U;wt isilZ ,lksfl,’ku Volume 20 o”kZ 20 No.8 vad -8 July- 2015 Rs. 5/- Per copy Two lakh crore investment likely to rain on urban areas in next five years for Smart cities and AMRUT plans NAI bureau New Delhi: “India’s cities are among the greatest things we have”, Charles Correa , world-famous architect had said.He would have been more convinced about his per- ception after emergence of smart cities on India’s large canvas in near future. Alas! He is no more. Marathon exercises are underway to accom- plish the much touted proj- ect ,being billed as a watershed initiative to give fillip to the growth agenda. With an investment entail- ing Rs 48,000 crore from the Centre, 100 smart cities will be developed in next five years. Carrying forward his agenda of accelerated growth aimed at recasting the country’s urban swathes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet has approved spending of about one lakh crore on urban development under two new urban missions in next five years. The twin projects, which are being unfurled June 25 this year, are the smart city mission and the Atal Mission for rejuvenation and urban transformation ( AMRUT ) of 500 cities with outlays of Rs. 48,000 crore and Rs.50,000 crore respectively. The smart cities mission seeks to ensure basic infrastructure services to enable a decent quality of life in urban pockets and a clean and sustainable environment and adoption of smart solutions. Officials claim smart cities mission seeks to fetch the benefits of urban develop- ment to the poor through promotion of public trans- portation and enhanced access to public spaces. The improved urban envi- ronment under the mis- sion will give fillip to eco- nomic activity which in turn benefits the poor through increased employment and liveli- hood opportunities. Urban population,accord- ing to 2011census, was about Rs 37 crore accounting for 31 per cent of total population . As per latest estimates,about 5.80 crore urban popula- tion are poor.Taking les- sons from the implementa- tion of Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission that was launched in 2005 and implemented till March 2014, when it was wound up by the previous government ,new initia- tives have been formulat- ed, sources say. US trade development agency (USTDA) signed MOU with the governments of Rajasthan and AP for assisting in making Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam into smart cities. Fourteen countries have expressed interest in building smart cities. These include : US, Japan, China,Singapore , Germany, France , Netherlands, Sweden , Israel,Turkey and Australia. The improved urban environment under the mission will give fillip to economic activity which in turn benefits the poor through increased employment and liveli- hood opportunities Under the smart city mis- sion ,each selected city would get central assis- tance of Rs.100 crore per annum for five years and each state will shortlist a certain number of smart city aspirants as per the norms. Smart city aspi- rants, say official sources, will be picked up through a transparent “city challenge competition intended to link financing with the potential of cities to per- form to fully accomplish the well laid out objectives of the ambitious mission.'' States plan will be further evaluated for pumping of money from the Centre’s coffers.Sources made it clear that the smart city mission intends to pro- mote adoption of smart solutions for efficient use of available assets, resources and infrastruc- ture for improving quality of life. Thrust will be laid for par- ticipation of locals in priori- tising and planning urban interventions. It will be implemented through areas based approach consisting of retrofitting, re-development, pan city initiatives and develop- ment of new cities. A UNI correspondent, who visited a few areas in the Hindi heartland states recently, found that locals were calculating potential locations of smart cities and have started their own reckoning of hike in land prices in and around those areas.”It is not only money raking calculations, we are keen to have better urban life ,and future genera- tions will not forgive us if the present rot of haphaz- ard development was not arrested in a stipulated period.'' Continued on Page 7
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1. U;wt isilZ ,lksfl,ku NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Volume
20 okZ 20 No.8 vad-8 July- 2015 Rs. 5/- Per copy Two lakh crore
investment likely to rain on urban areas in next five years for
Smart cities and AMRUT plans NAI bureau New Delhi: Indias cities
are among the greatest things we have, Charles Correa ,
world-famous architect had said.He would have been more convinced
about his per- ception after emergence of smart cities on Indias
large canvas in near future. Alas! He is no more. Marathon
exercises are underway to accom- plish the much touted proj- ect
,being billed as a watershed initiative to give fillip to the
growth agenda. With an investment entail- ing Rs 48,000 crore from
the Centre, 100 smart cities will be developed in next five years.
Carrying forward his agenda of accelerated growth aimed at
recasting the countrys urban swathes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and his cabinet has approved spending of about one lakh crore on
urban development under two new urban missions in next five years.
The twin projects, which are being unfurled June 25 this year, are
the smart city mission and the Atal Mission for rejuvenation and
urban transformation ( AMRUT ) of 500 cities with outlays of Rs.
48,000 crore and Rs.50,000 crore respectively. The smart cities
mission seeks to ensure basic infrastructure services to enable a
decent quality of life in urban pockets and a clean and sustainable
environment and adoption of smart solutions. Officials claim smart
cities mission seeks to fetch the benefits of urban develop- ment
to the poor through promotion of public trans- portation and
enhanced access to public spaces. The improved urban envi- ronment
under the mis- sion will give fillip to eco- nomic activity which
in turn benefits the poor through increased employment and liveli-
hood opportunities. Urban population,accord- ing to 2011census, was
about Rs 37 crore accounting for 31 per cent of total population .
As per latest estimates,about 5.80 crore urban popula- tion are
poor.Taking les- sons from the implementa- tion of Jawaharlal Nehru
Urban Renewal Mission that was launched in 2005 and implemented
till March 2014, when it was wound up by the previous government
,new initia- tives have been formulat- ed, sources say. US trade
development agency (USTDA) signed MOU with the governments of
Rajasthan and AP for assisting in making Allahabad, Ajmer and
Visakhapatnam into smart cities. Fourteen countries have expressed
interest in building smart cities. These include : US, Japan,
China,Singapore , Germany, France , Netherlands, Sweden ,
Israel,Turkey and Australia. The improved urban environment under
the mission will give fillip to economic activity which in turn
benefits the poor through increased employment and liveli- hood
opportunities Under the smart city mis- sion ,each selected city
would get central assis- tance of Rs.100 crore per annum for five
years and each state will shortlist a certain number of smart city
aspirants as per the norms. Smart city aspi- rants, say official
sources, will be picked up through a transparent city challenge
competition intended to link financing with the potential of cities
to per- form to fully accomplish the well laid out objectives of
the ambitious mission.'' States plan will be further evaluated for
pumping of money from the Centres coffers.Sources made it clear
that the smart city mission intends to pro- mote adoption of smart
solutions for efficient use of available assets, resources and
infrastruc- ture for improving quality of life. Thrust will be laid
for par- ticipation of locals in priori- tising and planning urban
interventions. It will be implemented through areas based approach
consisting of retrofitting, re-development, pan city initiatives
and develop- ment of new cities. A UNI correspondent, who visited a
few areas in the Hindi heartland states recently, found that locals
were calculating potential locations of smart cities and have
started their own reckoning of hike in land prices in and around
those areas.It is not only money raking calculations, we are keen
to have better urban life ,and future genera- tions will not
forgive us if the present rot of haphaz- ard development was not
arrested in a stipulated period.'' Continued on Page 7
3. 3tqykbZ] 2015 U;wt isilZ ,lksfl,ku Dr. Shalini Rajneesh
Government of Karnataka through Karnataka State Backward Classes
Commission is undertaking an ambitious project of mapping its
entire popula- tion of 6.2 crores across 55 parameters which
include socio-educational, occupa- tional & economic indica-
tors at an approximate expenditure of Rs.189.00 crores from 11th
April to 30th April 2015. Although many surveys have been
undertaken by Government of India, such as decennial census or
Socio-economic caste Census, yet the data base of every citizen or
household, be it rural or urban is far from being transparent and
compre- hensive. The main objective is to Collect authentic
Statistics on Social, Educational and Occupational Status of all
the classes/Caste, cross validate with other databas- es like
AAdhar, EPIC, SSA, Ration card etc., put select- ed parameters on
portal for public view and sharing the data with other depart-
ments for leveraging it to make necessary schemes to match the
needs of the people. For the first time, this sur- vey will be
analyzing the reason for socio-education- al backwardness of more
than 1200 castes/ sub-castes in an objective and transparent man-
ner. Some of the critical parameters collected includes Address,
Caste, Sub caste, Aadhar no., Voter Id card no., disability
details, educational details along with reasons for dropout,
occupation, resid- ing area and ownership detail, fuel for cooking,
source of lighting, sanita- tion facility etc. The parameters are
so comprehensive that it will give a clear picture of differ- ent
level of povertiness existing in the state, district wise. Each
family/individual is being tagged with unique identity features
such as Aadhar, Voter ID, Ration Card no., Door no., Mobile no.
etc. to ensure that there is no overlapping or dupli- c a t e
identi- ties, which often lead to pil- ferages in Government
schemes. The digitization, cross validation and report generation
job is carried out by M/S Bharat Electronics Limited. Pilot survey
A pilot survey was done in 1 enumeration block in each taluka to
get first hand experience of the survey process and to study the
pilot data to identify gaps and rectify it before it is scaled up.
Based on the feedback received from public, enumerators and
supervisors changes were made like inclu- sion of some caste
earlier missed out under SC/ST category. A SATCOM train- ing cum
doubt clearing session, chaired by social welfare minister, was
arranged to sensitize the personnel of all level involved in survey
activity. Print media and radio cam- paigns were made to make
public aware and cooper- ate with the survey activi- ties. Survey
activities. After doing the preliminary check for households as per
the Abridged household list in the first two days, the survey has
picked up pace now. The survey activity has started in almost all
the enumeration blocks of the state. As on today, a total of 8.04
lakhs households have been surveyed in the state, which is around
6% of the total households. Reserve enumerators have also been put
for the EBs where the no. of house- holds are more and cant be
completed with a single enumerator in given time. After doing the
survey the head of the household has to sign on the form along with
the enumerator for tak- ing the responsibility for the trueness of
the content. The survey form is again checked by the supervisor for
data correctness. Then the forms are handed over to BEL for
digitization and cross validation of the data. Here also quality
control supervisors will check the digitized data with actual form
for data integrity. Continued on Page7
BackwardClassescommission'sSocio EducationalSurvey Honey Sehgal
Should Democrats take con- trol of one or both houses of Congress
in next election, people who back Internet non-discrimination laws
believe they'd get a boost. Called "net neutrality," the issue is
backed by several consumer groups and many Internet outfits, such
as Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. They fear without protec- tive
legislation, phone and cable companies might take action against
competitors, by either restricting access to some broadband
services or charging extra. It is the principle that internet
service providers and govern- ments should treat all data on
internet equally, not discrimi- nating or charging differential- ly
by user, content, site, plat- form, application. An example o net
neutrality is 2007 in which plusnet was using deep packet
inspection to imple- ment limits and different charges for peer to
peer. Without net neutrality, cable and phone companies could carve
the internet into fast and slow lanes. The FCCs 2010 order was
intended to prevent broad- band internet service providers from
blocking or interfering with traffic on web. In its Jan 2014
ruling, the court said that the FCC used a questionable legal
frame- work to craft the open internet order and lacked the
authority to implement and enforce those rules. The mainstream
media have failed to allow people of colour to speak for
themselves. The lack of diverse ownership is a pri- mary reason why
the media have gotten away with por- traying communities of colour
stereotypically. Net Neutrality in India- Due to intense lobbying
by telecom operators like Airtel and Vodafone, the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)is planning to allow them to
block apps and web- sites to extort more money from consumers and
busi- nesses- an extreme violation of net neutrality. TRAI has
released a consulta- tion paper with 20 questions spread across 118
complicat- ed pages and wanted to send them an email by 24th
April,2015. Net Neutrality Divivdes Parties? Vaidehi Taman Abu
Salem is said to be a billionaire gang- ster worth Rs. 40 billion
(Approx $0.67 bil- lion). His cash and property have been valued at
least Rs. 10 billion, which is divided between him and his wife,
Samira Jumani. While Salem stakes a claim to Rs. 2 billion, his
wife possesses Rs. 8 bil- lion in cash and property. Salems invest-
ments in Bollywood and hawala rackets are estimated to be at least
another Rs. 30 billion. He married Samira Jumani, a 17 years old
college girl in 1991, from whom he has one or two sons. They later
divorced. Samira currently lives in United States. She told that
later into interviews that Salem was a violent psychotic man and
she was forced into marriage. On 20 September 2002, he was arrested
along with Monica Bedi by Interpol in Lisbon, Portugal. His
satellite phone was tracked using GPS technology. Monica Bedi was a
film actress who reportedly had relationship with him. In February
2004, a Portugal court cleared his extradi- tion to India to face
trial in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case. In November 2005,
Portuguese authorities handed him over to India on the assurance by
the Government of India that the death penal- ty would not be
handed out. When Salem was in Lisbon fighting Indias extradition
attempt, the only proof that he was indeed Salem was provided by
the fingerprint and photographs taken after his arrest in 1991.
Monica Bedi (his alleged second wife) was also extradited to India
and later convicted of passport forgery in 2006 and served her
imprisonment. Now she has returned to acting and doing well with TV
serials. Now third time, 26-year-old Mumbra girl who is seeking to
marry Abu Salem has threatened to kill herself, if her application
before the TADA court for permission to tie the nuptials with Salem
is rejected. In her six-page application, Sayyed Bahaar Kausar
claims to have been completely devastated and distressed because of
her reported nikaah with the gangster on board a Lucknow-bound
train in 2014. A commerce graduate from a local college has sought
permission of the court for Salem to be brought to Mumbai at the
office of the registrar of marriages to sign on the documents and
formalise their nikaah under the Special Marriage Act. Salem is
presently serving in Taloja jail. Insisting that her decision to
marry the incarcerated gangster was more of a com- pulsion, she
blamed the police for undue victimisation by circulating the
morphed photographs of her with the gangster. The police called her
and her friend for inquiry but instead of making inquiries with
her, they slapped her and still she is under a trauma. Kausar
claimed that, the alleged police harassment has led their relatives
and neighbours to maintain a distance from them. Third time lucky,
Abu Salem
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Dilshad Colony Delhi-95, Editor Gayatri Gaur, All Disputes Solved
in Delhi Court Only The Water storage available in 91 important
reservoirs of the country as on July 02 2015 was 48.07 BCM which is
31% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This storage is
129% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 145%
of storage of average of last ten years. The present storage
position during current year is better than the storage position of
last year and is also better than the storage of average of last
ten years. Central Water Commission monitors live storage status of
these reservoirs on weekly basis. These reservoirs include 37
reservoirs having hydropower bene- fit with installed capacity of
more than 60 MW. The total storage capacity of these reservoirs is
157.799 BCM which is about 62% of the storage capacity of 253.388
BCM which is estimated to have been created in the country. REGION
WISE STORAGE STATUS: NORTHERN REGION The northern region includes
States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are 6
reservoirs in this region having total storage capacity of 18.01
BCM. The total storage available in these reservoirs is 7.92 BCM
which is 44% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. The
storage during corre- sponding period of last year was 41% and
average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was
31% of live storage capacity of these reser- voirs. Thus, storage
during current year is better than the corresponding period of last
year and is also better than the average storage of last ten years
during the corresponding period. Eastern Region The Eastern region
includes States of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura.
There are 15 reservoirs in this region having total storage
capacity of 18.83 BCM. The total storage available in these
reservoirs is 5.58 BCM which is 30% of total storage capacity of
these reservoirs. The storage during corre- sponding period of last
year was 24% and average storage of last ten years during
corresponding period was 17% of storage capacity of these
reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is bet- ter than the
corresponding period of last year and is also better than the
average storage of last ten years during the cor- responding
period. Western Region The Western region includes States of
Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27 reservoirs in this region
having total live storage capacity of 27.07 BCM. The total storage
available in these reser- voirs is 7.07 BCM which is 26% of total
storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during
corresponding peri- od of last year was 22% and average storage of
last ten years during corre- sponding period was 23% of storage
capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, stor- age during current year
is better than the storage of last year and is better than the
average storage of last ten years. Central Region The Central
region includes States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. There are 12 reservoirs in this region
having total storage capacity of 42.30BCM.
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