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he StateJULY 28 TO AUGUST 03, 2014

Vol-02. Issue-44. Bhopal. Monday Page-12 Price-5/-

POSTAL REGD. MP/BHOPAL/4-323/2013-15

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

Online edition avail a ble at wethestate.com and wethestate.blogspot.in

2No dearth of applicants for pilots job

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Prepareproposalspertaining toCentral budgetschemes: CM

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Time ripe for overhaul of judicial system

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Alia Bhatt is thenext 'serial

kisser': EmraanHashmi

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When Indiaexperienced the

rarephenomenon

called 'MissingIshant'

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Rajes proposalto open 7 new

medicalcolleges may

face hurdle

Industrialists see immense i

development potential inaptains of Indian industrysee immense potential forindustrial development inMadhya Pradesh.

Chief Minister ShriShivraj Singh Chouhan with hisvisionary approach has the willpowerto make Madhya Pradesh a developedstate. The top industrialists of Indiaexpressed these views during a get-

together held at CII, Mumbai. Headsof Tata, Reliance, Shaporji Pallonji,Welspun, Mahindra, Force, Godrej andother industrial houses called on Chief Minister Shri Chouhan in Mumbai.Inviting the industrialists to GlobalInvestors Summit to be held at Indorein October, the Chief Minister said

that Madhya Pradesh is the ideal des-tination for investment.

He said that the new industrialtown will be developed between Indoreand Bhopal. Shri Chouhan said thatestablishment of industries inChambal ravines will also result in all-round development of the area.Chairman of Tata Group Shri CyrusMistry evinced interest in productionof solar power pumps and crops of pulses.

He informed about expansion planof Tata International in Dewas.

Reliance Groups Managing DirectorShri Satish Seth informed about estab-lishment of a new unit at companysMaihar plant to increase cement pro-duction by 5 lakh million tonnes. Heinformed that the company has set atarget to produce 12 million tonnes of coal this year which will be increasedto 16 million tonnes next year. He alsoevinced interest in alternative energy,

metro rail and defence sectors.Shaporji Pallonji GroupsManaging Director Shri Shapor Mistry showedinterest in investment possibilities inurban housing projects, Khan riverdiversion, water supply projects, hi-tech city and alternative energy.Chairman of IPCA Shri Premchand

Godha informed about companys proj-ects existing in the state for the last 30years and held discussions on newextension projects. DB PowerLimiteds Managing Director ShriGirish Agrawal and LUPINs DirectorShri K.R. Gupta also held discussionswith the Chief Minister regarding investment.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan saidthat apart from maintaining double-digit growth rate for last 7-8 years,Madhya Pradeshs 11 percent growthrate is the highest in the country.

States 24.99 percent agriculturegrowth rate has created record notonly in the country, but entire worldalso. Extending an open invitation tothe industry, the Chief Minister saidthat apart from surplus power, humanresources and law & order, he himself is there to help out investors.Industrialists investing in MadhyaPradesh will not get disappointed, he

added. Shri Chouhan said that hedesires to see crops swaying inChambal ravines and implement thebest system not only in the country,but world also. He said that positiveatmosphere is prevailing in the coun-try these days. Some months ago,India looked depressed and dismayed,

but is enthusiastic and hopeful now.Good days have started to dawn in thecountry.

CIIs Chairman Shri Adi Godrejsaid that Madhya Pradeshs growth isso charismatic that it may be enteredinto Guinness Book of World Records.Infrastructural works underway in thestate at a rapid pace are proof of this.Essel Worlds Chairman Shri SubhashChandra said that Madhya Pradeshgovernment has live contact withinvestors. They are clearly told what todo and what not. Shri Dhoot of

Videocon said that all aspects of life inthe state have witnessed progress dur-ing the last decade. Industrialist ShriSudhansu Deva said that investors arecordially welcomed in the state. ShriSatish Seth of Reliance said thatstates leadership has the willpowerand desire for development. Positiveindustrial atmosphere prevails inMadhya Pradesh, he added.

Bhopal

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New Delhi: The portal MyGov, a platformthat serves as a medium for the people, speciallythe youth, to connect with the Government active-

ly and facilitates their engagement towardsnations development was launched recently.Briefing about the initiative, Shri R.S. Sharma,Secretary of the Department of Electronics andIT said that MyGov empowers people to con-tribute towards good governance through varioustasks and discussions. MyGov presents an oppor-tunity to the citizens to participate in multipletheme-based discussions and to share theirthoughts and ideas with a wide range of people.Citizens can upload documents,case studies, pic-tures, videos, other work plans etc. on the plat-form. They can volunteer for various tasks andsubmit their entries. These tasks would then bereviewed by other members and experts. Onceapproved, these tasks can be shared by those whocompleted the task and by other members onMyGov. Every approved task would earn credit

points. National Infor matics Centr e (NIC),Department of Electronics and InformationTechnology, would manage the poratal. Groupsand corners are an important part of MyGov. The

platform has been divided into various groupsnamely Clean Ganga, Girl Child Education, CleanIndia, Skilled India, Digital India, Job Creation.Each group consists of online and on groundtasks that can be taken up the contributors. Theobjective of each group is to bring about a quali-tative change in that sphere through peoples

participation.

NEWS MAX

MyGov: A portal for CitizenEngagement towardsnations development


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Secretary, TechnicalEducation Amit Agarwal hassaid the skill development of the youths is the top most pri-ority of the State and at least5229 youths were given train-ing in 2013-2014 in livelihoodcolleges. He said that six liveli-hood colleges have been set upin the State and about 1865

youths are receiving training this year.

The Livelihood Collegesset up by the State have beenimparting short term training to the youths to improve theirskill in a particular trade. Themain objectives of theLivelihood Colleges is skillenhancement of the local

youth who already possess tohave a technical qualificationand providing self-employ-ment and employment oppor-tunities to them throughtraining.

The State Government hastargeted to provide skill devel-opment training to about1,20,000 youth during the cur-rent financial year. Higher andTechnical Education MinisterPrem Prakash Pandey saidafter holding a review meeting of the department officials atthe Mantralaya here recently.

The Minister took stock of the measures undertaken forthe skill enhancement of thelocal youths. He also discussedon the road map for the future.Pandey urged the officials to

work and achieve the goal bysetting up a tri-monthly tar-get. The Minister said the offi-cials should work keeping inmind how best the science andtechnology can be used to pro-vide the best services to thepeople.

Pandey said the StateGovernment has targeted totrain as many as 120,000youths in the current fiscalof 2014-2015 and it expect tofulfil the target as per theschedule. Reviewing the sta-tus of employment andtraining work for the youth,the Minister told officialsthat they should conduct asurvey to find out the avail-ability of jobs in differentsectors.

Over 5200 youths receive training in livelihood collegesNo dearth o

applicants for pilots jo

2 JULY 28 TO AUGUST 03, 2014 (MP & CG)Chhattisgarh Explore

Food and Civil Supplies ministerPunnulal Mohle has informed five ration

shops in the State capital of Raipur have

started selling fresh vegetables besides

onion and potatoes at cheaper rates.

Mohle has appealed the people to take

advantage of this new system. Food, Civil

Supplies and Consumer Protection

Department officials said here that the

new system has been introduced under

the public distribution system.

The local women self-help groups have

taken the initiatives following the special

interest shown by Chief Minister Raman

Singh. In the first phase, people would be

able to get the vegetables, onion and pota-

toes at five ration shops. These items are

available for sale from 1 p.m. onwards at

the five ration shops from July 31. It will

be expanded to other fair price shops inother places of Raipur and other cities in

the State.

Under it, vegetables, onion and pota-

toes are available at cheaper rate at the

fair shops run by Gayatri Community

Development Samiti in Tikarapara,

Sonashree Women Self Help Group at

Ashok Nagar, Chalo Chalei Communit y

Development Samiti near Ram Nagar

overbridge, and Maa Santoshi Women

Self-help group at Khambardihi.

It is also available at the fair price

shop operated by Prina Community

Development Samiti at Raja Talab. The

potatoes, onions and fresh vegetables will

be sold in the fair shops run by the self-

help groups at reasonable prices, which

are much cheaper than the market rates,they said. The farmers of the villages

around the town will directly supply the

fresh vegetables at wholesale prices to theration shops.

RAIPUR

RAIPUR

State government may be finding it

difficult to recruit doctors to improve ithealth care infrastructure but when itcomes to flying state owned aircrafts,there seem to be no dearth of aspirants.

Nearly 20 applications have beenreceived for the two vacancies adver-tised recently.

Though the state's two aircrafts, a

King Air B-200 Aeroplane and an Agusta-109 Helicopter, are still flying,they were under the constant threat of being grounded as the aviation depart-

ment was operating them with the bare

minimum strength of four pilots. Whilethe department has a sanctioned

strength of six pilots, three each for theplane and the chopper, the recent resig-nation of two pilots, including the chief pilot, Captain D S Mishra, has made the

situation tight for the department. According to sources, in the past

couple of months there have been fewoccasions when pilots had to be hired on

per-day contract basis to fly the air-crafts, as one of the regular pilots couldnot fly due to health reasons. Officialssaid that as per the guidelines of the

Director General of Civil Aviation(DGCA), minimum three pilots arerequired for a plane or a helicopter.

Sources said hiring pilots on per-day

contract basis costs the exchequer quitea lot, as they charge almost three to fourtimes the regular daily salary of the

pilot on rolls. In contrast to the monthlysalary of Rs 3,62,000, a pilot on per-daybasis is paid almost Rs 30,000 plus costsof accommodation and expenses for

travelling. The chief pilot, DS Mishra

had been flying the state chopper eversince Chhattisgarh was formed. He's

credited with undertaking flights inadverse conditions in the naxal hitareas of Bastar region. He was part of several search and rescue operations

undertaken by the government during

incidents of naxal hits in the remoteareas of the state.

When contacted, aviation secretary,

RS Vishwakarma, said that 19 applica-tions were received for the post of seniorpilots. Of these, 13 applications are for

the plane and six for helicopter. Headded that salaries paid by theChhattisgarh were the best, as com-pared to similar jobs in other states.

RAIPUR


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3 JULY 28 TO AUGUST 03, 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

The time of receiving degrees is amoment of glory for students. Theyshould move ahead in their lives withmission for upliftment of nation and soci-ety. Life is meaningful only when lived fornation-building. This was stated byGovernor Shri Ram Naresh Yadav whileaddressing 21st convocation of VikramUniversity at Ujjain today. Prof. R.

Venkatrao of Indian Nationa l LawUniversity, Bengaluru, MP Shri

Chintamani Malviya, MLA Dr. Mohan Yadav and Vikram Univers itys Vice-Chancellor Dr. J.L. Kaul were also pres-ent on the occasion.

The Governor said that family is thefirst school and mother the first teacherfor a person. Students should not be dis-appointed or depressed by any failure andcontinue journey towards their goal withrenewed enthusiasm. Referring to greatpersons like Mahatma Gandhi, LalBahadur Shastri and Dr. A.P.J. AbdulKalam, he said that they have taught tomove ahead in life braving adverse cir-cumstances. The Governor said thatnowadays women are giving equal cooper-ation in country and society.

One should partner in developmentmaintaining high conduct, character andmorality. He said that all basic facilitiesshould be provided to research scholars toensure quality of education.

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Students shouldcontribute tonation building

Bhopal

Prepare proposals pertaining

to Central budget schemes: CChief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan has said that CentralBudget is far-sighted and aims tolay foundation of a strong India. A number of new schemes for differ-ent departments have beenannounced in it. If all state gov-ernment departments make prop-er preparations now, better bene-fits can be availed from CentralBudget for Madhya Pradesh. Alldepartments should collect infor-

mation about their schemes andprepare proposals accordingly. Referring toSmart City Scheme and River Linking Scheme, he directed to prepare proposalunder them on priority. Madhya Pradeshwill be taken to new heights by year 2018.No stone will be left unturned for this. TheChief Minister was addressing a meeting onCentral Budget Possibilities for M.P.here.

Chauhan directed all departments tochalk out proposals pertaining to identifiedschemes under the Central Budget within aweek. The departments should also fix theirpriorities. Madhya Pradesh should be thefirst state to send proposals for theseschemes. He said that Madhya Pradeshshould also contribute suggestions forCentral Budgets programmes and schemeswhich are in the process of policymaking.Further possibilities of interlinking riversshould be explored in Madhya Pradesh. The

state should start at its own level the schemeto develop farmers markets for directly pur-chasing products from farmers.

The CM said that a proposal should bechalked out to include 10 new districts of MPin National Rural Livelihoods Mission. A detailed proposal should be prepared underShyama Prasad Mukherjee Ru-urburnMission to provide city-like facilities andinfrastructure in villages. Ready proposalsunder PMGSY should be sent to the Centre.State should avail maximum benefit underCentral Budget provisions for rural drinking water schemes. Apart from Jabalpur, Rewaand Gwalior, schemes to develop new air-ports in tier-1 and tier-2 cities should bechalked out. Proposals regarding develop-ment of smart cities should be chalked outright now. Proposal of light metro should beincluded in assistance scheme for urbaninfrastructure development in urban habi-

tats. Pandit Madan MohanMalviya New Teachers Training Programme for teachers training should be upgraded. Proposal of Click Scheme should be chalkedout for virtual classrooms.Programmes under Skilled Indiaof Multi-Skill Programme in thestate should be improved.

Chauhan directed to selectland for Jaiprakash NarayanNational Humanities ExcellenceCentre in Madhya Pradesh.Proposals should be prepared for

opening model schools in all devel-opment blocks. Beti Bachao

Abhiyan implemented in the state should beimproved as a model in the country for BetiBachao, Beti Padhao Abhiyan. Proposalsshould be prepared for madarsa modernisa-tion and development of minorities tradi-tional skills. Proposal for broadband connec-tivity in every village should be preparedunder Digital India Programme. Proposalsshould be sent for new tourist circuits andtraining to probables of Asian Games.

Additional Chief Secretary Ajay Nath

gave a presentation regarding various provi-

sions of the Central Budget including pro-grammes and schemes for agriculture and

allied sectors, rural development, infrastruc-ture, education, health, women & child

development, industries, social justice, wel-

fare schemes, information technology,

tourism & culture, sports & youth welfare

and home department.

Targeted PDS computerised in 6

Bhopal

To ensure transparency, targeted PDS is

being computerised in the state. As a pilot

project, it has been implemented in 4 dis-

tricts Khandwa, Burhanpur, Hoshangabad

and Harda and urban body areas of Bhopal

and Indore.New arrangements for targeted

public distribution system have been made

with effect from March 2014 by expanding

Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana under

provisions of Food Security Act 2013.

Eligible families have been brought under

the purview of the Act by dividing them in 2

categories including Antyodaya Anna Yojana

and priority families.

Aadhar Card enrollment work undercomputerised PDS has been completed 90

percent in the 4 districts. Besides, every per-

sons Samagra ID and Aadhar Number are

being entered in records in 6 districts. Under

computerised system, POS machines are

being provided to every fair price shop to

read bio-metric impression of consumers

fingers. Eligibility of a family for ration will

be established only when a family member

puts his finger on the machine. Salesman at

the PDS shop will also provide a receipt

against purchase of full or partial quota.

Food and Civil Supplies Department isimplementing Core PDS arrangements in

urban body areas of Bhopal and Indore.

Under it, a consumer will be given choice

to purchase quota of his food grains from

any PDS shop instead of the one prescribed

for him. Objective of the scheme is to

increase competition among fair price

shops so that consumers can get better

facilities.

Bhopal

Transparent and authentic process has been followed in the selection on the posts of

contractual pharmacist for National Child Health Programme under National Health Mission.

The appointment process for these posts was undertaken through MP Online in July 2013.

Misunderstanding has been caused due to clerical error in giving information under Right to

Information. Information posted on Missions website is totally correct. Information given to

Damodar Vishwakarma under Right to Information Act is correct and information given to

Abhilash Tamrakar erroneous. The 4 candidates referred to in the complaint as having not

been selected had secured less than cut-off marks and therefore, were ineligible for selection.

o irregularity in selection

of contractual

pharmacists


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4 JULY 28 TO AUGUST 03, 2014 (MP & CG)

An NGO in capital has gifted the stateits first free of cost de-addiction centre forchildren who are victims of substanceabuse. In association with a NGO in NewDelhi, the de-addiction centre was launchrecently and has already received severalregistrations.

Activists have voiced for rehabilitationand introducing de-addiction centre forchildren, specially the needy ones who

hang around at railway station premisesand those in need of protection. Evenbefore state government could think of taking a step towards protection of vul-nerable kids, capital's Sankalp SamitiNGO with New Delhi based HansFoundation have launched the centre atShankar Nagar and have tied up withcounsellors, de-addiction experts andtrainers. Sankalp Samiti director

Manisha Sharma said, "The centre's serv-ices will be free of cost. While there areover 500 children on railway station prem-ises alone, thousands of them are victimsto addiction too. Three tutors, volunteersand workers are out in slum areas to iden-

tify children addicted to guthka, smoking,drinking or inhaling solutions."

Sharma said that parents' consent isnecessary to get the children admitted tode-addiction centre for three-month reha-bilitation. "For orphans, the child would

be presented before child welfare commit-tee and his case shall be decided accord-ingly," she said. "While looking for centresdoing similar work, we found two inChennai which charge dearly. Althoughthis is a major challenge for us to firstmake people aware about the significanceof the centre, scanning and awareness hasbegun in capital.

In fact, schools and colleges, parents-teachers associations would also be a partof it in future to benefit maximum numberof children," Sharma said. Children up to18 years of age can get admission at thecentre. Skill development like computeroperating, yoga and other activities wouldbe taught to children, which the special-ists would identify by asking children tocut newspaper items of their choice.Depending upon their interests and psy-chological status, further training and de-addiction would be provided.

States first de-addiction center for kids launched

RAIPUR TRAIL

Uproar in House overration card cancellation

RAIPUR

Congress MLAs protested ration card can-

cellation issue in the House. Congress member

Bhupesh Baghel demanded a discussion on

issue on ration cards but the Speaker denied

stating that discussion has already been held in

the Question Hour. Leader of Opposition TS

Singhdeo said that the discussion in the

Question Hour was limited to a few districts

and should be taken up for discussion.

Soon, Opposition members started shouting

slogans while demanding discussion on ration

card issue. The Congress members later

entered the well of the House in protest leading

to their suspension.In the absence of the

Congress members, the Treasury bench mem-

bers requested the Speaker to initiate action

against Congress member Bhupesh Baghel for

dishonouring the Chair.

We had sought from the Government to

take steps for stopping cancellation of ration

cards of eligible people and to take action

against ineligible people; mostly black marketeers and hoarders.But the Minister failed to take any initiative or give assurance on

both the aspects, said Leader of Opposition TS Singhdeo.

Members of the Treasury bench said that verification and cancel-

lation of ration cards was a routine work under public distribution

system (PDS).

Congress member Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the State

Government had been frequently changing the ration cards in the

name of colour or the woman head of the family. This had resulted

in waste of crores of rupees in printing and transportation of

cards, he said. He further alleged that poor people were suffering

due to the verification process as they had been deprived of ration

for past few months. Scores of people are visiting the Food depart-

ment to restore the cancelled ration cards, he said, while accusing

the government officers of corruption and sought action against

them. Food Minister Punnulal Mohle gave explanation on the

notice of Congress member Bhupesh Baghel and said that as

many as 1.81 lakh ration cards had been cancelled in the State

while 11.96 lakh card holders had been found ineligible in the sur-

vey. The Government was committed to provide ration to poor

people but it also involved taking measures to ensure that ineligi-

ble people do not avail the benefit of the scheme and hence verifi-

cation has been started, he said.

RAIPUR

Congress legislators weresuspended fromChhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha,following heated argumentsover alleged land encroach-ment by a trust owned bySpeaker Gaurishankar

Agrawal's family. Earlier, assoon as the House sat forbusiness, Congress memberBhupesh Baghel demandedan arrangement from theSpeaker under Rule 145 of the Chhattisgarh Assemblyon the resolution submittedby the Congress members.While Opposition moved ano-confidence motion againstthe Speaker, ruling party leg-islators moved notices forbreach of privilege and a cen-sure motion against leader of the Opposition T S Singhdeoand another MLA, BhupeshBaghel, who is also presidentof state Congress, for level-ling charges against Speaker.

Cong MLAsdemand speakersresignation


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5 JULY 28 TO AUGUST 03, 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

10,000 seats to be added to SC stud

Agriculture universities of state to be developed through RUSA

A state cabinet meeting chaired by Chie f

Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan hererecently decided to add 10,000 seats to sched-

uled caste students hostels by upgrading 20,

25 and 30 seater hostels to 50 seater under

12th Five Year Plan.

The cabinet sanctioned 595 contractual

posts of superintendent for pre-matric hos-

tels and 15 contractual superintendents for

running new pre-matric hostels and 15 post-

matric hostels with increased seats. Besides,

2150 posts of class IV employees and 610 post

of part-time sanitary workers were also sanc-

tioned. The cabinet decided to open 10 new

post-matric hostels in year 2014-15. The cab-

inet decided to allot on lease 160 acre l and of

Government Seed Multiplication Farm,

Nabibagh, Bhopal to National Institute of

Agricul ture Rese arch, New Del hi to establ isha national-level agriculture engineering

institute. Through the institute, farmers of

Madhya Pradesh as well as other states

will get new techniques and agricultural

implements. The cabinet decided to enter

into long-term power purchase agreements

for purchase of renewable energy except

solar energy at the tariff prescribed by

Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory

Commission till the Union Power Ministry

issues guidelines-directives about long-term

power purchase of renewable power on com-

petitive rates.

Bhopal

A meeting of agriculture uni-versities coordination council

chaired by Farmers Welfare and Agricul ture Develo pmentMinister Gaurishankar Bisenhere recently decided that 10 agri-culture polytechnics will beopened in Madhya Pradesh.Bisen directed to collect detailedinformation within next 10 to 12days about land, building andother arrangements for collegebuilding construction, facultiesand courses after studying onepolytechnic college each in neigh-bouring states Gujarat andMaharashtra.

Bisen asked to seek directionfrom University GrantsCommission regarding establish-ment of agriculture universitiesunder Rashtriya UchchattarShiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). Bothagriculture universities shouldalso seek governments approvalfor filling up vacancies under centpercent externally sponsoredschemes. Principal Secretary Dr.Rajesh Kumar Rajora said thatuniversities should initiate

process to provide scholarships to50 percent students on merit basisto students of MSc and PhD.Entire information about provi-sions prevailing in other universi-

ties regarding this should bemade available to the department.Both universities should sendtheir separate proposals for devel-oping infrastructure and staff fororganic diploma course.

The meeting also decidedabout re-allotment of staff of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia

Agriculture University, Gwalior toJabalpur Agriculture Universityand transfers/deputation from oneuniversity to another throughmutual consent. Discussions werealso held to open agriculture col-leges under PPP mode.

A Model Dairy Farming Project developed by NABARDwill be implemented in MP. It willbe implemented in selected clus-ters through concerning dairy fed-erations. The project was finalisedafter discussing the matter with

all stakeholders at various meet-ings convened by MP InstitutionalFinance Directorate. Banks, otherfinancial institutions and insur-ance companies will cooperate inthis. Under the project, the dairy

federations will identify milkroutes in the areas under their

jurisdiction for constituting dairycooperative societies. The federa-tions will enroll beneficiary milkproducers as members of dairycooperative societies. The dairyfederations will extend help tothese members in obtaining milchcattle, milk collection, supply,transportation to chilling plants

and marketing of milk and itsproducts. They will also ensurepayment against milk purchasedfrom dairy cooperative societiesand get it transferred directly tomembers bank accounts within

time-limit.Joint Directors and Deputy

Directors of Animal HusbandryDepartment will help provide vet-erinary services for milch ani-mals. Banks will help in getting cattle insured and AnimalHusbandry Department willmake efforts that insuranceamount against dead cattle is pro-vided at the earliest.

Bhopal

Innovations made in health sector in Madhya Pradesh have earned global encomiums.Digital Empowerment Foundation has selected Sampark Setu Yojana of the HealthDepartment for mbillionth Award. The award was received by Director National HealthMission Faiz Ahmad Kidwai and Programme Manager Amit Jain at a function held atIndia Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Digital Empowerment Foundation had invited entriesfrom 8 South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal,Bhutan, Afghanistan and Maldives for better and innovative use of mobile phone in socialchange and development sector. On this basis, Madhya Pradesh Health DepartmentsSampark Setu Yojana was adjudged the best. The scheme was also conferred ChairmansSpecial Award. The foundation had received 300 entries from 8 countries from which MPwas selected in m-Health category.

Health Depts scheme gets mbillionth award

Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta has said that the state governmentwill transfer or send on deputation teachers and employees from one university to anotheruniversity under special circumstances. This will be done only when university works couldnot be done properly due to vacancies and other reasons. Gupta said that this provisionhas been made in Madhya Pradesh Universities (Amendment) Bill-2014 tabled in VidhanSabha after amending Madhya Pradesh Universities Act-1973. Gupta informed that theBill has been introduced to end political interference and increase teaching activities inuniversities. The state government will be empowered to fill vacancies of class III and IV employees in universities by selection through Madhya Pradesh Professional Exam Boardor any other equivalent government agency.

University teachers, staff to be transferred under special circumstances

Model DairyDevelopment Project tobe implemented in state

Bhopal : Normal rainfall in 21 dis-tricts and below normal rainfall in 24districts of the state has been regis-tered since June 1 to July 25. Abovenormal rainfall has been registered in 4districts and scanty rainfall has beenregistered in 2 districts. Water level inall reservoirs and rivers in the sate isnormal. Four districts including Betul,Burhanpur, Harda and Khandwa haveregistered 20 percent above normalrains followed by 21 districts with +19to - 19 percent rainfall including

Khargone, Rajgarh, Tikamgarh,Bhopal, Barwani, Raisen, Narsinghpur,Mandla, Jabalpur, Hoshangabad,Chhindwara, Rewa, Sehore, Seoni,Balaghat, Katni, Indore, Datia, Ujjain,Sidhi and Sagar. The 24 districts with -20 to -59 percent rainfall include

Anuppur, Shivpuri, Vidisha, Shajapur, Agar-Mal wa, Dhar, Ashok Nagar, Alira jpur, Damoh, Dewas, Satna,Chhatarpur, Guna, Dindori, Gwalior,Jhabua, Ratlam, Singrauli, Sheopur,Neemuch, Panna, Umaria, Mandsaurand Shahdol.. Two districts havereceived -60 percent rainfall including Bhind and Morena. In Balaghat dis-

trict, one person has died and 2 cattleheads perished. As many as 172 houseshave been damaged completely and 381partially. Affected people have beenshifted to safer places. All disruptedroad have re-opened in the district. Sofar, 16 people have died and 17 injuredwhile 6 cattle heads have perished. Asmany as 287 houses have been dam-aged completely and 381 houses par-tially by excessive rains in the state.

20 % above normalrainfall in 4 districts


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Storage of water in basement would always beauspicious in north-east, north-west and at easternand northern angles.

North-east of basement should be kept light, bigand heavy things should not be placed there.North-west of basement should be lighter thansouth-east.Heavy material should be kept in south, south-westand west direction.

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6 JULY 28 TO AUGUST 03, 2014 (MP & CG)EDITORIAL

ven though the eye of thestorm is a late, retiredMadras HC judge, the ram-

ifications are far wider thanwhat meets the eye. The col-legiums system, wherein a selectcoterie of SC and HC judgesdetermines topmost appoint-ments to apex and high courts,has rightly come under the scan-ner because of its continuedopacity and tendency to shieldthe black sheep in the herd.Katjus accusations are the lat-est in a long line of charges, for-mal and informal, that havebeen leveled at senior judges,especially SC justices, including corruption, fraudulence, conniv-ing with bureaucrats and politi-cians and even sexual violations.

In this light, it is imperativeto review longstanding failingsof judicial collegiums and substi-tute this gravely inadequate sys-tem with a more robust andtransparent judicial appoint-ments commission (JAC). Even

though the JAC Constitution(120th Amendment) Bill, 2013 ispending to be debated in thelower and upper houses of Parliament, what needs to betaken into account as well is thetendency of both legislature andthe executive to meddle in thepost-appointment affairs of thehigher judiciary.

Hence, while the bill, if passed, empowers Parliamentto legally prescribe functionsand procedures of the commis-sion, it equally bolsters the leg-islature to influence court deci-sions, particularly in high-pro-file cases with massive revenuestakes and formidable publicinterest. What the new uniongovernment must ensure, there-fore, is that transparency at alllevels of functioning is instilled,and that every appointment,extension of term as well asdenial of such must be support-ed with sufficient and justifi-able reasons.

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inance minister, ArunJaitley, used thismonths budget to set

a goal of ending defecating in the open by 2019. Ending open defecation would bring immense benefits. Some130 million households lacktoilets. More than 72% of rural people relieve them-selves behind bushes, infields or by roadsides. Of the 1 billion people in theworld who have no toilet,

India accounts for nearly600 million.

The costs are high.Public safety is one under-appreciated problem, asyoung women have to leavetheir rural homes afterdark. A broader matter ispublic health. Open defeca-tion is disastrous whenpractised by groups in closecontact with each other.

Because Indias popula-tion is huge, growing rapid-ly and densely settled, it isimpossible even in rural

areas to keep human faecesfrom crops, wells, food andchildrens hands. Ingestedbacteria and worms spreaddiseases, especially of theintestine. They causeenteropathy, a chronic ill-ness that prevents the bodyfrom absorbing calories andnutrients. That helps toexplain why, in spite of ris-

ing incomes and betterdiets, rates of child mal-

nourishment in India do notimprove faster. Unicef esti-mates that nearly one-half of Indian children remainmalnourished.

Hundreds of thousandsof them die from preventa-ble conditions each year,especially in the north,which has most of the opendefecation. Faeces ingroundwater spread dis-eases such as encephalitis,an annual post-monsoonscourge in eastern UttarPradesh. Diarrhoea leavesIndians bodies smaller onaverage than those of peo-ple in poorer countrieswhere people eat fewer calo-ries, notably in Africa.Underweight mothers pro-duce stunted babies proneto sickness who may fail todevelop to their full cogni-tive potential. Dean Spears,a Delhi-based economist,

says the costs of all this, inincomes and taxes forfeited,

are far greater than theprice of fixing it. How to doso? India fares worse onsanitation than a host of poorer places including

Afghanistan, Burundi andCongo. Leaders need also toconfront the cultural rea-sons for bad sanitation.Hindu tradition encouragesdefecation in the open, farfrom home, to avoid ritualimpurity. The mere avail-ability of government-builtlatrines will not end opendefecation for decades yet.What is needed instead arepublic campaigns, inschools and in the media, toexplain the health and eco-nomic benefits of using toi-lets and of better hygiene.Researchers found that onlya quarter of rural house-holders understood thatwashing hands helps pre-vent diarrhoea.

Ending open defecation would bring

immense benefits

Time ripe for overhaul of With Press Council of Indiachief pointing fingers at thecorrupt judicial-politicalnexus, time is ripe for athorough overhaul of theflagging judicial system inIndia. Markandey Katju,former Supreme Court judgeand once the chief justice of the Madras High Court, hasclearly exposed the collusionbetween judges and politi-cians with his explosiveexpose, saying that at leastthree former chief justices of

India (CJIs) might havecompromised their hallowedpositions and connived withformer UPA regime in variouscapacities.

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Public Relations, Energy, New &

Renewable Energy and Mineral ResourcesMinister Rajendra Shukla has welcomedCentral Governments decision to con-struct a low-cost airport at Rewa. Shukla

said that development of Vindhya regionwill acquire wings with this decision of theUnion Civil Aviation Ministry. He saidthat despite all richness of resources,

entire Vindhya region including Rewaremained relatively slow in progress anddevelopment due to lack of suitable modes

of transport and communication. It isnoteworthy that the Centre has recentlydecided to construct 50 low-cost airports in18 states. These include Rewa, Jabalpur

and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.

Rajendra Shukla said that as perinformation, facilities for 4 types of air-craft will be available at low-cost airports,

to be developed in phases. Mobile controltowers will be used at these small airports

which will not have approach light facility.These airports will be guarded by state

police while local fire brigade will lookafter firefighting and other rescue works.Staff deployed at these airports will be

multi-purpose. Except most importantworks, all other activities at these airportswill be outsourced. Only the area undersecurity cover will be air-conditioned.Modular building concept will be adopted

in construction of buildings for these air-ports. Terminal will be passenger-friendly

and maximum use of natural light will bemade. The airport will not have passengerboarding bridge, elevator and other such

facilities.Welcoming the Centres decision,

Rajendra Shukla hoped that the construc-tion of low-cost airport at Rewa and 2other places in the state will begin soon.

Low-cost airport to be bu

Solar PV power plant brightensup lives of Bajgundi villagers

Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) With anaim to provide clean energy access, anNGO WWF-India has installed a 10 KWmicro solar PV power station in the

Bajgundi Forest Village, AamgahanPanchayat, Balaghat District of MadhyaPradesh The plant, inaugurated recentlyhas been set up by WWF-India through

Energy Green, the implementing agencyresponsible for setting up the solar PV plant in the village.

According to Census 2011, Balaghat

district has over 1.14 lakh households thatare dependent on kerosene for their main

source of lighting. The installed solarplant will provide an alternate to this andhelp provide clean energy access to 62

households, one school, one anganwadiand one community hall in the village. Inaddition, stand-alone solar home lighting

systems are also provided for two remotehouseholds. Each household is connectedwith a solar off-grid distribution line, twoCFL points and a mobile charging port. In

addition to this, 27 LED street lights havebeen set up through the length andbreadth of the village, which is approxi-mately 80 km from Mandla and 40 km

from the Mukki gate of the KanhaNational Park.

Working alongside local communities

for the maintenance and upkeep of thisproject, the local youth has been trained inhandling minor repairs and day-to-daymaintenance of the plant. In addition,

awareness and capacity building exerciseshave also been carried out for the vil-

lagers. One of the most unique featuresabout this installation is that the plant isoperated and maintained by the Eco

Development Committee of the village,the members of which are selected fromamong the village itself. Energy usage

charges are decided by the community soas to take care of the operational costs of the plant. Load limiters have also beeninstalled in each household of the village

which ensures availability of the specifiedquota of electricity round the clock, and nooverdrawal of power by any individualhousehold.

Ravi Singh, CEO, WWF-India, on theoccasion said, "The micro solar powerplant in Bajgundi empowers the lives of

the village community by providing thembasic access to electricity in a clean andsustainable manner. This in turn helps inmainstreaming the community by enhanc-

ing educational opportunities andtelecommunication accessibility.

Madhya Pradesh Government and Free

State province of South Africa today agreed to

strengthen co-operation in socio-economic

spheres. The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan on behalf of the state government and

Premier E.S. Magashule on behalf of Free

State province of South Africa signed an MoU

for this here. Madhya Pradesh and Free State

province, according to MoU, will co-operate each

other for economic progress in key areas of eco-

nomic and urban development, infrastructuredevelopment, health and health care, education

and skill development, tourism, agriculture,

agri-business, food processing, investment and

trade.

In accordance with the principles of equality

and mutual benefit, both the states will support

each other for peaceful progress. In case of any

ambiguity regarding any issue or subject, ami-

cable solutions will be arrived at through bilat-

eral dialogues and discussions.

The Chief Minister held discussions on vari-

ous aspects of mutual cooperation with the dele-

gation members. It was agreed that experts in

skill development will visit from MadhyaPradesh to the Free State province for sharing

their knowledge with the interested persons

there. Expenses of the visit and training fee etc.

will be borne by the government of the Free

State province.

It is worth noticing here that the Chief

Minister Chauhan recently visited South

Africa where he met the Premie r E. S.

Magashule. They had discussions about com-

mon interests in areas like tourism and indus-

trial investments. Chauhan had invited

Magashule to Madhya Pradesh. Magashule wel-

comed the Chief Minister and ministers present

on the occasion in traditional manner and pre-sented memento. Chauhan hosted dinner in

honour of Magashule and delegation members.

Its a good feeling to seeSanchi stupas: Magashule

A 22-member South African delegation on

Madhya Pradesh visit offered prayers at

Buddhist stupas at Sanchi in Raisen district.

Free State provinces Premier E.S. Magashule

said that it is a good feeling to see Sanchi

stoopas. One feels internal peace here. Collector

J.K. Jain was also present on the occasion. He

gave details about Buddhist stoopas at Sanchi

and spread of Buddhism in the world. He

informed that Sanchi is the most sacred place in

the world for Buddhists. Delegation members

also interacted with tourists to know about stu-

pas. Some women members of the delegation

showed affection and talked to children playing

on the stupa premises. Magashule also sought

information about other tourist destinations in

the district, world heritage and geographical

and cultural aspects.

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South Africas FreeState Province tofoster cooperation foreconomic progress

Rajasthan Chief Minister

Vasundhara Raje's proposal to open

seven new medical colleges, with 100

seats each, in the state may face hur-

dles as the existing colleges in thestate are running short of faculty

members. According to sources in theMedical Council of India, over 30 per-

cent posts are lying vacant in different

medical colleges of the state. In her budget speech in the state

assembly recently, the chief minister proposed establishing seven

medical colleges in the state. These colleges will be set up at

Bharatpur, Alwar, Churu, Dungarpur, Barmer, Pali and Bhilwara

districts with an allocation of Rs. 189 crore each. With the estab-

lishment of the proposed seven colleges,

the state will have 2,000 more seats for

medical students. At present, the state

has six medical colleges, which provide

1,200 seats.

The chief minister also proposedestablishing tertiary cancer care centres

in Bikaner and Jhalawar districts at an

estimated cost of Rs. 45 crore each for the

research and treatment of the disease.

The chief minister also announced new super-speciality wings in

Bikaner, Udaipur and Kota Medical Colleges at an estimated costof Rs. 150 crore each. To integrate skill development in UG and

PG level courses, Raje proposed a 'skill university' on the public-

private partnership (PPP) mode.

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he Indian electricity sector isdependent on coal for almost 70 per-centof its total generation, which is

in line with other countries having large coalreserves like China, South Africa, and

Australia. India, having the fourth largestcoal reserves in the world, established alarge coal generation fleet to provide cheapand domestically sourced coal. The coal wassupplied by Coal India Limited (CIL).However, while electricity demand increasedrapidly during the 1990s and early 2000s,domestic coal production has lagged behind.The Ministry of Coal under the previousadministration was caught up in corruptionscandals (aptly named Coalgate' by themedia) under which they allotted coal blocksto electricity generators and other compa-nies without a competitive bidding process.

As these issues were further exacerbated bythe general corruption charges against theUPA-led government, India started import-ing significant quantities of coal to make upfor its domestic production deficits.

Importing coal at high internationalmarket prices has lead to cost increases forthe power and other industrial sectors. ThePlanning Commission estimates that coalimports will keep increasing in the future tomeet domestic production targets. India'slargest coal consumer, the National ThermalPower Corporation (NTPC), has had toimport twice as much coal during the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Due to fuel shortages and general infra-structure build out issues, access to electric-

ity in India still lags behind OECD coun-triessignificantly. Even the official estimateof 75 percent nationwide electricity accessmasks the irregular delivery of electricity.While the official overall deficiency in elec-tricity supply over demand is estimated tobe 5.1 percent for the fiscal year 2014-15,

this data conceals the greater deficits in thesouthern and north-eastern regions of India,which could exceed 22 percent at peak load

times.The electricity sector is the largest buyer

of coal in India with NTPC being the largestsingle buyer (85 percent of NTPC's genera-tion is coal based). Further, the New andRenewable Energy Ministry has thus farhad a hard time moving forward on projects

under the Jawaharlal Nehru National SolarMission (JNNSM) since it has not beenincluded in the official power ministry. The

solar scheme envisions 20,000 MW of gridconnected and 2000 MW of off grid power by2022, which has been further increased bythe Modi government to three percent of total electricity generation in India (about35,000 MW). However, progress on thescheme has been slow under the previous

UPA-led government with only about 80 per-cent of the yearly projected solar power evenunder construction at this point.

Thus the much needed integration of renewable resources into the power grid hastaken longer and has run into more bureau-cratic issues. The integration of this min-istry will lead to better implementation of central government renewable energy policyin India.

Importing coal leading to high

mall coal mining projects havebeen exempted from publichearings and moratorium on

expansion of industries in criticallypolluted areas has been lifted.

The environment of coal-richSingrauli region, a critically pollutedindustrial region spread over easternMP and UP, faces a double whammy.Small coal mines, owned mostly byIndias public sector undertaking, CoalIndia Limited (CIL), have now beenallowed to expand their capacity with-out any public hearing. Whats more, a

moratorium imposed on expansion of industries in the region has been liftedby the Union Ministry of Environmentand Forests and Climate Change(MoEF&CC). MoEF&CC has easedthe norms for expansion of coal miningprojects producing up to eight milliontonnes of coal in a year across thecountry. Further, the ministry has alsoagreed to a proposal to adopt a clusterapproach in clearing smaller mines inthe coal-rich belts in the nation.

On top of this, MoEF&CC in ameeting with coal ministry agreed to a

proposal which is likely to help boostcoal production. The environment min-istry will be adopting a cluster-basedapproach in clearing these mines withone public hearing, one productionlimit and one set of pollution controlnorms instead of clearing individualmine leases.

Double blow for environment

On the other hand, in a bid to arrest theslow growth of industries and manufacturing,the ministry also lifted a moratorium on eightcritically polluted clusters across the country.

According to sources , the info rmation hadalready been made public by Gujarat stateenvironment minister, Ganpat Vasava, earlierthis month.

In a public rally and later in an interview toa local newspaper, he said that moratorium oncritically polluted clusters have already beenlifted. Now industries in critically pollutedareas will be allowed to expand. This will fur-

ther increase pollution in already heavily pol-luted industrial areas. The eight critically pol-luted areas are: Ghaziabad (UP), Indore (MP),Jharsuguda (Odisha), Ludhiana (Punjab),Panipat (Haryana), Patancheru Bollaram(Andhra Pradesh), Singrauli (UP & MP) and

Vapi (Gujarat). Of 3,266 indus tries identi fiedunder 17 categories of highly polluting indus-tries, 2,328 are complying with prescribednorms, 571 are non-complying and 367 havebeen closed down. In total, India has about 83polluted clusters as per latest CEPI assessmentof 2013.

No restriction on expansion of industriin critically polluted areas

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Jaitley, army chief pay homa to martyrs on Vijay Diwas

Tell people about 'boldsteps' taken in first 50days, Modi to his MPs

New Delhi: Defence Minsiter ArunJaitley and armed forces chiefs paid tribute at the India Gate here to the mar-tyrs who gallantly laid down their lifefor the nation in the 1999 Kargil conflictwith Pakistan. Jaitley along with ArmyChief General Bikram Singh, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Chief of the

Naval Staff RK Dhowan paid homage tothe martyred soldiers at the Amar JawanJyoti at the India Gate in the nationalcapital.

"With regard to the war memorial,we have discussed various sites. Indianeeds a war museum and as soon as the

details are finalized, we will have to getsactions from all the departments of thegovernment. It will take some time

befo0re it 's completed. Whatever fundsare required for that purpose, we willmake it available," said Jaitley. He alsoadded that the best site available for themuseum will be selected and also said that he may visit a prospective site soon.Each year since 1999, the Kargil VijayDiwas is celebrated on July 26 everyyear to mark the exit of Pakistan Army

from Indian territory and Indian Army bunkers captured by them. On 'VijayDiwas' the nation remembers the sol-diers who laid down their lives in thecold desert of Ladakh, fighting toreclaim every inch of their motherland.Fought under the NDA government led

by the then Prime Ministe r Atal BihariVajpayee, the Kargil conflict was themost serious military engagement

between the two neighbours since thewar of 1971 that resulted in the divisionof Pakistan into two countries and thecreation of Bangladesh.

New Delhi: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had in his pollcampaign promised a lot of boldsteps that he will be taking if voted to power and made the PMof the country. Now, he has report-edly asked the BJP's 280 Membersof Parliament to explain to thepeople the bold administrativesteps taken by his government inits first 50 days.

After Modi took office as thePM two months back, his govern-ment presented the first UnionBudget which targetted growth.With first session of the 16th LokSabha about to end, the PM isholding meeting with his MPs inbatches. It is being reported that

Modi has told MPsthat his govern-ment is working towards taking thebenefits of the boldpolicy decisionstaken by his gov-ernment to the lastperson and wantshis MPs to explainthis the people whoelected them.

Also, forinstance, the PrimeMinisters Office(PMO) has askedseveral ministries,including the high-ways ministry, todraw up a list of projects that wouldget started or com-missioned, to mark

100 successful days in office forNarendra Modi.

Taking his vision of a devel-

oped India forward, Modi had

come up with a 17-point people-

oriented agenda which was sent tothe concerned ministries asking

them to submit detailed action

plans, with sharp focus on deliveryand implementation, at the most

by July 20 so that agenda can be

placed well when the NDA

Government completes its first100 days in office in August-end.

Modi reminded his MPs that the

mandate given to them after BJP's

thumping victory in the Lok Sabha

polls is a responsibility.

Congress leaders retaliate claim Leader of OppNew Delhi: Congress leader Manish

Tewari on Saturday said that the Congress being the second largest po litical party isentitled to hold the position of Leader of opposition. Tewari told ANI, "The con-

gress being the second largest party isentitled to hold the position of LoP even if you keep in mind the evolving jurispru-dence of Parliamentary traditions and con-ventions." "I think it needs to be pointed out that the opinion of the AttorneyGeneral (AG) is after all by its very defi-nition and opinion, which is advisory innature, and is not binding upon the personwho has asked for it. There is a legality of

the issue, politics of India and the evolv-ing jurisprudence of Parliament." Tewarialso said that the Attorney general also inhis opinion has alluded to a conventionwhich is by no stretch is statuary rulewhich needs to be broken. "What needs to

be kept in mind is that since 1993, whenthe Parliament legislated the act to setupthe Human Rights Commission, increas-ingly, the leader of opposition has played an important role in very sensitiveappointments which have a bearing on thedirection of the country," he added."Therefore, to deny the Congress party thestatus of Leader of Opposition ( LoP)would tantamount to shutting out the

voice of opposition. This would be majori-tarian and authoritarian in character, and undemocratic; because after all theessence of any democracy is that there is aruling party and an o pposition party," said the former union minister. Congressleader Abhishek Manu Singhvi also told ANI, "I am not at all surprised. I think theAG has barely repeated not only the gov-ernment's stand but has said what the gov-ernment wants to hear." There has been atussle going on between the governmentand the Congress on the issue of Leader of the Opposition in the lower house of par-liament ever since the 16th Lok Sabhacame into its existence.

New Delhi: In bad news for Congress, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has reportedly maintained on Friday that the party has no case for claiming the Leader of Opposition (LoP) post, saying there is no precedence since the days of thefirst Lok Sabha when Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister. Rohatgi is also believed to have conveyed this to Lok

Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who had sought his opinion in view of the dilemma she is facing over the issue, sourcessaid. The A-G has said Congress is not eligible as it does not have the required 10 per cent (55 seats) in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the sources said. Congress has only 44 seats.

Congress not entitled to post in LS: A-G

New Delhi: On the 15th anniversary of the Kargil War, DefenceMinister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the government will soon finalisethe site for construction of a "grand" National War Memorial. After pay-

ing homage to martyrs of the 1999 war with Pakistan, the Minister said he would soon be visiting the Princess Park locality near the India Gatecomplex here with the chiefs of three Services to take an appropriatedecision on the issue. "For the war memorial, where names of all thosewho sacrificed their lives for the country will be written, we feel it isrequired. "We feel that at the very site (Princess Park), as it is a verylarge area or somewhere close in the vicinity, which is the best site avail-able, it is being shortlisted. We will, in a day or two may be visit that sitewith the chiefs and take an appropriate decision," Jaitley said. He said the construction of the memorial "will take some time because we wantit to be a grand war memorial and war museum".

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CwG: Lifters SukSanjita win gold as

make rousing sta

India's 'ladki toh padhan' ideology is to

ukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu stolethe limelight by

clinching a gold each inweightlifting, as India

launched their campaign inthe 20th CommonwealthGames with a flourish, win-ning seven medals in all onthe opening day of the com-petitions here. JudokasNavjot Chana and ShushilaLikmabam had to be con-tend with a silver medaleach after they failed toclear the final hurdle in themen`s 60kg and women`s48kg events, respectively.There was a bronze for foranother judoka, KalpanaThoudam. In weightlifting,there was a silver medal forS Mirabai Chanu, whileGanaesh Mali bagged a

bronze. The paddlers, shut-tlers and squash playershad easy outings on thefirst day, with both bad-minton and table teams

posting convincing wins. Itwas a display of over-whelming domination in48kg women`s weightlifting by the Indians as apartfrom Sanjita`s gold, SMirabai Chanu bagged thesilver medal to make it aone-two for last edition`shosts. In the men`s 56kg contest, the 25-year-old Deylifted a total of 248kg (109+139) after trailing atthe halfway snatch stage,but came back strongly inclean and jerk to win thegold and cap a remarkableday for the Indians at theClyde Auditorium.

few weeks back, itwas MariaSharapova. This

time, it is Sania Mirza.Both tennis stars seem tohave managed to rub a fewIndians the wrong way.

While Marias sin was igno-rance of our God (readSachin Tendulkar), Saniassin is that she chose to stepover to the dark side andmarry the enemy.

Maria was labeled igno-rant and pompous, Saniahas been labeled anti-national. If there is a hier-

archy of sins then being anti-national probably occu-pies the highest spot. Thisis one comparison (and pos-sibly the only) in whichSania beats Maria.

Sania finds herself inthe eye of the storm becauseof a statement made by K Laxman, a BJP legislatorfrom Telangana. He ques-tioned the Telangana gov-ernment's move to makeSania the brand ambassa-dor for the state, stating (and emphasising) the fact

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When India experienced the rarephenomenon called 'Missing Ishant'

o one ever imagined that a day will come

when all of India would say 'We missedIshant!'The same Ishant,

who was ridiculed over theyears; the same Ishant who wasthe butt of many a joke; thesame Ishant who receivedintense criticism and abuse. Butas England cruised to a domi-nant position -- amassing 247/2on day one of the third Testagainst India, Ishant Sharma'sabsence was sorely felt.

The lanky Indian pacercame into this series on theback of good performances in

South Africa and New Zealand. And just when it looked like hewas getting into the groove, dis-aster struck in the form of aninjury. He was deemed unfit onthe morning of the third Test.His 7-74 in the Lord's Test wassplendid but now India willhave to do without him. After 10 years of hard workand toil in domestic cricket, Rajasthan pacer PankajSingh was finally awarded his Test cap. From thebeginning, it all went England's way. They won thetoss, elected to bat and the out-of-form Alastair Cookgot a reprieve early on when Ravindra Jadeja droppeda regulation catch at third slip off Pankaj Singh,depriving the pacer of his maiden Test wicket.

Cook and Sam Robson added 55 for the first wick-et and England went into lunch at 78/1. The Indianseamers couldn't take advantage of the crucial firsthour, they found the movement but couldn't find theline to regularly trouble the batsmen. The wicketsremained elusive. Cook and Gary Ballance, then, set-tled down and played with ease as the Indian pacersfluffed their line and length. Ravindra Jadeja did thecontaining job but as the partnership grew, India need-ed a bowler who could script a turnaround.

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Pro-Kabaddi league couldn't ask for better support

Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchanand Shah RukhKhan came out insupport of Abhishek

Bachchan's Pro-Kabaddi team PinkPanthers.


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Domestic Violence Act shoprotect mothers-in-law: M

mplying that the current pro-visions in the Domestic

Violenc e Act were notenough, Women and ChildDevelopment Minister ManekaGandhi sought an amendment tothe Domestic Violence Act to pro-

vide protection to women whoface abuse from their sons anddaughters-in-law also. Manycases have been brought to the

notice of the minister where eld-erly women have been misbe-haved with or even tortured bytheir sons and daughters-in-lawfor property or other reasons.Even when the case is genuine,no action can be taken againstthe daughters-in-law under thelaw. The minister feels that thelaw should protect all women,regardless of their relationshipwith the oppressor. We areexploring legal options and willmove an amendment soon, said asource close to Maneka Gandhi in

a report in The FinancialExpress. The current Act does notallow women to be charged underthe law. It is only meant to pro-tect women from violence by anyman with whom they live in ashared household, when they arerelated by consanguinity, mar-riage, or through a relationship in

the nature of marriage, adoption,or are family members living together as a joint family."

The report also said thatlegal experts have opposedManeka's move, saying that thiswould result in a series of count-er-cases to fob off genuine com-plaints of abuse made by women.

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Railways tak various measu

to improve

passenger ame

Indian Railways take various measures

to improve the quality of its services. This isa continuous process. In the area of passen-ger amenities there has been significantimprovement in the level of passenger

amenities provided at stations over theyears. Comprehensive norms for provision of passenger amenities at various stationsalready exist including escalators and lifts

are being provided at important railway sta-tions.

Ticketing facilities/services have beenexpanded, upgraded, diversifies and made

more user-friendly. This is a dynamicprocess. It is the continuous endeavour of India railways to provide good quality

hygienic food to railway passenger.Improvement in the quality of catering serv-ices is an on-going process. A mechanism formonitoring and supervision has been put in

place by deploying railway personnel, whocheck quality and hygiene through regular,surprise and periodical inspections and takecorrective action. Catering Services

Monitoring Cell with a toll number 1800-111-

321 at national level has been set up for realtime redressal of complaints. Similar moni-toring cell are also functioning on zonal rail-

ways. A transparent contract awarding, man-agement and monitoring procedure has beendefined to ensure quality covering provision

of Third party audit of quality and mandato-ry ISO (Indian Standards Organization) cer-tification of Base Kitchens.

Every year new trains are introduced

taking into consideration demands in varioussectors of the country within the resourcesavailable. The demand analysis is based onwaiting lists in various sectors of the country,

representation made by public representa-tives, etc. Accordingly, new trains including Special trains, Premium trains, Jansadharanexpress, Ladies Special suburban services,

etc. are introduced. New coaches such asmore and more LHB coaches, double deckercoaches, etc., are also inducted into thesystem.

Army recruitment scamunearthed in Jharkhand

A sensational case of recruitment scamin the Indian Army has come to the fore. Inthe last year's recruitment drive in thestate, the Army selected 16 such candidateswho were declared "unfit" by its medicalboard. Four of them were even given post-ings. However, the postings of the rest 12candidates were put on hold when the scan-dal came to light during the verification of their certificates.

While the two of the four jawans whowere given postings have been sacked, theprocess of suspension of the rest two is going on. During the certificate verification, Army

Recruitment Board Director ColonelDharmendra Yadav found out an inconsis-tency in the signature on the medical cer-tificates they had produced. He sent the cer-tificates to the Army hospital at Namkumwhere it was discovered that the certificateshad fake signature and seal. Doctors at the

hospital had declared them unfit during thephysical fitness test. Interestingly, their fit-ness certificates had signatures of the samedoctor who had earlier rejected them.

A case was filed against all the accusedat Chutiya police station on July 21 undersections 413, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of theIndian Penal Code (IPC). A probe has also

been ordered on the direction of Dipatoli Army headquarters. "After the scandal wasunearthed, an internal investigation hasbeen ordered. The probe will reveal theinvolvement of our officers in the incident,"said Colonel Yadav.

The recruitment drives were held at inFebruary at Saraikela, in March atHazaribagh and in September at Ranchi.Those who had produced fake medical cer-tificates include Raghuvir Singh, AvadhKumar, Pappu Kumar Yadav, SantoshToppo, Jaipal Munda, Kamaldev Mahto,

Arvind Kumar Sah, Pankaj Kumar Mahto,Jeevan Kispotta, Ranjit Mahto, UmeshUranv, Kundan Kumar, Samir Munda,Kosmas Bodra, Prabhu Bhagat and AjaySawansi.

The four soldiers - Ranjit Mahto,Kundan Kumar, Umesh Uraon and PrabhuBhagat - who had started serving the Armywill be court-martialed on charges of pro-ducing fake medical certificates.

Activists oppose changesin Juvenile Justice Act Earlier, Maneka had also proposed that juveniles who commit rape should be

tried as adults. She had said that according to the police, 50 percent of all sexual crimes were committed by "16-year-olds who know the Juvenile Justice Act so they can do it.""But now for premeditated murder, rape, if we bring them into the purview of theadult world, then it will scare them," she said. However, Maekas claim has been vehe-mently opposed by child rights activists. How can we say 50 percent of sexual crimesare committed by children when NCRB data says only 1 percent of total crimes arecommitted by children. Please pick up the NCRB crime data.

That is the authentic data. Let us look at that data. Where does it suppor t this?said Kushal Singh, chairperson, National Commission for the Protection of ChildRights (NCPCR), reacting to Gandhis statement. The provision to allow children of 16 years and above to be tried as adults if they are accused of serious crimes, saidSingh, went against the philosophy of reformation of the JJ Act. The Ministry hadasked the NCPCR for its comments on the draft bill. We have sent our comments tothem and we have expressed our view that such a provision for lowering the age wouldnot be in the best interest of the childRecently, there have been a couple of aberra-tions. But based on those aberrations, if we begin to punish our children as adultsacross the board, I dont think it will be fair.

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