Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, here today approved to upgrade the status of Municipal Committee Jhajjar to Municipal Council.

Chandigarh, January 3- The Haryana Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, here today approved to upgrade the status of Municipal Committee Jhajjar to Municipal Council.

Chandigarh, January 3 – The Haryana Vidhan Sabha Session will commence on January 20, 2020, at 11 AM and will continue till January 22, 2020. A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of State Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal here today.

Chandigarh, January 3- Haryana Council of Ministers which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, here today, approved the creation of a new Department i.e. Citizen Resources Information Department (Nagrik Sansadhan Suchna Vibhag).

The Council of Ministers has decided that in order to provide an impetus for the Parivar Pehchan Patra for preparing a common database for implementation of Government schemes and delivery of Government services through the digital medium, a dedicated new department i.e Citizen Resources Information Department (Nagrik Sansadhan Suchna Vibhag) will be created.

The new department will be dealing the various subjects namely, Parivar Pehchan Patra, Development of Citizen Resource’s inventory as a common database with the use of informatics and information infrastructure, Promotion and development of common database across Departments, common networks and informatics including geoinformatics for delivery of Government to citizen services.

The new department will also, deal with all the work related to E-Governance for Government-citizen engagement for implementation of Government schemes and delivery of Government services.

The new department will also work to establish a linked database connecting individual, family and property data for utilization by other Government Departments and agencies in the delivery of Government services by the Departments and agencies.

The new department will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of Government services and schemes to the citizens of the State of Haryana using digital technology as a medium.

Chandigarh January 3: Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today approved the proposal of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department to change the nomenclature of Haryana Film Cell to Haryana Film Promotion Board and to rename the High Powered Committee as Governing Council including change the designation of Mr Satish Kaushik as its Chairman under the provision of the Haryana Film Policy. Other terms and conditions of Governing Council will remain unchanged as has been envisaged in the Policy.

The Governing Council will act as an advisory body to guide the Executive Committee on implementation of provisions of Haryana Film Policy and is an appropriate authority for sanctioning projects and for releasing funds under the Policy.

The Haryana Chief Minister Mr Manohar Lal announced the Haryana Film Policy in September, 2016, for the development of Haryanvi and non-Haryanvi Cinema and to create a film friendly environment in the State. The Policy aims at development of film industry in Haryana and making available suitable environment for the development of cinema and exploring abundant possibilities existing in the State and tapping them properly for film making.

The State Government vide its notification dated October 17, 2018, implemented the Haryana Film Policy with immediate effect comprising of its provisions, rules and service bye-laws. In order to implement the provisions of Haryana Film Policy under the said notification, a Haryana Film Cell (HFC) was constituted. HFC had further constituted an Executive Committee and a High Powered Committee comprising government officers, professionals and experts from the film indust

Chandigarh January 3: Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today approved the proposal of bringing an amendment of Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 to get Hindi language authorised as the language for the purposes of proceedings, any judgment, decree or orders passed or made by the Courts and Tribunals subordinate to High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

To spread the propagation of Hindi as the language of the people of the State, it is necessary that this language should be used in day to day work. The purpose of justice in a democracy is that the plaintiff should get justice quickly in his own language and should not remain speechless during the proceedings.

The Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 was passed by the State Legislature to provide for adoption of Hindi as the language to be used for the official purposes of Haryana. The Act does not make any specific mention about use of Hindi in Courts and Tribunals subordinate to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. The Punjab Official Language Act, 1967 provided that language in the State of Punjab shall be Punjabi. Punjab Official Language Act, 1967 was amended by Punjab Act No. 11 of 1969 in which Sections 3A and 3B were added providing that in all Civil Courts and Criminal Courts, subordinate to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and all Revenue Courts and Tribunals, work shall done in Punjabi.

A similar amendment will be brought in the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 to provide that work in all Courts, subordinate to the High Court and all Tribunals constituted by the State Government, work will be done in Hindi in Devnagri script. A sections 3A will be added in the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 to provide that in all civil courts and criminal courts subordinate to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, all revenue courts and rent tribunals or any other court or tribunal constituted by the State Government, work in such courts and tribunals including proceedings, any judgment, decree or orders passed, will be done in Hindi.

The Cabinet also decided that all requisite infrastructure including training of staff will be provided within six months to ensure smooth implementation of the proposed amendment.

The State Government has also received a demand letter signed by 78 MLAs of Haryana, Advocate General of Haryana and hundreds of advocates. The Chief Minister has also expressed his interest to get Hindi language authorized for use in the Courts so that the citizens of Haryana can understand the entire justice process in their own language and can easily put their views before the Courts.

Recently, in the Diamond Jubilee program of the Kerala High Court, the President Mr. Ramnath Kovind himself also emphasized that the Court decisions should be made available in the language of the plaintiff. The Indian language campaign, started by the advocates, intellectuals and jurists of India, is also working in this direction that work in Indian languages should be started in the Courts of India. Therefore, it was prudent to authorize the use of Hindi language for the purposes of proceedings, any judgment, decree or orders passed or made by the Courts and Tribunals subordinate to High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

Chandigarh January 3: Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today decided to request Haryana Governor to take consent of the President of India to authorize the use of Hindi language, in addition to English language, for the purpose of proceedings, any judgement, decree or orders passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court pertaining to jurisdiction to the State of Haryana.

Article 348 of the Constitution of India provides that until Parliament by law otherwise provides, all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court shall be in the English language. It further provides that the Governor of a State may, with previous consent of the President, authorize the use of Hindi language, or any other language used for any official purpose of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having it principal seat in that State but nothing shall apply to any judgment, decree or order passed or made by such High Court.

Section 7 of the Official Language Act, 1963 empowers the Governor of the State with the prior consent of the President to authorise the use of Hindi or the official language of the State in addition to the English language for the purposes of any judgment, decree or orders passed or made by the High Court for that State and where any judgement, decree or orders is passed or made in any such language (other than the English language), it shall be accompanied by a translation of the same in the English language issued under the authority of the High Court.

The Haryana Government had received a demand letter signed by 78 MLAs of Haryana State, Advocate General of Haryana and hundreds of advocates. The Chief Minister has also expressed his interest to get Hindi language authorized for use in the High Court so that the citizens of Haryana can understand the entire justice process in their own language and can easily put their views before the Courts. Recently, in the Diamond Jubilee program of the Kerala High Court, the President Mr. Ramnath Kovind himself also emphasized that the High Court decisions should be made available in the language of the plaintiff. The Indian language campaign, started by the advocates, intellectuals and jurists of India, is also working in this direction that work in Indian languages should be started in the High Courts of India. Therefore, it was prudent to authorize the use of Hindi language in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

Being a Hindi language region, Haryana came into existence in the year 1966 as a separate State. In 1969, under Section 3 of the Haryana Official Language Act, Hindi was made official language of the State of Haryana. Since then, Hindi language is being used mostly as the language of administration. To spread the propagation of Hindi as the language of the people of the State, it is necessary that this language should be used in our day to day work. The purpose of justice in a democracy is that the plaintiff should get justice quickly in his own language and should not remain speechless during the proceedings

Chandigarh, January 3- Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, here today, gave the approval for the Amendment to the scheme – Financial Assistance to Women and Girl Acid Attack Victims.

The existing scheme is giving financial assistance only to any woman or girl victim, who had faced an acid attack on or after May 2, 2011, and those who have been residing in Haryana for at least three years prior to the date of occurrence. While, after the amendment, any woman or girl victim who has faced acid attack residing in the State of Haryana will be eligible for financial benefit in this scheme. However, financial assistance will be given from the current date after she has applied for financial assistance under the scheme. The Cabinet has also decided that no arrears to such acid attack victims will be given.

Chandigarh, January 3- Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, here today accorded approval to the New Ex-gratia Scheme namely the Haryana Civil Services (Compassionate Financial Assistance or Compassionate Appointment) Rules, 2019 for the family members of the Government employees who die or disappear while in service. The new Scheme is to be applicable ex-post facto from August 1, 2019.

In the New Scheme benefit of either compassionate appointment to Group C or D post or monthly financial assistance for a period of 15/12/7 years, depending upon the age of deceased employee, has been allowed. Compassionate appointment under the New Scheme shall be admissible provided the age of deceased employee shall not be more than 52 years; He/She should have completed minimum 5 years regular service and Compassionate appointment shall be given on Group C or D post of pay scale lower than the pay scale last held by the deceased employee.

The family of Govt. employee who is killed in action while displaying bravery and extraordinary courage will be entitled to avail both the benefits of Compassionate Financial Assistance and Compassionate Appointment without any condition of 52 years age or length of minimum 5 years service.

Ex-gratia Grant for the family of deceased Govt. employee has been enhanced from Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 1.00 lakh which was not revised since last more than 30 years.

House Rent Allowance or Government accommodation has been allowed upto two years instead of one year. Other benefits e.g. Children Education Allowance upto 10+2, tuition fee upto Graduation level and fixed medical allowance shall also be admissible.

Family of ‘Missing Government employee’ shall now be entitled to get benefit of compassionate financial assistance only after six months from the date of lodging FIR.

All loans and advances of Group C& D deceased employees would also be waived off under the revised Scheme as per previous provision.

The pending cases, where family had not taken any benefits under the Old Rules may exercise an option to avail the benefit under new Scheme of 2019 or Old Scheme of 2006.