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Steep rise in wheat price
Khanna, November 24 Mr Sohan Singh Rosha, president of the Arhtiya Association Khanna, said the price of wheat had gone up because there were no stocks of wheat with the medium category of farmers. He said only some rich farmers had stocked wheat this season. The wheat reaching the grain market was being sold at Rs 800 per quintal but the arrival was very low. He said small flour mill owners were purchasing wheat at a higher price as the FCI had fixed the price of wheat at Rs 825 per quintal for the mills. He said the production of wheat was less this year than last year. The production of wheat recorded last year was 10,36,073 quintals while this year the production was 10,18,022 quintals. Automatic flour mills which were the major user of wheat were not purchasing wheat at this price because of the confusion about VAT. Mr Varinder Kumar, a partner of a flour mill, said the government had not cleared confusion about the imposition of VAT on the wheat purchased by the mills. He said the wheat price fixed by the FCI included the tax at the rate of 4 per cent on the MSP of Rs 640. He said if the government wanted to charge VAT, it should be charged on the increased price. He said flour millers had asked the FCI to clear its stand on the VAT issue. He said the mills have some stocks but ultimately they had to purchase wheat from the FCI till the new crop arrived in the market. If they purchased now, they had to pay Rs 858 per quintal. He said the millers would not purchase wheat from the FCI till their stock finished. Mr M. S. Pannu, secretary of the Market Committee, said the arrival of wheat was very low because of the paddy season but now more arrival was expected in the coming days. He said the wheat price this year had gone very high. He expected a further rise in the price as there were no more stocks with the FCI since it had cleared its stocks last year.
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BKU for free trade of farm produce with Pak
Ludhiana, November 24 The BKU president, Mr Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, who along with some other functionaries of the union left for Pakistan last evening, remarked that while the government had permitted bilateral trade of some of the agricultural products, the transportation policy in this respect needed to be restructured. “At present, each export consignment has to be off-loaded at the border and then re-loaded in the trucks for inward transportation which is not only cumbersome but also adds to cost of transportation.” The BKU delegation, comprising Mr Manjit Singh Kadian, Mr Bhupinder Singh Mahesari, Mr Puran Singh Shahkot, Master Ajmer Singh and Mr Sher Singh Muskabad, besides Mr Lakhowal, will visit Pakistan Agricultural University at Faislabad and meet representatives of farmers’ organisations after paying obeisance at Sikh places of worship in Pakistan. The delegation would return back to Punjab on December 3.
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Action sought against agents
Jagraon, November 24
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From Colleges Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, November 24 As many as 70 students from 14 different colleges of the city participated in the competition. Mr A P Singh, senior Editor in English, PAU, Mr Jaswant Singh Jaffar, famous cartoonist from Ludhiana and Mr Jaswinder Singh, an artist, were the judges for the competition. The competition was organised to mark the Golden Jubilee year of the college. Pooja Bajaj from the host college bagged the Bhagat Puran Singh Memorial Award for standing first in Landscaping contest. Gurpreet Kaur from Master Tara Singh Memorial College and Emisha from Government College bagged the second and third positions, respectively, where as Varinder Kaur from KCW won the consolation prize. Dr M.S Randhawa Memorial Award was bagged by Devinder Kaur from G.N College for Women for winning first position in Poster Making. Liya Handa from DD Jain College, Gunjan from KCW and Priya from SDP college bagged second, third and consolation prizes, respectively. Kanwaldeep from DD Jain College of Education won Mr Sohan Singh Memorial Award for standing first in cartoon making contest. Poonam from KCW, Minakshi from GN Girls College, were declared second and third, respectively. Tanveer from the host college was given the consolation prize. The overall running trophy was won by Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana,. Dr Madanjit Kaur Sahota, Principal, Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana, distributed prizes to the winners. Faculty Development Programme at GNIMT A faculty development programme on ‘Case-Methodology for Effective Education’ was held at Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Gujarkhan Campus, under the aegis of ISTE Chapter recently. Renowned Management consultants Prof K.K Uppal (retd Professor University Business School Punjab University, Chandigarh) and Dr A.S Chawla (Punjabi University, Patiala ) were the resource persons. The interactive programme was geared to equip new business instructors with basic skills in leading case-based discussion, as well as to elevate the seasoned management teacher to higher levels of proficiency. The workshop was conducted in three modules dealing with tips and skills of analysing and handling a case in the classroom, creating participant-centered classroom environment and art of developing cases for discussion and publication purposes. The workshop also included certain management games and discussion of some of the latest management cases. An interactive discussion on the various aspects of the case methodology was held and the faculty members shared their experiences and problems. Dr (Col) H.S Singha, Director, GNIMT, said the case method packs more experience into every hour of learning than any other instructional approach. That’s why it forms the basis of learning at Harvard Business School as well as many other universities around the world. Judgement and experience lie at the very core of managerial success. There is no better way to develop these leadership skills than through case studies. He thanked the resource persons for equipping the faculty with this effective tool of teaching.
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Computer carnival in school
Ludhiana, November 24 Three competitions were held today in which 100 students took part. The results are as follows: Painting — Harmeet Kaur of G N International Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, 1; Dhruv Passey of Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana, 2; Gunjot Singh of KVM, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, 3. Cyber Quiz (VI -VIII) — Arshit Singh and Jeevandeep Singh, both of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, 1; Ishan Bathla and Shivangi Gaur, both of BCM, Chandigarh road, 2. Cyber quiz (IX-XII) — Shishir Shroff and Priyanshu Kalra, both of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, 1; Pranav Sood and Sweekar Bhardwaj, both of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana, 2.
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Inter-college contest
Ludhiana, November 24 “They are very forthcoming about their interests and aim in life. Most of them have already made up their mind about their career,” says Prof Sukhwinder Kaur of the commerce department, Government College for Women. She added that this contest would serve as a platform where the students would know what the expectations of the industry were and eventually prepare themselves for good placements. The first round of the contest, which is the written test, has till now been organised in 10 colleges in Ludhiana. On an average 105 students participated amongst whom around 20-25 students from each college were shortlisted for the second round, which is the group discussion round. The contest has received a positive feedback from staff members of all respective colleges. Prof Kamini Behl of Arya College for Boys believes that “the contest would have a very deep impact on the minds of students.”
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Certificates given to Scouts, Guides
Amloh, November 24 This was stated by Mr Harnam Dass Johar, Minister for School Education, at a function organised at Government High School,
Warraichan, yesterday. The function was held to distribute certificates among the Scouts and Guides who participated in the three-day state jamboorie at Ludhiana. Scouts and guides from Government Secondary School, Naraingarh,
Shamashpur, Global Parles Public School, Kaulgarh, and Government Elementary School,
Sounti, also participated from Amloh Subdivision.
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