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Adolescent health clinic at GMCH Chandigarh, April 24 ‘‘Every teenager passes through a phase of temporary maladjustments which are compounded further due to peer pressure, high expectations of parents, competitive lifestyle and above all influence of media and Western society,’’ said Professor Parmar. |
UT budget surplus? Chandigarh April 24 This achievement is mainly due to the significant increases in revenue generation by departments like sales tax, stamps and registration, printing and stationery, power and transport. The UT Finance Secretary, Mr Rakesh Singh, said that the rise has been due to better collection of taxes. Chandigarh’s entire expenditure is met directly from the Consolidated Fund of India. Similarly, all its income goes directly to the Consolidated Fund of India. Therefore, all budgetary functions of the Administration are presented to Parliament as a part of Demand for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs. For the year 2000-2001, the Government of India had again decided to control the growth in Non-Plan expenditure by adopting austerity measures and additional resource mobilisation. With this in view and results achieved by the Administration during the first five months, no additionality in the Non-Plan Budget of Rs 650.00 crore was allowed by the Government of India in the revised estimates 2000-2001. On the other hand the Administration was asked to reduce the level of deficit from Rs 38.00 crore (Budget Estimates) to Rs 14.00 crore (Revised Estimates) by mobilising additional revenue.
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Difficult day awaits city Mayor Chandigarh, April 24 The Mayor has been holding meetings with Congress councillors for the past two days to chalk out a strategy for getting the agenda items passed. The Congress councillors had not attended the March 28 meeting of the House. They have had serious differences with the Mayor on the issue of more development work in Mani Majra than in their wards. The mayor denied these allegations. However, the BJP councillors, who have so far been firm on their demand for a special meeting for debate on these charges, have reportedly softened their stand . A few of the BJP councillors said, though they would unfold their strategy tomorrow in the House, they intended to let the House function if the Mayor gave a date for holding a special meeting. The leader of the Opposition, Mr Des Raj Tandon, when contacted, said, “All depends on the attitude of the Mayor in the House tomorrow.” He said the Mayor had brought in three additional supplementary agenda items. Things may not be easy for the Mayor, as many persons are seeking his resignation. Mr Tandon said the Mayor should resign because he did not have the support of councillors and officials. Meanwhile, members of the newly constituted Vikas Manch of Mr Harmohan Dhawan will stage a dharna before the MC office. Though the local MP, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, had said that if the BJP-SAD combine did not allow the House to function again, the Congress might make the Mayor resign, the CTCC chief, Mr B.B. Bahl, and Mr Dhawan had told Mr Goyal that he should not resign. Meanwhile, the Mayor headed a meeting of a five-member committee constituted in February and formed nine subcommittees. Every councillor has been put in at least two committees. The Mayor said he did not want to be a member of this committee, but then, someone else from the Congress
should have been put in it. The BKP councillors allege the Mayor is not keen on forming the committees. |
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Training for MC officers begins Chandigarh, April 24 The theme of the workshop is to find resources through debt instruments like municipal bonds and upgrading managerial and administrative skills of the urban administrators to implement large-scale infrastructural projects. The low level of service as at present is due to low tariffs which the users are not willing to pay as they do not find services satisfactory. The funds for municipal services from the state governments are shrinking and there is no provision for large-scale transfers of funds from the central government. Earlier, Mr J.P. Gupta while welcoming the Minister for Urban Development observed there was immense pressure on city governments for augmentation of urban infrastructure services. The fiscal stress being experienced by city governments does not permit them to even maintain the existing level of services let alone their augmentation. Therefore, progressive privatisation of core infrastructure services is inescapable. The training programme is intended to familiarise the participants with progressive privatisation elsewhere for strengthening the resource base of the city governments and better urban management. |
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UT offices closed today Chandigarh, April 24 |
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Official transferred Chandigarh, April 24 Meanwhile, Mr Vimal Gandhi has joined here as vice-president of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh. He was earlier posted at Ahmedabad. Mr R.K. Bali, Senior Accountant Member, has also joined the Chandigarh branch of the tribunal. |
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