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Dissidents in Congress, JD(S) after Cabinet expansion

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Not long after the much-anticipated development of the State Cabinet on Wednesday, dissidence ejected in both the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress.

A few senior leaders of the two parties communicated their outrage against their party leaders for “disregarding their status and service”.

In a few regions, Congress workers organized dissents for denying Cabinet ministry for their leaders.

Congress pioneers, for example, M.B. Patil, H.K. Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, B.C. Patil, B.K. Sangameshwar, M.T.B. Nagaraj, Satish Jarkiholi, Eshwar Khandre, N.A. Haris, S.R. Patil, and Dinesh Gundu Rao are said to have been frustrated over the way in which the Cabinet development was done by the party.

Mr. M.B. Patil, former Water Resources Minister who denied to make it to the Cabinet, said he would not take any post offered by the government.

Addressing the media after the swearing-in function of new Ministers, he stated, “I will approach the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara to know why I was excluded in the Cabinet.”

The six-time MLA who initiated the development of partitioned religion tag for Lingayat community, stated, “My dignity is harmed by this decision. I would prefer not to take up any post offered by the party from now on. I will proceed as a MLA.”

Mr. B.C. Patil, three-time MLA from Hirekerur, likewise impacted State and central party leaders of the Congress for denying him a Cabinet berth. “MLAs who enjoyed coercion politics and those with money power have been given Cabinet berth,” he said. The Congress has closed the entryway for sincere and hardworking party leaders, he charged.

Mr. Nagaraj, MLA for Hoskote, and Mr. Sangameshwar, MLA for Bhadravati, too criticized party leaders. Mr. Nagaraj, one of the wealthiest MLAs of the party, is said to have lashed out at Mr. Siddaramaiah, who had supposedly promised him a Cabinet berth.

3 Year Old boy passes away shocked grandmother, aunt die.

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Three of a family, including a three-year-old kid, died around the same time in Kodala town in Wadagera taluk of Yadgir region on Wednesday.

The casualties were identified as Pradeep (3), Shantamma (45) and Bhagyamma (20).

As per sources, Pradeep was experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. He died whileon the way to Yadgir after fundamental treatment at the Community Health Center in Bendebembali town.

Shocked by the grandchild’s dead, his grandmother, Shantamma, who was with him, died in the hospital.

Following 60 minutes, her daughter and Pradeep’s aunt, Bhagyamma, also passed away in the district general hospital after complaining of serious health issues.

Shantamma and Bhagyamma may have passed away due to hypertension, the doctors said and included that the reason for these two deaths could be known only after examination.

The three deaths in a family in a day has stunned residents of Kodala village.

Read more at https://www.udayavani.com/english/news/state/299706/sick-boy-passes-away-grandmother-aunt-die-shock#vWJBlvT7BZxfCe5c.99

Necessary to address larger agenda of women empowerment: Maneka

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In order to address the larger agenda of Women Empowerment, the focus on Women by each of the sections of the Government needs to be constant as well as evolving.

This was stressed by Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child Development in her letter to the various Ministers of the Union Government.

She also noted that complete convergence of the inter-ministerial efforts for effective implementation of various initiatives and schemes is needed. A focal point in the key Ministries at the central level so that the women are kept in focus in the overall Governance scheme is also necessary, the Minister specified in the letter.

To keep Women in focus in all the Government schemes, the Minister requested to create a division headed by Joint Secretary (or designate one of the existing Joint Secretaries as head) to spearhead engendering of Government schemes/programmes from conceptualization to the last mile implementation. The Minister added that this will have a major impact in the long run in the quest for women empowerment.

She also informed that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to create a new division to address the issues of Women safety which would bring focus and synergy in the efforts of the Government in addressing the crimes against women.

The Minister also listed significant initiatives and achievements of the Ministry of Women and Child Development and thanked the Ministries for their collaboration in making these initiatives successful.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

38 Indian Nationals safely disembark at Porbandar

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Operation NISTAR successfully culminates

They were stranded at at/off Socotra Islands

Indian Naval Ship Sunayana entered Porbandar harbour today (Thursday, June 07) after successfully evacuating 38 Indian Nationals at/off Socotra Islands during a swift Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Operation (HADR), code named Operation NISTAR.

The Indian Nationals were stranded for nearly ten days after severe Cyclonic Storm – Mekunu devastated the area around Socotra Island. INS Sunayna was diverted from Gulf of Aden deployment to Socotra Island for search and rescue operations after Indian Navy received a distress call from Directorate General of Shipping and Indian Sailing Vessels Association.

The 38 Indian nationals were successfully rescued/ evacuated in the early morning of 03 Jun 2018. All evacuees were safely embarked onboard the ship and were immediately provided with medical care, food, water and telephone facilities. Thereafter, the ship also undertook intensive surface search and aerial reconnaissance of the area to look for any more survivors.

Upon entering harbour INS Sunayna was received by Rear Admiral Sanjay Roye, Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat, Daman n Diu Naval Area. After initial briefing about the scheduled disembarkation formalities, all 38 Indian nationals were put through mandatory customs clearance and immigration checks. They were served light refreshments. Post completion of all the administrative formalities, they were handed over to the civil police to facilitate their return to native places.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Gangster Abu Salem gets seven years in extortion case

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A court here on Thursday sentenced extradited gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a 2002 extortion case.

“…the convict is a hardcore criminal (who) indulged in the activities of extending threats and extortion under the fear of death, and he has been previously involved in several cases of similar nature, therefore, he deserves severe punishment of such magnitude that the same should be a lesson for the convict and an alarming lesson for others,” Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sahrawat said.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

On May 26, Abu Salem was convicted under Section 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion) and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, but acquitted under charges of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.

The court has acquitted co-accused Pawan Kumar Mittal alias Raja Bhai, Mohd Ashraf alias Bablu, Majid Khan alias Raju Bhai and Chanchal Mehta in the case.

According to the prosecution, the gangster demanded money from a Delhi-based businessman and threatened to eliminate his family members if the amount was not paid.

Kabul announces ceasefire with Taliban

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The Afghan government on Thursday announced an eight-day ceasefire with the Taliban in response to a historic ruling issued by hundreds of religious scholars.

The ceasefire starting from the 27th day of Ramadan (June 13) will continue until the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said in a statement.

“With the ceasefire announcement, we epitomize the strength of the Afghan government and the will of the people for a peaceful resolution to the Afghan conflict,” Tolo News quoted Ghani as saying,

“This ceasefire is an opportunity for the Taliban to introspect that their violent campaign is not wining them hearts and minds but further alienating the Afghan people from their cause.”

On Monday, more than 2,000 Afghan religious scholars from across the country gathered in Kabul and issued the ruling, saying “the ongoing war in Afghanistan is forbidden under Islamic law”.

However, at the end of the gathering, a suicide bomber detonated himself where 14 people were killed and 17 others wounded.

The Taliban has denied any involvement in the attack.

What RBI’s consumer confidence survey says about 4 years of Modi govt

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The fourth anniversary of the Narendra Modi government has led to much discussion about its track record on the Indian economy. Predictably, the pros and cons have divided among ideological lines, making it difficult to have an impartial view. Thankfully, we now have the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) consumer confidence survey, which should be free of bias.

The survey is conducted in the six cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad and therefore reflects opinions among the citizens of metropolitan India.

The RBI survey says that 48% of those surveyed in May 2018 felt that the general economic situation has worsened from a year ago, while 31.9% said their economic situation had improved. That gives a net response of -16.1 percentage points (31.9 less 48). Four years earlier, in June 2014, the net response was -14.4, better than it is now.

The consumer confidence survey also has data on people’s expectations—whether they expect economic conditions to get better a year from the date of the survey. In May 2018, the percentage of respondents who thought the economic situation would get better was 49.5%, while 27.8% thought it would worsen. That sounds good, until we consider that the June 2014 survey had 56.7% who thought the economy would get better in a year’s time and only 17.6% who thought it would get worse.

Expectations about the economy have come down sharply.

Data for perceptions and expectations about employment. It shows that people’s perceptions about the availability of jobs have worsened considerably, as have expectations about job prospects.

people think their incomes have increased or decreased in the last one year and whether they expect improvement in the next year. The survey numbers show a similar trend of fading expectations. Slightly more than half—50.8%—of those surveyed in May 2018 expect their income to increase in the next year. This measure was as high as 63.9% in June 2014.

In short, the National Democratic Alliance government has a tough task on its hands in the one year before the elections to change the mood of disillusionment.

To improve work culture, Mamata goes for sudden cabinet reshuffle in Bengal

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Executing a moderate reshuffle of her cabinet for the first time since 2016 elections, Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has changed the portfolios of a number of her senior colleagues in an apparent bid to improve the work culture and efficiency of her ministry.
As per her decision taken here on Wednesday night, state Transport minister Subhendhu Adhikari was given the additional charge of Environment department which was held by city Mayor Sovan Chattopadhyay since 2016.
The Mayor who used to hold three ministerial portfolios of Environment, Fire Brigade and Housing,was now stripped of one of his most important departments for reason best known to the Chief minister.
Similarly, Soumen Mahapatra has now become the new Irrigation minister replacing Rajib Bandopadhyuay, who was made the new Backward Classes minister, the portfolio previously held by Mahapatra himself.
In fact both the ministers had just swapped the departments between them for better functioning.
Like Subhendhu Adhikari, Labour and Law minister Malay Ghatak had also been given more importance in the cabinet as he was given the additional charge of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department which was till yesterday held by Panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee, another senior colleague of the Chief minister.
As a result Mukherjee was now left with the Panchayat, Rural Development and far less important the Water Resources Investigation departments to head.
Finally, the Chief minister has decided to keep the portfolio of sacked Tribal Development minister James Kujur to herself till further order.
Earlier on Tuesday, in another sudden move three senior ministers of the state cabinet also resigned owning responsibility for the ruling party’s partial debacle in the three tier Panchayat elections in their respective districts last month.
Informing their decision to step down, the Chief minister said State OBC (Other Backward Classes) Welfare minister Churamoni Mahato,Tribal Development Minister James Kujur and the minister without portfolio Abani Joardar submitted their resignations to her in view of their alleged failure to perform during the Panchayat poll.
‘I have accepted their resignations and asked therm to concentrate fully on the party organisations’, the Chief minister said.
Meanwhile, in a simultaneous reshuffle at the Administrative level, eight district magistrates were also transferred to other districts while some other IAS officers were shifted as heads of some other departments to further boost the work culture.
Among the districts where the District Magistrates were changed were Bankura, Purulia, East Midnapore Birbhum, North Dinajpur and Alipurduar, the sources said.

Hindusthan Samachar/Ankur/Shri Ram\

India among top five countries in e-waste generation: ASSOCHAM-NEC study

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Maharashtra tops e-waste generator but has only 32 recycling unit

Despite the government’s emphasis on Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan and Smart Cities project, India continues to be generating highest e-waste vis-à-vis China, USA, Japan and Germany, an ASSOCHAM-NEC recent study noted.

In India, Maharashtra contributes the largest e-waste of 19.8% but recycles only about 47,810 TPA (tonnes per annum) whereas as its counterparts Tamil Nadu (13%) recycles about 52,427, Uttar Pradesh (10.1%) recycles about 86,130, West Bengal (9.8%), Delhi (9.5%), Karnataka (8.9%), Gujarat (8.8%) and Madhya Pradesh (7.6), noted the joint study.

The global volume of e-waste generated is expected to reach 52.2 million tons or 6.8 kg/ inhabitant by 2021 from 44.7 million tons in 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent, according to a study on ‘Electricals and Electronics Manufacturing in India,’ conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)-NEC joint study.

Out of the total e-waste produced in 2016, only 20% (8.9 MT) is documented to be collected properly and recycled, while there is no record of the remaining e-waste. The quantity of e-waste generated worldwide is expected to grow at a rate of 3.15 % (CAGR), due to which the estimate for the year 2018 has risen to 47.55 MT, noted the joint study.

The total value of all raw materials present in e-waste is estimated at approximately USD 61.05 billion in 2016, which is more than the GDP of most countries in the world, pointed out the joint study.

E-waste generated in India is about 2 million TPA (tonnes per annum), the quantity that is recycled is about 4,38,085 TPA. In states like Karnataka has 57 units with a capacity to process nearly 44,620 tonnes; Maharashtra has 32 units that can process 47,810 tonnes; Uttar Pradesh has 22 units to process 86,130 tonnes; Haryana has 16 units to process 49,981 tonnes. Tamil Nadu has 14 (52,427 in metric tons per annum), Gujarat has 12 units (37,262) whereas Rajasthan has 10 units (68,670) and Telangana has 4 units to process 11,800 metric tons per annum respectively.

The sad part is that a mere 5% of India’s total e-waste gets recycled due to poor infrastructure, legislation and framework which lead to a waste of diminishing natural resources, irreparable damage of environment and health of the people working in the industry. Over 95% of e-waste generated is managed by the unorganized sector and scrap dealers in this market, dismantle the disposed of products instead of recycling it.

E-waste typically includes discarded computer monitors, motherboards, Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT), Printed Circuit Board (PCB), mobile phones and chargers, compact discs, headphones, white goods such as Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD)/ Plasma televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators and so on.

High and prolonged exposure to these chemicals/ pollutants emitted during unsafe e-waste recycling leads to damage of nervous systems, blood systems, kidneys and brain development, respiratory disorders, skin disorders, bronchitis, lung cancer, heart, liver, and spleen damage.

The current rate of e-waste generation in India is 4.56 times greater than the annual e-waste processing capacity offered by the nation, which leads to improper and illegal dumping/ disposal of the hazardous e-waste, which further leads to environmental and health hazards, reveals the paper.

This includes 2 million tonnes generated in India, which has one of the fastest growing electronics industries in the world. Besides, electronics import also adds to waste. India’s e-waste production is likely to touch three million tonnes by the end of 2018.

E-waste includes all forms of waste products containing as a manufacturing component that run on either battery or power supply. It may include general consumer electronics, such as TV appliances, computer, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, white goods and also, industrial grade electronics, such as telecommunication systems, instrumentation systems and electronic machinery.

As Indians become richer and spend more electronic items and appliances, Computer equipment accounts for almost 70% of e-waste material followed by telecommunication equipment (12%), electrical equipment (8%) and medical equipment (7%). Other equipment, including household e-crap account for the remaining 4%, it said.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Former President Pranab Mukherjee to attend RSS event in Nagpur today

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee is in Nagpur today (Thursday, June 07) to attend and address an RSS event.

Mukherjee’s decision to accept the RSS’ invitation has generated a lot of controversies. While many Congress leaders expressed shock and reservations, RSS leaders welcomed it.

“By going to Nagpur, you are giving BJP and RSS full handle to plant false stories, spread a false rumor,” said Sharmishtha Mukherjee, Congress leader and daughter of Pranab Mukherjee in her Tweet message.

“The outrage amongst certain sections of the political class on former President’s acceptance of an invitation to be the chief guest for the concluding ceremony of the RSS’s Tritiya Varsh Training programme smacks of intellectual intolerance,” said Manmohan Vaidya, joint secretary of the RSS.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

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