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he State

NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014

Vol-03. Issue-07. Bhopal. Monday Page-12 Price-5/-

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

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

Online edition available at wethestate.com and wethestate.blogspot.in

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Land acquisition: Seller to get double amount;solar energy rooftop project to be implemented

he state cabinet

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 devel-

opment projects of state

governments depart-

ments and undertakings,

first concerning collector

will transfer a suitable

land out of available gov-

ernment land to adminis-

trative department as per

rules. If suitable govern-

ment land is not available

then land can be pur-

chased from private own-

ers through mutual con-

sent 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 immov-

able assets on it.

The amount payable against land to be

acquired for department/undertaking and

immovable assets thereon and rehabilita-

tion grant will be borne by concerning

administrative department/undertaking.According to the policy, if the project is

withdrawn or fails after land acquisition

and the land is not required as a result of

it, then the land will be surrendered to

Revenue Department by concerning

administrative department/undertaking.

The surrendered land may be allotted by

Revenue Department for any other gov-

ernment work or development project.

Solar energyrooftop projectFor 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

on the basis of competitive bidding. For

establishment of projects, buildings of

government and other government under-

takings will be identified and their

rooftops will be given on free lease todeveloper.

Defence ProductionPromotionInvestment PolicyThe cabinet endorsed state governments

Defence Production Promotion

Investment Policy. It was decided to

include Gwalior also under it. It is note-

worthy 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 manu-

facturing 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.

Bhopal

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Raipur: Known for its medicinal proper-

ties, the endangered poultry bird Kadaknath

will now be available for the people of

Chhattisgarh thanks to efforts of Kanker-

based Agricultu re Science Center of Indira

Gandhi Agriculture University for discovering

ways for natural breeding and artificial hatch-

ing 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 exces-

sive 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 mil-

ligram/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 cli-

mate 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.

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National

Literacy Award

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R a j n a n d g a o n

(Chhattisgarh): Litiya

Village Panchayat, having a

population of 2,600 has van-

ished the darkness of illiter-

acy from the village. The

Litiya Village Panchayat in

Rajnandgaon district ofChhattisgarh has been

selected for National

Literacy Award. This award

will be given to this fully lit-

erate 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 head-

quarters, 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 com-

mendable performance in

voter literacy, financial lit-

eracy and computer litera-

cy also. Under the Sakshar

Bharat Programme, a Public

Instructions Centre has

been established in the

village panchayat head-quarters, where rural

women learn comput-

er education with

enthusiasm. A library

has also been estab-

lished in the Centre,

in which letter knowl-

edge, figure knowledge,

biography of famous person-

alities, knowledgeable books

on agriculture, primary

treatment medicines are

available, which the vil-

lagers 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, feel-

ing of socio-economic devel-

opment has been developed

among women of this

Panchayat. Before studying

in the Public Instructions

Centre, Neman Bai of the

village has been doing agri-

culture and labour work, butnow, 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 devel-

oped in women of the Village

Panchayat. They have con-

stituted two groups and by

linked with NationalLivelihood 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 chil-

dren and their own. They are

also participating enthusias-

tically in the socially impor-

tant works like malnutrition

eradication campaign and

tree plantation.

National Literacy

Award for Litiya

Paddy rot at storage centres, thanks to improper upkeepAs 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 theMarketing Federation and Food

Departmentofficials recently con-

ducted 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 millersdelayed its custom milling.

Meanwhile, about more than a

month ago, on directives of the dis-

trict administration officials, the

Food Department and MARKFED

officials conducted inspection of

the paddy in various centers dur-

ing which paddy was found unfit

for custom milling.

Chhattisgarh is all set to provide wi-ficonnections 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 oper-

ate 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 '11-

point priority' based on the basic needs ofpublic 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 sanc-

tioned. 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.

2 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)Chhattisgarh Explore

Rajgarh (Chhattisgarh)

RAIPUR:

RAIPUR

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3 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

Polling in 2 phases for urban body:

2 colour EVMs to be used

Give status report about investmentproposals every month: CM Chouhan

State Election Commissioner

Shri R. Parasuram has released

programme of general elections of

urban bodies-2014. Polling will be

held in 2 phases on November 28

and December 2. Counting of votes

for first phase polling will be held

on December 4 and second phase

polling on December 6. Shri

Parasuram informed that model

code of conduct has come into force

in concerning areas where elec-

tions are to be held. In the upcom-

ing municipal elections there are

going to be two EVMs (electronic

voting machine) - a 'pink' EVM for

the mayoral candidates and a

'white' one for those contesting as

corporators. This is for the first

time that EVMs are being used for

the local body elections. The NOTA

provision will be present in both

the EVMs and will be at the end of

the list of names.

The names of the mayoral can-

didate would be on a pink paper

which would be placed inside the

EVM's display screen and the

names of the contesting corpora-

tors would be on a white sheet of

paper, he said. Both the EVMs

would be placed side by side in the

polling booth. When the button of

the first EVM is pressed - either

the mayoral or one for the corpora-

tor, there will be a small beep, and

when the button of the second

EVM is pressed there will be a long

beep denoting that the voting

process has been complete.

However, if the voter wants he/she

has the option of voting for only

the mayoral candidate or only for

the corporator candidate by press-

ing the requisite EVM button and

coming out of the booth. If he does

so, he will be informed by the pre-

siding officer that he has not used

both the EVMsv - just to ensure

that he has not done so by mistake

- and if the voter informs that he

has done so deliberately, his vote

for the segment he has voted for

will be counted and the segment he

has not voted will stand cancelled.

At present there are 15 slots in the

EVM machine, including that of

NOTA and in case there are 16

candidates, then another EVM

machine will be put alongside the

first EVM machine.

The collector informed that it

has been decided that only three

candidates would be allowed to

accompany the mayoral candidate

when he comes to file his nomina-

tions and only two persons will be

allowed to accompany the corpora-

tor candidate. The administration

has 2,800 EVM machines with it

and it has estimated that they

would be using around 2,400 of

them during the polls.

Officials said these machines

are an advanced version of what

was used in the last elections and

now there is no need to keep the

entire machine in the strong room

after elections, but only remove the

memory chip from the machine

and store it.

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan has directeddepartments related to effective implementa-

tion of investment proposals to issue all neces-

sary notifications and orders pertaining to

rules and processes by the end of current

month. For implementation of investment pro-

posals on ground level, he directed investment

relationship managers and nodal officers to

submit monthly status reports. Chauhan was

addressing a workshop of investment relation-

ship managers and nodal officers at Academy of

Administration here today. It is noteworthy

that responsibility as investment relationship

managers has entrusted to senior administra-

tive officers for implementation of investment

proposals received at Global Investors Summit.

Chauhan said that atmosphere of trust has

been created in Madhya Pradesh by large num-

ber of investment proposals. This trust of

investors should not break. He said that pres-

tige of Madhya Pradesh has increased manifold

in the country and abroad following successful

Global Investors Summit. Investment-friendly

atmosphere has been created. There should be

no lack in availing its benefit. Investors have

lauded Madhya Pradeshs excellent policies.Make in Madhya Pradesh is our new mantra.

He said that employment opportunities for

young generation can be created only through

investments. Chauhan said that investment

will increase due to Prime Minister Narendra

Modis Make in India programme and positive

and active attitude of Central Government.

Madhya Pradesh will be benefited by it.

Chauhan said that Monday should be fixed as

the day for meeting investors to solve their

problems and remove hurdles immediately. He

asked investment relationship managers to

motivate investors in positive way and also

invite new investors. He said that collective

responsibility is needed to bring about change

in Madhya Pradesh. He directed the Chief

Secretary to fix a time-limit for implementation

of every investment proposal. The CM asked

divisional commissioners to initiate process to

allot suitable land to industries and ensure

timely completion of making new industrial

areas fully equipped and establish necessary

infrastructure there.

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4 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)

Rs 350 per quintalextra on Harracollection for

forest dwellers

Forest dweller families engaged in collection

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 pro-

duce 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 ChiefSecretary Vivek Dhand and Senior forest offi-

cials 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

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 procure-

ment 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 mini-

mum support price of Harra in the State was Rs

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

Centre has increased the minimum support

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

The CM has directed all theofficials to ensure

that people are made aware about the hike in

support price through gram panchayats.

The panchayats should advise the villagers

to not to sell Harra on price below the mini-

mum support price. Singh said that in no case,

the Harra stock from other States shall be pro-

cured. The CM has strictly directed the officials

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.

Raipur: CM Raman Singh has

approved Rs 190 crore under the State

Governments Nal-Jal scheme for elimi-

nating salinity in water supply being

made to nearly 152 villages of Bemetara

district from Shivnath River. The CM

reviewed the progress of various

Government schemes.

The PHED officials informed in the

meeting that the Nal-Jal is the biggest

scheme in the country formulated to

solve the problem of salinity in water

supply made to the villages. Under this

scheme, nearly 1.74 lakh people in 57

villages of Bemetara Block, 54 villages

of Navagarh and 41 villages of Saja

block will be benefitted. Under the

scheme, 751 km of pipelines and 139

overhead tanks will be facilitated to

ensure the supply of safe drinking water

in villages. Reports reaching here from

Bemetara said that the panchayats of

the villages have welcomed the

announcement of the CM to have

approved Rs 190 crore for eliminating

water salinity. Singh during the meeting

took note of the ongoing departmental

works of PHED, Agriculture, Water

Resources, Cooperatives, Food and Civil

Supply, Revenue and Health

Department. He directed the officials

concerned to initiate the construction

works under the scheme as soon as pos-

sible and complete the same within one

and half year duration. The CM in the

meeting also reviewed the scheme of

interest-free agriculture loans for farm-

ers and expressed satisfaction saying

that this year during Kharif season

cooperative societies of state have dis-

tributed the short-term agricultural

loans worth Rs 2,249 crore against the

target of Rs 2,450 crore. Officials fur-

ther informed in the meeting that from

September 1 onwards, farmers of all the

districts are being provided the comput-

erised copies of land records, B-1 and

maps.

The computerisation of land records

and related documents has been com-

pleted nearly 96 per cent and almost 80per cent of the maps have been

uploaded to computers. While reviewing

the works of Health Department, the

CM directed the officials to take effec-

tive measures for prevention of diseases

like dengue, malaria and dysentery.

Officials have also been directed to pay

special attention towards cleaning work

in cities.

Rs 190 cr for water salinity elimination;

Funds approved for 152 villages of Bemetara

RAIPUR

Cgarh emerging key

sugar manufacturer

Bangalore

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 facto-

ries 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-opera-

tives 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 ton-

ness 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 met-

ric 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.

RAIPUR

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5 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

MP Foundation Day celebrations

conclude with colourful fireworks, laser show

CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan

has said that MPhas 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 state-

wide MP Foundation Day celebra-

tions 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 dis-

charge 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 develop-

ment 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 tech-

nique sectors. Concrete steps need

to be taken for better arrange-

ments of education, proper

arrangements for healthcare and

raising a strong infrastructure in

the country. On the occasion, the

Governor wished for states devel-

opment and prosperity of states

people.

Bhopal

Gas survivors to

demonstrate in Delhi

Representatives of five organi-

zations 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 demand-

ing additional compensation for all

survivors of the disaster and cor-

rection 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 ex-

gratia 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 IndianCouncil of Medical Research and

other scientific agencies. The gov-

ernment is downplaying the dam-

age caused by Union Carbide even

when it is seeking additional com-

pensation said Nawab Khan,

President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit

Mahila Purush Sangharsh

Morcha. Balkrishna Namdeo,

President of an organization fight-

ing for social support for the needy,

said.

The government is seeking

only 1.2 billion dollars as addition-

al compensation in the Curative

petition whereas it should be ask-

ing 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 compen-

sation 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

CM seeks Central

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. Wageswill also be paid to labourers time-

ly. 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 proj-

ects. He also assured completion of

repair of National Highway No. 3

without delay.

CM seeks Rs 26,000crore for riverlinking 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 aug-

mentation. 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 govern-

ment 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 gov-

ernment. 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.

Bhopal

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6 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)POLITICS

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 corpo-

rations, 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 coun-

cils, 83 nagar panchayats will witness vot-

ing 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 sec-

ond 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 vot-

ers, including 18,99,314 men and 18,28,673

women are eligible to exercise their fran-

chise 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, elec-

tronic 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.

In her place, BJP politicians and the

media have installed Sardar

Vallabhbhai Patel, who was born on

October 31, 1875. Aclose confidant of

Mahatma Gandhi, also known as theiron man of India, Patel served as

Indias first home minister.

Narendra Modi is a long-time admir-

er 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 foun-

dation stone in that state for a stat-

ue 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 dif-ferent, 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 organ-

ize events on October 31 to honor

Patels contributions to Indias unity,

safety and security. An early morn-

ing 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 Congress-

placed 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 parlia-

ment 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.

New Delhi

Countrys focus on Patel on Indiras death anniv

2-phase civic bodies polls in Cgarhnext month, model code comes in force

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 distinc-

tive 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 par-

ticularly full-bodied, the charm of Mrs. Gandhi appeared diminished.

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7 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)COMMERCE

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today made

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

al map through revitalization of its traditional textile

industry. Speaking after laying the foundation stone of

the Trade Facilitation Centre and Crafts Museum, and

inaugurating the Powerloom Service Centre in this

historic city, the Prime Minister said the Union

Government is working towards revitalizing the tex-

tile sector through a scientific approach, coupled

with infusion of appropriate technology. He said

this Centre that was envisioned in Varanasi, was the

beginning of a comprehensive vision for this sector. He

said this Centre would encapsulate the heritage of

Varanasi at one place. The Prime Minister said thereis need to understand the changing demands and

needs of the customer, and create new products which

satisfy his need, to retain the customer. The Prime

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

Minister said ladies in every family in India had heard

of the term "Banarasi Saree.

" Every mother wanted to gift a Banarasi saree to

her daughter for her wedding. He asserted that this

represents an assured market of crores of sarees for

Varanasi. The requirement now is to meet this

demand and satisfy the customer with modern design,

products and service. Observing that after agriculture,

textiles was the sector which generated maximum

employment, the Prime Minister said that textile

workers weave not just cloth; but through the harmo-

nious nature of their workplace, they also weave the

fabric of a cohesive, harmonious society. He said this

"Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb" was Varanasi`s her-

itage, and indeed the heritage of India. The

Prime Minister narrated an anecdote of how hehad seen a "Banaras street" in Boston, USA.

This was a street where "Gurus" lived, he said,

adding that the whole world knows of the her-

itage of Banaras. He exhorted the people of the

city to now use e-commerce and strategically

tap the global market. He called upon people to

work towards creating a modern, active,

vibrant, forward-looking Banaras. The Prime

Minister said he had not come to Varanasi to make tall

promises and his actions would speak for themselves.

He announced the Union Government`s decision for a

Rs. 2375 crore revival package for district cooperative

banks. 16 of these banks are in Eastern Uttar

Pradesh.

This would ensure easy availability of credit to thelower and middle class, and help revive the handloom

and powerloom sector. The Prime Minister also visited

an exhibition showcasing the traditional arts and

crafts of Banaras. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram

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

Kumar Gangwar were present. The Prime Minister

specifically thanked Ahmad Hasan, Minister in the

Uttar Pradesh Government, for being present on the

occasion.

PM for revitalizing Varansistraditional textile industry

Urgent need for technological upgradationin handloom & powerloom sector: PM

Industry unaware of potentialbenefits of IP creation

W Bengal number one in skilldevelopment & small

scale industries

Indian industry is still unaware of the potential benefits of intellec-

tual 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, non-

residents 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 authoriza-

tion. They are now not only being used as a tool to protect creativity and

generate revenue but also to build strategic alliances for socio-economicand technological growth.

He said there exists a two-fold need with respect to intellectual prop-

erty 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 indi-

viduals 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 pro-

tect consumers from inferior and dangerous counterfeits.

West Bengal is number one in

skill development and small scale

industries, the state CM Mamata

Banerjee said after mentioning that

the state government inherited a

huge debt and yet the Centre took

away the revenues.While address-

ing a programme here, a pilgrim

spot in South 24-Parganas

district, Banerjee recently said

that the state government inheriteda 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 num-

ber one in that. We are proud of it.

We are number one in skill develop-

ment and small scale industries,"

she said. Banerjee warned the oppo-

sition parties against smear cam-

paigns against the ruling TMC and

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 irrespectiveof religions and castes.... Smear

campaign and malicious propagan-

da 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 develop-

ment to the area.

Prime Minister Narendra

Modi has said that there is an

urgent need for technological

upgradation in handloom and pow-

erloom sector to face the chal-

lenges of the competitive world.

He said that along with technolog-

ical 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 thatartisans, 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 inaugu-

rated a Power loom Service Centreat 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 fur-

ther expansion in future as per therequirement. 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.

Varanasi

Varansi

New Delhi

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9 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)TURNING INDIA

Prakash Javadekar, Minister

for Environment, Forests and

Climate Change has said that

Government would not toler-

ate illegal trade of wildlife

products as it posed serious

threat to biodiversity and sus-

tainable development.

Reiterating the need for har-

monious co-existence of all

living organisms on earth,

Javadekar said that

Government wanted to send a

strong signal against unethi-

cal and unlawful trade of

wildlife products by destroy-

ing the seized products pub-

licly. The Minister added that

money generated from illegal

trafficking and trade of ani-

mals and poaching always

found a way into illegal activ-

ities. 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 num-

ber 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 oth-

ers 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.

New Delhi

Wildlife trade poses serious threat

to biodiversity: Prakash Javadekar

Govt to ensure international

quality standards of

Ayurvedic medicinesThe 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

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

with the objective training of 9200 Vocational

Instructors to begin with. This effort is a part of

Make in India program which aims to transform

India into a best-in-class manufacturing hub and

it places a strong emphasis on skill development.

The Honble Prime Minister, in a recent speech,

has also weighed on the need to focus on Skill,

Scale and Speed to make India capable of com-

peting on the global scale.

Referring to the requirement of skilled train-

ers in the country, he mentioned that good teach-

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

address this need for vocational trainers, the

DGE&T has decided to setup 27 Advanced

Training Institutes (ATIs) in all for training oftrainers. With a clear impetus on private partici-

pation to induce efficiency and innovation, the

DGE&T has decided to explore Public-Private

Partnerships as a model for developing these

institutes. DGE&T is an apex organization for

development and coordination of the vocational

training in India. The prequalification process for

bidders to set up the first 12 institutes in the first

phase is to begin soon.

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 produc-

tion standards. Inaugurating the

first Arogya Expo organised by

the Ministrys AYUSH Department

as part of the World Ayurveda

Congress here today, Dr HarshVardhan said that it was a pity that

Indias experience and strengths in

traditional medicine have not trans-

lated into market shares in the

global traditional medicines mar-

ket. 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 stan-

dards are not maintained to inter-

national specifications. The govern-

ment has decided to address this

lacuna, he said. The institutionali-

sation of a regulatory authority

backed up by central and state lab-

oratories would ensure for tradi-

tional 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 dis-

ease burden in non-communicable

diseases growing, there is a new

mindset in favour of holistic treat-

ment. Dr Vardhan regretted that

India had missed the bus in terms

of capitalizing on her headstart in

the traditional medicines sector.

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-

try, estimated about 40% of total produce, the

Minister said there is urgent need to adopt

techniques, which reduced post-harvest loss-

es, add value and improve quality of the prod-

ucts and make it available to the common

man at reasonable prices.

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 adopt-

ing innovative technologies, it has been possi-

ble to sustain the agriculture production over

the years. Especially Kerala has made signif-

icant 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.

He urged the State to create sound pro-

cessing facilities for fruits like pineapple,

enhance productivity of crops like pepper,

cashewnut and coconut to be competitive in

export market. Radha Mohan Singh said the

State should take the advantage of Centre for

Perishable Cargo set up at Kochi for further-

ing export potential of fruits and vegetables

by increased production of horticulture pro-

duce in catchments area of Kochi

International airport.

Singh said the Centre is aware of agro-

potential of Kerala that is why ICAR has set

up institutes for plantation crops, tuber

crops, spices and fishing technology. Besides

this 14 Krishi Vigyan Kendra of ICAR arealso working. The Centre is also giving finan-

cial support to three agriculture universali-

ties in the States. The Minister observed that

farmers cooperatives should be strengthened

in the States in view of small land holdings

and mechanized farming should be taken up

at the cooperative level for stabilization and

augmentation of produce. The State should

provide policy support for this purpose.

Kochi (Kerala)

Minster for measures toreduce post-harvest losses

of horticulture produce

New Delhi

New Delhi

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9 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)TURNING INDIA

PM selects Varansis jayapura

village as his model village

India to launch blue

revolution to boostfish production

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 develop-

ment of infrastructure.

Blue Revolution will focus on construction of new

fishing harbours, modernization of fishing boats,

imparting training to fishermen, and above all pro-

moting 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 scor-

ing 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 stagna-

tion in production of marine fisheries, pointing out

that deep sea fishing would require large invest-

ments 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 tremen-

dous 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 fish-

eries as a major employment generating economic

activity, he added.

Rs 15 lakh crore investment willneed a Fadnavis push: ASSOCHAM

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, vis-

ited 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 elec-

tions from Varanasi, he had learnt of a trag-

ic fire incident in this village. He had then

spoken to officers and people to coordinaterelief efforts for the village.

Stating that bonds forged in times of dis-

tress 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 addi-

tional 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-

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 gen-

erating social consciousness, and making

significant achievements through the collec-

tive will of the people. Every village should

celebrate its birthday, and all should partic-

ipate 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, vocifer-

ous 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 vil-

lage 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.

Varansi

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 invest-

ment in manufacturing, real estate and

construction sectors for raising the eco-nomic 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 expen-

sive and unclean energy options like

diesel-fired captive sets. For the April-

September 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 andthe 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 cen-

tres 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 glob-

al financial centres.

As per the analysis done by the

chambers research wing, manufactur-

ing, real estate, financials and agricul-

ture 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 indus-

tries are also major contributors to the

states economy.

Mumbai

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ashing Indian batsman Virat

Kohli was Wednesday nominated

for the ICC One-Day

International (ODI) Cricketer of the

year while India captain Mithali Raj

was nominated for two awards the

ICC Womens ODI as well as T20I

Cricketer of the Year. However, no

other Indian was selected for any of

the other major award categories ofthe International Cricket Council

(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 Taylorof 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

won by Englands Taylor. The players

shortlisted this year are Edwards of

England, Meg Lanning of Australia,

Indias Mithali and West Indies

Taylor. Mithali is one of the seven

cricketers who have been nominated

for two awards. The others are de

Villiers, Edwards, Mitchell Johnson,

Angelo Mathews, Kumar Sangakkara

and Taylor. This year marks the 11th

year of the ICC Awards and the win-

ners will be announced Nov 14. The

voting period for the awards was from

August 2013 to September 2014.

The individual player awards were

shortlisted by an academy of top crick-

et personalities from around the world

after the long-list nominations were

made by a five-person ICC selection

panel led by former India captain and

chairman of the ICC CricketCommittee Anil Kumble.

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 ofthe tournament. An unbeaten path to win-

ning the Cup will fetch the victorious team

$4,020,000 while a defeat in their way to lift-

ing 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 sat-

isfaction with

the prepara-

tions 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 quarter-

final and semi-

final, the sidefinishing 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 quali-

fy 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.

10 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)SPORTS

Pakistan aim to consolidate third position in Test rankings

Cricket world champions to get $4 mnCricket world champions to get $4 mn

The Mudgal reportshould be made public

Kohli, Mithali nominated

for top ICC awards

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 per-

sonnel 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 scan-

dal? 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 mind-

set, 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 noother 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 any-

thing 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 prof-

its, would not exist.

O

D

Dubai

Third-ranked Pakistan have a

chance to reduce the gap fur-

ther on second-ranked Australia

in the ICC Test Team Rankings

when they face New Zealand in

the three-Test series that starts

at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in

Abu Dhabi Sunday. A 3-0 series

win over New Zealand will earn

Misbah-ul-Haqs side five rat-

ings points, thus reducing

Australias lead to seven points.

A 2-0 win for the hosts will see

them reduce the deficit to nine

points, while a 1-0 victory will

see Pakistan gain a solitary rat-

ings point. A drawn series will

result in Pakistan swapping

positions with England, while

New Zealand will improve their

rankings point by one. In con-

trast, a one-nil victory for sev-

enth-placed will New Zealand

see them leapfrog India into

sixth position with Pakistan

dropping to fifth. A 2-0 win will

push New Zealand into fifth

place with Pakistan slipping to

sixth spot.

Dubai


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11 NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 16 , 2014 (MP & CG)GLAMOUR

n a scene in Ketan Mehta's Rang

Rasiya we see Raja Ravi Varma(Randeep Hooda) paint a pic-

ture 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 dur-

ing the film, when you will want to

cry your eyes out, not because of the

emotional scenes or the drama that'sunfolding 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 intro-

duced 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 thou-

sands of our homes and his paint-

ings of Hindu gods are still wor-

shipped. 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.

I

Puneet Issar's back in Bigg Boss, Aarya's appalleduneet 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 lux-

uries 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 con-

vinced. 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.

areena Kapoorbelieves in "feeling oflove" which, she feels,

can happen between twopeople regardless of caste,creed, or religion.Therefore, the actressdoesn't relate to the con-cept of "Love Jihad" andsays that she neverbelieved in such theories.

"I believe only in the feel-ing of love," Kareena, whois married to actor-film-maker Saif Ali Khan, toldIANS when asked about

Love Jihad, which isallegedly a

Muslim proj-ect of luringHindu girls

into marriage and reli-gious conversion. "Saif hasa very broad perspectiveand he also shared hisperspective on 'LoveJihad' (via an open letter).He married a Hindu,which is me, and we had acivil marriage," said theactress. "I feel that love issomething that you can'tterm. There is passion,there is lust... there are somany things. It can hap-pen between two humanbeings," said Kareena.

"Now if somebody is Hinduand he or she starts lovinga Muslim person, you can'tstop them. You cannot asksomebody, 'Are you a

Muslim or are you aHindu?' and then fall inlove. "Love is a feeling, it'san emotion. That's why Idon't believe in LoveJihad. I believe in the feel-ing of love, added the34-year-old. Co-incidental-ly her next film withSalman Khan "BajrangiBhaijan is also about aBrahmin girl and Muslimboy. The actress is in thecapital on dual purpose -first she launched the lat-est bathing range of Viveltitled "Love & Nourish"and now she is busy shoot-ing for Kabir Khan's

"Bajrangi Bhaijan in thecity.

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 sametime, but unfortunately we couldnt meet. As

Vidya is one of my closest friend, it would be

unfair on my part not to meet her espe-

cially 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.

Only believe in feeling of love, says Kareenadissing 'love jihad' conspiracy theorists

P

KNudity is fine butweak script,

choppy editingmake film messy

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Every agricultural field to have

irrigation facility in next 10 yearsnion Minister for Water

Resources, River

Development and

Ganga Rejuvenation Uma

Bharti has said that every

agricultural field in the coun-

try 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 aug-

mented 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 effi-ciency is much more impor-

tant in case of irrigation proj-

ects. The Minister said short-

age of water is one of the

major problems of the country.

She said we have to stop mis-

use of water if we want to con-

serve our water resources. Su

Bharti called for public partic-

ipation 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 initia-

tives on its own on sensitiveissues like water conserva-

tion. Uma said that an effec-

tive WUA will work towards

an equitable and uniform dis-

tribution of available canal

water among all users, will

ensure adequate repair and

maintenance of watercourses

and keep it in running condi-

tion by clearing of the silt and

vegetation. She said, A func-

tional WUA will ensure effi-

cient and economical use of

canal water and take assis-

tance 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 implementa-

tion of water budget and oper-

ational plan. She informed

the convention that her

Ministry has issued guidelines

for farmers participation

under Command Area

Development & Water

Management programme, rec-ognizing 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 legisla-

tion for involvement /partici-

pation of farmers in the irriga-

tion management at different

levels. She said though over

84000 WUAs have been

formed in the country, their

functional efficiency in ensur-

ing efficient water use and

equitable water allocation is

far from satisfactory.

Therefore, introspection at

this juncture is vital, the

Minister added.

In order to meet the

increasing demand for

rubber and address the

shortage, the Rubber

Board is keen to increase

its cultivation in non-tra-

ditional areas of north

eastern India.

"The cultivation of

rubber in Kerala is about

to saturate. To meet the

rising demand of rubberand overcome shortage, it

is important to increase its

cultivation in non-tradi-

tional areas," said Rubber

Board chairman A

Jayathilak. Jayathilak

said that with the growing

demand for rubber, its pro-

ductivity and areas under

cultivation must be

increased. He further

added that the Non-tradi-

tional 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 decidedto 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 rubber-

based industries in the

northeast," he said, as per

the media report. He fur-

ther said that despite

reduction of prices of rub-

ber in the international

market there is no effect

on rubber cultivation inIndia. Director, Rubber

Research Institute of India

(RRII), James Jacob said

the climate in northeast is

most suitable for rubber

cultivation.

New Delhi

U

Agartala

Increasing rubber cultivationin North East important

to meet shortage

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