The Punjab government, in a significant move, has enhanced the ex-gratia amount for the next of kin of martyred soldiers from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore, said an official statement issued on Saturday.
As a part of its relentless efforts to elevate the state’s school education system and to bring it on par with the world-class standards, the Punjab School Education Department has initiated the selection process for the primary and elementary teachers for training at the University of Turku in Finland.
Apart from this, 2,65,430 candidates have also been provided assistance to get jobs in the private sector by organizing over 4,725 placement camps in the state.
He said this during his visit to the historic 110 MW Shanan Power House at Jogindernagar in the Mandi district on Friday.
Kejriwal alleged that there was a dictatorship going on in the country, pointing that that Rs 9,000 crore of Punjab’s rights have been withheld by the BJP-led Centre.
Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhawan appealed to the farmers not to set the stubble on fire so that a clean and pollution free environment could be ensured for the state.
AAP leader and finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema described the Punjab governor’s move to seek details of legislative business to be conducted during the proposed Assembly session on 27 September condemnable.
The CM also directed the officials to develop a standard operation procedure for tackling the situation in Mandis arising out of untimely rains.
A total of 1099 mandis have seen the closure of the procurement operations with 274 being closed earlier.
He also announced that the employees’ who were recruited after 1 January, 2016 would also be given the benefit of minimum 15 per cent
