Empowered women makes self-reliant nation: Smriti
Chandigarh: “The vision of a self-reliant india is not possible without an empowered womanhood”, said Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, while addressing a webinar on the theme of ‘The Resolve of Self-Reliant India: Decisive Role of Women Empowerment in its Attainment’ , organized by the Department of History and Interdisciplinary Centre for Swami Vivekananda
Studies, Panjab University. She delved that in present times, Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana has played an instrumental role in empowering women as out of the 38 crores new bank accounts opened, 20 crore accounts were in the name of women. This access to bank accounts has fulfilled the task of becoming a fundamental financial tool which has gone a long way towards empowering women.
CM expresses grief over demise of Yogendra Paliwal
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has expressed grief over the sad demise of BJP Rewari district president Yogendra Paliwal who breathed his last, late last evening after a prolonged illness. In a tweet, Manohar Lal said “I am deeply saddened by the news of demise of BJP Rewari district president, Yogendra Paliwal”. “I pray to the almighty to give peace to the departed soul and enough strength to members of the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss’’, he further tweeted.
massive rally to protest anti-farmer policy today
New Delhi: In a meeting of the Punjab State Committee of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) attended by 10 constituent organisations, it has been decided to organise a massive farmers protest rallies with 10,000 tractors on July 27. Farmers shall march towards the offices of the elected representatives and prominent leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party and Akali Dal, who are partners in the NDA Govt. at the Centre, in protest against the slew of anti-farmer policies and actions of the Govt. The protest is against the three anti-farmer ordinances which will lead to further hardship for farmers and eventually pave the way corporatization of agriculture and decimation of small and medium farmers, a spokesman said.
Haryana fixes premium amount for crops
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has fixed the per acre premium and the insured amount of four crops of Kharif -2020 namely Paddy, Cotton, Maize, and Bajra under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Farmers can get these crops insured by July 31, a spokesman said. It is mandatory to get insurance coverage of all farmers registered on the portal of Central Government pmfby.gov.in. He said that the premium amount should be sent only through NCIP’s payment gateway Pay-Gov and it is mandatory for all farmers to have an Aadhaar number.
Elante reports growth in weekly sales and footfall
Chandigarh: Elante Mall which had reopened its doors to the public on June 8 as a part of unlock 1.0, has reported growth in sales and footfall. Anil Malhotra, Executive Director, Hospitality & Corporate Affairs, Elante Mall said, “It has been over six weeks since we reopened the doors to our patrons in unlock 1.0.We have seen around 18% growth in footfalls week-on-week. With over 90% of the restaurants now open, people have started to revisit these popular restaurants at Elante and they have started seeing good conversions, he added.
43 volunteers donated blood
Chandigarh: The Thalassaemic Charitable Trust organized its 194th blood donation Camp in PGIMER. 43 voluntary blood donors donated blood. Since June 6, 2020, TCT has been able to mobilize 1127 units of blood for PGIMER and GMCH Sector 32. For next 195th blood donation camp on August 1, Rajinder Kalra, Member Secretary of Thalassaemic Charitable Trust has appealed to the voluntary blood donors/social organizations to donate blood to save the lives of Thalassaemics and other needy patients.
Uttrakhand Yuva Manch collects 214 units blood
Chandigarh: The Uttrakhand Yuva Manch (UYM) organized its 27th blood donation camp which was well participated by donors across the region. Dharampal Rawat, president Uttrakhand Yuva Manch said, a total of 214 units were collected during the camp organized in association with PGIMER. During the program, blood donors who donated during the lockdown were also honored.