Chandigarh: In a significant decision, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday gave nod to amend section 2(g) of Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1961 thereby giving the exclusive ownership of Jumla Mustarka Malkan Land (common village land) to gram panchayat.

A decision to this was taken by the council of Ministers in its meeting chaired by the Chief Minister here at his official residence.

Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that with this amendment the Gram Panchayat will be the exclusive owner of the Jumla Mustarka Malkan Land (common village land). As per this amendement insertion in Section 2(g) has been made according to which land reserved for the common purposes of a village, under section 18 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (East Punjab Act 50 of 1948), the management and control whereof vests in the Gram Panchayat under section 23-A of the aforesaid Act. Lands entered in the column of ownership Of

record of rights as Jumla

Malkan Wa Digar Haqdaran

Arazi Hassab Rasad”, “Jumla

Malkan” or “Mushtarka Malkan”

shall be shamilat deh within

the meaning of this section.

ROLLS OUT INCENTIVES PADDY STRAW BASED STANDALONE BIO-FUEL UNITS BY AMENDING INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY, 2017 & DETAILED SCHEMES AND OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES 2018 FOR BIO- FUEL PROJECTS

In order to check the menace of paddy straw burning by its effective management, the Cabinet also approved the amendment in the Industrial and Business Development Policy, 2017 and Detailed Schemes and Operational Guidelines 2018 for Bio- Fuel projects by extending the incentives to the standalone Bio-Fuel units provided, they install Boilers based on Paddy Straw as fuel. In order to promote the production and supply of Ethanol for Ethanol Blended Petrol Program and to attract investments in the state for manufacturing of Bio-fuel, the Cabinet approved this amendment for the standalone Bio-Fuel units provided they install Boilers based on Paddy Straw as fuel. Since, the technology for use of Boilers based on Paddy Straw is still evolving, so in such cases where the units are not able to install Boilers based on Paddy Straw as Fuel, the quantum of incentive shall be reduced by 50%.

GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO AMENDMENTS IN TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE GUIDELINES 2020 FOR PAVING WAY TO 5G NETWORK IN STATE

The Cabinet also approved amendments in Telecom Infrastructure Guidelines 2020 in line with the Amendment in Rules 2021 of Indian Telegraph Right of Way Rules 2016, for setting up of Over Ground Telecommunication Infrastructure including setting up of Small Cells on Street Furniture in the State of Punjab, and Guidelines Regularization Towers 2022. This will allow provision for usage of Street furniture for installation of new generation Small Cells to enable deployment of 5G/4G (Digital Infrastructure) roll out and for setting up Over the Ground Telecommunication thereby improving the means of communications and immensely benefitting the people of state.

GIVES GO AHEAD FOR AMENDING PUNJAB GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017

The Cabinet also gave a go ahead to amend the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for enabling ease of doing business in the state and facilitating the taxpayers. This amendment will also help in streamlining provisions relating to refund and rationalizing those related to furnishing of return. This will also ensure levying of interest only on input tax credit wrongly availed and utilized.

NOD TO WITHDRAW PROPOSAL FOR SETTING UP BULK DRUG PARK AT BATHINDA

The Cabinet also gave green signal to withdraw the proposal for setting up of Bulk Drug Park at Bathinda over the site of Thermal Plant, as this land can be judiciously utilized for citizen Centric Projects like Housing/ Modern Residential Complex/ Hotel/ Commercial projects and other projects like Plastic Park, Solar Power and others. Pertinently, the Punjab Government had submitted a proposal for setting up of Bulk Drug Park at Bathinda (at the site of Thermal Plant, Bathinda) in the month of October 2020 under the scheme of setting up of Bulk Drug Park in the Country. However, even after more than one and a half year the project is still hanging in the fire and waiting for the approval by Government of India (GoI).

APPROVAL TO AMEND APPENDIX-D OF PUNJAB EXCISE AND TAXATION COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT (GROUP-A) SERVICES, RULES, 2014

The Cabinet also gave nod to amend Appendix-D of Punjab Excise and Taxation Commissioner Department (Group-A) Services, Rules, 2014 by reducing the existing departmental exams from existing seven to five.

GREEN SIGNAL TO ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT OF HOSPITALITY DEPARTMENT

The Cabinet also gave its approval to the Annual Administrative Report of the Department of Hospitality, Punjab, Chandigarh for the year 2021-22.

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Chandigarh: In the newly formed Punjab cabinets, none of the ministers are post graduate degree holder and one minister is even under matric academic qualification.

According to the affidavits filed by the leaders while contesting the Assembly elections in 2017 reveals that out of total 18 ministers, one is under-Matric, three are matriculates, one has studied up to Class XII and one dropped out after BA-I. Similarly, ministers including Sangat Singh Gilzian, (studied up to Class IX), Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Rana Gurjeet Singh (matriculates) and Raj Kumar Verka (dropped out after BA-I), are not even graduates.

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is the lone masters degree holder among all as he had completed his BA-LLB from Panjab University and MBA from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Whereas, Manpreet Singh Badal had studied abroad as he did LLB (Hons) from London in 1987.

Among 11 old faces in the Cabinet, Razia Sultana is a matriculate and Deputy Chief Minister Om Parkash Soni has studied up to Class XII while two are not graduates.

Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria a BSc (non-medical) and Vijay Inder Singla BE (computer science), Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Brahm Mohindra, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Aruna Chaudhary, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Pargat Singh, Randeep Singh and Gurkirat Singh Kotli are graduates.

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Chandigarh: The Chief Minister Charanjit Channi has met the Punjab governor and the oath-taking ceremony of his new cabinet will take place at 4.30 pm on Sunday.

With the CM and Deputy CMs Sukhjinder Randhawa and OP Soni already having taken oath, 15 more ministers will be sworn in on Sunday.

Channi met Governor Banwarilal Purohit here on Saturday afternoon who told him that the oath ceremony would take place on Sunday evening.

In the meeting which held in the decided to drop former Health Minister Balbir Sidhu, Revenue Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora, Social Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi from the cabinet. The Congress, however, decided to re-induct former Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh in the cabinet.

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Chandigarh:In order to ensure better coordination between the government and people’s representatives, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday said that he would meet the Ministers, MLAs and other political functionaries every Tuesday in his office from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Disclosing this, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Chief Minister ordered that Cabinet meeting would be held every Tuesday at 3 pm and the directed all the Administrative Secretaries/ Heads of Department to remain present in their offices during this time on every Tuesday. Likewise,he also asked them not to leave their offices till the Cabinet meeting is over.

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ਟੀਵੀ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਬਿਊਰੋ-ਪੰਜਾਬ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਮੰਡਲ ਨੇ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਕਸਬੇ ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਨੂੰ ਸੂਬੇ ਦਾ 23ਵਾਂ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਬਣਾਏ ਜਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਰਸਮੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਕੈਪਟਨ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਐਲਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ। ਮੰਤਰੀ ਮੰਡਲ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਬ ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਅਮਰਗੜ੍ਹ, ਜੋ ਕਿ ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਸਬ ਡਿਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਦਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਸੀ, ਨੂੰ ਸਬ ਡਵੀਜ਼ਨ/ਤਹਿਸੀਲ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤੀ। ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੁਣ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਬ ਡਿਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ, ਅਹਿਮਦਗੜ੍ਹ ਤੇ ਅਮਰਗੜ੍ਹ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋਣਗੇ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ‘ਚ 192 ਪਿੰਡ, 62 ਪਟਵਾਰ ਸਰਕਲ ਤੇ 6 ਕਾਨੂੰਨਗੋ ਸਰਕਲ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ।

ਮੰਤਰੀ ਮੰਡਲ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨੂੰ 12 ਵਿਭਾਗਾਂ ਪੁਲਿਸ, ਪੇਂਡੂ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਤੇ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ, ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਨਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਘੱਟ ਗਿਣਤੀ, ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ ਅਤੇ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਵਿਕਾਸ, ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਿਲਾ ਤੇ ਬਾਲ ਵਿਕਾਸ, ਸਿਹਤ, ਸਿੱਖਿਆ (ਪ੍ਰਾਇਮਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੈਕੰਡਰੀ), ਰੋਜ਼ਗਾਰ ਉਤਪੱਤੀ, ਉਦਯੋਗ ਅਤੇ ਵਣਜ, ਖੁਰਾਕ ਸਿਵਲ ਸਪਲਾਈ ਤੇ ਉਪਭੋਗਤਾ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਵਿੱਤ ਦੇ ਦਫਤਰਾਂ ਲਈ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਅਸਾਮੀਆਂ ਸਿਰਜੇ ਜਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਸੌਂਪ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਹਨ।

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