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  • Central minister told Karnataka government, if you can’t give free rice, then leave power

    Central minister told Karnataka government, if you can’t give free rice, then leave power

    Chikmagalur (IANS) | Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje has told the Congress government in Karnataka that it should either provide 10 kg of rice free of cost as promised during the elections or step down. Talking to reporters in Chikkamagaluru, Shobha Karandlaje on Wednesday said that they (Congress government) have to give a total of 15 kg free rice to the people. The central government already gives five kilograms of free rice.

    He said, Congress leaders made false promises only to win the elections. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should withdraw his statements in this regard.

    She questioned, women are asked for certificates for bus passes. Do I need a certificate to prove that I am a woman?

    Fingers are pointed at the Prime Minister for free rice, funds, electricity and everything, he said. In such a situation, why have you (Congress) distributed guarantee cards to the people? Buy rice from farmers and distribute it among the people.

    The Karnataka government has attacked the central government for denying the sale of rice to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had alleged that the BJP was stealing the poor man’s food and trying to sabotage the Anna Bhagya scheme under which 10 kg of free rice would be distributed to each family member of BPL card holders.

    A war of words has broken out between the BJP and the Congress on this issue. The Congress had staged a sit-in against the central government. The BJP also opposed it and some of its leaders were arrested and later released.

    –IANS

  • Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Against Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s Acquittal In Murder Case

    Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Against Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s Acquittal In Murder Case

    The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2004 against Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s acquittal in a murder case.

    The case pertains to the murder of Prabhat Gupta which took place in Lakhimpur Kheri in 2000.

    A trial court had acquitted Mishra in the case in 2004, after which, the state government challenged the decision in the high court.

    A bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice OP Shukla said there was no error in the trial court’s order.

    Mishra and others were named in the FIR lodged in Lakhimpur in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Gupta, who was shot dead in Tikunia area of the district.

    A court of additional sessions judge in Lakhimpur Kheri had acquitted Mishra and others in 2004 for want of adequate evidence.

    Aggrieved by the acquittals, the state government had preferred an appeal while the deceased’s family had filed a separate revision petition challenging the judgement.

  • Union Minister lauds the progress of housing construction in Andhra Pradesh

    Union Minister lauds the progress of housing construction in Andhra Pradesh

    Union minister of state for housing and urban development Koushal Kishore showered praise on state government for distributing 30 lakh house sites. Addressing a review meeting on progress of housing underPrime Ministers Awas Yojana, the Union minister stressed the need for completing the housing projects as per schedule.

    Addressing housing officials of various districts through video conference, he asked the officials to fulfill the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wish to provide housing to all by 2024. Stating that the Central government has been giving priority to Andhra Pradesh in allotment of houses, the Union minister assure release of funds.
    Minister for housing Jogi Ramesh appealed to the Union minister to extend cooperation to complete housing programme for the poor by releasing funds.

    Special chief secretary housing Ajay Jain explained to the Union minister the initiative taken by state government to provide housing to poor.

    He gave a power point presentation to Union minister on the progress of housing schemes in the state.
    Earlier, the Union minister of state inspected the housing layouts in Gajulapalle village of Ibrahimpatnam mandal. The officials said of the total 1,402 houses sanctioned, construction of 250 houses completed.

    Chairman of AP Housing Corporation D Dorababu welcomed the Union minister. Managing director Lakshmi Shah said that they are providing infrastructure in housing colonies. Navaratnalu implementation committee executive vice-chairman A Narayana Murthy, chief engineer G V Prasad were present.

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    Assam: Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Ashok Singhal visits Dhemaji district

    Assam: Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Ashok Singhal visits Dhemaji district
    LAKHIMPUR: Ashok Singhal, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Irrigation, visited Dhemaji district on Wednesday with a day-long programme. During the visit to the district, Singhal conducted field visit to the irrigation schemes being implemented in Dhemaji and Jonai sub divisions and took stock of their progress and present status.

    Singhal at first arrived in Jonai and went to Owen Ghat to study the potential of the irrigation projects at River Sile flowing across the Assam-Arunachal border area. Then he inspected the Menjak drain and Simen River and observed the prospect of irrigation projects there. He also visited the farm owned by Chitta Payeng, a progressive farmers under Demou village, and inspected the cultivation of sugarcane, done with the benefits of the irrigation system set up under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana.

    Then the Minister arrived in Dhemaji and held review meeting on irrigation schemes in the conference hall of the Dhemaji Deputy Commissioner’s office. The meeting was attended by Lakhimpur MP Pradan Baruah, Jonai MLA Bhuban Pegu, Irrigation Department Secretary Pavitra Ram Khaond along with high-level officers of the department, Deputy Commissioner Ankur Bhorali and Irrigation Department officers and engineers under Dhemaji district. They also accompanied the Minister during the conduct of the field visit to the irrigation schemes.

    While interacting with the media persons, Ashok Singhal said, “Effort on the part of the Government of Assam has been underway continuously in order to provide benefits of irrigation system to the farmers of the State. The irrigation Department has continued endeavours to implement new irrigation projects with adequate facilities to enhance the agriculture sector of the State. At present district irrigation project plan has been chalked out in view of preparing master plan for the upcoming 25 years.”

    During the visit to Jonai, Singhal inaugurated the Kulajan Model Anganwadi Centre, constructed by Women and Children Development Department with the investment of a fund of Rs. 25,000. He also laid the foundation stone for the construction of Kanduli Mathura-Kulajan connecting road under Mukhya Mantri Pakee Path Nirman Achoni with a fund amounting to Rs. 117.27 lakh, 2022-23 financial year and Kapahtoli Deury Gaon-Sripani Kundimama Mandir connecting road with the investment of a fund amounting to Rs. 66.89 lakh.

    Ashok Singhal also visited the Office of the Silapathar Municipal Board and took stock of the activities of the civic body concerned. He also held review meeting with the chairpersons, ward commissioners, officers and officials of the Dhemaji and Silapathar Municipal Boards. He instructed the officers and civic body representatives to build adequate systems for waste management, tax collection and resolution to other issues of the civic body areas.

  • India and Singapore can work together to create workforce of the future: Union Minister

    India and Singapore can work together to create workforce of the future: Union Minister

    Bhubaneswar: There is immense scope for India and Singapore to work together to achieve mutual priorities, particularly towards preparing a future-ready workforce, said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday.

    Addressing the workshop on “Future of Work: Skill Architecture and Governance Models of India and Singapore”, organised on the sidelines of the G20 3rd EDWG meeting in Bhubaneswar, the minister said skills development and knowledge collaboration is an important element of the strategic partnership.

    “Skilling is lifelong. In next quarter century, 25% of the global working population will come from India. Until and unless we skill, re-skill and up-skill our young demography and prepare them for Future of Work, we cannot fulfil global responsibilities,” he added.

    Pradhan said the joint workshop between India and Singapore will focus on leveraging the expertise and knowledge of Singapore and facilitate mutual sharing of experiences for addressing obstacles to skilling and further transforming the Indian skills ecosystem.

    In the context of Future of Work, India and Singapore are engaging holistically to deliberate on development of new curriculum for skill, framework for skilling ecosystem in higher education and compulsory apprenticeship and frameworks for lifelong skilling.

    Simon Wong, High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore to India, in his address mentioned the close ties that Singapore has with India. “Singapore is the first country to establish linkages with UPI through their fast payment system PayNow. Also, a few days ago, Indian rocket PSLV placed two Singapore satellites into the orbit,” he said.

    He said there is a huge opportunity to extend this cooperation to the space of skilling. Singapore follows a skilling philosophy of leaving no one behind, training for decent jobs and building a confident nation because decent job increases the confidence of the individuals and their families, he added.

    Melissa Khoo, Deputy Secretary (Higher Education and Skills, Ministry of Education Singapore); Secretary, Higher Education, K. Sanjay Murthy; Secretary, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Atul Kumar Tiwari; Secretary, School Education and Literacy Sanjay Kumar and senior officials of Ministry of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship attended the workshop.

  • The two-day Global Buddhist Summit will discuss subjects like peace and Buddhist confederation: Union Minister

    The two-day Global Buddhist Summit will discuss subjects like peace and Buddhist confederation: Union Minister

    Buddha Dharma is not just a religion but it’s a way of life that emphasizes compassion towards all beingsIt also addresses the most pressing issues that world faces that is the well-being of the people: Union Minister

    Delegates from almost 30 countries & around 170 delegates are participating in this summitIn the two-day Global Buddhist Summit discussions will be held on Peace, Environmental Crisis, Health, Sustainable development & Buddhist Confederation etc

  • Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan calls Odisha lawless

    Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan calls Odisha lawless

    BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan once again targeted the state government over the law and order situation following the abduction and murder of a teenager in Jharsuguda district for ransom. Pradhan, who is on a three-day visit to the state, expressed concern over the murder of 15-year-old Samarth Agarwal, son of a businessman, within two months of the daylight killing of minister Naba Kishore Das.

    Taking to Twitter, Pradhan said, “Lawless Odisha is a reality. High-time people in power recognise the fault-lines in the law and order situation in the state.” “Murder of young Samarth exactly within two months of the broad daylight killing of Minister Naba Das exposes Odisha govt’s tall claims on rule of law,” he also said.

    The minister said that no one is safe, neither the public nor the public representatives of the state. Such gruesome incidents, particularly in Jharsuguda, has shocked everyone and weakens their trust on the state government and its law and order machinery.

    “No amount of empathy will bring solace to young Samarth’s family. The Odisha government must pull up its socks to ensure rule of law and safety of citizens,” Pradhan tweeted. Earlier, Pradhan had launched an attack on the state government for its failure to protect one of its minister who was shot dead by a police officer on duty on January 29 in Brajarajnagar. He had also been rasing the Mahanga double murder case, Anand Toppo murder case and the alleged sexual harassment case against a BJD MLA.

    A war of words broke out with BJD Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra accusing Pradhan of tarnishing the image of the state for petty political gain and explaining the minister the difference between lawlessness and law and order situation. In a series of tweets, the BJD MP said lawlessness is when during a GST raid at Padampur hundreds of BJP leaders and workers storm in forcibly and snath papers from the raiding party in a bid to help the businessman who had cheated in paying tax.

    It is law and order situation when 500 people block national highway between Sambalpur and Cuttack due to central neglect and delay in completion of work for many years or thousands of farmers protest against central neglect for not lifting surplus paddy.

    The BJD leader said crime is committed by a group or individual which is investigated and the guilty are brought to justice. He alleged that BJP-ruled states like UP, MP, Maharashtra, Assam and Haryana have reported more rape cases and some of them have reported more murder cases as per the NCRB report of 2021 and requested Pradhan not to mislead the people of the state and do politics on sensitive matters of crime.

  • Union Minister announces major initiative in fisheries sector

    Union Minister announces major initiative in fisheries sector

    Bangaluru/Udupi: Union minister for Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairy Parshottam Rupala has announced that the government prioritises the fisheries industry to ensure that it adopts a comprehensive development strategy.

    Two big announcements were made in the meetings in Udupi and Mangaluru including a new fisheries university for Mangaluru and a series of sops to the fishermen on the Karnataka coast including the extension of KisanVikas cards for Fisherfolk in the state. He was participating in the initiation ceremony of ‘SagarParikrama’ in Karnataka which is an ambitious programme of the Union government to improve fisheries in the country. Speaking to the press correspondents in MangaluruRupala said “We have made a proposal to the union government to isolate the fisheries section of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Sciences and Fisheries University at Bidar and use the resources to upgrade the Fisheries college at Mangaluru into a University.

    Rupala stated that the Pradhan MantriMatsyaSampadaYojana (PMMSY), has envisioned funding of Rs 20,050 crore for the fisheries sector for five years (2020-25), and the production scale in the fisheries sector will increase and various allied activities will add income generation opportunity in the sector as a result of this large scale of investment. SagarParikrama- 2023 (Phase-IV) program was inaugurated on Sunday in Malpe.

    The SagarParikrama program, which seeks to raise fishermen’s awareness of various government programs along the country’s 8,000 km of coastlines, aims to address the issues facing fishermen nationwide, according to the minister. Fishermen in this area have discussed issues and also suggested building Malpe’s largest all-weather harbour.

    Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that the fisheries sector contributes a significant portion to the country’s economy, he said that their demands, which include a new harbour, distribution of kerosene and diesel, and other programs, will be met. For the benefit of the nation’s fishermen, Prime Minister Modi has established a separate ministry for fisheries. The Pradhan MantriMatsyaSampadaYojana was announced by the PM to improve the lives of fishermen and the fishing industry.

    To purchase deep-sea fishing boats, financial assistance in the amount of Rs 1 crore is being provided. He added that the demands would be discussed with officials. “The majority of fishermen want small trawlers, and they want the government to introduce schemes for the same. The minister also expressed shock at learning about the complaints of fishermen who received loans from private companies at a rate of 15 per cent interest per month.

    If that is the interest rate, fishermen would not be able to escape their financial problems. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to provide loans to fishermen in a similar manner to how loans are provided to farmers in order to stop this. Fishermen can borrow up to Rs 1.8 lakh from banks without providing security, he said.