CONGRESS ERODED THE DIGNITY OF THE NATION: BADAL
Kurali(S.A.S.Nagar)/Chamkaur Sahib (Ropar) February
13, 2009
Congress has completely eroded the dignity of the
Nation and totally failed to save the hundreds of valuable human
lives during Mumbai Terror attack incident.
This view was expressed by Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh
Badal here today while addressing two massive vikas rallies at
Kurali and Chamkaur Sahib. Mr. Badal categorically said that security
of the nation was not at all safe in the hands of such an irresponsible
party that has never bothered about the security and welfare of
common people.
He said that in the forth coming Lok Sabha elections
people would decide the fate of the Indian Nation. He called upon
them to decide themselves that which political party was suitable
for their constructive future and overall development of the country.
As far as Congress party was concerned people had given it more
than forty five years to rule the country but factual reality
had clearly shown us that it had done nothing worth full for the
Nation, said Mr. Badal. He further added that according to a study
conducted by an agency had shown the true picture that today 1/3rd
population of India was just earning Rs. 20/- per day , 36 % of
Indians were still illiterate and 47% were not getting enough
food to eat. Under these terrible circumstances how one can say
that India is a developing country, Mr. Badal pointed out.
Highlighting the details of Rs. 59.83 crores road
infrastructure plan for the Morinda constituency, Mr. Badal informed
that 276.41 KM roads were being strengthen and widened at a cost
of Rs. 29.07 crore. Mr. Badal informed that 15.9 KMs new link
roads at a cost Rs. 2.41 cror were also being constructed which
would be completed by March 2009, in addition to this under the
central roads funds scheme ( CRF) 13.95 KMs roads with an estimated
cost of Rs. 8.97 crore would also be completed by March 2009 and
under NABARD a stretch of 11.80 KMs including a bridge over it
was also being constructed costing Rs. 6.6 crore. Mr. Badal further
informed that 8 new bridges for the area, had also been approved
that would cost Rs. 15 crore.
While giving the details of pretegious road link between Siswan
and Baddi, Mr. Badal said that 5.3 KMs long road including three
bridges over it would be completed by June 2009 at a cost Rs.
12.14 crore, which would reduce the journy between Siswan and
Baddi by 20 KMs.
Mr. Badal also annauced that a Forest Awarness
Park would be setup at village Pallanapur with a special attraction
of 3 KMs walking track for the public. The total cost of this
project would be Rs. 0.85 crore. Mr. Badal also assured the people
that the problems regarding the provision of fresh dinking water
and sewerage would be taken up on priority. He said that Rs. 1.95
crore project to provide fresh drinking water in the villages
in Morinda constituency had already been completed and Rs. 3.99
crore more would be spent in the next phase for this purpose.
He also assured the people that he would soon take up the issue
of under railway bridge Kurali with the Union Ministry of Railways.
On the Occasion Mr. Badal also disbursed the cheques
of Rs. 2 crore and Rs. 1 crore as developmental grants for Municipal
Council Kurali and Nagar Panchayat Nayan Gaon besides, Rs.3.76
crore and Rs. 1.5 crore for the development works in the villages
of Chamkaur Sahib constituency and Nagar Panchayat Chamkaur Sahib.
Speaking on the occasion Co-operative Minister Captain Kanwaljit
Singh appreciated the commitment of Mr. Badal for developing the
entire state to make Punjab as a frontrunner state in the country,
on the contrary the previous congress government had ruined the
state financially as well as socially. Capt. further said that
the leaders of that party had forgotten the holy philosophy of
the historical soil of Sri Anandpur Sahib that had thrown them
out of Punjab by the verdict of Punjabies exactly two years back.
Capt. said that it was the only SAD-BJP alliance government that
had started development process in the state of their own where
as the congress led central government had allocated a share of
just 1.2% out of the total development funds of the country, which
was a very small amount.
Speaking on the occasion the advisor to Chief Minister
and candidate of SAD-BJP for Sri Anandpur Sahib parliamentery
constituency for the forth coming Lok Sabha elections Dr. Daljit
Singh Chima said that SAD-BJP government was not here to rule
the people, it was to serve the people. He pointed out that the
Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal was reaching at the door
steps of the people in every nook and corner of the state to sort
out their problems on priority as a humble servant of the public.
Mr. Badal had planned a better future for the people of the state
now it was the duty of all of us to strengthen the SAD-BJP alliance
so that dreams and aspirations of every Punjabi could become a
reality, said Dr. Cheema.
Prominent amongst those who spoke on the occasion
included MLA Mr. Ujjagar Singh Badali, MLA Mr. Charanjit Singh
Channi, Former Minister Mrs. Satwant Kaur Sandhu , District President
SAD Rupnagar Mr. Tara Singh Ladal, President District Youth SAD
Mr. Harpreet Singh Basant and Vise President District BJP Parvesh
Kumar Goyal .
SAD-BJP MP's FROM PUNJAB RAISED IMPORTANT ISSUES
IN PARLIAMENT
Chandigarh Feb 13: Deputy Chief Minister Punjab and Member of
Parliament Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal led the delegation of SAD and
BJP M.P's from Punjab and raised the three important issues directly
hitting the common man and farmers of the country, during the
question hours in the Parliament House today at New Delhi.
Mr.Sukhbir Singh Badal, demanded while raising these issues in
the Parliament that the International prices of the crude oil
had been drastically come down by 75% but Government of India
has not reducing the prices of Petrol, Diesel and LPG gas and
other items related with the Petroleum products by same ratio.
Mr.Badal also demanded an extension of Freight
corridor up to Amritsar He said that Government of India has been
building the 3300 kms. Freight corridor up to Ludhiana but ignoring
the coming up main hubs of the Industry and International business
of the Punjab i.e. Jalandhar and Amritsar cities. They demanded
the freight corridor should build up to Amritsar it is very small
length only adding 100 kms. More. It will play a major role in
the development of the business and industry of the Punjab at
the National and International level.
Mr.Badal also demanded that the Minimum Support prices of all
the farmers' products be raised at par with the prices being given
for import of these products. He said that there was no justification
for paying our farmer less then Rs.1500 per quintal at which we
were importing wheat.
He said that the policies of the Congress led Government
was anti farmers and poor people of the country. He said that
this had to change in order to make viable economic options for
the farmers and the poor people.
The MP's of regional and national parties also joined these issues
with Mr.Sukhbir Singh Badal in the Parliament. The other MP's
who were present and supported while raising these issues in Parliament
including Mr.Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Mr.Zora Singh Mann Mr. Saharanjit
Singh Dhillon, Mr.Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Mr.Vinod Khanna.
3 Chairmen, 3 Vice Chairmen and 40 members Nominated
CHANDIGARH FEBRUARY 13, 2009
The Punjab Government today nominated 3 Chairmen and 3 Vice Chairmen
in Market Committees of Kahnuwan, Sri Hargobindpur and Qadian
in Gurdaspur district besides 40 members in market committees
of Gurdaspur and Muktsar district.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab
government said that these Chairmen and Vice Chairmen had been
nominated under Sub Section (1) of Section 16 of Punjab Agricultural
Produce Markets Act, 1961. The respective notifications relating
to these nominations had been issued by the State Agriculture
department.
According to these Notifications, Mr. Jagroop Singh and Mr. Gurnam
Singh have been nominated as Chairman and Vice Chairman of Market
Committee Kahnuwan; Mr. Parminder Singh and Mr. Dalbir Singh as
Chairman and Vice Chairman of Market Committee Sri Hargobindpur
and Mr. Baldev Singh and Mr. Jasbir Singh as Chairman and Vice
Chairman of Market Committee Qadian.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government under Section
12 of Punjab Agriculture Produce Markets Act, 1961( Punjab Act
No.23 of 1961) has also nominated 17 members of Market Committee
of Sri Hargobindpur, 11 members of Market Committee of Qadian
besides 10 members of Market Committee Gurdaspur and 2 members
in Market Committee Muktsar.
PB GOVT. APPROVES BIDS FOR SUPERSPECILITY CANCER
HOSPITAL AT MOHALI AND BATHINDA
CHANDIGARH FEBRUARY 13, 2009
In a significant step aimed at strengthening the
medical and healthcare infrastructure in the state, the Punjab
government today approved the major projects to set up 2 Super
Speciality Cancer Hospitals one at Mohali and another at Bathinda
in the public private partnership mode.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab
government said that these projects had been awarded to the top
most healthcare enterprise – Max Healthcare in the country.
The bidders have already deposited up front charges of Rs.4.50
crore and Rs.1.50 crore for these mega-hospital projects at Mohali
and Bathinda respectively, besides this the company would also
offer 5% of its gross turnover every year to the state government.
Both these projects would be completed within 18 months.
It may be recalled that the Punjab Chief Minister
Mr. Parkash Singh Badal had accorded the top most priority for
the up-gradation of medical and healthcare infrastructure to ensure
health facilities to the people at affordable rates. As a part
of this initiative he had already initiated a mammoth project
for the modernization of Amritsar Medical College at a cost of
Rs.150 crore besides upgrading the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College
& Hospital Faridkot at a cost of Rs.68 crore. The state government
had already recruited 141 super speciality medical specialists
and 100 medical officers would soon be recruited through Punjab
Public Service Commission.
BADAL ACCEPTS PFUCTO DEMAND FOR NEW UGC PAY SCALES
CHANDIGARH FEBRUARY 13, 2009
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today accepted the
demands of the Punjab Federation of University & College Teachers
Organizations (PFUCTO) – a body representing teachers of
all the universities, government colleges and non-government colleges
of the state to implement the notification of Ministry of Human
Resources Development, Government of India dated 31.12.2008 in
the universities and colleges of the state.
A 11-member deputation of PFUCTO led by its President Dr.SS Dhillon
and General Secretary Dr. Jagwant Singh called on Mr. Badal here
this morning to discuss their demands
Mr. Badal directed the Secretary Higher Education
Mr. KBS Sidhu to bring a detailed memorandum in this regard in
the next Cabinet meeting slated to be held on February 20.
Meanwhile, the PFUCTO leaders thanked the Chief
Minister for the timely assurance which would enable the state
government to claim 40% of the arrears from the Central government
during the current financial year.
The Chief Minister also sought suggestions from the representatives
of the PFUCTO for improving the standards of education in the
state. The members of the deputation gave their free and frank
views with regard to prevailing education system from school level
to university level, particularly rural schools, setting up of
Adarsh schools, introduction of new subjects of Bio-technology,
Information Technology, Genome, Human Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry,
Micro-biology, MBA in Hospital Management, Industrial Security
and Tourism in the curriculum. They also suggested the Chief Minister
to bring in drastic changes in the school level education because
it was these institutions which catered to the need of higher
institutions. They opined schools acted as feeders to provide
stuff for universities and colleges and urged the state government
to strengthen these basic level educational institutions to ensure
better stuff which would ultimately churn out the best and capable
students in order to further enhance the prospects of human resource
development. They also assured the Chief Minister that they would
soon submit a detailed status report to him for bringing about
quantitative and qualitative changes in the educational system.
Prominent amongst others who were present in the
meeting included Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr.DS Guru,
Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr.KS Pannu, Additional
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr.Gaggandeep Singh Brar
and OSD to Chief Minister Mr.NS Sangha.
PUNJAB INITIATES A NEW SCHEME TO FACILITATE ADOPTION
OF ZOO ANIMALS
Chandigarh, February 13, 2009
: The Punjab Government has initiated a new scheme
to facilitate adoption of zoo animals, keeping in view the increasing
demand from animal lovers besides also to meet rising maintenance
costs of animals for providing ideal housing facilities to Zoo
animals matching as closely to natural habitats as possible.
Speaking after launching Punjab Wildlife website
www.wildlifepunjab.org here today Forest and Wildlife Minister
Mr.Tikshan Sud said that new innovative scheme called 'Animal
Adoption Scheme' would be promoted in the current year itself.
Under this Scheme, the individuals, NGOs, corporate houses and
industrialists would be eligible to adopt animals of their choice
in the Zoos of Punjab by meeting the stipulated expenses of food,
medicines and upkeep of their houses on an annual basis. He said
that the department has calculated the rates for various animals
for such adoptions. The adaptors would be issued free entry passes
to zoos, would be granted certificates of adoption and get all
information on the upkeep of animals including expenditure details
on food and medicines. Efforts would also be made that the adaptors
get the Income Tax exemption on the amount donated for the purpose.
He said that such schemes were increasingly becoming popular in
the zoos of India like Mysore Zoo, Lucknow Zoo and so on. This,
he said, had become necessary due to rising maintenance costs
of animals for providing ideal housing facilities to Zoo animals
matching as closely to natural habitats as possible. He appealed
that philanthropic individuals, NGOs, like SPCA, PFA, PETA, schools,
voluntary bodies and last but not the least the corporate houses
and companies could play a major role in sharing financial responsibilities
for proper upkeep of animal through Animal Adoption Scheme.
He further added that in order to complement, supplement
and strengthen the activities of Zoological Parks and Deer Parks
in the State and in the interest of conservation, it has decided
to constitute a Punjab Zoos Development Society. This Society
would promote, assist and mobilize resources for management of
zoos through donations, grants and collections for the zoos. He
exhorted the wildlife lovers and conservationists to come forward
for the cause of wildlife in the State. He said that hence all
information on wildlife matters, conservation efforts, policies
and programmes of the wildlife sector shall be made available
on www.wildlifepunjab.org.
The Forest Minister said that Department of Forests
and Wildlife Preservation has taken a number of initiatives for
promotion and conservation of wildlife in the State. He said that
not only the area under Protected Area for wildlife has been increased
but also intensive surveillance measures in outside Protected
Areas have been taken to curb illegal poaching and trade in wildlife
and its products. He particularly pointed out that in the current
year, highest budgetary allocation was made under 12 State and
Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Government. He said that this
had been possible because of the special efforts under the guidance
of the Chief Minister. He stated that there was a provision of
465.31 lakhs in the current financial year for the development
of sanctuaries through measures such as fencing of sanctuaries,
construction of water holes for wild animals, watch towers, machans
and fire lines. Special drive has been taken to improve the wildlife
habitat by taking such measures as lantana and parthenium eradication,
and planting of suitable fodder species for herbivores
BADAL CALLS FOR TRUE FEDERALISM TO ENSURE OVERALL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY ASKS CENTRE TO INITIATE PRO-POOR AND
FARMER-FRIENDLY POLICIES
CHANDIGARH FEBRUARY 12, 2009
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today
said that any incidence of national rejuvenation must start with
implementation of pro-poor and farmer-friendly policies by the
Government of India.
"The increasing incidence of helping the rich
and mighty by the government of India has always left the poor
with a feeling of deprivation. It has to be replaced with policies
and programmes aimed especially at the poor", said Mr. Badal
while addressing a mammoth gather at the concluding function of
the 'Janakrosh Yatra' rally here at Parade Ground, Sector 17.
A month long Padyatra was led by Indian National Lok Dal general
secretary Ajay Singh Chautala.
Lashing at the Congress Government which ruled
over 45 years in Centre for meting out a step motherly treatment
to the state governments, Mr. Badal said that the remote control
was with Delhi and states had always to look upon them even for
justified demands and grants. He said that states had virtually
no powers with them and were dependent on the Center even for
petty matters. He underscored the need to conceptualize a Central
plan exclusively for the welfare of the un-privileged sections
of the society besides redefining the central state relations
in the changed scenario and casting a true federal structure to
secure state's participation in the national development process.
In this context, he recalled the valuable services rendered by
the former Deputy Prime Minister Ch.Devi Lal who was the real
champion of the dalits & farmers and waged a relentless battle
for empowering states financially. Mr. Badal pointed out that
it was the Centre which fixed the prices of inputs like fertilizers,
pesticides, diesel etc. while the states were never consulted
on this issue thereby completely ignoring the ground realities
relating to the actual cost of production. He said that the founding
fathers of our Constitution had envisaged a concept of federal
structure in true sense but with a passage of time the successive
Congress governments at Centre due to its arbitrary policies and
programmes was aheading towards a unitary system.
Mr. Badal made a forceful plea that states should not beg for
remunerative MSP for the crops rather Centre should evolve a permanent
solution by linking it with the consumer price index. He said
that agriculture was no more a profitable occupation due to the
negligible returns out of it due to non remunerative and stagnant
minimum support price (MSP) for which Centre had always adopted
a negative posture. He said that our farmers even after exhausting
all its natural resources in terms of ground water and soil texture
had contributed significantly towards the national food pool but
what we got in return except poverty, humiliation and depression
which had forced our farmers to end their lives by committing
suicide.
The Chief Minister called upon the people to show
the door to the Congress led UPA government in order to pave a
way for the BJP led National Democratic Alliance government at
Centre for seeking justice and equality for every citizen in the
country. He said that all the long pending demands of the different
sectors related to agriculture, industry, trade, economic and
commerce which had been blatantly ignored by the Congress for
its apathetic attitude towards the state would be fulfilled by
their next NDA Government in the Centre under the stewardship
of Mr.LK Advani. He said that the people had lot of expectations
from the UPA government but they were completely dejected due
to its indifferent attitude towards all sections of the society.
Blaming the Congress for instigating people for disturbing peace
in the state and its indulgence in divisive politics, Mr. Badal
said that the people had already realized that Congress's policy
of 'divide and rule' which it has adopted not only in Centre but
in the states too pursue its political agenda. Mr. Badal lamented
that after 60 years of freedom, Congress government during its
successive terms in Centre and even in many states had not been
able to provide the basic civic amenities to the common man. He
said that poor and lower strata of the society had been absolutely
ignored by the Congress because it was least concerned about their
welfare, while the NDA government was committed for the overall
development of the states and its people.
Prominent amongst others who address the rally
included National President BJP Rajnath Singh, President Janta
Dal (United) Sharad Yadav, President Indian National Lok Dal and
former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala. along with his son
Mr. Abhey Singh Chautala.besides the senior party leaders and
workers of BJP and INLD from Haryana.
GENERAL RODRIGUES PRESENTS NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
AWARDS TO ENTREPRENEURS
CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 12, 2009
The Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory,
Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.), S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM, while presenting
the National Productivity Awards to the Entrepreneurs of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) called for giving a major
boost to productivity and overall prosperity, with the focus on
partnership, 'ownership' and empowering our 300 million people
living below poverty line by upgrading their professional skills
& utilizing their potential. He emphasized the need for a
performance audit and analysis of our policies and programmes,
in different sectors of socio-economic growth, to enable us to
take corrective measures by identifying shortcomings and inadequacies.
Addressing a function jointly organized by the
National Productivity Council, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Government of India in association with Department of Industries
& Commerce, Government of Punjab here today, General Rodrigues
pointed out that we have the knowledge, competence, manufacturing
capacity & advanced technology and emphasized the need to
develop our potential holistically and move ahead with faith and
confidence. He said that it is matter of record that our people
abroad have made their mark of with their intelligence and capabilities
and achieved excellence in different areas of endeavour despite
non-availability of any support system and in hostile environments.
There is no reason why we cannot perform better in our own land,
when we have all resources available at our disposal. He said
that we have lost our focus somewhere and stressed that we have
to manage the environment, by restructuring our strategies and
instituting a more responsive and accountable institutional mechanism.
He said that the our people living below the poverty line are
the potential resource bank for meeting the requirements of our
industry and other sectors of economy and we have to reinvent
& restructure our approach for providing them suitable opportunities,
through innovative training programmes. He emphasized that the
corporate sector must come forward with various programmes to
invest in their development.
Emphasizing the need for enlarging the scope of
public-private partnership, General Rodrigues said that the time
has come for us to strengthen this concept in every field of endeavour
and build up a system for ensuring involvement and effective participation
of every individual in our programmes for the betterment of our
people. He said that the industrial community must take the lead
in this task and set up core groups in their fields of endeavour
and launch consultancy services for improving our service delivery
systems. He referred to the success of this system in the Union
Territory, Chandigarh by formulating and implementing programmes
to quicken the process of development and strengthening social
service sectors. He said that all the Development Oriented Committees
are headed by professionals and bureaucrats are member secretaries.
He said that parameters and goals have been set and arrangements
for monitoring and validation of different projects have been
instituted. He mentioned that various projects, in health, education
and IT sectors, are moving ahead with this arrangement successfully
in Union Territory, Chandigarh considerably meeting the needs
and aspirations of our people.
Expressing his serious concern over the lack of attention being
given to the environment, General Rodrigues said that we have
to develop the sense of ownership and redefine our approach from
'we' and 'they' to 'us' in respect of creating ideal pollution
free conditions in our establishments and factories. He said that
we have to develop self-regulatory mechanisms and take initiatives
for installing devices to check pollution to give a better future
to our generations.
Mr. S.S. Channi, Principal Secretary Industries
in his welcome address said that new industrial policy in the
State is on anvil which is being formulated after taking into
considerations the view point of all stakeholders including industrialists,
working class, marketing professionals and entrepreneurs. He said
that six new Boards for giving new dimension and direction to
the industrial activity in the State has been set up. He said
that various incentives have been given to the existing units
for upgrading their entrepreneurship initiatives. He said that
special focus has been given to ensure quality power, availability
of raw material besides creating ideal environments for attracting
industrial investment.
General Rodrigues presented awards to distinguished
industrialists which included: under Micro Scale Category, first
award was given to M/s Lords engineering Enterprises, Hoshiarpur,
whereas M/s G.K. Manufacturing, Jalandhar and M/s Joshi Auto Industries,
Jalandhar bagged second and third awards. Under Small Scale Hand
Tool Category, M/s Sri Tools Industry Ludhiana bagged first prize
while M/s Ambika Overseas, Jalandhar , M/s Ajay Industry, Jalandhar
bagged second and third prize. Under Medium Scale Textile Industry,
M/s Kudo Fabrics, Ludhiana won first prize while M/s Shramanji
Fabrics Pvt. Ltd, Ludhiana, M/s Lakra Industries Limited, Ludhiana
were given second and third prize.
SUKHBIR ASSURES SUSTAINED DRIVE AGAINST PIRACY IN
MUSIC INDUSTRY
CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 12, 2009
Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister today issued directions
to Police Department to launch a sustained drive against Piracy
plaguing in the Music and Entertainment Industry in the Country.
Mr. Badal after listening to a delegation of Indian
Entertainment Industry led by the renowned singer Mr. Hans Raj
Hans who called on the Deputy Chief Minister here last evening
assured that the Punjab Government would soon form Anti-Piracy
Act to safe guard the Entertainment Industry in the state. He
issued instructions to Home Department to draft the act and put
up the same in next cabinet meeting for approval of the Government.
The delegation apprised the Deputy Chief Minister about the enormity
of the issue and also conveyed the apprehension of Northern India
Film Producer/Distributor's Association (NIMPPA), Cinema Owner's
Association (COA), Northern India Film and TV Association (NIFTA)
and Punjabi Lok Gayak Manch. The piracy of entertainment products
was causing heavy losses to the State in the form of VAT, Income
Tax and Entertainment Tax to the tune of Rs.485 crore annually
besides, ruining Punjabi Language and Culture, deputation informed
the Deputy Chief Minister.
Showing concern over the issue Mr. Badal directed
Director General of Police to chalk out the modalities in this
regard and assured the delegation that necessary immediate action
would be taken to stop the piracy for protecting the Entertainment
Industry in the state.
The prominent members of the delegation included
Mr. Gaurav Trehan and Mr. Iqbal Dhillon, the President and Producer
of Indian Entertainment Industry.
RAGGING MEDICOS TO FACE CRIMINAL ACTION-TIKSHAN
SUD
Chandigarh, February 12, 2009
Mr. Tikshan Sud Medical Education and Research
Minister today issued directions to all Principals and staff of
all Government and Private Medical, Dental, Ayurvedic, Homeopathy,
Para medical and nursing colleges to immediately to immediately
suspend the students found indulging in the practice of ragging.
In a communiqué addressed to Vice Chancellor
Baba Farid University of Medical Sciences, Director Medical Education
& Research, Director Ayush and Principals of Medical Colleges,
Mr. Sud said that it was imperative for all educational institutions
to implement the latest guidelines issued by Apex Court to check
the menace of ragging . He said that all institutions must deal
with the students indulging in ragging in strictest possible manner
including immediate suspension from the institution. He said that
all institutions must implement Raghvan Committee recommendations
to check the ragging menace. He said that any delay by any institution
to take action against erring students would frustrate the basic
purpose of the complaint. He said that if authorities were prima
facie satisfied about the errant act of any student, they can
in appropriate cases pending final decision, suspend the students
from the institution and the hostel, if any and give opportunity
to him to have his say (later).
The Minister said that the heads of educational institutions should
immediately inform the police in case any incident of ragging
came his their notice and se the criminal law in motion.
Mr. Sud asked the Vice Chancellors Baba Farid University
and DRME to make appropriate amendment in the affiliation rules
to debar any educational institution that was trying to shield
errant students.
The Minister said that since the new session in all the Medical
Institutions is about to commence, there is greater need for the
authorities of the institutions to keep a strict vigil on the
activities of students to check the practice of ragging of newcomers.
The Minister said that any laxity shown by management,
administration, Principal, faculty or staff in implementing the
guidelines of the Apex Court, would be treated very seriously
and would invite stern disciplinary action. He reiterated that
management, principal and staff to take effective steps to ensure
that no new student becomes victim of this wrong practice of ragging.
Making it imperative for the management to implement
the latest guidelines of Supreme Court of India, the Minister
said that the every Institute was required to nominate Medical
Superintendent as nodal officer to check ragging. He said that
old and senior students and their parents have already been notified
regarding new directions of Supreme Court regarding ragging. He
said that latest guidelines of Supreme Court on ragging have already
been included in the prospectus and new students were informed
about these guidelines at the time of counseling..
Calling upon the Principals to remain constantly
vigilant against this practice and monitor the situation on day
to day basis, he said that principal and staff must watch the
attitude of new comers and any sign of depression noticed in new
student should be probed deeply. He also called upon new students
to fearlessly report any incident of ragging coming to their notice
to authorities as their identity would be kept secret.
Making an impassioned appeal to the senior students to welcome
the new students with love instead of ragging them, he said that
junior students expect senior students to depict leadership qualities
in such situations
CEO ADDRESSED POLITICAL PARTIES
Chandigarh, February 12:
Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Ms. Kusumjit Sidhu asked all political
parties to ensure appointment of Booth Level Agents by 16 February
so that they could meet and interact with Booth Level Officers
on 22 and 23 February at the polling stations to sort out pending
roll related issues.
Addressing a meeting of the political parties here
yesterday, Chief Electoral Officer also stressed the need for
their active involvement in the EVMs checking.
She said that they had a significant role in creating
awareness among voters with reference to all aspects of the election
process.
The Chief Electoral Officer further informed the
political parties that the election to Nur Mahal Assembly Constituency
would be held on the basis of the roll as per the old delimitation
but with reference to 1 January 2009 as the qualifying date.
