Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh 1 st  June 2018:  The Governor of Punjab & Administrator, U.T Chandigarh, Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore today launched the Digiwings application at Raj Bhawan in the presence of Sh.   J.M.  Balamurugan , IAS, Secretary to Governor  and Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh. Digiwings is an Augmented Reality based Digital Experience at Sukhna Lake. A one of its kind initiative by Chandigarh Administration for the nature lovers and Tourists, Digiwings app has been created by Sh. Shashi Bhardwaj, Founder of Jaipur based smart solutions firm, Auriga IT Solutions with the joint efforts of Chandigarh e-governance society and Sh. Y S Bains, President Corporate Affairs, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd. Digiwings provide a real life experience of a wide range of birds with their animated models, sounds and information. Citizens can get pictures clicked with birds of their choice from the app a...

Chandigarh, 1st June, 2018: The National Nutrition Mission also known as POSHAN Abhiyaan was approved by Govt. of India in order to address the issue of Malnutrition. POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8 th  March 2018 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister in Distt. Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. The Abhiyaan aims to reduce stunting (2%), under-nutrition (2%), anaemia (3%) (Among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight (2%) per annum. The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022. In this Context a Regional workshop on POSHAN Abhiyaan and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandna Yojana (PMMVY) involving the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory, Chandigarh was organised at Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargava Auditorium, PGIMER, Chandigarh on 1 June, 2018. Worthy Secretary/Joint Secretary/ Principal Secretaries/ Directors and the representatives from the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh attended ...

Chandigarh 31 st  May 2018:  In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub Section (2), of Section 21 of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Chief Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh hereby delegates the powers exercisable by him for implementation of Chandigarh Advertisement Control Order, 1954 to Sh. Kamal Kishor Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, with immediate effect, for day today implementation of said Control Order.

Chandigarh 30 th  May 2018: The Animal Husbandry Department UT Chandigarh has launched a two months mass vaccination-cum-awareness drive against rabies in all villages of U.T. Chandigarh from 30-05-2018 to 08-08-2018 in coordination with Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Sector-38 Chandigarh. The purpose of organizing camps is to curb the menace of dreadful disease of rabies in animals as well as in human beings.           Capt Karnail Singh, PCS, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry stated, on the occasion of first camp at village Sarangpur, that in these camps Anti Rabies Vaccine shall be administered to every stray or pet dog, free of cost to combat the dreadful disease in rural areas of Union Territory Chandigarh. The camps shall be organized under the supervision of Veterinary Officer of the concerned area. The members of the concerned village Panchayats shall be involved in the drive to make it more succ...

Chandigarh 30 th  May 2018:  Under the supervision of Sh.  Arjun Sharma, IAS, Sub Divisional Magistrate(East), U.T, Chandigarh  a team of Sanitary Inspectors has conducted a surprise anti plastic, epidemic and sanitation raid in the  respective area of  transport area Sector 26,   Sector 20, and Sector 29 & 30,    U.T, Chandigarh and issued 03 challans of rupees 200/- 33 challans of rupees 500/- and 04 challans of rupees 5000/- to the defaulters and seized/destroyed  20 k.g  polythene bags/plastic.   

Chandigarh 29 th  May 2018: The Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, New Delhi has instituted Thirteen categories for awarding the Vayoshrestha Samman and the Government of India has invited two nominations (maximum) under each category. The Social Welfare Department, Chandigarh Administration invites applications from deserving individuals and institutions from amongst public for the Vayoshrestha Samman to be given on the occasion of International Day of the Elderly to be celebrated on October 1 for forwarding the same to the Government of India. Different categories of   awards are - Best Institution for Research and dissemination of Knowledge in the field of Ageing; Best Institution for providing Services to Senior Citizens; Best District Panchayat, Best Urban Local Body; Best State in Implementing the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and providing services and facilities to Senior Citizens; Best Private S...

Chandigarh 29 th  May 2018: The online Prospectus for centralized admissions in Government and Government Aided Colleges for the year 2018-2019 was released today by Sh. B.L. Sharma, IAS, Education Secretary, Chandigarh Administration in the presence of Sh. Rakesh Kumar Popli, PCS, Director Public Relations and other senior officials of the Higher Education Department at the UT Secretariat. Chandigarh Administration has taken this unique initiative of accepting online Application Forms for admission to all Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate courses in Government colleges and most of the courses in Grant-in-Aid Colleges for the session 2018-2019. For the convenience of applicants, Centralized Counseling would be held for certain UG and PG Courses. The prospectus is available on the official website of Higher Education Department i.e.   http://dhe.chd.gov.in . It contains information regarding the details of courses, number of seats in various colleges and the procedure to ...

Chandigarh 29 th  May 2018: The Govt. College of Yoga Education & Health, Sector 23-A, Chandigarh has organized a five day Yoga Awareness and Ayurvedic camp in the college premises from 29 th May to 02 June, 2018 (05:15 a.m. to 07:00 a.m.). The opening ceremony of the camp was graced by Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Secretary Sports, UT Chandigarh who was welcomed by Dr. Mahender Singh, Joint Director Sports, UT Administration & Principal of the college. The first day of the camp commenced with imparting information on adapting a healthy lifestyle through yoga by Mr. Roshan Lal & Ms. Sarghi Kohli which was followed by Suksham Vyayam and Breathing exercises. A special feature of the camp was free Ayurvedic medical checkup, Blood pressure by Ayurvedic doctors Dr. Rajiv Kapila & Dr. Aarti from AYUSH Department Sector-24 Chandigarh, Blood sugar checked by Mr. Raman & AIMIL team members, distribution of free Ayurvedic medicines and medicinal plants to all the particip...