Punjab Politics News
Punjab govt need to take action against fake degrees business
Sunday, 21/01/2018
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Chandigarh – The Punjab Government has initiated the process to take action against those employees who have got jobs or promotions on the basis of fake degrees. Besides the Health Department, the Local Bodies Government Department, after receiving complaints, has also issued orders for checking the degrees of all employees. If sources are to be believed, there are more than one lakh people in Punjab who have purchased’ degrees from unauthorised and outside universities and more than half among them are those who obtained degrees for promotion or to get job in the government. Purchase of degrees from some private universities by pesticides dealers to renew their licences of their business is another issue of investigation.
CM appeals to farmers to shun agitation over debt waiver issue
Sunday, 21/01/2018
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Chandigarh – Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to the state’s farmers to shun the path of agitation, saying his government could not afford to waive off any more of their debts at the present juncture, but was committed to alleviating all their woes at the earliest. Despite the severe financial crunch faced by the state government, Punjab had waived off more debts of its farmers than the other states, the Chief Minister pointed out, urging the protesting farmers to appreciate the government’s efforts.
Will ensure level-playing field in transport sector: Amarinder
Saturday, 20/01/2018
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday reiterated his government’s commitment to providing a level playing field to all stakeholders in the state’s transport sector and said that the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) has reported an operating profit of ₹9.21 crore between April 2017 and December 2017.
LOCAL BODIES DEPT READIES DRAFT AD POLICY
Saturday, 20/01/2018
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CHANDIGARH: Local bodies minister Navjot Sidhu on Friday said that the draft of a comprehensive and uniform 'Punjab Municipal Outdoor Advertisement Policy and Bye-Laws 2018' has been readied by his department.
Ex-cop, IAS officer, CM’s biographer shortlisted for PPSC, info panel posts
Saturday, 20/01/2018
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CHANDIGARH: A retired police officer, a bureaucrat, a Congress leader and the chief minister’s biographer are learnt to be among the persons shortlisted by the Punjab government for appointment in the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) and the State Information Commission (SIC).
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