Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 29th April, 2016: In pursuance to the advice of Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer  Affairs, New Delhi, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to constitute a Committee, comprising the following for proper implementation of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) and The Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance if Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 and for further recommendations for fixation of stock limits of essential commodities i.e. pulses, edible oils, edible oilseeds, onions or any other commodity in respect of UT of Chandigarh. 1.      Secretary Food & Supplies and Consumer Affairs                  Chairman & Legal Metrology, U.T., Chandigarh 2.      District Magistrate, U.T., Chandigarh                         ...

Chandigarh, 29th April, 2016: The Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to change the nomenclature of the post of Secretary Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration to that of Secretary Social Welfare, Women & Child Development, Chandigarh Administration, and rename the Department of Social Welfare as “ Department of Social Welfare, Women & Child Development” with immediate effect.

Chandigarh, 29th April, 2016:  The Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to allow Smt. Kavita Singh, IAS, Managing Director, CITCO Ltd. Chandigarh to perform Election Duty as General Observer in the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu [Constituencies:176-Pattukkottai(Thanjavur) and 177-Peravurani(Thanjavur) from 29.04.2016 to 19.05.2016.                    Consequent upon proceeding on Election Duty as General Observer by Smt. Kavita Singh, IAS, Managing Director, CITCO Ltd. from 29.04.2016 to 19.05.2016 the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to assign the charge of the post of Managing Director, CITCO Ltd. to Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Director Tourism, UT, Chandigarh, in addition to his own duties, till the officer joins back. 

Chandigarh, 29th April, 2016: In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) and in view of Removal of ( Licensing requirements, Stock limits and Movement Restrictions) on Specified Foodstuffs Order, 2002, as issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) vide order no. G.S.R.104(E), dated 15.02.2002, the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh is hereby pleased to repeal the Chandigarh Food Articles ( Licensing and Control) Order 1991, published in the Extra Ordinary Gazette of Union Territory, Chandigarh vide No. DFSO-CH-12/91-4065 dated 04.09.1991, with immediate effect.

Chandigarh, 28 th April, 2016: Under the aegis of Sh. Bhupesh Chaudhary, IAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (East), a n anti-encroachment drive was conducted on 27.04.2016 by the Enforcement team, in the market of sec-29 and sec 30, Chandigarh. During the anti encroachment drive 40 challans were issued against the defaulter shopkeepers.

Chandigarh, 28 th April, 2016: Sh. Bhupesh Chaudhary, IAS, SDM(East), along with a team of Sanitary Inspectors today conducted a raid in the Grain Market (mandi) of Sector – 26, Chandigarh in the early morning at 06:30 am, and seized 60 kg Polythene and issued 7 challans of Rs 5000/- and 25 challans of Rs 500/-.

Chandigarh, 28 th April, 2016: The Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, today launched the Toll-Free Number 1800-180-2054 at the UT Secretariat, Chandigarh. The Toll-Free number has been created by the Zila Sainik Welfare Board to redress the grievances of serving and retired soldiers from any part of the country, which relate to the Chandigarh Administration. Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, President, Zila Sainik Board, during the launch shared that the Toll-Free number has been launched for easing up the process of grievance registration and reddressal for ex-servicemen, serving soldiers and their widows/wards, so that they can call on this number and register their complaints pertaining to any department of the Chandigarh Administration. Once the complaint is made, a registration number would be given to each complainant for future reference and to know the status of their complaint. Addressing the media during the launch, Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, s...

Chandigarh, 28th April, 2016:  Chandigarh Housing Board is bringing to the notice of the general public that the Board has extended the last date for acceptance of application forms upto 23.05.2016 for the Two Bed Room Self Financing Housing Scheme Sector-51, Chandigarh and also authorised all the branches of  the following Banks for 100% financing of the Earnest Money for the above said scheme:- i)                    HDFC Bank ii)                 State Bank of India iii)               Punjab National Bank iv)               Axis Bank v)                 Allahabad Bank vi)     ...

Chandigarh, April 27, 2016:  State Bank of Patiala in collaboration with CITCO launched 40 new pedal boats for leisure boating at Sukhna Lake today. The new boats were handed over in a ceremony for overall promotion of boating tourism in Chandigarh. Sh. Anurag Aggarwal, IAS, Home secretary, UT, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest. Also present were Sh. S. A. Ramesh Rangan, Managing Director, State Bank of Patiala, Smt. Kavita Singh, IAS, Managing Director, CITCO, Chandigarh and Smt. Papia Sengupta, Chief General Manager, SBP, Smt. Navjot Kaur, CGM CITCO. Senior officials of the Bank, Sh. Devendra Kumar, General Manager, Retail Network, Sh. Rajat Banerjee, Deputy General Manager, Chandigarh zone and other officials . A blood donation camp was organized in coordination with Government  Multi-specialty  Hospital Sector-16, Chandigarh in which around 61 donors from SBP staff and general public donated blood. A free health check up was also organized on this occasio...

 Chandigarh, 26th April, 2016:   On 25.04.2016, under the aegis of Sh. Bhupesh Chaudhary, IAS, Sub- Divisional Magistrate (East), a team of Sanitary Inspectors conducted a raid on traders of polythene bags in Industrial Area ph- II, Chandigarh and seized / destroyed two quintals of polythene.  On 26.04.2016, again SDM(East) and a team of Sanitary Inspectors raided Apni Mandi sector- 29, Chandigarh and seized 10 Kg polythene bags and issued 14 challans.  Today  an anti encroachment drive was also conducted by Enforcement team under the guidance of Sh. Bhupesh Chaudhary, IAS, SDM (East), in Electronics market sector-18 where the shopkeepers have encroached corridors in front of their shops and issued 45 challans against the erring shopkeepers. Sh. Bhupesh Chaudhary requested the residents of the city to go polythene free and gave assurance to the residents that such drives by the Administration will  make the City free from usage of plastic. ...

Chandigarh, 26th April, 2016: A meeting was held today at U.T. guest house under the chairmanship of Sh. Ajit M. Sharan, Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Ayush to discuss the arrangements to be made for International Yoga day to be celebrated at City Beautiful, Chandigarh which has already been selected for the event. However, it is likely that The Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi will attend the program but no official confirmation has been received on the same. Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration, Sh. Anurag Aggarwal, IAS,  Secretary Health-cum- Home Secretary, Sh. Sarvjit Singh, IAS, Finance Secretary, Sh Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Depinder Singh Dhesi, Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana along with other senior officers of Chandigarh Administration, Government of Punjab and Haryana were present during the meeting. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss about the arrangements to be made f...

Chandigarh, 26th April, 2016: Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is bringing to the notice of the applicants who have applied under the Self Financing Housing Scheme 2016 Sector 51-A, Chandigarh of the Chandigarh Housing Board that the Board shall follow the following steps towards the allotment of dwelling units under Sub-Scheme ‘B’ viz Assured Allotment Scheme: 1.                  The list of applicants will be displayed on the notice board of Reception as well as on the web-site of Chandigarh Housing Board on 31 st May 2016 for inviting objections from the applicants/bidders. 2.                  In case the number of applications is less under this sub scheme, then the balance dwelling units will be transferred in the sub-scheme ‘A’ and the number of dwelling unit’s category wise in the later scheme will be determined a...

Chandigarh, 26 th April, 2016: In pursuance of Chandigarh Administration Department of Personnel’s order bearing No. 22/5/54-IH(4)-2016/6281 dated 30.03.2016 and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Punjab Value Added Tax Act, 2005 (Punjab Act No. 8 of 2005) as applicable to the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to appoint Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Union Territory, Chandigarh as Excise &  Taxation Commissioner for the Union Territory of Chandigarh with effect from 30.03.2016. 

Chandigarh, 26 th April, 2016: It is for the information of the general public/residents of Chandigarh that registration for participating in e-auction of vehicle registration numbers of new series "CH01BG" for special/choice registration numbers 0001 to 9999 has been started from 26.04.2016 (10:00 AM) and will continue till 02.05.2016 (05:00 PM) and the e-auction will start on 03.05.2016 (10:00 AM) and will continue till 05.05.2016 (05:00PM). The owner of the vehicle can register himself/herself on the National Transport website: https://parivahan.gov.in/fancy and the link of the same is available on the Chandigarh Administration, Transport Department website: www.chdtransport.gov.in and obtain the Unique Acknowledgement Number (UAN). The owner of the vehicle who has purchased the vehicle at Chandigarh address only will be allowed to participate in e-auction. Sale Letter i.e Form No. 21, UID i.e. Adhaar Card and address proof of Chandigarh are mandatory to participate ...

Chandigarh, 25th April, 2016: Chandigarh Housing Board has been awarded with HUDCO award for best practices to improve the living environment 2015-2016 under the category of ‘Housing, Urban Poverty and Infrastructure’.  The award has been received by Sh. Maninder Singh, IAS Chairman CHB on 25.4.2016 during the function held at India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The award comprises of Momento and a cheque amounting to Rs.1.00 lacks.  The award was given by Dr. M. Ravikanth, IAS, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HUDCO.  The function was presided over by Sh. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govt of India.

Chandigarh, 24 th   April 2016:    Department of Health and Family Welfare is going to introduce IPV (inactivated polio virus) vaccine in immunization schedule in U.T. Chandigarh from 25 th   April 2016. As one of its four major objectives, the  Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018  calls on countries to introduce at least 1 dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into routine immunization schedules, strengthen routine immunization and withdraw oral polio vaccine (OPV) in a phased manner.     According to Dr Vanita Gupta, Director Health Services, Chandigarh has achievedgood Immunization coverage through Universal Immunization Programme*. Immunization is the most cost effective public health intervention that has delivered excellent results in vaccine preventable childhood diseases.IPV is one of the three vaccines that were approved by the government for inclusion in the UIP*.According to ...

Chandigarh, 24 th April 2016:  The Chandigarh Administration with huge fervor has celebrated the 125 th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar with a series of events conducted throughout the city . Every day a short film on the life, contribution and achievements of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was organized for the people of various villages of Chandigarh. In the memory of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar the Government of India has proposed to undertake a “Gramoday se Bharat Uday Abhiyan” in all the Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas of the country. The objective of the Abhiyan is to encourage Social hormony, promote farmers’ progress, improve livelihoods of the poor and strengthen Panchayati Raj system by educating them about the various initiatives/programmes/schemes undertaken by the Government.