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hat zero tolerance to graft, probity in public life and
making the life of the man in the street easy have come
to constitute the warp and woof of the state policy adopted by
the new government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Lal, is old hat. Moving over and walking the talk, the state
government has embarked upon a two-pronged strategy
which rests on the bedrock of prevention and punishment.
The two prongs aim at putting in place systems that slam the
doors shut on corruption and queering the pitch for the graftstricken by setting the sleuths of the State Vigilance Bureau
on their trail, catching them and bringing them to book.
Under part one of the strategy, the state government has
begun to use Information Technology in a big way to check
corruption. Tehsils, hitherto a hotbed of corruption, have
been given an IT-enabled make-over with the introduction
of e-Registration. The system has taken off well across the
state. Besides, seven more services are being made available
online. Taking a leaf out of the book of the state government,
the Karnal district administration has evolved “Mobile App”
which offers access to lot of information online. And part
two of the strategy seeks to deal with the incorrigible by
asking the Vigilance Bureau to lay traps to catch the guilty.
Our Cover Report in this issue of Haryana Review dwells on
this issue.
Bitten by the reforms bug, the Chief Minister has now
asked the Central Government to dismantle the centrally
sponsored schemes and free up funds for the states. This
and several other demands, including 15 per cent hike in the
Annual Plan outlay for 2015-16 and 2016-17, were voiced
by Mr Manohar Lal while participating in the meeting of
the Governing Council of Niti Aayog chaired by the Prime
Minister, Mr Narendra Modi. Read Focus to have a peep into
the thinking of the new government.
Go through our Special Report to find out how the state
government is making the most of sunshine in Haryana. Our
Photo Feature brings out the visual effect of the amalgam of
cultures at the 29th Surajkund Crafts Mela which attracted
record footfalls.
We bring you a wholesome Sports package. It contains
details of Haryana’s play way to progress, the Cricket World
Cup feats of our own lad Mohit Sharma and the achievements
of the state’s sportspersons in the Kerala National Games.
The Art and Culture segment and Potpourri page pay
an ode to women in their own ways on the eve of the
International Women’s Day which falls on March 8, 2015.
So value the women in your lives and make this world a
better place for them to live in. g
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contents
[4]
COVER STORY
Beating graft with IT stick
p4
Out to eliminate graft, the state government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr
Manohar Lal, has given the tehsils in the state an IT-enabled make-over,
and introduced e-Registration system which slams the doors shut on all
possible routes of graft. Resultantly, touts are out and middlemen have been
marginalised
What they say
p 10
Karnal scores with SIGMA App
p 11
On hot pursuit of the corrupt
p 12
Excise dept to don e-mantle
p 16
FOCUS
Haryana CM bats for reforms
p 18
Batting for reforms, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, wants
the Central Government to dismantle the centrally sponsored schemes and
devolve funds in a manner that leaves space for local initiatives and puts
premium on efficient and fast-growing states
[18]
Coming, policy to make ease-of-doing-biz easy
p 21
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[38]
[29]
SPECIAL REPORT
Agri carnival set to take off
Making the most of sunshine
Projects to tap the sun
p 24
p 26
p 28
REPORT
ICDS enters Mission Mode
Record footfalls at Mela
p 32
p 36
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PHOTO FEATURE
Surajkund Mela, an amalgam of cultures
p 38
NEWS IN CAPSULE
The month that was
p 46
SPORTS
The play way to progress
Haryana shines in National Games Kerela 2015
Our lad in World Cup squad
p 48
p 49
p 50
[52]
ART AND CULTURE
Artists pay an ode to women
p 52
POTPOURRI
This woman works
p 54
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Beating graft
e-Registration system takes off in all tehsils of the state
Out to eliminate graft, the state government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has given the tehsils in the state an IT-enabled make-over, and introduced e-Registration system which slams
the doors shut on all possible routes of graft. Resultantly, touts are
out and middlemen have been marginalised
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal,
being briefed on the touch screen put up to
facilitate e-Registration at Rohtak tehsil. On
his left is Mr Dalip Singh, Additional Chief
Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management
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with IT stick
Parveen K Modi
T
outs are out, middlemen have
been marginalised, and graft is
being engraved in a stone with the
help of Information Technology. Having undergone IT-enabled corporate
makeover, the tehsils in Haryana no
longer look like locked-in-time-warp
offices to get property transferred
or registered. Visit one and you will
miss out on what you have been used
to. There is no traditional clap-trap
of ramshackle typewriters; harried
people holding a sheaf of papers no
more hurry and scurry into one another; and the noise no more makes
it difficult for you to get yourself
heard.
Disorder has given way to order;
system has displaced the lack of it;
and the uneasiness on the faces of
anxious but not-knowing-what-to-do
and where-to-go visitors has been re-
placed by the ease of I-know-my-way,
resulting in ease and a sense of satisfaction. There is no more jostling, no
hassles and no tortuous waiting in
unending serpentine queues.
Touch-screens, computers, LCDs
flashing names of appointees, help
desks and waiting halls with adequate seating arrangements have
come to define the present-day tehsil,
courtesy the launch of e-Registration
of property by the Chief Minister,
Mr Manohar Lal. His vision of making the life of the man in the street
easy and delivery of services hassle-free is beginning to get translated
into reality with inauguration of the
facility in Rohtak on December 25.
The Minister of State for Transport
and Food, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj,
launched it in Karnal. Later, the
facility embraced all tehsils.
WAY TO BE FOLLOWED
If you want to get property registered in Haryana, just go to the
relevant tehsil where the new facility
will serve you both as a friend and
guide. For all types of deeds {except
General Power of Attorney (GPA),
Special Power of Attorney (SPA) and
Will}, just visit the Help Desk. It will
guide you on what all documents are
to be prepared. There is a ready template for all kinds of deeds to be followed; and even a person who would
typewrite these for you, of course, for
consideration. But should you decide
to go on your own, you can.
Once the documents are ready,
take them to the Help Desk to seek
appointment with sub-registrar (SR).
If these are in order, the applicant's
photograph is taken and appointment, date and time, with SR fixed.
One must carry photo I-card for
getting an appointment. The applicant can choose the mode of delivery
of registered deeds, i.e. by hand or
by post, and deposit the cost of Speed
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Visitors queue up at the Help Desk in Rohtak tehsil
Post delivery. Once the appointment
is fixed, visit the SR office on the dot
lest Help Desk officials should fix you
for the close of the day. All deeds thus
collected are sent to SR office. The
party will visit SR on the given date
and time. The counter at SR office
will take the deed, enter the appointment number in HARIS, and give
you an acknowledgment slip. After
the presentation, SR Office staff will
send the deed to Registry Clerk (RC).
CHECKING ALL REQUIREMENTS
RA/RC will check if all legal requirements have been fulfilled; whether
required annexures etc have been
attached with the deed; and; if the
documents are duly stamped. After
the checking round, RA/RC will put
his initials on the deed, record his
observations in software and move
the deed to SR. The SR will then call
the two parties—buyer and seller-and witnesses to verify their identity
and deed, and mark it for entry in
HARIS using Appointment Management System (AMS); otherwise he
will deny registration by giving the
reason in writing. SR will keep one
copy of the denial report duly signed
by the party for office record.
All deeds marked by SR will come
to HARIS counter for entry. HARIS
will pick the deeds in first-in-first-
Seven more services go online
Determined to ensure
transparent, corruption-free and
good governance to the people,
the Haryana Government, led
by Mr Manohar Lal, has decided
to offer seven more services
online.
Now, people would not
have to visit police stations or
offices for obtaining facilities
like character certificate or No
Objection Certificate (NOC) etc.
These would be available at very
low fee in the second phase of
citizen portal ‘Harsamay 24x7’
of the Haryana Police.
Haryana would be the first
such state in the country to
implement Crime and Criminal
Tracking Network and Systems
in all districts. Haryana Chief
Secretary, Mr D.S. Dhesi, has
given approval for making
available seven services
online while presiding over the
9th meeting of State APEX
Committee for Crime and
Criminal Tracking Network and
Systems in Chandigarh.
The applicants would have to
pay a fee of Rs 200 for services
like character certificate,
police NOC, tenant verification,
domestic worker verification,
employee verification,
permission for protest and
permission for procession.
Various services like
complaints, lost property and
documents, RTI, cyber cafe
and community participation
group were provided in the
first phase of ‘Harsamay 24x7’
portal launched in the month
of January. About 2,788
complaints have so far been
received on this portal.
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out (FIFO) manner. Appointment
number of the deed selected for entry
will be displayed on LCD screen. You
will then approach the counter for
entry and photograph. After the deed
entry is over, you leave SR office. If
you are not available when the appointment number is flashed on the
screen, HARIS operator will record
the absence and fetch the next person
in the appointment queue.
DELIVERY IS RECORDED
All registered deeds are sent to the
Help Desk by hand. Help Desk officials hand over the registered deed to
the concerned person after recording
the delivery in software. Photograph
along with mobile number and name
of receiver taking delivery, shall be
taken/recorded by the counter. Doc-
The Minister of State for Transport
and Food, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj,
cuts the ribbon to inaugurate
e-Registration facility in Karnal.
On left is Mr J Ganeshan, Deputy
Commissioner, Karnal
Status of deed registration (Karnal)
•
• For Karnal tehsil, figures are from 25-12-2014 to 11-02-2015
For 4 tehsils and 3 sub-tehsils, figures are from 04-02-2015 to 11-02-2015
Tehsils
Appointments
Registries
Karnal
1,888
1,538
Gharaunda
120
107
Assandh
146
125
Indri
179
123
Nilokheri
101
81
Nissing (Sub-tehsil)
60
45
Nigdhu (Sub-tehsil)
72
64
Ballah (Sub-tehsil)
19
17
Total 2,585
2,100
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The Minister of State for
Transport and Food, Mr
Karan Dev Kamboj, unveils
the plaque to inaugurate
the document registration
facility in Karnal
ument delivery hours at tehsil are
fixed from 3 pm to 5 pm every working day. If the applicant so desires,
the deed will be sent to him through
Speed Post within three days. Sixty
appointments are reserved for nor-
mal registration and 10 for Tatkal
Registration for an extra charge. Will
deed, GPA deed and SPA deed are not
covered in the appointment module.
Things have taken off well. When
contacted, Mr Shekhar Vidyarthi,
Deputy Commissioner, Rohtak, said,
“The people-friendly measure of
e-Registration has helped in curbing
the menace of graft to a great extent
and shall go a long way in making the
lives of the people easy and delivery
Status of deed registration, Rohtak
(as on 11/02/2015)
Sr.
no.
Tehsil
e-Registration
start (Y/N)
Date of
start
Appointment
issued
Registered
document
Rejected/
cancelled
Documents
delivered
Document
pending
for delivery
1
Rohtak
Y
25/12/2014
1,809
1,692
117
1,504
188
2
Kalanaur
Y
03/02/2015
70
68
2
46
22
3
Meham
Y
03/02/2015
137
127
10
97
30
4
Sampla
Y
03/02/2015
77
70
7
46
24
2,093
1,957
136
1,693
264
Total
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of services hassle-free. We are working to further fine-tune the system
to make things more convenient. In
Rohtak tehsil alone, between December 25, 2014 and February 11, 2015,
as many as 1,809 appointments were
issued; 1,692 deeds were registered
and 1,504 were delivered,” he added.
Dr J Ganesan, Deputy Commissioner, Karnal, said, “e-Registration
will go a long way in realising the
vision of the Chief Minister, Mr
Manohar Lal, in making the administration graft-free and people-friendly.
The system has taken off well in
Karnal. So much so, on given days,
the tehsil awaits the people to pick up
their registration deeds not vice versa. In Karnal tehsil alone, between
December 25, 2014 and February 11,
2015, as many as 1,538 registries were
done, while 1,888 persons sought
appointments,” he added.
VISITORS SATISFIED WITH SYSTEM
Most of the visitors to the tehsils in
Karnal and Rohtak seemed satisfied
with the new system. Displaying a
rare unanimity, they complimented
the Manohar Lal Government for
making the registration system simple and transparent through e-Disha
Centres. They also felt that it would
help root out the graft embedded in
tehsils but some did go on to make
a few suggestions to improve the
system.
The suggestions are: the number
of tokens for registration should be
increased from 60 to 100 in the tehsils
at district headquarters; and the
number must go up a bit whenever
the tehsil reopens after a couple of
holidays. One suggested that the
time limit of three minutes set for
token for registration is quite less
and should be increased, for, once the
token is cancelled, one has to come
again and start the process afresh.
Another felt that time for issuance
of token for Tatkal registry should
be increased up to 4 pm. At present,
these are given for half-an hour after
2 pm.
“But suggestions are only for
building up further on the good
beginning already made. I can say
Haryana is taking a turn on the e-way
road,” remarked yet another visitor. g
When at tehsil, go this way
Go to Help Desk for
appointment: For all types of
deeds (except GPA, SPA and
Will) go to the tehsil office
after preparing the deed for
taking appointment with
Sub-Registrar (SR). If you get
appointment same day you
can go to SR office for deed
registration otherwise help
desk officials will keep the
deed and at the end of day all
deeds collected will be sent to
SR office.
n Present the deed: Visit
SR office on the appointed
date and time. The counter
there will take the deed,
enter the appointment
number in HARIS and give an
acknowledgment slip. After
the presentation, SR office
will send the deed to Registry
Clerk (RC).
n Get papers checked by RA/
RC: The RA/RC will check
whether all legal requirements
are fulfilled or not, and
whether required annexure
etc are attached with the
deed, and, if the documents
are duly stamped or not. After
checking the deed, RA/RC
will initial the deed, record his
observations in software, and
move it to the SR.
n Await SR call: On receiving
the deed, RC will call the
parties and witnesses to verify
their identity and deed and
also mark the deed for entry in
HARIS using AMS; otherwise
n
SR will deny registration by
giving the reason in writing.
SR will keep one copy of the
denial report duly signed by
the party for office record.
n Enter HARIS: All deeds
marked by SR will come to
HARIS counter for entry.
HARIS will pick the deeds in
first in first out (FIFO) manner.
Appointment no. of the deed
selected for entry will be
displayed on LCD Screen.
Concerned party will then
approach the counter for deed
entry and photograph. If the
party is not available, HARIS
operator will record their
absence and fetch the next
person in the appointment
queue.
n Take delivery: All registered
deeds will be sent to Help
Desk by hand. Help Desk
officials will hand over
the registered deed to
the concerned party after
recording the delivery in
software.
n Document delivery hours:
3 pm to 5 pm daily
n Document delivery by post:
If you so desire, the deed will
be sent through Speed Post
within three days.
n Sixty appointments are
reserved for normal
registration and 10
appointments for Tatkal
registration.
n For Tatkal registration, the
charges are extra.
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What they say
Mrs Rita, wife of Mr Anil Kumar, who had come from Chandi village in Rohtak district, for getting executed registry of
her 50-square yard house, said, “The state government has
started simple and transparent system of property registration through e-Disha centres. The new system would definitely help root out the ill practices of corruption prevailing in
tehsils and people will be spared waste of time, money and
energy.”
Maneka, a resident of
Yamunanagar, said, “With
introduction of the e-Registration system, graft
has been shown the door
in the tehsils which had
become a hotbed of corruption. When I came here
to get my house registered,
no tout or middleman
approached me and none
asked for any consideration. The transparent
system has earned the government lot of goodwill.”
Mr Pankaj, son of Mr
Ramesh Kumar, resident of Srinagar Colony,
Rohtak, who had come
to get executed registry
of 33-square-yard house,
remarked, “The tehsil has
undergone a make-over
under the new system. But
the three-minute time-limit for cancellation of token
given for the completion
of all formalities is quite
less. It should be increased.”
Mr Harbans Lal, son of Mr Ram Parkash, resident of Gandhi
Camp, Rohtak, said, “Sometimes, the number of deeds exceeds the number of tokens issued for registry. Better coordination should be maintained between the tokens issued and
deeds executed.”
Mr Surinder Kumar, son of Mr Ram Parkash, resident of
Tej Colony, Rohtak, said, “The new system introduced by the
state government in tehsils is quite fine and will go a long
way in curbing corruption. But the token numbers given
for registry purposes should be increased from 60 to 100 a
day. Sixty tokens may be sufficient for small tehsils but not
enough for a tehsil at the district headquarters.”
Mr Narender, son of Mr Kartar, resident of village Aasan,
Rohtak, said, “The new pattern is good but tokens for Tatkal
registry should be given at least up to 4 p.m. As per the present practice, tokens are given for half an hour after 2 p.m. for
Tatkal registry which is not fair.”
Mrs Kamlesh, wife of Mr Bhagwan, resident of Prem Nagar,
Rohtak, said, “e-Registration will surely help check the menace of graft. But things can be smooth only if the Sub-Registrar is available in office at the time of registry. He should
not be deputed on some other assignment when people are
waiting to get their work done.”
Kapil, a resident of Jagadhri, who had come to
Jagadhri tehsil for getting
his house registered, said,
“Things are moving fast
after e-Registration system
has been introduced. Earlier, one had to visit the tehsil several times for getting
the work done. But this
time round, everything was
done in one day after I had
deposited the fee. The new
system will surely help
check corruption in getting
land deals executed.”
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Karnal scores with SIGMA App
Parveen K Modi
C
ommitted to the convenience of
the people and making governance people-friendly, the Karnal
district district administration has
evolved and implemented “Mobile
App” which enables one to access lot
of information on his / her smart
phone. Needless to emphasise, mobile
communication has become part of
life in the era of modern technology.
“Keeping pace with the changing
times, lifestyle and increased dependence on mobile phones, we have
launched “Mobile App” to enable
people to access lot of information
pertaining to services on the cell.
It is a step in the direction of moving from e-Governancve to mobile
governance,” Mr J Ganesan, Deputy
Commissioner, Karnal, told Haryana
Review.
Android is one of the platforms
which has covered a wide range of
users. Some of the surveys maintain
that about 60 per cent of the smart
phone users prefer Android-based
smart phone. Keeping in view the
number of Android users in India, the district administration
has developed Mobile Application,
SIGMA-Smart Interface for e-Governance through Mobile Application-for
Android users to provide various
services.
These include land records, Jansahayak, Aadhaar downloading and
Aadhaar status viewing, mandi rates
through AGMARKNET, viewing the
status of grievance on Harsamadhan/
CM Window, CSCs, contact nos. of
officers, contact nos. of gram sachivs/
sarpanchs, search name in voter list
etc through single interface.
“The application also has direct
dial facility to various helplines
like Child Helpline (1098), Woman
Helpline (1091), Ambulance (108),
PCR (100) etc. The aim of this ‘Mobile
App’ is to assimilate all e-Governance services and provide them in a
user-friendly manner. At present this
“app’’ can be downloaded from the
district’s website http://karnal.gov.
in. Shortly, it will be made available
in the Google store also,” Mr Ganesan
added. g
Services of SIGMA App
Deed Registration:
Check slot availability for
deed registration through
e-Registration
n Collector rates
n List of property dealers/
stamp vendors
n Registration fees
n
CM Window:
One can view the status of
complaint lodged on CM
Window
n
Land Records:
View jamabandi nakal
n List of approved colonies
provided
n Mandi rates of agriculture
produce can be viewed
through AGMARKNET
n List of Common Service
Centres (Haryana e-Seva)
is available
n Telephone directory of all
sarpanches
n
Karnal Police:
Important telephone
numbers of Karnal Police
n List of police station-wise
villages
n
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On hot pursuit
of the corrupt
Manohar Lal Govt pits State Vigilance Bureau against the culprits
Making zero tolerance to graft and clean public life part of state
policy, the state government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has cracked the whip on the corrupt and asked the State
Vigilance Bureau to give such elements a hot pursuit
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scam in the construction of Kaushalya Dam, Panchkula; and Enquiry
no. 01, dated 06-01-2015, Faridabad,
pertaining to the fraudulent transfer
of 8,012 square yards of government
land in NIT, Faridabad, to M/s IHI
Ltd.
Officers whose conduct is under
scrutiny in these enquiries include
one HCS, one Chief Engineer, three
XENs, two Tehsildars and one SDO.
The complaints against them pertain
to corruption, misappropriation of
government funds and owning disproportionate assets.
Besides, nine enquiries were finalised during this period. On the basis
of these enquiries, one criminal case
against one GO was recommended
and departmental action recommended in six enquiries against
delinquent officials.
CRIMINAL CASES Parveen K Modi
Z
ero tolerance to graft and probity
in public life have come to constitute the warp and woof of the state
policy adopted by the new government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr
Manohar Lal. Besides cracking the
whip on the corrupt and slamming
shut all the doors on graft, the Chief
Minister has set the State Vigilance
Bureau on the trail of such elements
to give them a hot pursuit. And the
results are there for all to see. Several
places were raided and many a trap
was laid to nab those afflicted by the
graft virus.
Acting on the directions, the
Bureau has been on its toes and
produced notable results. Between
October 26, 2014 and January 26, 2015,
the Bureau registered as many as
23 fresh enquiries, including Enquiry no. 3 on 12-11-2014, Panchkula,
pertaining to the irregularities in the
appointment to the HCS (Executive
Branch); Enquiry no. 1, dated 06-012015, Panchkula, pertaining to the
Since the new government took over,
69 criminal cases, including 63 trap
cases, were registered against various officers/officials. On an average,
20 raids were conducted every month
against eight raids per month during
the period of the previous regime
from 01.01.2014 to 25.10.2014.
The Bureau conducted 63 raids
during which six GOs, 62 NGOs
and 12 other persons were caught
red-handed while accepting illegal
gratification. Criminal cases u/s 7/13
of Prevention of Corruption Act,
1988, have been registered against
them at the police stations of the Bureau. Major raids during this period
are the following:n ASI(ORP) Satish Kumar, No. 1399/
RTK, CIA-I, Rohtak & Manoj S/o
Azad Singh r/o Gali No. 3/402,
Shankar Garden, Bahadurgarh,
who were caught red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 3,00,000.
n Malkit Singh S/o Diwan Singh
R/o Katakheri, Distt. Fatehabad,
Gurmej Kaur W/o Raghubir
Singh R/o Tibba Dhani, Bhoswal,
Distt. Fatehabad and Gurjinder
Singh S/o Surjeet Singh R/o vill.
Katakheri, Distt. Fatehabad, who
were caught red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 for
further handing over to SI Suraj
Mal, PP Guru Nanakpur, District
n
n
n
Fatehabad.
Yashin Khan, Rent Collector, Haryana Wakf Board, Naraingarh,
Distt Ambala, who was caught
red-handed while accepting a
bribe of Rs 1,30,000.
Harjinder Singh @ Pinki S/o
Nanak Singh r/o # 144, Jaggi Colony, Ambala city on behalf of SI
Naresh Kumar, Special Staff, Jagadhari, District Yamunanagar, who
were caught red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 1,00,000.
Satish Kumar, XEN, Choudhary
Naib tehsildar suspended
The Haryana Government has
suspended Naib Tehsildar,
Manesar Sanjeev Kumar with
immediate effect and
ordered disciplinary action
against Tehsildar, Ferozpur
Jhirka, Vijay Singh, for
registering sale deeds without
obtaining No Objection
Certificate (NOC) during their
posting in Rewari tehsil.
Some people had
complained to former
Divisional Commissioner,
Gurgaon, Mr Rajeev Ranjan,
that a large number of sale
deeds were registered in
Rewari tehsil without obtaining
NOC. Acting on this, the
Commissioner asked the
Deputy Commissioner, Rewari,
for a detailed report in the
matter.
Under Section 7A of the
Haryana Development and
Regulation of Urban Areas
Act, 1975, NOC from Town and
Country Planning Department
is required before registration,
notwithstanding provisions
of Section 17 of the Indian
Registration Act, 1899.
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Devi Lal University, Sirsa, who
was caught red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000.
n HC Pardeep Kumar, No. 887/PWL
PS Sadar, District Palwal, was
caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000.
n Ajmer Singh Deshwal, Dy Director, Labour Department, Gurgaon,
was caught red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
n SI Ran Singh, PP Jhuppa, Distt.
Bhiwani was caught red-handed
while accepting a bribe of Rs
50,000.
n Jagdeep Singh, Asstt. Professor,
Dronacharya College, Gurgaon,
was caught red-handed while
accepting a bribe of Rs 46,800.
During this period, six other
criminal cases were registered
under various sections of IPC and/
or provisions of the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988. These include
case FIR No 10 dated 04-12-2014, u/s
7/8 PC Act, 1988, PS SVB, Panchkula,
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registered against Mr Ram Kishan
Fauji, Ex-Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Haryana Government, on the
allegation of demanding bribe of Rs
5 crore for assisting in getting CLU.
LEAKAGE OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE
During this period, 38 assessments
were carried out by the Technical
wing of SVB headed by XEN-level
officers throughout the state. On the
basis of the checkings, the Bureau
recommended action against 27
officers/officials of various departments along with recovery of Rs
14,44,000 which acted as a major
deterrent against misutilisation of
government funds in 15 assessments
out of the 38 assessments.
SPECIAL CHECKING OF BUSES
During special checkings by the
Roadways wing of the Bureau, as
many as 571 buses were checked and
359 passengers were found travelling
without ticket. A penalty of Rs 79,070
was realised from these ticketless
travellers. Besides, 411 vehicles,
including private buses, maxi cabs
etc were challaned for flouting government rules and regulations and
85 vehicles were impounded for not
having valid documents.
CONVICTION
As many as 18 cases were decided
by the courts, in which 21 officers/
officials and two other private
persons were convicted under various sections of the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988, on the cases
filed by the Bureau. Those sentenced
included officials of the Revenue Department (7); Police Department (4);
Education Department (4); Power Department (2); Irrigation Department
(1); Food & Supplies Department (1);
Treasury Deparment (1) and Health
Department (1).
The highest numbers of persons
convicted belong to the Revenue
Department followed by the Police,
Education and Power Departments.
Jail terms of up to three years have
been awarded by the courts in these
cases.
SPECIAL EMPHASIS
The Bureau has laid special emphasis on:
n Laying traps to catch corrupt
officials red-handed.
n Effective and thorough investigation and pairvi of criminal cases,
so that maximum convictions can
be secured and corrupt officials
are brought to book.
n Making prompt and thorough
probes in all inquiries entrusted
to the Bureau.
n Follow-up action against employees convicted in criminal cases
registered by the Bureau.
n Collaborating with various government departments in strengthening their internal vigilance efforts. Steps are also being taken to
appoint Chief Vigilance Officers/
Vigilance Officers in all government departments, corporations
and boards of the state.
n Streamlining the working of
Vigilance with a view to building
up clean image of the government
and to eradicate corruption from
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among public servants.
Headquartered in Panchkula and
headed by an officer of the rank
of Director General of Police, the
State Vigilance Bureau came into
existence on the creation of Haryana
in 1966. One Special Director in the
rank of Director General of Police,
one Additional Director General
of Police, two Inspectors General
of Police, three Deputy Inspectors
General of Police, three Superintendents of Police and one officer in the
rank of Additional Superintendent
of Police are posted in the Bureau
to assist the Director General in the
day-to-day functioning.
The Bureau has five Vigilance
Police Stations located at Panchkula,
Ambala, Gurgaon, Rohtak and Hisar.
At each of these places, a Deputy
Inspector General, Superintendent
of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police is posted as Officer
Incharge. There is a Technical wing
consisting of DETC, XENs, SDEs,
Roadways Inspectors and a Section
Officer, and a Legal Cell having one
District Attorney, three Deputy
District Attorneys and two Assistant
District Attorneys.
The Bureau undertakes anti-corruption work by:
n Generating source reports relating to corruption.
n Apprehending corrupt government officials red-handed by
laying traps.
n Carrying out vigilance enquiries
referred to it by the government.
n Investigation of criminal cases of
corruption/cheating/fraud etc.
referred by the government.
n Surprise check of various technical works/projects to ensure
quality and standards as per laid
down specification/norms of the
government.
n Gathering/acting on intelligence
regarding corruption or leakage
of government revenue.
n Receiving complaints about corruption and malpractices in Haryana Government departments
and for this a website http://haryanavigilance.gov.in has also been
created. The website provides
information about the Bureau,
wherein people can also register
their grievances on the website.
n The State Vigilance Bureau,
Haryana, has installed a toll free
Vigilance Helpline no. ‘1064’ at
control room at SVB Headquarters, Panchkula, for the people to
lodge their complaints or provide
information about corrupt officials/ practices. Another toll free
no. 1800-180-2022 is already working in this Bureau. The Vigilance
Helplines along with one landline
no. 0172-2581102 are operative
round the clock.
n State Vigilance Bureau, Haryana has also provided WhatsApp
no. 09417891064, https://www.
facebook.com/SVBHaryana and
https://www.twitter.com/SVBHaryana for the general public to
send their complaints/information. g
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Excise Dept to
don e-mantle
All activities right from registration of application to issuance of
C-Form and filing of returns will now be done at the click of the mouse
Shweta Vashishta
T
he Excise and Taxation Department will soon be seen in an e-avatar. With a view to injecting transparency in transactions and dealings,
the Haryana Government, led by Mr
Manohar Lal, is taking many new
initiatives to make the department
more IT and dealer-friendly. Online application for e-Registration,
e-Returns, e-Payments, e-Permits and
e-Pass applications are all set to go
A view of the
Exicise and Taxation
Department in
Panchkula
live in the state.
Come April, 2015, and the Excise
and Taxation Department of Haryana Government will go online. All
activities right from registration of
application to issuance of C-Form
and filing of returns will be done at
the click of the mouse. M/s Wipro
Ltd has been engaged for developing
online applications under all Acts of
the department which will be rolled
out shortly.
The Excise and Taxation Minister,
Capt Abhimanyu, said that allotment
of liquor vends for 2015-16 would
be done through the online system.
Online application for e-Registration,
e-Returns, e-Payments, e-Permits and
e-Pass applications will go live in the
state from April, 2015. The requirement gathering phase of the project
has been completed and the software
has been developed.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for
the software is in progress. UAT will
be done by all stakeholders, includ-
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ing dealers, sales tax advocates, CAs,
excise licencees etc and inputs received from them will be incorporated in the software to make the system
user-friendly and easy to operate.
The department has also developed an application for online
issuance of C-Form for the dealers
in the state which will be available
shortly. This application will provide
hassle-free issuance of the C-Forms
at their doorsteps, the minister said.
While directing the officers to make
e-Services available for the dealers
on a priority basis, Capt Abhimanyu
stressed the need for using IT in
plugging the leakage of tax revenue,
bringing transparency and using it
for the convenience of the dealers.
The Excise and Taxation Department is the main revenue generating
department of the state and administers the collection under various
Acts such as Commercial Taxes,
VAT Act, Excise Act, CST Act, PGT
Act and Luxury Act. The Excise and
Taxation Department is committed
to maximising the collection of
various commercial taxes and excise
duties. Upto December, 2014 the
department has collected Rs 17,654.67
crore against 16,326.64 crore which is
8.24 per cent above the corresponding
period of the last year.
NEW INITIATIVES
The state government has taken a
number of new initiatives in the
Excise and Taxation Department.
Complete computerisation of the
department is one of them. The
department has selected M/s Wipro
Ltd as System Integrator for computerisation of all the tax processes.
M/s Wipro will roll out 26 e-Modules
to provide e-Services like e-Registration, e-Refund, e-Payment, e-Recoveries, e-Forms etc online on a real time
basis to all the dealers.
This would also facilitate hassle-free communication between the
dealer and the department and also
reduce incidence of tax evasion.
e-Tendering for the excise vends
allotment will also be introduced this
year. Further, e-Registration, e-Payments and e-Filing of returns will
also be made available to the dealers
in the month of April, 2015.
The Goods and Service Tax (GST)
will be introduced in the state from
April 1, 2016. All the officer/officials
will be imparted training on the
functioning of the GST.
A number of new initiatives will
be taken from April, 2015. A new
scheme, called the Apna Tax Scheme,
will be started under which quarterly awards will be given to customers
who share their bills with the Excise
and Taxation Department.
An in-house software module has
been prepared for the verification
of the returns and for analysing the
data of purchases and sales made
within the state. Leakages of tax revenue will be plugged through strict
enforcement.
The existing scheme for retailers
is to be recasted so that it may be opted for by the tax compliant dealers to
facilitate and make it easy for dealers
to pay the tax due.
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE UNIT
An Economic Intelligence Unit will
be set up and technical experts will
be hired to give inputs and intelligence for effective inspections of
business premises. Audit of assessments will be done by reputed pri-
vate parties/consultants by making
large scale use of data from across
departments.
Public will be involved in enforcement operations. For maintaining
transparency, an independent person
from the public will be made a
part of the checking team. Several
associations of markets, the taxation bar and the like organisations
of the concerned districts are being
requested to nominate the names of
their members for this purpose.
As far as computerisation and audit trails are concerned, progress is
being made at a fast pace so that online return filing is made operational
by April, 2015. Special Assessment
Teams (SATs) are being constituted
in each district to facilitate assessment of cases and to clear the backlog of pending assessment cases.
A scheme is being launched to
felicitate the three highest tax payers
in the districts. They will be honoured with a citation and shawl. A
special website, www.haryantax.com,
has been launched which will cater
to the complaints made concerning
tax evasion and it will be possible
to know the status of the complaint
through the website. g
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The Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi,
the Haryana CM, Mr Manhor Lal, the
Maharashtra CM, Mr Devendra Fadnavis, and
the Madhaya Pradesh CM, Mr Shivraj Singh
Chouhan, sharing a point at the Governing
Council Meeting of Niti Ayog in New Delhi
Haryana CM bats for reforms
Batting for reforms, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal,
wants the Central Government to dismantle the centrally sponsored
schemes and devolve funds in a manner that leaves space for local
initiatives and puts premium on efficient and fast-growing states
Parveen K Modi
L
ooks, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, carries
along his bat for reforms wherever
he goes. This impression one gathered when he spoke in New Delhi
the other day at the first meeting of
the Governing Council of Niti Aayog
which has come to supplant the now
defunct Planning Commission. The
meeting was chaired by the Prime
Minister, Mr Narendra Modi.
Batting for reforms, he wanted the
Central Government to dismantle the
centrally sponsored schemes (CSS);
devolve funds in a manner that leaves
space for local initiatives and puts
premium on efficient and fast-growing states; increase the Annual Plan
allocation by 15 per cent for 2015-16
and 2016-17 over 2013-14; and give a
quiet burial to the ritual of annual
plan approval. He made some other
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than the one proposed by Gadgil-Mukherjee, and states should be
given greater liberty in opting for
strategies to achieve the national
goals within the given time-frame
and central plan assistance (CPA)
put on automatic route to achieve the
national goals, he added.
STATES NOT HOMOGENOUS
NITI Aayog must recognise that
states are not homogenous; they are
at different planes of economic and
social growth and must be represented and heard at the Governing
Council. It must allow the states to
collectively deliberate upon the subjects on the agenda of the Aayog and
do the groundwork for defining the
national goals, the sectoral targets
and the achievable indicators.
States should be asked to objectively define their present stage of
preparedness for achieving national
priorities and allowed to pragmatically chalk out strategies for attain-
Make NCR 'zone of strategic
interest' and service it
demands also.
He suggested dismantling of the
CSS in the next two years and allocation of the earmarked funds to states
as flexi-funds for achieving sectoral
targets. “As you are aware, the Union
Budget allocates about 59 per cent of
the central plan funds as central plan
assistance to states and the balance
41 per cent of central plan funds are
allocated in the form of CSS. The
straight-jacketed conditionalities
attached to the CSS do not allow any
flexibility to meet local needs which
results in states either conforming
to a uniform eligibility and strategic
posture, or losing out on resource allocation,” the Chief Minister pointed
out.
Devolution of funds should be
made on the basis of a formula other
Haryana has asked the Central
Government to declare the
National Capital Region (NCR)
a zone of strategic national
interest and make a policy
intervention in the Union
Budget to provide special
annual financial support to
ensure creation of appropriate
infrastructure in the region.
“I would request that this
be announced as a policy
initiative in the 2015-16 Union
Budget. The NITI Aayog must
recognise this and provide
special infrastructure funding
for the purpose,” said the
Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Lal, while speaking at the
Governing Council meeting of
the Niti Ayog, chaired by the
Prime Minister, Mr Narendra
Modi, in New Delhi.
He stressed the need for
constant capital investment
for maintenance of the existing
infrastructure as well for
creation of new infrastructure
in the region. The three states
constituting the NCR outside
the NCT limits cannot create
desirable infrastructure
facilities with own funds.
“The NCR is our national
priority, and quality
infrastructure in the NCR
must become a national
responsibility. The quality of the
road network, the mass rapid
transport system, housing,
power, water supply and other
infrastructure to cater to the
future megapolis of the NCR
cannot be funded by the states
that constitute the NCR,” Mr
Manohar Lal pointed out.
Haryana surrounds the
national capital on three sides
and 45.47 per cent of its
geographical area falls in the
NCR. This is one of the fastest
growing economic regions of
the country with a vast potential
for creating employment
opportunities for millions as
well as for contributing to the
national economy. It is already
a major hub for manufacturing
as well as for services
industries, he added.
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ing these national goals through
an optimal allocation of available
resources.
“As India faces a huge infrastructure gap, I believe that states must
be allowed greater flexibility to raise
funds from the market to finance
infrastructure projects. A method
for mopping up market resources is
to allow designated state entities to
issue tax-free bonds to finance infrastructure projects,” Mr Manohar Lal
pleaded.
The CPA should be made automatic and on an annual basis for
the identified national goals. States
should be given the freedom to
choose the optional path/strategy/eligibility criteria for achieving the set
national objectives in the time-frame
defined by the national forum.
The ritual of annual plan approval
may be discontinued. “I am further
suggesting that future devolution
of the CPA should be on a formula
different from the Gadgil-Mukherjee
formula. The present classification
of public expenditure into plan and
non- plan expenditure also needs to
be modified,” he added.
ANNUAL ALLOCATION UNDER PLAN
“For calculating the annual allocation under the Plan for the years 201516 and 2016-17, I would propose a 15
per cent annual increase on the base
year allocation of 2013-14,” he said.
Sectors like education and health
mandate for providing ‘education for
all’ and ‘health for all’ are national
priorities. Funding for these should
be assured for a time perspective
longer than a Five-Year Plan keeping
in view the likely time to achieve the
goals.
“For other sectors of the economy, I would suggest that a programme-based approach be adopted.
Every state must set capital investment targets keeping in view development requirements and the goals to
be achieved,” he added.
Mr Manohar Lal congratulated the
Prime Minister for acting promptly
on the promises made on the Independence Day last year to strengthen
our federal structure and make it
vibrant. “By creating NITI Aayog and
this Governing Council, the Hon’ble
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Prime Minister has provided us the
platform for this new partnership,”
the Chief Minister said.
“I am sure that under his able
stewardship the well-chosen and
distinguished NITI team, the Centre
and states will function as an organic
team and shall become active partners in this unique model of cooper-
ative federalism. I am positive that
the NITI Aayog shall give shape to the
aspirations of a billion Indians by
taking into consideration their needs
and requirements while coordinating
the process for attaining our country’s dreams. I feel privileged to be
part of this transformative process of
taking India forward,” he added. g
Let Delhi not depend on Haryana
alone for water needs: CM
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Lal, has said that water-deficit
Haryana alone should not be
banked upon for meeting the
water needs of Delhi. Other
states too should also come
forward and pitch in with their
contribution in this regard.
This was stated by Chief
Minister while speaking at
the meeting of the Governing
Council of Niti Aayog, chaired
by the Prime Minister, Mr
Narendra Modi, in New Delhi.
“Waters of the inter-state
rivers should be declared
national property and we
should aim to achieve the
national goals by putting aside
inter-state disputes,” the Chief
Minister said.
Haryana is a water-deficit
state with respect to surface
and ground water resources.
The ground water level in the
state, particularly in the fresh
water zone, is depleting fast
due to heavy exploitation.
In order to conserve water,
Haryana has taken multipronged initiatives in
accordance with the Pardhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana.
District irrigation plans are
proposed to be prepared on
a pilot basis in four districts
in 2015-16. Haryana is also
committed to fulfilling the
legitimate expectations of the
farmers and people of Haryana
regarding provision of adequate
water through early completion
of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal
and the Hansi-Butana canal.
“The state government is
shortly going to mention this
matter before the Hon’ble
Supreme Court for early
hearing and adjudication of
the Presidential Reference on
the unilateral abrogation of the
Tripartite Water Settlement
of 1974. The Haryana
Government also intends to file
a suit challenging the Punjab
Termination of Agreements Act,
2004 passed by the Punjab
Legislative Assembly. I am
specifically raising this issue
because the increasing demand
of water of the National
Capital Territory of Delhi can
be reasonably met only after
fulfilment of the needs of the
residents of Haryana,” he
added.
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Coming, policy to make
ease-of-doing-biz easy
Committed to making Haryana an
industrial hub, the
state government is
scripting a new industrial policy which
will make doing
business easier still
Parveen K Modi
O
ut to tap the state’s industrial
potential to the full, the Haryana Government, led by the Chief
Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has set
the ball rolling for scripting a new
industrial policy in consultation with
various stakeholders. It will incorporate ease-of-doing business both for
setting up new units and the existing
ones, and provide single-window
service on a digital platform.
Besides, it shall have provision for
self-certification, third party verification and deemed approval to ensure
time-bound sanctions/approvals and
seek to streamline estate management procedures.
This was disclosed by the Chief
Minister, Mr Manohar lal, while
speaking at the meeting of the
Governing Council of Niti Aayog,
chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr
Narendra Modi, in New Delhi.
SPECIAL FOCUS ON MSMES
With special focus on MSMEs (Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises),
the new policy will seek to ensure
geographical dispersal of industrial
units to ensure balanced regional development. Support from the Central
Government for skill development,
Window to add ease to ease
Committed to ensuring
ease of doing business for
industrialists, the Haryana
Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal,
has announced that ‘Industrial
ease Windows’ would be set
up in all 29 Industrial Estates
dotting the length and breadth
of the state for timely redressal
of their grievances.
He also announced that
C-Form of the Excise and
Taxation Department would
be made online by March
31 for the convenience of
industrialists and the process
of Change of Land Use (CLU)
would be made transparent. He
made these announcements
while presiding over an
interactive session with the
industrialists of Panchkula,
Ambala and Yamunanagar in
Chandigarh to get suggestions
for the new Industrial
Policy-2015.
The setting up of ‘Industrial
Ease Windows’ would not
only ensure redressal of their
grievances in a time-bound
manner but also save them
time and resources. Under this
system, complaint number
would also be issued to them
so that they can also keep track
on their complaint. Efforts
would also be made to appoint
relationship managers industrywise, the Chief Minister said.
While underlining the
need for a new industrial
policy, he said it would aim at
ensuring inclusive industrial
development in the state unlike
the previous government
where uneven industrial
development had taken place.
“My government would work
above the area politics and
ensure the equal development
of the state,” he said adding
that during his visit to different
parts of the state, he was told
about various shortcomings in
the Industrial Policy – 2011 and,
therefore, it has been decided
to frame a new industrial policy.
The Chief Minister said that
he was sensitive towards the
concerns of industrialists of the
state and issues like industry,
agriculture and employment
topped his list of priorities.
Efforts would be made to make
the youth employable by way of
skill development. For this, new
projects for skill development
would be established.
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infrastructure up-gradation, including tool rooms, quality certification
and cluster development, specific to
the requirement of state (e.g. fund
processing industries, textiles, auto
components etc.) will be critical for
rapid industrial development within
the framework of the objectives of
‘Make in India’, he said.
Providing an overview of the
efforts made by Haryana on the
flagship programmes launched by
the Central Government, the Chief
Minister thanked the Prime Minister
for launching the Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao and Sukanya Samriddhi
account programmes from Haryana.
“My Government is committed to
providing the girl child her rightful
place in Haryana. The twelve target
districts have already prepared
their action plans and have begun
social mobilization and community
awareness campaigns with the active
participation of the social, political
and non-governmental agencies to
ensure the survival and education of
the girl child,” he added. On labour
law reforms, the Chief Minister said
Haryana was actively participating
in the initiative of the Ministry of
Labour, Govt. of India, on labour law
reforms with focus on simplification
and computerization of procedures.
SHRAM SUVIDHA PORTAL
The state is also participating in
Shram Suvidha Portal launched by
the Government of India. An initiative of the Transparent Inspection
Scheme to check arbitrariness of
inspecting officers has also been taken. It is mandatory for the inspecting
officer to upload inspection reports
within 72 hours on the departmental
website to be integrated with Shram
Suvidha Portal of Govt. of India, the
Chief Minister said.
Haryana has taken further initiative to identity all the hazardous
units in the state with GPS mapping.
Information relating to the quantity
of hazardous chemicals being used/
stored along with the antidotes
of the chemicals would also be
reflected on the GPS map for easy
access during emergency for rescue
operations.
Referring to Skill India, Mr Mano-
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, at the meeting of the
Governing Council of Niti Aayog
har Lal said Haryana had conducted
a skill gap analysis and set a target
of providing skills to 17 lakh youths
up to 2017. At present, the skill capacity of various departments in formal
as well as non-formal sectors is 3.3
lakh persons per annum. Haryana
has also studied the skill gap district-wise and identified main focus
sectors with large-scale gaps in the
manufacturing sectors like food processing, Paper products, engineering,
auto components, rubber & plastics,
building construction, etc and in the
services sectors like: transportation
& logistics, healthcare, retail, education and training, communication,
banking and financial services etc.
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by discharging treated effluent in the
river Yamuna. With the construction of sewage treatment plants, the
pollution level in river Yamuna has
decreased.
Chasing the objective of housing
for all with 24/7 electricity, drinking
water & sanitation by 2022, the state
is preparing a new housing and habitat policy that shall cover all housing
categories (EWS, LIG and MIG). It
also proposes to bring in greater
transparency in granting ‘change in
land use’ and licences by bringing in
the relevant policy interventions.
“It would be our endeavour to
redevelop unauthorised colonies
and slums in partnership with their
residents. We also wish to encourage planned urban development in
medium and low potential areas, by
suitably amending our policies,” he
said.
NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION
On Swacchh Bharat Mission, the
Chief Minister said that Haryana
had started the Swacchh Haryana
Abhiyan and Swacchh Bharat Mission in right earnest to provide total
sanitation solutions in a time-bound
manner. An action plan for 2019
has been formulated under which
individual household latrines, school
toilets, Anganwadies toilets and community aanitary complexes are being
constructed.
“Solid and liquid waste management is a priority for my government. We are extending the facilities
of sewerage treatment and waste disposal to gram panchayats in order to
make these more liveable,” he said.
Haryana is committed to creating a
clean environment. A clean Yamuna
is also part of that vision. Efficient
sewerage systems are being created
On National Solar Mission, the Chief
Minister said that Haryana was committed to fulfilling its Solar Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) which
is presently three per cent. Several
pieces of land of public sector
undertakings as well as of private
owners have been identified where
more than 200 MW of solar power
can be installed. Appropriate action
towards realizing this objective will
be taken soon.
Haryana is the first state in the
country where installation of solar
power plants on roof-top of certain
specified categories of buildings has
been made mandatory. Haryana is
contemplating to set up 400 MW of
roof top power plants in next 5 years.
Referring to Smart Cities Mission, he said Smart Cities must be
selected on the basis of the criteria
of economic potential, availability of
adequate infrastructure, skilled manpower and power. “As many towns
of Haryana qualify such criteria, we
request that at least five towns of the
state may be selected to be developed
as Smart Cities,” he added.
The state has taken initiatives in
both urban and rural areas to set-up
institutions like Drug De-addiction
Centres with the help of NGOs working in the state. g
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AGRI carnival
set to take off
Parveen K Modi
I
f the ground level preparations
being made by the Haryana Government are any indication, the Agri
Leadership Summit, scheduled to be
held in Gurgaon on March 13, 14 and
15, 2015, is set to be the biggest agri
carnival ever held on the soil of Haryana. The carnival will give agriculture
in the state a new turn, farming new
tools and know-how; and inject in the
farmers new hope and confidence.
About one lakh farmers are expected to participate in the summit. They
would be enriched with information
by experts, scientists and as many
as 20,000 progressive peers on how to
boost their income by taking to the
latest know-how, modern tools of agricultural production; fisheries, dairy
and horticulture and vegetables.
Interestingly, the state government
has increased the budget for fisheries from Rs 5 crore to Rs 15 crore.
The Summit will have a number
of exhibition pavilions, including
AgriEX; LiveStockEX; FoodEX;
Farm EX; Haryana State Pavilion and
International Pavilion showcasing the
latest in their respective fields. The
main attractions will include Farmers
Pavilion; seminars/ workshops/ kisan
gosthies; Organic farming and certification; Direct Marketing and cultural
events. To recognise and honour the
leaders from agriculture and ailed
sectors, various cash awards and citations will be given during the event.
Recent developments in the
Indian agri-commodity markets have
again underlined the strong linkage
between farm produce and national
economy. This situation has brought
to the forefront the intense need for
rapid developments and technological
innovation not just on the field, but
also in the prevailing agri-infrastructure. Technological innovations have
taken place in the agri industry and
these have not passed India by. Today,
emphasis is being laid on taking technology to the farmers and farmer’s
produce directly to the market.
Giving broad contours of the Summit, the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
lal, told Haryana Review.
“The Agri Leadership
Summit will serve
the farmers
and our
agri-industry as a platform for maximising value creation and establishing
a linkage between the farmers and the
market.”
The Agriculture and Irrigation
Minister, Mr O P Dhankar, said,
“Besides other things, the Summit
will provide avenues for recognition,
facilitation and incubation of famer
leaders. It will enable the farmers to
display their best practices and innovations; and connect with the market.
I am sure, they will go back from the
Summit enriched and make farming
more profitable.”
Needless to emphasise, it will mean
a lot to Haryana, a leading state in the
field of agriculture and allied sectors.
Endowed with rich cultural heritage,
Haryana is a land of hardworking
farmers.
Integrated farming is a way of
life and the state is known for its
famous breeds of Murrah buffalo,
Shaiwal Cows and Haryana cattle.
The climate of Haryana is uniquely
favorable for Basmati (scented) rice
cultivation. About 2/3 of the state
has assured irrigation, most suited
for rice-wheat production system,
whereas rain-fed land accounts for
about one-fifth of the area. The state
is ideally located near the National
Capital Region (NCR) with access to
range of big markets and International Airport.
Here goes a preview on what all
the Summit will offer:
EXHIBITION PAVILIONS
n AgriEX
It will showcase agro-chemicals, bio-technology and
applications, agri-implements, irrigation systems,
fertilisers, greenhouse tech,
pesticides seeds, grains
and crops, tissue culture,
floriculture, horticulture,
sericulture, storage, government nodal agencies
and financial institutions.
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LiveStockEX
It will have focus on dairy management, poultry management,
fishery management and livestock
management.
n FoodEX
Processed and packaged food
technology, packaging, ingredients, research, government and
marketing agencies, equipment
and machinery.
n Farm EX
Tractor, farm equipment, machinery storage, farm power, transportation and handling.
n Haryana State Pavilion
A mega state pavilion will be
created at AGRI LEADERSHIP
SUMMIT for offering opportunities to nodal agencies, corporation
and government department to
showcase their success stories
through attractive display,
Center stage at the pavilion
will be dedicated to those Haryana state farmers and groups
who have achieved new heights
through adapting innovation and
advanced technologies.
n International Pavilion
Bio-technology and application,
agri-implements, irrigation systems, greenhouse tech equipment
and machinery
n ATTRACTIONS
n Farmers Pavilion
The Agri Leadership Summit
will serve the farmers and our
agri-industry as a platform for
maximising value creation and
establishing a linkage between the
farmers and the market.
Manohar Lal
Chief Minister, Haryana
There will be a farmers’ pavilion dedicated to farmer/farmer
groups/entrepreneurs from
agriculture, horticulture, animal
husbandry, dairy and fishery
sectors, where they will not only
display their products/produce
but also have an opportunity for
interactive meeting with various
stakeholders to provide better
marketing avenues.
n Seminars/ workshops/ kisan
gosthies
The main objective of Agri Lead-
ership Summit is to recognise and
groom the leaders in agriculture
and ailed sectors. Eminent personalities/scientists/progressive
farmers from respective fields
will be invited to give theme/
topic-wise lectures. There will be
parallel sessions on various topics
in all sectors during the summit.
n Organic farming and Certification
Organic farming has a high value/premium market giving high
returns to the farmers besides
providing healthy nutrition. Sufficient focus will be given to organic
farming and sustainable agriculture in the event.
n Direct Marketing
One of the main objectives of the
event is to provide and strengthen
market access to the farmers by
reducing the intermediaries. Ample space would be provided to the
farmers and entrepreneurs from
agriculture and allied sectors to
showcase and market their products with primary focus on growers/producers. Business meets
shall also be organised for signing
long-term agreement for sale of
produce of farmers to different
companies and retail chains.
n Cultural Events
Cultural events will be organised
during as well as on the sidelines
of the event. g
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Making the most of sunshine
With a view to giving a boost to solar power generation as an alternative and renewable source of clean energy, the state government
has notified the Haryana Solar Power Policy 2014
Shweta Vashishta
R
ecognising the importance of
renewable sources of energy in
providing clean and green power,
the Haryana Government, led by the
Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has
embarked on an ambitious plan to
exploit non-conventional sources of
energy like solar, biomass, hydro etc
for power generation. To encourage
private investment in the renewable
energy sector, the state government
has announced investor-friendly
state policies.
HIGH SOLAR RADIATION
Haryana is endowed with high solar
radiation level with about 320 days of
clear sun in a year. Harnessing our
untapped and inexhaustible solar
energy potential would therefore not
only usher in the required “energy
mix” but also reduce the emission of
carbon dioxide (CO2) and other toxic
gases significantly.
With a view to making the most
of sunshine in Haryana to boost
solar power generation, the state
government has notified the Haryana
Solar Power Policy 2014. Although at
present the cost of producing solar
energy is uniformly high throughout
the country, it is progressively coming down and its propagation cannot
be delayed any further as it offers
energy security, environmental benefits, besides improving grid quality,
and reduces transmission losses. In
view of the above mentioned facts, it
is imperative to have a comprehensive policy to pro-actively promote
production of solar power as an
alternative and renewable source of
clean energy.
Haryana also actively
participated in the first
Renewable Energy Global
Investment Promotion
Meet & Expo which was
HARYANA, ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
held from February 15Haryana also actively participated
17, 2015 in New Delhi.
in the first Renewable Energy Global
The event was organised Investment Promotion Meet & Expo
which was held from February 15-17,
by the Union Ministry
2015 in New Delhi. The event was
of New & Renewable
organised by the Union Ministry of
New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Energy (MNRE)
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The event was attended by senior
officers from the state, including Mr
Rajan Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Power & Renewable Energy; Mr
Devender Singh, Principal Secretary-Industries; Mr Anand Mohan
Sharan, Resident Commissioner;
Mr Vineet Garg, Managing Director-HSIIDC; Mr Balraj, Director-Renewable Energy; and Mr Shyamal
Mishra, Administrator-Trade Fair
Authority of Haryana.
STATE STALL AT EXHIBITION
Haryana had also set up a stall at
the event exhibition venue, wherein
initiatives in the fields of renewable
energy and industrial infrastructure
for solar power and solar equipment
manufacturing were displayed for the
benefit of the visitors. The stall was
visited by many potential investors
and entrepreneurs, who evinced keen
interest in the state government’s initiatives. The Union Minister of State
for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Mr Piyush Goyal, also
visited Haryana’s stall and evinced
interest in the state’s initiatives in
the renewable energy sector.
The Haryana Power Distribution
Utilities (Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran
Nigam and Dakshin Haryana Bijli
Vitran Nigam) has taken several
steps for procuring solar power so as
to promote its extensive use in the
state.
The Haryana Power Purchase
Centre (HPPC) of the UHBVN and
DHBVN has already tied up or
processed files to purchase about
650 MW solar power during the next
three financial years 2015-16, 2016-17
and 2017-18 against the targets 216
MW for 2015-16, 300 MW for 2016-17
and 390 MW for 2017-18, fixed by the
Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC). Thus, the DISCOMS
are likely to arrange to purchase
more than the targeted quantity of
solar power.
The HPPC has signed a Power Sale
Agreement (PSA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for
purchase of 80 MW of solar power
at the rate of Rs 5.5 per unit for 25
years. In case, power is generated at
19 per cent plant load factor, the capacity will generate 133 million units
of electricity per year.
The HPPC has floated a Notice
Inviting Tender (NIT) for purchase of
50 MW of solar power, the financial
bid of which is under finalisation.
With the availability of this power,
the HPPC will get 83 MUs of solar
power per year.
Haryana DISCOMs intend to procure 250 MW of solar power under
batch-III scheme of phase-II of the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar
Mission (JNNSM) at a tariff of Rs
5.50 per unit in the first year which
will increase by Rs 0.05 every year
and will be capped finally at Rs 6.50
per unit in the 21st year.
Haryana has given consent to the
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to purchase 150 MW of
solar power bundled with thermal
power. The bundled power would
be made available to the DISCOMs
through a power sale agreement
valid for 25 years. The first year
bundled tariff would, in any case, be
less than Rs 4 per unit. This power
is likely to be available by 2016-17,
subject to the availability of land by
the HAREDA.
TENDER FOR 100 MW SOLAR POWER
HAREDA would invite tender for
100 MW solar power in two phases
under the Solar Power Policy-2014.
This power too will be purchased by
HPPC. In addition, HAREDA intends
to purchase 50MW of solar power
through rooftop solar panels up to
2017-18.
The MNRE has floated concept paper for erecting solar panels on canal
tops/banks. The HPPC has written to
the Irrigation Department, Haryana
to explore the possibilities of erection of such solar panels on Haryana
canals. The utilities are already
purchasing 12.8 MW of solar power
presently through power purchase
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Projects to tap the sun
Under the Haryana Solar Power Policy 2014, a number of projects and
schemes will be implemented in the state
Shweta Vashishta
W
ith a view to tapping the solar
energy potential in Haryana
to generate power, the state government, led by the Chief Minister, Mr
Manohar Lal, has scripted the Solar
Power Policy 2014 under which a
number of projects and schemes will
be implemented in the state.
The state government will create
a separate fund known as Green
Energy Fund under the control of
Board of Governors of HAREDA and
Director General, Renewable Energy
Department and HAREDA for accelerated development of solar power
projects in the state.
MW scale grid connected
solar power project: The state will
develop SPV Solar Power Plants of
1 MW -10 MW capacity to the extent
of fulfillment of Solar Renewable
Purchase Obligation. All efforts shall
be made to ensure that the entire
requirement of solar power to be
purchased by the Power Distribution
Licensee (DISCOM) under Renew-
able Purchase Obligation (RPO) is
purchased from developers situated
within the state. By March, 2017,
HAREDA shall promote and get installed 100 MW capacity of MW scale
grid connected solar power project in
two phases.
Projects set up under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
(JNNSM): The state will support
and get installed MW scale Solar
Photovoltaic (SPV) and Concentrated
Solar Power (CSP) plants in the state
under JNNSM. Eight Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) power projects, approved
by the Indian Renewable Energy
Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA),
of aggregate capacity of 7.8 MW
under JNNSM in Phase-1 have been
commissioned and are supplying
solar power to Haryana. The state
government shall also support future
projects in the subsequent phases of
JNNSM and these projects shall be
eligible for incentives given by the
state government as per this policy.
Solar power project set up for
captive use or third party sale:
Solar panels on the rooftop of HAREDA building in Panchkula
The state shall encourage and facilitate Independent Power Producers
(IPPs) to install solar power plants
for captive use or for third party sale
or sale of solar power on Average
Power Purchase Cost (APPC) to the
DISCOM under Renewable Energy
Certificate (REC) mode.
Projects set up on panchayat
lands: The possibility of setting up
of 50 MW capacity scale solar power
plants on barren panchayat lands in
the state shall also be explored. The
department shall identify such suitable chunks in consultation with the
Rural and Panchayat Department.
Solar power projects set up on
canal overheads: The possibility of
setting up of MW scale solar power
plants on canals shall be explored.
This will not only help in providing sufficient space but also help
in reducing the water evaporation.
The site of canal overheads shall be
indentified in consultation with the
Irrigation Department.
Rooftop grid interactive SPV
system: The state shall promote
Solar steam generating systems
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installation of small capacity roof
top grid connected solar power plants
on the roofs of industries, public and
private institutes, schools, colleges,
commercial institutions/establishments, charitable trust bhawans,
hospitals and residential buildings
etc for their captive use and for sale
to power utilities. Apart from 30 per
cent capital subsidy available to solar
projects under MNRE schemes, the
state DISCOMS shall procure the
solar power generated at a fixed feed
in tariff. During the tenure of this
policy, the state shall install aggregate 50 MW capacity of roof top grid
connected solar power plants.
Small capacity off grid solar
power projects and devices: In
order to sustain interest within
the investor community, the Union Ministry of New & Renewable
Energy (MNRE) is supporting viable
business models with the objective
of promoting off-grid application
of solar energy (both SPV and solar
thermal). Under this scheme, MNRE
is providing central financial assistance for setting up of small capacity
solar power plants for captive use
(with or without battery backup) and
on devices such as solar lanterns,
SPV home lighting systems, Light
Emitting Diode (LED) based SPV
street lighting system, solar cookers
and solar inverters.
Solar water heating systems:
In order to conserve electricity and
other conventional fuels in water
heating applications, the state government is implementing a scheme
to popularise the use of solar water
heating systems. Solar water heating
is a techno-economically viable option for water heating application.
For these systems, central financial assistance in case of flat plate
collector system and evacuated tube
collector systems is available in all
the potential categories like all industrial buildings where hot water is
required for processing; all government/private hospitals and nursing
homes; all hotels, resorts, motels,
banquet halls, catering units and industrial canteens; residential buildings; hostels in educational institutions/private hostels, testing labs/
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laboratories of educational institutes
/hospitals; barracks of police, paramilitary forces and jails; private/government guest houses, government
tourist hotels, dak bungalow, circuit
house and retiring rooms of railways; health centres, sports complex;
all weather swimming pools; and
social sector (orphanage, deaf and
dumb institutes etc.)
Solar steam systems: The state
will promote the use of solar steam
systems for wider applications such
as community cooking in residential
institutions/industrial mess/ hotels/
barracks/ mid day meal programme/
hospitals etc; industrial application
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of steam in process industries such
as textile/food industry etc; laundries; space conditioning using Vapour Absorption Machines (VAM’s);
process requirements of hot water;
process requirements of steam;
pre-heating applications in variety of
industries; drying applications; and
steam press and laundry units.
Introduction of training programme on solar energy power
plant/devices in ITIs: In consultation with the Department of Technical Education/Industrial training,
HAREDA shall take the initiative
of introducing courses/training
programmes on solar energy power
Transmitting
solar power
plant/devices in ITIs. A separate
course in ITI shall be started on the
repair and maintenance of solar
energy power plants/devices.
Development of model villages:
One village in each district of the
state shall be developed as a model
village in the field of solar energy.
All the households in the model
village shall be provided with 1KW
capacity roof top solar power plant
and 200 LPD capacity of solar water
heating system. As many as 20 LED
based solar street lights shall be
installed in each model village.
The financial incentive @ 80 per
cent of the cost of complete project
shall be provided from Green Energy
Fund (including financial incentive
being provided by Union Ministry of
Renewable Energy under JNNSM,
i.e. if 30 per cent financial assistance
is provided by MNRE, than additional 50 per cent shall be provided from
Green Energy Fund). Balance 20 per
cent of project cost shall be borne by
the respective panchayats.
Promotion of research and
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Capturing solar energy
development in the field of solar
energy in engineering colleges:
HAREDA shall promote research
and development programme in
the field of solar energy by way of
providing financial incentives to the
engineering colleges of the state.
The research projects up to Rs 20
lakh shall be invited from the engineering colleges and the selection
for the financial incentives shall be
selected by the board of governors
of HAREDA.
Incentives by the state government: Setting up of solar energy
power projects in the state will be
permitted by the Town and Country
Planning Department without levying of conversion charges, change of
land use charges, external development charges, scrutiny fee and infrastructure development charges.
All new projects of generating solar energy will be treated as “Industry” in terms of Industrial Policy of
the state and all the incentives available to industrial units under the
industrial policy shall be available to
the solar power producers/units.
Banking: The Haryana Vidyut
Parsaran Nigan Ltd (HVPNL)/
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran
Nigam Ltd (DHBVN)/ Uttar Haryana
Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (UHBVN)/
licensee shall permit solar power
generated by eligible producers to be
banked. The banking facility shall
be allowed for a period of one year
by the licensee/ utilities and IPP is
to pay difference of Unscheduled
Interchange charges (UI charges) at
the time of injection and at the time
of drawl.
However, withdrawal of banked
power should not be allowed during
peak and Time of Day (TOD) hours.
If the banked energy is not utilised
within a period of twelve months
from the date of power banked with
the concerned power utilities/ licensee, it will automatically lapse and
no charges shall be paid in lieu of
such power.
The Power Purchase Agreement
(PPA) to be signed between IPP and
concerned power utilities/licensee
shall be valid for a minimum period
of 25 years. After this period, the
PPA shall be renegotiated between
the power producer and concerned
power utilities/ licensee. However,
power utilities shall have the first
right to refuse in case, it does not
want to buy the power for period
beyond 25 years.
The independent power producers/off grid power producer/user
of SPV devices would be required to
strictly adhere to the national/international standards specified by the
Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy from time to time i.e.
relevant IEC/ BIS standards and / or
applicable standards as specified by
the Central Electricity Authority.
HAREDA shall invite applications for setting up of small roof top
solar power projects/devices and
solar thermal devices through press
advertisement from the residents of
Haryana. HAREDA shall send the
comprehensive proposal to MNRE
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ICDS enters Mission Mode
CM Manohar Lal okays the proposal to beef up and restructure the scheme
The Haryana Government has approved the proposal to beef up
and restructure the ICDS Scheme in the state through a series of
programmatic, management and institutional reforms, including
putting it in Mission Mode
Parveen K Modi
T
he Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS) in Haryana are
set for a booster dose. The proposal to
strengthen and restructure the ICDS
Scheme through a series of programmatic, management and institutional
reforms, changes in norms, including putting ICDS in Mission Mode,
has been approved by the Chief
Minister, Mr Manohar Lal. It means
strong implementation, monitoring,
and supervision mechanism right
from central level to the grass-roots
level. It also implies that the existing
service delivery mechanism will be
strengthened through setting up of
child development societies at state/
district/ block level.
STATE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
At the state level, the State ICDS Mission would be carried out through
the State Child Development Society
which will be headed by the state
mission director who will be senior
officer of the state government of the
rank of special secretary. The State
Mission Director will be vested with
appropriate executive and financial powers approved by the State
Mission Steering Group (SMSG) to
enable him or her to function in an
effective manner to achieve the goals
of the ICDS Mission.
The infrastructure and human resource of the existing State ICDS Cell
would be subsumed with the overall
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structure of the State Child Development Society. The State ICDS Mission
would provide additional resources
to the states to enable them to meet
the diverse nutrition and child development needs of young children.
The Chief Minister will be chairperson of the State ICDS Mission
whereas minister in charge, women
and child development, would be co-chairperson. Similarly, the chief
secretary would be executive vicechairperson, principal secretary,
women and child development, would
be the convener.
The functions of State ICDS Mission would include overseeing child
development and nutrition system;
consideration of policy matters
related with child development and
nutrition; to review progress in
implementation of ICDS in Mission Mode by tracking child related
outcomes, using nutrition status of
young children under three years as
the lead outcome indicator; facilitate inter-sectoral coordination and
convergence and advise on advocacy
measures required to promote ICDS
visibility in the state.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
The State ICDS Mission would meet
at least once in every six months
and would have powers to co-opt
members as and when required. The
functions under the State ICDS Mission would be carried out through
the State Child Development Society
which will be headed by State Mission Director. The director general,
women and child development, will
be designated as the State Mission
Director.
Likewise, the State Mission
Steering Group (SMSG), headed by
the Chief Minister, will be the apex
body for providing direction, policy
and guidance for implementation of
ICDS. The functions of SMSG would
include appraisal of the proposals
and schemes and approve them on
the broad normative approved framework; consideration and approval of
Annual State Action Plan for ICDS
Mission; appraisal and review of implementation of Annual Action Plan
and achievement of child related
outcomes.
It would also suggest any midcourse correction that may be required in the state mission strategy
design framework; ensure effective
convergence of policy and administration among the various departments; review the follow-up action
taken on the decisions of the State
ICDS Mission; approve proposals for
institutional management reforms
for ICDS in the state; advise the State
Empowered Programme Committee
on policies and oversee programme
implementation.
Besides, it would also appraise
recommendations of the State
Empowered Programme Committee
related to proposals and schemes
and approve them; appraise and
approve recommendations of the
State Empowered Programme
Committee on hiring of experts, and
functionaries on a contractual basis
for carrying out activities under the
ICDS Mission, and any other matter
with policy implications affecting the
nutritional status of the target group
of this scheme. The State Mission
Steering Group would meet at least
once in three months.
The State Empowered Programme
Committee (SEPC) headed by the
Chief Secretary would be the highest
technical body for planning, supervision and monitoring effective
implementation of ICDS at the state
level. The functions of SEPC would
be to consider and approve proposals
from districts and other implementing agencies or district action plans;
prepare state action plan for approval of State Mission Steering Group;
execution of approved state action
plan; review implementation and
achievement of child related outcomes; analysis lagging districts and
take supportive action
WORKING ARRANGEMENT
It would also finalise working arrangement for inter-sectoral coordination; coordination with NGOs,
doctors and other agencies and
organizations; review expenditure;
release funds to district societies
as per annual action plan; establish
resource group of professionals to
facilitate design and implementation
of the core strategies and any other
task assigned by the State Mission
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Steering Group. The SEPC will meet
once every month.
The State Child Development
Society (SCDS), headed by the Chief
Secretary, would have a governing
body and an executive committee.
The functions of the SCDS would
include endorsement of the annual
state action plan for ICDS Mission;
drawing a long-term roadmap;
review of implementation of annual
action plan and achievement of
child-related outcomes; suggesting
any mid-course correction required
in the state mission strategy design
framework; review of inter-sectoral
coordination; review of status of
follow-up action on decisions of the
State ICDS Mission; appraisal of
recommendations of the executive
committee of the proposals and
schemes and approve them; approval
of the proposal for institutional reforms and approve recommendations
of the EPC on hiring of experts and
functionaries. Similarly, the Executive Committee of the State Child Development
Society would be headed by Principal Secretary, WCD Department,
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whereas State Mission Director
would be the convener. Its functions
would include approving proposals
from districts and other implementing agencies or district action plans;
review implementation and achievement of child-related outcomes;
execution of approved state action
plan; analysis of lagging districts
and supportive action; finalization of
working arrangements for inter-sectoral coordination; taking follow-up
action on decisions of the governing
body and coordination with NGOs,
donors, other agencies and organizations.
REVIEW OF EXPENSES
It would also undertake review of
detailed expenditure; release funds
for programmes at state level as per
the annual action plan; release funds
to the district, block and gram ICDS
Mission Societies; provide leadership to state and district teams;
finalise working arrangements
for intra-sectoral and inter-sectoral coordination; and establish a
resource group of professionals to
facilitate design and implementation
of the core strategies. The executive
committee would meet once every
month.
At the district level, every district
would have a District ICDS Mission
headed by chairperson of the zila
parishad and district programme
officer. The District ICDS Mission
would provide a platform where the
three arms of governance, zila parishad or urban local bodies, district
child development administration
and district programme managers
or ICDS Mission sectors would get
together to operationalise ICDS in
Mission Mode.
The function of District ICDS
Mission would be to promote integrated planning; endorse annual
district child development plans;
review district child-related indicators and outcomes and recommend
district-specific interventions; make
outcome-based assessment of progress; ensure inter-sectoral convergence and coordination; review annual plans for the district; and to see
to it that institutional reforms are
carried out and supervise the process of hiring of experts and func-
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tionaries at district and local level.
The District Programme Officer
ICDS of the concerned district will
be designated as the District Mission
Director. The District ICDS Mission
would meet once every month.
The District ICDS Mission Directorate would be set up in every
district to support the District ICDS
Mission in effectively discharging its
duties. The infrastructure and human resource of the existing District
ICDS Cell would be subsumed with
the overall structure of the District
ICDS Mission Directorate. The functions of District ICDS Mission Directorate would be planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluating
the progress of ICDS Mission at the
district level; review child-related
indicators and outcomes; and make
recommendations for interventions.
OUTCOME-BASED ASSESSMENT
It will also make outcome-based assessment of progress with status of
young children under three years as
the lead outcome indicator; ensure
facilities for information compilation and data analysis, review and
What’s Mission Mode
A Mission Mode Project
(MMP) is an individual
project within the National
e-Governance Plan (NeGP)
that focuses on one aspect of
electronic governance, such
as banking, land records or
commercial taxes etc. Within
NeGP, Mission Mode implies
that projects have clearly
defined objectives, scopes,
implementation timelines
and milestones, as well as
measurable outcomes and
service levels.
The NeGP comprises
31 Mission Mode Projects
(MMPs) which are further
classified into state, central
or integrated projects. Each
state government can also
define five MMPs specific to its
individual needs.
approve District Child Development
and Nutrition Annual and Prospective Plans; Conduct ICDS accreditation of AWCs projects; review budget
and budget analysis; approve transfer of funds to projects VHSNCs
and AWCs; facilitate the working of
the District ICDS Mission; coordinate with NGOs, donors, other
agencies and organizations; ensure
recruitment of staff for the District
Mission Directorate; ensure support
for hiring of technical experts on a
contractual basis; establish transparent systems of procurement and
accountability and any other tasks
assigned by the National or State
Mission Directorate. At project level, the block or
project ICDS mission committee
would be headed by chairperson of
the concerned panchayat samiti in
rural areas or chairperson of the
concerned municipal corporation in
urban areas, whereas block devel-
opment and panchayat officer of the
concerned block will be co-chairperson. The functions of block or
project ICDS mission committee
would be to finalise block-level child
development plans to meet the needs
of children; track nutrition status
of young children with intensive
support to lagging villages or habitations; facilitate conducting of
habitation surveys and determine
the number of AWCS required in the
block and local innovative strategies
to reach the younger infant or child.
Based on the findings of the
survey, it would determine location
of the AWCs and mini Anganwadi
centres; provide assistance for establishing AWCs or mini AWCs; provide
guidance for preparation of village,
gram, urban centre ICDS mission
plans; provide supportive supervision to supervisors and AWWs; facilitate procurement of the nutrition
supplement by the village or urban
centre ICDS mission committee; ensure proper distribution of supplies
and equipment of AWCs; facilitate
organizing a fixed monthly mother-child day linked to NRHM village
health day; participate in monthly
mother-child divas, and facilitate
organizing of theme exhibitions in
the village or urban centres; and
facilitate feedback through public
hearings.
MEETING EVERY MONTH
The Block ICDS Mission Committee
would meet once in every month,
he added. Similarly, at the village
or ward level, the VHSNC would be
responsible for all activities in child
development and nutrition sector
and facilitate decision making at the
AWC level.
The functions of village or ward
level ICDS Mission Committee would
be to promote integrated planning,
management and implementation;
endorse Village Child Development
Plans; review village level child-related indicators and outcomes and
recommend village, habitation, family specific interventions to reach the
younger infant child; monitor and
supervise activities of the AWC and
other projects or personnel involved
with ICDS Mission. g
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The Haryana Governor, Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki, the Chhattisgarh
Governor, Mr Balramji Das Tandon, the Haryana Minister of State for
Tourism, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj, the Vice Chairman, Surajkund Mela
Authority, Mr S S Dhillion, and the Managing Director of Tourism, Mrs
Sumita Misra, at the closing-cum-awards presentation ceremony of the 29th
Surajkund International Crafts Mela in Faridabad
Record footfalls at Mela
The 29th Surajkund International Crafts Mela witnessed a record
footfall of 12 lakh visitors, including 1.6 lakh foreigners
Preetinder Kaur Sodhi
L
ike every year, this year too, the
29th Surajkund International
Crafts Mela was celebrated with a lot
of enthusiasm and gaiety. But this
year was special, as the Mela saw a
record footfalls. A total of 12 lakh visitors, including 1.6 lakh foreigners,
visited Surajkund in Faridabad. This
has so far been the highest figure.
The Haryana Governor, Prof
Kaptan Singh Solanki, concluded the
Mela on February 15, 2015. It was a
massive success and a higher number of craftspersons participated this
year as compared to last year.
As many as 20 countries participated in the Mela. These were Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand,
Rwanda, Syria, Vietnam, Uganda,
Mongolia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Georgia. This
helped in creating a bond between
people of different countries, states,
castes and religions. Cultural performances by troupes of different
countries and states of India made
the Mela a huge hit.
The Governor of Chhattisgarh,
Mr Balramji Das Tandon, was the
special invitee on the occasion. The
Tourism Minister, Haryana, Mr Ram
Bilas Sharma; the Minister of State
for Tourism, Haryana, Mr Karan Dev
Kamboj; Ms Seema Trikha, MLA,
Badhkal and Mr Mool Chand Sharma, MLA, Ballabgarh were among
the other dignitaries to grace the
occasion.
The Governor, Prof Kaptan Singh
Solanki, said, “It is heartening to
see the Mela being organised on
this magnitude.” He extended his
congratulations to the organisers of
the Mela. He added that just like the
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one month. Prof Solanki also highlighted Haryana’s progress in every
field, including industry, agriculture
and sports, and added that the state’s
per capita income was second to that
of Goa.
Mr S S Dhillon, Additional Chief
Secretary, Tourism, Haryana, and
Vice-Chairman, Surajkund Mela
Authority, read out the performance
report of the 29th Surajkund International Crafts Mela and highlighted
that the Mela had become a repository of arts and crafts from across the
globe.
NUMBER OF CRAFTSPERSONS UP
helicopter rides in the Mela were an
added attraction, likewise he wished
the Mela progress at the speed of
the helicopter. The Mela spreads
happiness around and contributes in
stirring a spirit of unity and brotherhood among different nations.
BINDING COUNTRIES TOGETHER
With 20 countries taking part in the
Surajkund Mela and different folk
cultures being unveiled during the
Mela fortnight, Prof Solanki said
that it offered an ideal opportunity
to bind countries together and think
for larger good. He also said that
the Indian culture and heritage had
such strong roots that it could offer a
solution for problems like terrorism
and international strife, and along
with Yoga, it could help in imbibing a
strong value system in the youth.
He also proposed that if there was
no difficulty, the Haryana Government could ponder over the proposal
of extending the Mela’s duration to
“Last year the number of craftspersons who participated in the Mela
was 850 and this year the number has
increased to 941,” said Mr Dhillon.
The footfall was record breaking,
with 12 lakh visitors, including 1.6
lakh foreigners, visiting the Mela.
Mr Dhillon added that this had been
so far the highest figure as last year
the footfall was over 10 lakh, including 80,000 foreigners. This increase
is a positive sign and will boost the
tourism of the country.
Ms Sumita Misra, Managing Director, Haryana Tourism, and Chief
Administrator, Surajkund Mela
Authority said, “The Mela is the
biggest crafts fair of the world that
symbolises brotherhood of cultures
and has been indeed very successful
this year.” Mr Zahir Ridwan, head of
the Lebanese delegation, said, “This
has been one-of-its-kind experience
and we also look forward to being a
part of this Mela next year too.”
Mr Karan Dev Kamboj, Minister
of State for Tourism, Haryana, stated
that the popularity of the Mela is
indicated by the mammoth footfall of
12 lakh people during the fortnight.
He also added that the arrangements
made for the comfortable stay and
transport of the participants from
across the globe were commendable
and 50 per cent discount offered to
the youth and senior citizens were
also initiatives worth applause.
Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, Tourism
Minister, Haryana, said that the participation of 20 countries in the Mela
offered encouragement and motivation. The government should think
about extending the duration of the
Mela from a fortnight to one month,
as it presented a colourful show of
cultural performances, and blended
the crafts and traditions of different
countries beautifully.
Mr Balram ji Das Tandon, Governor of Chhattisgarh, complimented
that Surajkund Mela offered a great
platform for the next generations to
connect with our culture and folk
arts. He further added that this Mela
offered a perfect opportunity to the
different states of the country to
showcase their culture and tradition.
The Mela had made a place in the
hearts of all international countries
too, said Mr Tandon. g
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Photo feature by Vinay Malik
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Dancers of different countries enthrall the audience
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A fashion show exhibits indian culture
A fashion show in progress
Foreigners join the tribal beat
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Making lassi in traditional style
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46 NEWS IN CAPSULE
HARYANA REVIEW MARCH 2015
THE MONTH THAT WAS
Orientation programme for
MLAs on use of IT
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal,
wants an orientation programme
organised for the MLAs on the eve of
every session of the Vidhan Sabha to
make them aware of their responsibilities and rights in the House.
He was addressing the MLAs on
the subject ‘Use of Information and
Technology (IT) in the functioning of
Vidhan Sabha’ at the MLAs’ orientation programme. In order to make
MLAs efficient in the use of IT, the
state government would organise a
20-hour training programme in collaboration with the Haryana Knowledge Corporation.
Apart from this, the MLAs could
enroll themselves for the 144-hour
course at their own will to become
efficient in IT. The Chief Minister
asked the MLAs to prepare a data
bank of their respective parliamentary constituencies.
Efforts would be made to ensure
that IT requirements of MLAs were
fulfilled in the House. “We all can
realise the dream of e-Parliament or
e-Vidhan Sabha with the use of IT.
Democracy is like a gift for us and it
is our duty to maintain its dignity,”
said Mr Manohar Lal.
After the formation of state government, it has started CM Window,
e-Registration and ‘Harsamay’ Portal
to ensure full transparency in the
works related to the people of the
state. These are yielding fruitful results and efforts are being made now
to set up single window system and
data-digitization.
The Chief Minister said that after
elections, the MLAs and the government represent the entire state,
not any particular party or person.
Therefore, the MLAs would have
to work by rising above the party
considerations. “We all would have to
work against social evils like female
foeticide,” he added.
Presiding over the programme,
former Chief Minister, Mr Bhupin-
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, with the former Chief Minister,
Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and the Leader of Opposition, Mr Abhay
Chautala, at the MLAs orientation programme in Chandigarh
der Singh Hooda, thanked Vidhan
Sabha Speaker, Mr Kanwar Pal, for
organising this Orientation Programme. Referring to the subject
‘Governor’s address and importance
of discussion on budget’, he said that
MLAs should not enter the House
without preparation. As the people
who have elected them watch the
proceedings on television during the
session, they should raise the issues
pertaining to their areas.
Leader of Opposition, Mr Abhay Chautala, said that it was the
responsibility of the Vidhan Sabha
speaker that every MLA should get
chance to put forth his views. This
would reduce mud-slinging and sarcasm in the House. He welcomed the
statement of the state government to
increase the duration of the Vidhan
Sabha session.
CM: Ordinance will bring
prosperity to farmers
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Lal, has strongly defended the ordinance promulgated by the Central
Government on land acquisition,
saying that it would only bring the
farmers prosperity and happiness
and lead to development of the country and asked people not to allow
themselves to be carried away by the
false and misleading propaganda
unleashed by some vested interests
against the Ordinance.
“We have to take forward the state
by rising above partisan politics. I
urge all to openly support the provisions made in favour of the farmers
in the Ordinance,” said Mr Manohar
Lal
All the provisions incorporated
in the ordinance to substantiate the
fact that these would only protect
the interests of the farmers as well
as of the land owners. “We need to
understand that land would have to
be acquired for providing drinking
water facilities in villages, housing
facility to the homeless poor and
developing infrastructure for setting
up industry,” CM added .
Provision has been made in the ordinance that enhanced compensation
would also be paid under 13 different
Central Acts, including the Railway
Act 1989, Power Act, 2003, Land Acquisition Mining Act 1885, Damodar
Valley Corporation Act, 1948 etc
under which land was acquired separately and less compensation was
paid. This means that the solatium
money of farmers and land owners
would be increased from 30 per cent
to 100 per cent.
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KMP expressway to be
completed in 3 years
The 136-km-long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway Project spanning
five districts, which suffered a lag of
five years under the previous state
government, should now come up
in less than three years. The construction work on the Expressway,
slated to pass through Sonepat,
Jhajjar, Gurgaon, Mewat and Palwal
districts, has been put on fast track
with the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Lal, giving his approval for resuming
work on the project in two phases
Manesar-Palwal and Manesar-Kundli. While the Manesar-Palwal section
would be completed in nine months,
the Manesar-Kundali section would
be completed in a period of two
years. This expressway would be six
lane. The completion of this project
would not only provide high speed
link to the Northern Haryana with
its southern districts like Gurgaon,
Faridabad and Palwal but also
de-congest National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi as the traffic from
the northern parts of the country
destined to other regions need not
pass through NCT of Delhi, thus
reducing pollution tremendously.
Gram Sachivalayas
to be set up
The state government has decided to
set up Gram Sachivalayas in the state
to bring Gram Panchayat and village
level functionaries of all departments
under one roof for better functioning and coordination. This step has
also been taken to ensure efficiency,
transparency and accountability in
the working of Gram Panchayat and
other agencies engaged in the process
of rural development. Apart from
this, Panchayat Ghar in nearly 3000
villages will be upgraded. The government has also decided to create 803
more posts of Gram Sachivs keeping
in view the increasing function of
Panchayats. A proposal to this effect
has been approved by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal.
In the first phase, one Gram
Sachivalaya will be set up in each
More Metro links sought
Committed to providing
greater metro connectivity to the
people, the state government, led
by Mr Manohar Lal, has, asked
the Central Government to provide
more metro links to the state.
These include Metro connectivity
between Faridabad and Gurgaon;
Dwarka and IFFCO Chowk,
Gurgaon; extension of Metro from
IFFCO Chowk to Sohna road;
extension of Metro to Kundli,
Sonipat; and Metro link from
YMCA Chowk, Faridabad, to
Ballabhgarh.
On Metro link between
Faridabad and Gurgaon, the
state government has pointed
out that there is a proposal
to link Qutub Minar and Badarpur
station with Metro by 2021 in
Phase IV of Delhi Metro. The
state has requested the Union
cluster. There are 6645 villages in
the state which have been clubbed in
2294 clusters. Each cluster consists
of 3-4 villages. Therefore, one Village
Secretariat in one cluster would be developed in the village having largest
population.
CM wants govt and media
to join hands
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal,
has stressed the need for the media
and government to work together for
the welfare of the people. On its part,
the government should learn to take
criticism in the right spirit, and improve upon its functioning, he said.
“Journalism is the fourth pillar of
democracy. A journalist must inform
and spread awareness among the people by criticizing the functioning of
the government and pointing out the
drawbacks,” said Mr Manohar Lal.
Urban Development Minister to
get the link between Qutub Minar
and Badarpur station constructed
latest by 2018.
Since the line between Qutub
Minar and Badarpur station will
pass through Delhi area, the state
has requested that a spur may
be planned along this line, which
may pass through the inhabited
areas of northern Faridabad
in Haryana, starting from
Surajkund, and connect to an
appropriate Metro station located
on Delhi-Faridabad route.
At present, Metro lines of more
than 12 km are operational in
Gurgaon which is well connected
with Delhi. Metro lines of 25-kmlength are under construction i.e.
13.875 kms in Faridabad, 4.875
kms in Bahadurgarh and 6.5 km
in Gurgaon.
Haryana Skill Development
Mission soon
The state government has decided to
set up Haryana Skill Development
Mission (HSDM) in the State with an
aim of providing quality skill training and professional knowledge to the
youth to enhance their employability
and bridge the skill deficit to meet
growing market demand for skill
manpower.
The Mission will increase employability of youth and empower them
to take part in the economic growth
of the State and the Country, through
skill training in modern and market
driven professions at reasonable cost
and monitor its delivery, and thereby
reducing unemployment, poverty
and socio-economic inequality. The
present skill building capacities in
various departments in both the formal as well as informal sectors in the
state is 3.30 lakh per annum. g
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Preetinder Kaur Sodhi
W
ith the view to making the
citizens of Haryana hale and
hearty, the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has kicked off the ‘Khelega
Haryana-Badega Haryana’ awareness
campaign from Moti Lal Nehru Sports
School, Rai, in Sonipat. The campaign
would cover the entire state to keep
every citizen healthy and disease-free.
Vyayamshalas will be opened in every
village in over two acres of land to
draw every individual to yoga and
sports.
This programme would encourage
the youth of the state to participate in
different sports and would also boost
their sporting career. “Every week,
such programme would be held in
one district where one state minister
would participate in the marathon
along with children and local people.
The campaign would lay a strong
foundation for a healthy Haryana,”
said Mr Manohar Lal.
SPORTS POLICY-2015
In order to make the state a sports
hub, ‘Physical Activities and Sports
Policy-2015’ has been formulated
under which the amount of cash
awards has been increased and new
awards have been instituted. The cash
award for Gold medal in Olympics has
been increased from Rs 5 crore to Rs
6 crore; for Silver, from Rs 3 crore to
Rs 4 crore; and for Bronze, from Rs 2
crore to Rs 2.5 crore. The award money for participation in Olympics has
also been increased from Rs 11 lakh to
Rs 15 lakh.
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar
Lal, said that emphasis had been laid
in the new policy on developing sports
infrastructure of global standards.
The state government will give right
to employment to the medal winners
in recognised international competitions. For the security of players, an
insurance scheme has been formulated to insure them against sports-related accidents, sports injuries and other
exigencies.
A pension scheme has also been
designed to offer players concrete
lifetime assistance in the form of a
pension. They are also being given
quota in house allotment and jobs. The
The Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, participating in the marathon along
with people after launching the ‘Khelega Haryana-Badega Haryana’
campaign at Moti Lal Nehru Sports School, Rai, Sonipat
The play way
to progress
The Chief Minister has launched the ‘Khelega
Haryana-Badega Haryana’ programme which
aims at drawing every individual to yoga and
sports to keep the state healthy and disease-free
existing policy of giving employment
in a government department or public
sector undertaking to medal winners
in recognised international competitions or an outstanding player of
international repute and one who has
played for India in international tournaments will be made more transparent and based on well-defined criteria
leaving no scope for discretion. g
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Saurabh Duggal
A
s expected Haryana sportspersons dominated the scene at the
35th edition of the National Games in
Kerala held from January 31 to February 14, 2015. The state contingent with
107 medals, including 40 gold, finished
overall third, behind Services and
host Kerala.
In the previous edition (Ranchi
2011) too, Haryana finished third and
before that at Guwahati 2007, the state
was fifth. From the very beginning,
the state contingent made their presence felt in a big way and continued
till the end. In the first-half of the
games, the wrestling event was held
and the state wrestlers lived up to the
billing and set the momentum of the
state’s medal tally.
Out of 24 gold medals at stake
in wrestling, the state completely
dominated the sport and won 18 gold
and overall 22 medals in the discipline, which is also the state game.
Apart from wrestling, another rural
sport that has roots intact in the state,
kabaddi, saw both men and women
dominate the proceedings from the
first game till the end. The state won
both the titles in the sport.
Besides their stronghold disciplines of wrestling, kabaddi, athletics,
boxing, the Haryana players shined in
other disciplines too. The state contingent won 107 medals (40G, 40S, 27B) in
19 disciplines, including less-followed
sports in the state such as beach handball, wushu, rughby 7s and fencing. The main highlight of Haryana's
performance was Dharamvir becoming the fastest athlete of the National
Games. He won gold in 100m and had
the honour of being the fastest. He
also doubled his individual tally by
winning gold in 200m sprint.
The honour of winning maximum
medals by an individual from the state
went to swimmer Shivani Kataria.
She won two gold and silver (200m
freestyle, 100m freestyle and 50m
freestyle). WRESTLING REMAINS THE FORTE The state wrestlers almost made a
clean sweep in the sport. In the men's
freestyle section, the state won titles
in five out of the eight weight catego-
Haryana shines in
ries each. In the men's freestyle, the
state dominated in six out of eight
weight categories. And the women
wrestlers by clinching gold in seven
out of eight weight categories were
far ahead. The main highlight of the
wrestling competition was commonwealth games medalist Suman Kundu
ruling the mat. Recovering from a
back injury, she made a comeback
after a long time. ATHLETES SHINING In athletics, the state won 14 medals,
including four gold and four silver.
Rajinder Singh created a new national
record in javelin throw and also qualified for the world championship. SHOOTING, ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR After wrestling, shooting is the
biggest contributor in the state medal
tally. The state shooters won 15 medals, including two gold and nine silver.
London Olympian ‎Sanjeev Rajput
helped the state team win gold in 50m
3 position rifle and team silver in 10m
air rifle. TEAM DISCIPLINES
The state teams won gold in both men
and women kabaddi as well as in netball. Apart from that, the men's rughby7s won gold, while women handball
team also added a gold in the tally. g
The writer is Senior Sports
Journalist with Hindustan Times,
Chandigarh
Medals tally for Haryana (Sport wise)
Sport
Gold
Athletics
4
Beach Handball
0
Badminton
0
Boxing
1
Cycling
1
Football
0
Fencing
0
Gymnastics
0
Weightlifting
2
Handball
1
Hockey
0
Judo
2
Kabaddi
2
Netball
2
Rugby 7s
1
Shooting
2
Swimming
2
Taekwondo
2
Wrestling
18
Wushu
0
Overall Total
40
* Subject To Official Confirmation
Silver
4
0
2
3
4
0
1
1
2
0
1
4
0
0
0
9
3
2
2
2
40
Bronze
6
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
4
0
3
2
0
27
Total
14
1
2
6
7
1
1
1
4
1
2
11
2
2
1
15
5
7
22
2
107
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Our lad in World Cup squad
Mohit Sharma in action
Haryana pacer Mohit Sharma has made it
to the Indian squad for the World Cup. In
the debut match against Pakistan on February 15, he took two wickets for 35 runs Ashutosh Sharma
M
ohit Sharma’s rise has been
slow, steady and self assuring
for him and his family, which went
against the tide to support him in
his bid to play cricket. Chances were
high that Mohit, had he not discovered cricket, might have done some
professional course and found a job
near his residence in Garg Colony,
Ballabhgarh in the industrial belt
of Faridabad. After all, there was
no precedence or role model in his
family, or as a matter of fact in his
neighbourhood, for Mohit to take up
the game.
FROM GALI CRICKET TO A STAR
His talent was first discovered in gali
cricket and local tennis ball tournaments before it was honed at Vijay
Yadav’s Academy. “Hard work and a
will to succeed and fight against all
odds is what set him apart. He was
never shy of the grind. His rise has
been steady but people know little of
the hardships,” says Vijay Yadav.
It was in 2008 that Mohit, after a
string of injuries, almost gave up
cricket. He did well in the under-19
format for Haryana but a back injury
left him bed ridden for almost a year.
With no cricket, Yadav feared that
Mohit might fall into bad company or
leave cricket altogether.
“I asked for one year from him
and told him to stay with me at the
hostel of my academy,” Yadav recalls.
Mohit not only had physiotherapy
there but also worked on his action.
After the first Ranji season where
he got to play only three matches, in
the second season with Haryana, he
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finished with 37 wickets.
“That season for Haryana for me
was the defining moment for Mohit
in his career. That set him up for
everything that followed-- the IPL
success with Chennai Super Kings
and a berth in Indian team. Consistency is what sets him apart now.
He works hard on his game,” Yadav
adds.
Yadav also feels that it’s his wards
ability to remain grounded and down
to earth that will serve the medium
pacer well. “Despite all the earnings
from cricket he still lives in the same
house with his family,” he says.
Mohit’s elder brother Amit
Bhardwaj says every time he is
home, Mohit makes it a point to talk
to everyone in the family. “He is not a
big showoff. Left to his own devices,
he will probably start chatting with
youngsters standing in the street
in front of the house or in the park
nearby. I remember when he came
back after the first season with CSK
we had a grand party arranged.
He was initially reluctant but then
enjoyed interacting with everyone,”
Amit adds.
MODEST, DOWN TO EARTH
Mohit still owns a modest Wagon R,
a swift Dzire and a bike. “He is very
modest, the only splurge that he has
afforded till now is a bike he bought.
But that too he hasn’t driven much,”
says his brother.
Aniket Upadhyay, Mohit’s roommate at the hostel and now a coach,
recalls Mohit as a jovial person, who
used to pull pranks on juniors at
the hostel. “They were harmless in
nature like waking the juniors up
at 2am when the reporting time in
summers used to be 4:30am. But apart
from that, Mohit used to be very focused on the game. Visualisation was
something that he used to do when he
was not practicing. It was cricket on
his mind 24x7,” says Aniket.
Aniket adds that even now when
he comes to the academy, he sleeps
in the same room and eats whatever
the rest of the trainees are having.
“There isn’t slightest of ego in him,”
he says.
There have been no short cuts for
Mohit in his career. “If you see, he
played Haryana under-17, under-19
and under-22 before making a debut
in first class. Later IPL, and then
team India, everything has been step
by step progression,” says Yadav.
Mohit’s 37 wickets in seven Ranji
games in 2012-13 season helped him
bag the CSK contract. In IPL, he then
took 20 wickets opening the balling
for CSK and even bowling in powerplays. His eventual promotion to team
India was seen as MS Dhoni’s vote of
confidence in his abilities.
“Mohit describes Dhoni as the
nicest person he has come across. He
is aware of Dhoni’s faith in him and
his abilities,” Amit adds. Former India medium pacer
Harvinder Singh says that it is Mohit’s accuracy coupled with line and
length that will help him in Australia.
“He is a rhythm bowler. His line and
length have always been good. He can
prove to be a vital cog in team India’s
World Cup campaign,” he adds.
In the last five years a lot has
changed for Mohit but Yadav believes
that his ward’s unwavering focus on
the game will help him come good in
Australia. “Very early in his career,
I asked him to stay true to his game
and set his priorities straight. He has
heeded my advice and you can see
there is no undue splurge of wealth
or any showoff. He has keen understanding of how his life has changed
and implications of his action as seen
by the public,” Yadav adds.
EXPERIMENTATION WILL HELP
Mohit has been handed a golden
opportunity to be part of the World
Cup but former India pacer Harvinder Singh feels that he will have to
be smart and wise when bowling in
Australian conditions.
“The wickets there are hard and
the bounce is true, so if you keep
bowling a similar line and length by
third ball, the batsman will hit you
over the fence. He will have to adjust
and vary his line and length to outfox
the batsman. He is a rhythm bowler
but will need to be little flexible,
depending on conditions and match
situation.” g
The writer is a staffer with the
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
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52
of Haryana have come up with their
creations depicting women trailing a
new blaze with dynamism, optimism,
and a real desire for achievement.
“Today women are reaching high
levels of efficiency – from being just
housewives which is not easy either,
to being working woman. There are a
few male bastions today that women
have not broken into. Whether it’s a
job requiring mental skills or physical stamina, they have proved their
mettle in every field,” says Kiran
Sharma, an artist from Shahbad.
DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Her acrylic painting depicting a
self-reliant and confident woman
with a real desire for achievement
shows the woman’s ability to hold
her own place of pride at home or at
work with equal aplomb. With strong
colours and bright strokes, the artist
attempts to reflect upon the routine
By Sadhana Sangar
By Neenu Vij
Artists pay an
ode to women
Some artists of Haryana have come up with
their creations depicting women trailing a
new blaze with dynamism, optimism, and a
real desire for achievement
Anjana Datta
T
oday Indian women are close to
being cast into the superwoman
mould. They have realised that life is
more than just raising children and
looking after home. They are zealously marching ahead, wonderfully
balancing their work and home, and
giving a new meaning to their life.
As on March 8, we all celebrate
Women’s Day by speaking out aloud
on issues related to women by organising various events to mark the occasion by listing their achievements
in various fields of life, some artists
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schedules of women. With a style
that is bold and refreshing, the artist
lends a new meaning to her art which
gives a powerful, curious and sensitive message to the viewers.
“And while they are achieving
such exalted levels of efficiency, pray
tell me what are the Indian men up
to,” asks Neena Vij, another artist
based in Panchkula. “ Is she safe and
secure in our society? It is a sad reality that as she climbs the executive
ladder and occupies the top slot, but
she still finds herself totally unsafe
and insecure in the society,” she elucidates further.
Done with utmost care and sensitivity, her oil painting, depicting a
helpless and terrified woman avoiding a wistful glance from the stalkers
and prowlers around, emerges out
of such situations. Her figures are
outlined in bold black, with large
expressive eyes. She uses the vignette
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By Kiran Sharma
method in applying colours. Black is
predominant and all her frames are
also in black. Her work is powerful,
curious and sensitive, just like her
theme.
“Even while the world is marching
ahead triumphantly in the 21st century, one shudders to think about the
rising graph of crime against women.
This world is no more a safe place for
a woman to live in. She is terrified of
molestation, physical assaults, robbery, snatchings and worse still, gang
rape,” says Shakti Singh Ahlawat,
another artist based in Rohtak.
HARPING ON SAFETY THEME
Echoing the same sentiments, he
attempts to display such a traumatic
vision in his acrylic painting of a
lady in black, blue and white colours,
huddled alone for safety from the
miscreants. In his painting, he uses
thick pigments unconventionally and
seems too fond of colour blue and
black, but he has a strong control of
line and form.
“Art, as a whole, reflects the times.
The existing norms and forms create
art. The artists create what they see.
And, these days, we see a lot of it
happening around. Hence, the portraying of human emotions in art,”
says Sadhana, another artist from
this region.
In her oil painting, we have the
outpourings of an even more metaphysical meaning action-oriented
expression where nature and biology
swap roles while dreams and nightmares are the theme for the day.
Nature adorns the mantle of empathy
– birds, flowers and animals. Sadhana
depicts sparrows in her painting,
which symbolise freedom.
“A girl child in India finds herself
in a pitiable and deplorable condition
from conception till death. Despite
all the tall claims in the name of
modernity and education, the truth
is that a girl child is standing at the
crossroads,” says Sadhana.
“She aspires for freedom and
higher things in life. On looking back,
she sees the conservative society that
demeans her existence and makes
her feel unwanted. She puts a step
forward but her feet are bound by
deep-rooted social prejudices against
her. She yearns for a place of respect
in and outside the family,” she explains further.
Inspired by nature, Sadhana simplifies nature to the point of abstraction by depicting sparrows as her
theme for freedom. A unique feature
of her work is the transparent effect
she tries to achieve which is strong in
texture and bold in composition, too.
Quick brush strokes and the brilliant
use of bright colours rejuvenate
sheen and all these lend it a soothing
effect.
“Our idea is to bring about a
change in the attitude and mindset of
the people by questioning the social
taboos and prejudices and break
free from gender-biased myths still
held by the society. We want to create
awareness on the issues that hamper
the well-being and development of
women through our works,” concludes Neenu Vij. g
The writer is a freelance journalist
54 POTPOURRI
DO
YOU
KNOW?
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Extremists have shown what frightens them
the most: a girl with a book"
- Malala Yousafzai
This woman works
The United Nations began
n
observing International Women's
Day, March 8, in 1975 - the
International Women's Year.
Women perform 66% of the
n
world’s work and produce 50%
of the food. They earn just 10%
of incomes and own 1% of the
property globally.
Out of 197 countries, only 22
n
of them have women currently
serving as heads of state — just
11.2%.
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She is the epitome of strength
The sun from which all seek life,
Under her breast, we are nourished
In her embrace, we are warmed.
This woman works,
Cultivates her field as the sun rises
Stirs her pot as the sun sets.
This woman, my mother.
She is the continuation of a lineage
The link between past and future
The present, a missing rib to one son of Adam.
Her eyes are not only windows to the soul
But a reflection of her society.
This woman works,
Gains knowledge in books and art
The light that guides all around her.
This woman, my sister.
She is the glue that pieces together a broken heart
The blanket of warmth from a cold shoulder
Rosa Parks on a bus seat
She symbolises beliefs and faith.
This woman works
The star that shines in the darkest of nights
The way that bears the will of a people.
This woman, my lover and friend.
This woman works
And today I celebrate her.
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