PUNJAB STARTS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES AND DRIVING LICENSES ONLINE W.E.F JULY 01, 2010

CHANDIGARH March 25 :

As a part of the campaign launched to ensure proper implementation of governance reforms in all the departments of Punjab, the Transport Department would start on line Registration Certificates and Driving Licenses facility w.e.f  July 01 this year. Computerization of these two areas would bring transparency and efficiency in the functioning of the department.

Stating this here today, Mr. D.S.Jaspal, Principal Secretary Transport Punjab said that Punjab would be the first state in the country to go on line. Equipment worth over Rs. 2.20 crores has already been delivered in the offices of the district transport officers for computerization of the district offices.

Adding further, Mr. Jaspal said about fifteen officials of the transport department from the districts were given training during a workshop on computerization of issuance of driving licenses and RCs organized by the National Informatics Centre ( NIC ) at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Public Administration Punjab. Participants were given training for operating the VAHAN software for registration and maintenance of record of vehicles and also for SARATHI software for maintenance of records of driving license holders.

Mr. Jaspal emphasized the use of the software in preparing National Register and State Register. He further said that issuance of driving licenses and maintenance of record of vehicles constitutes 70% of the work of DTO offices.

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Jassi Khangura MLA

Halqa Qila Raipur

To

Sardar N S Kahlon,

Hon. Speaker,

Punjab Vidhan Sabha,

Chandigarh

24 March 2010

Dear Speaker Sahib,

Prove that the appeasement initiative is genuine by rescinding Capt. Amrinder Singh’s expulsion order

I do not know what brought your Deputy, S. Satpal Gosain, to write to you with his letter that proposes a withdrawal of politically charged cases. I also do not wish to question or speculate as to what the objectives of the letter may be.

Although the house has no authority to intervene on executive or judicial processes it does have the ability to review its own actions.

I am sure that you would agree that by far the biggest act of political vendetta by this government was the expulsion from this house of Capt. Amrinder Singh, a matter that you presided over and which damaged the reputation of the house more than any other action to date.

You now have a great opportunity to prove to the public that this initiative by the Deputy Speaker is truly genuine and has no ulterior motive, by calling on the house to review its action against Capt. Amrinder Singh. In fact, as Speaker you do not even need to call for majority house support as you have the authority to cancel the earlier decision.

In doing so you will reconfirm to the public your independent credentials and you will save large sums of public money by effectively stalling all court proceedings related to the expulsion.

I accept that such an action has associated political risks. But I am certain that you can find the courage and the resolve to strike down this highly dubious act of expulsion from the house.

If you miss this opportunity and the courts rule in due course that the expulsion was indeed illegal, then you carry the risk that the stigma of tacit connivance will linger for long.

Act now and you will be fondly remembered for generations.

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INVESTOR AWARENESS PROGRAMME

Chandigarh Chapter of NIRC of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India under an IEPF initiative of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs organized a Seminar on “Current Market Scenario – Challenges before the Investor” for the investors of the region. More than 75 delegates were present at the Seminar. Mr. Bhavnesh Gupta, Chapter Chairman welcomed the gathering and the speakers and claimed that India is the safest economy in the world for Investors.

Mr. Dushyant Chauhan, Head-Marketing & Communications, Investor Services, Delhi Stock Exchange, deliberated on the topic and in a very interesting session informed the investors about the do’s and don’t’s of the Stock Market in the current market scenario. He stressed that there is a need of in-depth study of the security before investment and concluded with a Golden Rules of investment in the Stock Market.

Mr. V. Kumar, Director, Vikson Securities Pvt. Ltd, a leading stock broking firm in the region advised the investors about the pre-requisite information an investor should possess before he plans to invest in the stock market. He also informed that a planned investment can fetch aggressive returns to the stakeholders. While concluding he informed about various upcoming/growing sectors which may regulate the market in near future.

Mr. Atul V.Sood, Vice Chairman, NIRC educated the investors about the safeguards in the stock markets.

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