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he StateDECEMBER 08 TO DECEMBER 14 , 2014

Vol-03. Issue-11. Bhopal. Monday Page-12 Price-5/-

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P ub li s h e d s i m u l ta n e o u s l y f r om M a dh y a P r a d es h a nd C hh att i sga r h

On li n e e d i t i o n ava il a b l e at wet h estate.c om a nd wet h estate. b l og s p o t. i n

Cops nab 23-year-old waiter whothreatened to kill

Madhuri and herkids

Curtains forHarbhajan,

Zaheer, YuvrajSingh, Gambhir,

Sehwag!

Govt asks financialinstitutions toinvest in infra

projects

Modi sends apowerful me

Bhopal: Minorities Welfare Minister Antar Singh

Arya inspected ongoing construction works of statesfirst Haj House and expressed satisfaction over itsquality at Singarcholi here today. Arya said that quali-ty of Haj Houses building should be exemplary.Foundation stone of Haj House costing Rs. 6 crore 11lakh 25 thousand on 2.10 acre land was laid by CMShivraj Singh Chauhan in April 2013. Arya directed tocomplete its construction by March 2015. Secretaryand Executive Officer of State Haj Committee Dawood

Ahmad Khan informed about construction of HajHouse. Arya inspected the halls constructed to lodgeHajis, luggage room etc. Praising the dormitory con-structed for family members of Haj pilgrims, Arya saidthat toilets should be constructed on the vacant landoutside the building. Due to this, maximum toiletscould be constructed for the convenience of Haj pil-grims relatives. Arya directed that floor should bestrong in view of luggage carried by Hajis.Construction work of ground and first floors of HajHouse is complete and 60 percent work of second floorhas been completed. Haj pilgrims will embark on Haj-2015 from this building. A grand prayer hall has alsobeen constructed in the building. Architects areminutely supervising the building being constructed asper Mughal architecture. A large luggage room hasbeen constructed where Haj pilgrims luggage will bekept in cage as per flights.

NEWS MAX

States first Hanearing comp

Prepare newpolicy to makeagriculture

profit oriented:Brijmohan

Number of SCstudents forstudy abroad

increased

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Nation united tofight againstNaxalism:Rajnath Singh

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y inviting U.S. President

Barack Obama to Indias

Republic Day celebrations, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi sends a pow-

erful message. The Modi government

is re-shaping Indian foreign policy in

some fundamental ways. A self-

assured Modi and his team have

given up the defensiveness of the

past. India is now confidently engag-

ing with all major powers to secure

the best possible outcomes for itself.

Modi has once again demonstrated

why he remains one of the most inter-esting politicians in the country. By

inviting Obama, he has stumped his

critics and surprised

even his

supporters. Last week, he informed

the nation of his decision in a tweet,

This Republic Day, we hope to have a

friend over invited President

Obama to be the 1st US president to

grace the occasion as chief guest. The

White House was quick to accept the

invite, underscoring the importance

Washington attaches to restoring

dynamism in U.S.-India relations and

the confidence it has in the ability of

Modi to deliver. At the invitation of

Prime Minister Modi, the President

will travel to India in January 2015 toparticipate in the Indian Republic

Day celebration in New Delhi as the

Chief Guest, a statement by the

White House read minutes after the

Modi tweet. With this visit, Obama

will become the only U.S. president to

visit India twice during his term in

office. Modis move is remarkable for

many reasons. On the surface, an

invite for the U.S. President is not

really significant. After all, the U.S. is

now one of the closest partners of

India. Both nations have common

interests in many fields including the

economy, defense, regional security,and geopolitics. Yet the Congress led-

UPA government didnt acknowledge

this openly. The previous government

not only put the ties with the U.S. on

the backburner but deliberate efforts

were made to scuttle forward move-

ment on issues which were clearly in

Indias interest. And now Modi in just

a few months has brought about a

paradigm shift in the relationship

despite having being denied a visa by

the U.S. in the past.

The prime minister decided to

take U.S.-India ties a notch higher

by inviting Obama to the 2015

Republic Day celebrations an

invite that is usually viewed as

a celebration of Indias close

diplomatic partnerships.

This will be the first time a

U.S. leader will grace

Indias Republic Day cel-

ebrations as a chief

guest. How ironic when

one realizes that China and Pakistan

have been part of these celebrations

in the past but not the oldest democ-

racy in the world. The Congress Party

would never have been able to accom-plish such a feat.

The Opposition leaders must be

scrambling at the diplomatic success-

es of the prime minister. For years,

the nation has been told that the only

way Indian foreign policy establish-

ment can secure Indian interests is by

working within the frame of non-

alignment.

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Nation united to fight against

Naxalism: Rajnath Singh

The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB)

has drawn up ambitious plans to developIndias biggest Eco-tourism hub in the

State. It has already received an Rs 113.5

crores project prioritisation go ahead from

the Union Ministry of Tourism to take its

plans forward. The CTB, under the aegis of

the Chhattisgarh Government has created a

blue-print of future tourism plans that will

help establish Chhattisgarh as Indias

biggest Eco-Tourism hub. Based on the fact

that Chhattisgarh is blessed with 80% bio-

diversity and a mixture of natural abun-

dance tops in natural tourism where three

national parks, 11 wildlife sanctuaries,

more than 30 significant waterfalls, abun-

dant caves and untouched natural topogra-

phy, the CTB seeks to promote tourism in

the State at an international level through

its ambitious future plans. State Minister

for Culture and Tourism, Ajay Chandrakar,

remarked: Chhattisgarh is a vibrant state

which now looks forward towards develop-

ing Tourism as one of its richest assets.

Based on quality plans and forward looking

measures, our aim is to take tourism in

Chhattisgarh to millions of national and

international tourists while grooming theState in welcoming new tourist

arrivals.The minister further said, CTB

has already been conferred the National

Tourism Award 2012-13 for the publication

of best tourism literature, which we seek to

make a common achievement every year by

creating more tourism oriented schemes.

We aim to establish Chhattisgarh as the top

tourist destination in the country, and we

are confident that our forward looking

measures will definitely help us achieve the

same. Today, the immediate need is to pri-

oritise schemes pertaining to the tourism

development and related activities accord-

ing to the Union Governments National

Tourism Plan. A major focus of the prioriti-

zation stands in the promotion of the rich &

diverse tribal culture, unexplored tourism

circuits and development of local-tourism

collaboration, with which major milestones

like job creation in tribal sectors and

improved status of living can be achieved,

Chandrakar said. Once implemented, the

go-getting tourism development plans will

help in developing the essential eco-tourism

in the area, and will enable Chhattisgarh

build up as Indias biggest eco-tourism hub,

one with probably the biggest potential in

South-East Asia, he said. Santosh Misra,

Managing Director, CTB said, Our aim is

to develop Chhattisgarh as Indias biggest

eco-tourism hub. Thus enhanced tourism by

ways of earmarked tourism plans will

enable us to develop tourism in the state in

a never-seen-before magnitude. With our

future venture, we seek to see greater par-

ticipation of the local community that will

be the most focused tool to counter

Naxalism. By strengthening tourism

through organised and responsible deci-

sions, our aim is to empower the region and

showcase it in a positive light to the world.

Our focus will be to increase the tourist

footfall from the 1.5 million in 2012 to near-

ly 3 million by 2015, he said.

2 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)Chhattisgarh

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singhtermed Naxalism a challenge to thenation and vowed on Tuesday that hisGovernment would overcome it as thenation is united in fight against the left-wing militancy. Singh was responding tothe massacre of 14 CRPF men by Naxalsin Chhattisgarh. said Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh while addressing the media persons soon after paying richtributes to the martyred 14 security per-sonnel who were killed in the dreadedNaxal ambush at Sukma.

He reiterated that the Centre wouldteam up with State Governments to dealwith Naxalism and announced the next of kin of each of the 14 CRPF jawans killedby Naxals in Sukma district will be paidRs 38 lakh and every injured will get Rs65,000. Singh said the martyrdom of these brave-hearts will not go in vain andthe state will avenge their deaths withvigour. "We've accepted the challenge andwill definitely win," he added. Rejecting the idea of intelligence failure, the UnionHome Minister said it is not the moment

for allegations and counter-allegationswhile adding that "Humans are to ear",wherever there is human involvement,chances of errors can't be ruled out.

We are working on a strategy to dealwith Naxals; soon it would start produc-ing results, Singh told reporters in

Raipur. The Minister ducked a questionwhether Army needs to be put in red zoneto eliminate Naxals. He spent the entireday in Chhattisgarh to boost the morale of paramilitary jawans and chaired a meet-ing at Raj Bhawan along with CM RamanSingh to assess what went wrong in the

jungle of Sukma when Naxals openedindiscriminate fire on a CRPF combing team by using local men and women trib-als as human shield. Sources said thatCRPF officers acknowledged that Naxalssurprised the paramilitary by using human shield which was a planned moveto blunt a full-blown retaliation by

jawans. Centre and State focussed onsolving insurgency problem: NSAB Themembers of National Security AdvisoryBoard (NSAB) said that both CentralGovernment and ChhattisgarhGovernment are focused to solve theNaxal problem in the State and both areworking relentlessly for maintaining lawand order while ensuring security anddevelopment.

The NSAB members praised thedevelopment schemes executed for socialand economic betterment of people in

Dantewada and Bastar districts.Theyinvited suggestions and said that theNaxal problem is definitely a big chal-lenge for democracy of the country as wellfor the democratic governance and bothCentral and State Government are put-ting every effort to deal with the problem.

RAIPUR

Raipur

CTB to create Indias biggest Ec


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3 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

Hundreds of Christians from MP recently

staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New

Delhi to protest against state government's

approach towards attacks on Christians in the

state. President of Sarv Isai Mahasabha, JerryPaul said in the incidents that have happened

in MP where Christians were attacked and

their churches vandalized, police took no

action. Rather they jailed the victims of attacks

on instance of BJP and its affiliates like

Bajrang Dal. Some Christian clerics have also

been sent to jail. BJP government in MP has

not been able to check the right wing activists

in the state, said Paul. "A church was set on fire

in Bhua Bichia in Mandal district on

September 26. Police filed case against

unknown people and no arrest has been made

so far," said Paul.

Citing another incident, Paul said that a

family from Mizoram, settled in Khargone dis-trict, was sent to jail on charges of religion con-

version. Ten people, including two women, were

sent to jail under pressure from VHP. A family

in Bilkhiria locality in state capital was beaten

black and blue by the Bajrang Dal activists,

when they were distributing clothes to the poor.

Police, without hearing them, sent them to jail

while the offenders are roaming scot-free. A

similar incident happened at Holy Cross

School, where a Christian teacher was

thrashed and clerics manhandled, said Paul.

Former minister Oscar Fernandez also reached

and participated in the dharna. Members of

Isai Mahasabha submitted a memorandum to

the President and the Prime Minister.

Christiansstage dharna

in Delhi

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan

has said that excellent work has

been done under Pradhan Mantri

Jan-Dhan Yojana, which is usefulfor common people. Target pre-

scribed under the scheme has

been achieved in state 2 months

ahead of deadline. Chauhan

directed all district collectors to

provide direct benefit to account

holders under the scheme by

depositing amounts of MNREGA,

pension, scholarships etc. in

their bank accounts. Accounts

under the scheme will be linked

with Aadhar.

In a video-conferencing here,

Chauhan directed commissionersand collectors that new accounts

need not be opened under

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan

Yojana for those who have bank

accounts already. Benefit of the

scheme will be given on their

existing accounts. He directed for

a campaign to apprise people

about the scheme. He will also

address people in this regard

through Akashwani. Lauding

significant contribution of all col-

lectors and bankers, Chauhan

said that collectors and bankerswith excellent performance will

soon be felicitated at a state level

function. Chauhan directed col-

lectors to ensure financial inclu-

sion work pertaining to accounts

under Pradhan Mantri Jan-

Dhan Yojana. All accounts should

be linked with Aadhar.

Passbooks and RuPay Cards to

these families. RuPay Card of the

beneficiary must be made within

45 days to help them avail bene-

fit of insurance. The CM directed

that basic material and training

should be given to

Bank Mitras appointed

under the scheme. He

also directed that

accounts of BPL fami-lies under the scheme

should also be linked

with Aadhar. Rs. 100

each will be deposited

in these bank accounts

on being linked with Aadhar

before January 31. Central gov-

ernment will also deposit

amounts in these accounts.

Bhopal

A state cabinet meeting chaired by CM Shivraj SinghChouhan here has decidedthat colonisers will have toreserve for the poor and weak-er sections 6 percent of totalbuilt-up area in saleable resi-dential area in villages underGram Panchayats near citylimits. In case of dwelling units also, 6 percent of totalbuilt-up area will be reservedon mandatory basis. As aresult of this, families of theseclasses will get systematichouses at low cost. In casecoloniser does not reserveplots/houses for economicallyweaker section/low-incomegroup, he will have to depositshelter fee to concerning ZilaPanchayat. Using thisamount, houses will be builtfor rural houseless people of EWS/LIG category. Besides,

the coloniser will also have todeposit shelter fee for outerdevelopment of colony includ-ing roads, water disposal andsewage systems maintenance.Coloniser will have to depositRs. 50 thousand as registra-tion fee for construction of colony in Gram Panchayats.Earlier, this fee was Rs. 5000.For development of colony,building permission fee hasbeen enhanced to Rs. 10 thou-

sand per hectare. Relief against damage to housesenhanced The cabinet hasenhanced relief against dam-age to houses. Accordingly, inthe districts under Integrated

Action Plan (IAP), compensa-tion amount has beenenhanced from Rs. 70 thou-sand to Rs. 75 thousand if ahouse is completely damaged.

According to Union HomeMinistrys Naxal Management

Division, Balaghat, Anuppur,Dindori, Mandla, Seoni,Shahdol, Sidhi, Umaria,Chhindwara and Singraulidistricts of the state areincluded in IAP category. Incase a house is seriously dam-aged (damage over 50 percent),the compensation amount hasbeen enhanced from Rs. 6,300to Rs. 12 thousand 600 onpucca house and from Rs.3,200 to Rs. 3,800 on kuchchahouse. In case of partiallydamaged houses (damagebetween 15 and 50 percent),the maximum relief amounthas been enhanced from Rs.2,500 to Rs. 3,800 on puccahouse (except shanty) and Rs.1900 to Rs. 2300 on kuchchahouse (except shanty).Maximum relief amountagainst damage to animalenclosure adjoining house hasbeen enhanced from Rs. 1250to Rs. 1500.

6 percent plots to be reserved

for poor by colonisers in GramPanchayat areas bordering cities

Jan-Dhan Yojana bank accounts to Aadhar; MP first state to achieve cen

Bhopal

Bhopal

Bhopal: No death has been caused in

the state due to Pentavalent vaccine

which save lives of children. It has come to

the fore in the investigation into deaths of

2 children last month in 2 district

Chhindwara and Ujjain that the vaccine

was not cause of deaths as alleged. This

was informed by Principal Secretary

Health Praveer Krishna here today. From

vaccine storage point of view, Jabalpur,

Gwalior and Morena have been considered

as the best at both state and national

level. The state has 957 vaccinators and

1205 cold chains where vaccines are stored

as per prescribed norms. The PS was

addressing a media workshop on regular

vaccination programme here today. He

informed that Pentavalent vaccine is

administered thrice to save children from

5 diseases. It is used in most of the coun-

tries in the world. MP is among 14 states

where National Vaccination Programme

has yielded good results. Since the state

has implemented mother-child tracking

system, every newly born child is regis-

tered and administered vaccines from

time to time. About 15 thousand health

workers have been trained to administer

Pentavalent vaccine. They were imparted

one-month training with the cooperation

of World Health Organisation.

No death caused due to Pentavalent in state: PS


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4 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)

Field staff of the AgricultureDepartment was imparted infor-mation about better farming system right from sowing stageto harvesting of Kharif cropsand the species that providemaximum production by expertsfrom Agriculture Science Centreand Agriculture College onFriday here. As 96 per cent areaof Janjgir-Champa is underpaddy cultivation, the field staff has been imparted training sothat they could take the cutting edge technology of paddy culti-vation to the farmers of the dis-trict. While inaugurating theprogramme, Additional

Collector SK Sharma said thatKharif crops would be cultivatedin 2.56 lakh hectares of the dis-trict. As the district has 92 percent irrigated area, agricultureproduction is high. Sharmaasked the field staff to workalong with the farmers and givethem more information aboutmodern methods of cultivation.Deputy Director, LM Bhagatinformed farmers about theexhibitions under differentschemes during the Kharif sea-son Agriculture EngineerSameer Shantaiah said thatmechanised farming has becomethe need of the hour. With farmmechanization, the productionincreases to 10 to 15 per cent

and it saves labour and timealso. He said that with the helpof marker machine, paddy culti-vation could be done in a specif-ic distance and line. Heinformed about Power Weeder,Rodavetar, Paddy Drum Seedermachines also. Subject expertShashikant Suryawanshiinformed about better system of paddy sowing and selection of variety based on the variety of soil. He asked the farmers tosow Kalinga, Vanprabha,

Adit ya, Tulsi, Poornima vari -eties in unirrigated areas andKranti, Mahamaya, Karma,Masuri, Kasturi, Chandrahasiniand mixed varieties in irrigatedarea.

Field staff imparted

training on betterfarming system

RAIPUR TRAIL

Hundreds participate inself-employment fair in Bastar

Raipur

Bastar (Cgarh) Around 70 youths

applied for self-employment schemes while

hundreds of them participated in the self-

employment fair organised at Zila

Panchayat, Narayanpur here in Bastar

division. The curious youths took stock of different self-employment schemes offered

by the State government. CEO of

Narayanpur Zila Panchayat, Chandrakant

Kaushik advised the youths to become eco-nomically self-reliant and provide employ-

ment to others also. He said that youths

should start small enterprises and earn

their living. At local level, the youths can start

small enterprise like preparing dona-pat-

tal ( plates made of leaves), honey produc-

tion, incense stick production, broom pro-

duction, brick production, etc. to earn

income. General Manager of District

Industries Center, Executive Engineer of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board

(CSEB) and officers of State Co-operative

Development Corporation, Chhattisgarh

Handicraft Board, banks and others

explained the visitors about loan, grants,

self-employment training, banking proce-

dures, etc. GM (District Industry Center)

Ranga explained in detail about small andmedium scale industries which can be

established according to local needs. He

informed the visitors about loan, grants

and other facilities. Youths not only keenly

listened to the advice but also registeredthemselves for self-employment schemes.

The representatives of different banks

informed them about necessary formalities

and documents to be attached with the

application form besides banking process.

The youths were apprised of different

schemes like Micro Credit Scheme,

Womens Prosperity Scheme, SmallBusiness Plan, Tractortrolley Scheme,

Goods Career Scheme, Passenger vehicle

Scheme, Diesel Autorickshaw scheme and

Women Empowerment plans besides indi-

vidualized schemes Mahila Swarnima

Scheme, and term loan. Apart from these,

the officers also explained them about dif-

ferent self-employment training programsoperated under the National Livelihood

Mission like sewing, pisciculture, basic

tractor servicing , bamboo craft, two-wheel-

er and four-wheeler repair , basic electrical

training , basic welding training, cycle and

Tricycle repair , Computer training, etc.

Bastar (Cgarh)


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5 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

Number of SC students for study abr

for power distribution companies; Up

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhanhas directed to chalk out a long-term strategy to renovate oldpower plants and reduce per unitpower generation cost. The CMwas reviewing activities of Energy Department here recent-ly. Chief Secretary Anthony deSa was also present on the occa-sion. Chouhan reviewed powersupply situation, revenue recov-ery and progress of feeder sepa-ration work. He directed toensure 10-hour power supplydaily for agriculture.Dysfunctional transformers mustbe replaced and remaining workof feeder separation should becompleted within time-limit.Power companies should providebetter facilities and conduct of staff with consumers should bedecent. He said that effortsshould be made to ensure quali-

tative improvement in supplyand recovery. Condition of powerbill no-dues must be mademandatory for issuance andrenewal of arms licences. It wasinformed that 200 million unitsof power are being supplied atpresent. Short-term power wasnot purchased in the state evenfor a single day.

The current power supply isthe highest in the history of MP.Power is being supplied 24X7 invillages, cities and industries.Feeder separations 70 percent

work has been completed includ-ing 94 percent in Western regionand 80 percent in Eastern region.Central region is lagging. Now,feeder separation work in thisregion has also gained momen-tum. Recovery of electricity dueshas increased by 7.6 percent dur-ing last 2 months. Preparationshave been made to supply 10

thousand 370 MW power during December. Power companies rev-enue has increased by 23.6 per-cent till November this year.

Three committees have been con-stituted for chalking out strategyfor power sector reforms whichwill recommend about qualita-

tive improvement in metering,billing and collection, reduce dis-tribution losses and power pur-chase cost.

Chalk out strategy to renovate o

plants and reduce generation

The cabinet decided to increase number

of scheduled caste students for study

abroad from 10 to 50. It has also been decid-

ed to extend their income limit from Rs. 5

lakh to Rs. 6 lakh per annum. Tuition fee,

maintenance allowance and contingency

allowance rate under foreign study scheme

have also been enhanced. New courses have

also been included for studies. Guarantee

for power distribution companies The cabi-

net decided to give guarantee of Rs. 1050

crore short/medium term loans from Power

Finance Corporation/Rural Electrification

Corporation, New Delhi for all three power

distribution companies in the state for

arranging working capital. This amount is

Rs. 350 crore for each company. It was

decided to give guarantee on Rs. 100 crore

loan to be obtained by MP Power

Generating Company for arrangement of

working capital from Power Finance

Corporation/Rural Electrification

Corporation/Financial institutions. The

power distribution companies and Power

Generating Company will pay guarantee

fee of 0.5 percent to the state government

against loan guarantee. Upgradation of dis-

trict roads The cabinet decided to assign to

MP Road Development Corporation the

work of upgrading 41 roads measuring

1149.836 kilometers in the second phase of

MP District Connectivity Sector Project for

main district roads funded by Asian

Development Bank. The cabinet gave

administrative sanction of Rs. 2157.37

crore for this. Projects total cost is 500 mil-

lion US dollars, of which Asian

Development Bank will give loan of Rs.

350 million dollars. Burden of remaining

150 million dollars will be borne by the

state government. Under the project, rural

populace will get smooth roads linking dis-

trict headquarters with places of tourism

and religious importance. This will also cre-

ate employment opportunities. On the basis

of connectivity and in view of present and

future traffic, 830.603 km out of 1149.836

km long roads are proposed to be converted

to intermediate lane and 319.283 km long

roads to double lane.

Bhopal

Bhopal

2250 posts created in School Education DepartmentThe cabinet sanctioned creation of 2250 posts in School Education Department. For

50 high schools to be upgraded during year 2014-15, a total of 400 posts of school prin-

cipals, contractual school teacher grade-1, contractual school teacher grade-3, contrac-

tual assistant grade-3, entry operator and school manager have been sanctioned and

posts of principal, contractual school teacher grade-1, have been sanctioned for con-

tractual school teacher grade-3, contractual assistant grade-3, entry operator and

accountant have been sanctioned for 100 higher secondary schools.

Increase in seatsThe cabinet gave administrative and financial sanction to increase 550 seats in 25

pre-matric hostels of Tribal Welfare Department below 50 seats where seats could not

be increased during year 2014-15. According to a decision of Project ExaminationCommittee, sanction was granted to create posts of 25 contractual class IV employees.

Recurring expenditure of Rs. 72.54 lakh and non-recurring expenditure of Rs. 38.50

lakh are estimated to be incurred on this.

Posts for Vidhan SabhaThe cabinet sanctioned filling up of 7 regular posts of computer operators and 25 of

date entry operators through outsourcing for carrying out office works following com-

puterization of all sections of Vidhan Sabha as well as for sending and receiving online

questions to Vidhan Sabha Secretariat.

OtherThe cabinet decided to upgrade 32 posts of district public

prosecution officer and 32 posts of assistant district public

prosecution officer and created 50 posts of additional district publicprosecution officer, 32 assistant grade-3 and 25 posts of peon.

The cabinet decided to give one-time relaxation of 2 years in

provisioned 5 years for qualifying test for promotion from assistant labour officer to

labour officer.


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aking a step forward toinitiate Prime MinisterNarendra Modis ambi-

tious Swachh Bharat mission,the Confederation of IndianIndustry (CII) has announcedthat it will construct 10,000 toi-lets over the next one-and-a-half years. Launching itsMission: Sanitation of Schools(SoS) in Delhi, the industrybody announced that states likeBihar, Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand, Odisha, WestBengal and Maharashtra willbe covered in the first phase andthe focus would be on construct-ing toilets in schools. The esti-mate per unit cost of construc-tion of separate toilet block forgirls and boys will range fromRs 25 lakh, depending on theavailability of water and sewer-age. Based on the feedbackreceived and assessments onground, in the next six monthsit will announce targets for thesecond phase. CII has a directmembership of over 7,200 publicand private sector companies,

and an indirect membership of 1,00,000 enterprises. RakeshBharti Mittal, vice-chairman of Bharti Enterprises and chair-man of CII national council onCSR said CII will work withindustry and government tomake Swachh Bharat a reality.Sumit Mazumder, president

designate of CII and chairmanand managing director of TILlimited said various awarenessprogrammes will sensitise peo-ple and school children in ruralareas, where still 66 percent of the population defecates in theopen. And through these pro-grammes toilets will be used not

just in schools but alsoat homes. He said CIIwill support enterpris-

es in construction andmaintenance of toiletsand help them identifywhere it needs to bebuild. The CIIs taskforce will work to pro-mote and facilitateindustry participationtowards sanitation ingovernment schools. Itwill also create amechanism of mainte-nance, periodic moni-toring, evaluation,impact assessmentand reporting. The CIIFoundation will under-take construction of toilets, create aware-

ness on sanitation and createmechanisms for maintenance. Itwill also develop innovativedesign and technology easilyadaptable to the local needs,environmental friendly andcost-effective models in areassuch as water management.

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By AACHARYA SARVESHE-Mail: [email protected]

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Avoid purchasing flatswith cuts inNorth-eastor South-eastdirection.Drainage pipes shouldhave their way inWest, North orNorth-west.Slope of balconyshould be towards theEast or North.Check out theNorth-east corner offlat as this portionmust be converted intoworship room or leftopen.Kitchen should be inthe South-eastdirection.

ASTROLOGY

6 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)EDITORIAL

-Rickshaws and e-Carts provide affordableand clean last mile connectivity in the trans-

port system. The Ministry of Road Transportand Highways has notified rules under the Motor

Vehicle Act, 1988, to bring the e-Rickshaws and e-

Carts within the legal framework ensuring tests for

approval of prototype for safety standards before reg-istration of the vehicles. Such vehicles have beenallowed limited power and speed. Under the Motor

Vehicle Act, 1988, no person can be granted aLearners License to drive a transport vehicle, unlesshe has held the Driving License for a period of at leastone year. As most of the e-rickshaws and e-carts driv-

ers do not have any license, the existing provision willdebar them from operating e-Rickshaw / e-Cart forthe next one year. In order to remove this difficulty,and facilitate plying of e-rickshaw and e-carts, the

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has pro-posed to amend Section 7(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act,1988, which will give relaxation to e-rickshaw and e-

cart drivers only. In addition, the definition of e-rick-shaw and e-cart has been included under the Motor

Vehicles Act, 1988.

E

Amendment in the Motor Vehiin norms for e-Rickshaws and

Industry body CII to build10,000 toilets in schools

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today gave itsapproval for proposal to remove difficulties in granting license to the drivers of the e-

rickshaws and e-carts by amending the Section 7 (1) of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, andadding the definition of e-rickshaw and e-cart under the Act.

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(Editorial by Dilip Ojha)


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7 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)Madhya Pradsh

Globally famous TansenSamaroh will be held fromDecember 12 to 15 on thepremises of TansenSamadhi, Hajira in Gwalior.The prestigious event of MPCulture Department willcommence with Hari Katha

at 9.30 am on December 12.Five musical sittings willmark the inaugural day.Besides, a debate competi-tion will be held on music onDecember 14.

The first session of Tansen Samaroh will beinaugurated at 7 pm whereMinister of State for Cultureand Tourism SurendraPatwa will confer TansenSamman to PrabhakarKarekar of Mumbai. Thesession will begin withDhrupad rendition by stu-dents of Madhav Sangeet

Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior fol-lowed by performance of Karekar. Parthi Bose(Kolkata) will also performin the same sitting whichwill conclude with Dhrupadrendition of ram KumarMalik. In the morning of sec-ond day December 13, thesitting will commence at 10am with Dhrupad rendition

of students of MaharudraMandal SangeetMahavidyalaya Gwalior fol-

lowed by vocal performanceof Su Sanhita Nandy (Delhi),violin performance of

Anupriya Devtale (Delhi)and Dhrupad rendition of Udai Bhavalkar (Pune). Thesession will conclude withDhrupad rendition of

Alankar Singh (Patial a).Night sitting will commencewith Dhrupad rendition of Bharatiya SangeetMahavidyalaya Gwalior.Noted vocalist Iqbal Khan(Delhi) and Sarod maestro

Aslam Khan will also per-form during the sitting to be

concluded with Dhrupadrendition of Phalguni Mitra(Kolkata).

In the morning of thirdday December 14, the ses-sion will begin withDhrupad rendition of stu-dents of Shankar GandharvSangeet MahavidyalayaGwalior followed by vocalperformance of Su Geetika

Umedkar Masurkar(Gwalior) and Su ManjushaKulkarni Patil. The evening sitting will commence withDhrupad rendition of stu-dents of Tansen SangeetMahavidyalaya Gwalior.Rashid Mustafa (Delhi) willgive solo Tabla performanceand Su Manju Mehta,

Ahmadabad sitar perform-ance.

The sitting will concludewith rendition of VinayakTorwi of Bengaluru. In themorning of 4th and last dayDecember 15, the morning session will begin at 10 amat Behat near Gwalior withDhrupad rendition of stu-dents of Sadhna SangeetMahavidyalaya Gwalior andTansen MemorialCommittee followed byDhrupad rendition of Su

Ashwini Morghore (Gwalior)

and Tabla-PakhawajJugulbandi of ArunDharmadhikari and JagatNarayan Sharma (Gwalior).The session will concludewith recitation of VilasMandape (Gwalior). A debate competition based onSangeet ke Saudaharan

Vyakhya will be held onDecember 14.

Tansen Samaroh at Gwaliorfrom December 12 to 15

It was a clean sweep by BJP in the urbanbodies elections, but the outcome was unex-

pected in some pockets. The big wigs of state politics BJP state president NandkumarSingh Chauhan, Congress chief Arun Yadavand Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vijay LaxmiSadho suffered setbacks in their ownareas. Party sources feel that whether in theCongress or the BJP, it was mostly the dis-tribution of tickets that could be held respon-sible for the defeat.

Among senior leader of the Congress, former MP Sajjan Singh Verma could notsave Dewas municipality. Verma was chief of the urban bodies election committee and thecandidates in the municipality were of hisliking. Probably, this was the reason thatother factions of the party got annoyed andworked against the party nominee.

Following this, the Congress failed in wrest-ing neither Dewas municipality nor anynagar parishad. Former Union Minister

Jyotiraditya Scindia could not succeed inwinning in Gwalior and his constituencyGuna-Shivpuri. His candidate in Gwalior

Darshan Singh was defeated, while theCongress could register victory in

Mungawali nagar parishad of Ashok Nagardistrict. In Shivpuri, the BJP and theCongress wrested two parishads each.Similarly senior Congress leader Ajay Singhalso failed in winning any local body.

Particularly in Bundelkhand, the Congress faced problems by annoying senior partyleader Srinivas Tiwari by not fielding any of his candidates. PCC Chief Arun Yadav could

not succeed in any local body in his con-stituency Khandwa-Burhanpur, but he couldbe satisfied with Badwah and Sanawadmunicipalities in Khargone district, whereCongress emerged victorious. However, itwas face saving for former Union Minister

Kamla Nath by registeri ng victory inChaurai municipality and Neuton Chikhlinagar parishad of Chhindwara district. TheCongress lost both the municipalities in

Leader of the Opposition Satyadev Katareshome district. Similar was the situation inhome district of Congress leader DigvijaySingh in Rajgarh, where the BJP won all sixnagar parishads. Some of the BJP leadersalso faced problems in their home districts.

The BJP lost in Ashta municipality

that falls in Sehore, home district of CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan.Senior Minister inthe State Narottam Mishras candidate lostin Datia municipality. Bahujan Samaj

Party (B SP) Ratanlal Saraf registered vic-tory in Datia. Even in the ward 30 of Datia,where the minister is a voter, an independ-

ent candidate Harwansh Kumari emergedvictorious. Similar was the case with

Finance Minis ter Jayan t Malai ya in Damoh district.

Setback for bigwigs of sta politics in state civic polls

Pustakotsav competition to e

teachers interest in text-booThe state government has launchedPustakotsav competition to enhance teach-ers interest in text-books and increase theiracademic contribution. The competition willcontinue till August next year. Teachers of all primary and middle schools can take partin it. The government has issued detaileddirectives regarding it to all district collec-tors. Competition will be held at Sankullevel and assessment will be made at statelevel. The competition will be based on thesubject-wise text-books taught in classes

from I to V and VI to VIII standards. For thecompetition, teachers will have to gothrough text-books of their group in accor-dance with school. Teachers of primaryschools will read all text-books of class I to V and teachers of class VI to VIII will under-take subject-wise study of text-books of theirrespective groups. Science and maths teach-ers will study text-books of science, English,teachers of social science group text-books of science and Hind and teachers of languagegroup will study concering text-books out of all languages and those taught in social sci-ence group. The competition will start atSankul level and culminate at state level.

Collectors have been directed to ensure nec-essary arrangements at every level. AllSankul Kendras will seek consent of mini-mum one teacher from every school byDecember 15. They will be registered atSankul Kendra where the competition will beheld on June 22, 2015 from 11 am to 2 pm.Competition will be in writing. Copies of theteachers standing first, second and third atdivision level will be sent to DIET/DRC. Re-checking of copies collected at the districtlevel will be done by lecturers and seniorteachers posted at the district level and a

merit list prepared. Answersheets of teach-ers standing first, second and third at dis-trict level will be sent to Rajya ShikshaKendra by July 15. Answersheets received atthe state level will be re-checked and a meritlist prepared. First, second and third win-ners will be declared according to merit list.Every participant of the competition will begiven certificate. Teachers standing first, sec-ond and third at every level will be felicitat-ed on August 15. Thus, the second phase of the competition will come to a close on thisdate. Further information about the competi-tion may be obtained from Rajya ShikshaKendras telephone number 0755-2768391.

Bhopal

BhopalBhopal


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8 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)TURNING INDIA

Union Minister for Road Transport,Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkarihas invited financial institutions, bothdomestic as well as global to invest in thecountrys infrastructure projects includ-ing highways and inland waterways.Speaking at the inaugural session of the4th international summit onInfrastructure Finance-Building forGrowth organized by ASSOCHAM here,Gadkari outlined the governments focuson promoting world class infrastructureas a part of Indias growth strategy andcalled upon all the stakeholders to join inthis endeavour for making the country a

global power, according to an officialrelease. The Minister promised privateinvestors that the government would

make their investments in infrastructureprojects as a force multiplier by strength-ening policy frameworks wherever neces-

sary. The government, according to himis committed to making India a socialwelfare state striking a perfect balance

between progress and development.Environment preservation and socio-eco-nomic emancipation of all underprivi-

leged sections of the society by creating jobs are high on the agenda of the gov-ernment, he added.

Govt asks financial institutionsto invest in infra projects

Govt to develop IIIT asIndias key IT varsity A meeting of the

Board of International

Institute of InformationTechnology (IIIT) Naya Raipur was held inMantralaya here recent-ly. The IIIT has been

established as aUniversity, under aPublic-Private

Partnership (PPP) model betweenthe Government of Chhattisgarhand the National Thermal PowerCorporation (NTPC).

The meeting was chaired bythe newly appointed chairpersonof IIIT, Ajai Chowdhry, thefounder of Indias leading IT com-

pany, HCL. The IIIT Board set atarget of commencing B Tech. pro-grammes, with 60 seats each incomputer science and information

technology, from academic session2015-16. For this, the board set atarget of completion of the

Acad em ic -c um -A dm in is tr at iv e

Block of IIIT by August 2014, andcompletion and commissioning,inclusive of 415-seater hostel

accommodation, faculty resi-dences, laboratories, LAN andlibrary by April 2015. The IIITBoard reviewed in-depth all activ-

ities being carried out by NTPC tothis end. After the meeting, theboard members visited the cam-pus under construction over an

area of 25 acres, just 15 minutesaway from Swami Vivekanand

Airport, Raipur. It also initiatedthe process of appointment of

Vice-Chancellor and Director of the University. Moreover, the

board decided that, going forward,M Tech and Ph D programmes

would also be initiated in IIIT,arrangements made for teaching over 1,000 students, and courses

in multidisciplinary subjectsallied with IT commenced. It wasdecided that IIITNaya Raipurwould establish an identity for

teaching and research in somesuch specialised areas of IT. Theboard also decided that IIITNaya Raipur would give particu-

lar attention to tailoring the pro-gramme to the needs of the ITindustry, so that students passing out from IIIT may be employed

directly by leading IT companies,without further skill development.

For this, IIIT would establish

strong linkage for course develop-ment, internships and collabora-tion with leading IT companies

and educational institutions of national importance located inRaipur, among which are includedan IIM, an AIIMS, a National LawUniversity and an NIT. At the

same time, IIIT would make spe-cial efforts to attract reputed fac-ulty from academic institutionsand experienced Adjunct faculty

from industries.

Prepare new polto make agricult

profit oriented:Brijmohan

Raipur: In order to make Agriculture moreprofit-making business in the State, AgricultureMinister Brijmohan Agrawal, asked the officersto prepare a draft of a new Agriculture policy.The Minister recently held a meeting of seniordepartmental officers, while reviewing theschemes and programmes of AgricultureDepartment. He instructed the officers to bring practical changes to make schemes more suc-cessful and farmer-oriented. He said, for thepreparation of the new Agriculture policy,Chhattisgarh could be divided into three sec-torsSarguja, Bastar and general sector,according to geography, monsoon and weatherof the particular areas. The districts of Raipur,Bilaspur and Durg divisions will be included inthe General Sector. The Agriculture policyshould be prepared, while paying attention onthe type of soil and

rainfall of the area, Agrawal said. He saidthat mainly the departmental schemes and pro-grammes were cultivation based on weatherand centred on single crop. The Minister saidthat innovation in Agriculture sector is neededto make farmers of Chhattisgarh prosperous.The Department has to work according to thechanged environment. Agrawal said that theDepartment should have clear policy andthought for make agriculture more profit ori-ented in Chhattisgarh.

By encouraging farmers, areas of cash cropslike pulses and oilseeds have to be increased. Inspite of depending on monsoon, it is necessaryto increase irrigated area through small irriga-tion schemes, he said, adding, the officersshould prepare action plan of the Departmentfor the next five years. The Minister, giving practical suggestions regarding variousschemes, instructed to bring changes in therules and procedures of schemes and said thatfor crop insurance scheme, in spite of tehsil,Phasal Aanavari units should be formed by

joining 8-10 villages.With it, the farmer would get proper benefit

of the insurance scheme. Agrawal discussedwith the officers about establishing departmen-tal fund for dealing with the loss to the farmercaused by non-sprouting of seeds supplied bythe State Government. He instructed to openKrishi Seva Kendras in the naxal violence-hitBijapur and Sukma districts and to arrangeseeds and fertilizers at the centres alreadyestablished.

New Delhi

Raipur

Government Plans to

Launch Guwahati-

Dhaka Bus Service

Government plans to introduce regular passen-ger bus services to Dhaka from Guwahati in Assamvia Shillong in Meghalaya. To study and finalize theroutes and start the bus services to Dhaka fromShillong and Guwahati, a joint technicalsurvey/trial run is being organized on 10-11thDecember, 2014 from Guwahati to Dhaka.

The trial run/route survey will be carried out jointly by delegations from India and Bangladesh by

way of a dry run of the service to assess route con-ditions and other technical parameters. The trialrun will conclude at Dhaka on the 12th December,2014 and delegations are expected to submit thereport on the details and feasibility of starting of the regular bus services. To study and finalize theroutes and start the bus services to Dhaka fromShillong and Guwahati, a joint technicalsurvey/trial run is being organized on 10-11thDecember, 2014 from Guwahati to Dhaka.

The trial run/route survey will be carried out jointly by delegations from India and Bangladesh byway of a dry run of the service to assess route con-ditions and other technical parameters. The trialrun will conclude at Dhaka on the 12th December,2014 and delegations are expected to submit thereport on the details and feasibility of starting of

the regular bus services.This will be in addition to two passenger bus

services to Dhaka already operating from Kolkata inWest Bengal and Agartala in Tripura. Negotiationswith Bangladesh for starting the bus services fromGuwahati and Shillong have been underway for thepast several months and have gathered momentum.The proposed bus service covering approximately500 kms starting from Guwahati will be taking theShillong- Dawki (Meghalaya)/Tamabil(Bangladesh)-Sylhet-Dhaka route.

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9 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)COMMERCE

Unsuspecting Indians lose billion

CII meet to reopestalled industrial projects in Cgarh

TheConfederationof IndianIndustry (CII),Chhattisgarhorganised anIndustryRoundtablewith Anil Swarup, IAS,

Additional Secretary andChairman, ProjectMonitoring Group,Cabinet Secretariat hererecently. Chhattisgarh isamong the 14 States inthe country to have theirown Project Monitoring Groups to fast trackstalled projects betweenRs 100 crore to Rs 1,000

crore. There are a totalof 437 stalled projectsnationally. Of which 152have already beenresolved.

In Chhattisgarh,there are a total of 42stalled projects worth Rs2.15 lakh crore. Of these, 20 projects worthRs 90,630 crore havebeen resolved and 15projects are under con-sideration. After all, ourcollective aim is toremove bottlenecks andget the stalled projects

get off the ground. As of now, more than 40 percent big projects areawaiting clearances fromthe Forest, Environmentand Mining Ministries.

As to the State PMGs,we will take up theircases with the Ministriesconcerned. Our job is toget the projects going

that are stuck at theGovernment levels, thePMG chief explained.Manish Gupta,Immediate PastChairman, CIIChhattisgarh StateCouncil and Co-Chair,Infrastructure Sub-com-mittee, CII EasternRegion said, Delaysgive rise to disruption of work, loss of productivi-

ty, delayed completion of projects, escalated costs,and abandonment or ter-mination of contracts.Delay in projects lead totime and cost overrunwhich raises cost byeven 20%, making investment decisionscommercially challeng-ing and even unviable,he said. Ashish Jain dur-ing his concluding remarks said,Chhattisgarh is one of the fast emerging desti-nations for investments

in a number of sectorslike infrastructure, man-ufacturing, trade, insur-ance, healthcare andrenewable energy. Focuson implementation of project on a time-boundmanner would makeChhattisgarh a preferreddestination forinvestors.

Jan Dhan: Duplication of accounts remains an issue

"When he realised he'd lost all ourmoney, more than Rs 5 lakh in savings,he had a massive heart attack," saysGita Mandal tearfully. She pauses asgrief chokes her throat mid-sentence.Gita, 55, is recounting how her hus-band Sunil died suddenly last year,leaving her penniless with six mouthsto feed. Gita's family is one of 300 inDaspara village, an hour's drive southfrom Kolkata, which were swindled ina variety of unregulated "investment"schemes that have swept across India -swallowing up the life savings of someof the country's poorest citizens. Someestimates suggest that such Ponzi orpyramid schemes have already costunsuspecting Indian investors severalhundred billion rupees. West Bengal,where investors like Gita's husband

were caught up in the biggest schemes

were based, has been dubbed the"Ponzi capital of India". As she sits sur-rounded by other victims, including farmers, labourers and milkmen, all of

whom lost the modest sums they'dscrimped to save, Gita struggles toarticulate how angry she feels. "Thatmoney was everything to us.

It came from selling our land and itwas supposed to be for our grand-daughters' future. Now it's all gone -the land, the money, my husband,everything," she says. The scale of India's Ponzi schemes reveals the enor-mity of the task of protecting the coun-try's vast illiterate, financially vulner-able population, as well as the epicloopholes in enforcement of existing law. Ponzi schemes work by pooling money from new investors to pay off existing investors. The seemingly good

returns fuel new business, but eventu-

ally most schemes collapse, leaving ruin in their wake. India's biggestPonzi scheme uncovered so farinvolved more than Rs 150 bn in losses

when the Saradha Group, a consor-tium of about 200 companies including factories, newspapers and televisionchannels, was shut down two yearsago. The name Saradha played on mes-sages of religious good fortune and thecompany used images of popular politi-cians and movie stars to build trust. Itscompany structure was so complexthat regulators took years to untangleit. It offered agents, recruited fromlocal communities, up to 40% commis-sions - making them crucial evangel-ists for the company. So far, according to media reports, at least 80 peoplelinked to the scam have committed sui-cide. Its chief executive and other offi-

cials are in prison.

Kolkata

hile the government is high-lighting achievements of thescheme over 5.5 crore

accounts were opened under the schemeacross the country till October 8, accord-ing to the department of financial serv-ices, with SBI leading the drive manystakeholders feel the purpose of thescheme is not aptly served due to a largeamount of duplication of accounts.

Among those apprehen sive of account duplication or people alreadyhaving a bank account opening anotheronly to get the freebies Reserve Bankof India governor Raghuram Rajan,who, on September 15, cautionedbankers that the scheme would be awaste if duplicate accounts are opened.He also warned that the scheme wouldcome to a naught if the newly openedaccounts were not used to their capacity,and if there was no full coverage.Commenting on the issue of accountduplication, Anurag Jain, joint secre-tary, department of financial services,

said: It might have happened becausesome people thought that by opening anaccount under PMJDY they would getadditional benefits being offered underthe scheme like overdraft facility andinsurance cover of Rs 1 lakh. But we areeducating people that all these benefitswill be available to existing accountholders as well.

To get the insurance claim, all theyhave to do is apply for RuPay card.Once people (with prior accounts)understand that all benefits under thecurrent scheme are available to themalso, there will be no reason for opening

additional accounts, unless needed. A senior bank official on condition of

anonymity said, According to my esti-mates, around 70 percent people whohave opened accounts (under PMJDY)already have an account. They haveopened the account only to ensure theycan avail of the benefits provided underthe scheme. Confusion, lack of informa-tion While most agree that despite theshortcomings and implementation-relat-

ed challenges the scheme offers the poorservices like free insurance cover andover draft facility, there is confusion, too,as is the case for any new scheme, espe-cially one rolled out purportedly withoutadequate homework. People come to usasking for the overdraft facility, saidGoel of SBI, Ambedkar Nagar. We haveto tell them that they can avail thisfacility only after (operating the accountfor) six months from the date of opening of the account.

Besides, the over-draft facility wouldbe subject to transactions of the accountholder. While the overdraft amount

would initially be limited to Rs 1,000, itwill be raised to Rs 5,000 only afterobserving satisfactory performance of the account.

Another concern that needs to beaddressed, as an official said, is on anaverage Rs 45 is spent on opening eachaccount, which becomes huge if one con-siders the total number of accountsopened and would go waste if people donot use their accounts properly.

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11 NOVEMBER 08 TO NOVEMBER 14 , 2014 (MP & CG)GLAMOUR

Score! Priyanka takes back 'S Asian Woman' title from Kat

The Ajay Devgn starrer madeonly Rs 19 cr in 2 daysc t o r - f i l m m a k e rPrabhudhevas latest direc-torial Action Jackson will

touch Rs.20 crore soon but tradeexperts figure the numbers are notoverwhelming for the "routine andhackneyed" movie. Starring AjayDevgn, Sonakshi Sinha, YamiGautam and Manasvi Mamgai, theaction film hit approximately 3,000screens on Friday. It earned Rs.19crore in two days. It was made on abudget of about Rs.75 crore and con-sidering that, the film shouldvedone better. Those who likePrabhudheva kind of films havemostly gone for it, but not every-one, Rajesh Thadani of MultimediaCombines told IANS. Prabhudheva

is known for making massy filmslike R... Rajkumar and RowdyRathore. Trade expert KomalNahta tweeted: #ActionJackson istoo routine and hackneyed. Meantfor masses, not for classes."Sulemani Keeda", an i ndie comedy,also hit the screens along with thestar-packed Action Jackson, but italso failed to earn big at the boxoffice. #SulemaniKeeda is cute.Meant for people looking for differ-ent cinema. Commercial prospectsare weak, Nahta tweeted. Thadanialso has doubts about the filmsperformance at the box office. Thecollections were negligible. Itearned around Rs.25 lakh. It is forselect audience, he added.

ollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has wonback the crown she lost to Katrina Kaif lastyear to be named the world's sexiest Asian

woman here on Thursday. The 32-year-old actressand singer topped the top 50 list in an annual pollconducted by UK-based weekly newspaper 'EasternEye'. Popular TV actress Drashti Dhami, who hadled the voting at one stage, narrowly missed out onthe top spot to come in second. Fellow TV actressSanaya Irani came third with last year's winner,Kaif, slipping to fourth place in the race. "Someoneonce told me, sexy is what sexy does and you do itbest when you are yourself. I don't know what I didto deserve this but I'll happily accept this title,"said Chopra. "I am very flattered to have be named'Eastern Eye's' Sexiest Woman once again. The factthat this is decided from a public poll across theworld makes this even more special to me. Lots of love to everyone who voted and here's to alwaysbeing yourself," she added.

A B

Cops nab 23-year-oldwaiter whothreatened to killMadhuri and her kids

Paa celebrates fifthanniversary, Big B thanks R Balki

23-year-

old man

who allegedly

sent threat

messages to

Bollywood actress

Madhuri Dixit on

her mobile phone in

a bid to extort

money has landed in

police net.

Praveenkumar

Pradhan, a waiter by

profession who threat-

ened to kill the popular

actress' children and

claimed to have links

with the underworld,

was arrested yesterday.

The mobile phone he

used to send offensive

messages has also been

recovered, police said.

"The accused was today

produced before a courtwhich remanded him

in police custody till

tomorrow," said Sunil

Ghosalkar, Senior

Inspector at Cyber

Police Station in

suburban

Bandra.

According

to police,

Madhuri's personal assistant on

28 November approached the

cyber cell alleging she had

received four threatening text

messages on her mobile phone

from an unidentified person at

about 3 am on 25 November. "The

messages were addressed to

Madhuri Dixit and the sender

threatened to kill her children,"

said another officer. More threat

messages were sent on her phone

in the next three days. "In one of the messages, Pradhan claimed

he was associated with the gang

of underworld don Chhota Rajan.

The accused said he had trained a

15-year-old boy in handling

weapons and bombs and this

teenager would barge into Dixit's

home to extort money," said the

officer, who did not wish to be

named. The leads collected during

the probe took police to Pradhan,

who was picked up and ques-

tioned. Pradhan, who works in a

restaurant, has confessed to the

crime, police said. He told inter-

rogators he would have demanded

the exact amount he needed if

either Madhuri or her PA would

have made phone calls to him,

police said. Police were verifying

if he was actually associated with

any organised criminal gang or

was simply bragging. The accused

claimed to have made threatening

phone calls to some film personal-

ities in the past, police said,

adding further probe was on.

mitabh Bachchan-starrer'Paa' is celebrating it's

fifth anniversaryand the megastar

thanked the film's helmerR Balki. The 72-year-old

actor won National-award for beautifully

portraying a Progeria-affected child in the

2009 film, whichstarred Abhishek

Bachchan and VidyaBalan as his parents."'PAA' released today

5 years ago!!! Thankyou Balki for this

'innovative' creativi-

ty... NOW...'SHAMITABH'...Booommbaa!!," Bachchan

posted on Twitter along with stills from Balki's next'Shamitabh'. Amitabh, who is

currently in Ahmedabad shooting for his upcoming movie 'Piku',

posted a picture of him touching his mother's feet. "Mother and

child are the greatest blessing of life... It is the most powerful sym-

bol of love, of affection, of care...Of continuity... There would be no

world without Mother...," hewrote.

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Rights cut: thousandsprotest proposed changes

Proportion of overweight childn an Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) sponsored study, conducted among

24,000 school children in South India the propor-tion of overweight children increased from 4.94% of the total children in 2003 to 6.57% in 2013.Prevalence of incident hypertension in normalweight, overweight and obese group of children was10.1%, 17.34% and 18.32% respectively. TheGovernment of India under National HealthMission has launched Rastriya Bal SwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK) in February, 2013 in order toimprove the overall quality of life of children andprovide comprehensive care to all the children inthe community including school children. This pro-gramme involves screening of children from birthto 18 years of age for four Ds - Defects at birth,Diseases, Deficiencies and Development delaysincluding disabilities. Children diagnosed withidentified health conditions will receive follow-up

care including early intervention services at thedistrict level including surgeries at tertiary level,free of cost under National Health Mission. As perMinistry of Human Resources and Development,The JawaharNavodayaVidyalayas andKendriyaVidyalayas which are under the adminis-

trative control of Governmentof India provide for a staff nurse on the school premisesto handle medical emergency

including administering firstaid. These schools also providefor services of a doctor on parttime basis. The Guidelinesissued to States/ UTs empha-size the safety and securityaspect of children. In addition,the Mid Day Meal (MDM)Guidelines also envisage thatchildren studying inGovernment and Governmentaided schools are to be coveredunder RashtriyaBal SwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK) in conver-gence with the NationalHealth Mission. The children

are screened by the medicalteams of the State HealthDepartment on half-yearlybasis. Under RBSK, heightand weight of the children isalso measured by the medicalteam.

housands of farmers, pensioners,anganwadi workers and MNREGA

beneficiaries held a mass rally and publicmeeting in Delhi recently to protest theNDA government's proposed changes inlegal entitlements to labour rights, employ-ment under MNREGA, healthcare andpensions. The protest, at Jantar Mantar,was led by activists including MedhaPatkar, Aruna Roy, Harsh Mander and

Kavita Krishnan. They came on the sameplatform, with the rallying slogan of AbkiBaar, Humara Adhikar(this time, ourrights). Political leaders such as D Raja of CPI, Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Congressand Prashant Bhushan of the AAP alsoextended solidarity.

Terming the proposed cuts as inhumanand preposterous, the protesters said anysuch reduction in funds for social sectorprogrammes would hit the poor and vul-nerable population most, given theirdependence on public provisioning of essential services.

Protestors contended that the NationalFood Security Act has not taken off tilldate, with the deadline being postponed

twice now to April 2015. Protestors alsodemanded the need for universal pensionsfor all aged, single women, disabled andsimple procedures to avail them. Theycalled for resisting any attempts made by

the government to target or restrictMNREGA. Protestors alleged that BJP, inits election manifesto, had promised to pro-vide free medicines to people but now thegovernment led by it was changing itsstance by calling for providing only 50 med-icines free of cost, that too only at the pri-

mary health centres. Social activist ArunaRoy said that Given the numerous ways inwhich the rights of the most marginal peo-ple are being attacked, rolled back, dilutedand in many ways trivialised without due

process of consultation, we are all here tofirst and foremost demand the right to beheard, engaged with and conferred on anypolicy decision that impact lives of ordi-nary people. Speaking about the manyways in which the new government hadrevealed its intent to undermine peoples

rights and entitlements, Nikhil Dey askedwhy there has been no appointment of information commissioners in manystates. Clearly this inaction cannot beexplained or justified as part of the econo-

my measure of the new government, hesaid. The participating organisationsincluded the All India AgriculturalLabourers' Association, NationalCampaign on Dalit Human Rights, AllIndia Democratic Women's Association, AllIndia Progressive Women Association,

Chhattisgarh Kisan Majdoor Andolan,Ekta Parishad, Greenpeace, PensionParishad, Jamia Teachers' SolidarityCampaign, Jan Swasth Abhiyan, PensionParishad, and Right To Food Campaign.

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