Punjab government has decided to give 33% reservation to women at the direct recruitment in the Punjab Civil Services (PCS). The state cabinet on Wednesday approved the Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020, to provide such quota for women for direct recruitment to posts in government, as well as recruitment to […]
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to grant three months extension/re-employment to doctors and medical specialists wef October 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, in view of the Covid pandemic. The decision comes amid escalation in Covid cases in the state, which currently accounts for more than 1.25 lakh of India’s nearly 72 […]
State government on Wednesday approved the Punjab Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Bill, 2020, to meet the demand of potato farmers for quality seed potato, and enable the development of the state as export hub for seed potato in the country. To boost potato farmers’ income, Punjab government has decided to allow production of quality […]
As many as 29 of the 31 agitating farmers’ organisations in Punjab on Tuesday decided to attend a meeting called by the Centre to discuss the farm bills in Delhi on Wednesday. The decision to meet the Central government was taken by the farmers’ unions after a meeting with the state government representatives led by […]
Punjab government has decided to reopen schools and coaching institutions in a graded manner after October 15, subject to some conditions such as online/distance learning shall continue to be the preferred mode of teaching. Apart from this, students of only classes 9 to 12 are permitted to attend schools/institutions with parental consent of each pupil […]
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. He tweeted, “A few days ago, due to contact with a corona positive person, I was quarantined at my residence for the past one week, due to some symptoms of corona from last two days, I got a corona test done today, […]
Due to protests against agricultural bills, Railway administration has cancelled trains going to Punjab till October 14. This includes New Delhi-Haridwar-New Delhi Janshatabdi and other long distance trains. Senior Commercial Officer Hari Mohan said, “After the orders arrived on Sunday, six were cancelled and changes have been made in terms of destination station for 26 […]
To boost English communication skills of students from class 6 to 12 in government schools of Punjab, Education Department has come up with an initiative of forming English Booster Club (EBC). EBC will be launched today ie October 12 in government schools district level. In this, guided videos, listening tapes, sentences and phrases will be […]
Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan reviewed the arrangements oxygen & other facilities and preparedness of the state to contain the Covid-19 on Saturday in view of upcoming festival season. She also took stock of ongoing paddy procurement operations and steps taken to curb stubble burning in the state. Mahajan asked the concerned departments to send […]
Haryana government has banned presenting flower arrangement in government functions due to finance crunch being faced because of the pandemic. In a letter written by Under Secretary, Protocol, Chief Minister Haryana to all heads, it was stated that due to resource crunch being faced by the state exchequer because of prevailing COVID-19 pandemic Government has […]