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I wonder why an Intelligent Artist so COMMITTED like TMC MP hitherto, Guest KABIR Suman was DUPED by Parliamentary Free Market Democracy of the Ruling Brahaminical Hegemony. His outbirst LIVE was witnessed by the person who I respected most, my INSPIRATION, Mahashweta Di who is a known CRUSADER for the Aboriginal Communities. But DIDI is Silent as she remained Silent ofn the MASSACRE of the Black Untouchable EXILED Bengali Partition Victim DALIT Refugees TRAPPED in Marichjhanpi for THREE Decades full just after the Thundering Spring was wiped out and the Marxists captured the WRITERS for almost Three decades NON Stop.It was the Beginning of MARXIST GESTAPO Genocide Chronology. I Knw DIDI very personally. She never believes in Technology and hates COMPUTER. But I know well that she is most INFORMED lady who knows my Primary and GIC teachers also. Mahashwetadi has been always uptodate in her Field Work and Informations since the JHANSI KI Rani days. While MARICHJHANPI was liberated she had already completed ARANYER ADHIKAR and HAZAR CHURASIR MA. But she remained SILENT and Supporting the Marxist RULE. She did opposeand even led the SINGUR, NANDIGRAM and Lalgarh Insurrections only recently but as yet SHE has not Come out to defend the interests of the SC and OBC and the REFUGEES! sHE HAS NOT DEMANDED justice FOR marichjhanpi AS THE DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE FIRST MARXIST ETHNIC CLEANSING IS BEING SCREENED IN NEW DELHI ON TWENTIETH NOV.THE DOCUMENTARY WAS SEEN ON KOLKATA TV FOR FIVE TMES. BUT BENGALI INTELLIGENTSIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY REMAINED QUITE SILENT.
Thus, I WONDER not that Guest Kabir SUMAN is ALL in ALONE as the
Intelligentsia and Civil Society Stands untied with the Genocide
Culture of the Ruling Hegemony and Chidambaram`s War in Defence of
Corporate Imeperialism and Economic Slaughter!
This Morning as Newspapers landed at home, I had a little quarrel with Sabita as she was defending Mamata and her activities as Practical politics even justifying the grievances of Kabir Suman and condemning the guest tag. I may well understand the strategic stance taken by changing Wing WEATHER Cock educated previlleged Ruling Class Brahmin Intelligentsia and Civil Society as I know well most of them personally.
But some of them are NEVER so strategic as My FATHER Late PULIN Babu had been. He believed all the Politicians including Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers, Party Presidents, MPs , MLAs and INTERACTED with all of them until he brethed last just because he hoped that perhaps some of them would help his Cause to resolve the Pending Refugee Problem and it Never had to happen. He was an ILLITERATE man who overcame all his limitations with his die hard commitment to the Balck Untochable Negroid People. I never discussed Politics and tried to help him best in his cause. He was not DISILLUSIONED with the DEMOCRACY!
I remember my dead Father and wantto believe that the CONCERN of an ATRIST may be true as he is not a politician as my GFather had not been.
I also remeber RAMDUTT Joshi, the socialist leader from Nainital who witnessed Revenue Inspector JB Singh breaking my father`s hand, thrashinghim with other comrades in Rudrapur PC after DHIMRI Block Peasant Uprising was CRUSHED with MILITARY Option right in 1958. But Joshi famous for hsi Honesty , as a witness in the court denied the ATROCITY. IN 1967, he defeated ND Tiwari from Kashipur in the General Election. Charan Singh was the new Chief Minister and we all expected Joshi to be inducted in the ministry. But Charan Singh Inducted PRATAP Bhaiya from PSP Quota in Nainital. Grievances always remain and JOSHI resigned from the status of MLA.
My father simply forgot. He befriended with Joshi and the Socialist was quite at home. His son, an ALLAHABAd uNIVERSITY STUDENT kAILASH jOSHI , was my friend and died untimely as he suffered from Personality Disorder. Joshi was quite affectionate to me and discussed his personal problems , too as I was a friend to his son.
Times of India reports:
Trinamool Congress MP Kabir
Suman had his party on tenterhooks on Tuesday by threatening to resign as MP,
apparently taking offence to a
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Banerjee.
Till late evening, he was all ballistic, claiming he was
about to inform the Lok Sabha Speaker and Prime Minister. But at midnight
— after a long closed-door meeting at his home — he went back on his
decision. “I am considering things very seriously, but before I take any
major decision, I shall talk to my leader, Mamata Banerjee. I hope things will
be ironed out very soon and it is not going to end in divorce,” Suman told
TOI.
“I have voiced my grievances against some local leaders,
like Shovan Chatterjee, who have made my life hell. Now, I hope the party
leaders will try to root out corruption. If this continues, then Trinamool and
CPM will be two sides of the same coin. Trinamool is yet to come to power in the
state. If corrupt leaders are not weeded out then imagine what will happen when
they rule the state.”
Suman has gone hammer and tongs at his
own party for the last 48 hours, alleging that local leaders were not allowing
him to work. On Monday, he even named some senior leaders who he accused of
corruption. “My party is full of petty and corrupt leaders at the local
level,” he had told TOI in an exclusive interview. “No one takes me
seriously... If I complain to Mamata Banerjee, she asks me to sing a song
instead.”
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3 HuJI, LeT linkmen held in Kolkata
KOLKATA: Three Bangladeshi linkmen ofHarkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who were allegedly
involved in the attack on the
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in 2006, were arrested in the metropolis today with a huge amount of fake
currency.
Abdullah Baki, Mohammad Tahidur and Abdul Rahman were
arrested by Special Task Force from Babughat after they arrived here by train
from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, Special Additional Commissioner of STF
Rajib Kumar said.
"Baki was involved in the attack on the STF office
at Hyderabad and Tahidur on the Sramjivi Express," Kumar said.
The
three were members of the Pakistan-based Sahid Billal group which provided
support to LeT and HuJI, he said.
Fake currencies with a face value
of 30 lakh in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and maps were seized from
them," Kumar said.
He said that Indian driving licences and voter ID
cards were seized from them which they had procured in Bangladesh.
"We have information that they had planned to create disturbances
during elections, but were not successful," Kumar said.
Fresh Suman salvo at Trinamool
KOLKATA:A day after he publicly slammed his own party, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress
MP Kabir Suman unleashed yet another salvo on Monday,
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pursuing MPLAD projects that local Trinamool leaders want to "monopolize".
They want him to "just stay at home and sign the papers", fumed the
first-time MP who beat CPM strongman Sujan Chakraborty for the prestigious
Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat.
Local party interests were hampering his
development programmes, Kabir said on Monday, hours before Trinamool's core
committee meeting.
"I am sick and tired of these people. Shovan
Chattopadhyay (Kolkata Municipal Corporation borough chairperson and a Mamata
Banerjee loyalist) told me I need not go to the villages. He asked me to stay at
home and sign the papers. If that is so, why the hell am I an MP? Let the MPLAD
be renamed Party-LAD. They want to do whatever they feel like," said the singer,
who was one of Mamata's surprise prizefighters in the election.
The
singer complained that when he refused to sign on the dotted line, the local
leaders hurled abuses at him at public meetings.
Trinamool chief
Mamata Banerjee was not harsh with Kabir Suman. "I am also not happy with the
functioning of the panchayats," she said on Monday. "Suman is an artiste with
Left leanings. He is not our party activist. He joined our party a few months
ago. There is no need to get alarmed."
Suman's tirade which stunned
his partymen was the result of long-pent-up frustration, say insiders. According
to Trinamool sources, a section of organizers such as Shovan Chattopadhyay is
taking full advantage of Mamata's busy schedule and using the ranks to their
individual advantage. For instance, South 24-Parganas zilla parishad chief
Samima Seikh, otherwise an "innocent woman", is being controlled by
Chattopadhyay, say party insiders.
Suman fumed at the party's
reaction to his comments. "Senior party leader Subrata Bakshi told supporters
that I am an intellectual and Trinamool wants me as an MP but that the party
will not run as I want it. I would ask them to fight the elections and relieve
me of this embarrassment. Nobody takes me seriously. Whenever I try to raise an
issue, the leaders try to divert it urge me to sing a song instead," said the
much-loved singer and political greenhorn.
However, Suman has nothing
against Mamata or his colleagues in Parliament Saugata Roy, Mukul Roy and C M
Jatua. "I want Mamata to come to power, which is why I want to reach out to the
poor with MPLAD programmes. But that is not happening. I tried to tell Mamata on
one or two occasions. She told me that my constituency was her constituency,
too. But things did not change for the better," said the first-time
MP.
Suman's explosive allegations indicate that not all is well with
Trinamool's tryst with intellectuals. Before the Lok Sabha polls, there was a
well-planned campaign by Mamata to showcase the cultural side of her party by
putting artists, actors, singers and writers at the
forefront.
Worried by Suman's plainspeak, party secretary general and
Leader of the Opposition in assembly Partha Chattopadhyay said: "The party is
looking into his complaints. Kabir Suman, as I know him, is a well meaning
emotional person. A section of the media is trying to play up his comments. But
things are not as they see it."
According to sources, Suman had
earlier given vent to his feelings while talking to other MPs in the central
hall of Parliament. But these statements were off the record. The individualist
that he is, Suman gave a piece of his mind at an Adivasi press meet on Monday,
saying the party had turned him into a "slave".
The singer-turned MP
wants to establish his identity in Parliament as an individual and not just as a
number in the Trinamool bench. "I want to enjoy the right to raise my hand and
oppose Union home minister P Chidambaram on issues where I don't agree with him.
I have been the most vocal against this party hegemony that stifles the
individual. But I must say that I could say all this because the party I belong
to is Trinamool Congress. There is no such scope within the CPM," he
said.
Suman is not alone. Some other Trinamool MPs in Hooghly, such
as Ratna De Nag (who's reportedly not on good terms with Kalyan Bandyopadhyay)
and Sucharu Haldar are facing similar problems with local leaders. Seniors have
sorted out such misunderstandings earlier and will do so in the days to come.
However, the glitches aren't a good sign for the party that is eyeing the CM's
chair in 2011.
Suman rattles party with quit threatTimes of India - 3 hours ago KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman had his party on tenterhooks on Tuesday by threatening to resign as MP, apparently taking offence to a comment ... Suman vows to skip session Calcutta Telegraph Trinamool 'guest' Kabir Suman threatens to quit as MP Daily News & Analysis Mamata's 'guest' Suman threatens to quit Indian Express Bengal's Left rallies to lift cadres' flagging spiritsIBNLive.com - Nov 16, 2009 Trinamool MP Kabir Suman's public expression of disillusionment with his party came in handy. Revolutionary Socialist Party leader Kshiti Goswami said, ... Buddha tugs at lost hearts Calcutta Telegraph Ministry of Tourism and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Consultative ...Press Information Bureau (press release) - Nov 6, 2009 Those who attended the meeting include Shri Khiladilal Bairwa, Shri Sripad Naik, Shri PC Gaddigoudar, Shri AT Nana Patil, Shri Kabir Suman (All Lok Sabha) ... BSP big winner in Uttar Pradesh, SP routed (Roundup)Thaindian.com - Nov 10, 2009 In Hainsar Bazar (Sant Kabir Nagar), BSP's Dashrath Prasad Chauhan humbled Neel Mani of the Congress by 8797 votes. Once again, in Padrauna (Kushinagar) it ... UPA and BSP cheer, SP, Left crushedMangalorean.com - Nov 10, 2009 Independent Ajay Rai won in Kolasala while the BSP registered victories in Jhansi, Isauli (Sultanpur), Hainsar Bazar (Sant Kabir Nagar), ... |
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Gold hits another high, Asian shares rebound
REUTERS
SINGAPORE: Gold hit another all-time high on Wednesday on worries about future inflation and economic uncertainties, while Asian stocks rebounded bearish dollar kept riskier assets in demand. Spot gold rose as high as $1,143.95 per ounce in early Asia trade, settling later just above $1,140, with expectations for a continued weakness in the US currency also providing a support. The dollar rose as investors trimmed short positions after euro zone economic policymakers followed US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in commenting about the merits of a strong dollar, but dealers said the rebound would likely be limited. "It's going to be hard for the dollar to gain further, since it looks like that the US will keep its low interest rate policy for a while," said Tomohiro Nishida, treasury department manager at Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company in Tokyo. Expectations that the US interest rates will stay low for some time have dragged down the dollar against major currencies and made global investors look for better returns from riskier trades, such as emerging markets currencies and stocks.
US President Barack Obama meets Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao later in the day on his last day of visit, although his much anticipated meeting with President Hu Jintao on Tuesday failed to produce any visible impact on the markets. Japan's Nikkei average edged higher on gains in semiconductor-related shares. The MSCI index of Asia Pacific shares traded outside Japan was up half a per cent, lifted by a rise in U.S. stocks to 13-month highs. US crude futures rose 54 cents to $79.68 a barrel by 0043 GMT, after settling up 24 cents on Tuesday, after an industry group reported a larger-than-expected drawdown in US crude stocks last week. | ||||
Oil above $79 after US crude supply drop
AGENCIES
SINGAPORE:
Oil prices extended gains above $79 a barrel on Wednesday in Asia after an
unexpected drop in US crude supplies suggested demand could
improving.
Benchmark crude for December delivery was up 35 cents to
$79.49 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York
Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 24 cents to settle at $79.14 on
Tuesday.
US crude inventories unexpectedly fell last week, the
American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday. Crude stocks fell 4.4 million
barrels while analysts had expected a rise of 1.2 million barrels, according to
a survey by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill
Cos.
The Energy Information Administration plans to announce its
inventory report later Wednesday.
Crude prices have zigzagged around
$79 a barrel for more than a month as investors mull mixed economic data from
the US.
Home Depot Inc., Saks Inc. and Target Corp. all reported
better-than-expected third-quarter results Wednesday. Traders will next be
eyeing the holiday shopping season for signs of improving consumer
confidence.
In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 0.64 cents to
$2.06 a gallon. Gasoline for December delivery gained 1.11 cents to $2.02 a
gallon. Natural gas for December delivery jumped 3.8 cents to $4.57 per 1,000
cubic feet.
In London, Brent crude for December delivery rose 37
cents to $79.34 on the ICE Futures exchange.
Indian students in US cross 100,000 mark
TNN
WASHINGTON: The number of students from India enrolled in US universities and colleges  crossed 100,000 for the first time ever this year even as enrollments in America registered the largest percentage increase since 1980, defying broad economic trends. As the number of international students at colleges and universities in the US increased by 8% to an all-time high of 671,616 in the 2008/09 academic year, students from India made up 103,260 of the overall number, according to the Open Doors report, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in collaboration with the US government. The Indian numbers went up 9.2 per cent from 94,563 in 2007/2008 to cross 100,000 for the first time to retain its position as the top place of origin for international students in the United States. China remained in second place, although there was a sharp 21 per cent spike in students from China, going up from 81,127 last academic year to 98,235 this year. South Korea (69,000 to 75,000) remained in third place. This is the eighth consecutive year that India has remained in the top spot. In course of a preview of the forthcoming visit to Washington of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week, Indian officials said on Monday that Indian student inflow contributed nearly $ 3 billion to the US economy last year. Overall, international students contribute $17.8 billion to the US economy, through their expenditures on tuition and living expenses, according to the US Department of Commerce. Authors of the report said the findings do not reflect the full impact of the past year's economic downturn, since decisions to come to the United States to study were made before the financial effects were fully felt in the sending countries.
They also reported that the largest growth this year was seen in undergraduate enrollments, which increased by 11%, compared to a 2% increase in graduate enrollments. This growth was driven largely by increases in undergraduate students from China, they said, suggesting that increased affluence is enabling Chinese to send their children to US for undergrad education, where there is typically less scholarship and funding. According to Open Doors 2009, universities in California hosted the largest number of foreign students with 93,124, up 10%, followed by New York with 74,934, up 7%, and Texas with 58,188, up 12%. The New York City metropolitan area continues to be the leading city for international students, with 59,322 enrolled in area schools, up 8%. The Los Angeles metropolitan area is in second place with 42,897 international students, up 11%. For the eighth consecutive year, Open Doors reports that the University of Southern California hosted the largest number of international students, this year reporting 7,482. New York University held in second place with 6,761 international students, and Columbia University, also holding steady in third place, hosted 6,685. Rounding out the top five 2008/09 host institutions are University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (6,570 students) and Purdue University (6,136 students). Open Doors reports that 171 US campuses each hosted more than 1,000 students. The top ten most popular fields of study for international students in the United States in 2008/09 were Business and Management (21% of total), Engineering (18%) and Physical and Life Sciences (9%), Social Sciences (9%), Mathematics and Computer Science (8%), Health Professions (5%), Fine & Applied Arts (5%), Intensive English Language (4%), Humanities (3%), Education (3%), and Agriculture (1%). There was also a significant 20 per cent uptick in the number of American students studying in India, part of the an overall growth in American students going abroad for academic purpose. The number of Americans studying in India rose from 2627 in 2006/2007 to 3146 in 2007/2008, making India the 17th in the list of countries for US students. The top five spots went to UK, Italy, Spain, France and China, the last of which had more than 13,000 American students. | ||||||
Ford Fusion named Motor Trend 2010 car of year
REUTERS
DETROIT:
Ford Motor Co's Fusion mid-size sedan was named Motor Trend magazine's 2010 "car
of the year" on Tuesday, adding to the perception that
automaker's vehicle lineup are gaining traction.
The Fusion was
chosen best of 23 new or significantly upgraded vehicles and the full range of
Fusion models impressed the judges, from the four-cylinder entry level vehicles
to the all-wheel drive sport and hybrid versions, Motor Trend Editor Angus
MacKenzie said.
"Ford has proven its resilience in these tough times
by delivering to market a car with broad appeal to a broad range of customers,"
MacKenzie said.
The Fusion, which has become one of the top 10
selling vehicles in the United States, was redesigned for 2010. Ford launched
the Fusion in 2006 and it set its previous annual sales peak in
2007.
"What a proof point, to be named car of the year by one of the
most rigorous tests in the world," Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally told
reporters at Ford headquarters after MacKenzie announced the
award.
Motor Trend tested the vehicles on acceleration, braking,
handling, noise and responsiveness under various road and traffic conditions. It
also considered design, fuel efficiency, safety and value.
Ford
posted a nearly $1 billion third-quarter profit this month that surprised Wall
Street analysts and is the only large US automaker not to reorganize in
bankruptcy with US government support in 2009.
The automaker has said
it expects to return to a solid profit in 2011 with a gradual recovery in the
auto industry in the United States and key regions
internationally.
US auto sales peaked at nearly 17 million vehicles
in 2005 and have been falling since. Ford expects 2009 US auto industry sales of
about 10.6 million units including medium and heavy trucks, or around 10.3 to
10.4 million light vehicles.
"We are cautiously optimistic that we
are near the bottom right now," Mulally said of the US auto
market.
Ford's shares reached a more than two-year high on Tuesday, a
day after billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund disclosed taking a 7.3
million share stake in Ford during the third quarter.
US 2009 sales
of the Fusion were up 15 percent through October at 148,045 but trail Toyota
Motor Corp's Camry and Honda Motor Co Ltd's Accord in the mid-size sedan
segment, one of the key areas in the US market.
Dearborn,
Michigan-based Ford has looked to set itself apart from U.S. rivals General
Motors Co and Chrysler Group LLC, which reorganized under government-funded
bankruptcies this year, and increasingly uses Toyota and Honda as benchmark
competitors.
Sales of the Fusion have helped keep Ford's US sales
declines for 2009 slower than the overall drop in the industry. Through October,
Ford's U.S. sales are down 20.4 per cent for the year, while the industry is
down 26 per cent.
Ford shares were up 15 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to
$8.86 in Tuesday afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Earlier on
Tuesday, the stock reached $9, a more than two-year high that is also a nearly
29 per cent increase since Ford posted its third quarter profit in early
November.
CM tells MPs to work for state projects
HYDERABAD:Chief minister K Rosaiah on Tuesday urged all state MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha to use their good offices with the Centre to
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pertaining to the state.
Addressing nearly 40 MPs and 18 of his
cabinet colleagues at the first interactive session at the Jubilee Hall here, he
emphasised on the need to pursue with the central government all pending issues
during the winter session of Parliament, which is scheduled to start from
November 19.
"We have always been neglected by successive governments
at the Centre when it came to setting up of new rail lines, upgradation of state
highways and laying of new roads," he said.
Rosaiah asked them to
keep in mind the state's precarious financial situation and the difference they
can make to a majority of the people, who have been severely affected by drought
and floods.
The chief minister said, "I seek your valuable
cooperation in resolving issues pending with the GoI. The most important being
the release of additional financial assistance of Rs 11,707.85 crore under the
National Calamity Contingency Fund and Rs 4,136 crore under the PM's package.
Similarly, 19 pertinent issues covering some of the irrigation projects and
certain road formation and development related issues need persuasion with the
environment and forests department. Another key issue is the need to restore APL
(Above Poverty Line) rice allocation for 2009-10 to the level same as
2007-08."
Some other important issues pending with the central
government that require persuasion relate to disaster management, irrigation,
environment & forests, energy, civil supplies, health, agriculture,
infrastructure & investment and transport, he said.
Other items
in the priority list include early release of funds for various
centrally-sponsored schemes like JNNURM and AIBP, seek greater quota of rice for
the PDS. "Unless this is done it would not be possible to implement the promise
of enhanced rice quota to the BPL families promised by the former chief minister
Y S Rajasekhara Reddy before the polls," he said.
They were also
asked to put pressure on the Centre to see that four major irrigation projects
like Polavaram and Pulichintala were taken up as national projects. Some other
issues are, requesting Rs 300 crore central assistance to share the burden
arising out of implementing Arogyasri scheme, setting up of aviation university
in Hyderabad, revival of FCI at Ramagundam, release of Rs 356 crore crop
insurance, allotment of coal linkage under various thermal power stations and
allocation of coal blocks to the Singareni Collieries Company
Limited.
Prominent MPs who did not attend the meeting included Union
ministers S Jaipal Reddy, Jairam Ramesh, D Purandreswari, besides N Harikrishna,
K Keshava Rao TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and CPM
leader T Madhu.
Some participants who made a marked difference at the
gathering included Union ministers Sai Pratap, Panabaka Lakshmi, Kadapa MP Y S
Jagan Mohan Reddy and Medak MP Vijayashanti.
The gathering observed
two minutes silence as a mark of respect to departed leaders Y S Rajasekhra
Reddy and P Upendra before the start of the interactive
session.
‘No reservation for converted Dalits’
Express News Service
Tags : converted dalits, no reservation, lucknow
Posted: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 at 0257 hrs
Lucknow:
Former Bharatiya Janta Party MP from
Gujarat, Ratilal Verma, has demanded that Dalits who have converted to
Islam and Christianity should not be given reservation along with the
others.
The former
chairperson of the Rashtriya Anusuchit Jati Evam Janjati Prakoshth of
the Union government said such reservation will hamper the development
of Dalits. Verma said this while addressing mediapersons in Lucknow on
Tuesday.
“Dalits who have
adopted other religions have done so to get benefits and social
security. But by giving them reservation under the SC/ST quota, the UPA
government will do injustice to those who are already marginalised,”
said Verma.
“We have
collected around 5 lakh signatures against this move, which has already
been submitted to President Pratibha Patil,” he added.
Verma claimed
Dalits already have a very small share in the development agenda. “They
have a very small quota and this should majorly focus on them. Those
who have converted have lost their identity as Dalits. Hence, it is
unfair if they ask for reservation as Dalits,” he said. The SC/ST cell
of the BJP, along with other organisations working for the development
of Dalits, will continue to protest against this move, Verma added.
School for Dalits running on its ruins
Vijay Pratap Singh
Tags : dalits schools, lucknow
Posted: Friday , Aug 21, 2009 at 0246 hrs
Allahabad:
Established in 1959 with the purpose
to rehabilitate children of “denotified criminal tribes”, Vikas
Vidyalaya — the oldest boarding school for Dalits in Allahabad — is now
in shambles owing to government apathy.
Recognised by the
UP Board in 1974 and funded by the state government, the school has
been providing education to the children of the denotified criminal
tribes till Class X.
The school
building has 13 classrooms of which 10 rooms are not in proper
condition for teaching, as roofs and walls have developed cracks. “We
cannot take classes in these rooms due to the imminent threat to the
lives of the students,” said BB Joshi, Principal of the school.
One of the two
hostels has not been used for long after its roof had collapsed. “In
the space meant for two students, eight students live in each room in
the hostel,” said Joshi.
Maya’s Dalit act: top cops to attend cases
Express News Service
Tags : lucknow, dalits
Posted: Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 0503 hrs
Lucknow:
To ensure strict adherence to the
Chief Minister Mayawati’s directives regarding checking crime against
Dalits, a government order (GO) has been issued to the district police
chiefs, DIGs, IGs and the DGP. The GO specifies the respective roles of
the officers while attending cases related to the SC/STs.
The DGP has been
instructed to visit each district where a Dalit rape or murder is
reported. He is asked to inform the government about his visit before
leaving the headquarters and apprise the CM about the development and
the action initiated by him in the case by evening.
The SPs of
districts across the state have been instructed to personally attend
each complaint filed by Dalits and also visit the police station and
the spot of crime the same day. They have to send the report regarding
the complaint and about the action initiated by them to the DGP
Headquarters by evening.
COVER STORY
Walls in minds
P.S. KRISHNAN
| The Prevention of Atrocities Act needs more teeth, and dominant castes should see their own enlightened self-interests in upholding Dalit rights. |
S. JAMES
The wall in Uthapuram in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, which,
before a 150-metre stretch was demolished by the State government in
2008, blocked Dalits from entering areas previously under common use.
The wall was built in 1989, the year the Prevention of Atrocities Act
came into force.
THE caste system, of which “untouchability” is an integral part,
has taken shape as a mechanism by which advantages, positions of
privilege and opportunities for advancement can be secured in favour of
a minority of the population while the majority is confined to the role
of providing agricultural labour and other labour and services, many of
them demeaning, and to that of supplying primary and secondary goods on
exploitative terms, which keeps it deprived of opportunities for upward
mobility.
Those in the lowest tier of this system, consisting mainly of
agricultural castes and other labour castes (the “safai” castes, for
instance), have now been classified as Scheduled Castes (S.Cs). The
scourge of caste is the severest on them and they often face
“untouchability”.
The castes placed just above the S.Cs are those of artisans and
artisanal/artisan-like producers, the pastoral castes and the castes of
those rendering inferior services, all of whom belong to the category
of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEdBCs), also referred
to as the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The next higher tier consists
of castes of peasants most, but not all, of which have been categorised
as Backward Classes (B.Cs). At the top are the castes that hold
positions/occupations of privilege and prestige, referred to as the
advanced/forward castes. The Scheduled Tribes (S.Ts), the bulk of whom
live in their tribal homelands, are outside the caste system but are
subjected to various disadvantages and deprivations that keep them at
the lowest level of society and economy along with the S.Cs.
The “discipline” of “untouchability” was adequate over the centuries
to confine the agricultural labour castes and what are now known as the
S.Cs to labour-providing roles. Similarly, the confinement of the S.Ts
in remote areas was enough to keep them at the bottom of society and
the economy. However, the reformist, nationalist and revolutionary
movements of the last century and a half and the movements inspired by
B.R. Ambedkar instilled in the S.Cs a new awareness. Untouchability and
the philosophy of the caste system came under challenge. A new
instrument of discipline had to be forged and atrocities against S.Cs
and S.Ts started taking place.
The trend can be traced to the 19th century in parts of India. A
committee that toured British India in the 1920s for a review of the
working of the Government of India Act, 1919, noted that many
atrocities were being committed against the “untouchables” but were
going unnoticed and unpunished because no witness would come forward to
give evidence.
Dr Ambedkar, then a Member of the Legislative Council of Bombay,
cited some early instances of atrocities against Dalits in Annexure A
to the Statement submitted by him to the Indian Statutory Commission
(Simon Commission) on behalf of the Bahishkrita Hitakarini Sabha on May
29, 1928, including the rioting and mass assaults on Dalits on March
20, 1927, for asserting their right to drinking water from the public
Chowdar tank in Mahad, Kolaba district, and the mass assaults on and
burning down of the dwellings of Balais (S.C.) in Indore district.
After Independence
After Independence, one of the early indications of simmering caste
animosities came with the Ramanathapuram riots of 1957 after the
assassination of the young, educated Dalit leader Immanuel Sekaran, who
had refused to follow caste-based customs of social interaction. The
signal hardly registered on the all-India radar, though the State
government under K. Kamaraj took strong measures to quell the attacks
on S.Cs.
But the national leadership and Parliament sat up and took notice
after the Keezhavenmani massacre, on Christmas eve in 1968, in which 44
S.C. people were burnt to death in Tamil Nadu. Then there was the
gruesome killing of Kotesu in Kanchikacherla in 1969 in Andhra Pradesh,
which was defended by a State Minister. After that, there were many
other instances of violence against the oppressed castes in different
parts of the country in quick succession.
Monitoring atrocities
The Government of India, under pressure from the Dalit Members of
Parliament, started monitoring atrocities against the S.Cs from 1974,
and those against the S.Ts from 1981. The focus was on murder, rape,
arson and grievous hurt.
There was a spurt in atrocities from 1977. This, and a statement of
the then Union Home Minister advancing a shocking argument, apparently
to play down the seriousness of the situation, resulted in an outcry
and the creation of the post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home
Affairs in charge of the subject of S.Cs and B.Cs. I was then in the
post of Joint Secretary under the Ministry of Commerce/Industry and
volunteered for this post. Apart from utilising this opportunity to
conceptualise, create and launch the Special Component Plan (SCP) for
S.Cs and a scheme of Central Assistance to the S.C. and S.T.
Development Corporations of the States and Special Central Assistance
to the State SCPs (the last of which could materialise only after the
regime change in 1980), I took up on top priority the task of
monitoring atrocities.
This I converted from mere receipt and transmission of statistical
information into an active pursuit of individual gruesome cases such as
the ones in Belchi, Bodh Gaya, Chainpur, Marathwada,
Chikkabasavanahalli and Indravalli. Special courts with special judges
were set up for specific cases by State governments and special
prosecutors were chosen carefully. This helped to secure quick trials
and convictions. I continued this practice after the regime change in
1980 and pursued the atrocities at Pipra, Kafalta, Jetalpur, and so on.
This produced a crop of convictions and punishments, including death
sentences in Belchi.
An important landmark is the historical letter of Union Home
Minister Giani Zail Singh dated March 10, 1983, to all State Chief
Minister and Governors, candidly touching the root of atrocities and
clearly mapping the preventive, punitive, rehabilitative and personnel
measures required. The letter is now forgotten, but its contents have
found place in the Prevention of Atrocities Act & Rules. It was
prepared by me in the white heat of the Pipra massacre of February
27-28, 1980.
Atrocities, however, continued to take place as the Centre and State
governments evaded addressing basic contradictions, vulnerabilities and
causative factors. Only the symptoms of the problem were treated, and
palliative measures were taken where radical solutions were required.
In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort in 1987, Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi, under continued pressure from Dalit MPs and
leaders, said that an Act would be passed to check atrocities against
the oppressed castes. I was called back from the State and appointed as
Special Commissioner for S.Cs (the pre-1992 constitutional machinery
under Article 338).
I had the privilege of helping in translating the Prime Minister’s
policy announcement into a Bill and conceptualising its frame and
content. The S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act came into
force with the President’s assent on September 11, 1989. Subsequently,
after I was appointed Secretary, Ministry of Welfare, I got the Act
operationalised with effect from January 30, 1990. Though the frame and
part of the content I pressed for came into the Act, some important
provisions which I had proposed did not find place, which made the Act
less effective than it could have been.
Impact of the Act
The Act came as a watershed in the jurisprudence of protection for
the S.Cs and S.Ts and their better coverage by the Right to Life under
Article 21.
Its potential was immediately recognised positively by scholars such
as Upendra Baxi and negatively by certain Chief Ministers belonging to
the dominant upper castes or dominant middle castes, including the
land-owning B.Cs, which tried soft-pedalling/backsliding tactics.
Over time, the Act created a certain measure of confidence in S.C.
and S.T. communities that they had a protective cover and also a
wariness in potential perpetrators of atrocities. Yet, atrocities
continue as basic contradictions, vulnerabilities and root causes
continue to remain unresolved.
The benefits of this basically and conceptually sound Act has not
fully, or even largely, reached the S.Cs and S.Ts on account of
deficiencies in the Act and in various aspects of its implementation.
Basic contradictions
Because of the traditional socio-economic structure and system,
still largely prevalent today, most S.Cs live typically in a situation
where they form the major segment/majority of agricultural
wage-labourers but a minority of the population. This is true of not
less than 80 per cent of the S.Cs as they are less urbanised than other
communities (only 20 per cent against the average of 32 per cent in
2001).
The juxtaposition, typical of the Indian village, of a caste of
agricultural labourers (S.C.) with a caste of land-based dominant upper
castes/dominant middle castes and dominant middle B.Cs, to which most
of the large landowners belong, provides an explosive situation that
can be ignited by any spark.
This juxtaposition is accompanied by dissonance caused by continuing
economic dependence of S.Cs on their oppressors though they have
rejected the ideology of inequality and subservience; contradictions
between socio-economic realities and socio-ideological and
socio-psychological factors; and contradictions between the aspiration
for equality from below and atavistic yearnings above.
The state has been unwilling or unable to intervene actively in the
caste situation because the leadership, both at the national and State
level, is drawn from or is dependent on socially and economically
powerful persons belonging to dominant upper and middle castes and
dominant B.Cs.
The Dalits’ demand for land and better wages and their resistance to
discrimination and demands for modern, civilised inter-personal,
inter-community relations are opposed by major
land-owning/land-controlling dominant upper and middle castes and
dominant middle B.Cs.
Even the limited upward mobility and consequent changes in
lifestyles, achieved though hard work, thrift and education, with or
without the aid of reservation, is an eyesore to those who are
accustomed to seeing the S.Cs as only indigent and subservient
labourers.
Even the legitimate protection of their rights, such as resistance
to the encroaching of community land, is perceived as intolerable and
insolent rebellion and is resentfully stored in the mind until an
opportunity arises to wreak collective “vengeance”, as happened in the
mass arson case in Gohana, Sonepat district, Haryana on August 31, 2005.
Members of the much-trumpeted civil society (with a few honourable
exceptions) are either hostile on account of their own dominant caste
origins or indifferent on account of the socio-psychology and
socio-culture fostered over centuries by the caste system.
These basic contradictions ought to have been resolved by resolute
and radical measures such as quick distribution of agricultural land to
all rural S.C. families so that not a single such family remains
landless and dependent on others for its livelihood; similar land
distribution to landless S.T. families in non-tribal areas; stopping
the loss of tribal lands; rescuing S.C. children from the compulsion to
work to supplement their family incomes; setting up a network of high
quality residential schools from Class VI to XII for S.C. children in
every district and mandal/tehsil area and similar schools for S.Ts (in
which one-fourth to one-third of the seats could be provided for poor
non-S.C./non-S.T. children respectively); ensuring full access and
reasonable presence of S.Cs and S.Ts in government and private
educational institutions at all levels through reservation and other
means (Bill for reservation of seats for S.C., S.T. and B.C. in private
educational institutions for which the 93rd Constitutional Amendment
was passed in 2005 is pending after the Act providing reservation for
them in government institutions was upheld by the Supreme Court on
April 10, 2008).
The failure of the Central and State governments to implement these
economic liberation and educational equalisation measures and various
other programmes which are part of the unimplemented
national/constitutional/CMP commitments have been compounded by certain
lacunae in the Act and the failure to ensure the thorough
implementation of the Act even as it is, on account of indifference of
local-level personnel and casualness of high-level personnel (all
subject to honourable exceptions).
Statistics of poor outcome
That is why, as I analysed from the annual reports on the Act (for
the years 1999 to 2003 tabled in the House), only 50 to 60 per cent of
the cases reported to the police lead to charge sheets; only eight to
21 per cent of the cases in which charge sheets are filed go on to the
trial stage. Convictions are secured in only 11 to 13 per cent of the
cases that are tried. The percentage of conviction is only 1 to 2 per
cent when calculated against all cases that reach the court.
While S.Cs and S.Ts may not be aware of statistical details, they
are aware of the acquittals in many serious cases. They are aware, from
their own experience, of indifference, sometimes even hostility, in
investigations and tortuous delays in trial. The perception among them,
therefore, is that the Act and its implementation fall far short of
their expectations and need. As illustrations, one may mention that in
the Tsunduru atrocity case of Andhra Pradesh (August 6, 1991), a
substantive trial could start only in November 2004; the Kumher case of
Rajasthan (June 6, 1992) has been blocked by the appointment of a
judicial inquiry, followed by a Cabinet Committee and then a
Secretaries’ Committee; and in Gohana a substantive trial is yet to
start. It is symbolic of the situation that while the Berlin Wall fell
at the same time (September 11, 1989) as this Act was passed, the wall
in Uthapuram (Madurai district, Tamil Nadu) and the wall between Bhim
Nagar and Dare Nagar (Satara district, Maharashtra) to isolate and keep
out Dalits still stand tall. So do the walls in people’s minds.
A number of Dalit and human rights organisations and activists have
been engaged in helping and guiding S.C. and S.T. victims and survivors
of atrocities. Their grassroots experience has brought out specific
problems of implementation. These are partly traceable to the lacunae
in the Act and partly to the lackadaisical way in which individuals are
posted in positions of responsibility for actual day-to-day
implementation of the Act, and indifference (subject to honourable
exceptions) at the top levels of the political and permanent executive
at national, State and sub-State levels.
Amendments required
After a series of meetings and consultations, the last of which was
on September 11, 2009, marking the 20th anniversary of the presidential
assent, and flagging off of a campaign upto January 30, 2010 (20th
anniversary of the operationalisation of the Act), a compendium of
amendments required in the Act has been prepared.
The convergent sources from which these proposed amendments have
been put together are the provisions that I proposed in 1988 and 1989
but which did not find place in the Act; the Dalit Manifesto of 1996,
which I formulated under the auspices of the National Action Forum for
Social Justice and certain subsequent documents, in which some
important provisions had been included; my personal observations during
my visits to the sites of a number of atrocities and the feedback I
have been receiving from victims, social workers and valuable media
reports; the field experience of a large number of Dalit and human
rights organisations in the past 20 years; and suggestions made in
national consultations and meetings based on the field experience of
participants.
The proposed amendments fall under the following categories. (1)
Those required for speedy and fair trial. (2) Inclusion of offences
which do occur but were not specified in the Act in 1989. (3) Effective
protection of victims, including survivors, and witnesses and their
rights. (4) Deletion of words and phrases such as “intent”,
“intentionally”, and “forcibly” which are not really necessary but
which give a handle to defeat prosecution. (5) Spelling out the duties
of public servants. (6) Extension of the protective umbrella of the Act
to sections of victims who for technical reasons are left out. (7)
Establishment of an effective national authority to monitor and ensure
the proper implementation of the Act. (8) Complementary amendments in
the Constitution, Representation of the People Act and to the Criminal
Procedure Code Amendment Act, 2008.
Democratic movement
The strengthening of the Act is only one aspect of the struggle. The
other part is to build up a powerful and peaceful democratic movement
all over the country, encompassing S.Cs and S.Ts as well as other
patriotic members of the general society in order to bring home to the
government and all arms of the government that they should give the
highest priority to the actual implementation of the Act and deliver
full protection to the S.Cs and S.Ts on the basis of the principle of
zero tolerance of atrocities. This has to be accompanied by measures of
economic liberation and educational parity at all levels.
The protection, development, advancement and empowerment of the S.Cs
and S.Ts is synonymous with the advancement and progress of the nation.
Dalit and human rights organisations and their enlightened friends
should take up this task with this vision and sense of national
destiny.
It must be understood by the advanced castes and classes of society
who occupy the commanding heights of the state and of all its
institutions and also the economy and private institutions and the
media, that casualness or indifference or hostility on their part to
this goal of ensuring the protection, development, advancement and
empowerment of S.Cs and S.Ts will be injurious to their own
self-interest, not to speak of the national interest, which would
profit from optimal development of the nation in economic as well as
social parameters. Their own progress will be hampered by the dead
weight of the past. If they look at this issue rationally and from the
point of view of their own enlightened self-interest, they should
wholeheartedly join this epic effort and historical movement.
P.S. Krishnan is former Secretary, Government of India. He is at
present the Chief Adviser, National Coalition for Strengthening the POA
Act and its Implementation; Chairman, People’s Commission against
Atrocities on Dalits; Chief Patron, National Action Forum for Social
Justice; Chief Adviser, National Dalit Election Watch; and has been
working for social justice for more than 50 years.
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Guidelines
on
Member of Parliament
Local Area Development Scheme
Government of India
Ministry of Planning & Programme Implementation
Sardar Patel Bhawan,
New Delhi
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA
DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (MPLADS)
GUIDELINES ON SCHEME CONCEPT, IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING.
The Scheme
1.1 Members of Parliament are approached
by their Constituents, quite often, for small works of capital nature to be done in their
Constituencies. Hence, there was a demand made by MPs that they should be able to
recommend works to be done in their Constituencies. Considering these suggestions, the
Prime Minister announced in Parliament on 23rd December, 1993, the "
Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme". Detailed guidelines on the
Scheme concept, implementation and monitoring of MPLADS were subsequently issued by the
Ministry of Rural Development in February, 1994 who initially handled the Scheme. The
guidelines were revised in December, 1994 by this Ministry. Pursuant to these guidelines,
the Ministry issued Circulars, from time to time, on matters relating to operational
details, based on suggestions received from Members of Parliament and others. Revised
Guidelines were issued in February, 1997 and September, 1999. Thereafter, amendments to
some provisions of the guidelines were issued from time to time. These guidelines are
issued after incorporating amendments.
1.2 Under this scheme, each MP will have the choice to suggest to the
Head of the District works to the tune of Rs.1 crore per year, to be taken up in his/her
constituency. Elected Members of Rajya Sabha representing the whole of the State as they
do, may select works for implementation in one or more district(s) as they may choose.
Nominated Members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha may also select works for
implementation in one or more districts, anywhere in the country. The allocation per MP
per year stands increased to Rs.2 crores from the year 1998-1999.
1.3 MPs can also recommend works outside their constituencies/states
for construction of assets that are permissible in the guidelines, for rehabilitation
measures in the event of "natural calamity of rare severity" in any part of the
country for an amount not exceeding Rs. 10 lakhs, for each calamity.
FEATURES OF THE SCHEME
2.1 Each MP will give a choice of works to
the concerned Head of the district who will get them implemented by following the
established procedures, that is, he may be guided by the procedure laid down by the State
Government subject to these Guidelines. In regard to works in urban areas their
implementation can be done through Commissioners/Chief Executive Officers of Corporations,
Municipalities, etc., or through the Heads of District concerned as per the option of the
MPs. Implementation agencies can be either Government or Panchayati Raj institutions or
any other reputed non-governmental organisation who may be considered by the District Head
as capable of implementing the works satisfactorily. Engagement of private contractors is
prohibited, wherever extant Guidelines do not permit such engagement. For purposes of
execution of works through Public Works Department (PWD), wings not necessarily
exclusively dealing with civil construction, but having competence in civil construction
can be engaged-like for example, Public Health Engineering, Rural Housing
Departments/wings, Housing Boards, Electricity Boards, Urban Development Authorities etc.
The Head of the District shall identify the agency through which a particular work
recommended by the MP should be executed.
2.2 The works under the scheme shall be developmental in nature based
on locally felt needs. The emphasis is on creation of durable assets. Funds provided under
the scheme should not be used for incurring revenue expenditure. The funds can also be
used for purposes such as provision of service support facilities. However, they will not
include any recurring expenditure like on staff to maintain such facilities.
2.3 It will also be appropriate if the scheme funds are used for partly
meeting the cost of a larger work like for example for partly meeting the cost of a
micro-hydel work only in case it would result in completion of the works. Where such part
costs are met under this para, it should be with reference to clearly identifiable part of
the work.
2.4 Sometimes execution of work, by their very nature, may span into
more than one year. In such circumstances, funds under the scheme could be made available
to the executing agency either in advance or over more than one year, phasing of execution
of work being clearly kept in view.
2.5 The site selected for execution of the work by the MP shall not be
changed except with the concurrence of the MP himself.
2.6 The funds under MPLADS may be used for creation of durable assets
which shall always be available for public use at large. The ownership of such assets
created with MPLADS funds would vest in the Government. The sale/transfer/disposal of the
assets created out of MPLADS funds shall not be undertaken without the prior approval of
the Government. The maintenance and upkeep of assets so created will have to be ensured by
the beneficiary organisation and will be subject to periodical audit and inspection by the
Government. Beneficiary organisations other than Government must enter into a formal
agreement, in advance, with Government to comply with the above conditions before the
funds from MPLADS are used for creation of a durable assets permissible as per procedure
laid down under the MPLADS guidelines.
2.7 An illustrative list of works that may be taken up under the scheme
is presented in Appendix 1. A list of works which shall not be allowed under the scheme is
presented in Appendix 2.
2.8 Payment of advances of any type to the contractors/suppliers under
any work falling within this scheme is prohibited.
2.9 The Heads of districts should ensure that provision for maintenance
and upkeep of the works to be taken up under this Scheme is forthcoming from the concerned
local body or the relevant agency, that is, Government-aided institution, registered
society etc.
SANCTION AND EXECUTION OF WORKS
3.1 In identifying and selecting works and
giving administrative sanction for the same, the Head of the district should invariably
get the concurrence of the Member of Parliament. Normally, the advice of the MP should
prevail unless it be for technical reasons such as land selected for work not being
suitable for execution etc. Where the Head of the district considers that a work suggested
by an MP cannot be executed, he should send a comprehensive report with reasons to the MP
under intimation to the Department of the State Government dealing with the subject and to
the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
3.2 As far as possible, all sanctions for works should be accorded
within 45 days from the date of receipt of proposal from the concerned MP.
3.3 So far as technical and administrative sanctions are concerned,
decision making should be only at the district level. If need be for the purpose of
implementation of this scheme, full and final powers should be delegated to the District
technical and administrative functionaries.
3.4 In case, a constituency fall in more than one district, the Head of
the district who receives the money released by the Government of India shall make the
required funds available to the other concerned district(s) in keeping with MP’s
choice so that the Head(s) of such other district(s) could implement the works suggested
by the MP in his district(s).
3.5 Since the works under this scheme would be implemented by different
State Government agencies such as PWD, Rural Development, Irrigation, Agriculture, Health,
Education, Area Development Authorities, Water Supply and Sewerage Boards, Housing
Corporation etc. the Heads of the respective districts would be responsible for the
coordination and overall supervision of the works under this scheme at the district level.
The implementing agencies may not collect any administrative charges, centage etc. for
their services of preparatory work, implementation, supervision, etc.
3.6 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government
of India, would have the nodal responsibilities for this scheme at the Centre. The
Department concerned of the State Government will issue general instructions to all the
planning and implementing agencies at the district level to co-operate, assist and
implement the works referred to them under this scheme by the Heads of the districts.
Copies of such instructions shall also be sent to the MPs at their constituencies and at
their Delhi addresses.
3.7 The normal financial and audit procedures would apply to all
actions taken under this scheme subject to these Guidelines, especially Guidelines
contained in para 3.3.
3.8 Allocation per year under the scheme is for the constituency.
Though there may be change in the MP representing a constituency, whatever may be the
reason for such change, the allocation being for the constituency, continuity of action in
implementing works under the scheme should be maintained. The Head of the district should
play a coordinating role in this regard between the past and the present MP and the
implementing agencies concerned.
3.9 When there is a change in the MP, for whatever reason it may be,
the following principles should be followed, as far as possible in executing works:
If the work identified by the predecessor MP is under execution, it
should be completed.
If the work identified by the predecessor MP is pending sanction due
to administrative reasons beyond a period of 45 days from the date on which advice was
received for taking up the work, it should also be executed provided the work is otherwise
as per norms.
If the predecessor MP had identified the work, but it was not taken
up for execution because of reasons other then those mentioned in the preceding sub-para,
it can be executed subject to the confirmation of the successor MP.
3.10 In respect of elected Members of Rajya Sabha, the unspent balance
left by the predecessor Members of Rajya Sabha in a particular State will be equally
distributed among the successor Rajya Sabha Members in that particular State.
The unspent balance left by the predecessor Nominated Members of Rajya
Sabha/Lok Sabha will be equally distributed amongst the successor Nominated Members of
Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha respectively.
RELEASE OF FUNDS
4.1 Ideally it would be desirable
that the MPs suggest individual works costing not more than Rs.25 lakhs per work. However,
the limit of Rs.25 lakhs per work should not be too rigidly construed. Amounts higher than
Rs.25 lakhs per work can be spent depending upon the nature of the work. (For example a
single check dam to provide minor irrigation or water supply or a sports stadium may cost
more than Rs.25 lakhs. In the case of such works higher amount can be legitimately spent).
4.2 Funds shall be released to the Districts each year immediately
after the Vote on Account/Budget is passed. The funds released by the Govt. of India under
the scheme would be non-lapsable. Funds released in a particular year, if they remain
unutilised can be carried forward to the subsequent year without detracting from the
allocation of rupees two crores per year per constituency. However, release of funds will
be made with reference to the actual progress achieved in expenditure and execution of
works. In other words, funds would be available in the budget to the extent of rupees two
crores per year per MP and works will not suffer for want of provisions. At the same time
releases will be regulated according to progress. The idea is that at any given time no
excessive money should remain outside the Government treasury than is reasonably expected
to be spent within a year. For example, if out of Rs.2 crore allotted for a constituency
in a year, Rs.150 lakhs are spent, the balance of Rs.50 lakhs can be carried over for the
year when this amount together with fresh allocation of Rs.2 crore (total of Rs.2.5 crore)
would be the entitlement of the year and could be spent. But actual physical release of
funds will be with reference to the amount expected to be spent. It should be seen,
however, that unspent amounts do not excessively snowball into huge entitlements.
4.3 The release of funds by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation, will be done two times a year on the basis of the physical and financial
progress of the works under implementation and further requirement of funds for works.
4.4 At the time of release of funds, the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation, in consultation with the Heads of the concerned Districts will
make an assessment of the funds required to complete the on-going works. Such requirements
of funds will be met first and then only the balance allocation will be considered for new
works. Instalment of Rs.1 crore in respect of an MP would be released once the balance
amount, after taking into account the cost of all the works sanctioned (unsanctioned
balance), comes to less than Rs.50 lakhs. The eligibility for the release of an instalment
in respect of an MP will be decided on the basis of information furnished by the concerned
District Heads in the format placed at Appendix-3 and 4 respectively, copies of which will
also be sent by the District Heads to the concerned MPs.
4.5 Funds for individual works should be promptly released. 75% of the
cost of the works can be released in the first instalment itself, the balance of 25% being
released watching progress. To the maximum extent possible, release of funds should be
arranged through the administrative authority available nearest to the work spot, like for
example a Block Development Officer. The objective should be that release of funds also is
made through decentralised administrative mechanisms already available on the ground and
that implementing agencies have the quickest feasible access to such decentralised
authorities.
4.6 In case the concerned MP is not interested in utilising the funds,
he may write to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, so that the
release of funds is withdrawn.
4.7 Funds released under the scheme shall be deposited in nationalized
banks.
4.8 Interest accrued on the funds deposited in nationalized banks may
be used for the works approved under these guidelines.
MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS
5.1 For effective implementation of the works
taken up under this scheme, each State Government/UT Administration shall designate one
nodal Department for physical monitoring through field inspection and for coordination
with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. The
Heads of Districts shall visit and inspect at least 10% of these works every year.
Similarly, it should be the responsibility of the senior officers of implementing agencies
of these works to regularly visit the work spots and ensure that the works are progressing
satisfactorily as per the prescribed procedures and specifications. Likewise, officers of
district at the sub-divisional and block level shall also closely monitor implementation
of these works through visits to work sites. The Head of the District should also involve
the MPs in such inspections and monitoring to the maximum extent feasible. They should
also furnish monitoring reports once in two months to the MPs and the Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation. A schedule of inspections which prescribes the
minimum number of field visits for each supervisory level functionary of the implementing
agencies may be drawn up by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
5.2 The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, would
always have with it a complete and updated picture of the works under implementation.
5.3 Monitoring formats and other issues of details relevant to this
scheme would be decided by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, from
time to time within the framework of the scheme.
5.4 The Districts Heads should also communicate information on the
progress of works under the scheme on the Internet to the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation. Copies of such reports shall also be forwarded to the MPs.
Software required for reporting on the Internet will be furnished by the Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation. This will also facilitate instantaneous
monitoring of the progress of the scheme constituency-wise.
5.5 The Chief Secretary or in his absence a Senior Principal
Secretary/Additional Chief Secretary should conduct a meeting involving the Heads of
Districts and MPs to assess the progress of works under the scheme at least once in a
year.
5.6 Periodic teleconferences may also be organised, availing of the
infrastructure and expertise available with the Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). In these conferences to be
organised by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, instantaneous
contact could be established with the Heads of districts and other local functionaries to
clarify doubts and remove bottlenecks. MPs also should be associated with such
conferences.
5.7 State Governments concerned may make arrangements for training of
District officials concerned with the implementation of MPLAD Scheme. In the light of
experience gained in the functioning and performance of District officials, corrective
measures may be incorporated by the States in their training programmes to improve
deficiencies observed in implementation of the Scheme.
GENERAL
6.1 In order that local people become aware
that particular works have been executed with MPLADS funds, signboards carrying the
inscription "MPLADS WORK" with the name of MP may be permanently and prominently
erected at the sites.
6.2 In execution of works, MPs may face special problems/situations not
envisaged and covered under these guidelines. Such cases may be taken up with the Ministry
of Statistics and Programme Implementation, for suitable clarification.
6.3 Works permissible under these Guidelines may also be taken up for
certain Registered Societies and Trusts, who fulfill the conditions laid down in
Ministry’s letter No. C/56/2000-MPLADS dated 23.01.2001 and letter No.
C/56/2000-MPLADS dated 20.03.2001 placed at Appendix-5.
6.4 MPLADS funds can also be used on the recommendation of the MPs
concerned towards contribution of State Government in Centrally Sponsored Scheme, in their
Constituency as per details communicated under this Ministry’s letter No.
C/50/2000-MPLADS dated 22.01.2001 at Appendix-6.
APPENDIX-1
ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF WORKS THAT CAN BE TAKEN UP UNDER MPLADS
Construction of buildings for schools, hostels, libraries and other
buildings of educational institutions belonging to Government or local bodies. Such
buildings belonging to aided institutions and unaided but recognised institutions can also
be constructed provided, however, that the institution be in existence for not less than
two years.
Construction of tube-wells and water tanks for providing water to the
people in villages, towns or cities, or execution of other works, which may help in this
respect. Water tankers can also be purchased for providing drinking water.
Construction of roads including part roads, approach roads, link
roads etc. in villages and towns and cities. Very selectively kutcha roads can also be
constructed where the MP concerned and the District Head agree to meet the locally felt
need.
Construction of culverts/bridges on the roads of above description
and of open cut or tube wells.
Construction of common shelters for the old or handicapped.
Construction of buildings for local bodies for recognised District or
State Sports Associations and for cultural and sports activities or for hospitals.
Provision of multi-gym facilities in gymnastic centres, sports associations, physical
education training institutions etc. is also permissible.
Special forestry, farm forestry, horticulture, pastures, parks and
gardens in Government and community lands or other surrendered lands.
Desilting of ponds in villages, towns and cities.
Construction of public irrigation and public drainage facilities.
Construction of common gobar gas plants, non-conventional energy
systems/devices for community use and related activities.
Construction of irrigation embankments, or lift irrigation or water
table recharging facilities.
Construction of public libraries and reading rooms.
Construction of creches and anganwadis.
Construction of public health care buildings, including family
welfare sub-centres together with the ANM residential quarters. Such buildings belonging
to aided institutions also can be constructed.
Construction of crematoriums and structures on burial/cremation
grounds.
Construction of public toilets and bathrooms.
Construction of drains and gutters.
Construction of footpaths, pathways and footbridges.
Provision of civic amenities like electricity, water, pathways,
public toilets etc. in slum areas of cities, town and villages and in SC/ST habitations,
provision of common work-sheds in slums and for artisans.
Construction of residential schools in tribal areas.
Construction of bus-sheds/stops for public transport passengers.
Construction of veterinary aid centres, artificial insemination
centres and breeding centres.
Procurement of hospital equipment like X-Ray machines, ambulances for
Government Hospitals and setting up of mobile dispensaries in rural areas by Government
Panchayati Institutions. Ambulances can be provided to reputed service organisations like
Red Cross, Ramakrishna Mission etc.
Electronic Projects:
i) Computer in education project of High school/College
ii) Information footpath
iii) Ham Club in high schools
iv) Citizen band radio
v) Bibliographic data-base projects.
Construction of Level Crossing at unmanned Railway crossing.
Purchase of Audio-Visual Aids of educational nature for Government,
Government-aided and also unaided but Government recognised educational institutions
provided there is proper place and proper provision for safe custody of these aids.
Purchase of Night Soil Disposal System for local bodies.
Purchase of motor boats for flood and cyclone affected areas.
"Works related to animal care/ welfare like construction of
buildings / shelters, provision of ambulances, medical equipment and development of
infrastructure facilities like provision of drinking water, drainage etc."
Purchase of motor boats for flood and cyclone affected areas.
"Works related to animal care/ welfare like construction of
buildings / shelters, provision of ambulances, medical equipment and development of
infrastructure facilities like provision of drinking water, drainage etc."
APPENDIX - 2
LIST OF WORKS NOT PERMISSIBLE UNDER MPLADS
Office buildings, residential buildings, and other buildings relating
to Central or State Governments, Departments, Agencies or Organisations.
Works belonging to commercial organisations, private institutions or
co-operative institutions.
Repair and maintenance works of any type other than special repairs
for restoration/up-gradation of any durable asset.
Grant and loans.
Memorials or memorial buildings.
Purchase of inventory or stock of any type.
Acquisition of land or any compensation for land acquired.
Assets for all individual benefit, except those which are part of
approved schemes.
Places for religious worship.
APPENDIX-3
FORMAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (MPLADS) FOR LOK SABHA MPs
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE UNDER MPLADS (UP TO DATE):
NAME OF THE STATE: | |
NAME OF THE | |
NAME OF THE MP: | |
10th LS: | |
11th LS: | |
12tb LS: | |
13th LS: | |
NAME OF THE NODAL | |
ADDRESS: | |
PHONE NO. WITH STD CODE: | |
FAX: | e-mail: |
1 | Total funds | FUNDS | |
(a) Funds | YEAR | ||
1993-1994 | |||
1994-1995 | |||
1995-1996 | |||
1996-1997 | |||
1997-1998 | |||
1998-1999 | |||
1999-2000 | |||
2000-2001 | |||
2001-2002 | |||
T O T A L | |||
(b) Total amount of | |
(c) TOTAL (a+b) |
2 | Total No. and cost of | No. of works | Estimated cost |
(a) By the 10th | |||
(b) By the 11th | |||
(c) By the 12th | |||
(d) By the 13th | |||
(e) TOTAL (a+b+c+d) |
3 | No. and cost of works | No. of works | Amount sanctioned |
(a) The 10th | |||
(b) The 11th | |||
(c) The 12th | |||
(d) The 13th | |||
(e) TOTAL (a+b+c+d) |
4 | Total unsanctioned | |
5 | Total No. of works | |
6 | Total No. of works | |
7 | Total actual expenditure |
Date: | Signature of the Distt. |
| Copy to: | |
Shri/Smt.________________________________. | |
| Member of Parliament |
Note:
(i) The next due installment of Rs. 1 crore is released only when the
amount in respect of column No. 4 is reported as less than Rs. 50 lakhs.
(ii) The Nodal District Collector is required to furnish a consolidated
report including the information pertaining to other Districts falling in the constituency
where funds were transferred on recommendation of the MP.
(iii) Sanctioned amount is the cost of such schemes only for which
financial sanctions have already been issued. Cost of schemes which have got only
administrative approval (and not financial sanction) should not be reported as
sanctioned in column No. 3.
APPENDIX-4
FORMAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER
MEMBER OF
PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (MPLADS)
FOR RAJYA SABHA MPs
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE UNDER MPLADS (UP TO DATE:______________)
NAME OF THE STATE: |
NAME OF THE RS MP: |
| NAME OF THE NODAL DISTRICT: |
ADDRESS: |
PHONE NO. WITH STD CODE: |
FAX: | email: |
1 | Total funds | FUNDS | |
(a) Funds | YEAR | ||
1993-1994 | |||
1994-1995 | |||
1995-1996 | |||
1996-1997 | |||
1997-1998 | |||
1998-1999 | |||
1999-2000 | |||
2000-2001 | |||
2001-2002 | |||
T O T A L | |||
2 | Total No. | No. of works | Estimated cost |
3 | Total No. | No. of works | Amount sanctioned |
4 | Total | ||
5 | Total No. of | ||
6 | Total No. of works started but not completed | ||
7 | Total actual | ||
| Date: | |
Signature of the |
Copy to: | |
Shri/Smt.___________________________________. | |
Member of Parliament |
Note:
(i) The next due installment of Rs. 1 crore is released only when the
amount in respect of column No. 4 is reported as less than Rs. 50 lakhs.
(ii) The Nodal District Collector is required to furnish a consolidated
report including the information pertaining to other Districts falling in the constituency
where funds were transferred on recommendation of the MP.
(iii) Sanctioned amount is the cost of such schemes only for which
financial sanctions have already been issued. Cost of schemes which have got only
administrative approval (and not financial sanction) should not be reported as
sanctioned in column No. 3.
APPENDIX-5
23rd January, 2001
No. C/56/2000-MPLADS
To
Commissioners,
Corporation of Kolkatta/Chennai/Delhi,
District Collector/District Magistrate/Dy.Commissioner,
All Districts
Sub: Release of MPLADS Funds
In partial modification of Item No.2, Appendix-2 read with Para 2.7 of
the Guidelines on MPLADS, the following amendment will come into force with immediate
effect:-
"The works belonging to registered societies and trusts may be
taken up under MPLADS subject to the following conditions:-
- The beneficiary organisation, engaged in social service/welfare activities shall be in
existence at least for three years. - The beneficiary organisation shall be well-established and reputed one. Whether such
organisation is reputed or not should be decided by the District Head concerned on the
basis of relevant factors like performance in the field of social service/welfare
activities, overall reputation, non-profit operation, transparency of performance and its
sound financial position. - The funds from MPLADS will be used for creation of durable assets which would always be
available for public use at large. - The ownership of such assets would vest in Government. The sale/transfer/disposal of
these assets will not be undertaken without the prior approval of the Government. - The maintenance and upkeep of assets so created will have to be ensured by the
beneficiary organisation in advance and the assets so created will be subject to
periodical audit/inspection by the Government. - The beneficiary organisation will submit to Government annual report and its audited
accounts on regular basis. - The beneficiary organisation must enter into a formal agreement in advance with the
Government to comply with the above conditions before the funds from MPLADS are disbursed
to it.
Yours faithfully,
Sd./-
(V.K. Arora)
Director (MPLADS)
Copy for information to:-
- Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
- Secretary-Generals, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha.
- Chief Secretary/Administrator, all States/UTs.
- Secretary dealing with MPLADS, all States/UTs.
Copy for information also to:-
- PS to MOS (S&PI)
- Sr. PPS to Secretary (S&PI)
20th March, 2001
No. C/56/2000-MPLADS
To
Commissioners,
Corporation of Kolkata/Chennai/Delhi,
District Collector/District Magistrate/Dy.Commissioner,
All Districts
Sub: Release of MPLADS Funds
I am directed to refer to this Ministry's Circular of even number dated
23rd January, 2001 on the above subject.
2. For sub-paragraph (vii) of the above mentioned circular, the
following may be substituted:-
"(vii) The beneficiary organisation must enter into a formal
agreement, in advance, with the Government to comply with the above condition before the
funds from MPLADS are used for creation of durable assets permissible, as per procedure
laid down under the MPLADS Guidelines".
Yours faithfully,
Sd./-
(V.K. Arora)
Copy for information to:-
- Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
- Secretary-Generals, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha.
- Chief Secretary/Administrator, all States/UTs.
- Secretary dealing with MPLADS, all States/UTs.
Copy for information also to:-
- PS to MOS (S&PI)
- Sr. PPS to Secretary (S&PI)
Sd./-
(V.K. ARORA)
DIRECTOR (MPLADS)
APPENDIX-6
22nd January, 2001
No. C/50/2000-MPLADS
To
All Hon`ble MPs of Lok Sabha/
Rajya Sabha.
Subject:- Using MPLADS funds towards contribution of State Governments in
the Centrally Sponsored schemes.
Sir/Madam,
Kindly find enclosed herewith a copy of OM No.M-12043/10/2000-PC dated
27.12.2000 from the Planning Commission, intimating the amendment to the guidelines of the
Centrally Sponsored Schmees for using MPLADS funds towards contribution of State
Governments in Centrally Sponsored Schemes. Such contribution from MPLADS funds for CSS
will be applicable only for those works which are covered under the MPLAD Scheme and
subject to the compliance of guidelines on MPLADS.
Yours faithfully,
Sd./-
(V.K. ARORA)
Director
Copy to:-
1. Chief Secretaries of all State Governments/ and Administrators of Uts.
2.Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Calcutta/Chennai/Delhi.
3. All District Collectors/District Magistrates/Dy.Commissioners.
4.Planning Commission (Plan Coordination Division).
No. M-12043/10/2000-PC
Government of India
Planning Commission
(Plan Coordination Division)
Yojana Bhawan,
Sansad Marg,
New Delhi - 110001.
Dated 27.12.2000
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The issue of amendments to the policy guidelines for using MPLAD Scheme
funds towards contribution of State Governments in the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
was considered in the Internal Planning Commission Meeting held on 13th
November, 2000 under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission and it
was agreed to amend the guidelines for CSS as under:
- If a Member of Parliament wants to undertake Centrally Sponsored Schemes in his/her area
and decides to provide funds from his/her allocations under MPLADS as a substitute for
State contribution, then the necessary Central Assistance to meet the balance of the CSS
funds could be provided by the Central Ministries for those Schemes. - The sharing of MPLADS funds for CSS would be furhter governed by the general guidelines
issued by the Ministry of Statistcis and Programme Implementation from time to time,
particularly with regard to the implementing agency under MPLADS and recommendation of
work by the concerned MP.
2. This issues with the approval of the Finance Minister.
Sd./-
(N.C. Saxena)
Secretary
Secretaries of all Central Ministries/Departments.
Chief Secretaries of all State Governments and Administrators of UTs.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
Copy for information to:-
- Cabinet Secretary, Rashtrapathi Bhawan, New Delhi.
- Secretary to PMO, South Block, New Delhi.
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