H A R Y A N A

Govt to spend 6 pc of Budget on education
Yamunanagar, July 21
Haryana Government has decided to spend 6 per cent of the Budget on new education policy. Mr R.S. Chaudhry, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, who inaugurated the current academic session 2002-03 at Guru Nanak Girls College here yesterday said that the previous government in Haryana was spending 2.1 per cent of the Budget on education whereas in the USA 45 per cent of the Budget being spent on the education.

Rise in number of women workers
Chandigarh, July 21
The number of women workers vis-a-vis the total population of women in Haryana has witnessed a dramatic increase between 1991 and 2001. This was stated here today by Mr Sunil Gulati, Director of the Census Operations, Haryana, while explaining a book on workers and non-workers (Paper 3 of 2001 Census) to reporters at a press conference.

Enraged by murder, mob blocks road
Yamunanagar, July 21
An agitated mob jammed a main road here yesterday by putting on it the body of Nand Kishore for hours together. They were demanding the arrest of the suspects in the case.

• Ex-Chairman of HPSC dead

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Govt to spend 6 pc of Budget on education
Our Correspondent

Yamunanagar, July 21
Haryana Government has decided to spend 6 per cent of the Budget on new education policy. Mr R.S. Chaudhry, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, who inaugurated the current academic session 2002-03 at Guru Nanak Girls College here yesterday said that the previous government in Haryana was spending 2.1 per cent of the Budget on education whereas in the USA 45 per cent of the Budget being spent on the education.

Mr Chaudhry stressed for job-oriented new courses. He stated that four new courses were being introduced every year in the university. He said that Haryana Government had introduced new education policy in which the present system of acquiring bookish knowledge would be curbed and emphasis would be on improving the standard of education and making it more practical.

Mr Vijayendra Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, praised the achievements of the college.

Mr M.S. Sawhney, general secretary of the college applauded the Vice-Chancellor for making efforts for positive reforms in the field of education. Sant Karamjit Singh thanked the guests and promised to extend his support for the betterment of education. Ms Tripat Kapoor Principal, also spoke.

Rise in number of women workers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 21
The number of women workers vis-a-vis the total population of women in Haryana has witnessed a dramatic increase between 1991 and 2001. This was stated here today by Mr Sunil Gulati, Director of the Census Operations, Haryana, while explaining a book on workers and non-workers (Paper 3 of 2001 Census) to reporters at a press conference.

According to Mr Gulati, while the share of women workers to the total population in the state was about 11 per cent in 1991, it shot up to more than 27 per cent in 2001. He said the number of women workers increased from 8.21 lakhs in 1991 to 26.64 lakhs in 2001 and the share of female workers to total workers went up to over 31 per cent from 16 per cent in 1991.

This feat has possible due to proper recording of economic activities of women by enumerators. Unlike previous census operations, this time the enumerators were specially sensitised to correctly record economic activities carried out by women in farm and non-farm sectors. These activities ranged from beedi rolling to giving tuitions at home, making pickle and other food items for the market, etc.

Yet, the sex-wise break up of workers into main (having work for more than six months in a year) and marginal workers (having work for less than six months during a year) depicted an interesting trend in favour of females, stated the census report, adding that the female work participation rate in Haryana for main workers had more than doubled and went up to 13 per cent during 2001 as against 6 per cent in 1991.

The census data also showed that the share of workers of both male and female categories rose to 39.76 per cent in 2002 from 31 per cent in 1991, registering a net gain of about 9 per cent. The percentage of main workers vis-a-vis the total workers in the state, however, came down to 74.50 per cent in 2001 from 92 per cent a decade ago.There was a significant growth in case of marginal workers whose percentage vis-a-vis the total workers increased to 25 per cent in 2001 from 8 per cent in 1991.

The rise in the percentage of workers which is considered a welcome phenomenon, has resulted in a decline from 69 to 60 per cent in the non-worker category vis-a-vis the total population.

Non-workers include students, dependants (infants, old and infirm), pensioners, etc, and not all of them fall in the category of unemployed. According to the census report, the figure of real unemployment in Haryana will be somewhere in the region of seven lakhs of the total population of 2.10 crore.

Enraged by murder, mob blocks road
Our Correspondent

Yamunanagar, July 21
An agitated mob jammed a main road here yesterday by putting on it the body of Nand Kishore for hours together. They were demanding the arrest of the suspects in the case.

Things took an ugly turn last evening when hundreds of protestors, including a large number of women, sat on a dharna on the Radaur road. All shop owners of the area put down their shutters.

Nand Kishore (35), who was seriously injured in a street quarrel when he was hit by a cricket bat on July 9, was shifted to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injuries on July 19.

According to information available,Nand Kishore, a resident of Choti line, was running a tailoring shop and had a quarrel with his neighbour, Ashok Kumar, on a petty issue. He was hit by cricket bat. When his father and sister tried to intervene, they were also seriously injured and were shifted to the local Civil Hospital.

Nand Kishore was referred to PGI, Chandigarh, where he died on Friday. His body was brought back yesterday. The parents of the deceased laid the body on the road and were joined by hundreds of their neighbours and relatives. They demanded the registration of a case under Section 302, IPC, against the accused. The police had earlier arrested Ashok Kumar who was later bailed out.

It was only after the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vijayender Kumar, and Superintendent of Police Mr M.S. Ahalawat, reached the scene and assured the mob that the SHO had been directed to register a case under Section 302, IPC, and that the suspect would be arrested within 24 hours then the mob lifted the jam and the body was taken away for cremation.

Ex-Chairman of HPSC dead
Our Correspondent

Yamunanagar, July 21
Mr Darbari Lal Gupta (84), a former Chairman of the Haryana Public Service Commission and former M.L.C., Punjab, died after brief illness. He is survived by his wife, six sons and a daughter. His cremation will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Jagadhri.