Punjab Politics News
A GoG to keep watch on corrupt officials
Saturday, 01/04/2017
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/a-gog-to-keep-watch-on-corrupt-officials/385446.html
Chandigarh : Reluctant to leave it to officialdom, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has begun putting in place a mechanism, to be christened Guardians of Governance (GoG), to oversee the implementation of government schemes and to gather feedback on the working of officials to ensure they did not indulge in corrupt practices. The Congress, in its poll manifesto, had promised to fight corruption.
MLAS WILL AUDIT CIVIC WORKS, SAYS SIDHU
Saturday, 01/04/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
JALANDHAR: State legislators will be auditing development works being carried out in civic bodies in their respective assembly segments, Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Friday. In his maiden visit to the city after becoming a minister, Sidhu said the move, which he termed ‘public audit’, will help fulfil the commitment to bring transparency in the system.
CM: 500 arrested in crackdown on drugs
Saturday, 01/04/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has claimed that nearly 500 arrests have been made in the crackdown on drugs by the new government in the past fortnight.
Mohindra orders probe into working of deaddiction centres in state
Saturday, 01/04/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: Health minister Brahm Mohindra on Friday ordered a time-bound inquiry into the irregularities in the working of de-addiction centers and rehabilitation centers in Punjab, which were recently highlighted in a report by the comptroller and auditor general.
Officers not sending water supply bills to face action: Navjot Sidhu
Saturday, 01/04/2017
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=175382&boxid=59161&uid=&dat=2017-04-01
Jalandhar : Aimed at bringing transparency, Punjab Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said that the local bodies department was all set to send notices to officers of municipal corporations for not sending water bills quarterly.
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