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Exhibition on farm equipment at PAU
Ludhiana, May 23 Machinery for horticulture and vegetable cultivation will also be displayed to reduce the cost of cultivation. In addition, machinery and equipment for paddy mechanisation and paddy straw management will also be highlighted. Dr Ahuja said eco-friendly technologies not only helped save precious inputs like water, fertiliser and pesticides but also assisted in reduction of pollution in air, soil and water. In addition, demonstration of better pudding equipment that saved water requirement by around 20-30 per cent coupled with saving of fuel will also be carried out along with exhibition. The exhibition will be held at the farm of the department, near gate No. 4, PAU, Ludhiana.
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Animal scientists seek NPA
Ludhiana, May 23 These scientists argued that at the time of appointment they had competed with their veterinarian counterparts since the prescribed qualifications for these positions were BSc/BSc Agri/ BVSc with Master’/ Doctorate degree in the discipline ie animal breeding, animal nutrition, livestock production and Management, animal Production physiology etc. This way their veterinarian counterparts joined service in these disciplines by choice and not under compulsion. These scientists were performing the same duties and responsibilities as their veterinarian counterparts but were paid less salary, which is unjustified. They feel that on the principle of equal work-equal pay, they should be paid professional allowance equivalent to the NPA paid to their veterinarian counterparts. The veterinarians were not only getting 25 per cent NPA but were enjoying further benefits of dearness and house rent allowances on the NPA that was “allowances on an allowance”. This was unjustified as no where in the world allowances were granted on an allowance to any special category of employees. Perhaps Punjab was the only state in the country which was paying such a huge amount as NPA where as other states were paying fixed NPA of approximately Rs 600/- per month and no further allowances on this. They said, in PAU some of the faculty members were getting as much as Rs 11,000/- NPA each month. This benefit was also extended to the retired veterinarians and further in the family pension as well. Interestingly, the benefit of NPA in the PAU is also given to persons occupying administrative positions. The veterinary graduates and MBBS doctors on IAS , IPS, PCS and other administrative positions in the government departments might also claim similar benefit on this ground they added.
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1 lakh grant each for 13 Ludhiana schools
Ludhiana, May 23 The Education Minister further disclosed that the government had conducted a survey to identify those schools which did not have facilities of drinking water and toilets. Mr Johar said that the government was also giving facilities to improve the physical fitness of the students and grants amounting to Rs 50,000 each were being released to provide sports equipments for the students in each school. The schools, which received cheques for grants of Rs 1.20 lakh each, included Government Primary School Vishawkarma School, Primary School Jawahar Nagar (Girls), Government Primary School Jawahar Nagar (Boys), Government Primary School Gobind Nagar, Government Primary School Sarabha Nagar, Government Primary School Model Town, Government Senior Secondary School Model Town, Government Senior Seconday School Gobind Nagar, Government High School Sarabha Nagar, Government Senior Secondary School Jawahar Nagar (boys), Government Senior
Secondary School Jawahar Nagar (boys), Government Primary School Haibowal Khurd and Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Senior Secondary School Bharat Nagar. Mrs Harvinder Kaur, DEO (E), assured on the behalf of teachers to strictly implement the directions of Education Minister for the improvement in the standards of education. Among others who were present included Mr Jaspal Mehra, District Education Officer (S), Mr. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Mr. Amarjit Matharo (Councillors) Mr. Hansraj Jassa, former Councillor, Mr Inderjit Toni, Mr Jagdish Marwaha , Mr Babu Ram and Mr Diwan Chand Malhotra.
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Sacred Heart students honoured
Ludhiana, May 23 The shining stars were honoured by the management in the presence of their parents, the
members of the staff and PTA. The toppers paid glowing tributes to their parents and teachers as active contributors to their success and also acknowledged that belief in self, hard work, single-minded devotion and clearly and reasonably set goals were the ingredients of their success. The students expressed their gratefulness to their Alma Mater for the guidance and encouragement provided by the school especially the Principal Rev. Sr. Rita. While congratulating the students, the Director Rev. Dr. Hormise Nirmal Raj said that the hard work put by the students, co- operation and support of the parents and the dedicated commitment of the selfless hardworking teachers who have been the cause behind this tremendous success.
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Canadian school at
Bachowal
Samrala, May 23 Mr Raju disclosed that the school would start from June 15 for the Indian children and from July 15 for NRI children. The admission would be made from Class I to Plus 2.
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IMA asks docs to implement PNDT Act
Ludhiana, May 23 In the wake of several incidents involving sealing of ultrasound scan centres and imposition of penalties on medical professionals, the district president of the IMA, Dr Gursharan Singh, has impressed upon all persons concerned to follow the provisions of the act in letter and spirit. He said different provisions of the Act might look small or frivolous on paper but were considered violations in the event of inspection by the health authorities. The IMA in a set of instructions issued to the doctors has advised them to keep the ultrasound scan machines in a locked room when the authorised person is away, display all mandatory signboards as required under the PNDT Act and to intimate the appropriate authority in case a scan machine is needed to be shifted to another place in case of emergency. The IMA guidelines asked the scan centres to take due permission from the health administration if the scan machine was frequently shifted from one place to another and also to provide the number of the vehicle in which the machine was transported from one place to another. The sonologists who performed ultra sonography in other centres must keep the keys of the scanning room in their possession as in the event of any irregularity the sonologists in whose name the machine was registered would be held responsible. Those running ultrasound scan centres have been asked to thoroughly study the PNDT Act and to keep a copy of the same with them. Dr Gursharan Singh urged the state IMA to form a separate wing on the PNDT Act which should interact with the medical fraternity regularly so that day to day practical difficulties could be removed and effective implementation of the Act could be facilitated.
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Online dental CME at CMC
Ludhiana, May 23 According to Dr Vivek Saggar, regional coordinator of this innovative continuing medical education (CME) programme, this was the first such lecture in Punjab and second in India which was conducted live with speakers from USA and Mumbai. It was delivered simultaneously in 15 major cities in India besides Sri Lanka and Dubai. Dr James Jesse from USA, in his lecture, showed multiple use of lasers in dentistry, from surgical aspect to the latest technique of using the laser for root canal treatment. This laser was, however, still not available in India due to its prohibitive cost of around $ 50,000. Dr Shavir from Mumbai focused on preservation of aesthetics by implants. He stressed on the technique and highlighted the details.
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‘No fear of meningococal epidemic’
Ludhiana, May 23 Participating in an inter-departmental session on meningococcemia at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) here, the participating doctors observed that meningococcal infections were even otherwise present in the country, with sporadic cases occurring from time to time. Though, there was a slight increase in the number of meningitis cases in Delhi and other parts of India, it still did not warrant undue panic because if diagnosed and treated in time, the disease was completely curable. Dr Daljit Singh, Principal of DMCH, coordinated the session, which was attended, among others by Dr Gurdip Singh of the Department of Paediatrics, Dr Deepinder, Department of Microbiology and Dr Tarundeep Singh, Department of Community Medicine. Meanwhile, the health authorities here heaved a sigh of relief after the blood culture report of all the three suspected cases of meningococcal infection was officially stated to be negative.
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Licensing mandatory for food items
Ludhiana, May 23 At a state-level meeting convened at Chandigarh, the civil surgeons and health officers were apprised of the detailed mechanism for issue of licences under the said rules. Giving this information here today, the civil surgeon Dr Rajinder Kaur informed that all manufacturers, traders and sellers of food items were required to obtain food licence from the office of civil surgeon within a period of one month, failing which they would be liable to face legal proceedings under the relevant rules. The application forms, prescribed under the rules for the said licence were available in the food branch of the civil surgeon office. Meanwhile, a two-day training course for staff nurses of the district health department on AIDS, HIV and STD commenced at the training centre in the civil surgeon office here today. According to Dr
V.K. Kakkar, district health officer, who is also the programme officer for the training, the trainees would attend lectures by Dr Ajit Singh Chawla and Ms Paramjit Kaur
Litt, district nursing officer, who would apprise them of preventive measures against AIDS and counselling of the patients.
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