Friday, October 19, 2018
  • Chandigarh, October 19--The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has expressed deep shock and grief over the the tragic train accident in Amritsar today, and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families.
  • In a message issued here, the Chief Minister said, “I am shocked to hear about the tragic rail accident in Amritsar which claimed, according to reports received, several lives. My heart goes out to the bereaved families. I express my condolences to the families who lost their near and dear ones and wish the injured speedy recovery”.
  • The accident took place at Joda Phatak area in Amritsar where the effigy of Ravana was being burnt near the railway track
  • Chandigarh, Oct 19 – Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal today inaugurated the renovated Karna Park and Musical Fountain at Karnal.
  • The Chief Minister said that in the line of beautification of the city, Karna Tal was renovated first and then Karna Park. He said that about Rs 3.45 crore has been spent on renovation of Karna Park which is stretched over 4.5 acres of area. On this occasion, the Chief Minister also paid floral tributes to martyr Chandra Shekhar Azad.
  • Later, the Chief Minister also flagged off the motorcycles of Sanitation Patrolling Squad to maintain the cleanliness of Karnal city. These motorcycles are equipped with cameras, mike system, blinker light, siren and logo of the Municipal Corporation. Such initiative has been taken for the first time in Haryana from Karnal. These motorcycles would monitor the four zones made for cleanliness of the entire city, he added.
  • Chandigarh, Oct 19 – Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal said that on the occasion of Dussehra festival, we all should take a resolve to eliminate the evils from the society so as to make India an ideal country by following the path  of righteousness shown by Lord Rama.
  •  The Chief Minister was speaking during Dussehra Poojan in Panipat today. Transport Minister, Mr. Krishan Lal Panwar was also present on this occasion.
  • The Chief Minister said that Dussehra symbolises the triumph of good over evil. This festival inspires us to end all evils and to adopt values and virtues in life.  The festivals are a symbol of our rich cultural and religious heritage, he added.
  •  He said that when the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi had launched the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Programme, the sex ratio in the state was 837, which has now increased to 931 girls per thousand boys. The way the state has succeeded in this programme, we have to eliminate all evils from the society and provide corruption-free environment to people and take the state to new heights in the field of education. Similarly, on the occasion of Jayanti of  father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2015, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched and it is matter of pride that Haryana has bagged first place in  Swachh Survekshan Grameen.
  • Mr. Manohar Lal said that the State Government would develop all 134 places around 48 Kos of Kurukshetra falling in five districts namely Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal, Jind and Panipat. He said that works are being done to develop Kurukshetra as a pilgrimage from tourism point of view.
  • Speaking on the occasion, Mahamandaleshwar Gita Manishi Swami Gyananandji Maharaj said that festivals are linked with our history and traditions. On this auspicious day, we should eliminate social evils such as drugs, female foeticide and pollution from the society. He said that the State Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, is doing the same with full commitment.
  • Chandigarh, Oct 19 – Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal has given approval for constituting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Advisory Board for guidance and review of  the CSR activities in the State and to encourage collaboration between CSR stakeholders in businesses, government and civil society. This would help create and improve the public infrastructure for the welfare of citizens.
  • While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the Advisory Board would be headed by the Chief Minister whereas the Finance Minister, Industries Minister and Chief Secretary would be the Members of the Board. The other members of the Board would be Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Representative, CII, Haryana Chapter, Representative, PHDCII, Haryana Chapter, President, HCCI, Representative, Laghu Udyog Bharti, Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Chairman or Managing Director, Hero Honda Motors Ltd, Executive Director, Panipat Refinery, IOCL Ltd. and Chairman or Managing Director, ISGEC, Yamunanagar. He said that Administrative Secretary, Industries and Commerce would be the Member Secretary of the Advisory Board.
  • He said that Haryana CSR Advisory Board would be the Apex body for all matters relating to the Board. The Board would frame the regulations and procedures for conduct of its business and allocating functions to Haryana CSR Executive Committee. It would create, sanction, abolish and re-designate the posts in Haryana CSR Executive Committee and monitor, supervise and review the functioning of the Committee. The Board would also ratify the annual budget, accounts and reports including audit reports of the Committee and adopt such procedure for transaction of its business.
  • The spokesman said that while reviewing the CSR activities undertaken in the State, Haryana CSR Advisory Board will provide necessary direction, guidance and advice to Haryana CSR Executive Committee for taking up of appropriate CSR Projects in the State.
  • The Haryana CSR Executive Committee would comprise of Chief Secretary as Chairman and Administrative Secretary, Finance Department, Member from industry association- PHD and Member from industry association- CII as the Members. Similarly, Administrative Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department would be the Member-cum-CEO, and Director of Industries and Commerce would be the Member Secretary‑cum-Additional CEO of the Committee.
  • The Haryana CSR Executive Committee would be responsible for policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation of the CSR activities under the Haryana CSR Advisory Board. The Committee would provide secretarial support to the Board and create frame work to support and channelize the corporate efforts, prepare dedicated online portal for registration and to support end-to-end CSR activities as well as to facilitate and support CSR investments of companies and organizations through indirect and direct interventions. The available funding would be used for the betterment of society through public welfare activities.
  • He said that the Haryana CSR Advisory Board would be located in Haryana Enterprise Promotion Centre (HEPC) Office at Panchkula and HEPC would provide secretarial support. The Administrative Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department would be the ex-officio Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Committee. The Director, Industries and Commerce Department would be the ex-officio Additional Chief Executive Officer (Addl. CEO) of the Committee. The CEO would have a designated personal staff and a team of professionals on full time or part time basis. About two per cent of the CSR fund collected by the Haryana CSR Advisory Board will be utilized for the administrative expenses of the Haryana CSR Advisory Board.
  • The spokesman said that role of Haryana CSR Executive Committee would include drafting CSR Policy to create framework to support the corporate efforts and channelize their resources at the point of highest need and ensure proper utilization to create sustainable change in line with Government plans and laying down transparent and defined roadmap for Government support for CSR projects. Similarly, the Committee would work along with various departments to identify the key areas or sectors those can be offered for CSR, identify projects in focused sectors such as public health or hygiene, primary education, primary health and access to clean drinking water for allocation of funds from CSR fund and approve any CSR projects beyond Rs 10 crore investment. He said that the projects with investment up to Rs. 10 crore will be approved by the Administrative Secretary, Industries and Commerce department. All the Administrative powers in respect of the staff working in the Haryana CSR Advisory Board would vest in CEO-cum-Administrative Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department and these may be delegated to the appropriate Officer deputed in the Board. The Committee would recommend creation, sanctioning, abolishment and re-designation of the posts in the Haryana CSR Executive Committee to Haryana CSR Advisory Board. It would also provide approval on allocation of funds from the CSR fund for implementation of proposed projects and approve the annual budget, accounts and reports including audit reports of the Haryana CSR Executive Committee. The Committee would also monitor and evaluate the progress of ongoing CSR activities to make sure envisaged outcomes are achieved, he added.
  • The Haryana CSR Executive Committee would perform various functions including preparation of a dedicated online portal for proper information dissemination and to formulate and implement an end-to-end, easy to use online registration process and facilitating online funding to CSR fund by corporate. The Committee would assess market demand by interacting with the rural and urban marginalized communities such as heads of Gram Panchayats and also local community. The demand assessment would focus on both social as well as infrastructural aspects of the target area and population. The Committee would also develop detailed project reports with budgetary cost estimates to execute the project along with cost of the individual projects and prepare project profiling, briefs, preparation of shelf of projects as per the most urgent needs to local community along with unit costs of individual projects. The Committee would also do project mapping: once the market demand has been assessed and project profiling is done, the next activity would be to focus on the industries willing to finance the projects by inviting corporate bodies to participate in department specific CSR programs across the state, making industries aware of market demand and publishing CSR booklet depicting various aspects related to CSR in the department. It would arrange workshops, conferences with the corporate bodies for kick starting CSR aligned activities in the state, present shelf of projects as made in demand assessment and buy in from Industries to fund the projects. The Committee would implement various CSR projects of state importance through credible implementing agencies in that area. It would prepare dedicated communication strategy including a social media campaign for ensuring proper information dissemination. The CSR Advisory Board would track and monitor the physical as well as financial progress of each project. Financial project monitoring would include detailed mapping of funds utilization and project accounting with the provision of Utilization Certificate (UC). Detailed financial and physical project Progress Reports would be circulated to all CSR stakeholders for each project. It would also facilitate any other assistance directly or indirectly for activities which seek to promote CSR practices and streamline the process of CSR contribution by the corporate sector in the State. The Committee would also publicize about Haryana CSR Advisory Board, post notification, with leading industrial houses in the state and further ensuring registration of corporate with the Haryana CSR Executive Committee.
  • Chandigarh October 19: Haryana Government has constituted a five member committee for the management of the state’s first community reserve project, Golden Jubilee Brahma Sarovar Community Reserve at Village Thana in District Kurukshetra. The project envisages the conservation of biodiversity of this area.
  • While stating this here today, a spokesman of Forest and Wildlife Department said that Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved a proposal for constitution of this Committee which will work under the expert supervision of the Wildlife Department
  • He said that the members of the management committee included Sarpanch Gram Panchayat, Thana, Mr Harjeet Singh of village Jhurasi Kalan, Mr Ramdhari Sharma, Municipal Councilor, Pehowa, Mr Rinku, Member, Zila Parishad and Dr Chetna Sharma of Modern Diagnostic Laboratory, Kaithal.
  •  He said that the Chief Minister had laid the foundation stone of Swarna Jayanti Brahma Sarovar Community Reserve. The ancient Brahma Sarovar at Thana village is a rare natural habitat for the endangered species of turtles. The water body spread over 100 acres is also a home to several species of migratory and resident birds. Under the project, various ghats would be restored and fruit trees would be planted all around the pond. The Wildlife Department would prepare safe nesting sites for turtles for laying eggs and water management at the pond.
  •  He said that with a view to protect and conserve the ecological biodiversity of the area surrounding Brahma Sarovar in village Thana and to further develop the area as a tourist destination, the Haryana Government has implemented project for Eco-restoration of Brahma Sarovar Sacred Pond at village Thana in the district. Under this project, which is the first of its kind, restoration activities would be carried out in about 100 acres comprising Brahma Sarovar and its surroundings.
  •  Three turtles of different species   have been released into Brahma Sarovar. The restoration of the Reserve would be carried out at a cost of about Rs 7.5 crore. Besides, a skill development centre would be established on the Reserve where youth and self help groups from nearby villages would be imparted skill development training to make them employable and self-sustaining. They would also be imparted training so that they may act as guides for visitors to the area and inform them about the local flora and fauna. It is a unique project where the community will be directly involved in the protection of the wildlife.