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National
Literacy Award
for Litiya

Give status
report about
investment
proposals every
month: CM

We

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

he State

Kohli, Mithali
nominated for
top ICC
awards

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

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Indiras death
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number one in
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feeling of love,
says Kareena
dissing 'love 11
jihad' conspiracy
theorists

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

Land acquisition: Seller to get double amount;

solar energy rooftop project to be implemented
Bhopal

NEWS MAX

he state cabinet

Endangered Kadaknath
to be bred in Cgarh

endorsed a policy
that if required,

land of private owners for

projects of public interest
will be acquired through
mutual

consent.

According to the policy, on

requirement of land for
infrastructure and development projects of state
governments

depart-

ments and undertakings,

first concerning collector
will transfer a suitable
land out of available government land to administrative department as per
rules. If suitable government land is not available
then land can be purchased from private owners through mutual consent for project or a part of
it on the application of
administrative

depart-

ment/undertaking.

Private

land will be acquired after paying price to

the seller equal to the price calculated at
prevailing rates of collectors guideline
and value of immovable assets existing on
the land. This amount will be paid in
lump sum as rehabilitation grant to the
seller. Thus the seller will get amount
double the value of land and the immovable assets on it.

Solar energy
rooftop project
For further promoting solar energy in the
state, the cabinet decided to launch 5 MW
pilot project of Integrated Solar Energy
Rooftop Project to be implemented by MP
Central

Region

Power

Distribution

Company at Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur.

Developer for the project will be selected

The amount payable against land to be

on the basis of competitive bidding. For

acquired for department/undertaking and

establishment of projects, buildings of

immovable assets thereon and rehabilita-

government and other government under-

tion grant will be borne by concerning

takings will be identified and their

administrative department/undertaking.

rooftops will be given on free lease to

According to the policy, if the project is

developer.

withdrawn or fails after land acquisition

administrative department/undertaking.

Defence Production
Promotion
Investment Policy

The surrendered land may be allotted by

The cabinet endorsed state governments

Revenue Department for any other gov-

Defence
Production
Promotion
Investment Policy. It was decided to

and the land is not required as a result of

it, then the land will be surrendered to
Revenue

Department

by

concerning

ernment work or development project.

include Gwalior also under it. It is noteworthy that this policy has been framed to
provide facilities to the investors investing
Rs. 500 crore or more in view of strong
possibilities of establishment of joint
undertakings/ancillaries/manufacturing
units of public sector companies for manufacturing of defence products in Katni,
Itarsi and Jabalpur.
Under the policy, units will be provided
upto 50 acre government land. Stamp
duty will be reimbursed if closed/sick
units are purchased to establish defence
production units. Each of such units will
be provided facility of a separate escort
officer. Subsidy will be given on basic
infrastructure on raw land. For attracting
foreign direct investment, special package
will be sanctioned to defence products
projects established with immovable
share capital of minimum Rs. 500 crore.
Subsidies as per rules will be given for
income/expenditure on transport of
imported materials from seaport to venue
of industry.

Raipur: Known for its medicinal properties, the endangered poultry bird Kadaknath
will now be available for the people of
Chhattisgarh thanks to efforts of Kankerbased Agriculture Science Center of Indira
Gandhi Agriculture University for discovering
ways for natural breeding and artificial hatching of the poultry bird.
The poultry breed Kadaknath also known
as Kalamans is native to Jhabua (MP) and is
among the endangered species due to its excessive hunting.Senior officials of the university
informed that Kadaknath has comparatively
more medicinal properties than the birds of
other species. The poultry bird contains 44 per
cent of protein while the birds of other species
have 18-20 per cent of protein. Besides,
Kadaknath contains only 1.94 to 2.6 per cent
fat while the level of fat in birds of other
species range between 13 to 25 per cent.When
compared to the level of cholesterol in birth of
other species, it will be about 218.12 milligram/100 gram while in Kadaknath, it
remains as low as 59-60 milligram/100 gram.
The officials informed that Kadaknath also
has prophylactic properties more than the birds
of any other species. They added that the climate of Bastar region is ideal for breeding of
Kadaknath and it will also help to encourage
the locals for backyard poultry work. As per the
officials concerned, production of Kadaknath
will be carried out in Kanker-based Agriculture
Science Center while under different schemes
of the government; the chickens will be made
available to the local livestock owners.

Chhattisgarh Explore

National Literacy
Award for Litiya

Rajgarh (Chhattisgarh)
R a j n a n d g a o n
(Chhattisgarh):
Litiya
Village Panchayat, having a
population of 2,600 has vanished the darkness of illiteracy from the village. The
Litiya Village Panchayat in
Rajnandgaon district of
Chhattisgarh
has
been
selected
for
National
Literacy Award. This award
will be given to this fully literate Village Panchayat by
President
Pranab
Mukherjee, at a function
organised at New Delhi on
September 8 (International
Literacy
Day),
officials
informed. CM Raman Singh
has congratulated the people
of Litiya Village Panchayat
for this achievement. Litiya,
hardly 7-km away from the
Rajnandgaon district headquarters, had 160 unlettered
people, but under the

Sakshar
Bharat
Programme, all of them
comprising 126 women and
35 men, became educated.
Not only that Litiya Village
Panchayat has made commendable performance in
voter literacy, financial literacy and computer literacy also. Under the Sakshar
Bharat Programme, a Public
Instructions Centre has
been established in the
village panchayat headquarters, where rural
women learn computer education with
enthusiasm. A library
has also been established in the Centre,
in which letter knowledge, figure knowledge,
biography of famous personalities, knowledgeable books
on agriculture, primary
treatment medicines are
available, which the villagers read with interest.
Village Panchayat Sarpanch
Anju Markandeya said that
the National Literacy Award
was a matter of pride for all
families of the panchayat.
We got this success with the
cooperation of villagers.
Now, there is no unlettered
person of above 15 years in
this panchayat.
Because of literacy, feeling of socio-economic development has been developed
among women of this
Panchayat. Before studying
in the Public Instructions
Centre, Neman Bai of the
village has been doing agriculture and labour work, but
now, she is managing

Midday meal arrangement

in the middle school of the
village. Because of literacy,
attitude of working in groups
and savings has been developed in women of the Village
Panchayat. They have constituted two groups and by
linked
with
National
Livelihood Mission, each
woman of the group deposit
up to Rs 20 in the savings
fund every week. Anganwadi
worker Lain Bai Jangde is
also linked with the literacy
campaign of Litiya Village
Panchayat. She said that
with the increase in women
literacy, awareness among
women has been increased
towards health of their children and their own. They are
also participating enthusiastically in the socially important works like malnutrition
eradication campaign and
tree plantation.

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Wi-fi connections in buses

operating on routes of
schools, colleges

RAIPUR:
Chhattisgarh is all set to provide wi-fi
connections in buses operating on routes
of schools, colleges and universities as a
part of its effort to cope with the Centre's
goal of 'digital India'. CM Raman Singh
has said that city buses, operating on the
routes of schools-colleges and universities,
should be equipped with wi-fi connection.
Wi-fi facility will be provided in areas
around bus stand, collectorate, hospitals
and other public places too in parts of
Chhattisgarh, so that people may operate internet on their mobiles, laptops etc
conveniently. Singh asked officials to
begin process of operating 100 city buses
in capital under the first phase of City
Bus Scheme and facilitate 451 city buses
in 70 other cities of state in the second

phase. He stressed on focusing on '11point priority' based on the basic needs of

public to be set in every urban body.
On the basis of this 11-point priority,
additional budget would be allotted to
the urban bodies. Officials said that in
the first phase, municipal corporation
will operate 65 small and 35 big buses in
Raipur for which Rs 14.85 has been sanctioned. In the second phase, 21 clusters
will be formed to connect 70 cities (21
core cities and 49 link towns) through
city buses costing worth Rs 169.19 crore.
State-level
Traffic
Monitoring
Committee and Urban Transport Cells
have been formed and registered at
Raipur, Durg-Bhilali, Rajnandgaon,
Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Koriya,
Sarguja and Bastar.

Paddy rot at storage centres, thanks to improper upkeep

RAIPUR
As much as 2.50 lakh quintals
of paddy procured by the district
administration is reported to have
rotten on account of improper
upkeep and failure on part of the
concerned authorities in timely
lifting the paddy for custom
milling. It was learnt that the
Marketing Federation and Food
Departmentofficials recently conducted an inspection at the paddy
storage centers and wrote a letter
to the State government while
informing about the rotten state of
the paddy.
Sources informed that about
37 lakh quintals paddy was pro-

cured in Durg district in the

Kharif Marketing Year 2012-13
out of which around 6.30 Lakh
quintals paddy was transported to
different storage centers including
Selud, Karanja Bhilai and
Nankatthi. Due to poor upkeep,
the paddy got damaged in rains
following which the rice millers
delayed its custom milling.
Meanwhile, about more than a
month ago, on directives of the district administration officials, the
Food Department and MARKFED
officials conducted inspection of
the paddy in various centers during which paddy was found unfit
for custom milling.

MADHYA PRADESH

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Polling in 2 phases for urban body:

2 colour EVMs to be used
Bhopal

for the segment he has voted for

State Election Commissioner

will be counted and the segment he

Shri R. Parasuram has released

has not voted will stand cancelled.

programme of general elections of

At present there are 15 slots in the

urban bodies-2014. Polling will be

EVM machine, including that of

held in 2 phases on November 28

NOTA and in case there are 16

and December 2. Counting of votes

candidates, then another EVM

for first phase polling will be held

machine will be put alongside the

on December 4 and second phase

first EVM machine.

polling on December 6. Shri

The collector informed that it

Parasuram informed that model

has been decided that only three

code of conduct has come into force

candidates would be allowed to

in concerning areas where elec-

accompany the mayoral candidate

tions are to be held. In the upcom-

when he comes to file his nomina-

ing municipal elections there are

tions and only two persons will be

going to be two EVMs (electronic

allowed to accompany the corpora-

voting machine) - a 'pink' EVM for

tor candidate. The administration

the mayoral candidates and a

has 2,800 EVM machines with it

'white' one for those contesting as

and it has estimated that they

corporators. This is for the first

would be using around 2,400 of

them during the polls.

time that EVMs are being used for

the local body elections. The NOTA

names of the contesting corpora-

when the button of the second

ing the requisite EVM button and

Officials said these machines

provision will be present in both

tors would be on a white sheet of

EVM is pressed there will be a long

coming out of the booth. If he does

are an advanced version of what

the EVMs and will be at the end of

paper, he said. Both the EVMs

beep denoting that the voting

so, he will be informed by the pre-

was used in the last elections and

the list of names.

would be placed side by side in the

process

complete.

siding officer that he has not used

now there is no need to keep the

The names of the mayoral can-

polling booth. When the button of

However, if the voter wants he/she

both the EVMsv - just to ensure

entire machine in the strong room

didate would be on a pink paper

the first EVM is pressed - either

has the option of voting for only

that he has not done so by mistake

after elections, but only remove the

which would be placed inside the

the mayoral or one for the corpora-

the mayoral candidate or only for

- and if the voter informs that he

memory chip from the machine

EVM's display screen and the

tor, there will be a small beep, and

the corporator candidate by press-

has done so deliberately, his vote

and store it.

has

been

Give status report about investment

proposals every month: CM Chouhan
Bhopal

no lack in availing its benefit. Investors have

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has directed

lauded Madhya Pradeshs excellent policies.

departments related to effective implementa-

Make in Madhya Pradesh is our new mantra.

tion of investment proposals to issue all neces-

He said that employment opportunities for

sary notifications and orders pertaining to

young generation can be created only through

rules and processes by the end of current

investments. Chauhan said that investment

month. For implementation of investment pro-

will increase due to Prime Minister Narendra

posals on ground level, he directed investment

Modis Make in India programme and positive

relationship managers and nodal officers to

and active attitude of Central Government.

submit monthly status reports. Chauhan was

Madhya Pradesh will be benefited by it.

addressing a workshop of investment relation-

Chauhan said that Monday should be fixed as

ship managers and nodal officers at Academy of

the day for meeting investors to solve their

Administration here today. It is noteworthy

problems and remove hurdles immediately. He

that responsibility as investment relationship

asked investment relationship managers to

managers has entrusted to senior administra-

motivate investors in positive way and also

tive officers for implementation of investment

invite new investors. He said that collective

proposals received at Global Investors Summit.

responsibility is needed to bring about change

Chauhan said that atmosphere of trust has

in Madhya Pradesh. He directed the Chief

been created in Madhya Pradesh by large num-

Secretary to fix a time-limit for implementation

ber of investment proposals. This trust of

of every investment proposal. The CM asked

investors should not break. He said that pres-

divisional commissioners to initiate process to

tige of Madhya Pradesh has increased manifold

allot suitable land to industries and ensure

in the country and abroad following successful

timely completion of making new industrial

Global Investors Summit. Investment-friendly

areas fully equipped and establish necessary

atmosphere has been created. There should be

infrastructure there.

RAIPUR

Cgarh emerging key

sugar manufacturer

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Rs 350 per quintal

extra on Harra
collection for
forest dwellers

RAIPUR
------------------------------------------------------------------Forest dweller families engaged in collection
RAIPUR
Chhattisgarh is fast emerging as one of the key sugar
manufacturing States in the Co-operatives sector.Notably,
three Co-operative sugar factories of Chhattisgarh have
produced 68,000 metric tonnes of sugar in the previous
financial year 2013-14, officials stated. These sugar factories are based in village Ramhepur of Kabeerdham
(Kawardha) district, village Krerta of Surajpur district and
village Karkabhaat of Balod district. In these factories,
nearly 7.70 lakh metric tonnes of sugarcane were procured
from more than 10,000 farmers last year.
During sugarcane crushing season 2013-14, more than
7.70 lakh metric tonnes of sugarcane was crushed, against
the target of 8 .70 lakh metric tonnes. Officials of Co-operatives Department informed that crushing of total 4.43 lakh
metric tonnes of sugarcane was done in Bhoramdev
Cooperative Sugar Factory in Ramhepur village of
Kabeerdham district, against the given target of 4.50 lakh
metric tonnes.In Ma Mahamaya Co-operative Sugar
Factory of village Krerta Surajpur district, 2.23 lakh metric

tonnes of sugar was crushed against the given target of 2.50

lakh metric tonnes. The factory produced 21,512 metric tonness of sugar. The officials further informed that in
Danteshwari Maiya Co-operative Sugar Factory of village
Karkabhaat Balod district, nearly 1.3 lakh metric tonnes of
sugarcane was crushed, against the given target of 1.50
lakh metric tonnes and total 8,133 metric tonnes of sugar
was produced. It may be mentioned here that
Chhattisgarh's fourth sugar factory will be opened as an
Agro-based industry in the Co-operatives sector in
Pandariya region of Kabeerdham district.CM Raman Singh
has already provided in-principle approval to the proposed
action plan early last month.
As per the approved action plan, the daily crushing
capacity of the new sugar factory will be nearly 25,000 metric tonnes. As per the proposed action plan for the factory,
nearly 20,000 farmers of Pandariya region as well as those
of Mungeli and Bemetara districts will be benefited by the
establishment of this factory. A Co-operative Society of
farmers will be formed for operating the factory.

of minor forest produce Harra (Terminalia

chebula) will now receive an extra Rs 350 per
quintal on procurement compared to last year,
officials informed. The Central Government has
hiked the support price of Harra, the forest produce with medicinal quality to Rs 11 per kg (Rs
1,100 per quintal). CM Raman Singh has
thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the
Central Government for the decision. The CM
took information in the context from Chief
Secretary Vivek Dhand and Senior forest officials at the Mantralaya.
Singh said that the State Government has
decided to procure the minor forest produce
Harra on support price in order to increase the
income of scores of forest dweller families in the
State. Harra will be procured at support price
in all the procurement centres of 915 primary
forest produce cooperative societies of State, he

Rs 190 cr for water salinity elimination;

Funds approved for 152 villages of Bemetara
ers and expressed satisfaction saying

Bangalore

that this year during Kharif season

Raipur: CM Raman Singh has

cooperative societies of state have dis-

approved Rs 190 crore under the State

tributed the short-term agricultural

Governments Nal-Jal scheme for elimi-

loans worth Rs 2,249 crore against the

nating salinity in water supply being

target of Rs 2,450 crore. Officials fur-

made to nearly 152 villages of Bemetara

said. The CM has directed the officials to ensure

that the Harra collector families receive the
hiked support price against procurement. He
has also insisted that in no case, the procurement of Harra should be done on price below
the minimum support price. Chhattisgarh State
Minor Forest Produce Association officials
informed that inflow of Harra is expected to
begin from Deepawali that will go on till the
month of January-February next year. The CM
informed the officials that last year, the minimum support price of Harra in the State was Rs

ther informed in the meeting that from

7.50 per kg i.e, Rs 750 per quintal but now the

September 1 onwards, farmers of all the

Centre has increased the minimum support

the

districts are being provided the comput-

price to Rs 11 per kg i.e, Rs 1,100 per quintal.

The PHED officials informed in the

announcement of the CM to have

erised copies of land records, B-1 and

The CM has directed all theofficials to ensure

meeting that the Nal-Jal is the biggest

approved Rs 190 crore for eliminating

maps.

that people are made aware about the hike in

scheme in the country formulated to

water salinity. Singh during the meeting

The computerisation of land records

solve the problem of salinity in water

took note of the ongoing departmental

and related documents has been com-

The panchayats should advise the villagers

supply made to the villages. Under this

works of PHED, Agriculture, Water

pleted nearly 96 per cent and almost 80

to not to sell Harra on price below the mini-

scheme, nearly 1.74 lakh people in 57

Resources, Cooperatives, Food and Civil

per cent of the maps have been

mum support price. Singh said that in no case,

villages of Bemetara Block, 54 villages

Supply,

Health

uploaded to computers. While reviewing

the Harra stock from other States shall be pro-

of Navagarh and 41 villages of Saja

Department. He directed the officials

the works of Health Department, the

cured. The CM has strictly directed the officials

block will be benefitted. Under the

concerned to initiate the construction

CM directed the officials to take effec-

scheme, 751 km of pipelines and 139

works under the scheme as soon as pos-

tive measures for prevention of diseases

overhead tanks will be facilitated to

sible and complete the same within one

like dengue, malaria and dysentery.

ensure the supply of safe drinking water

and half year duration. The CM in the

Officials have also been directed to pay

in villages. Reports reaching here from

meeting also reviewed the scheme of

special attention towards cleaning work

Bemetara said that the panchayats of

interest-free agriculture loans for farm-

in cities.

district from Shivnath River. The CM

reviewed

the

progress

of

various

Government schemes.

the

villages

have

Revenue

welcomed

and

support price through gram panchayats.

to ensure that the Harra stock is procured from

forest dweller collectors only and not the fake
beneficiaries, who hoard Harra from villagers
at low price and then sell it to the Government
at support price.

MADHYA PRADESH

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

MP Foundation Day celebrations

conclude with colourful fireworks, laser show

Bhopal
CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan
has said that MP has taken a giant
leap of development. After one
decades hard work, MP has
reached a state where it can show
its capability and talent to the
world. Chauhan was addressing

the concluding function of statewide MP Foundation Day celebrations on the banks of historic
Upper Lake.
Concluding evening of MP
Utsav became memorable when
Police Band of Indore filled the
atmosphere with its sonorous

tunes of patriotic songs. Laser

show and fireworks made the sky
over the Upper Lake profusely
colourful. Chauhan said that every
citizens contribution to MPs
development is valuable. He urged
people to actively partner in Beti
Bachao Abhiyan and drives to con-

serve energy, trees and water. He

urged them to cooperate in making
MP clean. He said that MP will
move forward when citizens discharge their duties.
Governor exhorts people at
concluding function At conclusion
function of MP Foundation Day,
Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has
exhorted people to work with firm
determination for states development here today. The Governor
said that continuous progress is
needed in industry, agriculture,
trade and education sectors for
states prosperity. Lauding the
state government for organising a
dignified
event
to
mark
Foundation Day, the Governor
said that this has enthused people
towards development of the state.
He stressed the need that youths

should actively partner in state

governments efforts to develop
the state. Governor Yadav hoped
that the state will march towards
development speedly following
successful
Global
Investors
Summit at Indore for attracting
investments. Yadav said that our
youths demand has increased in
the country and abroad these
days. Specially, our youths have
brightened name of the state and
country in technology and technique sectors. Concrete steps need
to be taken for better arrangements of education, proper
arrangements for healthcare and
raising a strong infrastructure in
the country. On the occasion, the
Governor wished for states development and prosperity of states
people.

Gas survivors to
demonstrate in Delhi

Bhopal
Representatives of five organizations of survivors of the Union
Carbide disaster in Bhopal
announced their plans of indefinite
fast at Jantar Mantar in New
Delhi from November 10 on the
issue of compensation. They said
that five women survivors will stop
taking any food or water demanding additional compensation for all
survivors of the disaster and correction of figures of death and
extent of injury in the curative
petition filed in the Supreme Court
by the central
government. Rashida Bee,
President of a trade union of
women survivors, said that the exgratia compensation of Rs 1 lakh
was given to only 33,672 survivors
among the 5,69,081 people exposed
to Union Carbides toxic gas.
There is no scientific or legal basis
to deny additional compensation to
93 per cent of the victims. Our
protest at Jantar Mantar is for
additional compensation of Rs 1
lakh for all gas victims she said.

The figures of death and extent of

injury caused by Union Carbide in
the curative petition are far lower
than the findings of the Indian
Council of Medical Research and
other scientific agencies. The government is downplaying the damage caused by Union Carbide even
when it is seeking additional compensation said Nawab Khan,
President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit
Mahila
Purush
Sangharsh
Morcha. Balkrishna Namdeo,
President of an organization fighting for social support for the needy,
said.
The government is seeking
only 1.2 billion dollars as additional compensation in the Curative
petition whereas it should be asking for at least 8.1 billion dollars
from the American corporations.
Rachna Dhingra of the Bhopal
Group for Information and Action
said The denial of proper compensation to the victims is a direct
result of successive governments at
the centre so far siding with Union
Carbide.

CM seeks Central
funds for MNREGA
Bhopal
CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan
has urged Central Government to
release Rs. 1500 crore to the state
under MNREGA. The CM met
Union Minister Gadkari in this
regard in New Delhi. The CM urged
to immediately release Rs. 1000
crore for paying wages to labourers
under MNREGA. He said that this
will facilitate completion of various
MNREGA works in time. Wages
will also be paid to labourers timely. He urged to release remaining
Rs. 500 crore by December.
The CM urged to release Rs.
2800 crore immediately under
Prime Ministers Rural Road
Project and remaining amount of
Rs. 600 crore under Indira Aawas
Yojana. He urged to complete repair
of Gwalior-Dewas section of Agra-

Mumbai National Highway No. 3 at

the earliest. Union Minister
Gadkari assured CM Chauhan of
release of funds under the 3 projects. He also assured completion of
repair of National Highway No. 3
without delay.

CM seeks Rs 26,000
crore for river
linking project
Union
Water
Resources
Minister Uma Bharti has said that
MP is next only to Gujarat, in
ensuring better use of water and
has done best work for water augmentation. She said that MP is also
pioneer in extending benefits of
Central schemes to people. Su
Bharti stated this during a meeting
with CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan

New Delhi. Chauhan urged the

Union Water Resources Minister to
sanction Rs. 26 thousand crore for
states River Linking Project.
The CM called on Union Water
Resources, River Development and
Ganga Conservation Minister Su
Uma Bharti in and discussed in
detail the DPR sent by MP government for River Linking Project.
Earlier also, CM Chauhan had
raised this demand with the
Centre. The CM informed Su
Bharti that a detailed project report
for inter-linking of 4 important
rivers of Malwa region has been
sent to the Centre by the state government. He urged to sanction
funds for the project so that its
work can be done at a rapid pace.
Bharti assured to consider all these
issues and take a decision at the
earliest.

POLITICS

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Countrys focus on Patel on Indiras death anniv

For the past 29 years, October 31 has been the day when India commemorates the assassination of
Indira Gandhi. On this day, newspapers usually carry full-page pictures of Gandhi with her distinctive streak of white hair and ceremonies are often held in her honor. This year though, on the
30th anniversary of her assassination, when you might have expected the commemorations to be particularly full-bodied, the charm of Mrs. Gandhi appeared diminished.

New Delhi

In her place, BJP politicians and the

media have installed Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, who was born on
October 31, 1875. A close confidant of
Mahatma Gandhi, also known as the
iron man of India, Patel served as
Indias
first
home
minister.
Narendra Modi is a long-time admirer of Mr. Patel and has been laying
the foundations quite literally for
the past year to install him in the
consciousness of the Indian people.
On October 31 last year, while he
was CM of Gujarat, Modi laid a foundation stone in that state for a statue of Patel, that he dubbed the
Statue of Unity, set to be twice the
height of the Statue of Liberty. This
country will always have one regret.
Had Sardar Patel been our first
prime minister, the face and destiny
of the country would have been different, Modi said a couple of days
before laying the statues foundation
stone during an event in the states
capital city to mark the opening of a
museum about Patels life. This year
Modi declared October 31 Rashtriya
Ekta Divas, in honor of Patel. His
government instructed authorities to
direct schools and colleges to organize events on October 31 to honor
Patels contributions to Indias unity,

safety and security. An early morning televised running race in his

memory, titled the Run for Unity,
which Modi piloted in Vadodara in
Gujarat last year, was held in the
capital New Delhi. Before he waved
the starting flag, Modi led the chant
of Sardar Patel amar rahe. The
media ollowed suit. But a Congressplaced tribute to Mrs. Gandhi was
not displayed so prominently in the
print or electronic media.
This new-found enthusiasm for
Mr. Patel is being criticized from
some quarters, including, perhaps
not surprisingly, from Congress
party. Both parties are big enough
to honor both great leaders, said
Shashi Tharoor, a member of parliament and a former spokesman for
the Congress party. But to forget the
only prime minister assassinated in
office in the line of duty on the 30th
anniversary of that event smacks of
political prejudice, said Mr. Tharoor,
who was removed as the partys
spokesperson earlier this month
after pledging support for Mr. Modis
campaign to clean up India. He
added that it seemed rude to play
politics with her memory and for the
government to plaster the nation
with events and advertisements and
completely ignore Indira Gandhi.

2-phase civic bodies polls in Cgarh

next month, model code comes in force
Raipur
Polls for 154 urban bodies in Chhattisgarh
will be organised in two phase. The voting
will be held on December 8 and 11 and
result would be declared on December 15.
The process of filing of nomination papers
will begin from November 17 for the first
phase polling.
For the second phase, the nomination
will begin from November 19. As many as 51
urban bodies, including 10 municipal corporations, 19 municipal councils and 22 nagar
panchayats, will go to polls in the first phase
on December 8, while the remaining 103
urban bodies including 20 municipal councils, 83 nagar panchayats will witness voting on December 11.Dalei informed that out
of the total 2,881 wards, 1,250 will go to
polls in the first phase and 1,631 in the second and the final phase. State Election
Commissioner PC Dalei said that with the

announcement of polls, the model code of

conduct has come into place in these local
governing bodies, including municipal cor-

porations, municipal councils and nagar

panchayats. Both BJP and Congress have
claimed that they will sweep urban bodies

elections. Dalei informed that 37,27,987 voters, including 18,99,314 men and 18,28,673
women are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls, for which 5,087 polling
stations have been set up.
Across the state 1,421 polling booths
have been identified as sensitive, while 147
as hyper sensitive. For the first time, electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used
in the civic bodies elections. The EVM will
be used for maximum of 56 candidates and
the ballot papers will be used according to
the need, said Dalei. For security reasons in
Naxal-hit areas, polling in Kondagaon,
Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada, Sukma
and Bijpaur urban bodies will be held from
7 am to 3 pm, whereas the polling in other
urban bodies will be held from 8 am to 5
pm.The None Of The Above (NOTA) option
will also be available to the voters for the
first time in civic elections.

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Urgent need for technological upgradation

in handloom & powerloom sector: PM
Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has said that there is an
urgent need for technological
upgradation in handloom and powerloom sector to face the challenges of the competitive world.
He said that along with technological
up-gradation,
Human
Resource Development (HRD) is
another area in this sector which
needs
immediate
attention,
according to an official release.
Addressing a large gathering here
which included a large number of
weavers, craftsmen and artisans
among others, the PM said that
artisans, weavers and craftsmen
need to be provided training in a
scientific manner at their working
place itself.
Further, he said that the new
generation should be provided
financial incentives to join and
continue with this profession.
Earlier, the Prime Minister laid
the foundation of a Trade
Facilitation Centre (TFC) and a

Crafts Museum as well as inaugurated a Power loom Service Centre

at CPWD Complex, Bada Lalpur.
Also speaking on the occasion,
Union Minister of State for
Textiles,
Santosh
Kumar
Gangwar, said that proposed
Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC)
and a Crafts Museum would be
set-up in an area of about 8 acres
at the cost of Rs 50 crore excluding
land cost. However, total cost of
the project would be around

Rs.147 crore with a scope for further expansion in future as per the
requirement. The Minister said
that funds will not be a hindrance
in this regard, and informed that
his Ministry has already approved
setting-up of 13 textile parks with
the financial assistance at the rate
of Rs. 40 crore per park from the
Ministry. He said that 15 more
such textile parks would also be
set-up in the country under next
five Year plan.

PM for revitalizing Varansis

traditional textile industry
Varansi

Varanasi. The requirement now is to meet this

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today made

demand and satisfy the customer with modern design,

a strong pitch for re-establishing Varanasi on the glob-

products and service. Observing that after agriculture,

al map through revitalization of its traditional textile

textiles was the sector which generated maximum

industry. Speaking after laying the foundation stone of

employment, the Prime Minister said that textile

the Trade Facilitation Centre and Crafts Museum, and

workers weave not just cloth; but through the harmo-

inaugurating the Powerloom Service Centre in this

nious nature of their workplace, they also weave the

historic city, the Prime Minister said the Union

fabric of a cohesive, harmonious society. He said this

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Industry unaware of potential

benefits of IP creation
New Delhi
Indian industry is still unaware of the potential benefits of intellectual property creation, despite their innovative capability, said
Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, DIPP, Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Chaitanya Prasad. This is an indication of
the lack of awareness of the benefits of IP creation and enforcement for
wealth creation amongst Indian industry, thus disabling them to realize
the potential role of IPRs despite their innovative capability, said
Prasad, adding that it needs to be corrected. The Controller General of
Patents, Designs and Trade Marks was speaking at a training and
awareness program on Intellectual Property Rights organized by FICCI
and Intellectual Property India here recently. According to him, nonresidents filed 78.3 per cent of the total number of patent applications
(43,995) in 2012 at the India office of the Controller General of Patents
compared to 18 per cent in China, 16.3 per cent in Japan and 50 per cent
in the US. Prasad explained that IPRs are exclusive rights over such
intellectual property granted to creators/ holders which protect their
rights from misappropriation by third parties without their authorization. They are now not only being used as a tool to protect creativity and
generate revenue but also to build strategic alliances for socio-economic
and technological growth.
He said there exists a two-fold need with respect to intellectual property rights in India, One, greater understanding across the industrial
sector about the fundamentals and different facets of IP and two,
advanced learning in the area of patents in order to provide trained individuals who can perform at peak potential from early in their career. IP
protection, he stressed promotes innovation, increases funding for R&D,
helps firms realize, monetize and secure more value from innovations
and grow market value, develop new markets. Chaitanya pointed out
that companies that use IPR generally do better. They have a higher
market value. Small and medium-sized enterprises that rely on IP of all
sorts have reported higher growth, income and employment than those
that do not -- in some cases as much as 20 per cent more. Furthermore,
IP protection provides consumers with innovative products and services,
drives solutions to many of society's most important needs and helps protect consumers from inferior and dangerous counterfeits.

W Bengal number one in skill

development & small
scale industries

"Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb" was Varanasi`s heritage, and indeed the heritage of India. The
Prime Minister narrated an anecdote of how he
had seen a "Banaras street" in Boston, USA.
This was a street where "Gurus" lived, he said,
adding that the whole world knows of the heritage of Banaras. He exhorted the people of the

Ganga Sagar (W. Bengal)

city to now use e-commerce and strategically

West Bengal is number one in

tap the global market. He called upon people to

skill development and small scale

work towards creating a modern, active,

industries, the state CM Mamata

vibrant, forward-looking Banaras. The Prime

Banerjee said after mentioning that

Government is working towards revitalizing the tex-

Minister said he had not come to Varanasi to make tall

the state government inherited a

tile sector through a scientific approach, coupled

promises and his actions would speak for themselves.

huge debt and yet the Centre took

with infusion of appropriate technology. He said

He announced the Union Government`s decision for a

away the revenues.While address-

this Centre that was envisioned in Varanasi, was the

Rs. 2375 crore revival package for district cooperative

ing a programme here, a pilgrim

beginning of a comprehensive vision for this sector. He

banks. 16 of these banks are in Eastern Uttar

said this Centre would encapsulate the heritage of

Pradesh.

spot in South 24-Parganas

district, Banerjee recently said
that the state government inherited
a huge debt and yet the Centre took
away the revenues. "We are not
even getting money for the 100 days
work scheme but still we are number one in that. We are proud of it.
We are number one in skill development and small scale industries,"
she said. Banerjee warned the opposition parties against smear campaigns against the ruling TMC and

Varanasi at one place. The Prime Minister said there

This would ensure easy availability of credit to the

is need to understand the changing demands and

lower and middle class, and help revive the handloom

needs of the customer, and create new products which

and powerloom sector. The Prime Minister also visited

satisfy his need, to retain the customer. The Prime

an exhibition showcasing the traditional arts and

Minister is on a two-day visit to Varanasi. The Prime

crafts of Banaras. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram

Minister said ladies in every family in India had heard

Naik, and the Union MoS (IC) for Textiles Santosh

of the term "Banarasi Saree.

Kumar Gangwar were present. The Prime Minister

" Every mother wanted to gift a Banarasi saree to

specifically thanked Ahmad Hasan, Minister in the

her daughter for her wedding. He asserted that this

Uttar Pradesh Government, for being present on the

represents an assured market of crores of sarees for

occasion.

dared them to fight on development

plank. "We cannot be stopped by
smear campaign. My job is to take
everybodyalong. Those who will
oppose, will be thrown away," she
said at a programme in Ganga
Sagar. "Sarva Dharma Samanyaya
is our motto.
We work for people irrespective
of religions and castes.... Smear
campaign and malicious propaganda will not work. People will give a
fitting reply," Banerjee said. She
said that the state and the Centre
will jointly build a deep sea port at
Sagar Island at a cost of Rs 12,000
crore in the next 2-3 years which
would give jobs and bring development to the area.

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NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Wildlife trade poses serious threat Minster for measures to

reduce post-harvest losses
to biodiversity: Prakash Javadekar of horticulture produce

New Delhi

Prakash Javadekar, Minister

for Environment, Forests and
Climate Change has said that
Government would not tolerate illegal trade of wildlife
products as it posed serious
threat to biodiversity and sustainable
development.
Reiterating the need for harmonious co-existence of all
living organisms on earth,
Javadekar
said
that
Government wanted to send a
strong signal against unethical and unlawful trade of
wildlife products by destroying the seized products publicly. The Minister added that
money generated from illegal
trafficking and trade of animals and poaching always

found a way into illegal activities. Javadekar stated this

while presiding over the event
of consigning the illegal
wildlife products to flames in
the incinerator at the
National Zoological Park,
here recently. Unethical use
of products of various animals
and plants, often based on
unjustified reasons has been
a factor flaming illegal activi-

ties like poaching, smuggling

and illegal wildlife trade. In
order to curb this unethical
behavior, the law enforcing
agencies all over the world
including India have been
putting in serious efforts in
combating the wildlife crimes
and have seized a large number of wildlife products. The
illegal
wildlife
products
destroyed by the Ministry of

Environment
&
Forests
included those derived from
tigers, elephants, leopards,
lions, snakes, deer, mongoose,
owls, shells etc. Few wildlife
articles available in the
National Zoological Park were
also destroyed. The event was
a step towards appreciating
the efforts of various law
enforcing agencies like forest
and wildlife departments,
wildlife crime control bureau,
police, customs and many others for checking illegal trade
of these products. The event
also marked Governments
commitment to curb illegal
trade of wildlife products, to
protect wildlife and preserve
biodiversity for the future
generations.

Kochi (Kerala)
Union Minister of Agriculture,

Radha

Mohan Singh has called has called for

increased private partnership for creating
post-harvest management and processing
facilities for horticulture produce. Expressing
concern over loss of farm produce in the coun-

Govt to ensure international

quality standards of
Ayurvedic medicines

try, estimated about 40% of total produce, the

Minister said there is urgent need to adopt
techniques, which reduced post-harvest losses, add value and improve quality of the products and make it available to the common
man at reasonable prices.

12 Advanced Training Institutes

to be set up as a part of
Make in India programme
New Delhi
The Directorate General of Employment and
Training (DGE&T) of the Ministry of Labour &
Employment proposes to set up 12 Advanced
Training Institutes (ATIs) at various locations of
the country at a Total Project Cost of over 200
Crores. This is the pilot phase of a scheme of the
Directorate under its Craft Instructor Training

New Delhi
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union
Minister for Health & Family
Welfare, has announced that the
government would soon set up a
separate Central Drug Controller
for traditional medicines with a
view to ensuring quality in production standards. Inaugurating the
first Arogya Expo organised by
the Ministrys AYUSH Department
as part of the World Ayurveda
Congress here today, Dr Harsh
Vardhan said that it was a pity that
Indias experience and strengths in
traditional medicine have not translated into market shares in the
global traditional medicines market. Call it whateverAyurvedic
medicines or herbal medicines or
traditional medicines the global
market is estimated at about $100
billion today. Indias share in this is

negligible because quality standards are not maintained to international specifications. The government has decided to address this
lacuna, he said. The institutionalisation of a regulatory authority
backed up by central and state laboratories would ensure for traditional and indigenous medicine
pride of place in mainstream
healthcare, the Health Minister
said. He further said, In this age no
single stream of medicine is
supreme. This is the age of holistic
medicine and I wish to give India an
edge in this. With the worlds disease burden in non-communicable
diseases growing, there is a new
mindset in favour of holistic treatment. Dr Vardhan regretted that
India had missed the bus in terms
of capitalizing on her headstart in
the traditional medicines sector.

Delivering the inaugural address at

Global Conference and Exposition on Value
Added Agriculture and Food Processing at
Kochi recently, Radha Mohan Singh said that
with consistent efforts of the Government and
active participation of the farmers in adopting innovative technologies, it has been possible to sustain the agriculture production over
the years. Especially Kerala has made significant progress in horticulture production,
which has increased to 10.33 million tonnes
in 2012-13 after the launching of National
Horticulture Mission in the State in 2005-06.
During the 12th Plan the State has got an
amount of Rs. 444.03 crore from the Centre
for the development of horticulture.

Scheme (CITS), to be implemented in PPP mode,

He urged the State to create sound pro-

with the objective training of 9200 Vocational

cessing facilities for fruits like pineapple,

Instructors to begin with. This effort is a part of

enhance productivity of crops like pepper,

Make in India program which aims to transform

cashewnut and coconut to be competitive in

India into a best-in-class manufacturing hub and

export market. Radha Mohan Singh said the

it places a strong emphasis on skill development.

State should take the advantage of Centre for

The Honble Prime Minister, in a recent speech,

Perishable Cargo set up at Kochi for further-

has also weighed on the need to focus on Skill,

ing export potential of fruits and vegetables

Scale and Speed to make India capable of com-

by increased production of horticulture pro-

peting on the global scale.

duce

Referring to the requirement of skilled train-

in

catchments

area

of

Kochi

International airport.

ers in the country, he mentioned that good teach-

Singh said the Centre is aware of agro-

ers are one of the biggest needs of the society. To

potential of Kerala that is why ICAR has set

address this need for vocational trainers, the

up institutes for plantation crops, tuber

DGE&T has decided to setup 27 Advanced

crops, spices and fishing technology. Besides

Training Institutes (ATIs) in all for training of

this 14 Krishi Vigyan Kendra of ICAR are

trainers. With a clear impetus on private partici-

also working. The Centre is also giving finan-

pation to induce efficiency and innovation, the

cial support to three agriculture universali-

DGE&T has decided to explore Public-Private

ties in the States. The Minister observed that

Partnerships as a model for developing these

farmers cooperatives should be strengthened

institutes. DGE&T is an apex organization for

in the States in view of small land holdings

development and coordination of the vocational

and mechanized farming should be taken up

training in India. The prequalification process for

at the cooperative level for stabilization and

bidders to set up the first 12 institutes in the first

augmentation of produce. The State should

phase is to begin soon.

provide policy support for this purpose.

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PM selects Varansis jayapura

village as his model village
Varansi
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, visited Jayapur village of Varanasi district. He
announced that as the Lok Sabha Member of
Parliament from Varanasi, he had selected
Jayapur as the village under Saansad
Adarsh Gram Yojana.
Setting at rest all speculation over why
he was choosing Jayapur, the Prime
Minister recalled that soon after he was
nominated to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, he had learnt of a tragic fire incident in this village. He had then
spoken to officers and people to coordinate
relief efforts for the village.
Stating that bonds forged in times of distress were timeless, the Prime Minister
asserted that this was the sole reason for
choosing Jayapur. Narendra Modi said that
it is not MPs who are taking guardianship of
the village under the Saansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana, but villagers who were taking MPs
under their wing, through this scheme. He
said that a good public representative has a

lot to learn from villagers, their wealth of

experience and their insights on solving
problems. He said the Saansad Adarsh
Gram Yojana does not mean infusing additional funds in a village, but ensuring that
schemes are properly implemented, and the
entire village participates in solving prob-

lems and ensuring development. "I come to

beseech Jayapur - adopt me. Teach me how
to solve the problems of villages," the Prime
Minister said. He said he wanted to remove
the deficiencies that had prevented villages
from progressing over the last 60 years. The
Prime Minister said that if one village devel-

Rs 15 lakh crore investment will

need a Fadnavis push: ASSOCHAM

oped as an Adarsh Gram, it would influence

several others, and officers would also get an
idea of how best to implement schemes. The
Prime Minister laid a lot of emphasis on generating social consciousness, and making
significant achievements through the collective will of the people. Every village should
celebrate its birthday, and all should participate in this celebration, the Prime Minister
said, adding that this is the best way to end
casteism. Can we decide that we will not
allow Jayapur to become dirty; can we
ensure children wash hands before eating,
the Prime Minister asked the large, vociferous gathering, asserting that these things
did not require Government intervention.
He said such positive social energy can help
create a model village. The Prime Minister
also called for every family in Jayapur village to celebrate the birth of every girl child
as a festival. The Prime Minister said he has
a lot of plans for Varanasi, but he hopes to
achieve these objectives through people`s
power - Janshakti.

India to launch blue

revolution to boost
fish production
Mumbai

Mumbai
Expressing confidence that the new
BJP government in Maharashtra, led by
Devendra Fadnavis, will provide a clean
and efficient administration, The
Associated Chambers of Commerce &
Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said
recenly the young and energetic leader
will need to address some immediate
issues like power deficit and removing
bureaucratic hurdles to revive investment in manufacturing, real estate and
construction sectors for raising the economic growth and job creation in the
state. Live investment worth Rs 15 lakh
crore which is at different stages of
implementation should be expedited by
the new CM. The multiplier
effect
will
be
phenomenal
ASSOCHAM President Rana Kapoor
said. According to an analysis done by
the chamber, Maharashtra which is one
of the most industrialised states along

with Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and

Karnataka, suffers from power deficit
forcing the industry to go in for expensive and unclean energy options like
diesel-fired captive sets. For the AprilSeptember period of the current fiscal,
Maharashtra had a power deficit of 6.7
per cent. Against the peak demand of
20,004 MW, the peak demand met was
18,658 MW for the April-September
months of 2014-15. The situation this
year is far worse than last year, even
when the Prime Minister Mr
Narendra Modis Government at the
Centre wants a fast industrial recovery.
The basic requirements like power and
the related raw material coal, must be
met . Live investment worth Rs 4.12
lakh crore is under implementation in
the power sector alone in Maharashtra.
However, the implementation of the
same needs to be speeded up.
ASSOCHAM President Mr Rana
Kapoor, while expressing confidence
that Mr Fadnavis will provide a new
dynamism to the administration in all

the regions of the state, said, the new

CM should take up the long pending
agenda of making Mumbai as one of the
most vibrant and dynamic financial centres of the world. Mumbai is known as
Indias financial capital. It is a fair
expectation that the financial capital of
the world should be among the top global financial centres.
As per the analysis done by the
chambers research wing, manufacturing, real estate, financials and agriculture are the main contributors to
Maharashtras gross domestic product.
Along with pending live investment of
Rs 4.12 lakh crore in the power sector,
such investments in the pipeline belong
to construction and real estate (Rs 2.92
lakh crore), services (Rs 5.78 lakh crore)
and manufacturing (Rs 1.65 lakh crore).
The live investment in the irrigation of
Rs 36,144 crore is also important and
needs to be implemented fast since the
agriculture and the agro related industries are also major contributors to the
states economy.

Union Minister for Agriculture, Radhamohan

Singh has said that the government is all set to
launch the blue revolution on the lines of the white
revolution which played a big role in increasing milk
production in the country. The Blue Revolution
envisages transformation of the fisheries sector with
increased investment, better training and development of infrastructure.
Blue Revolution will focus on construction of new
fishing harbours, modernization of fishing boats,
imparting training to fishermen, and above all promoting fishing as a self-employment activity.
Speaking at the convocation of the Central Institute
of Fisheries Education here, Singh said that though
India is the second largest producer of fish, it still
lags behind China by a huge margin, while also scoring low on the productivity scale. Fisheries output in
the country is presently about 10 million tonnes,
with inland fisheries accounting for 5.6 million
tonnes and marine fisheries 3.4 million tonnes,
according to the Minister. India has large natural
resources, and water bodies such as reservoirs, lakes
and ponds, in addition to an 8,118km-long coastline.
So it is well positioned to have a Blue Revolution, he
added. However, he expressed concern over stagnation in production of marine fisheries, pointing out
that deep sea fishing would require large investments owing to which the Ministry would have to
explore possibilities of public-private partnership.
The Minister also stated that largest species of
fish are found in India, and there is also a tremendous scope for breeding of colourful ornamental fish.
Even though the government has so far focused
mostly on agricultureand industry, the government
has envisaged a grand plan for development of fisheries as a major employment generating economic
activity, he added.

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10

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Pakistan aim to consolidate third position in Test rankings

Dubai

points, while a 1-0 victory will

Third-ranked Pakistan have a

see Pakistan gain a solitary rat-

chance to reduce the gap fur-

ings point. A drawn series will

ther on second-ranked Australia

result in Pakistan swapping

in the ICC Test Team Rankings

positions with England, while

when they face New Zealand in

New Zealand will improve their

the three-Test series that starts

rankings point by one. In con-

at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in

trast, a one-nil victory for sev-

Abu Dhabi Sunday. A 3-0 series

enth-placed will New Zealand

win over New Zealand will earn

see them leapfrog India into

Misbah-ul-Haqs side five rat-

sixth position with Pakistan

ings

reducing

dropping to fifth. A 2-0 win will

Australias lead to seven points.

push New Zealand into fifth

A 2-0 win for the hosts will see

place with Pakistan slipping to

them reduce the deficit to nine

sixth spot.

points,

thus

Kohli, Mithali nominated

for top ICC awards

(ICC). Kohli will be competing for the
award against South Africans Quinton
de Kock, AB de Villiers and Dale
Steyn, who have also been shortlisted.
De Villiers won the award in 2010
while Kohli won it in 2012. For the
Womens ODI Cricketer of the Year
award, two former winners have been
shortlisted

England

captain

Charlotte Edwards, winner in 2008,

and two-time winner Stafanie Taylor
of the West Indies. They are joined by
No.1 ranked batter Mithali Raj and
England wicketkeeper-batter Sarah
Taylor. There will be a new winner of
the Womens T20I Cricketer of the Year
after the previous two awards were

ashing Indian batsman Virat

won by Englands Taylor. The players

ners will be announced Nov 14. The

Kohli was Wednesday nominated

shortlisted this year are Edwards of

voting period for the awards was from

for

One-Day

England, Meg Lanning of Australia,

August 2013 to September 2014.

International (ODI) Cricketer of the

Indias Mithali and West Indies

The individual player awards were

year while India captain Mithali Raj

Taylor. Mithali is one of the seven

shortlisted by an academy of top crick-

was nominated for two awards the

cricketers who have been nominated

et personalities from around the world

ICC Womens ODI as well as T20I

for two awards. The others are de

after the long-list nominations were

Cricketer of the Year. However, no

Villiers, Edwards, Mitchell Johnson,

made by a five-person ICC selection

other Indian was selected for any of

Angelo Mathews, Kumar Sangakkara

panel led by former India captain and

the other major award categories of

and Taylor. This year marks the 11th

chairman

year of the ICC Awards and the win-

Committee Anil Kumble.

the

ICC

the International Cricket Council

of

the

ICC

Cricket

The Mudgal report

should be made public
O

ne thing is clear: the BCCI cannot be counted on to

root out and expose corruption in Indian cricket.
Time and again the board has shown it prefers to put personnel over principle, rather than the other way around.
That cricket is in this spot at all is because of the BCCI's
refusal to introspect and examine itself. The CBI slammed
it in 2000 not being serious about uncovering match-fixing
when the scandal first broke and nothing has changed.
Remember Srinivasans comments after the 2012 IPL scandal? No? Too many scandals to keep track of? Heres a quick
recap: An India TV sting operation found players were
being paid under the table by franchises. The board cracked
down on the five players involved in the sting but no action
was taken against the franchises.
Instead, Srinivasan went on TV and said this: All the
franchisees have people of stature behind it. It will be wrong
to presume they are doing something wrong and then make
enquiries. If something comes to light it is different. All the
franchisees are reputable people and I have respect for
them. As Prem Panicker, the managing editor of Yahoo,
pointed out in a blog post last year. That is the BCCI mindset, right there. We will see/hear/speak no evil. If some
external agency a TV station doing a sting, cops trailing
the underworld bring something to light, and we have no
other option, then we will launch an inquiry. The board
has now taken that strategy a step further. Even when there
is an inquiry, they will either attempt to cover it up for
example, the BCCIs laughable investigation into the
Gurunath Meiyappan allegations or simply deny anything is amiss and that everyone is innocent and is being
unfairly tarnished. For this reason, and this reason alone,
the Supreme Court should not have bothered asking the
BCCI (and the Cricket Association of Bihar) whether or not
the Mudgal report should be made public. It should simply
go ahead and make the report public. But there are other
reasons too. Crickets supporters ought to have a full and
fair accounting of events for they are the foundation on
which the sport is built. Ask any player and he or she will
tell you there is no feeling like playing in front of a packed
house. And without the fans, the game, and the BCCIs profits, would not exist.

Cricket world champions to get $4 mn

Dubai
The total prize money of the 2015 World Cup
would be $10 million, an increase of nearly
20 percent over the previous edition of the
tournament four years ago, according to the
International Cricket Council (ICC) Board,
which also decided to use the Decision
Review System (DRS) in all 49 matches of
the tournament. An unbeaten path to winning the Cup will fetch the victorious team
$4,020,000 while a defeat in their way to lifting the trophy will mean a depleted purse of
$3,975,000. The winners of the next years
mega event, starting Feb 14, will receive
$3,750,000, up from $3,250,000 in 2011 while
the runners-up will collect $1,750,000 in
comparison to $1,500,000. The two losing
semi-finalists will each get $600,000. In

2011, the two losing teams received

$500,000.
The board
also
expressed satisfaction with
the preparations for the
upcoming
mega event,
to be hosted
by Australia
and New
Zealand and
decided to use
the DRS in all
49 matches of the tournament with reserve
days kept for the knock-out phase matches

only. It was also decided that Super Over

wont be used in
tied matches in
the knock-out
phase. In case of
a tied quarterfinal and semifinal, the side
finishing in the
higher position
in the group
stage will
progress. If the
final is tied or if
the match is a
no-result, then
the teams will be declared joint winners. The
board also approved cut-off dates for qualifi-

cation to the 2017 Champions Trophy 2017

and the 2019 World Cup. It was decided the
top eight sides on the One-Day International
(ODI) rankings as of Sep 30, 2015, will qualify for the Champions Trophy, to be hosted by
the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
The cut-off date for the 10-team 2019 World
Cup, also to be held in England and Wales
was set for Sep 30, 2017. The top eight
ranked sides on that date will automatically
qualify for the 2019 edition of the event,
while the ninth and 10th ranked teams will
play in the qualifiers to be held in
Bangladesh in 2018. The meeting Monday
also saw the acceptance of the Pakistan
Cricket Boards (PCB) nomination of Najam
Sethi, former chairman of PCB, for the ICC
Presidency.

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NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Puneet Issar's back in Bigg Boss, Aarya's appalled

P

uneet Issar, who was evicted

from Bigg Boss' house after he
assaulted another house mate this
week, Aarya Babbar, is back in the
house again. Apparently as a form of
punishment, Issar has been asked to
live inside a cage and without any luxuries of the house. While Issar's friends
-- Gautam, Pritam, Praneet and Sonali
-- are extremely happy to have him
back, Aarya Babbar was appalled to see
him back in the controversial house.
Bigg Boss informed the members of the
house that Issar has been given one
more chance as his intentions weren't
as negative and it was being made into.
He was misunderstood. In the middle of
a task in Tuesday's episode, Issar got so
angry with Babbar that he charged on

him and pinned him on the ground. The

task obviously was not completed. Soon
after the brawl, the Bigg Boss
announced the eviction of Issar for
being violent and using force. Issar
tried to explain to Bigg Boss that he
wasn't being violent but was only using
a martial arts technique to tackle
Babbar, but Bigg Boss wasn't convinced. While Issar paid the price for
losing his cool, Babbar kept it together,
despite being instigated by inmates to
take action against Issar. After the
fight, Babbar complained about Issar's
violent behaviour and waited for Bigg
Boss' decision, which was obviously in
his favour. After Issar was evicted, his
closest friend in the show, Gautam
broke down.

Only believe in feeling of love, says Kareena

dissing 'love jihad' conspiracy theorists
Nudity is fine but
weak script,
choppy editing
make film messy
n a scene in Ketan Mehta's Rang
Rasiya we see Raja Ravi Varma
(Randeep Hooda) paint a picture of his muse, Sugandha
(Nandana Sen) as the goddess of
Knowledge, Saraswati. After, the
painting is done and Sugandha sees
it for the first time, she is moved to
tears, seemingly by the beauty of it.
However, once the camera moves
from her face and pans into the
painting itself, you will realise that
she might have been crying because
the woman in the illustration doesn't
look a thing like her. As the audience,
you too will have those moments during the film, when you will want to
cry your eyes out, not because of the
emotional scenes or the drama that's
unfolding in front of you, but because
of the lack of it. Mehta's Rang Rasiya
is about one of India's most famous
painters, Raja Ravi Varma, a man
who introduced us to Hindu gods
and goddesses in human forms
through his paintings. Varma also
happens to be the man who introduced consumerism in India. It was
his mass-produced images of gods
and goddesses that found their way
into Indian households and though
more than a hundred years have
passed Varma still remains in thousands of our homes and his paintings of Hindu gods are still worshipped. In Rang Rasiya, Mehta
tries to chronicle the life of Varma
his passion for art, his conflicts with
self-righteous godmen who try to
impose artistic censorship on him,
his lust for appreciation and need to
reach out to the masses and lastly,
his relationship with his muse,
Sugandha, who also happens to be a
prostitute and while all these sound
great in paper, somehow, onscreen, it
seems like an epic fail.

areena Kapoor
believes in "feeling of
love" which, she feels,
can happen between two
people regardless of caste,
creed, or religion.
Therefore, the actress
doesn't relate to the concept of "Love Jihad" and
says that she never
believed in such theories.
"I believe only in the feeling of love," Kareena, who
is married to actor-filmmaker Saif Ali Khan, told
IANS when asked about
Love Jihad, which is
allegedly a
Muslim project of luring
Hindu girls

into marriage and religious conversion. "Saif has

a very broad perspective
and he also shared his
perspective on 'Love
Jihad' (via an open letter).
He married a Hindu,
which is me, and we had a
civil marriage," said the
actress. "I feel that love is
something that you can't
term. There is passion,
there is lust... there are so
many things. It can happen between two human
beings," said Kareena.
"Now if somebody is Hindu
and he or she starts loving
a Muslim person, you can't
stop them. You cannot ask
somebody, 'Are you a

Muslim or are you a

Hindu?' and then fall in
love. "Love is a feeling, it's
an emotion. That's why I
don't believe in Love
Jihad. I believe in the feeling of love, added the
34-year-old. Co-incidentally her next film with
Salman Khan "Bajrangi
Bhaijan is also about a
Brahmin girl and Muslim
boy. The actress is in the
capital on dual purpose first she launched the latest bathing range of Vivel
titled "Love & Nourish"
and now she is busy shooting for Kabir Khan's
"Bajrangi Bhaijan in the
city.

When Ali took a

break for Vidya
ctor Ali Fazal took a short break while shooting for his film
Khamoshiyaan in Cape Town to meet his friend and actress
Vidya Balan, with whom he worked in Bobby Jasoos. Vidya
was also shooting at the destination for her next film. The stars
were so busy with their hectic schedule that they were unable to
take out time for a meeting despite shooting at the same place.
Hence, Ali took an initiative and went to meet the actress on
her sets. They spent some time chatting and reliving old
memories. Its really weird and funny. Vidya and I
were shooting at the same place and at the same
time, but unfortunately we couldnt meet. As
Vidya is one of my closest friend, it would be
unfair on my part not to meet her especially when we were shooting just
minutes away. So I just took a
short break and went to met
herIt was a crazy and fun.
It is always good to meet her
and hang out with her, Ali
said in a statement.

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12

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Every agricultural field to have

irrigation facility in next 10 years
New Delhi
nion Minister for Water
Resources,
River
Development
and
Ganga Rejuvenation Uma
Bharti has said that every
agricultural field in the country will have irrigation facility
in the next ten years.
Inaugurating the National
Convention of Presidents of
Water Users Associations
(WUAs) on Participatory
Irrigation Management (PIM)
here recently, the Minister
said availability of water for
utilization needs to be augmented to meet increasing
demands through efficient use
of water in all the sectors. She
said the issue of Water Use
Efficiency is recognized as
being very important for
water security in the coming
years.
Irrigation
sector
accounts for about 80% of total
water use and therefore, it is
imperative that water use efficiency is much more important in case of irrigation projects. The Minister said shortage of water is one of the

major problems of the country.

She said we have to stop misuse of water if we want to conserve our water resources. Su
Bharti called for public participation at a very large scale to
conserve water resources of
the country. The Minister said
people should not depend on
Government for everything
and society should take initiatives on its own on sensitive
issues like water conservation. Uma said that an effective WUA will work towards
an equitable and uniform distribution of available canal
water among all users, will
ensure adequate repair and
maintenance of watercourses
and keep it in running condition by clearing of the silt and
vegetation. She said, A functional WUA will ensure efficient and economical use of
canal water and take assistance of agricultural extension
programme to decide type of
crop for optimum utilization of
available water. This will not
only lead to prosperity of the
participating farmers and

region but will also result in

protection of environment and
ecological balance by involving
stakeholders in implementation of water budget and operational plan. She informed
the convention that her
Ministry has issued guidelines
for farmers participation
under
Command
Area
Development
&
Water
Management programme, recognizing the need for sound
legal framework for PIM in
the country. Su Bharti said
that her Ministry has been
promoting PIM and has
requested
the
State
Governments to enact legislation for involvement /participation of farmers in the irrigation management at different
levels. She said though over
84000 WUAs have been
formed in the country, their
functional efficiency in ensuring efficient water use and
equitable water allocation is
far
from
satisfactory.
Therefore, introspection at
this juncture is vital, the
Minister added.

Increasing rubber cultivation

in North East important
to meet shortage
Agartala
In order to meet the
increasing demand for
rubber and address the
shortage, the Rubber
Board is keen to increase
its cultivation in non-traditional areas of north
eastern India.
"The cultivation of
rubber in Kerala is about
to saturate. To meet the
rising demand of rubber
and overcome shortage, it
is important to increase its
cultivation in non-traditional areas," said Rubber
Board
chairman
A
Jayathilak.
Jayathilak

said that with the growing

demand for rubber, its productivity and areas under
cultivation
must
be
increased. He further
added that the Non-traditional areas are the only
alternative for this." The
Rubber Board Chairman
was here recently to
attend the golden jubilee
celebrations of rubber
plantation in Tripura. He
said the board has decided
to cultivate rubber on
141,000 hectares of land in
northeast. To increase
livelihood of poor people
and small land holders,
rubber can be cultivated

with
tea,
pineapple,
banana and other crops,
said the chairman. "The
board has been persuading
industrialists
and
investors to set up rubberbased industries in the
northeast," he said, as per
the media report. He further said that despite
reduction of prices of rubber in the international
market there is no effect
on rubber cultivation in
India. Director, Rubber
Research Institute of India
(RRII), James Jacob said
the climate in northeast is
most suitable for rubber
cultivation.

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