Haryana exceeds wheat procurement target
Chandigarh: Haryana has exceeded the target of wheat procurement by procuring 66,53,894 metric tonnes of wheat so far during the current rabi season. Moreover, the figure of this procurement has also exceeded the procurement of 63,74,143 metric tonnes of wheat procured up to the same day last year. The target of 65 lakh metric tonnes of wheat procurement was fixed for the current Rabi season. Haryana Food and Supplies Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that wheat procurement is 2,79,751 metric tonnes higher as compared to the procurement made up to same day last year.
Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board reconstituted
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has reconstituted Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board, Panchkula, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal with immediate effect. Urban local Bodies Department spokesperson said that Urban local Bodies Minister would serve as vice chairman of the Board whereas Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, Urban local Bodies Department would be its members. Panchkula Deputy Commissioner, who is also the Chief Administrator of Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board, would serve as Member Secretary.
Transport dept designates officers
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has designated Transport Commissioner or Additional or Joint Transport Commissioner as the officer to compound any offence committed under the Sub Section (1) of Section 21 of Haryana Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 2013. A notification issued to this effect stated that first offence under the Act shall be compounded for an amount of Rs25,000 and subsequent offence shall be compounded for Rsone lakh.
Awareness drive for Backward Classes on loans
Chandigarh: An awareness drive will be organised in Haryana for availing loans for the people belonging to backward classes from May 15 to 30, said Haryana Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister Kavita Jain on Thursday. She said that loans would be provided for agriculture and related sectors, small business or crafts or traditional occupation, service sector, transport sector, education sector and housing loan scheme of state government under various schemes being run by the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation at lower rates of interest and on easy conditions to promote self-employment.
Punjab transfers six PPS officers
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday issued transfer or posting orders of six PPS officers with immediate effect. Spokesperson said that Bal Krishan Singla has been posted as ACP (Investigation), Amritsar, Jaswant Kaur as ACP (South), Amritsar, Parminder Singh as DSP (Investigation), Jalandhar (Rural), Harpal Singh as Dera Baba Nanak DSP, Gagnesh Kumar as DSP (80th Batallion), PAP, Jalandhar, and Ram Parkash as DSP (27th Batallion), PAP, Jalandhar.
Pb firm on dealing with biomedical waste
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday reiterated its firm commitment to provide clean, green and healthy environment to the residents of the State by implementing the all the environment related acts including biomedical waste management and handling rules in letter and spirit. Inaugurating two-day meet of partner States of ‘Environmentally Sound Management of Bio Medical Waste in India' project, the state Science, Technology and Environment secretary KAP Sinha said that the Punjab Government was fully aware of the ill effects on environment and human life of the bio medical waste, in case it was not handled properly.
Pb marks 7 distts for promoting vegetable cluster
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has identified seven districts — Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Moga, Sangrur, Barnala and SAS Nagar — for promotion of vegetable cluster. Spokesperson said that in order to increase farmers' income level with decreasing land holdings, protective cultivation technologies like poly-house were required to be promoted in the State. loan, if required by concerned farmer, for vegetable production can be covered under short term credit for vegetable clusters can be considered for construction of poly-houses for high value and off-season vegetables cultivation.