E-stamps to be introduced in Haryana

With an aim to make justice delivery system in Haryana paperless and hassle-free, the state cabinet today approved a proposal to amend 'Court Fees Act' to introduce e-Stamps which will facilitate online payment mechanism for court fee.
This is to facilitate implementation of e-court fee for the benefit of the citizens, besides for 'Ease of Doing Business'.
It was the considered necessary to amend Section 26(2) of Court Fee Act,1870 in its application to Haryana, said an official release
This will facilitate the citizens by providing online payment mechanism for court fee round-the-clock to save their precious time and obviate difficulties of shortage of regular stamps.

It will also prevent re-use of stamps, loss of stamps and sale of counterfeit stamps and provide an environment for Ease of Doing Business.
The e-stamps will be purchased through an online mechanism which shall enable litigants, lawyers and various stakeholders to purchase e-stamps on anywhere or anytime basis, it said.

The objective of introduction of e-stamps is to make justice delivery system paperless and hassle-free. This system will be introduced in Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh as well as in all District Courts and Sub Divisional Courts of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh, it said.
The court fee stamps shall be purchased through a secure online mechanism developed by NIC Haryana.

The Cabinet also gave its ex-post facto approval to the financial assistance of Rs 61,96,10,759 provided to private sugar mills in the form of unsecured, interest free loan for making sugarcane price payment to the cane growers for crushing season 2015-16.
The Cabinet also approved the Punjab Boilers (Haryana Amendment) Rules, 2016 and Punjab Economizer (Haryana Amendment) Rules, 2016 to provide transactional ease to the industrialists who have installed Boilers and Economisers, the release said.
The amended rules provide the facility of third party verification or certification of boilers and economizers by certified Boiler Operation Engineers or Third Party Inspection Agency.

The cabinet, which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, also approved the draft Haryana Enterprises Promotion Rules, 2016 to achieve the objectives and provisions contained in the Haryana Enterprises Promotion Act, 2016.
The Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board (HEPB) will be
constituted under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister for overseeing time-bound clearances, sanctioning special packages for mega projects and approving policy initiatives.
Haryana Cabinet also approved the proposal of Industries and Commerce Department to fill up the post of Chief Coordinator in the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).
The Chief Coordinator will supervise and regularly interact and coordinate with investors and Relationship Managers.

The state government has already signed around 359 MoUs entailing investments of about Rs 5.84 lakh crore with the various investors during the 'Happening Haryana Global Investors' Summit 2016' and as on date, there are 548 MoUs entailing investment of Rs 6.41 lakh crore.
Meanwhile, the state cabinet approved the Teachers' Transfer Policy for the Department of School Education after making certain amendments in the earlier draft of the policy.
The earlier draft of the policy was approved by the Cabinet and notified on April 30. But later, some suggestions came from various stakeholders. After considering these suggestions, a new amended draft was prepared, release said.

The Policy seeks to ensure equitable choice based deployment of teachers and School Heads in a fair and transparent manner and protects the academic interest of the students.
The Transfer Policy has time schedule of all activities. Some 'Serious Ailment Diseases' have been redefined as 'Diseases of Debilitating Disorder'. There is a provision of considering 'Lowest of the Two' pass percentages of class X and XII which have been revised as 'Average of the Two'.
The category 'Wife of Haryana Government Employees' has been excluded from the list of 'Special Category Female Teachers'. The word 'Men' has been included in the category 'Differently abled or mentally challenged children', release said.

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With a view to support the growth of tourism sector, the Haryana government also declared tourism as an industry for land use purpose.
A decision to this effect was taken in-principle in a meeting of the state Cabinet here.
The components that have been classified as land use under industry included all tourism projects and activities with the exception of activities like hotels, tourist resorts, eat in streets or outdoor dining areas or promenades food courts or restaurants and commercial components within recreational or commercial activities.
These provisions would be applicable to mega projects only involving investment of Rs 100 crore or above or employing more than 500 persons.

These would be applicable with prospective effect to all new as well as expansion projects involving an investment of Rs 50 crore.
The Cabinet also decided to rename the Renewable Energy Department as Department of New and Renewable Energy in view of the prevailing scenario and critical importance of the department to promote new emerging technologies.
It was also observed that the role and responsibilities of the Renewable Energy Department at State level are similar in nature to that of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at the Centre level.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal to amend the Haryana State Election Commissioner Condition of Service Rules, 1994 so as to provide reappointment opportunity to the State Election Commissioner on expiry of term.

While recognising the significance of invaluable 'Mitti Kala' and the need for its revival, the Cabinet approved the proposal of Industries and Commerce Department to reconstitute 'Mitti Kala Board' and amend the original Notification dated December 8,2010.