HP to celebrate completion of 3 yrs at Jainsinghpur
Shimla: A function as a part of celebrations on completion of three years of the present Congress government in Himachal Pradesh would be organized at Jaisinghpur in Kangra district on January 25, a spokesman of the state government said on Wednesday. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh would preside over the function. This function would be held along with the celebration of Statehood Day at Jaisinghpur.
Suggestions invited from public for next HP budget
Shimla: The process of formulation of the State Budget for the year 2016-17 has commenced. Suggestions have been invited from the general public, industries, trade and farmers associations to make the budget more people centric, participative and also to reflect the views of various stakeholders in the society. A spokesman of the Himachal Government said that the date of seeking suggestions from the general public has been extended up to February 15 and could be sent by email to finsecy-hp@nic.in, web portal of finance department or by letter to the Additional Chief Secretary, Finance. He said suggestions could be sent on new interventions and policies to improve the service delivery and quality of life of the general public with special emphasis on benefiting the poor people. He said that new schemes and programmes for generation of self or wage employment and other important suggestions had also been invited for the budget. It would help the Government to frame such policies and programmes which were more development and people oriented, he added.
Village panchayats in Punjab to disburse pensions
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has authorised the duly elected village Panchayats to disburse pensions and other financial assistance to the rural area beneficiaries. According to a notification issued here, the Village Panchayats would now pay out the pensions and other financial assistance to the beneficiaries belonging to the rural areas which were earlier being disbursed through banks. Punjab government has also issued directions to the District Development and Panchayats officers to appoint Administrative Officers, with immediate effect, especially where due to some administrative reasons the Panchayats were unable to pay the pensions and other financial aid to the beneficiaries. The officers have also been asked to ensure the disbursal within a week of the receipt of the funds for this purpose. A spokesman of the government said district level committees consisting of the DDPOs and District Welfare Officers would be constituted shortly to ensure systematic, timely and smooth disbursal of financial aid to the beneficiaries.
Haryana to celebrate Guru Ravidas Jayanti
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided to celebrate the 639th birth anniversary of Saint Guru Ravidas by organising a state-level function at Sir Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak, on February 21. Transport Minister, Krishan lal Panwar said that the CM Manohar lal would be the chief guest on the occasion. MP from Ambala, Rattan lal Kataria and Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Minister Krishan Kumar Bedi would be the guests of honour. Guru Ravidas Sabha, Bhagwan Valmiki Sabha, Sant Kabir Sabha and Ambedkar Sabha would also participate in these celebrations.
Haryana VB catches Food and Supplies officer
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught Satbir Singh Indora, Assistant Food and Supplies Officer, Jhajjar red-handed and Anita Devi, Inspector, Food and Supplies, Bahadurgarh not arrested (not present in her office) while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 5,000 each from Dhanender, resident of Nayagaon, Tehsil Bahadurgarh, Police Station Sadar Bahadurgarh, district Jhajjar in lieu of cancelling the license of his ration depot. A case has been registered against both under sections 7 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act at the Bureau Police Station in Rohtak.
TRAINING ON OFFICE MANAGEMENT FOR OFFICERS STARTS
Chandigarh: The Institute of Correctional Administration (ICA), Sector 26, Chandigarh is organizing a three day training programme on ‘Office Management including office procedure, noting and drafting & record management’ from January 20 to 22 in the Institute for the officers and officials of U.T., Chandigarh as well as for Prison Officers of Punjab and Haryana. Dr. Upneet lalli, Deputy Director, ICA has informed that this training programme covers all the important aspects of Office Management and Procedure, Time Management, Conduct Rules, Departmental Inquiry and Disciplinary Proceedings, Punishment and Appeal Rules etc.
SCOTTISH GEOlOGIST TO DElIVER lECTURE IN PU
Chandigarh: Noted Scottish geologist and Professor at Plymouth University, UK Prof Iain Stewart would deliver a lecture at Panjab University (PU) on January 21. The Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, PU is organizing the lecture in cooperation with British Council at 11 AM at Seminar Hall, Department of Geology, PU. Prof Iain Stewart is a well known Scottish geologist, a Fellow of the Geological Society of london and President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He would speak on the topic of "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: communicating geology to society".
TAC-CERT launches antidote for cyber security
Chandigarh: Claiming to provide an-all comprehensive antidote against cyber-security attacks and deals with computer related and internet related security incidents, TAC Security Solutions has launched TAC-CERT, Cyber Emergency Response Team. Trishneet Arora, renowned ethical hacker and CEO of the company said “While the country has made enormous progress in sectors such as information technology and e-commerce, the cyber-security in India is at a nascent stage. The concept of engaging services of professional hackers to track, identify and plug security loopholes in the organization’s information systems is catching up.” He said “The damage that cyber-crimes inflicted on the global economy amounted to $ 445 billion. The average number of information security incidents detected by respondents increased by 117 per cent over the previous year. Meanwhile, the increase in incidents of cyber-security breach globally stood at just 39 per cent during the period under consideration (July 2014-June 2015)”.
Strengthening primary education in Punjab is the focus
Chandigarh: Punjab education department has framed a comprehensive strategy to further strengthen the foundation of primary education. In this regard, instructions to all the District Education Officers and Block primary Education Officers have been issued to ensure the implementation of this revamped education plan in the primary schools. The D.E.Os would be responsible for ensuring that the education in the primary schools is provided in conducive atmosphere. D.P.I. (Elementary Education) Harbans Singh Sandhu said that the instructions have issued on the directions of Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema who has been taking keen interest in the upliftment of basic standards of education particularly in government primary schools. He said that D.E.Os, Deputy D.E.Os and B.P.E.Os have been asked to make periodic checking of the schools at least 20 schools in a month. These officers have been mandate to evaluate the working of teachers and felicitate them for their good work.
Tata Motors trains school bus staff
Chandigarh: In its initiative to train school bus staff on aspects of safety during school bus travel, Tata Motors conducted its ‘Hamare Bus Ki Baat Hai’ campaign school bus staff. The interactive training program includes sessions to sensitize school bus staff on the importance of their duties, how to act in case of an emergency, including softer aspects like personal hygiene and how to better interact with parents and their kids, while on the job. The program also aims at sensitizing school children and their parents on how to prevent and minimize accidents school bus travel.