 25 to 27.
UK, Haryana to strengthen cooperation
Chandigarh: United Kingdom and Haryana on Monday decided to strengthen their cooperation in the areas of education and skill development, health, waste management and explore opportunities in other areas as well. A delegation led by British Deputy High Commissioner, Northwest India, David lelliott, which called on Haryana Chief Secretary SC Chaudhary on Monday had detailed discussion on diverse issues for mutual cooperation.
City to host North India Real Estate Show
Chandigarh: The second edition of the Estate Avenues’ North India Real Estate Show to be presented by Microtek will be held at Chandigarh on June 28 and 29. This two-day show will be held at Himachal Bhawan in Sector 28. The North India Real Estate Expo will be open between10 am and 7 pm both days in which the top builders & developers of North India will highlight the best of their property developments in Chandigarh, ludhiana and other important centres in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and NCR-Delhi.
‘Ensure medical support to senior citizens’
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has directed Health and Family Welfare department for Implementation of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens' Act, 2007. Surjit Kumar Jayani Minister of Health and Family Welfare department said that orders in this regard have been issued to all the wings of the health department. He added that under the section 20 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 various Medical support facilities would be provided to the senior citizens in the Government and Government aided hospitals.
Punjab to conserve heritage sites: Thandal
Chandigarh: After assuming charge as Cabinet Minister, Jail, Tourism, Cultural Affairs and Printing and Stationary Minister, Sohan Singh Thandal on Monday conducted two separate meetings with senior officers of Jail and Tourism department and reiterated that there was ample scope of tourism in Punjab. He added that world class heritage sites should be promoted internationally to attract more visitors.
30 lakh seedlings of vegetables prepared
Chandigarh: About 30 lakh seedlings of vegetables have been prepared in the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Gharaunda in district Karnal which has set up under an Indo-Israel project and these seedlings are provided to the farmers on subsidy. Also, subsidy has been given to the farmers to set up poly houses over an area of 100 acres in the district at a cost of Rs. 17 crore. An official spokesman said that with a view to improve the economic status of farmers, they were being encouraged to undertake protected farming in the poly houses.
Sanjeev Kapoor's yellow chilli opens doors
Bathinda: Master Chef Sanjeev Kapoor has brought ‘The Yellow Chilli’ to Bathinda. The spacious restaurant comprising of 86 covers has a Mocktail bar as well. SK Restaurants Pvt. ltd (SKRPl) headed by Rajeev Matta, which manages The Yellow Chilli chain and Sanjeev Kapoor’s other restaurant brands, has presence in India and abroad. They have already opened 38 outlets and would be adding substantial numbers in the coming months with many of them signed up in recent past. SKRPl says it is bringing tasty food at affordable prices. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner.
Online e-Commerce Retail to be launched
ludhiana: MMP Mobi Wallet Payment Systems limited, a 100% subsidiary of Tata Teleservices, announced launch of its dual payment gateway-based online retail e-Commerce website www.shop.mrupee.in powered by Infibeam, a leading ecommerce company in India that offers retail platform www.infibeam.com and
e-commerce technology platform www.buildabazaar.com for SME’s & enterprise clients.
Apeejay Stya University Signs MoU with NSE
Chandigarh: Keeping in mind the dearth of qualified financial professionals in the country, Apeejay Stya University (ASU) signed an MoU with the National Stock Exchange (NSE). With this collaboration, ASU is running the five-year Integrated MBA in Financial Market programme, which offers an exit option after three years to procure a general BBA (Financial Market) degree. The programme has been designed to blend academic and employable skills of individuals. Students pursuing this programme would receive a degree from ASU along with 10 and 22 industry-validated NSE certificates after completing their BBA and MBA programmes, respectively.