Chandigarh Oct 31 PTI Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that on the occasion of Haryana Day on November 1 round-the-clock electricity will be supplied to 5485 villages of the state under the Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon scheme The remaining 1000 villages in the state will also be covered under this scheme soon he said November 1 is also celebrated as the Haryana Day Haryana was carved out as a separate state on November 1 1966 Khattar was addressing a cultural evening organized on the eve of Haryana Day in Panchkula an official statement said He said that Haryana was carved out as a separate state from the then joint Punjab on November 1 1966 Initially Haryana lagged behind in industries electricity and water and proper resources were not available for farming But today Haryana has become a leading state in every field due to the hard work of the people of the state he said as per the statement PTI SUN MR MR

Chandigarh Oct 17 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday inaugurated 71 Har-Hith stores across the state more than two months after launching the scheme for opening the stores that will sell quality products of daily needs He inaugurated the stores from Gurugram and later said the state government now aims to open 5000 more such stores in the state Meanwhile 550 products of 60 companies have been made available at these stores an official statement said here Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said that the state government has set a target of providing employment to a member of every family of the state by 2025 and to achieve this goal no stone would be left unturned for creating new dimensions of self-employment The Chief Minister inaugurated a Har-Hith store in Farrukhnagar town in Gurugram district and after the inauguration Khattar also bought some goods from that store After this the Chief Minister went to a tourist complex in Sultanpur Gurugram from where he virtually inaugurated 70 other Har-Hith stores opened across the state While on the one hand youth will get employment opportunities from these stores on the other people will get pure certified and quality goods at affordable rates near their homes he said The Chief Minister said these stores would be opened in an area having a population of 3000 in rural areas and 10000 in urban areas Apart from MSMEs small industrial units and cooperative sector units quality products prepared by the Self Help Groups will be made available at these stores at a price lower than that in the market he said PTI SUN MR MR

Chandigarh Sep 29 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday directed the Food Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs department to ensure smooth and hassle-free procurement of paddy during the current Kharif Marketing Season beginning October 1 While reviewing the arrangements and preparedness for the paddy procurement season at a high-level meeting the chief minister asked the Food and Civil Supplies Department the nodal agency for the procurement operations to ensure all necessary arrangements for smooth prompt and seamless procurement and storage of paddy Reiterating his governments firm commitment Channi said that every single grain of the farmers produce would be lifted from the market and strict adherence to the prescribed norms of timely payment to the farmers would be ensured an official statement said Meanwhile Food Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu said the persistent and personal efforts of Chief Minister Channi on Wednesday yielded authorisation of Cash Credit Limit CCL of Rs 3571273 crore up to end October 2021 for procurement of paddy during Kharif Marketing Season KMS 2021-22 As per the statement Reserve Bank of India RBI has sanctioned CCL of over Rs 35713 crore for paddy procurement against Rs 42013 crore demanded by the state government and the remaining amount would be released close to November for purchasing paddy during that month The Chief Minister thanked the Union Food Secretary for his personal intervention and helping the state in getting timely issuance of CCL for smooth procurement Channi had raised this issue with the Union Secretary Food and Public Distribution Sudhanshu Pandey who called on the Chief Minister in his office on September 24 as per the statement The Chief Minister had urged Pandey to take up this matter with RBI for expeditious authorisation of CCL to ensure smooth and hassle free procurement of paddy during current KMS 2021-22 Meanwhile during the meeting Ashu assured the Chief Minister that the department will leave no stone unturned in ensuring smooth procurement during the current paddy season to the satisfaction of all the stakeholders Taking part in the deliberations Director Food Civil Supplies Abhinav Trikha informed the Chief Minister that elaborate arrangements have already been put in place to procure the paddy arriving in the mandis of the state As many as 1806 purchase centres notified by the Punjab Mandi Board have been allotted amongst the government procurement agencies during the procurement The state government has ordered to lift the procured crop within 48-hours Bharat Bhushan Ashu said the government was committed to lift every single grain of the farmers produce He said that the state government had made elaborate arrangements as ensured at the time of wheat procurement so that health protocols especially social distancing could be followed meticulously amid Covid pandemic All concerned authorities involved in the procurement process have been directed to strictly follow the health protocols besides ensuring availability of soap for washing hands availability of water and sanitisers at the procurement centres he said The Minister further stated that the procurement operations would continue till November 30 PTI SUN MR MR