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Sri Guru Granth Sahib Parkash Utsav (August 22) 2 Punjab Advance August 2016 Editorial apt Amarinder Singh has set a target of attracting an investment of Rs 5 lakh crore in five years. By no means an easy target, but the people's Chief Minis- Cter is going about it in a systematic manner. He has spelt out the seven strate- gic pillars of growth which include infrastructure, power, start-ups and entreneurship, skill development, ease of doing business and investment promotion with fiscal incentives. His directive to government officials is "Stop treating business partners with suspicion. This will be the first step to enhance the ease of doing business. But to achieve this a change of mindset is required towards industrial and business houses: Treat them as part- ners" Identifying the services sector as a key priority in the new industrial policy, he said it should focus on revival of industry, with preference to existing industries. All possible help should be extended to help industries and business to develop and expand, underly- ing his 'business first' philosophy. Environment-friendly electric vehicles on Punjab roads is the next item on the CM's agenda to propagate green energy and generate employment in the state. The Chief Minister did not let his personal moment of grief, the loss of his mother, come in the way of a public interest initiative when he gave the go ahead to the launch of his 'Apni Gaddi, Apna Rozgar' programme to Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, who flagged of 100 Uber bike taxis. Rajmata Mohinder Kaur, who was the last Maharani of the Patiala Kingdom and the mother of Capt Amarinder Singh, passed away on July 24, she would have turned 95 on September 14. A sea of humanity gave her a tearful farewell. We pay a homage to her on pages 6 and 7. August - 2017 Punjab Advance 3 Contents Punjab Advance www.diprpunjab.gov.in Jobs for Youth LAUGUST - 2017 LVOL-4 L ISSUE-5 C.E.O. 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Aconverged on the royal city of Among those who paid their last respects to the Rajmata were Pun- Patiala to bid a tearful adieu jab Governor VP Singh Badnore, to the ‘Rajmata’ Mohinder former Haryana Chief Minister Kaur, mother of Punjab Chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Vidhan Minister Capt Amarinder Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh, Singh, who breathed her last Deputy Speaker Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Cabinet ministers Brahm Mohindra, on July 24 at the age of 95. Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manpreet The mortal remains were con- Singh Badal, Rana Gurjit Singh, signed to the flames as Capt Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, MP San- Amarinder Singh lit the pyre at the tokh Chaudhary, former Chief Min- Shahi Samadhan, the royal family’s ister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and ancestral cremation ground. The vast Rajmata Mohinder Kaur PPCC president Sunil Jakhar. gathering included royals, politicians, Delhi’s Sarna brothers also paid bureaucrats, Army personnel, police homage, along with top civil and officers and the who’s who of the state and the country. police officials of Punjab, including DGP Suresh Arora. Capt Amarinder Singh was joined by younger brother Later, former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and SAD Malwinder Singh and son Raninder Singh in lighting the chief Sukhbir Singh Badal offered condolences to the CM at pyre amid tight security. Moti Bagh. Besides the immediate family, the Chief Minister’s Wife of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, the Rajmata was brothers-in-law, former Union Minister Kanwar Natwar the last designated queen of the Patiala kingdom. Singh and Major Kanwaljit Singh Dhillon, were also pres- The erstwhile Patiala royal remained active in politics ent along with their sons. in 1960s and 1970s as a Congress leader. She headed the Capt Amarinder’s grandsons — Nirvan Singh, Angad district Congress committee in Patiala and was involved in Singh and Yaduinder Singh — also joined in performing the a number of social and welfare activities. last rites. The Rajmata was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1967 from Political, religious and administrative leaders rubbed Patiala seat. She was also a member of the Rajya Sabha.. shoulders with ordinary citizens from all walks of life for Captain Amarinder’s authorised biography ‘The Peo- the cremation. ple’s Maharaja’ by Khuswant Singh, quotes the Late Raj- People had started gathering at Moti Bagh palace in the mata as saying: “It was the Maharaja’s and my desire that morning itself for a last glimpse (antim darshan) of their our children obtain the best possible education.” She further beloved ‘Rajmata’. says, referring to Captain Amarinder Singh, “I felt it was The mortal remains were taken to the cremation ground important for the yuvraj to go to a boarding school at the in a specially designed vehicle that passed through various earliest. With his sisters already in the boarding, he would parts of the city, with people jostling for a vantage place to have felt lonely at home. In fact, my younger son Malvinder pay their respects to the departed soul. went at a younger age than Amarinder. He couldn’t adjust at Capt Amarinder, joined by his brother and other family home once all the children had left.” members and relatives, shouldered the bier to the cremation With her philanthropic bent of mind, Rajmata was in- 6 Punjab Advance August - 2017 Homage Capt Amarinder Singh lights the pyre of the Rajmata at the Shahi Samadhan in Patiala and (below) a sea of humanity bids farewell to Patiala's last Maharani volved in several social works. Soon after independence she The family shifted to the Netherlands in 1971 when her worked for PEPSU – an organisation that offered food and husband was appointed India’s ambassador in that country. medical help to refugees following the partition of the coun- She returned to Patiala after her husband’s death and was try. She entered politics in 1964 and got elected to Parlia- since living at their New Moti Bagh Palace residence. She ment for the first time in 1967. later dedicated her life to social causes. August - 2017 Punjab Advance 7 Cover Jobs for Youth The Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh with Uber's South Asia Policy Director Shweta Rajpal Kohli · CM opening windows of opportunity · Focus on skill development & entrepreneurship BUREAU REPORT unjab took the first ployed youth when Chief Min- programme was formally major stride at gener- ister Amarinder Singh’s brain- launched by Finance Minister Pating jobs for the state’s unem- child ‘Apni Gaddi, Apna Rozgar Manpreet Badal as he flagged of 8 Punjab Advance August - 2017 Cover 100 Uber bike taxis which will Asia Head Shweta Rajpal Kohli. taxi drivers, I can only say — ply in Mohali, Kharar, Ludhiana With the job market high on isn't it better than making them and Zirakpur. the agenda, the Punjab Chief drug addicts and criminals? In Soon, bike taxis of Ola may Minister is aware of the any case, some of the most suc- also be seen zooming on State’s dilemma that many youth in cessful youth in the world today roads. Punjab, in fact across the coun- are not those in white-collared Interestingly, two women try, are facing. And he is deter- jobs but those who have taken bikers have also opted under the mined to resolve their problems the entrepreneurial route. What scheme aimed at generating jobs and dilemmas. we are doing through these for the State’s unemployed Sharing in brief some of the schemes is to promote self-em- youth - one each in Mohali and ways in which the government is ployment, which I am sure will Zirakpur. trying to create windows of op- go a long way in helping the un- Capt Amarinder Singh could portunity for the unemployed, employed youth.” not make it to the launch cere- the captain said: The entrepre- While flagging of the bikes mony because of his mother Ra- neurial schemes we have on behalf of the CM, Manpreet jmata Mohinder Kaur’s demise. launched — Apni Gaddi Apna Badal said: “Bike-sharing serv- But he did not let his personal Rozgar, Hara Tractor, Yaari En- ices like uberMOTO will not moment of grief come in the terprises etc--- are excellent re- only contribute greatly to im- way of a public interest initia- sources to make our youth proving last-mile connectivity in tive.