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Karond area
still wears
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look
Rs. 100 crore
Venture
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in state

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foundation for
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In the assembly: BJP, Cong MLAs

concerned over sale of illicit liquor
NEWS MAX

Bhopal's Rita Mathur wins

'Mallika-e-Kitchen' title

Bhopal

JP and Congress members expressed concern over the

issue of alleged sale of illegal and spurious liquor in various parts of MP. The matter was raised by BJP's
Pandhana (Khandwa district) MLA Yogita Naval Singh
Borkar through a Call Attention motion in the Assembly. However,
in his reply, state Commercial Taxes Minister Jayant Mallaiya
said that after the probe, it was found that only "duty paid" liquor
was being sold, while the MLA had complained of sale of illegal
liquor in Pandhana area. It was also revealed that no case of sale
of spurious liquor was found and the civil surgeon (of the concerned area) also confirmed that no casualty was reported in the
area because of consumption of spurious liquor, he said.
Mallaiya also informed the House that Excise officials were
regularly keeping a watch on the area and taking action against
those involved in the sale of such liquor. Besides Yogita, Congress
member Sunderlal Tiwari and others also raised the issue of sale
of illegal liquor in their respective areas. But, Deputy Speaker
Rajendra Kumar Singh did not ask the Minister to respond to the
matter raised by others as the Call Attention motion was specific
to Pandhana area only.

Ratnagarh stampede tabled:

head constable found guilty,
clean chit to others
On the last day of the Winter Session of MP Assembly, GAD
Minister Lal Singh Arya tabled reports of two judicial committees

formed to investigate Ratangarh temple stampede and firing at JP

cement factory. In the Ratangarh stampede occurred on October
13, 2013, stampede had taken place at the bridge while the devotees were going to offer prayers at a temple. In the incident, the
committee headed by retired High Court judge Rakesh Saxena has
found a head constable guilty, while other accused have been given
clean-chit.
Similarly, in the firing incident at the gate of JP cement factory gate, district judge of Bhopal Sushma Khosla found that the
incident could have been averted if the Collector and SP had taken
effective measures in advance.

Furore over attack on MLA

Members of the opposition as well the ruling BJP created an
uproar in the Assembly while discussing an adjournment motion
moved by the Congress about an alleged attack on Bahoriband
MLA Sourabh Singh during the recent local body polls in the state.
Speaker Sitasharan Sharma adjourned the House for five minutes
after Singh (Sourabh) made some unparliamentary comment
against BJP MLA Sanjay Pathak and refused to take back his
remark. However, the Speaker expunged the remark from the
Assembly's proceedings.
Singh, who took part in the debate, seated on his chair due to
an injury, called allegations levelled by ruling BJP members that
he had fired from his licensed revolver during a dispute at a
polling station in Katni with a BJP MLA's family member Manish
Pathak, as "totally false". Home Minister Babulal Gaur informed
the House that those responsible for the incident were already
arrested.

Bhopal: Rita Mathur from Bhopal was crowned

LG's 'Mallika-e-Kitchen' in the sixth season finale of
the live cookery contest held here recently. The competition was held at a hotel in New Delhi and Mathur
was among 12 contenders from various states across
India. Her preparations were jointly called Zaika-EHind, and she was honoured by celebrity chef and
judge Nita Mehta. Talking about her win, Mathur said:
"I am extremely happy and honoured that I have won
the title. Being a working woman, I hardly had time to
prepare myself for it. But I had great support from my
family because of which I was able to do it." The
standout factor in her preparation for the finale was the
fact that it had "all the colours of the Indian flag",
added Mathur, who received a door-to-door refrigerators. Started August 25, this year's 'Mallika-e-Kitchen'
cooking contest had 4,000 participants from 62 cities
across India. The competition was conducted in three
stages, which culminated in the grand finale here.
Mumbai-based Pushpa Chaplot and Chennai based
Shajeeda were named as the first and the second runners-up respectively. They were awarded a water purifier each. The grand finale witnessed a challenge under
which all the 12 contestants were asked to make their
respective dishes in 90 minutes using a microwave. All
of them attempted to lend a flavour of the region they
came from. Nita Mehta, who has been associated with
the contest since its first season, said: "Taste, texture
and presentation are the three basic things I look out
for. The new and innovative ideas that I saw in Rita's
dish was tremendous." Lauding the initiative, she
added: "A woman is never rewarded and appreciated
for her efforts in the kitchen. With 'Mallika-e-Kitchen',
LG has presented a platform through which women
can showcase her talent to everybody. Such efforts
boost the confidence in women and empower them to
compete with the society.

Chhattisgarh Explore

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Govt monitoring fluoride

content in water: Raman
Raipur
CM Raman Singh has said that the
State Government has established 26 district-level laboratories in the State for
checking fluoride content in ground water
sources. In three years, as many as 56,388
samples

collected

from

groundwater

resources across the State have been examined in these laboratories.

Out of these, 328 samples were found
high in fluoride content. While chairing a
meeting

of

the

Public

Health

and

Engineering Department (PHED) here

recently, thhe CM said the Government
spent more than Rs5.62 crore during 201213 for implementation of various schemes
formulated for ensuring safe drinking water
to the people living in fluoride affected
areas. Singh said recently the Government
had approved Rs190 crore under the State
Governments Nal-Jal Scheme for eliminating salinity in water supply being made to
nearly 152

villages of Bemetara district

worth Rs101.47 crores for supplying safe

villages falling in Bemetara block Rs63.22

from Shivnath River. He said the 'Nal-Jal'

water in the villages. He said that the proj-

Crore has been provided. PHED officials

scheme is the biggest in the country formu-

ect will be commenced in the district soon.

said that under the scheme to supply safe

facilitated to ensure the supply of safe

lated to solve the problem of salinity in

Singh directed the PHED officials to start

drinking water to villages, nearly 1.74 lakh

drinking water in villages.This apart, the

water supply made to the villages. The CM

the construction works under the scheme

villages of Bemetara block, 54 villages of

PHED have established as many as 227 flu-

said the problem of water salinity in 98 vil-

soon. He informed that the project will cover

Navagarh and 41 villages of Saja block will

oride prevention plants to ensure supply of

lages of Bemetara district is serious and the

41 villages in Saja block and Rs38.25 Crore

be benefitted.Under the scheme, 751 km of

safe drinking water in fluoride-affected

Government has approved two projects

has been sanctioned for it. Similarly for 57

pipelines and 139 overhead tanks will be

regions of Chhattisgarh.

Religious conversion issue: Oppn should

present a united proposal, says Shah
cannot be resolved overnight.

RAIPUR

However, I feel that the state

BJP president Amit Shah

government has been quite

said here that the opposition

successful in winning that

parties should bring forth a

conflict so far and should be

united proposal to deal with

able to defeat them soon, he

the issue of religious conversions, rather than disrupting

the Parliament. I just want
to state clearly that the political

parties,

which

have

objected to the issue of religious

conversions,

should

come together and bring forward to the BJP government

a proposal which says that
the conversions are violating
the

Indian

Constitution,

Shah said at a press conference here. The BJP chief also

touched upon the subject of

ment would soon succeed in

Maoists for the past ten years

Maoists

defeating

separatists.

and has been successful in

Chhattisgarh and was confi-

The Chhattisgarh govern-

pegging back the extremists,

dent that the state govern-

ment

but this is an issue which

operating

in

has

the

been

fighting

stated.
Shah, who was in Raipur
on the occasion of Dr Raman
Singh completing 11 years as
CM of Chhattisgarh, congratulated him, adding that the
state has moved forward
tremendously since he took
charge. The BJP has completed 11 years as a state
government in Chhattisgarh
and I believe that the party
and Dr Raman Singh have
had a great hand in bringing
about this glorious period,
where the state has developed tremendously, Shah
stated.

States 5 polytechnic
colleges on AICTE
approved list
Raipur: The Union Ministry of
Human Resources Development (HRD)
on Wednesday informed Chhattisgarh
Government that five polytechnic colleges
in the State have been included in the list
of All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) approved institutions. Polytechnic colleges in Raipur,
Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, Baloda Bazar and
Bhatapara have been approved by AICTE
on a demand made by Chhattisgarh,
Union HRD Minister Siti Irani informed
State Higher Education Minister Prem
Prakash Pandey here. Pandey along with
State Agriculture minister Brijmohan
Agrawal had called on HRD minister at
Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi. Pandey,
during his meeting with the HRD
Minister had also stressed on the need for
setting up higher institutes in
Chhattisgarh while saying that such
institutions would help in promoting
higher education and generating employment in a tribal-dominated State such as
Chhattisgarh. He added that setting up of
IIT will improve the level of technical
education and research institutions in
Chhattisgarh and demanded establishment of a National Tribal University in
Bastar and IIT in Bhilai.

MADHYA PRADESH

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Karond area still wears deserted look

Bhopal
Days after violence broke out between
the two communities in Karond locality;
pall of gloom has descended in the Aman

encroached upon plots of land and sold it to

several people and returned the same to
the plots owners only when the latter paid
handsome amount to them. Use of drugs
and snatching money and gold chains from

Colony where a number of houses of Irani

poor people by them was an order of the

community had been set afire.

day. However, the people who moved in

Karond area wears deserted look in the

from Irani Dera refuted the allegations

aftermath of the violence. Almost all the

against them. "If we had indulged in such

families of Irani community have left the

crimes, the police would have had a lot of

place and staying at safe places outside.

FIRs against us.

Taking precautionary measures heavy

But there are no such complaints," said

police force remained deployed. The locals

Gulam Ali, one of the Shia leaders living

mostly blame the Shias for the trouble they

near Bhopal railway station.Peace talks

was still on. The Home Minister assured

arrested people belonged to different parts

invited for themselves. Since they came

were initiated by the religious leaders of

the affected people that investigation in

of the city. The investigation conducted so

here the peace in the locality was gone.

both the communities, while a delegation

the case was on and the guilty people

far suggested that the locals had called

They browbeat people for no rhyme and

of the affected people has met Home

would not be spared. A written complaint

people from other parts of the city that cre-

reason. They didn"t allow people to go

Minister Babulal Gaur at his residence

was

which

ated problem in the colony. Police have

through their locality despite the fact it

seeking justice. Meanwhile, police have

belonged to Irani community. SP North

identified most of them and intense search

was a common passage for all. They

arrested around 33 people and the process

Arvind Saxena said that most of the

for them is on.

submitted

by

the

group

Smart phones to be distributed

to students in January
Bhopal
Students taking admission in the
first semester of current session in government colleges will be given smart
phones. This information was given at a
departmental review meeting chaired by
Higher and Technical Education Minister

departments. He said that discussions should be held with

industrialists to spend amount of CSR on development of
colleges in their areas.

Renewable energy
course in Neemuch ITI

Umashankar Gupta here recently. The

Gupta said that hostel should be built with new ITI.

meeting was informed that concerning

He said that one registered institute should be permitted

companys service centres will also be

to conduct on E.B.T.P. Since August 2014, as many as 28

established at district level to rectify

new ITIs, 51 new courses have been started, 1460 seats

technical errors in the smart phones.

Smart phones will be distributed to about
one lakh 53 thousand students. Gupta
said that proposals should be chalked out
to open girls colleges at district headquarters where there is no girls college.
He said that district headquarter-based
girls colleges will be upgraded to
Excellence Colleges. Gupta directed to

have been increased and 10 short-term courses of renewable energy have been started in Neemuch ITI. The
Technical Education Minister said that all students should
be linked with Aadhar Card. This will eliminate duplication in scholarships. He said that for assessment of traditional skill in construction sector, discussions should also
be held with labourers standing to secure daily work at
various crossing in cities. The pilot project for certification

prepare a proposal to establish technical

of 5 thousand traditional artisans will be started from

wing in Higher and Technical Education

January 15, 2015.

RAIPUR TRAIL

1,021 persons may need

cornea transplantation

in Chhattisgarh
RAIPUR

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Livelihood College for

registered labourers
RAIPUR
The State Government will establish a Livelihood
College in Raipur to impart quality skill-development training in different construction works to labourers of unorganised sector engaged in building construction related activities. Labourers registered with the Chhattisgarh Building
and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board will get benefit of this training. In the Governing body meeting of the
Chhattisgarh Construction Academy, chaired by Chief
Secretary Vivek Dhand here on Wednesday, it was decided to

t least 1021 out of 3512 people examined

establish a Model Livelihood College in Raipur, in view of the

during a State-wide survey conducted by

need for different building construction work requirements

the State Health Department were found with

during the coming 15-20 years in the city. In the college,
white spots in their eyes and have lost their
arrangement will be made to impart quality training to
vision. Most of them were youths, officials stated.
labourers registered with the Labour Department in door,
The Department has been looking for cornea tiswindow making, electricity and sanitary fitting and interior
sues in the eye bank so that such people can
undergo Cornea Transplantation. The health

works etc. The Chief Secretary said that arrangement should

officials believe people may get back their vision

be made to impart building construction and skill develop-

after the transplantation. An eye test campaign

ment related training to the labourers in the cities like

was launched in all the development blocks of

Bastar, Rajnandgaon, Korba, Raigarh where more construc-

each district across the State last month. Officials

tion works were expected. Necessary cooperation of

visited from house to house and examined the

Chhattisgarh Building and Other Construction Workers

machine - in the activities of Chhattisgarh Building and

eyes of kids to elderly people.

Welfare Board should be sought, he added. In the meeting,

Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. Chhattisgarh

The administration is getting them examined

approval has been given to add four new syllabuses

Construction Academy, Secretary SS Bajaj said that training

in Raipur medical college, Bilaspur medical col-

training programme desired by other institutions/construc-

in electrician trade has been imparted to the beneficiaries at

lege, MGM medical college, and Aurobindo

tion companies in addition to government departments, soft-

Sitapur in Sarguja district and Pandariya in Kabirdham dis-

Netralaya. According to State Programme Officer

ware

and

trict. Training in different trades has been imparted to 592

(Blindness) Dr Subhash Mishra the white spots in

construction/design, construction material lab testing and

trainees at seven centres in Mahasamund, Korba and Durg

the eyes have developed due to injury or due to

operation and repairing of construction related vehicles and

districts, of which 80 per cent of them got job, he added.

syllabus

related

to

basic

computer

some chemical reaction and due to prolonged

infection. There were very few reports of eyes getting affected due to vitamin deficiencies or malnutrition. He said during the campaign there was
a need for creating awareness among the people
for eye donation so that cornea of those affected
by the diseases can be replaced. Dr Mishra said

UNICEF calls for action against child labour

RAIPUR

may fall for social evil like

child labour. The consultation

that investigation of the patients of Raipur has

A State-level consultation

already been completed. The patients in Baloda

on child labour organised by

Bazar and Gariabandh will be examined soon.

Department of Labour in col-

ensuring access to quality

District level teams would be sent to examine the

laboration with UNICEF was

education to the children of

patients in places such as Ambikapur, Korea,

held here recently. The consul-

marginalized families is piv-

Jagdalpur and Dantewada.

tation was aimed at initiating

otal

The team will send serious patients to the eye

dialogue, build consensus and

labour. Prasanta Dash, Chief

banks where they will be examined to find out if

ensure collective action to pre-

of Field Office UNICEF

they will get vision back by cornea implantation.

vent

in

called for a policy change in

Chhattisgarh. The consulta-

defining child labour as it

tion hosted SCPCR, CHILD-

varies in the legislations like

LINE, police, civil society,

Child labour Act and Juvenile

media

other

Justice Act. He also urged the

departments of the State gov-

Government for better co-ordi-

ernment. It provided an oppor-

nation and convergence of the

people was carried out across the State. The

tunity to further understand

various departments for syn-

Department has been running the campaign in

the complexities of the issue

ergised efforts in curbing child

the State for prevention of eye diseases. Like last

and introspect on the facts and

labour in the State. Following

year, eye test of thousands of people was done by

findings of prevalence of child

the consultation, Department

organizing health camps in each block of all dis-

labour in the State. The con-

of Labour in partnership with

tricts, between May 5 and 16. In Raipur district,

sultation was also a step

UNICEF is organising a week-

camps were organised in the villages of Abhanpur

towards

long campaign to raise aware-

block last year. Dr Mishra said that eye test of

planning and comprehensive

thousands of people had been done during the

plan of action for the State to

campaign launched last year. Several people were

Incidentally, only last month, the State govern-

child

labour

also emphasized that

in

addressing

child

ment had reported that as many as 300 persons

mostly youth were found to be affected by Cornea
Opacity during the eye testing campaign of the
and

various

Health Department held in each block of all the

districts of the State. During the campaign, which
was continued for 10-12 days, eye test of 25 lakh

drawing

strategic

ness through civil society and

Child Rights, lauded the efforts of State

media on prevention of child

prevent child labour. While delivering

government in safeguarding child rights.

labour across the city of Raipur. The

found suffering from different diseases. This year

the key note address Professor Dr

She said that getting education is every

Labour department will also organise

the drive has been launched from May 5 to 16 in

Shantha Sinha, former Chairperson,

childs right and this will happen only

district-level consultations with all

National Commission for Protection of

when children remain in schools or they

stakeholders including labour officers.

each block of all the 27 districts.

MADHYA PRADESH

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Prestigious institutions invited to establish pvt universities in MP

Rs. 100 crore Venture Capital Fund in state

Chauhan said that talents should

suppressed due to lack of facilities

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan

be given opportunity to come for-

and opportunities to come forward.

has called upon prestigious educa-

ward. State government is provid-

Youths of the state will be sent to

tional institutions to establish pri-

ing every possible cooperation to

prestigious coaching centres in

vate universities in MP. He said

provide opportunities to them at

Delhi, Mumbai etc. to prepare for

that establishment of private uni-

every level. He said that a Rs. 100

all-India

versities in MP is the need of hour

crore Capital Venture Fund is

Expenditure on it will be borne by

for expansion of quality education.

being established in the state to

the state government. State gov-

The CM was addressing annual

extend

ernment

prize distribution function of Daly

working on innovative ideas.

Indore

help

to

entrepreneurs

competitive

is

given

exams.

guarantee

against education loan being pro-

recently.

The CM said that India is an

vided to students in the state. CM

Chairman of Board of Governance

ancient country. It boasted of edu-

Chauhan also inaugurated The

of Daly College Tukojirao Pawar

cational institutions like Nalanda

Mandloi Fitness Centre at Daly

and Principal Sumer Singh were

and Taxila, which had glorified

College. Expressing consent over

also present on the occasion.

Indias name in the world in

proposal put forth by Daily College

Chauhan felicitated Old Dalians

ancient times. Chauhan said that

Nations has recognised impor-

by 177 countries. The CM said that

to establish a university, the CM

who have excelled in various sec-

the world has now started recog-

tance of Yoga and declared June 21

there is no dearth of talents in MP.

said that the state government will

tors and gave away prizes to tal-

nizing Indian principles, knowl-

as World Yoga Day. The decision to

It is endevour of the state govern-

extend every possible cooperation

ented students of the college.

edge and science. Recently, United

observe Yoga Day was supported

ment to ensure that no talent is

in this.

College

at

Indore

Autos, vans, Tata Magic

Minister: Turn
and other small vehicles
energy
conservation into to have GPS system
mass movement
Bhopal
Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla has said that the state government has made
concrete arrangements to supply power as per demand during next 20 to 25 years.
Energy conservation and saving is in itself like generation of power. He stressed the
need for turning energy conservation into a mass movement. Shukla was addressing
a National Energy Conservation Day programme at A.K.S. University in Satna.

Make energy conservation a habit

Shukla said that every person should develop habit of conserving energy. He said
that he switches on light himself on entering his bungalow and does not forget to
switch them off before moving out. He said that every person should be aware about
energy conservation and make others aware. Shukla said that MP is countrys first
state which has succeeded in supplying power 24X7 to industries.
Area under agriculture and its production is increasing in the state as a result of

Indore

adequate power supply to farmers for irrigation. Shukla informed that apart from
supplying 675 MW power in December, the state also succeeded in supplying 9500
MW power in the peak season. Total power generation in year 2003 was 4600 MW,
which has been increased to 13 thousand 398 MW now and would be increased to 15
thousand MW by March 2015. He said that apart from fossil fuel, the state government is also striving for solar and wind energy.
Solar energy generation in the sate is 350 MW, which is targeted to be increased
to 2500 MW and generate 3500 MW wind energy by year 2017. He said that Asias
biggest solar power plant has been set up in Neemuch. Now, worlds biggest solar
energy plant is going to be established at Gurh in Rewa district which will have
power generation capacity of 750 MW. In the state, PPOs for generating 300 MW
solar and wind power have been signed. Social worker krishna Maheshwari said that
energy is the axis of a countrys development. Both conservation and augmentation
of energy are very necessary. Chancellor B.P. Soni said that 25 percent to 50 percent
energy can be conserved by using latest and sophisticated equipments. Reliance
Cements CEO Sunil Sachan also spoke on the occasion. The Energy Minister also
released Energy Conservation Day Souvenir on the occasion. He distributed certificates to winners of competitions focusing on energy conservation.

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said that 5

lakh houses will be constructed for the poor in
the state in next 5 years. He said that Rs. 8
crore will be allocated for installing GPS system in auto-rickshaws, vans, Tata Magic and
other small vehicles in view of womens safety
in Indore. Chauhan said that the state government is committed to ensuring respect, dignity
and safety of women in the state.
Chauhan said that illegal colonies in the
state will be legalised and regularised.
Chauhan was laying foundation stones and
inaugurating works worth crores of rupees at
Indore today. Chauhan laid foundation stone of
a bridge costing Rs. 8 crore at Samwad Nagar.
He also inaugurated a culvert costing Rs. one
crore linking Gita Nagar with Paricharika
Nagar.
Urban
Administration
and
Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya,

Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe, Indore

Development Authoritys Chairman Shankar
Lalwani, MLAs Mahendra Hardia, Su Usha
Thakur and Sudarshan Gupta were present on
the occasion. Chauhan said that special attention is being paid to urban development in the
state. Process of metro rail in Indore is being
undertaken at a rapid pace.
A Rs. 375 crore project has been sanctioned
to purify Khan river. It is being considered as
to how Narmada water can be brought to Khan
river. Chauhan informed that 30 percent posts
have been reserved for women in police recruitment also. Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said
that there will be no lack of budget for urban
development. Adequate budget will be made
available for it. The budget of states Urban
Administration
Department
has
been
increased from Rs. 600 crore to Rs. 6000 crore.
Vijayvargiya informed that Indore is among 10
best cities in the country.

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facing houses must be
fixed towards East, to
make sure the main door
falls towards the Northern
half of the side.
The main gates of two
houses facing each other
must never open towards
each other. Doors such as
these are very
inauspicious.
Teak is the best wood for
making doors and
windows.
Square or uneven
furnishing articles must
be avoided.
All the windows must
have symmetry and must
be proportionate in height.

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Satyarthi laid a strong foundation for

bright future of the country: Tomar
Bhopal: Narendra Singh Tomar presides over the live
streaming of Nobel Peace Prize 2014 ceremony at
Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi. The Nobel Peace
Prize 2014 was given in Oslo to Kailash Satyarthi and
Ms Malala Yousafzai. Tomar was the Chief Guest of the
event at Norway Embassy, New Delhi. Special guests
were children from Kailash Satyarthis organization
Bachpan Bachao Andolan and many of his colleagues
who have all contributed immensely to this noble cause.
he Minister in his
address
said:
Children are our
future and youth our hope.
Satyarthi ji considers children to be the real strength
of a nation and he has dedicated his whole life to the
cause of child welfare.
Through his Bachpan
bachaao aandolan that is
Save-the-childhood movement, not only has he
enabled the children to
move in a new direction,
but also laid a strong foundation for bright future of
the country. Over last 20
years, Satyarthi ji has
saved thousands of children
from child labour and
brought them to the mainstream of progress and
development. On a personal
level, it is a matter of pride
for me that Satyarthi ji and
I are from the same state of
the country that is MP.
Though greater pride is
that now he has risen above
state and national level,
and become an international personality. I am hopeful
that India and other nations
will follow his footsteps and mitigate social evils like child labour,
bonded labour and child trafficking. I convey my heartiest congratulations and best wishes on behalf
of all Indians, to Satyarthi ji and
the
joint
winner
Malala.

Norwegian Ambassador to India,

Eivind S. Homme said Many children have been given a new lease
of life thanks to Satyarthis efforts
over the last 35 years. Bachpan
Bachao Andolan has saved over 80,
000 children from child labor and

provided them with education. And

this doesn`t end here. Satyarthi
has said that the grant from the
award will be used through a new
global think-tank for childrens
rights, which I am sure, will help
the cause even bigger and better.

Commerce

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

W Bengal to organise global business summit

Kolkata
As an initiative to rejuvenate
the industrial scenario in the
state, the Government of West
Bengal is organising a global summit, scheduled to be held here on
January 7 and 8, 2015. The summit has a vision to seek partnership with the business community,
investors and intellectual capital
from outside the state and the
country to invest in a range of
areas that will trigger future
growth and change in the years

ahead. Bengal Global Business

Summit 2015 will bring to the fore

the readiness of the State in terms

of taking on challenges and meeting aspirations. Our vision for this
year's business summit is to create a blueprint that will explore
new possibilities of creating a
resurgent Bengal, an official
statement said. It will help the
state grow to new heights through
implementation of technology,
policies, practice and strategic
investment, it added. The event
will focus on sectors like urban
infrastructure and housing, IT

software and hardware, food processing, horticulture and floriculture, MSME and textiles, health
care, education and skills, manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, hospitality and tourism and
the business of entertainment and
financial services. National and
international entrepreneurs of
stature will address and share
their thoughts and experiences at
the plenary session during the two
day event. The summit will also
include sectoral breakaway ses-

sions with the participation of

leading industrialists from each
sector. In addition, there will be
B2B and G2B interactions and
opportunity for expositions, exhibition and presentations from
overseas and national investors.
The global event will be a platform
to understand the potential of
West Bengal in various sectors
and it will also create opportunities to interact with policy makers,
industry leaders, and top level
government officials, it said.

Odisha to upgrade Punjab Tourism Board keen to

develop
heritage
sites,
eco-tourism
rice processing
units, develop
Chandigarh

more mills
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)
In order to improve business
potential of rice processing sector
of the state, the Odisha government will provide incentives to
integrated rice millers for
upgrading and setting up more
processing units. The processing
mills will have facilities to produce rice bran oil and rice husk
power using surplus rice available in the state.
Recently, the state chief secretary GC Pati had said there is
need for technology upgradation
in existing mills and new mills in
urban areas of the state. MSME
secretary Panchanan Dash said
there is no specific package for
funding the rice mills. However,
the provisions mentioned in the
Food Processing Policy 2013 can
be applied to investors wanting to

set up rice mills. The policy on

food processing will cover all the
benefits and ensure five per cent
per annum back-ended interest
subsidy on working capital loan
for first five years from commencement of operation of the
units subject to a limit of Rs 5
lakh per year for five years.
The move is aimed at developing more rice mills in coastal districts
such
as
Cuttack,
Jagatsinghpur and other nearby
districts against the backdrop of a
recent study which showed that
nearly eight such districts lacked
milling capacity compared with
their annual demand. Odisha has
been producing around 8 million
tonne rice every year. Around 60
per cent of it is processed at
domestic mills while the rest is
transported to other states.

Punjab
Heritage
and Tourism Promotion
Board is taking various
steps to develop tourism
in the state by conserving
and renovating tourism
sites and putting in place
infrastructure and services to promote the state
as a prominent eco-tourism hub. Known for its
cuisine, culture and history, Punjab is richly
endowed with fertile farming land, and boasts
monuments, gurudwaras, sacred nes, temples,
lakes, museums and wildlife sanctuaries. To
develop these further, the Board is now keen to
hire consultancy firms to conduct feasibility
studies and for preparation of master plans. In
the pipeline are plans for conservation works,
civil works, landscaping, infrastructure like

roads and also eco-tourism projects. The functions of the Punjab Heritage and Tourism
Promotion Board are to undertake directly or
through public-private partnership setting up
tourism infrastructure; promote crafts and skills
related to the State; encourage expression of
artists in the mediums of painting, sculpture,
theatre, creative writing, music, films, documentaries; and publish the rich and diverse heritage
of Punjab, especially in the music, dance,
cuisines, costumes etc.

Retail shops, offices up for

grabs at India International
Horticulture Market
Faridabad
The
Haryana
State
Agricultural Marketing Board
(HSAMB) which is developing a
one
of
its
kind
India
International
Horticulture
Market (IIHM) for fruits, vegetables, flowers and dairy products at Ganaur here has called
for bids for purchase of retail
shops, offices and built shops.
The open auction will take place
next month. The global scale
market facility spread across
537.6 acres of land with world
class infrastructure will be
equipped with advanced cold
storage facilities and grading
and packaging techniques. India
International
Horticulture
Market at Ganaur is a logistic
hub designed for receiving long

flow of fruits and vegetables

from growing areas in order to
recompose them and make them
available to wholesalers in
Delhi/NCR region wholesale
markets and ship them to
receiving traders in remote consuming areas throughout the
country. In addition, Ganaur has
a close proximity to the Azadpur
which is a market of National
Importance. Around 30 per cent
of the total inflow and 28 per
cent of the total outflow of

Azadpur market passes through this route

which is expected to
tap by IIHM, Ganaur
on its way. Hence,
Ganaur is a strategic
location for setting up
the India International
Horticulture Market
as the road load factor for
Ganaur is very high. The
Azadpur market is handling
approximately 42,37,000 MTs in
an area of 78 acres, and hence is
highly congested. The establishment of IIHM at Ganaur is
intended to reduce congestion in
Azadpur Market. The identified
site of Ganaur project is in vicinity to the major production areas
of Haryana like Sonepat,
Panipat, Rohtak, Jhajjar, etc.

Turning India

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

5 rare swamp Assam international trade fair to showcase

deer to be products of various sectors
brought to
Van Vihar
New Delhi

Bhopal

Five rare Barasinghas (swamp deer),

found

only

in

MP's

Kanha

Tiger

Reserve, will be translocated to Van

Vihar National Park here this month.
"We are going to shift five Barasinghas

Assam
International
Trade and Industrial Fair,
scheduled to be held from
February 19 to 25 next year in
Jorhat district promises to be
the largest international
trade fair in Asia, showcasing
products of various sectors
including the MSME. The fair
has been organised by
Federation of Industry and
Commerce of North Eastern
Region (FINER). Speaking at
a press meet, Jorhat deputy
commissioner Solanki Vishal
Vasant said that the event
will feature more than 250
stalls, 100 of them from other
Asian countries. While the
fair will provide opportunities
for the national and international community to interact
with regard to trade and
enterprise, it will also offer
insights and direction to those
who aspire to start enterprises of their own.
The main objective of the
event is to provide a platform
for business opportunities
and enterprise building with
the national and international markets. Various sectors
that will be represented at the
international fair are MSME
machinery, infrastructure,
drilling technologies, green

technologies in manufacturing and urbanisation, handloom and weaving, packaging,

small and light engineering,
power, bamboo and cane, agriculture and horticulture, food
processing, textiles, medicinal
and aromatic oils, traditional
manufacturing, farm equipment and oil processing and
art forms like mask making.
FINER
Vice
Chairman
Pabitra Buragohain said four

countries
namely
Laos,
Thailand, Bangladesh and
Myanmar had confirmed participation and about 10 out of
the 25 approached are expected to put up stalls.
He said participants profile for the fair include
ASEAN, SAARC and BCIM,
ministries and government
departments, national manufacturers, state SMEs, product manufacturers, PSUs,

MNCs and private sector.

Tourism will also get a boost
with itineraries being fixed
for daily tours to places like
Majuli, Kaziranga National
Park, Balijan Shyam Gaon
and Kokilamukh ashram,
Dhekiakhowa
Namghar,
Gibbon wildlife sanctuary
and the Ahom monuments in
Sivasagar district being
given for the visitors, he
added.

from KTR to Van Vihar this month,"

State Principal Chief Conservator of

a disease at the tiger reserve spread

Mega Food Park inaugurated

in Fazilka dist Punjab

over Mandla and Balaghat districts of

Fazilka (Punjab)

MP. Right now, there were around 550

Union Minister for Food Processing

Industries, Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal
inaugurated the first of its kind Rs 136
Crore Mega International Food Park at
Dabwala Kalan, in Fazilka District
Punjab in the presence of Deputy CM of
Punjab
Sukhbir
Singh
Badal.
Inaugurating the food park, which is
among the fourth such parks in the country, the Union Minister gave a clarion
call for establishment of more food processing units to reduce the huge food
wastage worth Rs 45,000 crores in the
country. She said that "This is just the
beginning.
The Ministry has succeeded in promoting International Food Park by
extending a subsidy of Rs 50 crore. In the
near future you will see many more
parks and food processing units coming
up in the State", she said while addressing public gathering on the occasion.
Giving details of forthcoming projects in
Punjab, Smt Badal said ITC was coming
up with a Rs 1,000 crore food park in
Kapurthala. "We are also promoting
establishment of a cold chain for which
we are giving a subsidy of Rs 10 crore

Forests (Wildlife) Narendra Kumar said.

He said the move is being taken to
ensure that the Barasinghas do not
become extinct in case of an outbreak of

Barasinghas in KTR. In 1967, the population of Barasinghas dipped to an all

time low of 66. Some wildlife experts
suspect that they fall prey to tigers and
other carnivores due to their inability to
enter deep forests as they have huge
antlers. After this, forest officials tried
to translocate them but the effort failed
to bear fruit. The deer died before reaching their new home in Bandhavgarh
Tiger Reserve. "A previous attempt to
shift Barasinghas was made in early
1980s but it didn't work," KTR director
JS Chauhan said. "At that time, the
tranquilising methodology and transporting was not as modernized as it was
now," he said. He said Barasinghas are
found only in KTR. If this translocation
effort is successful, then another bid to
shift 50 more Barasinghas from Kanha
to Satpura Tiger Reserve will be made, a
senior forest official said.

besides creation of modern processing

centres for milk, fruits and vegetables",
she added. Urging farmers to add value
to their crops she said they could also
form small self help groups for this purpose. Making out a case for diversifying
from paddy cultivation, Smt Badal said
the need of the hour was to add value to
fruits and vegetables grown in Punjab.
Speaking on the occasion, Deputy CM of
Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal said diversification would become a reality with

creation of more food parks including the

one coming up in Kapurthala. Badal
lauded the food park promoters for providing more than 700 jobs to local youth
and said more youngsters would be
employed in the park once other companies also established their units in the 55
acre facility. The 55 acre food park has
come up at a cost of Rs 136 crore having
facilities for processing milk and milk
products besides packaging vegetables
and fruits.

Turning India

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

Ministry of Water Resources takes

new initiatives for Ganga rejuvination
New Delhi
After going through in
details into the recommendations of the Group of
Secretaries
the
Union
Minister for Water Resources,
River
Development
and
Ganga Rejuvination Su Uma
Bharti has finalized a Ganga
Rejuvination
Programme
which will have three groups,
seven
objectives
and
21points. The committee of
senior officials of the Ministry
and consortiums of seven IITs
constituted to ensure uninterrupted flow of Ganga will
submit its final report by the
month end. The Minister has
directed
Central
Water
Commission( CWC) to prepare plans for the construction of reservoirs along
Ganga,Yamuna and its tributaries to ensure sufficient
water in these rivers during

non monsoon season. To

ensure cleanness of Ganga
and Yamuna , 41 teams of
CWC experts visited several
places to assess the impact of
open drains falling into these
rives and status of Sewage
Treatment Plants (STPs).
Three expert teams were constituted to suggest measures

for setting up of new STPs

and modernization of existing
STPs. These committees have
so far examined 18 major suggestions. For riverfront development and beautification of
ghats, DPRs have been prepared for two such ghats at
Delhi and Haridwar. Very
soon final decision will be

taken for development of

ghats in Mathura, Vrindavan
and other places in PPP
mode. It has also been decided to constitute Ganga Task
Force to ensure proper implementation of Ganga rejuvenation programme. Ministry
of Defence will provide manpower for this.

(MP & CG)

MP included in country s
green corridor; Rs. 2100
crore to promote
renewable energy
Bhopal: MP has been included in green corridor
of the country. As a
result, MP will get Rs.
2100 crore for promoting
renewable energy.
Keeping in view unprecedented progress in the
state in renewable energy
sector, 13th Finance
Commission will provide about Rs. 225 crore to the
state as a reward. This information was given at a
meeting held to review activities of renewable energy
projects and policies at Mantralaya here recently.
Directing to promote renewable energy projects systematically, CM Chauhan held discussions on various
issues including project cost and requirement of land.
The meeting was informed that investment proposals
for projects worth Rs. one lakh 13 thousand crore
have were at Global Investors Summit. National companies NTPC, Coal India, MOIL and NALCO have
also given proposals for projects. Solar energy capacity in the state increased by 306 MW during year
2013-14, which is the highest in any state of the country in a year. Rewa, Rampura (Neemuch) and Latur
(Shajapur) have been identified as the most suitable
places for installing ultra mega solar projects. The
meeting was informed that solar and wind energy
capacity in the state increased by 227 percent from
year 2012 to 2014. Established capacity of renewable
energy has increased to 992 MW. Possibilities of wind
energy have increased.

Comprehensive development plan for New fertilizer units to

boost production in next
trade & tourism in northeast next year 5 years: Ananth Kumar
Phase 'A' and Arunachal package
of Special Accelerated Road
Development Programme in North
East (SARDP-NE) in entire
Northeast at an estimated investment of Rs.33,500 crore.
Citing that that the region has
set an example of gradually limping back from insurgency to resurgence, the minister said the
Government of Indias focus in the
next few years will be to promote
trade and tourism potential of the
area which would not only raise
the economic standards of the
region but also inspire the rest of
the country to look east for business and tourism.
In the meeting, he also issued
instructions for immediately expediting all the pending projects of
the Region. He said the message
must go out to all the eight CMs
and 39 MPs from North East that
the DoNER Ministry is here to act
as a facilitator and not as an
arbitrator. In order to achieve this,
the DoNER Ministry, instead of
New Delhi
The Central Government will
prepare a comprehensive development plan for trade and tourism in
the North Eastern Region during
the next year, said Union Minister
of State Development of North

Eastern Region (DoNER), Jitendra

Singh in a recent meeting.
Addressing officers of the Ministry
of DoNER, Singh informed that
the centre has approved 2-laning
and 4-laning of 6,418 km of various categories of roads under

issuing any diktats or imposing

any preferences, should rather try
to understand the aspirations,
preferences and priorities of each
of the eight States and do the necessary liaising from the union
capital, he added.

New Delhi
The Union Minister of
Chemicals and Fertilizers,
Ananth Kumar said six to
seven fertilizer manufacturing facilities are to
boost domestic production
over the next five years.
He said this at the conference
of
Fertilizer
Association of India (FAI)
that concluded in New
Delhi recently. Ananth
Kumar said this will be
done through a mixture of
new units and revival of
closed sites to augment
the country's existing
capacity. He also assured
the industry that government will clear fertilizer
subsidy arrears within a month.
Ananth Kumar also assured that
various issues relating to the
Fertilizer Sector would be
addressed at the earliest. "For the
last one decade, the country has
not seen a new fertilizer plant but
the Prime Minister has now told
us that we should strictly follow
the principle of Make In India.
Accordingly we are going to start
and revive at least 6-7 fertiliser
plants in next 5 years in both public and private sectors," he said at
the conference. At present, about

eight units of state-owned FCIL

and HFCL are closed. The ministry is working on reviving the
five closed plants of the Fertilizer
Corporation of India Ltd (FCIL)
and Hindustan Fertilizers and
Chemicals Ltd (HFCL). The
Fertilizers Ministry is seeking
increased supply of gas for urea
manufacturing plants. It has also
asked Oil Ministry to explore the
possibility of gas pipeline from
Phulpur to Haldia, the minister
pointed out and that this can lead
to revival of five closed plants.

SPORTS

10

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

All you need to know about Australia's

new Test captain Steven Smith
Steven Smith became Australia's 45th Test captain on
Monday. Here is a snapshot of the man and his career.
?

Smith started his career as a promising legspin bowler and middle order
batsman but is now primarily a batsman.
? Made his debut for Australia aged
20 in a Twenty20 match against
Pakistan on Feb. 2010, taking two
wickets and scoring eight runs.
? He has gone to play 21 T20s for
Australia, with a high score of 34 and
best bowling figures of 3-20.
? Smith made his one-day international debut for Australia in Feb. 2010,
against the West Indies, taking two
wickets but did not bat.
? Has since played 45 ODIs, scoring
921 runs at an average of 31.75. He
has scored two hundreds and three
50s.
? He was picked for Australia's test
team in mid 2010, aged 21, against
Pakistan at Lord's.

He has played 23 Tests, scoring

1,749 runs at an average of 46.02 with
five hundreds, nine half-centuries and
a high score of 162 not out, against
India at Adelaide Oval last week.
? Smith was dropped from the Test
team in early 2011 after making just
two half-centuries from his first five
Tests.
? He was recalled to the test team just
over two years later, making 92 on
return.
? He scored his first Test century, an
unbeaten 138, in the fifth Ashes Test
at The Oval last year, then two more
in the 2013-14 Ashes series in
Australia.
? He was named in Dec. 2014 as
Australia's 45th Test captain, taking
over from Michael Clarke, who
injured his hamstring in the first Test
with India.

Marsh to replace
Clarke for second
Test against India
Shaun Marsh will
replace injured
Australia captain
Michael Clarke for the second Test match against India, starting
at Brisbane from December 17, Cricket Australia said today.
Clarke ruled himself out of the remaining Test series against India
after limping off the field with a hamstring strain on the final day
of the opening match here. The scans have shown he has a torn
right hamstring. Besides Marsh, Australia have also added leftarm paceman Mitchell Starc to their squad for the Gabba Test.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is expected to take over
captaincy from Clarke for the remaining three Test matches.
Clarke, who is also battling back spasms, went down in the 44th
over of India's second innings clutching his right hamstring.

Indian Aces crowned champions

of inaugural

PM congratulates
J&K cricket team on IPTL
historic Ranji win

No.1 Novak Djokovic

W orld
signed off the season in

Minister Narendra Modi today

P rime
congratulated Jammu and Kashmir
cricket team for their historic win over 40times Ranji champions Mumbai in a
league match. Addressing the nation
through his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme
earlier in the day, Modi congratulated the
Jammu and Kashmir cricket team's victory in Mumbai. "Jammu and Kashmir
Mumbai cricket team defeated Mumbai
team. I do not see it in context of winning
and losing. I see this event as the other,"
he said. "Since a long time all the playing
grounds in Jammu and Kashmir were full
of water due to the floods. The state is facing difficulties but despite that the team
spirit and the will to reach heights with
which the Jammu and Kashmir cricket
team has won is outstanding," the prime
minister said. "Unlike the circumstances,
the crisis that they faced, they have
shown that the targets can be achieved. It
is shown by the youth of Jammu and
Kashmir. "I felt happy and proud after listening to the news and I congratulate
them for their win," he added. Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah and former
Union minister and Jammu and Kashmir
Cricket Association (JKCA) president
Farooq Abdullah also congratulates J&K
team for Ranji triumph over Mumbai. The
state cricket team had reached the quarter-finals of Ranji Trophy last season.
J&K also had a successful run in the
recent one-day matches defeating Delhi,
Haryana and services teams.

style at the International

Premier Tennis League by
thrashing Gael Monfils 6-0 in
Dubai. The result wasn't enough
for Djokovic's UAE Royals to win
the inaugural exhibition event
with the Indian Aces crowned
IPTL champions on Saturday.
The Aces, who had the likes of
Roger Federer, Pete Sampras,
and Ana Ivanovic turning out at
different stages of the four-leg mixed tournament, lifted the trophy, a life-size tennis racket with ball, decorated with diamonds and gemstones.

Pakistan edge India 4-3 in thrilling

Champions Trophy semis

ndia ended their campaign in the

Champions Trophy after being
defeated by Pakistan 4-3 in a thrilling
hockey semi-final match at the
Kalinga Stadium on Saturday.
Muhammad Arslan Qadir scored the
winning goal two minutes from time
to secure victory for Pakistan who will
go on to face Germany in the title
round. Germany beat defending
champions Australia 3-2 in the first
semi-final earlier in the day. Aiming
to enter the final for the first time in
the tournament, India began the
match confidently. Pakistan were also
determined to score and kept goalkeeper R. Sreejesh busy.

GLAMOUR

11
The hacking of Sony Pictures has taken
a humiliating turn for the company after private exchanges, deep secrets, personal opinions and inner employee feuds were released to
the public. Hackers sent a message on 24
November that read: "This is just the beginning... we've obtained all your internal data
including your secrets and top secrets."

DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Spoilt brat' Jolie to

Fassbender's penis:
6 things we learnt
from Sony hack
U

nfortunately for Sony, the effects

of their hack are still being felt in
much of Hollywood.

And they just keep coming. Movie producers poked fun at Obama being black.
Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal in
extremely poor taste joked about
President Obamas favorite actors and
movies.
A BuzzFeed report, which began with
Pascal inquiring what she should ask
Obama at a breakfast theyd be
attending.
And producer Rudin responded: Would
he like to finance some movies.
Pascal replied: I doubt it. Should I ask
him if he liked DJANGO?
To which Rudin responded: 12 YEARS.

No time for films

Producers
replace Smriti
'Alone' my boldest film till date: Bipasha in All is Well
Then they take part in a very idiotic
exchange of movies that star black

actors. And Rudin finally says, I bet he

likes Kevin Hart.

ctress Bipasha Basu may

ers, said. "It's a passionate love story. It is definitely a

have done bold scenes in

horror genre and will scare you, but it revolves around

her previous releases,

a love story... a love story between a man, a woman and

but she feels her forthcoming

a ghost," she added. Further, Bipasha said that the

movie "Alone" is her boldest

audience would love the film as "they will see lots of

movie so far. In "Alone", directed

passion, lots of love in it." Off late, Bipasha has been

by Bhushan Patel, the Bengali

doing horror films. When asked if she isn't afraid of get-

beauty has shed all her inhibi-

ting typecast, she said: "This business is about type-

tions to shoot some passionate

cast. You guys and everybody wants to typecast. When

and steamy scenes with her co-

you talk about biggest actors like Salman Khan or

star Karan Singh Grover. "It is

Akshay Kumar... everybody seems to be doing their

going to be my boldest film that

same kind of film. So everyone is typecast." "It's okay to

I have ever done till now,"

be stereotype here (in Bollywood). If audiences want to

Bipasha, who has shown her

see you that way, definitely you can't take that away

bold side in films like "Jism",

from them. So you have to give them what they want to

"Raaz", "Raaz 3D" among oth-

see.

Rakhi Sawant's friend slaps

director over casting couch
A

friend of Bollywood actress and item girl Rakhi

Sawant has publicly slapped Sachendra Sharma,

the director of "Mumbai Can Dance Saala", accusing him of demanding "favours" from her. The
director has refuted the claim, terming it as a
"publicity stunt". At the music launch of
"Mumbai Can Dance Saala" here, Rakhi's
friend Manisha came forward and slapped
Sharma. Rakhi, who is part of the movie
and was also present at the event, came
out in support of her friend, saying:
"Yes, she is right, the director asked her for
favours to get a role in his film." The director, however, rubbished the
claims and called it a publicity stunt. Every now and then, aspiring
actresses use these type of cheap stunts to get publicity.

hile Smriti Irani has been

trying to deliver her duties as
Human Resources &
Development minister for the past
six months, she has failed to keep
the commitments she made as an
actress. As a result of this, T-series
have finally decided to replace Irani
in their next film, All is Well and
will reportedly start shooting with a
new actress in January. A source
told Mumbai Mirror that the film
has to be completely reshot, owing to
Irani's exit. Irani was supposed to
play the role of Abhishek
Bachchan's mother in the film.
Reportedly, Irani shot her bits in
November 2013, however, the shooting took longer than expected. Soon
after, Irani got busy with her political responsibilities and couldn't
make time for further filming. After
she took over as a minister, the makers decided to scrap shoots in
Shimla and Bangkok due to her
busy schedule, and just wanted her
to make time for the climax shoot.
After six months of waiting
around when that didn't happen, T-series finally decided
to replace her. The reshooting and delays is
likely to cost a lot but
Bhushan Kumar of Tseries says that there is no
hard feelings about the cabinet minister quitting. In fact, he
mentioned that the other cast members of the film have been supportive
towards her, including actors like
Bachchan, who tried to work his
dates around, so that Irani can film
the remaining parts of the movie.

MADHYA PRADESH

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DECEMBER 15 TO DECEMBER 21 , 2014

(MP & CG)

Urea being supplied to farmers

as per demand, says govt
Bhopal
rea is being supplied to farmers as per
their demand. More urea has been distributed by cooperative societies in 33 such
districts till December 8 this year as compared to last year. In states districts, one lakh
19 thousand MT urea has been made available only during December 1 to 8. Meanwhile
56 thousand MT urea of the same period is in
transit. The state is getting 5 rakes of urea
daily since November 11, 2014. This year,
total 6 lakh 48 thousand MT urea has been
made available to the state from October 1 to
December 8 including transit. This is almost
equal to last years quantity.
It is noteworthy that the state government is making every possible effort to make
urea available to farmers. CM Shivraj Singh
Chauhan had met Union Minister of
Chemicals and Fertilisers on September 14
and 20 and December 2, 2014 and urged for
supply of urea as per demand. CM Chauhan
has undertaken efforts to tighten up urea
supply arrangements at the state level also.
In this context, during a video-conferencing
on December 5, he directed commissioners
and collectors to keep a constant vigil over
distribution of urea from private and cooperative sectors.
In the same video-conference, collectors
were authorised to fix ratio of urea allocation
to private and cooperative sectors as 75:25 as
per demand instead of present 50:50 ratio. In
the conference, CM Chauhan had directed to
undertake joint surprise inspections of private and cooperative sales centres by
Revenue and Farmers Welfare and
Agriculture Development departments to
curb blackmarketing of urea and other fer-

tilisers. Besides all, DAP and Complex fertilisers have also been supplied more this
year than the last year. So far this year, 2
lakh 89 thousand MT DAP has been distrib-

uted as compared to 2 lakh 65 thousand MT.

This year, 82 thousand MT Complex fertiliser
has been distributed as compared to 54 thousand MT last year. It may also be mentioned

here that last year sowing was undertaken in

100 lakh hectare area as on this day while
sowing operations have been undertaken in
84 lakh 90 thousand hectares this year.

Satyarthi pitches legislation

against child labour
Bhopal
Nobel Peace prize winner Kailash
Satyarthi, who returned to India after
receiving the prize in Oslo, Norway,
has pitched for the passage of the
pending legislation against child
labour, saying that history won't forgive the legislators if the bill does not
get passed.
"I want to make an earnest appeal
to all the parliamentarians, and also
to other leaders to facilitate the passage of the key legislation failing
which history and children of India
won't forgive them," Satyarthi said.
He said that he's a friend of the children. No one should see them as
pitiable subjects or charity. He said
people often relate childish behaviour
to stupidity or foolishness. This needs

to change. I want to level the playing

field where I can learn from children.
I can learn transparency from children. They're innocent and straightforward, he said. Satyarthi said the
prize is an honour to all those children who are still suffering in slavery,
bonded labour and trafficking. He

said people can protect children from

exploitation. Consumers can boycott
goods and services that involve children in manufacturing products.
Don't accept hospitality from eateries
and by from shops employing children.
Summon the courage to tell them
that you refuse to take their services
because they employ children, which
is a crime. This will put psychological
pressure on the industries too.
Demand a guarantee from shops you
visit that they don't employ children.
Use social media to prevent exploitation, Satyarthi said. Asked how he
would spend the prize money,
Satyarthi said that he had previously
"never seen" that much money in his
life, quickly adding that he would

spend "every single

penny" for the cause of
children in India and
globally. "I have never
seen or touched that
amount of money in
my life before. But I
can assure you that
every single penny
will go to the cause of
children in my country
and globally.
The money won't
even go to my own NGO,"
he said. Satyarthi's NGO
Bachpan Bachao Andolan
prides itself on liberating over
80,000 children from bonded
labour in factories and workshops
across India.

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