Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

The Board in its 421st meeting held today on 06.08.2020, after detailed deliberations, has taken following decisions: 1.The Paying Guest Policy of the Chandigarh Administration is to be made applicable for the Independent Houses of CHB of the same category. However before its implementation, approval of the UT Administration will be obtained.   2.The proposed General Self Financing Housing Scheme in Sector-53, Chandigarh needs to be reworked. The matter to be again taken up with the UT Administration for increase in the Density and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) so that more flats with better specifications can be constructed. Thereafter the revised scheme may be brought before the Board for consideration.   3.For independent houses of the CHB, standard drawings will be got approved from the Chief Architect of UT Administration. Thereafter the approved standard drawings will be uploaded on the website of the Chandigarh Housing Board. In case of re-construction of independent hou...

Chandigarh: 6th August, 2020: Department of Forests and Wildlife, Chandigarh has announced the winners of Vrikshabandhan Lucky Draw held on the occasion of Rakshabandhan. Vrikshabandhan was a campaign in which more than 1000 participants tied Rakhi on the trees and took the pledge to conserve the nature. “Vrikshabandhan” was organized as a part of the ongoing Van Mahotsava campaign, underlining the department’s purpose to “Save Trees”.   The campaign saw a great number of participants who sent in their images for a chance to get them, space in the Department’s newsletter “The Jungle Book” and Mrs. Seema Rani, Principal, Government Model Senior Secondary School in Dhanas, Chandigarh, Prof. Binu Dogra, Principal, Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector- 42, Chandigarh, Dr.Ranjana Sharma, Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector- 42 Chandigarh & Sh. Vivek Sharma were the Lucky Winners. The other Lucky Winners are Sh. Chand Shekhar, Sh. Varinder Singh and Sh. R...

Chandigarh.5 August,2020:Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore today presided over Daily War Room meeting.   The meeting was attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, and Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police at Punjab Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, Sh. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services & Director Principal, GMCH through Video Conferencing.   WAR ROOM DIRECTIONS   1.Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that there are 114 patients in the Covid Block, out of which 46 belong to Chandigarh, 40 from Punjab, 13 from Haryana, 06 each from Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, 02 from Rajasthan and 02 from Jharkhand.   He also stated that ...

The Chandigarh, August 5, 2020: With an aim to benefit citizens and to reduce requirement of seeking physical documents from citizens for availing various public services, the Adviser to the Administrator has issued orders asking all departments and boards and corporation under Chandigarh Administration to adopt and implement DigiLocker platform. All departments shall be issuing certificates to the citizens through DigiLocker. Departments have also been asked to the accept digital documents issued by other government entities through DigiLocker.   With the issuance of the order, documents issued on the DigiLocker platform shall be treated as at par with physical copies and accepted by all. This in line with the provisions of IT ACT 2000 and further rules issued by Ministry of Electronics and IT in 2016 and 2017 regarding Digital Locker. DigiLocker is a flagship initiative of Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Govt. of India under the Digital India programme. It is a secu...

Chandigarh.3 August,2020:Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore today presided over Daily War Room meeting.   The meeting was attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator at Punjab Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, Sh. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through Video Conferencing.   WAR ROOM DIRECTIONS   1. Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that they have tested 743 covid samples, out of which 65 were found positive. Among the positive samples, 31 belong to Chandigarh, 17 from Punjab, 10 from Leh/Ladhak and rest from the neighbouring states. He also stated that there are 104 critical COVID cases, out of which 49 belong to Ch...

Chandigarh.31July,2020:It is for the information to the general public/residents of Chandigarh that the registration for participating in e-auction of left over fancy/special registration numbers of previous series “CH01CB”, “CH01CA”, CH01BZ”, “CH01-BY”, “CH01-BX”, “CH01-BW”, “CH01-BV”, “CH01-BU”, “CH01-BT” & “CH01-BS” (list enclosed) will be started from 01.08.2020 (10:00 AM) and will continue till 07.08.2020 (05:00 PM). The e-auction/bidding will be started from 08.08.2020 (10:00 AM) to 10.08.2020 (05:00PM). The owner of the vehicle can register himself/herself on the National Transport website: https://vahan.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. Aadhaar ...

Chandigarh. 31 July, 2020: On the Occasion of Rakshabandhan, the Department of Forests & Wildlife, UT Chandigarh has initiated a unique way to celebrate Rakshabandhan. As part of this program, preparations are being made to tie a Rakhi (defense thread) to green trees and plants. During the celebrations, nature lovers of Chandigarh are invited at Sukhna Lake and Botanical Garden to celebrate Vrikshabandhan, wherein people can tie Rakhi to any of the trees to show their love for the nature. A specially designed stall shall be installed on August 3rd to guide the public. A pledge shall also be taken on this day by the public wherein the participant shall sign the pledge and put it in a box placed at the stall. While talking about the initiative Sh. Debendra Dalai, Chief Conservator of Forests, Chandigarh Administration said, This is one way to strengthen our bond with nature through the age old tradition of Rakshabandhan. This seems to be a unique initiative wherein general publ...

Chandigarh, 31st July 2020: A Video Conference was held under the Chairmanship of Addl. Secretary (UT), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India regarding Labour Reforms in Union Territory, Chandigarh. The said VC was attended by Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Secretary Labour, Chandigarh Administration, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, IAS, Labour Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Jagjit Singh, PCS, Joint Secretary (Labour) and Sh. Varun Beniwal, Assistant Labour Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh. ​​Upon the directions of the Govt. of India, the Chandigarh Administration has recently undertaken many labour reforms such as introduction of the concept of Fixed Term Employment, Self Certification Scheme for the benefit of factories and shops, introduction of the new Transparent Inspection Policy - 2020, enhancement of the working hours of workers in factories from 8 to 12 hours in a day & 72 hours in a week under the Factories Act, 1948, exemption given to shops to open on all days in a week etc. A...

Chandigarh.31 July,2020.Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore today presided over Daily War Room meeting.   The meeting was attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator at Punjab Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, Sh. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through Video Conferencing.   WAR ROOM DIRECTIONS   1.Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that they have 105 covid patients, out of which 40 belong to Chandigarh, 37 from Punjab, 16 from Haryana, 04 from Himachal Pradesh and others from different states.   He stated that they have tested 953 covid samples, out of which 54 samples were found positive.   Dr. BS Chavan, D...