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Liquor auction venue shifted to
Patiala Ludhiana, March 28 Mr Garcha told Ludhiana Tribune today that he had no faith or confidence in the department and feared that the auction would be manipulated at Patiala. While Mr Garcha did not make any direct comment against the minister, he alleged that the department was trying to favour some outside contractors at the cost of local people. Mr Garcha said, the department officials could go to any extent including physically preventing the contractors from reaching Patiala, the venue of the auction. “They can even abduct people to ensure that they do not reach Patiala to offer bids”, he alleged. He proved too subtle to target directly Mr Kairon in his criticism and restricted himself to rapping the department only. He claimed that various local liquor contractors had approached him and expressed their fears that the auction would not be fair at Patiala. When asked whether he had brought it to the notice of the Chief Minister or the minister concerned he said, there was no question of approaching Mr Badal on the issue and the “minister could not be contacted during all these days”. Mr Garcha was at his evasive best when asked about his differences with Mr Kairon. Mr Garcha claimed, he had no personal stakes, but several local contractors had expressed their apprehensions to him and he had conveyed them to the Financial Commissioner, Mr Y. S. Ratra, and the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana.
The minister also denied the charges being levelled against his brother, Mr Mann Singh Garcha, of having set up illegal and unauthorised liquor vends in Ludhiana after he failed to bag contracts. He alleged that the illegal liquor vends were started by the Excise Department and these were still functioning. He claimed, some outside elements were running these vends. While the Excise Minister could not be contacted, sources close to him, who did not want to be named made it clear that the auction was postponed and the venue shifted as there was every apprehension of certain people threatening and bullying the liquor contractors. The sources claimed that it was a set precedent that whenever the auction was postponed, the venue was shifted to the headquarter. The sources claimed that there was every apprehension of law and order problem as some contractors had threatened to disrupt the auction if they were opposed. “They even threatened to tear away the demand drafts of all those who would offer bids against them”, the sources alleged. They also blamed a particular minister who they alleged was trying to influence the local administration to favour his relatives. In the war of attrition, it appears that Mr Adesh Pratap Singh has once again scored over Mr Garcha by holding down his foot and not yielding to the pressure from Mr Garcha, despite the latter’s proximity to the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, and Mr Sukhbir Badal. Will he be able to repeat what he did last year when he broke the monopoly of liquor syndicate headed by Mr Garcha’s brother, only the time will tell. |
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Fight is on principle, not prestige:
Garcha Ludhiana, March 28 Mr Garcha said he had been holding a monopoly in the control of liquor vends in the district at a time and at another time, he had little control, but at no stage the prestige was involved as reported by a section of the Press. Mr Garcha denied the allegation that his family had any differences with the Excise and Taxation Minister, Mr Adesh Pratap Singh
Kairon. He said the Excise Department was not under control. He alleged that the minister allotted the vends to his favourites last year who not only forcibly grabbed the possession of shops, but also set up unauthorised vends on the roadsides. Mr Garcha admitted that from 1992 to 1996, he was ousted from the liquor trade by late Beant Singh Chief Minister, but he did not make it a prestige issue then. “The liquor trade has no connection with our political survival,” he said. Mr Garcha asserted that Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, Chief Minister, was their leader. He said they had not involved themselves in the family feud and were fighting for principles. We will continue to fight for the fair auction of the liquor vends,” he said. |
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CMC trauma unit nearing
completion Ludhiana, March 28 Dr Parveen Anand of New Orleans, United States, has brought the equipment and three residents to train local technicians. Dr A.G. Thomas, head of the Microsurgery Department here, is preparing the curriculum under which training will be given to Ludhianvis. Non-government organisations are also helping out in the project. According to Dr Anand, a motorbike squad will also be prepared to provide on-the-spot and speedy medical treatment to patients. A trained nurse along with the driver of the motorbike will be available on emergency call. Dr Charles had received Rs 7 crore as donations from foreign countries and Rs 3 crore from within the country. They were also able to get equipment worth Rs 9 crore. He said they were paying UGC scales to the teachers. They were not allowing private practice to doctors. More than 1000 patients were attended daily in the outpatient departments and the bed occupancy had risen to 50 per cent, claimed Dr Charles. The governing body appointed Dr Jasbir Dhanoa, acting principal of the CMC in place of Dr A.G. Thomas, who completed two terms as principal. Dr Thomas joined as head of the Department of Microsurgery. The governing body also appointed Dr J. Jacob, a former director of St Stephen Hospital, New Delhi, associate director and Dr George Joseph in charge of Strategic Planning and Development of the institute. It also passed the annual budget of the institute to the tune of Rs 47 crore for 2001-2002. Last year, the budget was Rs 42 crore. In 1997-98, it was Rs 19 crore. |
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Games doctors
play Ludhiana, March 28 Dr Daniel took ill and Dr Verghese was acting director in his absence. Dr A. Zachriah was the principal in the early 90s. Inside sources revealed that the governing body of the college decided to recall Dr Abraham Thomas to become the director of CMC. Soon it changed its decision and Dr Silas Charles, was called from
thru USA to take charge of the CMC as its director. Dr Thomas was made the principal. His tenure as principal ends next month. Most of the students of CMC, this correspondent spoke to said they were sad that Dr Thomas was leaving them as he had built an excellent rapport with them. Dr Thomas developed differences with Dr Silas Charles. This became obvious during a case of teasing of a foreign lady doctor, by resident doctors in the canteen. Dr Charles suspended the students whereas Dr Thomas wanted the matter to be put on the back burner. A meeting was called, normally called only during emergency, to honour Dr Dhar, who were retiring, but the matter discussed was of the suspension of the students. Heated words were exchanged between the two groups. Sources revealed that Dr Thomas and his wife had joined hands with Dr Kim, Dr Daniel, Dr Verghese, Dr Bansat Panwar, Dr Kadian and his wife. On the other hand, Dr Silas Charles, Dr Joy Joshi and Dr T.M. Jaison had formed another group. The differences came to the fore when Dr Joshi was appointed deputy director and Dr Kim was removed from the post of medical superintendent. The doctors to whom this correspondent spoke praised the dynamism of Dr Charles also thanked him for increasing their salaries and bringing discipline in the hospital, which helped in doubling revenue of the hospital. Ms Manisha Prabhakar, a reader in Christian Dental College, said, “The hospital has a very good system of working. The ethics are good and there is still individualistic touch when dealing with the patients. Dr Charles has been very good for the hospital. He has lifted the hospital from doldrums, but we need a full-time director. Dr Charles comes to India only for a few days. The infighting would not have been there had Dr Charles stayed permanently in India.” At the last governing body meeting held two days ago, the faction led by Dr Abraham and asked the management for retirement benefits and also to improve housing facilities for the doctors. There was also a controversy over the post of principal. The name of Dr T.M. Jaison, who had applied for the post, was withheld due to sharp opposition. Hence, Dr Jasbir Dhanoa was appointed the acting principal for next six months. Had the politics not been there, the CMC would have flourished. Many doctors like Dr Daljit Singh, Dr N.K. Aggarwal and Dr Rajesh Aggarwal would not have quit the CMC and joined other institutions. |
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Residents to get free water supply, sewerage
facilities Ludhiana, March 28 On the persistent pleas by the councillors, both from the SAD-BJP ruling combine and the Congress, the House also resolved to extend the facility of interest free payment of MC arrears by another month, till April 30. These concessions will, however, take effect only after the approval by the state government. In their bid to outdo each other in offering sops to the city population, many of the councillors highlighted the problems faced by the people in getting routine work done in the MC and also focussed on rampant corruption in several departments. While Mr Sham Sunder Malhotra (Congress) and Mr Harcharan Singh Gohalwadia (SAD) demanded concessional rate of house tax for widows and destitute women and slashing of composition fee for violation of building byelaws in slum areas, Mr Balkar Singh Sandhu (Congress) called for abolition of octroi. The strategic decision of reduction in water supply and sewerage charges generated a heated debate in the meeting, which lasted for more than three hours. As the MC Commissioner, Dr S.S. Sandhu, made the remarks that any reduction in the water supply and sewerage charges might put in jeopardy a Rs 105-crore loan from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for the expansion of water supply and sewerage facilities in the city. Some of the councillors, particularly those representing the undeveloped and under developed areas, opposed any hasty or populist decision which might adversely affect the development. At one time, it appeared that the issue might create a division between the councillors
Criticising the MC administration for violating the sanctity of the House and contemptuous attitude of senior officers towards elected representatives, Mr Jai Parkash (Independent) pointed out that bureaucrats were having a field day and in some cases the decisions withheld by the House or the Finance and Contracts Committee (F & CC) of the MC were given effect. Mr Parveen Bansal (BJP) alleged that failure to allot the parking site in New Sabzi Mandi for years together had caused a financial loss of over Rs 1 crore to the civic body. He demanded that the responsibility be fixed and penal action taken against guilty officials. Responding to the demand for a probe, the Mayor set up a six-member committee for the purpose. Headed by the Congress legislator, Mr Rakesh Pandey, the committee will have Mr Kulwant Singh Dukhia, Mr Pran Bhatia, Mr Madan Lal Bagga, Mr Harcharan Singh Gohalwadia, Ms Neelam Pathak — all councillors and the MC Zonal Commissioner as its members. Giani Baldev Singh (SAD), Ms Sukhwinder Kaur (SAD), Ms Baljinder Kaur and Mr Surinder Singh Chinda, both Congress, complained of little or no development works in their respective wards. Giani Baldev Singh charged that the project of a stadium at Pakhowal Road was being deliberately torpedoed and Mr Chhinda demanded construction of a footbridge at the Basti Jodhewal crossing on the GT road. Presenting the annual budget of Rs 297 crore for the next financial year, the Commissioner also made mention of several factors, which had affected the MC revenue during the current year. As against a projected income of Rs 270 crore during 2000-2001, the MC had fallen way behind with receipts of a little more than Rs 200 crore till now. According to Mr Sandhu, the octroi collections had suffered due to overall recessionary trends and another Rs 22 crore due to the MC on account of additional excise duty was collected by the Excise Department but not transferred to the local body so far. Among others, Mr Hira Singh Gabria, SAD legislator, Mr Pran Bhatia, Mr Sunil Mehra (all BJP), Mr Surjit Singh Ahluwalia, Mr Kuldip Janda, Mr Sat Pal Puri (Congress), Mr Kulwant Singh Dukhia, Mr Balwinder Singh (SAD) took part in the deliberations. |
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Civic body chief assumes
charge Samrala, March 28 On this occasion, Mr Dhillon announced that no political interference would be tolerated in committee’s affairs. Later, all workers, including Mr Dhillon and Mr Bhajan Singh, moved through bazaars where they were greeted by public and shopkeepers. It is worth mentioning here that in 1998 in the Nagar Council elections Mr Bhajan Singh won from Ward No 5 as an Independent candidate and was elected as president by Congress councillors. But the government did not issued notification. Mr Bhajan Singh then submitted a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 1, 2000, and the court fined Rs 10,000 but the government appealed in the Supreme Court and interestingly the apex court fined Rs 25,000 to the Chief Secretary. |
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BOTTOMLINE March 28 “Can I get four tickets for evening Shatabadi today. My friends need to travel to Delhi tonight?”, this correspondent asked a rickshawpuller in front of the railway station. The rickshwapuller informed a Punjab Police constable. The constable Rs 30 in addition to the fare. “Come to the station at 5.45, 15 minutes before the booking counter opens and I would get the tickets”. “How will we identify you”? asked this correspondent. “Just ask for Rajiv from that constable standing below the stairs they will get your ticket.” When this reporter asked some collies if reservation for Mumbai could be had for the next day. One of them said, for Rs 100 per ticket. Seeing the Pardhan of coolies Jagdish the coolie referred this correspondent to him. Jagdish feigned ignorance and pointed to Friends Travels, one of the official booking agents of the railways, outside the station. Another coolie at platform No. 1 was also willing to get the tickets within 15 minutes for a fee of Rs 100. The reservation hall of the railway station has serpentine queues of passengers mostly migrant labourers, they wait for hours patiently. Alongside the row for women stood handicapped, senior citizens, railway employees. In the name of conveniences was a filthy toilet one each for men and women. There was no provision for drinking water. The officer in charge of booking said, “We do not entertain more than one requisition slip per person.” When this correspondent stopped at the dabha near the entrance to the station and asked about the out-of-turn reservation he referred to a person called Gogi, who could be found, in front of a small temple within the premises of railway station. |
Resentment against
untimely power cuts Ludhiana, March 28 Mr Avtar Singh, general secretary, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings, in a press statement said that unannounced power cuts had disturbed the furnace units and the engineering industry in the city. The president alleged that the furnace units were forced to close down their production activities which had directly hit the price structure of the iron and steel products used as basic raw material in the engineering industry. The price of per tonne steel had gone up from Rs 14,700 to Rs 15,700. Similarly the price of ingots had also shown steep rise from Rs 13,000 to Rs 14,000. He said that position was likely to worsen if the power cuts continued like this. Mr Inderjit Singh Pradhan, president, CICU, said that despite regular cuts, the consumers had to pay the Monthly Minimum Charges (M.M.C), which will be an additional burden on the entrepreneurs. Mr Raj Kumar Gupta, president, Fastener Manufacturers Association of India, alleged that the closure of steel furnaces was a result of power cuts imposed by the PSEB. He said with the announcement of power cuts, the rates of raw material had gone up. Mr Gupta said that industry will not be able to bear this extra burden and large number of small-scale Units will close down. Mr Mohinder Pal
Jain, chairman and Mr Narinder Bhamra, general secretary of the association, urged the government and the PSEB to immediately repair the defects in the power units so that power supply could be improved and industry could run smoothly.  |
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Encroachment mafia’s shadow on Ghanta
Ghar Ludhiana, March 28 When announced on Independence Day three years ago by the Corporation Commissioner, Mr S.S.Sandhu, people were ecstatic and said that they were looking forward to the changes which would have altered the face of Ghanta Ghar at a cost of Rs 70 lakh. It was proposed to install fountains and colourful lights in the chowk area. Simultaneously, traffic lights were also to be installed in the chowk. The datun sellers, who have been selling datuns for the past more than 50 years in the chowk, were to be accommodated at a special site allotted to them. A place near the Verka milk bar was earmarked for local mini buses from where these buses could pick and drop commuters The people of the city, who wanted the project to take off in right earnest, started visiting the various offices in the municipal corporation to get things moving. But all that they could get after a couple of months was the grilled fence around the Ghanta Ghar building. And nothing after that. No traffic lights, no fountains and no lights. The promised fairyland with the majestic Ghanta Ghar dominating the scene was not to be. The beautification plan was sabotaged by certain vested interests, including some shopkeepers who thought the installation of traffic lights would adversely affect their business. Installation of traffic lights would mean that there would be no room for the footpath traders. Chiefly responsible for the aborted plan was the encroachment mafia which was ably supported by its members in the Municipal Corporation. The area around Ghanta Ghar can be safely described as perhaps the filthiest spot in the whole of the populated city. The area is infested with dirty rag pickers who hang around the place all day. There can be a lot of clean, open space around the historic monument provided the people spreading filth there are persuaded not to do so by whatever means are possible, punitive or otherwise. A small hotel owner, who runs a good business, needs to be persuaded not to use the public place for washing his dishes. Invariably, there is a puddle of dirty water and slush in the area which is a big nuisance to the passersby. Rehris selling unhygienic fast food kept in the open abound the place. The cops on duty just hang around the place looking for free food all the time. Rehris selling fruit in the area are also a major source of filth in the area. Rotten fruit, along with newspapers and other packing material are thrown away by the rehriwallahs at the back of Ghanta Ghar. The ugly look discourages passersby to use the place as a thoroughfare, with the result that the place has become a sort of an exclusive territory for the idle hangers-on, about whom very little is known. Because not all of them are lottery addicts who visit Guru Tegh Bahadur market to try their luck every day. One wonders if these people have been covered under the district administration’s programme to identify all migrants in the city or not. A couple of moths ago, when Ludhiana Tribune highlighted the problem of encroachments in the area, the footpath business makers in the area made a brief retreat only to reappear after some time. This was done at the behest of the encroachment mafia which instructed them not to divulge the ‘monthly’ being paid by them for protection. Mr Jagdish Mehmi, senior vice- president of the Clock Tower Shopkeepers Association, blames the encroachment mafia for torpedoing the plan to beautify the area around Ghanta Ghar for obvious reasons. He is still in favour of reviving the beautification plan which, if implemented, can definitely go a long way in projecting a good image of the city to visitors from other places. |
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Choked by
generators Ludhiana, March 28 A local physician, Dr Gajinder Singh, says, “Respiratory ailments are generally associated with harvesting but frequent power cuts has led to abundant use of generators that are playing with the health of residents”. Ludhiana perhaps has the largest installed base of power generators in both the residential and business premises, making the problem in the city more acute. The industrial city has over two lakh small-scale industrial units, mainly concentrated in areas such as Daresi, Field Ganj, Basti Jodhewal, Tajpur Road, Prabhat Nagar, Miller Ganj, Ghas Mandi, Chand Cinema, Chander Nagar, Sunder Nagar, Deep Nagar, Shimla Puri and Civil Lines. Despite being aware of the health hazards, people say they have no choice but to expose themselves and others to the air pollution. Mr Manish Kumar, an industrialist, says “We can not rely on PSEB power supply alone as unannounced power cuts would put us out of business and we are constrained to depend upon generators”. The recent studies conducted by the World Health Organisation has revealed that prolonged and excessive noise can cause serious ear, nose and throat problems and that noise can adversely affect the performance of a person. Therefore, a generator user is not only affecting the health of others, but causing harm to himself too. Another physician of the city, Dr Gajinder Singh, says, “Smoke let out by the generators leads to accumulation of carbon particles in the air, which in turn get deposited in the lungs causing breathlessness and if untreated it leads to chronic obstructive pulmonary (COP) disease. This can get further complicated and lead to serious heart problems”. Despite all drawbacks, the demand for generators has maintained a growth, says Mr Vijay Kumar, who deals in generators. He says that 5 KVA to 1000 KVA generators of local make form the bulk of all sales. The local make generators are comparatively cheaper but produce more noise and air pollution. The ‘silent generators’ that cause less air and noise pollution are yet to catch fancy of the people as they cost almost three times more than the local makes. The installation of new generators goes on without any check, even though according to Mr Manjit Singh Rajput, Additional Superintendent Engineer (West), PSEB, Ludhiana, permission has to be sought from the board. Despite giving notices to those who have not sought prior permission or even those fined for the violation, has not deterred people from going in for these noise and air polluting monsters. At the same time officials of the Pollution Control Board conveniently pass on the buck to the PSEB saying that installation of generators amount to violation of the Electricity Act rather than the Pollution Act. |
Man dies in police
custody Khanna, March 28 According to the information, the deceased, Nahar Singh of Gazipur village, was arrested on March 25 by ASI Banarsi Dass of the Sadar police station and 35 kg of poppy husk was seized from him. He was produced in the court of Mr Munish Arora, Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Khanna, and was remanded to the police custody till March 28. The
SSP, Khanna, said in a press note here today that on Tuesday night the deceased complained of an acute pain in the chest at about 10.45 p.m. He was immediately taken to the local civil hospital where the doctor declared him ‘brought dead’. He further said Mr Ram Singh, SP (operations), Khanna, had been instructed to conduct an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the death of Nahar Singh and to fix responsibility for negligence, if any, on the part of police officials. He again said the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, had been informed about this incident with a request to order a magisterial inquiry, arrange for videography of the postmortem and to constitute a panel of doctors for conducting postmortem as per NHRC guidelines. Ms Sukhwinder Kaur, wife of the deceased, alleged that her husband was tortured and killed by the police. Mr Darshan Singh, a cousin of the deceased, and Mr Swaran Singh, brother of the deceased, said they would approach the Hon'ble High Court and the Human Rights Commission against the police excess. Meanwhile, leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Prof Jagmohan Singh Toni and Mr Charan Singh Lohara, have demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. The postmortem was conducted by a panel of doctors consisting of Dr Sudhir
Sethi, Dr N.P.S. Virk and Dr Achhar Singh under the supervision of Dr Beant Singh. One of the doctors said the real cause of death would only be known after receiving the report from Patiala , where the internal organs of the deceased had been sent for investigation. |
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cases of fraud registered Sahnewal, March 28 According to an FIR registered on the statement of Ms Gurminder
Kaur, daughter of late Baldev Singh of Haibowal Khurd, she was duped by her cousins who illegally got her land registered in their name. She said, ‘‘My father Baldev Singh had given a land of 62 kanals and 19 marlas to my father-in-law Kashmir Singh, before his death. But my cousins, named Narain Singh and Baljinder Singh of
Chabbewal, Gurdeep Singh of Rajguru Nagar and Kashmir Singh of
Tugalwal, Gurdaspur, fraudulently got it registered in their name.’’ In another case, Mr Jasvir Singh of Machhiwara has alleged that he, his wife and brother had given Rs 3.55 lakh to the SBS Finance Limited and the BSB Finance Limited, both of which are being run by the same man. According to Mr Jasvir Singh, they had given this amount to Kuldip Singh of Raian village, owner of these finance companies. After that period when they demanded their money back, he refused to return their money and also threatened them. A case has been registered under Sections 420, 468 and 471 of the
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Goods seized Ludhiana, March 28 The octroi officials also intercepted a truck, unloading goods in the city for a trading firm, operating in Saban Bazar while the transit permit produced by the truck driver mentioned that goods were bound for Phagwara. A penalty and composition fee of Rs13,700 was recovered from the defaulter. Meanwhile, the MC Commissioner, Dr S. S. Sandhu has placed Mr Harjit Singh, a peon, under suspension for remaining absent from duty, without informing his senior officers. |
Minor girl kidnapped Ludhiana, March 28 The complainant, who lives in a jhuggi colony near the Dhandari railway station, said that Sat Narain, a resident of Dhandari Kalan, kidnapped his 12-year-old daughter on Monday. The police has registered a case under Sections 363 and 366, IPC, against the accused. However, no arrest has been made so far.
Liquor seized The Division Number six police station arrested Bikram Singh, alias Bikky, a resident of Abdullapur Basti, on Tuesday and seized seven bottles of illicit liquor from his possession. He was arrested at the grain market, near Arora Palace cinema. The accused has been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act.
Dowry case The Jodhewal police station registered a case under Sections 406 and 498-A of the IPC on Tuesday on the complaint of Ms Anita Kumari, wife of Harish Kumar, against her husband, a son of Mr Ram Lal Saneja; Mr Sham Lal Saneja; Sunita, wife of Sham Lal; Pankaj, a son of Sham Lal, all residents of Arya Mohalla; Suman Sethi, wife of Pawan Sethi; and Pinki, alias Rano, wife of Baldev Kumar. They have been booked on the charges of harassing the complainant for bringing insufficient dowry. No arrest has been made so far.
One injured The Sadar police registered a case on Tuesday against Harvinder Singh under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC for injuring Gulwant Singh, a resident of Akalgarh village. Gulwant Singh was admitted to a private nursing home in the city.
Land dispute The Division Number four police station has registered a land dispute case under Sections 323, 324, 34 of the IPC on the statement of Mr Surinder Singh, a resident of Gagan
Nagar, against Sanjeev Kumar, alias Happy, a resident of Madhopuri. No arrest has been made so far in the case. |
Flour millers seek tax
relief Ludhiana, March 28 A meeting of the association was held here today under the chairmanship of its president Mr Gopal Bushan Gupta. Mr Gupta disclosed that of the 60 mills 32 had already closed as the taxation policy of the government was not in their favour. Referring to the minimum support price of wheat which was fixed at Rs 610 by the Government of India, Mr Gupta said the millers will not get the wheat for less than Rs 720 per quintal. He pointed out the millers had to pay 13 per cent tax over the MSP. Besides their were baggage and carriage charges. On the other hand there was no such tax in the neighbouring states of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and UP. Even in Haryana the tax was less than Punjab. Due to no entry tax on flour from other states, the traders import flour from other states as it is financially more vialble. Mr Gupta said the millers had been bringing this dichotomy to the notice of the government for quite some time, but no action had been taken so far, leading to the closure of over half of the mills. If the situation continued like this, there was every apprehension that other millers will also be forced to close down their units. The millers maintained that while the government was exporting wheat at a meagre price of Rs 415 per quintal, the same was being provided to them by the FCI at a cost of Rs 657 per quintal. They expressed apprhensions that the FCI may stop the sale after the procurement as the government will want the millers to purchase the wheat procured from the farmers. |
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New software for dyeing
units Ludhiana, March 28 He was addressing the industrialists participating in the workshop on ‘Management Information System in Textile Wet Processing for Strategic Decision Making.’ The workshop was organised by the SISI in collaboration with the National India Textile Research Association (NITRA), Ghaziabad, and was sponsored by the Ministry of Information Technology. Dr B.K. Sharma, System Analyst, NITRA, said, “The availability of online data during processing, its analysis and access to technical information are very essential to take prompt and quick decisions. The dyeing industries can cut their costs by using MIS as it will help management in better decision making regarding value loss, quality, inventory management and cost of shade.” Dr M.S. Parmar said, “The new software developed by the NITRA can handle up to one billion records. The user can view costing of each, besides value loss. It will help industry in optimal utilisation of the working capital, smooth flow of information in the functional areas of management. Consequently, they will be able to decide the marketing strategies and control the system in a better manner.” Ms S.S. Bedi, Assistant Director, SISI, appealed to the industrialists to adopt the modernised system to minimise their costs and improve the quality of their products. A number of industrialists present on the occasion showed keen interest in the new software. |
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