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Satish Chandra IAS is new Home Secretary of Punjab

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Satish Chandra IAS is new Home Secretary of Punjab

By Amrit Pal Brar

Bathinda, 01 July 2019: Punjab government has appointed Satish Chandra IAS of 1985 batch who is serving as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Health and Family Welfare as Home Secretary. He is a very hard working and dedicated officer.

Known for simplicity, Satish Chandra is one of the very upright officers of the state. He is a result oriented officer and has given excellent output, wherever he is posted.   His joining in the Home department will be an advantage for the people who are connected with the department as he known for taking quick decisions.

Satish Chandra has served as Member (Finance) in the National Highway Authority of India, from 2013 to June 2016 for three years. He has brought in many changes in the functioning of NHAI, which has accelerated the pace of the road projects. It was the time when, numbers of cases related with the state were fast tracked in NHAI.

Satish Chandra has also served as Planning and Finance Secretary and later on as Health, Family Planning, Medical Education and Research Secretary in the state. During his stint in the planning department, he has streamlined the functioning the District Planning Boards, which are lying defunct these days. Funds of hundreds of Crores were spent through these boards in the districts and regular meetings were done.

During his tenure as Secretary in the Health department, Satish Chandra activated the schemes of the National Health Mission in the state. Hundreds of posts lying vacant under the National Health Mission were filled in a transparent manner and central funds were utilised in stipulated time and lots of infrastructure was built in the civil hospitals of the state.

Famous 100 feet road in Bathinda city, which is considered as life line of the city is a result of the strong willed efforts of Satish Chandra. He as an administrator of MC Bathinda removed 18 encroachments done by the influential people on this road in single day. He is still memorised for carrying out this action by the people of Bathinda. (Author can be contacted at amritbrar2012@gmail.com 9814313405)

‘Punjab’s anti-drug campaign turns boon for young boy’

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32-year-old drug addict youngster made part of the mainstream society

Boys shun drugs, gets employment as well

By Amrit Pal Brar

Sangrur, 30 June:

The extent of interest in implementing the anti drug campaign being shown by the district administration of Sangrur can be very well gauged from the recent precedent set by the administration.

A 32 year old guy Gagan Kumar was so much drowned in the well of drugs that life seemed to be a curse, but today the situation is that this young man has not only quit the drug but he also gets employment and he is now very well earning a bread for his family. It’s all due to the effort of district administration Sangrur led by Ghanshyam Thori Deputy Commissioner.

Due to poor financial condition and poor company of friends, this young life became a victim drug addiction. Drugs had started playing with his family and social life and he was being considered as bane for the family.

The young boy who was trapped in the well of drug addiction, was himself destroying the future of his widow mother, wife and two children as he was not able to feed his family.

Bane turned into boon when this drug addicts mother came to know about the Punjab Government’s anti drug campaign.

Widow mother then knocked the door district administration, and urged the officials to save her son. She apprised the district administration that her son’s wife and two children are forced to live in a hell like situation due to the drug addiction of her son.

District administration immediately got the boy admitted in drug addiction center in Sangrur for treatment, and assured the family of all possible help.

During the treatment, Gagan told Mohan Sharma, Project Director of Drug De-addiction centre, that he owed a house rent of Rs 20,000 to the landlord as he could not pay rent due to his drug addiction habit.

Project Director brought this matter to the notice of the district administration which, after listening to this, provided a grant of Rs 20,000 to the family and also arranged another house for them in Sangrur.

Gagan, after the motivation of District administration, took treatment for about a month and a half at the Drug de-addiction Center and now he is out of the drug menace completely. District administration also provided employment to the boy in Maruti Company. This young man Gagan is now living a good life with his family and is also motivating others to shun drug.

Bhupindra Road receives a facelift with 480 lakh rupees Project

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New road, Victorian era lights and new Parking lot of 1 lakh sq ft ready.

By Amrit Pal Brar

Patiala, June 30

Member Parliament Preneet Kaur represented the demand of the residents of Patiala to give a complete facelift to Bhupindra Road Patiala which carries historic significance.

The Chief Minister approved the proposal and with an expenditure of around 480 lakhs, the Bhupindra Road is receiving an all renewed look. Explaining in detail, the Deputy Commissioner, Kumar Amit informed that this project is being completed in two phases.

In the first phase, Bhupindra Road received new premix. After acquisition of land from the Forest department electricity and telephone poles have been shifted all the way from Thapar College to Leela Bhawan.

Deputy Commissioner disclosed that a new and neat parking of 1 lakh square feet has been constructed in front of the showrooms on both sides of the road with interlocking tiles. The vacant spaces on both sides of the road will also be made beautiful with the interlocking tiles.

The DC further informed that the Chief Minister instructed the Bhupindra Road to be given an ancient heritage look and the PWD has, in the second phase of the project, installed LED lights of Victorian look worth rupees 21 lakh as well as installed benches of ancient look for the convenience of passersby.

The DC said that a new pipeline has also been installed for draining the rain water. The Deputy Commissioner has appealed to the residents to support and cooperate with the Municipal Corporation & district administration in keeping their city neat and clean and to park their vehicles in the newly constructed parking space in proper order. Author can be contacted at amritbrar2012@gmail.com & 9814313405

Team of Irrigation officials led by XEN Gurjinder Bahia catches 23 cases of Canal Water theft

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Police taking no action despite written complaints forwarded by department

By Amrit Pal Brar

Bathinda, 29 June 2019: The team of officials of the Bathinda Canal Division of the Irrigation department led by Executive Engineer Gurjinder Singh Bahia has caught 16 canal water theft cases in Dadahur Sub Division area on Friday morning.

The Irrigation Department has registered 23 cases of water theft across the Dadahur Sub Division and Teona distributory in the past one week; farmers of the villages located at the tail-ends of the canals are being deprived of their share of water due to unauthorised water stealing. Dadahur division falls in Barnala district whereas Teona distributory in Bathinda district.

7 cases caught by SDO Jagmeet Singh Bhaker

A number of incidents of drawing water through illegal pipes from the Teona distribution line had been uncovered today early morning at 2.00 am by the SDO Teona sub division Jagmeet Singh Bhaker and his staff. They caught 7 unauthorised pipes between DO 4000 of Doomwali minor and between RD 37000- 2000.

Sources say the canal water theft is on the rise since the beginning of the paddy cultivation and the farmers in the tail end are not getting adequate water to irrigate their fields due to these unauthorised stealing.

The farmers usually indulge in water theft at the time of paddy cultivation, which needs considerable amount of water. They either put rubber pipes in canals or drains or draw water through by using engines

But the efforts made by officials of the Irrigation Department to check canal water theft are proving ineffective as the police department is not cooperating in the matter. The officials of the Irrigation department catches the water thefts cases and forward these cases to police for further action, and the police takes no action in the matter. Author can be contacted at amritbrar2012@gmail.com & 9814313405.

Four under training IAS officers of Punjab Cadre calls on DC and CP

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DC and CP congratulated them for cracking the UPSC Exam successfully

By Amrit Pal Brar

Jalandhar, June 27-

Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar today exhorted under training IAS officers to make firm resolve for discharging their duties with utmost dedication, sincerity, honesty and professional commitment.

Interacting with four under training IAS officers of Punjab Cadre Mr. Ankurjeet Singh, Mr. Varjeet Walia, Mr. Viraj Tidke and Mr. T Benith, who called on them at Deputy Commissioner’s office in District Administrative Complex, the Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of Police said that it was matter of great pride and satisfaction for them that four new young officers have been allotted Punjab cadre to serve the state.

They said that with this a fresh young blood has been infused in the functioning of state administration and hoped that these newly appointed officers would certainly take the state to the zenith of its glory.

The officers called upon the officers to serve the public with missionary zeal to ensure their well being and to put the state further on high growth trajectory.

The Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of Police congratulated them for cracking the UPSC Exam successfully and subsequently got selected on the coveted posts exclusively on their merit and capability.

Wishing them a promising career and a bright future ahead, they asked the officers to serve the society with full enthusiasm and devotion for cherishing their aspirations by implementing the policies and programs of the state government in the right earnest.

Both the officers also asked the young IAS officers that they were fortunate enough to have got Punjab cadre for serving on this state, which was the cradle of culture and civilization in the country.

Patiala IVF expert presents research work in Vienna, Austria

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Distinguished achievement for an IVF expert

By Amrit Pal Brar

Patiala, 28 June, 2019

Dr Monica Varma, a gynaecologist and infertility specialist at Sadbhavna IVF Centre presented her research work at the recently concluded 35th Annual Meet of the prestigious European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Vienna 23-26 June 2019.

One of the leading gynecologists of the city, Dr. Monica Varma has an established clinic and and over the years has gained a loyal clientele  including international patients also.

Her work highlights the increased risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and associated early delivery in patients conceiving by donor eggs by in vitro fertilization technique (test tube baby).

However, these complications can be reduced with good screening and counselling before pregnancy.

This is to be combined with specialized maternal and newborn care. Other means to decrease the risk by different IVF protocols were also mentioned.

Dr Monica had also suggested seven additions to the European Society 2019 guidelines for Oocyte (egg) pick up in IVF, and all of them have been duly accepted and added by the working committee. This is a distinguished achievement for an IVF expert. (Author can be contacted at amritbrar2012@gmail.com 9814313405)

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Food & PD Ram Vilas Paswan meets Food Secretaries

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Department of Food is working on the objective of One Nation One Ration Card

By Amrit Pal Brar

New Delhi, 27 June 2019: The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan met State Food Secretaries and State government officials along with officials of Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs)in New Delhi today. Paswan discussed various issues pertaining to efficient implementation of national food security act, End to end computerisation, transparency in storage and distribution of food grains and synergising of all FCI depots and CWC and SWC depots with the Depot Online System (DOS).

Addressing the gathering,  Ram Vilas Paswan stated that the work done by the department of Food and Public Distribution is very important and it is almost a life line for the beneficiaries wherein 612 lakh ton of food grains stored in warehouses of FCI, CWC, SWCs and private godowns are distributed among 81 crore beneficiaries annually. Paswan asserted that use of Information Technology right from the time of purchase of food grains till its distribution will help in increasing the overall efficiency of the entire process, while maintaining transparency and curbing corruption.

The Union Minister expressed satisfaction over the fact that the Depot Online System (DOS) has been implemented in all warehouses of Food Corporation of India (FCI) and 144 depots of Central Warehousing Corporation and the food grain procurement process of FCI is also beingdone online.  Paswan expressed happiness that most States have also made their procurement, storage and distribution processes online in some way or the other.

Paswan emphasised that it is imperative that there is a seamless flow of information online between the FCI and States and therefore they need to be integrated so that exact information about how much food grain has been procured from which mandi, which warehouse it is stored in and for how long and when it has been released for distribution can be available. There should also be information about the quality of food grains at the time of purchase, storage conditions in the warehouse, when it is given to PDS shops and when the shops have distributed it to the beneficiaries.

The Union Minister insisted that there should be a system for storage of all such qualitative and quantitative information which can then be accessed through the ‘’annavitaran’’ portal. The Union Minister said that this will help in improving the image of FCI, CWC and SWCs.

The key decision taken in the meeting was that FCI will provide an internet gateway for integrating DOS with State governments within 4 months. After that, within 2 months, States will integrate their Warehouse Management Systems with DOS. The Union Minister issued instructions to the officials of Department of Food and PD to review the progress in 4 months and next meeting in this regard will be held in January, 2020.

Another key decision taken was moving towards One Nation One Ration Card (RC) which will ensure all beneficiaries especially migrants can access PDS across the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice. This will provide freedom to the beneficiaries as they will not be tied to any one PDS shop and reduce their dependence on shop owners and curtail instances of corruption. Integrated Management of PDS (IMPDS) is a system that is already operational in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tripura wherein a beneficiary can avail his share of food grain from any district in the State. In today’s meeting, other states also assured that IMPDS will be implemented at the earliest.

The Department of Food and PD is working on war footing to achieve the objective of One Nation One Ration Card and in the next two months beneficiaries of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will be able to access the PDS shops. The objective of the department is to ensure that this is implemented nationally in a time bound manner. There will also be creation of a Central Repository of all RCs which will help in de-duplication. Paswan asserted that the biggest beneficiary of this will be those migrant labourers who move to other States to seek better job opportunities and will ensure their food security.

Capt Amarinder Singh meets Union Food Minister Ram VilasPaswan

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PASWAN ACCEPTS CAPT AMARINDER’S SUGGESTION FOR JOINT MEETING WITH FM TO RESOLVE RS. 31000 CRORE FOOD ACCOUNT LOAN ISSUE

AGREES TO ALLOW CREATION OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE, MODALITIES TO BE WORKED OUT

By Amrit Pal Brar

New Delhi, June 27: Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday acceded to the request of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to hold a joint meeting with the Union Finance Minister to resolve the Rs 31000 crore food account loan legacy issue.

Paswan agreed to organise the meeting after the Union Budget session, an official spokesperson said after Captain Amarinder Singh called on the Minister here this afternoon.

The Union Minister has also agreed to allow Punjab to create additional storage space to enable the state to address the problem of acute shortage of storage space in this Rabi season. Modalities for the same will soon be worked out, said the spokesperson.

Captain Amarinder also succeeded in securing relaxation in lustre loss in wheat, resulting from the unseasonal heavy rains that lashed the state during the season.

During his meeting, the Chief Minister pointed out the Rs 31000 crore food loan legacy issue, inherited from the previous government, had already been referred to a special committee headed by Member NITI Aayog Ramesh Chand, who is also the Member of 15th Finance Commission.

The Committee had been mandated to look into all aspects of the Legacy Debt of Punjab government arising out of accumulated CCL (Food Credit Gap) with reference to Food Corporation of India/Department of Food and Public Distribution. The Chief Minister sought Paswan’s personal intervention to expedite the matter.

With regard to lustre loss, Captain Amarinder informed the Union Food Minister that Government of India had only allowed relaxation in for nine districts with effect from 8th May 2019, by when bulk of the purchase had been completed in the state.

The state had sought relaxation, through a letter to GoI on April 26, 2019, for the entire quantity of wheat purchased during the season across the state, and should be given relaxation w.e.f April 26, when it first sought FCI inspection.

Expressing concern over slow movement of stocks, the Chief Minister told Paswan that the state government was grappling with acute shortage of storage space for foodgrain. He mentioned that state agencies were currently stocking 160 Lakh MT of wheat and 107 Lakh MT of rice, while 96 Lakh MT of wheat was lying in the open, while 10.5 Lakh MT of wheat purchased more than a year ago was still being stocked in the open.

As a result of slow movement of food grains from the state, the state would face a major challenge for scientific storage of wheat next year, he added.

Referring to withholding of reimbursement of arhtiya charges and administrative charges, the Chief Minister urged Paswan to immediately release these charges to the state. These charges were paid to the arhtiyas as per provisions of the Punjab State Agriculture Produce Markets Act, 1961 and administrative charges were used for maintenance of stocks as well as payment of salaries and other establishment expenses, said Captain Amarinder.

GoI had withheld these charges on account of the failure of the state to implement the Public Financial Management System (PFMS), which allows the Central Government to see online the transfer of MSP payments into the bank accounts of the farmer. However, the Chief Minister pointed out that the state had already uploaded details of 6 Lakh of the more than 10 Lakh farmers and was committed to implementing PFMS.

But it was a time consuming exercise and more than 20,000 arhtiyas were required to be trained on PFMS module as payments are routed through the arhtiyas, he said, adding that even Haryana had not yet implemented PFMS.

On the issue of withholding of custody & maintenance charges, the Chief Minister requested Paswan to immediately reimburse these charges to the state on the basis of actual expenditure incurred. He pointed out that Rs. 750 crore has been withheld on account of storage of wheat in Open Plinths after 2007, even though the charges were being paid earlier.

Similarly, the state also incurred an expenditure of Rs. 608 crore on custody and maintenance charges. Against this, GoI provisionally released Rs. 300 crore and the balance was held back due to a clarification that has to be issued by it.

Prominent amongst other who accompanied the Chief Minister were Food Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MPs Preneet Kaur, Santokh Chaudhry and Gurjit Aujla, CM’s Media Advisor Raveen Thukral, Principal Secretary Tejveer Singh and Special Principal Secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh.

Punjab Government invites applications of PPSC Chairman and Members

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Punjab Government invites applications of PPSC Chairman and Members

By Amrit Pal Brar

Bathinda, June 27, 2019: The Punjab Government has invited applications to fill one vacancy of Chairman, one vacancy of Member (Non official) and one vacancy of Member (official), Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).

The last date for submitting the applications to the office of Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Personnel (P.P.-3 Branch), Room No. 6, 6th floor, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Sector 1, Chandigarh, is 19-07-2019 by 5 pm.

Divulging the details, a spokesman said that Punjab Government has decided to invite the applications of eminent persons of impeccable integrity, high calibre and administrative experience.

The spokesman said the applicant while forwarding his/her own name or recommending another person’s name with necessary details, must clearly elucidate the pendency of any civil, criminal, administrative or any other proceedings that may have bearing on his/her integrity and character, and should have held office for atleast 10 years either under the Government of India or under the State Government.

Vigilance Bureau files cancellation report in Hoshiarpur Land Scam

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Vigilance Bureau files cancellation report in Hoshiarpur Land Scam

By Amrit Pal Brar

Bathinda, 27 June 2019: After a long and thorough investigation by the team of Vigilance Bureau of Punjab, the bureau has filed a cancellation report in the Hoshiarpur land scam which has remained in news headlines in June 2016.

The cancellation report has been filed before Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana, Additional Session Judge on 14 June. The case would come up for next hearing on July 5, 2017, in the court of District Session Judge, Ludhiana.

The cancellation report has been filed on the basis of the report prepared by the Vigilance Bureau official, DSP Niranjan Singh of the Jalandhar unit.

The land in question was acquired by the NHAI for a four-laning project

Confirming this development, one of the officials, who was named in the case said “Truth always comes out”.

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