we the state - issue 38 vol 2

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he StateJUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014

Vol-02. Issue-38. Bhopal. Monday Page-12 Price-5/-

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

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

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

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Raman Singhproposesinternationalstatus for Raipur airport

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Minister asksAnganwadiworkers to joinSchool ChalenHam Abhiyan

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Paying attentionto interests of poor real socialservice:Governor

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Challengesbefore Andhra

CM bigger thanbefore

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Tendulkar topromote 2015

World Cup:Tournament

CEO

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Ecotourismgaining

prominencein India

Successful use of socihealth dept maintainsFacebookpage

se of informationtechnology isincreasing in publici-

ty and dissemination of informa-tion about government schemes

to people in Madhya Pradesh.With its [email protected], theHealth and Family WelfareDepartment has also increaseduse of social media.

Team health pageOver 10 thousand persons havegot associated with special pageTeam Health on Facebook. A number of serious patients con-tact on this page and are

advised reference to concerning hospitals. Even village levelhealth workers express their

views, suggestions and problemson this page. The page waslaunched in January. About 50to 75 members are joining thepage daily since last 5 months.

CUG SIMThe Health Department hasgiven BSNLs CUG SIM to itsrural field officers. Through thisclose user group SIM, direct con-tact can be made with depart-mental officers. Weekly reviewsare undertaken at state, divi-sion, district and block head-quarters through 12 softwaresand Skype. Shortcomings areremoved after review.

IDSP control roomWeather-generated diseases arealso being reviewed in every dis-trict. For this, a separate web-site has been developed underIDSP Scheme. Through it pre-dictions about diseases arereceived and field staff under-takes preventive measuresaccordingly.

Every district has JananiSuraksha Yojana call centresconducted from district control

rooms. Arrangements have beenmade for contact of village level

ASHA workers with districthealth staff. Centres have beenconnected with CUG SIM.Officers connected throughSkype exchange informationthrough conference call.

Era of meetings endsIn the Health Department,weekly and monthly meetingshave been abolished at everylevel. Now, survey etc. is being done through software.

Accomplished works are verifiedthrough in-charge of district andstate programme managementunit (SPMU). Director level offi-cers are divisional in-charges of these teams. Regional JointDirectors are also in-charges indivisions. In-charges of theteams at district level are Chief Medical & Health Officers.Teams constitutedat development and

sector levels under-take tours andreview of healthprogrammes twicea week. Directiveshave been givento send reportsof inspectionsand reviewsby officers tothe

Chief Secretary regularly.

e-mail accountsPrincipal Secretary HealthPraveer Krishna has directed togive information about [email protected] to all offi-cers upto development block andsector levels. For those who donot have e-mail IDs or whose

IDs are inactivehave beendirected to cre-ate and acti-vate e-mailIDs immedi-

ately by June15.

BHOPAL

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How WE look it !


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Raipur airport doesnt

offer much forhighflying executives

State has prepared blue-print to fight the Naxa

Chief Minister Raman Singh has put forth a proposal before the Centre todeclare Raipur airport as an inter-national airport apart from setting up an integrated steel plant at Dantewada and Narayanpur and a 4,000 MW ultra mega power proj-ect at Sarguja.

Raman Singh has also raised

the issue of special financial pack-age for the state. Chhattisgarh has

the largest population of sched-uled castes and scheduled tribes,44% of its area is under forest cover, it has lowest road and railnetwork as compared to otherstates all these criterions make

this region eligible for special package. Chhattisgarh had reiter-ated its demand for 'special category' status for the state at a recent pre-budget

meeting of state finance ministers with Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi. State commerce and tax minister Amar Agrawal, who read the state finance

minister's speech, said the Planning Commission in its Indian Human

Development Report 2011, had adjudged Chhattisgarh as one of the most backward states on the basis of human development index.

Elaborating its stand on the issue, he further said that as per the NationalSample Survey Organization (NSSO) report published in 2013 on poverty,Chhattisgarh has the highest ratio of below poverty line (BPL) families in thecountry (39.9%).

He said the Raghuram Ranjan Committee in its report has also mentioned that Chhattisgarh is among the least developed states where most of the districts arereeling under Maoist menace. Highlighting the issue of CST revenue loss, he said

the state government has received Rs 800 crore less in last three years and demanded that the amount be compensated from other sources.

The minister also urged Centre to allow state governments to impose service tax. Bringing the issue of CAMPA funds, he demanded that the amount received under this fund should be increased and a permanent CAMPA fund should beestablished. The state has so far deposited Rs 2,500 crore in the CAMPA fund as

per Supreme Court's directions and Rs 600 crore has been added to the principalamount as interest. But the state receives only 10% of the principal amount annu-ally. Of the total amount of Rs 3,100 crore deposited in the fund, the state has sofar received only Rs 600 crore.

Raipur

Raman Singh propinternational statfor Raipur airpor

2 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)CHHATTISGARH EXPLORE

For the highflying busi-

ness executives, the

Chhattisgarh's Swami

Vivekan anda Airport in

Raipur still does not offer

much. As per a survey, the air-port has no executive lounge

and facilities like Wi-Fi still

elude customers. The survey

was conducted by a Delhi-

based agency Development

and Research Services Pvt Ltd. The sur-

vey report was titled customer satisfaction

survey (CSS).

In fact, Chhattisgarh unit of

Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)

has been demanding lounge facilities at

the airport and had even suggested for set-

ting up a CII lounge for the convenience of

its members.

But the proposal is still under consid-

eration. CSS ranks the city airport at 12th

position when it comes to courtesy and

helpfulness of check-in staff. The restau-

rant/eating facilities at the airport also

need to be improved as it ranks 14th on

the CSS list of 53 airports.

The airport ranks top most with a

score of 4.72 (on a scale of 5) on speed of

baggage delivery facilities. The airport

also ranks high for comfort of waiting /gate area and ambience. Interestingly,

Bhopal airport is ranked below Raipur's at

10th position in CSS. When it comes to

customer satisfaction, Raipur airport

ranks among the top 10 non-metro air-

ports in country under Airports Authority

of India (AAI). When it comes to crucial

parameters like thoroughness of security

inspections and feeling safe and secure,

the airport ranks 11th and 13th on the

list. The swank airport terminal building,

which was inaugurated in 2012, has been

ranked sixth with a score of 4.56, in over-

all ratings. It should in fact be heartening

for Raipur residents as the last year's sur-

vey ranked it 23rd in the corresponding

period (January-June) in 2013 and 15th in

the second half of July-December.

The CSS survey has categorised air-

ports according to the volume of passenger

traffic. While 26 airports fall in the first

category of handling less than two lakh

passengers annually, eight airports handle

between two to four lakh passengers. Five

airports handle between four to six lakh

passengers, and Raipur falls under this

category. The remaining 12 airports han-

dle traffic of over six lakh people a year.

RAIPUR

The state government has demanded increase in modernization of police force and allotment of security related expenditure(SRE) unit keeping in mind the Naxalite

problem in Chhattisgarh. Chief Minister

Raman Singh has suggested formation of ahigh-level task force at Central level toensure proper coordination between statesand ministries. He informed that the state hasalready prepared a blue-print to fight the

Naxalite problem and added that issues relat-ed to home ministry, finance, defence, forestand environment, mining, steel, educationand tribal development ministries have beencompiled in it. Singh demanded sanctioningof projects in education and infrastructuresector on the lines of Seemandhra and Telangana and stated that after the formationof a separate state, Chhattisgarh stopped get-

ting benefits from institutions and projects inMadhya Pradesh. He also demanded settingup of IIT, IISER, IIIT, school of planning and architecture, Indian institute of tourism and travel management, NIFT, Indian school of mine and national university of physical edu-cation in Chhattisgarh. Prime Minister

Narendra Modi has asked chief minister Raman Singh to initiate the process for set-ting up a knowledge city in Naya Raipur and has assured all possible Central assistance for the same. Modi also assured of sustainabledevelopment in Naxalism affected Bastar and other backward and tribal-dominated regions

of Chhattisgarh. Extension of proposed four-lane national highway for connecting Raipur-Dhamtari-Konta-Telangana, Jagdalpur-Bhopalpatnam for better links withMaharashtra, financial sanction for Raipur-Baloda Bazaar-Shivrinarayan-Jharsuguda-Ambikapur-Barbadi railway lines were alsodiscussed. Highlighting the issue of delay ingetting forest and environment clearance,Singh said the entire system of attainingclearance for projects should be streamlined.He urged that states should be given moreauthority in providing permission for clear-ance and projects.

Raipur


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3 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)BHOPAL

Minister of State for Schooland Higher Education DeepakJoshi inspired the motivators forbetter work by honouring them

instead of being honoured bythem at the training programmefor motivators who have offeredtheir voluntary services underSchool Chalen Ham Abhiyan bygiving missed calls. Joshi saidthat a motivator can dischargehis responsibility by associating himself with a child for one day,one week, one month or entireyear. He urged them to becomepartners in efforts to realise theconcept of Best State-EducatedState.

Joshi said that motivatorsshould ensure admission of everyleft out child in school. He saidthat efforts should also be madeto ensure that no child is out of school till class VIII. Joshi gaveexample of construction of proverbial Ram Setu saying thatthis campaign will become a massmovement with everyones coop-eration. The School EducationMinister said that schools basicrequirements will be fulfilled.Teachers regular attendance will

be ensured. Chairperson of Madhya Pradesh Child RightsProtection Commission Smt.Usha Chaturvedi said that flowersaplings should be planted if one-year scheme is chalked out, treesfor 10-year scheme and if onechalks out a scheme for unending period then he should educatepeople. She also gave informationabout Right to Education ennedin the Constitution.Commissions member Smt.

Vijaya Shukla also spoke on the

occasion. District EducationOfficer Prashant Dolasinformed about the campaign.Motivators Srishti vastava,Rameshwari Ahirwar, MaheshNema, Dr. Fazal, Malti Trivedi,Neeraj Gaur and ChetanTamrakar also put forth theirsuggestions.

News Brief

Motivators should coopin efforts for Best

State-Educated State

BHOPAL

Minister asks Anganwadi workers

to join School Chalen Ham AbhiyanWomen and Child Development

Minister Maya Singh has askedover 90 thousand Anganwadi work-ers in the state to join School ChalenHam Abhiyan and fulfill wish of Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChauhan to get every child admittedto school. Maya Singh has writtena letter to this effect to all anganwa-di workers.

In her letter, Maya Singh saidthat education is very important inlife. Education gives new wings toeveryones ambitions and opensdoors of development. With this inview, Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChauhan has attached top priorityto School Chalen Ham Abhiyan andresolved to ensure its success.

The Woman and ChildDevelopment Minister said that it isthe responsibility of anganwadiworkers to ensure that every childtaught at anganwadis should be

admitted to school after completion

of teaching there. MayaSingh saidthat speciala t t e n t i o nshould be paidto girls whor e m a i ndeprived of education dueto family rea-

sons. Families of such girls should

be motivated to send them toschools. Maya Singh said that everyanganwadi worker should play

important role in getting childrenadmitted to schools in their respec-tive areas. Maya Singh has askedfamily counselling centres and vol-untary organisations to play leading role in building a better society. Shesaid that entire world is undergoing changes. These changes should be

introduced in consonance with

Indian culture so that society is notadversely affected. Smt. Maya Singhwas replying to a public felicitationaccorded to her by family coun-selling centres and voluntary organ-isations here. Maya Singh said thatfamily counselling centres have animportant role in re-uniting fami-lies. Today, we must pay attention tomisguided youths. They need themanners with which they canrealise importance of family and

need for holding them together.Expressing concern over rising incidence of crimes against womenand girls, the Minister said that vol-untary organisations need to workeffectively to prevent this. She saidthat first efforts should be madethat such incidents do not take placeat all and if occurred then all possi-ble assistance should be provided tohelp the affected woman stand onher feet. She informed that thedepartment has incorporated a pro-vision in the 100-day action plan to

make such women self-reliant.

CM welcomes decision to increaseheight ofSardar Sarovar Dam

Bhopal

Play leading role in building better society: Maya Singh

Chief Minister Shivraj

Singh Chauhan has welcomedthe decision of NarmadaControl Authority to increaseheight of Sardar Sarovar Damby 17 meters. The Chief Minister said that his govern-ment has already completedrehabilitation and re-settle-ment works in year 2008 corre-sponding to full dam height of 138 meters. Madhya Pradeshwill get 827 MW additionalpower following increase indams height.

The Chief Minister saidthat present permission hasbeen given to install gates inopen position and as such willnot result in any increase inpresent level of submergence.Permission to impound waterat higher levels by NarmadaControl Authority is after con-struction and after satisfying that submergence area is com-pletely vacated. The Chief

Minister said that there is noneed to panic. There is ampletime and precaution is built inthe procedure to be adopted.The construction will take morethan 36 months.

During his South Africa

visit, Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chauhan visited the cellin Robben island where formerSouth African PresidentNelson Mandela was impris-oned for 18 years.

Paying tributes to lateMandela, the Chief Ministersaid that I was extremely over-whelmed by emotions andbowed my head as a mark of respect. The Chief Minister

said that Mandelas struggleagainst apartheid is a source of inspiration for global communi-ty and politics. He foughtagainst apartheid throughdemocratic means and nevercompromised. Chauhan paidtributes to Mandela describ-ing him as a man of inspiration,apostle of peace and great per-son and a great personality inworld politics.

Bhopal

Late Mandela was a great personality in

world politics: CM


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4 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)

Chhattisgarh doing commendably well in fields of Social Development and Financial Management despite the difficulties, praises Chairman of

Finance Commission

In the meeting organized at Mantralaya today,Chairman of nation's 14th Finance Commission

VY Reddy said that Chief Ministe r of Chhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh is one of the mostsuccessful Chief Ministers of the country. Underhis leadership, the state has performed impres-sively well in finance sector.

Mr Reddy said that despite various dif ficultiesand limited resources, Chhattisgarh has donecommendably well in the fields of social develop-ment and financial management. Other membersof the Commission also expressed similar views inthe meeting. Mr Reddy and other members of theCommission including Prof Abhijeet Sen, SushmaNath, Dr M Govind Rao and Dr Sudipto Mundaleand Secretary AN Jha, along with Chief MinisterDr Raman Singh deliberated upon the financialrequirements and proposals of various sectors fordevelopment of Chhattisgarh. Commission

Chairman praised state government's presenta-tion in the meeting. Dr Raman Singh welcomedchairman and other members of FinanceCommission on the occasion, and threw light uponstate government's achievements in various sec-tors under various schemes and also made theCommission aware of state government's futureaction-plans and requirements.

Chief Minister, on behalf of state government,presented special grant proposals to the tune of nearly Rs 34,000 crore before FinanceCommission. He said that the share of states incentral tax revenue should be increased from 32per cent to 50 per cent, so as to remove the imbal-ance between centre and states.

Chief Minister also demanded FinanceCommission to divide central tax revenue betweencentre and states on the basis of census 2011,instead of census 1971 which is presently thebasis of division. Chief Minister also insisted thatthe devolution formula for central tax revenueshould be per capita expenditure instead of percapita income, because major part of the incomeearned in state is spent outside the state. Chief Minister also said that because of forest areas andproblem of naxal-violence, the input cost of devel-opment works increases.

Hence, area of forestland and problem of naxal-violence, both should be considered as thebasis for division of revenue. About other terms of reference, Dr Raman Singh said that consideringthe less debt burden and the financial require-ments, State should be given the liberty of takingmore loans.

Chief Minister insisted that one per cent rev-enue should be secured for the Gram Panchayatsconcerned, in view of the backwardness of thescheduled areas of state. Chief Minister said thatnaxal problem is itself a calamity.

RAIPUR

Raipur: While welcoming the tiny

tots at the inaugural function of state-

wide shala-praveshotsav organized

today, Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh

couldnt help but remember his own

first day at school.

In his address to the inaugural

function organized at government

middle school campus of village

Uparwara, Chief Minister said that

first day at school is a memorable dayof every person's life. Remembering

his first day at school, Dr Singh said

that when he stepped into the school,

the one who guided him to his class

was a visually impaired person, who

was popularly known as 'good night'.

He was the one to carry Dr Singh on

his shoulders to school for continuous

15 days, until Dr Singh could over-

come his nervousness. Chief Minister

said that it is very obvious for children

to feel nervous on the first day of

school. They take some time to over-

come their fears and hesitation. It is

the warmth in behavior of teacher that

helps them overcome their nervous-

ness. When parents and other people

join the children on their first day at

school and shower blessings on them,

it definitely boosts their confidence.

On the occasion, Chief Minister dis-

tributed free textbooks, school uni-

forms, and sweets to children, and

extended his blessings to them.

Chief Minister cherishes childhood mem

remembers his first day at school

RAIPUR TRAIL

Along with teachers, socieattention on child educatio

RAIPUR

Chief Minister DrRaman Singh today inau-gurated the state-wide'shala praveshotsav' at vil-lage Uparwara of NayaRaipur. On the occasion,Chief Minister said thatchild education is not onlythe responsibility of teach-ers but also of society as awhole. Dr Singh said that

it is the duty of every par-ent and guardian to moni-tor the progress of theirchildren in studies, bykeeping in contact withtheir teachers. Moreover,it is our social responsibil-ity to prepare the upcom-ing generation throughbetter education. It isnoteworthy that 'ShalaPraveshotsav' underSarva Shiksha Abhiyaanwill be organized in more

than 48 thousand primaryand middle schools of state for a duration of onemonth, during whichnewly-admitted studentsof age group 6-14 yearswill be given warm wel-come in presence of theirparents, elders, teachers

and other local residents.In the inaugural pro-

gramme of 'ShalaPraveshotsav' atUparvara today, Chief Minister distributedsweets, school uniformsand textbooks to the chil-dren taking admission instandard 1. Dr Singh alsodistributed textbooks andwhite sticks to a numberof disable children pres-ent. On the occasion,Chief Minister honouredthe students, who havesecured good marks inboard examination. Theprogramme was presidedover by School Education

and Tribal CasteDevelopment MinisterKedar Kashyap. RegionalMLA Dhanendra Sahu,President Jila PanchayatRaipur Lakshmi Verma,President JanpadPanchayat AbhanpurGirija Devi Sahu,

Secretary SchoolEducation DineshShrivastava, MissionDirector Sarva Shiksha

Abhiyaan (Rajeev GandhiShiksha Mission) RajatKumar, Collector RaipurThakur Ram Singh, andEx-Chairman StateWarehouse Corporation

Ashok Bajaj along withvarious public representa-tives and senior officialswere also present in theprogramme. In hisaddress to the programmeas Chief Guest, Dr RamanSingh said that first day of school is a new experiencefor every tiny tot. Often

the apprehension of facing new environment atschool makes them a littletimid. Hence, to makethese tiny tots more com-fortable with the schoolenvironment, state gov-ernment has decided toorganize Shala

Praveshotsav programmefor making the entireschool admission process acelebration.

The programme wasorganized at governmentmiddle school campus atvillage Uparwara. Chief Minister said that theeducation imparted tochildren in primary andmiddle classes i.e. in stan-dard 1-8 are the base of their education. Hence, tolay a strong foundation of our school education sys-tem, participation of entire society is necessary.With an aim of ensuring social participation instrengthening the base of children's primary educa-tion, state governmentorganizes ShalaPraveshotsav every yearon the commencement of new academic session.Other than providing admission to children inschools, state governmentis also taking serioussteps in the direction of improving quality of edu-cation in schools, said DrSingh.

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5 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

Paying attention to interests of po

real social service: Governor

Technical Education andSkill Development MinisterUmashankar Gupta met UnionLabour & Employment MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar in NewDelhi. Gupta urged the UnionMinister to get sanctioned at theearliest the proposal for opening multi-skill development centresin Bhopal and Gwalior, ITIs in110 development blocks and skilldevelopment centres in 313development blocks. Tomar

said that action will be taken inthis regard soon.

The Skill DevelopmentMinister informed that the stategovernment has opened skilldevelopment centres in 135development blocks and 30 newITIs using its own resources.The state government had sentproposal to the CentralGovernment on August 1, 2009to open 110 ITI s in unservicedblocks and skill development

centres in 313 developmentblocks. The state governmenthad also identified land for 130ITI s. Similarly, a proposal foropening 2 multi-skill develop-ment centres has also been senton July 2, 2012.

ITI exams nowunder OMR-basedsemester systemFor the first time, all-India

level ITI exams will be heldunder OMR-based semester sys-tem. Exams will commence fromFebruary 25. District collectorshave arranged flying squads andobservers for smooth conduct of exam. Invigilators at exam cen-tres will be from other institu-tions. Exams will be held in 91Industrial Training Centres.

BHOPAL

International experts to be engaged in tourism & wildlife conservation in MP

Appeal to open110 ITIs in state

and MSDC in

Bhopal-Gwalioraying attention tointerests of the poor isthe real social service.

This was stated by GovernorRam Naresh Yadav whileinaugurating World BloodDonation Day function of Red Cross Society herere-cently. It is our duty to helpthe poor and helpless people.Chairman of MadhyaPradesh Red Cross SocietyMukesh Yadav was presenton the occasion.

The Governor felicitatedblood donors and representa-tives of organisations. Afterthe inauguration, theGovernor went round theblood donation camp organ-ised by Madhya Pradesh RedCross Society. The Governor

said that participation inblood donation camps instillsa sense of se lfless and impar-tial service and createsatmosphere of social harmo-ny. Today, importance of blood donors is being estab-lished by felicitating them.Need of blood is endless.Blood donation by one persongives a new lease of life to

one patient or another, theGovernor added.

Yadav said that youthsare builders of country andsociety and therefore, theymust come forward in largenumber and participate inblood donation with zeal. TheGovernor said that basictenets of Red Cross arehumanity, impartiality, free-dom, self-inspired service,

unity and all inclusiveness.Its foundation is laid on self-inspired service in which roleof volunteers is very impor-tant. Societys ChairmanMukesh Nayak informedthat the organisation held 44blood donation camps during the current year 2013-14 inwhich 5074 units of blood

was collected. He informedthat the state branch hasconstructed a modern bloodbank in its new building where blood component andblood apheresis centres havebeen set up.

Earlier, the Governor

inaugurated the blood dona-

tion camp by garlanding a

portrait of Sir Henry

Dunant. On the occasion,blood donors of Sewa Samiti

Mandideep, PUPF

Charitable Trust, Red Rose

School, Excellence College,

Rajiv Gandhi College,

Madhav College, Help Line,

Hind Kranti Yuva

Sangathan etc. were felici-

tated. Red Cross Society

Secretary Rajiv Tiwari pro-

posed a vote of thanks.

Bhopal

P

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan has said that a team of inter-

national experts will be engaged in the

work to chalk out a strategy for sus-

tainable tourism along with wildlife

conservation in Madhya Pradesh.


Chauhan visited South Africas world-

famous Kruger national park. He was

accompanied by Industries Minister

Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia.

Officers of Kruger National Park

and Wildlife College gave a presenta-

tion on strategy for sustainable and

planned tourism. Chief Minister

Chauhan said that conservation of

wildlife is interconnected with welfare

of local communities and economic

growth through tourism. It is notewor-

thy that Kruger national park is one of

the largest national parks in South

Africa. It is spread over 19 thousand

633 square kilometers in Limbpopo

and Mpumalanga provinces. Diverse

species of flora and fauna are found in

the park. Most of the trees are of aca-

cia species while marula trees are also

in large number. It has a vast grazing

land for wildlife where red grass and

buffalo grass are dominant. The park

has 517 types of birds. Of these, birds

of 235 species reside here permanent-

ly, 117 are non-breeding migrants and

147 types of birds are nomads. Earlier,

areas of the park were protected by

Republic of South Africa, which

became national park in year 1926.

The park has various kinds of

mammals including African buffalo,

black rhinoceros, zebra, cheetah,

giraffe, hippopotamus, leopard, ele-

phant, blue wildebeest etc.

Bhopal


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Vastu tips for planting trees

Smaller trees may beplanted on the east or north sides, but no treesshould be planted in thenortheast corner.Tall trees should not betoo close to a building asthey block the sunlight.

A trees shadow shouldnot fall on the house.Large trees should notbe located too near thehouse as their roots candamage thefoundation andcompound wall. Also, theroots of large treesabsorb sunlight quickly,meaning these positiverays will not be receivedby the building.Do not allow treebranches to touch thehouse.

ASTROLOGY

6 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)EDITORIAL

Partnership with various stak

ssues affecting the river are myr-iad and complex. Untreatedsewage and industrial waste aredumped into the waters without

remorse. Reduced flow and rampantunderground water withdrawals affectmillions of people who depend on therivers water.

However, all is not lost yet. Recent

initiatives by the Indian governmentsuch as including River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenationto the portfo-lio of the Minister of Water Resources,and the establishment of the NationalGanga River Basin Authority and theNational Mission for Clean Ganga,show a commitment to address some of these pressing concerns with specialattention given to pollution control.

The Ganges is a complex trans-boundary basin which flows across dif-ferent jurisdictions. Therefore, a basin-scale approach would help manage thewater resources better. This would

require close coordination with all thecountries sharing the Ganga, such asNepal and Bangladesh, so that theinterests of both upstream and down-stream users are taken into considera-tion. Second, the Ganga is highly pol-luted. Yet, of the 400 million people liv-

ing along the banks of the river, manystill rely on its natural systems fortheir livelihoods. In cities, towns andindustrial estates most vulnerable toflooding in the Ganges river basin,major investments are required toaddress climate variability. Existing

flood forecasts are often too technicaland not easy for the public to under-stand. Innovative approaches such asunderground taming of floods for irri-gation and aquifer management couldoffer solutions to the flood problem.These approaches essentially involve

storing floodwaters in undergroundstructures in upstream areas. This willhelp prevent floods and help maintainwater availability even during dry sea-sons.

Toward a common goalIn addition to the steps taken by thegovernment to clean the Ganga, suc-

cessful implementation of this taskwould require partnerships with vari-ous stakeholders. Multiple agenciesworking to address the problem couldbe brought on board. The private sec-tor has also shown its willingness to bea partner in cleaning the river, espe-cially at critical points such as

Varanasi. Similarly, the public at large,along with civil society groups, alsoneed to be actively engaged in theseefforts. In recent times, the clamour fora cleaner Ganga has gained momen-tum. Although huge progress is being made, the need of the hour is to widen

our focus. Negotiations on economicrevitalisation of the Ganga shouldinvolve India, Nepal and Bangladesh.This task in itself is of mammoth pro-portions. However, by taking smallsteps, we can still reduce the pollutionload and restore the river to the people.

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he new BJP gov-ernment, consis-tent with its elec-

tion manifesto statements,

has outlined an urban agen-da to make cities symbols of efficiency, speed and scale.To achieve this, it plans toprioritise housing and pub-lic transport, build 100 newcities, use technology toimprove urban services, andmake development sustain-

able. The government hasalso ambitiously declaredthat everyone would own ahouse by 2020. Some of

these proposals seek to takeforward ideas introduced bythe previous Congress-ledgovernment, while a fewothers significantly departfrom the earlier ones. Forinstance, policies meant tomake cities slum-free andinfuse investment in infra-

structure were in place evenearlier. Certain schemesextended home loans, pro-vided interest subsidies, and

improved land tenure to thepoor, but these did not sub-stantially reduce the hous-ing deficit. About 95 per centof the 18.78 million-unithousing shortage stillaffects the lower incomegroups. The question is: willthis government succeed

where the previous onefailed? The proposal toreduce interest rates onhome loans, and rope in pri-

vate companies to invest inhousing as part of corporatesocial responsibility require-ments, are good initiatives.However, these will notdeliver unless the incentivesare strictly tied to the actualcreation and delivery of affordable housing.

T Will govt succeed in its mission to provide hous

Traversing over 2,500 km,from the Gangotri glacier

in the Himalayas to theSunderbans delta in

Bangladesh, the Ganga isused by hundreds of mil-

lions of people. This is one

of the few river basins inIndia that is rich in waterresources but highly pol-luted. How did one of theworlds mightiest rivers

end up as a garbage dump?

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hief Minister Shivraj

Singh Chauhan met the

Premier (Chief Minister)

of Gauteng provinceMaemolla David Makhura in

South Africa and his council of

ministers and held detailed dis-

cussions on investment in

Madhya Pradesh. Those present

on the occasion included

Minister for Economic

Development Lebogang Maile,

Minister for Finance Smt.

Barbara Creecy and Minister

for Roads and Transport

Ismail Vadi. Gauteng provice is

the largest economy in South

Africa and has the largest popu-

lation.

Makhura said that Gauteng

province and Madhya Pradesh

had a lot of mutual synergies.

The two Chief Ministers held

detailed discussions on process-

ing and value addition of miner-

als in beneficiation sector, agro

processing and value addition inagriculture sector and urban

transport system. Chief

Minister Chauhan informed

that Madhya Pradesh is explor-

ing the possibility of introducing

metro train and is interested in

drawing the rich experience of

South Africa. During discus-

sions on development sector,

Chief Minister of Gauteng

province Makhura informed

that Gauteng is very interested

in learning from Indian experi-

ence in training its youths.

Social development and

womens empowerment also

came up for discussion. The

Gauteng government also

desired to learn as to how

Madhya Pradesh is ensuring

womens empowerment and

upliftment by working at grass-

root level with social and non-

government organisations.Chief Minister Chauhan

requested to create a mecha-

nism for long term relationship

with Gauteng. He requested

Mukhura to send a delegation to

Madhya Pradesh during Global

Investors Summit in October.

The Chief Minister was also

interested in sending a farmers

delegation from Madhya

Pradesh to Gauteng to learn

about the processing and value

addition in agriculture com-

modities and to share the suc-

cess stories in respect of consis-

tently high agriculture growth

rates year on year. The Premier

of Gauteng accepted the invita-

tion and assured that he will try

to send a delegation to Madhya

Pradesh.

South African investorsshow keen interest inMadhya Pradesh

The Chief Minister held an

interactive session withinvestors at Johannesburg. Co-

convener of African National

Congress (ANC)s Progressive

Business Forum Daryl

Swanepoel was the guest of hon-

our on the occasion. In the

audio-visual presentation,

opportunities offered by

Madhya Pradesh to investors

and inherent strengths of the

state in land, power, water and

technical manpower were high-lighted.


Chauhan held one-to-one meet-

ings with 2 major South African

investors including J & J Group

and MSA Group. Her held dis-

cussions for investment in a dif-

ferent sectors with representa-

tives of J & J Group and mining

sector with MSA Group. The

CM held discussions on collabo-

ration with Executive

Chairman of J & J Group

Jayendra Naidu in food process-

ing, tourism, renewal energy,

smart grid, transport and infra-

structure sectors. He invited

Naidu to Indore Global

Investors summit.

During discussions with the

Chief Minister, Keith Scott

and Robert Applebaum of

SMA Group evinced keen inter-

est in prospecting and mining

sector. MSA Group is a leading

firm in mining sector.

Applebaum expressed desire to

work in tourism, specially

wildlife management sectors in

Madhya Pradesh.

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CM meets Premier ofGauteng province of SA

Tourism, manufactu

sectors can

generate job

NEW DELHI: To generate jobs, tourismand labour-intensive manufacturing sectorsare welcome areas of focus. India has hugepotential in both these sectors, much of whichgoes untapped. Moreover, as there can bemany jobs in these sectors which don't requirea high level of skill, they get around India'sskill shortage in a smart way.

The government's plan to create 50tourism circuits around specific themes is agood idea with high income-generating prospects. Similarly, the focus on urbanisationand the plan to create 100 new citi es are muchneeded. With 50% of the population soon toreside in urban areas, existing urban infra-structure simply cannot cope. Looking at cities

as opportunities rather than problems can be agame changer, leading to the rise of domain-specific urban clusters to complement manu-facturing and industries.

The government's commitment to digitisa-tion and e-governance should help bring intransparency, streamlining the process forclearances and approvals. The aim ought to beto cut red tape and usher in a stable policyenvironment that enhances ease of doing busi-ness. Much needs to be done to put the Indiastory back on track. Promisingly, the Modi gov-ernment has several big ideas. If executed,they will unfetter the engines of growth.

President Pranab Mukherjee has listed thenew governments areas of priority in hisaddress to the joint session of Parliament. Thisis a clear plan and can be executed. If the gov-ernment can act on it, India will be trans-formed. For example, the country has thepotential to achieve scale and quality in theeducation sector. This would result in encour-aging investment from the private sector andby allowing foreign universities to set up cam-puses India can further improve the quality of education and our students can compete at theinternational level.

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8 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)Miscellaneous

India's poor record in sanitation has adverse conse-quences in many areas. Research on high malnutrition ratesamong Indian children shows open defecation plays a signifi-cant role in their stunting. Almost 50 million urban Indiansdefecate in the open, a number that exceeds Spain's popula-tion. If the Modi government creates an environment whichthrows up effective ideas to quickly end this practice, it willbe a giant step forward in India's war against malnutrition.

Indian governments have largely ignored the positivespin-offs of investing in improvement of public health facili-

ties such as provision of clean drinking water and sanitation.These areas need a sharper focus as they are people-friendlydimensions of social infrastructure investments. Theresources generated by governments on account of economicgrowth should be utilised to improve public health facilitiesas they link economic progress to a tangible improvement inlives of ordinary Indians. Provision of clean drinking waterand sanitation is not going to solve all our problems.However, we would have made an excellent start on tackling the most pressing ones.

Early in his election campaign, Prime Minister NarendraModi caused a stir when he expressed a preference for build-ing toilets over temples. It was not an off-the-cuff remark.BJP's election manifesto pointed out poor hygiene and sani-tation have a "far reaching, cascading impact". It added mal-nutrition will be treated as a national priority. The manifestogot it right. Sanitation has been a neglected aspect of Indianpublic policy and society is worse for it. It is not a silver bul-let, but sanitation is the thread that connects some of ourpressing social and health issues. Prime Minister Modi andhis colleagues should articulate a plan and timeline to dealwith this neglected challenge. Numbers do not always tell thestory, but in the case of sanitation they put things in perspec-tive. More Indian homes have a telephone than a toilet with-in their premises. Women in more than half of India's homeshave to step outside, often in unsafe circumstances, to attendto basic needs. The proximate cause of the horrific rapes inBadaun, Uttar Pradesh, was because victims had to step out-side their homes. Women's safety has other dimensions andUP falls desperately short on most of them, particularly pro-vision of law and order. However, tardy progress on sanitation

just adds to challenges women face.

Open defecation leads to

malnutrition among kids

During his South Africavisit, Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chauhan announced thatMadhya Pradesh governmentwill contribute Rs. one croretowards establishment of gar-den of remembrance at TolstoyFarm situated on the outskirtsof Johannesburg. At the farm,Chauhan paid tributes toMahatma Gandhi and touched its soil. Chauhan said that it isa humble contribution from

people and government of

Madhya Pradesh towards prese rvation of Gandhi Jisideals and values.

Ancient Indian concept of Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam ismore relevant in modern times.In commemoration of 100 yearsof Mahatma Gandhis return toIndia from South Africa in1914, the Indian High

Commission in South Africawill organise a programme withthe cooperation of SouthAfrican government and thelocal Indian community at theTolstoy Farm, where a trust will

be formed to take forward theGarden of Remembrance

project. Tolstoy Farm wasestablished by Gandhiji in 1910over 1100 acres donated by hisfriend Herman Kallenbach,where people from diverse

backgrounds and religionsstayed together to build a com-munity of Passive Resisters to

undertake satyagrah against theunjust and racist regime inSouth Africa. The farm waswound up in 1914 whenGandhiji left for India to fightthe British rule. He lived at theTolstoy farm from 1910 to 1913with a community of 100 peo-

ple which included women and children.

BHOPAL

No waiting facility under Tatkal quota

Chennai

New Delhi

MP govt to contribute Rs. one crore fogarden of remembrance at Tolstoy Far

ailway passengers wont beable to avail waiting facili-ty under Tatkal quota tick-

et from 1st August onwards, asper sources within the railwayministry. The department hasalready started working on thechanges. The Railway Board hasdecided that only specified berthwould be booked under Tatkalquota and once the limit ends,further booking would cease toexist. Passengers wouldnt beissued a waiting ticket there-after. At present, even after theprescribed limit under Tatkalquota ends, passengers areissued a waiting ticket.Furthermore, railways officersbelieve that the railway budgetfor 2014 will include various big reforms.

Under Tatkal quota, pas-senger has to pay Rs. 150 morethan whats charged normally.For booking a berth in ACcoach, you have to pay morethan Rs. 300. Even if you arenot travelling after booking aseat, the ticket cant be can-celled thereafter. And, in casewaiting is not cleared, yourmoney cant be reimbursed. Inorder to cut down all suchproblems, the latest budgetmay see ticket price going down.

Also, railways are planning to introduce a number (1322)which can be dialed in order tolodge your complaint. The call

will be diverted to concernedcontrol room of the division youare falling under. The facilitycan be already availed in Delhibut still not made public. Theproject that has been startedon pilot basis will be imple-mented all over the countrywithin one month.

Former President Nelson Mandelas granddaughter Ndileka Mandela called on the Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChauhan in Johannesburg today. Mandelaseldest granddaughter Su Ndileka Mandela is a

prominent figure in the social development sector in South Africa. Industries Minister Smt.

Yashodhara Raje Scindia was also present on the occasion. Mandela was impressed with the work of self-help groups for women empowerment in Madhya Pradesh.She expressed interest in working together with the Government of Madhya Pradesh in the social sector, specially in NGOs in education,healthcare and women empowerment. Chauhan expressed his desire to

display the vibrant South African tribal culture at the Manav Sangrahalaya in Bhopal. Chauhan said that he is extremely keen on strengthening thecultural ties between South Africa and Madhya Pradesh and this is the first step in this direction. Ajay Gupta, a very prominent industrialist in South

Africa, hosted Chauhan and delegation from Madhya Pradesh a network-ing dinner in Johannesburg. Ajay Gupta heads the Sahara Group in South

Africa, which is a well-known name in the information, communication and technology space. The company has also interest in diversified sectors suchas mining, energy and media.

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9 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)

he irresponsible releaseof waters from the Larjidam that caused the

recent tragedy leading to a sud-den swell in the Beas washing away 24 students at Thalot inHimachal Pradesh should bethoroughly probed.

Larji project authorities had

been releasing excess water inthe Beas, almost without priorwarning. The project suddenlyreduced generation of power pre-sumably because demand haddipped. Warned by the nationalgrid load dispatch centre viaShimla, the Larji authoritiesreduced power generation from138 MW to 64 MW. Next, theydecided to open the floodgates atthe bottom of the projects reser-voir which was threatening toflood the Chandigarh-Manali

highway near Aut. At 6:15 pmon the fateful day, 50 cubicmetres per second (cumecs) of water was released and withinminutes tragedy hit 2.7kmdownstream.

Shocking, but there is noth-ing unusual about these events.The very idea of demand-drivenpower generation necessitates

sudden release of water anddrastic hourly fluctuations inriver flow. And it is happening daily across the country, routine-ly claiming lives and jeopardiz-ing livelihoods tied to riverineagriculture, fishing and cattle-rearing.

Official studies on a slew of

proposed projects, mainly in theNortheast, provide a grim pic-ture that is likely to be true formost hydel projects in northIndia as well. Even secondaryevidence of manmade disasters,such as the Beas tragedy, isaplenty. In 2007, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi knockedat the External Affairs min-istrys door when release of water from Bhutans Kurichhudam, without any warning, ledto a catastrophic flood that

devastated lower Assam in justseven hours.It has not helped that the

project was executed by our ownNHPC. Sudden releases fromthe reservoir have been causing floods of varying intensity inwestern Assam every monsoonsince. Even when it does notlead to major flooding, drastic

daily fluctuation in river flowcaused by demand-driven supplyof power can throw life complete-ly off gear. The Lower Subansiriproject on the Assam-Arunachal

borders, for example, will holdback water for about 20 hoursbefore releasing the load formaximum power generationduring peak demand hours inthe evening. That means down-stream flows in winter will fluc-tuate from 6 cumecs to 2,560cumecs. The pledge to save theGanga stands firm on the foun-

dation of nearly 600 damsplanned on the river and its trib-utaries. Every summer, Iwatched in frustration as nest-ing birds along the Ganga were

swept way when ACs wereswitched on en masse in Delhi,rues a researcher who used towork with a government organi-zation in Uttarakhand. Do wecare either about the people oragriculture or the birds and ani-mals that live along theserivers? Indias rivers sustainedhuman civilizations and wildlife

populations for thousands of years and in one century, we areall set to destroy it completely.

Tragedies like last yearsfloods in Uttarakhand or recent

drownings in Himachal Pradeshonly offer a glimpse of thehuman cost that such policymadness will eventually extract.

A customary probe has beenordered and three Larji officialshave been suspended. But willthe new government dare purgethe disease rather than merelytreat the symptoms?

Tourism

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Ecotourism gaining prominence in Icotourism in India isfast gaining prominenceand more attention. Allstakeholders of tourism

industry are looking to cash inon the opportunities in thisniche segment. The Centreand states are also graduallyrealising the immense poten-tial of ecotourism, as India hasall the ingredients required tobe a world class eco-touristdestination.

The thought process of todays tourist has changed ashe is aware of the hazards of harming the ecological bal-ance. The Green Laws of con-servation has made peopleaware across the globe of howman and environment can livesymbiotically for time to comeand how ecotourism is the onlyway to maximise the economic,

environmental and social ben-efits of tourism. Everyone is astakeholder in the process andwe clearly need to avoid ourpast shortcomings and nega-tive impact that they have had.

In India ecotourism isgaining momentum. The gov-ernment at the centre isalready addressing this issueand is also promoting this con-cept in the country. Though theconcept is new to the Indiantravel trade it is catching onfast. In fact, Pacific Asia Travel

Association (PATA) IndiaChapters Environment andEcotourism Committee is cur-rently working on procuring anapproval from the Ministry of Tourism (MoT), to mention theorganisations which have wonnational and internationalawards for good environmental

practices or ecotourism ontheir website, along with links.The primary objective of thismove is to encourage eco-

friendly practices in the indus-try. Currently, there are manycertified hotels and travel com-panies in India that practiceeco-friendly measures. If thisapproval comes through, theseorganisations have a chance of being promoted as recognisedeco-friendly promoters on theMoT website, thereby garner-ing not just Indian, but inter-national exposure.

Commenting on the move,Mandip Singh Soin, Chairman,PATA India Chapter,Environment and Ecotourismcommittee said, We haveworked closely with MoT, onpopularising ecotourism in thecountry and the Ministry hasalways supported the cause. If approved, this initiative willhelp the organisations garnerhigher visibility, thereby

resulting in better business.The PATA India Chaptersenvironment and ecotourismcommittees long term plansalso include facilitating certifi-cation of ecotourism operators,lodges, hotels and organisa-tions. Commenting from MoTspoint of view, a senior officialin the Ministry of Tourism,maintained, The Ministry hasalways been actively promot-ing ecotourism in the country.

As far as mentio ning thenames and links of reputedeco-friendly organisations onthe website are concerned, weare yet to take a call on thatfront.

The India Chapter is hope-ful that on grant of this recog-nition, more travel and hospi-tality partners would adopteco-friendly measures.

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10 JUNE 16 TO JUNE 22, 2014 (MP & CG)SPORTS

ust after the start of the second half, the BritishBroadcasting Corporation tweeted out a commentby ex-Brazil midfielder Juninho: Messi's perform-

ance has been incredibly bad. He has been giving the ballaway so easily. It must get better. At least for the first 15minutes of the second half of the match against Bosniaand Herzegovina, it didn't look like it would. He strolledaround, not getting enough of the ball, Mensur Mujdzacontinued to shadow him and he even managed to sky afree kick. It wasn't as bad as the Wayne Rooney cornerbut it was close.

This wasn't the Lionel Messi of Barcelona, the all-con-

quering hero... rather this was a Messi that Argentinahad come to hate. The one who just doesn't turn up for thecountry. By the time, the 64th minute of the match camearound Messi was being booed by the Argentina fans atthe venue. Then, in one moment; one moment of magic...it all changed. He exchanged a one-two with Higuain,finally got away from Mujdza, took four touches, beatBicakcic and then fired it in low. The ball went off the postto put Argentina 2-0 ahead. In exactly one minute, Messihad gone from being booed to becoming the best player inthe world once again.

The way Messi just pushed the ball past Bosniadefender's foot; the way the defenders crashed into eachother as they desperately tried to stop him; the way hefinished it off. It was all classic Messi. Eight years afterhis first World Cup goal, the Argentina superstar finally

had his second. His celebration, which seemed like a mixof anger and joy, showed just how badly he wanted to geton the scoring sheet. But the game also showed that

Argentina -- favourites for many -- still have a lot of chinks in their armour. Messi's moment of brilliancenotwithstanding, Bosnia took the game to the South

American giants and forced the Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella to make changes at half-time. It was achange that the world's no 5 team needed. Messi wasn'tworking and neither were Argentina. So out went MaxiRodrigues and Hugo Campagnaro and in came GonzaloHiguan and Fernando Gago. They moved to what seemedlike a 4-3-3 formation. And it took them a while to settle

in but they eventually found their feet. In the second half, Argentina had much more impact in the final third of thefield -- completing 41 off 60 passes. And that's how theywant to be for the rest of the tournament. Coming into thetournament, this was a team that had the attacking fire-power, that was the envy of every team in the world.

ehan Jahangir Poncha is a a

five-time nationalchampion swimmerand Arjuna Award

winner. He specialisedin backstroke, butterfly,and the individualmedley and is a six-time record holder inthe butterfly (both 100and 200 m). He has

since exchanged the

swimming pool for the golf course but having experienced the frustra-tion most athletes facein India, has written a

letter to Narendra Modi imploring the prime minister to putthe athletes first and

prevent officials fromusing sports associa-tions for their personalbenefit.

New Delhi: TheSupreme Court on Monday

refused to hear a plea of Cricket Association of Bihar(CAB) seeking to restrain NSrinivasan from contesting election for ICC President`spost. The apex court reject-ed the plea for the secondtime in two weeks. Thenews has certainly come outas big relief for Srinivasanwho is now all set to beelected as the first chair-man of the new-lookInternational CricketCouncil (ICC).

The defunct CABSecretary Aditya Vermahad called on the AsianCricket Council to bar NSrinivasan from heading the body, saying allowing him to do so would be in vio-lation of a Supreme Courtorder."...as on date MrSrinivasan is debarred fromfunctioning as the

President of BCCI. If MrSrinivasan is precludedfrom functioning as thePresident of BCCI becausea probe panel has been con-stituted by the Hon`bleSupreme Court into theserious allegations made bythe probe panel againsthim, the ACC cannot allowN Srinivsan as President of

ACC," Verma said in astatement.

Messis artistry turns boos to

cheers as Argentina beat Bos

Tendulkar to promote 2015

World Cup: Tournament CEO

Cricket legend SachinTendulkar will play "some sort of arole" in promoting the 2015 World

Cup in Australia and New Zealandearly next year, tournament CEOJohn Harnden has said. "He(Tendulkar) has been a fantasticsupporter of the World Cup. It istoo early to say anything about hisinvolvement but I am sure he willplay some sort of a role in lead-upto the tournament. We will have towait and see," Harnden told PTIduring a chat here.

Part of the promotion strategyis to get a range of current and for-mer players talking about the Feb14-March 29 mega event,Harnden said. The organisers didtwo events in Mumbai and Delhilast week in the presence of for-mer India players Ravi Shastriand Chetan Chauhan. "As we getcloser to the tour tournament,more announcements will bemade. The strategy is to use a lotof World Cup heroes. There are awhole range of players who havealready helped us and will behelping us in the future as well,"said Harnden. "A more specificcampaign is planned from

November," he added.Hugely popular in Australia

and against whom he had playedsome of his greatest knocks,Tendulkar pulled the curtainsdown on a glorious internationalcareer by turning out for his land-mark 200th Test against the WestIndies last November.

NEW DELHI

Olympic swimmer Rehan Ponchasopen letter to PM Narendra Modi

SC rejects CAB's plea Srinivasan from becom

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We will fulfilpromises made byPresident: Modi

New Delhi: In response to President PranabMukherjee's address to joint session of Parliament,Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday in hisspeech in Lok Sabha said that I assure you that wewill fulfil the promises made by the President in hisspeech, it was not a mere formality.

He said its expected for some leaders to ask andworry as to how I will do so much work. After being elected as MP, we are representative of the people.

After many years, people voted for stability, develop-ment and good governance.

Modi said India is known as a big and vibrantdemocracy in the world. He asked should the govern-ment be only for the educated or for few? It should befor the poor. The rich can afford best educational andmedical facilities in the world, but what will the poor

do? We have to ensure that the poor comes out of poverty. Biggest power to fight poverty is education,he said. The Prime Minister said we have to get ridthe poor of superstition and blind faith. If villages aredeveloped and provided 24 hours power, good educa-tion and industries, then no one will leave them. Weshould concentrate on agro-based industries. Sikkimis a very small state, but soon it will become an organ-ic state. The world is a market for organic goods; wemust promote north-east.

Modi has hit thefirst nail in thecoffin of poorgovernance

New Delhi: A striking featureis the manner in which PrimeMinister Narenda Modi has beengoing around in creating a newframework to change the typicalworking style of the sarkari babus.Modi knows tool well that changecan never come in national gover-nance unless the work culture of thebabus is changed. One has to visitthe Gujarat State Secretariat tounderstand the enormous change inwork culture that Narendra Modi

brought about in GujaratGovernment, something that isexpectedly would be done in thenational level and for good.

Improvement in governanceinvariably has to start with making the government officials work over-time and under stringent accounta-bility of delivery on time and Modihas hit the first nail in the coffin of poor governance by making the babusprioritise work over cocktail parties.

Yet it is not just about merely making the bureaucracy work hard and understringent deadlines but also aboutempowering them with the authorityand conviction to take bold decisions,something that has never been donein India. Modi's assertion to the topbureaucrats to work without fear andthat he would protect them was per-haps the kind of assurance that everyefficient bureaucrat would like tohear. Even before Modi took oath onthe 26th of May as the 15th PrimeMinister of India, his decision toinvite the heads of states of all theSouth Asian neighbouring countriesin spite of resistance from regionalparties like Shiv Sena and AIADMK,showed his decisiveness and absolutedisinterest to swing to the tantrumtunes of regional parties. In spite of differences that India has withPakistan or Sri Lanka or other neigh-bouring states, there cannot be anydoubt that one has to take them along since the fate of South Asia and Indiais intertwined.

Challenges before AndhraCM bigger than beforendhra Pradesh isnow smaller in size,but the challenges

before its Chief Minister, N.Chandrababu Naidu, aremuch bigger than they werewhen he ruled the undividedState from 1995 to 2004.Building a new capital near

Vijayawada, attracting big-ticket investments to citiesdwarfed by Hyderabad, find-ing funds to fulfil electoralpromises such as a loan waiv-

er for farmers and others these are only the foremostamong the many difficultiesthat confront him. Naidu,who has staged a remarkablecomeback after a decade of being out of power, knows hewill need all the help he canget from the government at

the Centre. This harsh reali-ty is reflected in the politicalchoices he has made after thegeneral elections. In a depar-ture from practice, theTelugu Desam Party joinedthe Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic

Alliance government at theCentre. During the previoustwo terms of the NDA gov-ernment, the TDP acceptedthe Speakership of the LokSabha, but stayed out of gov-

ernment. The distancing wasdeliberate: Naidu was keento have the BJP as an ally tofight the Congress, but wasat the same time wary of thepolitical costs of aligning tooclosely with a party whosesecular credentials were inquestion. Now, however, such

considerations do not seem tomatter. Naidu also inductedtwo Ministers from the BJPinto his Cabinet, thuscementing relations with thenational party further. TheBJP at the Centre and theTDP in the State do not real-ly need each others support,but both parties view thealliance as a long-terminvestment. When the TDPallied with the BJP beforethe election, there were many

who thought that it had moreto lose than gain by teaming up with a party that was seenas having supported thebifurcation of the State. ButNaidu was looking wellbeyond the election whilemaking his choices. And hispolitical calculations paid off.

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NEW DELHI: The revampof the Prime Minister's Office(PMO) under Narendra Modicontinues with additional sec-retary in PMO, ShatrughnaSingh being shifted out by thegovernment recently. Singh hasbeen posted to the Departmentof Industrial Policy andPromotion (DIPP), as perorders issued recently. Singh'sreplacement at the PMO will beRajiv Nayan Choubey, an IASofficer of the 1981 batch from

Tamil Nadu cadre who so farwas the additional secretary inMinistry of Power. Chaubeywill be the fourth officialinducted into the PMO afterNarendra Modi assumed officelast month.

Singh, a 1983 batch IASofficer of the Uttarakhandcadre was with the PMO underUPA since March 2010 when he

joined as a Joint Secretary. Hewas promoted as the AdditionalSecretary in PMO on July 15last year and still has tenure atthe Centre till March 3, 2015.

Singh was the only additionalsecretary rank officer in thePMO in charge of over a dozenimportant ministries likeHome, Coal, Steel,Environment and Forests,Urban Development, RuralDevelopment andParliamentary Affairs. He wasalso in-charge of key states like

J&K, Madhya Pradesh,Karnataka, Bihar, Goa,Jharkhand and all north-eaststates.

Singh's name had croppedup during a Supreme Courthearing last year when CBIDirector Ranjit Sinha had toldthe court in an affidavit thatthe probe agency showed confi-dential coal scam statusreports to then Law Minister

Ashwani Kumar as well as twoofficials in the PMO, including

Singh. "On March 6, 2013, ameeting was held withShatrughna Singh, JointSecretary in PMO, and A K Bhalla, Joint Secretary inMinistry of Coal, in the cham-ber of O P Galhotra, JointDirector CBI at the request of Shatrughna Singh. Both theseofficials went through the draftStatus Reports of twoPreliminary enquiries (PEs).Next day, on 7th March, 2013,they suggested some amend-ments in PreliminaryEnquiries reports," said Sinha's

affidavit to the Supreme Courtlast year.

Nripendra Mishra, a retiredIAS officer of the 1967 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre wasbrought as Principal Secretaryto PM and an ordinance wasissued by the government totide over a legal issue in hisappointment.

Revamp of PMO under Modi:Shatrughna Singh shifted


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