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NEWDELHI: The winter session of parlia-

ment will commence here Nov 22 and is l ike-

y to end Dec 20, the Lok Sabha secretariat

nnounced Friday.

"Subject to exigencies of government

usiness, the session is likely to conclude on

Dec 20, 2012," the release added. Wipro

Chairman Azim Premji Friday hoped the

pposition would be constructive in the win-

er session of Parliament beginning Nov 22

o that legislative business, including bills,

ould be passed.

"We hope that the opposition (parties) will

be little more constructive in Parliament dur-

ing the winter session beginning Nov 22,"

Premji told reporters on the margins of a con-

ference on the IT bellwether's financial per-

formance in second quarter (July-September)

of this fiscal (2012-13).

Premji's observation comes in the back-

drop of the opposition-led Bharatiya Janata

Party (BJP) not allowing the monsoon ses-

sion of Parliament to function over the

alleged multi-crore-rupee coal scam and its

demand for the resignation of Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh, Contd on page 4

SRINAGAR: The Minister for Finance and

Ladakh Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather

today announced that exemption of Value

Added Tax (VAT) on domestic

cooking gas from the month of

April this year will continue in

future also to provide respite to

the people, even though the State

exchequer had to bear the burden

of Rs. 17 crore on this account

during first seven months of the

current fiscal.

Speaking at the quarterly review meeting

of the Commercial Tax department, Kashmir

Division held at Banquet Hall, Srinagar on

Friday, Mr. Rather said that the

opment is subservient to the t

adding that the Commercial Ta

should launch a vi

paign against tax d

their abettors irresp

status and position.

are stringent laws

defaulters with iro

they are provided

opportunity to clear

as early as possible before any a

ated against them. Mr. Rather a

greater coordination between th

Accounts & Contd

Winter session of Parl from Nov 22 VAT exemption on cookingto continue: RatherOppn should be constructive in Parl: Premji

Centre to come out with10-yr plan to strengthen

power sectorNEW DELHI: The Centre

will soon come out with a 10-

year action plan to strengthen

the power sector. Stating this

in New Delhi Friday, Joint

Secretary in the ministry of

Heavy Industries and Public

Contd on page 4

India, Germany trademay rise to $26 billion

this yearNEWDELHI:Trade between

India and Germany is set to

rise to 20 billion euro ($26.16billion) in 2012 as compared

to 18 billion euro ($23.56 bil-

lion) recorded in the previous

year, Commerce and Industry

Minister Contd on page 4

C.T Deptt

realizes Rs 739

Cr in Kashmir

upto October

this fiscal


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Winter session....

who was also holding the coal

ministry portfolio when coal

blocks were allotted to state-run

and private firms.

Lauding the United Progressive

Alliance (UPA) government for

taking some positive initiatives

during the last two months, Premji

said there was a renewed focus on

trying to execute them.

"A set of new ministers have

come and they have been told to

give results and report to the prime

minister directly. They (ministers)

have to get bureaucrats to take

more responsibility and fully sup-

port them in taking decisions,"

Premji observed. Noting that the

government was moving in the

right direction, Premji, however,

expressed concern over execution

of policies. "We remain fingers

crossed on the consistency of exe-cution and hope there is no reversal

in terms of policy announcements

made so far," the billionaire execu-

tive pointed out. Referring to the

observations of the Reserve Bank

of India (RBI) on the economic

outlook, Premji reiterated that the

central bank was not optimistic on

inflation coming down and had

revised the Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) growth rate down-

wards and had not reduced the

interest rate.

Centre to come....

Enterprises, Ambuj Sharma said

the action plan is expected to be

finalised next month after taking

views from all the concerned

stakeholders, ministries and

departments. He said about 50 per

cent of the stakeholders have

already sent their responses to the

plan. Mr Sharma noted that there

will be specific steps for time-

bound completion of projects in

generation, transmission and distri-

bution of power.

He added that his ministry is also

finalising the 'Road Map for Power

generation, transmission and distri-

bution 2022'.

Speaking on the ocassion,

Planning Commission Advisor

(Energy) I A Khan said that about

10 locations have been identified

for smart grid projects and a pilot

project is being implemented in

Puducherry.

India, Germany ....

Anand Sharma said on Thursday.

"India and Germany have set a

trade target of 20 billion euro to be

achieved by 2012 and I am sure

that we will be able to reach this

target, if not cross it with efforts

from both sides," Sharma told

reporters after meeting Phillipp

Roesler, Germany's vice-chancel-

lor and minister of economy and

technology. Germany is one of the

biggest trading partners of India.

The balance of trade is in favour of

Germany. In 2011, India's export to

Germany stood at $8.25 billion,

while import was $15.31 billion.

Germany is the eighth largest

foreign investor in India with total

investment of around $4.9 billion,

while Indian investors have

pumped in $5.9 billion in

Germany. During the meeting, the

visiting minister raised the concernof German pharmaceutical indus-

try in the wake of granting of com-

pulsory licence of a cancer drug to

Natco, according to the official

statement released after the meet-

ing. In March, the Controller of

Patents, Mumbai, had granted the

first-ever compulsory licence to

Natco to make sorafenib tosylate, a

generic version of Bayer's high-

priced anti-cancer drug Nexavar.

VAT exemption....

Treasuries and Commercial

Taxes departments to streamlinetax realization system adding that

strict action would be taken against

the defaulting officers for any laps-

es and negligence in the tax collec-

tion process. The Commissioner

Commercial Taxes Department,

Mr. Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, Joint

Director, Accounts & Treasuries,

Mr. Altaf Hussain, Joint Director,

C.T Department, Kashmir, Mr.

Rafiq Ahmad, Deputy

Commissioner, Commercial Taxes

department (HQ), Mr. Showkat

Aijaz, President J&K Bank and

concerned Commercial Taxes

Officers of the Kashmir Division

were present in the meeting.

Mr. Rather urged for making

the tax collection system more

people friendly so that tax payers

do not feel any kind of inconven-

ience. The Minister instructed the

Commercial Taxes Officers to

ascertain that money collected

from tax payers is immediately

deposited adding that there should

be no unnecessary retention in this

regard. He also called for pursuing

the court cases vigorously to vacat-

ed stays on them.

Mr. Kifayat on the occasion

assured the Minister that the CT

department would work dedicated-

ly for, not only realizing the tax

target of Rs 1000 for the current

fiscal but also to surpass the

assigned target. The meet-

ing was informed that an amount

of Rs 739.23 crore has been real-

ized during the first two quarters of

the current fiscal against Rs 681.88

crore realized during the corre-

sponding period last financial year.

The department has realized Rs

20.29 crore as penalty from the

defaulters upto October this fiscal

during whereas more than 32,000

new registrations were granted to

the traders during the same period.

In addition, about 1200 inspectionof various establishments were

also conducted upto October 2012

wherefrom Rs 26.84 crore was

realized from the defaulters as

penalty.

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Abhishek Manu Singhviback as Congress

spokesperson

NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya

Sabha MP Abhishek Manu

Singhvi is back on the party's

panel of spokesperson. Singhvi

had quit as the chairperson of

Parliament Standing Committeeon Law and Justice and as the

Congress spokesperson following

a CD controversy in April. After

the CD allegedly featuring

Singhvi surfaced, the Congress

sidelined him and removed him

from party's official spokesper-

sons roster.

Singhvi was the Vice-

President of Congress's media

cell. Claiming that the CD is fab-

ricated and morphed, Singhvi

blamed his rivals and those

opposing him of spreading

canards and baseless allegations

against him. "I have decided to

resign as Chairman,

Parliamentary Standing

Committee on Law, Justice.

Personnel and Grievances and

have informed the Hon'ble

Congress President accordingly. I

have also decided not to brief the

press," Singhvi had said then.

Researchers have developed

a tiny camera that can be

clipped to clothes or worn

on a necklace, and takes a picture

every 30 seconds, allowing users to

record their daily lives.

The camera, billed as "theworld's smallest wearable camera"

has become the latest technological

hit on Kickstarter, the "crowd fund-

ing" website.

As well as a five megapixel dig-

ital camera, the device will feature

a GPS chip to keep track of owners'

locations and automatically log and

organize pictures via a specially-

created iPhone and Android app.

Memoto claims the battery will

last two days..

Memoto describes the project as

"life logging" technology and plans

to ship its first finished cameras inFebruary next year.

"The camera and

together to give you

every single moment

complete with informa

you took it and wher

said Memoto.

"The way this worphotos are organized i

"moments" on a tim

Memoto. "On the tim

presented with key f

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moment. You can tap

relive it in a stop-mot

of all the pictures in th

Memoto said.

"This enables you

browse your life th

remember it, but to se

cific events of your li

that you met at that p

did the sunset look likin June?" Memoto add

NEW DELHI : R.P.N. Singh, the

new minister of state for home affairs

Tuesday took charge of his new

responsibilities and listed "security

for all" as his priority. Singh, who

was named on Sunday, told reporters

soon after assuming office that the

home ministry, which was assigned

to him as a junior minister is "an

important" responsibility and that the

work was "a great challenge". "Prior

to me, many of our party leaders

have occupied this office like Rajesh

Pilot and P. Chidambaram.

I would like to continue the good

work," he said. "I also have responsi-

bility to work for my party in my

home state (Uttar Pradesh)," he

added. Asked about the communal

violence reported from Uttar Pradesh

and the situation pre

Singh said: "It is un

very disturbing.

"We will have to

government whether th

central forces," he said

Chief Minister Naren

comments on new Min

for Human Resource

Shashi Tharoor s w

Pushkarduring an ele

Himachal Pradesh, Si

remarks only "reflect

mentality". "As the Gu

near, it is clear that he

tled. I don t want to t

and spoil my day in off

his mentality. No one

such comment about a

any point in time," Sin

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CHENNAI: Reports said on

Thursday that Coast Guard

choppers have rescued at

least 15 sailors of the

Prathibha Cauvery ship,

which ran aground onWednesday off Chennai

coast as Cyclone Nilam

made landfall.

Search operations are on

for the five crew members

who are still missing. The

body of one crew member

was pulled off yesterday.

Authorities are also

working to ensure the ship is

quickly cleared off the

Chennai coast and no envi-

ronmental damage is caused.

Meanwhile, the cyclone

crossed Tamil Nadu last

evening without leaving

much damage behind, after it

substantially weakened

before making landfall.

The cyclone crossed the

Tamil Nadu coast north of

Chennai between

Mamallapuram and

Kalpakkam. While the scale

of destruction was minimal

said, a few deaths were

reported. Different news

sources put the toll between

two and four.

In Andhra Pradesh, there

were no reports of loss of life

or crop damage. Over 60

mandals received four cm of

rain during the last 24 hours,a minister said.

Among the deaths in

Tamil Nadu, two were rain-

related - one in wall collapse

and one electrocution from

Villupram and

Thiruvannamala districts,

respectively.

There were official

reports of nearly 100 trees

getting uprooted and several

electric poles collapsing due

to the strong winds.

"The storm crossed the

coast between 4 pm and 6

pm. Strong winds will con-

tinue for another six hours

and by Thursday morning

everything will calm down,"

YEA Raj, deputy director

general, India

Meteorological Department

(IMD) said.

The state government in

Tamil Nadu has declared a

holiday for schools and col-

leges in the coastal districts

today.

Like Tamil Nadu, neigh-

bouring Andhra Pradesh also

escaped the Nilam fury.

There was no loss of life or

property reported from any

of the districts in southcoastal Andhra Pradesh.

Electricity supply was

disrupted in villages under

16 mandals in Nellore dis-

trict due to strong winds.

Heavy rains lashed Nellore,

Prakasam, Guntur and

Chittoor districts.

In Hyderabad, Minister

for Revenue, Relief and

Rehabilitation Raghuveera

Reddy, who reviewed the sit-

uation with officials on

Wednesday evening, said the

state was not facing any

major threat.

The minister, however,

said the south coastal dis-

tricts and the Chittoor dis-

trict in Rayalaseema region

were on alert and taking all

measures to prevent loss of

life and property.

The government deputed

three senior officials to

Nellore, Chit toor and

Prakasam districts to super-

vise the relief operations

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh's imprint on

Sunday reshuffle in the Council of

Ministers is evident with several

leaders who are in favour of more

economic reforms now a part of his

new core team. In the biggest

reshuffle of the Congress-led

United Progressive Alliance

Cabinet, Manmohan Singh induct-

ed 17 new faces and a total of 22

ministers giving several new and

young faces a chance to prove their

mettle as his government tries to

remove the taint of scams and non-

performance from its progress

report.

Congress general secretary

Rahul Gandhi did not join the gov-

ernment - leaving the field open for

him to play a larger role in the

party. Another big reshuffle is on

the cards soon - in the Congressorganisational structure; Rahul

Gandhi looks set for a bigger role

and there is speculation that he

could be made Working President

or Vice President. Or even

Secretary General.

The big movers include Salman

Khurshid who has been made the

External Affairs Minister, a portfo-

lio which is considered to be very

close to the Prime Minister.

Ashwani Kumar had got the impor-

tant portfolio of Law, which has

been working overtime due the

exposure of several corruption

cases involving leaders of the rul-

ing coalition.

The focus of the reshuffle was

on inducting new and young faces

with the states of Andhra Pradesh

and West Bengal cornering the

major share out of the 22 ministers

sworn in. While Andhra Pradesh

has six new faces, West Bengal

gets three more representatives.

The ministers were adminis-

tered the oath of office and secrecyby President Pranab Mukherjee at a

ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan

attended by Vice President Hamid

Ansari, the Prime Minister,

Congress President Sonia Gandhi,

Rahul Gandhi, Cabinet Ministers

and Leader of Opposition Sushma

Swaraj.

Below is the list of the UPA

Council of Ministers after the

reshuffle:

Cabinet ministers

* K Rahman Khan gets Minority

Affairs

* Dinsha Patel promoted as

Cabinet Minister in Mines

Ministry

* Ajay Maken elevated to Cabinet,

gets Housing and Urban Poverty

Alleviation

* MM Pallam Raju upgraded and

made Minister of Human Resource

Development

* Ashwani Kumar elevated to

Cabinet, gets Law Ministry

* Harish Rawat made Water

Resources Minister* Chandresh Kumari Katoch is

new Culture Minister

Ministers of State (Independent

charge)

* Manish Tewari is M

tion and broadcasting

* Telugu actor K Chi

the Tourism Ministry

Ministers of State

* Shashi Tharoor bac

of State

* Kodikunnil Suresh

* NCP's Tariq Anwa

of State for Agricultur

* K Jayasuyraprakash

* Ranee Narah, th

Women's cricket as

India

* West Bengal Con

Adhir Ranjan Chowdh

* Malda Congress M

Khan Choudhury

* S Satyanarayana

* Ninong Ering is mi

* West Bengal Con

Deepa Dasmunshi

* Telangana leader PNaik

* Andhra Pradesh M

Kruparani Killi

* Rajashtan MP Lalc

UPA govt goes for major cabinet reshu

NEW DELHI: Fifty-five village pan

hop-on the information super highway in

weeks as part of an ambitious UPA-II

connect 2.5 lakh local government bo

broadband. This was disclosed by

Advisor to Prime Minister on PublicInfrastructure and Innovations at a c

'Decade of Innovation: India @ Year 2

here by the Department of Science and

and CII.

He said connecting 55 villages throu

in four states including in Rajasthan

Pradesh was part of a pilot project of a

tive to create a public information

which seeks to improve public delivery

The project to link 2.5 lakh local gov

ies through broadband would cost

exchequer between USD six-seven billi

The broadband connectivity to villag

speed up public delivery services includ

of birth and death certificates, depositin

in bank accounts, maintenance of land re

sion of agriculture-related services an

benefits. The next stage would be comp

all court, police and prison records as w

ment files. The broadband connectivity f

chayats will help improving delivery of p

es and getting real time feedback. Bes

help in training of panchayat and oth

functionaries and empowering the

through e-library.

The government had approved the

connect all 2, 50,000 gram panchayats

cal fibre communication in October last

Cyclone Nilam: Choppers, boats res-

cue 15 sailors, five still missingUPA Govt to connect 2.5 labodies through broadband

PEOPLE IN NEWS

PAWAN VARMA: Indian

Diplomat Pavan

K. Varma in

October 2012

resigned as

India's ambas-

sador to Bhutan with an idea of

entering into politics. Ambassador

Pavan Varma is set to join the

Janata Dal-United (JDU).

GULZAR: Lyricist and well

known poet

Gulzar award-

ed with Indira

G a n d h i

N a t i o n a l

Integration Award by congress

President Sonia Gandhi.

ANAND KUMAR: Anand

Kumar, teacher

and founder of

Super 30 insti-

tute, which

provides freeresidential coaching to students

from economically backward

families for IIT-JEE exams,

named 'People's Hero' by People

magazine of American Time

Magazine Group.

YERRAN NAIDU: Senior

Telugu Desam

Party (TDP)

senior leader

and former

central minister

K. Yerran Naidu died in a road

accident in Andhra Pradesh's

Srikakulam district early Friday.He was 55.

Protestor at Kejriwal'sPress meet linked to

Gandhis: IAC

NEW INDIA: India Against

Corruption (IAC) on Friday released

hotographic proof suggesting that

he man who disrupted its press meet

n Wednesday has links with the

Gandhi family. The man, Jagadish

Sharma, is shown in the pictures hob-

nobbing with members of the Gandhi

amily at several events. The IAC said

hat in "such circumstances, any

ttack on IAC activists would have to

e presumed to be at the behest of the

Congress if unless the contrary is

roved."

During Wednesday's press meet,

Kejriwal and co-activist and senior

SC lawyer Prashant Bhushan had

eleased documents hinting at a nexus

etween the government and Reliance

ndustries Limited. It was during

hese revelations that Sharma created

furore.


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NATIONALSTUDENT AGE


NEW DELHI: After making allega-

tions of fraud against Congress presi-

dent Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul

Gandhi, Janata Party chief

Subramanian Swamy has now chal-

lenged Rahul to file a defamation suit

against him. Hours after Swamy

made the allegations; Rahul's office

sent a letter to him threatening to pur-

sue "all legal actions" against him.

Swamy had targeted Rahul and Sonia

Gandhi over acquisition of a compa-

ny that published the now-defunct

National Herald newspaper to which

Congress gave a loan of over Rs 90

crore. However, Swamy denied

receiving any letter and seemed in

mood to fight it out in the court.

"Either Rahul Gandhi sends a letter to

me or his lawyer. I will throw either

of the papers in the dustbin withoutreading it. My advice to Rahul

Gandhi is grow up, go to the court

and file a defamation case. I will fight

him there," Swamy said," he said.

"Our attention has been drawn to

your purported press conference of

the afternoon of November 1. The

allegations made by you are utterly

false, entirely baseless and defamato-

ry," the letter said. It said, "Your

action of calling a press conference is

a motivated attempt for reasons,

which one can easily discern."

"We are committed to pursuing

all legal actions against the scan-

dalous abuse evident in your so-

called press conference. Please be

informed that we shall pursue the

legal remedies open to us against the

utterly motivated and irresponsible

contents of your press conference.

"And that we shall pursue all pro-ceedings that are available in law to

ensure that an individu

not abuse the freedom

write in utter violation

important need in a civ

to maintain the dignity

and organizations and t

law of the country," it s

Earlier addressing a

ence here, Swami had s

Rahul had floated a Se

pany called 'Young Ind

a share holding of 38 p

acquired Associated Jo

ed by late Jawaharlal Ne

lished the National Hera

Awaz. Swamy said

Journals obtained an u

of over Rs 90 crore from

he claimed was illegal u

Tax Act because a polit

not give loans for composes.

Swamy challenges Rahul to defamation suit against hi

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday

stressed the need for innovation in India to overcome the

challenges of development in areas like health, education,

water, food security and energy. "An innovative approach

becomes even more imperative in our context, where there

is a huge reservoir of unmet needs in areas such as health,

education, water, food security and energy," said the pres-

ident. Sam Pitroda, chairman of the National Innovation

Council and Adviser to the Prime Minister, in the presence

of Union Minister for Communications and Information

Technology Kapil Sibal, presented the council's second

annual 'Report to the People 2012' to the president at

Rashtrapati Bhavan here. "Innovation can provide solu-

tions to such challenges and in the process also enable

many more people to harness the gains from India's growth

story." "India has tremendous untapped potential for inno-

vation," Mukherjee said. According to the president, inno-

vation is the key driver of growth and deve

era marked by rapid technological advan

pointed out that not only India's demographi

thriving democracy can provide a fertile gro

vation, the population of 550 million person

25 years makes it imperative that "we inno

their needs in a sustainable manner, while

new opportunities for them." A live video li

lished during the event from Rashtrapa

Moradabad Cluster and Kanpura Gram

Ajmer district of Rajasthan showcas

Innovation Council's Innovation Cluster Ini

as Rural Broadband Connectivity programm

highlights the activities and initiatives the

undertaken to strengthen the innovation e

the country. It builds on the previous

Council and outlines the new initiatives in

NEWS IN BOX

Himachal has 1,162 visually impaired electorsSHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh has 1,162 visually impaired electors, of a

total electorate of 46 lakh, a poll official said Friday, adding that the

Election Commission had made special provisions for them.

"Only 36 are Braille-conversant voters," state Chief Electoral Officer

Narinder Chauhan said. Of the 1,162, 364 are 100 percent visually

impaired.

Kangra, the largest district in the state, has the highest number of 415

registered visually impaired electors. The commission has set up 7,253

polling stations in the state, including 763 hypersensitive, to enable 46,

08,359 voters to exercise their franchise Nov 4.

Power crisis: Tamil Nadu govt movesSC against Centre

CHENNAI/NEWDELHI: The Tamil Nadu government has gone to the

Supreme Court with a petition against the Centre to find a solution to a

crippling power shortage.

The petition said that the 1070 MW that Delhi has surrendered to the

central grid should be given to it. Quoting the Electricity Act, the state

has also asked the Centre to provide a transmission corridor for interstate

transmission of power.

Most districts in the state have been suffering from as much as 16

hours of power cuts a day. This has severely hit industry as well the com-mon people.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has also complained that she had written

to the Prime Minister for help, but got no response. The state is looking

at bridging some of its demand supply gap when the nuclear power plant

at Kudankulam is operationalised by the end of this year. Ms Jayalalithaa

has demanded that the entire production of 1000MW from the nuclear

plant be given to Tamil Nadu, but this is unlikely. The state is short of

4000 MW of power presently.

Deadline for switching over to cableTV digitization ends

NEW DELHI: With the deadline in four metros ending this evening, 93

percent digitisation of cable TVhas been so far achieved in the four met-

ros. The deadline comes to an end this evening.

The digitisation includes Direct to Home, DTH. A release issued bythe Information and Broadcasting said the level of digitization has

touched 95 per cent in Delhi, 100 per cent in Mumbai and 85 per cent in

Kolkata. In Chennai 86 percent digitization has been achieved.

The release further added exclusive teams have been set up for phys-

ical verification of the progress made in digitisation. The teams will visit

head ends of Multi System Operators -MSOs, a master facility for receiv-

ing television signals for processing and distribution over a cable televi-

sion system in the metros to cross check and see their preparedness for

switchover.

No separate team needed to probecorruption cases: CVC

NEW DELHI: Central Vigilance Commission does not need any sepa-

rate investigation wing to look into high profile cases of corruption, its

chief Pradeep Kumar has said. "The CVC has a mix of officers. We have

engineers and officers from Indian Police Service and Indian

Administrative Service among others. There is no need to have a separate

investigation wing. Officers in the Chief Technical Examination wing are

capable enough to tackle cases being dealt by the Commission," Kumar

said in an interaction.

The high-level Shunglu Committee, which went into the alleged

Commonwealth Games related irregularities, has in a letter to PM

Manmohan Singh recommended greater autonomy for the CTE wing.

The CTE wing acts as the investigating arm of the probity watchdog.

Kumar said the Commission was examining its manpower requirement.

"CVC is dealing in many sensitive cases. We get a number of corruption

complaints also. The CVC is internally examining whether it is capable

of managing things with the present manpower.

NEW INDIA: India Against

Corruption (IAC) on Friday released

photographic proof suggesting that

the man who disrupted its press meet

on Wednesday has links with the

Gandhi family.

The man, Jagadish Sharma, is

shown in the pictures hobnobbingwith members of the Gandhi family

at several events. The IAC said that

in "such circumstances, any attack

on IAC activists would have to be

presumed to be at the behest of the

Congress if unless the contrary is

proved." During Wednesday's press

meet, Kejriwal and co-activist and

senior Supreme Court lawyer

Prashant Bhushan had released doc-

uments hinting at a nexus between

the government and Reliance

Industries Limited.

It was during these revelations

that Sharma created a furore. Sharma

also went on to ask Kejriwal as to

why neither he or his wife weretransferred for the last 20 years dur-

ing his service as an Indian Revenue

Services (IRS) officer. Sharma, who

claimed to be alone 'sans any back-

ing', had shouted that "Kejriwal and

company are fooling the country".

Sharma's supporters who were rais-

ing anti-Kejriwal slogans were evict-

ed by IAC supporters.

Protestor at Kejriwal's PClinked to Gandhis: IAC

Tharoor emphauniversalisation ofNEW DELHI: Minist

Human Resource D

Shashi Tharoor Friday e

universalisation of ed

focus on quality. Speaki

in New Delhi afte

charge,Mr Tharoor ass

big issue according to

making education rel

along with access, quali

versalisation aspect. Mcase for an IIT in his

Kerala, the minister sai

very education conscio

the poorest of the fam

cerned about the educati

Mr Tharoor said educati

tunities emerging from i

the youth to desist from

of Naxalites and Maoist

Innovate is key to growth and development: Pres


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C MY K C MY K C

INTERNATIONALSTUDENT AGE


WASHINGTON: More than 90

deaths in the US have now been

blamed on Sandy, the huge storm

that has left residents on the east

coast struggling to recover.

Worst hit were New York City

and New Jersey, with fuel short-

ages the latest in a series of post-

storm challenges. Widespread gas

shortages stirred fears among resi-

dents and disrupted some rescue

and emergency services Thursday as

the New York region struggled to

return to a semblance of normalcy

after being ravaged by Hurricane

Sandy. Tiny increments of progress -

some subway and bus lines were

back in service - were overshadowed

by new estimates of the storm's

financial cost, struggles to restore

power and by the discovery of more

bodies in flooded communities.

Campaigning for Tuesday's presi-

dential election - suspended earlier in

the week - has fully resumed. New

York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

endorsed President Barack Obama,

citing his leadership on climate

change. Mr Bloomberg said Sandy

could be evidence

of climate

change. Of the

two candidates,

he said, "one sees

climate change as

an urgent prob-

lem that threatens

our planet; one

does not". "I want

our president to

place scientific evidence and risk

management above electoral poli-

tics." Sandy arrived on the US

Atlantic coast on Monday night,

bringing hurricane-strength winds,

flooding and blackouts. About 4.5

million customers in 12 states are

still without power. The storm could

cost the US $50bn (31bn), accord-

ing to forecasting firm E

has doubled its previou

In New York, w

brought a record 14ft

surge, the National Gua

er a million meals and

to residents affected by

The storm, one of t

hit the US in decades,

low-lying district with

lifting whole houses off

tions. New York City

James Oddo said: "If

first responder from St

cover this marathon, I w

Secretary of Home

Janet Napolitano a

Emergency Managem

(Fema) official Richar

visit the borough.

Storm Sandy: US death toll close to 100, Gasoline runs sSILVIO BERLUSCONI: Silvio

Berlusconi, the

former Prime

Minister of Italy

was sentenced a

term for four

years of imprisonment for tax

fraud, and was also banned from

holding any public office, by the

Court of Italy.

NKOSAZANA D. ZUMA: First

Woman Chief of

African Union

N k o s a z a n a

C l a r i c e

Dlamini-Zuma

became the first woman to take

office as the chairperson of the

African Union Commission

(AUC) at the headquarters in

Addis Ababa.

STEPHEN HARPER: Canadian

Prime Minister

Stephen Harperwill visit the

country next

week ( Nov 3-

9) during which he would meet

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

and other Indian leaders.

China to open culturalcentre in Nepal

KATHMANDU: China is going to

open a cultural centre in Nepal in its

bid to augment the cultural bond

between the two neighbouring

countries, reports said.Beijing believes that the estab-

ishment of a cultural centre in

Kathmandu can provide impetus for

a better understanding among the

people as well as enhance mutual

cooperation between the two coun-

ries. The formal process for the

centre's opening commenced

Thursday as the two sides signed a

memorandum of understanding

(MOU) at Nepal's ministry of cul-

ure, tourism and civil aviation

(MoCTCA).

Yajna Prasad Gautam, secretary

at Nepal's MoTCA, and Yang

Houlan, Chinese ambassador signed

he pact on behalf of their respective

governments. Also present on this

occasion was Nepal's Minister for

Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Posta Bahadur Bogati. On this occa-

sion, Nepalese minister Bogati

hoped that the new Chinese cultural

centre would help both the countries

o understand each other culturally

and provide recourse to further

develop the friendship in a new

way.

PEOPLE IN NEWS

KIEV (UKRAINE): Ukrainian

President Viktor Yanukovych's party

headed for victory in parliamentary

elections tainted by the jailing of the

country's top opposition leader, pre-

liminary results showed Monday.

Despite a strong showing of pro-

Western opposition parties,

Yanukovych's Party of Regions

appeared set to retain its parliamen-

tary majority with its candidates

leading in individual races across the

country.With former Premier Yulia

Tymoshenko in jail and widespread

fears of election fraud, the West is

paying close attention to the vote in

the strategic ex-Soviet state, which

lies between Russia and the

European Union, and serves as a key

conduit for transit of Russian energy

supplies to many EU countries.

With votes counted at some 30

per cent of polling stations nation-

wide this morning, Party or Regions

was ahead with 37 percent in the pro-

portional share of the vote. The

Regions also were poised to win

some 115 seats out of

seats allocated in ind

meaning Yanukovy

would likely get a maj

in the 450-member par

International obser

issue their verdict on t

the vote later today.

deemed undemocratic

could freeze Kiev's

European Union it aspi

push Ukraine toward M

With Yanukovych uthe jailing of his

Tymoshenko, rampan

and slow reforms, th

made a strong showing

Tymoshenko's pa

with some 20 per cent o

pro-Western Udar (Pun

by boxing champion V

third with 13 per cent

right Svoboda (Freedom

per cent of the

Communists, Yanuko

tional allies, had some

the vote, according to

proportional results.

Ruling party leads in UkParliament voteLONDON: Britain's Prime

Minister David Cameron and

Indonesian President Susilo

Bambang Yudhoyono signed a

string of agreements on trade,

defence and education on Thursday.

A spokeswoman for Cameron's

Downing Street office said the two

leaders had constructive discus-

sions on a number of subjects, with

the focus on the UK-Indonesian

trade and investment relationship.

On the second day of Yudhoyono's

state visit to Britain, aimed at

boosting ties with the emerging

Asian power.

Britain, Indonesia sign pacts ontrade, defence and education

ROME: Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi

lashed out at Mario Monti's govt. and threatened to

withdraw support from the government as he con-

siders Monti's fiscal reforms counterproductive, as

per reports. After being convicted for tax fraud,

Berlusconi confirmed that he had no plans to con-

test 2013 elections. He reportedly announced a

movement to reform country's justice system.

Berlusconi delivered an at times breathless 50-

minute speech in one of his Milan-area villas and

took another 40 minutes of questions, a day after a

Milan court sentenced him to four years in prison

and barred him from public office for five years in

a decade-old case involving the purchase of TV

rights of US films for his media empire.

He announced what sounded like a political

platform to undo many of Monti's reforms. And he

warned that his People of Freedom party would be

meeting in the coming days to decide whether to

withdraw support from Monti's govt. and force

early elections. He said it would do

"recessive spiral" that Monti's reform

about.

Monti was tapped to head a tech

ment, which has pushed through a

hikes, structural reforms and auste

that, while hurting ordinary Italians

cantly brought down Italy's borrow

Saturday, Italians in several cities

streets for a "No Monti" day of prote

Silvio threatens to withdraw support from govt

MOSCOW: Russia has accused the

US of having adopted a wrong

approach for human rights protection

by intervening in other countries'

internal affairs. Russian Foreign

Ministry's special envoy for Human

Rights Konstantin Dolgov accused

the US of violating the basic interna-

tional principle of state sovereignty,

reports said Monday. "This is one of

the reasons why (Moscow) has taken

a decision to shutdown USAID

activity in Russia," Dolgov said in an

interview posted on ministry's web-

site. In September, Russia accused

the US official aid agency of trying

to influence Russia's domestic politi-

cal affairs and ended its activities

from October. Dolgov said, the US

authorities repeatedly violated the

rights of journalists, put pressures on

the mass media policy. It could hard-

ly be called "an example of democra-

cy." Meanwhile, Dolgov pointed out

the violations of Russian citizens

rights in the US, including those per-

taining to adopted children. "There

are some 100,000 crimes against

children in Russia and over 3 million

in the US every year," he said.

Russia criticises US overhuman rights violations


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EDITORIALSTUDENT AGE


BY SHWETA BHAT

India economy, the third largest economy in

the world, in terms of purchasing power, is

going to touch new heights in coming years.

As predicted by Goldman Sachs, the Global

nvestment Bank, by 2035 India would be the

hird largest economy of the world just after US

nd China. It will grow to 60% of size of the US

conomy. This booming economy of today has

o pass through many phases before it can

chieve the current milestone of 9% GDP.

The history of Indian economy can be broad-

y divided into three phases: Pre- Colonial,

Colonial and Post Colonial.

Pre Colonial: The economic history of India

ince Indus Valley Civilization to 1700 AD can

e categorized under this phase. During Indus

Valley Civilization Indian economy was very

well developed. It had very good trade relations

with other parts of world which is evident from

he coins of various civilizations found at the

ite of Indus valley.

The citizens of the Indus Valley civilisation,permanent and predominantly urban settle-

ment that flourished between 2800 BC and

800 BC practiced agriculture, domesticated

nimals, used uniform weights and measures,

made tools and weapons, and traded with other

ities. Evidence of well planned streets, a

drainage system and water supply reveals their

knowledge of urban planning, which included

he world's first urban sanitation systems, and

he existence of some form of municipal gov-

rnment.

Much of the population of the region consti-

uting present-day India resided in villages

whose economies were largely isolated and self-

ustaining, with agriculture being the predomi-nant occupation of the populace. It satisfied the

ood requirements of the village and also pro-

vided raw materials for hand-based industries

ike textile, food processing and crafts.

Although many kingdoms and rulers issued

oins, barter was still widely prevalent. Villages

aid a portion of their agricultural produce as

evenue, while its craftsmen received a part of

he crops at harvest time for their services.

Colonial

The colonial rule brought along an institu-

ional environment that guaranteed property

ights, ensured free trade, had fixed exchange

ates, uniform currency system, metric weights

nd measures, open capital markets, created a

well developed system of railways and

elegraphs, a bureaucracy free from political

nterferences and a modern legal system. It also

oincided with major changes in the world

conomy - industrialization, growth in trade and

roduction, and new thinking on economic poli-

ies followed by states. By the end of the colo-

nial rule, however, India inherited an economy,

which was one of the poorest in the world and

tagnant, with industrial development stalled,

griculture unable to feed a rapidly accelerating

opulation, who were subject to frequent

amines, had one of the world's lowest life

xpectancy, suffered from pervasive malnutri-

tion and was largely illiterate.

An estimate by Cambridge historian Angus

Madison reveals that, India's share of the world

income, reduced from 22.6% in 1700, compara-

ble to Europe's share of 23.3 %, to a low of

3.8% in 1952. While Indian leaders during the

Independence struggle and left-nationalist eco-

nomic historians have blamed the colonial rule

for the dismal state of India's economy, a broad-

er macroeconomic view of India during this

period reveals that there were segments of both

growth and decline, resulting from changes

brought about by colonialism and a world that

was moving towards industrialization and eco-

nomic integration.

Post-independence

Indian economic policy after independence,

influenced by the colonial experience (which

was seen by Indian leaders as exploitative in

nature), and by their exposure to Fabian social-

ism, became protectionist in nature, implement-

ing a policy of import substitution, industrialisa-

tion, state intervention in labour and financialmarkets, a large public sector, overt regulation

of business, and central planning. Jawaharlal

Nehru, the first prime minister of India, along

with the statistician Prasanta Chandra

Mahalanobis, formulated and oversaw the eco-

nomic policy of independent India. They

expected favourable outcomes from this strate-

gy since it involved both the public and private

sectors and was based on direct and indirect

state intervention instead of a Soviet-style cen-

tral command system. The policy of concentrat-

ing simultaneously on capital and technology

intensive heavy industry and subsidising hand

based and low-skilled cottage industries was

criticised by economist Milton Friedman, whothought it would not only waste both capital and

labour, but also retard the development of small-

er manufacturers.

India's low average growth rate up to 1980

was derisively referred to as the Hindu rate of

growth, because of the contrasting high growth

rates in other Asian countries, especially the

East Asian Tigers. The economic reforms that

surged economic growth in India after 1980 can

be attributed to two stages of reforms. The pro-

business reform of 1980 initiated by Indira

Gandhi and carried on by Rajiv Gandhi, eased

restrictions on capacity expansion for incum-

bents, removed price controls and reduced cor-

porate taxes.

The costs of state intervention proved to be

insurmountable in the early 1990s and India,

like many of its developing country peers, suc-

cumbed to a fiscally induced debt crisis. India

had to turn to the International Monetary Fund

for financing, and the crisis helped usher in

change that seemed impossible merely one or

two years earlier. The economic liberalization of

1991, initiated by then Indian prime minister P.

V. Narasimha Rao and his finance minister

Manmohan Singh in response to a macroeco-

nomic crisis did away with the License Raj

(investment, industrial and import licensing)

and ended public sector monopoly in many sec-

tors, thereby allowing automatic approval of

foreign direct investment in many sectors. Since

then, the overall direction of liberalization has

remained the same, irrespective of the ruling

party at the center, although no party has yet

tried to take on powerful lobbies like the trade

unions and farmers, or contentious issues like

labour reforms and cutting down agricultural

subsidies.

The reforms of Manmohan Singh loosened

the clamps on the economy and allowed eco-

nomic stakeholders to organise themselves to

drive greater economic efficiency. Almost

immediately the macro economy responded,

achieving consistently strong economic growth.

Millions have been lifted out of poverty and a

new, burgeoning middle class has established

itself in India. That India achieved such growth

with relatively limited liberalisation, however,

is surprising. After liberalization period, the

greater separation between the government and

the economy, the state continues to run a num-

ber of enterprises, maintain control over foreignexchange, manage productivity in certain sec-

tors, and protect labour through rigid laws. India

took major strides in permitting enterprises to

react to market signals but maintained control

over India's exposure to the global economy by

retaining a tightly controlled capital account.

The phases of Indian Capitalism are outlined to

demonstrate the role that the state has played in

economic performance. Developmental states

are only successful when economic stakehold-

ers are fighting for the same goals. Interests

must be protected and integrated into the model

of development.

The challenge in India is that the heterogene-

ity of interests proved difficult to align. Afterindependence, under Nehru, the political cohe-

siveness and dominance of the Congress Party

permitted a form of state based capitalism to be

relatively successful. Once the post-independ-

ence euphoria had worn off, however, the coop-

eration necessary to operate a developmental

state no longer existed. During phase two the

developmental state gradually morphed into an

autocratic state, but India's democratic roots

proved durable and elections were quickly

restored.

In phase three, businesses were given greater

freedoms to manage production, and the fourth

phase made permanent the removal of the state

from certain aspects of the economy. The failure

of the developmental state has proven that the

state, in India, should not be playing an active

role in managing productivity in the economy

and that economic stakeholders can efficiently

organise themselves. The economy has per-

formed best when economic stakeholders are

allowed to react to supply and demand incen-

tives in the marketplace and organise amongst

themselves with minimal interference. The

challenge, however, is aligning the economic

performance with India's political demand for

broader distribution of economic wealth. While

certain segments of the Indian population have

benefitted from liberalisation, many have not.

The state has tried to protect tho

through policies that attempt to

poor from the volatility of globali

LOOKING FORWARD

The Indian economy operates

balance of state intervention an

principles. In the past two decade

state have been gradually worn aw

ing been built up over centurie

organised economic coordination

panies have thrived with liberali

ing the entrepreneurial spirit of th

ple. How the state governs the m

remains one of the biggest pot

to future success. Economic in

slowly moving away from man

towards being regulators, and the

tinue in that direction.

The fact that the state contin

heavy hand in the market should

given the history of India's eco

nance. The pace of change in gov

tions usually lags that of the mdeveloping countries, where liber

results from new policies after

regimes essentially go bankrupt,

tutions are ill-equipped to handle

of a liberal marketplace.

The fact that India has liberalis

actually be considered somewhat

the political aspects of institutiona

Looking ahead, the form an

state institutions, and how they m

regulate the market, represents a

further economic expansion. In

132nd in the World Bank/ IFC D

Index, one spot behind the West B

In the categories where India's rpoorest, dealing with constructio

enforcing contracts, India has a ra

182, respectively, out of 183 cou

As long as the state maintains a f

aging the economy, inefficient

resources will continue.

The future for India is bright. A

call for liberalisation, they should

nisant of context. Without institu

and an enhancement of India's reg

ity, increased liberalisation will si

ate corruption and further ine

through a re-orientation of the ec

structure will India be able to s

fruits of liberalisation - greater

investment, deeper domestic ma

and a floating exchange rate - into

nomic growth, while containing th

alisation - increased food price

flighty capital.

As for India's place in the glo

given the vast developmental ch

remain domestically, it would b

imagine India asserting its econom

in international markets any

Processes of institutional change

decades rather than years, and, a

rise of India as an economic sup

only occur over a long period of t

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EDITORIALSTUDENT AGE


BY J S RANA

After more than six decades of inde-

pendence, India is still groping in

the dark in search of a realistic def-

nition of what constitutes poverty and how

many Indians are actually poor? Successive

overnments have tweaked the definition of

overty and fiddled with numbers to suit the

oli tical dispensation. The poverty data

eleased by the Planning Commission

ecently, based on the 66th round of the

National Sample Survey (2009-10) figures

n household consumer expenditure survey,

howed that poverty had significantly

declined between 2004-05 and 2009-10. The

ragedy is that this decline is based on a

overty line that is even lower than the earli-

r Rs 32-per-day mark that had triggered an

utrage when the government submitted it to

he Supreme Court. It may be noted that last

year the government was subjected to deri-

ion because of an affidavit filed in theSupreme Court suggesting that a measly per

apita daily expenditure of Rs 32 (Rs 965 per

apita per month) in the urban areas or Rs 26

Rs 781 per capita per month) in the rural

reas in 2010-11 would serve as the bench-

mark to define those who would be treated as

eing below or above the poverty line.

An individual above a monthly consump-

ion of Rs 859.60 in the urban and Rs 672.80

n the rural areas is not considered poor, as

er the recent contentious declaration of the

Planning Commission. Accordingly, the

Planning Commission further reduced the

overty line to Rs 28.65 per capita daily con-

umption in cities and Rs 22.42 in the ruralreas, scaling down India's poverty ratio.

According to this estimation, the all India

head count ratio (HCR) has declined by 7.3

ercentage points from 37.2 per cent in

004-05 to 29.8 per cent in 2009-10, with

ural poverty declining by eight percentage

oints from 41.8 per cent to 33.8 per cent

nd urban poverty declining by 4.8 percent-

ge points from 25.7 per cent to 20.9 per

ent. The number of poor in India has

declined to 35.47 crores in 2009-10 from

0.72 crores in 2004-05. The aforesaid

overty data released by the Planning

Commission exposed how unrealistic the

poverty lines' are. This Kafkaesque delusion

eflects the insensitivity and non-chalance of

he state to the sufferings of the poor who are

truggling to make their both ends meet.

After sensing the public hullabaloo

mong wide sections of the society against

he aforesaid definition of the poverty line

nd the fear of a severe drubbing in the next

eneral elections, the government at the

Centre went for a damage-control exercise.

Under pressure from the government, the

Planning Commission gave the explanation

hat the people's right to welfare entitlements

nd subsidies will be decided on the basis of

he findings of the socio-economic and caste

census 2011 based on the Saksena and

Hashmi Committees. Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh said a fresh group has

been set up to devise a new method to assess

the number of poor in the country. Singh also

favoured a multi-layered approach to assess

poverty. This may have given the govern-

ment of the day a necessary breather, but it

needs to be seen if it continues to ignore and

remain insensitive to the livelihood griev-

ances of the down-trodden and poorer sec-

tions of the society who are battling for their

survival owing to crippling inflation. The

Saksena and Hashmi Committees' recom-

mendations on deprivation may relate more

to non-income indicators. But these will not

reveal the real incidence of poverty.

In India, the Planning Commission is esti-

mating the incidence of poverty at the

national and State levels (both in the rural

and urban areas) since 1979 on the basis of

the recommendations of the Task Force(1979) report based on the 28th round of the

data of the National Sample Survey (NSS

1973-74) on consumption spending, which

in particular observed that the level of total

monthly spending per person is to be called

the 'poverty line'. This procedure was subse-

quently modified by the Lakdawala

Commission (1993). Ever since the Task

Force defined the poverty line, poverty con-

tinued to be defined in terms of per capita

monthly expenditure corresponding to per

capita per diem intake of 2400 calories in the

rural areas and 2100 calories in the urban

areas. The rural areas usually have higher

kcal requirements because of greater physi-cal activity among the rural residents. This

was the somewhat sensible method and

included both food and non-food expendi-

tures. The Commission that accepted the

expert committee's nutrition-based definition

but applied i t only once to the 28th round of

the National Sample Survey's (NSS') 1973-

74 data, obtained the correct monthly rural

poverty line of Rs 49 and urban poverty l ine

of Rs 59 at which 2400 or 2100 calories were

accessible respectively, and found that 56.4

per cent of the rural population and 49 per

cent of the urban population spent less than

this, and so were poor.

ACCORDING to Professor Utsa Patnaik,

the Planning Commission's preposterous

estimates of the 'poverty line' follow from a

mistake in method of changing the definition

of the poverty line and delinking it from the

nutritional standards. The present

Commission also doggedly clings to that

mistake despite stringent criticism from

many quarters. The Planning Commission

estimates the poverty by updating the 1973-

74 poverty line of Rs 49 for rural and Rs 59

for urban India by State-specific consumer

price indices of agricultural labour house-

holds and industrial workers house-hold

respectively. The poverty lines obtained in

this manner have corresponded to progres-

sively reduced calorie intakes over the years.

For example, the official poverty level in

rural India was estimated at Rs 356.30 per

month and in urban India it was Rs 538.60

per month in 2004-05 which did not capture

the change in the actual cost of living or cost

of accessing minimum nutrition. As a result

of which the poverty ratio was found to be as

low as 25.7 per cent in the urban areas and

28.3 per cent in the rural areas and 27.5 per

cent for all India. There was an uproar

against this underestimation of poverty. To

address the issue, the Tendulkar Committee

was set up in 2008 and its recommendations

were released in November 2009. Al-though

the Tendulkar panel recalibrated the exis-

ting urban official poverty line (2004-05) to

capture a wider set of deprivations, it ridicu-

lously added only a meagre Rs 30 per month

for education, health etc. to the previous

amount. Further, it cut the existing calorielimits in the rural and urban areas to a uni-

form 1800. One of the justifications given

for this is the minimum norm recently set by

the Food and Agricultural Organisation. But

the admirers of the Tendulkar Committee

have conveniently forgotten that the FAO

had suggested this 1800 calorie norm as a

minimum dietary energy requirement

(MDER) for light or sedentary activity but

this was not to be applied to the manual

workers in rural and urban India. The

Tendulkar Committee, which got it all

wrong, decided to freeze the baseline for

urban poverty at its 2004-05 level, namely,

Rs 578.80 per capita per month, and in amajor departure from conven-tion, the

Committee reset the rural poverty line to the

level of Rs 446.68 per capita per month-at

which rural price, a person could purchase

the urban consumption bundle.

As a result, the urban poverty line

remaining the same at 25.7 per cent, the rural

poverty line went up from 28.3 per cent to

41.8 per cent. Far from fiddling the numbers

downward, the new poverty line increased

from 27.5 per cent to 37.2 per cent in 2004-

05 translating into an additional 100 million.

Adjusted for inflation, the Planning

Commission announced the urban and rural

poverty lines recently thus triggering a

nation-wide hullabaloo leading to a contro-

versy. Similarly, the Union Rural

Development Ministry had also set up a

commission under the chairmanship of N.C.

Saksena to examine alternative methods of

estimating poverty. The commission report-

ed its findings in late 2009. At the outset, the

commission felt that the monetary amounts

specified by the Plan-ning Commission for a

minimal diet were too low. Instead of Rs

356.30 a month per person in the rural areas,

Rs 700 was considered necessary and simi-

larly from Rs 538.80 a month in the urban

areas, Rs 1000 was considered necessary to

remain above poverty line. The

recommended that the proportio

popula tion living below the

raised to at least 50 per cent. B

figure was achieved by lower

kcal requirement to 2100, the s

urban areas, and if the 2400 k

had been kept, the percentage o

population living in poverty

risen to about 80 per cent. The W

global poverty line is an equally

estimate as it has used an av

national poverty lines of the wo

est countries to determine the

poverty line at $ 1.25 per day

which works out to be Rs 21.60

areas and Rs 14.30 in the rural a

The World Bank does not defin

probably only defines the wre

the poor which cannot be a b

define poverty in a self-respect

cy. Even on the basis of the Westimates, a shocking 41.6 per c

population-or 456 million peop

the poverty in the same period. A

mations fall woefully short o

Sengupta Commission's estima

per cent of Indians are subsistin

Rs 20 a day. India's abysmal po

of 87 countries-in the Global H

and awful status-134th out of 1

in the UN's Human Developme

concomitant much higher rate

mortality and infant mortality

high incidence of poverty in Ind

by many: perhaps 75 per c

Professor Utsa Patnaik.All those measures are take

only the starvation line, not pov

poverty estimates not only giv

the magnitude of the problem,

also be used to evaluate the su

failure of alternative economic

poverty al leviation. If the pove

are not measured properly, ever

doomed to fail. The first thing t

poverty is a relative concept.

even those living in poverty can

constructed dwellings, with h

running water, indoor toilet fac

to health care, and a vehicle a

luxuries, to use a common India

are but a "distant dream" for Ind

matter how developed a country

always going to be poor people

ty cannot be measured just on

income and calorie intake. It h

measured in terms of access to

nutrition, health, longevity, lite

tion, safe drinking water, sa

other infra-structural facilities

about participation in the dec

process and the right to live

with dignity, the opportunity

building, access to amenities

work.

Poverty in India


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STATESTUDENT AGE


NEWS IN BOX

J&K govt sets up authority onempowerment of women

SRINAGAR: With a view to empowering women in Jammu and

Kashmir, the government has set up an authority in the state and appoint-

ed a high-level panel for its programme implementation.

"Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of Jammu and

Kashmir State Mission Authority for empowering women socially, eco-

nomically and educationally," Secretary to Government, General

Administration Department, Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmad said. The Secretary,

who issued an order to this effect, said a 17-member monitoring panel

headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had been constituted to super-

vise the implementation of women-centric schemes and programmes in

the state. The objectives of the Authority were access to health, drinking

water, sanitation and hygiene facilities by women and girls in schools

from primary to class XII and higher and professional education for

them.

Skill Development, micro credit, vocational training, entrepreneur-

ship, Self Help Group (SHG) Development, gender sensitisation and dis-

semination of information, prevention of crime against women and tak-

ing steps for a safe environment for women would also be taken up,

Ahmed said. The authority would secure convergence of schemes of dif-

ferent ministries and departments of state and central governments, mon-

itor and review gender budgeting by them and effective implementation

of various social laws concerning women, he said.

DC Jammu imposes section 144JAMMU: In view of Annual Darbar Move to winter capital, District

Magistrate (DM), Jammu, Sanjeev Verma in exercise of the powers vest-

ed upon him under section 144 Cr P C ordered that no processions shall

be taken out by any individual or groups of individuals and no provoca-

tive slogans shall be raised by anyone in the areas on routes, Bajaj Tower

Shalamar to Library Chowk, Kachi Chawani, on flyover from Police

Control Room to district institute of Education and Training behind New

Secretariat Jammu, on flyover from Subash Chowk (Mahesh Pura

Chowk) to district institute of Education and Training, rotary behind New

Secretariat to New Secretariat and Shaheedi Chowk to DC office.

However, this order shall not apply to marriage and funeral proces-

sions. This order shall come into force for the period of two month, from

5th November or till rescinded, whichever is earlier.

J&K govt sets up mobile lab toscreen dengue victims at Lakhanpur

KATHUA: Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a mobile clinical

laboratory to check and screen the people coming to Jammu and Kashmir

for dengue infection at Lakhanpur inter-state Toll Plaza, gate way to the

state.

"We have set up a mobile testing lab to check and screen the people

coming infected with dengue at Lakhanpur inter-state Toll Plaza in

Kathua district", Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kathua, Ajay Khajuria

told reporters. Passenger buses entering in Jammu and Kashmir are thor-

oughly checked by a team of para-medical staff day and night and col-lecting the blood sample of suspected fever pateints entering the state, he

said. An alert has been sounded and a medical team is keeping a close

watch on suspected patients, the CMO said.

School timings rescheduled in ValleySRINAGAR: According to Director, School Education, Kashmir, the

school timings both in Government as well as recognized private schools

within the Municipal limits of Srinagar city shall be from 10 a.m. to 3

p.m. and outside Srinagar Municipal limits shall be from 11 a.m. to 4

p.m. with effect from November 01, 2012. All the concerned education-

al institutions have been instructed to adhere strictly to the rescheduled

school timings.

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mr.

Omar Abdullah on Friday morning

received first batch of Haj pilgrims

here who returned from Saudi

Arabia to Srinagar after performing

the Haj Bait-ul-Ullah.

The Union Minister for New and

Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq

Abdullah and Minister of State for

Haj and Auqaf, Mr. Aijaz Ahmad

Khan were also present on the occa-

sion.

Omar Abdullah congratulated

the Haj pilgrims and enquired about

the status of arrangement made by

the concerned State department at

Saudi Arabia and enroute.

The Hajis expressed satisfaction

over the arrangements and said that

during the Haj days, they prayed for

peace, prosperity and development

of the State and well-being of the

mankind.

As many as 270 H

from Saudi Arabia to

105 were women pilgr

Omar receives first batch of Haj pilg

Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah congratulating the Haj pilgrim

Period for filling of claims,objections for summary revision

of ERs of MCJ extended

JAMMU: The period for filling of claims and objections

for revision of Municipal Electoral Rolls in respect of

Municipal Corporation (MC) Jammu is extended by one

week with following revised schedule for revision of

Municipal Electoral Rolls. As per revised schedule, the

period for filling of claims and objections will be

between 19-10-2012 (Friday) to 6-11-2012 (Tuesday),

disposal of claims and objections will be done from 7-11-

2012 (Wednesday) to 14-11-2012 (Wednesday), prepara-

tion and printing of supplements of additions, deletions

and corrections will be done from 15-11-2012

(Thursday) to 21-11-2012 (Wednesday) and final publi-cation of Electoral Rolls will be done on 23-11-2012

(Friday). The Electoral Registration Officers/Assistant

Electoral Registration Officers who have been designat-

ed for preparation of Municipal Corporation Electoral

Rolls, 2012, have already arranged the display of Draft

Electoral Rolls at their respective offices. The Electoral

Registration Officer/Assistant Electoral Registration

Officers, therefore, will also supply requisite forms free

of cost to the eligible persons and shall also receive the

applications under proper receipt up to 6-11-2012 in

respect of Municipal Corporation Jammu. These forms

can also be Photostat/handwritten or can even be private-

ly printed. However, in case of privately printed forms, it

should be ensured that no name/logo/symbol of any polit-

ical party/association in the forms, and they should con-

form to the format laid down in the statutory form. Bulk

forms for inclusion, deletion or correction from any polit-

ical party or their representatives shall not be entertained

or accepted by the EROs. However the forms in respect

of one family can be entertained. For any assistance in

this behalf, the concerned District Election Officer

(Deputy Commissioner) Jammu and Electoral

Registration Officers may be contacted. The details of

designated Electoral Registration Officers/Assistant

Electoral Registration Officers are available in the office

of District Election Officer (Deputy Commissioner)

Jammu and on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer,

J&K at http://ceo.jammukashmir.nic.in and Municipal

Corporation Jammu at http://jmc.nic.in.

Farmers advised to pufertilizer as per MR

JAMMU: An unprecedented 10770.25

besides 3465 MT's of urea and 252.40 M

have been stacked in advance in Jammu

the Fertilizer Companies during the month

to ensure timely availability of fertilizers t

during the current Rabi season. Further qu

also been planned to be supplied by vario

agencies during November and Decemb

adequate supply to the farmers throughou

The distribution and transportation o

being made by the concerned companies

of the different districts as per the deman

different institutional agenc

JAKFED/AGROs/Central level CoopCooperative marketing Societies. Advanc

also being made to Kashmir division inclu

This was disclosed by Directo

while issuing instructions to the Staff of

ment wing to keep strict vigil and en

unscrupulous elements indulge in overch

rates printed on bags of fertilizers by

companies. Farming community has bee

purchase the fertilizers as per the MRP p

bags and also make the judicious use of

per package of practices to get good Crop

Akhoon for issuancration to the consum

per 2011 CensuNEW DELHI: Minister for Consume

Public Distribution, Mr. Qamar Ali Akh

Tuesday strongly pleaded to the central go

providing ration quota to J&K state as

census. The Minister said this while ad

Food Minister Conference here today.

said being the border state of the count

provided to the state on the basis of 2001

fulfilling the requirement of the J&K as th

of the state has increased manifold. He al

release the funds for digitization of record

for which state government has already f

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SRINAGAR: Dispelling the doubts

eing created by certain vested

nterests regarding the empower-

ment of Panchayati Raj Institutions

PRIs), Minister for Rural

Development, Panchayati Raj, Law

ustice and Parliamentary Affairs,

Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar has said

hat the Government is committed

o put in place a three tier system of

Panchayati Raj to ensure democrat-

c decentralization of power.

The Minister was addressing one

day convention of Panchs and

Sarpanchs of Rajouri district during

his extensive tour to the district.

Minister of State for Power, Mr.

Shabir Ahmad Khan, Director,

Rural Development, Jammu, Mr.

Shafiq Ahmad Raina, Additional

District Development

Commissioner, Rajouri, Mr.Manzoor Khan, other senior officers

f district administration and differ-

nt departments besides

Panchs/Sarpanchs of the district

were present on the occasion.

Terming the holding of

Panchayati elections and putting in

lace empowered PRIs as a mile-

stone in the political history of the

State, the Minister said that the

Government has ensured its imple-

mentation by empowering Panchs

and Sarpanchs with powers of 14

vital departments and nominating

Additional District Development

Commissioner as Nodal Officer forensuring the same and the officers

as well as officials have been asked

to adhere strictly to this iniative.

''The Panchs and Sarpanchs

should be taken on board while for-

mulating and implementing various

welfare programmes of their respec-

tive areas to ensure proper and sus-

tained development of these areas'',

he said and maintained that the

Panchayati Raj representatives are

part of governance and they should

utilize their powers in a proper man-

ner and work in synergy with offi-

cers of different departments.

Referring to the Government's ini-tiative of creating infrastructural

assets of Panchayats, Mr. Sagar said

that an amount of Rs. 20 lakh has

been earmarked for the construction

of Panchayat Ghars in every

Panchayat and orders have already

been passed down the line to ensure

that the cpmstrictopm pf {amcjauat

Ghars within the shortest span of

time for the day to day functioning

of PRIs.

Mr. Sagar said that certain par-

ties are trying to mislead the people

for the

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