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RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 104/2015-2017, VOL. 79, NO. 23, GUWAHATI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017, Pages 16 Price Rs. 6.00
The Assam Tribune on Internethttp://www.assamtribune.com &http://epaper.assamtribune.com
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JOCOSERIOUS
Everest heightHYDERABAD, Jan 24:
The height of MountEverest will soon be ‘re-measured’ by the Surveyof India to determinewhether the world’s tallestpeak has really shrunkfollowing a devastatingearthquake in Nepal twoyears ago. An expeditionfrom the Survey of Indiawould depart for Nepal intwo months to conduct theexercise. Mount Everestofficially stands at 8,848metres (29,028 feet)above sea level. – PTI
(Details on Page 3)
J-K encounterSRINAGAR, Jan 24: Two
foreign militants ofLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)were killed in anencounter with securityforces in Ganderbal districtof central Kashmir today.Officials said securityforces launched an anti-militancy operation in thewee hours in the Hadooraarea of the district, 25 kmfrom here. – PTI
Pinaka rocketBALASORE, Jan 24:
The guided Pinaka rocketwas today successfullytest-fired for the secondtime from the IntegratedTest Range launch pad atChandipur. Defencesources said the test wasconducted at 12:45 pmand Pinaka rocket mark-II, equipped withnavigation, guidance andcontrol kit, wastransformed into a ‘guidedPinaka’. – PTI
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
DIBRUGARH, Jan 24: The
Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal today formally or-
dered conducting preliminary
survey on Brahmaputra from
Sadiya to Dhubri for the pro-
posed dredging of the Brah-
maputra and construction of the
Brahmaputra Express High-
way along both banks of the
river and for undertaking oth-
er feasible developmental ac-
tivities in the future.
In an inaugural function or-
ganised on the river bank near
the Flood Control Room here
today, the Chief Minister gave
away the order copies to the
group leaders (Field Engi-
neers), who have been special-
ly assigned with the task. The
Water Resources Department
has constituted 16 groups,
comprising the Field Engi-
neers of the department to
carry out the surveys. Dibru-
garh MP Rameshwar Teli,
Minister for Water Resources
Keshab Mahanta, and local
MLAs of the region gave him
company during the handing
over of the order letters to the
Preliminary survey onBrahmaputra ordered
concerned 16 engineers.
The entire river survey has
bee organised in two parts –
land survey and morphological
study. The land survey will be
carried out along the alignment
of the proposed Express High-
way on both banks of the river.
The morphological study of
the river shall consist of tak-
ing 120 river cross sections
along the entire stretch from
Sadiya to Dhubri.
“Information such as dis-
tance between the North bank
and South bank of the river,
number of channels, land erod-
ed, number of sandbars and
their size and various other
patterns of the river will be
documented during the sur-
vey,” Prasanta Dutta, Addi-
tional Chief Engineer, Assam
Water Research & Manage-
ment Institute, Research &
Development Wing of the Wa-
ter Resources Department
told this correspondent. Min-
ister for Water Resources
Keshab Mahanta has asked the
concerned Field Engineers
conducting the entire exercise
to submit the detailed findings
Gen Rawat visitsGajraj CorpsSTAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Gen-
eral Bipin Rawat, Chief of the
Army Staff, today undertook
his first visit to the Eastern
Command after taking over as
the Army Chief. He visited the
strategic Gajraj Corps on the
eve of the Republic Day.
Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi,
GoC-in-C, Eastern Command
and Lt Gen AS Bedi, GoC,
Gajraj Corps received the
General.
The Chief, accompanied by
the Eastern Army Command-
er and the Corps Commander
visited Tawang and the for-
ward areas in western Aru-
nachal. He was also briefed by
the Corps Commander on the
Republic Daypolice medals
announcedSPL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Super-
intendent of Police Sunil Ku-
mar belonging to Assam cadre
is the only IPS officer of the
State to win a Police Gallantry
Award, announced on Tuesday.
The Police Medal for Gal-
lantry this year was awarded
to late constable Ratul Nunisa
(posthumously), sub-inspector
Birdhan Doley and constable
Pinku Das, all belonging to the
Assam Police.
The Police Medal for Meri-
torious Service was awarded
to SPs Dr Umesh Barman and
Debajit Deori, inspectors
Narayan Das and Ambarish Ku-
mar Barman, sub-inspector
Biswajit Bose, head constables
Biddut Kumar Malakar and
Kumud Chandra Gogoi, havil-
dars Juna Ram Kalita and Math-
ura Mohan Ray, and constables
Abdul Baten Mondal, Orki Bas-
umatary, Arun Kumar Pratihast
and Annapurna Gupta.
R-DayJournalismAward to
RM BhagawatiSTAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The
State Government has decid-
ed to confer the prestigious
Republic Day Journalism
Award on noted journalist and
Editor of the Dainik Asam
Radhika Mohan Bhagawati in
recognition to his immense
lifelong contribution towards
journalism in the State.
Bhagawati, who will be the
first recipient of the award,
will be honoured at the State-
level function of the Republic
Day on January 26 at the Col-
lege of Veterinary Science
Playground, Khanapara here,
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Di-brugarh Police today filedthe chargesheet in theCourt of Special Judge, As-sam in connection with thecash-for-job scam in the As-sam Public Service Com-mission (APSC) naming asmany as 10 accused.
Besides prime suspect and
former APSC chairman
Rakesh Paul, the 19-page
chargesheet featured names of
Samedur Rahman, Basanta
Doley (both APSC members),
Naba Kumar Patir, Pabitra
Koibarta (Assistant Controller
Chargesheet filed inAPSC scam case
of Examination, APSC),
Mabud Ali Choudhury, Abbas
Ali Ahmed and Syed Musaraff
Husain.
All these accused have been
booked under Section 7/13 of
the Prevention of Corruption
Act read with Sections 120B,
420, 468, 471, 477A and 201 of
the IPC.
Rajib Paul, the brother of
Rakesh Paul, and another ac-
cused Sudip Das have been de-
clared as absconders in the
chargesheet and they are facing
charges under section 12 of the
Prevention of Corruption Act
read with Sections 120B, 420,
468, 471 and 201 of the IPC.
Further, against Dr Mrigen
Saikia and Mafizul Islam, the
court has accepted prayer for
further investigation sought by
the Dibrugarh Police.
Investigators, as per the
chargesheet, have examined
more than 100 witnesses. Ex-
pert reports, including those
duly signed by forensic experts
outside the State, have also
been annexed with the
chargesheet.
Special public prosecutor
BK Mahajan, when contacted,
said the chargesheet has been
submitted under section
173(2) of the Code of Criminal
SANJOY RAY
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Arrest-
ed former chairman of the As-
sam Public Service Commis-
sion (APSC), Rakesh Paul had
been funding terror groups for
the last four years or so!
After taking over the man-
tle of the APSC chairman, Paul
had been allegedly funding
militant groups like the Paresh
Baruah faction of the United
Liberation Front of Asom
(ULFA) and the Garo National
Liberation Army (GNLA) with
huge amounts of money.
Paul, according to sources in
police based in upper Assam,
had been funding the militant
organisations on annual basis
Rakesh Paul alsofunded terror groups!
as ‘protection money’ and the
amount ranged from Rs 18 lakh
to Rs 20 lakh per year.
While the payment to the
ULFA (Independent) was
made through hardcore ULFA
leader Dristi Rajkhowa and
few others, the GNLA used to
receive the money through
various channels and individu-
als in the neighbouring state.
“Last year too, Rs 18 lakh
and Rs 20 lakh were paid to
the GNLA and the ULFA re-
spectively,” sources quoting
available information claimed.
However, the Assam Police
is yet to register any case in
this regard so far.
“The GNLA was reportedly
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Elections these days
seem to resemble a TV
family drama serial!
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurating the preliminary survey work of the
Brahmaputra Express Highway at a function in Dibrugarh on Tuesday. – UB Photos
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Notice inviting Tender
for feed ingredients
The Animal Resources
Development Department,
Government of Tripura,
invites tender for supply of
different feed ingredients for
Livestock & Poultry during
the year 2017-2018.
Total approximate
quantity : 3825 MT.
Total Earnest money :
16.11 Lakh
Last date of receiving
Tender : 14th February,
2017
For details please visit :
www.arddtripura.nic.in
www.tripurainfo.com
Sd/- Director
Animal Resources
Development
Government of Tripura
ICAC/2056/17
G/TN/3381/1
NOTICE INVITING
e-TENDERThe Engineer-in-Chief,
P&E Department on behalf ofthe Governor of Mizoraminvites Single Stage TwoEnvelope e-Tender frominterested eligible bidders forexecution of IPDS works–NIT No. : T.14010/l/2015/E-in-C(P)/T&R/98 Dt.19.1.2017.Name of work:Implementation of IPDS in 6towns of Mizoram EarnestMoney: Rs. 78.38 Lakhs(Maximum). Estimated Cost :Rs. 3918.51 Lakhs (Total).Time of completion: 18Months
The tender forms and otherdetails can be obtained fromthe office of the Engineer-inChief, P&E on payment of Rs.1,500/- by Demand Draft. Thelast date for submission of bidwill be 28th February 2017 upto 1200 hrs.
Details also may beobtained from the websitewww.tender.mizoram.gov.inand www.power.mizoram.gov.inIPR No.418
UGC-NETconducted, 4.5Kwrote for Yoga
as subjectNEW DELHI, Jan 24: The
UGC-NET examination has
been conducted at 1,421 centres
in 90 cities for approximately
7.94 lakh registered candidates,
about 4,500 of whom took the
test for Yoga subject, on Sunday,
the Central Board of Secondary
Education said today.
In a statement, the CBSE said
the candidates appeared in three
papers where paper-I of Gener-
al Awareness was common for
all while paper-II and III were
conducted out of 84 subjects se-
lected by the students.
For the first time, Yoga was
introduced as a subject and ap-
proximately 4,500 candidates
appeared for it.
“The question papers were
also provided in Braille for the
visually challenged students.
25 minutes additional time was
provided during paper-I and II
to specially abled candidates
while 50 minutes additional
time was provided during pa-
per-III to such candidates,” the
CBSE statement said.
The Board also said it has
successfully used ‘Digi Scor-
ing’, a digital marking system,
in the recently conducted ex-
aminations of Kendriya and
Navodaya Vidyalayas. – PTI
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3NATIONAL
HYDERABAD, Jan 24: The
height of Mount Everest will
soon be “re-measured” by the
Survey of India to determine
whether the world’s tallest
peak has really shrunk follow-
ing a devastating earthquake
in Nepal two years ago.
An expedition from the
Survey of India would depart
for Nepal in two months to
conduct the exercise that
comes in the backdrop of
doubts expressed by section
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: A top
JNU official who was leading
the inquiry into missing stu-
dent Najeeb Ahmad’s case be-
sides other disciplinary issues
on campus, has resigned from
the post allegedly over some
differences with the adminis-
tration.
While Chief Proctor AP Dim-
ri confirmed his resignation, he
refused to share any details
about the reasons behind it.
This is the second time that
IIMs will now hand out degreesNEW DELHI, Jan 24: The Union Cabinet today approved
the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill, 2017, under
which IIMs would be able to grant degrees to their
students and be declared as Institutions of National
Importance.
Being societies, the prestigious IIMs are presently not
authorised to award degrees and have been awarding Post
Graduate Diploma and Fellow Programme in Management.
While these awards are treated as equivalent to MBAs
and PhD, respectively, the equivalence is not universally
acceptable, especially for the Fellow Programme. – PTI
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Details of donation received by electoral
trusts and their further distribution to political parties are neither
personal information nor held by IT Department in fiduciary capacity,
the Central Information Commission has said in an order aimed at
ensuring transparency in electoral funding. The CIC has directed
the I-T Department to make public the list of electoral trusts formed
since 2003-04 and whether they received IT exemptions.
Survey of India to ‘re-measure’ Mt Everest’s heightof the scientific community
about the shrinking of the
towering mountain peak.
Mount Everest officially
stands at 8,848 metres
(29,028 feet) above sea level.
The project, for which re-
quired sanctions have been
obtained, would help the fu-
ture scientific studies as well,
Surveyor General of India
Swarna Subba Rao said here
today.
“We are sending an expedi-
tion to Mount Everest. Ever-
est’s height was declared, if I
remember correctly, in 1855.
Many others also measured it.
But the height given by Sur-
vey of India, even today, is tak-
en as the correct height. It is
29,028 ft,” he said.
“We are re-measuring it. It
is almost two years since the
major Nepal earthquake. Af-
ter that, there is a doubt in the
scientific community that it is
shrinking. That is one of the
reasons. Second reason is, it
helps in scientific studies, plate
movements etc,” he said.
All the necessary approv-
als have been obtained for the
expedition and the effort
should begin in a month, he
said on the sidelines of a
meeting of the Geospatial
World Forum.The endeavour would take
about a month for observa-tion and another 15 days forcomputation and declaration
of data, Rao added.Rao told PTI the height of
Mount Everest is planned tobe measured this time by twomethods— using Global Posi-tioning System (GPS) and aground method.
“There are two methods.One is GPS. It is a survey in-strument. It looks like a transis-tor. If you put it on the summit,
say for 10 minutes, it tells youthe height. That is one. – PTI
“The second is, ground
method. Triangulation. We
observe. The height can be
calculated from ground,” he
added.
Rao said the measurement
is being done by the two meth-
ods for better confirmation of
the findings. – PTI
Donations of electoral trusts
JNU Chief Proctor resignsa chief proctor has resigned
since the new vice-chancellor
took over last January.
Dimri had taken over as
Chief Proctor, when his pred-
ecessor had resigned citing
personal reasons following the
controversy on campus in Feb-
ruary last year over an event
during which anti-national slo-
gans were allegedly raised.
University officials, also con-
firmed his resignation but re-
fused to comment further, say-
ing his letter doesn’t mention
any reason.
According to sources, Dim-
ri had differences with the ad-
ministration over handling of
a few disciplinary issues on
campus, including the recent
altercation between two
groups following which Na-
jeeb went missing.
“He was leading an inquiry
into the case. Then the disrup-
tion of the Academic Council
meeting happened where nine
students were suspended. The
administration also banned any
sort of protests or demonstra-
tion near its building. Dimri
had certain differences with
the authorities over handling
of these issues,” a source close
to Dimri said.
The Proctor’s office is re-
sponsible for handling all the
disciplinary issues on campus,
including ordering of inquiry,
probing the issues and recom-
mending punishment for the
students. – PTI
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 20174 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
Government of AssamARIAS SOCIETY (ARIASS)
Proposed World Bank aided Assam Agribusiness & RuralTransformation Project (APART)
Short REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)For Hiring of Consultancy Services for Formation of
industry Associations (IAs) &Implementation of Agro Industrial Development Plans (AIDPs)
ARIASS/APART/CD/182/2017/21 Dated: Guwahati the 21st January 2017
1. The Government of Assam (GoA) through the Government of India(GoA) has applied for a loan of US$ 200 million from the World Bank(WB) for implementation of the Assam Agribusiness & RuralTransformation Project (APART) which is likely to start implementationfrom April 2017. The objective of APART is to increase value-additionand improve resilience of selected agriculture value chains, focusing onsmallholder farmers and agro-entrepreneurs in the targeted districts ofAssam. The Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Services (ARIAS)Society in association with Department of Industries and Commerce,GoA, now intends to apply a portion of the loan for hiring of ConsultancyServices for Formation of Industry Associations (lAs) & Implementationof Agra Industrial Development Plans (AIDPs).2. The consultant will be selected in accordance with the QCBS methodset out in “THE WORLD BANK Procurement Regulations for IPF BorrowersPROCUREMENT IN INVESTMENT PROJECT FINANCING Goods, Works,Non-Consulting and Consulting Services- July 2016” (IPF: InvestmentProject Financing).3. Interested consultancy firms/agencies may submit their expressionof interest to the following address not later than 16th February. 2017as well as obtain further information at the address below during workingdays from 11-00 am to 4.00 pm. Please refer to the detailed Request forExpression of Interest (REOI) and the related draft Terms of Reference(ToR) in the website of ARIAS Society viz. www.arias.in in thenotification section.
The State Project Director, ARIAS Society, Project Coordination Unit,Agriculture Complex, Khanapara, G.S. Road, Guwahati-781022 (Assam, India);
Tel: 0361-2332125; Tele-Fax: 0361-2332564; email: [email protected]
Janasanyog/1843/16
PRESS RELEASEKeeping in view the directive of Election Commission of India, the
National Voters’ Day, 2017 in Mangaldoi Election District comprising of
65-Kalaigaon, 66-Sipajhar, 67-Mangaldoi (SC) and 68-Dalgaon LACs
will be celebrated in all 492 nos. of polling station locations on 25.01.2017.
The main objective of celebrating the NVD is to create awareness
among the voters for making Indian democracy better and stronger.
The Electoral Registration Officers under election district Mangaldoi
have already been instructed to direct the BLOs of their respective LAC
to felicitate the newly registered voters on 25th January, 2017 in a brief
ceremony/public function and to provide a badge with the slogan “Proud
to be a Voter– Ready to vote”.
The District Level NVD programme will be held at Mangaldai District
Library on 25th January, 2017 where the newly enrolled voters of 18-19
years of age adjacent to the polling stations of Mangaldai town will be
felicitated Sri Budhindra Hazarika, Principal, Kharupetia College will
deliver a lecture on the occasion.
The Principals of the Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools under
election district Mangaldoi have already been instructed to organize
debating competitions, quiz competitions, human chain etc. and to
administer the NVD pledge at their respective colleges/HS Schools on
25.01.2017 among the teaching staff and students.
Sd/- (Ashok Kumar Barman)
District Election Officer
Janasanyog/1498/16 Mandaldoi
NOTICEPersonal Interview for recruitment of Assistant Audit Officers
The Personal Interview of the candidates who have qualified in the
Written Test for recruitment of Assistant Audit Officers will be held as per
the following schedule in the Office of the Director of Audit(Local Fund),
Assam, Kar Bhawan 6th Floor, Dispur, Guwahati-781006.
Date Time Roll Nos. in between
02-02-2017((Thursday) 10:30 A.M. onwards 100062 to 101026
02.00 P.M. onwards 101050 to 103151
03-02-2017(Friday) 10:30 A.M. onwards 103251 to 104523
02.00 P.M. onwards 104614 to 106045
04-02-2017(Saturday) 10:30 A.M. onwards 106142 to 107372
02.00 P.M. onwards 107401 to 109302
05-02-2017(Sunday) 10:30 A.M. onwards 109682 to 111236
02.00 P.M. onwards 111285 to 113065
8-02-2017(Wednesday) 10:30 A.M. onwards 113084 to 114058
02.00 P.M. onwards 114363 to 116624
09-02-2017(Thursday) 10:30 A.M. onwards 116715 to 118823
02.00 P.M. onwards 118882 to 121944
Individual call letters have been sent to the candidates by Speed Post.
Those who do not receive their call letters by 31-01-2017 may contact in
the Office of Director of Audit (Local Fund), Assam, Guwahati for issue
of duplicate call letters. Duplicate call letters will be issued to the candidates
on production of Admit Card of,the Written Test held on 1st & 8th
November, 2015 with countersignature of Assam Institute of Management.
Sd/- Directorate of Audit
Janasanyog/8597/16 (Local Fund), Assam, Guwahati- 6
NOTICE INVITING
QUOTATIONSealed quotations affixing court fee stamps
of Rs. 8.25 (Non-refundable) are hereby
invited from interested Firms etc. for erecting/
raising and supplying the following items
on the occasion of 68th Republic Day
Celebration at the Gauhati High Court (Old
Block) on 26.01.2017.
1. Erection of a temporary stage (size :
20ft × 20 ft)
2. Tri colour side-scree with bamboo fram-
300 sq.M
3. Good quality Chair with clean cover-
200 Nos.
4. Shamiana and carpet for light
refreshment area.
Interested firms may contact the undersigned
for ascertaining the specification of the
above mentioned items.
General Terms and Conditions
1. The quotation should reach the
undersigned on or before 24th January,
2017 during office hours.
2. The tenderer shall clearly mention the
rate both in words and figures excluding
VAT. Applicable tax is to be shown
separately against each item.
Sd/- Registrar (Admn)
Janasanyog/4353/16
PRESS NOTICE
INVITING TENDERExecutive Engineer, PWD, Kohora
Road Division, Dolamara on behalf
of Governor of Assam invite bids for
“Maintenance & Repair of roads for
the works under Assam Road
Maintenance Fund for the financial
year 2016-17 for 6(six) nos. of
packages for one month duration of
Karbi Anglong District, Assam,
amounting to Rs. 199.01 Lakhs
(Approx.). Details may be seen at the
office of the undersigned from
16.01.2017 to 27.01.2017 during
office hour. If 27.01.2017 happen to
be holiday then the next working day
shall be treated as last date.
Sd/- Executive Engineer, PWD
Kohora Road Division, DolamaraJanasanyog/4360/16
NOTIFICATIONAll Institutes of Assam are hereby informed that the verification
of online applications submitted through the National ScholarshipPortal (NSP 2.0) for Post-Matric/Pre-Matric (Class IX-X) for ST atthe Institute level has been open for the institutes since 1st ofDecember/2017 and it has been seen that a number of instituteshave not verified the applications pertaining to their respectiveinstitutes due to which the applications of students will not servethe purpose of awarding scholarships to ST students.
In the light of the above, the Head of the Institutes are herebyinstructed to start verification of the applications with the institutelogin credentials for the NSP 2.0 at the earlist without fail. TheHead of institutes are also requested to submit the list of verifiedname of applicant and application IDS with signature of theHead of Institute pertaining to their respective institutes to theoffice of the undersigned for further necessary action from thisend.
It has also come to the notice of the undersigned that anumber of Institute have not approached the office of theundersigned for receiving the user-id and passwords of theirrespective institutes. Such institutes are requested to approachthe office of the undersigned at the earliest with a request letterfrom the Head of institute specifying the phone number to whichthe user-ids and password should be sent.
As per the directives and instructions of the Govt. of India, theHead of the Institutions are responsible for the verification/re-verification/rejection of applications submitted through NationalScholarship Portal and therefore the Head of the Institutes areinstructed to take prompt and necessary actions for the same atthe earliest.
Sd/- Director, W.P.T. & B.C., AssamJanasanyog/8592/16 Rukmini Nagar, Guwahati-6
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, UDALGURI, ASSAM
MISSING INFORMATION
The above is photograph of Miss Sumi Deka (19 years), D/o Sri Jayanta Deka, Vill-Dhupguri, P.S- Panery, Dist- Udalguri, Assam who has been missing since 17.11.2016from Tangla.
This refers to Panery PS GDE. No. 506 Dtd. 29.11.2016 and this office Man MissingRegister Entry No. 43(B)-136 Dtd. 01.12.2016Descriptive Roll of the Missing Person :
1. Complexion – Fair2. Age – 19 Years3. Height – 5 Feet4. Built – Medium5. Language – Assamese6. Wearing apparel – Churider
All out effort may be made to trace out/ recover the above noted missing person at theearliest and result thereof may be intimated to this office at the following helpline numbersfor further necessary action : 8134852559/ 9859427622 (Cell Phone)
Sd/- Superintendent of Police
Janasanyog/8608/16 Udalguri, Assam
Janasanyog/8635/16
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAMFINANCE (BUDGET) DEPARTMENT
DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06PRESS COMMUNIQUE
No.BW.02/2017 Dated January 23, 2017
It is notified for general information that the outstanding balance of 8.20%
Assam State Development Loan, 2017 issued in terms of the Government
of Assam, Finance Department’s Notification No.BW.4/2006 dated
February 15, 2007, will be repaid at par on February 23, 2017 with
interest due up to and including February 22, 2017. In the event of a
holiday being declared on the aforesaid date by the Government of
Assam under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the loan will be
repaid by the paying offices in this State on the previous working day.
No interest will accrue on the loan from and after February 23, 2017.
2. As per Sub-regulation 24 (2) and 24 (3) of Government Securities
Regulations, 2007, payment of maturity proceeds to the registered
holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General
Ledger or Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock
Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating the relevant
particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder
in any bank having facility of receipt of funds through electronic means.
For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the
original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such a Government
Securities, as the case may be, shall submit to the Bank or Treasury
and Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India or its subsidiary
Banks where they are enfaced/registered for payment of interest, as the
case may be, the relevant particulars of their bank account.
3. However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account/
mandate for receipt of funds through electronic means, to facilitate
repayment on the due date, holders of 8.20% Assam State Development
Loan, 2017, should tender their securities at the Public Debt Office, 20
days in advance. The securities should be tendered for repayment,
duly discharged on the reverse thereof as under.-
“Received the Principal due on the Certificate”.
4. It should be particularly noted that at places where the treasury work
is done by a branch of the State Bank of India or any of its associate
banks, the securities, if they are in the form of Stock Certificates, should
be tendered at the branch of the bank concerned and not at the Treasury
or Sub-treasury.
5. Holders who wish to receive payment at places other than those
where the securities have been enfaced for payment should send them
duly discharged to the Public Debt Office concerned by Registered and
Insured Post. The Public Debt Office will make payment by issuing a
draft payable at any Treasury/Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of
India or its associate banks conducting Government Treasury work in
the State of Assam.
(Sd/- Dr. Ravi Kota, IAS)
Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam
Finance Department
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAMFINANCE (BUDGET) DEPARTMENT
DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06PRESS COMMUNIQUE
No.BW.01/2017
It is notified for general information that the outstanding balance of 7.17%
Assam State Development Loan, 2017 issued in terms of the Government
of Assam, Finance Department’s Notification No.BW.7/2004 dated
February 18, 2005, will be repaid at par on February 23, 2017 (February
24, 2017 being bank holiday) with interest due up to and including
February 23, 2017. In the event of a holiday being declared on the
aforesaid date by the Government of Assam under the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, the loan will be repaid by the paying offices in
this State on the previous working day. No interest will accrue on the
loan from and after February 24, 2017.
2. As per Sub-regulation 24 (2) and 24 (3) of Government Securities
Regulations, 2007, payment of maturity proceeds to the registered
holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General
Ledger or Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock
Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating the relevant
particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder
in any bank having facility of receipt of funds through electronic means.
For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the
original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such a Government
Securities, as the case may be, shall submit to the Bank or Treasury
and Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India or its subsidiary
Banks where they are enfaced/registered for payment of interest, as the
case may be, the relevant particulars of their bank account.
3. However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account/
mandate for receipt of funds through electronic means. to facilitate
repayment on the due date, holders of 7.17% Assam State Development
Loan, 2017, should tender their securities at the Public Debt Office, 20
days in advance. The securities should be tendered for repayment,
duly discharged on the reverse thereof as under:-
Received the Principal due on the Certificate”.
4. It should be particularly noted that at places where the treasury work is
done by a branch of the State Bank of India or any of its associate banks, the
securities, if they are in the form of Stock Certificates, should be tendered at
the branch of the bank concerned and not at the Treasury or Sub-treasury.
5. Holders who wish to receive payment at places other than those
where the securities have been enfaced for payment should send them
duly discharged to the Public Debt Office concerned by Registered and
Insured Post. The Public Debt Office will make payment by issuing a
draft payable at any Treasury/Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of
India or its associate banks conducting Government Treasury work in
the State of Assam.
Sd/- (Dr. Ravi Kota, IAS)
Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam
Finance Department
US President Donald Trump hosting a reception for US Congressional leaders including Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Vice President Mike Pence, Representative
Kevin McCarthy, Senator John Cornyn and Representative Steny Hoyer, in the State Dining Room at the White House in
Washington on Monday. – UNI
Syria peace talks closeto final declaration
ASTANA, Jan 24: The UN envoy for
Syria said today that a final declaration
was close to being achieved at the indi-
rect talks between Syrian rebels and
their war-torn country’s regime in Ka-
zakhstan’s capital Astana.
The talks, which yielded no apparent
breakthrough yesterday, could have
been the first face-to-face negotiations
between the regime and the armed op-
position since Syria’s conflict erupted in
2011, but the rebels backed out.
“We are not far from a final declara-
tion,” UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said.
“There are very intense discussions be-
cause this is not about a paper, this is
about a cessation of hostilities which
means Syrian lives.”
Rebel spokesman Yehya al-Aridi said
the rebels would not sign a final declara-
tion coming out of the talks, saying it
would be issued by their sponsors, rebel
backer Turkey, regime ally Russia and
possibly Iran. He added the final decla-
ration was a “general statement” that is
“not meant to be signed by the parties.”
The rebels rejected face-to-face talks
because of the regime’s continued bom-
bardment and attacks on a flashpoint out-
side the capital Damascus. The two sides
sat at the same table for the opening
statements, but spent the rest of yes-
terday negotiating via mediators.
The rebels have insisted the talks fo-
cus on bolstering a frail truce brokered
by Turkey and Russia last month, while
the regime has called for a political solu-
tion to the nearly six-year conflict and
for rebels to lay down their arms in ex-
change for an amnesty deal.
Rebel spokesman Osama Abu Zeid
said ceasefire violations and threats of
forced displacements were hindering the
negotiations, and that the rebels would
focus on the truce in today’s talks.
In addition to having different objec-
tives, the two sides also disagree about
the role of the talks’ three organisers,
Russia, Turkey and Iran.
A member of the rebel delegation
told AFP yesterday that the group
would agree to have Russia serve as a
guarantor of the current ceasefire but
not Iran, another backer of President
Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian regime, meanwhile, has
said it would refuse to hold government-
level talks with Turkey and sign any doc-
ument bearing the signature of a Turk-
ish official – suggesting this would in-
clude any deal to come out of the talks.
More than 310,000 people have been
killed and more than half of the coun-
try’s population displaced since Syria’s
conflict erupted in 2011 with protests
against Assad’s rule. – AFP
Massive networks of fakeTwitter accounts found
China to firmly defendsovereignty over South China Sea
BEIJING, Jan 24: As the
Trump administration fired its
first salvo to counter China’s
island building in disputed
South China Sea, a perturbed
Beijing hit back saying it will
firmly safeguard its “indisput-
able sovereignty” irrespective
of what America says.
“China’s position on the South
China Sea (SCS) is clear and
consistent. There is no change
in our position. China has indis-
putable sovereignty over SCS
islands and adjacent waters,”
Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Hua Chunying said.
Her comments came hours
after White House Press Secre-
tary Sean Spicer issued a stern
warning to China, saying the US
would protect its interests in the
SCS and defend international
territories from being taken over
by “one country.”
This is the first direct com-
ment by the Trump administra-
tion after the tough-talking bil-
lionaire took over as President
on Friday, signalling an assertive
policy on the SCS contrary to a
cautious policy pursued by the
Obama administration.
“China’s action in SCS is le-
gitimate, lawful and reasona-
ble. Whatever other countries
want to do or say, China’s de-
termination to safeguard our
maritime interests, sovereign
rights and interests is firm,”
Hua retorted.
“We are also committed to
work with other parties to ad-
dress the issues through
peaceful negotiations. The sit-
uation is turning better. Agree-
ment has been made to follow
the dual track approach to ad-
dress the SCS issue,” she said,
referring to China’s efforts to
pacify the Philippines and Vi-
etnam to lower the conflict.
Besides the two countries,
Lowest approval for Trump’sfirst days in modern era: poll
WASHINGTON, Jan 24: Donald Trump has begun his first
days in the White House with the lowest approval rating any US
President received in the modern era, according to a new poll.
The first measurement of Trump’s job approval rating
showed Americans divided over his performance in his three
days in the Oval Office, the Politico reported.
Trump’s approval rating in the Gallup survey, conducted be-
tween Friday and Sunday, opens at 45 per cent – the same
percentage of Americans that said they disapprove of Trump’s
first weekend on the job.
In fact, the billionaire real estate tycoon began his Presiden-
cy with the lowest initial approval rating in the modern polling
era, according to Gallup.
But while Trump’s first approval rating is improved from
the poor reviews Americans gave to his Presidential transi-
tion, it is also lower than previous Presidents – a sign Trump
has entered the White House without the same support from
Americans that others have enjoyed. – PTI
LONDON, Jan 24: Massivenetworks of fake Twitter ac-counts – with the largest con-sisting of over 350,000 profiles– have been accidentally un-covered by scientists whowere probing to see how peo-ple use the microblogging site.
Some of the accounts havebeen used to fake a number offollowers, send spam and boostinterest in trending topics, re-searchers said. On Twitter,bots are accounts that are runremotely by a person.
“It is difficult to assess ex-actly how many Twitter usersare bots,” said graduate stu-dent Juan Echeverria, a com-
puter scientist at UniversityCollege, London, who uncov-ered the massive networks.
The research began by comb-ing through a sample of one percent of Twitter users in order toget a better understanding ofhow people use the social net-work. However, the data re-vealed lots of linked accounts,suggesting one person or groupis running the ‘botnet.’
These accounts did not actlike the bots other research-ers had found but were clearlynot being run by humans. Theresearch suggests earlier workto find bots has missed thesetypes of networks. – PTI
Preliminary ...(Contd from page 3)
within two months. The Chief Minister, in his speech, asked
the Field Engineers to conduct the historic survey with utmost
dedication, devotion and honesty.
It is gathered that the comprehensive findings of the prelimi-
nary surveys will be helpful in preparing detailed modalities for
the ambitious projects – dredging of the Brahmaputra, construc-
tion of the Express Highways along both banks of the river and
for taking up other development projects like navigating big
vessels for communication and trade and commerce. Brahmapu-
tra was declared as the National Water Way 2 but due to its poor
navigability, the benefits have not been reaped by the State. The
Brahmaputra has 640 km length in Assam from Sadia to Dhubri.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also simultaneously dedi-
cated the 8.3 km portion of the Dibrugarh Town Protection Dyke
during the function. The section, extending from Maijan to Mo-
hannaghat with solar lights along the dyke and with black topped
road, was constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 80 crores. The
dyke was constructed under the Assam Integrated Flood and
Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Project with funding from
the Asian Development Bank. Flood and River Bank Erosion Risk
Management Agency of Assam (FREMAA) implemented the
project. The dyke has been raised to some six metres height from
ground level, and has a top width of six metres.
Rakesh Paul ...(Contd from page 3)
made the payment annually as Paul also owns a house at Tura in
Garo Hills of Meghalaya. The money was paid to these outfits
regularly through various links,” sources said.
“This has nothing to do with the APSC scam or the ongoing
investigation and the police have stumbled upon such informa-
tion while investigating an altogether different case. Further,
the matter of terror funding will need specialised investiga-
tion,” sources pointed out. Paul, who is now in judicial custody
in connection with the cash-for-job scam in the APSC, had paid
nearly Rs 1 crore to each of the outfits in the last few years.
The Assam Tribune had earlier reported that Paul during
questioning had admitted to making payment to political lead-
ers, including former ministers, a media baron and journalists
among others during his tenure at the top post.
Gen Rawat ...(Contd from page 3)
security situation in the Corps, both from external threat and inter-
nal security point of view. General Rawat has himself commanded a
Corps in the Eastern Command and is well acquainted with the
nuances of operational scenario here. He was satisfied with the
operational preparedness of Gajraj Corps and encouraged all ranks
of the Corps to keep up the high state of alertness and professional-
ism displayed by them. General Rawat left Tezpur for Imphal be-
fore moving to Delhi, said a Defence press release.
Chargesheet ...(Contd from page 3)
Procedure. The Court of Spe-
cial Judge has fixed February
27 for submission of the status
report, he added. Sources said
that there is still ample scope
for further investigation re-
garding the arrested accused
persons and those who are ab-
sconding.
Meanwhile, to facilitate
trial for the accused holding
constitutional posts (APSC),
including Rakesh Paul and
the two other arrested
members, the investigators
have already written to the
President of India for prose-
cution sanction against
them. Meanwhile, the in-
vestigators have received
prosecution sanction against
Naba Kumar Patir from the
State Government.
R-Day ...(Contd from page 3)
said an official press release
here this evening.
The award carries a cash
amount of Rs 1 lakh, a citation
inscribed on a copper plate, a
japi, a sorai and an angabastra,
the press release said.
It may be noted that the Re-
public Day Journalism Award
has been instituted under the
Information and Public Rela-
tions Department to honour
persons of eminence in the
field of journalism. The award
will be presented at the State-
level Republic Day function
every year.
Bhagawati’s name was se-
lected from among a list of 30
nominees submitted by eight
journalists’ organisations of
the State. To select the recip-
ient a high-level selection
committee was formed.
Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan
also contest China’s claims
over almost all of SCS.
“The US is not a party to
the SCS issue. We urge the
US to honour its commit-
ments, fully respect the ef-
forts of the regional countries
and safeguard peace and sta-
bility in the SCS,” she said.
But at the same time, unlike
in the past, Hua did not op-
pose US naval ships and bomb-
ers passing through if it is
under international law. – PTI
INTERNATIONAL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5
CITY
Janasanyog/8575/16
WEATHER
GUWAHATILOCAL FORECAST:Mainly clear sky to partlycloudy sky. Fog/mist isvery likely to occur in themorning. Minimumtemperature is most likelyto be 11°C on Wednesday.
TEMPERATURE:
Max 27.8°CMin 10.8°C
The number of vehicles are is
creasing tremendously in the
city in the last few years, and, as a
result, the problems of traffic con-
gestion and pollution have also
been growing. The toxic smoke
emitted by these vehicles causes
serious health hazards for com-
muters. The pollutants that the
smoke contains are very danger-
Crack down on vehicular pollutionous to our health. In this regard,
we would like to suggest the fol-
lowing measures for consideration
of the department concerned for
safety of the citizens:
(a) Let automobile dealers sell
new cars only after getting approv-
al of the Transport Department;
(b) Old private vehicles that have
already completed 15 years (i.e.
from the date of purchase) be with-
drawn from the roads;
(c) The traffic police or the Trans-
port Department conduct random
pollution tests on cars;
(d) Adulteration of petrol and
diesel be dealt with swiftly and
severely;
(e) Exemplary on-the-spot pen-
alty be imposed for violation of pol-
lution control rule, etc.
Ushakanti Das,
Rukminigaon, Guwahati
Traffic sense
We are proud to be the citizens
of one of the largest democracies
in the world. Constitutionally, we
enjoy various democratic rights.
The democratic platform provides
us flexibility in our thought proc-
ess. However, it does not mean that
whatever we consider to be right
is always right for society. Hence,
there is a need to develop a posi-
tive sense for maintaining basic dis-
cipline on the part of every citizen
of Guwahati as a whole, specially
towards creating a systematic,
smooth and seamless traffic man-
agement system. Over and above
the existing traffic rules and regu-
lations as well as other technologi-
cal means implemented by the au-
thority, it is imperative for all citi-
zens to exercise their democratic
rights in a most sensible way, while
driving or parking their vehicles
without creating problems for fel-
low citizens.
Partha Sankar
Dispur, Guwahati
Damaged pipes
The Gammon India Limited, un-
der the GMDA’s water supply
scheme, has been laying pipes in
Guwahati for quite some time, but
in doing so, they have also broken
many existing water supply pipes,
causing immense hardship to the
owners concerned.
I am also a victim of this cal-
lous attitude. My water supply
pipe was broken at AT Road near
Santipur city bus stand and till
date it has not been restored. The
officials of Gammon India Limit-
ed (Project Manager and Deputy
Manager) and the GMC water
supply division have also turned
a deaf ear to our repeated re-
quests for restoration of water
supply. Gammon India has prac-
tically been depriving us of wa-
ter for the last six months. Will
they now listen and take reme-
dial measures?
Dr Dwipendra Nath Talukdar,
Santipur, Guwahati-9
Extra charge
Recently I visited a service
centre of Royal Enfield at Ada-
bari in the city, and saw, to my
utter astonishment, a poster at-
tached at the reception which
mentioned that two per cent ex-
tra charge will have to be paid by
the customers if they pay using
debit cards. But, according to a
notification by the Reserve Bank
of India, merchants cannot
charge two per cent extra on deb-
it card payments. I, therefore,
would like to request the author-
ity concerned to take necessary
action against such practices.
A student of the Gauhati
University
Citizens are requested to express
their Guwahati-specific views within
100 words and mail the same
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24:
Kamrup Metro Deputy
Commissioner Dr M
Angamuthu today inspected
the area in and around the
Deepor Beel where 18
carcasses of greater adjutant
stork were recovered
yesterday.
The Deputy Commission-
er told The Assam Tribune
that the administration would
soon stop picnics in the
wetland’s vicinity.
“We have inspected the
site and will soon put a curb
on picnic which is damaging
the wetland’s ecology.
Curb on picnics near Deepor Beel: DC
Other preventive measures
will also be taken for
protection of Deepor’s
ecology and flora and
fauna,” he said.
Meanwhile, carcasses of
four more adjutant storks
were recovered today, taking
the toll to 22.
Deepor, a Ramsar site
wetland and a bird sanctuary,
has been bearing the brunt of
pollution caused by dumping
of the city’s municipal waste
close to its periphery.
Picnickers have added to its
woes, with revellers littering
the wetland with their waste,
besides causing severe noise
pollution.
Conservationists have
been calling for making the
wetland out of bounds for
picnickers, besides shifting of
the garbage dumping site to
some other area.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: On the
occasion of National Girl Child
Day, an educative comic strip on
girl child empowerment was
released here today by Utsah, a
non-governmental organisation
working in the field of child rights.
The comic strip (book)
comprising five chapters on
issues affecting the girl child
including education, child mar-
riage, child trafficking, malnu-
Educative comic strip on girl child releasedtrition and child abuse, is aimed
at raising the level of aware-
ness among the children.
Aimed at making children,
especially the girl child, aware
of the problem confronting them
in their day-to-day life, the comic
strip will be distributed to chil-
dren in schools.
Miguel Das of Utsah while
speaking at the release function,
said that the comic strip has
been prepared and released to
make the children familiarise
themselves with the issues
through visual communication.
“We should not remain un-
der the impression that gender
discrimination is non-prevalent
in Assam. Children are the most
disempowered lot and to make
their issues heard, we must
work in a cohesive manner,”
Miguel opined.
“Children must know what
to accept and what not to. Hope,
our initiative will help them in
raising their voice wherever and
whenever necessary,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr
Tushar Rane, chief of field of-
fice, UNICEF, explained the
need for a safe living environ-
ment for children, especially the
girl child.
Rane stressed the need for
raising the awareness level of
people across the spectrum vis-
a-vis child rights. M Barman from
the social welfare department
and actress Akashitora were also
present on the occasion.
35 contingents to takepart in R-Day parade
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The Kamrup Metro district adminis-
tration today said that all arrangements are in place for the
forthcoming Republic Day celebrations.
Kamrup Metro Deputy Commissioner Dr M Angamuthu
said that a total of 35 contingents will be participating in the
parade, which will be held on the morning of January 26 at the
Veterinary College ground here.
“There is overwhelming response from the school children.
There will be special band display by the school children and
arrangements for transportation, cleanliness and sanitation will
be in place,” he said.
The DC said that special bus service to Khanapara Veteri-
nary College field will be made for the day.
“Arrangements have been made for adequate drinking
water and other facilities and there will be special provi-
sions for the elders and women, including wheelchairs and
other arrangements for physically challenged visitors,” said
Dr Angamuthu.
Students taking part in a parade rehearsal for the Republic
Day celebration, in Guwahati on Tuesday. – AT photo
Cleanlinessdrive byNDRF
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The
1st battalion of National Dis-
aster Response Force (NDRF)
deployed at Patgaon here, or-
ganised a two-day Swachh
Bharat campaign by cleaning
and launching the sanitation
campaign in Vijaynagar mar-
ket area in Kamrup district on
Monday and another cleanli-
ness drive in Mirza market
area today.
Surendra Kumar, Assistant
Commandant, 1st Bn NDRF
along with 91 NDRF person-
nel; Jatin Bora, ADC Kamrup;
Pranav Kalita, MLA Palasbari,
and also police personnel, cir-
cle office staff, environmental
organisations and fire service
personnel participated in the
Swachh Bharat campaign at Vi-
jaynagar on Monday, a state-
ment said.
Rotaract Clubinitiative
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The
charter installation ceremony
of the Rotaract Club of Guwa-
hati Luit, an initiative for em-
powering youths will be held
at Ulubari here on January 26.
During the ceremony, youths
from various backgrounds will
take a pledge for betterment
of society.
E-magazineGUWAHATI, Jan 24:
Krishak Bandhu, an e-maga-
zine on agriculture and relat-
ed issues, was launched at a
function at the Guwahati Press
Club on Monday. Senior jour-
nalists Manoram Gogoi and
Jayanta Kumar Das formally
launched the e-magazine.
Manik Ch Sarma Bardoloi,
Deputy Director, Agriculture,
Bodoland Territorial Council
and honorary editor-in-chief of
the e-magazine, presided over
the function. – Staff Reporter
Carcasses of 4 more adjutant storks recovered
6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
MESSAGE FOR TODAY
We must strive to live with purpose. When we
live with purpose, we feel good inside.
– BRENDA NATHAN
ivers have worked as
a boon that help in the
growth of human civi-
lization over the ages.
All great civilizations have start-
ed around and along the river val-
ley and the Brahmaputra is no ex-
ception.
The world’s third longest river
with a span of 2,900 km, of which
for 916 km it flows through India,
has been nourishing North-east In-
dia from its inception. But slowly,
it has become a reason for sorrow
because every year, its fiery floods
make lakhs of people homeless,
huge loss of property and lives. The
Brahmaputra is fed by large tribu-
taries like Jaidhal, Subansari, Siang,
Kameng (Jia Bharali), Dhansiri
(north), Puthimari, Pagladia,
Manas, Champamati, Saralbhanga
and Aie from the north and Noa
Dihing, Buridihing, Debang,
Dikhow, Dhansiri, etc. (south).
In addition, six tributaries name-
ly the Tista, Sankosh, Raidak-I,
Raidak-II, Torsa and the Jaldhaka
flowing through the northern West
Bengal also join the mainstream of
the Brahmaputra. The North bank
tributaries are flashy and have
steep slopes, shallow braided chan-
nels and coarse sandy beds, carry a
heavy silt charge. The South bank
tributaries have flatter grades,
deep meandering channels, fine al-
luvial soils and comparatively low
silt charge.
Now, the question that arises is
what may be the possible cause for
a river in which a civilization start-
ed slowly turns to be the sorrow
of Assam like the Huang Ho of
China. ‘Whoever controls the Yel-
low River, controls China,’ said the
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EDITOR
Dredging the Brahmaputra
Trump’s unipolar world
Upcoming State BudgetThe second State Budget of the BJP-led Assam Gov-
ernment is scheduled to be presented by its Finance
Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, in State Assembly on
February 7, 2017 for the fiscal year 2017-18. The Fi-
nance Minister had held his pre-Budget discussion with
different stakeholders recently on January 12, 2017 at
the Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati where
other ministers and important officials of various depart-
ments were also present. It appears from the discussion
of the Finance Minister that the State Budget with effect
from 2017-18, following the Central pattern of budgetary
structure, will initiate a departure with respect to ex-
penditure pattern from the earlier trend of showing the
same as between Plan and non-Plan heads besides the
distinction between capital and revenue expenditures.
This is certainly an important rationalization and simplifi-
cation effort, initiated in the budgetary structural
complicacy. However, in place of State Plan expenditure
head, the Government will frame what is called ‘State’s
own priority development’ (SOPD) expenditure head.
This is certainly more meaningful since all types of de-
velopment expenditure are not of equal importance and
urgency and a choice pattern is needed in the face of
financial limitations.
Most of the pre-Budget discussion centred round the
utilization aspect of Plan expenditure during the current
year. Thus, the review unveils that Plan expenditure in
the 2016-17 fiscal up to December, 31 stood at Rs 9,348
crore, the achievement being only 23% though the ex-
penditure head is designed to be 42% more than the
previous year. It is good to note that the State Finance
Minister has hinted at 20% increase in allocation to vari-
ous departments in the upcoming Budget. It is important
to note here that Himanta Biswa Sarma’s maiden budget
for 2016-17 was comprehensively all-embracing and
could be rather called a five-year rolling action Plan, based
on the ruling party’s vision document expecting to trans-
form the State into a land of prosperity and development.
The upcoming Budget is expected to give large focus on
education, agriculture, rural development and health care
areas. A 20% rise in expenditure on them will mean a
budgetary allocation of more than Rs 9,300 crore on these
thrust areas. What will help rural development pro-
gramme most is the promise of the Finance Minister to
spend Rs 1.2 crore in each of the State’s villages on ac-
count of its uplift under what is called the ‘Chief Minis-
ter’s Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana’ which has already
been in operation. Some progress has already been done
in the area of eradication of corrupt practices in the State
and much more is expected in the days to come.
Going cashlessEven as the Centre makes a bold push for a cashless
economy – less-cash economy would be a more realistic
term given the constraints that a developing country would
invariably encounter in such an exercise – the foremost
need is to increase banking penetration across the length
and breadth of the country. Talking about cashless
economy without putting in place a matching infrastruc-
ture in the form of banks, ATMs, etc., would be akin to
putting the cart before the horse. Banking services in
many areas such as the North-east continue to be inad-
equate, and this lower banking access has kept diverse
financial services out of bound for a vast segment of the
populace. For a vast populace in the North-east, savings
is still primarily through informal mechanisms like keep-
ing cash at home, in kind, i.e., livestock and jewellery, and
traditional savings and loan clubs organized in villages by
temples or churches. This is largely attributable to the
inaccessibility of banks for a majority of the people. While
the geographical remoteness and the difficult terrain is
primarily responsible for the low banking penetration, dis-
inclination among a considerable segment towards availing
banking services – something that has a lot to do with
poor awareness – is also a matter of worry. The need,
therefore, is to expand banking facilities and at the same
time carry out a sustained campaign on the benefits of
banking, including cashless transactions. According to a
recent estimate, the North-east accounts for as many as
89 of the 131 ‘un-banked’ blocks of the country. The RBI
has come up with a specific scheme to ease the problem,
and the State governments should reciprocate the ges-
ture by doing the needful on their part.
Another peril which one needs to be on the guard
against during the transition to digital literacy is the
online financial frauds. The situation post demonetiza-
tion warrants all the stakeholders including the Gov-
ernment, the service providers and the general users
to join their hands to streamline digital delivery. Since
the sudden initiative to step into a cashless economy
has caught the masses unawares, it is quite likely that
we will witness a spurt in digital financial frauds unless
the associated hazards in a digital economy are ad-
dressed urgently. A multi-pronged approach – begin-
ning with dissemination of information concerning safe
digital operations – is an urgent need. A vast number of
those who have now been compelled to take recourse to
cashless transactions are illiterate, let alone being tech-
savvy. Cyber criminals are bound to use the situation to
their advantage and dupe the gullible users. The Gov-
ernment, the banks and all the digital service providers
have a big responsibility in educating the masses in dig-
ital transaction. Then, even as we prepare ourselves to
tackle the looming danger of digital fraud, the Govern-
ment also has to put in place adequate digital infrastruc-
ture in terms of ATMs, point of sale (POS) terminals, etc.
Great Yu, who is credited with the
first ‘taming’ of the river around
2200 BC.
The Brahmaputra can never be
tamed but has to be controlled or
given a proper direction as the av-
erage annual flow (water discharge)
throughout Assam vary from 8,500
to 17,000 cubic metres per second
making it a big challenge to dredge
it throughout the year.
The Brahmaputra car-
ries an exceedingly large
flow, huge volume of sed-
iment load, continuous
changes in channel mor-
phology, rapid bed aggra-
dations and bank line re-
cession and erosion. The
river has braided channel
in most of its course in the
alluvial plains of Assam.
The unique geo-
environmental setting of
the region, the highly po-
tent monsoon, weak geo-
logical formation, active
seismicity, accelerated
erosion, rapid channel
aggradations, massive de-
forestation, intense land use pres-
sure and high population growth
especially in the floodplain belt, and
ad hoc type temporary flood con-
trol measures are some of the dom-
inant factors that cause and/or in-
tensify floods in the valley.
Now, the next question is wheth-
er the flood problem can be dealt
with by removing the silt deposit
on its bed. Whether dredging the
river would give some relief to the
flood-prone areas and user eco-
nomic development of the region?
Dredging alone is not a sustainable
solution for future flood manage-
ment. So instead of dredging only,
we should develop a flood manage-
ment project which will include
dredging, reclamation of lost area
due to erosion, building permanent
concrete embankments, planting
trees on the riverbank and build-
ing roads on both the banks of the
Brahmaputra.
Dredging is a low-impact, envi-
ronmentally-friendly method of re-
moving excess sediment build-up
from bodies of water. Things can-
not change overnight, but they
must change eventually. A gradual,
responsive, phased approach that
recognizes the need to compro-
mise flood defence and biodiversi-
ty priorities may be our only op-
tion if we are to undo decades of
river mismanagement. Dredging
will play an important role in flood
risk management in some cases,
but is not a standalone solution. It
should be considered in the con-
text of a range of tools and the or-
igins of different sources of flood-
water and comes with significant
risks that must be understood at a
local and catchment scale.
Dredging covers a range of activ-
ities from the removal of material
from the bed and sides of river chan-
nels through to the wholesale
straightening (canalization) and/or
deepening of watercourses. Works
can be undertaken to drain land for
agriculture, to improve flood pro-
tection and/or for navigational pur-
poses. What will we do with the
dredged soil? If the dredged soil can
be used in reclamation of the land
on both sides of the river,
the same land can be used
for setting up economic
industrial corridors of the
State. The areas lost to
erosion can be revived
and used for resettlement
of homeless people due to
flood. The dredged soil
can be reclaimed and new
areas can be developed to
get economic benefits
such as developing indus-
tries or new localities to
ease out population boom.
Dredging allows for the
removal of polluted debris
from the floor of the riv-
ers, so that it does not af-
fect the wild habitat in these areas.
Dredging will be act as a catalyst
for economic development along the
river and in the adjacent neighbour-
hoods. Dredging focuses more on
reducing the impacts of a flood rath-
er than preventing one. Since the
Brahmaputra is a braided river,
dredging will somehow straighten
the flow of the channel. This water
then will move through the river
faster preventing it from pooling
thereby reducing the risk of a flood
and will be faster to navigate too.
Dredging of a river will increase
the cross-sectional area (and hence
its volume), as well as the stream-
lining of the channel. Where dredg-
ing is used to straighten and canal-
ize a river, the effect is to reduce its
length and increase channel gradi-
ent. These effects can increase the
efficiency of the channel in moving
water (increasing the conveyance).
Dredging should therefore lead to a
reduction in water levels and hence
to a reduction in flood frequency.
The cost of dredging is very high
because it requires a sophisticate and
heavy equipment called dredger.
Moreover, these dredgers are not
manufactured in India; neither there
is any Indian company which has its
fleets of dredgers to work in this
project. The Dredging Corporation
of India has only three Cutter Suc-
tion Dredgers (CSD), which are not
sufficient to take up the project.
There are two options left – either
the Government of Assam purchas-
es some CSDs as per the output
required per day and have its own
fleet of dredgers. Having the Gov-
ernment’s own fleet will reduce the
cost of the project. The other op-
tion is giving the contract to any
dredging company of international
repute to work on the same. The
cost of the project will increase by
approx 30% in the second case. The
reclaimed dredged soil will give
back at least 30% of the investment.
Dredging is not new to Assam as
the British used to dredge the river
to transport tea and oil from Assam.
The Assam Government had sold
the dredgers terming them as old
and obsolete but the same dredg-
ers had been purchased by the Gu-
jarat Government and had used to
develop both the Bhavanagar and
Kandla ports. Assam needs profes-
sional people on board to make such
a project successful.
Perspective 2050: Are we prepared?limate change as well
as other environmen-
tal issues has posed a
great challenge to agri-
culture with rapidly increasing food
demand due to a growing and in-
creasingly affluent global population.
This must be met in ways that are
sustainable to the population de-
mand which also meet the concerns
of agricultural scientists. Solutions
must address the economic and so-
cial challenges such as income to
farmers in an equitable manner and
more acutely, hunger and malnutri-
tion, especially in underdeveloped
countries. This can be achieved with
a comprehensive solution to the
complexities before us. A compre-
hensive response requires evolu-
tion across the entire food system
– how food is produced, processed,
stored, distributed, accessed and
consumed. The heads of states and
governments and the representa-
tive of the European Community
during the World Food Summit held
at Rome in 1996 stated, among oth-
ers, that “we agree to undertake all
necessary actions required at na-
tional, regional and global levels
and by all states and governments
to halt immediately the increase in
– and to significantly reduce – the
number of people suffering from
hunger, malnutrition and food in-
security. We will reinforce all our
efforts to meet by 2015 the tar-
gets of Millennium Development
Goal 1 and the World Food Sum-
mits. We commit to take action to-
wards sustainably eradicating hun-
ger at the earliest possible date.”
But 2015 is already over. Have we
achieved what we had declared? If
not, are we prepared for a 2050
perspective?
In this summit, food security was
defined based on three main consid-
erations – availability, access and use
of food. It is often observed that even
if a country has an aggregate suffi-
ciency of food, its population may
suffer from a serious nutritional in-
security due to unequitable income
distribution. With this consideration
in mind, the UN Standing Commit-
tee on Nutrition (SCN) in 2013 stat-
ed that “food and nutrition security”
exist when “all people at all times
have physical, social and economic
access to food, which is consumed in
sufficient quantity and quality to meet
their dietary needs and food prefer-
ences, and is supported by an envi-
ronment of adequate sanitation,
health services and care, allowing for
a healthy and active life”. How do
we handle the issue while taking care
of the changing climate and other
environmental concerns?
The world has already witnessed
a peak in food price during the 1970s.
However, with vigorous efforts by
the world community, we could han-
dle this successfully which resulted
in a falling food price in real terms.
The global food economy during the
next three decades saw a decline in
food prices. Steady progress was
made in reducing the proportion of
the world’s population classified as
undernourished from nearly 30% in
1970 to slightly over 12% in 2015,
although the world population more
than doubled to reach 7.3 billion dur-
ing this period itself. The progress
notwithstanding, 795 million people
were identified as chronically food
insufficient in 2015. In addition 162
million children were stunted, and
over 2 billion people were identified
as suffering from one or more mi-
cronutrient deficiencies.
The 21st century has brought in a
number of spectacular changes in
world economy, more specifically in
food economy. Severe climate relat-
ed events, facilitating subsidies for
the promotion of bio-fuels as alter-
native to traditional mineral fuels and
the impact of the 1995 World Trade
Organization agreement changed the
dynamics of global food supply. Fur-
thermore, growing demand for food
was being driven by a steadily in-
creasing world population, and in
emerging economies, such as Chi-
na, India, Brazil, etc., a desire for high-
er protein diets was driving in-
creased meat and dairy demand. In-
dia has seen a dramatic change in food
habits during this period. These fac-
tors came together in the 2006-08
period, led to a rapid increase in price
of food commodities. This ‘food price
crisis’ pushed an estimated 100 mil-
lion people into hunger, led to food
riots in over 30 countries worldwide.
This ‘food price crisis’ compelled the
political establishments throughout
the world to include ‘food and nutri-
tion security’ in their political agen-
da. At the end of 2015, several events
linked to climate change due to the
El Nino phenomenon further trig-
gered the food crises. Severe
droughts affected several countries
in the Horn of Africa, southern Afri-
ca, eastern and southern Asia, Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean. In-
dia also witnessed severe drought
situation during this period. These
events combined with conflict and
political unrest in Syria, the Middle-
east and parts of Africa have contrib-
uted to the significant flow of refu-
gees to Europe since 2014. Against
this backdrop of food and under-nu-
trition crisis, a growing number of
people are suffering from over-nu-
trition: currently more than 2 billion
people are overweight or obese.
Moreover, under-nutrition and obes-
ity increasingly coexist in the same
households – what is termed the ‘dou-
ble burden’.
The biggest casualty of this sce-
nario is the agriculture sector. Aris-
ing from these developments there
is an increasing recognition that the
agricultural sector is both a contrib-
n Dr Dilip Kr Patgiri
Sir, – This refers to your
editorial ‘Isolationist stance’ (AT,
Jan 22). The position that the
45th US President Donald
Trump holds today is a contro-
versial one. Controversy belongs
to the brave one. Cleansing
America by making her great
once again through the establish-
ment of a ‘unipolar world’ is not
bad for the interest of America. If
the new President wants to free
the white American workers
from the threat of economic
globalization, what is wrong? If
he wants to secure America for
the Americans restricting illegal
immigrants, what is wrong?
Same may be the case with any
country. To work for and develop
the world, each country needs to
develop itself first. This develop-
ment should be internal; then
only the inclusive development
may take place. If India has been
maintaining a neutral position
globally by signing a non-aligned
Cutor to and vulnerable to the im-
pacts of climate change.
On a long-term forecast, it is pro-
jected that the world population will
grow to 9.6 billion by 2050 mostly
confined to developing and under-
developed countries of the world.
With the changed world economic
order, in line with trends in recent
decades, it is anticipated that a new
middle-class with growing wealth
and purchasing power will emerge
and they will increase their per cap-
ita food consumption, particularly for
processed food, meat, dairy and fish.
This increasing demand will present
market opportunities for countries
like India with the potential to pro-
duce high quality, safe and sustaina-
ble food. The only concern is that a
significant increase in population will
take place in the poor countries that
currently experience relatively low
agricultural yields and low per capi-
ta availability of food, with only a
small percentage of caloric intake
from animal products. The food se-
curity for these countries can most
effectively be enhanced by assisting
them in increasing their own food
production. With the kind of techni-
cal knowhow in soil health, availabil-
ity of improved seed and plant pro-
tection, increasing availability of
power and water in agriculture sec-
tor, India can play a significant role.
But the big question is: Are we pre-
pared to take the complexities of the
challenge head on?
pact, it is only at the interest of
her becoming a developing nation
today. Yours etc., RAJA DAS,
Gauhati University.
JallikattuSir, – Kudos to your editorial,
‘Regressive step’ (AT, Jan 23). Itis a pity that we unite when ourmacho pride gets hurt but we donot care when inhumanity causesa real blow to our pride. Wecannot stop rape, ragging,teasing, lynching and bullying solong as violence is allowed to beenjoyed in the name of tradition,culture or necessity for becomingfit enough to survive. However,in the journey of evolution,humans happened only afterminerals, plants and animals. Andhuman beings are slowlyrealizing that they are to dobetter than the animals not byfighting like them or with thembut by throwing the very‘survival of the fittest theory’ to ajungle. Compassion and coopera-tion can only take humanityforward. This is the reason whymany countries have graduated
themselves from police states to
welfare states. This is the reason
why Helen Keller and Stephen
Hawking are shining bright in our
Who’s Who. If we support
jallikattu for the sake of tradition
and culture, then, how can we
support Malala? Unfortunately,
our stand in favour of jallikattu on
the ground of blind tradition will
dump us on Talibans who regard
culture as a static thing. Yours
etc., SUJIT DE, Sodepur,
Kolkata.
Sakira Ahibo...Sir, – The new Assamese
movie Sakira Ahibo Bokultolor
Bihuloi has created quite a
sensation on social media,
wherein the movie has become
very popular. The name of the
film itself is attractive. The film
intends to represents the real
picture of today’s Assamese
society. The film shows how our
young generation is utilizing our
culture to earn easy money for
their enjoyment. In this process,
they are degrading the essence,
value and ethics of the Assamese
culture. The film is not only
entertaining but also sends a
wonderful message to the society
that how we can solve our
problems by ourselves in unity.
Director Himangshu Prasad Das
and his team deserves kudos for
this film. Yours etc., TAPAS
MALI, Tezpur.
Difficult situationSir, – The recent transfer of
the lone cardiologist from the
Silchar Medical College and
Hospital has pushed the entire
populace of the Barak Valley into
a difficult situation. Through your
esteemed daily, I would like to
request the State Health
Minister to do the needful and
provide the people suffering from
different heart diseases some
assistance. Yours etc., PINAKI
CHAKRAVARTY, Ghungoor,
Silchar.
Entrance testSir, – We know that the State
Eligibility Test (SLET/SET) 2017
was postponed to February 26
from February 5, 2017. And we
are really very thankful for this
prompt and thoughtful act of the
SLET Commission. But,
unfortunately, one more entrance
exam called JEST (Joint Entrance
Screening Test) to be held on
February 19 has also been
postponed to February 26 which
collides with the SLET. We the
students of the physics branch are
to suffer for this. It is a request to
the SLET Commission if they
could look into this matter and do
the needful. Yours etc., LAVINA
SARMA, Guwahati.
Good jobSir, – It’s a good news that
three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
terrorists, who were trying to
enter India through the porous
Bangladesh border and nabbed by
the Border Security Force in
April 2007, were sentenced to
death on Saturday last by a local
court in North 24 Parganas, West
Bengal. This is a good job done by
our security forces. Yours etc.,
SHUAIB KHAN, Hojai.
Instead of only dredging, we
should develop a flood
management project which will
include dredging, reclamation
of lost area due to erosion,
building permanent concrete
embankments, planting trees
on the riverbank and building
roads on both the banks of the
Brahmaputra.
Rn Pranabendra Barman
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7
CITY
No harmful radiations frommobile towers: Telecom Secy
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24:
Stressing the importance of
digital empowerment, JS
Deepak, Secretary, Depart-
ment of Telecommunications,
Government of India today
stated that apart from adequate
digital infrastructure it is also
necessary to remove the
myths and misconceptions that
are ruling the mind of a sec-
tion of citizens.
Addressing an awareness
programme in the city on
EMF emissions and telecom
towers, Deepak asserted that
contrary to the myth that mo-
bile towers emit harmful ra-
diations, the World Health
Organization has concluded
that current evidence does not
confirm existence of any
health consequences from ex-
posure to low level electro-
magnetic fields.
Mentioning that more mo-
bile towers need to be set up
to realise the dream of digital
India, Deepak said that there
is no need to fear emissions
from mobile towers as the
government has a set of strin-
gent safety norms and strict-
er enforce-
ment rules.
“Telecom-
munications is
a key source of
e m p o w e r -
ment of citi-
zens at large
and an effec-
tive tool for
s o c i o - e c o -
nomic devel-
opment of a
nation. It has
emerged as
one of the core infrastruc-
tures required for rapid
growth and modernisation of
various sectors of the econo-
my. The delivery of broad-
band services to those who
are at the bottom of the pyra-
mid in India can be done
through mo-
bile technology
only,” said
Deepak, add-
ing that there
are more than
100 crore mo-
bile subscrip-
tions in the
country.
S p e a k i n g
about the safe-
ty norms set
by the govern-
ment, Deepak
said that they are ten times
more stringent than the exist-
ing limits prescribed by the In-
ternational Commission on
Non Ionizing Radiation Pro-
tection and recommended by
WHO. “If any BTS site is found
to violate the prescribed EMF
norms, action is taken to put a
penalty of Rs 10 lakh per BTS
per incidence including clo-
sure of BTS if violation per-
sists,” he said.
State Chief Secretary VK
Pipersenia in his address ob-
served that mobile connec-
tivity is not satisfactory in
the North East. He said that
telecommunication services
are the backbone of econom-
ic development and steps
should be initiated for
strengthening mobile con-
nectivity.
It needs to be mentioned
that the session was held as
part of a nationwide awareness
programme.
CORRESPONDENT
JALUKBARI, Jan 24: The V
Venkata Rao Research Schol-
ars’ Hostel, Gauhati Universi-
ty, is organising the 12th edi-
tion of Prof V Venkata Rao Me-
morial Lecture on January 28
at the Phanidhar Datta Semi-
nar Hall, GU.
Noted litterateur and former
Asam Sahitya Sabha president
Prof Nagen Saikia will deliver
the memorial lecture on the
topic ‘Musings on History’. The
event will also be attended by
noted Assamese novelist and
journalist Anuradha Sarma Pu-
jaree and renowned social ac-
tivist Dr Birubala Rava.
Professor Emeritus Dr Vad-
lamudi Venkata Rao, in whose
memory the lecture is dedicat-
ed, was the founding head of
Prof VV Rao memoriallecture on Jan 28
the Department of Political Sci-
ence, GU and a prominent so-
cial scientist of the country, who
donated his life savings to var-
ious Indian universities for the
promotion of higher education.
The event will be set off by a
Swatch Bharat Abhiyan on the
university premises from 9 am,
to be conducted jointly by the
Gauhati University Officers’ As-
sociation and the resident re-
search scholars of the university.
This will be followed by screen-
ing of a documentary on the life
and legacy of Prof Venkata Rao
made by veteran Assamese ac-
tor and filmmaker Brajen Bora,
who too will attend the occasion.
The programme will conclude
with a get-together of the present
and former boarders of the V
Venkata Rao Research Scholars’
Hostel (RCC 5 Boys’ Hall).
CORRESPONDENT
JALUKBARI, Jan 24: The
Department of Communication
and Journalism, GU, in collabo-
ration with UNICEF is organ-
ising North East Communica-
tion Forum, a two-day regional
consultation of academia, pro-
fessionals and government on
their experiences on social and
behavioural change through
communication in different de-
velopmental schemes in Assam
and North East.
The session, which began
today, is aimed at creating a
common platform for discus-
sions and experience sharing
on developmental issues that
are carried forward by differ-
ent departments including ac-
ademic institutions, govern-
ment bodies, civil societies,
media and other sectors.
The consultation was inau-
gurated by GU Vice Chancel-
lor Dr Mridul Hazarika, who
spoke on the need to create a
common ground where all
sectors can share their knowl-
edge and their work area.
Senior journalist Samudra
Gupta Kashyap said, “We
should not work in isolation but
use communication as a tool
to share experiences and ex-
pertise to maximize develop-
mental process in the region.”
Altogether 30 representa-
tives from different universi-
ties of the North East, govern-
ment bodies, NGOs and media
signed the terms of reference
promising to keep in touch pe-
riodically and exchange ideas
and work experiences.
The session was attended by
Prof HP Sharma, Rector, GU;
Rajat Barman Mahanta,
former State government of-
ficial; Radha Saini, fellow
UICC; Dr Ranjan Kakati, Di-
rector of Students’ Welfare,
GU; DK Saikia, Director,
NIPCCD; Sikha Barthakur,
State BCC expert and other
prominent academicians,
medical practitioners and me-
dia experts from the region.
2-day academiameet begins
NE Graduate CongressSTAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: At a time when they are at a crucial stage
of their academic life, around ten thousand upcoming graduates
will get to know the tricks for preparing for their future course
of action and will also get a much needed exposure into various
fields through the North East Graduate Congress 2017, to be
held from February 17 to 19 on the periphery of Guwahati.
Organised by ERD Foundation, the fourth edition of the fest
would bring graduation students of the entire North East togeth-
er, giving them a platform for various activities, sports, symposia,
career counselling, entrepreneurship development programme,
cultural exhibition and workshops etc. Around 200 colleges are
likely to take part in the event to be held in the University of
Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) campus.
Apprising the media of the activities of the event, Dr Alaka
Sarma, Dean, students welfare, USTM stated that the aspiring
graduates, a majority coming from the interior areas of the
region would find a platform through the Graduate Congress
to express themselves, hone their skills and identify the op-
portunities lying ahead.
A dance item being presented during the Sadou Asam Sarania Kochari Yuva Mahotsav at
District Library in Guwahati on Tuesday. – UB Photos
8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017STATE
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal along with other dignitaries releasing a souvenir at the unveiling function of
Prabhuram Karki’s bust at Morisuti LP School premises in Sonitpur district, on Monday. – UB Photos
Members of All Assam Bengali Youth Students’ Federation taking out a cultural rally on
the occasion of the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, at Dhekiajuli
on Monday. – UB Photos
A Bhagawat yatra-cum-cultural procession being taken out to mark the 6th annual conference of Baksa district
Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha at Thomna in Baksa district, on Monday. – UB Photos
CORRESPONDENT
DOOMDOOMA, Jan 24:
The Dibrugarh and Tinsukia
district committees of All As-
sam Recognised ME School
Teachers’ Association (2005-
2006) organised a huge public
meeting at the Forest Guard
Training School at Makum on
January 22.
The meeting was attended
by retired teachers, eminent
writers, representatives of dif-
ferent students’ bodies and lit-
erary organisations. The meet-
ing discussed the issue of
provincialisation of venture
schools in the State.
Though the previous State
Government provincialised a
section of schools by enacting a
law in the State Assembly, but
the Gauhati High Court in a
significant judgement subse-
quently declared this law null
and void. The Gauhati High
Court verdict has obviously led
to a state of uncertainty among
the concerned teachers as their
future prospect has become
bleak. Those working in the
concerned venture schools of
the State are therefore passing
days in a state of great anxiety.
Govt urged to provincialiseventure schools urgently
The meeting was jointly
chaired by Pradip Kumar
Moran and Jyotish Saikia,
presidents of Tinsukia and
Dibrugarh district committees
of the association respectively.
The speakers who addressed
the meeting urged the State
Government to provincialise
all the venture schools of the
State soon by enacting a new
law immediately. They also
urged Education Minister Dr
Himanta Biswa Sarma not to
do politics on this vital issue
which concerns the future of
thousands of minors, besides
bread and butter of several
thousand teachers.
The meeting passed a
number of resolutions and
urged the State Government to
provincialise all the venture
schools by enacting a new law
during the next session of the
Assam Legislative Assembly, to
grant an ex-gratia of Rs 5,00,000/
- each to those teachers who
retired after serving in such
venture schools of the State.
The meeting also urged the
Government to sanction simi-
lar ex-gratia to the families of
those teachers who died dur-
ing their service period. Fur-
ther, the meeting also decided
to send separate memoran-
dums to the Governor, Chief
Minister and to the Education
Minister of the State on this
important matter.
UBI staff shortage: The
customers of United Bank of
India (UBI) here have been
suffering a lot due to shortage
of staff.
According to information
available, at present the bank
branch has over 45,000 custom-
ers. But in order to attend to
such a large customers base, the
branch has only five allotted staff,
including the branch manager.
Though the branch manager
has reportedly informed the
higher authority of the bank
about the problems faced by
the customers due to short-
age of staff in the branch, but
the higher ups are yet to take
any effective measure to solve
the problem.
Moreover, following the re-
cent decision of the Union Gov-
ernment to pay wages of the
tea garden labourers through
their respective bank accounts,
the labourers have opened
their bank accounts in this
branch too. Consequently, the
number of customers in the
bank branch has witnessed a
phenomenal increase since the
last few weeks. With only five
staff at his disposal, the branch
manager has obviously been
finding it uphill to attend to the
ever-increasing rush of cus-
tomers. The condition of the
bank staff becomes all the more
worse when any one of them
avails leave, following which
the existing staff are overbur-
dened with additional respon-
sibilities, while the customers
suffer for no fault of theirs.
On the other hand, the pass-
book update process in the
branch has been totally
stopped since the last four
months due to shortage of staff.
A few customers of the bank
lamented before this Corre-
spondent that bank staff often
misbehave with the custom-
ers. They also alleged that the
limited space of the present
bank branch is insufficient to
accommodate over a hundred
customers at a time.
The customers therefore ap-
pealed to the higher bank au-
thority to take prompt meas-
ures to solve these nagging prob-
lems at the earliest possible.
CORRESPONDENT
SILCHAR, Jan 24: The first-ever
alumni meet of Assam University was
held here on Monday.
The meet was organised by the
alumni association of the varsity in as-
sociation with Assam University un-
der the Utsav Jyotirgamaya scheme at
the Netaji Subhash Mukta Mancha,
which witnessed a large turnout of stu-
dents of yesteryears.
In a function held on the occasion,
Prof Manabendra Dutta Choudhury, the
working chairman of the alumni asso-
ciation said that members of associa-
tion shall take steps to construct a
1,000-seater new auditorium, which is
the need of the hour for the greater
Good response to first-ever alumnimeet at Assam University
interest of the university fraternity.
Prof Dilip Chandra Nath, Vice Chan-
cellor of the university said, “the uni-
versity is only 24 years old and has a
lot to achieve in the years ahead. We
are open to constructive criticism and
the alumni association must cooperate
and engage in frequent interactions for
the development of such an institution
of higher learning.”
Congratulating the association for
hosting such a grand event, Cachar
Deputy Commissioner S Vishwanath-
an urged the alumni association to step
up to assist the varsity authorities in
solving their long-pending problems.
“The alumni association must work
towards the betterment of the universi-
ty. The association must build a stronger
network by using social media as well.”
Kirit Pradyut Bikram Kishore Man-
ikya, the King of Tripura who also
joined the function, said that students
in India are flooded with information
and there is little emphasis on knowl-
edge exchange. He said that people of
Tripura always look upto Assam Uni-
versity for pursuing education.
Dr Sanjib Bhattacharjee, Registrar
of the university, Prof NB Dey, former
chairman of the alumni association and
Prodipto Das, convener of the associa-
tion, also spoke on the occasion.
Rich tributes were paid to Netaji
Subash Chandra Bose on his birth an-
niversary, while a number of competi-
tive and cultural events were held to
mark the meet.
Homage paidto Manipuri
leaderGUWAHATI, Jan 24: The
Manipuri National Council
(MNC) headquartered in the
city condoled the death and
paid homage to their 52-year-
old departed leader Naorem
Babu Singh, who left for his
heavenly abode on January 14
at a Silchar-based nursing
home, a press release re-
ceived here stated.
The MNC resolved to fol-
low the footsteps of their de-
parted leader and to complete
his unfinished tasks for a unit-
ed and prosperous Manipuri
nation.The MNC was hopeful
that Naorem Babu Singh’s
ideology and spirit of sacrifice
will always inspire its mem-
bers forever.
Besides being the presi-
dent of MNC, Naorem Babu
was actively associated with
various socio-cultural organ-
isations of Assam. An active
founder member of United
Manipuri Association, As-
sam, he was also a member
of Manipuri Sahitya Panshad,
Assam, Kamrup district
committee, besides being the
founder secretary of Kanglei
Salai Sintha Lup, Guwahati,
and an RSS member.
He is survived by two
daughters and a son, besides
relatives and well-wishers.
Motorcyclestolen
CORRESPONDENT
DOOMDOOMA, Jan 24: A
Hero Honda Splendor Plus
motorcycle bearing registra-
tion No. AS-23-D-3560 and
owned by Abhoy Khataniar,
former president of Daimukhia
Gaon Panchayat, who is a resi-
dent of Rupbon under Doom-
dooma Police Station was sto-
len from Doomdooma town on
Sunday. An FIR was lodged at
Doomdooma Police Station in
this connection.
CORRESPONDENT
HAILAKANDI, Jan 24: With a view to
ensure that tea garden workers do not
face hardship in bank transaction-related
matters and to make it within their reach,
the Hailakandi district administration has
placed indent for ATMs and bank branch-
es for all the 17 tea gardens and their out
divisions across the district.
In a communique to the Director of In-
stitutional Finance, Deputy Commission-
er Moloy Bora placed an indent for 27
ATMs within the garden premises for the
More ATMs sought for Hailakandi TEsconvenience of the plantation workers and
a bank branch near Lallamukh Tea Estate.
District Labour Officer Alimuddin Bar-
bhuiya said a few ATMs have already been
installed following a pro-active role
played by the Deputy Commissioner.
“If more ATMs and bank branches
come up, it will immensely benefit the
tea garden workers, as they no longer
have to go to the town for banking trans-
action,” he said.
Barbhuiya further disclosed that all the
tea garden managements have agreed to
provide space in their garden premises
for installation of ATMs.
“It augurs well that all the tea garden
managements have agreed to allot space
for setting up of ATMs following a series
of meetings with the Deputy Commis-
sioner,” he added.
It may be mentioned that the payment
of wages to the individual bank accounts
of tea garden workers are being made
through Customer Service Providers
(CSPs) of designated bank branches.
Here, Assam Gramin Vikash Bank is
leading from the front followed by UBI,
SBI, Allahabad Bank and Union Bank.
Forest Minister rues denudedcondition of Behali RF
CORRESPONDENT
HAFLONG, Jan 24: The
majestic Barail mountain
range is now a ‘No-Hunting
Zone’.
This decision was taken by
the Notun Leikul Village
Council recently, headed by
its gaonburah-cum-president
of Barail Mountain Festival
Organising Committee,
Tour AD, Letjohao Singson
in the run-up to the Barail
Mountain Festival-2017,
organised on January 5 by
five villages of Barail range–
Notun Leikul (host village),
Doiheng, Jatinga, Kelelo and
Longma, to promote
Barail mountain rangedeclared ‘No-Hunting Zone’
conservation of biodiversity
and indigenous cultures of
the multi-ethnic groups of
the Barail range through
ecotourism.
No individual from the
villages or from outside will
be allowed to hunt, trap or
kill wildlife (including birds)
in the Barail mountain zone,
which also includes a total
stop to poisoning of rivers
for fishing in the zone.
Moreover, the village
council unanimously resolved
to plant 20 saplings or more
by each household of the
village every year. It may be
recalled that several years
earlier, the N Leikul village
council had demarcated
village forest reserve and
catchment areas, wherein
tree felling was banned. It is
hoped that more villages and
people in the near future
would derive inspiration
from the villagers of Notun
Leikul.
The village council also
demarcated the earlier village
reserve and will enforce ‘No
Tree Felling’ in the catchment
areas. The village youth
committee has been asked to
convey the message that
‘Barail is No Hunting Zone,’
to the nearby villages.
CORRESPONDENT
NORTH LAKHIMPUR,
Jan 24: On the occasion of the
100th birth anniversary of
Melvin Jones, the founder of
Lions Club International, the
occasion was celebrated here
with ceremonial distribution of
rice bags among the under-
privileged people.
Lakhimpur Lions Club and
Lions Club of Lakhimpur Pre-
rona distributed rice bags to
economically backward people
on Friday at two different plac-
es of the town to mark the
100th birthday of the founder
of Lions Club International,
besides 100 years of services
to mankind.
Lakhimpur Lions Club dis-
tributed 200 bags of rice to eco-
nomically backward people on
January 13. The distribution
ceremony was held at the Town
Bor Masjid where the presi-
dent of the club, Manik Lal
Damani and members Dr Up-
endra Nath Dutta and Raj Agar-
wal distributed the rice bags.
Similarly, Lions Club of La-
khimpur Prerona distributed
80 bags of rice among the back-
ward residents at Koilamari
Tea Estate on the same day.
The president of the club Jyo-
tshna Medak and secretary
Bharati Phukan Gogoi along
with members Tazwara Taluk-
dar, Saroj Giria, Farhana
Ahmed and Jyotshna Baruah
participated in the rice bag-dis-
tribution ceremony.
Melvin Jones’ birthcentenary celebrated
CORRESPONDENT
BISWANATH CHARIALI,
Jan 24: It is very painful to see
the denuded condition of the
Behali Reserve Forest, which
was declared an RF by the
British rulers 100 years ago
with a view to preserve its flo-
ra and fauna,” observed State
Forest Minister Pramila Rani
Brahma at the centenary cele-
bration of Behali Reserve For-
est under East Sonitpur For-
est Division on Saturday.
She lamented that she could
not see any wild animals or
valuable trees, except for
some shrubs in the reserve
forest. She questioned the ra-
tionale behind such a celebra-
tion, in an area stricken of its
valuable trees, which no long-
er fits to be called a forest it
the true sense.
It may be mentioned that the
public meet under reference
was held at Bihmari LP School
under the aegis of East Sonit-
pur Forest Division and Na-
ture’s Banyapran, a local NGO
with Ranjit Dutta, State Minis-
ter for Irrigation and Handloom
and Textile, in the chair.
The Forest Minister also
criticised the lackadaisical at-
titude of some forest officials
towards their duty and an-
nounced that an enquiry would
be initiated into alleged mis-
appropriation of funds sanc-
tioned for the development of
Behali Reserve Forest by the
concerned officials.
Taking part as a distin-
guished guest in the meet-
ing, ‘Forest Man’ Jadav Pay-
eng called upon all present to
plant trees on the banks of
the Brahmaputra.
The Chief Conservator of
Forest Rongke Kiling, Dep-
uty Conservator of Forest
AK Srivastav, Conservator
of Forest of Northern Assam
PC Sonar, Deputy Commis-
sioner of Biswanath Asitak-
sha Chakravarty etc, among
others, were present on the
occasion.
Seminarorganised atBhawanipur
collegeANN Service
PATACHARKUCHI, Jan 24:
A two- day UGC-sponsored na-
tional seminar is going to be
organised at Bhawanipur An-
chalik College on January 30 and
31on the topic, ‘Human Rights
Education: Significance and
Challenges.’
The seminar will be held
under the aegis of the Political
Science Department of the col-
lege in collaboration with AR-
VUT Society of Barpeta Road.
Interested teachers, research
scholars, students and other
academicians have been urged
to contact the seminar organis-
ing committee for participation.
Pramila Rani Brahma
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GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The militant
camps in Myanmar remain a major
cause of worry for the security
scenario in the North East region and
so far, the Government has not been
able to ensure that the India-Myanmar
border is properly guarded to prevent
free movement of the ultras. Mean-
while, the involvement of Manipur-
based militant outfits in incidents of
violence in Assam is a new trend,
which a cause of major concern for the
security forces.
Security sources told The Assam
Tribune that though the Assam Rifles
has been entrusted with the responsi-
bility of guarding the international
border with Myanmar, the movement
of the ultras from their bases in the
neighbouring country has not been
stopped, while, despite assurances, the
Government of that country is yet to
take firm steps to evict the camps of
the ultras. The terrain along the
international border areas is also
Role of Manipur-basedultras comes to light
helping the militants, while, on its
part, the Government of India has not
been able to create proper infrastruc-
ture like border roads, camps of the
border guarding force etc along the
international border, which also
affected the performance of the force.
On the other hand, strong presence
of Naga people on both sides of the
international border, particularly the
strong bases of the NSCN (K) is also a
matter of concern. Though the
Government decided to raise physical
barriers on some parts of the interna-
tional border, the move faced strong
resistance of the people living along
the border because they were of the
view that such a move would affect the
age old traditional trade and relations
between India and Myanmar.
Taking advantage of the porous
international border, the militants can
very easily sneak into India from their
bases in the neighbouring country to
indulge in acts of violence in the North
East. Of late, the militants are prefer-
ring the Arunachal-Myanmar border,
particularly through the Changlang
district, where the NSCN(K) has
strong presence.
Meanwhile, security sources
admitted that the involvement of
CorCom, an umbrella organization of
seven militant outfits of Manipur, in
incidents of violence in Assam is a
matter of serious concern. In the past,
militants belonging to the NSCN (K)
were involved in acts of violence
inside Assam, but Manipur based
outfits rarely came into the picture.
However, the involvement of CorCom
in the recent attack on Assam Rifles in
Jagoon in Tinsukia district has been
confirmed.
Sources said that it is yet to be
ascertained what prompted Manipur
bases outfits to involve in violence in
Assam. “The main question now is
whether the Manipur based outfits
joined hands with the ULFA(I) for a
joint operation for the convenience of
both or they were ordered by
someone else to do so,” sources
pointed out.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presenting the National Bravery Awards 2016 to Tankeswar Pegu of Golaghat, Assam in the
presence of Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Raj, in New Delhi on Monday. – UB Photos
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: To ac-
knowledge the contribution of
the tea tribes in strengthen-
ing the greater Assamese so-
ciety, the APPL Foundation, an
NGO, has been organising the
Sirish Festival since 2015. The
third edition of the festival will
be held from February 4 and 5
at Naharkatia town field, said a
press release.
The first Sirish Festival in
2015 was organised at Hathikhu-
li TE while the second was held
at Powai TE, Margherita.
Sirish-2017, being held in
Naharkatia will showcase the
tradition, cultures and way of
living of the tea tribe commu-
nity. Apart from the local popu-
lation of Naharkatia and adjoin-
ing TEs, this festival will be
CORRESPONDENT
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Jan
24: The three-day farmers’
conclave called Krishak Utsav,
concluded on Monday at North
Lakhimpur with calls to end
contract work system in
State’s agriculture sector and
make accessible the State ma-
chinery for the peasants. The
three-day conclave was organ-
ised by Orchid India, a local
NGO with the active collabo-
ration of Assam Agricultural
University, Jorhat and Nation-
al Bank For Agriculture & Ru-
ral Development (NABARD).
The conclave began with
the hoisting of the silver ju-
bilee flag of Orchid India.
Newly-elected Lakhimpur
MP, Pradan Baruah attended
the inaugural function as the
chief guest. The first farm-
ers’ session was held on that
day on ‘Economic Develop-
ment’ by Organic Tea. This
was followed by a meet on
women farmers. A technical
session on ‘Aromatic plant
Sanchi (Agor) and its role in
economic development’ was
organised on the first day of
the conclave. This was fol-
lowed by a discussion on ‘Par-
ticipation of youth in agricul-
ture’.
On the second day of the
conclave, a seminar on fair
pricing of agriculture products
was held. Dr Ananta Saikia,
professor of horticulture,
AAU, Jorhat attended the
seminar as the resource per-
CORRESPONDENT
MANGALDAI, Jan 24: The
BJP-led State government is
going to celebrate the ‘Krishak
Swahid Divas’ commemorat-
ing the historic Pathorughat
peasants’ uprising as an official
government function with a
two-day-long programme on
January 27 and 28 next.
This is the first time that the
State government has taken
up the entire responsibility of
observing the central event of
its own unlike the previous
years when it was celebrated
by the local people with some
assistance from the local ad-
ministration.
Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal will grace the open
session of the celebration
scheduled from 11 am on Jan-
uary 28 as the chief guest. The
decision of the State govern-
ment has brought about high
hopes among the people here
for taking the historic peas-
ant uprising of Pathorughat in
National GirlChild Dayobserved
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Along
with other parts of Assam, the
National Girl Child Day was
also observed at Udalguri
Girls’ High School by the Dis-
trict Child Protection unit in
association with the UNICEF.
An awareness rally was or-
ganised in which nearly 600
people took part.
“Streetplays were also per-
formed in various locations in
the district to raise awareness
about the rights of children,
especially girl child,” a press re-
lease added. – Staff Reporter
Bajali Collegegets A grade
PATACHARKUCHI, Jan 24:
Bajali College, one of the pre-
mier higher educational insti-
tution of lower Assam under
Bajali subdivision of Barpeta
dist, received the A grade in
2nd cycle inspection of NAAC.
On the 21st meet of the stand-
ing committee held on January
23, the college got A grade with
3.05 CGPA. As soon as the re-
sult was declared, various or-
ganisations of the locality in-
cluding the college authority
expressed their happiness and
congratulated the college for
shining with a higher grade and
also for adding glory to the ed-
ucational hub. – ANN Service
Sirish Festival to honourSamir Tanti, Ram Sasoni
witnessed and contested by the
six finalists teams from across
Assam and West Bengal, cho-
sen from among 90 teams con-
stituting 1,350 artistes from the
tea tribe community. The pre-
liminary rounds were held in
Rungamutty TE (West Bengal),
Hattigor TE (Udalguri), Latta-
koojan TE (Golaghat), Chabua
TE (Dibrugarh) and Naharka-
tia TE (Dibrugarh).
The highlight of the festival
will be honouring of two icons
from the community – one
each from the fields of litera-
ture and culture. This year
Samir Tanti (Literature) and
Ram Sasoni (Culture) will be
presented the Sirish Award,
constituting a cheque of Rs 1
lakh each and citations.
Farmers’ conclave endsin North Lakhimpur
son. This was followed by a
seminar on ‘Farmers’ banking
concept, SHGs and joint re-
sponsibility unit’ was held.
The open session of the
farmers’ conclave was held on
Monday at Tyagkshetra in
North Lakhimpur which was
chaired by Dr KM Buzarbaru-
ah, Vice Chancellor, Assam
Agricultural University, Jorhat.
The welcome address of the
meeting was delivered by the
chairman of Orchid India, Ri-
shi Raj Hazarika. In his address,
Hazarika announced the start-
ing of the ‘Farmer's Institute
of Agriculture and Skill Devel-
opment’ in upper Zoihing area
of Lakhimpur from 2018.
State Agriculture Minister
Atul Borah attended the ses-
sion as the chief guest. In his
address Borah reiterated the
State government’s policy of
ending the contract system in
the agriculture sector and
bringing back the department
to the peasants.
Preparation on to celebrate KrishakSwahid Divas as State function
January 28, 1894 into the na-
tional level.
Meanwhile the district ad-
ministration has made elabo-
rate arrangements for the suc-
cessful and smooth conduct of
the function, for which several
sub committees have been
formed under the supervision
of senior officials of the admin-
istration. In a joint meeting of
the publicity sub committees
with representatives of differ-
ent local media organisations
on Saturday, Pallavi Sarma
Choudhury, convener of the
Sub Committee as well as As-
sistant Commissioner in pres-
ence of Samar Kalita, District
Information and Public Rela-
tion Officer sought all sorts of
cooperation from the media
for wide publicity of the pro-
posed event.
It may be mentioned here
after assuming his office as the
Chief Minister, Sarbananda
Sonowal is going to visit Dar-
rang for the first time. More-
over, it is significant to note
here that during his tenure as
the president of All Assam
Students’ Union (AASU), the
Sonowal-led AASU centrally
celebrated the centenary cel-
ebration of the Krishak Swa-
hid Divas with a three-day-
long programme. Sipajhar leg-
islator Binanda Saikia during
his tenure as the vice presi-
dent of AASU also played a key
role in organising the cente-
nary celebration.
On the other hand, ‘Patho-
ru Xamannay Gosthi,’ a lead-
ing socio-cultural organisation
of the Patharighat area has de-
manded a national-level sem-
inar in New Delhi to bring to
the notice of the nation this
ignored but glorious chapter
of the freedom struggle. In a
petition to the Chief Minis-
ter, Dibakar Barua and Mos-
tak Hussain, president and
secretary of the organisation
respectively have also de-
manded other charter of de-
mands, including setting up of
a tomb in the nation’s capital
in memory of the peasant
martyrs, necessary arrange-
ments for the visit of the Pres-
ident or the Prime Minister
to the historic land and renam-
ing the present name of the
place Patharighat as Patho-
rughat, among others.
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Ú·±“›Janasanyog/1497/16
ATTENTIONALL SMALL TEA GROWERS AND BOUGHT TEA LEAF FACTORIES
1) All Tea Estate/ Plantation whose aggregate area of
specified lands is below forty hectares.
2) All bought tea leaf factories who buy green tea leaves
from tea estate whose aggregate area of specified lands
is below forty hectares.
It has been reported that the bought tea leaf factories buying
green tea leaves from tea estates having aggregate area of
specified lands below forty hectares are deducting tax under
the Assam Taxation (On Specified Lands) Act, 1990 at the
rate of 25 paise per kg. instead of 15 paise per kg. in spite
of the amended provision notified vide Government
Notification No. LGL.42/ 2004/124 dated 26.08.2016, wherein
the rate of tax for such tea estates has been reduced to 15
paise per kg. in place of 25 paise per kg. w.e.f. 26.08.2016.
Therefore, it is impressed upon all concerned to follow the
amended provision in respect of deduction of tax at source
under the Assam Taxation (On Specified Lands) Act, 1990.
For any further details, please contact your nearest Sales
Tax Office or the office of the Commissioner of Taxes,
Assam, Kar Bhawan, Guwahati-6.
Phone No. : 0361-2232513; Fax No. : 0361-2232677Janasanyog/8640/16
PUBLIC NOTICE(FINAL MERIT LIST OF ASSISTANT TEACHER UNDER SSA, ASSAM)
No.SSA/TT/Engagement of Asst. Teacher/472/2016/8504 Date: 21.01.2017
This is for general information that the Final Merit List for the post of Asst. Teacher
(Lower Primary, Upper Primary-Social Science, Upper Primary- Maths & Science)
on contractual basis under Sarba Siksha Abhiyan, Assam in connection with this
office Advertisement No.SSA/TT/Engagement of Asstt. Teacher/ 472/2016, dated
01.10.2016, has been declared today.
The Final Merit List is uploaded in the official website of SSA, Assam:
(www.ssaassam.gov.in).
In case of detection of any ineligibility of these selected candidates (in future) as
per terms and condition of the advertisement or NCTE norms the authority reserves
the right to cancel/reject the selection of such candidate even after issuing of
engagement letter or his/her engagement in school without any further notice.
All the selected candidates are hereby requested to attend the 1- day Orientation
Programme cum Engagement letters Distribution Ceremony at Gauhati
Medical College Auditorium, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-05 on 27th January’2017 at
8.30 a.m. positively.
All the selected candidates are requested to bring their Original TET/CTET pass
Certificate with them. It is mandatory to show the TET/CTET pass Certificate to
enter the Auditorium and to collect the Appointment letter. Only selected candidates
will be allowed to enter the Auditorium.
Date: 27.01.2017, Time:8.30 a.m.
Venue: Gauhati Medical College Auditorium, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-05
Sd/- Mission Director
Sarba Siksha Abhiyan,Assam
Janasanyog/1500/16
Short Tender Notice
Inviting re e-tender No: IINo: SMEJ/JMCH/989/Pt-VII/2017/134 Date: 19.01.2017
Sealed bids (two bid system) are invited from manufacturers/ firm/ dealers/ suppliers for supply of Mammography Machine for the Department
of Radiology, JMCH, Jorhat, as per following schedule:
Date and Time of Pre-Bid Date and Time of Date and Time of Date and Time of Total Items
Publishing of Bid Meeting Date End of Bid Submission Opening of Technical Bid Opening of Price Bid in NIT
Document
12:30 PM 11:00 Noon 11:00 AM 12:00 Noon 11:00 AM 01
of 22.01.2017 of 02.02.2017 of 06.02.2017 of 06.02.2017 of 07.02.2017 (One)
1. The details of the tender, formats, terms & conditions and subsequent addendum /corrigendum /cancellation /re-tender etc. may be seen
from/obtained from the institutional website www.jmch.org.in.
2. Tender shall be submitted online only through the website: http://www.assamtenders.gov.in/
3. The Institute reserves the right to reject any/ all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever.
Sd/- Principal cum Chief Superintendent
Janasanyog/4350/16 Jorhat Medical College & Hospital, Jorhat
CORRIGENDUMIn the advertisement published in “Niyomiya Batra” and The Assam Tribune” on
16-01-2017, the following should be included.
The candidate for post of teacher in any school should have passed HSLC or equivalent
Examination with Assamese subject either as MIL or any elective subject if the medium
of instruction of the School is Assamese, Bengali subject either as MIL or any elective
subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Bengali, Bodo subject either as MIL or
any elective subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Bodo, Hindi subject either
MIL or any elective subject if the medium of instruction of the School is Hindi.
In absence of above mentioned criteria, if a candidate read up to HSLC level in Assamese,
Bengali, Bodo medium High School/H. S. School/Junior College he/she may also be eligible
in the Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Bodo medium School respectively”
Further, the diploma certificate in Assamese language issued by the “Axom Sahitya
Shabha” in case of requirement of Assamese language either as MIL or as any elective
subject in HSLC or equivalent examination in respect of the candidates who have qualified
TET during 2016 to be acceptable will also be accepted.
N.B:- Please read as Bhogeswar Hazarika Girls’ H. S. School instead of Bhogeswar Hazarika
Girls’ High School.
The last date of receipt of application is extended to 28-01-2017
Inspector of Schools
Nagaon Dist, Circle NagaonJanasanyog/1493/16
NOTIFICATIONApplication are invited as per the prescribe format for fallowing courses which are going to be commenced under the City Mission Management Unit,
Goalpara (CMMU) Assam State Urban Livelihood Mission (ASULMS) Goalpara Municipal Board at the following training centres.
SI. Name of the Courses Duration of Qualification Age Total Nos. of Name of the STP
No course (Hrs) Candidates
1 House keeping Executive 240 12th 18-35 30
2 Associate customer care (Non 440 12th 18-35 30 Basic Academy for
voice) Building Lifelong
3 Rural Mason 640 5th 18-35 30 Employability Ltd.
4 Front Office Associate 320 12th 18-35 30
5 Field Technician- Computing 340 12th/ITI 18-35 30
and Peripherals Sadba Institute of
6 Account Executive 190 B.Com 21-35 30 Technology &
Receivables and Payable management
7 Data Entry Operator 440 12th 18-35 30
8 House Keeper 520 5th 14-35 30 Centurn work skills
9 Front Office Cum 520 10th 14-35 30 Indi Ltd.
10 BPO Voice 500 10th 14-35 30
11 Integrated Course in Hair, Skin 650 8th 14-35 30
and Make-up Indus Integrated
12 Plumber (General) 360 5th 18-35 30 information
13 Engineer technical support 440 12th (SC) 18-35 30 management Ltd.
(level 1)
14 General Duty Assistant 280 8th 18-35 60 Brainware
consultancy Pvt.
Ltd.
15 Departmental Manager 390 13th pass (1st 18-35 30
year Bachelor)
16 Store Operating Assistant 240 N/A 18-35 30
17 Field Technician- Computing 340 12th/ ITI 18-35 30 Ascensive Educare
and Peripherals Pvt. Ltd.
18 Account Executive Recording 140 B.Com 21-35 30
19 House Keeping supervisor 260 12th 18-35 30
20 Field Technician - Home 400 8th 18-35 30
21 Retail Operations 180 10th 14-35 60 Briti Prosikshan Pvt.Ltd.
The applicant can collect ‘ the application form from the office of the City Mission Management Unit, Goalpara (NULM section) and Goalpara MunicipalBoard. Also candidates can collect from the respective course for respective training centre. Last date of submission of Application form on or before15.02.2017.
Sd/- CPO/EO
City Mission Management Unit, Goalpara,
Janasanyog/1491/16 Goalpara Municipal Board, Goalpara
CORRESPONDENT
AGARTALA, Jan 24: The
Narendra Modi government
has a vision to connect all the
northeastern State capitals by
2020 to turn the region into a
developed part of the country,
said Railways Minister Suresh
P Prabhu.
“The Northeast is lagging be-
hind, but the days are not far
when it will become a most de-
veloped part of the country due
to the all-out efforts in this re-
gard,” he said after flagging off a
passenger train service between
Agartala and Udaipura from Del-
hi’s Railways Board through vid-
eo conferencing on Tuesday.
“The Northeast region is a
priority for the Modi govern-
ment. The railway budgetary
outlay for the NE has been in-
creased substantially from Rs
2,121 crore during UPA regime
SPL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: In a
move to boost supply of es-
sential commodities, the Cen-
tre has dispatched 35 tonnes
of petroleum products to Ma-
nipur to tackle the crisis aris-
ing out of the United Naga
Council (UNC)-sponsored
economic blockade on the Na-
tional Highways.
The economic blockade,
which completed the 85th day
today, has crippled normal life
in the State. Official sources
said 70 tonnes more petrole-
um products will be sent soon.
The move came two days af-
ter an inter-ministerial meeting
chaired by Union Home Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh reviewed the
national highway that connects
Assam with the Manipur capi-
tal, a police officer said.
There were no casualties
despite fierce exchange of fire
between the security forces
and the tribal militants near
Khongkhang around noon, the
officer said.
About 300 trucks and oil tank-
ers, proceeding from Jiribam,
adjacent to Assam, under armed
escort of Central Reserve Po-
lice Force and Seema Suraksha
Bal personnel, were attacked
along NH-37, the officer said.
The militants chose a difficult
section of the highway with nu-
merous hairpin bends to launch
the stealth attack on the com-
mercial vehicles. A loaded oil
tanker was punctured by bul-
lets but it did not explode.
A driver present on the
scene said: “It took over 30
minutes to plug the bullet
holes, as petrol was gushing
out of the tanker. The vehicles
were halted during this time.”
The militants fled as the se-
curity personnel escorting the
National Girl Child Day
WEATHER
NORTHEASTForecast for NE: Weather ismost likely to remain dry overArunachal Pradesh, Assam,Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur,Mizoram and Tripura. Shallow tomoderate fog is very likely tooccur at isolated pockets overAssam, Meghalaya, Nagaland,Manipur, Mizoram and Tripuraduring next 72 hrs. No largechange in minimum temperaturesat most places over the regionduring next 72 hrs.
Warning: Nil
Temperatures
Max (°C) Min (°C)Dibrugarh 27.7 10.8Tezpur 27.2 11.0Silchar 29.2 11.3Dhubri 25.0 14.3Jorhat 26.7 8.5N Lakhimpur 28.4 7.6Shillong 18.4 6.2Imphal 26.4 4.9Itanagar 30.4 9.8Aizwal 26.1 6.9Agartala 28.6 11.8Kohima 21.4 8.0Pasighat 27.8 14.1Cherrapunjee 22.6. 8.4
All NE State capitals to be onrailway map by 2020: Prabhu
to Rs 5,316 crore during the
Modi government,” he said.
He said the NFR has set a
target to connect Sabroom,
Tripura’s southernmost subdi-
vision, by 2019 by putting all
efforts. “The Modi govern-
ment has a vision to see the
Northeast region flourishing
in all fronts. That’s why mod-
ern equipment are being used
in the region,” he added.
“After the extension of the
railway line up to Udaipur, two
famous temples – Kamakhya
(in Guwahati) and Tripura Sun-
dari temple (in Udaipur) – have
been connected by railway
network. As I love the north-
east region, I frequently visit
the region to oversee the on-
going railway projects in the
region,” Prabhu said.
In his speech, PWD Minis-
ter Badal Chowdhury wel-
comed the Bangladesh gov-
ernment’s decision to open all
pre-independent era Indo-
Bangla railway links.
“We want the Centre to con-
nect Chittagong port (Bangla-
desh) with Sabroom for better-
ment of the entire Northeast
region. If this happens, the
South East Asian nations will
be accessible to the NE region
in near future,” he said.
In his speech, Transport Min-
ister Manik Dey highlighted the
State’s bottleneck in the com-
munication system.
“Dhaka has already agreed
to provide Chittagong port ac-
cess to Tripura. If Chittagong
port is accessible, then Sabroom
will be gateway to the SEA na-
tions,” he said.
CORRESPONDENT
DIMAPUR, Jan 24: To high-
light and create awareness,
promote the status of the girl
child in society, Nagaland along
with the rest of the country
observed the National Girl
Child Day at Kohima today.
Highlighting the discrimina-
tion the girl child faces since
birth, Zeliang said the ‘Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme
was launched to remove all
discrimination against girl child
prevalent in the society.
Observing that the low sex
ratio was mostly due to delib-
erate human intention, he ex-
pressed concern over the re-
port of low sex ratio in Longleng
district in Nagaland, which is
also one of the 100th gender
critical districts in the country.
Centre dispatches petroleumproducts to Manipur
stock of food grains and petrole-
um products in Manipur and
how to replenish the supply.
The Central government
has informed the Election
Commission about the move
as the Assembly election is due
in Manipur on March 4 and 8.
As reported, the Centre had
decided to accord top priority
to re-opening of the National
Highway 2, connecting Ma-
nipur with Assam, in the wake
of the economic blockade.
About 20,000 Central para-
military forces are being
rushed to the State.
The Union Home Minister
had on January 15 chaired a
meeting, which was attended
by Defence Minister Manohar
Parikar, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley, Army Chief General
Bipin Rawat besides Home
Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and
other top officials.
The meeting focused on re-
opening the blocked National
Highway 2, the lifeline of land-
locked Manipur, and restore
normalcy. While the other
highway, National Highway 37
has been partially reopened,
the Centre wants to reopen
the NH 2 too as early as possi-
ble, the sources said.
In a stern message, the
Centre had told the Manipur
government that it cannot es-
cape responsibility for the
“humanitarian crisis” arising
out of the economic blockade
by a Naga group and must
work to end it.
Militants ambush convoy alongManipur-Assam highway
IMPHAL, Jan 24: Suspect-
ed armed militants on Tues-
day ambushed a convoy of
trucks and oil tankers along a
vehicles retaliated. Additional
forces were rushed to launch
a combing operation.
The militants are believed
to have fled to the mountains,
a security personnel added.
Some weeks back, two driv-
ers were injured in a similar at-
tack while some vehicles were
also damaged as the militants
fired from automatic rifles. How-
ever, no arrests were made.
There have been ambushes
of police personnel in the Im-
phal-Moreh sector of the Trans
Asian Highway-1, claiming
lives of some personnel and
injuring several others.
Recently, tribal militants
also opened fire killing a civil-
ian and injuring three others
in Noney district along NH-37.
Police said a similar ambush
was carried out by NSCN(IM)
militants also.
The Manipur government has
said despite its request for 60
companies of Central paramili-
tary forces, only 29 companies
were sent to Manipur to escort
vehicles along NH-37. – IANS
‘NagalandMunicipal Act
misinterpreted’CORRESPONDENT
DIMAPUR, Jan 24: The Joint
Action Committee on Women
Reservation (JACWR) ex-
pressed shock that the provi-
sions of the Nagaland Municipal
Act were misinterpreted by
vested interests to the innocent
villagers in many communities
who were made to believe that
the very existence of the Nagas
is being threatened by the Act.
“How can a demand to hold
municipal elections be consid-
ered anti-Naga when the Na-
gas are actively participating
in general, parliamentary and
town council elections for
many decades?” it asked.
The JACWR said that wom-
en’s right to participate in poll
process has been violated by the
threats and use of force, where
candidates were unable to file
their nominations and forced to
withdraw from the race.
NESO raisesvoice againstcitizenship to
Hindu migrantsSTAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The
North East Students’ Organisa-
tion (NESO) today raised its voice
against the bid to grant Indian cit-
izenship to the illegal Hindu mi-
grants from Bangladesh.
The NESO said in a state-
ment here this evening that in
its emergent meeting, held
here today, opposed the pro-
posed Citizenship (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2016, which aims
to recognise all Hindu Bangla-
deshis as Indian Citizens.
“The Government of India
should know and understand
that the Northeast is not a dump-
ing ground of illegal migrants
whoever they are, be they Hin-
dus or Muslims. The northeast-
ern region will not take any
more burdens of illegal foreign-
ers who came after 1971 as per
the Assam Accord,” the stu-
dents’ body said in a resolution.
The meeting of the students’
body also expressed serious
concern over the suffering of
the common people of Manipur
due to the prevailing situation
there and decided to send a
delegation to New Delhi to
meet the Union Home Minis-
ter with a plea to resolve the
issue at the earliest. It needs
mention here that since No-
vember 1, 2016 some ethnic
groups have been taking re-
course to economic blockade in
Manipur following creation of
seven new districts there by
the State government.
The students’ body said in a
resolution that the Union gov-
ernment should intervene in
the matter.
JCC threatensindefinite bandhover ULB pollsKOHIMA, Jan 24: A Joint
Coordination Committee of
Naga organisations has threat-
ened an indefinite bandh in
Nagaland if the State govern-
ment fails to postpone the Feb-
ruary 1 Urban Local Bodies
(ULB) polls by January 26.
Opposing 33 per cent quota
for women, the JCC – consist-
ing of Naga Council Dimapur,
Central Nagaland Tribes Coun-
cil and other tribal bodies – has
been demanding postponement
of the ULB elections. The JCC
made the demand in a memo-
randum submitted to the Chief
Minister after holding a rally at
Dimapur yesterday.
The committee said the civil
societies do not have any in-
tention to suppress women’s
rights but “we oppose the divi-
sive policy of the government
to suppress the wishes and
rights of the Nagas in general”.
If the State government fails
to appreciate the appeal of the
people and postpone the elec-
tion by January 26, they would
be compelled to call for an in-
definite bandh in the whole of
Nagaland, for which the gov-
ernment shall be held respon-
sible, the JCC said. – PTI
The Agartala-Udaipur passenger train being flagged off, at the Agartala Railway Station on
Tuesday. – UB Photos
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11BUSINESS & ECONOMY
AUCTION SALE NOTICE
This is for general information for the public that it has
been proposed by the Railway Authority to dispose off
unconnected and undelivered consignments which are lying
at Guwahati Parcel Office since long through public auction to
be held on 27-01-2017, 10-02-2017, 23-02-2017, 10-03-2017,
24-03-2017, 07-04-2017, 21-04-2017, 05-05-2017,19-05-2017,
02-06-2017,16-06-2017, 30-06-2017,14-07-2017, 28-07-2017,
18-08-2017, 08-09-2017, 22-09-2017, 13-10-2017,
03-11-2017,17-11-2017, 08-12-2017 and 22-12-2017. If there
is any bandh or holiday the same will be held on next date.
Interested bidders are requested to deposit Rs. 5000/- (Five
thousand) only individually towards security money before
taking part in the auction along with PAN Card No. Railways
reserve the right/authority to withdraw any item without showing
any reason. Security money deposited by the bidders will be
forfeited, if any bidder does not offer any bid after enlisting
their name in the bidder list and after bidding highest bid against
any consignment and the same is not removed from Railway
premises within 24 hrs. after auction/receiving lifting order
after paying the full bidding amount.
Assistant Commercial Manager, Guwahati
“SERVING CUSTOMER’S WITH A SMILE”
NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: India andthe UAE are likely to sign a mem-orandum of understanding (MoU)on an investment fund during thecourse of the visit here of CrownPrince of Abu Dhabi and DeputySupreme Commander of the UAEArmed Forces Sheikh Mohamedbin Zayed Al Nahyan this week, asenior official said on Tuesday.
“The UAE (United Arab Emir-ates), of course, also has the larg-est sovereign wealth fund(SWF),” Amar Sinha, Secretary(Economic Relations) in the Ex-ternal Affairs Ministry, said at amedia briefing here. “There is anagreement that they will investnearly $ 75 billion in India overthe next couple of years,” he said.
“During the visit (of SheikhMohamed), we are hoping thatthere will be an MoU signed be-tween their investment fund andour National Investment and In-
Ajanta PharmaNEW DELHI, Jan 24: Drug firm Ajanta
Pharma today said that there is no importalert by the USFDA on the company’smanufacturing unit in Aurangabad and itcontinues to supply to the US market. “Wewant to clarify that there is no import alerton us by USFDA and we continue tosupply to US market,” Ajanta Pharma saidin a BSE filing.– PTI
HDFC Bank netNEW DELHI, Jan 24: HDFC Bank today
reported a 15.14 per cent growth in netprofit to Rs 3,865.33 crore for the thirdquarter of the current fiscal. The privatesector bank had posted a net profit of Rs3,356.84 crore in the October-Decemberquarter of last fiscal. – PTI
Lupin launchNEW DELHI, Jan 24: Drug major Lupin
has launched generic version of contracep-tives Ortho-Cyclen tablets after approvalfrom the US health regulator. In a BSE filing,Lupin said, “It has launched its Norgesti-mate and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets USP, 0.25mg/0.035 mg having received approval fromthe United States Food and Drug Adminis-tration (FDA) earlier to market a genericversion of Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc’sOrtho-Cyclen 28 tablets”. – PTI
SBI General InsuranceMUMBAI, Jan 24: SBI General Insurance
Company today said it has launched its LongTerm Two Wheeler Insurance Policy-packageproviding cover for up to three consecutiveyears. The policy, which will be sold acrossState Bank of India group branches, offerscomprehensive coverage for two- wheelersincluding damage to vehicle and third partyproperty damage or bodily injury, a companystatement said. – PTI
OYOMUMBAI, Jan 24: Online budget network
of hotels OYO today announced the launchof Townhouse, which is positioned as afriendly neighbourhood hotel, and is eyeing250 properties in 12 cities by end of thisyear. “Townhouse will operate as a hotel,community hotspot, cafe and merchandisestore – to deliver an all-encompassingexperience to guests. We are excited toshowcase and deliver this propositiontoday,” OYO Founder and CEO RiteshAgarwal said in a release issued here. – PTI
SBI LifeKOLKATA, Jan 24: SBI Life Insurance is
expecting to maintain 39 per cent growth inthe current financial year as against theindustry average of 17 per cent, an official ofthe company said. Executive director of SBILife Insurance M Anand told reporters heretoday that during April to December 2016 thefirst premium income was Rs 6,941 crore ascompared to Rs 4,525 crore in the corre-sponding period previous fiscal. – PTI
CAPSULE India-UAE MoU oninvestment fund likely
frastructure Fund (NIIF).”Following Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s historic visit tothe UAE in August 2015, the twosides agreed to set up UAE-IndiaInfrastructure Investment Fund,with the aim of reaching a targetof $ 75 billion to support invest-ment in India’s plans for rapid ex-pansion of next generation infra-structure, especially in railways,ports, roads, airports and indus-trial corridors and parks.
This was reiterated duringSheikh Mohamed’s visit to Indiain February last year.
According to Sinha, bilateraltrade and commerce will figureprominently during the talks be-tween the two sides.
Stating that bilateral trade lastyear stood at an “impressive” $50 billion, he said that that the UAE“is the gateway for our exports toAfrica and Central Asia”.
Another key area in which thetwo sides hope to reach an agree-ment is petroleum reserves, ac-cording to Sinha.
The UAE is a significant con-tributor to India’s energy securi-ty and was the fifth largest suppli-er of crude oil in 2015-16.
“We are adding a new elementto this relationship of just being abuyer that UAE has decided tobecome a strategic partner in theenergy sector,” Sinha said.
He said that both sides would beinvesting and filling up a key petro-leum reserve facility in Mangalore.
Other areas of cooperation inwhich India and UAE are lookingat include defence and security,space, civil nuclear, and counter-terrorism and intelligence sharing.
Sheikh Mohamed will be visit-ing India from Tuesday to Thurs-day during the course of which hewill attend the Republic Day cele-
brations as the chief guest.He will be accompanied by a
high-level delegation, includingministers, senior officials and cap-tains of industry.
Prime Minister Modi andSheikh Mohamed will hold bilat-eral discussions on Wednesdayfollowing which a number ofagreements are expected to besigned. The visiting dignitary willalso call on President PranabMukherjee and and meet VicePresident Hamid Ansari.
This year, a contingent of theUAE armed forces will also bemarching with the Indian armedforces at the Republic Day parade.
Sinha said that apart from par-ticipating in the events in NewDelhi, the UAE Economy Minis-ter and business delegation wouldalso go to Vishakhapatnam to par-ticipate in the CII’s PartnershipSummit. – IANS
Bollywood actor and brand ambassador John Abraham flanked by Masaki Asano (3rd left), MD, Sales
Yamaha Motors India and Roy Kurian (3rd right), Vice President with other senior officials of Yamaha,
launching Yamaha FZ25, in New Delhi on Tuesday. – UNI
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The secondedition of the Swachh Sarvekshanto rank 500 cities on sanitation andcleanliness has been marred by brib-ery allegations with one of the sur-veying team allegedly seeking bribeto give better ranking.
One of the surveying teams alleg-edly sought bribe from municipal au-thorities of Aurangabad for assigningbetter ranking, prompting the Quali-ty Council of India (QCI) to take thetough action of suspending the agencyconducting the survey, said sources.
The Ministry of Urban Develop-ment has commissioned the QCI foran extensive survey on the progressof ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ and rank500 cities on sanitation and cleanliness.
Swachh Sarvekshan survey team under scannerWhen contacted, QCI confirmed
the incident saying “one assessmentteam (out of several hundred) en-gaged for city assessment of Aurang-abad was compromised; it allegedlytook bribe from municipal authori-ties and was apprehended.”
“The said team came from theinspection body Moody International(INTERTEK) who have been doingwork of assessment across 44 coun-tries and in existence since the last130 years. This is first instancewhere a serious allegation seeks tocompromise the deep layers fairnessand transparency of assessment de-veloped by QCI,” the council said ina statement to PTI.
QCI engaged four inspection bod-
ies accredited on International bench-marks ISO 17020 for checking com-pliance of sanitation. “This is an indi-vidual act of violation, caught earlyand acted upon immediately. We aredetermined to use Aurangabad onlyto strengthen the system,” QCI chair-man Adil Zainulbhai said.
QCI, he said, has undertaken manyspecific decisions to revalidate itssystem and to deliver six-sigma levelof quality. “The Aurangabad assess-ment has been made null and void.New dates of assessment will begiven to Aurangabad with a newteam,” he said. “Moody Internation-al (INTERTEK) has been disen-gaged for any further assessment.”
Also, an internal committee has
been set up to look into all reportswhere the same team has visited sofar. The team in question had con-ducted survey in five other cities.
“The entire data of Aurangabadhas been kept separately for inquiryand the new assessment data will bemade, so that the Aurangabad re-sults are compiled later,” QCI said.
QCI, which had last year ranked73 cities on cleanliness parameters,has in the second edition completedassessment of 221 cities. The SwachhSurvekshan 2017 for ranking 500 cit-ies started on January 4 and is to becompleted by February 10. “The iso-lated case of Aurangabad is very dis-turbing and QCI takes it with utmostseriousness,” Zainulbhai added. – PTI
SBI staffbody meet
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The9th Triennial Circle GeneralCouncil Meeting of StateBank of India Staff Associa-tion, North Eastern Circlewill be held at GauhatiMedical College auditori-um here on January 28.
According to itineraryprepared by the ReceptionCommittee, Sanjeev KBandlish, General Secretary,All India State Bank of IndiaStaff Association and NationalConfederation of BankEmployees will inauguratethe open session while PVSLN Murty, chief generalmanger, NE Circle, will bethe chief guest.
UM Motorcyclesopens firstdealership
in GuwahatiGUWAHATI, Jan 24: UM
Motorcycles – the Indianarm of the Americanmotorcycle maker UMInternational, LLC – alongwith Lohia Auto recentlymade its entry in North EastIndia as it inaugurated itsdealership here. Thedealership, located at TNTower, Near LCB College,Maligaon was inauguratedby Rajeev Mishra, Director- UML in the presence ofKishor Jain, Sorav Jain andRanjay Kumar Jain and otherdignitaries and guests, apress release stated.
The first dealership ofNorth East India will bespread over a total of 750 sqft which shall include an area
for interacting with custom-
ers, and an area to providethe best after sales service
and support. Customers will
also be able to buy all UMbranded accessories from
this dealership as well. The
company further shared thatthe recently announced 24x7
Roadside Assistance.
Programme (RSA) will alsobe available for all custom-
ers in Guwahati withimmediate effect.
Massive business awaits RailwaysMUMBAI, Jan 24: Estimat-
ing Rs 6.7 trillion business op-portunities for the Railways infive years, Crisil today said theupcoming Union Budget couldallocate funds to the tune of Rs1.3-1.4 trillion in this sector for2017-18, a move which couldhelp in faster execution ofprojects in this space.
According to Crisil Re-search, government’s move toreinvigorate Indian Railwaysoffers unprecedented businessopportunities worth Rs 6.7 tril-lion in the five years to 2020.
The business opportunitiescould be the largest comparedto rest of the world except
China and would be more than2.5 times the capital expendi-ture seen in five fiscals to 2015.
“We expect the upcomingUnion Budget to earmark Rs1.3 - 1.4 trillion spending fornext fiscal,” the report said.
“The pipeline of projects,too, is ramping up as sanctionsgather pace. Around Rs 1.1trillion worth of projects weresanctioned on average in thepast two fiscals in key seg-ments compared with an av-erage Rs 250 billion in the fourfiscals preceding,” it added.
Crisil Research senior direc-tor Prasad Koparkar said thegross budgetary support would
mainly go towards networkdecongestion and expansion.
“Secured debt of Rs 1.5 tril-lion from the Life InsuranceCorporation of India (LIC), andRs 523 billion loan from theWorld Bank and the Japan In-ternational Cooperation Agen-cy have already been tied up,”Koparkar said.
“These will lead to higherallocation for, and faster exe-cution of, strategic and remu-nerative projects,” he added.
As per the report, loan fromLIC is expected to boost in-vestments in electrificationand track-doubling projects,which offer adequate returns.
The multilateral funds, on theother hand, are expected to aidinvestments in dedicated freightcorridors (DFCs). “Consequent-ly, we see planned capex on net-work decongestion and rollingstock materialising largely by fis-cal 2020,” the report noted.
Going by Crisil’s estimates,high-impact projects involvingdecongestion would be priori-tised over new lines, and openup a Rs 2.4 trillion business op-portunity. Investment in roll-ing stock – locomotives andcoaches – is seen at Rs 1.1 tril-lion. Of this, purchase of loco-motives would account fornearly half. – PTI
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Ahead
of the Union Budget, markets
regulator Sebi has asked the
government to consider ration-
alisation of taxes in capital mar-
kets including that of mutual
funds and other products.
In its Budget proposal to the
Finance Ministry, Sebi has rec-
ommended reducing the secu-
rities transaction tax (STT) on
stock trading, sources said.
Presently, all stock market
transactions attract STT in the
range of 0.017 to 0.125 per cent.
It has also suggested lowering
the period of holding in respect
of long term debt fund units to
12 months from 36 months.
Besides, the regulator has
sought an increase in the invest-
ment limit for tax-saving equity
mutual fund schemes to Rs 2 lakh
from the current Rs 1.5 lakh.
These suggestions are aimed at
attracting more investors.
Further, mutual fund industry
body AMFI has also proposed
that debt-linked savings scheme
should be given tax benefits un-
Sebi for tax rationalisationin capital markets
der Sec 80 CCC of Income Tax
Act, the sources said.
Only equity-linked savings
schemes (ELSS) qualify for tax
benefits under Section 80 CCC
of the Income Tax Act, for an
investment limit of up to Rs
1.5 lakh in a fiscal year.
Also, the Association of
Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)
made a proposal to extend the
tax benefits available under
Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings
Scheme (RGESS) to all equi-
ty fund investors.
To promote investments in
equities, the government had
introduced RGESS in 2012 for
first-time investors with annual
income below Rs 12 lakh a year.
Further, AMFI has proposed
for extending Sec 54 EC ben-
efit for mutual fund schemes
with lock-in period of 3-5
years. Section 54 EC of In-
come Tax Act, 1961 provides
an option to save tax on capital
gain arising from transfer of
long-term capital asset subject
to certain conditions. – PTI
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: TheUnion Cabinet today permit-ted NABARD to raise aboutRs 20,000 crore from the mar-ket for on-lending to coopera-tive banks at 4.5 per cent in-terest with an aim to providecheaper crop loans to farmers.
“In the light of good mon-soon and expectation of in-creased credit demand and inorder to boost agricultural pro-duction, the farmers need to besupported through cooperativebanks, which purvey credit at
NABARD to raise Rs 20,000 crfor on-lending to co-op banks
their doorstep, to enable themto scale up their agriculturaloperation,” an official said.
NABARD will make shortterm borrowings at prevailingmarket rate of interest for ap-proximately Rs 20,000 crorefor on-lending to cooperativebanks at 4.5 per cent, said astatement issued after theCabinet chaired by Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi gavepost-facto nod to the proposal.
An additional capital of Rs 2,000crore is to be provided to NAB-
ARD for this purpose throughthe Union Budget, it added.
“To start with, additional cap-ital of Rs 500 crore may be re-leased to NABARD during2016-17 itself,” the release said.
Further, an interest subven-tion of about 1.8 per cent andNABARD’s administrativecost of 0.2 per cent will be pro-vided as per the scheme ofDepartment of Agriculture,Cooperation and FarmersWelfare (DAC&FW).
The extent of interest sub-
vention may vary dependingon the rate at which NABARDraises funds, the release said.
“The approval will ensureincreased availability of shortterm crop loans to farmersthrough cooperative banks atreduced rate of interest,” it said.
The NABARD will also coor-dinate the conversion of opera-tive/live Kisan Credit Cards(KCCs) into RuPay/ATM-ena-bled KCCs by cooperative banksand Regional Rural Banks(RRBs) in a mission mode. – PTI
BSE IPO fullysubscribed
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: BSE’sinitial public offer – the first bya domestic stock exchange inIndia – to raise up to Rs 1,243
crore was fully subscribed by
the afternoon trade today, the
second day of the offer.
The IPO, which closes to-
morrow, received bids for
1,08,89,568 shares against the
total issue size of 1,07,99,039
shares, data available with the
NSE till 1:30 pm showed.
The stock exchange aims to
raise up to Rs 1,243 crore from
the IPO, which is priced at Rs
805-806 per share.
During the initial share sale
– which is also a first by any
company this year – sharehold-
ers will sell 15.43 million
shares estimated to be around
Rs 1,243.44 crore at the high-
er end of the price band.
The IPO of 15,427,197
shares of face value of Rs 2
each will constitute up to 28.26
per cent of the fully-diluted
post offer issued share capital
of BSE. Bids for the issue canbe made for a minimum of 18shares and in multiples of 18thereafter. – PTI
Samsungservice vans in
TelanganaHYDERABAD, Jan 24:
Samsung India today an-nounced the launch of its serv-ice vans for Telangana to pro-vide world-class service to itscustomers at their door steps.
As many as 19 service vans
were flagged off in the city in the
first phase of the initiative by
Anurag Prashar, vice president,
Customer Satisfaction at Sam-
sung India in the presence of key
dealers and distributors, a press
release issued by Samsung said.These vans will reach out to
68 talukas across the State with
each van being equipped with aDG set and key fixtures, enabling
multi-skilled service engineers
to provide quick response andon-spot resolution of complaints.
The unique customer serv-
ice initiative for consumersacross India was launched in
October 2016 and will see a to-
tal of 535 service vans connect-ing 6,000 talukas. The new in-
itiative takes Samsung’s tally
of touch points from 2,000 to
over 3,000, helping Samsung
extend its lead as the country’s
largest service network. – PTI
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Jan 24: Tragedy hit Shah Rukh
Khan’s train promotion cam-
paign for his upcoming Raees
when a man died of cardiac ar-
rest during a massive rush to
have a glimpse of the superstar
at Vadodara railway station in
Gujarat that also left two po-
licemen injured.
Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu today took to Twitter
to say he has directed Direc-
tor General of Railway Protec-
tion Force (RPF) to investigate
the matter and take stern ac-
tion against any lapse even as
Khan described as “really un-
fortunate” the death of the 45-
year-old man identified as Far-
Modi receives UAECrown Prince at airport
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: In a special
gesture, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi today received at the airport
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
who will be the Chief Guest at this
year’s Republic Day parade.
Al Nahyan will hold comprehen-
sive talks with Modi tomorrow
after which the two sides are
expected to sign nearly 16 pacts
including Strategic Cooperation
Agreement. – PTI
Pension schemefor seniors
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Cabinet
today approved a pension scheme
for senior citizens under which
insurance behemoth LIC will
provide a guaranteed return of 8 per
cent for 10 years, as part of govern-
ment’s social security and financial
inclusion programme.
“The scheme will provide an
assured pension based on a guaran-
teed rate of return of 8 per cent per
annum for ten years, with an option
to opt for pension on a monthly/
quarterly/half yearly and annual
basis. The scheme will be imple-
mented through Life Insurance
Corporation of India (LIC) in the
current financial year. – PTI
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Kingfisher Air-
lines allegedly diverted Rs 263 crore
from Rs 900 crore IDBI loan for “per-
sonal use”, CBI today said in its charge
sheet filed in a special court in Mumbai.
The agency has named former liquor
baron Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines
and nine others, including the then IDBI
Chairman Yogesh Aggarwal, who were
arrested yesterday in connection with the
2015 loan default case, in the charge sheet.
It has slapped IPC sections related to
criminal conspiracy, cheating and provi-
sions of Prevention of Corruption Act
on the accused.
CBI sources said the agency has kept
its probe open in the issue of suspected
quid pro quo by Mallya and executives
of Kingfisher Airlines to expedite the
loan process.
They said that in this probe, it has
come to light that about Rs 263 crore
from Rs 900 crore loan was diverted for
“personal” use against norms and regu-
lations.
Nine persons, including former exec-
utives of Kingfisher Airlines and IDBI
officials, were arrested yesterday “as the
agency fears they might have influenced
the witnesses”, the sources said.
The CBI has not sought the custody of
the nine and the arrest is only aimed at
Man dies at Guj station during Raeestrain promotion, SRK says unfortunate
id Khan Pathan, a local politi-
cian from Vadodara.
The Gujarat Railway Po-
lice ordered an inquiry into
the chaos and subsequent
death of the man after an es-
timated 15,000-strong crowd
went berserk in the rush to
have a look at the 51-year-old
superstar when the Mumbai-
Delhi August Kranti Rajdhani
Express train made its sched-
uled halt in Vadodara at 10.30
pm last night.
The inquiry was ordered
by Western Railway Super-
intendent of Police (SP), Va-
dodara Division, Sharad Sing-
hal, who confirmed the death
of Pathan during the chaos.
The deceased was a relative
of one of the journalists trav-
elling with SRK, and had ap-
parently come to meet her.
Two policemen were also
injured as the crowd went out
of control when the train halt-
ed in Vadodara and some of
them started banging the win-
dow panes. Police had to re-
sort to mild lathi-charge to
control the situation.
Authorities said Pathan
died of cardiac arrest. – PTI
Kingfisher diverted Rs 263 crloan for personal use
thwarting any attempt to compromise
evidence and witnesses, they said.
Former CFO of Kingfisher Airlines
A Raghunathan was among those ar-
rested yesterday. They have been sent
to judicial custody by the special court
in Mumbai.
The charge sheet has now paved way
for the CBI to approach authorities in
the UK for deportation of Mallya who
is believed to be in London, the sourc-
es said.
They said the agency has got a non-
bailable warrant issued against Mallya
and might also get a Red Corner Notice
against him.
The CBI, in an FIR registered against
Mallya, his defunct Kingfisher Airlines
Ltd, Raghunathan and unknown officials
of IDBI Bank, had alleged that Rs 900
crore loan was sanctioned in violation of
norms regarding credit limits.
It had changed the nature of a lookout
notice issued against Mallya within one
month of issuance —- from seeking his
detention while leaving the country to
that of merely providing information
about his travel plans.
In the lookout circular issued on Oc-
tober 16, 2015, CBI had said if “Mallya
tries to leave the country, he should be
detained at the exit point”. – PTI
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CROSSWORD - 5887Know your DAYBy JACQUELINE BIGAR
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017:This year you see life from a very different perspective than in
the past. You feel that if you can conjure up a dream or goal, youcan make it happen. You communicate your feelings with precisionwhen you choose to. If you are single, you might blur the line
between reality and a romantic fantasy. Be aware of your choices,and be a cynic if need be. If you are attached, the two of youspend a lot of time pursuing your mutual long-term desires. This
behavior creates a stronger foundation between you. CAPRICORNtends to play devil’s advocate for you.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-
Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHHH You would love to throw yourself into a group project or a
brainstorming session. You probably will, yet there is a nagging
responsibility that beckons you. You might not even be aware of your
feelings here, but know that you will in time. Tonight: In the limelight.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHHHH One-on-one relating requires your attention and caring.
You are able to say more, but at times you might feel as if you
need to hold back until you get a better lay of the land. You will come out
fine, even if you do not pull back so much. Tonight: Opt for togetherness.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHHH Look to the long term, and tighten up a project. You might
even choose go back to school to take a brush-up course in your
field. Count on viable feedback from a close friend. Your instincts come
through with an older person. Tonight: Opt for an important conversation.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHHH Defer to a partner or loved one. Understand that this person
is determined to take over and run the show. Look at your long-term
desires. Detach, and you will see many possibilities. This path proves to be
the right one for you. Tonight: Say “yes” to a loved one’s suggestion.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHH Pace yourself. Know that you are human and can do only so
much. Remember that nobody’s perfect, not even you. A loved
one makes a considerable difference in your plans. You could be surprised
by how good his or her advice is. Tonight: In the whirlwind of the moment.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH You might be up for fun and games, but someone else is
not. You can use every play in your book, but it probably won’t
make a difference or change his or her mind. Respect this person and his
or her dedication. Tonight: Have a long-overdue conversation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHH A personal issue keeps floating through your thoughts.
Don’t you think it would be better to handle the situation now and
free yourself up to focus on what you must? You are likely to see this matter
differently once it is resolved. Tonight: Head home and indulge yourself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHHH You could be less than pleased with a loved one’s com-
ment. You also might have misunderstood or misinterpreted what
he or she was trying to say. You have a way and style about you that draws
in those who often say off-the-wall stuff. Tonight: Hang out at home.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH You are aware of what you need to do, but the other party
involved might not see eye to eye with you. Listen to your inner
voice when handling a financial matter that could have implications regard-
ing your home. Tonight: Swap ideas and solutions with a loved one.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHHH Decide what you want from a situation, and initiate a
conversation. You might be delighted that you see eye to eye with
a friend over the same issue, but how you arrive at your conclusions could
differ. Reach out to a trusted adviser for some feedback. Tonight: All smiles.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HH Listen to news, and stay centered. You might have a great
moneymaking idea, but be sure to test it out before taking any
risks. You will want to speak to someone in the know who understands you,
your lifestyle and how you think. Tonight: Share ideas with a loved one.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHHH You know what you want and where you are heading. You
have been working on a plan that you have held near and dear for
years. You might want to test out some of your game plan on a trusted
friend, as you know you will get honest feedback from him or her. Tonight:
Where the crowds are.
H H H
Thought for the day
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but withthose who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
– SCHOPENHAUER
SOLUTION
Being in a band, you can wear whatever youwant – it’s like an excuse for ___ every day.– Gwen Stefani (9)
Words: Easel, float/aloft, online, whaler.
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Across1 Jeer (5)6 Wicket-
keeperPrathiv____ (5)
9 Obsequiousfollowers;humbleservants(7)
10 Evade,dodge orsidestep (5)
11 Köln’s river(5)
12 Securerope bywinding itround peg,etc. - “byale”anagram ?(5)
13 Husband ofEurydice(7)
15 Impressgreatly (3)
Across: 1 Scoff, 6 Patel, 9 Lackeys, 10 Avoid, 11 Rhein, 12
Belay, 13 Orpheus, 15 Wow, 17 Knot, 18 Pierre, 19 Cloud, 20 Psy-
che, 22 Snug, 24 Imp, 25 Cologne, 26 Spoon, 27 Cocoa, 28 Aaron,
29 Attract, 30 Khaki, 31 Easel.
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Are you anxious that your kid is
hooked to social networking sites or
busy playing video games through
out the night? You now have another
reason to blame for the growing addiction:
Genes.
According to researchers from King’s
College London, online media use such as
social networking, instant messaging and
playing games for entertainment and educa-
tion could be strongly influenced by our
genes.
Genetic factors was found to influence time
spent on all types of media including entertain-
ment (37 per cent) and educational (34 per
cent) media, online gaming (39 per cent) and
social networking (24 per cent).
The study found that people are not
passively exposed to media; instead they
tailor their online media use based on their
own unique genetic predispositions – a
concept known as gene-environment correla-
tion.
“The DNA differences substantially influ-
ence how individuals interact with the media
and puts the consumer in the driver’s seat for
selecting and modifying their media exposure
according to their needs,” said lead author
Ziada Ayorech from King’s College London.
“Our findings contradict popular media
effects theories, which typically view the
media as an external entity that has some
effect – either good or bad – on ‘helpless’
consumers,” Ayorech added.
In addition, unique environmental factors
such as one sibling having a personal mobile
phone and the other not, or parents monitor-
ing use of social networks more heavily for
one sibling compared to the other, accounted
for nearly two-thirds of the differences
between people in online media use.
For the study published in the journal PLOS
ONE, the team analysed online media use in
more than 8,500 16-year-old twins.
The researchers compared identical twins –
who share 100 per cent of their genes – and
non-identical twins – who share 50 per cent of
their genes. – IANS
Media addiction: yourgenes to blame
Social media
addiction could
be influenced by
your genes, say
researchers
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Pakistan today
successfully conducted the first test flight
of the Ababeel surface-to- surface ballis-
tic missile (SSM) capable of carrying a
nuclear warhead up to 2,200 km.
Ababeel has a maximum range of
2,200 kilometres and is capable of deliv-
ering multiple warheads using Multiple
Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV)
technology, the Inter Services Public
Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
“The test flight was aimed at validat-
ing various design and technical param-
eters of the weapon system,” it said.
Ababeel is capable of carrying nuclear
warheads and has the capability to en-
gage multiple targets with high precision,
defeating hostile radars, the ISPR said.
“The development of the Ababeel weap-
on system was aimed at ensuring surviv-
ability of Pakistan’s ballistic missiles in the
Pak test-fires N-capableAbabeel missile
growing regional Ballistic Missile Defence
(BMD) environment,” the release said,
in an obvious reference to India.
The Ababeel test came on the heels
of a successful test of submarine-
launched cruise missile, Babur-III, on
December 9.
“The successful attainment of a sec-
ond strike capability by Pakistan repre-
sents a major scientific milestone; it is
manifestation of the strategy of meas-
ured response to nuclear strategies and
postures being adopted in Pakistan’s
neighbourhood,” the military had said
after the Babur-III test.
The missile, launched from an undis-
closed location in the Indian Ocean from
an underwater, mobile platform, had hit
its target with precise accuracy, the
Army had said.
Babur-III is a sea-based variant of
ground-launched cruise missile Babur-
II, which was successfully tested in De-
cember last year. – PTI
BEIJING, Jan 24: Senior Chinese offi-
cials, Beijing-based diplomatic corps,
defence attaches and foreign media pro-
fessionals today attended a reception
hosted by the Indian Embassy here
ahead of the 68th Republic Day. China’s
Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuan-
you was the chief guest at the reception.
Addressing the gathering, Indian Am-
bassador to China Vijay Gokhale said 2016
was an important year in India-China re-
lations as a number of bilateral visits took
place. From the Indian side, last year was
marked by the visits of the President,
the ministers of Defence and Finance, the
National Security Adviser, while China’s
Secretary of Central Political and Legal
Affairs Commission, State Councillor,
Foreign Minister and Chairman of Na-
tional Development and Reforms Com-
mission visited India, he said.
On the state of relations between the
two countries, Gokhale quoted Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi’s comments made in
New Delhi on January 17 in which he said,
“I see the development of India and China
as unprecedented opportunity for our two
countries and the whole world.”
“At the same time, it is not unnatural
for two large neighbouring powers to
have some differences. In the manage-
ment of our relationship and for peace
and progress in the region, both our
countries need to show sensitivity and
respect for each other’s core concerns
and interests,” Modi said. – PTI
Chinese officials attend India’s R-Day reception
LONDON, Jan 24: The popular pat-
tern lock system used to secure millions
of Android smartphones can be cracked
within just five attempts – and more
complicated patterns are the easiest to
crack, security experts have warned.
Pattern lock is a security measure that
protects devices, such as mobile phones
or tablets, and which is preferred by many
to PIN codes or text passwords. It is used
by around 40 per cent of Android device
owners, researchers said.
In order to access a device’s func-
tions and content, users must first draw
a pattern on an on-screen grid of dots.
If this matches the pattern set by the
owner, then the device can be used.
However, users only have five attempts
to get the pattern right before the de-
vice becomes locked.
New research from Lancaster Univer-
sity, University of Bath in the UK and
the Northwest University in China,
shows for the first time that attackers
Android pattern lock can be crackedcan crack pattern lock reliably within five
attempts by using video and computer
vision algorithm software.
By covertly videoing the owner
drawing their pattern lock shape to
unlock their device, while enjoying a
coffee in a busy cafe for example, the
attacker, who is pretending to play
with their phone, can then use soft-
ware to quickly track the owner’s fin-
gertip movements relative to the po-
sition of the device.
Within seconds the algorithm produc-
es a small number of candidate patterns
to access the Android phone or tablet.
The attack works even without the
video footage being able to see any of the
on-screen content, and regardless of the
size of the screen, researchers said.
Results are accurate on video record-
ed on a mobile phone from up to two-
and-a-half metres away – and so attacks
are more covert than shoulder-surfing.
It also works reliably with footage re-
corded on a digital SLR camera at dis-
tances up to nine metres away, they said.
Researchers evaluated the attack us-
ing 120 unique patterns collected from
independent users. They were able to
crack more than 95 per cent of patterns
within five attempts.
Complex patterns, which use more
lines between dots, were easier to crack
because they help the fingertip algo-
rithm to narrow down the possible op-
tions. – PTI
Around
the WORLD
Italy avalanche
toll rises to 14FARINDOLA, Jan 24:
The death toll from an
avalanche in central Italy
climbed to 14 today as
hopes began to fade that
any of the 15 people still
missing might be found
alive under a mountain
resort buried by tons of
snow and rubble.
Firefighters located half a
dozen bodies within a few
hours today, doubling the
death toll six days after
the disaster. – AP
China officialjailed
BEIJING, Jan 24:
China’s state-run energy
giant Sinopec’s former
chief was today sentenced
to 15-and-a-half years in
prison and fined nearly
USD 470,000 for
accepting bribes and
illegally possessing assets.
Wang Tianpu, former
general manager of oil
giant China Petroleum and
Chemical Corporation
(Sinopec Group), was
handed down the
sentence by the
Nanchang City Intermedi-
ate People’s Court in east
China’s Jiangxi
Province. – PTI
Contempt noticeto Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24:
The Election Commis-
sion of Pakistan has
issued a contempt notice
to cricketer-turned-
politician Imran Khan
after he allegedly accused
the top election body of
bias in a case of foreign
funding. – PTI
Legal jolt to May’s Brexit plansLONDON, Jan 24: In a huge setback
to British Prime Minister Theresa
May’s Brexit plans, the government
today lost a landmark legal challenge
after the Supreme Court ruled that she
cannot unilaterally trigger the process
of Britain’s exit from the European
Union and must seek the Parliament’s
approval.
The judgement means the British
Prime Minister cannot trigger Article
50 of the Lisbon Treaty to officially
begin Brexit negotiations with the 28-
member EU until Britain’s MPs and
peers give their backing. It has now
been confirmed that a new Bill will be
tabled in the Parliament “within days”
for this purpose.
The government had argued that it
already had the executive powers to
trigger Article 50, but Supreme Court
judges rejected the case by a majority
of eight to three.
Reading out the ruling, Supreme
Court president Lord Neuberger said:
“By a majority of eight to three, the
Supreme Court today rules that the
Government cannot trigger Article 50
without an Act of Parliament authoris-
ing it to do so.”
The official judgement in the case
concludes: “The change in the law
required to implement the referen-
dum’s outcome must be made in the
only way permitted by the UK
Constitution, namely by legislation.
“In a joint judgement of the majority,
the Supreme Court holds that an Act of
Parliament is required to authorise
ministers to give notice of the decision
of the UK to withdraw from the
European Union.”
The government had lost a
High Court case brought by anti-
Brexit campaigners last November,
leading to the landmark appeal in the
Supreme Court heard by all 11 justices
of Britain’s highest court. – PTI
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 15SPORTS
Originating from Japan, ‘su
do ku’ is a mind game and a
puzzle that can be solved
with proper reasoning and
logic. Fill the grid with digits
in such a manner that every
row, every column and every
3 x 3 box accommodates the
digi ts 1 to 9 without
repeating any.
Solution of last problem
SU DO KU
MELBOURNE, Jan 24:Stan Wawrinka won a bad-tempered clash with Jo-Wil-fried Tsonga to reach the Aus-tralian Open semifinals as Ve-nus Williams’ late-career
Wawrinka wins grudge match as rising Venus shinessurge sent her soaring intothe last four on Tuesday.
Wawrinka and France’sTsonga, who have been atodds in the past, argued heat-edly at the first-set changeo-
he will play the ever-popularRoger Federer, his Swiss com-patriot.
“It’s not easy to playagainst him, he’s a strongplayer,” Wawrinka said ofTsonga, adding that barringa big upset he expected toface Federer next.
“In the semis I play Roger.It’s going to be tough to havesome fans but I hope somepeople will cheer for me.”
Earlier Williams’ age-defy-ing campaign reached newheights as she beat Russia’sAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova tobecome the oldest woman toreach a Grand Slam semifinalin 23 years.
Williams, 36, won 6-4, 7-6(7/3) to reach the last fourwithout dropping a set andmove towards a possible ninthGrand Slam final against hersister Serena, 16 years aftertheir first.
“Why shouldn’t I?” said theseven-time Grand Slam-win-ner, who is thriving again af-ter a battle with an autoim-
mune disorder, when asked ifshe could win her first majortitle since 2008.
“I try to believe. Should Ilook across the net and be-lieve the person across thenet deserves it more?
“This mentality is not howchampions are made. I’d liketo be a champion, in particu-lar this year. The mentality Iwalk on court with is, ‘I de-serve this’.”
Next up for Williams is herhard-hitting, aggressive fel-low American CocoVandeweghe, who stunnedFrench Open champion Gar-bine Muguruza to reach herfirst Grand Slam semifinal.
The tall, powerfulVandeweghe smashed 31 win-ners past the Spaniard andraced through the second setin just 28 minutes to completea lopsided 6-4, 6-0 upset win.
“It’s amazing to be in a sem-ifinal. But, you know, not sat-isfying. I want to keep going,keep playing,” said the 35th-ranked Vandeweghe, 25.
“There’s more things to doout on a tennis court that I’mhoping to achieve.”
Muguruza admitted shehad been taken by surprise byVandeweghe, despite her ear-
Venus Williams of the United States celebrates after winning the women’s singles quarterfinal match
against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia at the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Tuesday.
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka celebrates after winning his men's singles quarterfinal match against
France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Tuesday.
ver and there was no love lostas the Swiss charged to a 7-6(7/2), 6-4, 6-3 win.
It puts 2014 championWawrinka, 31, into his thirdMelbourne semifinal where
lier wins over defendingchampion Angelique Kerber,Eugenie Bouchard and Chi-na’s Peng Shuai.
“I was surprised. I thinkshe played unbelievable.
Three times we played in thepast, she didn’t show this lev-el. She played very good. Herserve, her shots were there.She barely missed,” Muguru-za said. – AFP
MELBOURNE, Jan 24: Sa-nia Mirza and Rohan Bopan-na set up a mixed doublesquarterfinal clash against eachother at the Australian Openafter winning their respectivematches, here today.
Bopanna and his Canadianpartner Gabriela Dabrowskiknocked out the fifth-seededteam of Yung-Jan Chan andLukasz Kubot 6-4, 5-7, 10-3 intheir second round match.
Later, Sania and her partnerCroatian Ivan Dodig, seededsecond, overcame stiff resist-ance from Saisai Zheng andAlexander Peya to triumph 2-6, 6-3, 10-6.
Austrian Peya served a dou-ble fault at 5-5 in the decisiveSuper Tie-Breaker but afterthat the second seeds reeledoff five straight points to seal
MUMBAI, Jan 24: WriddhimanSaha’s career-best first-class knockof 203 was the stand-out perform-ance as Rest of India lifted the IraniCup after effortlessly chasing downa 379-run target set by Gujarat withmore than two sessions to sparehere today.
Saha’s 203 and skipper CheteshwarPujara’s unbeaten 116 helped Rest ofIndia overhaul the target with six wick-ets still in hand.
Wicketkeeper Saha and Pujara,unbeaten on 123 and 83 respective-ly last evening with a team score of266 for four, carried on in imperi-ous fashion on the fifth and finalmorning to steer the team home anhour before lunch in 19.1 overs atthe Brabourne Stadium here.
This was the 15th time in the last19 editions that Rest of India hadwon the tournament, which is in its55th year.
Rest of India finished with 379 forfour in 103.1 overs to cruise home
Saha, Pujara guide Rest to Irani crownin style.
The duo’s fifth wicket unbrokenpartnership was worth 316 runs in 78.5overs. It was the second-best in thetournament’s his-tory after thehighest of 327 forthe fourth wicketbetween RaviShastri andPraveen Amre forMumbai againstthe Rest at Ben-galuru in 1990-91.
Both the bats-men were largelyuntroubled by thenewly crownedRanji Trophychampions’ bowl-ing attack eventhough the targetset by Gujarat,who had taken a handy 132-run firstinnings lead, was stiff.
The winning hit by Pujara, a step-
out lofted shot to long-on for his 16thhit to the fence off Hardik Patel, sum-marised the domination he had on theGujarat bowling along with Saha. The
Rajkot-born batsman stayed at thewicket for just over 400 minutes andfaced 238 balls to remain unbeaten.
Saha’s unconquered effort, after hereached his first-ever double centurywith a four off Karan Patel, lasted 346minutes and 272 balls. It was also the
highest score bya wicketkeeperbatsman in thetournament’shistory.
The Bengaland India stump-er struck 6 sixesand 26 fours inthis importantknock that hascome before theselectors sitdown to choosethe Test team forthe one-off gameagainst Bangla-desh in Hydera-bad next month.
Saha had got injured after play-ing in the first two Tests in the five-game series against England and his
place in the team had been takenby Gujarat skipper Parthiv Patel.Parthiv had led his State to the Ranjicrown for the first time by defeat-ing Mumbai in the final.
Rest had more or less ensured vic-tory last evening itself as they needed113 runs with Pujara and Saha, whocounter-attacked the bowling withgusto when his team was in deep trou-ble at 63 for four, firmly entrenched.
The duo sailed along merrily on thefourth morning with Pujara duly com-piling his 6th hundred of the first classseason, including three in Tests, and37th overall before Saha went past hisprevious career-best score of 178made in the Ranji Trophy against As-sam seven years ago in Kolkata with acouple to square leg. Saha laterreached his double ton just in time asPujara completed the task soon afterwith another boundary hit.
Brief Scores: Gujarat: 358 & 246 vs Restof India 226, 379/4 (Wriddhiman Saha 203 notout, Cheteshwar Pujara 116 not out, HardikPatel 2/104). – PTI
The victorious Rest of India team pose with the Irani Trophy, on Tuesday.
Sania, Bopanna toclash for semis spot
the issue.One Indian is now certain
to feature in the semifinalsand if Leander Paes managesto win his quarterfinal withpartner Martina Hingis, thesemifinal will again featuretwo Indians.
Paes and Hingis are upagainst local favourites Saman-tha Stosur and Sam Groth.
Meanwhile, in the juniorsevents, Siddhant Banthiareached the boys doublesquarterfinal with Turkishpartner Kaya Gore with a 6-3, 7-6(6) win over sixth seedsZizou Bergs and Yshai Oliel.
However, Mihika Yadavwent down fighting in girlssingles second round with a2-6, 1-6 defeat against 10thseeded Japanese Mai Honta-ma. – PTI
State school karatekaswin medals
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Assam won six medals inthe 62nd National School Games Karate Champi-onship held at Indore recently, a release stated.
The medal winners are: Vaswati Nayana Shi-vam (silver in girls’ U-14, 46kg), Ayushman Pach-ani (silver in boys’ U-14, 45kg), Punit Jakhwal(bronze in boys’ U-14, 60kg), Jyotishman Kashyap(silver in boys’ U-17, 50kg), Dhrubajyoti Talukdar(silver in boys’ U-17, 70kg), Nishad Ali (bronze inboys’ U-17, 70kg).
River Rine win Budcricket tieSPORTS REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: River Rine Club of Guwa-hati registered a 23-run victory against Youth Clubin today’s match of the Bud Cricket Club organ-ised Jugal Kishore Newatia Memorial Trophy BudChallenge Cricket Tournament at the MangaldaiStadium.
River Rine gathered a commendable 201 for ninein their stipulated 40 overs and chasing the target,Youth Club were all out for 178.
Brief scores: River Rine Club 201/9 (TrinathRao 49, Subham Das 41, Manish Bharti 30, ArijeetBarooah 28; Priyankar Chakraborty 3/35). Youth
Club 178 (Atul Kr Singh 36, Dilwar Khan 24, RajuMastar 20, Vinod Sharma 17, Raju Shah 16; Ari-jeet Barooah 4/36, Sameer Sharma 2/15).
Today’s match: Sputnik Club vs Ace Club.
TT camp at Jorhatconcludes
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: The three-week long ad-vanced table tennis camp, organised by the AssamTable Tennis Association (ATTA) and conductedby the Jorhat District Table Tennis Association(JDTTA) at the Kushal Konwar Memorial IndoorStadium at Jorhat, concluded today.
As many as 80 children attended the camp.For the first time in the history of the district
association, foreign coaches were brought in toimpart coaching. In the concluding function thecoaches – Jong Hyok Im and Jong Son An, bothfrom South Korea – were felicitated.
Today’s function was attended by Dr ZakirAhmed and Chiranjit Baruah, president and vicepresident of the JDTTA respectively, Angan JyotiBaruah and Rishi Sarma, joint secretaries of thedistrict association, Nayan Jyoti Sarma, treasurerof the ATTA, and Dr Tapan Dutta, president of theKushal Konwar Memorial Indoor Stadium, Jorhat.
Rockybul Hussain and Tridib Duarah, presidentand secretary of the ATTA, extended full supportto the district TT body for successful conduct ofthe 21-day coaching camp.
Certificates were distributed to all the partici-
Centre, BCCIto suggest names
of officialsNEW DELHI, Jan 24: The
Supreme Court today asked theCentre and BCCI to suggestnames in sealed covers for ap-pointment in the committee ofadministrators to run the apexcricket body.
A bench headed by JusticeDipak Misra also allowed BCCIto suggest three names afterfollowing the due process to rep-resent it at the ICC meeting duein first week of February.
The bench, also comprisingJustices AM Khanwilkar and DYChandrachud, made it clear thatthe names to be given for ap-pointment in the committee ofadministrators and the repre-sentative for the ICC meetshould be in consonance withthe judgement and subsequentorders passed by the apex courtin the matter. The bench askedBCCI and the Centre to give thenames in sealed cover by Janu-ary 27 and posted the matter forhearing on January 30. – PTI
Ecclestoneforced out as
Formula 1 bossLONDON, Jan 24: Bernie
Ecclestone has revealed thathe was removed as Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of the Formula1 Group by US-based LibertyMedia, which consolidated itstakeover of the motor sport.
The 86-year-old Britonshared the news with Germanmagazine Auto Motor und
Sport on Monday, reports Efe.“I was deposed today. I am
simply gone. It’s official. I am no
longer the leader of the compa-ny. My position has been taken
by Chase Carey,” Ecclestone
said, referring to the 21st Cen-tury Fox vice-chairman who
became chairman of F1 in Sep-
tember. Auto racing’s interna-tional regulatory body, the FIA,
gave its approval last week to
Liberty Media’s acquisition ofcommercial rights to F1 for $4.4
billion. – IANS
pants in today’s function, which was anchored byDebojyoti Srutikar, secretary of the district asso-ciation, stated a press release.
Dhemaji Opentennis endsSPORTS REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Ayaan Borthakur of NETFclinched the U-14 Boys’ title defeating Aditya Pra-tim Bhagawati of Chachal Complex 8-6 in the Dhe-maji Open Tennis Tournament which concluded to-day at the Dhemaji Tennis Club courts, Dhemaji.
Simanta Bhagawati pairing with Hakim Ali wonthe veterans’ doubles title defeating Amit Chutiaand Luku Borthakur.
In the Boys’ U-18 final, Aditya Pratim Bhagawa-ti lifted the title defeating Abhishek Baruah 8-3.In the Girls’ U-14 singles, Ishita Dahutia defeatedAreena Phukan 8-4 to win the title. In the Girls’U-18 category, Nishtha Rani Borphukan of Dibru-garh defeated Meghna Bharadwaj of India Club 7-2 to win the title.
Final results: (Boys’ U-12) Manan Nath bt Ary-an Borah (6-1). (Boys’ U-14) Ayaan Borthakur btAditya Pratim Bhagawati (8-6). (Boys’ U-18) AdityaPratim Bhagawati bt Abhishek Baruah (8-3). (Girls’
U-14) Ishita Dahutia bt Areena Phukan (8-4). (Girls’
U-18) Nishtha Rani Borphukan bt Meghna Bharad-waj (7-2). (Veterans’ singles) Hakim Ali bt RajibHandique. (Veterans’ doubles) Simanta Bhagawa-ti/Hakim Ali bt Amit Chutia/Luku Borthakur.
Army conductmini marathon
GUWAHATI, Jan 24: Troops of the Red Horns
Division in association with the civil authoritiesconducted a mini marathon on January 22 at Rang-
ia District Sports Association Stadium. The aim ofthe event was to bring the civil population, civil
administration and Indian Army to a common plat-
form to enhance harmony and sovereignty in thecountry. The event was organised in the run up to
the Republic Day celebrations.
A large number of people participated in theevent and an overwhelming response was seen on
the ground from public especially the youth. Dig-
nitaries who attended the event were Kailash Kar-tik SDO (civil) Rangia and Pranab Kumar Pegu,
SDPO Rangia.
Gomshar Bashumatari from Goreswar and Rabi-na Boro from Rangia stood first in their respective
category, stated a press release.
Bedo threatens toknock out Sarita
CORRESPONDENT
IMPHAL, Jan 24: Hungarian Zsofia Bedo, oppo-nent of L Sarita Devi in her professional debut fight,has vowed to give the former World Champion arun for her money.
Before leaving for India from Budapest, Hun-gary, Zsofia said that Sarita is not going to lastthe all four rounds. Although Sarita’s responseat the training camp in Rohtak has been shortand terse: “You are finished”. The two are slat-ed to meet at Imphal, on Sunday, according to apress release.
30-year old Zsofia in a telephonic chat withthe promoters of the event as per the releasefrom Sporty Solutions Limited, a Noida basedsports marketing company stated: “I tried toknow more about my opponent. When you searchfor boxer Sarita, you find pictures of a lady intears. I am going to add more such images tointernet. Trust me.”
Gold medallist in Khelo India Khelo TT meet Prayashi Baruah of Assam (Front row 2nd R) along
with other medallists pose for a photograph with ATTA secretary Tridib Duvarah and other officials
Carfew Roy, Nandini Baruah and Subhrajit Singha in Guwahati, on Tuesday. – UB Photos
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The AllIndia Football Federation (AIFF)president Praful Patel today tooka veiled dig at Goan clubs for nothaving the required “band-width” to continue in revampedtop tier league as they are “notinvesting” in foot-ball while provid-ing excuses.
All the threeGoan club own-ers – ShivanandSalgaocar, Shrin-ivas Dempo andPeter Vaz (Sport-ing Clube deGoa) had takenan united stand to oppose theproposed restructuring thatmakes ISL a top-tier leagueand relegates I-League to thesecond division.
“The clubs which havepulled out were not investingin football. They blame otherreasons but the real reason isthat they don’t have band-
‘Goan clubs that pulled outdidn’t have bandwidth’
width now to continue,” theAIFF president did not takenames but it was clear to eve-ryone about the clubs he wasreferring to.
India’s club football sys-tem was thrown into turmoil
last year whenformer champi-ons Salgaocarand fellow Goanside SportingClube de Goawithdrew fromthe current edi-tion of the I-League opposingAIFF and IMG-
Reliance’s proposed struc-ture for the new domesticseason as the reason.
Late last year, anotherGoan club Dempo also pulledout of the national league.
Praful said that I-League isstill country’s premier nation-al league and it remainsAIFF’s “top priority”. – PTI
Patel
16 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
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