[Chd,Pb]Grievances Cell Given To Raj Kamal Choudary:Pb Govt
Punjab goverment has issued the postings orders of two IAS officers.
[1] Raj Kamal Chaudary,IAS is posted as secretary, Expenditure (Department of Finance) with additional charge of secretary, Removal of Grievances.
[2] Ajoy Sharma, IAS as Chief Executive Officer, Punjab State Water Supply and Sewerage Board, with Additional Charge of Joint Managing Director-cum-CEO Punjab Municipal Corpaortaion and Ex-officio Secretary, Local Government and in addition Secretary, Punjab State Governance Reforms Commision .
In another order Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Hoshiarpur, by virtue of the post will hold additional charge of Land Acquisition Collector, Dholbaha Dam, Construction Circle, Hoshiarpur.
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Grievances Cell Given To Raj Kamal Choudary:Pb Govt
Satellite Burgled From Govt School In Pb’s Phagwara
[Phagwara,Pb] Satellite Burgled From Govt School In Pb’s Phagwara
An educational satellite at a government school in Punjab’s Phagwara district was found burgled today, The unidentified burglars entered a room after cutting the window grills of the back side of the Government Senior
As per School Authority Kiran Galhotra,,.Burgler also decamped with one LED, two batteries, one UPS along with other valuable goods,
The school was locked on Saturday but the incident came to light today,
109 Angles of Humanity Donated Blood in Punjab
[Chd,Pb]109 Angles of Humanity Donated Blood in Punjab
On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, Punjab Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora visited Blood Bank run by NGO Blood Donors Council SBS Nagar. and said that blood donation is the noblest way to strengthen secularism, communal harmony and national integration.
. Arora described the blood donors as angels of humanity. He inaugurated blood donation camp organized by Lions Club city 321-D under presidentship of Mr. Iqbal Singh in which 109 donors donated blood voluntarily.
Angad Singh Saini,
Darshan Singh Mangupur (both MLAs),
Deputy Commissioner,
Senior Superintendent of Police &
Civil Surgeon, SBS Nagar were at present on this
Manikant Gets Addl Charge Of Revenue & Rehabilitation
[Chd,Pb] Manikant Gets Addl Charge Of Revenue & Rehabilitation The Punjab Government has issued transferred and posting orders of
16 IAS and
17 PCS officers with immediate effect.
IAS officers Manikant Prasad Singh Additional Chief Secretary has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary cum Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Rehabilitation and in addition ACS cum Financial Commissioner Taxation,
Mrs. Vini Mahajan as ACS Housing and Urban Development and in addition ACS Industries and commerce and in addition ACS Information Technology and in addition ACS Investment Promotion, Mr. Sanjay Kumar as Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Services and in addition Principal Secretary Planning, Mr. Roshan Sunkaria as Principal Secretary Welfare of SCs and BCs and in addition Financial Commissioner Forests and Wild life, Mr. R. Venkat Ratnam as Principal Secretary Labour, Mr. Rakesh Kumar Verma as Principal Secretary Science Technology and Environment, Mr. Raj Kamal Chaudhuri as Secretary Expenditure (Department of Finance) and in addition Secretary Removal of Grievances and in addition Secretary Governance Reforms and in addition Secretary Punjab State Governance Reforms Commission, Mr. Harjeet Singh as Member Secretary Punjab State Commission for Backward Classes and in addition Commissioner Gurudware Elections, Punjab and in addition Commissioner Faridkot Division, Faridkot, Mr. Baldeo Purushartha as Secretary Lokpal and in addition Commissioner Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar, Mrs. Tanu Kashyap as Joint Development Commissioner Integrated Rural Development and in addition Commissioner NREGA and in addition Member Secretary Punjab State Women Commission and in addition Special Secretary Rural Development and Panchayats and in addition Mission Director Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna, Mr. Daljit Singh Mangat as Special Secretary Planning and in addition Special Secretary Water Resources, Mr. Praneet as Deputy Commissioner Bathinda and in addition Chairman Improvement Trust Bathinda, Ms. Gurneet Tej as Special Secretary Housing and Urban Development and in addition Director Town and Country Planning, Mr. Tejinder Singh Dhaliwal as State Transport Commissioner, Punjab and in addition Deputy Commissioner Gurudwara Elections Punjab and in addition Special Secretary Science Technology and Environment, Mr. Devinder Pal Singh Kharbanda as Director Industries and Commerce and in addition Managing Director, Punjab Small Industries Export Corporation Limited and in addition Managing Director Punjab Financial Corporation and the Services of Mrs. Aashika Jain has been placed at the disposal of Department of Local Government for posting as Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Jalandhar.
Spokesperson further said that among the PCS officers who were transferred included Mrs. Hargunjit Kaur who has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary Personnel and in addition Additional Managing Director, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation Limited, Mrs. Neeru Katyal Gupta as Additional Deputy Commissioner jagraon, Services of Mrs. Amarbir Kaur Bhullar has been placed at the disposal of the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs for posting as General Manager (Personnel and Admin) PUNSUP, Mr. Paramdeep Singh as Sub Divisional Magistrate Faridkot and in addition Sub Divisional Magistrate Kotakpura, Mrs. Rajdeep Kaur as Deputy Secretary Employment Generation and Training and in addition Additional Director Employment Generation and Training, Mr. Harjeet Singh Sandhu as Sub Divisional Magistrate Budhlada, Ms. Anupreet Kaur as Sub Divisional Magistrate Patti and in addition Sub Divisional Magistrate Bhikhiwind, Mr. Surinder Singh as Sub Divisional Magistrate Tarn Taran and in addition Sub Divisional Magistrate Khadoor Sahib, Services of Mrs. Arina Duggal has been placed at the disposal of the department of School Education for posting as Secretary, Punjab School Education Board and in addition Land Acquisition Collector, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, Services of Mr. Rajiv Kumar Verma has been placed at the disposal of the department of Local Government for posting as Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Jalandhar and in addition Sub Divisional Magistrate Nakodar, Services of Mr. Nitish Singla has been placed at the disposal of the department of Local Government for posting as Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation Amritsar, Mr. Satwant Singh has been posted as Land Acquisition Collector, Improvement Trust Ludhiana, Mr. Narinder Singh-II as Sub Divisional Magistrate Zira, Ms. Harkirat Kaur Channe as Assistant Commissioner (Grievances) Patiala and in addition Deputy Director (Admn) Department of Water Supply and Sanitation (Hq) Patiala, Mr. Amit Gupta as Sub Divisional Magistrate Ferozepur, Mr. Ashok Kumar as Sub Divisional Magistrate Dera Baba Nanak and in addition Sub Divisional Magistrate Kalanaur and Mr. Arashdeep Singh Lobana has been transferred and posted as Assistant Commissioner (Grievances) Pathankot and in addition Assistant Commissioner (General) Pathankot.
50,K Suffering from Hepatitis in Punjab:World Hepatitis Day
[ASR,PB] 50,K Suffering from Hepatitis in Punjab:World Hepatitis Day
Punjab, Health Minister Brahm Mohindra said on the World Hepatitis Day that viral hepatitis (Hepatitis B and C) remained a major challenge affecting approximately 325 million people globally.
Minister said “It is the root cause of liver cancer, leading to 1.34 million deaths every year,”
He stated around 50,000 patients had been suffering from this disease in Punjab.
Free treatment of this disease is available in 25 government hospitals only
Haryana Knocks SC For Early Hearing of SYL Row
[Chd,Haryana]Haryana Knocks SC For Early Hearing of SYL Row
Government today moved the Supreme Court seeking early hearing in the matter related to its row with Punjab over the Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
The matter was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud.
The bench asked Haryana’s counsel to approach the apex court registry for listing of the matter before an appropriate bench.
The apex court had earlier granted the Centre time to explore the possibility of an amicable solution to the SYL canal row between Punjab and Haryana.
On July 11, the apex court said it was obligatory for Punjab and Haryana to respect and execute its orders on the SYL canal issue.
The controversial 1981 water-sharing agreement came into being after Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966
In 2004, the Congress government in the state came out with the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act with the intention to terminate the 1981 agreement and all other pacts relating to sharing waters of the Ravi and Beas rivers.
The apex court had first decreed Haryana’s suit in 2002 asking Punjab to honour its commitments with regard to water sharing in the case.
Punjab had challenged the verdict by filing an original suit that was rejected in 2004 by the Supreme Court which asked the Centre to take over the remaining infrastructure work of the SYL canal project.
AFSO Trapped IN Patiala with Bribe @ Rs 20K
[Chd,Pb] AFSO Trapped IN Patiala with Bribe @ Rs 20K
State Vigilance Bureau, has nabbed an Assistant Food & Supplies Officer (AFSO) posted at Sanour in district Patiala red handed for accepting bribe of Rs. 20,000.
As per Vigilance Bureau Punjab, AFSO Jeevan Kumar was caught red handed on the complaint of Jagwinder Singh of village Bhanri in Patiala district.
AFSO was demanding bribe of Rs. 25,000 for issuing him a license to open new ration depot in his village and the deal was struck at Rs. 20,000/-.
147 IAS+PCS Officers,Including 8 DCs Reshuffled in Punjab
[Chd,Pb] 147 IAS+PCS Officers Reshuffled in Punjab
Punjab government has ordered transfers and posting orders of
47 IAS officers, including several Deputy Commissioners, with immediate effect.
As many as
100 Punjab Civil Service (PCS) officers were also shuffled
The DCs of Mansa,
Bathinda,
Gurdaspur,
Rupnagar,
Pathankot,
Ferozepur,
Hoshiarpur and
Fazilka are among the IAS officers who have been shuffled.
Many secretary and special secretary rank officials were also among those shuffled.
Khattar Demands Haryana’s Share in Punjab University
[Chd,Haryana]Khattar Demands Haryana’s Share in Punjab University
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today urged the central government for restoration of Haryana’s share in Punjab University, Chandigarh.
This comes days after Khattar reiterated Haryana’s claim on Chandigarh, asking Punjab to consider making New Chandigarh its capital.
Under the provision of Section 26 of the Punjab University Act, prior to 1966, the colleges situated in the then State of Punjab were affiliated to the PU.
After the establishment of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjabi University, Patiala, and Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, notifications were issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 1969, the Punjab government in 1970 and the Haryana government in 1973 and 1997, whereby the PU ceased to operate in Haryana.
Khattar explained that the process of restoration of Haryana’s share in the PU is required in view of the fact that over the years the composition and character of Chandigarh has evolved as a larger entity, that is tricity. Besides, a large number of students from Haryana take admission in various advanced and professional courses of the PU,
Just two days ago, while reiterating Haryana’s claim on Chandigarh, Khattar had asked Punjab to make New Chandigarh its capital, leave Chandigarh to Haryana, and cooperate in solving the water issue by sitting across the table.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had categorically rejected Khattar’s suggestion to set up a statutorily empowered and dedicated board or authority for homogeneous development of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Haryana and Punjab.
Punjab Drug Menace Dogs Capt Amarinder’s 16 Months Govt
[Chandigarh,Pb]Punjab Drug Menace Dogs Capt Amarinder’s Govt
Punjab’s drug menace, which Capt Amarinder Singh had sworn by the holy Gutka Sahib to wipe out within four weeks of coming to power, has come to haunt his government with reports suggesting a surge in the deaths of addicts.
The 16-month Congress government in Punjab is in a spot after a spate of deaths, allegedly due to drug overdose or the use of adulterated heroin.
The apparent surge in such cases comes at a time when the government is implementing an ambitious mission called ‘Tandrust Punjab’, meant to improve the people’s physical and mental health by taking care of the state’s air, water and food quality.
Wary of a public backlash if it fails to tackle the menace ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the state Cabinet recently recommended to the Centre to allow death penalty for drug peddlers and smugglers, a move some activists dubbed a “knee-jerk” reaction.
Under immense pressure from social activists and the opposition parties, the state government also announced mandatory dope tests for all government employees.
This angered them and also triggered a political slugfest with the main opposition Aam Aadmi Party daring the chief minister to set an example by coming forward to take the test himself.
Shiromani Akali Dal, whose previous coalition government was accused of patronizing the drug mafia, has urged people to rise above political affiliations and fight a “comprehensive war against a common enemy.
According to reports, about 20 people died last month in Punjab because of drug overdose although the state health department has confirmed only two such deaths.
Some videos purportedly showing addicts dying of drug overdose have also surfaced on social media, adding to the pressure on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
But the state government claims it is acting effectively against the problem.
A special task force formed by Amarinder Singh soon after coming to power claimed to have choked the supply of drugs, especially heroin, to the state.
It is argued that it is this shortage that has forced addicts to consume adulterated drugs, which was leading to the deaths.
A study by the premier medical institute PGIMER reported last September that an estimated 2.70 lakh people in Punjab are addicted to drugs like include opium, heroin, poppy husk and synthetic drugs.
R S Ghuman, Professor of Economics at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), said the deceleration of the economy and unemployment were the main factors driving the youth to drugs.
Punjab government has claimed to have arrested 18,977 drug peddlers and registered 16,305 cases from March 16, 2017 to June 24, 2018.
Seizures during this period amounted to 378 kg heroin, 117 kg charas and 14 kg smack, along with varying quantities of other drugs, officials said.
Punjab has over 130 drug de-addiction centres and around 100 rehabilitation centres.
An Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) programme was launched by the health department last year to provide outdoor healthcare to addicts.
So far, over 8,000 patients have registered and are being treated. The total footfall at OOAT clinics has been recorded at 2,74,938, a health department official said.
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