Cgarh launches

2 health scheme
for kids

We

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

he State

Community should
3 cooperate in
better conduct
of anganwadis

BPL ration card

holders to get
free tap
connection:
Raman Singh

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

3 crore rural women join

Livelihood Mission in country
NEWS MAX

CM Chouhan launches Health

Services Guarantee Scheme
first Pentavalent vaccination of country in MP

Bhopal

s many as 3 crore one lakh

3 thousand 895 poor rural
women
have
joined
National Livelihoods Mission in
the country since its beginning.
These women are members of 25
lakh 66 thousand 203 self-help
groups and have saved Rs. 5978
crore so far. Linkage of Rs. 21
thousand 876 crore has been provided to SHGs during year 201314. This was informed at a 2-day
national workshop on successful
implementation of Bank Mitra
Yojana
by
National
Rural
Livelihoods Mission. As many as
80 representatives of 17 states
participated in it. The workshop
decided that states will chalk out
action plans and policies to implement Bank Mitra Yojana to implement them. In entire country, over
5000 Bank Mitras will be appointed till March during current fiscal. The Bank Mitras will ensure
effective coordination between
self-help groups, their women
members and banks. CEO of MP
State Livelihoods Forum L.M.

Belwal informed that the mission

has provided bank linkage of Rs.
888 crore to SHGs in the state
during year 2011-12 and Rs. 263
crore to 2 lakh 20 thousand
women members of 22 thousand
608 SHGs during 2013-14. During
the current fiscal, bank linkage of
Rs. 115 crore has been provided so
far to 9 lakh 4 thousand 224
women members of 10 thousand
626 SHGs.

States women & child

development schemes
and their results lauded
UNICEFs India Head
David
Mcclegan and MP Head Trevor
Clarke called on Women and Child
Development Minister . Maya Singh
here today. They
lauded effective implementation and results of schemes
and programmes for allround
development
of
women and children in MP
and congratulated the
Woman
and
Child
Development Minister
for this. Singh said that

success of welfare programmes and

their results depend on active cooperation of social organisations and
peoples participation. She said that
all people are extending cooperation
in implementation of the schemes
and programmes introduced by the
CM. David Mcclegan described as
pleasant the positive impact of
Ladli Laxmi Yojana on girls birth
and upbringing. He said that incidents of violence against women
have come down considerably during one year through Shaurya
Yojana. It is a proof that the state
government is functioning with
strong willpower in the interest of
women. He said that UNICEF is
eager to extend maximum cooperation in welfare programmes for
women and children.

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan read out a message sent by

Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at
the launch function.
In his message, the
Prime Minister said
that he is happy
that MP government is going to
launch Health
Services Guarantee
Scheme to provide
quality and assured
health services to
all people. It is also
noteworthy that
stress will be laid
on control and prevention of diseases through this scheme. The Prime Minister
hoped that this scheme will be very beneficial for all people of the
state, specially the poor and rural populace.
CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said giving guarantee of 18
health services will be biggest service to the suffering humanity.
Health Department staff is responsible to discharge this important duty. There should be no laxity in it. CM Shivraj Singh
Chauhan was addressing launch function of Pentavalent vaccination of infants and Health Services Guarantee Scheme here today.
It was informed at the function that vaccination of Pentavalent is
being launched in MP for the first time in the country.
The CM said that Health Department has written a new chapter in the history by taking resolve to guarantee health services,
which will reverberate in entire country. He said that disease-free
body is the ultimate bliss. Constant efforts are being made to prevent diseases. Pentavalent vaccination is a pleasant step towards
this. Three vaccines will prevent a number of diseases. Constant
efforts are being made to ensure that common people get effective
health services. Free food, medicines, tests, emergency medical
services and free transport facilities are being provided to
patients. Doctors conduct is also very important along with these
facilities. Referring to several incidents, he said that doctors who
serve patients with dedication are considered like God. Sensitive
behaviour and patience are much needed qualities.

Chhattisgarh Explore

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Baal Hriday Suraksha Yojana boon for

kids suffering from heart diseases
RAIPUR
The
Mukhyamantri
Baal
Hriday
Suraksha Yojana operated by Chhattisgarh
Government is no less than a boon for the children suffering from heart diseases. My child
got a new life because of the scheme and she
was operated successfully free of cost, says
Domanlal Sahu, resident of Jevra Sirsa village
in Durg district. Sahu said that his two-andhalf-year-old daughter, Hetal, has been suffering from a congenital heart disease. As the economic condition of the family was not good, he
was unable to provide medical treatment to
the girl child. He said that after birth of the
child, his family had been in pain on being
informed that there is a hole in her heart. In
the meanwhile, Sahu got information that the
Chhattisgarh Government has launched the
Mukhyamantri Baal Hriday Suraksha

Yojana, under which free treatment and operation of children up to 15 years suffering from
heart disease is being done. Sahu said that he
got the health examination of his daughter
done at Apollo BSR Hospital Bhilai. Her operation has been done successfully. Now the
health of the child is improving. Now his family is very happy with the free treatment and
operation of the child.
Sahu expressed gratitude towards CM
Raman Singh and his Government for the
noble act. Tejaswi, daughterof Khemlal Sahu,
resident of Katalbahi in Rajnandgaon district;
Puja Thakur daughter of Devsingh, resident
of Taroud in Balod district; Arun Pradhan son
of Parshuram Pradhan of Kartama in
Surajpur district, who have been undergoing
treatment at Apollo BSR Hospital, also praised
the Mukhyamantri Baal Hriday Suraksha

Yojana and expressed thanks to CM Raman

Singh. Treatment under the Mukhyamantri
Baal Hriday Suraksha Yojana is being done in
different approved and affiliated hospitals of
the State from July 28, 2008. So far, under the
scheme, successful operation of about 800 children has been done at the government
approved Apollo BSR Hospital Bhilai Nagar.
Child specialist of Apollo hospital Dr AP

Sawant said that Mukhyamantri Baal Hriday

Suraksha Yojana was the most ambitious
scheme of the State government. Thousands of
children get new life because of this scheme, he
added. After launch of the scheme in the State
on July 28, 2008, free operation of about 4,500
children has been done so far.
Moreover, free treatment and operation of
children up to 15 years suffering from heart
diseases have been done under the scheme at
approved hospitals. For the heart operation of
children, the State Government gives maximum `1.80 lakh to the hospital. The State
Government has signed agreement with Apollo
BSR Hospital Bhilai, Escorts Heart Centre,
Raipur, Ramakrishna Care Hospital, Raipur,
Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur and Balaji Super
Speciality Hospital Raipur for treatment of
children under the scheme.

First unit of coal-based thermal City youths take fancy

power plant begins production for banned drugs
RAIPUR
The first 685 MW unit of GMR Chhattisgarh
Energy's 1,370 MW supercritical coal-based thermal
power plant at Raikheda in the state has commenced
electricity generation. "The first unit achieved synchronisation with the grid on October 2, last week,"
GMR said in a statement. The unit used fuel oil to
achieve this first synchronisation. The project has
been implemented on multiple packages concept by
Doosan of Korea. Work on the second unit of 685 MW
is in progress, the statement added. Since 2013, the
GMR Group has commissioned two coal-based thermal power plants - the 2x300 MW EMCO Energy at

sent to establish the same in 2011. Besides

Warora in Maharashtra and three units of the 4x350

Chhattisgarh, this plant will cater to the power needs

MW GMR Kamalanga Energy at Kamlalanga in

of other states in the country. "The plant incorporates

Odisha.

MoU

advanced supercritical technologies that optimise

The

(Memorandum

GMR
of

group

signed

Understanding)

the

the

fuel and water usage and support our commitment to

Government of Chhattisgarh for the power plant in

with

environmental sustainability," G M Rao, Group

2008 and received environment clearance and con-

Chairman of the GMR Group said.

Cgarh launches health scheme for kids

RAIPUR

18 years of age in government pri-

Chhattisgarh government has

mary, secondary, higher secondary

launched a 'Chirayu Yojna' under

and residential schools will be pro-

National

Health

vided benefits of the scheme at

Programme which aims to provide

their educational premises, he

free health screening to children

said. After screening health prob-

upto 18 years of age, in the state.

lems such as cough-cold, vomiting,

Child

fever, anaemia, deficiency of iron

Under the scheme, 292 health

teams comprising doctors and

state will be covered under it, the

and vitamins, dental and vision

paramedical staff have been con-

official said, adding that two

related complications and other

stituted which will visit different

teams have been assigned for each

ailments, the children will be pro-

places, especially remote areas,

development block. While health

vided further treatment, he said.

for conducting free health check

screening of the children upto six

If children have any serious ail-

up, a health official here said. All

years will be done at Aanganwadi

ments, they will be referred to

146 development blocks of the

centres, students between 6 and

hospitals, the official added.

RAIPUR: In a disturbing trend

that has come to fore, city youths
seem to have taken a fancy for
banned drugs like marijuana, gaanja
and cocaine. Smoking weed has
become a part of advanced civilization among school and college-going
youngsters. Easily available at joints
like pan kiosks, with starting price of
Rs 40-60, cops say it's gaanja that is
commonly supplied from parts of
Maharashtra, specially Nagpur.
"Apart from marijuana and gaanja,
brown sugar and cocaine are also
becoming common while alcohol is
taking a back seat," a senior official
said. Smoking weed is a favourite
pastime with youths as it is simple to
make one like common cigarettes
with less risk of getting caught.
Roadside vendors and pan-kiosks
make it easier by keeping ready to
smoke rolled weed, which they supply openly to their fixed customers.
According to a college student
who is a regular customer, rates of
weed vary depending on the ability
to pay. "For street urchins, it comes
cheaper starting from Rs 20 which
jumps to Rs 100 for those stopping by
in their high-end bikes and cars," he
said adding that initially the suppliers resist. "We have to develop trust.
Until then they charge us really
high," he added. One such street supplier said that he earns around Rs
5,000 after dealing with more than
50 customers mainly youths from
affluent background.
"It's fun for them, they party
whole night at friend's farmhouse or
home and love variety in drugs. We
arrange their 'stuff' from Nagpur,
Bastar, Odisha and Bihar. Lesser the

price, more the business," he said.

Students studying in class 12 and
those pursuing a degree, in the age
group of 16-30 years, are perhaps
common and easy targets. An engineering student fond of gaanja said
that he gets high on it almost everyday for concentrating on studies. "It's
not tough to get them. Police keeps a
watch on suppliers but my friends
travelling from one city to another
get the gaanja packed in small packets and personally bring it for me."
Confirming the trend, SP OP Pal
said youths in Raipur, including
street-children are indulged in substance abuse in a big way. "If one
opts for addiction, it could be of any
kind. They get addicted to easily
available stuff like smelling petrol,
iodex, glues, whitener, cough syrup
which then leads to more experiments with gaanja, brown sugar etc,"
he said. The network of suppliers, he
said, is very well connected with
mainly youths who can connect to
youths easily.

MADHYA PRADESH

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Vishal-Shekhar
Labourers contribution
join Swachchh
significant in development Bharat Abhiyan

of state and country

Foundation stone of residential school for labourers children laid

Bhopal
Chief
Minister
Shri
Shivraj Singh Chouhan has
said that contribution of
labourers is significant in the
development of the state and
country. The state government
has implemented a number of
schemes to bring about positive changes in living standard
of labourers. The Chief
Minister was addressing foundation laying ceremony of
Shramoday School for labourers
children
at
village
Mugaliya Chhap here today.
The Rs. 30 crore residential
school will be first in the country for children of labourers.
Chief
Minister
Shri
Chouhan said that the school
will be named as Deendayal
Shramodaya School. He said
that a number of schemes were
chalked out on the basis of
decisions taken at Mazdoor
Panchayat including scholarships, maternity benefits,
assistance for girls marriage,
on accidental death and assistance for treatment of labourers. Now, Rs. 10 thousand upto
Rs. 50 thousand will be given
to children of labourers who
are selected in teams for state,
division and district level
sports
competitions.
Construction workers will be
given 50 percent amount on

CM welcomes

purchase of toolkit by Building

and
Other
Construction
Workers
Welfare
Board.
Labourers will be provided
wheat and rice at the rate of
Rs. one per kg. In 5 years, 15
lakh houses will be constructed
for the poor in the state. The
Chief Minister said that children should imbibe education
and contribute to states development. Shramoday School
will hone talents of labourers
children. Arrangements for
quality education will be made
in this residential school. Its
building will be completed
within a year. Madhya Pradesh
has the highest economic and

agriculture growth rates in the

country. He announced to solve
catchment area problem of
farmers of Mugaliya Chhap
and construction of a sports
stadium in the village.
He urged villagers to
ensure success of Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modis
Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan and
construct toilets in every house
in the village. Labour Minister
Shri Antar Singh Arya said
that announcement regarding
this residential school was
made at Mazdoor Panchayat.
The state government has
introduced a number of
schemes for labourers welfare.

The welcome address was

delivered by local MLA Shri
Rameshwar Sharma. MP Shri
Alok Sanjar, MLAs Shri
Surendranath Singh and Shri
Vishwas
Sarang,
Zila
Panchayat President Smt.
Meena
Himmat
Singh,
General Secretary of Bharatiya
Mazdoor Sangh Shri Sultan
Singh Shekhawat, Shri Alok
Sharma, Principal Secretary
Labour
Shri
Muktesh
Varshney and large number of
villagers and schools children
were present on the occasion.
Labour Commissioner Shri
K.C. Gupta proposed a vote of
thanks.

Bhopal : Music director duo

Vishal-Shekhar also joined
Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan
during Madhya Pradesh
Foundation Day function at
Lal Parade Ground here on
Saturday night. They
announced this amidst their
performance. Chief Minister
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
who was in visitors gallery at
that time, reached the stage
again and lauded the music
director duo on joining
Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan.
Shri Chouhan said that he
welcomes joining of VishalShekhar with the campaign
launched by Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi on
October 2.

Community should cooperate in better conduct of anganwadis

Bhopal

Minister said that every

crore

child must be healthy

Minister Shri Chouhan

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

and

for

inspected the anganwadi

urged the community to

progress

society.

and distributed choco-

cooperate in better con-

Nutritious food is provid-

lates to children. He

duct

anganwadis.

ed to children through

released

organisations

anganwadis. It is respon-

focusing on Anganwadi

angan-

sibility of us all to ensure

Chalo Abhiyan. Principal

Chief

that anganwadis are run

Secretary Women and

Minister was launching

properly. Sanitation is

Child Development Shri

Anganwadi

Chalo

necessary for maintain-

J.N.

Abhiyan at Bhim Nagar

ing health. All should

Commissioner

here today. Women and

ensure cleanliness in and

and Child Development

Child Department has

around their houses. He

Smt.

introduced this drive on

announced construction

Shrivastava, local public

Madhya

Pradeshs

of 4 public toilets each in

representatives and peo-

Day

Vallabh Nagar and Bhim

ple were present on the

November 1. The Chief

Nagar costing Rs. one

occasion.

Chief Minister Shri

of

Social
should
wadis.

adopt
The

Foundation

educated
of

60

lakh.

Chief

magazine

Kansotiya,
Women
Kalpana

RAIPUR TRAIL

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Missing kids: SC pulls

up Cgarh govt for its
indifferent approach

BPL ration card holders to get

free tap connection: Raman Singh
Rajnandgaon
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh): CM
Raman
Singh
has
said
that
Chhattisgarh is the first State to provide free drinking water connection
under the Bhagirathi Nal-Jal Yojana.
The BPL ration card-holders will be
given free tap connection in due course
of time. Singh said the basic amenities
like electricity, water, roads, drainage
facilities are well provided in the city of
Rajnandgaon. The CM inaugurated
various development projects in the
city. Besides, two power sub-stations
worth Rs 1.50 crore each were dedicated to the public on the occasion. Singh,
on the occasion, distributed cheques
worth Rs 1 crore to the beneficiaries of
various social welfare
schemes. Urban Administration
Minister Amar Agrawal said the development of state cities is being done
keeping in view future needs. He said
the dreams of the CM to make all-round
development of cities are bearing fruit.
The CM dedicated auditorium worth Rs
3.42 crore on Gaurav Path Road,
unveiled Hockey wizards statue worth

RAIPUR
................................................................................
Rs 42.63 lakh, Workers Waiting Hall
worth Rs 20 lakh and Nehru Childrens
Park. The auditorium will be named in
the memory of late Govindram
Nirmalkar, a popular theatre artiste.
Singh also honoured Dhularibai
Nirmalkar,
wife
of
Govindram
Nirmalkar, with a shawl. Raman Singh
said Rajnandgaon will be developed as
Smart City in the coming years. The
next five years are crucial for
Rajnandgaon district. The district will

be given a total face-lift in the ensuing

five years, he said.
The Medical College, drinking
water scheme worth Rs 61 crore, Astroturf hockey stadium, bypass road, 148
new transformers and 30 electric substations has changed the city beyond
recognition. City buses, Women's
Polytechnic Bhawan, Ekalavya College,
Agriculture College, Horticulture
College, ursingtraining centre have also
come up, Singh added.

Taking a strict note of the indifferent approach

of Chhattisgarh government towards its missing
children, the Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up
its top officials for submitting a wrong affidavit in
the matter. Talking tough, the Chief Justice HL
Dattu told the officials that they must think about
the mothers whose children have gone missing.
While the Central government had told the
Parliament in August that the number of untraced
children from 2011-2013 in Chhattisgarh was 3129,
the state government informed the apex court that
the number stood nearly three times lesser at 1204.

Peacocks on brink of

Following a petition by Bachpan Bachao Andolan

extinction in Bastar division

Chief Secretary DS Misra submitted the affidavit

1972.

Conservator

of

Forest,

the Supreme Court had asked the state government

to file a status report in this regard.
Chhattisgarhs DGP AN Upadhyaya and Acting
only to be strongly rebuked by the court. The court
gave them time till November 13 to file an addi-

Ramarao said that the number of peacocks was very good in the forests of
Bastar. But the increased poaching of

tional affidavit and told them that it would not be

appropriate if they submit such affidavit again.
What if the children of officials go missing, the
court said.

the bird for meat and feather has

The Central government has already told the

reduced its number. The Wildlife

Parliament in August this year that the number of

Census done after four years states

missing children in Chhattisgarh is 3129. There is

that only 135 peacocks are left in 12

a huge discrepancy between that figure and the

forest divisions of Bastar. The local vil-

data submitted by the government. It cannot be the

lagers are coming forward to help the

case that they recovered all these children in two

forest officials to check killing of pea-

months. If that had been the situation, they must

cocks. Apart from taking steps to check

have informed the court, Bachpan Bachao

poaching, the villagers are also helping

Andolans Bhuvan Ribhu said. We are not talking

in increasing the number of national

about numbers but human lives. Each child is

birds. Although it is against law, the

important and his missing must be accounted for,

villagers keep the eggs of

he said, adding that according to the NCRB figures,

peacock with the eggs of hen for

hatching. The chicks are taken care as
they

grow

up

with

chicken.

For

four years by the new technique reduc-

increased killing of peacock, the vil-

The rampant killing of national

ing the population of peacocks to

lagers said that peacocks meat is pop-

bird peacock has reduced its popula-

alarming number, sources said. The

ular and thus its demand is very high.

tion to just 135 in 12 forest divisions of

poachers use the similar technique for

Besides this the skin of the neck of

Bastar, official sources informed. The

other birds also.

peacock is used in preparation of

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh)

that child trafficking is rampant in Chhattisgarh,

poachers who earlier used to poison the

They have adopted the new tech-

Gaursingh Mukut. The peacock feath-

bird are now using mint in cooked rice

nique because they used to face legal

ers are also used on large scale in dec-

to catch the bird in order to avoid legal

action when they used poison for

oration of idols of deities. Being a

action. The poachers have killed more

killing peacocks protected under sched-

lucrative business, many people are

than 1,000 peacocks during the past

ule I of the Wildlife Protection Act,

involved.

436 children have gone missing in Chhattisgarh up

to May this year only.
The petitioner has alleged some discrepancy
between our data and the figures presented in the
Rajya Sabha. The court has given us time to reconcile to the figure. We will submit a fresh affidavit,
said a senior official of the Chhattisgarh government. The tribal areas of North Chhattisgarh comprising Surguja, Balrampur and Jashpur report
high incidences of missing children. They are trafficked to metro cities where they are subjected to
various forms of exploitation.

MADHYA PRADESH

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Credit of countrys unification goes to Sardar Patel: CM

Bhopal
CM

Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Union

Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth

Kumar participated in Run for Unity held to
mark birth anniversary of Iron Man Sardar
Vallabh Bhai Patel here. The run was held from
IBST to BHEL Dussehra Maidan. The CM said
that credit goes to Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to
shape present-day India. He merged princely
states in Union of India. Had Kashmir issue been
entrusted to him like other states, entire
Kashmir would also have been an integral part of
India.

Chauhan urged people to resolve on

Sardar Patels birth anniversary to make any

sacrifice for countrys unity and integrity.
Prime Minister

Narendra Modi has given

message of countrys emotional integrity through

Run for Unity. Statue of Sardar Patel, which is
tallest in the world, is being installed in Gujarat.

Governor administers pledge of National Unity

The CM administered pledge of National Unity

Day on the occasion. He felicitated players
Ashok Dhyanchand, Amay Khurasia and G.L.
Yadav, who are pride of the country. Urban
Administration

&

Development

Minister

Kailash Vijayvargiya, Public Health & Family

Welfare Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra, School
Education

Minister

Paras

Jain,

Higher

Education

Minister

Umashankar

Gupta,

Commerce

&

Industries

Minister

Smt.

Yashodhara Raje Scindia, SC and ST Welfare

Minister

Gyan

Singh,

Revenue

Minister

Rampal Singh, Minister of State for Tourism &

Culture Surendra Patwa, Minister of State for
School

Education

Deepak

Joshi,

MP

&

President of State BJP Nand Kumar Singh

Chauhan, MP

Alok Sanjar,

Arvind Menon,

MLAs, public representatives and school chil-

Governor Ram Naresh

Yadav administered pledge of
National Unity to officers and
employees of Raj Bhavan.
Principal
Secretary
to
Governor Vinod Semwal and
other senior officers of Raj
Bhavan Secretariat were present on the occasion. Earlier,
the Governor paid floral tributes to images of former Prime
Minister late Indira Gandhi
and
Sardar
Patel.
Remembering Sardar Vallabh
Bhai Patel, the Governor said
that he had united farmers of
Kheda, Barsad and Bardoli in a non-violent movement against the policies of the British government and emerged as an influential leader of Gujarat. As Home Minister, he did the courageous feat of merging princely states in Union of India.

dren participated in Run for Unity.

Compassionate appointment in power companies, too

Rajya Shiksha Kendra. In all,
226 vacancies of lecturer, 106 of
senior lecturer, 120 of assistant
professors and 18 posts of professors will be filled by through MP
Public Service Commission.

Bhopal
The state cabinet has
endorsed amendments in compassionate appointment policy2013 for power companies in the
state. Accordingly, such cases
have also been included in the
policy where dependents are getting compassionate financial
assistance after accidental death
of employees before the effective
date of compassionate appointment policy-2013 April 10, 2012
and after November 15, 2000. As
per the amendment, dependents
of employees who died before
April 10, 2012 will also be entitled
for
compassionate
appointment.

Vallabh Bhavan
annexe
The cabinet gave revised sanction of Rs. 346 crore 75 lakh for
construction of Mantralaya
Vallabh
Bhavan
annexe.
Construction of annexe will
remove shortage of space being
felt in Vallabh Bhavan. Cabinet

Work of agricultural
statistics to Agriculture
Development
Department

chamber will also be upgraded as

per standard norms.

Creation of posts
The cabinet sanctioned creation
of 208 posts in various departments including 62 posts for
Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. The

cabinet sanctioned 83 posts for

Directorate of Local Fund Audit
including one post of Additional
Director, 7 of Joint Director, 12 of
Assistant Director and 63 posts
of Assistant Auditors. The cabinet also decided to create 34
posts in Directorate of Integrated
Child Development Service and 9

additional posts in Directorate of

Womens Empowerment. It decided to create 14 new posts to
strengthen
Directorate
of
Medical Education. The cabinet
decided to give one-time relaxation in ban on direct recruitment for filling up 470 posts in
teachers training institutes of

The cabinet decided to declare

Farmers Welfare and
Agriculture Development
Department as State
Agricultural Statistics
Authority for handing over
work of collecting data regarding agriculture. Presently, this
work is done by Commissioner
Land Records & Settlements.
The works include sending
agricultural statistics, information about area under main
crops and assessment of yield,
rationalisation of irrigation
statistics and improvement in
statistics of main crops.

EDITORIAL

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Jan Dhan Yojana: The Progress and the roadblocks

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is the flagship financial inclusion plan of the NDA Government. The Finance
Ministry rolled out this scheme to enable each household in the country to have access to at least one bank account.
All Indian citizens can now avail of a bank account despite the lack of KYC documentation. These bank accounts
are valid for a year within which account holders must furnish proof of having applied for valid documents
required to comply with KYC norms. The idea of this scheme was first announced by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in his Independence Day speech and it was later launched on August 28, 2014. The bank accounts opened
under the scheme come with a RuPay debit card and accident insurance cover.

olders of accounts opened before

January 26, 2015 are also provided
with a premium-free life insurance
cover.
Yojana gets a website- The Government
of India launched a website for the Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) on October
27, 2014. The portal is available in two languages English and Hindi. The Union
Finance Ministry launched the dedicated portal in keeping with the Digital India ambitions
of the Government enabling technology to
facilitate the implementation of all
Government schemes. According to official
statements from the Finance Ministry, the
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has met
with unprecedented success.
Gearing up for Phase II- On January
26, 2015, Phase I of the Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojana is set to come to an end and
Phase II will be launched. In the run-up to this
phase, the Finance Ministry has asked the Life
Insurance Corporation (LIC), Indias largest
life insurance provider, and all other State-

owned general insurance companies to finalise

the details of the products to be sold to all the
bank account holders under the scheme. About
15 micro-insurance products have been identified for Phase II. These will be sold to the
PMJDY account holders. Some of them like
crop insurance are targeted at the rural sector
while life insurance may be applicable to all
account holders.
More delays and concerns- After a very
successful launch, the PMJDY seems to have
run into delays, and concerns about the effective implementation of the scheme. By early
October, about 5.29 crore accounts had been
opened while only 1.78 RuPay cards had been
issued. The RuPay debit card is a major highlight of the scheme and is key to providing the
account holders the promised life and accident
insurance covers. Another major concern that
has come up is that of duplication of accounts.
The lack of KYC regulations make it easy for
account holders to open multiple accounts in
different banks to avail of multiple insurance
policies.

Womens position fails to improve

despite govt measures

hough the Constitution of India

prohibits discrimination on the
basis of gender, womens position
in the country has not improved much.
Women in India are still considered to be a
burden for most families on account of
dowry, wedding costs, education and healthcare. Even today, the preference is for sons
over daughters. The female foeticide continues despite a ban on ultrasound tests for

such purposes. This has resulted into a huge

gender gap. And how can we ignore the gender gap in workforce, both in urban as well
as rural areas? Indian women still earn
lower wages compared to men. There has
also been a crunch in the womens workforce
in the country in recent years. In rural
areas, the average income of a household
has increased as a result of which women
are withdrawing from workforce, especially

from farm jobs. Also, there are very few

attractive non-farm jobs for women in rural
India and most of these are in the construction sector, which are not generally suitable
for women. Also it is seen that a higher proportion of women are not eligible for social
security benefits. The Government of India
along with the various States and Union
Territories have initiated a number of programmes targeted with the objective of
reducing gender inequality and to increase
womens empowerment over the 1989-2013
period. Some of these programmes are
Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana,
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana,
Awareness Generation Projects for Rural
and Poor women, Kishori Shakti Yojana,
Swayamsidha Mahila Mandal Programme,
Condensed Course of Education for Adult
Women, Support to Training and
Employment Programme for Women,
Swawalamban Programme, Swashakti
Project, Integrated Child Development
Services, Balika Samriddhi Yojana, National
Programme of Nutritional Support to
Primary Education, National Programme
for Education of Girls at Elementary Level,
Ladli Laxmi Yojana, and many more.

Women still face

many challenges
The most recently published article on
national employment trends in India show
that the growth rate of employment has
been negative for females. It is strange but
true that India is presently at a unique position as it is the one among the fastest growing nations in the developing world. But, in
spite of growth, and the Governments
efforts to reduce gender gap in health, education and employment, the socio-economic
inequalities and substantial gender gaps
still persists. There is no doubt about the
fact that women in India face various cultural and social challenges that act as obstacles in their path of social advancement.
Lack of education, lack of health care, preference of boys over girls, discriminatory
family codes, cultural stigmas are just a few
instances. With more and more emphasis on
this, the Government needs to bring about
more reforms in the institutional treatment
of women and increase womens rights in a
fast growing, modernizing society.

POLITICS

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Setback SC supports LG's efforts to

to AAP explore govt formation in Delhi
New Delhi
There is a bad news for Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) which has been claiming that
there is no possibility of government formation in Delhi. The Supreme Court has said:
"There could be a minority government with
an outside support of some political outfit".
The apex court expressed satisfaction over
Lt Governor Najeeb Jung's recent
moves to explore the possibility of government formation in Delhi and said that he
should be given more time. AAP chief Arvind
Kejriwal, on the other hand, had termed
Najeeb Jung as a "BJP agent". Kejrwial had
accused Jung of delaying the process of government formation in Delhi. But court's
observation seems to vindicate Najeeb
Jung's stand. Referring to recent media
reports, a five-judge Constitution bench
headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said,
"Whatever I have read in newspapers, it
appears that the LG has made positive
moves." The bench asked Prashant
Bhushan, counsel for AAP which has filed a
plea seeking dissolution of the Assembly, to
wait for sometime as the
LG had started the consultation process
with the political players in the national
capital and adjourned the matter till
November 11. During the brief hearing, the

bench
also
comprising
justices
J
Chelameswar, A K Sikri, R K Agrawal and
Arun Mishra, said that if the LG feels that
there is a possibility of government formation, then he should be given time to explore
it. On the possibility of government formation, the bench said, "There could be a
minority government with an outside support of some political outfit." Bhushan, how-

ever, said that there was no possibility of government formation

in the national capital in view
of the position of political parties in the legislative assembly.
"We should always live in
hope," the bench said asking
the counsel for AAP to wait till
November 11 when it will again
hear the matter. The LG had
decided to invite political parties to explore possibility of government formation in Delhi.
Earlier, the apex court was
informed by the Centre that the
President has given his consent to
LG's proposal to invite BJP to
form government. The court had
also rapped the Centre and the LG
over the delay, saying that in a democracy, President's Rule cannot go on forever and questioned why the authorities
failed to act expeditiously. At the moment, a
party needs the support of 34 MLAs for a
simple majority in a House of 70 with three
vacancies which are to be filled in by-elections late next month. BJP had emerged
the single largest party after the Assembly
polls in December last year with 31 seats
apart from the support of ally Akali Dal's

one MLA in the 70-member House. But its

numbers have now come down to 28 after
three of its legislators--Harsh Vardhan,
Ramesh Bidhuri and Pervesh Verma--were
elected to Lok Sabha.

Fadnaviss political graph

nothing short of dramatic
Mumbai
From RSS pracharak to becoming the second youngest
CM of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnaviss political graph is

person and is very active on social networking sites. He has

approximately 10 lakh likes on his Facebook page and over
55,000 people are following this newly elected CM on

nothing short of dramatic. Born and brought up in a family

Twitter. Before being chosen for the top job in the state,

with high values of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),

he served the party at different position with latest being the

Fadnavis got taste of politics when he joined Bharatiya

President, BJP Maharashtra (2013).

Janata Party's student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi

Secretary, BJP Maharashtra Pradesh (2010); National Vice

Parishad (ABVP) during his college days. After getting law

President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (2001) ; State Vice

degree from Nagpur he started his career at a RSS Shakha

President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (1994); Nagpur

at Trikoni Park and later joined state unit of BJP as a ward

City President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (1992); Office

President only to become the youngest municipal corporator

Bearer, Nagpur (West) BJP (1990); Ward President, BJYM

of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation.

(1989); Member, Nagpur Municipal Corporation - for two con-

He was General

He was elected for two consecutive terms - 1992 and

secutive terms, from 1992 to 2001; Mayor, City of Nagpur

1997. He has been representing Nagpur South West seat in

twice; and Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for

the under-developed Vidarbha region in the state assembly,

three consecutive terms, since 1999.

since 1999. But there is another side of this man and very few

Fadnavis has many awards to his credit. He got Best

people know about it. Fadnavis has written a total of three

Parliamentarian" Award for Year 2002-2003 by the

books in Marathi including How To Understand and Read

Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association, "Best Speaker"

the State Budget which shows how prepared he was for the

Award in National Inter University Debate. Rotarys "Most

job that he took charge of today amid much pomp and splen-

Challenging Youth" Regional Award, Best Parliamentarian

dour at Mumbais Wankhede Stadium. Fadnavis is married

award in the memory of Late Pramodji Mahajan by

to private banker Amruta Ranade. She is the Associate Vice

Muktchand, Pune, RAJYOGI NETA award by Prunavad

President, Axis Bank in Nagpur. They have a fiveyear-old

Parivar, Nasik and is also the recipient of the Bose Prize in

daughter, Divija Fadnavis. Fadnavis is known to a tech savvy

Hindu Law.

TURNING INDIA

Concerted action led to decline

in TB: Dr Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health
Minister, has urged all those involved in
the war against Tuberculosis (TB) to
move forward with the conviction of not
merely reducing the burden of the disease, but also ending it. Inaugurating the
45th Union Lung Conference in
Barcelona, Spain, Dr Harsh Vardhan
said that TB is omnipresent, but not
invincible. It is present in all regions of
the world.
In 2013 more than 9 million people
developed TB and 1.5 million died. He
pointed out that concerted action is
already causing a discernible decline.
The World Health Organisations Global
Tuberculosis Report-2014 has pointed
out that TB is slowly declining each year

and estimates that 37 million lives were

saved between 2000 and 2013 through
effective diagnosis and treatment.
However, given that most deaths from

Skill development
training imparted
to 96,000 youths

TB are preventable, the death toll from

the disease is still high and efforts to
combat it must be accelerated if 2015
global targets, set within the context of
the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), are to be met.
Dr Harsh Vardhan, who had recently
announced Indias TB Mission 2020,
said the Power of Belief had been the
original impetus to the movement to
make the country polio free. In 1988,
India had more than 60 percent of the
global polio burden. Nobody could believe
that India would ever be able to achieve
polio free status when I planned the first
polio eradication campaign in 1994 as
Delhis health minister. But through
huge mass mobilisation, India could
eventually banish polio in 2014.

Scheme for development

of facilities for
tribals launched
New Delhi

Raipur
Under the CM Skill Development Scheme and
the Central Skill Development Initiative, 96,000
youths of Chhattisgarh have been imparted skill
development training in various professions during
the first four months of the current financial year.
The State has set a target of imparting training to
two lakh youths under the two schemes during the
current financial year. In the Executive Committee
meeting of Chhattisgarh State Skill Development
Authority held here recently, Chief Secretary Vivek
Dhand reviewed the skill development training programmes in the State.
He issued necessary directives to the officers
concerned to achieve the target of training. On the
occasion, the Chief Secretary gathered information
through video conferencing from district collectors
of the progress of this scheme. The Chief Secretary
said that under the scheme, along with imparting
training to the youths in various professions, monitoring of their income from self-employment after
training and their employment opportunity was
necessary. He said that maximum skill development
training should be imparted to youths under different
self-employment
schemes
of
Labour
Department, Forest Department and Rural
Development Department. In Livelihood colleges,
training in information and communication technology, shop assistant and accountant, telecom, retail,
automotive repair, construction and paint, garment,
beauty and balance, security and hospitality should
be imparted through skilled trainers. For that
trainers should be appointed, he added. It has been
said in the meeting that the Livelihood College, to
impart quality training, will select sector-wise
training partners through advertisement. For the
selection, proposal has been prepared for the formation of a search and selection committee.

The
Centre
recently
launched Vanbandhu Kalyan
Yojana (VKY), a scheme by
which various facilities will be
developed for the welfare of
tribal communities in different
states. The Scheme which will
be implemented on pilot basis
in one block each of the states
of AP, MP, HP, Telangana,
Orissa,
Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh,
Rajasthan,
Maharashtra and Gujarat was
launched by Union Tribal
Welfare Minister, Jual Oram, during the meeting of tribal welfare
ministers of states/UTs here.
Under the scheme, the Centre will
provide Rs. 10 crore for each block
for the development of various
facilities for the tribals.
These blocks have been selected on the recommendations of the
concerned States and have very
low literacy rate. Speaking on the
occasion, Oram said this scheme
mainly focuses on bridging infrastructural gaps and gap in human
development indices between
schedule tribes and other social
groups. He said VKY also focuses
on convergence of different
schemes of development of central
ministries/departments and state
governments, with outcome oriented approach. Initially the
blocks having at least 33 per cent
of tribal population in comparison
to total population of the block will
be targeted. Oram informed that

the Ministry has taken up initiatives for strengthening of existing

institutions meant for delivery of
goods and services to tribal people.
He said that specific funds allocated to the State Governments for
this purpose should be utilized
judiciously. The Minister said as
many as 12 Minor Forest Produce
products have been included in
the programme namely - Tendu
Leaves, Bamboo, Mahuwa Seeds,
Sal Leaf, Sal Seed, Lac, Chironjee,
Wild
Honey,
Myrobalan,
Tamarind, Gums (Gum Karaya)
and Karanji. The Minister also
referred to the Forests Rights Act
as landmark legislation to recognize the pre-existing rights of tribals and other traditional forest
dwellers and informed that out of
37.69 Lakh claims filed by the
intended beneficiaries about 14.57
Lakh individual rights title and
more than 22,200 community forest rights titles have been distributed as on June 2014.

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

New team formed to

protect ghats of Ganga

The government has instituted a new team

named Ganga Vahini that has been provided
the responsibility of protecting the ghats of
River Ganga across the entire area that is covered by the river. This is among the various
measures that have been announced by the
Indian Government in this regard. The government is also looking to train the spotlight on the
drains that have been one of the major sources
of pollution of River Ganga. There is a proposal
to stop the discharge of even treated waste
water into the river and use it for industrial or
agricultural purposes instead. Uma Bharti, the
Water Resources, Ganga Rejuvenation and
River Development Minister, has also stated
that the riverfront model followed in the
instance of Sabarmati will be used for the ghats
of Ganga as well.

Take part in Clean Ganga

campaign, says Amit Shah
While
addressing
a
gathering
at
Ahmedabad,
Amit
Shah
requested
the
people of neighboring
states
Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh to take
part in the Clean
India Mission as
well
as
the
Swachha Bharat
Abhiyan.
The
President of BJP
has stated that
from the very
beginning
the
Indian
Prime
Minister
has
been emphasizing on cleaning
up the country as
well as the River
Ganga and that is why he has taken a number
of initiatives as a result of that drive. He felt
that as citizens of India, people across the country should take part in these programs.

Sagar Islands included in

Clean Ganga programme
In keeping with a request from Mamata
Banerjee, the CM of West Bengal, the Indian
Government has included Sagar Islands as well
as some adjoining areas in the Clean Ganga
campaign. The decision in this regard was
taken at a National Ganga River Basin
Authority meeting. Uma Bharti, incidentally, is
the vice chairperson of the said body. Rajib
Banerjee, the Irrigation and Waterways
Department Minister of West Bengal, represented the state at the said meeting. Now, it is
expected that the work to rejuvenate the
Gangasagar area will start in a short span of
time.

COMMERCE

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Delhi's Kisan Mandi to directly sell fruits & vegetables

New Delhi
The countrys first Kisan Mandi that is
slated to come up in Alipur of Delhi in the
next few months will provide a platform for
farmer producer organisations (FPOs) to
directly market their fruits and vegetables.
The Kisan Mandi is an initiative of the
Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium
(SFAC), Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation, Government of India which
has a mandate to link farmers to investment, technology and markets. SFAC has
promoted over 300 FPOs across the country.
Over 5 lakh farmers are members of FPOs
supported by SFAC.
It is hoped that the soon to operate
Kisan Mandi at Delhi will create direct market linkages of FPOs with the buyers. The
Kisan Mandi (KM) is a physical as well as
online platform for transaction of fruits and
vegetables.
SFAC will operate the kisan

Mandi with the assistance of technical partners. The Mandi will act as a facilitator for
identified FPOs/Grower Associations, helping to identify produce, support quality control, logistics, price discovery, delivery and
payment.
In addition, dry and cold storage capacity will be created to hold some stocks for
retail supply, while the effort will primarily
be to create direct linkages between the farmgate and bulk demand. Target customers
are organized retailers, hotels, restaurant
and catering (HORECA), large vendors,
exporters, processors, RWAs, general public.
Further, SFAC will facilitate FPOs/GAs to
set up sorting, grading and packing facilities
near the farmgate so that only sorted, graded and packed or semi-packed products are
available at mandi. Training inputs will be
given by the mandi to enable FPOs to meet
quality norms.

Rules to allot land to industries

to be simplified in state

Network of small and

cottage industries to
be laid in state; Sagar
to have IT Park
Bhopal

Bhopal

ules to allot land to industries

will be simplified in next one
month. This was directed by
CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan during a
high-level meeting to review investment
proposals of Global Investors Summit at
Mantralaya recently. He asked the Chief
Secretary to convene a meeting of all
concerning departments, review their
rules for land allotment and ensure that
they are simplified within prescribed
time-limit. Members of the cabinet were
present on the occasion.
The CM directed that every department should deploy its competent officer
in TRIFAC by October 31 for implementation of single-door policy. These officers will give permissions pertaining to
their departments. Notification for policy reforms must invariably be issued by
October 31. Outline for formation of
company to establish Venture Capital
Fund should be presented within a
month. Provision should be made to
reserve 20 percent land for small, micro
and medium industries in new industri-

al areas. Arrangements for simplification of various permissions for small,

micro and medium industries should be
monitored. Every possible effort should
be made for Ease of Doing Business in
MP. The CM directed for continuous follow-up of MoUs signed with various
companies for organic products. Ensure
ideal arrangements in the state for
meeting demand of organic products.
New dairy societies should be formed to
increase milk production. Sanchi Brand
of State Dairy Federation should be
established as global brand. Posts of officers in Revenue Department in districts
should be rationalised. MNREGA wages
and social security pension should be
distributed within time-limit. He directed to ensure enthusiastic participation
of people in MP Foundation Day functions on November 1.
The meeting was informed that
Unique User ID has been given to all
3,164 investment proposals received at
Global Investors Summit and contact
has been established through e-mail. As
Investment Relation Officers, 5
Principal Secretary-level officers have

been deployed for 12 major investment

proposals and IAS officers for 152 proposals of over Rs. 500 crore each.
Departmental nodal officers have been
deployed for remaining proposals.

CM releases Citizens
Charter only after
departmental resolve
There was a pin drop silence in the
auditorium for a while when the CM
said I will not release on the occasion
of release of Citizens Charter of Health
Services Guarantee Scheme. The CM
said that such a big responsibility cannot be discharged by one or two persons. All will have to resolve to comply
with the Charter. On this, all present
in the auditorium took the resolve in
unison loudly. The CM released the
Citizens Charter only after that. On
the occasion, Chauhan also dedicated
to people Pentavalent vaccine and a
booklet of guidance pertaining to examinations and medicines for various
diseases.

A network of small
and cottage industries
will be laid in the state.
No stone will be left
unturned in development
of Bundelkhand and
Sagar district. This was
stated by CM Shivraj
Singh Chauhan at a public meeting after his road
show at Sagar recently.
Chauhan laid foundation
stones for development
works costing Rs. 163
crore 59 lakh 84 thousand and inaugurated
works costing Rs. 9 crore
7 lakh 60 thousand
including about Rs. 151
crore works of Sagar
Municipal Corporation.
Sagar to have IT
Park: The CM said that
an IT Park will be established at Sagar for development of industries.
Directives have been
given to allot 10 acre
land for it.
Chauhan said that
loans from Rs. 10 lakh to
Rs. one crore will be provided
under
Mukhyamantri
Yuva
Udyami Yojana.
Rs. 50 lakh to
every urban body:
Chauhan said that Rs. 50
lakh will be provided
soon to every urban body
in Sagar district for
development works. He
announced construction
of 13 thousand individual
toilets costing Rs. 14

crore 64 lakh. Chauhan

announced solid waste
management at a cost of
Rs. 70 crore 54 lakh. He
also announced Rs. 110
crore for renovation of
Lakha Banjara Lake in
the city and establishment of Dairy Federation
at Sagar.
CM lays foundation stone of rly overbridge
in
Bhopal:
Chauhan said necessary
infrastructure will be
developed
to
make
Bhopal Global, Green
and Smart City. He said
that special efforts will
be made with peoples
participation to make
Bhopal plastic and polythene-free.
Chauhan
was laying foundation
stone of a railway overbridge at Singarcholi
railway crossing under
Bhopal-Biaora
Road
Project here.
Cancer treatment
in Rewa: Now, cancer
patients of Vindhya
region will not have to
undertake rigorous journey to metropolitan cities
for treatment. On the initiative of Energy, New &
Renewable
Energy,
Mineral Resources and
Public
Relations
Minister
Rajendra
Shukla facility of preliminary treatment of cancer
will be available at
Sanjay Gandhi Memorial
Hospital at Rewa.

SPORTS

10

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Devastated as captain, Tendulkar contemplated quitting cricket

S

achin Tendulkar felt so

"scarred" and "devastated"
by the Indian team's losing
streak under his captaincy
that he contemplated
leaving the game in the
late 1990s, the master
batsman has written in
his autobiography. In
the
much-awaited
book 'Playing It My
Way', which will be
released
on
November
6,
Tendulkar has spoken about his frustrating
captaincy
tenure from 1996 to
2000 when he led in
25 Tests, losing nine

and winning just four. "I hated

losing and as captain of the team I
felt responsible for the string of
miserable
performances,"
Tendulkar wrote in the book,
extracts of which were released by
the Press Trust of India on
Sunday.
"More worryingly, I did not
know how I could turn it around,
as I was already trying my
absolute best. I confided in Anjali
(his wife) that I feared there was
nothing more that I could do to
stem the tide of defeats. "Losing a
string of very close matches had
left me badly scarred. I had given
it everything and was not sure
that I could give even 0.1 per cent
more. "It was hurting me badly

Difficult to handle anxiety,

stress and emotions while
playing: Pankaj Advani
e has made winning 12
world titles look like a
stroll in the park but India's
poster boy of cue sports Pankaj
Advani says it is not easy to deal
with the anxiety and stress, crediting his elder brother Shree for
helping him handle pressure.
"Shree (a celebrity sports psychologist) has helped me a lot with his
inputs and guidance. It is very
difficult to handle anxiety, stress
and emotions while you are playing. These are the few things that
I have been working on and I
think it has helped me achieve
what I have," Advani, who is in a
game switch mode with a oneweek stay in Sheffield ahead of
the
World
Snooker
Championship, told. "Sports
Psychology plays a great part in
modern sports because everybody
has the skill and ability and the
confidence to pull it off. Sometimes it's just
about taking that opportunity at the right
time. Taking your chances at a time when
nobody will think of. To do something different. Approach it differently from what
the others are doing, even if it is just the
sharpness of mind. Shree has really helped
me out in these aspects," he added.

Bangalore's 'Golden Boy' Advani humbled rising England cueist Robert Hall in a
five-hour World Billiards Championship
final to pocket his third grand double post

and it took me a long time to come

to terms with these failures. I
even contemplated moving away
from the sport completely, as it
seemed nothing was going my
way." Tendulkar, a national icon
who played at the top level for 24
years, retired last year as the
world's highest run-getter in both
Test and one-day cricket and the
only batsman so far to score 100
international centuries.
But it was almost 16 years
before he quit that Tendulkar
nursed the idea of leaving the
game. It followed the tour of West
Indies in 1997 when, after drawing the first two Tests, India were
shot out for 81 in the third Test in
Barbados chasing a modest target

of 120. "Monday, 31 March 1997,

was a dark day in the history of
Indian cricket and definitely the
worst of my captaincy career,"
Tendulkar writes in the book.
"Frankly, there can be no excuses
for such a poor batting effort,
even though it was a difficult
track. None of the batsmen apart
from (VVS) Laxman even reached
double figures in the second
innings and it was one of the
worst batting displays I have
been part of. "The defeat left me
totally devastated and I shut
myself in my room for two whole
days trying to come to terms with
the loss. I still feel the pangs of
that defeat when I look back at
the series."

Cough up Rs 258 crore in 15 days

or face lawsuit: BCCI to WICB
West
T heCricket

Indies
Board
(WICB) will have to
cough up nearly Rs
258 crore ($42 million)
in order to stave off a
lawsuit
from
the
Board Of Control For
Cricket
In
India
(BCCI),
stemming
from the abandoned tour of India last month.
Indian authorities Friday told the WICB that
its losses as a result of the abandoned one-day
and Test tour had been estimated at $41.97
million, and gave the regional board 15 days
in which to come up with a plan of compensation, reports CMC. The BCCI had announced
two weeks ago it would seek compensation
from the WICB for losses sustained as a result
of the cancelled tour, and followed through
with formal correspondence to the Antiguabased organisation Friday. Media rights make
up the bulk of the losses with the BCCI estimating them at just over $35 million, while
ticket sales account for around $2 million and
the title sponsorship from Micromax estimat-

ed at $1.6 million.
The BCCI has also
factored in losses in
kit sponsorship from
Nike, team sponsorship, in-stadia sponsorship and stadium
concessionaires,
in
the
compensation
package. The BCCI
calls upon the WICB to formally inform the
BCCI, in writing, of the steps it intends to
take to compensate the BCCI towards the
losses quantified above as well as those losses
yet to be quantified by the BCCI in relation to
the cancelled WICB tour, said the letter,
signed by BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel. In
the event the BCCI does not receive such a
proposal in acceptable terms, within a period
of 15 days from receipt of this letter, please
note that the BCCI has peremptorily instructed its attorneys to initiate steps for recovery of
the losses by filing appropriate legal proceedings against the WICB in the appropriate
Indian court and you may treat this notice as
a formal demand in that regard.

Can Suarez give Barca the edge

in tight Spanish league?
Suarez will make his
L uis
Camp Nou debut in offirecords that have been broken, history been
rewritten, this win being unprecedented
and the statistics. That's for everyone else to
discuss, the statisticians and the followers
and the ones who love sports, who love digging out records. As a player I am very very
fulfilled at the moment, very pleased that I
have been continuously evolving and growing," said Advani. Handing his mother,
Kajal, a perfect birthday gift on October 29
with his short format triumph, Advani said
that making days count is satisfying.

his 150-up short format win last week.

"It definitely plays a very significant

While the statisticians are going bananas

role and I do remember the first world

counting Advani's records, the 29-year-old

championship, the IBSF World Snooker in

champion is just happy to enjoy his success.

2003, it happened on Diwali. Even the

"Of course there have been numbers, a lot of

IBSF 6-Red during Ramzan.

cial competition on Saturday.

The Barcelona striker played
in a home friendly to start the
season while serving out a
four-month biting ban. That
ended in time for Suarez to
set up Neymar's goal in
Barcelona's loss at Real
Madrid last weekend. Suarez
set up another goal for
Gerard
Pique
to
help
Barcelona win the Catalan
Super Cup over Espanyol on
Wednesday. "Suarez is participating in the correct manner
in most cases," Barcelona
coach Luis Enrique said. "He
leaves his mark on the game
and shows his effort." On
Saturday, Barcelona will host

Celta Vigo, the former

club of Luis Enrique.
Celta is flourishing under
Luis Enrique's successor,
Eduardo Berizzo. Celta is
in sixth place, four points
behind Atletico Madrid,
with only one loss this
season. After being denied
a goal in Barcelona's 3-1
loss at Madrid, Lionel
Messi will have another
chance to get the one goal
he needs to equal Telmo
Zarra as the league's alltime scorer with 251
goals. Also, Real Madrid
will be looking for an 11th
straight victory on Saturday
at
Granada.
Cristiano
Ronaldo leads the league
with 16 goals, almost twice as

many
as
second-place
Neymar with nine. Barcelona
and Sevilla lead Madrid by
one point with Valencia and
Atletico Madrid another
point adrift.

GLAMOUR

11

'Slumdog Millionaire'
actor Dev Patel to work in
Nicole Kidman's 'Lion'
'lumdog Millionaire' star
Dev Patel and Nicole
Kidman are set to
star in 'Lion', a
new drama produced by
The Weinstein Co.
The drama, based on
the memoir 'A Long
Way Home' by
Saroo Brierley, follows a street kid
from Calcutta
(Patel) who is
taken in and adopted by a couple in
Australia, according
to Hollywood
Reporter.
Garth Davis, who codirected the Golden
Globe-winning miniseries 'Top Of the Lake'
with Jane Campion, is
attached to helm 'Lion'. Luke
Davies, the screenwriter on Anton Corbijn's upcoming 'Life',
adapted the book for the screen. In addition to 'Lion', Patel
plays self-taught Indian math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan
in Matt Brown's period drama. 'The Man Who Knew
Infinity', which Mister Smith Entertainment is pitching to
buyers; and co-stars in Lionsgate's Soviet-era thriller 'Child
44' and Annapurna's 'The Road Within', a remake of the hit
German dramedy 'Vincent Wants to Sea'.

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Aishwarya's comeback film

Jazba also stars Irrfan,
Shabana and John
C

oming January, Aishwarya Rai, who had taken a

break of four years to raise her daughter Aaradhya

will go back on sets to shoot her comeback film, Jazba.

While there has been a lot of buzz around this film, especially due to the supporting cast which includes Irrfan
Khan and Shabana Azmi, little is known about the
movie's plot and characters. So as we wait for Rai to
make her comeback, here's a low-down on all the dope
we have on Jazba.
Directed by Sanjay Gupta, the film is a suspense
thriller. Reportedly, inspired from the Korean film,
Seven days, the film is about a lawyer who's
daughter is kept hostage while she is asked to
fight a case for a man who has been charged of
rape and murder five times and win it within seven
days. While Rai will play the role of the lawyer,
Irrfan Khan reportedly will essay the character of a
suspended cop and Shabana Azmi will play his
onscreen mother who is also a professor. Media
reports claim that John Abraham will also be a part
of the cast, however, no confirmations have been
made it. Will Abraham play the felon? Given his
Dhoom performance, it may be fun if he does play a
negative role. The film is already at the pre-production stage, however, it is way behind the schedule
that was initially agreed on and the actors might
have to work on tight shifts if Gupta wants to
release the film by Christmas 2015.
Reportedly, The Expendables' stunt director
will direct the action sequences of this film. Rai
will not have to leave town as the entire film will
be shot in Mumbai. Rai has taken a long time to
make her comeback, however, speculations about
her comeback films have often made headlines.
Before Rai finalised Jazba, reports claimed that
the actress would feature with husband Abhishek
Bachchan in a film made by Prahlad Kakkar,
called Happy Anniversary. However, that didn't
pan out. Rumours regarding Jazba also did rounds
and media reports claimed that Bachchan rallied
with Rai for this film. However, the actor denies
the rumours.

Bald Ranveer and Priyanka's Childhood sweethearts Hrithik and

almost-normal Kashibai Sussanne are legally divorced now
look in Bajirao Mastani B
A

fter films like Hum Dil De

Chuke Sanam, Devdas and
Saawariya we can safely
conclude
that
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali is the Baz Luhrmann of
Bollywood. If a film can't be
described as opulent, chances are it
isn't a Bhansali film. So it was
shocking to see Priyanka Chopra on
the sets of Bhansali's next film,
Bajirao Mastani dressed -- gasp -like a normal person. The photograph of Chopra dressed as
Kashibai (Bajirao's first wife) surfaced online recently. (Take a look
here.) It's blurry, but neither
Chopra's earring (tiny jhumkas) nor
her sari is what you expect from the
wardrobe department of a Bhansali

film. In fact, even Paro's friend in

Devdas had a more glamorous
getup. Could it be that this time
around Bhansali's onscreen women
will not be decked up in expensive
trousseau or wear handcrafted jewellery? Will Deepika Padukone's
Mastani go make-up free too? And
will Ranveer Singh not have to
bother with a new hairstyle?
Probably not. As the old saying
goes, one swallow does not a summer make. Similarly, one photograph is not enough to conclude
anything about Bhansali's next
film. Especially since we have one
other
photograph
suggesting
Bhansali's love for extravagance
remains firmly intact.

ollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and his

estranged wife Sussanne Khan were on
Saturday granted divorce by a family court
here, nearly a year after the star couple announced
end of their marriage. "The court has granted
divorce to both of them. It was a divorce by mutual
consent," Hrithik's lawyer Mrunalini Deshmukh
told. Hrithik and Sussanne, who tied the knot 14
years ago and have two children, approached the
court in April this year and filed an application for
separation by mutual consent. The consent terms
related to the divorce were not immediately available. On 14 December last year, the couple, one of
the most popular Bollywood personalities, had
called off their marriage. In a statement, the 40year-old 'Krrish' actor had said Sussanne decided to
walk out of their 13-year-old marriage. In a separate statement, Sussanne, who also belongs to a
Bollywood family like Hrithik, had called the split
"our own individual choices." "We are two individuals who respect and care for each other and have
made our own individual choices.

NATION

12

NOVEMBER 03 TO NOVEMBER 09 , 2014

Cyber crime prevention strategy

will be strengthened: Rajnath

(MP & CG)

UIDAI issues 70 crore

Aadhaar numbers

Hyderabad
he Home Ministry is taking all steps necessary for
the prevention of cyber crime
and very soon we shall further
strengthen the Cyber Crime
Prevention Strategy, said
Union
Home
Minister
Rajnath Singh at Hyderabad
recently. He participated as
the Chief Guest at the 66th
passing out parade of the
trainee officers of the Indian
Police Service held at Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel National
Police Academy, Hyderabad. It
is not necessary at all for a
cyber criminal to reside in
your town or country, as this is
an act that can be committed
from any corner of the world
and can hit anyone, anywhere
and anytime, the Home
Minister said.
Congratulating
the
trainee officers, the Home
Minister stressed that the role
of the police has to be changed
accordingly to the changing
times. The police are the
most visible representatives of
the state and they are the
most meaningful media of
change in society, he said.
Police station to be temple of

justice and I also believe that

a police official should be
experimental with new practices and thereby develop harmony and confidence in society, he added.
In view of the increase in
the number of crimes and
their ever newer dimensions,
the modernization of police
training and the police organ-

ization is highly imperative.

He informed that the government shall take steps for
implementing
the
Dharamveer
Commission1978 report.
Out of the 143 officer
trainees, 28 are women. 15Officers from friendly foreign
countries were also undergone
training at the NPA. Abhishek

Tiwari of MP cadre won the

Prime Ministers baton and
Home Ministrys revolver for
the best All round officer
trainees. Rajnath Singh told
to the trainee officers that
your uniform is a matter of
pride for you and should be a
matter of confidence and satisfaction to the people of the
country.

New Delhi: As on date, nine states including Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi, Himachal
Pradesh, have crossed 90 percent Aadhaar coverage, while sixteen states have Aadhaar coverage of over 70 percent. UIDAI is also conducting Aadhaar enrolments in the newly assigned
states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand
and Chhattisgarh, at a fast pace. These four
states with a combined population of about 34
crore, were added earlier this year to UIDAIs
mandate by the government. Till date, Aadhaar
numbers have been issued to 8.93 crore residents in these states, which is 26% of the target
population. Over 25,000 Aadhaar enrolment
kits are operational across the country, including both camp mode and Permanent Enrolment
Centres, with a total output of approximately
10 lakh enrolments per day.
UIDAI has already geared up its processing
capabilities to achieve the targets and has the
capacity to process around 15 lakh enrolment
packets every day. Enrolments are expected to
pick up further once the festival season is over.
In the recent months, Government of India has
provided fresh impetus to the UIDAI by linking
Aadhaar to various schemes and initiatives,
including the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana (PMJDY), MGNREGA, Pensions,
Scholarships, DBTL, UAN (EPFO), PDS,
Passports, Attendance system in government
offices etc.

Vizag limping back to normalcy; No first class air travel for babus
damage runs into several crores
New Delhi

Hyderabad
With the restoration of
essential supplies and public
transportation services, the
port city of Visakhapatnam
and other coastal areas that
were battered by the fierce
Cyclone Hudhud are limping
back to normalcy. Many of the
residents of Visakhapatnam
have had to suffer without
daily essentials such as milk.
Moreover, there was no power
the communication network
was practically non-existent.
According to reports, CM N
Chandrababu Naidu has been
overseeing relief operations.
He has asked officials to supply packaged food items to victims and also ensure that vegetables are sold at reasonable
prices even as efforts are
being made to resume electricity supply. Transportation to
Visakhapatnam from other

places in the state bringing in

essential items has resumed
after
debris
has
been
removed. Further, bus services within the cyclone-hit districts of Visakhapatnam,
Vizianagaram
and
Srikakulam districts have
resumed. Reports have also
said that the railway track
towards Visakhapatnam has
been made fit for traffic and
trains will be operated
through it. At a time when the
state is trying to re-invent
itself post-bifurcation, and the
city was to be one among the

70
smart
cities,
the
cyclone
has
thrown plans
haywire.
The focus
now has to be
on rebuilding
basic
infrastructure that
was damaged extensively as
also the roads, telecommunications network, seaport and
airport. Micro, small and
medium industries have also
suffered massive damage and
they are bound to take time to
get back on their feet. Among
others
facilities,
the
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
and the Cyclone Warning
Centre need major repairs.
The state government has
indicated that damages to the
city could run into thousands
of crores of rupees.

The Central government has

banned first class air travel for bureaucrats, meetings in five-star hotels and
purchases of cars in a series of tough
austerity measures. The moves are
aimed at achieving a fiscal deficit target of 4.1% of the gross domestic product for this year. India's economy has
slowed in recent years, growing by
4.7% in 2013-14. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's BJP swept to power
in the recent election on the promise of
reviving the economy. The previous
Congress-led government had initiated
similar measures in 2012 and 2013 to
trim the deficit. The latest austerity
measures are intended at promoting
fiscal discipline, without restricting the
operational efficiency of the government, a finance ministry statement
said.
"In the context of the current fiscal
situation, there is a need to continue to
rationalise expenditure and optimise
available resources," it added. New
jobs have been frozen and purchases of
cars have been mostly banned, reports
said. Officials have been asked to use
video conferencing for meetings wher-

ever possible. "While officers are entitled to various classes of air travel
depending on seniority, utmost economy would need to be observed while
exercising the choice keeping the limitations of budget in mind. However,
there would be no bookings in the first
class," the finance ministry said. The
government aims to further cut fiscal
deficit to 3.6% in 2015-16 and 3% in
2016-17.

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