DW BUREAU / Chandigarh To ensure the celebrations of 75 years of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav are stamped in the memory of the people of the State, Haryana Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal directed the officers concerned to renovate all signages and milestones across the State with its logo reflecting the celebration of 75 years of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. He further asked them to enlist the number of signages and milestones across the state and complete this work on priority. Sanjeev Kaushal said this during a review meeting of the 31 projects of four departments with an estimated cost of over Rs. 6,400 crore which was held under his Chairmanship here today. It is worth mentioning that each of these 31 projects discussed in the meeting were worth over Rs. 100 crore. The Chief Secretary reviewed the progress of all the 31 projects, including 18 projects of PWD (B & R) and Architecture, four projects of Health & Family Welfare, six projects of Public Health Engineering and three projects of Home Department. Among the key projects are, construction of roads and bridges which will enhance the connectivity of the state, projects further augmenting the healthcare facilities, an array of projects pertaining to construction of over bridges which will help smoothen traffic congestion. He also suggested consulting the Horticulture Department so as to revamp the surrounding areas of the National Highways and major connecting roads with suitable flora so as to beautify them. He directed the officers concerned to fix a deadline for the completion of the ongoing projects and expedite the work so that they are finished within the stipulated time. During this meeting, Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue & Disaster Management and Consolidation Department, Sh. P.K. Das, Haryana, Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department, Sh. Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works (B&R) and Architecture Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V. Umashankar, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Sh. Apoorva Kumar Singh and several other officers were present during the meeting. three days GST Advance Master Trainer program statrts Shimla Principal Secretary State Taxes and Excise Subhasish Panda inaugurated the three days GST Advance Master Trainer program at Shimla, today. While inaugurating the training program, the Principal Secretary said that the training program has been designed with an objective to deal with multiple challenges of GST implementation effectively. He said that the training would empower the Master Trainers for speeding up the learning of Tax Officers. The effectiveness of the training strategy being implemented by the department is evinced by excellent growth of GST revenues during the financial year 2021-22. Principal Secretary congratulated the department on exceeding the targets and hoped that the capacity building initiatives of the department will make it more effective. He said that the department will shortly establish GST training cell for ensuring continuous capacity building of Tax Officers. He also assured that the government will extend necessary support to the future initiatives of the department for maximising GST collections. Commissioner State Taxes and Excise Yunus said detailed about the various activities of the department. He informed that the department exceeded the GST annual targets by approximately Rs. 248 crore with collection of Rs. 4390 crore in the year 2021-22./ DW bureau / (editor@dailyworld.in)