Himachal CM inaugurates e-udyan portal
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday inaugurated the e-udyan portal and IHSMS application developed under World Bank funded Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project for providing services of Department of Horticulture. Management Information System (Integrated Horticulture Area Management System) has been developed for all G2C services of the Horticulture Department through this portal, he said, adding that all the horticulture related schemes in this portal would be available for farmers and other users. Thakur said that under the Horticulture Development Project, the beneficiaries will get registration of fruit nursery, demand for plants, demand of horticulture tools, purchase of pesticides, demand of compost for mushrooms, demand for beehive, subsidy etc. and online application facility has also been provided for the services of Horticulture sector. He said that this portal would also provide online processing facility for the officers of the Horticulture Department, which would take less time to provide services to the horticulturists and would beneficial to work within the time frame of Citizen Charter under Himachal Pradesh Public Service Guarantee Act.
HP Guv praises Scott Edil Pharmacia unit
Shimla: Himachal Governor Bandaru Dattatraya appreciated the contribution of Scott Edil Pharmacia Unit at Baddi in Solan district in the fight against COVID -19 pandemic by producing about 20 lakh sanitizers bottle a month and free distribution of it in the state through various NGOs and social activists. The Governor in a letter to the Managing Director of the unit, Sanjeev Aggarwal, said this noble act would reinforce the trust of general public in humanity.
Horticulture Dept. donates `811,000 for Covid
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was presented a cheque of Rs 811,000 by Horticulture Minister Mahender Singh Thakur as contribution on behalf of officers and officials of the Horticulture Department towards ‘HP SDMA COVID-19 State Disaster Response Fund’ here. Chief Minister thanked for this noble gesture. Secretary, Horticulture Amitabh Awasthi, Project Director, HP Horticulture Development Project Debasweta Banik and Director Horticulture, MM Sharma were also present on the occasion.
Corona warriors awarded
Chandigarh: To appreciate the services rendered by Punjab Home Guards (PHG) and civil defence warriors in fight against COVID-19 pandemic, the PHG and Civil Defence (CD) Department has awarded 31 PHGs, 23 volunteers and 25 CD personnel with newly instituted DG Home Guards Commendation Discs and Director Civil Defence Commendation Rolls, said a spokesperson.
Hry Police seizes 53.6 kg charas, one held
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has seized 53 kg 600 gram ‘charas’ and arrested one person in this connection from Bhiwani district. A spokesperson said, arrested accused identified as Jaipal, a resident of village Mithathal was carrying the seized contraband on a motorcycle. The ‘charas’ was seized by a team of Crime Investigation Agency from near Meham road, Bhiwani. Over the past fortnight, Police has also seized more than 100 kg narcotics substance from different parts of the state, he added.
Center's economic package a gimmick: Dewan
Chandigarh: Pawan Dewan, chairman of the Punjab Large Industrial Development Board, called the Central Government's economic package merely an attempt to gawk and garner applause and will never be executed. Dewan said, the whole country was sitting in the hope to get relief from the Central Government amid the lockdown implemented due to Coronavirus infection, but this did not happen. The economic package, by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has become packy, which seems to have failed to bring micro, small and middle class industries out of the crisis.
NSUI rejects Centre’s relief package
Chandigarh: Rejecting the Centre’s “relief package” as another cruel shock to those already hit by corona pandemic, National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Punjab unit president Akshay Sharma on Thursday lambasted the Union Finance Minister for once again abandoning the crores of students whose education has been severely disrupted across the country. “There is literally zilch in the package which Modi has allocated for students and the education sector,” said Akshay adding that it was unfortunate to see Nirmala Sitharaman not deeming it fit to even mention the hardships being faced by our youngsters in the wake of pandemic.