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he StateSEPTEMBER 22 TO SEPTEMBER 28 , 2014

Vol-02. Issue-52. Bhopal. Monday Page-12 Price-5/-

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

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

Online edition availble at wethestate.com and wethestate.blogspot.in

3Surendra Sinhto be nextDGP of state

4Cops sentizedon humantrafficking

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e-Gatimaan Yojanalaunched torid business ofform-49difficulties

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HealthMinistry to

take upanti-noise

pollutioninitiatives

11I joined Bigg

Boss to get ridof my fears:

Karishma Tanna

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Presence offoreign players

will raisestandards inISL: Sourav

Bhopal to have Pharnion Minister forFertilisers, Chemicals andPharmaceuticals AnanthKumar has said that aPharma Park will be estab-

lished at Bhopal. He hoped that MPwill become the first state in the coun-try to produce medical devices.

Ananth Kumar was addressing theinaugural session of 6th InternationalEco Course and Workshop here today.Chief Min is te r Shivraj S inghChauhan said that lesson on lifestyle

will be included in school syllabusfrom next academic session.

Union Minister Ananth Kumarsaid that a lot of diseases are related tolifestyle. Therefore, lifestyle should betaught in courses. He said that in MPhealth services are being conducted asper norms of World HealthOrganisation for improving healthfacilities. He held lifestyle responsiblealso for heart diseases. He said thatbad lifestyle causes diabetes in turnleading to heart problems. Currently,there are 8 crore diabetes patients inthe country. As many as 350 persons

die of heart failure every hour. To pre-vent this, attention should be paid toawareness and treatment. Due to pres-ent-day lifestyle this disease is causedin tender age also. In the course of lifestyle, information should also begiven about prevention, awarenessand treatment. Yoga, exercise, disci-pline and food habits should be includ-ed in it. Cardiac emergency arrange-ments should be made from tahsil toprimary health centre level. He saidthat eco machine should be availableat every district headquarters. OnUnion Minister Kumars suggestions,

Chief Minister Chauhan said that acourse on better lifestyle will be intro-duced in MP from next academic ses-sion. He said that major health insti-tutions will be encouraged to come toMP. Healthcare will be focused in theGlobal Investors Summit to be held inOctober. He said that body is neces-sary to perform all duties and respon-sibilities. Therefore, it should be fit.Eco cardiography is boon for humanity.Heart check-up must be made regular-ly. Rajya Beemari Sahayata Kosh hasbeen constituted for treatment of poorpeople in the state.

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Bhopal: Animal Husbandry MinisterKusum Mahdele has praised Centralschemes like National KamadhenuBreeding Centre and Nation GokulMission for preservation, promotion anddevelopment of indigenous species andurged to established at least one N ationalKamadhenu Breeding Centre in MP. Shealso urged for necessary Central assis-tance for cow-sanctuary established inSusner tahsil of Agar-Malwa district. SuMahdele was addressing a conference of states Animal Husbandry, DairyDevelopment and Fisheries DevelopmentMinisters chaired by Union AgricultureMinis ter Radhamohan S ingh atNational Agriculutre Science Institute inNew Delhi today.

Mahdele suggested to increase num-ber of cattle from 10 to 25 under DairyEntrepreneur Development Scheme andunit cost prescribed by NABARD from Rs.5 lakh to 15 lakh. She said that this willencourage trained unemployed youths toadopt dairy development. Expressing con-cern over adulteration in milk and milkproducts, Su Mahdele urged to ensurestrict action to prevent this by amending Food Security and Standards Act.

Referring to report of NationalFarmers Commission, Minister SuMahdele urged to provide loans at 7 per-cent to cattle breeders, dairies and fish-farmers like that for agriculture and pro-vide tax exemptions. She said that aninformation system should be evolved forspread of information about animal hus-bandry and fisheries on the lines of agri-culture. She drew attention towards prac-tical problems being faced in implementa-tion of National Pashudhan Mission andremove them.

NEWS MAX

Appeal to openNational KamadhenBreeding Centre in M

Thousands of crores to be invested in MP in petro chemical and gas-based industriesChief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan hasurged the Central Government to makeMP Petro Chemical and PetroleumInvestment Region (PCPIR) forestablishment of gas-based indus-tries. It will attract investmentworth over Rs. 2 lakh crore. MPwill become a belt of petro chemi-cal industries with this regionspread over hundreds of kilome-ters. With investment of thousandsof crore rupees, fertilisers, petrochemical, plastic, pharma etc. indus-tries will be established in this belt. Forsanction to such ambitious projects, Chauhanheld discussions with Union Minister for Chemicalsand Fertilisers. Consenting to MPs appeal, AnanthKumar informed that Union Finance Ministry has provi-sioned Rs. 10 thousand crore for laying gas pipeline in thisyears budget. The new pipeline will go from Vellawaramin Andhra Pradesh to Surat in Gujarat. In between, MPs

districts Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Ujjain,Dewas, Jhabua etc are proposed. The

state already has Hajira-Jagdishpurpipeline. National Fertilisers

Limiteds plant is situated on thesame pipeline at Vijaynagar inGuna district. Other industriesmay also be based on thispipeline. About Chief MinistersPSPIR proposal, Ananth Kumar

said that gas pipeline terminal,refinery, tracking unit, fertiliser

factory, gas-based power plants,petro chemical industries and pharma-

ceutical industries vast area will be devel-oped in MP. Besides, Ananth Kumar also talked

about setting up National Institute of PharmacyEducation at Bhopal and possibility of expansion of Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technoloyg.

Ananth Kumar said that prospects for expansion of petrochemical industries are immense in Central India.


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IIM, Raipur, students get placement in top organiza

RAIPUR: IIM-Raipur (IIM-R) recorded 100% placements

this year for 2012-2014 batch, comprising 109 students, with a

student bagging highest pack-

age of Rs 38.5 lakh in

Indonesia.

IIM coordinator

said it is the first

time that interna-

tional companies

have approached

IIM-R students for

placements.

Nearly 43 national

and international compa-

nies, including CRISIL, JP

Morgan Chase, Crompton Greaves, TATA Steel, GATI KWE

and Daimler, have recruited students at an average package of

Rs 10.6 lakh per annum.

Housing.com - a leading house-hunting portal, also made its

presence felt by offering sales and marketing jobs to students.

Students were also offered jobs such as executive assistant

to top management, strategic sourcing, corporate planning,

business and IT consultant. Sales and marketing domain

emerged the most preferred domain with 27% students opting

for it. At least 19% students went for operations domain while

8% students bagged jobs in HR domain. IIM-R chairman (place-

ments) Prof Sanjeev Prashar said, "Despite being a young insti-

tution, we organized this year's placement session in a struc-

tured manner. Our efforts paid off and all our students have

been placed in reputed organizations."

More than 100 police inspec-

tors of 27 districts of state attend-

ed a training programme for sensi-

tization on human trafficking

organized recently by the state

police in collaboration with Shakti Vahini, a Delhi-based NGO.

Chhattisgarh's tribal district

being a major hub of human traf-

ficking and child trafficking where

children are pushed into domestic

slavery, flesh trade, forced mar-

riage, needs extensive knowledge

and follow-ups about laws and Acts meant for women and child

rights, said experts.

Supreme Court lawyer

Ravikant, who was the keynote

speaker, sensitized investigating

officers and police inspectors about

their respective police stations,anti-human trafficking units,

stakeholders and Childline about

the right method of investigation.

"It becomes difficult when a

minor has to be rescued from other

state without having any back-

ground about the trafficked victim.Connecting with local police,

stakeholders, Childline or NGOs

of a particular place, helps track

the victim easily. There is certainprocedure that has to be followed

to make the case stronger, which

leads to increase in convictionrate," Ravikant said.

Role of stakeholders and child

welfare committees were dis-

cussed in dealing with complicated

cases of rescuing minor children

from other states. Many police offi-

cers admitted that there was a lot

to be done in Chhattisgarh forenforcement and awareness about

human trafficking.

Director general of police ANUpadhyay, in his address, said all

boards and departments con-

cerned have to jointly work to deal

with human trafficking in state

and for this everyone need to know

about their rights.

Cops sentized on human trafficking

RAIPUR TRAIL

Development is new strto counter Maoist move

RAIPUR

Raipur: Development and not bulletsis the new strategy being adopted by theNDA government to counter the armedMaoist movement after recent intelligence

reports indicated that the number of localmilitia has been increasing in the Redzones.

Realising that aggressive security

operations are not providing the desiredresults, the Ministry of Home Affairs hasprepared a new policy that focuses on woo-

ing tribals and winning their confidencesince that would be a big setback forMaoists who use local residents to theiradvantage. "We are in the process of devis-

ing a strategy that will win the hearts andminds of tribals. A roadmap is being pre-pared to ensure greater development inthe interiors of areas affected by violence,"

a Home Ministry official said. An intelligence report prepared with

information provided by KukkalaRavinder alias Arjun, a Maoist military

commander who surrendered last month,

provides an insight into the growing localsupport for the Maoists due to lack of

development in areas like Abujmarh inChhattisgarh. "Difficult terrain, lack of

connectivity and communication facilitiesas well as lesser presence of security forcesand support from villagers favour theselection of the area as a shelter for top

leadership," the report based on

Ravinder's revelations, states. The reportfurther says that Abujmarh is a refuge for

top Maoist leader Ganapati. Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh recently told

mediapersons that a new policy to counterLeft wing extremism had been preparedand would be given final shape soon. Aspart of the new strategy, the Centre has

already given a push to a project to install

mobile phone towers in Maoist-hit areasthat has been pending for some time. The

work to install 2,199 mobile towers to

improve communication has begun,sources said. In the past, developmentwork was derailed by the cadres who

attacked workers building roads or otherinfrastructure, as a result of which con-tractors left projects midway. The sourcessaid anti-Maoist operations will not take a

backseat, but security forces will be askedto differentiate between cadres and local

residents. There is a plan to send at least10 more battalions to the Maoist strong-

holds to facilitate heavy deployment atconstruction sites. They added that thereis also a plan to sensitize s ecurity forces indealing with locals.

"New standard operating procedures

will be put in place. The forces need to

change their image among the locals and

present a more humane side," a Home

Ministry official said. With the recent suc-

cess in getting some Maoist leaders to sur-

render, the government is looking to con-

tinue efforts to ensure that more rebels

leave the armed movement. In the past

three months, 142 Maoists have surren-dered in various parts of the country.

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5 SEPTEMBER 22 TO SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

MP to have ferlitisers and steel p

park; piped cooking gas supply

e-Gatimaan Yojana launched to ridbusiness of form-49 difficulties

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh will have ferli-

tisers and steel plants, polymer park, global

level pharmacy education and research

institute. This was decided on the initiative

of Minister Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan at a meeting held with Union

Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers

Ananth Kumar, Ministe r for Steel

Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for

Petroleum and Gas Dharmendra Pradhan,

Union Minister of State for FertilisersNihal Chand and senior officers at Madhya

Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi recently.

The decisions taken at the meeting for

facilitating established and to-be-estab-

lished industries in the state will prove to be

a milestone for success of Global Investors

Summit scheduled from October 8 to 10 at

Indore.

A Joint Working Group to be coordinated

by Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa has been

set up with officers of Union Ministry of

Chemicals & Fertilisers, Ministry of Steel;

and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

The group will hold its meeting at Bhopal on

September 30. Representatives of SAIL and

GAIL are also included in the group.

Discussions on piped cooking gas in

Bhopals homes: The meeting also confab-

ulated on piped cooking gas supply in

Bhopals homes and establishment of fer-

tiliser plants in Madhya Pradesh, steel

plant, national level pharmacy education &

research institute, increasing production of

Bina-Oman refinery, increasing annual

capacity of plastic science-related training

institute from 4000 to 7000 and establish-

ment of polymer park. It is noteworthy that

cent percent students of plastic science-

related training institute get jobs. The meet-

ing decided to increase capacity of Bina oil

refinery in the first phase from 6000 to 8000

MMTPA for easy availability of petro chemi-

cals in Madhya Pradesh. It will accelerate

pace of industrialisation in the state.

Bhopal to have NIPER: The meeting

considered establishment of National

Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

Research (NIPER) at Bhopal on the lines of

IIT. Land for it being selected at Bhopal. In

view of Madhya Pradeshs record 24.99 per-

cent agriculture growth rate, the meeting

stressed the need for establishing a fertiliserplant in the state.

In this direction, GAIL has decided to

establish a gas-based fertiliser plant from

Surat-Paradeep gas pipeline in Jabalpur.

The meeting directed SAIL to ensure suit-

able action for establishment of a steel plant

at Chhatarpur in view of availability of qual-

ity iron ore there. A polymer park was also

proposed to be set up near Gwalior. The best

quality manganese in the world is found in

Balaghat district. The meeting stressed the

need for increasing its production and value

addition.

Bhopal

The state govern-ment has launched e-Gatimaan Yojana toremove difficulties being faced by businessmen indownloading Form-49.Commercial TaxesMinister JayantMalaiya inaugurated thescheme here today.Under e-Gatimaan

Yojana, busines smencan get e-Gatimaan

declaration for trans-portation of goods in andoutside the state throughmobile SMS. The e-Gatimaan Numberobtained through SMScan be produced atdepartmental check-posts. With this, a busi-nessman will need not

carry hard copy of decla-ration form in transport

vehicle and produce it atthe check-post.

Businessmen face alot of difficulties in down-loading Form-49. Theprocess needs computer,internet connection,power, printer etc. Afterdownloading Form-49, ithas to be signed and

hard copy is carried byconsigner businessman.e-Gatimaan Yojana willremove all these difficul-ties. However, business-man are free to useForm-49 as before.

For availing facility

of e-Gatimaan, one hasto get registered hismobile number by log-ging on departmentalwebsite. Later, he willsend a SMS in prescribedformat to 56161. Onreceipt of SMS, concern-ing businessman will begiven e-GatimaanNumber through SMScontaining informationconcerning the goods tobe transported. This e-Gatimaan Number willhave to be produced atcheck-posts and beforemobile checking squads.

Principal SecretaryCommercial TaxesManoj vastava,C o m m i s s i o n e rCommercial Taxes AmitRathore, other officersand businessmen werepresent on the occasion.

Bhopal

Bhopal : Minister of State for GAD Shri Lal Singh Arya has said thatefforts to raise voice of Dalits in modern India by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkarneed to be consolidated through unity. He said that upliftment of dalits canbe ensured only through power. The Minister of State was addressing a sym-

posium Daliton Ki Dasha Evam Disha Ek Vimarsh at Ravindra Bhavanhere today. Shri Arya said that scheduled castes have adequate ability andpossibility to move forward. Only united efforts of government and societyare needed in this direction. Whereas the government is making efforts foreducational, economic and social upliftment of the community, its membersshould also come forward for this. Shri Lal Singh Arya said that educatedsection of scheduled castes should come forward to save the community fromevils like illiteracy and addiction. He said that it is the need of the hour thatevery educated scheduled caste person takes responsibility for educating oneilliterate SC person.

Dalits conditionto change onlythrough unity


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he power equation is alsoheavily tilted in favour of theChinese, even though, if itever comes to war, we areunlikely to be as unprepared

as we were in 1962.The Chinese what we want: we

want status quo, and an assurancethat China will respect current bordersand areas under our control. No one,not in India or in China, believes weare actually expecting a return of thereal estate they grabbed from us in1962.

But China doesnt want status quo.This is the first thing we need tounderstand about their intentions.They want to change the status quo,while we want to preserve it.

And, what do the Chinese want?The Chinese want several things: any-one who is willing to accept Chinesesupremacy will be showered with theirgenerosity. They want control of theSouth China Sea and all the searoutes. This brings them in conflictwith almost the whole of Asia, but hav-ing the whole world for your enemydoes not deter them. They believe theyhave the power to enforce their writ.This is why they will do almost any-thing to prevent a Japan-India-

Vietnam power ax is from fo rming.In the Indian subcontinent, they

want three things from us: more areasin Ladakh so that their roads to theIndian Ocean via Pakistan-occupied

Jammu & Kashmir, and to Tibet havegreater defensible depth (this is whythey want India out of Siachen, andthey are using Pakistan to propel thisidea of demilitarising Siachen). They

also want Tawang - which houses thesecond most important Tibetanmonastery - and more of ArunachalPradesh, maybe all of it. Overall, theywant India to play by Chinese rules. It

is to put pressure on India to settle theborder on Chinese terms that they aredoing big infrastructure deals withNepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh andeven Myanmar and Maldives.

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China unlikely to respect c

borders, incursions may co

India, China sign landmark dealsndia and China havesigned 12 agreements inDelhi, one of which willsee China investing

$20billion in India's infra-structure over five years.Under the investment plans,China pledged to help bring India's ageing railway systemrailway system up-to-datewith high-speed links andupgraded railway stations andgive more market access toIndia to products, including pharmaceuticals and farmproducts. Both sides alsofocussed on increasing co-oper-ation in trade, space explo-ration and civil nuclear energy.

India has expressed concernover trade imbalance betweenIndia and China and hasrequested the neighbouring country to ease restrictions forinvestment by Indian compa-nies there. Meanwhile, Chinahas agreed to invest USD 20billion in the next five years inIndia and will also set up twoindustrial parks in Gujaratand Maharashtra. India andChina have signed 12 agree-ments following talks betweenPrime Minister Narendra Modiand visiting Chinese President

Xi Jinping. The pacts includecooperation in railways, outerspace and customs.

Chinese youthdelegationmeets Minister

Besides, a visiting Chinese Youth delegation met the UnionMinister for Skill Development,Entrepreneurship, Youth

Affairs and Sports, SarbanandaSonowal and both sides agreedupon the need to have frequentinteraction between the twocountries on skill development,

Youth Affairs and Sports. A fivemember Chinese YouthDelegation, led by Vice

President of All- China YouthFederation Zhou Changkui,called on Sonowal.

During their half an hourmeeting, both sides recalled thehistoric, cultural and friendlyties between the two countries

and discussed matters relatedto Skill Development,Entrepreneurship, Youth

Affairs and Sports. Both sidesnoted with satisfaction the ben-efits of ongoing bilateral YouthExchange Programme since2006 and expressed hope thatsuch visits will bring youth of the two countries closer in

future to enhance knowledgeabout each others countries.India and China exchangedviews on Rapid Urbanisation,Transport system, Road, Powergeneration, Vocational Training in the context of economicdevelopment and employabilityof youths. They also discussedsports infrastructure and train-ing programmes for sports per-sons. It was felt during themeeting that possibility to havea bilateral exchange pro-gramme of vocational teachersmay be explored by the twocountries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modis efforts to bring up the Ladakh border incursions withChinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to make much of a difference to what the Chinese

have been doing so far. When Modi said we need an understanding to maintain peace andtranquillity on the border, Jinping merely noted that there may be some incidents as the areais not clearly demarcated. He also made a vague reference to resolve the issue at an early date.

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8 SEPTEMBER 22 TO SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 (MP & CG)Miscellaneous

The most powerful predictor of poverty in India is surprising. Itisn't caste. And it isn't illiteracy. Itis landlessness. More than 2 crorepoor rural families across Indiaown no land, and millions morelack legal rights to the land theywork and live on.

Landlessness contributes to

many of the social ills associatedwith poverty: malnutrition, illiter-acy, conflict, child marriage, andwomen's disenfranchisement. Itthus casts a shadow over theprospects of both individual fami-lies and the nation. Landless dontget the benefit of many govern-ment schemes and they are alsonot entitled to get compensation incase of crop failure as they dontlegally own the land they culticate.

So who are the landless? Forthe most part, India's rural land-less are day laborers and tenantfarmers. Demographically, the

landless population spans ethnicgroups, age, and geographic loca-

tion. The rural landless work for avariety of employers, from individ-ual landlords to large corporatefarms, and usually have no way to

escape grinding poverty. Neitherdo their children: rootless families

often migrate with the seasons,keeping their children out of schooland in the fields to supplementfamily income.

A second landless group, farm-ers who tend and live on small

plots of land that they do not offi-cially own, is no better off. Studiesshow that there are tens of mil-lions such farmers who lack legal

ownership of their plots. Many of India's tribal communities, for

example, have worked on the samefarmland for decades but lack asecure title. Accordingly, many of them are hesitant to make long-term investments in their land.Costly projects, such as planting trees or building a well, a green-house, or a permanent residence,are unthinkable because thesefarmers cannot be sure they will bearound to reap the benefits. Suchfarmers are doubly challenged.Without a legal title, they oftencannot obtain government credit orenroll in poverty alleviation oragricultural extension programs --state initiatives that are meant tohelp them. Avariety of studies cap-ture some of the potential benefitsof secure land rights, such as a 60percent increase in agriculturalproduction and a 150 percentincrease in family income. Theimpact on women is particularlydramatic. A study in Kerala, India,found that when women have legalcontrol over land they are seventimes less likely to experiencedomestic violence.

Over 2 crore landless famfail to benefit from govt sch

On a summer afternoon in July2013, Rupa and Laxmi, both 22,

stood huddled quietly at one cor-ner of the sprawling lawns of thesupreme court of India, under theshade of a mango tree. They werewaiting for the outcome of a pub-lic interest litiga-tion (PIL) thatLaxmi hadfiled. Bothwomen hadsurvived acidattacks:Laxmiwas

attacked in 2005, Rupa in 2008.The PIL sought a ban on the saleof the toxic liquid.

That day ended on a happynote: thanks to the PIL andrelentless prodding by the courts,the central government said itwould treat acid as a poison andapply the Poisons Act 1919 to reg-

ulate its sale. The reclassifi-cation meant that shopswould need a licence to sellacid, buyerswould

have to submit a photo identitycard, and sales were banned toanyone under 18. There was a

flurry of media reporting on thecase and the states promised to dotheir bit for survivors. Over thepast 12 months, Laxmi hasbecome a celebrity of sorts: shehas received national and interna-tional prizes, including theInternationalWomen of Courage

Award,

presented by US first ladyMichelle Obama. She frequentlytakes part in talk shows on

womens issues and recently, sheand four others, including Rupa,modelled for a photo campaignagainst acid attacks.Unfortunately, li ttle has changedon the ground due to the tardyimplementation of the new laws

by the states. Few have takennotice of the sales restric-tions or paid survivorscompensation, which ismandatory under a par-liamentary law passedin April 2013. Acid isstill widely available inmarkets. The resulthas been a continu-

ance of acid attacksagainst women and

men. In July, theSupreme Court once

again expressed concernover the growing number

of attacks and repri-manded states for

their laxresponse. According to Stop

Acid Attacks (SAA), a group basedin Delhi that works with survivorsand has collected data on the

crime, most attacks in India areagainst women aged between 21and 30 (76%); 83% of attacks hap-pen in public places; 70% of vic-tims are women; 75% of the sur-vivors have 21-40% burns; andmany attacks occur becausewomen have rejected mensadvances (51%). The NationalCrime Records Bureau has begunto record attacks but the data isnot comprehensive; it estimatesthat there are up to 1,000 attacksa year. According to SAA, the cen-tre has received more than 200reports of attacks since January2013, although it suspects that

the real number is much higher.There has been no concertedeffort to stop acid sale. Its freelyavailable even in Delhi, says

Ashish Shukla, a member of SAA.We could never meet the [previ-ous] home minister. Even the newminister does not seem to havetime for us. Regimes change butthe attitude towards these crimesdoesnt.

Acid attacks on women continuedue to lax response of states

New Delhi

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9 SEPTEMBER 22 TO SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 (MP & CG)POLITICS

Cong rubbished ex-CAG Ra

charges only to save Gandhi

People gave befitting

reply to communalforces: Akhilesh

New Delhi: Former primeminister Manmohan Singh, whowas often ridiculed for not using his voice box despite number of charges against him with regard tohigh corruption in his government,now needs to break his silence.

The latest assault has comefrom former Comptroller and

Auditor General of India Vinod Raiwho, in an interview, alleged thatformer PM Manmohan Singh wasfully aware of the 2G and the coalblock allocation scams in his gov-ernment, but had turned a blindeye to it, choosing to do nothing when he could have changed thecourse of things by putting his footdown.

There is no word from Singh.But as things stand today, Singhfinds himself pushed into a cornerwhere speaking out would be asdamaging as not speaking -- both

to him and whatever is left of hisimage, as well as to the Congressand party chief Sonia Gandhi,without whose direct or indirectknowledge he could not have pro-ceeded or closed his eyes to what-ever was happening in his govern-ment.

Curiously, the entire Congressparty has sprung up, not so muchto defend the former prime minis-ter but to rubbish Rais state-ments. This is due to the unstatedattempt to prevent the fires thatare closing in on the former primeminister from spreading to 10Janpath -- a synonym for Sonia --who too could not but have beenaware of what was happening inthe corridors of power. The firstand preeminent article in theCongressmans behaviour is to pro-tect the fountainhead in the party--in this case, Soniabecause on its

existence depends their own sur-vival. This is perhaps one of thethree major reasons why Singhmay continue with his silence.Cynics would interpret this as hisway of saying thank you to theCongress president for making him the prime minister for 10years. Never mind the fact that hestepped into South Bloc in 2004 asan icon of the middle classes, andwent out in 2014 as a failed leader,his personal integrity severelycompromised by his failure to pre-vent corruption that bled theexchequer and debilitated the gov-ernment.

The Congress, like Sonia, hadto pay a heavy political price forfailing to intervene. But for everyreason on why Singh may notwant to break his silence there areequally compelling reasons why heshould, and must.

Lucknow/ Jaipur/ Kolkata/ Ahmedabad: Contrary to theexpectations, Samajwadi Partystaged a remarkable comeback inthe state. Terming the party per-formance as defeat of communalforces, an upbeat CM Akhilesh

Yadav said, "People of the statehave given a befitting reply to thecommunal forces and haveexpressed intention that they needharmony and brotherhood."

The Chief Minister thankedpeople of the state for "failing" thecommunal powers. "Communalforces tried to gain mileage byspreading hatred, but the peopleby their power of vote defeatedthem," he added. Akhilesh saidthe SP Government in the stateonly concentrates on developmentworks and has been working inthis direction from day one andafter by-polls it would continue to

work more respons ibly. We wantto thank the people that at such atime, they have supported theSamajwadis and the direction inwhich the SP wants to take thestate," Akhilesh said.

Facing reverses in some seats

in the Assembly bypolls, the BJPsaid the results in some places

were not according to its expecta-

tions and people voted on localissues. "We have won in many

places and at some place; the

results have been not up to our

expectations. These by-polls havebeen fought over local issues and

in places where the state govern-

ments have full majority," BJP

spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain

said in Lucknow.

Sheila Dixits comment on for

govt is finds support among "I am supporting her (Sheilas)views on the stalemate in Delhi.What is wrong in what she said," saidMateen Ahmad, Congress MLA fromSeelampur. Others like ChandniChowk MLA Prahlad Singh Sawhneymay share the same opinion behindclosed doors, but Okhla MLA Asif Mohammed Khan is not reluctant tocome out in the open. "If they (BJP)think they can form the government,they must prove their majority and

end the confusion," said Khan. Thiscomes as a shot in the arm for thepro-Sheila lobby which has beenmaintaining that she had only voicedthe concerns of sitting MLAs. Withsome MLAs openly backing the three-time chief minister of Delhi, the dis-connect between the party high com-

mand and the MLAs on this trickyissue is clear. Even though a few sen-ior leaders agree with the feelings of their MLAs, the high command hasso far maintained that since no partyhas a clear majority, there should befresh elections in the state. Seniorparty leaders were seen distancing themselves from Sheilas statement,but all that is changing fast.

"If we could have the AAP forming a minority government, then the BJPcan also be given a chance," saidNaseeb Singh, former MLA and now

All India Congress Committee (AICC)secretary. The silence of two MLAs,Devendra Yadav and veteran leaderJaikishan, on the matter is being seen as support to the no-electiongroup. Delhi Congress chief ArvinderSingh Lovely and Legislature Partyleader Haroon Yusuf have been at the

forefront of supporting the officialline of demanding dissolution of theassembly. "Shiela Ji's comments ongovernment formation in Delhi, maybe her personal opinion. CongressMLAs and AICC are totally againstextending support to the BJP," iswhat Shakeel Ahmad tweeted afterthe controversy erupted. MuslimMLAs have chosen to back SheilaDikshits comments about exploring the possibility of BJP forming a gov-ernment. So far the Congress hasbeen using the bogey of BJP coming

to power in their attempt to keep theminorities by their side. But with noelected member willing to face anoth-er election, Sheila seems to havestruck the right chord. In such aneventuality, it is the AAP that is like-ly to face a serious challenge of keep-ing its flock together.

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Presence of foreign players will raise standar

in ISL: Sourav Ganguly

Asian Games flame goes temporarily in Incheon

ormer Indian skip-per and co-owner of ISL team Athletico

De Kolkata SouravGanguly today said thepresence of eminent foreignplayers in the squad wouldhelp the local boys to raisetheir playing standards andof the game too. "We pickeda lot of city-bred players.

Also foreign players are inour team. Out of the 22 oddplayers, eight of them areforeigners. The foreigners'presence will help the

local players to raise

their own standards whilethe quality of the game willalso stand to benefit",Ganguly said here while

Athle tico De Kolkat aannounced their deal with

Airc el as the princ ipalsponsor of team.

"Going by my experi-ence, my 1996 my debut atLord's definitely helped mebecome a good cricketer. Ihad a fabulous Test series. Ihave immensely benefittedfrom seeing the foreignersplaying there. My batting

went to a different level,"he said. Referring to IPL,he said earlier the teams

used to have players fromthe respective cities whichchanged after three years of its beginning. "Now you seeGautam Gambhir is the

captain of KKR while Dhoniwho is from Ranchi is play-ing for Chennai SuperKings," he said. "We will tryto pick players from the cityand strike a right balance",Ganguly said.

Stating that Athletico'svision would be to make thegame a success, Gangulysaid, "It is very exciting that something new willstart from October 12 whenthe city team meetsMumbai City FC. This is afootball crazy city andcricket took over from 1995.But football passion here,"he said.

ndian Olympic Assoc iatio n fined$10,000 for withdraw-

ing teams from AsianGames. The Indian Olympic

Association has been fined$10,000 for withdrawing teams from the AsianGames at a late stage, but

All India Tennis Association

chief Anil Khanna is hope-ful that the penalty wouldbe withdrawn.Interestingly, the Indiancontingents chef de missionand Athletics Federation of India president AdilleSumariwalla told that hewas not aware of any suchdevelopment. Khanna,meanwhile, said he over-

heard that the fine would beimposed on India for with-drawing rugby mens teamand another team. I thenrequested them to reconsid-er the fine. I am hopeful thematter would be resolved.Its a small issue, why makeit big, he asked. Earlier,Sumariwalla said, Not to

my knowledge. I believethis was discussed at theOCA meeting yesterday. Idoubt any fine has beenimposed so far. You can ask

Anil Khanna about it. A huge list of participants andofficials had been forwardedby the IOA to the SportsMinistry ahead of theGames.

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Incheon Asian Games:Qatar forfeit basketball game in hijab row

Incheon: TheQatar women`sbasketball teamrefused to play

in their AsianGames group

match againstMongolia on Wednesday after being refused permis-sion to wear the hijab.

A spokesperson for the Incheon Asian Games(IAGOC) said the players had been asked to removethe Islamic scarf before the game at Hwaseong Sports Complex but had refused. "As far as I know

it`s an issue of the internationalbasketball federation, not the

Asian Games," the official toldReuters. According toInternational BasketballFederation regulation 4.4.2,among the items that are prohib-

ited on court are: "Headgear, hairaccessories and jewellery".Qatari player Amal Mohamed

A Mohamed said they had beenassured they would be able towear the hijab before they cameto the Games in South Korea."Before attending the AsianGames, we were told that wewould be able to participate inmatches by wearing a hijab," she

said. "However, the organisers of the Asian Gamessaid to us that players with the hijab cannot playtodays match. "Since we cant take that off to takepart in the match because of our religion, we just for-feited the match with Mongolia." Mohamed was con-fused about why the scarf had been banned.

"I just dont understand why were not allowed toplay with the hijab. I dont think the hijab is danger-ous, and negatively influences the match or otherplayers. "Weve attended many international compe-titions in Indonesia and China. Therefore, we will notattend any games in this Asian Games unless theofficials change their decision."

Mohali: Man-of-the-match David Miller creditedyoung bowler Akshar Patel for coming good when theteam needed it the most, saying that the tailender'sknock enabled Kings XI Punjab to defeat BarbadosTridents in the Oppo Champions League T20 matchhere. Chasing 175 for victory, Miller smashed a 34-ball 46 under pressure, but it was the nine-ball 23 bythe left-arm spinner that brought Kings back into the

game as the required run rate in the final few overskept going up. Patel's knock was studded with threehits to the fence and a six. Needing 25 off the last twoovers with four wickets in hand, Miller and No. 8batsman Patel scored 47 runs off 19 balls to taketheir team home. With Sri Lankan import ThisaraPerera putting up an all-round performance for theKings XI in the previous outing, but failing with thebat here last night, Miller admitted that things didnot look good when the former got out.

"I thought we were in a predicament when Pereragot out. But when Akshar came out to bat, heabsolutely made it look so easy. He took a lot of pres-sure off me. A lot of credit to him, why we won in theend," Miller said.

Meanwhile, the Barbados skipper Rayad Emritfelt that anything over 170 was a challenging totalthough his team would have liked to post a target of over 180. "We know that in the last five overs italways goes for 50-60 runs and one needs to keep ittight," he said. Ravi Rampaul came in for some heavythrashing by the KXIP batsmen in the penultimateover, but the skipper felt that he was the "most expe-rienced bowler" under the conditions and it was sheerbad luck for him. "On another day, he will get it right,Ravi is the most experienced bowler," he said.

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Health Ministry to take up anti-nr. Harsh Vardhan, Union HealthMinister, has stressed the need for

enforcing statutory standards prescribed bythe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)and directives issues by the Supreme Courtto prevent noise pollution. Globally, noisehas emerged as the single biggest cause of disability in the workplace.

Successive governments have skirtedthe real issue by addressing the noise men-ace as just another nuisance. Our delaying of a specific legislation is part of a largermistake of not providing for adequate envi-ronmental safeguards before embarking onrapid industrialisation, the Minister saidwhile inaugurating the 13th annual confer-ence of the Association of Otolaryngologistsof India (AOI), Kerala branch, inPerinthalmana in north Kerala today.Health Minister, Kerala, V. S. Sivakumarwas also present during the function. Morethan 700 specialists attended the event.Describing noise pollution as a modernplague, Dr Harsh Vardhan lauded Kerala

chapter of AOI for being at the forefront of the National Initiative for Safe Sound(NISS). It is a welcome development to seeear-nose-throat (ENT) specialists like myself ending the silence over noise pollution.The high level of awareness among people inthe state on the issue is due in the most partto the awareness campaigns undertakenover several years by AOI, he remarked.

Dr Harsh Vardhan said, As profession-als you encounter daily the effects of noisepollution on patients. I remember in myearly years in ENT practice, it was relative-ly uncommon to have a patient with hearing adverse impact, but in recent years evenyoungsters have started coming withimpairment caused by noise hazard. DrHarsh Vardhan announced that he is in theprocess of constituting a high-level expertgroup to recommend standards of accept-ability of environmental sound levels. TheMinistry would make them the basis of anew legislation, he stated. The only instru-ment with law enforcers at present, theNoise Pollution (Regulation & Control)Rules, 2000, developed by CPCB is supposed

to be enforced by local police units all overIndia. But there is little public awarenessabout them, the Health Minister noted.

Another initiative was the setting up of the countrys first and till date onlyDepartment of Environmental and

Occupational Health at New DelhisMaulana Azad Medical College. A concept toset up one such department in each newupcoming AIIMS of the country is now being considered for implementation, the HealthMinister said.

DPerinthalmana (Kerala)

Production of most of Kharif

crops likely to declines per First AdvanceEstimates for 2014-15, areacoverage under most of the cropsduring current kharif season hasdeclined due to delayed/deficientrainfall. Erratic rainfall and dryspells in several parts of the coun-try have also impacted productivi-ty of crops. Due to lower area cov-erage and productivity, productionof most of the crops is expected tobe lower than their record produc-tion levels achieved during the lastyear.

However, these are prelimi-nary estimates and do not takeinto account the positive impact of rainfall of September 2014. Also,as per past experience, the firstadvance estimates reported bystates are generally conservativeand subsequently undergo upwardrevision. Total production of Kharif Foodgrains is estimated at 120.27million tonnes which is lower by8.97 million tonnes as compared torecord production of 129.24 milliontonnes of foodgrains achieved dur-ing Kharif 2013-14.

Production of kharif Rice esti-mated at 88.02 million tonnes,though lower by 3.67 milliontonnes as compared to last yearsrecord production of 91.69 milliontonnes, is higher by 1.34 milliontonnes than its 5 years averageproduction. Delayed arrival of

monsoon impacted sowing of Jowar, Bajra and Maize in somemajor States such as AndhraPradesh, Gujrat, Karanataka,Maharashtra and Rajasthan, lead-ing to significant decline of 18.56lakh hectares in the overall areaunder kharif Coarse Cereals than

the last year. Decline in area hasadversely affected production of above crops, leading to decline inthe total production of kharif Coarse Cereals, which is estimatedto be lower at 27.05 million tonnesas compared to 31.53 milliontonnes during 2013-14. Decline in

area under Tur and Moong hasalso affected production of Kharif Pulses which is estimated at 5.20million tonnes as against their pro-duction of 6.02 million tonnes dur-ing Kharif 2013-14.

Among Oilseeds, on account of decline in area and productivity in

Gujarat, total production of Groundnut in the country has suf-fered considerably and declined to5.02 million tonnes as compared toits record production of 7.81 mil-lion tonnes during 2013-14.Production of Soyabean estimatedat 11.82 million tonnes is alsomarginally lower than the lastyear. Due to setback in the pro-duction of above two majorOilseeds, total production of kharif Oilseeds is expected todecline to 19.66 million tonnes i.e.2.75 million tonnes lower thantheir record production of 22.41million tonnes achieved during Kharif 2013-14.

Production of Sugarcane esti-mated at 342.79 million tonnes,though lower by 7.23 milliontonnes than the last year, is higherby 5.40 million tonnes than itsaverage production. Production of Cotton estimates at 34.62 millionbales (of 170 kg each) is also lowerby 1.97 million bales than itsrecord production of 36.59 millionbales during 2013-14 but higher by2.02 million bales than the averageproduction.

Production of Jute estimatedat 10.87 million bales (of 180 kg each) is also marginally lower thanits last years production but high-er than the average production of last five years.

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