Punjab assembly forms 13 panels for 2014-15
Chandigarh: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Dr Charanjit Singh Atwal on Thursday notified the constitution of 13 committees for legislative work for the year 2014-15. Pargat Singh has been named as chairman of Public Undertaking Committee, Ashwani Kumar Sharma Question and Reference Committee chairman, Jagmohan Singh Kang as Public Accounts Committee chairman, Sarwan Singh Phillaur as Government Assurance Committee chairman, Deep Malhotra as Privileges Committee chairman, Gurpartap Singh Wadala as Estimates Committee chairman, among others.
HPU supplies all time high 1,823.76 l units of power
Chandigarh: Haryana Power Utilities has supplied all time high 1,823.76 lakh units of electricity in the State on Wednesday surpassing old record of power supply of 1,780.25 lUs on July 4, 2013. Peaking load on power transmission and distribution system of the State was also highest 8201 megawatt on Wednesday against previous record load of 8,114 MW on July 4, 2013.
hold DPC meetings on time: Punjab Govt to depts
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has issued instructions to all departments to hold meetings of Departmental Promotion Committee on time so that eligible officials or officers could get their promotions timely against the vacant posts. Instructions have been issued that concerned officers would be held responsible for not holding DPC on time. The notice for DPC should be sent one-month before the meeting and agenda note should be sent 15 days prior to the meeting.
hooda announces Rs1,000/month allowance to ANMs
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday announced to give Mother and Child Care allowance of Rs1,000 per month to Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) of Health Department in the State. He also announced to increase ANMs uniform allowance from Rs550 to Rs900. These decisions would benefit 2605 beneficiaries to the tune of Rs4.22 crore.
Bima Yojana: 15 l blue-card holder families enrolled
SAS Nagar: Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) chairman Barjinder Singh Brar on Thursday informed that nearly 15.40 lakh blue card holder families, registered under Atta-Dal Scheme, have been enrolled under Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojana for providing a cashless medical insurance up to Rs30,000. He said that enrollment has been done on the basis of data provided by the state Food and Civil Supplies Department.
Admin to sensitise public about free treatment
SAS Nagar: Mohali Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu on Thursday stressed on making the general public aware about the free treatment being provided in drug de-addiction centres so that victims could avail benefit of free diagnosis and save themselves from drug trap. Sidhu directed to sought help from Panchayat, Social service groups and Youth Clubs, besides directing the health department officers to conduct weekly meetings to be presided over by Senior Medical Officer's at Government Health Service centres in the district.
Aryans Career Fair held
Mohali: Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh, on Thursday organised Aryans Career Fair at its campus wherein around 78 candidates were shortlisted by around 10 companies in the placement process. Besides, more than 150 students participated in the Counseling Process out of which 47 students were selected for scholarships on merit-cum-means basis.