Punjab notifies state level coordination committee to implement NTCP & COTPA Act

Chandigarh, January 30, 2014: The Punjab Government has notified a State Level Coordination Committee (SLCC) headed by Principal Secretary of Health and Family Welfare to implement the National Tobacco Control Program COTPA ACT, 2003.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the Health and Family Welfare Department said that the committee has been constituted in pursuance to the operational guidelines National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) issued by GoI for overall implementation of NTCP and Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COPTA 2003). He said that the other members of the SLCC would be Principal Secretary, Home or his nominee, Principal Secretary, Rural Development or his nominee, Principal Secretary, Finance or his nominee, Principal Secretary, School Education or his nominee, Principal Secretary, Higher Education or his nominee, Secretary, Transport or his nominee, Secretary, Public Relations or his nominee, Secretary, Local Government, Secretary, Labour, Divisional Manager, Ambala Cantonment and Ferozepur from Department of Railway, Bhawna Mukhopadhyay, Executive Director, Voluntary Health Association of India, Varun Roojam, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, Amit Dhaka, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Mansa, Legal Remembrance and Secretary, Health-cum-MD, NRHM would be Member Secretary of the committee.// punjab news live, punjab news online, punjab news, punjab news headlines, punjab breaking news, india news, punjab news, world news,

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