On Haryana Day, CM Khattar announces welfare measures

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 1

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today made 11 public welfare announcements to mark the 56th Haryana Day.

From announcing the release of electricity connections located in old colonies, setting up new cyber police stations, biennial medical check-up for policemen, launching the panchayat guardian scheme, release of prisoners and giving power of land registrations to SDMs and city magistrates, Khattar reiterated his commitment “to serving the last person first in the spirit of Antodaya”.

“From now onwards, the benefits of 456 services of government departments will made available only through Parivar Pechan Patra (PPP) IDs,” Khattar asserted.

He announced that 250 prisoners in various jails having less than six-month jail term left would be released.

Giving a big relief to the residents in releasing electricity connections located in old colonies developed by private builders, the CM announced that now the plot holders or residents, having deficient electrical infrastructure, would not be deprived of electricity connections.

He said from today cyber helpdesks would be set up at all FIR-registering police stations for registering the complaints of cyber crime.

He further said that along with this, the state government had decided to set up cyber crime police stations in all districts of Haryana in a phased manner.

While launching the biennial health check-up scheme for the employees of the Police Department, the CM said this mandatory biennial health check-up would come into force from January 1, 2022.

From today, all SDMs and city magistrates would be designated as sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars for the purposes of the registration of the instruments of transfer of properties. Tehsildars and naib tehsildars shall also continue to be joint sub-registrars.

The CM said the Haryana Panchayat Guardian Scheme-2021 was being launched in the state today with the objective of creating a system of rapid and holistic development under gram panchayats. In this, senior officers will be given the role of the guardian of the village panchayat.

Khattar, while launching the portal of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, said the nigam had been created to streamline the requirement process of employees being appointed on a contract basis in government departments and undertakings.

He said, under the Jal Jeevan Mission, tap water had been supplied to every household in 18 districts and the remaining four districts would be covered by the end of this year.

‘Capt welcome to resolve farm issues’

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said there was no harm if anybody, even former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, helped in resolving the deadlock between the agitating farmers and the Central Government over the three agricultural laws