Mr  Pawan Bansal being briefed by Maj Gen Rajesh Bawa and Col CJS Khera looks on

The First Visitor in the history of C-PYTE who visited the HQ C-PYTE and  have shown interest to know about the functioning of C-PYTE and how the FREE training for 3 months is imparted to Punjab Youth as Pre-recruitment training to Army,Navy and Air force recruitment  as Soldiers,Sailors and Airmen.

He was highly impressed with noble idea of the Punjab Govt to carve future of Punjab Youth towards Defense forces. Its the only State which is contributing to impart such training free of cost ( Boarding,Food and training) .

In the end he offered his 2.5 Acres of Land at Toppo Mandi for training of youth as a combined venture with the Punjab State govt. He will offer the Land free of Cost and will bear the cost of the Infrastructure of the training Institute.

He was briefed by Maj Gen Rajesh Bawa(Retd)  and was accompanied by Col Charanjit Singh(Retd) ,Gen Secy, Sanjha Morcha on 26 May 2017 at the HQ C-PYTE in Sector -42 Chandigarh.

ABOUT PAWAN BANSAL

Bansal was born on 16 July 1948 in Sunam. His family hailed from Tapa, Punjab.^] He went to school at the Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, and did BSc from the Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh. He also holds an LLB degree from the Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh.^]

Career

Bansal has represented Chandigarh as a member of Parliament in the 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha. He has worked as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Minister of Water Resources . He also held the charge of the Minister of State for Finance and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet.

Railway Minister

He took over as the Railway Minister, becoming the first from his party since 1996. Soon after becoming Railways minister, he approved an increase in fares, which had been unchanged for the last 15 years, to allow the Indian Railways to be profitable.