Shaheed Mirwaiz was a learned scholar and reformer: Dr. Mehboob

Srinagar, June 19 : Nation-al Conference has paid trib-utes to Shaheed Mirwaiz Qazi Nisar on his Death Anniversary and said that the Late Mirwaiz was a re-ligous scholar and social reformer of the highest or-der and that his martyrdom had created a conspicuous vacuum in the Valley. Paying tributes to Shaheed Mirwaiz Qazi Nisar, Senior National Conference leader Dr. Mehboob Beg said that such tragic assassinations had left an indelible mark on the psyche of the people. Dr. Beg said that the blood-shed of scholars, reformers and religious figures in the Valley by the enemies of Kashmiriyat was a collec-tive loss for humanity.

Dr. Beg said that National Conference has always ad-vocated the importance of the peaceful and political resolution of the Kashmir Issue and has always

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New Delhi, Jun 19: The Ex-ternal Affairs Ministry has said Iraqi government has provided information about the location of the abducted 40 Indian workers. Address-ing a press conference in New Delhi this evening, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said, Indian Embassy in Baghdad has been persistently following the mat-ter with the Iraqi authorities. Akbaruddin said, the govern-ment is giving highest priority to the safety and security of the Indians there.On Wednesday, India had con-firmed that 40 Indians were kidnapped in violence-hit Iraq city of Mosul. Replying to a question, Akbaruddin said, Ex-ternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has also talked to Chief Minister of Punjab as most of the abducted workers are from Punjab. The Spokesman reiter-ated that New Delhi is ready to work with any organisation or

individual who is willing to as-sist in this difficult situation.Earlier, in the day, External Af-fairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said all efforts are underway to rescue Indian nationals kidnapped in Iraq. She told re-porters in New Delhi that she is personally supervising the rescue efforts. Swaraj assured the relatives of the kidnapped people that the government will leave no stone unturned to rescue them.

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Srinagar, June 19: An 11 year old boy from South Kashmir’s Qazi-gund area was traced after two years from New Delhi and was handed over to his parents in pres-ence of ADC Srinagar at DC office. Reports said that a sixth class student Tariq Ahmed Shiekh son of Muhammad Akram had gone missing in 2011 from Qazigund area. With the assistance of ‘Child Line’ an organization which works for the welfare of the children, the boy was traced from New Delhi. “Our Delhi based members brought the boy to Srinagar from New Delhi where he was handed over to his parents in presence of Additional District Development Commissioner Srinagar Shahbaz Ahmed,” one of the members of Child Line Javid Ahmed told CNS. The father of Tariq

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Missing boy traced after 2 years Omar constitutes

Koul Commission to probe 2010 killings

Srinagar, June 19 : Continuing its “Police Raising Week” celebra-tions, JKAP 8th Bn and IRP-8th Bn organized a cleanliness drive of Manasbal Park and its sur-roundings today. The drive was supervised by Sh G.L Sharma, CO JKAP 8th Bn. According to state-ment issued to KNS, Nazir Ahmad Mir CEO Manasbal Development Authority was the Chief Guest whereas Sh. Altaf Ahmed Shah CO IRP 8th Bn was the guest of Honour. The cleanliness drive was attend-ed by the students of Jammu and Kashmir Sainik School Manas-bal and Government High School Kondhbal Manasbal. Besides ci-vilians, police officers and tour-ists also took part in the drive.On this occasion

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Srinagar June 18: The State Cabinet Thursday appointed a one-man judi-cial commission to probe the killing of over 120 civilians during 2010 sum-mer agitation. Justice (retd) M.L.Koul who is also probing the Gagrin Shopi-an killings at the hands of CRPF will head the Commission. According to CNS the cabinet meet-ing chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah decided to constitute a one-man commission to probe all the kill-ings of 2010. More than 120 persons were killed in action by security forces during the agitation in Kashmir Valley in 2010.The government had appointed a com-mission in 2010 to probe the only 17 killings that had taken place till July that year. When contacted Justice (Retd) M.L.Koul told CNS that he has not re-ceived any note from the government so far in this regard so he can’t com-ment on the issue. Pertinently, Omar Abdullah led gov-ernment had shelved the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) ordered into the kill-ing of youth in police and paramili-tary CRPF firing during the 2010 sum-mer unrest in Kashmir. The State government had ordered the CoI into the killings of only 17 youth out of about 120 civilians killed by police and paramilitary

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Cabinet approves 5 year services of ReTsEnhances retirement age of teaching faculties to 62

Srinagar, June 19 : The Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved the reck-oning of the five years of service, ren-dered by ‘Rehbar-e-Taleem’ teachers before regularization, for the purpose of fixing their seniority and counting such service, notionally, for pension and other retirement benefits, wher-ever applicable. It was also decided that, after regularization, the services

of ‘Rehbar-e-Taleem’ teachers shall be transferable within the district to which they belong.The cabinet also approved enhance-ment in the prescribed age of retire-ment on superannuation in the case of members of the teaching faculties of the Universities of Kashmir/Jam-mu, SKUAST, Kashmir/Jammu and Government Medical College, Sri-nagar/Jammu from the present 60 years to 62 years. (KNS)

Srinagar, June 19: The Cabinet ap-proves the formation of Special Pur-pose Vehicle (SPV) for development of the Coal Block at KudnaliLaburi, (Talcher) in Odisha allocated jointly to JKSPD & NTPC by the Union Min-istry of Coal.The SPV Board of Directors will be composed of five Directors includ-ing Administrative Secretary PDD

J&K who will be the Chairperson of the Board of Directors.The approval also includes signing of Joint Venture Agreement by the J&K SPDC & NTPC besides setting up of End Use Power Plant in Odisha with NTPC.The allocation of the Coal Block is a major achievement for

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Srinagar, June 19 : Three mili-tants including divisional com-mander of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in a fierce gun battle at Buchoo Tral on Thursday.Reports reaching KNS said that the gun battle started be-tween militants and the secu-rity forces at around 6 pm at Buchoo around 10 Kilometres from Tral town. On a tip off the security forces including 3RR, SOG Awantipora, CRPF and police had laid ambush on a road connecting Buchoo with Amlar village. A senior police officer said that the militants while crossing the road spotted security forces on the road and fired upon them. In retaliatory fire all three militants, reported to be locals were killed on the spot. The cordon is still on and

the security forces have started search operations to sanitize the area.A police spokesman identified the three militants as Adil Ah-mad Shah son of Abdul Ahad Shah resident of Ratsuna Tral, Adil Ahmad Mir son of Bashir Ahmad Mir resident of Dadsu-ra Tral and Tariq Ahmad Par-ray son of Ghulam Mohammad Parray resident of Laribal Tral. Shah was the divisional com-mander of Hizb, said the police spokesman. Police spokesman said that three slain militants were in-volved in killing of father and son (Panchayat representa-tives) and a village Numberdar in Tral whose killings took place during the recently held elections campaigning. (KNS)

Washington, Jun 19: Top US officials turned on Iraq's leader, blaming his "sectar-ian" policies for the coun-try's crisis as Washington on Thursday weighed calls for air strikes on Sunni militants bearing down on Baghdad. The sharp criticism of Prime Minister Nuri al-Ma-liki came as he scrambled to repel an insurgent onslaught that has seen an entire province and parts of three others fall out of government control in an of-fensive that could threaten Iraq's very existence. The militants' swift advance

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Srinagar, June 19 : Chief Minister, Omar Abdul-lah Thursday said that the State Government is keen to upgrade and en-hance sports facilities in urban and rural areas so that the talent in different sports is harnessed and groomed to the highest standards.“We intend to develop fa-cilities of international standards at the sports stadia in Srinagar and Jammu and this matter has been discussed with Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley during his recent visit to the valley. We have urged for the lib-eral Central help in this regard”, he told the media at the sidelines of Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award Investiture Ceremony organized by J&K State Sports Council at SKICC here. According to a statement issued to KNS, Omar Ab-dullah said that while

various steps have been taken to create new sports infrastructure in both ru-ral and urban areas, other measures aimed at nur-turing youth in different sports is also under active focus of the Government.

He said that up to the mark sports facilities and infrastructure is impera-tive to develop sports and sports persons. “We are devoting fullest attention towards this goal”, he said adding

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Hurriyat (M) questions the timing of Geelani’s

remarksSrinagar, Jun 19 : Com-ing down heavily over the recent statement of Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Gee-lani wherein he stated that Kashmir should be resolved in the ambit of humanity, Hurriyat Con-ference (M) led by Mir-waiz Umar Farooq Thurs-day questioned that how come the senior separat-ist snubbed Hurriyat (M) when it stressed for the same in the past.Geelani on Wednesday stated that when former Indian premier Vajpay-ee talked of resolving Kashmir insaniyat kay dairay mai, everybody welcomed it. Keeping up with India’s traditional stand on Kashmir, Va-jpayee and his successors failed to translate these words into reality. “This

is unfortunate that now Geelani sahib is hailing Vajapyee’s statement on Kashmir. When we used to assert the same, he is-sued series of statements against us, accusing us of entering into a sell-out,” said Mirwaiz’s media ad-visor Shahid-ul-Islam in a statement to KNS.He maintained that it seems the prime objec-tive of Geelani’s Hurriyat at present is to counter every statement of Hur-riyat (M) and to level the allegations sans any ground. “As if it has be-come the modus operandi of Geelani sahib to count-er our every statement on Kashmir and to give it a different color. Time has proved our stand and has been itself vindicated by Hurriyat (G).”Substantiating his claims, Shahid said that when Hurriyat asked BJP led government that it should tread the ways See Remarks On PG 11..

Srinagar, Jun 19: Finalizing its prepara-tions for the forthcoming assembly polls scheduled to be held by the end of this year, the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday decided candidature of another group of party leaders. Sources told Kashmir News Service that the former minister Qazi Mohammad Afzal has been given the ticket to fight from Gan-derbal. Interestingly the constituency is considered as the important turf for both the regional parties NC and PDP.The party sources have confirmed fur-ther that all the sitting MLAs of PDP will contest the 2014 assembly elections from their respective turfs except the three constituencies of South Kashmir- that are still undecided.Fayaz Mir- the senior PDP leader will contest from north Kashmir’s Kupwara area while as from Khansahib, the party is fielding Saif-ud-din Bhat. From Kan-gan, the party has issued ticket to Bashir Ahmad Mir and from South Kashmir’s Noorabad- it will be party’s new entrant Abdul Majeed Paddar who will contest

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Mufti empowering former counter-insurgents: Dr. Kamal

Srinagar, June 19 : National Confer-ence has said that PDP by admitting and promoting known criminal and corrupt faces in its party fold has made it pretty clear that Mufti Sayeed has chosen to re-invest his faith in the politics of embezzlement, crime and corruption as a route to political pow-er. According to a statement issued to KNS, National Conference Additional General Secretary Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal has asked Mufti Mo-hammad Sayeed to come clean on substantiated allegations of corruption and grave criminal records against various senior PDP leaders who are masquerading as "new faces" in the party. Dr. Kamal has also sought a public apology from the PDP top-

brass to the law abiding citizens of J&K for giving political patronage to one of its leaders from Srinagar to steal power worth lakhs and crores for his commercial establishments that have been established from ill-gotten money. Pertinent to note is the recent revelation that a PDP leader's flour mill in Tangmarg was found to have stolen power worth lakhs of rupees

by criminally by-passing the meters. The Power De-velopment Department has imposed a fine of Rupees Thirty Lakhs on the owner of the flour mill who is also one of PDP's "new faces" from Srinagar. Stating that PDP's despera-tion for gaining power had led the party to invest in criminal elements, mon-ey launderers and former

dreaded counter-insurgents, NC Addi-tional General Secretary said that this was an alarming

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Efforts on to develop Jammu, Srinagar stadia of international

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Geelani’s remark on ‘insaniyat kay dairay mai’

National Conference pays tributes to Mirwaiz Qazi Nisar

PDP patronizing criminal, corrupt elements - NC

Anantnag, June 19, CNS: Complete shutdown was observed in south Kash-mir Anantnag on Thurs-day to commemorate the 20th death anniversary of prominent pro-freedom and religious scholar Dr Qazi Nisar Ahmad. The call for shutdown was given by Ummat-I-Isla-mia head and son of the slain leader Mirwaiz South Kashmir Qazi Yasir and it was

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forces during pro-freedom protests in June 2010 after the Machil fake encounter. The CoI headed by Justice (Retd) Syed Bashir-ud-Din was entrusted with the job to complete the probe in three-months up to October 2010. The CoI, with Justice (Retd) YP Nargotra as member, had recorded statement of witnesses into the killings and even the accused cops and forces. After getting cold response from the state govern-ment, the CoI headed by Justice Bashir-ud-Din opted to quit the job and accordingly it was shelved. Justice Bashir-u-Din that time had maintained that his report was based on statements of witnesses, cir-cumstantial and scientific evidences and had indict-ed police and paramilitary CRPF personnel in those cases and recommended measures to prevent such incidents in future, but the report could not be made public due to shelving of the CoI. (CNS)

Jammu & Kashmir, which suffers from Energy deficit especially during winter season when the generation of power through various HEPs decreases significant-ly owing to low discharge in the rivers. The State Gov-ernment with this major initiative will be able to es-tablish a dedicated base load Thermal Power Station which would effectively wipe out the current energy deficit of nearly 28 per cent and improve the reliabili-ty of power supply round the year.The decision is in line with the broader policy of the State Government under the leadership of Chief Min-ister Omar Abdullah to make the State Energy suffi-cient by harnessing huge hydro potential available to the State along with the Solar and Thermal Power.Within next five years the State Government expects that these efforts will prove to be fruitful for the peo-ple and will give major boost to the Economy of the State. (KNS)

Meanwhile, in Punjab, more than 50 families have ap-proached the state government and provided details of their relatives stuck in Iraq. Punjab Government has set up a control room at Chandigarh with tele-phone numbers 0172-2740397 and 0172-2740035 besides a fax number 0172-2740936. A Punjab Government spokesman said in Chandigarh that the moment control room numbers were flashed on the TV channels, the two telephone lines of the civ-il control room were flooded with calls from anxious relatives. Deputy Commissioners of various districts are approaching the families of those who are in Iraq.Haryana Government has also set up a control room in Chandigarh with telephone number 0172-5059197 to get any information from people about their relatives in Iraq. A senior officer of Haryana Government said in Chandigarh that government has got details of 20 persons of Haryana who are in Iraq but none of them is in the list of those who have been abducted.

has sparked international alarm and the United Na-tions has warned that the crisis was "life-threatening for Iraq". Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been displaced in the nine days of fighting and an unknown number killed, while dozens of Indians and Turks have been kidnapped. With President Barack Obama mulling a request by Baghdad for air strikes on the advancing militants, US officials castigated Maliki, publicly echoing long-held criticisms among his domestic opponents of sectarianism. US Vice President Joe Biden urged greater political inclusion in Iraq in phone calls with Maliki and other Iraqi officials, the White House said. Biden "stressed the need for national unity in responding to the ISIL threat against all Iraqi communities," in calls with Maliki, Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, and President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, it said. The top-ranking military officer, General Martin Dempsey, and former US commander David Petrae-us both also rounded on the premier. "There is very little that could have been done to overcome the degree to which the government of Iraq had failed its people," Dempsey said. Petraeus warned at a conference in London that Washington risked becoming an "air force for Shiite militias" and supporting "one side of what could be a sectarian civil war" if political reconciliation were not agreed. The remarks came after Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosh-yar Zebari told reporters in Saudi Arabia that Bagh-dad had asked Washington "to conduct air strikes against terrorist groups". Zebari acknowledged "the need for drastic political solutions." Washington has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Gulf and sent military personnel to bolster security at its Baghdad embassy, but Obama insists a return to combat in Iraq is not in the cards.

that a comprehensive sports policy will also be framed to help catapult sports of all categories holistically.In today’s investiture function, the Chief Minister gave away awards to twenty outstanding sports per-sons for participating in the International events and earning medals and showing their excellence during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12. The Sher-i-Kashmir Awards are conferred upon ten outstanding sports persons in each year.Minister for Sports and Culture, Raman Bhalla, Min-ister of State for Sports, Feroz Ahmed Khan, Secretary Sports Council, Daleep Thusoo and a large number of sports persons and sports lovers were present on the occasion.Those who were conferred awards and cash prizes in-cluding: Atul Pangotra in Taekwondo, Ishfaq Hussain in Kayaking & Canoeing, Arjun Gandotra in Roller Skating, Mohammad Saud Bhat in Taekwondo, Devin-der Pal Singh in Roller Skating, Phungsog Yangdon in Skiing, Major Vikram Singh Jamwal in Fencing, Masooda Akhtar in Skiing, Brinder Singh Manhas in Taekwondo, Arjun Gupta in Taekwondo, Kapil Pango-tra in Taekwondo, Adil Mohi-ud-Din Bhat in Kayaking and Canoeing, Harish Kumar in Power Lifting, Preet Dutta in Power Lifting, Yasmeena Akhtar in Skiing, Arushi Kotwal in Chess, Shaurya Bali in Equestrian, Arun Singh Charak in Wushu, Lalit Singh in Wushu and Zaheer Abbas Khan in Teakwondo.

These sports persons have participated in Interna-tional events in the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 win-ning gold, silver, bronze and other medals. Under the Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award, ten outstanding sports persons who participate in the international competi-tions in games and sports recognized by Internation-al and Asian Sports Federations and Government of India Sports Boards. It carries a cash prize ranging from Rs.20,000 to Rs.30,000 per sport person besides a certificate and citation at the Investiture Ceremony. (KNS)

of Atal Biharee Vajpayee and must resolve Kashmir at an earliest, a statement against the Hurriyat (M) was issued by the conglomerate led by Syed Ali Gee-lani and also a series of columns were written by dif-ferent columnists in local dailies here.“What would be the writing of those columnists now who earlier rebuked our policies. Now when Geelani sahib has stated that the same what had been assert-ing for, we would wait for the new write ups,” main-tained Mirwaiz’s media advisor. (KNS)

condemned bloodshed irrespective of who the culprits are. "We have never believed in playing with the blood of innocents to gain power unlike our opponents who treat bloodshed as a political bargaining ploy unmind-ful of the sufferings and miseries that this nation has witnessed", Dr. Beg said. Various National Conference Leaders including Party Vice President Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah, For-mer Minister Haji Abdul Gani Veeri, NC Spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu, MLC Bashir Ahmed Veeri and District President Anantnag Dr. Mohammad Shafi also paid tributes to Shaheed Mirwaiz Qazi Nisar on his Death Anniversary. (KNS)

supported by Hurriyat Conference JK chairman Shabir Ahmed Shah. Shops and other business establishments re-mained closed while the attendance in schools was thin. Thin movement of traffic was observed on the roads. A march led by Qazi Yasir was taken out from Idara Tehqeeqat to Deyalgam (the spot where body of the Qazi Nisar was found 20 years ago) where rich tributes were paid to Qazi Nisar. Amid pro-freedom slogans the people returned back to Idara Tehqeeqat in Lal Chowk Anantnag where Qazi Yasir and others throw light on the life and achievements of Qazi Nisar. In his address at Dayalgam, Qazi said that Dr. Qazi Nissar undoubtedly was a great scholar as well as a resistant leader. “His contributions in the field of resistance are highly valued by one and all,” he said adding that he made every effort and fought for the cause of liberation of Kashmir. He said the biggest tribute to Qazi Nisar would be to remember and work for his mission. “The nation is keenly waiting for us to unite under one platform and work as one unit as our enemy and goal is common. Personal interests, differences and egoism should be kept aside and larger interests of the nation should be kept into consideration. The nation needs a united Hurriyat. I remember in 2008, it was this day when people held special prayers in Masjids all over Kashmir for unity of Pro resistance leadership,” he said. He said that the contribution of Qazi Nisar in the freedom movement is unmatched. He said that de-spite being the architect of MUF Qazi Nisar himself choose not to contest the election in 1987 and sacri-ficed his life for achieving the goal of freedom. Fateh Khwani was offered to Shaheed Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, Afzal Guroo and all other martyrs of Jammu Kashmir. Unidentified gunmen in Dialgam village assassi-nated Qazi Nisar on June 19, 1994. Qazi later joined Muslim United Front (MUF), an amalgam of socio political organizations, which took part in the ‘rigged’ 1987 elections during which he became popu-lar for his fiery speeches. Most of the separatist leaders including Shabir Ahmed Shah who had declared to participate in pro-cession in Anantnag were either detained or placed under house arrest.

development and could lead to an increase in corrup-tion, major crime and organized suppression within the State's polity. Dr. Kamal said that it had also be-come very evident that PDP was now being support-ed by some recently retired, dreaded and notorious police officers who flouted all norms and policies of leniency announced by the State Government and suppressed the youth of Srinagar on their own whims and arrogance. The NC Spokesman said that one such recently retired police officer who allegedly boasts of the number of youth killed by him and the number of them thrown into jails by him is another "new face" of PDP and is expected to contest the forthcoming Assembly Elections on the party's ticket from North Kashmir. Dr. Mustafa Kamal also lashed out at the PDP for picking and choosing dreaded former counter-insur-gents across the Valley to constitute a team of infa-mous, criminal faces that the party intends to use to harass the people ahead of the forthcoming polls. The NC Leader said that PDP's plans to criminalize the State's polity through brazen dual standards and bla-tant intimidation of the voters speaks volumes about the party's political intentions. Stating that a lot of senior PDP leaders had serious cases of graft, tax-evasion, land-grabbing and embez-zlement of public money registered against them in the courts of the land, Dr. Mustafa Kamal said that those faces that were openly pronounced corrupt by PDP in the past miraculously became "honest" over-night the very moment they joined PDP. Dr. Kamal said that the most glaring example was that of a for-mer bureaucrat from the State who was sacked by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government on charges of corruption in the Panchayat Ghar Scam in 2005 but was later rewarded with an MLC berth by the same Mufti Mohammad Sayeed when the said person joined PDP. Dr. Mustafa Kamal also welcomed recent indict-ment of some officers and employees of the Food and Supplies Department by the Vigilance Department and demanded that more serious allegations of em-bezzlement and misappropriation raised against a former officer of the Food and Supplies Department be thoroughly probed despite his being a "new" face

of PDP. Dr. Kamal said that the law should take its toll and if the particular PDP leader is found guilty of mass corruption, loot and plunder in the Food and Supplies Department, there should be no hesitation in bringing him to the book and putting him behind bars. (KNS)

from the area.Moreover, in Srinagar’s Hazaratbal area, mandate has been given to Aasiya Naqash while as Khurshid Alam will contest from Khaniyar. The party sources told KNS that the leadership is still indecisive over Amira Kadal, Batmaloo and Eidgah. However the final call over the remaining constituencies is expected to be taken in the coming days. (KNS)

Ahmed said that he is excited to find his missing son. He however said that police did nothing to trace his son from past two years.

Chief Guest Sh. Nazir Ahmad Mir CEO Manasbal De-velopment Authority, Sh. Altaf Ahmed Shah-(KPS) SP CO IRP 8th Bn and students spoke on the impor-tance of environmental cleanliness. (KNS)

Srinagar, June 19 : RTI on wheels, a mobile van creat-ing awareness among mass-es about Right to Information reached Srinagar on 18 June. This initiative is on the line of Gujarat's RTI on wheels mod-el promoted by Gujarat based NGO 'Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP).According to a statement is-sued to KNS, Dr Shiekh Ghu-lam Rasool, Chairman J & K RTI Movement/Co-Convenor NCPRI said "In order to meet the lack of awareness for RTI challenge Mahiti Adhikar Gu-jarat Pahel (MAGP) has come up with innovative idea called "RTI On Wheels", which is a multi-media van with mobile RTI clinic. In order to reach RTI to most un-reached communities and regions MAGP will conduct RTI Bharat Yatra in forthcoming year."

MAGP and Jammu and Kashmir RTI movement are a part of National Campaign for People's Right to Informa-tion (NCPRI), and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which are national platforms for strengthening democratic Rights. It is pertinent to mention here that , RTI Bharat Yatra was flagged off by chief minister of the state in Jammu last week. Farooq Kuthoo, Spokesperson J & K RTI Movement said, " A start of RTI Bharat Yatra Programme from Jammu and Kashmir, itself gives encourag-ing message to citizens of en-tire nation that RTI will make our democracy participatory and thus more meaningful.” We are extremely grateful to MAGP and RTI Activ-ists accompanying RTI on wheels for choosing J & K as part of their campaign. (KNS)

Pampore, June 19: Scores of sports lovers Thursday blocked Srinagar-Jam-mu highway near Kadla-bal Pampore and raised slogans against the gov-ernment over the shabby condition of sports stadi-um. The protestors carry-ing placards and ban-ners alleged that present government completed neglected the said sta-dium and despite re-peated requests from the local youth did not take any measures to restore the glory of the stadium. Eyewitnesses told CNS thousands of passengers including some top bureaucrats got stranded on the high-way for hours due to the protest. Protestors stopped the cavalcade of PDP president Mehboo-ba Mufti and brought the matter into her notice. Eyewitnesses said that

in a bid to pacify the pro-testors, Mehbooba Mufti tried to came out from her vehicle but retreated after some youth shouted slogans against her. “We don’t know who people raised the slogans that forced Mehbooba Mufti to retreat. We were expecting that being the member parliament she would assure help to restore the glory of the stadium, but nothing happened,” a protestor Farooq Ahmed told CNS adding that due to foul smell emanating from the garbage lying in the stadium, people are suffering badly. Police and Para-mil-itary troopers reached on spot and after the positive assurance from police including DC Kulgam Jehangir Ahmed Mir whose vehicle also stranded in the traffic jam, protestors dispersed peacefully. (CNS)

RTI on wheels reaches Srinagar

Srinagar, June 19: The Principal District and Session’s Judge who is also special judge under enemy agents ordinance on Thursday heard the arguments advanced by the defense counsels of Hashim Qureshi, the ac-cused in Ganga Hijack-ing case of 1971.Quershi, president Jam-mu and Kashmir Demo-cratic Liberation Party (JKDLP) was present in the court while the argu-ments were being heard. He was represented by Advocate Reyaz Jan and Advocate Syed Reyaz Khawar. The defnse law-yers pleaded that a per-son can be tried twice at two different places for the same offence. The defense counsels argued that under international covenant on political and social rights to which In-dia is a signatory a per-son convicted or acquit-ted in a country cannot be tried for the same of-fence in another country.They also prayed that un-der Article 20, clause II (double jeopardy) of Indi-an constitution, a person convicted or acquitted in an offence in some other country cannot be tried in India for the same of-fence. Qureshi served a nine-year jail term in Paki-stan, after which he went to the Netherlands where he remained for 20 years, even getting citizenship of that country. His cous-in remained in Pakistan after release from jail. On December 29, 2000, Qureshi was brought back to the Valley —- where he faces trial in the hijack case —- after

his arrest in Delhi.The Government sub-sequently appointed Principal District and Sessions Judge Srinagar as special judge to hear the case under Enemy Agents Ordinance, 2005.The trial of the case in-volving the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Srinagar-Jammu flight to Lahore on January 30, 1971 is still on in the Court. The accused Qureshi and his cousin Ashraf allegedly forced the Ganga, a Fokker Friendship, to Lahore where it was set on fire after all on board were re-leased. Qureshi’s defence is based on the principle of double jeopardy which holds that a person can-not be tried for an offence for which he has already been prosecuted. (KNS)Rajendra addresses maiden Police Darbar at JammuJammu, June 19 (KNS): The Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. K. Rajendra Kumar today underscored the need for transparency in the day-to-day functioning of police to bring about a positive change in the public perception about the force.Mr. Rajendra was ad-dressing maiden police darbar at District Police Lines here this evening, in which jawans and offi-cers of Jammu Province participated.Urging the cops to make public service their mot-to, Mr. Rajendra said that JKP has a long history of public service which has to be continued to strengthen the image of the Organization among

the masses. He said that “men in uniform” per-forming at every nook and corner of the state represents the force and any petty mistake by any member of the family would reflect the image of the Organization. “Our jawans have to ensure rule of law at every cost and for this purpose law abiding people needs to be taken into confidence while transparency in our working and better attitude would bring a positive change in public perception”, Mr. Rajen-dra added. Appreciating the role of jawans and officers, the DGP said that Jam-mu and Kashmir Police has demonstrated great valour and courage while fighting the militancy in the State and saved pre-cious lives and property of the public. He said that police has the prima-ry role in maintaining peace and order in the society to ensure dignity and honour of common man. He said that our fight against the militan-cy would continue till lasting peace prevails in the state. Anti militan-cy operations needs to be conducted, adopting an effective strategy to avoid collateral damages and unnecessary incon-venience to the law abid-ing people, he added.

Mr. Rajendra asked the jawans and officers that people have pinned lot of hopes with the police to get their grievances re-dressed and it is our duty to focus on their griev-ances on priority. He said that public service and people’s cooperation is our strength to face the challenges. “It is the coordination among dif-ferent wings of the Orga-nization and public trust upon the cops, which would make our struggle against crime and social evils successful” he said. Listening to the problems presented by the jawans during durbar, the DGP assured that these would be looked into for appro-priate action. He asked them to work with zeal and utmost devotion to duty.Talking about the wel-fare measures, the DGP said that welfare of jawans is on top of our agenda and the depart-ment has established a Central Welfare Fund for the support of jawans and their families, for this purpose, the Orga-nization has launched various welfare schemes. He said that many more schemes would be im-plemented in the near future after convening general body meeting of Central Police Wel-fare Fund.

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Take a break from your routine, Libra. You might feel like you’re leading an army into battle as you strive for new adven-tures and conquer new realms. Make sure you take a bit of time out today to stop and let your troops rest. You deserve a little rest yourself. Use this moment of stillness to form your plan of attack so you’re sure about how to proceed.

The key for you is to minimize your daily drama as much as possible, Scorpio. You may not realize how much you cripple your-self by the way you exaggerate every aspect of your life. Try not to give so much of your attention to things that really don’t matter much. Petty jealousy and gossip about other people’s lives are es-pecially irrelevant in your world.

Be careful of advertising yourself as someone who is so strong and mentally competent that you’re capable of handling every-thing, Sagittarius. Take note that the strongest mule on the trail usually ends up carrying the most weight. Your emotions are more sensitive than you may think, and certainly more than you demonstrate to others. Be honest about the way you feel and not just the way you think.

Things should flow well for you today with very little ef-fort on your part, Capricorn. Take note that if any quarrel arises, it’s an indication that the person you’re arguing with isn’t nec-essarily the right person to deal with or confide in. Emotional issues are likely to be the hardest ones to overcome, but this shouldn’t be a problem for you. You have the ability to work through these like a pro.

This is meant to be a nice, relaxing day, so treat it as such, Aquarius. There’s no need for you to plan any great strategy at this time. Try to take it easy and not indulge in any unnecessary stress. This is your time to enjoy the moment. Don’t tax your mind by overanalyzing everything that comes your way. Go with the flow and have a great time regardless of what you end up doing.

Your sensual nature is heightened, Pisces, and you’ll find yourself engaged in tender moments and languid peacefulness in the company of others. Soothe your soul by letting yourself slip into situations that give you the emotional freedom to do or say whatever comes to mind. Life should be like a love poem written by a great master. Accept the good energy that comes your way.

Your sixth sense is right on target, Virgo, so trust your instincts today. You’re likely to connect with someone in a wonderful partnership that will help you foster the very plan you want to develop now. Stay close to those things that resonate strongly with your morals. The answer is in front of you; you don’t have to search too far afield in order to find it.

Allow your eager and restless nature to express itself in ways other than through the spoken word, Aries. Show someone that you care through your gentle touch or a big bear hug. Hold on a little bit more tightly than you might normally. There’s an unspo-ken understanding that comes when you communicate through nothing but pure silence. Work on developing this kind of connec-tion with those closest to you.

This is a terrific day for you, Taurus. You should find that your relationships, especially with men, go exceptionally well. Your tender and extremely sensitive nature is finally being recognized as the treasure chest it is. There are many times in which this type of personality is seen as weak, yet today is one of those times in which you’re given the full credit you deserve.

A selfish attitude on your part won’t be tolerated today, re-gardless of the circumstances, Gemini. Don’t make it worse for yourself by pretending that you don’t notice others’ hurt feelings. People are likely to be extra sensitive today, so be careful about trying to impose your will on someone who really wants nothing more than an ear to talk to and a shoulder to cry on.

You could find the hardest person to face is you, Cancer. You tend toward introspection, and you may find yourself shrinking into self-recrimination. You could analyze the important people in your life and yet fail to address the one you really need to look at – you. As you continually strive for perfection, give yourself proper credit. Do something nice for yourself today.

Take advantage of the creative energy in the air today, Leo. Keep your hands moving and your imagination flowing toward something fun and artistic. If you begin to doubt your work, you may fall down a spiral of creative blockage. Don’t get into the habit of constantly judging the quality or outcome of your work. Give yourself free rein to open up and explore whatever comes to mind.

SRINAGAR JUNE 19: The Department of Ecology, Envi-ronment and remote Sensing Organized a two day capacity building programme in spatial data Capturing and Application of Geo-informatics commenced from 18th at Institute of Man-agement and Public Administra-tions (IMPA).

The training programme was designed for the field level officials of the various depart-ments including Municipal Cor-poration of Srinagar and Jammu, LAWDA, SDA, JDA, Tourism, Town Planning Organizations Jammu/Srinagar, Health Services Department, Wildlife Protection and forest department.

While speaking in the inau-gural session, CCF/CWLW, Mr. A. K. Singh, the Chief Guest, un-derlined the need of training for the field staff of the line depart-ments, in spatial data captur-ing, so that geospatial databases could be generated economi-cally by the users themselves, to prepare efficient Management and Conservation plans.

Principal Chief Conservator, Mr. Abhai Kumar while speaking on the occasion underlined need for generating near real time in-formation for management of forests in the State.

Director Environment Ecolo-gy and Remote Sensing, (EE&RS), Mr. Suresh Chugh emphasized

on maintaining coordination be-tween the line departments to achieve the goals.

He said one of the experts of the Department had success-fully developed an android based spatial data capturing application that could be useful in collecting ground truth data using an an-droid based mobile phone.

Among others, the inaugural session was attended by senior officers of various line depart-ments including CCF (Ecotour-ism), Mr. O.P Sharma and Senior Town Planner, JDA, Mr. Hamid Wani, Scientist of the department

In the technical sessions, a number of presentations/lectures were delivered by the experts.

Ethics, Privilege Committees condole

demise over the death of Ch. Aslam

SRINAGAR, JUNE 19: The Committee on Ethics and the Privileges Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legisla-tive Assembly expressed shock and grief over the death of Ch. Mohammad Aslam, MLA Surankore; who passed away the other day.These Committees met here under the Chairmanship of MLA, Mr. A. G. Malik and expressed shock and grief over the death of the leader.

Legislators, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, Mr. Shabir Ahmad Khan, Mr. Javid Ahmad Dar, Peer Aafaq Ahmad and Mrs. Indu Pawar were present on the occasion.

Describing Ch. Aslam a gentle and God fearing person, they said that the contribution paid by him for betterment and welfare of the down trodden section of society will be remembered for a long time to come.The Commit-tees also expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.Special Secretary, Assembly Mr. M. R. Singh, Deputy Secretary As-sembly Mrs. Naseemaji besides other officers of Assembly Secretariat also attended the condolence meeting.

Ecology, Environment & Remote sensing deptt organize two day capacity building prog at IMPA

SRINAGAR, JUNE 19: The Speaker, Jammu and Kash-mir Legislative Assembly Mr. Mubarak Gul asked the execut-ing agencies of Eidgah project to speed up the pace of work on all works and complete them in a time frame.

These directions were given by the Speaker while chairing a an officers meeting convened to review the progress of ongoing works being executed by differ-ent agencies for development of Eidgah constituency.

Threadbare discussion was held on various issues including progress on drainage plan sys-tem and construction of Mehrab at Eidgah.The tourism depart-ment, which is Nodal Agency of the Project briefed the Speaker about the progress of the project. It was informed in the meeting that Rs.90 lakh have been re-leased to Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corpora-tion (JKPCC) for construction of different works including con-

struction of entry gate, filling, levelling and landscaping of Ei-dgah prayer ground.

While discussing the de-velopment of park and its main-tenance by Floriculture depart-ment, it was informed that a DPR of Rs.1.26 crore has already been formulated and submitted to the Nodal Agency for accord of nec-essary sanction. It was informed that Rs.20 lakh has been spent on the park so far by floriculture department.The Speaker direct-

ed them to ensure up keep of the park and make existing fountain functional. He directed the con-cerned for construction of Bore Well also. Mr. Gul asked them to maintain the beautification of the park and on Nallahmar road by planting saplings and flowers of different varieties.Construc-tion of Chain Fencing was also came up for discussion and the Speaker directed the SCIOP to provide required material to be used for the purpose immedi-

ately to the concerned executing agency so that the construction work on fencing to be started soon to avoid any encroach-ments.Mr. Gul directed the con-cerned to complete construction work of the Ghat on war footing basis.While review the overall progress of works under execu-tion in Eidgah Constituency un-der Roads and Buildings sector, the Speaker directed for repairs and renovation of roads and link roads. He also asked them

to macadamize the Nallamar- Noorbagh road on far footing ba-sis.The Principal Secretary, Plan-ning and Development Mr. B. R. Sharma and Principal Secretary Finance Mr. B. B. Viyas briefed the Speaker about the measures taken to speed up the pace of work of Eidgah project.

Among others, Secretary, PWD Mrs. Tanveer Jehan, Secre-tary, Housing and Urban Devel-opment Mr. Satish Nehru, Secre-tary Tourism Mr. Zaffar Ahmad Bhat, Commissioner, SMC Dr. G. N. Qasba, Director Floriculture Mr. Mishry and other officers of tourism, JKPCC, R & B, SMC, fi-nance, floriculture, H & UD, rev-enue besides Assembly Secretar-iat were attended the meeting.

Earlier, a condolence meet-ing was held under the Chair of the Speaker and expressed grief and sorrow on the demise of vet-eran political leader and sitting MLA from Surankote Chowdhary Mohammad Aslam who passed away at his native village.

Speaker for early completion of Eidgah project

CS chairs Forest Advisory Committee meeting

Sheikh Ghulam Rasool chairs House Committee meeting

Ecology, Environment & Remote sensing deptt organize two day capac-ity building prog at IMPA

SRINAGAR JUNE 19: The Depart-ment of Ecology, Environment and remote Sensing Organized a two day capacity building programme in spatial data Capturing and Application of Geo-informatics commenced from 18th at Institute of Management and Public Administrations (IMPA).

The training programme was designed for the field level officials of the various departments including Municipal Corporation of Srinagar and Jammu, LAWDA, SDA, JDA, Tourism, Town Planning Organizations Jammu/Srinagar, Health Services Department, Wildlife Protection and forest depart-ment.

While speaking in the inaugural session, CCF/CWLW, Mr. A. K. Singh, the Chief Guest, underlined the need of training for the field staff of the line

departments, in spatial data capturing, so that geospatial databases could be generated economically by the users themselves, to prepare efficient Man-agement and Conservation plans.

Principal Chief Conservator, Mr. Ab-hai Kumar while speaking on the oc-casion underlined need for generating near real time information for manage-ment of forests in the State.

Director Environment Ecology and Remote Sensing, (EE&RS), Mr. Suresh Chugh emphasized on maintaining coordination between the line depart-ments to achieve the goals. He said one of the experts of the Department had successfully developed an android based spatial data capturing applica-tion that could be useful in collecting ground truth data using an android based mobile phone.

Among others, the inaugural ses-sion was attended by senior officers of various line departments including

Reviews Katra land encroachment issues SRINAGAR JUNE 19: The House Committee of Legislative Council, constituted to

look into the encroachment of land at Katra, met under the chairmanship of MLC Sheikh Ghulam Rasool here today.

Legislators, Mr. B. R. Kundal, Mr. Muzaffar Ahmad Parray and Mr. Muham-mad Ashraf Mir attended the meeting.

The Committee examined the records submitted by the Revenue Department and found that total 1150 kanals of state land was available at Katra, out of which 75 kanals 18 marlas land were transferred to Shri Mata Veshno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), 71 kanals 08 marlas are in possession of Sheep Husbandry Department and the remaining land is with the Drug Research Farm of Agriculture Department.

The Committee discussed, threadbare, on various aspects of the report submitted by the Revenue Department. The Chairman instructed the Deputy Com-missioner, Reasi to submit a detailed report about present status of the land early.

The Committee decided to have on-the-spot inspection of the land after receiving the required report from the Deputy Commissioner.

Among others, Finance Commissioner Revenue, Mr. Arun Kumar, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Mr. Shantmanu, Agri. Production Commissioner, Mr. Asgar Samoon, Commissioner Secretary, Mr. Vinod Koul, Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Shahid Iqbal, CEO, SMVDSB, Dr. M.K. Bhandari, Director Agriculture, Jammu, Dr. S. S. Jamwal besides senior officers of council secretariat attended the meeting.

Rs 49.36 lakhs disbursed among 710 ST students

Feroz reviews sta-tus of post matric

scholarships of Kargil district

SRINAGAR, JUNE 19: The De-partment of Tribal Affairs has paid an amount of Rs 57 crore to 57534 students belonging to Schedule Tribe (ST) category as post-matric scholarship since 2008 in the State.This informa-tion was given to the Minister of State for Education Mr. Feroz Ah-mad Khan while chairing a meet-ing of the officers of Tribal Affairs Department here today.

MLC Aga Syed Ahmad Riz-vi and President Jammu and Kashmir Shia Federation, Jam-mu, Mr. Aushiq Hussain Khan, who is member of Board for Tribal Affairs, were present in the meeting.The Minister was informed that an amount of Rs 49.36 lakhs has been provided

to the 710 ST students of Kar-gil district from 2008 to 2014 as post matric scholarship thus covering all the students from the district pursuing their high-er education.

Mr. Feroz stressed upon the student of under privileged sec-

tions of the society including the ST to avail the benefits of the schemes launched by the government for their welfare. He assured the community that government would do every-thing possible to ensure that they march ahead with other

communities in matters of de-velopment.

The meeting was informed that the construction work on Hostel building for ST stu-dents at Kargil is coming up at an estimated cost of Rs 2.93 crore while Rs 15 lakh stands

incurred on the project so far.Director tribal affairs Ali Raza, threw light on different centrally and state sponsored schemes be-ing implemented by the Tribal Affairs Department for the devel-opment and welfare of the tribal population of the state.

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Friday 20 June 2014

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Isolation-The silent killer

There is one Punjabi say-ing- “God may not even leave a tree alone” It is a fact that lone trees in des-ert dry up soon than the

one’s in dense forest. If it is the case of a tree then how can a man live all alone as by nature he is a social animal. During lifetime we experi-ence problems at one stage or the other. Those are the critical mo-ments, we need supporting system to share adversities and emotional crisis. The joint family system used to tackle such kind of problems very smoothly. Man was not left to face the gust of violent winds which would snatch away all his treasures of emotions with it. But in modern times, the nuclear family system has left everybody in lurch. The working couple has to go through a strenuous routine in order to run the family. They become machines to coup with the fast and lonely lives unable to give proper attention and care to their children which they need most. Consequently, the chil-dren too adjust themselves accord-ing to the present environment and remain aloof which makes them an Island in themselves. Being de-pressed, they do not move out, mix with friends or play outdoor games. Instead they shut themselves with-in the four walls of the house. With the advent of technology, they con-fine themselves to computers and play games using few buttons. They cannot attain the thrill and spirit of outdoor games. Face to face interac-tion is must for healthy growth of children. But today the children en-grossed in their own fantasy world either sleep for hours together or love to live in confined area which they name comfort zone. This kind of life style is making them de-pressed and lazy. Social connec-tivity gives us strength to face any kind of adverse situation as friend-ship bonds are thicker than the re-lations. Studies have proved that the cancer patients having friends, peer group or relations, survive for a longer period than the one’s who have not friends or relations, feel dim, dejected, unwanted, crib and curse suffer from delusion, halluci-nation and die soon. Nowadays mi-nor children or adolescents are suf-fering from adopted isolation which they have created themselves. The old generation too is also facing the same problem. During the last two decades, tremendous changes took place which forced young genera-tion to move out of valley for earn-ing their livelihood. The old parents were left alone in sprawling bunga-lows with pain beyond expression. But they survived with the support of neighbourhood or friends and relations. For social connectivity, there ought to be nearby public li-braries, recreation clubs, parks or the old homes where these old people can sit together and feel the bonds of friendship. However, lack of such facilities leave them to live in isolation and die in isolation.

I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer

Qoute of the day

Aryeh Frimer

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Tuesday 11 March 2014

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No cake walk for any party in coming polls

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Saturday 15 February 2014

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High number of heart and cancer

patients Nursing Sick Units Back to Health

Once blue chip Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) like BSNL, Air In-dia, Hindustan Cables Ltd and Fertilis-er Corporation of India today stand testimony as to how not changing with

the changing times and technology could change their fate and turn them into sick units.However, there has been always a silver lining in this regard as the government has been relentlessly mak-ing efforts to revive maximum number of sick public sector units (PSUs) to take the country’s growth en-gine forward. This was possible with the help of re-vival packages provided by the government to these units. With this aim, the Government set up the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enter-prises (BRPSE) in December 2004 to advise the gov-ernment, inter-alia, on the measures to restructure/revive, both industrial and non-industrial CPSEs. Since then cases of around 67 sick CPSEs have been referred to BRPSE up to October 2012, out of which the Board has made recommendations in respect of 62 cases, while returning five cases to the concerned ministries for further examination.No wonder, there has been significant improvement in the overall condition of these enterprises since 2004. In comparison to 90 sick CPSEs in March 2005, there were 66 sick PSUs in March 2012. As per the BRPSE recommendations, of these cases, 45 were accepted for revival by the Government.Most of the remaining cases are awaiting nod for

revival while in case of 45 cases accepted for reviv-al, 14 have already turned around including Bharat Pumps and Compressors, Cement Corporation of India, HEC, Andrew Yule and MECON and making profits while others have been infused with revival packages.The companies for which revival packages have been approved include Hindustan Shipyard, HMT and Scooters India. As the CPSEs operate under dynamic market conditions, it is quite natural to see ups and downs in their performance. As far as the reasons for losses and sickness in CPSEs are concerned it varies from enterprise-to-en-terprise. While in some cases, the cause is historical. In case of textile companies which were taken over from private sector on socio-economic consider-ations could not be modernised quickly.Likewise other enterprises in the engineering and refractories sector too failed to modernise. Still others like some consumer goods companies and the new ones, turned sick over the years on ac-count of inadequate job orders, high man-power cost, lack of finance, technological obsolescence, high input costs and competition from cheap im-ports.In addition, other problems common to most sick and loss-making PSUs have been poor debt-equity structure, weak marketing strategies and slow de-cision-making process. As one such policy initiative, the Sick In-

dustrial Companies (Special Provision) Act, 1985 (SICA) brought the CPSEs under its purview in 1991 (made effective from 1992). Under the pro-visions of the SICA, CPSEs with at least five years of registration whose accumulated losses are equal to or have exceeded their net worth may be referred to the BIFR. During the last twenty years -- between 1992 and 2011, 63 CPSEs have been referred to BIFR. The government has made several attempts to over-come “sickness” in these CPSEs through various pol-icy initiatives.The strategies for revival/restructuring of sick CPSEs include financial restructuring involving investment by the government in the form of equity participa-tion, loans, waiver of debt etc and business restruc-turing which includes change of management, hiv-ing off viable units from CPSEs for formation of separate company and closure of unviable units, besides formation of joint ventures.The other strategies include manpower rationalisa-tion by shedding excess manpower and introduction of voluntary retirement schemes. The contribution of each and every company is significant as CPSEs are considered as the backbone of the economy and are equal partners in the nation building.As on March 31, 2012, there were 260 CPSEs in the country. These companies contributed Rs 1.6 lakh crore to the central exchequer by way of taxes, duties, interest on loans and dividend, amounting to 21.4 per cent of government’s revenue receipts.

ndia is a vast country with a popula-tion of about 1.21 billion and a labour force of around 475 million. There is an open unemployment of 9.5 mil-lion as per estimates available for the year 2009-10. Employment is the main source of livelihood and self-ful-fillment for most women and men. About 6% of the total work force in India is employed in organised sector while remaining 94% are in the un-organised sector. Scope of additional employment generation in the orga-nized sector for additional wage em-ployment is less. India has a younger population not only in comparison to advanced economies but also in relation to large developing countries. As a result, the labour force in India is expected to in-crease by 32 per cent over the next 20 years, while it will decline by 4.0 per cent in industrialised countries and by nearly 5.0 per cent in China. We are, therefore, endeavoring to reap this ‘de-mographic dividend’ by providing for higher levels of health, education and skill development. This will create an environment where in the economy not only grows rapidly, but also en-hances good quality employment and livelihood opportunities to meet the needs and aspirations of the youth. The Government has been making constant efforts for reduc-ing unemployment through normal growth process and implementing various employment generation programmes, such as, Swarna Jayan-ti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY); Prime Minister’s Employment Gen-eration Programme (PMEGP) and National Rural Livelihood Mission besides entrepreneurial development programmes run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. The Mahatma Gandhi Nation-al Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) also assures every rural household at least 100 days of manual work at minimum wages. Jawaharlal Nehru National Ur-

ban Renewal Mission (JNNURM): The Mission’s aim is to encourage re-forms and fast track planned develop-ment of identified cities. Focus is on efficiency in urban infrastructure and service delivery mechanisms, commu-nity participation etc. Bharat Nirman In Bharat Nirman, critical areas of rural infrastructure – Irrigation, Roads, Water Supply, Housing, Elec-tricity and Telecom connectivity have been covered. This has improved liv-ing standards of the rural population and also created infrastructure which will ultimately enhance the economic activities in the rural areas and gener-ate significant employment opportu-nities for the rural people.Infrastructural Development The investment on infrastructure is proposed to be increased to Rs.45 lakh crore during XII Plan period. About half of this is expected to come from private sector. Skill Development · Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any coun-try. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of the world. · Government is serious in cre-ating training infrastructure and pro-viding quality employment to youth. According to a study carried out by Quality Council of India, placement rate has increased to about 80% to 99% because of improved infrastructure in the modernized ITIs. Skill Develop-ment Initiative (SDI) Scheme based on Modular Employable Skills (MES) was started during the Eleventh Five Year Plan for early school leavers and existing workers, especially in the unorganised sector to improve their employability. About 16 lakh persons have been trained under the scheme so far. · Sincere efforts are being made

for skill development of a large num-ber of people under various skill de-velopment programmes. The Prime Minister has set a target of skilling 500 million persons by 2022 and the Ministry of Labour & Employment is required to train 100 million. Gov-ernment is systematically working to achieve the target and the training capacity has been increased from 9 lakh in 2006 - 07 to 26 lakh in 2011-12. All the Government ITIs are being modernized. New courses have been introduced and most of the ITIs are running in two to three shifts. During last five years, the number of Govern-ment and private ITIs has increased from 5114 in 2006-07 to 10,344 which is more than double. Government has also planned to set up 1500 more ITIs in PPP and 5000 Skill Development Centres in PPP to enhance the ca-pacity further. 27 Advanced Training Institutes are also planned in PPP to produce adequate number of trainers in the country. Focus Area in the 12th Five Year Plan In the 12th Five Year Plan the thrust of the Government is in bring-ing about an inclusive growth strategy that will provide job opportunities as well as make the young of the country employable. The main focus areas are:a) Thrust on Manufacturing Sec-tor-to make it the engine of employ-ment growth-that would create 100 million additional jobs by 2025.b) To bring in supportive pol-icies to incentivise labour intensive manufacturing sectors such as textile & garments, leather & footwear, food processing, gems & Jewellery to gener-ate more employment opportunities.c) Expanding employment in services like IT, finance & banking, tourism, trade & transport.d) Prioritizing skill training for the informal sector; creation of appro-priate skill sets among rural migrants and urban poor to make growth inclu-sive.

e) Ensuring the employability of skilled persons by involving Sector Skill Councils in preparation of Skill Modules matching market demand.f) Building on the potential of Modular Employable Skill pro-gramme by ensuring combination of modules to ensure employability.g) Extending Social Security ben-efits to Unorganized sector Workers.h) Enable skill loans for poor stu-dents (Credit Guarantee Fund)i) Streamlining the skill devel-opment programs for disadvantaged sections to ensure much larger fund-ing for skill development.j) Setting up of National Skill Registry to link data bases across Min-istries / States to provide a platform linking people who seek/provide em-ployment. Expenditure on social services which include education, sports, art and cul-ture, medical and public health, family welfare, water supply and sanitation, housing, urban development; welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Sched-uled Tribes (STs) and other Backward Classes (OBCs), labour and labour welfare, social security and welfare, nutrition, relief for natural calamities, etc. by the Government (Centre and State combined) has also shown in-crease in recent years reflecting higher priority to social services. National-e-Governance National-e-Governance Plan has identified Upgradation and modern-ization Employment Exchanges as one of the Mission Mode Projects (MMP). The MMP aims to progressively sup-port all Employment Exchanges in the country to make effective use of IT in various activities of employment services. A national web portal will be developed to make all employment related services available on a single window and will work like a virtual job market. This will help Employ-ment Exchanges to provide efficient and quality services at wider scale and speed.

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An alarming signal for society

The number of heart and cancer patients in the Kashmir valley is in-creasing at an alarming rate day by day. So far, these fatal diseases used to be treated as fallout of urbanization, food habits and sedentary lifestyle. But unfortunately, this is spreading in rural areas too. During the last few years, the number of patients suffer-ing from these life taking diseases visiting Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science has increased many fold. A major population of the valley has to spend a large chunk of their in-come on medication for grave diseas-es for years together. The more miser-able condition is those of middle class families who have to meet the ex-penditures by their agriculture land, property selling jewelry or by taking loan. As per reports the main cause attributed for the spread of these fa-tal diseases is stress along with other factors .the cases of breast cancer too are on higher side as compared to the other parts of the country in the re-cent past. The stress protein rich food salty tea etc. could be prominent caus-es for this increase but lack of aware-ness amongst the women especially in the villages is taking its toll. Early detection means early cure. But due to many social hesitant the women do not speak out very easily and take it lightly which aggravates the situa-tion. As per expert reports, the breast cancer in India is going to double in next four years. Now this type of can-cer has overtaken cervical cancer. The cost of curing this deadly disease may vary from 10-15 thousand to 3-4 lacs per month depending on the stage and gravity of the disease. Almost all the regions of the world are affected by these diseases.The time has come when the society as well as the health caring agencies has to rise to the occasion for fighting against these grave diseases by awak-ening the masses to change their life style and avoid self medication .The awareness camps should be organ-ised in the remotest area where med-ical facilities are almost nil. The more stunning part of the serious situation is there are thousands of medical shops which sell medicines without the prescription of the doctors, rath-er suggest medicines and the gullible patients consume medicines till it turns otherwise and patients have to be rushed to the hospitals where it is too late. As it is the consumption of medicines in the valley is much high-er as compared to other parts of the country in a way making it safe haven for the sub standard medicines. The health care agencies should put ban on the pharmaceutical companies manufacturing such kind of med-icines. A strict drug policy should be initiated and licenses for medical shops should be given after proper scrutiny and under the guidelines prescribed by rules and regulations set by ministry of health. Defaulters should be served with severe penalty so that people are able to live a healthy life as is the case in other developed and under developing countries.

The situation as re-gards pre-poll alli-ance between con-gress and national conference is now

very clear and the two parties have decided to go together if they want to register their win in some parliamentary con-stituencies in the state. The chief minister Omer Abdul-lah had very categorically said that there is no alternative but to go for alliance with the con-gress party. He said that his party will never go for any poll pact with BJP lead NDA. He said that it is necessary to join hands with congress because both the parties are already in coalition both at Centre and in the state. Now it is evident that in Jammu they will have to face formidable BJP which is strengthened because of the candidature of Narinder Modi as PM and in Kashmir the PDP has strong packets of support and may cause big upsetsif congress and national con-ference do not go together. Still PDP has the chance of going neck to neck with the congress NC alliance. Meanwhile the an-nouncement of Congress par-ty that it will start its election campaign with the union health minister G N. Azad alongwith the PCCI president Saif ud Din Soz from 13th of March. It indi-cates that on one side congress is trying to bridge the differ-ences between its leaders and on the other side it is not taking the electoral battle in J&K very lightly. The state has this time about 70 lakh voters which will use their franchise to elect six members from the state. The valley itself has 36 lakh voters and these voters in the entire state will decide the fate of the candidates in five phases. Elab-orate security arrangements are needed as the separatists have already issued poll boy-cott calls and there may be some kind of unpleasant things here or there which can create fear in the minds of the voters. How-ever, keeping in view the pan-chayat elections the voters may again turn in good numbers to elect their representatives.This time the elections are quite different than the previ-ous elections as the voters are more aware about their rights and politically the situation is somehow confused through-out the country. It remains to be seen who will win the battle royal but it is clear that this time most of the candidates will have tough time to convince the voters in their favour.