PUNJAB LAUNCHES 24X7 FEEDBACK PORTAL AND TOLL FREE NUMBER
· CITIZENS NOT GETTING JUSTICE CAN DIRECTLY MAIL TO DEPUTY CM
· COMPLAINTS TO BE REDRESSED IN TIME BOUND MANNER
· ADGP LAW AND ORDER MADE INCHARGE OF PORTAL
· INVESTIGATION AND POLICING WINGS SEPARATED
· RAPID RURAL AREA POLICING SYSTEM TO BE OPERATIONAL FROM JANUARY
· CONGRESS POLITICIZING EVERY INCIDENT-SUKHBIR
· CAPTAIN BEFORE ASKING RESIGNATION ON LAW AND ORDER SHOULD SEEK FROM PM
· LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN PUNJAB BETTER THAN ANY STATE
CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER 12: The Punjab today became first state in the country to launch 24X7 citizen portal besides a toll free phone to seek suggestions and feedback from the common citizen, who has been denied fair treatment by the police.
The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal launching the portal in the presence of DGP Mr. S.S. Saini and top brass of the police said that he has initiated this system to remove the impression that complaints at the lower level in the police were not being attended and some citizens were not satisfied with the progress or investigation of the police in their cases. He said that this system would not replace the police station as first line of complaint would be the Police Station and complainant not getting justice can always approach us through e-mail or 24 hours toll free number. He said that complainant would get reply within 21 days and in urgent case even instantly. Mr. Badal said that ADGP Law and Order and his team would constantly monitor all complaints and sent him daily report. Mr. Badal said that anybody can go on website www.punjabpolice.gov.in and click ‘Citizen Portal’ to register their complaints or on toll free phone 1800-180-2082, which has been started with four lines that would be increased as per pressure on the system.
Speaking about the new feed back channel Mr. Badal said that this would be his humble attempt to get unfiltered feedback from the citizens living in the rural areas and he would be able to monitor the functioning of the police and every Thana located in Punjab.
Interacting with the media Mr. Badal said that the second decision he has taken was to separate investigation and policing wings. He said that investigation wings would focus on investigation of cases and they would be equipped with latest techniques and they would be provided training in the scientific methods of investigation. Mr. Badal said that the ending of duality of role of police besides strengthening the policing system would bring transparency and effectiveness in the investigation system.
Announcing the launch of first ever Rapid Rural Response System with a three digit toll free number, Mr. Badal said that by January Punjab would get 700 motorcycles for Rural Policing and 245 fully equipped motorcycles for Urban Policing and PCR motorbikes would reach within 20 minutes of dialing the complaint on the pattern of 108 Ambulance. He said that a central control room was being setup for Rapid Rural Response System and he would personally monitor its functioning.
Expressing concern over accidents due to over speeding, Mr. Badal said that he has ordered to put speed radars at every important road to check overspeeding. He said that orders have been issued that every commercial vehicle would have install reflectors to increase their visibility during nights.
Answering the question about present Law and Order situation Mr. Badal charged Congress Party for politicizing every minor issue in the state as they were devoid of any issue. Mr. Badal said that earlier the public gave them a strong rebuff on their repeated rants of 40,000 vendetta cases and they could not produce even four. He said that we have to appreciate the fact that the speed and effectiveness with which police had arrested the accused within six hours of crime and exemplary punishment meted out to the erring police officers. Mr. Badal said that law and order situation in the state was better than any state in the country. He said that during last five years we had made record seizure of RDX and Explosives, made preemptive arrests of hardcore ultras preventing many tragedies, maintained strict vigil on law and order situation, acted with alacrity on every issue. Mr. Badal said that those who were seeking my resignation have been rejected by the public. Mr. Badal said that before asking for my resignation they should seek resignation from Prime Minister under whose tenure India suffered major bomb blasts including attack on Mumbai.
Mr. Badal announced that ADGP Law and Order was personally monitor the investigation of ASI murder case, in which SHO has been dismissed and one more has been suspended. He said that the girl Robinjeet Kaur has been appointed as Naib Tehsildar by the Cabinet today.
Denying the reported reinstatement of DIG Paramraj Singh Umranangal, Mr. Badal denied that no orders have been yet issued in this regard.
Advising Congress leaders to stop the competitive politics to mark their attendance in Congress high command, Mr. Badal said SAD-BJP government has acted promptly in every case and not issued “Clean Chits” like him.
Mr. Badal said that he was very satisfied with the recruitment of 20000 constables in Punjab Police during last six years as Punjab Police has got best talent in the most transparent recruitment process in the state.
On the issue of fake license to Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, Mr. Badal said that he has ordered recheck of all arms licenses besides lodging a FIR against Namdhari.
Expressing full confidence in the functioning of DGP Mr. S.S. Saini, Mr. Badal said that he was fully empowered to take whatever action he deemed against anyone and he was very effectively handling the situation.
Earlier Mr. Badal dedicated the toll free number and web portal to the people of Punjab and gave a presentation on the working of new system.
IMPRESSED BY SUKHBIR’S REFORMS IN TRANSPORT SECTOR, TEAM FROM KENYA LANDS IN CHANDIGARH
· INTERESTED TO REPLICATE REFORMS IN KENYA
· MEETS SUKHBIR TO KNOW CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORMS
Chandigarh December 10:-
A team from Kenya led by Mr. Francis Meja, Registrar of motor vehicles, Kenya alongwith officials from police and revenue department today called on Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal. The team is in Chandigarh to study e-Governance initiatives undertaken by Transport Department so that it could be replicated in Kenya.
Explaining about the concept of citizen centric reforms, the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that this whole exercise was to eliminate interaction between general public and authorities by making the process total online. He said that computerization of Transport Department was not only restricted to one or two services but also included registration at dealer’s desk, online payment of fee and taxes, licenses at educational institutes etc. He said that since Kenya and Punjab faced similar types of challenges in the transport sector, it would be apt for Kenya to adopt Punjab border.
In the meeting Secretary Transport Punjab Mr. Mandeep Singh welcomed the delegates who are in a two day visit in Punjab in which they would also be visiting various site offices and interact with officials of the Transport department to learn and understand the implementation methodologies utilized by the department. The address was followed by a presentation on various functions of the department and the live demonstration of systems undertaken by the department.
Secretary Transport mentioned that introduction of e-Governance in department has enabled Punjab to become a leading state in the country to simultaneously introduce Smart Card facility for Driving Licenses and certificate Registration of vehicles along with introduction of other citizen convenience services for facilities like, learner licence issuance by college Principals, Web based anywhere/anytime payment of tax and fee for vehicle owners and an Online system for vehicle registration at dealer point. Department introduces paperless office concept in all the field offices by scanning of the all the applicant’s documents pertaining to learner licence, Driving Licence, certificate of registration and permits. These scanned images will be kept for future usage. Help desks are established at each of District Transport office and Regional transport Authority for conveniences and facilitation of citizen.
Mr. Mandeep Singh Thanked Mr. Harjeet Singh, State Transport Commissioner Punjab, Mr. Harmail singh Sra, Additional State Transport Commissioner Punjab and other officers of the department who have worked night and day for making this department as one of the best Transport Departments of India and helping it to reach stellar heights.
Mr. Mandeep Singh also thanked M/s PrincewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd. consultants for the e-governance and HSRP projects for department of Transport Punjab for the tireless efforts put in by them to enable the success of various initiatives of the department. He made a special mention on the work done M/s Smart Chip Ltd. (BOOT operaters for the e-Governance project) for their proficient and proactive approach for making it successful and helping it to become a state of art project. He also mentioned on the work done by M/s Agros impex (operator for the HSRP project) to help the department reach such heights.
Mr. Mandeep Singh thanked the Kenyan team for choosing the Transport Department Punjab for their benchmarking study and welcomed them once again to the vibrant and prosperous state of Punjab.
SUKHBIR TO WOO NRIs TO INVEST IN STATE
- TO GIVE PRESENTATION ON DEVELOPMENT IN STATE AND FUTURE PLANS
- STATE TO ASSURE COMPLETE SECURITY OF NRIs PROPERTIES
- FINALISES COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE FOR NRIs
- LEGAL FRAME BEING TONED UP TO ADDRESS PROBLEM OF NRIs
- NRI BHAWAN PLANNED IN MOHALI
CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 23: The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal would use the platform of three day NRI Sammellan being organized by Punjab Government from 3rd to 5th January, 2013 to project the record development works initiated by SAD-BJP government during last six years besides sharing vision and plans for next 20 years with Punjabi Diaspora settled in various countries. The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, who is also Investment Promotion Minister of the state, would also impress upon foreign entrepreneurs to invest in the state that is all set to become most favoured investment of next decade.
In a combined meeting of Empowered and Organising Committee for NRI Sammellan that met under Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia, NRIs Affairs Minister today explained the preparations being done by various departments for three day sammellan being organized first time in the state. Mr. Badal said that purpose of organizing sammellan for three day was to have an interactive session with the Punjabi Elected Representatives of various countries so that they could explain to us problems being faced by NRIs on the first day of the sammellan and Government accordingly could announce steps taken to redress those problems on the final day of sammellan. He said that the second day has been devoted to NRI Media to understand their problems and to work out the plan that how the Punjab Government can take its message in NRI Media. He said that the first two days of Sammellan would be held at Chandigarh and the concluding day sammellan would be held at Jalandhar.
Mr. Badal asked IG NRI Affairs Mrs. Gurpreet Deo to finalise a scheme for protection of properties of NRIs, under which NRIs while going abroad would notify the area SHO, who would protect the property from encroachment, illegal alienation and would be responsible for any failure. Mr. Badal asked Home Affair and other concerned department to put up the bills regarding Human Trafficking Act, Compulsory Registration of Marriages of NRIs and amendment in the Revenue Act for getting the property of NRIs vacated from tenancy in the December session of Vidhan Sabha, so that these acts could be notified for well before the NRI Sammellan. It was decided in the meeting that PUDA would allot a site in Mohali for NRI Bhawan and foundation stone of the bhawan would be laid during the NRI Sammellan.
The dignitaries during the sammellan would also be shown Virasat-E-Khalsa and Banda Bahadur Memorial.
Prominent amongst those present in the occasion were included Mr. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Member Parliament, Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia, NRIs Affairs Minister, Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka, Education Minister, Mr. Sarwan Singh Phillaur, Tourism Minister, Mr. Ajit Singh Kohar, Transport Minister, Mr. Surjit Singh Rakhra, Rural Development and Panchayats Minister, Mr. Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, PWD Minister, Mr. Sohan Singh Thandal, Mrs. Mahinder Kaur Josh, Mr. Mantar Singh Brar (all CPS), Mr. Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Mr. Kamal Sharma (both advisors to CM), Mr. Tota Singh, Former Minister and MLA, Mr. Pargat Singh, Mr. Gurpartap Singh Wadala and Mr. Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan, Mr. Darshan Singh Shivalik (all MLAs), Mr. S.K. Sandhu, Principal Secretary to CM, Mr. P.S. Aujla, Principal Secretary to Deputy CM, Mr. N.S. Kang, Financial Commissioner Revenue, Mr. S.S. Channi, Principal Secretary NRI Affairs, Mr. A.R. Talwar, Principal Secretaries Industries, Mr. R. K. Ghanta, Commissioner NRI Affairs, Mr. Manvesh Singh Sidhu and Mr. Ajay Mahajan (both Special Principal Secretaries to Dy CM), Mr. Priyank Bharti, DC Jalandhar, Mrs. Alak Nanda Dyal, DC Kapurthala and Mr. D.S. Mangat, Director Public Relations.
PUNJAB TO HOST 3 DAY NRI SAMMELAN FROM JANUARY 3-5---MAJITHIA
·NRI SABHA ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 27
·DCs TO ATTEST THE POWER OF ATTORNEY
·NRI POLICE STATION TO BE SET UP IN AMRITSAR
Chandigarh November 19:
Mr. Bikram Singh Majithia, Public Relations, Revenue and NRI Minister, Punjab reviewed the arrangements for the forthcoming NRI Sammelan to be held in Punjab from January 3 to 5. Addressing a high level meeting, the Minister said that elected representatives MPs, MLAs, present mayors, councilors would attend the Sammelan. The Punjab government has also planned a visit for the visiting delegates to the historical places in Punjab.
Taking a major decision to facilitate the NRIs, the Punjab government has also authorized the Deputy Commissioner’s to attest the Power of Attorney along with the Divisional Commissioners. He also said that the state government would set up NRI police stations in all the districts. As many as 6 NRI Police stations have already been set up in the state. The government has completed all the formalities of setting up NRI Police station at Amritsar, said Mr. Majithia.
Adding further, the Minister said that the state government would launch an interactive website for NRIs in the month of December to facilitate them. To cater to the legal needs of the NRIs, the Minister said that the Punjab government would establish a Legal NRI Cell which would extend all possible help to the NRIs in their legal cases. He has directed the Deputy Commissioners to give priority to the matters concerning NRIs in their daily meetings.
Referring to the security arrangements being extended to the NRIs during the Sammelan, the Minister said that the Punjab State Ex-Servicemen Corporation (PESCO) has been assigned to ensure proper security cover to NRIs. The Minister also announced the holding of the NRI Sabha elections on January 27, 2013. He said that the election date was fixed keeping in mind the NRI Sammelan to be held in the first week of January in Punjab where a large number of NRIs are expected to participate.
On the demand of the Advisory Committee and the NRIs, the state government has put an end to the system of nominee voting in the forthcoming NRI Sabha elections, said the Minister. He also said that after the elections, the allocation of work or portfolios would be done by the President himself instead of the Chairman.
The government has taken adequate steps to protect the properties of the NRIs in Punjab. The SSPs have been asked to ensure the forceful implementation of these steps at the grass root levels so that the NRI properties could be protected from the illegal occupants.
With regard to acknowledging the use of NRI cards as their Identity cards for availing the benefits of various government schemes, the Minister said that the matter would be taken at the level of the central government.
Jathedar Tota Singh MLA, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema ,Mr. Pargat Singh all MLA,Former Union Minster, Mr. Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, former MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar, Mr. S.S.Channi, Secretary NRI Affairs, S.R.Ladhar Divisional Commissioner Jalandhar, Priyank Bharti Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar, Alak Nanda DC Kapurthala and representatives of NRI Sabha were also present in the meeting.
