New Delhi: The Bharatiya Ja-nata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Monday dis-tanced itself from the reported meeting of Ved Pratap Vaidik with the 26/11 Mumbai terror-ist attack accused Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan, saying it had “not sanctioned” it and asserted there is no change in its stand on the alleged terror master-mind. Vaidik, a journalist who is close to yoga guru Ramdev, met Saeed during his recent visit to Pakistan. Ramdev is considered to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Con-gress members in both Houses created an uproar and sought detailed statement from the government on the “purpose and motive behind the meet-ing with India’s most wanted

terrorist”. Digvijay Singh asked in Rajya Sabha wheth-er the government had sanc-

tioned the meeting, leading to an uproar. Union defence min-ister and Rajya Sabha mem-

ber, Arun Jaitley, replied that for India, Saeed was a terrorist and indeed involved in terror-ism against India. “Govern-ment has nothing to do with directly, indirectly or even remotely with any journalist meeting Saeed...government has not sanctioned permission to anyone for meeting him,” he said. “For the government, there is no change of stand as far Hafiz is concerned. For In-dia, Hafiz is an accused in the terror attack. He is a terrorist who conspired to attack In-dia,” information and broad-casting minister Prakash Ja-vadekar told reporters outside Parliament. The minister said there is no “track-2 or track-3 diplomacy” involved and that for the government,

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Srinagar, July 14: With no letup in Israe-li attacks on Gaza, the anti-Israel protests have escalated in Kashmir region with students, lawyers, employees and common people out on roads against the aggres-sion of Jewish state and silence of western world.Hundreds of government employees led by Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) president Abdul Qayoom Wani appeared in Press Enclave Lal Chowk and staged strong anti-Israel protests.The protesters were raising slogans against Israel and expressed solidarity with the be-sieged Gazans and Palestinians. Witnesses said the employees tried to march towards the office of United Nations Military Ob-server Group for India and Pakistan (UN-MOGIP) in Sonwar but were stopped by po-lice. “The police detained EJAC president along with several employees’ leaders,” they said. The protesters torched an Israeli flag.After employees’, thousands of students from Sri Pratap College, Islamia College and Sri Pratap Higher Secondary School assembled appeared in Press Enclave and started massive sloganeering against Isra-el and America. The highly charged stu-dents raised slogans in favour of Islam, Pal-estine resistance and Hamas. The students were chanting ‘Death to Israel’ ‘Down with Gaza’ and ‘Long Live Palestine’. The stu-dents on the occasion expressed solidarity with Palestine.“We are with Palestinians. Kashmir stands behind their brethren who are being ter-rorized, massacred and killed by Jewish terrorists. Our protest is also against America and those Muslim rulers who are supporting Israel actions or are silent on the genocide of innocent Palestinian chil-dren, women and men,” the agitated stu-

dents said.The agitated students marched on Residen-cy Road, Regal Chowk, Maulana Azad and Ghanta Ghar or Clock Tower,” witness-es said, adding earlier police tried to stop them from moving towards Clock Tower but they broke police cordon and reached Clock Tower where they shouted anti-Isra-el protests. Many students, who were car-rying placards, climbed half of the Clock Tower from where they raised anti-Israel and pro-Palestine slogans. The students were also carrying a flag of Islmamic State, formerly known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, witnesses said.

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Srinagar, July 14: CBI in-vestigating officer DSP Vi-jay Kumar Shukla appeared before the TADA Court, Sri-nagar in the case relating to the Sopore massacre of 6 January 1993.The Court directed DSP Vi-jay Kumar Shukla to pro-vide the full case record – all documents underlying the closure report – on 4 Sep-tember 2014. It was argued on behalf of the survivors of the Sopore massacre that it is condemnable that the CBI has taken 20 years to file an incomplete closure report without any supporting doc-uments. The case has been listed for 4 September 2014, Pervez Imroz told GNS.He said that survivors of the 6 January 1993 Sopore mas-sacre had earlier [28 June 2014] filed a protest petition

against the closure report filed by the CBI on 4 Decem-ber 2013 before the TADA court, Srinagar. The survi-vors have alleged that on January 6, 1993, personnel of the 94th battalion of BSF “carried out an attack in Sopore town that led to the killing of more than 50 ci-vilians, injury to more than a dozen and destruction of more than 500 shops and two dozen houses”.“The Sopore chowk area was burnt down includ-ing the roadside areas of Shahabad, Bobimir Sahab, Muslim Peer, Shallapora and Kralteng. Further, Sa-mad Talkies, and the wom-en’s college located near the Sopore chowk were also burnt”, Imroz said.The CBI had filed the clo-sure report on December 4 last year on the grounds that the witnesses examined were unable to identify the BSF personnel involved in the incident and they could not give details of the firing or cross-firing.

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Srinagar, July 14 (KNS): The State Government Monday announced 16-days summer break for schools in J&K from July 15.“All government institutions including recognized private schools upto higher secondary lev-el falling in Kashmir division and winter zone of Jammu divisions shall observe summer vacations w.e.f 15th July, 2014 to 31st July 2014. Any default on part of pri-vate schools in observance of the calendar of vacations authorized shall attract action under rules,” the government order reads.Meanwhile, the Government on Monday ordered summer va-cation for Government Degree Colleges of Kashmir Division in-cluding winter zone colleges of Jammu Division w.e.f 15th of July to 30th of July 2014. (KNS)

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Srinagar, July 14: Police have de-tained at least 24 persons in con-nection with the blazing incident that occurred on July 5 when af-ter the death of a militant agitated protestors allegedly set two police armoured vehicles on fire near Aripal area of South Kashmir’s Tral town. Protestors mostly youth had attacked government forces and torched two of their armoured vehicles after the death of Hizb militant in Aripal area during a gun battle with Joint team of Army and Para-military troopers on July 5. Police sources told CNS that from past two days police de-tained at least 24 suspects from Pastuna, Aripal, Gadhpora

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Srinagar, July 14: While expressing his deep sorrow and anguish over the heart threatening killings of hun-dreds of innocent people in Palestine including dozens of children and women, chair-man All Parties Hurriyat Conference Sayed Ali Geelani has appealed for peaceful pro-test demonstration against the Israeli aggression on July 15 and July 18 after zahur and

Friday prayers.In a statement issued to GNS, Geelani appealed the col-lege and university students to wear black arm bands to show solidarity with the oppressed and subjugated people of Palestine. “While strongly condemning the support of America, Britain and Canada to the aggression of Israel, he also expressed deep sorrow and dismay over

the role of Saudi and Egyp-tian governments, who are criticising Hamas instead of Israeli aggression and whose unconsciousness has provid-ed Israel a chance to bombard the innocent people of Pales-tine”.Geelani said that the America and England are equal part-ners to the heinous crimes of Israel and they are

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Gaza, July 14: Israel on Monday un-leashed more airstrikes on Gaza and shot down a drone used for the first time by Hamas militants even as internation-al pressure mounted on both to end the week-long conflict that has killed 175 Palestinians.Although Israel has delayed its ground offensive amid global calls for a cease-fire, the military continued its air-strikes, killing four people today.The Israeli military said that it shot down the drone spotted along the Israeli coastline, near the city of Ashdod.Hamas' military wing said in a state-ment that it has sent a number of drones on missions inside Israel and would pro-vide more details in due course.About 17,000 people from the Beit Lahi-ya area in the northern

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‘Dr Farooq will take final call over the issue’Srinagar, July 14 : The ruling national conference is yet to take final call over the issu-ance of mandates to its leaders for the forthcoming assembly polls scheduled for the end of this year.NC Tuesday stated that the fi-nal call over the issue would be taken within few days and that the hectic deliberations are going on over the issue. Also it stated that no final decision over entering into pre-poll alli-ance with its ally Congress has been taken so far and that the party president will make the final announcement over the issue.Talking to KNS, senior NC leader and additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal stated that the issuance of tickets for the assembly elec-tions will be made at the party headquarters in the coming days and there is no rift with-in the party over the decision. “We are just making the final

call over the issue. Discus-sions over the mandates have already been held thoroughly.”Over the reshuffle within the party, the NC veteran stated that the party at present has prioritized its efforts for the coming elections and all the steps are being taken to achieve fleet during the forthcoming polls. “All our hard work is centralized for the coming elections. Le us concentrate on that,” Kamal said.Over the issue of pre-poll al-liance with the Congress, Ka-mal maintained that the party president has been authorized by the party leadership to take final call over the issue. “Only he can take the decision wheth-er we should have alliance with the Congress or go alone in the polls. As far as the gen-eral view is concerned both the senior leaders of NC and Con-gress have made it clear that coming elections should be contested separately.”Kamal maintained further that Dr Farooq has already been ap-praised over the

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Srinagar, July 14 : Val-ley’s apex trade body—Kashmir Economic Al-liance—has criticized Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah for his belated remarks regarding dis-crimination being meted out to Kashmir region by the Centre.In a statement issued to KNS, KEA questioned the silence maintained by Omar when the alliance has raised the matter of discrimination with Kashmir region and pro-tested how Jammu and Ladakh regions develop at the cost of the Valley.“What Omar is asserting today KEA did it when the Chief minister assumed his chair,” the statement quotes adhoc KEA chair-man, as saying while re-ferring to the stoic silence Omar maintained thus far. “And now all of a sud-den the chief minister is alleging “brazen discrim-ination” with Kashmir

region by pointing to the grant of IIT for Jammu in the recent Union budget.“Where was he (Omar) when we were protesting against the Centre for ne-glecting Kashmir region and doling out heavy for-tunes for developmental of Jammu and Ladakh re-gions,” said Dar. The KEA chairman also laughed off the assertion of chief min-ister that “it was the NC parliamentarians who were instrumental in get-ting Central Universities for Kashmir region.“Now we have to remind Omar Abdullah about the role of his ministers, particularly, Abdul Ra-him Rather, who in his capacity of states finance minister and chairman of empowered committees of state finance ministers miserably failed to stop the Planning Commission of India in slashing the annual plan

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The Supreme Court today stayed till further orders the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case.A bench of justices Ran-jana Prakash Desai and N V Ramana said since the death sentence of oth-er convicts have already been suspended by this court, the same order has to be passed.It stayed the execution of Vinay Sharma (21) and Akshay Thakur (29), who were convicted along with other two-- Mukesh (27) and Pawan Gupta (20)-- whose death sentence has already been stayed.

Vinay and Akshay had moved the apex court seeking a stay on their ex-ecution and reversal of the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their convic-tion and the punishment.The court proceedings also witnessed some con-fusion as the bench que-ried whether it could hear the plea in the light of ob-servation made by Chief Justice R M Lodha that the cases of death convicts be heard by not less than three-judge bench.The bench called for Su-preme Court registrar who said no such notifica-tion has been issued so far in this regard.

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Srinagar, July 14: A non-local labourer was killed after a wall of a government building collapsed and fell upon him at Pulwama in south Kashmir on Monday.Official sources told GNS that a group of labour-ers were demolishing a government building near Deputy Commis-sioner’s office in Pul-wama, suddenly a one side wall of the building collapsed and one of the labourer came under it.The labourer was iden-tified as Mubeenul-Haq son of Gayesdin of West Bengal was immediate-ly evacuated to nearby hospital, sources said.However, Haq later suc-cumbed to injuries in the sub-district hospital Pulwama, sources said.Meanwhile, police have taken all the

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Witnesses informed GNS that police had to face tough time during protests by students. “Policemen also chased students from Maulana Azad Road which cre-ated chaos in whole Lal Chowk,” they said. However, no clash, on the occasion, took place.The students of Women College M A Road also took out a huge rally from their college and reached Press Enclave. Raising anti-Israel slogans, they expressed solidarity with the besieged Gazans. “I am Gaza and I stand by every Gazan including those kids who are being attacked by Zionist army. One day world will see when Palestine will be free from the clutches of Jews,” Nuzhat Wani (name changed) told GNS.The students marched peacefully and the protest con-cluded at the Women College.The lawyers under the banner of High Court Bar As-sociation also staged an anti-Israel protest here in Sadder Court. Boycotting court proceedings, dozens of lawyer led by Mian Abdul Qayoom assembled in the Court Premises and raised slogans against Isra-el. They expressed their solidarity with Palestine. Witnesses told GNS that the lawyers tried to march towards Lal Chowk but they were stopped by police to move ahead. South KashmirHundreds of students in north Kashmir’s Pulwama district took out an anti-Israel rally from Government Degree College Pulwama and raised slogans against Israel, America and Western countries. The protest-ers marched through the markets of the Pulwama town and the rally concluded at Rajpora Chowk.The protesters condemned the military action of Jewish State against besieged Gazans and demanded an end to military strikes. They also slammed Arab leaders, who according to them are silent on the on-going massacre of Gazans. “They are silent. They are watching how the blood of Palestinians is being spilled by Jews with the help of America. They are actually stooges of West,” the students remarked.The protest rally created huge traffic jam in the town. However, the protest concluded peacefully, witnesses told GNS.The anti-Israel protests were reported from Tral area of the Pulwama district and in Anantnag district.North KashmirThe north Kashmir districts on Monday also wit-nessed string anti-Israel protests by students and youth.According to GNS Correspondent, hundreds of stu-dents from Sopore Degree College took out a huge rally from their College and held anti-Israel protests. The protesters were carrying placards and flags of Palestine.“We promise Palestinians and Gazans, who are being butchered by Israel, that they are not alone. We stand behind them,” the students told media persons. “We endorse Hamas and ISIS’s Abu-Bakr al Baghdadi, who is our leader in Iraq and Israel should know it that one day it will perish,” a student, who leading protesters, said.Eyewitnesses told GNS that students marched upto Main Chowk where other youths joined them. “Some youth later pelted stones on CRPF bunker in SBI Building,” they said.In Bandipora, youth took out a bike rally against the killing of Gazans at the hands of Israel. The bik-ers were holding Palestine flags and placards which read: ‘Gaza is calling’ and ‘Down with Israel’.The protesters condemned Israeli aggression and extended their support to Palestine and Hamas mil-itants.In border district of Kupwara, scores of students from Degree College took out an anti-Israel rally. The dem-onstrators condemned the on-going ‘murderous’ cam-paign of Israel.A similar protest was held in Pattan town of Baramu-lla district. (GNS)

Gaza Strip streamed for protection into UN-run fa-cilities after Israel yesterday warned residents of the area to leave their homes. Israeli warplanes bombarded the vacated area, hit-ting alleged launch sites and homes of members of extremist groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The assault was carried out mostly by air, but the Is-raeli navy also reportedly fired shells from the sea.

formally supporting the bloodshed of innocent chil-dren in Gaza. He questioned that is no one among the children killed in Palestine a Malala Yousaf Zai, whose death could have melted the hearts of Mr. Obama and Mr. David Cameron?

However, the survivors contested the closure report. The protest petition - seeking further investigations in this case – is a contestation of the States lies and attempts to cover up the Sopore massacre of 1993, Im-roze added. (GNS)

views and opinions of the party workers over the pre-poll issue and everything shall be taken into consider-ation before taking the final call. (KNS)

outlay for the state,” said Dar.Accusing Omar Abdullah of resorting to “dou-ble-speech” Dar said that KEA has opposed the cab-inet reshuffle where the portfolios related to devel-opmental works were handed over to Jammu. “How will Omar respond to it….That we asked him not to transfer the reigns of ministry—dealing with states development—to MLAs in Jammu? Since then Valley has got nothing for infrastructure and other develop-ments,” asked Dar.“Therefore the chief minister should stop shedding crocodile tears and introspect into the five years of his office and see how instrumental ministers of NC have been in neglecting the Kashmir region,” Dar concluded.On the weather vagaries playing spoilsport with the development works in Kashmir, Dar suggested that on the pattern of Ladakh, a separate treasury should be build in Kashmir where funds are reserved the fund the development works in Kashmir which are

majorly hit by inclement weather for most of the times in Kashmir. (KNS)

“Hafiz is a terrorist. Rajya Sabha leader has already clarified it in the House.” Vaidik met Saeed, chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the parent organization of ter-ror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, in Lahore on 2 July while touring Pakistan along with a group of journalists and politicians invited by a peace research institute. With the Congress seeking his arrest, Vaid-ik defended his parleys with Saeed, saying he has been meeting all kinds of people. He also rejected sug-gestions by Congress that he might have acted as gov-ernment’s envoy, saying he was “nobody’s envoy but my own”. India has accused Saeed of orchestrating the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed.

The bench then went ahead with the hearing and passed the stay order.The Delhi High Court had on March 13 this year up-held their conviction and award of death penalty by terming the offence as "extremely fiendish" and "un-parallelled in the history of criminal jurisprudence" and said the "exemplary punishment" was the need of the hour.It had also said if this case was not "the rarest of rare cases" then "there is likely to be none".Besides seeking setting aside of the High Court ver-dict, Vinay and Akshay, in their appeal, have sought a stay on their execution as an interim relief.The petition has said the judgement be set aside as there was no "substance or material piece of evidence" and there were contradictions in the depositions of the victim and her friend, who had accompanied her in the bus, about the offence and the offenders.The petition has said the testimony of the SDM cannot be relied on as she had deposed that the victim was "comfortable, happy and willing to record her state-ment.""Whether a patient who is on ventillator...can be hap-py and comfortable?," it has said.Disputing the veracity of the dying declaration of the victim, it has said she was not fit enough to record her statement and hence, the statement made through gestures cannot be relied upon."The High Court failed to appreciate before awarding death sentence to appellant Vinay Sharma that he was juvenile at the time of the incident...," it has said.The 23-year-old paramedic, on the night of December 16, 2012, was brutally assaulted and gangraped by six persons in a moving bus in South Delhi and thrown out of the vehicle with her male friend. She later died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.Prime accused in the case Ram Singh was found dead in Tihar Jail in March last year and the trial against him was abated.The sixth accused, the juvenile, was on August 31, 2013 convicted and sentenced to a maximum of three years in a reformation home by the Juvenile Justice Board.

necessary formalities for sending the body of the deceased to his relatives in West Bengal for last rites. (GNS)

and Dar Ganaie Gund Tral areas. Sources added that police have picked up 7 youth from Pastuna, 7 from Aripal, 3 youth from Gadhpora and 8 suspects from Dar Ganaie Gund Tral.

New Delhi, July 14: The government has slapped an additional penalty of USD 579 million on Reliance Industries for producing less than tar-geted natural gas from its KG-D6 block, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.With this, the total penal-ty on RIL for missing the target in four fiscal years beginning 1st April 2010 now stands at a cumula-tive USD 2.376 billion, the Minister informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. The penalty is in the form of disallowing costs in-curred. The Production Sharing Contract (PSC) al-lows RIL and its partners BP Plc and Niko Resourc-es to deduct all capital and operating expenses from the sale of gas before shar-ing profit with the govern-ment. Disallowing costs will result in government's profit share rising by USD 195 million from 2010-11 to 2013-14, he said. In a written reply to a ques-tion, Pradhan said gas output from the Dhirub-hai-1 and 3 gas field in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block was supposed to be 80 million standard cubic meters per day but actual production was only 35.33 mmscmd in 2011-12, 20.88 mmscmd in 2012-13 and 9.77 mmscmd in 2013-14. This year the output has been only 8.05 mmscmd. His ministry on 10th July issued a notice disallow-ing USD 579 million in cost for output lagging tar-gets in 2013-14. The government had pre-viously issued a notice to RIL disallowing a total of USD 1.797 billion in costs

for falling short of produc-tion during 2010-11 (USD 457 million), 2011-12 (USD 548 million) and 2012-13 (USD 792 million). Pradhan said the issue is currently under arbitra-tion. "The Ministry of Pe-troleum and Natural Gas has also raised a claim of additional profit petro-leum to the tune of USD 115 million to be paid by the contractor, on account of disallowance of cumula-tive contract costs of USD 1.797 billion, till 2012-13," he said. After including cost disallowance in 2013-14, the total additional profit petroleum claimed from RIL comes to USD 195 million, he said. "GAIL and Chennai Pe-troleum (who buy oil and gas produced from KG-D6 block) have been directed to remit the sale proceed of crude oil/condensate/natu-ral gas from KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) block which falls due immediately into the Government account so as to recover an amount of USD 115,263,612 at the rate of 50 per cent by each com-pany and deposit the same with the government," he said. The Minister said RIL had put up production facilities to produce 80 mmscmd of gas but "has failed to ad-here to the approved field development plan in terms of drilling and putting on stream the required num-ber of wells." His ministry and its techni-cal arm DGH blames non- drilling of committed wells for the production lagging targets while RIL and its partners say unexpected geological complexities like sand and water in-gress led to output fall.

Govt slaps USD 579 mn additional penalty on RIL

New Delhi, July 14: The govern-ment on Monday allocated Rs 8,060 crore for the Prime Minister's Em-ployment Generation Programme (PMEGP) to create over 27 lakh jobs in the 12th Plan period ending March 2017.The scheme provided jobs to over 16 lakh persons during the 11th Plan (2008-2012). "The scheme is to be continued during Twelfth Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17). An outlay of Rs 8,060 crore (Rs 7,800 crore Margin Money sub-sidy plus Rs 260 crore under Back-ward and Forward Linkages) has been approved by the Planning Commission for PMEGP in the 12th Five Year Plan to set up about Rs 3.39 lakh projects with creation of about 27.12 lakh employment," an official statement said by MSME Ministry said on Monday. The government provides Mar-gin Money subsidy between 25 to 35 percent of the Project cost, de-

pending upon the category of the entrepreneur, with the remain-ing amount being covered by the banks. "The scheme has received very encouraging response from all the stakeholders in the country and is well received by the unemployed youth," according to the state-ment. PMEGP is already in operation and completed two years during the 12th Plan period successfully. Therefore, the PMEGP Scheme has been approved for continua-tion by the micro, small and medi-um enterprises (MSME) Ministry during the 12th Plan without any change in the broad framework and parameters of the scheme. For the year 2014-15, the targets have been fixed for setting up of about 1.03 lakh micro units with the margin money subsidy of Rs 1,380 crore to generate employ-ment for 8.25 lakh persons.

PMEGP is a central sector scheme launched in 2008-09 to empower first generation entrepreneurs for setting up micro enterprises across the country by merging Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (REGP) schemes. Khadi and Village Industries Commission is the nodal agency at national level for implementation of PMEGP. An evaluation study of PMEGP was conducted by M/s Development & Research Services Pvt Ltd, New Delhi during 2013-14 for the sam-ple units financed during 2008-09 to 2011-12. The report reveals that 91.7 percent of the units financed are working and average income of the beneficiaries has increased by 61 percent which shows the success of the PMEGP scheme for generation of employment opportunities in ru-ral and urban areas of the country.

Govt sanctions Rs 8,060 cr for PMEGP during 12th Plan

Public NoticeMy residential address in school records has been wrongly entered as Soibugh instead of Doulatpura. Now I have applied for its correction. If any person has any objection/objections in this regard may submit the same in the office of the Headmaster, Govt. Boys Middle School, Soibugh within seven days of publication of this notice. No objection will be entertained after the due date.

Irfan Ahmad Ganie,S/o Khazir Mohammad Ganie,R/o Doulatpura BNA

Malala meets with Nigerian president to talk about missing girls

lala Yousafzai, the teen-age campaigner for girls’ education in Pakistan, told journalists on Mon-day that Nigerian Presi-dent Goodluck Jonathan assured her he would free 219 abducted school-girls being held by Isla-mist militants.Malala, who survived a 2012 attack by Paki-stani militants opposed to the education of girls, marked July 14 as Malala Day by visiting the Nige-rian capital, Abuja, and pressing Jonathan to do more to free the school-girls.But her visit came as a chilling new video sur-faced in which Abubakar Shekau, leader of the mil-itant group Boko Haram, said he would not set free his captives unless the government released his fighters from prison.Pakistani schoolgirl ac-tivist Malala Yousafzai, second from the left, blows out candles with Nigerians from the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign during a din-ner Saturday in Abuja, Nigeria. (Deji Yake / Eu-ropean Pressphoto Agen-cy)“Nigerians are saying 'bring back our girls,' and we are telling Jonathan to bring back our arrest-ed warriors, our army,” Shekau said in the vid-eo, handed to Agence France-Presse news ser-vice.The video was released Sunday, the same day

Malala met with parents of the missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from a boarding school in Chibok village in north-eastern Nigeria on April 14. She also met with five girls who managed to es-cape from captivity.During her meeting Mon-day with Jonathan, the Ni-gerian president agreed to a meeting with the parents of the abducted schoolgirls for the first time, Malala later told reporters. He also promised scholar-ships to all the girls once they were released.Malala told journalists after the meeting that the president assured her the girls would be safely re-covered. She said that he seemed pained about their fates and referred to them as his “daughters.”“The president has ex-pressed his solidarity with those girls and his sadness," she told report-ers. "He has assured that these girls will come back home safely. He has sever-al options but that he will choose the best to ensure the girls are released safe-ly.”Nigerians are saying 'bring back our girls,' and we are telling [President Goodluck] Jonathan to bring back our arrested warriors, our army.In the Boko Haram video, Shekau claimed respon-sibility for simultaneous bomb attacks last month in Abuja and Lagos, the nation's commercial hub.

He also sent greetings to Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri; Abu Bakr Bagh-dadi, head of Islamic State, an Al Qaeda offshoot; and prominent terrorist leaders in Afghanistan, Yemen, Algeria and Paki-stan.Boko Haram, which means “Western educa-tion is a sin,” is fighting an insurgency to create an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria, a country of more

than 170 million people di-vided between Christians and Muslims. The group sees democracy, banking, secular education and Western culture as sacri-legious.Malala, who turned 17 on Saturday, visited Nigeria in support of the #Bring-BackOurGirls campaign, designed to pressure Ni-gerian authorities to do more to release the Chi-bok girls.

LOST I have lost marks card of 10th and 12th class somewhere. Now I have applied for the duplicate. Anybody having objection in this regard may file the same in the office of J&K Board of School Education, Sub Office Baramulla within 7 days after that no objection will be entertained.

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Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR | TUESDAY 15. 07 .2014

CS chairs inaugural sessionSRINAGAR, JULY 14:

The 2-day workshop on finalization of J&K State Disaster Management Plan (JKSDMP) started today at SKICC here. The inaugu-ral session was chaired by

Chief Secretary, Moham-mad Iqbal Khandey.

Financial Commissioner Revenue, Dr Arun Kumar, Member NDMA Dr Mu-zaffar Ahmad, Consultant,

TATA Institute of Social Sci-ences Mumbai, Dr T Jayara-man, Principal Secretary Planning, Mr B. R Sharma, Administrative Secretaries, Deputy Commissioners and other officers, experts and stake holders were present on the occasion.

A brief overview high-lighting the main features

of the draft of the J&K State Disaster Management Plan was presented and com-ments, inputs and sugges-tions from the participants were solicited for incorpo-

ration in the final draft so that an efficient, effective and comprehensive Disas-ter Management plan is formulated for the state in-corporating all aspects.

Emphasis was laid on incorporating in the plan- as-pects to strengthen the inter-agency coordination, early warning systems, emergency management exercises in-cluding class room type train-ing, real life simulation exer-cises and capacity building to ensure effective and quick human resource response to any disaster.

During the discussions on the various features of the plan it was highlighted that besides having Disaster Management plan to deal with natural calamities like earthquakes, cloudburst, flash floods, avalanche and landslides, snow bliz-zards, wind storms, fire and drought.

SRINAGAR, JULY 14: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environ-ment has asked the authorities of forest de-partment to make third party monitoring sys-tem more effective and ensure that inspection reports of the works, conducted by the agen-cies engaged for the purpose, are submitted in time to the Govern-ment.The Minister was reviewing the status of the projects taken up under CAMPA scheme in the State at an officers meeting held here today.

Secretary Forests, Principal Chief Conservator Forests, Direc-tor Social Forestry and Conserva-tor Forests (CAMPA) were pres-ent on the occasion.

Underling need for focusing attention on plantation, the Min-

ister asked officers to go for mas-sive plantation on open chunk of forest land particularly on the banks of major State and district road so that pollution causing to the environment due to vehicular traffic is checked. He asked con-cerned officers to speed up work on the projects started across the state under CAMPA.

The meeting was informed

that Rs 59 crore stands expended during last financial year on vari-ous programmes taken up un-der CAMPA scheme in the State while Rs 49.50 crore have been earmarked for current fiscal. Apart from this, the social for-estry department has incurred Rs 6 crore under the scheme during last financial year, the meeting was told.

The 11-month-old daughter of awoman was alleg-edly held hostage at gunpoint by a man while his ac-complice looted jewellery and other valuables worth about Rs. 2 lakh from her house in north-east Delhi’s Mansarovar Park, police said on Sunday.

The robbers allegedly assaulted the woman when she tried to raise an alarm. The victim Divya, 23, is a housewife and her husband Vishal (27) works for a pri-vate firm in Gurgaon.

The incident occurred around 10pm on Friday when Vishal was out of home and Divya was with her baby daughter Shreshti.

Two strangers had knocked at the door and told Di-vya that they wanted to meet Vicky, which happens to be her husband’s pet name. As soon as Divya opened the door, the duo barged into and latched it from in-side, police said.

The woman tried to raise an alarm, but one of them allegedly pulled out a pistol and kept it pointed at her sleeping daughter’s forehead till she agreed to keep quiet, police said.

The other assailant, allegedly collected four gold bangles, eight gold rings and two gold earrings among other jewellery items.

“While fleeing, the duo also took away her mobile phone to stop her from calling the police immedi-ately,” a police officer said. Since the assailants were aware of Vishal’s pet name, police suspect the involve-ment of someone known to the victim’s family.

The smell of rotting flesh often hangs in the air and stray dogs fre-quently wander into res-idential premises, hold-ing chunks of human flesh in their mouths. And women and chil-dren have stopped climb-ing up to rooftops for fresh air, for fear of star-ing at cadavers, cut open and the internal organs hanging out.

For over three years now, residents of Bhagat Singh ward in Madhya Pradesh’s Garhakota town are living a “hell-ish life” thanks to the government hospital’s open-air autopsy room.

Garhakota, in Sagar district, is nearly 225 km from capital Bhopal. It is the hometown of Gopal Bhargava, panchayat and rural development

minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet.

The post-mortem building, situated away from the hospital prem-ises, collapsed over three years ago and since then the broken room has been the only place for performing autopsies.

Located right in the middle of a residential locality, people have to live with anything be-tween seven and 10 post-mortems carried out on an average every month.

“It’s a mental torture for the people of the lo-cality. We don’t know when the nauseating smell will hit us or when we will be an unwilling witness to human bodies being cut open. Children and women have night-mares when they see such scenes. It has been

a hellish experience for us,” said Rajkumar Khare, a resident of the locality.

Another resident Roop Kumar Dubey said that often “stray dogs and pigs bring in human body parts. Then there is the smell. For us, it is a case of, if the sight does not kill you, the smell will”.

They said that re-peated complaints have failed to evoke any re-sponse from the hospital authorities.

But even Bhargava appeared helpless.

“I arranged the sanc-tioning of Rs. 9 lakh for the post-mortem build-ing about a year-and-a-half. It is the respon-sibility of the health department to construct the facility,” he told HT.

2-day workshop on finalization of State Disaster Management Plan begins at SKICC

Mian Altaf for making third party monitoring system more effective

Delhi: Robbers loot house holding infant hostage at gunpoint

In this Madhya Pradesh town, autopsies are carried out in the open

New Delhi: In fresh trouble for former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, the Election Commission on Sun-day rejected his explanation in the paid news case and asked him to submit his representa-tion within 20 days.

slapped a show cause notice on him for failing to lodge his election expenses as per law in a paid news case and asked him why he should not be dis-qualified.

Setting a 20-day deadline to respond to the notice, the Com-mission said he has “failed to lodge his account of election expenses in the manner re-quired by the (Representation of the People) Act and rules.”

The EC, on the directions of the Supreme Court, had issued

a notice to Chavan in May last to appear before it in connec-tion with the case of alleged expenses made by him during the 2009 Maharashtra Assem-bly polls which were catego-rised as “paid news”.

If Chavan is disqualified by the EC, it may have an impact on his Lok Sabha membership also though the issue relates to his contesting the Assembly polls.

The EC order said a candi-date who is declared disquali-fied by the Commission under Section 10 of the RP Act “incurs disqualification for contesting further elections to any House of Parliament or State Legisla-ture for a period of three years, “and also for continuing as member of any such House if

he is already a sitting member from the date of the order of the Election Commission and not from the date on which he contested the election or was elected at such election.”

“Therefore, the resignation of the respondent from the membership of the Maharash-tra Legislative Assembly on 22nd May, 2014, has no effect or impact on the continuance of the present proceedings be-fore the Commission and the proceedings shall continue un-abated until logical conclusion thereof,” Paragraph 70 of the EC order said.

The full bench of the EC comprising Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) VS Sampath and Election Com-missioners HS Brahma and

SNA Zaidi issued the 104-page order. It had reserved its deci-sion on the issue on June 19.

When contacted, Chavan said he will respond to the no-tice after examining it.

Chavan, who became the chief minister of Maharashtra in December 2008 replacing Vilasrao Deshmukh, said that the show cause notice issued to him by the Election Commis-sion has vindicated his and the Congress’ stand and “there is no question of paid news”.

“Our stand on the paid news issue has been confirmed by the Election Commission. Even the High Court and Su-preme Court had taken a simi-lar stand when our opponents had filed a petition. The courts had rejected their petition.

Now this (EC) order is also very clear. There is no ques-tion of paid news,” Chavan said.

When asked to comment on the EC order which says that he has failed to file his elec-tion expenses in the requisite manner, Chavan said, “There is a provision under which a notice can be served to us. We will reply to that. I have not seen the order in detail yet. But (the issue of) paid news is ruled out totally.”

The Commission said that it is quite clear that despite knowledge and awareness on his part, Chavan did not show the expenditure made on the publication of 25 advertise-ments in his account of elec-tion expenses.

EC rejects Ashok Chavan’s explanation in paid news case

SRINGAR, JULY 14: A meeting of the Department Related Stand-ing Committee (DRSC-I) of Leg-islative Council was held today under the Chairmanship of MLC, Mr Showkat Hussain Ganai here.

Legislators, Mr Ghulam Qadir Pardesi, Mr Abdul Majeed Bhat and Aga Syed Ahmed Rizvi at-tended the meeting and gave their valuable suggestions to make the

Committee result oriented.The Committee has the man-

date to look into the function-ing of the Departments which include Industries & Commerce, Agriculture Production, Power Development Department, High-er Education, Ladakh Affairs and Haj & Auqaf.

Threadbare discussion was held on the working of the Com-

mittee and decided to call the con-cerned officers of Power Develop-ment Department to discuss the working paper of the department in its next meeting.

Stressing on ensuring regular presence of all the members, the Chairman said that it will enable the Committee to take unanimous decisions besides settling the is-sues in a time bound manner.

DRSC-1 of Legislative Council holds its first meeting Stresses for displaying rate lists, name of

ration card holders at every Ration Depot

SRINGAR, JULY 14: A meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held under the Chairman-ship of MLA Advocate Abdul Haq Khan here today.Threadbare discussion was held on issuance of ration cards besides the working of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) department.Leg-islators, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, Rafi Ahmad Mir, Peerzada Mansoor Hussain, Mr. Javid Ahmad Dar and Dr. Shahnaz Ganai attended the meeting and gave their valuable suggestions to make the working of the CA&PD result oriented.The Committee stressed for displaying rate lists and name of the ration card holds at every Ration Depot.Secretary, CA&PD Department, Mr. Baseer Ahmad Khan and Director, CA&PD Kash-mir,, Mr. Bashir Ahmad Khan briefed the Committee about the achievements registered besides function-ing of the department.Among others, Secretary, Legis-lative Assembly Mr. M. Ramzan, Accountant General, AG’s office J&K Mr. Khalid Jamal, Director General Accounts and Treasuries, Mr. Altaf Hussain, repre-sentative from J&K Accountant General Office, and other senior officers of CA&PD .

PAC discusses functioning of CA&PD

Consider making some plans for a vacation or short getaway, Libra. Looking forward to something fun can make even the tough-est of days far easier to handle. You’ll be amazed how much you can manage when there’s an end in plain sight. Your entire attitude can lighten. So take the bull by the horns and create an incentive for yourself. Do something special to reward the hard work you do day after day.

Don’t judge someone if he or she has a different lifestyle than what you consider to be OK, Scorpio. You probably lean toward the traditional, yet not everyone feels this way about re-lationships, working, or lifestyle. While it may seem impossible to understand and even frighten you, try not to be too harsh on those you deem odd. You’d be better off using that energy to keep your own life on track.

Friends seeking advice or a shoulder to cry on could be plentiful today, Sagittarius. You’re one of best people to give them the support and care they need. Just be sure that you don’t give so much to others that you don’t have anything left for yourself. True friendship is about sharing and the exchange of problems and help. Running yourself down will leave you in a place where you aren’t going to be much help to anyone.

Getting through today shouldn’t pose too big a problem for you, Capricorn. You may feel a huge second wind that can give you the drive and determination to see your chores and projects through. Make some plans for this evening, such as getting to-gether with friends or taking in an event that really intrigues you. Until then, go about your tasks bit by bit. You’ll get things finished before you know it.

Working within boundaries and restrictions could really get to you today, Aquarius. Yours is an independent spirit and your best achievements are often born of doing things your own way. Yet like it or not, we all have to follow guidelines and rules. Do your best to follow suit and finish what needs to be done. Afterward, you may find more freedom to act independently without consequences. Exercise patience and diligence as needed today.

Chances are that you’ll feel upbeat and positive today, Pisces. Consider sharing this energy with those around you who are feel-ing less than content. Your attitude can have a profound effect on friends, partners, spouses, and children. Even neighbors and ex-tended family can pick up on your spirit without you even real-izing it. Share your optimism with everyone you can today. If you see someone hurt or angry.

Feeling the effects of today’s energies, Virgo? Take heart if this is the case, because the end of the tunnel isn’t as far away as it seems. Do your best to take things one step at a time and see about making some plans for a little fun this evening. Get together with friends or take in a movie. Help yourself feel better by staying busy and focused and follow up with some recreation. Before you know it, the aspect will pass and you’ll be back to normal.

Don’t discount your ability to be extremely resourceful if you need to be, Aries. If you don’t have everything you need or all of the required information, take time to think. Who can you ask? What places can you access? Who might know where you can find what you need? Rather than panic because the pieces aren’t all there, instead make a list of contacts and go for it. Trust in yourself.

Try not to let today’s blues get you down, Taurus. While it’s true that some days can seem to drag on, the busier you are the faster time will pass. Get down to finishing any work still before you and then make plans for tonight. If there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, not only will things seem to speed up but you’ll feel better knowing it’s coming.

Dare to be different, Gemini. It can be so easy to fall into a drill. Sleeping at the same time, eating at the same time, wearing the same style, and going about work the same way day after day. Be-fore you know it, you feel like you’re in a rut. The only way to get away from this is to make a decision to break free by doing some-thing unique. Try a new haircut. Wear colors that are unusual for you. If the need is there, consider a new career. Pursue expansion.

If your lifestyle is considerably different than that of others, re-sist feeling self-conscience about it today, Cancer. Try to remember that you chose the life you have for specific reasons. Even if you’ve come to a point where you’re considering a change, there’s no need to feel badly, ashamed, or embarrassed about where you are now. Everyone has to make his or her own way. If this conforms to the norm, that’s fine. If it doesn’t, that’s fine, too.

An enhanced feeling of determination could motivate you today, Leo. Finish the things that aren’t complete and make some plans for this evening. Don’t hesitate to take on something that feels compli-cated or big. Chances are you’ll be able to handle most anything and it will feel great when it’s finished. Enjoy your day by making the most of opportunity.

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Tuesday 15 July 2014

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Two lac orphans and our

responsibilities

In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took

your breath away

Quote of the day

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Shocking but reality, the number of orphans has increased two lac and perhaps it is the only state in the country

where nothing concrete is being done by the state govt. for these unfortunate one’s. Baring an or-phanage here and there, no orga-nized mechanism is in place to effect some steps for the rehabil-itation and welfare of the large number of orphans. During the month of holy Ramdhan, one finds vehicles fitted with public address system asking for dona-tions for the welfare of the or-phans. But actually very small portion of the collected money is spent or reaches to these or-phans who are always in dire need of help. Most of the money is swindled by so called non-govern-mental-organisations pretending to be engaged in the welfare of the orphans. Some of these organiza-tions are even running orphan-ages. If one has a round of these orphanages, most of them are in a pathetic condition and the children lodged there are spend-ing agonizing days. There is no doubt that a few persons or orga-nizations are truly serving their cause, but most of them are ex-ploiters, cheaters and emotional-ly black mail general public who donate foe these organizations. There are big advertisements in the local papers to donate for or-phans and lacs of rupees are be-ing spent on publicity. The money collected in the name of orphans is lavishly spent for publicity and for the personal comforts of those who are the helm of these organizations. One fails to under-stand as to why there is no moni-toring of the funds being collected and there are no checks and bal-ances from the govt. side which should have necessarily be in place. The orphans are spending very pathetic days, the exploitors leading comfortable life and the govt. watching all this like a mute spectator. In fact, the two lac plus orphans and their rehabilitation is a big challenge for the society in general and govt. in particular. It needs a meticulous policy and a perfect mechanism to rehabil-itate them and take them out of the agonizing life besides the ex-ploitation of those persons and organizations who are swindling huge amounts in the name of their welfare. In fact , every in-dividual and the govt. have to share the responsibility of these deserving persons.

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Friday 07 March 2014

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Be passionate, they are young and deserve leniency

Cricket has become a very pop-ular game across the world and this game offers name,

fame and a lot of money not only to the players but to various boards, ad-vertising agencies and hundreds of stake holders connected directly or indirectly with this game. Once con-sidered a gentleman’s game, cricket is now engulfed with lot of contro-versies including betting, fixing and other negative things. It is not a sin to like or dislike a player or a team but it is the way that one expresses his sen-timents connected with his likings. Once chief election commissioner of India M.S.Gill who later became a cabinet minister and held sports portfolio was interviewed on a TV channel were he openly said that he is a big fan of Pakistani cricket team. It does not attracted any ill will against the country and cannot be treated as treason or a hate act against the coun-try, but if you celebrate the victory of Pakistani cricket team over India and raise slogans it definitely can be treated as a hate act and will amount a punishment. The J&K chief Minis-ter Omer Abdullah has said that the act of Kashmiri students is not a kind of treason but has justified their pun-ishment by the university authorities. The question arises as to why should these students instead of putting their abilities to study and achieve new heights indulge in such acts. Definite-ly they are in Meerut where the uni-versity has provided them an oppor-tunity to study different courses and where most of the students belong to other parts of India who will neces-sarily get hurt when somebody raises slogans against their team or country. The Kashmiri students should have known that they are availing all the facilities provided by Govt. of India and the government of the country where they live and make their car-rier. It is unfortunate that they are swayed by emotions without caring for the emotions of others and are in-dulging in such acts which could fur-ther complicate their future and cre-ate many more problems. By doing so they have also put their parents in lot of inconvenience as everybody is not affluent and does not have enough money to spend on the education of their wards. There are people who barrow the money or sell the proper-ty for the education of their children. It is the duty of the children to respect the hard work and toil of their parents who do everything for their educa-tion. They should refrain from doing such acts. As they are young hence the university authorities should take a passionate view and should now give them one more chance and should not spoil their career. The UP govt. should also keep their young age in view and withdraw the cases against them, particularly the case of treason. As they are young, the govt. of Utter Pradesh and the University instead of coming heavily on them and proving harsh, should instead be polite and lenient on them.

Drinking Water Facility for Villages

Five crore people living in over one lakh habitations in villages in our country do not have access to safe drinking water even today.

According to official figures twenty two per cent rural families have to walk for at least half a kilometer or more to fetch water (mostly it is the women who have to bear the burden). The percentage of such families is the maximum in Mani-pur, Tripura, Odisha, Meghalaya, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. Fifteen per cent of households in villages depend on uncovered wells and other unimproved sources like rivers, springs, ponds for drinking water. Also eighty five per cent of all drinking water resources in villages are based on underground sources of water and in many of these areas water is contaminat-ed. Only 30.80 percent of the rural population has access to tap water. In fact there are only four states which have been able to bring fifty per cent or more of the rural areas under piped water supply. Many of the states are yet to fully comply with the Supreme Court order on supply of potable water in government schools. The latest available data shows that less than the 44 per cent government schools in villages have drinking water fa-cility.During the national consultation in Delhi held recently on the prog-ress of national rural drinking water programmers and related issues , it was revealed that in spite of this unsatisfactory sce-nario with regard potable water availability in villages many of the states have failed to fully utilize the funds allocated by the centre under the various heads of NRD-WP.To achieve the objective of provid-ing drinking water facilities to all the villages, the Government is bringing about a major paradigm shift in the National Rural Drink-ing Water Programme in the XIIth

Five Year plan period. In the back-drop of over extraction of ground water in most parts of the country, the emphasis is to shift away from ground water to surface water. The focus would be on piped water sup-ply and minimizing the use of hand pumps. The target is to ensure indi-vidual household connections to at least 35 per cent of the population in villages by 2017 against only 13 per cent today.In order to encourage the villagers to take water connections, the Gov-ernment is roping in Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA). A recent order said the ASHAs will get an incentive of 75 rupees for motivating each of the fami-lies in villages to take individual household tap connection. The states can use the money from the support funds allocated to states under the NRDWP.The norm of 40 litres of water per capita per day( LPCD) in villages was set way back in 1972 but now under the 12th five year plan , it is being increased from 40 to 55 li-tres .In the 12th plan the target is to cover at least half of the popu-lation to get 55 LPCD water with-in in their house hold premises or within 100 meter radius. Once the states are able to increase the per capita availability of drinking water, it will help in bridging the gap to some extent between urban areas and rural areas. Under NRD-WP, States have the flexibility to fix their own supply norms. The Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Bharatsinh Solanki has urged the states to aim at 55 LPCD , this he says will enable higher level of household connections and reduce the burden on women and girls in fetching water from hand pumps and public taps as well as reducing risk of contamination.Quality of drinking water avail-ability is a major concern in villag-es many parts of the country are af-fected by contamination of arsenic and fluoride, which are considered

the most hazardous in terms of their effect on health. In the budget proposals for 2013-14 Rs 1,400 crore will be provided for the setting-up water purification plants as there are still 2,000 arsenic and 12,000 fluoride affected rural habitations in the country. Then there are contaminants like iron, salinity uranium and pesticides. The cen-tre is assisting States affected with Chemical contamination of drink-ing water, and those States which have cases of Japanese and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome through a provision under the NRDWP by allocating 5% of the NRDWP funds for Improving the quality of drink-ing waterGiven the growing importance of water quality issues, under the 12th plan dedicated funding will be provided to States with quality af-fected habitations, over and above the normal NRDWP allocation to the State. Highest priority will be given to arsenic and fluoride affected habitations. Part of the funding would also be made avail-able to tackle bacteriological con-tamination in the priority districts with high incidence of Japanese and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome as identified by the Ministry of Health and Family WelfareUnfortunately many of the states like Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, and Uttara-khand & Tripura are yet to submit proposals to get the benefit from 5% Water Quality earmarked fund.World over lack of drinking water and sanitation facilities account for over nine per cent of the dis-eases and more than six per cent of deaths. In our country where more than half the population resorts to open defecation, the situation is worse. It is in this scenario that ma-jor emphasis in the 12th plan is strengthening convergence be-tween rural drinking water supply and rural sanitation by taking up

villages covered with piped water supply to get Open Defecation Free status priority and vice versa.The 12th plan draft document says that all government schools and anganwadis in government or community buildings will be pro-vided with water supply for drink-ing and for toilets as per relevant quality norms by convergence of NRDWP for existing schools and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and for new schools set up under SSA. For private schools this will be en-forced the right to education provi-sions. All community toilets built with public funds and maintained for public use will be provided with running water supply under NRD-WP. Care will be taken to ensure that minimum distance is main-tained between the toilet systems and water sources, to alleviate the problem of nitrate contamination.A part of NRDWP outlay will be set aside for integrated Habitat Improvement Projects to provide housing, water and sanitation fa-cilities in rural areas at par with urban areas.Participation of the beneficiaries especially women in drink water supply schemes is also proposed.In another initiative Solar pow-ered pumps will be provided for implementation in remote, small habitations and those with irreg-ular power supply by converging subsidy available under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.Waste water treatment and recy-cling will also be an integral part of every water supply plan or project.India is fast becoming a water stressed country and over and above everything else there is need to generate awareness about pro-tecting drinking water sources from contamination, regular testing of drinking water sources, conserving rainwater in tanks and ponds, water recharge and water saving devices so that everyone in the country is able to get the basic facility of drink-ing water.

Measures to Check Cheating of investors by Unscrupulous Companies

heating of investors by unscrupulous compa-nies takes many forms, such as: ‘vanishing’ after raising money through public offers; il-legal collection of deposits in violation of Sec-tion 58A of the Companies Act, 1956; floating sham ‘Collective Investment Schemes (CIS)’ in violation of SEBI Act; collecting money from public by posing as ‘Non-Banking Fi-nancial Companies (NBFCs) in violation of RBI Act; and resorting to ‘Ponzy’ or money circulation schemes under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has tak-en action against ‘vanishing companies’ which have raised funds through initial public offer but thereafter are not trace-able. The Ministry has also taken action against certain companies which have failed to repay deposits to public violat-ing Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956. Complaints of cheating by companies - which promised high rates of interests to investors, have been received against 87 companies. In these cases Inspection under Section 209A/ Investigation un-der Section 234 of the Companies Act, 1956 has been ordered. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) also looked into the affairs of 669 companies whose operations were in violation of SEBI (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations, 1999. The amount collected by these companies was about Rs 7,435 crore. Out of these companies, 75 have been wound up and the money refunded to the investors. A total of 552 compa-nies were prosecuted; convictions have been secured in 124 cases. RBI also regulates deposits / investments of the public with Non- banking Finance Companies (NBFC) that are registered with RBI. Complaints received against companies posing as NBFC’s and Unin-corporated bodies indulging in cheating

/ fraud are forwarded by RBI to the Eco-nomic Offenses Wing of the State Police for investigation and further action. There are certain companies which have floated fraudulent investment deposits mobilizing schemes (also called ponzi schemes) under various guises and are liable for action under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Ban-ning) Act, 1978. This Act is administered by Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) through the State Governments.The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a Steering Committee to de-velop a “Fraud Prediction Model” aimed at generating alerts for prevention of fraud and malfeasance. It is also pro-posed to revamp the existing Market Research & Analysis Unit (MRAU) in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to enable it to function as an intel-ligence unit. Giving a fillip to the early establishment of a state-of-art Forensic Lab within the premises of SFIO in the national capital; and the development of a Comprehensive Early Warning System (EWS) for detection of corporate fraud and malfeasance at the earliest, three important MoUs have been signed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. These MoUs are: Between Director, SFIO ( which func-tions under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) and Director, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technol-ogy (NIELIT), a scientific organization under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; Between Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Director, Finan-cial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND), an agen-cy under the Ministry of Finance; andDirector, SFIO and Director, FIU-IND. As per the Memorandum, NIELIT will set up a state-of-art Forensic Lab within

the premises of SFIO - with a total outlay of Rs. 3.80 Crore on a turnkey basis, to be completed in two phases. The MoUs signed with FIU-IND will lead to better and faster exchange of information be-tween the three Government entities. FIU has been playing a pivotal role in the collection and dissemination of informa-tion on suspicious banking transactions under the Prevention of Money Launder-ing Act, 2002. FIU-IND has been helping both the Ministry and SFIO from time to time by supplying information on sus-picious banking transactions. Having access to banking information as well as expertise of FIU, the MoU will help SFIO in conducting its investigation in a more effective manner. These initiatives will facilitate development of a comprehen-sive EWS for detection of fraud and mal-feasance at the earliest. The concerned regulatory agencies of the Central Government have adopted different measures aimed at sensitiz-ing the public of the need to be cautious while making investments into schemes, etc. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs conducts Investor Awareness Programs (IAP’s) for making the public aware of the various instruments of investments available to them. Similarly, RBI is-sues notice in newspapers regularly to caution the public against the design of entities in collection of deposits illegal-ly. Editors of Newspapers are also sen-sitized to exercise caution for accepting advertisements pertaining to acceptance of deposits by un-incorporated bodies. Presently, RBI is in the process of under-taking a comprehensive campaign aimed at alerting the public against falling prey to the Ponzy schemes and other monetary mal-prac-tices. SEBI also conducts Investor Awareness Programs in cities / towns across the country and has recently launched publicity cam-paigns through electronic and print media.

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