CM ACCORDS STATE MINISTER RANK TO SIRSA
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday gave approval to accord status of State Minister to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s newly appointed Adviser Manjinder Singh Sirsa. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said that Badal cleared the file in this regard this morning. It may be recalled that Sirsa is also the General Secretary of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).
BADAl CONDOlES EX-CM BEANT SINGH’S FAMIlY
ludhiana: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal mourned the untimely demise of Harkirat Singh (41), the grandson of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, son of former Minister Tej Parkash Singh Kotli and younger brother of Khanna MlA Gurkirat Singh Kotli at village Kotli near Payal. Badal called on the bereaved family at their ancestral house and shared his heartfelt sympathies with them. It may be recalled that Harkirat Singh had passed away in an unfortunate incident at Chandigarh on May 30. He was also the Sarpanch of village Kotli and is survived by his wife. Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Dr. Charanjit Singh Atwal, former MlA Ranjit Singh Talwandi, former minister Malkit Singh Dakha, Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board Chairman Santa Singh Umedpuri, Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat, DIG SK Kalia, SSP Khanna Satinderpal Singh accompanied CM.
HARYANA PROMOTES FOUR IPS OFFICERS
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has promoted four IPS officers to the rank of Director General of Police with immediate effect. Those who have been promoted included Dr BK Sinha, KK Sindhu, KK Sharma and PR Deo.
CGRF TO CONDUCT PUBlIC HEARING FROM JUNE 8
Chandigarh: The Members of the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (CGRF) of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam alongwith the members of the Forum will make extensive visits of the areas in June for hearing grievances of the consumers and to entertain new complaints. The proceedings of the CGRF will be held in the circle office at Yamuna Nagar on June 3, Karnal on June 8, Ambala on June10, Sonepat on June 13, Panchkula on June15, Panipat on June 17, Kurukshetra on June 21, Rohtak on June 24, Kaithal on June 27 and Jhajjar on June 28 respectively. The CGRF shall take all grievances/complaints of consumers like billing problem, voltage complaints, problems in metering, disconnection and reconnection of power supply, interruptions, failure of power supply, efficiency, safety, reliability, non compliance of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission orders etc.
HARYANA TO DEVElOP CITY FORESTS IN ARAVAllI
Chandigarh: Haryana Forests Minister, Rao Narbir Singh, said that ‘City Forest’ would be developed over about 190 hectares in Aravalli range in district Gurgaon. In the first phase, city forest would be developed over about 58 hectares in village Sikanderpur Ghosi. He said that there was a scheme to start development of city forest during the current financial year. Development would be carried out in a planned manner over the next four years. A target has been set to complete this project by 2019-20.
HPGCl CONTROllER FINANCE GETS CMA ACHIEVER AWARD
Chandigarh: Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) has conferred the prestigious CMA Achiever Award 2015 Certificate of Merit to Bharat Bhushan Gupta, Controller Finance, Haryana Power Generation Corporation ltd (HPGCl) for the second consecutive year under the category of Public Manufacturing Medium (Male). A spokesman said that the CMA award is presented every year in recognition to the significant contributions to operational efficiency, Risk Management, value creation, improving Corporate Governance and CSR, and innovation in Cost and Management Accounting Practices made by members of the institute. Najib Shah (IRS), Chairman Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) presented the award to CMA Bharat Bhushan Gupta at New Delhi.
HARYANA SPEAKER NOMINATES MAHIPAl DHANDA
Chandigarh: Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Kanwar Pal Gujjar has nominated Mahipal Dhanda, MlA, to serve as member on the Subject Committee on Food and Supplies for the remaining period of the year 2016-2017.
JAI JAWAN AWAS YOJANA: CM TO PERFORM PUJAN
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal will perform “Bhoomi Pujan” on the land over which flats would be constructed for soldiers and ex- servicemen under Jai Jawan Awas Yojana in Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar on June 3. The flats would be constructed over five acres of land in Bahadurgarh. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command, lieutenant General K J Singh said that the Indian Army Chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag would also be present during the bhoomi pujan. He said that the Chief Minister and the Indian Army Chief would also address a rally on that day to be attended by a large number of ex-servicemen.
112 SDOS COMPlETE TRAINING AT PSPCl
Patiala: A batch of 112 Sub Divisional Officers including 10 lady engineers passed out after training at Technical training institute of PSPCl to be posted in Operation Sub Divisions, Thermal Plants and various offices all over Punjab. Er KD Chaudhri, Chairman cum Managing Director, PSPCl addressed the new trainees and exhorted them to give their best while performing their duties. He advised them to devote themselves to the cause of public service. He promised full support and encouragement from the Management of PSPCl to the young officers in whom he saw great potential in taking PSPCl to great heights.
DEPARTMENTAl EXAMINATION FROM JUlY 9
Chandigarh: Central Committee of Examination, Punjab will organize the next departmental examination of certain categories of Officers/Officials from July 9 to July 15 at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab (MGSIPAS), Sector 26 here in two shifts i.e. from 9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 5 pm. A spokesman said that these categories includes Assistant Commissioners/ Extra Assistant Commissioners, I.P.S officers, Civil Judges (Junior Division), Tehsildars/ Revenue Officials, Officers of Forest Department I.F.S., Officers of the Agriculture/ Soil Conservation Services/Horticulture Services, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries department, Wardens/Inspectors of Wild life Preservation department, Officers/Officials of the department of Jails, Excise and Taxation department, Cooperation, Dairy Development, Block Development and Panchayat Officers, lady Circle Supervisors of Rural Development and Panchayat Department and Officers of labour & Employment Departments.
SBI INAUGURATES Rs 100 NOTES DISPENSING ATM AT PU
Chandigarh:. Nirmal Chand, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India inaugurated an exclusive Rs100 Notes Dispensing ATM of State Bank of India at Administrative Block, Panjab University campus in Chandigarh, in the presence of Col. G. S. Chadha, Registrar, Panjab University and Anil Kishora, Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Chandigarh Circle. This ATM will dispense only Rs100 notes to serve the needs of student community, small traders etc. Kishora said that SBI plans to dedicate three more ATMs in the tricity for dispensing small denomination notes to general public.
BETTERTHINK HOlDS WORKSHOP ON SPEAKING AND WRITING
lUDHIANA: In an attempt to enhance the Speaking and Writing skills of IElTS students at its franchise centres in the region, BetterThink has organised a series of four workshops by its ‘module-specific’ experts. BetterThink is the English language division of TCY Group. These workshops were held at its Zira, Faridkot, Kotkapura and Jalalabad centres where a large number of students took part. They showed keen interest in BetterThink’s scientific teaching methods which, they feel, are helping them in boosting self-confidence and scoring better bands in IElTS exams. Two more such workshops will be organised at BetterThink centres in Sangrur (June 4) and Nawanshar ( June 11).
FARMERS TO GET SUBSIDY OF 1.5 CRORE ON MAIZE SEEDS IN SAS NAGAR
SAS Nagar: To motivate farmers for harvesting of profitable crops under Crop Diversification Program, subsidy amounting to Rs 1 crore 50 lakh will be provided to farmers on maize seed in SAS Nagar this season. Deputy Commissioner D.S.Mangat said that subsidy amounting to Rs 8 lakh 40 thousands on 100 quintal maize seed stands provided so far. Mangat said that 22 thousand 500 acres maize seeding is targeted during this season and 1100 quintal subsidized maize seed at the rate of Rs. 84 per kg will be provided to farmers which will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of farmers. Mangat said that besides subsidized seed, pesticide at 50 percent subsidy will also be provided to farmers. He said that to ensure proper distribution of maize seeds, 13 centres have been established by Agriculture Department and very soon pesticide will be made available at these centres. He said that 7 different varieties of maize seed have been made available.