Haryana grants Rs1.68 cr for girls’ education
Chandigarh: To encourage girls to pursue higher education, Haryana Government has released a sum of Rs1.68 crore during the year 2015-16 for disbursing as loan subsidy under Education loan Scheme to female students. Also, Rs42 lakh has been released for disbursal as loan subsidy to beneficiaries belonging to scheduled castes, said Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain on Friday. She said that the scheme is also being implemented to encourage girls of the state to pursue higher education at graduate, post graduate, doctoral and post doctoral level in the country and abroad under which interest subsidy on loan is provided at a rate of five per cent annually.
panel set up to appoint haryana Info Commissioners
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal under the Right to Information Act, 2005 to recommend the names for appointment of two State Information Commissioners for the State Information Commission. Haryana Chief Secretary would assist the Committee as its Secretary, said an official spokesman of the State Government on Friday. The other members of the Committee include MlA and leader of Opposition in the legislative Assembly Abhay Singh Chautala and Public Works Minister Rao Narbir Singh. The State Government has also constituted a Search Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary DS Dhesi to search suitable candidates for appointment of two State Information Commissioners in the State Information Commission, Haryana. Additional Chief Secretary P. Raghavendra Rao and Principal Secretary Sudhir Rajpal would be the other members of the Committee, said the spokesman.
Haryana taxpayers can pay tax online
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has entered into an MoU with the State Bank of India for providing service for online deposit of taxes. The service was made live on December 3. The biggest gainer is the taxpayer. He will no more need to stand in queues at bank branches for deposit of taxes in cash. The facility will be available 24X7 by use of ‘Anywhere Banking’ of SBI. Customers of all other banks will also have the option to deposit taxes online through their bank accounts by using SBI Aggregator facility.
VERKA WINS MOST TRUSTED BRAND AWARD
Chandigarh: Verka has been conferred with the “India’s most trusted brand award 2015” by IBC infomedia. The awards is a distinctive recognition for a brand recognized as leader in its industry category based on current year marketing standing. Amarjit Singh Sidhu, Chairman, Milkfed said, “This recognition is the direct derivative of the years of hard work put in by the entire team of Verka and the trust placed in us by our farmers and valued customers.
VIDEOCON TElECOM TO EXPAND COVERAGE IN PUNJAB
Chandigarh: Videocon Telecom is expanding in Punjab Telecom circle. Currently it has a Customer market share (CMS) of 9.2 per cent in the circle. The Company plans to invest Rs150 Cr in Punjab circle on Network expansion and up-gradation, building data capacity and Business Development by the end of next year. It also plans to expand its coverage across 270 new towns and villages.
INDIA JOINS FIGHT AGAINST SlAVARY
Chandigarh: Eleven Indian faith and spiritual leaders signed a joint declaration to end modern slavery within a generation at the Global Freedom Network gathering. This landmark declaration was signed by faith and spiritual leaders from the Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jain, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Baha’i and Jewish faiths; who together represent 95% of the Indian population of 1.2 billion people. The Declaration against Modern Slavery was signed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Morari Bapu, Dr Mufti Mukarram Ahmed (Shahi Imam, Fatehpuri Masjid), Dr Kalbe Sadiq Moulana (Founder, Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust), Swami Chidanand Saraswati, Jathedar Avtar Singh (President, SGPC), Rabbi Ezekiel Issaic Malekar (Jewish Faith), Dr Homi Dhalla (Zorostrian Faith, President - World Zarathusti Cultural Foundation), Alwan Masih (General Secretary of the Church of North India), Shatrughun Jiwnani [Baha’i Faith], Dr. lokesh Muni [Jain faith] and Andrew Forrest, Chairman of the Global Freedom Network.
ARMED FORCES FlAG DAY ON DECEMBER 7
Chandigarh: Armed forces Flag Day would be observed on December 7 to pay tributes to all those known and un-known soldiers who sacrificed their lives guarding the frontiers of our country. This day is observed to salute the velour of Soldiers both serving and veterans, who fought for unity and integrity & sovereignty. A spokesman appealed to the public to contribute liberally for armed forces Flag Day fund. Financial contributions were to be collected by the Department/District Administrations in honour of the Flag. These funds are utilized for a number of welfare programmes instituted by the Kendriya and Rajya Sainik Boards. The contributions provide benefits to widows, disabled soldiers, ex-servicemen and serving personnel. The total number of people who would be benefited by this fund was over a crore. The contributions to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund are exempted from the Income Tax.
MONO ACT MUSICAl PlAY PORTRAYS lIFE OF VIVEKANAND
Chandigarh: The 7th Chandigarh Art and Heritage Festival witnessed the mono act musical play “Vivekanand” at Tagore Theatre. The play consisted of 32 songs sequences revolving around the life of the great saint Swami Vivekanand. The play “Vivekanand” also showcased the meeting of Swami Vivekanand with the great mentor Ramakrishna Paramhansa, who enhanced the making of the Swami.
AGRI, NRIs AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RE-CONSTITUTED
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has notified the reconstituted Agriculture and NRIs Affairs Department Advisory Committee. The new committee would advise in framing and executing policies of these departments for the Year 2015-16. Agriculture and NRIs Affairs Minister would be the Chairman of the Committee. Committee will have 5 official members including Chief Parliamentary Secretary Agriculture, Additional Chief Secretary (Development), Principal Secretary NRIs Affairs and Head of concerned department. The 10 non-official members include Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, Gurtej Singh Ghuriana, Harpreet Singh, Deep Malhotra and Hari Singh all from SAD, Sunder Sham Arora, Tarlochan Singh and Guriqbal Kaur from Congress and Sukhjit Kaur Shahi from BJP and Rajnish Kumar.
PGI holds SYMPOSIUM ON HEAlTH TECH ASSESSMENT
Chandigarh: The PGIMER School of Public Health organized a Symposium for the policy makers, program managers in health care, clinicians and researchers on the role of economic evaluation of health care interventions and programs in shaping policy. The Symposium entitled “Economic Evidence for Policy and Clinical Decision Making” was inaugurated by Prof YK Chawla and attended by more than 200 participants from Thailand, Australia, North Korea, and different states of India. Chawla emphasized on increasing need for evaluating health care treatments on the ground of cost effectiveness.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF FINANCE & PlANNING NOTIFIED
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has notified the reconstituted State Advisory Committee of Finance & Planning, Institutional Finance & Banking and Implementation Department. The Finance & Planning, Institutional Finance & Banking and Implementation Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa will be Chairman of the Committee. The committee will have 4 official members, besides 10 non official members.
Axis launches Display Debit Card for NRE customers
Chandigarh: Axis Bank announced the launch of the Display variant Debit Card for its NRE (Non-Resident External) customers. The new Display Debit card comes with international ATM access charges waived, providing unlimited free international ATM usage. It also offers customers lounge access, loyalty points on all transactions and air accident insurance and personal accident insurance of Rs25 lakhs and 5 lakhs respectively.