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Spending fails to keep pace with
plan outlay
Rawat alleges poll panel, Congress hand-in-glove
Cong refutes BJP allegations
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Man accused of remarriage
DBS placement drive from tomorrow
ABVP protests against Chinese incursion
Centre tells govt to prepare separate
transfer policy for docs
Villagers call for bandh on May 2
Marma chikitsa can cure number of ailments, say experts
Uttarakhand Police beat PBL by 116 runs
Pratap section dominate RIMC hockey tourney
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Spending fails to keep pace with
plan outlay
Dehradun, April 29 Overenthusiastic ministers and bureaucrats have been pegging their annual plan outlays without paying attention to the financial viability of proposed projects, availability of resources and manpower. In the Tenth Five Year Plan the outlay saw a two-fold jump to Rs 4,000 crore during 2006-2007, but the government could spend only Rs 3,250 crore. This was the result of the politicisation of the annual plan exercise. This practice was started by former Chief Minister ND Tiwari and taken to the hilt by another former Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. But during the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)despite
an increase in the outlay every year, the state on an average spent around Rs 3,990 crore. The budget outlay was Rs 4,378.63 crore, Rs 4,775 crore, Rs 5,800 crore for the periods 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, respectively. However, the government spending during the same periods was Rs 3,944.88 crore, Rs 3,653.57 crore and Rs 3,514.09 crore, respectively. This showed that the state should realistically peg the plan figure around Rs 4,000 crore to Rs 4,500 crore. But that was not to be. During 2009-2010 the government demanded a higher outlay and the Planning Commission sanctioned Rs 5,800.81 crore. However, the government departments were able to spend Rs 3,514 crore only. Since then there has been an increase of Rs 1,000 crore in the budget outlay every year but the spending has been dismal,” said MC Joshi, Additional Secretary, Finance. Experts say besides problems faced in conceptualising the plan, there are fundamental flaws even in the plan execution and lack of accountability and monitoring of the process of project implementation both at the political and bureaucracy levels. Then in Uttarakhand the process of sanctioning of budget is slow, which leads to a considerable loss of time. In the plains, physical works cannot take place during the monsoon while in the hill region projects are stopped during the winter. All these issues should be considered while approaching the Planning Commission for funds. |
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Rawat alleges poll panel, Congress hand-in-glove
Dehradun, April 29 ''We had approached the State Election Commission with our complaints about the misuse of government machinery by the Congress and bogus voting undertaken at the behest of the Congress in Muni Ki Reti and Shisham Jhari yesterday, but the Commissioner did not pay heed to our complaint,'' said Rawat while addressing a press conference today. He also pointed out that the State Election Commission did not take cognisance of the complaint lodged by the party on the violation of model code of conduct, including making announcements to lure voters. ''But the State Election Commissioner served notice to the state government only on the Coca Cola issue,'' said Rawat. Further, he said that the SDM at Munni Ki Reti was working as an agent of the Congress by allowing the Congress workers to enter polling booths. He also charged the police and the administration with allowing transportation of liquor and money through cars a night before the election. Rawat said that there were large-scale complaints about the names of the voters missing from the voters' list. ''Around 20 per cent of the voters who belonged to the BJP found their names missing from the voters' list,'' said Rawat. He said that though the BJP was hopeful of a thumping victory in the civic body elections, ''but our victory margin may come down as the names of our voters were missing from the list.'' Rawat said that fearing defeat the Congress may even try to influence the counting tomorrow. ''For this reason we have asked our party workers to be vigilant,'' he added. |
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Cong refutes BJP allegations
Dehradun, April 29 He further said if the BJP had any concrete evidence of misuse of the official machinery, it should approach the State Election Commission. The BJP, frustrated by it's impending defeat in the civic polls, had started a campaign to malign the Congress government in the state, Pratap added.
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Man accused of remarriage
Dehradun April 29 High drama was enacted today when Bhupender Singh, resident of Kotdwar, all dressed up as a bridegroom, was proceeding towards the bride Kamini Panwar’s house on Canal Road, along with the procession of his family members and relatives. Shrishti reached in the nick of time and produced the copy of her application filed in the high court before the police. However, the police did not do much, enabling Bhupender to get married for the second time. Shrishti said that Bhupender and his family had tortured her for dowry after she got married to him on December 9, 2009. She moved the district court which gave a decree against her and pronounced divorce in their case. She said, she had challenged the district court order in high court, whereby her husband could not get married till high court decision in the matter. She requested the police to facilitate a conversation with her father-in-law. The latter, said they had not got any summons of the high court on the matter. The police also did not help her much and convinced her of leaving the matter. Circle Officer, Swatantar Kumar said, “The girl knew about the marriage for the past four days, and did not take action on the matter. She reached just when the wedding was to take place.” Kumar said both parties would have to abide by the high court’s decision. |
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DBS placement drive from tomorrow
Dehradun, April 29 More than 15 companies, including Tata Teleservices, Vodaphone, Amazon, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Bespoke Digital Media, Octaware System and Unicon Investment Solution, will interview the students. The Director of DBS, Dr A. K. Dubey, said, “More than 75 per cent of our students have already been placed in more than 50 companies. Hence we opened the placement drive for all MBA and graduate students from other colleges as well.” |
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ABVP protests against Chinese incursion
Dehradun, April 29 The ABVP leaders alleged that the central government had not shown any seriousness on the issue even as Chinese soldiers were camping 19 km inside the Indian territory. They charged that the central government was only talking of holding talks with China to resolve the issue rather than acting decisively. If the government failed to act, they threatened to intensify the agitation. |
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Centre tells govt to prepare separate
transfer policy for docs
Dehradun, April 29 “The conditions have been imposed by the Central Government on states comprising Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to get their act together on the issue of rational deployment of specialists, framing of a separate transfer policy for doctors, competency testing of ANMs and appraisal of contractual doctors in the six months, after which the funds under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) would be released,” said Piyush Singh, Director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Far from waking up to the challenge posed by the Central Government’s directives, the political leadership continues to dither on the issue of a separate transfer policy for doctors that is still waiting for approval. “The coercive tactics adopted by the Central Government whereby the funds under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) were slashed should have jolted the government, but far from showing keenness to fulfil the conditions, the Uttarakhand health minister has not given approval to the transfer policy, which has only exacerbated matters,” said a senior official in the Department of Health. Similarly, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) guidelines stipulate that the government should spread it’s specialists in a manner that they are deployed in all the district hospitals. However, despite the hue and cry being raised on the issue of slashing of NRHM funds, the only silver lining is that it may be revoked after six months in case the government fulfils the conditions. |
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Villagers call for bandh on May 2
Pithoragarh, April 29 Meanwhile, a relay fast being carried out by villagers in support of their demands entered the 25th day today. Members of the Pungrau Ghati Sangharsh Samiti said even after 24 days of their agitation, neither any government official nor public representative came to meet them. Their demands included the opening of an allopathic hospital and linking their villages to roads. The protesters have also decided to move court against some miscreants who tried to disrupt their agitation 20 days ago. They said the local revenue police did not lodge an FIR in the case. The villagers also organised a rally under the Pungrau Ghati Vikash Manch today. Villagers from Sangor, Bantoli and Chuni villages participated in it and appealed to the local people to support them in intensifying the agitation. “We will not end our agitation till the authorities concerned fulfil our genuine demands. Even the local MP and MLA have failed to solve our problems,” said Dinesh Arya, head of the
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Marma chikitsa can cure number of ailments, say experts
Haridwar, April 29 Experts also discussed ways to revive and popularise the ancient practise, so that people suffering from various ailments could be treated through this non-invasive therapy. On the second day of the seminar today, marma scholars presented case studies and highlighted the impact of the therapy. Besides, a camp is also being held, where experts are imparting training to young medicos. Dr Sunil Joshi, a marma expert, said marma chikitsa originated from Vedas and since that era, various ailments were being cured through this medical practise. Dr Joshi said Maharshi Shrushut was the proponent of this ancient medical practise. “Marma therapy has cured even those ailments that could not be treated through allopathic, ayurvedic or other practise,” said Dr Sunil Joshi, who has been running free marma camps across the country. A demand for the conservation and promotion of the ancient practise was also made today. Experts said marma therapy was much more effective, cheaper and had no side effects. |
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World Immunology Day observed
Dehradun, April 29 Dr Shailja Pant, principal of the institute, in her inaugural address, discussed the need to study immunology. She said immunology is a wonderful and emergent branch of life science. There was a lot of scope of research in this field, she added. Dr Arun Kumar, director, discussed applications of immunology in various fields, such as diagnosis and therapy. He said immunology could be applied to every field and lots of mysteries remained to be explored. Dr Gyanendra Awasthi, head , Department of Biochemistry and member, Indian Immunological Society, said immunology is the basis of life and without immune response the life of humans and animals is not possible. He further said accurate diagnosis of the diseases was possible only with the help of immunological techniques. Dr Sovan Bagchi, head, Department of Biotechnology, in his presentation titled ‘Vaccines’ discussed the history and the development of vaccines. Dr Tripti Ahuja, in her presentation, ‘Overview of immune response and its applications’, discussed the various aspects of immune response. A quiz on immunology was held on the occasion in which students from the departments of biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, zoology and medical laboratory technology participated. Poster presentation was also held on the subject. In the valedictory function, Arvind Gupta, chairman of the institute, congratulated all the winners of various competitions and distributed mementoes and prizes. He said institute would actively encourage research in the field of immunology. |
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Uttarakhand Police beat PBL by 116 runs
Dehradun, April 29 Batting first after winning the toss, Uttarakhand Police scored 183 runs for seven wickets in 30
overs. Ravi Bisht scored 48 while Ashish scored 30 runs. Harender took three wickets for 30 runs. In reply, Pan Business India were all out for 67 runs, losing the match by 116 runs. Neeraj Saini took four wickets for 14 runs. |
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Pratap section dominate RIMC hockey tourney
Dehradun, April 29 The following cadets won the individual prizes: Most upcoming player, cadet Aryan Singh; best player cadet Devesh
Rathore; best goalkeeper cadet Kushagra Mishra. Middles: Best player cadet Pratik
Jadhav; best goalkeeper cadet Elijah H Sanga. Seniors: Best player cadet O Nelson Singh; best goalkeeper cadet Ajinder
Arora. Overall standings: I-Pratap section, II-Ranjit section, III-Chandragupta section and
IV-Shivaji section. Col HS Bainsla, Commandant, RIMC, was the chief guest. Bainsla praised the cadets on their high standards and spirit of the game. He emphasised on fair play in the game and expected the cadets to do the same in their lives. CS
Vishwakarma, Vice-Principal, RIMC, Wing Commander SK Thapliyal, Maj R Richardson, assistant administrative officer,
RIMC, Lt Pinku Heikham and PK Sharma were also present. |
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Dehradun, April 29
Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) burnt an effigy of the union government against the Chinese incursion into the Ladakh sector. The ABVP members gathered at Clock Tower and raised slogans against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his alleged inaction in getting the Chinese troops evicted from the Indian territory and burnt the effigy.
Dehradun, April 29
