Vini Mahajan on Friday took over as the first woman Chief Secretary of Punjab, marking another milestone in an illustrious career which is notable for many landmark achievements.A 1987 batch IAS officer, Vini has replaced Karan Avtar Singh at the prestigious...

In a bid to further improve irrigation and clean power generation potentials of the state, Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Wednesday directed the Shahpurkandi Dam Project Authority to make all out efforts for the commissioning of the project...

In a bid to ensure better connectivity and give impetus to all round economic development, Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Tuesday discussed the status of various NHAI projects in the state with Chairman of National Highway Authority of India...

To further strengthen the State COVID Control Room, the Punjab Government on Saturday deployed senior IAS officers for better inter departmental coordination in a holistic manner.While reviewing the preparedness plan with all Deputy Commissioners through...

Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Saturday apprised the Cabinet Secretary Government of India Mr. Rajiv Gauba about the status and situation in the state on Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) through video conferencing.The Chief Secretary informed that...

The Punjab Government has cautioned all the Deputy Commissioners, Commissioner of Police, SSPs and Civil surgeons to be alert and keep close tab on any suspected case of Corona Virus in the state. At the same time the DCs have been asked to ensure that the...

Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Tuesday reviewed the preparations of Census-2021 in the state level Coordination Committee here. An official spokesperson said that the census operations will be carried out in two phases; 1st phase i.e. House-listing...

In order to ensure efficacious implementation of steps against stubble burning, Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Wednesday directed all coordinating and nodal officers to ensure strict compliance of instructions issued to tackle the menace of...

Joining the nationwide campaign to get rid of Single Use Plastic (SUP), the State has geared up its machinery for massive community mobilization regarding plastic waste shramdaan slated for 2nd October 2019, with a view to making Punjab free from SUP.The State...

A step towards implementation of Digital Punjab Project, a workshop on Enterprise Architecture (The Open Group Architecture Framework-TOGAF) was organized by Department of Governance Reforms (DoGR) on Thursday at Punjab Bhawan here under the chairmanship...

To efficiently deliver social and economic benefits to all its citizens, Punjab government today organised 2-days Training workshop for its officers at Indian School of Business, Mohali. The workshop on develop capacity building within Punjab Government...

Ravi Kant, Secretary Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India and Karan Avtar Singh, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Punjab today held a high level meeting with Mr. KAP Sinha, Principal Secretary, Food Supplies, Punjab and Ms. Anindita Mitra, Director, Food...

In a bid to provide the benefits of debt relief scheme to farmers of the state, additional chief secretary cooperation DP Reddy directed all the deputy commissioners to clear all the pending cases of beneficiaries expeditiously so that required relief amount...

An Amritsar based young author, Simran Singh, launched her first book, ‘Does Love Ever End?’ in Chandigarh on Friday. The young author, who was in conversation with noted authors, Vivek Atray and Khushwant Singh said that it is an inspirational love story...

The Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh today launched a maiden book of an Amritsar based young author, Simran Singh titled ‘Does love ever end?’The book was launched in the presence of noted authors Vivek Atray and Khushwant Singh, in a function organised...

On the directions of the Chief Minister,Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh the Chief Secretary Mr. Karan Avtar Singh today administered oath to all the officers/employees of the Punjab Civil Secretariat for eradication of drugs from State. Many senior IAS...

The Punjab government is committed to provide the benefit of the loan waiver scheme to all the eligible beneficiary farmers and in the first phase, loan up to Rs 2 lakh is being waived off for two acre land holders. During this first phase, the loan from...

Captain Amarinder Singh will on Sunday formally launch the farm debt waiver scheme, which will benefit a total of 5.63 lakh farmers in the initial phase.Addressing a press conference here today, Additional Chief Secretary (Co-operation) DP Reddy and Additional...

Aiming to institutionalize strict surveillance and implement preventive practices in the offices, the State Government will execute Punjab vigilance guidelines soon so that corrective measures could be enforced effectively to weed out corruption in the state.Announcing...

A one-day Regional Workshop on “Electronic Payments & Receipts in Government” was organized at Chandigarh. It was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr. Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Additional Chief Secretary, Deptartment of Governance Reforms, Home Affairs &...

The Captain Amarinder Singh government’s investment efforts got a further fillip on Wednesday with 14 IT/ITES companies getting the nod for allotment of sites in the Mohali IT City, paving the way for an investment of more than Rs. 750 crore and generation...

“It is a stark reality of our so called modern society that despite all the efforts, the gender based discrimination and violence has ceased to abate. Though our all religious scriptures preach equality for man and woman at every level but the truth is that...

The Punjab government on Thursday apprised the Centre of the critical water situation in the state to stress its inability to share water with its neighbouring states, and urged the Narendra Modi government to intervene in the SYL matter to save Punjab from...

The Punjab Government today transferred 12 IAS officers with immediate effect.Disclosing this, an official spokesman said that Mr. Karan Avtar Singh has been appointed as Chief Secretary and in addition Principal Secretary Department of Personnel, General...