Chandigarh Apr 21 PTI The Haryana government on Thursday said it will spray Pusa bio-decomposer on 5 lakh acres of paddy field to get rid of the crop stubble The move is aimed at preventing farmers from burning stubble and check air pollution This year Pusa bio-decomposer will be sprayed on 5 lakh acres of land to manage stubble in the fields Haryanas chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said adding that burning of crop stubble has an adverse impact on the environment and this technique will help save the environment Pusa bio-decomposer developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICAR can turn the stubble into manure and make the field ready for the next crop in a few days The chief secretary said that the bio-decomposer will be sprayed on one lakh acres of land of the states agriculture department and four lakh acres of land of UPL an agro-chemical firm The state has also taken several other measures to check air pollution Kaushal said 17 dust control and management cells have been established in the national capital region to control the dust flying on the road and in open areas He also directed that all the deputy commissioners to impose a complete ban on burning of paddy residue in their districts PTI SUN HVA

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], January 19 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has constituted a three-member review committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal aiming to expedite the execution of Rs 100 crore development projects in the state, said an official spokesperson on Wednesday.

“In the recent months, there has been a constant rise in incidents revolving around the said Friday prayers at the behest of certain identifiable hooligans,” states the contempt petition. Gurugram: A former Rajya Sabha member has approached the Supreme Court with a petition to initiate contempt proceedings against the Haryana chief secretary and the state’s director-general of police over the recent row involving problems faced by Muslims in offering Namaz at public spaces in Gurugram.

Chandigarh Nov 30 PTI The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal as the states new chief secretary Kaushal replaces Vijai Vardhan who retired on September 30 a government order said He will be the 35th chief secretary of Haryana since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966 The 1986-batch IAS officer will also hold the charge of general administration personnel training parliamentary affairs vigilance and administrative reforms departments and secretary in-charge of plan coordination the order said Kaushal is due to retire in July 2024 Before his appointment as chief secretary Kaushal was Additional Chief Secretary Haryana government and Financial Commissioner Revenue Disaster Management Consolidation Departments The Haryana government also effected transfer of P K Das Additional Chief Secretary Power Department who has been posted as ACS to Haryana government Financial Commissioner Revenue Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments Kaushals brother Sarvesh Kaushal had earlier served as Chief Secretary Punjab Government Kaushal was the senior most officer after Vardhan and had been a frontrunner for the top post In the first term of the BJP government in the state Kaushal had also been Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister M L Khattar Kaushal has the experience of working with two State Governments Government of India as Joint Secretary two large Public Sector Undertakings as Managing Director the largest Municipal Corporation of Haryana as the Chief Administrator of Faridabad Complex with the responsibilities of the Mayor Commissioner both an official statement said Immediately after joining IAS Kaushal was posted as Assistant Collector Training Madurai Tamil Nadu in 1987-88 He was also Sub Collector Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 1988-90 Kaushal remained Deputy Commissioner Yamunanagar 1994-96 He remained Private Secretary to the Union Minister of State for Power New Delhi 2003-04 and Joint Secretary to GOI Additional Development Commissioner Ministry of Micro Small Medium Enterprises GOI 2007- 2008 PTI SUN CK

Chandigarh Oct 27 PTI Haryana Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner Revenue and Disaster Management Sanjeev Kaushal on Wednesday said modern revenue record rooms will be ready by November 15 at all district headquarters of the state Kaushal was presiding over the review meeting regarding the Swamitva Yojana through video conferencing with the deputy commissioners of all the districts of the state an official statement said here He said the work of digitising the age-old revenue records has picked up pace in the state and soon these records will be easily available at a click of the mouse Earlier it used to take a lot of time to view and trace records He added that the revenue department is filled with lakhs of files and papers some even as old as 1870 Under this new initiative important revenue records and documents are being scanned catalogued and kept in digital boxes in modern record roomshe said In this episode he said that till date 174489332 have been uploaded by the department out of total 187038840 documents which is 9794 per cent He said that Panchkula and Charkhi Dadri have uploaded 100 per cent images which are 2988840 and 2131158 respectively PTI VSD HRS hrs