Saturday, January 20, 2018
- Chandigarh, Jan 20--Haryana would implement online transfer policy on the pattern of the Education Department in all departments of the state government.
- Disclosing this while addressing a public meeting in Jind today, the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, said in the first phase, online transfer policy would be launched in about 16 departments by April 1.
- He said advertisements for 50,000 vacant posts lying in government departments have been released and exams for 35,000 posts have been conducted, and soon the Haryana Staff Selection Commission would announce the results. The state government has so far carried out recruitment to fill 13,000 posts, he added.
- In order to recruit capable candidates on government posts, interviews for Group C and D posts have been stopped. The main aim of making recruitment on merit basis is to end corruption and provide good governance to people. If a capable candidate is recruited, the aim of such recruitment would be fulfilled. This would also help in providing benefit of government schemes and services to people easily, the Chief Minister added.
- Mr Manohar Lal said the BJP Government had been working for the welfare of all sections of the society without any bias. The government is also making equitable development of all regions so that no region or section of the society remains backward.
- The maximum number of development projects announced by him had been completed. In district Jind, many development projects worth about Rs 200 crore have been completed and work on those projects foundation stone of which has been laid lately, would begin soon.
- Taking a dig at the opposition parties, he said the previous governments had left many big development projects incomplete but the BJP Government had not only worked to complete these projects, but had also initiated many new development projects.
- The construction work on Jind bypass was pending for the last 20 years, which would be completed in six months at a cost of Rs 52 crore. Besides, many other development works would be carried out in district Jind.
- The Chief Minister urged party workers to generate awareness among the people about all development works being carried out in the district so that opposition parties could not mislead the people.
- Chandigarh, January 20---The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has said that the state government would urge the Central Government for early execution of the Supreme Court order on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal so that Haryana could get its rightful share in river waters.
- Addressing a well attended gathering after laying the foundation stone of a new cooperative sugar mill in Karnal, today, he said the present government had ensured speedy hearing of the case in the Supreme Court which was lying pending for many years. The Supreme Court has given its decision in favour of Haryana.
- Since the matter now rests with the Central Government, the state government would request for early execution of the decision. “I am sure the farmers and people of the state will get their due share of water through SYL Canal”, he added.
- Chandigarh, Jan 20---The Haryana Government would enact a law to provide for capital punishment for those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or below. Besides, it would make a request for setting up of fast-track courts for dealing with rape cases to ensure speedy justice to the victims.
- This was disclosed by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, while addressing people after laying the foundation stone of a new sugar Mill in Karnal, today.
- Expressing his deep anguish and concern over the recent incidents of rape in the state, the Chief Minister said though the police were dealing with such cases as required under the law, it had been decided to make provision of harsher punishment for rape. Law would be enacted soon to hang those convicted of raping a girl aged 12 or younger.
- Mr Manohar Lal exhorted the media not to create sensation by publishing reports on rape incidents without verifying acts. Elaborating the point, he said figures for last year revealed that 25 per cent rape complaints registered at police stations were found to be fake. Earlier, complainants had to face a tough time in getting an FIR registered even after repeated requests. But today not even a single person could claim non-registration of FIR in any case by the police.
- Usually, relatives and near and dear ones of the victim have been found to be involved in about 75 per cent rape cases. Besides the police, it is also the responsibility of the society to come forward and generate awareness among the people against such kind of mentality.
- He assured the people that the police are working actively to solve the recent cases of rape in the state and those involved in Faridabad rape case have already been arrested by the police.
- Chandigarh, January 20– Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal said that Maize will also be procured on Minimum Support Price in Haryana after the government’s decision to restart the procurement of bajra and sunflower seeds on Minimum Support Price (MSP) which was discontinued by the previous government. The Bajra and Maize so purchased would be utilized under Public Distribution System (PDS).
- Mr Manohar Lal was addressing a well attended gathering after laying the foundation stone of new cooperative sugar mill in Karnal today.
- He said that with the setting up of new cooperative sugar mill, 60 lakh quintal of sugarcane would be crushed during the crushing season besides generating 15 MW of electricity. Out of the total electricity produced by this mill, 10.50 MW would be sold to the power utilities which would generate an additional income of Rs 15 crore to the sugar mill.
- Earlier, he was presented with cheques of Rs 50 crore each by Chairman, HARCO Bank, Mr Gulshan Bhatia and Chairman, Hafed, Mr Harwinder Kalyan as a financial assistance for the setting up of this new sugar mill.
- While describing today as a historical day for the people of the area , the Chief Minister said that a sum of Rs 225 crore would be spent on this Mill and it would benefit the farmers of 232 villages of Karnal and Panipat districts where sugarcane cultivation has been done over 20,000 acres this year. This Sugar Mill would be made operational within one-and-a-half year, he added. He said that the new sugar mill would have a capacity of 3500 Tonnes of Cane per Day (TPD) where crushing of 60 lakh quintals of sugarcane would be made thus benefiting the farmers of the area in a big way. He said that this new sugar mill would be different from other mills as sugar produced in this mill would be more refined.
- Mr Manohar Lal said that the State Government has prepared a scheme to achieve the target set by Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi to make double the income of farmers by the year 2022. He said that capacity of all those sugar mills would be enhanced which are running under their capacity in the State. The Sugar Mill at Panipat would be shifted to a new place and its capacity would be enhanced upto 5000 MCD. Similarly, the crushing capacity of 1600 ton of sugarcane per day of Sonipat Sugar Mill would be enhanced to 2200 ton of sugarcane per day. This would help in increasing the sugarcane cultivation and also prevent the farmers from distress sale. The government is making efforts to ensure that the farmers earn income of Rs one lakh per acre, he added. He said that the State Government is giving sugarcane rate of Rs 330 per quintal which is highest in the country.
- He said that with a view to ensure that the farmers sell their produce online in any part of the State and on remunerative prices, the State Government has made 54 mandis online whereas the remaining 54 mandis would soon be made online. He also exhorted the farmers to switch over to micro irrigation to flood irrigation to save water adding that the subsidy on micro irrigation has been increased from 60 per cent to 80 per cent.
- He also listed out various other schemes implemented for the welfare of farmers including Bhavantar Bharpai Yonja and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
- Earlier speaking on this occasion, Minister of State for Cooperation Mr Manish Kumar Grover said that the State Government has made a payment of Rs 1088 crore to the sugar mills in the State during the last three years whereas the previous government has made a payment of only Rs 600 crore in seven years from 2007 to 2014. He said that it was for the first time in 37 years when as a Cooperation Minister, he has visited all cooperative sugar mills in the State and interacted with the sugarcane growers.
- Minister of State for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj thanked the Chief Minister for giving a new sugar mill to the farmers of the area. He said that the State Government is contemplating to implement a scheme under which solar plants would be set up on the tube wells so that the farmers do not require to pay electricity bills. Moreover, the farmers would be able to sell the additional electricity to the power grids. To bigin with, this scheme would be implemented in Indri in Karnal, he added.
- Chairman Hafed, Mr Harwinder Kalyan, Chairman SugarFed Mr Chander Prakash Kathuria and MLA Assandh Mr Bakshish Singh also spoke on this occasion.