Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 8 th June, 2017: In pursuance of Gazette notification No. F. No. X. 11029/6/2010-DDAP dated 17-07-2012 issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi and order of Secretary, Health, Chandigarh issued vide Endst. No. 1/68/FII(6)/2013/1127, dated 09-02-2015, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, District Magistrate, Chandigarh in exercise of the powers vested with him under Section 144 Cr.P.C. has hereby ordered that sale and production of Bottled Correcting Fluids, as well as bottled thinners of any chemical composition, both for ink erasing purposes as well as for nail polish removers and similar other purposes for retail sale, is hereby prohibited within the jurisdiction of Union Territory of Chandigarh, in the public interest for a period of 60 days.          

Chandigarh, 8 th June, 2017: Consequent upon proceeding on Earned Leave (Ex-India) from 21.06.2017 to 02.07.2017 by Smt. Navjot Kaur, PCS, Director Public Relations, U.T. Chandigarh, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to order that the following charges being held by her shall be looked after by Sh. Uma Shankar, PCS, Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, in addition to his own duties, till the officer joins back:- 1.      Director Public Relations 2.      Chief General Manager, CITCO 3.      Joint Secretary Cooperation 4.      Director Rural Development & Panchayat 5.      Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad 6.      Agriculture Census Officer 

Chandigarh, 6 th June, 2017: It is given to understand that certain persons (individuals/entities) are making fraudulent offers of benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) to potential beneficiaries.   It is hereby cautioned that M/o HUPA/Chandigarh Administration/Chandigarh Housing Board, Chandigarh has not authorized any person to collect money for availing of any benefit under PMAY (U) It is advised not to pay money or disclose details (such as –Aadhar card/Bank details/Phone numbers/E-mail id etc.) to any person for PMAY (U) Any such fraudulent activities are to be reported to the nearest police station.   Any person using the name or logo of PMAY (U) or M/o HUPA or responsible for abetment of any fraud in the name of PMAY (U) shall be liable for penal action. For any query regarding PMAY, may contact CHB, website http://chbonline.in / Phone No. 0172-4601827.

Chandigarh, 5 th  June, 2017:   A function was organized at  Tagore Theatre , Chandigarh on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’   by Municipal Corporation Chandigarh in collaboration with Department of Environment & Forests and Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, UT Chandigarh   wherein Sh. V.P.Singh Badnore, the Governor of Punjab & the Administrator, UT Chandigarh was the Chief Guest. On this occasion, “ Greening Chandigarh Action Plan 2017-18”  was released by the Chief Guest. He also launched Public Display of Air Quality Index  at 5 places in Chandigarh for its residents and distributed the Dust bins to the general public for segregation of dry and wet wastes   Annual Greening Chandigarh Action Plan is a guiding tool for all greening agencies of Chandigarh Administration to strategies effectively to fulfill their commitment of making City Beautiful more clean & green. He further told that against the target...

Chandigarh, 5 th June, 2017: The Joint online admission for year 2017-18 to under-graduate & post graduate colleges of Chandigarh was inaugurated today by H.E Sh. V. P. Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab & UT Administrator by launching the Joint online admission portal www.dhe.chd.gov.in at UT Secretariat in the presence of Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. M.P Singh, IAS, Secretary to Governor of Punjab, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. K. K. Jindal, IAS, Secretary Education & Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Director Higher Education, Chandigarh Administration. On this occasion H.E Sh. V. P. Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab & UT Administrator appreciated the initiative of Department of Higher Education in making the admission process simpler. He further said “This step towards joint online admission will bring all the records of the students online and will make the admission process more transparent and at the same time efficient & pape...

Chandigarh, 5 th June, 2017: The Chandigarh Housing Board has provided Tatkal facility for various services of CHB. Under this scheme, the cases of applicants are processed on priority basis. In order to bring further transparency, the Tatkal Section is now putting up the cases to the competent authority within 3 days from the date of receipt of application, after completion of all the required formalities. The Chandigarh Housing Board, as of date, i.e. 2 nd June, 2017, has provided Tatkal service to one thousand four hundred fifty nine applicants of various categories and earned a sum of Rs.5.14 crores as detailed below: - S. No. Category of scheme No. of cases Amount in Rs. 1 EWS 241       48,20,000.00 2 LIG 481    1,44,30,000.00 3 MIG 476    1,90,40,000.00 4 HIG ...

Chandigarh, 3 rd   June, 2017:   Continuing with the tradition, the city govt. schools have again proved their mettle by showing improved pass percentage in the CBSE class 10 results announced today afternoon .A total number 10736 students appeared in AISSE class 10( 2016-17) in 88 model and non- model category of govt. schools in Chandigarh. The overall pass percentage this year is 95.12% which is better than last year.                                                           In the Rural category Govt. Model Sr. Secondary schools at khuda lahora, Behlana, Rai-Pur khurd ,Kaimwala, Khuda- Alisher, Govt. high school khuda- jassu,Dhanas-1 ,Dadu majra and many urban schools have given 100% res...

Chandigarh, 2nd June, 2017:   Consequent upon proceeding on training program from 05.06.2017 to 30.06.2017 by Sh. Baldeo Purushartha, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to order that the following charges being held by him shall be looked after by Smt. Kavita Singh, IAS, Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corporation Ltd., Chandigarh, in addition to her own duties, till the officer joins back:- 1-       Commissioner, Municipal Corporation 2-       Nodal Officer (Smart City)