Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 23 rd  April 2019:  On the second day of training for Presiding Officers/Polling Officers  at Government College Sector 10, fourteen Presiding/Polling Officers left the training venue without giving certificate regarding training and mandatory test. Amrik Singh, Assistant Manager Director Census Operations Amrinder Singh, Senior Assistant Estate Office, Chandigarh Chander, Ram  Assistant Manager Punjab National Bank Square, Sector 17B, Chandigarh Chandi Prashad Instructor Director Technical Education, Sector 12, Chandigarh. Rajinder Sehgal, Senior Assistant Estate Office Rajneesh Bhandari, Senior Assistant Chandigarh Bank of Commerce, Madhya Marg, Sector 8, Chandigarh. Shyam Sunder, Assistant Manager Oriental Bank of Commerce, Madhya Marg, Sector 8, Chandigarh. Susheel Sharma, TGT GMHS 28C, Chandigarh. Narayan Chandra Roy State Bank of India, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Naresh Gupta, Manager Union Bank of...

Chandigarh, 23rd April 2019:  A meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Smt. Amisha S Gupt, IRS to review the election preparedness in the Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency.  She has been appointed as Expenditure Observer for Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency by Election Commission of India. At the onset a detailed presentation was given by the Assistant Expenditure Observer about the  Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency wherein various measures for preparedness were discussed including working of District MCMC, preparation of polling stations, security arrangements, implementation of Model Code of Conduct, static surveillance teams, flying squads, C-Vigil App, deployment of forces  expenditure monitoring, intensive hands-on procedural training of presiding and polling officials, PwD voting App, reserve teams, strengthening of manpower, EVM management system,  SVEEP campaigns. Thereafter, every Nodal officer gave presentation in detail...

Chandigarh, 22nd April 2018: An Orientation Programme for School Principals and Mathematics, Science and Language teachers of UT, Chandigarh was organized by CBSE in collaboration with Education Department, Chandigarh at Delhi Public School, Sector 40-C, Chandigarh. It was attended by 302 participants including Principals and teachers of various schools. Ms. Reema Dewan, Principal, Delhi Public School, Chandigarh thanked CBSE and the U.T. Administration for giving the school an opportunity to facilitate such an event. The eminent guests at the Orientation were Ms. Anita Karwal, Chairperson CBSE, Mr. B.L. Sharma, Education Secretary, Chandigarh, Dr Joseph Emmanuel, Director Academics, CBSE, and Trainings CBSE, Mr. Rubinderjit Singh Brar, DSE, U.T. and Deputy Secretaries of CBSE in addition to other key officials of the Department of Education, Chandigarh. Ms. Anita Karwal, Chairperson, CBSE in her keynote address on Hubs of Learning and Annual Pedagogical Plan emphasized o...

Chandigarh, 22nd April, 2019:  With the notification of elections in the Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency today, the 2nd round of Training for Presiding Officers/Polling Officers commenced at the Auditorium, Government Home Science College, sector-10, Chandigarh. Around 3000 polling personnel have been appointed as presiding and polling officers. One round of training has already been provided to all. Two venues have been selected for the second round of training namely Government Home Science College Sector 10 and Government College sector 42 Chandigarh. A detailed training schedule has been worked out from 22nd April to 30th April wherein hands on training is being imparted to all the officials. During the training, a presentation highlighting the roles and responsibilities of Presiding and Polling Officers with respect to preparation of polling booth, conduct of mock poll, along with the components and functioning of EVM/VVPAT machine was delivered. A hands-on tr...

Chandigarh, 23 rd  April 2019:   The Election Commission of India had announced General Elections to Lok Sabha on 10 th  March, 2019 and with the announcement of the Election Programme, the Model Code of Conduct came into force. The General Election to the Lok Sabha for Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency has been scheduled in the 7 th  Phase. As per the schedule, notification for elections in Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency has been issued today.  The last date of filing nominations is 29 th  April 2019 and the scrutiny of nominations will be done on 30 th  April 2019. The withdrawal of candidature can be done by 2 nd  May 2019. The polling in Chandigarh Parliamentary Constituency will take place on 19 th  May 2019 and counting is scheduled on 23 rd  May 2019 In Chandigarh Parliamentary constituency there are 597 polling booths and 191 Polling Stations/ Location in total. As per the current assessment, only 212 polling...

Chandigarh, 16th April, 2019: A review meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Chief Electoral Officer- cum- Finance Commissioner, Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha to assess the methodology devised by the Election Department for imparting intensive hands on training  by the Master Trainers for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Chandigarh. During the meeting, a presentation highlighting the components and functioning of EVM/VVPAT machine, Role of presiding officer and polling officers was delivered. The first round of training of polling personnel's, sector officers, BLOs Micro observers, Nodal officers have already been done. The second round of training will begin from 22 April, 2019. The Chief Electoral Officer stressed that the training should focus on imparting role specific information to each Officer. Along with practical knowledge,giving hands-on training regrading usage of EVM/VVPAT, following laid down SOPs and filling up of various forms. Every personnel a...

Chandigarh, 16th April, 2019:  A meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner cum Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar with the representatives from Resident Welfare Associations to discuss activities that can be initiated by them under the SVEEP programme.  The meeting aimed at making sure that every person who is eligible to vote registers as a voter before 19th April, 2019 and access their fundamental right to vote on 19 May, 2019. All the representatives participated with full enthusiasm and cleared their queries by putting across different case scenarios and sought clarification from the officers regarding the entire election procedure. Ideas shared by the members for maximising voter participation included organizing electoral awareness camps, demonstrating the working of EVMs and VVPATs and display of Election related promotional material in societies and reaching out to the residents of all their associations through v...