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Khaps for shutting down liquor vends near religious places
MOBILISING FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Festival of hope for cancer hit
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POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATIONS
Delay in approval of building plans dismays locals
INNOVATIVE IDEAS
Sports meet: Rubi best sports girl
‘Toddler Program’ kickstarts in school
Dura Ram’s exit from Cong may affect Fatehabad politics
Power utilities boss preaches dedication, honesty
Yamunanagar institute holds foundation day
Ambala students win karate championship
Recognition for Ambala school
Private market yards not to be allowed in Haryana: Minister
Kurukshetra varsity holds course on historiography on agrarian relations
Villagers to get electricity on urban mode
Over 50.74 LT paddy arrives in Haryana
State health services reviewed
Management development programme
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Khaps for shutting down liquor vends near religious places
Jhajjar, December 3 The khaps say that liquor shops located in religious places are not only hurting the religious emotions and spirits of locals as well as those devotees who use to come here from far-flung cities to worship their god but also posing a grave threat to holiness of these places. Moreover, the liquor vends are also driving the youths residing there towards the alcohol consumption. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of office bearers of around 20 khaps held at Deen-Bandhu Sir Chhotu Ram Dharamshala here recently. The meeting presided over by Tara Chander Jakhar was attended by representatives of Ahlawat Khap, Dalal Khap, Jakhar Khap, Dhankhad Khap, Birhod 12 Khap, Bahu 17 Khap, Khuddan Khap, Chahar Khap, Kinha Khap, Kadian Khap, Jhajjar 360 Khap and Haryana Dhankhar Sabha. Besides the khaps, activists of National Human Right Front and delegates of Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti and some other non-government organisations (NGOs) also participated at the meeting and pondered over various social issues like female foeticide, dowry system, drug addiction, huge expenses on wedding function, bad effects of marriages at night and rising trend of consuming liquor especially among youths. “We have unanimously passed a resolution at the meeting to launch a special drive to get the liquor vends closed within municipality limit (MC) of all religious places in Haryana in order to maintain the dignity of holy places besides making sincere efforts in the direction of keeping the people away from drug and liquor use,” Om Prakash Dhankhar, Chief of Haryana Dhankar Sabha, told ‘The Tribune’, adding that the liquor shops being run in the holy towns are playing with spiritual feelings of the devotees. He maintained that a delegation of various khaps would soon meet Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to demand the closure of all liquor shops from the MC limit of all religious places in the state. “Besides, we have also decided to launch a special campaign to mobilise the people in support of our demand. The campaign will be launched from Beri, a religious town of Jhajjar district where ancient temple of Mata Bhimeshwari Devi is situated, under which khap representatives will visit the villages to make the villagers aware about the issue for mustering their massive support in this regard,” said Dhankhar. He stated that other khaps of the state would also be contacted to gather their succor on the issue so that the demand could be raised at state level in an efficient manner. “Apart from these issues, a healthy and long discussion was also made over amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act to protect the centuries-old custom of our society. All spokesmen after contemplating over the issue were agreed on the views that same-gotra and same-village marriages should be banned in the Hindu Marriage Act,” said Dhankhar. The khap representatives said at the meeting that amendment of the Hindu Marriage Act was also essential to root out the female foeticide like evil from the society. “Not having the proper social security system of women in the man-oriented society here is the vital cause behind rising trend of female foeticide in Haryana. Amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act can provide a social security to the women in Haryana and it may turn out to be a landmark in changing the orthodox mentality of people towards girls,” said the khap representatives.
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MOBILISING FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Chandigarh, December 3 In a statement issued here, Sampat Singh said the report showed that the majority of the states had failed to raise the projected planned resources as collectively they could mop up only 92.5 per cent of the target. The commission had projected the resource mobilisation to be Rs 14.12 lakh crore but the states could manage only Rs 13.06 lakh crore at 2006-07 prices, which was only 92.5 per cent of the target. It seemed that the country was affected by the global recession, as a result of which Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Kerala could not achieve the target. On the contrary, Haryana almost doubled its projection and achieved 192.1 per cent of the target by mopping up funds to the tune of Rs 64,123 crore at the 2006-07 prices. He said it was commendable for Haryana that the state could mop up Rs 4,472 crore more than the sum total of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir, which managed
to collect together Rs 59,651 crore. Only eight states of Haryana, Assam, Orissa, Karnataka, Goa, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam could raise more financial resources than the projected figures of the Planning Commission. Sampat Singh said similarly Haryana topped in industry as a major avenue for jobs. Though it was a hard fact that the services sector remained the biggest source of employment in urban areas throughout
the country. He said resource management was an important indicator of all-round development and financial health of any state.
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Festival of hope for cancer hit
Gurgaon, December 3 Shalini Vig Wadhwa, who conceived the festival, said it was an event where the 'models' who walk the ramp, sponsors as well as exhibitors were those people who had been diagnosed with, survived or experienced cancer themselves or by someone close to them. Selected fashion designers presented their latest collections at the event, where the models who walked the ramp were role models who have either survived cancer or seen a close one fight through. Awareness workshops were also held by medical professionals and NGOs. A sale of paintings made by disadvantaged children was put up under the aegis of the Indian Cancer Society. Day 1 of the event saw a fashion show by Delhi’s leading designers wherein the cancer survivors and their near and dear ones walked the ramp, celebrating the survival. Festival of Hope celebrated their strength and courage while showcasing the latest in designer fashion, creating awareness on the cause. The fund-raising luxury fashion event aimed at creating awareness about cancer and celebrating survival despite the disease. Corporate sector, healthcare professionals, socialites and NGOs provided support and assistance. Indian Cancer Society head Jyotsna Govil, Neena Gupta, Saba Ali Khan and Jatin Kochar were among those present. United technologies, Microsoft, Carlsberg and LSI also backed the
organisers.
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Passengers rue poor facilities at Kurukshetra railway station
Kurukshetra, December 3 Station Superintendent Surender Gupta said the absence of security staff at the entrances was due to shortage of manpower. Also, no CCTV cameras have been installed at the station. Many of the fire extinguishers kept at the station were out of order and the lone fire extinguisher kept in the luggage room was non-functional. "Despite the fact that Ludhiana is an industrial city and trains transport a large number of cargo and goods, the railway authorities are little prepared to deal with fire," said Naresh Kumar, a businessman. On garbage burning, a commuter said he was shocked to see staff burning garbage on premises of the station. "It not only pollutes the environment but also poses risk to fire safety," he said. Little attention was being paid to cleanliness on the station. Railway tracks were littered with garbage and disposable glasses. Not only the tracks, but also the platforms were unclean. The station also lacked seating facilities. People could be seen sitting on the floor of platforms. "Nothing has been done over the years to put up benches or chairs at the station," said a passenger. He said the authorities were yet to fix corrugated sheets on steel frames which were installed a few months ago. Except platform No. 1, sheds of other platforms often leaks during rain. Also, conditions of toilets were in a poor shape. "Although workers have been deployed to clean toilets, cleanliness is not up to the mark," said another passenger. Passengers said food sold at the platforms was not warm enough. Stall owners said the railway authorities had banned entry of gas cylinders at the station. "I have to get the food prepared from outside the station and brought a coal-based heater for warming food. But, heat doesn't last the whole day and making fresh food is not possible without proper arrangements," said a vendor.
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POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATIONS
Hisar, December 3 A spokesman of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam said this attractive scheme had been launched by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam for consumers of all categories to avoid prolonged litigation and to settle long-pending court cases. It would be available for settlement of all cases of consumers pending in Courts, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, State Commission and Arbitration as on June 30, 2012. The cases can be settled in the Lok Adalats being held regularly at all he district headquarters. The scheme would remain in operation till January 31, 2013. The scheme will be applicable to the cases where unauthorised load detected, resulting change of category from low-tension (LT) industrial to high-tension (HT) industrial and LT surcharge at the prescribed rate of 25 per cent of sale of power (SOP) has been charged, where amount has been charged on an average basis, where the amount was charged due to checking by Metering and Protection (M&P) Wing on account of slowness of meter but where the actual date of slowness could not be ascertained. There may be certain cases where the initial assessment was not made as per instructions of the Nigam and same was on the higher side. In such cases, the amount can be reassessed according to instructions prevailing at that time. However, the revised calculations in respect of such cases may be got vetted with the concurrence of the auditor. He said in theft cases, the Out-of-Court Settlement Scheme would be available only if the theft case is booked for the first time. In such cases, full amount of compounding charges along with 50 per cent of assessment amount along with simple interest @ 12 per cent per annum shall be charged. In case, the court case has arisen on account of surcharge levied and the principal amount has already been paid, the matter may be settled by levying simple interest @ 12 per cent per annum. The scheme shall also be applicable to the cases, where dispute is on account of minimum charges (MMC). Such cases can be settled by payment of full amount of MMC along with simple interest @ 12 per cent per annum on the unpaid balance amount. However, the scheme will not be applicable where the dispute is on account of applicability of multiplying factor wherein the amount calculated as per multiplying factor shall be charged fully but along with simple interest @12 per cent instead of surcharge. The scheme will not be applicable to the cases where 100 per cent payment has been made by the consumer. However the scheme shall be applicable where 50 per cent of the assessed amount has been deposited by consumer. The cases already settled or decided will not be re-opened.
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Delay in approval of building plans dismays locals
Ambala, December 3 The residents said getting building plans approved by the corporation was a Herculean task as the building wing of the municipal corporation took months to approve the plans. Mukesh Rana, a local resident, said most of the times, the residents were left with no other option but to start the construction as their projects continued to get delayed without any reason. Mahinder Kumar, another resident, said only if the corporation could expedite the work to approve the building plans, it would not only add to the revenues of the civic body but also save the residents from facing demolition of their buildings. “Sanjha Morcha”, a local welfare organisation in Ambala Cantt constituted by the former municipal councillors, has also condemned the local authorities saying that illegal buildings were mushrooming in the twin cities because of the “lackadaisical attitude” of the officials of civic body. Members of the morcha Kamal Kishor Jain, Onkar Nathi, and Vijender Chauhan said by delaying the building plans, the municipal corporation was itself promoting unapproved buildings in the district. They said instead of bringing down buildings after these were constructed, the corporation should check unapproved structures before the construction starts. They said bringing down illegal buildings was quite a hectic task and even posed a threat to the adjoining building. Meanwhile, the district authorities have adopted a tough stance against the owners of the unapproved buildings. The district administration has served notices on around 287 buildings in the twin cities of Ambala. Much to the surprise of the civic authorities, many buildings were raised to a height of 40 to 50 ft in violation of the building bylaws. It was learnt that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had already passed strictures to the district administration to act against the owner of 250 unapproved buildings in the district. The High Court had asked the authorities to demolish these buildings following which the local authorities had even carried out a demolition drive during which some of the illegal buildings were brought down. Meanwhile, during a recent survey, the administration had again identified around 70 buildings which were constructed without getting the required sanction from the municipal corporation. Authorities in the corporation said they had already served notices on the owners of the illegal buildings to produce ownership documents and approved building plans, failing which the illegal buildings would be demolished. It was learnt that local BJP MLA Anil Vij had raised the issue with Cabinet Minister Mahendra Partap Singh, following which he had assured the MLA of an appropriate action following an inquiry.
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INNOVATIVE IDEAS
Kurukshetra, December 3 In his inaugural address, Professor Sahni said though major discoveries were reported from advanced countries, but the young biotech engineers from India must be smart enough to use basic research for developing technology or products using innovative ideas. Professor Sahni cited the example of Streptokinase enzyme being very successfully used as a block buster in heart attack patients. He discussed how this enzyme and its revised version, a recombinant product, finally came in the Indian market at a much cheaper rate by the efforts of IMTECH scientists. Commenting on the importance of green technology, the guest of honour and a renowned nanotechnologist, Dr Shamim Ahmad, former Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University, said nano-particles played a vital role in human life and biotechnologists could exploit them for the betterment of humanity. Prof Dinesh Kumar, Director, UIET, and co-ordinator of the conference, said the conference was being held on current research trends and advances in application of biotechnology in industry, environment, plant, animal, healthcare, bioinformatics and nano-biotechnology. Presiding over the inaugural session, Prof Anil Vohra, Dean, Engineering and Technology, KU, said since the discovery of DNA, the science of biotechnology had led to great discoveries and the onus of future lay on young scientists of today to take it a step further. "The field of biotechnology is constantly advancing. From finding ways to slow down the process of food spoilage, advancements in genetic engineering to adapting organisms to clean up contaminated environments, new applications and biotechnological inventions are continuously being developed to help improve our world," said Prof Hari Singh, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry, KU, who was the chief guest at the valedictory function of the conference. The organising secretary, Dr Swati Dahiya, said there were 63 technical, oral and poster presentations, apart from 11 keynote addresses by eminent field experts. Prof SP Singh, Prof CS Pundir, Prof Minakshi Prasad and several other renowned experts in the field of biotechnology were among those who were present on the occasion.
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CBSE North Zone Sports Competitions
Rewari, December 3 While Health Minister Rao Narender Singh was the chief guest, noted saint Swami Sharnanand presided over its proceedings. Besides, Chief Parliamentary Secretary ( CPS) Anita Yadav was a guest of honour. Keeping before him the fine performance of the girl students of the school at the CBSE North Zone Sports Competitions held recently at Rohtak, the Health Minister, in his keynote address, said it was creditable that educational institutions in rural areas, too, were imparting quality education to children quite on a par with many of the prestigious educational institutions, lying in urban areas. Simultaneously while Rao Narender Singh along with CPS Anita Yadav awarded prizes to all the nine girl students, who had bagged one gold, four silver and 15 bronze medals at the recent Rohtak Sports competitions, the minister said by winning 20 medals in a row, the girl students had brought laurels to the institution as well as the region. Further exhorting the teachers to impart fine education to mould children into robust citizens, the minister also urged the school directors to make cheaper education available to poor children to enable them to usher into the mainstream of society as well. Similarly while accolades were showered on Anita Yadav on the meritorious sports policy of the state government which, she said, had been paying rich dividends at the national as well as the international level, Swami Sharnanand complimented the management and staff of the school for rendering valuable services to society in the domain of education.
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Decision on defection case by Dec 22: Speaker
Sonepat, December 3 He was addressing a press conference here in PWD rest house. The state general secretary of panchayati raj cell of HPCC, Vinod Dhankhar was also present in the press conference.Sharma said it had been clearly mentioned in the review petition that the constitution holds the Speaker as the highest authority in anti-defection cases. He said the opposition parties were making ‘false and baseless propaganda’ in the case. Sharma said the INLD leaders had been charge sheeted by the CBI in a number of cases and did not have the moral right to level allegations of corruption against anyone. The Speaker praised the
leadership of Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda for taking the state to number one in the country in capital investment, mobilisation of financial resources and in planning and said it was the result of the pro-poor policies of the congress and working style of the CM.
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Science exhibition explores students’ creativity
Jhajjar, December 3 While speaking at the closing ceremony of the exhibition, the Jhajjar District Education Officer (DEO), SR Rohila, exhorted the students to participate in such competitions with full enthusiasm as such exercises not only developed the creativity of students but also inculcated a spirit of healthy competition in them. The students displayed models on various aspects of science, information technology, community health, traffic, communication, natural resources and environment. Three models in each category were chosen as best ones by a panel of judges, who also gave the prizes to the students at closing ceremony of the exhibition. Results: Industry category: Rohit (1st), Vikrant (2nd) and Usha (3rd). Information Technology (IT) category: Manoj (1st), Sonika (2nd) and Harsh (3rd). Natural Resources category: Jyoti (1st), Renu (2nd) and Karan (3rd). Traffic and Communication category: Surekha (1st), Krishan (2nd) and Parul (3rd) Maths category: Manisha (1st), Naveen (2nd) and Neha (3rd) Community Health and Environment category: Ekta (1st), Preeti (2nd) and Vikas (3rd). Paper Reading category: Nidhi (1st), Manisha (2nd) and Indu (3rd).
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Sports meet: Rubi best sports girl
Sonepat, December 3 She bagged first positions in triple jump, shot put, long jump and ‘chatti’ race and was placed at second positions in discuss throw, 200- metre, 800-metre and 1,500-meter races. An international athlete, Seema Antil, distributed prizes among the winners. Speaking on the occasion, Antil said the girls from a rural background had given outstanding performances at the national and international-level meets. She exhorted the students to work hard and concentrate on their diets and exercises to shape their career as a sportsperson. The college Principal, RS Baniwal, listed the achievements of the college girls in sports activities at the state and national level.
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Markanda college athletes win laurels in inter-college meet
Kurukshetra, December 3 Narinder of BA III clinched gold medal by winning first position in Decathlon, while Gopal Tanwar of BA III was adjudged second in
100-m race. Amarjot Singh of BA II and Parvinder Singh of BA II won silver medal in javelin throw and 110-m hurdle race, respectively. The college team, including Gopal, Gaurav and Sanjeev, secured second position in 4x100m
relay race. The winners were given warm welcome by college principal Dr Vinay Malhotra, president YP Wadhwa, Prof Harpal Saini, Prof Bhupinder Tanwar and coach Gurnam Singh.
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Quiz generates awareness about pollution
Kurukshetra, December 3 BTech first year students participated in the quiz competition comprising 10 teams having four students in each team. They also presented charts and slogans on environment protection. This programme was organised by Dr DD Sharma with the coordination of SKIET Eco-Club and the NSS unit. Stressing upon the importance of such programmes, Dr GL Khatri said the main aim of the programme was to generate awareness about pollution and
cleanliness. A quiz competition was conducted by Vibha Singh and evaluated by senior staff members Dr Rndhir and Neelam Rani. Chitrakshi, Mohit, Raman, Anshul bagged the first prize, Navneet, Hemant and Manjeet got the second prize and Vishal, Megha, Sanjay and Saurbh won the third prize in the competition. Brig VK Pandey, director of the institute, and Prof Khatri gave away prizes to the winners. Members of the SKIET Eco-Club and students planted saplings on the SKIET campus and took pledge for planting saplings on the occasion of their respective birthdays.
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‘Toddler Program’ kickstarts in school
Gurgaon, December 3 School authorities said the programme meant for children in the age group of eight months to two and a half years takes parents and children on a 'journey of discovery' through activities like music, movement and storytelling. "Early experiences set the stage for lifelong habits. These are the years of tremendous curiosity and the sooner we feed and nurture the natural inquisitiveness of children, the faster they learn and absorb and grow up to be well adjusted individuals, a treasure to their parents, friends and society," said Bindu Gupta, Principal.
— TNS
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Dura Ram’s exit from Cong may affect Fatehabad politics
Fatehabad, December 3 Dura Ram joined the Haryana Janhit Congress along with former ministers Mange Ram Gupta and Ram Swaroop Rama during the December 2 Jan Samarthan Janhit rally of the party at Sirsa. Five former municipal presidents from Fatehabad, Anil Garg, Banwari Lal Taneja, Sheela Wanti Tuteja, Bhim Sein Charaipotra and Usha Chaudhary, quit the Congress to join the HJC along with Dura Ram. Besides them, Krishan Bhutani, a former chairman of the Block Samiti, Bhuna, Jagdish Jakhar, a former president of the Market Committee, Fatehabad, and former municipal councillors Gobind Chaudhary and Gulab Singh also left the Congress to join Bishnoi’s outfit. Indira Bishnoi, a former president of the Mahila Congress in Fatehabad and a former chairperson of the Block Samiti, Fatehabad, and Brahma Nand Goyal, secretary of the Agroha Vikas Manch, have also crossed over to the HJC with Dura Ram. Dura Ram’s move will definitely provide strength to the Haryana Janhit Congress, as the former parliamentary secretary is a seasoned politician, but as far as the impact of his action on the Congress is concerned, his joining hands with Bishnoi’s outfit was a foregone conclusion for long. In fact, sources close to Dura Ram said he was not left with too many options. In the last Assembly elections, Dura Ram contested as Congresss candidate but lost the election to Prahlad Singh Gillankhera, who contested as Independent. Gillankhera later supported the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government and became chief parliamentary secretary in his government. Sources close to Dura Ram maintain that he had developed a feeling that he stood no chances of getting the Congress ticket in the coming Assembly elections, given Gillankhera’s proximities with Hooda these days. Further, his relations with Kuldeep Bishnoi that had been strained in the past, had again become cordial in the past some months. Dura Ram’s exit from the Congress, will definitely have a bearing on the local politics of Fatehabad, but how far it would affect the prospects of the Congress in coming times would be known only after some time.
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Power utilities boss preaches dedication, honesty
Gurgaon, December 3 This was stated by Devender Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, while addressing a gathering of newly recruited Assistant linemen of the DHBVN undergoing induction training. Nearly 1,200 ALMs and DHBVN officers, including director, chief general managers and general managers, were present at the meeting organised at Brahmakumaris' Om Shanti Retreat Centre at Bhora Kalan village in the district on Saturday. Devender Singh pointed out that the electricity service was getting more and more important as power had become a basic necessity of people. He maintained that Haryana had achieved second highest growth in India because of good infrastructural facilities, including power. The power utilities’ plan to give reliable power supply to each category of consumers for 20 hours in the next three years, he said. He said for this, the financial health of the distribution utilities needed to improved so as to strengthen the power distribution system and purchase of sufficient power. Before this, all-out efforts would have to be made to give prompt and attentive service to the consumers. "The per capita power consumption in Haryana is 1,400 units per annum against the national average of 800 units. But, per capita consumption in the USA is 18,000 units per annum. It reflects what we are to achieve," he asserted. Devender Singh maintained that the power distribution corporations in Haryana were bearing heavy losses. "The cost of power supply in Haryana has increased by 330 per cent during past 10 years, but the tariff has been hiked merely by 27 per cent. Thus, the gap between cost of supply and rate of return has increased to Rs 2.50 per unit, as a result of which, the DHBVN and UHBVN are under an accumulated loss of Rs 8,830 crore.” Singh announced that the villages which reduce AT&C losses to below 25 per cent on their feeder would get power supply for 20 hours daily on urban mode. However, to get this benefit, all defective and old mechanical meters would be replaced with new electronic meters, all meters would be relocated outside the premises of consumers and all dwellings in the villages shall have regular metered power supply. The losses, above the level of 25 per cent, could be reduced in three equal tranches. At reduction of first, second and third tranche of AT&C loss, the villages would get supply for 14 hours a day, 17 hours and 20 hours (urban mode) a day respectively. Presently, the villages are getting supply for 11 hours a day. "Going forward, there has to be a much higher focus on supply-side management. V.K.Chaudhary, Director, DHBVN, and Sumer Yadav, Director, Training Institute, also addressed the ALMs. Earlier, all officials of the DHBVN present here observed a two-minute silence to pay tributes to the late former Prime Minister, IK
Gujral.
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Yamunanagar institute holds foundation day
Yamunanagar, December 3 Over 600 students from 36 schools participated in various events. MLN Public School, Yamunanagar, got the overall trophy.
Swami Vivekanand Public School, HUDA, Jagadhri, and SD Model School, Jagadhri, bagged the second and third positions for their overall performance. Shyam Sunder Batra, district Congress president, inaugurated the programme. He said these kinds of events enhance confidence in students and was essential for their overall development. Dr MK Sehgal, chairman, motivated students to participate in various co-curricular activities. He encouraged students to do hard work.
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Ambala students win karate championship
Ambala, December 3 Abhijeet Singh, Rishab Guliani, Parvinder Singh, Vaibhav Dhawan, Prabhjot Singh and Uvraj secured silver medals while Arshdeep, Samarpreet, Silvi, Karan Singh and Gurpreet Singh won bronze medals. The president of school management committee, Rattan Chand Jain and secretary Rajesh Jain, said the students who brought laurels for the school would be honoured in a function, to be organised shortly.
— OC
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Recognition for Ambala school
Ambala, December 3 The award was received by school Principal Roopinder Mann along with coordinator Neha Sharma and nine other project leaders at a ceremony organised by the British Council at Mumbai, recently. The ceremony was attended by a number of schools from within the country and from Singapore. Mann said by winning the award, the school would now partner with other schools associated with the British Council to ensure that the students got international exposure and a chance to interact with
students from other countries like the USA, Australia and Canada.
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Private market yards not to be allowed in Haryana: Minister
Chandigarh, December 3 “It is difficult to allow private players to set up market yards in the state (Haryana) as per the Centre’s model APMC Act. Because we have already spent a lot on creating our (marketing) infrastructure and we have best of roads network, grain markets (to take care of marketing requirements),” Haryana Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh said on the sidelines of CII
Agrotech. "The private markets can be allowed in those states where marketing infrastructure is not well developed," he asserted. The Union Government had suggested states to amend their respective APMC Acts to allow private markets, direct procurement of produce and contract farming on the lines of model Agricultural Produce Markets Act
(APMC) 2003. The main intention of allowing private yards is to allow farmers to have access to alternate marketing channel to fetch remunerative returns. The Haryana government also does not want entry of private players in marketing of foodgrain produce because feels it is difficult to regulate private market yards. "The farmers’ interest is better protected in state owned market yards," official sources said here. Haryana has about 520 grain markets including purchase centres. Another reason for not encouraging private players was that the Haryana government earns almost Rs 1,000 crore as market fee and rural development fund, sources said. However, in the neighbouring state Punjab, the state-owned Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board, which controls marketing network, has already proposed to allow private companies to set up market yards in the state by amending the APMC Act.
— PTI
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Delegation of Afghanistan farmers visit Sonepat village
Sonepat, December 3 Addressing mediapersons at the village, Satender Kumar said the delegation had come to India for a seven-day training in horticulture at the Gharonda Centre and their visit was under the United Nations Development Programme. During the training, the farmers would visit Sirsa and Fatehabad to learn about the cultivation of the vegetables under poly house method. They would also visit the agro-tech mela at Chandigarh, he added. Later, on the invitation of the Society for Development and Beautification of Sonepat Town, the delegation also visited Khizar Makbara, a 15th century monument at Sonepat. Society’s secretary Rajesh Khatri and joint secretary Jasbir Singh Khatri briefed the delegation about the historical and religious importance of the Makbara and said tourist from many countries had visited the place. “The 6,000-year-old Saint Khawaja Khijjar tomb was built during the period of Ibrahim Shah Lodhi. It is one of the 184 tombs situated in and around Delhi which is known as the Dargah of Sufi Saint and a dignified symbol of Sonepat,” they added.
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Kurukshetra varsity holds course on historiography on agrarian relations
Kurukshetra, December 3 While addressing the inaugural function, Prof Mridula Mukerjee, former director, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, said though Indian peasants were the real actors in the freedom movement, they were considered as passive, dumb and poor. The political forum during the colonial period was mobilising Indian peasants to show their mass base. Mahatma Gandhi mobilised the peasantry with his theory of dignity of labour for the freedom struggle, she said. She dwelt in detail about the critique of the colonial historiography on agrarian relations and also focused on Marxist historiography on the agrarian movements. In his presidential address, Dr MM Goel, Prof of Economics and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kurukshetra University, said, “Let us decolonise social sciences, including history and economics, to build a hybrid work culture in the knowledge economy of today with colonial consciousness”. Prof Amarjeet Singh, chairman, Department of History and course coordinator, welcomed the guests and introduced the theme and the relevance of the refresher course for the participants. Prof Raghvender Tanwar, former Registrar, KU, proposed the vote of thanks. Prof Shashi Anand, director, Academic Staff College, Prof RP Grover, Prof RS Sangwan, Prof SK Chahal, Salochana Nain, Dr Shallu Sachdeva and Suman Siwach were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Villagers to get electricity on urban mode
Chandigarh, December 3 The Chairman and Managing Director, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), Devender Singh, said the Discoms had offered to give urban domestic power supply to their consumers in villages in proportion to AT&C loss reduction. If they reduce one-third of the existing AT&C losses by more than 25 per cent, supply to their village would be increased from present 11 hours a day to 14 hours a day. With further one-third reduction, they would be given supply for 17 hours a day. By achieving the level of losses up to 25 per cent, the village would be given domestic supply for 20 hours a day, as being supplied at present in urban areas. Singh said to opt for this scheme of the Discoms, the villagers were required to ensure that each house in the village takes a regular power connection, all meters are relocated outside the houses on outer walls or poles and all damaged and old mechanical meters are replaced with new electronic ones. He said on request by panchayats, the Nigams would organise camps in the villages to give on-the-spot connections in the houses having no regular power connections. All damaged and old meters would be replaced during the camps. Also, no theft case would be framed for any kind of irregularity in the meters but the irregularities would be corrected.
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Over 50.74 LT paddy arrives in Haryana
Chandigarh, December 3 Out of the total arrival of paddy, maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in district Kurukshetra which is over 8.71 LT, a Haryana Food and Supplies Department spokesman said here today. Similarly, district Karnal received over 8.50 LT paddy, district Kaithal over 7.31 LT, Fatehabad over 6.22 LT, Ambala received more than 5.05 LT, Yamunanagar over 3.52 LT, Jind over 3.30 LT, Panipat over 2.23 LT, Sirsa over 1.74 LT, Sonepat over 1.61 LT and Panchkula 74,536 tonnes, respectively, he said. He said out of the total arrival of paddy, six government agencies had so far procured over 38.14 LT paddy, whereas the remaining quantity of over 12.26 LT of paddy was procured by the millers. Over 14.61 LT had been procured by Food and Supplies Department whereas HAFED had purchased more than 12.04 LT, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation over 5.89 LT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation over 3.21 LT and CONFED procured over 2.27 LT. The Food Corporation of India has also procured 10,016 tonnes of paddy.
— TNS
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State health services reviewed
Chandigarh, December 3 Sandhu was presiding over a review meeting of civil surgeons at Panchkula recently. She said a mechanism would be evolved to lay specific criteria for grading of health facilities in the state. She also stressed upon the need to improve publicity of all health schemes, especially free services being provided under Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakarm (JSSK). While addressing the meeting, Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rakesh Gupta said improvement had been observed in the health facilities at PHC level in terms of service delivery. The participants discussed about district-specific problems being faced by surgeons and they were directed to take the necessary steps. Result of concurrent evaluation of NRHM, conducted by School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, was shared with the participants of the meeting. This evaluation is based on household survey model. Key health indicators at sub-centre-level were assessed during the survey. Director General, Health Services, Dr NK Arora, all programme officers from districts and state head quarter, all the civil surgeons, Principal Medical Officers (PMOs) and Deputy Civil Surgeons attended the meeting.
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Management development programme
Ambala, December 3 MK Verma, assistant director, MSME, who was the chief guest, inaugurated the programme and highlighted the importance of time management, decision making, competitive strategy and effects of retail promotion. He also congratulated the E-Max for organising such a programme to create awareness among the students and faculty members. The object of the programme was to acquire multifarious skills to face this highly competitive world. Dr Sanjay Sharma, director of E-Max School of Engineering and Applied Research, urged the participants to utilise the experience they gained from the programme. Speaking on the occasion, Pradeep Aggarwal, MD of the E-Max Group, said the programme focused on developing marketing skills, stress management, team building and management skills.
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