Haryana increases ceiling for availing housing benefits
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided to modify annual income criteria for availing benefit of future schemes of Haryana Housing Board in the state. Haryana Housing Board (Allotment, management and sale of Tenements) Regulations, 1972, have been amended to ensure that people belonging to different categories are able to take benefit of various housing schemes. Chief Minister Manohar lal has approved this proposal, said an official spokesman on Tuesday. He said that the annual income ceiling for people belonging to EWS has been increased from up to Rs one lakh to up to Rs three lakh. Similarly, the annual income ceiling for people belonging to lIG, which was earlier between Rs 1,00,001 and Rs two lakh, would now be between Rs 3,00,001 and Rs six lakh. The annual income ceiling limit for people belonging to middle income group, which was earlier between Rs 2,00,001 and Rs 4.5 lakh, would now be between Rs 6,00,001 and Rs ten lakh. The annual income ceiling limit for people belonging to high income group, which was earlier Rs 4,50,001 and above, would now be Rs 10,00,001 and above, added the spokesman.
ISBT-CUM-COMMERCIAl CENTRE, MOHAlI TO START SOON
Mohali: GS Johar, Chairman, C&C Constructions ltd. on Tuesday said the Company is all set to deliver to the people of Punjab its first State of the Art ISBT cum Commercial Complex at Mohali. On being queried about the Project, he said that sudden economic downturn in the infrastructure space forced C & C Constructions to delay the handing over of the ”AC ISBT- cum- Commercial Complex” at Mohali. However GMADA has been very supportive of the company’s plea that it stands fully committed to the people of Punjab and shall make operational the ISBT portion of the project by mid Jul 2016 and the balance by Dec 2018.
SBI DONATES STEEl CHAIRS TO PGIMER, CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh: Anil Kishora, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Chandigarh Circle on Tuesday donated high quality steel chairs to PGIMER for installation at Advanced Cardiac Centre, in the presence of Dr. Yogesh Chawla, Director, PGIMER. The Bank dedicated these chairs to the PGI under its Community Service Banking activity. Dr. Chawla lauded the initiative taken by SBI to support the medical institution and also expressed that SBI's commitment to the community as premier Banking Institution of the country is commendable. Kishora praised the ceaseless effort of the PGIMER in providing the latest and best available medical care to the poorest of poor in the region while also fulfilling their role of being a Premier Research Hospital in the Country.
MC HOlDS BEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK CONTEST
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh held competition for neighborhood parks under the banner of 44th Rose Festival-2016 in class J categories. B. Purushartha, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation said it was open for resident welfare associations & societies. He said that 1st position was bagged by Resident Welfare Fourm CHB, Complex, Category No.1, Sector 51-A, Chandigarh Park near house No. 266-267, Sector 51 under neighbourhood Park maintained by RWA under MOU.
SPECIAl ClEANlINESS FORTNIGHT BEGINS IN PGIMER
Chandigarh: PGIMER, Chandigarh has started a fifteen-day special cleanliness drive apart from the routine sanitation activities. Professor YK Chawla, Director PGI launched the drive in the Institute by leading and motivating the staff to keep the surroundings clean and green. Chawla, faculty members and other staff participated in the initiative by picking up brooms and cleaning Advanced Cardiac Centre. The sanitation department has identified the areas of main focus during the fortnight while sustaining the cleanliness of various areas of the Institute. The drive will include Nehru Hospital, New OPD Block, Advanced Eye Centre, Advanced Paediatric Centre, Research Blocks and residential area over the next fifteen days.
Guv invited TO lAUNCH EXHIBITION AT SUKHNA lAKE
Chandigarh: Consulate General of Canada, Christopher Gibbins, called on Kaptan Singh Solanki, the Governor of Punjab, Haryana and Administrator UT Chandigarh at Punjab Raj Bhavan and invited him to launch Powerful photo exhibition of Girls’ Voices: Speaking out against Child Marriage at Sukhna lake Chandigarh in March 2016. Accepting the invitation of Gibbins, Solanki said that this exhibition would help in spreading the message across the diverse section of society to check early and forced marriage.
CMD, SJVN Honoured with Award
Shimla: RN Misra, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN limited has been honored with Award for CEO with HR Orientation. World HRD Congress presented these awards to recognize and appreciate the talented individuals in the industry. On this occasion, Misra informed that SJVN is implementing various innovative HR strategies in the Company including revisiting the vision, mission and objective of SJVN. Moreover effective implementation of Balanced Scorecard to achieve organizational targets has resulted in Excellent MOU rating for the past three years. He added that Government of India has assigned SJVN the MoU target of cumulative generation of 8520 Million Units of electricity from 1500 MW NJHPS, 412 MW RHPS and 47.6 MW Khirvire Wind Power Project for the FY 2015-16 which was achieved in the Month of December 2015, achieving annual target more than three months earlier to its target date has setup new benchmarks in the field of electricity generation. The CMD informed that the construction activities of Kholongchu Hydro Electric Project in Bhutan, Buxar Thermal Power project in Bihar and Charanka Solar Power Project in Gujarat have already been started and will result in addition of around 2000 Mega Watts in the portfolio of SJVN.