Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 18 th October,2019 :The Chandigarh Administration has decided to grant Special Casual Leave on 21.10.2019 (Monday) to all those voters/ employees who are working with Chandigarh Administration/ Boards/ Corporations/ Institutions/   Industries/ Factories/ Private Sectors/ Shops and also fall within the purview of Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 and are registered voters in Haryana. This step has been undertaken to enable those enable those who are registered voters in Haryana, to exercise their franchise in the ensuing Legislative Assembly Election   of Haryana on 21.10.2019   (Monday). The daily    wage    employees    in    Industrial   Shops    and    Commercial Establishments    would   be entitled to the benefits   of   paid   holiday    extended under   Section 135B(I)   of   the Representation of the People...

Chandigarh, 17th October 2019: It has been observed that the applicants had to visit the office of the Chandigarh Housing Board to purchase application forms for its various services. To simplify the process, the applicants can download these forms, free of cost, from the website of the CHB i.e. www.chbonline.in The applicants using the downloaded application forms will not be asked to pay anything extra. Further the existing formats of application forms, affidavits, undertakings, indemnity bonds and agreements are being revised in next about 15-20 days. Efforts are being made to simplify these forms to that extent possible so that one can use these forms without any assistance. It is also mentioned that limited printed forms are available at the Reception in ‘C’ Block of the CHB premise for the time being at the same cost.

Chandigarh, 16th October 2019: A State level function was organized at the U.T. Guest House today by the Directorate of Technical Education, UT, Chandigarh to celebrate the concluding function on account of Apprenticeship Pakhwara programme in Chandigarh as per the directions of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Govt of India.   Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary Home cum Principal Secretary Technical Education, UT, Chandigarh urged the local units of Industry to come forward in engaging Apprentices in their establishments/ organisations.  He stated that Chandigarh Administration aspires to create such an enabling environment for the apprentices and the industries where there is a mutual benefit sharing and also the compliance of the provisions of the Apprenticeship Act 1961.   Shri Sachin Rana, State Apprenticeship Advisor, Chandigarh urged the Private Organisations as well as Govt. / Semi Govt. organizations, to offer the...

Chandigarh, 14th October 2019: During the month of June 2019, 10 days special camps for collection of outstanding rent from Small Flats were organized by the Chandigarh Housing Board at 07 locations i.e Dhanas, Ramdarbar, Maulijagran, Sector-38, West Sector-49, Sector-56 and at  Industrial Area Phase-I. Further 03 days mini-camps were organized at these locations during the month of July 2019. Special Counters have also been provided in these locations to collect monthly rents. These efforts resulted into recovery of more than Rs. 10 crores during last four months but rent amount more than Rs. 20 crores are yet to be recovered from the allottees of the Small Flats.  Here it is mentioned that monthly rent of the small flats is Rs. 800/- for first five years and the same is increased by 20% after every five years. Hence the monthly rent is highly subsidized and the allottees should have cleared their dues to avoid the actions like cancellation and eviction etc. ...