Haryana Police makes elaborate arrangements for New Year celebrations

CHANDIGARH, DEC 30 

Haryana Police have made elaborate security and traffic arrangements in view of the New Year Celebrations across the State.

          Giving this information here today, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Mr Navdeep Singh Virk said that extra force would be deployed for foot patrolling, mobile patrolling, naka duties and at crowded locations like shopping malls, pubs, bars, hotels, resorts, cinema halls on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1 so that people can welcome the New Year peacefully.  

          In view of the celebrations that attract a large number of revelers, Mr. Virk said that all the Commissioners of Police and district Superintendents of Police have already been instructed to ensure added arrangements for crowd and traffic management in their respective places of postings. The police would be deployed in all public places and roads without causing hindrance to the festivities. Special focus would be given to the safety of women and children during the celebrations, he added.

          The ADGP also warned the citizens against driving under the influence of alcohol during the New Year celebrations and added that strict action will be taken against offenders. In addition, special check-points would also be established to contain hooliganism and revelry in the name of New Year celebrations. Police will be on extra vigil across the state to ensure peaceful celebration of 2020.

          The senior police officers will also personally supervise the security and traffic arrangements. He urged the people to cooperate in maintaining peace and law and order in the State.

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CM inaugurates two-storey 'Rain Basera' in Karnal

CHANDIGARH, DE 30

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal inaugurated a two-storey Rain Basera(Night Shelter) for homeless in Prem Nagar, Karnal. The night shelters were inaugurated on Sunday late night. 

          The night shelter has been equipped with modern amenities and is made by the Karnal Municipal Corporation. The night shelter has been set up at a cost of Rs. 1.12 crore.

          After the inauguration, the Chief Minister thanked the officers of Municipal Corporation for the construction of the night shelters and said that the city should ensure that no one has to sleep in open in the chilly weather. 

          He directed the Municipal Corporation officers that as per the requirement such night shelters should also be set up in other parts of the city too. He further directed the officers to ensure cleanliness outside the night shelters.

          Meanwhile, the night shelter has a provision for the accommodation of 85 people. Apart from this the two-storey night shelter also includes other facilities including seven dormitories, council room, caretaker room, kitchen, store, staircase, lobby, toilet facilities and solar power system in bathroom, mineral water RO system, geyser for heating water, water pump, fire fighting equipment, wardrobe, two CCTVs cameras, a LED. 

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          While other modern facilities like screens and battery inverters have been provided in the night shelter. In the night shelter, three dormitories have been built on the ground floor and four on the first floor.

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15 officers of Information Department transferred

CHANDIGARH, DEC 30 

Haryana Government has issued the transfer orders of 13 officers of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department.

          Ranbir Singh Sangwan, Deputy Director, Faridabad has been transferred as Joint Director NCR, Gurugram.

          S.R Godara, Deputy Director, Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri District has been transferred to Hisar division. He will also continue to work as DIPRO Charkhi Dadri, in addition to his duties.

          Surender Bazad, DIPRO Gurugram has been transferred to Faridabad, Sunil Kumar, DIPRO, Yamunanagar has been transferred to Karnal, Hardeep Singh, DIPRO (Offtg),  Karnal has been transferred to Yamunanagar, Usha Rani, DIPRO, Hisar has been transferred to Narnaul, Surender  Saini, DIPRO, Kaithal has been transferred to Hisar, Paru Lata, DIPRO Rohtak has been transferred to Bhiwani, Sanjiv Kumar, DIPRO, Narnaul has been transferred to Rohtak, Jaipal Singh AIPRO, as DIPRO (Offtg), Jhajjar has been transferred to AIPRO, Delhi, Krishan Kumar, AIPRO, Fatehabad has been transferred to as DIPRO (Offtg), Kaithal, Dinesh Kumar, AIPRO, Bahadurgarh has been transferred to as DIPRO (Offtg), Jhajjar, Balwan Singh, ICA,  Rohtak, on promotion has been transferred to Jhajjar as Superintendent.

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CM approves creation of 285 additional posts for upgradation of Civil Hospitals

CHANDIGARH, DEC 17: 

Haryana Chief Minister  Manohar Lal Khattar has accorded approval for the creation of 285 additional posts for the upgradation of Civil Hospital of Ambala Cantt, Rewari and Panipat from 100 bedded to 200 bedded.

        While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the Chief Minister who also has the portfolio of Finance Department has given approval in this regard. He said that the financial implication on account of this decision would be Rs 4,33,80,760 per month.

        The Chief Minister has also approved the proposal of opening a new Ayurvedic dispensary in village Unn in district Charkhi Dadri by giving relaxation in policy in public interest. He has also accorded approval for the requisite staff including one Ayurvedic Medical Officer, one Ayurvedic Dispenser, one MPHW (Female) and two part time water carrier and sweeper. An annual expenditure of Rs 27.20 lakh would be incurred on it.

 68 GOVT PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO BE UPGRADED: Haryana Government has decided to upgrade 68 Government Primary School in district Nuh to the level of Government Middle School. While 34 Schools would be upgraded to Government Girls Middle School after relaxation of Department Rule/Norms and shifting of boys to another nearest school, 34 Government Primary schools would be upgraded to Government Middle School.

          While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal in this regard.

          The Chief Minister has also approved an amount of over Rs 24 crore to be incurred as salary after creation of 476 new posts after the upgradtion of these schools.

          Meanwhile, Mr Manohar Lal has also accorded approval for the creation of seven posts after the upgradation of Government Primary School Neembehra (Mahendergarh) to Middle level and Rs 35,44,056 as salary. The posts which have been approved included one post each of TGT English, TGT Science, TGT Sanskrit, TGT Art, TGT Physical Education (PT Master) and one post each of clerk and peon. Apart from this, he has also accorded approval for the creation of seven new posts after the upgradation of Government Primary School Jairpur, Narnaul to Middle level and Rs 35,44,056 as salary. The posts which have been approved included one posts each of TGT English, TGT Science, TGT Sanskrit, TGT Art, TGT Physical Education (PT Master) and one post each of clerk and peon.

FIXATION OF REMUNERATION: Mr Manohar Lal has granted approval for fixation/revision of the remuneration of the Research Fellows as per the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)/Department of Science and Technology pattern as per previous practice for maintaining the parity of the new post of Research Fellow in the Haryana Kisan Agriculture and Price Commission.

          Mr Manohar Lal has also approved the proposal to create one new Mechanical Division in Public Health Engineering Department at Sonepat.

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Ajay, Shashikant and Vanshita move into PQFs

CHANDIGARH, DEC 16          

Shashikant Rajput and Krishan Hooda advanced into pre-quarterfinals in the boys under-18 singles of the St. Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

.Fifth  seed Shashikant defeated Ravinesh Rai of Uttar Pradesh in straight sets by conceding only one game 6-0, 6-1. Top seed Krishan Hooda played high level tennis. He dominant throughout the match with his aggressive ground stroke and won the match from Devanshu Hooda 6-3, 6-1. Bhupnder Dahiya, Aryan Thakur and Gurustat Singh Makkar also moved into pre-quarterfinals.   

In the boys under-16 singles second seed Ajay Singh and Sarthak Gandhi of CLTA trainee moved into next round. Ajay defeated Lakshay Gupta in straight sets. Ajay won the first set 6-3. In the second set Ajay Singh played solid match and won the second set without losing a single game 6-0. Seventh seed Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje overplayed from Dhariya Chadha 6-0, 6-0.

Qualifier Vanshita Malhotra defeated Yashika Venu 6-0, 6-2 in the girls under-18 singles first round. Simran Pritam and Harnoor Kaur Sidhu also advanced into pre-quarterfinals. Second seed Anjali Rathee and Pawandeep Kaur entered Pre-Quarters in the girls under-16 singles. Anjali defeated Sanya Khan of Rajasthan in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. Qualifier Pawandeep Kaur won against Asher Harshri Chint 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets.  

Results

 Boys under-18 singles (Ist round): Krishan Hooda (HR) (Q) [1] bt. Divanshu Hooda (HR) 6-3, 6-1,  Ninaad Ravi (KA) bt. Arnav Arora (PB) (Q) 6-3, 6-2,  Abhik Arora (DL) bt. Aditya Nandwal (HR) 6-0, 6-2,  Bhupender Dahiya (HR) [3] bt. Ansh Kundu (HR) 6-4, 6-0, Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Khush Sharma (UP) 6-3, 6-4, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (UP) bt. Vaibhav Singh Bisht (UK) [6] 6-2, 6-1,  Shashikant Rajput (HR) (Q) [5] bt. Ravinesh Rai (UP) 6-0, 6-1,  Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) (Q) bt. Rohan Vikas Phule (MH) 6-2, 6-0,  Aryan Thakur (CH) bt. Jaishnav Bajiroa Shindey (MH) (Q) 6-3, 6-4, Torus Rawat (UK) bt. Pranay Choudhary (RJ) [4] 7-5, 6-3, Dhananjay Singh (HP) (Q) bt. Udday Jyoyi Das (AS) (Q) 6-0, 6-2.

 Boys under-16 singles (Ist round):  Deep Munim (MP) [1] bt. Raghav Poonia (DL) 6-1, 6-2,   Daksh Prasad (MP) bt. Parag Jain (DL) (Q) 2-0, Retd.,  Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Aditya Chauhan (CH) 6-2, 6-4,  Lakshay Vivek Kumar (HR) [6] bt. Avish Verma (PB) (Q) 6-3, 6-0,  Adhirit Awal (TN) bt. Khush Sharma (UP) [3] 6-2, 6-1, Vitin Rathee (HR) bt. Rijul Bhatia (HR) 7-5, 6-2,  Aryan Arora (PB) bt. Arnav Malik (UP) (Q) 6-1, 6-0,  Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) [7] bt. Dhairya Chadha (CH) 6-0, 6-0,   Gaurav Kumar (CH) bt. Gurnoor Singh Kular (PB) 6-3, 6-0,  Natansh Mina (RJ) bt. Kartik Sunil Kumar (CH) 6-3, 6-3, Aryan Thakur (CH bt. Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla (TS) 6-3, 6-0, Jaishnav Bajiroa Shindey (MH) bt. Ansh Kundu (HR) [4] 6-3, 6-1, Jitin Kumar Chetry (PB) [5] bt. Akshat Sharma (PB) (Q) 6-2, 6-2, Chahalpreet Singh (PB) (Q) bt. Aarush Sharma (PB) (Q) 7-6(2), 6-2,  Ninaad Ravi (KA) bt. Yugraj Singh (PB) (Q) 6-2, 6-2, Ajay Singh (HR) [2] bt. Lakshay Gupta (CH) 6-3, 6-0.

Girls under-18 singles (Ist round): Ruma Ashutosh Gaikaiwari (MH) (Q) bt. Ananya Singh (DL) 6-2, 7-6(7),    Harnoor Kaur Sidhu (HR) bt. Sweta Rana (HR) 6-1, 6-0,  Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) [3] bt. Millee Rajesh Chug (MH) (Q) 6-0, 6-1, Konika Singh Dhull (CH) bt. Meher Mishra (UP) 6-2, 6-1, Vanshita Malhotra (Q) bt. Yashika Venu (TN) (Q) 6-0, 6-2,  Hannah Nagpal (UP) [7] bt. Praanya Slathia (J&K) 6-1, 6-1,   Hitakamya Singh Narwal (HR) [8] bt. Madhurima S Sawant (MH) (Q) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, Radhika Vasudeva (CH) bt. Vishita Ranbir Kumar (CH) (Q) 6-1, 6-1, Anjali Rathi (HR) [4] bt. Riya Kaushik (CH) 6-0, 6-3, Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (TN) bt. Aditi Singh (HR) 6-1, 6-3,  Simran Pritam (PB) bt. Saniya Khan (RJ) 6-4, 6-2, Harleen Kaur Dhanda (PB) bt. Pavithra Reddy Narem (AP) [2] 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2.

Girls under-16 singles (Ist round): Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (TN) [1] bt. Vanya Arora (HR) (Q) 6-3, 7-5,     Niharika Praveen Deshmukh (TS) bt. Ivleen 6-2, 6-0, Riya Kaushik (CH) bt. Maitreyi Phogat (CH) 6-0, 7-5,  Hitakamya Singh Narwal (HR) [6] bt. Jyotsana Yadav (CH) 6-1, 6-1,  Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) [4] bt. Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu (PB) (Q) 6-0, 6-0,  Radhika Vasudeva (CH) bt. Praanya Slathia (J&K) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3,    Madhurima S Sawant (MH) bt. Mansi Mahla (RJ) 7-6(0), 6-2, Harleen Kaur Dhanda (PB) [7] bt. Sweta Rana (HR) 6-0, 6-2, Tanushri Pandey (UP) [5] bt. Millee Rajesh Chug (MH) 7-6(3), 6-3, Pawandeep Kaur (PB) (Q) bt. Asher Harshri Chint (MH) 6-2, 6-1, Rubani Kaur Sidhu (UP) bt Radha Sadhra (CH) 6-3, 6-3, Kavya Khirwar (DL) [3] bt. Vishita Ranbir Kumar (CH) 6-0, 6-2, Meher Mishra (UP) [8] bt. Simran Singh (DL) 6-1, 6-2, Ruma Ashutosh Gaikaiwari (MH) bt. Bhumi Kakkar (CH) (Q) 6-2, 6-1, Yashika Venu (TN) bt. Bhumika Gupta (PB) 6-2, 6-1, Anjali Rathi (HR) [2] bt. Saniya Khan (RJ) 6-4, 6-1..

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97 % of Nuh and Palwal covered under IMI

CHANDIGARH, DEC 16

In a bid to ensure immunization to every child covered under Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0, two districts in Haryana, namely Nuh (Mewat) and Palwal has achieved more than 97 percent  coverage.

          Sharing more information in this regard, Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), Haryana, Mrs Amneet P Kumar, said that these two districts were included for Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 in the State and in the first month itself, more than 97 percent children have been vaccinated against the set target. 

          She said that in district Palwal children of age group 0-2 years 6158 children vaccinated against the target of 6190 children i.e. 99.48 percent, 1424 pregnant women vaccinated against the target of 1150 pregnant women i.e. 123 percent. 

          She further informed that a total 579 sessions were organized against 426 planned sessions. In district Nuh (Mewat) children of age group 0-2 years 23498 children vaccinated against the target of 23676 children i.e. 99.25 percent, 5122 pregnant women vaccinated against the target of 5264 pregnant women i.e. 97.3 percent and a total 1214 sessions were organized against 1166  planned sessions.

          She said that IMI 2.0 will be conducted from Dec 2019- March 2020. IMI 2.0 immunization drive will be spread over seven working days, excluding public holidays, Sundays and the routine immunization days planned in that week.

          She further said that series of activities were undertaken at state level, line departments were taken into loop for coordinated activities for social mobilization at all levels i.e. district/block/village, preparations were monitored and reviewed regularly by district and state level. 

          She said that district level efforts had been really remarkable as all district level functionaries left no stone unturned to achieve desired results.

          Mrs Amneet further said that Deputy Commissioners of District Palwal and Nuh took personal interest and extended their full support to achieve targets, several community meetings were organised by SDMs of respective blocks, Civil surgeons, SMOs, Religious leaders, community leaders, Medical Officers in charges and officers of line departments. Collective efforts at all levels and by all concerned departments made it possible to achieve the objective of immunizing huge number of left out, drop out children and pregnant women.

          Meanwhile, Mission Indradhanush (MI) was launched by Government of India on December 25, 2014 as a special drive to vaccinate all unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children and all pregnant women by 2020 under the Universal Immunization programme. Last IMI was carried out in December 2018.

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Elaborate arrangements for Dec 26 Solar Eclipse Fair at Kurukshetra

CHANDIGARH, DEC 16 

 The Haryana Government has made elaborate arrangements for the pilgrims who will visit  Kurukshetra  during the Solar Eclipse Fair-2019 on December 26, 2019. This year, the fair will witness the participation of  15 lakh devotees from India and abroad.  The State Government will run special buses for the convenience of devotees so that the devotees do not face any inconvenience in reaching  Kurukshetra.

            This was informed during a meeting chaired by  Chief Secretary, Mrs. Keshni Anand Arora  to review the  arrangements for the Solar Eclipse Fair - 2019.

            The Chief Secretary directed the officers that the district administration, Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra Development Board and the Tourism department should work in coordination to ensure the successful organization of the fair. 

            She  directed the officers to work towards developing an Android app to further strengthen the public address system at the fair so that any person can easily get information related to the fair through the mobile app. 

            Apart from this, to strengthen the medical system, arrangements of ambulances, stretchers, teams of doctors should be placed  in the fairground, the Chief Secretary added.

            She further said that sufficient number of  of fire fighting vehicles should be arranged at the mela site.  Boats, divers and swimmers should be ensured to be installed at Brahmasovar so that all facilities are available immediately in case of any emergency.

            She  said that the law and order should be strengthened to ensure the security of every devotee visiting the fair. She said that proper arrangements should also be made for lodging facilities for devotees, Bhandara, drinking water, toilets, parking, etc. She said that electricity and the telephone should also be arranged in the fair area.  In addition, full cleanliness arrangements should be made in the fair area.

            She said that for the convenience of devotees, special buses should be run from all the districts and coordination of transportation with neighboring states should be done. Apart from this, directions were also given for ensuring the coordination with the railways so that the devotees do not face any inconvenience in reaching Kurukshetra.

            Mrs. Arora also directed that booths should be set up in the Mela area by Vita and Hafed which will not only promote the products of Haryana but the basic needs of the devotees will also be fulfilled.

            It was informed in the meeting that the fair area has been divided into 20 sectors, for which around 5000 police personnel will be deployed for the safety.  Apart from this, a police control room will also be established in the fairground. Videography will also be done with the help of drones to protect the fair area.

             It was also informed that a dedicated route is being constructed from the fair area to the main road to deal with any untoward and emergency situation and through this route ambulances, fire vehicles and police vehicles can be easily moved.  It was informed that during the fair all group of devotees will be covered under group insurance.

            In addition, 22 parking spots have been identified for parking. It was informed that help desks will be set up to provide help for any missing person or child during the mela. Reception centers will also be set up in the fair area.

          Among those present in the meeting included, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, Additional Chief Secretary, Tourism Department, Mr. Vijay Vardhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department Mr. Devender Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Power Department Mr. T.C. Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department Mr. T.V.S. N.  Prasad, Divisional Commissioner, Karnal Mr. Vineet Garg, Additional Director General  Police, Law and Order Mr. Navdeep Singh Virk and other senior officers.

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74.69 lakh MT of paddy arrives in Haryana mandis

CHANDIGARH, DEC 12 

More than 74.69 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Mandis of Haryana as compared to over 73.90 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 64.33 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 1.03 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers and dealers.

          He said that more than 35.06 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department whereas, over 19.84 lakh MT of paddy has been procured  by Hafed, over 9.37 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 4,725 MT by the Food Corporation of India.

          He further said that more than 17.49 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of district Karnal followed by over 11.42 lakh MT in district Kurukshetra, over 8.83 lakh MT in district Ambala, over 8.46 lakh MT in Fatehabad, over 7.81 lakh MT in Kaithal, over 7.28 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 2.91 lakh MT in Sonepat, over 2.15 lakh MT in Sirsa, over 1.92 lakh MT in Jind, over 1.61 lakh MT in Panchkula, over 1.39 lakh MT in Panipat, over 1.27 lakh MT in Palwal, 1.37 lakh MT in Hisar, 47,872 MT in Rohtak, 14,148 MT in Faridabad, and 8,653 MT in Mewat.

          He said that more than 2.69 lakh metric tonnes of bajra has arrived in the mandis of Haryana so far as compared to 1.80 lakh metric tonnes of bajra arrived during the corresponding period last year. Out of the total arrival of bajra, more than 2.67 lakh metric tonnes have been procured by government procurement agencies.

HAFED SALE TARGET: Chairman, Hafed, Mr Subhash Katyal inspected Hafed Oil Mill Rewari and also carried out herbal plantations.

          Mr. Subhash Katyal, after conducting an inspection in the Hafed Sales and Marketing Department, said that as per the directions of the Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal, Hafed should work in the direction of generating highest income, and all out efforts should be made for this purpose.

          He directed to achieve the sale target of Rs 3 crore of HAFED products in Rewari and increased it to 5 crore in the next financial year. District Manager and HAFED Oil General Manager assured to achieve the target. He asked to make efforts to increase the existing 4.52 crore profit of Hafed Oil Mill to Rs 5 crore. With this, he instructed to increase the 83 percent utility of the oil mill to 100 percent.

          Hafed Oil Mill General Manager Mr Neeraj Tyagi assured to fulfill the demand for installation of filter and automatic leveling machine. Apart from this, he assured to fulfill the demand of making modern sales center in the district office premises and asked to send the proposal to the concerned branch of the headquarters.

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Haryana to open one Sanskrit Model School in each district

CHANDIGARH, DEC 11

 In a significant move to further improve the quality of education in the State, Haryana Government has decided to open one Sanskriti Model School in each block of the State in the year 2020. At present, 22 such schools are operational in the State, one in each district.

          This was informed by Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal while presiding over the meeting of Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates (CMGGAs). Project Director, Chief Minister's Good Governance Associates Programme Dr Rakesh Gupta was also present in the meeting.

          Mr Manohar Lal was apprised of the work done in different initiatives under the Saksham Haryana project. He appreciated the work done in the last 2 years on Saksham ghoshna and encouraged the digital interventions (Service books, Saksham adhyapak app, Chalklit). He also directed to get a survey conducted to find out the enrollment ratio of students in science viz-a-viz other streams so as to ascertain the interest of students. He also directed to fasten the approval process for CM Saksham scholarship initiative.

          It was informed that 107 blocks out of the total 119 blocks have been declared Saksham and 86 per cent students grade-level competent. It was also informed that recruitment to more than 1300 posts of Block Resource Persons (BRPs) and Assistant Block Resource Persons (ABRPs) have been made on contractual basis in the State. Working as mentors, the BRPs and ABRPs spent two-and-a-half hours per day in schools and watch the education being imparted to the students. Rigorous training of all new mentors was conducted to ensure that they provide good support to teachers.

          He was also informed on the strategy for improving the board results this year for classes 10th and 12th and about the upcoming Saksham ghosna rounds in January and February. He said that the present State Government has discontinued the system prevailing earlier of giving grace marks to the students of class 10th and 12th in order to improve the results. But ever after this, the results of students has been improved considerably.

          While addressing the CMGGAs, the Chief Minister said that this is the fourth consecutive year of this programme and every year it is getting better in performance indicators. He said that the State Government has taken various initiatives in the field of e-governance to provide transparent and graft-free governance to the people. It is also a leading State in the country in many spheres. Describing corruption as a cancer, he said that it could be checked through the effective use of information technology.

          While reviewing progress on Antyodaya Saral, he directed to do a diagnosis and finalise the list of new kendra’s on the basis of demand and geography and appreciated the good performing districts and departments on Antyodaya Saral dashboard. He also directed to make more efficient systems to tackle corruption and work on social audit and act upon the feedback by the citizens on different channels and call centre.He also reviewed the progress on other IT initiatives like E-office and property tax and directed the team to work on them and use IT as a tool to improve governance in the state.  

          He also directed the associates to work on women's safety campaigns in the districts and work on innovative strategies to make women’s safety a movement in Haryana by involving different local communities and civil societies. While referring to the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Programme, he said that in the year 2014, the sex ratio of Haryana was only 871.  But as a result of efforts made by the State Government and support of people and other social organizations, it has touched 937. Today, Haryana is being recognized in the country and the world for its efforts made towards saving girl child, he added.

          He said that the state government is actively working on the topic of higher education and the present State Government has opened 29 colleges for women in the last five years whereas in the past 48 years only 31 such colleges were opened. He said that it was for the first time in the State that Haryana Higher Education Council has been set up with an objective of guiding the growth of higher education in accordance with the socio-economic requirements of the State. He also directed the team to focus extensively on solving the quality of education in these colleges through different national assessments and accreditations.

          On this occasion, the Chief Minister also reviewed Swach Survekshan, Good governance scorecard and prevention of stubble burning. He was apprised on the preparedness for the upcoming Swachh survekshan and systemic solutions to get Haryana districts in Top 10 in the survekshan rankings.

          He concluded the meeting by motivating the associates to keep up the good work and build sustainable systems that will help tackle problems from the grassroot level.

WEB PORTAL OF BAR COUNCIL OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA:  Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal will launch the Web Portal of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh at Law Bhawan, Sector-37 A, Chandigarh on December 12, 2019. He would also unveil the book written by Justice S.N. Aggarwal (Retd.) on this occasion.

          While giving this information here today, a spokesman of Office of Advocate General, Haryana said that Judge Supreme Court of India Justice Mr Ashok Bhan (Retd.) would preside over the function in the  presence of Advocate General of Haryana Mr Baldev Raj Mahajan.

          He said that Chairman, Bar Council Mr Harpreet Singh Brar, Vice Chairman Mr Gurtej Singh Grewal, Member Bar Council of India Mr Partap Singh and Honorary Secretary Mr Suvir Sidhu would also be present on this occasion.

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Food processing unit in village Bhor Saydan will generate employment

 CHANDIGARH, DEC 8 

Haryana Chief Minister  Manohar Lal Khattar said that the food processing unit in village Bhor Saydan, Kurukshetra, will certainly help the State youth to get employment opportunities. He said that by setting up this kind of food processing unit, around one thousand youth will be employed here.

          He said that the youth who will be employed in this unit will get an income of about Rs 20 thousand  per month and for this the qualified youth will be imparted a  six months training in this unit and after training the youth will be able to establish their employment.

          The Chief Minister said this during his visit to the food processing unit being set up by a Kurukshetra-based progressive farmer Harpal Singh Bajwa. The Chief Minister visited the unit before attending the   Global Bhagavad Gita Path at the International Gita Mahotsav.

          During his visit to the unit, the Chief Minister obtained information about the entire process from making seeds of mushroom plant and preparing compost, packaging system and other activities. Progressive farmer Harpal Singh Bajwa further explained about every aspect of this unit and said that this unit has provided employment opportunities to around 100 people from five nearby villages.

          After observing the food processing unit, the Chief Minister praised Harpal Singh Bajwa, for his contribution in the food processing unit and mushroom farm.  He said that this unit will provide employment opportunities to the youth.

          Meanwhile, on the auspicious occasion of Gita Jayanti Mahotsav, Harpal Singh assured that he will give six months training to one thousand youths in this unit. After this training, the youth will be able to earn Rs 20 thousand per month. He said that by installing such units, they will be able to produce mushrooms and other products.

          Mr Bajwa said that in the year 1995, he had set up a mushroom farm and for this he took training from Krishi Vigyan Kendra and taking a loan of Rs 50 lakh. He said that this farm was given the shape of a large project in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture. Now a food processing unit has been set up at this place.  He further shared that in this unit, every farmer of the district who will bring tomato, spinach, mustard, garlic and other products will be given 50 paise more than the minimum price per kg.

          He said that this unit consumes at least 25 to 30 tons of tomatoes daily and spinach, mustard and garlic are also used in it. Mushrooms from this farm house are sent to Canada. Mustard greens will also be sent to Canada. He said that the project of Baby Corn and Sweet Corn is also being done in collaboration with the Horticulture Department. An amount of Rs 3 crore has been spent on this food processing unit since 2012. Now compost will be made from the straw.

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Haryana announces major relief to Group D employees

CHANDIGARH, DEC 8

 In a major relief to thousands of Group D employees, over 18000 of whom were recruited earlier this year on merit and without any interview, Haryana Government has reallocated their Departments and/or redesignated their posts. All the concerned Group D employees have been directed to join their duties against the re-allocated post in the Department/Office where posted immediately and in any case not later than three working days.

          While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that they are being informed through SMS on this registered mobile phone number while all Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Divisional Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners have been directed to relieve the concerned Group D employees immediately.

          It may be recalled that earlier in July this year the Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal had decided to grant one time opportunity for change of the Department/post of newly recruited persons in Group D posts. The requests in this regard had come especially from those appointed to the posts of cook, cobbler, barber etc. and also from others posted in the offices far away from the their place of residence. Upon the direction of the Chief Minister, a dedicated web portal was created to deal with such requests. All willing candidates were directed to submit their request online for re-allocation of post or department on that portal and to indicate their options for change of post and/or department. The requests of total 3,412 employees for change of both post and department or either post or department had finally been accepted though an objective logic in the portal. The list of all these employees with the existing post/department and the post/department now allocated will now be made available at the website www.csharyana.gov.in from December 9, 2019 onwards.

          A total number of 4968 employees of various departments had registered their requests. Out of 58 applicants currently working as Barbers, 43 have succeeded in getting allocated another post of their choice. Out of 336 applicants who were previously allocated post of Cook, 252 have got allocated to different posts. Likewise, out of 257 applicants currently working as Malis, 166 candidates have successfully got allocated to some other posts.

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Bhagvad Gita leads one to the path of righteousness: Manohar Lal

 CHANDIGARH, DEC 8 

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that  that the knowledge as prescribed in Bhagvad Gita leads one to the path of righteousness. He said that any individual, who fails to attain the real message of Bhagvad Gita, keeps on finding dishonest ways to fulfill his desires which ultimately forces him to get involved in corruption.

          The Chief Minister was addressing the people after inaugurating the newly Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Dwar and Lord Krishna-Arjuna statue at Baldi Bypass Karnal today. The Shrimad Bhagwad Gita Dwar and Lord Krishna-Arjuna statue has been built at a cost of Rs 98 lakh.

          The Chief Minister while congratulating the gathering said that the State Government has planned to build seven such gates in the name of legends. He said that the work of one such gate is completed and the work of two other gates is in progress.  

          He further said that the construction of these gates will not only give special recognition to Karnal, but the people visiting Karnal will also get the message preached by these legends.

          He said that the practice of making such gates has been in place since ancient times and in the old times the Kings used to make such gates for the safety and identity of their cities.  He said that the old Karnal city also has many such gates with different names.

          The Chief Minister said that the State Government is holding discussions with Gita Manishi Swami Shri Gyananand Ji Maharaj and other saints, to prepare a plan for organizing three-day Gita Mahotsav in every state of India, on the same lines as the Gita Mahotsav being organized abroad.

          He said that as a result of the dedicated efforts made during the last four years, the Gita Mahotsav has now become an International level festival. He said that every year, diplomats and representatives of various nations of the world participate in the International Gita Mahotsav, being organized in Kurukshetra.

          He said that this year the International Gita Mahotsav was organized in Mauritius and then London in the month of February and August respectively.  He said that the Gita Mahotsav will now be held in Australia in March-2020 and Canada in the month of July.  

          He further informed that this year Nepal   is the partner country for the International Gita Mahotsav and the Nepal Government has expressed its desire to organise  a three day  International Gita Mahotsav in their country.

          On this occasion, Gita Manishi Swami Shri Gyananand Ji Maharaj said that Haryana Government efforts under the guidance of Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal, the International Gita Mahotsav being held in Kurukshetra has become famous in the entire world.

GITA RECITATION OF 18 VERSES: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal said that on the auspicious occasion of International Gita Mahotsav, the energy of  Gita recitation of 18 verses of 18 chapters of the holy book Gita have been resonated all over the world by 18,000 students. He said that to ensure that this Vaishvik Path of Bhagvad Gita is done in every household; a 3-day group global Gita path will be organized in every district of Haryana on the auspicious occasion of Gita Jayanti  Mahotsav 2020.

          The Chief Minister was addressing the people of the State in the International Gita Mahotsav at the theme park of Kurukshetra today.

          On this occasion, all the students were given World Book of Records, London and medals inscribed with Vaishvik Path of Bhagvad Gita. The Chief Minister also announced that Monday will be a holiday in schools who are participating in the Vaishvik Path of Bhagvad Gita.

          The Chief Minister, while greeting from the stage of International Gita Mahotsav, being held at Kurukshetra said that last year, at this same time, the Vaishvik Path of Bhagvad Gita being recited by the 18 students was recorded in the World Book of Records, London.

          He said that the government is working to promote the Gita throughout the world. Today, on the auspicious occasion of International Gita Mahotsav, the teachings of the holy book Gita are being heard in many countries.

          The Chief Minister said that 20 countries have participated in the International Gita Mahotsav and the same was organized in Mauritius in February-2019 and then in August 2019 in London.  He said that the Gita Mahotsav will now be held in Australia in March-2020 and Canada in July.  He further informed that this year Nepal is the partner country for the International Gita Mahotsav and the Nepal Government  has assured that they will also be organising a three day  International Gita Mahotsav in their country.

          Meanwhile, dignitaries including Uttarakhand Governor Mrs. Baby Rani Maurya, Swami Mr Gyananand Ji Maharaj and other ministers and MLAs spoke on the occasion.

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Over dozen eminent industries to provide training to ITIs students

CHANDIGARH, DEC 5

Haryana Skill Development and Industrial Training Department has signed MoUs with over dozen eminent industries to provide training to students of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) so that they could meet the skilled workforce requirement of the industry.

          While stating this here today, Director, Skill Development and Industrial Training Department, Mr Prabhjot Singh said that the State has introduced Dual System of Training (DST) in 27 ITIs, wherein 70 trade Units have been started to enable industry linkages and to provide hands-on experience to students on the latest machinery and technologies. Currently, around 1,300 students are enrolled under the scheme. The Department is planning to introduce at least five DST courses in each District in the State next year. He said that the DST is an amalgamation of theoretical training through ITIs and practical through the industry. The students will get on-the-job training ranging from 6 months to 12 months in the Industries. With this, the prospects of trainees getting jobs will improve manifold.

          He said, “It was a long- pending demand of the Industry associations that the ITI pass outs should have adequate knowledge about the latest machinery and should be conversant with the work environment in the Industry.”

          He said to reduce the gap between the trainee’s learning outcomes and the Industry’s requirements, the Department has given a special attention to DST scheme. He said since the programme had started recently, the Department would review its performance after every three months.

          Mr. Singh further said government ITI Faridabad has entered into a pact with India Yamaha Motors to train the students of Machinist trade.  Similarly, GITI Gurugram has entered into an agreement with Munjal Showa Ltd. for the Turner and Welder trade.  Government ITI Hathin has entered into an MoU with Victoria Auto Pvt. Ltd. for the Sheet Metal Worker trade.  Government ITI Panchkula has entered into an MoU with Hotel Pallavi for the Food Production and Catering and Hospitality Assistant trade.

          Mr. Singh said some of the other Industries with whom MoUs have been signed include Escorts Ltd., Maruti Suzuki, Hero Motorcop Ltd., JBM Auto Ltd., Star Wire India Ltd., Shahi Exports Ltd., Imperial Auto Industries Ltd., Indo Auto Tech Ltd., Rico Auto Industries Ltd., Jindal Supreme Pvt. Ltd., OM Diesel Pvt. Ltd., Universal Precision Screws, Swastik Industries, Metro Motors Pvt. Ltd., Modern Diary Ltd., Deep Precision Industries, Sahyog Engineering Industries, Mahajan Overseas Pvt. Ltd., Ashima Paper Products, Kanodia Global Pvt. Ltd., Jaycee Auto Fab Pvt. Ltd., Shivani Locks Pvt. Ltd., Hyline Auto Pvt. Ltd., Subros Ltd., HSF Food Pro Tech Pvt. Ltd., Oriental Engineering Works Ltd., Mida Rindre Pvt. Ltd., JSG Innotech Pvt. Ltd., Anurag Café,  Micro Turners, A.K. Automatics, Jagmohan Motors, Bevels Beauty Studios etc.

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