Min denies reports of Cabinet reshuffle, expansion
Chandigarh: Haryana Urban local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain, on Tuesday said that no discussion has been held regarding appointing Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu, as the Deputy Chief Minister of the State, so the question of opposing any such move does not arise. Jain was interacting with mediapersons after performing ‘yajna’ along with his family members on the occasion of Ram Navami at Mata Mansa Devi shrine complex at Panchkula. Jain said that she was not aware of any such information, and it was not required as the Haryana Government was working with complete honesty. The entire Cabinet and MlAs are satisfied under the leadership of Chief Minister Manohar lal, she added.
Finance Department to conduct training
Chandigarh: Haryana Finance Department would conduct training regarding new Budget provisions and bill preparation for all officers concerned through video-conferencing on April 5. A spokesman of the Department said that all Treasury Officers, Assistant Treasury Officers and Drawing and Disbursing Officers of all Government officers would be imparted training for preparation, drawing and disbursal of bills according to the new rules in view of Revenue and Capital classification of expenditure in Budget 2017-18, instead of the earlier Plan and Non-Plan classification.
self financed colleges problems highlighted
Mohali: To highlight the problems being faced by self financing technical institutions of the country, a delegation of All India Federation of Self Financing Technical Institutions (AIFSFTI) under the leadership of chief patron, RS Munirathinam and president, Anshu Kataria met AICTE chairman, Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe at New Delhi. RS Munirathinam while discussing about faculty ratio said that KAW committee has recommended faculty ratio as 1:25, where in AICTE, the prescribed ratio is 1:15. Munirathinam requested AICTE chairman to consider the request of KAW committee and fix the faculty ratio as 1:25. Kataria sought immediate intervention of AICTE in the regulatory mechanism and demanded the level playing field for all type of Institutions including Private Universities, Deemed Universities, Self financed Colleges etc.
14th Young Journalists Felicitation Day organised
Chandigarh: Simmi Marwaha Memorial Charitable Trust organised its 14th Young Journalists Felicitation Day at Chandigarh Press Club here. Those honoured on the occasion were journalists, photo journalists and topper students of PU Mass Communication Department. In the print and Electronic media among those who were felicitated included Devkanya Thakur, Ravindermeet, Santanshu and Panjab University topper Anuradha Sharma. They were felicitated Rajinder Rosy, Managing Trustee of the Trust. Notably, Simmi Marwaha was a journalist herself and 14 years ago on March 22 in 2003 had lost her life in a road accident when she was just 24 years old. Every year on April 3, a felicitation function is kept on her birthday.
Orientation workshop held
Chandigarh: Haryana Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Anil Malik has said that the curricula of diploma programmes should be changed regularly to meet new challenges. Malik was speaking after inaugurating orientation workshop on National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) organised by Haryana State Board of Technical Education at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) here. As many as 75 persons, including Principals, Heads of Departments and senior teachers from various polytechnic colleges of Haryana and representatives from industry participated in the workshop, which would help in developing the curricula of diploma courses as per the NSQF.