Monday 19 December 2016

UIDAI Chandigarh office Becomes First RO to Achieve 100 % Aadhaar Saturation

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 19th December:- Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Regional Office (RO) Chandigarh has become the first RO to achieve an overall 100 % Aadhaar Saturation (as per estimated population of year 2015) in each of the States & UT, where it is responsible for Aadhaar enrolment. Haryana achieved this on 26th Sept. 2016, Punjab on 17th Oct. 2016, UT Chandigarh on 29th Nov. 2016 and Himachal Pradesh on 7th Dec 2016.
Govt. of India has established eight ROs across the country to look after Aadhaar related activities. These are at Chandigarh, Lucknow, Ranchi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Guwahati. Delhi & Telengana are the two other States where 100% Aadhaar generation against estimated population of 2015 has been achieved.
In the State of Haryana, 20 districts out of total 21 districts except Gurugram have Aadhaar generation of more than 95%. In Punjab, out of 22 districts, except SAS Nagar Mohali, all other districts have Aadhaar generation of more than 95%. In Himachal Pradesh, out of 12 districts, 8 districts except Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti, Shimla and Solan have Aadhaar generation of more than 95%.
To achieve this level of saturation, a number of initiatives were undertaken in coordination with the States and UT. Some of these includes i.e. UIDAI RO Chandigarh appointed the main user departments i.e., IT, Food, Health, WCD & School Education in the States/UT as Registrar. Registrars were empowered to select Enrolment agencies & get the Aadhaar enrolment done on their behalf. Further in many cases the societies working with the concerned State Department or District Societies working under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioners were also appointed as Enrolment Agencies. The States/UT were encouraged to procure their own Aadhaar Enrolment kits (ECMP Kit) & Tablets which helped them to establish Permanent Enrolment Centres in the region. These States were pioneer and it was replicated later in other States. 475 Kits & 890 Tablets were procured by Haryana, 165 Kits, 50 biometric kits and 800 Tablets by Himachal Pradesh, 8 Kits and 33 Tablets by UT Chandigarh. These Aadhaar kits and Tablets have been deployed at various e-Disha Centres, CSCs, Sampark Centres, Lok Mitra Kendra and Suvidha Centres.  The States in this region are in the process of setting up Permanent Enrolment Centers in Govt. schools. Haryana has already identified 500 Govt. Schools which will act as cluster centres for covering all Govt. as well Private Schools in its jurisdiction. Procurement of 500 Kits is under process & 500 staff members from education department are being trained & certified for this purpose. These Kits will cater to all the 30262 schools in the State. Both new enrolment & Updation of biometric on attaining the age of 5 years and 15 years respectively will be done on these Kits. Similarly in UT Chandigarh 35 Govt. schools have been identified & staff has been trained. Special camps were organized in Universities, Government and private Schools/ Colleges, Technical Institutes and Engineering Colleges, Rosters were prepared and their implementation was monitored by the staff of UID. Movement of Kits for enrolment in Anganwadis and Schools was monitored on daily basis. A special enrolment drive was launched to enroll children on the days of Immunization. Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration (ALBR) has been launched in Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. Under this scheme staff members of hospitals are trained and certified to work as Aadhaar operators. Tablets are deployed in Government as well as private hospitals to cover all new born babies. NGOs were associated to cover Senior citizens and widespread awareness program were launched through print advertisements, radio jingles, participation in fairs etc under the IEC.
Now the efforts are being made to achieve near universal enrolment for children in the age group 0 to 18 years through schools, anganwadis, crèches, kindergartens, hospitals etc. Focus will also be on leveraging Aadhaar for welfare schemes by States and UT to ensure targeted delivery to beneficiaries and maintaining transparency through Aadhaar identification.
Aadhaar has been linked with Central schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Social Assistance Program (Old Age Pension, Widow Pension, Disabled Pension), Public Distribution System and Subsidized Kerosene Oil Scheme, Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG, Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) and Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
In UT Chandigarh, Aadhaar is linked with Slum Rehabilitation, Scholarships, Biometric Attendance System, Honorarium to Aanganwadi Workers etc.
In Punjab, Scholarship Schemes, Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojana, National Food Security Act, NREGA, Atta Dal Scheme are linked with Aadhaar.
In Haryana, Biometric Attendance, Honorarium to Aanganwadi Workers, Scholarship Schemes etc. are linked with Aadhaar. By linking Aadhaar with Kerosene oil beneficiaries and de-duplicating it with LPG beneficiaries, the State was able to achieve a saving of Rs. 131.95 Cr. Land Records are also proposed to be linked with Aadhaar
In Himachal Pradesh, e-Pramaan and e-Vidhan, Scholarship Schemes, KYC facility in Sugam Centres at DC Offices, Online Application Processing for HP Subordinate Services Selection Board, Migrant Labour Database & Issue of Identity Cards etc are linked with Aadhaar.

Jagmeet Singh Brar Inaugurates TMC'S Bhatinda Office:Flays Harsimrat and PM Modi

By Tricitynews Reporter
Bhatinda 19th December:- TMC'S Punjab President and Former MP Jagmeet Singh Brar inaugurated the third office of the party in the state today in Bhatinda. He was accompanied by district coordinators from other districts and senior colleagues of the Malwa belt. 
He announced that the TMC will open district offices across Punjab and a statewide cadre would be built in a very short span of time and said that we opened an office in Amarinder's constituency on the 17th and 2 days later we have established ourselves in Harsimrat Badal's constituency , we will uproot this corrupt nexus from Punjab forever very soon.
Jagmeet Singh Brar flayed Harsimrat Badal for her arrogant style of functioning and said that Madam Nanhi Chaan's arrogance has hurt the pride of the people of Bhatinda, Sukhhbir is openly protecting the Akali gunda element that humiliated a honest police man and killed a young girl in their celebration drunk on power and drugs, Majithia has ruined an entire generation with his Chitta  and now they are killing young girls for fun this will not be tolerated anymore.
He also attacked the center for betraying the armed forces and the people of Pathankot by giving tainted police office Salwinder Singh a clean chit in the Pathankot attack and said "Modi sells the name of the army daily for petty political gain and now he has cleared Salvinder Singh under pressure from Bikram Majithia , every child in Punjab knows Salvinder brought the terrorists from the border to the gates of the base in his official car - Lakh Laanatan Aisi Sarkar Te Joh Chitte Da Mul Shaheedan De Khoon Ton Zyada Laundi Hai.
He dismissed the much touted Bhatinda airport as a hollow election stunt and questioned its purpose by asking "This Drug & Drama Sarkar has not even named the Mohali airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Amritsar airport is in a defunct condition - what will this new drama do the people who are committing suicide, suffering drugs & gang wars and dying in ATM lines - Punjab needs solutions not propaganda.
When asked about the possibility of a pre-poll alliance with AAP he said that the TMC is a national party and we will be submitting a ground report to Mamata Ji in the coming days the decision will be taken by her and Kejriwal and I'm sure the shape of this alliance will emerge in the coming days.


Sood Sabha Celebrates its 54th Annual Sood Milan Divas

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 19th December:- Sood Sabha, Chandigarh celebrated its 54th Annual Sood Milan Divas at Sood Bhawan, Sector 10, Panchkula.
Shashi B. Sud, General Secretary presented a report about the various social activities undertaken by the Sood Sabha during the year.
According to Amit Sood, Secretary, Public Relations Sood Sabha Chandigarh, the main attractions of the Divas were Sood Prince & Princess, honoring of Sood Biradari people who are above 80 years, Fancy Dress & On Spot Painting competition, Sports and other cultural activities. A matrimonial counter was also installed for the Sood families.
 Prizes were given away to meritorious students who excelled in the field of education and sports. Senior members of the Sabha were also honored on the occasion.  At the end there was a Lucky Draw and a prize distribution function which was the major attraction.

More than one thousand biradari members from the tricity and the adjoining areas participated in the Milan Divas and made it a great success. The Divas was concluded with a word of thanks by the Balraj Sood, Chairman Sood Milan Divas Committee.            

Max Hospital Mohali organizes Free Multispecialty Health Camp at Shimla

By Tricitynews Reporter
Shimla19th December:- As many as 120 people attended a Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali free multispecialty health camp at Loveena Restaurant, The Ridge, Shimla today.  The camp was organized in association with Beopar Mandal Shimla.
A team of doctors including Dr Vinod Singh Sachdev from Internal Medicine, Dr. Nishu Goyal from Gyanecology & Dr. Shilpa from Dietetics provided free consultations to people during camp. The tests like BP, random blood sugar , ECG (on recommendations), pulmonary function test and bone mineral density were offered free of cost in the camp.
Sandeep Dogra, Sr VicePpresident and Zonal Head of Max Hospitals Punjab said that it has been our constant endeavor to make healthcare services accessible to all. We provide standardized, seamless and international-class healthcare services to our patients. Organizing such free medical camps is one of the steps to address the health concerns of all patients in line with the Max Group philosophy of ‘Seva-bhav.
Dr. G P Malik, medical advisor and director, Internal Medicine at Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali said that we at have always strived to provide our patients with the best and the latest available technology there is to offer. With this objective, our team of expert doctors has come together to counsel people for their Internal medicine, Cardiology & Orthopaedic and bone related problems.

Ankit Dhariwal Memorial Trust organises Audition for Wow Womania

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 19th December:- Women TV India project  team of Ankit Dhariwal Memorial trust had organized a successful audition for wow womania A  all women musical show at  Museum Art Gallery auditorium Sector 10 Chandigarh  .the  purpose is to  provide  a platform to women's  singing  talent. The final show is proposed to be staged on January 21, at Tagore theater in chandigarh . 110 women from Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur, Patiala, Kurukshetra and-tricity of Chandigarh, had participated enthusiastically and enthralled the judges and present audience.
The team of jury includes Zee Sa Re Ga Ma topper fame vocalist Dr Mrs. Rinku Kalia, Bishambhar Sharma mentor of Rafi Night shows and Charan Singh Thakur Music Director. The judges took the responsibility to select the final performers and and guided the performs during their performance, the auditions basic  music was play backed by Dr Arun kant sharma on keyboard  his team including  Ravinder Chopra  on tabla and ratan dev on octopad  .the stage was conducted by Mrs Dheerja Sharma .in the beginning Dr Shalini Sharma a women TV project director formally welcomed the judges and present participants and expressed the mission of this project women tv and its outreach events .
 wtv director finance  Mrs Sharda Mittal presented bouquet to judges and stated how this team is working with women contributions only, women TV India founder and mentor  Sunita Dhariwal said that wow womania is a unique program in its concept and design which will show case the journey of female singers of Hindi film industry since 1930 to 2016 this will be a medley performance depicting each decade journey through that era music and costumes and  makeup style. This is a celebration of womanhood and remembering the hardship of singers who chosen this profession despite of all social adversities .their  courage had made easy roads of our generation women to took admirable profession of singing  the judges had selected  50 women to sing in this show kindly find attached -a list of selected singers .and pictures of singers 
To boost the morale of women team the honorable Governor of Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki had kindly consented to be the chief guest of the show Mrs .Manjhli Sharan ,Shikha Shyam Raana ,Shally Taneja had documented this event on video and still camera . Mrs Sadhna Sanger ,Mrs Kanchan jain ,mrs neelam trikha managed the hospitality and the senior  team members  including Shehla Javed ,Neerja Sharma,Kavita Sharma  Sunita Garg , Paramjit Tezi assisted in event management works  of this show  and had performed multiple  duties. This was a memorable and successful event in which we witnessed the enthusiasm and courage of women to really came forward to rediscover their passion of singing which was somewhere lost in other family or workplace  responsibilities.


Principles of Total Quality Management,Monitoring and Evaluation in Health Care Discussed in Five day International Public Health Management Development Program

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 19th December:- On the fourth day of International Public Health Management Development Program being held in School of Public Health, PGI, Chandigarh. Dr Jeetu Lal Meena, State Quality Assurance Medical Officer, DOHFW, Govt of Gujarat deliberated on Quality Management System in Hospital and Quality Standards for Public Hospitals. With his work on quality management in state of Gujarat, he gave an in-depth understanding on quality improvement, accreditation, quality assessment, quality assurance, quality audit and quality indicators in improving health facilities of country. Dr. Sonu Goel, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, PGI, Chandigarh and Program Director took a session on Monitoring and Evaluation.  In this session concept of monitoring and evaluation in the context of health program implementation and steps about how to monitor and evaluate a national program were discussed with examples from current national health programme. This session will enhance participants’ skills in effective evaluation of current practices and programmes in their respective health care setting. 
Dr. Satya Ranjan Lenka, WHO Country Office, briefed about the Theories of Change (TOC) for Monitoring and Evaluation. With an example from Primary Health Centre Enhancement Project where provision of HIV/AIDS services at PHC were done by placing contractually recruited Nurse Practitioners (NP) components of TOC, development of TOC and its benefits were explained. All sessions were supported with relevant case studies, short informative videos and associated management games.
A management game was organized at Sukhana Lake in the evening where in the participants had to raise funds for an Orphange “Balniketan” based in Chandigarh by means of selling the painting made by Orphanage children. Through this participants learned principles of team work, communication, shared vision, coordination and conscientiousness towards society.


Secure IT Infrastructure is the Need of the Hour for India Inc.:TAC Security

By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 19th December:- TAC Security, the cyber-security solutions provider with a mission to anticipate, resolve and mitigate customers’ cyber security risks and challenges so as to make their data and information world safe, secure and seamless, today announced as to why having a secure IT infrastructure is imperative for every organization, be it lifestyle, corporate or any business individual or collective. This is more important now considering the digitization drive that the country is currently going through.  
This came on the back of the recent revelation made by the Internet giant Yahoo. Yahoo reported a massive breach affecting more than a billion user accounts, leading to the release of user names, telephone numbers, dates of birth and other personal information. In another breach, almost 500 million user accounts were compromised. The shocking news came in following Yahoo’s willingness to sell its core business to Verizon.
The Sunnyvale based company attributed one attack to a hacker affiliated with an unidentified foreign government, but said it hasn't been able to detect the source behind the other attack.
Speaking on the following, Trishneet Arora, CEO, TAC Security said that if IT giants like "Yahoo" are vulnerable, we can well imagine the cyber risk that banks or financial institutions can experience, with the current surge in digitization. Recently, details of more than 3.2 million debit cards of some of the banks faced the threat of breach due to hacking - is one such case.