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Chandigarh, April 25: Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister, Dr. Baljit Kaur, announced that the State Government will soon provide smartphones to Anganwadi Workers and Helpers to enable them to perform their daily duties in a more organized and modern manner. She said that the Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, is making sincere efforts to address the legitimate demands of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers with utmost sensitivity. During a meeting held at Punjab Bhawan with representatives of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers, Dr. Baljit Kaur attentively listened to their issues and assured them that demands which can be resolved at the departmental level will be addressed promptly. She further mentioned that demands requiring d...

Chandigarh, April 24: In a major move aimed at facilitating the industrialists of the state, the Punjab cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday gave its consent to constitute an appellate authority for cancelled plots of Punjab State Industrial Export Corporation (PSIEC). A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of the Council of Ministers held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister at his official residence o today evening. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Cabinet gave consent to constitute an appellate authority for Cancelled plots due to various reasons in PSIEC. Appellate Mechanism   will address the long pending cases of allottees and also address the demands of various associations. ...

Chandigarh, April 24: The prime focus of the Punjab Government is the lifting in mandis, revealed the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak today and asked the officers to speed up the same. In a high level meeting at Anaj Bhawan with the top brass of the department, the Minister also exhorted the officers to concentrate for the next 15 days on accelerating the lifting in mandis so as to avoid glut like situation. During the meeting, the Minister was apprised that the Principal Secretary of the department conducts meetings with the DCs every week in order to ensure there is no let up in the lifting process especially. The target is to make sure that the daily arrival figure of wheat in the mandis touches 5 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT). The Minister...

Chandigarh, April 24- Soliciting the support of the village Panchayats in ongoing ‘Yudh Nasheyan Virush’, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday announced financial assistance along with major projects for the drug free villages in the state. Addressing the gathering during the state level function to mark Panchayat Diwas, the Chief Minister said that the village which will declare itself as drug free village will be given financial assistance worth Rs 1 lakh besides other ultra modern facilities. He said that the drug free villages will be developed as Model villages and no stone will be left unturned to give fillip to their development. Bhagwant Singh Mann asked the Sarpanchs to play a proactive role in this noble cause so that the scourge of drugs is wiped out ...