On the occasion of 56th Haryana Day, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday made 11 major public welfare announcements including implementation of Parivar Pehchan Patra from November 1 onwards, early release of 250 prisoners, biennial medical check-up for policemen, Panchayat Guardian scheme among other initiatives.
Khattar, while addressing mediapersons here to mark the state level celebration of Haryana Day and on completion of seven years tenure of the State Government said that since 2014, bringing in governance and administrative reforms have always remained his topmost priorities and schemes like Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) has been implemented in Haryana.
“From November 1 onwards, 456 services of government departments are made available only through Parivar Pehchan Patra ID in the state. With this, the eligible beneficiaries would now not have to make frequent visits to the government offices to get their work done. The eligible beneficiaries can visit any nearest Saral Kendra, Antyodaya Kendra or Common Service Centre to get the benefits of welfares scheme,” said the Chief Minister, who was accompanied by most of his Cabinet Colleagues. BJP state chief OP Dhankar, state Jannayak Janata Party chief Nishan Singh were also present on the occasion.
About 65 lakh families have been registered with PPP in the state.
The Chief Minister said that there are a total of 611 services of government departments. The government is making efforts to make the remaining 155 services online by December 25, he said.
Khattar also launched the Haryana Panchayat Guardian Scheme-2021 with an objective of creating a system of rapid and holistic development under Gram Panchayats. In this, senior officers will be given the role of the guardian of the village panchayat, he added
250 PRISONERS TO BE RELEASED
Giving a Deepawali gift to the family members of as many as 250 prisoners locked in various jails in Haryana or those who are at present on parole, the Chief Minister announced to grant waiver of sentence ranging from six months and less. Under this, 250 prisoners will be released from prison.
Those prisoners whose pending term of punishment is six months and less will walk free under this initiative. But this waiver would not be applicable to prisoners convicted in heinous crimes, he said.
The Chief Minister said that the release of all these prisoners who are involved in general crimes will begin from November 2, 2021.
BIENNIAL HEALTH CHECK-UP FOR POLICE PERSONNEL
Launching a biennial health check-up scheme for the employees of Police Department, the Chief Minister said that this mandatory biennial health check-up will come into force from January, 1, 2022 for employees who have attained the age of 35 years or more. 32464 police employees (62 per cent of the total force) are expected to benefit from this scheme. The eligible employees shall be subjected to a thorough health check-up once in two years in order to screen them for common health ailments. The government will bear the entire cost of the medical examination, he said. Khattar also said that cyber helpdesks would be set up at all FIR-registering Police stations of the state for registering complaints of cyber crimes. The government has decided to setup cyber crime Police Stations in all districts of Haryana in a phased manner over the period of next one year, he added.
STATE TO ACHIEVE 100 PERCENT COMPLETION OF JAL JEEVAN MISSION BY 2022
The Chief Minister said that till date, water has been supplied from tap to every household in 18 districts. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the target will be completed by the year 2022 in Haryana, he said.
On August 15, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started Jal Jeevan Mission to provide water from tap to every household of the villages by the year 202
“At present as many as 6156 villages are getting tap water. The objective of this mission is to prevent wastage of drinking water and to provide adequate water to the citizens at home, Khattar said.
POWER CONNECTION TO THOSE LIVING IN OLD COLONIES
Giving a relief to the residents living in old colonies developed by private builders where inadequacy of electrical infrastructure has been identified, Khattar announced that the required electrical infrastructure would be created by distribution companies (UHBVN and DHBVN) by collecting development advance from the residents of colonies. Simultaneously, recovery on account deficient electrical infrastructure will be made from the developer through cash deposit or by attaching their encumbranced properties by Town and Country Planning Department. After recovery of charges from developers, the development advance, so collected from the consumers will be refunded, he said. Under this, an immediate relief will be provided to around 5,000 residents in the state, mainly located in Gurugram and Sonipat, by releasing their electricity connections. In future, more than 25,000 plot holders who are yet to construct their houses will also be benefitted.
Further, existing 30,000 consumers in such colonies who are already having electricity connection would be benefited by having quality power supply from Nigams, the Chief Minister said.
SDOs (civil), city magistrates designated as sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars
All sub divisional officers (civil) and city magistrates in the state shall be designated as sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars for the purpose of registration of instruments of transfer of properties in each district. Tehsildars and naib-tehsildars shall also continue to be joint sub-registrars. The Chief Minister said that this step will facilitate the general public, especially, the farmers and the rural masses and will also eliminate the inconvenience to the public due to the absence of a particular officer at the time of their visit in government offices.
Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam portal launched
Launching the portal of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, Khattar said that the Nigam has been created to streamline the recruitment process of employees being appointed on contract basis in government departments and undertakings. From November 1 onwards, the job aspirants can register themselves on this portal by using their PPP IDs. The Chief Minister also announced that the DC rates which are being implemented in different districts will now be called as Nigam rate and this rate will be decided by the General Administration Department headed by the Chief Secretary.