Haryana Chief Minister flags off 'Run for Unity

CHANDIGARH, OCT 31
 The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal Khattar, released a balloon to flag off ‘Run for Unity’, a marathon organised to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Hisar, today. Thousands of people from all walks of life participated in the marathon.
            Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said under the leadership of the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, the bonds of unity in the country had been strengthened by organising the ‘Run for Unity’. It is very important for us to remember the significance of being united as a nation.
          He exhorted the people, especially the youth, to move forward with passion and enthusiasm and contribute to the betterment of the society and nation-building. 
            The Chief Minister, who also participated in the event and ran to motivate the runners, administered the pledge of unity and integrity of nation to the people on this occasion.   
          The ‘Run for Unity’ started from gate number 4 of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University and concluded near the Home Science College of the university.
          BJP State President, Mr Subhash Barala, MLA Dr Kamal Gupta, and other dignitaries were also present on this occasion.
e-APPOINTMENT SERVICE: In Haryana, after the success of e-Disha system, the District Administration, Karnal, has taken one step forward by initiating new service e-appointment.
            While giving this information, an official spokesman said that so far, over 70,000 owners of vehicles have been given e-appointment and necessary documents related to their vehicles have been prepared. Through this, a common man would be able to get an appointment from the officer for resolving his problem and the concerned officer would allot the applicant a fixed time. 
            He said that initially, this facility has been begun in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, all Sub Divisional Magistrates, District Revenue Officer and District Development and Panchayats Officer. After this, the service would be extended to all other offices. Karnal has become the first district in the state to have taken this initiative.
RASHTRIYA EKTA DIWAS: A special program was organized on ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ to commemorate the 142th Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in Haryana Civil Secretariat here today.
    During the programme, Haryana Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs Departments, Mrs. Neerja Shekhar administered pledge of unity and integrity of nation to the officers and employees of Haryana Civil Secretariat.  Mrs. Shekhar paid floral tribute to the portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and said that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had laid the foundation of unity and integrity of the country.
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Vice President lauds rapid strides made by Haryana

CHANDIGARH, OCT 31
The Vice-President of India, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, today lauded the rapid strides made by Haryana, the sacred land of Upanishads and Bhagvad Gita, in various fields, especially agriculture, sports and information technology.
            “It is no mean achievement for a state having mere 1.5 per cent of the country's population producing 15 per cent of total foodgrains in the country”, he said while speaking at the closing ceremony of the year-long Swarna Jayanti celebrations at Mahabir Stadium, in Hisar today.
            Mr Naidu hailed Haryana's achievement in making all rural and urban areas of the state open defecation-free and expressed the hope that the state government and the people of the state would make the national Swachhta Abhiyan a part of their lives.
      Mr Naidu had a special word of praise for the womenfolk of the state who had defied the odds to achieve remarkable success in various fields, especially sports.
       Exhorting the people to cherish, imbibe and protect the rich 'sanskriti' of the country and the concept of Bharatiyata, he expressed his happiness that Gita Jayanti celebrations in Kurukshetra this year and an international seminar on Gita to be hosted by Kurukshetra University, would be inaugurated by the President of India on November 25.
          He said that it is a matter of pride that the central government has selected two districts of Haryana namely Karnal and Faridabad under the smart city scheme. Apart from this, the State Government is also developing Gurugram as smart city from its own resources.  He hoped that the development of these cities under the smart city scheme would inspire other districts also to take benefit of this scheme. He said that the IT related export of Haryana has played a significant role in developing the country as a super power in the field of Information Technology. 
          He also expressed happiness over the increasing use of IT in Panchayats as this would help in ensuring transparency in speedy implementation of various government schemes. He hoped that the State Government would launch a comprehensive campaign to encourage the farmers to adopt the facility of e-marketing in their interest.
    Earlier, Vice President of India, Mr M. Vankaiah Naidu and Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal released two books entitled Haryana Police Journal and Haryana – A Sporting Power House.        
          The event showcased some amazing cultural performances by folk artistes. Sonu Nigam‘s performance turned out to be a crowd puller. The youngsters contributed as chorus while the singing sensation of India rendered one melody after another. Beginning from Mera Rang De Basanti Chola and ending with Kal Ho Na Ho, the atmosphere in Mahabir Stadium turned electric. 
          The highlight of the show was Bike Stunt Act performed by Haryana Police Commandos. One after another, the courageous men showed their prowess on bike, driving hands-free or doing Headstand on the bike while driving. Even Randeep Hooda, the Master of the Ceremony also took a round of the stadium holding National Flag seared on a bike driven by a Commando.
    Among those present on the occasion included Education Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, Urban Local Bodies Minister, Mrs Kavita Jain, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr O.P. Dhankar, Minister of State for Food and Supplies, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj, Minister of State for Public Health Engineering, Dr Banwari Lal, Minister of State for Cooperation, Mr Manish Kumar Grover, MP Rajya Sabha, Mr Subhash Chandra, MLAs namely Mr Kamal Gupta, Mr Subhash Barala, Mrs Seema Trikha, Mr Mahipal  Dhanda, Chairperson of Scheduled Castes Finance Development Corporation, Mrs Sunita Duggal, Chief Secretary, Mr D.S.  Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Dr K.K. Khandelwal, renowned Bollywood actor, Mr Randeep Hooda and renowned  singer, Mr Sonu Nigam and other senior officers of the State Government and District Administration.
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Applications invited for post of chairperson of Haryana Human Rights Commission

CHANDIGARH, OCT 30
The Haryana Government has invited applications for the post of Chairperson and two Members of Haryana Human Rights Commission under the Protection Act, 1993. 
           While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Home Department said that a Chairperson of the Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) would be a retired Chief Justice of a High Court. 
           He said that the term of the Chairperson would be five years or upto the age of 70 years whichever is earlier. The salary and allowances would be equal to Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, he added. 
          The spokesman said that a Member of the HHRC would be a retired Judge of High Court or District Judge in the State with a minimum of seven years experience as District Judge and other member having knowledge, or practical experience in matter relating to human right. The term of the member would be five years or upto the age of 70 years whichever is earlier and salary and allowances would be equal to a Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court. 
          He said that those willing could send their applications to the Additional Chief Secretary, Home alongwith full bio-data within a month. The notice is also available on www.homeharyana.gov.in. 
MAHABIR MITTAL NOMINATED: Haryana Government has nominated Mr Mahabir Mittal, resident of Safidon Gate, Jind as non-official member of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committee, Jind with immediate effect. 
          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Grievances Department said that a notification has been issued in this regard.  
JAI KISHAN GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE- Haryana government has given Jai Kishan Abhir, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Fatehabad, additional charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer, DRDA, Sirsa, during the leave period of Munish Nagpal, with immediate effect.
NARESH AND RAMESH PROMOTED: The Haryana Government has promoted Deputy Superintendents, Naresh Kumar and Ramesh Kumar Dhingra of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department as Superintendent, with immediate effect.
            Ravinder Kumar, Assistant Photo and Cinema Officer and Suresh Kumar, Sound Recordist of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department have been promoted to the post of Photo and Cinema Officer and Technical Officer, respectively, subject to the revival of the post from the Finance Department.
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Competition Commission of India warns bid rigging by firms in various tendering processes

CHANDIGARH, OCT 30
 The Competition Commission of India, during an “Interactive meeting towards Institutionalization of the Mechanism for Establishing Competition Culture in Policy Making and Governance” held recently has mentioned some warning signs of collusion or bid rigging by the firms in various tendering processes.
          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Supplies and Disposals Department said that these signs included the same supplier is often the lowest bidder, there is a geographic allocation of winning tenders, bids from different companies contain similar  handwriting or typeface or use identical forms or stationery, the bid is coming from same IP, in case of online bidding, certain companies always submit bids but never win, sudden and identical increase in price or price ranges by bidders that cannot be explained by cost increases and two or more businesses submit a joint bid even though at least one of them could have bid  on its own.
           He said that it has been directed that in case such a scenario is observed, action as provided in the rules that is forfeiture of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) or blacklisting of firms as provided in Detailed Notice Inviting Tender (DNIT) may be taken against the concerned firm. In case the quantum of collusion of bid rigging is of substantial nature, petition may be filed under Section 19 (1) (b) of the Competition Act, 2002 or other relevant sections before Competition Commission of India.
           The spokesman said that in case there is a change requests or revision and it is to make any good, any defects or shortcomings or improvement on the single e-procurement portal, it must be ensured that the same are of benefit to all the on boarded government departments, agencies and not just specific to their department or agency. He said that the State Government had decided to implement e-procurement system through single web portal for the entire State with the objective of uniformity of processes, transparency and efficiency.
           He said that the it has been decided that while submitting a change request, a time of alteast two to three months may be given to the Nodal Department for any change request implementation before it is finally put in the operation since various test plans covering test cases, test results, preparing test data and carry out necessary acceptance test correlating to functional requirements are required to be ensured. The modalities regarding implementation of change requests on single e-Procurement Portal was under the consideration of this office as a Nodal Department, he added.  
          The spokesman said that it has been observed that some of the on-boarded departments, boards, corporations or federations are frequently submitting their change requests to this office or MSP that is M/s Nextender (India) Private Limited related to various changes in the functionalities like MIS reports, interface changes and dashboard changes and for their implementation on immediate basis.
           He said that the revision or changes in any software are part of the design process and they cannot and should not be avoided. However, it has been directed that in case there is a change request or revision and it is to make any good, any defects or shortcomings or improvement on the single e-procurement portal, it must be ensured that the same are of benefit to all the on boarded government departments, agencies and not just specific to their department or agency.
           He said that all the Heads of the Departments, Managing Directors, Chief Administrators of the Boards and Corporations, Universities in the State and all Deputy Commissioners have been directed to ensure the strict compliance of these instructions.
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56.40 lakh MT of paddy arrives in Haryana mandis

CHANDIGARH, OCT 30
More than 56.40 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana as compared to over 51.06 lakh MT of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year.
          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said that out of the total arrival of paddy, government agencies had so far procured over 52.98 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 3.41 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers.
         He said that more than 24.80 lakh MT of paddy have purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. Over 17.45 lakh MT by Hafed, over 5.73 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, over 4.85 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 13,244 MT have been purchased by the Food Corporation of India.
          He said that more than 13.69 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of Karnal, 11.16 lakh MT in Kurukshetra, over 7.51 lakh MT in Kaithal and over 7.32 lakh MT in Ambala. Similarly, over 5.92 lakh MT Fatehabad, 5.23 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 1.86 lakh MT in Jind, 1.18 lakh MT in Panchkula, 1.11 lakh MT in Sirsa, 57,983 MT in Palwal, 59,146 MT in Panipat, 9,660 MT in Rohtak, 7,695 MT in Jhajjar and 2,459 MT in Gurugram. 
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Research on ancient history and culture needed for development: Subhash Ghai,

CHANDIGARH, OCT 30
Bollywood producer-director, Subhash Ghai, has said that new India can emerge only by doing research on ancient history and culture. For this, the common man would have to understand the importance of art and culture the development of which requires spiritual and artistic education.
            Interacting with media persons before attending closing ceremony of the Akhil Bhartiya Kala Sadhak Sangam-2017 in Kurukshetra today, Mr Ghai said in order to promote art and culture in the state, a special campaign of cultural programmes should be organized on Saturdays and Sundays in schools for the benefit of youth.
           Not only this, one class of art and culture should be held in every school from primary education on the pattern of USA. Initiative should be taken in Kurukshetra by discussing the issue with MLA Subhash Sudha.
          The state government should provide subsidy for the promotion of Haryanvi cinema. When Marathi cinema could reach from eight to 125 movies in few years, Haryana too has great potential and Haryanvi cinema could also be taken to a new level, he added.
     “I have nursed a dream to make a film on Lord Krishna for 35 long years and would definitely realize it one day”, Mr Ghai said.
          MLA Subhash Sudha assured him that art and cultural awareness would be generated among the students in schools of Thanesar Assembly constituency. The state government is making efforts to develop Kurukshetra as a cultural capital. Work on schemes like ShriKrishna Circuit is being done to bring Kurukshetra on the world map, he added.
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VP will be chief guest at Closing Ceremony of Haryana Swarna Jayanti

 CHANDIGARH, OCT 30

All is set for a grand closing ceremony of the yearlong golden jubilee celebrations of Haryana state at Mahabir Stadium in Hisar on Tuesday. The stadium witnessed hectic activity on Monday as workers raced against time to complete the infrastructure works and the hundreds of participants presented a full dress rehearsal of the various events planned for the day. Chief Minister Manohar Lal himself reviewed the arrangements in the evening.
          The stadium is expected to be packed to capacity. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, the chief guest at the closing ceremony, accompanied by Haryana Governor Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki and the Chief Minister, will join the people in enjoying the the activities, which include dance performances, march by brass bands, a drill by women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF), bike stunts, a parade by traditional Haryanvi musicians, and a dance medley by college and university students.
          The high point of the programme would be a grand finale by Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, a Haryana native, who will present a bouquet of his choicest songs.
          Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, another Haryana native, who was at the venue on Monday, will be the master of ceremonies during the programme.
          Since the day will coincide with National Ekta Diwas, which commemorates the birth anniversary of the Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, an ekta pledge will be taken by the gathering.
          Among other items on the agenda are dance acts on the theme “Vande Mataram” and “Mera Haryana”, a film on the yearlong golden jubilee celebrations, armed police and police march past and a talk by media baron Subhash Chandra. 
           The yearlong celebrations witnessed a flurry of impressive grassroots level activities, touching the lives of the common man across the length and breadth of the state, in every conceivable field, including art and culture, music, dance, literature, entertainment, agriculture, science, industry, sports, governance, etc. 
          Beginning with a power-packed opening ceremony at Gurugram on  November 1, 2016, which was graced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the next 12 months witnessed events, the scale and size of which were never witnessed before in the state. Enthusiastic participation by the masses marked all the events. 
          These events included a National Youth Festival, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kabbadi Championship, Bharat Kesari Dangal, Saang Utsav, Raagni Utsav, Natya Kala Utsav, Kahaniyon Ka Bal Rangmanch, Mushairas, Haryana Sahitya Sangam, Haryana MSME Sammelan, Haryana Parvasi Divas, etc.
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Haryana CM launches pension scheme for jurnos

CHANDIGARH, OCT 26

Haryana Chief Minister  Manohar Lal today launched monthly pension scheme for media persons by presenting pension to nine veteran journalists in a function organized at Panchkula near here today.

          While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that under the scheme, monthly pension of Rs.10,000 would be given to the accredited media persons of daily, evening, weekly, fortnightly, monthly newspapers, news agencies, Radio stations, news channels, above the age of 60 years.

          Referring to the eligibility criteria, he said that the accredited media persons having atleast 20 years of experience in the field of journalism and above the age of 60 years would be eligible to get pension. The media person should have been accredited with the Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Haryana for atleast last five years.

          He said that beneficiary media person would have to open an Aadhar linked savings bank account in any nationalised bank for depositing the amount of pension in their bank accounts and have to give a certificate in the month of January every year to this effect. The media person, getting pension or honorarium of any kind from any other State Government or news organisation would also be eligible. However, if an eligible media person is getting pension from any other State Government of an amount less than Rs.10,000 per month, the entitlement of pension under this scheme would be reduced by that amount.

          He said that in case of demise of beneficiary media person, the monthly pension would continue to be given to his or her spouse in case he or she is not getting any salary or wages or pension or any other regular financial assistance from any organisation or the State Government.

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Sugarcane price hiked by Rs 10 per quintal

CHANDIGARH, OCT 25
In yet another farmer-friendly decision, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, today announced a hike of Rs 10 per quintal in the State Advisory Price (SAP) of sugarcane which will benefit the farmers to the tune of Rs 86 crore. The state government is already paying the highest price of sugarcane to the farmers. 
          He made this and other announcements while speaking on the concluding day of winter session of the Vidhan Sabha here today.
          The Chief Minister said in view of the beginning of the wheat sowing season, supply of electricity for agriculture sector would be increased from the existing eight hours to 10 hours per day in the state up to November 15, 2017.
          Mr Manohar Lal thanked the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, for hiking the MSP of wheat by Rs 10 per quintal and said this decision of Central Government would immensely benefit the farmers in the country. The hike in MSP of wheat reflects the visionary thinking of the Prime Minister, he added.
          The Chief Minister also announced the decision to upgrade Ladwa Tehsil to the level of sub-division. Following the resolution passed by the Gram Panchayats, Mr Manohar Lal said the state government had renamed Mustafabad village in district Yamunanagar as Saraswati Nagar, village Ganda in Fatehabad as Ajit Nagar, and village Kinnar in Hisar as Gaibipur.
             Similarly, village Chamar Khera in Hisar would be renamed as Sunder Khera, Garhi Sampla in Rohtak as Ch. Chottu Ram Nagar, and Panjokhra as Panjokhra Sahib. The state has forwarded a proposal to this effect to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, he added.
CRUSHING SESSION: Meanwhile, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr O.P. Dhankar said that all cooperative sugar mills in the state would start crushing from November 1, 2017, which  is 21 days advance of current crushing season. The capacity of sugar mills Karnal, Panipat and Sonipat would be raised to 3500 tonnes, 5000 tonnes and 2200 tonnes per day from existing 2200 tonnes, 1800 tonnes and 1600 tonnes per day respectively.
          Mr Dhankar was replying on a calling attention motion moved by opposition members on price of sugarcane on the concluding day of winter session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.
          The Minister apprised the House that Haryana is the first state where all the payment of sugarcane had been released to farmers. The State is giving highest price of cane to the farmers. He assured the House that price of sugarcane in the state would be highest during the period of BJP government. The cane growers were satisfied with the government during its three years tenure and area under sugarcane cultivation is being increased every year. This was 0.93 hectares in year 2014-15 which has been increased to one lakh hectares in 2015-16 and 1.73 lakh hectares in 2016-17. The production of sugarcane in year 2014-15 was seven crore quintal and 8.22 crore quintal in 2015-16. This year, 11.20 crore production is expected, he added. 
          Mr Dhankar said that next meeting of Sugarcane Control Board scheduled to be held on December 15, 2017. All the mills are ready for crushing season and every stick of cane would be crushed. Additional weight scales would be set up outside mills or other places, if required. The state government would not allow transportation of sugarcane to other states in any circumstances. 
          He informed that crushing in cooperative sugar mill Rohtak, Palwal and Karnal would commence from October 31, November 3 andNovember 7 respectively.   The sugarmills have been asked to adopt latest techniques to produce organic products. 
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Recruitment fair and transparent, claims Haryana CM

CHANDIGARH, OCT 25
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal today said that the present state government has implemented a fair and transparent system of recruitment in the state and assured that the government would not allow to continue the game of jobs and transfers as was being played during the previous regimes. 
           The Chief Minister was replying to the Calling Attention Motion on the concluding day of session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today. 
He also thanked the opposition for praising the state government for carrying out transparent recruitment in the Police Department and said that out of those recruited, 80 per cent are from rural areas whereas 20 per cent are from the urban areas. The State Government is soon going to issue appointment letters to 6,142 clerks, he added.
           He said that the present state government has scrapped the process of interview for the posts in Group C and D category. He said that the scheme of marks in respect of selection to Group C and D posts would comprise of total 100 marks, of which 85 marks would be awarded on the basis of written exam and 15 marks for socio-economic parameters and experience.
           While detailing the criteria for allocating 15 marks for socio-economic status and experience, he said that while five marks would be given on furnishing Non-employment Certificate to the effect that none of the family members is an employee in any Government or Semi Government organization, maximum five marks would be given in case of experience up-to a maximum of 10 years in any Government or Semi Government organization against a Group D post that is 0.5 mark only for each completed year. He said that five marks would be allocated (a) if the applicant is a widow; (b) five marks if the applicant is below 25 years of age and is son or daughter of a widow; (c) five marks if the applicant is below 25 years of age and is an orphan. However, no candidate would be given benefit of more than one category out of (a), (b) and (c), he added.
           The Chief Minister said that the new system of recruitment would lead to far more transparency and fairness in recruitments. Under this procedure, all candidates irrespective of the fact whether they are from rural or urban background have an equal opportunity of selection. He said that since all candidates would be assessed on the basis of their performance in the same exam, this would ensure a level playing field.
          He said that the Government has taken special care to protect the interests of vulnerable sections of society and persons already working on posts which are not regular. Extra weightage has been provided to candidates who have no family members in Government or Semi-Government service. In addition, extra marks would be given to widows, sons or daughters of widows and orphans. Weightage would also be provided for those who have experience up-to a maximum of 10 years in any Government or Semi-Government organization. He said that in respect of eligibility for Group C posts of ‘Clerks’, State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciations and Applications (SETC) would be mandatory. However, in case of Group C posts other than Clerks, the SETC would not apply.
          The Chief Minister said that it is wrong to allege that rural candidates would face a disadvantage under the new system. On the contrary, in case of selection to Group C posts, 25 per cent of the marks of the written exam would be for history, culture, literature, geography, current affairs, civics and environment of Haryana and candidates would have to score minimum 50 per cent marks to qualify in this section. He said that one big advantage of doing away with interviews would be that the process of recruitment would be speeded up considerably. The decision taken by the Government is in tune with what is happening in other States, for ensuring a fairer system of selection. He said that 13 States have so far done with the process of interviews for Group C and D posts. The Government is fully committed to providing a fair opportunity to every section of society, he asserted.
           He said that the present State Government has reconstituted and strengthened the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC). Since 2015, the Commission has advertised for 55,357 various posts of Group B and C category. Written exam has been held for 40,860 posts and results for 13,089 posts have been declared, whereas interview has been held for 15,445 posts. The scrutiny of applications for a further 8,690 posts has been completed. Similarly, the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has also made recruitment on 1,400 posts.
           The Chief Minister said that contrary to this, during the INLD government, no recruitment was made during the first 1,000 days of the government and during their five-year tenure; they have made recruitment on just 12,500 posts. Similarly, recruitment on 20,000 posts was carried out during the five-year tenure of the Congress government. He said that the present state government has also given appointment letters to the JBT teachers recently.
           He said that the state government has laid special emphasis on skill development of the youth so as to make them employable. As many as 1.96 lakh youth have been provided skill training through the Skill Development Mission and State Government Departments during three years. Apart from this, 3.13 lakh persons have been provided employment in large, medium and small scale industries. He said that while 95,000 persons were provided employment in large and medium enterprises, 2.18 lakh were provided employment in small scale industries. Out of these, 60 to 70 per cent are from Haryana. He said that out of the total 442 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed during the Global Investors’ Summit 2016, work on 161 MoUs has been started. This is expected to provide employment opportunities to more than two lakh persons.
          The Chief Minister said that the state government has also fulfilled its promise of providing unemployment allowance to the youth. He said that the state government has implemented ‘Saksham Yojana’, under which the registered post-graduate, science graduates and B.A. (Maths) are being provided monthly allowance of Rs 7,500 and Rs 9,000 in lieu of 100 hours work. At present, about 20,000 such youth are working in the state. He said that soon the scope of the scheme would be extended and other graduates and 10 plus two pass outs with science would also be included. The state government has set a target to register about one lakh youth under the scheme.
           He said that in 2008, the then State Government had taken a decision to conduct Group D recruitment through a “Haryana Group D Employees Selection Committee" headed by Mr J.P. Kaushik, IAS. The Committee submitted a report to the Government pointing out the defects that had taken place during the interviews. In case of Mewat district 48.4 per cent candidates had been awarded marks which are 80 per cent or more whereas in Panipat, Kurukshetra and Rohtak, this percentage was only 0.5 per cent, two per cent and three per cent respectively. It also observed that certain candidates had procured forged certificates from private schools on payment of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 and interviews of some candidates at Faridabad and Yamunanagar had been conducted by the officers who were not the members of the selection committee. Thereafter, in a meeting of the Council of Ministers held on July 27,2011, it was observed that the selection process has been vitiated and it was decided to dissolve the Selection Committee.
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Haryana Vidhan Sabha unanimously passes 11 bills

CHANDIGARH, OCT 25
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that 11 Bills were passed unanimously during the three-day session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, which concluded here today. He described the behaviour of opposition parties as inappropriate saying that both the parties were trying to compete each other to take the political mileage which also hindered the smooth functioning of the House.
           The Chief Minister was interacting with the mediapersons on the concluding day of session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.
           He said that according to the Bill passed in the Vidhan Sabha; land of the farmers would be acquired through negotiation. In case a farmer refused for the land in between the project, then his land would be exchanged with another land in the same village by giving the farmer 20 per cent additional amount of collector rate. The land acquisition would be made in a transparent manner through e-Bhoomi Portal, he added. 
           In reply to a question, the Chief Minister said that  the State Government has made a hike of Rs 10 per quintal in the price of sugarcane. Now the farmer would get Rs 330 for each quintal of sugarcane. Apart from this, he has also announced to give Ladwa Tehsil the status of Sub Division.
           In reply to another question, the Chief Minister said that Haryana Staff Selection Commission had advertised for 55,357 various posts of Group B and C category. He said that written exam has been held for 40,860 posts and appointment letters to 13,089 candidates have been issued. Apart from this, youth were being imparted skill training through Skill Development Mission and other government departments. Also, 3.13 lakh persons have been provided employment in large, medium and small scale industries. Employment opportunities to another two lakh persons would also be provided soon, he further added. 
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Nine Haryana Police inspectors promoted

CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
 The Haryana Government has promoted nine Inspectors of Police to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).
          Ajay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Subhash Chander, Sadhu Ram, Ram Kumar and Ashok Kumar have been promoted with immediate effect.
          Ram Dutt has been given ante-dated promotion with effect from October 6, 2016 from the date on which the name of his immediate junior Sudhir Taneja was brought on list G and promoted as DSP.
          Ajaib Singh has been given ante-dated promotion with effect from August 29, 2014 from the date on which the name of his immediate junior Randhir Singh was brought on list G and promoted as DSP.
          Umed Singh has been promoted with immediate effect subject to the condition that nothing adverse against his ACR for the period from 2016-17 which is still awaited.
SOCIAL MEDIA CELL: Haryana Police has set up a Social Media Cell with immediate effect in the Police Headquarters, Panchkula. For this purpose, a Twitter handle @Police_Haryana has been created.
          While giving this information today, a spokesman of the Police Department said that Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order assisted by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Law and Order and IGP, Security would be the Nodal Officer for posting tweets on the handle. 
          He said that a well trained Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) or Inspector would be the in-charge of the Social Media Cell under the supervision of the Nodal Officers. It is created with the objective of informing the general public and the media about action being taken by Haryana Police and successes being achieved by it in various fields of activities like law and order, crime prevention and detection, traffic, capacity building and other good works done by the Police.
          All Commissioners of Police and District Superintendents of Police would also start and manage their Twitter handles in their respective districts, he added.
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No interest on compensation money paid back by farmers

CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has announced that no interest would be charged on the compensation money paid back by such farmers as would be returned their land acquired for the Dadupur Nalvi Canal following the state government decision to de-notify it.
          He was interacting with a delegation of farmers led by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Krishan Kumar, and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Nayab Singh, who had come to thank him for the decision to de-notify the canal, here today. 
          “Farmers’ interest is above everything and under no circumstances, flood-like situation would be allowed to arise in Shahabad-Dadupur Nalvi area,” Mr Manohar Lal said. After a long study that it has been found that Dadupur Nalvi Canal is not in the interest of farmers of the state; hence the decision to de-notify it. 
          As many as 900 acres of land had been acquired for the canal and compensation at the rate of Rs 6 lakh per acre had been given, he said. The land returned would be utilised for setting up schools, hospitals and other development works. It would also be used by the Irrigation and Forests Departments for plantation. 
        The Chief Minister said irrigation could not take place in the area due to non-construction of rajwahas and minors, and the water coming from Khadri and Ghad areas during the monsoon had become the reason for floods in the area.
      Irrigation was done on the land by lifting water from the canal through engines, but study done in 2017 revealed that irrigation was done on only 250 acres, and only Rs 1,600 was received as revenue. Even the ground water recharging has not been taking place due to this canal. 
        Mr. Manohar Lal gave the assurance that after returning the land, a scheme would be prepared to use water of Chetan Nalah, Rakshi Nalah, Saraswati River and Sadhaura River for irrigation purposes by installing a bigger pipeline. Nine places from Kalka to Kalesar had been identified where small dams would be constructed and water would be utilised for irrigation and other requirements.
        The Chief Minister said the Opposition had been politicising the Dadupur Nalvi issue and that they had no feeling for the farmers. During the three-year tenure of the present state government, water has been provided to tail-ends at over 300 places in Hisar, Bhiwani, Dadri, Mahendragarh and Narnaul where water never reached during the  last 30 years.
        Conceding the demand made by the farmers, the Chief Minister announced the decision to provide land for establishing Jat Bhavan in Shahabad.
       The Education Minister, Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Krishan Kumar, and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Nayab Singh, also spoke on this occasion. Those present included Minister of State for Cooperation, Mr. Manish Kumar Grover, and other dignitaries.
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Appointment letters to 554 doctors issued: Vij

CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
 Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that appointment letters to newly recruited 554 doctors has already been issued and they will soon join their duties. 
          Mr Vij was replying to a question during first day of ongoing winter session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today. 
          He said that foundation stone of Medical College in Jind town was laid in the month of September 2016. The concept plan for establishment of medical college at Jind has been approved by government. He said that the government has also notified a high powered committee for seeking the project implementation agency or consultant for the entire upcoming project. The committee will invite bids by floating expression of interest amongst the central government undertaking having capacity and expertise to undertake such projects. The selection of project implementation agency is under process and the construction was likely to commence after finalization of the agency, he added. 
          The Minister said that budget provision of Rs25 crore had been made under the state outlay for construction of this medical college at Jind in financial year 2017-18. Apart from this, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Mr JP Nadda has also been requested to include the case of Jind Medical College under phase –II of centrally sponsored schemes of establishment of new medical colleges.
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Haryana Vidhan Sabha pays tributes to prominent personalities

CHANDIGARH, OCT 23
The Haryana Vidhan Sabha today paid tributes to prominent personalities who have expired between the period from the end of the previous session and the beginning of the current winter session, which commenced here today. The members of the House also observed a two-minute silence to pay homage to the departed souls.
          The Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal, who is also the Leader of the House, paid tributes to Union Minister of State, Mr Anil Madhav Dave, Member of Parliament, Mahant  Chand Nath Yogi, former Member of Parliament, Mr Narain Singh, former Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Jaleb Khan, former Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly, Dr Brij Mohan Gupta, Marshal of the Indian Air Force, Mr Arjan Singh, freedom fighters and martyrs of the state, who sacrificed their lives while safeguarding the unity and integrity of the country.
          Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr Kanwar Pal also read out obituary resolutions and paid tribute to the departed souls. Congress Legislature Party leader, Mrs Kiran Choudhry and Mr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu of INLD also read obituary resolutions on the behalf of their parties.
          The freedom fighters who have been paid homage in the House are Mr Khubi Ram of village Nakhdola, Gurugram, Mr Prabhati Lal of village Dohar Kalan, Mahendragarh, Mr Desh Ram of village Chhawa of district Rewari, Mr Ram Jas of village Phoolan, Faridabad, Mr Kundan Lal of village Dhani Dadi Jakhal, Fatehabad, Mr Deshraj Pardesi of Panchkula, Mr Kartar Singh of village Gledwa, Kurukshetra and Mr Chuhar Singh of Ambala Cantt.
          The House also paid homage to martyrs of the state who have showed indomitable courage and sacrificed their lives while safeguarding and protecting the unity and integrity of the country. They included Colonel Manu Tandon, Sub-Lieutenant Atul Kumar, Subedar Dharmender Singh, Subedar Vikram Singh, Naib Subedar Anil Kumar, Havildar Balraj Singh, Havildar Satyanarayan, Havildar Satender Singh, Lance Naik Vinod Kumar, Lance Naik Suresh Singh, lance Naik Devender Singh, Depoy Ashok Kumar, Sepoy Hari Parkash, Sepoy Mahesh Kumar, Sepoy Jaswant Singh, Sepoy Pradeep, Sepoy Hanuman Singh, Sepoy Rajesh Sharma, Sepoy Pradeep Kumar and Havildar Manjit  Singh
          The House also placed on record its deep sense of sorrow on the sad demise of Mr Rohsan Lal Sharma, brother of Education Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, Mr Atul Aggarwal, niece’s husband of Industry Minister Mr Vipul Goel, Mr Devi Lal, cousin of Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi, MLA and brother of former CPS, Mr Dura Ram, Mrs Ahilyawati, sister of Mr Subhash Barala, Mrs Raj Rani, aunty of Mr Subhash Sudha, MLA, Mrs Sunita Khera, sister of Mrs Krishan Gehlawat, former Minister, Mrs Saroj, aunt of Prof. Chattar Pal Singh, former Minister, Mrs Hajra Begam, aunt of Mr Aftab Ahmed, former Minister, Mr Ishwar Singh, brother of Mr Somvir Singh, former MLA, Mrs Shyama Devi, wife of Mr Jai Parkash Gupta, former MLA, Mrs Santara Devi, wife of Mr Jai Narayan Khuriya, former MLA, Mr Sandeep Gambhir, son of Dr Malik Chand Gambhir former MLA and Mrs Shakuntala Ahlawat, daughter-in-law of Mr Fateh Singh, former MLA. 
          The House also paid tributes to those who lost their lives during violence in Panchkula and Sirsa. 
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Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance and Technical Advisory Committee reconstituted

CHANDIGARH, OCT 21

The Haryana Government has reconstituted the State Level Coordination Committee on Crop Insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the implementation of PMFBY, Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and other schemes based on crop insurance. 

          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department said that the committee would be headed by Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department. Other Members of the committee are Director, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Director Land Records, Special Secretary, Finance Department, Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Director, Economic and Statistical Analyses, Director General Horticulture, Director, IMD Regional Centre, Chandigarh, Director, Directorate of Extension Education, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Director (Credit), Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, Chief General Manager, NABARD, General Manager, Reserve bank of India (RPCD), General Manager-cum-Convener, State level Bankers Committee, Punjab National Bank, Managing Director, Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank, General Manager, Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited and Regional Manager or General Manager or Head of Implementing Agencies. 
          He said that Joint Director (Statistics), Directorate of Agriculture Haryana would serve as Member Secretary of the Committee. The term of committee will be three years. 

 The government has also reconstituted Technical Advisory Committee under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the implementation of PMFBY, Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and other schemes based on crop insurance. 
          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department said that the committee would be headed by Director General, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department. 
          Other Members of the committee are Director, Department of Economic and Statistical, Managing Director, Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank, Director IMD Regional Centre, Chandigarh, General Manager, Punjab National Bank (Lead bank), Chandigarh, Deputy Director General, National Sample Survey Organization, Chandigarh, representative of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India and Regional Manager or General Manager or Head of Implementing Agencies. 
          He said that Joint Director (Statistics), Agriculture Department, Haryana would serve as Member Secretary of the Committee. The term of committee will be three years. 

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CM approves promotion of seven Judicial Officers

CHANDIGARH OCT 21 

 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has accorded approval to promote seven Judicial Officers of the state as Additional District and Session Judges. 

     While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that these include Mr Rajesh Gupta, Civil Judge Senior Division, Jind, Dr Amit Kumar Garg, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jind, Mr Amit Garg, Civil Judge Senior Division-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Narnaul, Ms. Saurab Gusain, Civil Judge Senior Division, Faridabad, Ms Aarti Singh, Civil Judge Senior Division, Sirsa, Mr Puneet Sehgal, Civil Judge Senior Division-cum- Chief Judicial Magistrate, OSD Punjab and Haryana High Court and Ms Suruchi Atreja  Singh, Civil Judge Senior Division-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, whole time Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Gurugram. 

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Village Amin renamed as Abhimanyupur

CHANDIGARH, OCT 13

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal,  today renamed village Amin of Kurukshetra as Abhimanyupur and directed that Abhimanyu Park should be developed along with its  statue, the road from Amin to Thanesar be widened to four feet, and the Primary Health Centre be upgraded to Community Health Centre after the criteria is met. He also issued directions that a  map should be prepared for the nearby pilgrimage sites in Rantuk Yaksh Tirth. 

Speaking to media persons at Rantuk Yaksh Tirth at Pipli in Kurukshetra, the Chief Minister said the state government was preparing a route map of pilgrimage sites on 48 kos for tourists from all over the world. A special bus service will begin on October 14 to facilitate tourists. 

         A total of 134 pilgrimage sites have been identified on 48 kos out of which he had visited 15 pilgrimage sites. The land of Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Jind and Kaithal districts is known for its glorious history.

After visiting the Ban Ganga Tirath in Dayalpur village, he said the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) would maintain  cleanliness at all ponds located at pilgrimage sites and arrangements would be made to fill them with clean water. The Chief Minister visited all the 15 pilgrimage sites and offered prayers there.

When the people of Kirmach village presented him with a charter of demands, the Chief Minister assured them that the Khel Mela ground and ghats would be developed and new road would be constructed from Mela ground to the pilgrimage site. He also gave the assurance that the demands presented by the people of village Kamoda would be fulfilled. “There is no dearth of funds for development works”, he said.

During the pilgrimage, the Chief Minister went around the tirths. These include Rantuk Yaksa in village Beed Peepli of Kurukshetra, Abhimanyu Tile in Amin, Banganga in village Dayalpur, Kultaran in village Kirmach, Kamyak in village Kamoda, Jyotisar, Bhishm Kund in Narkatari, Salihotra in village Sarsa of Pehowa, Saptsaraswat of Mangna, Som in  Gumthala Garh, Saraswati of Pehowa, Bhurshivara in Bhor Saiyda. He also went into important details of history at some sites. 

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Haryana Urban Local Bodies Dept to spent 436 cr under AMRUT Yojana

CHANDIGARH, OCT 12

The Haryana Urban Local Bodies Department will spend Rs 436 crore under the AMRUT Yojana for better sewerage management in Karnal, Sonepat and Ambala. An agency has been hired for this purpose.

While stating this today, Urban Local Bodies Minister, Mrs Kavita Jain said that this scheme would prove to be an instrumental in the systematic infrastructural development of urban areas of the State. 

She said that Rs 178 crores would be spend for improving the sewerage management in Karnal. She said that 180 kilometer long sewerage line would be laid within a period of two years which would have 10,500 manholes and sewerage connections would be given to 9,216 households. Similarly, structural development of 150 km long sewerage line in Ambala would be ensured at a cost of Rs 144 crore. Under this, 8,875 manholes would be created and sewerage connections would be given to 10,879 households. 

She said that in Sonipat,  a contract of Rs 114 crore has been given for the replacement of old pipe lines for  drainage of dirty water, laying new pipe lines in view of the increasing urban population and for  better functioning. She said that similarly, sewerage line of 154 kilometers of 200 mm to 300 mm capacity and sewerage line of 22.5 kilometer of 400mm to 1800mm capacity would be replaced in Sonipat.  A time limit of one-and-a half year has been fixed for replacing the sewerage lines, she added.          
 ILLEGAL CASINO BUSTED: Haryana police have busted an illegal casino running in K Block, South City, Gurugram and arrested 43 people, including four women.

          While giving this information, spokesperson of police department said that acting swiftly one the tip off received, the police had arrested the owners of the illegal casino; Paramjeet of  Jhajjar district and Kapil of Gurugram.  

          The police have recovered from the spot cash of over Rs. 22 lakh, four American Dollar, one pistol, four live cartridges, 48 bottles of beers, machine of currency counting, 210 tokens, four packets of play cards, three laptops and one table game, he added. 

TRAINING-CUM-INTERACTION SESSION: Haryana Secondary Education Department will organize a training-cum-interaction session for Technical Nodal Officers at district level on October 13 in Panchkula, to resolve the issues being faced by various field offices in the updating of HRMS portal. 

     In this regard, all District Education Officers, District Elementary Education Officers and Drawing and Disbursing Officers have been directed to send their Technical Nodal Officers to attend the session. 
SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS: The Haryana Government will award scholarship to meritorious students of M.A.(Final year), who have secured first, second and third position under Merit Scholarship Incentive Scheme for 2017-18.

            While giving this information here today, a spokesperson of the Higher Education Department said that the Department has sought the details of last three toppers of M.A. Final year in various subjects, from all government colleges in the State, by October 30, 2017. 
ADDITIONAL CHARGE:  Maheshwar Sharma, Director, Tourism and Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Corporation has been given additional charge of Special Secretary, Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management against  vacant post, with immediate effect. 

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Bollywood actor praises Haryana Film Policy

CHANDIGARH, OCT 12

 Bollywood actor  Raj Kumar Rao has hailed the Film Policy being prepared by the Haryana Government, saying that the Policy would not only boost the film industry in the State, but also promote the Haryanavi culture world over.

          Mr Rao, who was addressing a press conference here today, said that he has also given his suggestions for the Film Policy, which would be unveiled  soon.

          Mr Rao said that it was a matter of pride for him that the special screening of his film 'Newton' is being done in Haryana. He has played the role of Newton in the film. He said that he himself belongs to Haryana, the land of talented people, who have brought laurels to the State and the country whenever they got an opportunity. People of Haryana are performing better in the film industry, he added.

          While talking about his film, Mr Rao said that the film gives a good message to the society as it is based on a story of bringing about a change in the system by removing the shortcomings and encouraging the people to discharge their duties honestly. He said that in the film, the character of Newton inspires others to act honestly and dedicatedly.

          Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr Rajesh Khullar said that Newton is a good film and everybody should watch this. He said that Newton is the story to change the  system by staying within the system. He said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has urged the 5,000 newly recruited police personnel in the State to watch this movie as it would further motivate them to perform their duties honestly and dedicatedly by staying within the system.

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