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Over 10,000 encounters in UP under Yogi govt

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Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has claimed that more than 10,000 encounters have taken place between police and criminals in the state in the past six years during which 63 criminals had been killed.
A police personnel had also been martyred, according to a data released by the state government.
“In terms of number of encounters, Meerut is at the top in the state with the highest number of 3,152 encounters taking place since 2017, in which 63 criminals were killed and 1708 criminals were injured,” the official release said.
During the same period, besides, a policeman was also martyred while 401 cops were injured during the police encounters.
A total of 5,967 criminals were nabbed during the action of the Uttar Pradesh Police.
“The Uttar Pradesh Police has conducted 10,713 encounters since 2017 of which the highest 3,152 were conducted by the Meerut police, followed by the Agra Police, which carried out 1844 encounters in which 4654 criminals were arrested while 14 dreaded criminals were killed and 55 cops were injured, and Bareilly where as many as 1497 encounters were conducted in which 3410 criminals were arrested while 7 died. During the encounters in Bareilly, 437 criminals were injured. In these operations, 296 brave police personnel were injured while one was martyred,” the statement said.
It further read, “As soon as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took over the reins of the state, improving the law-and-order situation in the state became his priority. The government adopted zero tolerance policy against mafia and criminals and intensified crackdown on such elements to strengthen the state’s law and order.”
The statement added that the state which was once “known for poor law and order situation and atrocities of mafias on innocent people, today, is being known not only in the country but abroad as a ‘crime and fear-free state’”.

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March 17, 2023
Maha govt bows before farmers, but wary leaders don’t call off ‘long march’

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Mumbai: In what is viewed as a huge victory for the farmers, the Maharashtra government on Thursday evening conceded almost all demands of the agitating peasants, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said.
However, wary of past experiences, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has decided against calling off the agitation, but has halted the ongoing Nashik-Mumbai “long march” en route at Vasind in Thane.
“We had very fruitful negotiations on all issues and most have been resolved, I shall make a statement in the legislature tomorrow morning,” a beaming Shinde said, after emerging from a marathon meeting with over a dozen AIKS leaders.
Confirming the developments from the AIKS side, CPI-M MLA Vinod Nikole said that most pertaining to the jurisdiction of the state have been sorted out while those in the Centre’s ambit have yet to be resolved.
“Accordingly, we have decided to halt the ‘long march’ at Vasind. The agitation is not called off till the government issues the relevant orders right up to the district level to implement our demands within the next two days,” Nikole told media persons.
He pointed out how in the past two “long march’ agitations in 2018 and 2019, the then governments had made all assurances to the peasants and later nothing came out of it.
“This time, we want the government to issue the GR, orders to the Divisional Commissioners, District Collectors and others down the rank to implement the decisions agreed in today’s meeting. The ‘long march’ will disperse only after we see the execution at the local levels,” Nikole declared.
He added that the marchers and their families have been calling up to ascertain the implementation aspect after the demands are accepted and the farmers will not budge from their Vasind camp till then.

Nikole cautioned that if the orders are not issued in two days to all the officers concerned, then the march will resume to reach the Maharashtra Legislature as scheduled on Monday, which could create complications here.
Thursday’s meeting – the second in two days – comprised Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Ministers and officials of the concerned departments, while the farmers side included AIKS President Ashok Dhawale, state General Secretary Dr. Ajit Nawale, Jiva Pandu Gavit, Nikole and others.
Among the major points in the 17-point charter of demands are: compensation or Rs 600/quintal to onion growers who have suffered owing to rock-bottom prices and MSP of Rs 2,000/quintal from the next season, besides fair remuneration for soybean, cotton, tur, milk, etc.
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March 16, 2023
Raj govt forms committee to consider declaring Rajasthani official language of state

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Jaipur: Rajasthan government has formed a committee to consider declaring Rajasthani the official language of the state, minister B D Kalla said on Thursday.
Replying to the calling attention motion moved by the deputy leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly during Zero Hour, Kalla, the art and culture minister, informed the house that the government has approved the formation of a committee, which will study the model of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and submit a report to the state government.
He said based on the report, the state government will take action regarding the recognition of the Rajasthani language on similar lines.
Kalla said, at present, the Rajasthani language is included as a literary subject in the syllabus under the Board of Secondary Education. He said it would be possible to include it as a language after approval from the competent level.
The minister said it has come to the notice of the state government that different languages have been made official languages in different states.
At present, the Rajasthan Official Language Act, 1956 is applicable in the state. In order to make Rajasthani the official language, an amendment to the Act will have to be made.
He said the Mahapatra Committee has also considered Rajasthani eligible for inclusion in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution. In this regard, the members of the party and the opposition should unite and request Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Speaking on the issue, Rathore said various states have given official language status to their local languages such as Goa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal.

“Why cannot Rajasthan do the same under article 345 of the Constitution,” he questioned.
Article 345 of the Indian Constitution, provides constitutional recognition as “official languages” to any language adopted by a state legislature as the official language of that state.
He said as per the recommendations of the Pahwa committee 1996 and Sitakant Mahapatra Committee 2003 if any government gives primary education in the mother tongue then it is eligible to be included in the 8th schedule.
“The resolution taken by the state assembly in 2003 to add Rajasthani in the 8th schedule should start with the state making it an official language,” he said.
Rathore said article 345 of the constitution allows a state to make one or more languages its official language. The state should bring an amendment to the Rajasthan Official Language Act-1956 and give official status to Rajasthani.
In his response, Kalla said on August 25, 2003, a resolution was unanimously passed by all the members of the State Legislative Assembly regarding the recognition of the Rajasthani language and its inclusion in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
The central government was urged to include the Rajasthani language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution in 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2023. At present the matter is under consideration at the level of the Government of India, he said.
A total of 22 languages of India are included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
In a written reply in Lok Sabha on March 14, Minister of State of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said 14 languages were initially included in the Constitution on 26th January 1950.
Last year, former CM Vasundhara Raje demanded that Rajasthani be given the status of the official language of the state.
Raje had written a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stating that the mother tongue of Rajasthan is one of the richest languages in the world which is not only cultural identity but it is also related to sentiments.
She said after the recognition of Rajasthani as the official language, the state will be recognised globally and employment and tourism opportunities will increase.
In January this year, hundreds of youths gathered at the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur to raise their demand to give Rajasthani the status of the official language of Rajasthan.
Office-bearers of student unions of various universities, student organisations including ruling Congress’ student wing NSUI and youth from different districts had gathered for the candle march in Jaipur in support of the demand.
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March 16, 2023
11 sanitation workers died in Gujarat in 2 yrs while cleaning sewers: Govt to Assembly

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Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Thursday informed the Legislative Assembly that eleven sanitation workers have died of asphyxiation while cleaning drains in different parts of the state during the last two years.
While seven of them, who entered into blocked sewer lines to clean them, died between January 2021 and January 2022, four sanitation workers lost their lives between January 2022 and January 2023, Gujarat Social and Justice and Empowerment Minister Bhanuben Babariya said during Question Hour in the Assembly which is having its budget session.
She was responding to a question raised by Congress MLA Imran Khedawala, who sought to know the status of compensation to be paid to the kin of the deceased.
Babariya told the House the government has already paid Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the kin of each of the 11 sanitation workers who died of asphyxiation.
When senior Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar sought to know whether the state government gives jobs to the kin of deceased conservancy workers as per guidelines of the Supreme Court, the minister said the issue was under consideration.
All urban local bodies as well as panchayats have been directed by the government to strictly follow the provisions of the ‘Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013’, she said.
“Despite our best efforts to see that no worker is asked to go inside sewer lines and all guidelines are strictly followed, some private contractors hire workers from other states and ask them to enter into drains, which leads to tragedy. Even if a worker belongs to another state, we pay compensation to the kin (in case of death),” she said.
The minister further said the government has already set up an organisation, Gujarat Safai Kamdar Development Corporation (GSKDC), for upliftment and rehabilitation of sanitation workers.

The corporation provides cheap loans as well as subsidies on such loans so that sanitation workers can take up some other work or start business. It also provides financial assistance up to Rs 50,000 to private sanitation workers to buy safety equipment, said Babariya.
To prevent any untoward incident while cleaning sewers, sanitation workers of municipal corporations, municipalities and panchayats are given different types of safety equipment, such as jetting machine, suction instrument, hydraulic trolley, drainage cleaning device, breathing masks, full body suits and gas detection gadget, she added.
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March 16, 2023
Govt orders pay recovery, deferment of regularization of those ReTs who acquired degrees through regular mode

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Srinagar, Mar 16: School Education Department has decided to recover the salary and defer the regularization date of those teachers found involved in pursuing course in regular mode during service as Education Volunteers (EV) or Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT).
The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has leant the department has stated that the case of conversion for ReTs to Teacher Grade-II with overlapping period has been examined in the department in light of proposal of the directorate as well as Divisional level Selection Committee Decision.
The Under Secretary, School Education Department said that he was directed to convey the approval of the Administrative Department with regard to the settlement of overlapping periods of ReTs under certain conditions.
“The regularization date in favor of the teachers shall be deferred by the overlapping period involved in pursuing course in regular mode during service as EV or ReT,” reads the order.
The department, however, has said that in backlog cases the number of days available in appearing in examination would be treated as leave, whichever is due.
According to the official documents, the department has directed the concerned authorities to recover the honorarium for the period of dual enrollment or overlapping.
It was also directed to recover the salary drawn by the ReT for the period the regularization is deferred by.
”The amount of honorarium as well as the salary shall be recovered shall be worked out and recovered by the concerned DDO,” it reads.

The documents further states that the DDO shall furnish the certificate to the effect that the honorarium for overlapping period and the salary for the period of regularization is deferred has been worked out and recovered from the RReT before transition to Grade II or Grade III whichever is applicable under rules.
Pertinently, the born graduates, at the first instance were promoted and transited to Teacher Grade-II.
However, those RReTs who had enhanced their qualifications during services were identified to be of two type’s including those who had enhanced their degrees through distance mode or private mode and the second category was identified as those who had enhanced their qualification via regular mode.
The RReTs who had enhanced their qualification via distance or private mode were given post-facto sanction and were transited to teacher Grade-II.
However, those teachers who had enhanced their qualifications through regular mode, the cases of all such teachers were referred to administrative departments wherein the administration had decided to award them with teacher Grade-III at the first instance with the direction to submit the cases after case to case study of their overlapping period—(KNO)
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March 16, 2023
Ensure preventive steps to curb COVID-19 rise: Union Health min to Telangana govt

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Hyderabad: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has written to the Telangana government to take effective steps in managing COVID-19 infections.
In a letter to the state government, the ministry’s secretary Rajesh Bhushan pointed out the rising case of COVID-19 infections in Telangana.
According to the ministry, the number of cases registered on March 8 to March 15 rose from 132 to 267, which is a 0.31% positivity rate.
“The ministry advises the Telangana state government to examine COVID-19 infections at a micro level (district and sub-districts) and maintain focus on implementing measures for prompt and effective management. The state should maintain a strict watch and take pre-emptive action if required,” Bhushan said.
The letter asked the government to launch adequate and proactive testing centers and track new emerging COVID-19 variants and influenza-like illness as well as Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI).
Genome sequence should be taken up. Proactive promotion of vaccines and COVID-19-appropriate behaviour particularly in enclosed spaces must be implemented, the letter stated.
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March 16, 2023
UP electricity employees threaten strike, govt threatens ESMA

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Lucknow: Electricity department employees of Uttar Pradesh have announced a three-day strike starting Thursday night over the selection process for chairman and the managing director in power companies and other issues, including “pay anomalies”.
Taking a tough stand, the government said if the strike creates problems for the public, the government will take action against the protesting employees under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and warned of sacking contractual workers who do not return to work.
It also said action would be initiated under the National Security Act in case vandalism occurs during demonstrations.
The employees began their protest under the umbrella of Vidyut Karmacharis Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, a union of electricity department employees, on Wednesday and held demonstrations across the state on Thursday.
About 1 lakh employees would participate in the strike starting at 10 pm, Samiti Convenor Shailendra Dubey told PTI.
Dubey said the government and the employees had agreed on some points on December 23 last year but several of those have not been implemented even after three months.
He claimed the government had agreed that the chairman and the managing director of the power companies would be selected through a committee headed by the chief secretary but these posts are now being filled on the basis of transfers.
Some other points of the agreement yet to be fulfilled are implementation of the Power Sector Employees Protection Act, stopping outsourcing of operation and maintenance of power sub-stations for transmission, equal honorarium for different corporations, revision of allowances and removal of salary anomalies, he said.

The samiti office-bearers say the employees were forced to go on strike because of the “stubbornness” of the top management of energy corporations. Those who would go on strike include engineers, junior engineers, technicians, operating staff, clerical and contractual employees, they added.
In a late evening press conference, State Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma took a tough stand regarding the strike.
He said if the contractual employees join the strike, they will be sacked. In view of the strike, an alert has been declared across the state. Many employees want to work. If someone stops the power workers from working then action will be taken against such people and if any damage is caused during the strike then action will also be taken under NSA.
The government has made arrangements to keep the state’s electricity system in order, he added.
The power minister said that the government is in talks with the group which has announced the strike.
“We even held a meeting with them today for two hours but they are not ready to listen,” Sharma said.
“However, the government has still kept the door open for talks,” he added.
“He said that the government has taken action on many points of the agreement signed with the electricity workers on December 3. Rest of the points are also being discussed,” he said.
On the other hand, Dubey said after about 23 years, a complete strike of electricity department employees is taking place in the state.
Earlier, employees of emergency services were exempted from boycotting work on different occasions, but this time all 1 lakh employees will participate in the strike, he said.
As per the plan, the employees on strike will boycott work in their respective departments as part of the strike.
Dubey said on the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), about 27 lakh electricity department employees from across the country have extended support to the strike.
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March 16, 2023
Resolve issues or Bandh on April 30: Telangana auto drivers warn govt

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Hyderabad: Telangana Auto Drivers’ JAC convenor Mohammed Amanullah Khan on Thursday demanded that the state government solve auto drivers’ problems and difficulties, including an increase in auto fares before the inauguration of the new secretariat building fixed on April 30.
“Otherwise, the auto drivers in the Twin Cities would observe a one-day ‘Auto Bandh’ on the day and plan to gherao the building and prevent its inauguration,” they said.
Amanullah Khan announced that the auto drivers in the twin cities would gherao the state secretariat’s new building from 5 am on April 30 and will block all side roads and ultimately prevent the inauguration of the building.
He urged chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to ‘set his own house on order’ first before stepping into national politics. He wondered how the chief minister would go ahead and inaugurate the new secretariat building which was built with the money of poor people by ‘crushing’ them economically without settling the auto drivers’ pending demands.
The auto drivers pending demands are an increase in Auto meter charges on par with the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and every auto should be provided Rs 10,000 towards payment of annual insurance certificate charges and other expenses, a ban on bikes and Taxis like in Delhi, ban on registration of new electric autos and instead conversion of all existing autos into electric autos plying in GHMC area with the govt.
“The subsidy, new auto permits should be issued without restriction just like the new permits are issued to Ola, Uber and other cabs without restriction as this would stop black marketing of new autos business going on in twin cities non-stop automatically. Issue necessary guidelines to stop the private auto financiers ever-rising harassment and stoppage of corruption and harassment going on in the transport and police departments,” the JAC demanded.
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March 16, 2023
Minority affairs ministry’s budgetary allocation cut by 38% for 2023-24: Govt

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New Delhi: The government informed Parliament on Thursday that there has been a reduction of 38 percent in the budgetary allocation of the minority affairs ministry for 2023-24 compared to the current fiscal. This was owing to the adoption of a new mechanism for release of central funds and changes made in the pre-matric scholarship programme.
Minister for minority affairs Smriti Irani in response to a question in the Lok Sabha, seeking to know the reasons behind the huge cut in budgetary allocation for the ministry, said that the budget was reduced from Rs 5,020.50 crore for 2022-23 to Rs 3,097.60 crore for 2023-24.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) and pre-matric scholarship schemes consist of around 80 percent of the ministry’s budget.
Several opposition MPs had raised the issue of pre-matric scholarships having been stopped by the government, during the Winter session of Parliament last year.
Replying to the question, which was posed by BSP MP Danish Ali, Irani said that the reduction in the ministry’s budget was effected due to the adoption of a new mechanism for release of the Central share of funds under the Centrally sponsored schemes and Central sector schemes, for which the state nodal agencies (SNA) and the Central nodal agencies (CNA) were required to be appointed.
As per the revised procedure of the finance ministry’s expenditure department, the release of funds under PMJVK is not tied to the individual projects and the amount available in the account of the SNA forms a common pool.
As on March 1, 2023, the unspent amount with the states in their SNA account was Rs 2,466.48 crore, and the states are required to first incur expenditure from the SNA account, to complete the ongoing projects, the minister informed.
Secondly, she said that the scholarship schemes of the minority affairs ministry were to be aligned with the pattern followed by the education ministry as well as the tribal affairs and social justice ministries.

However, since the verification of the institutions is being carried out, funds under the scholarship schemes are not being released.
Further, the minister informed that the Centre has taken the decision to limit the coverage under the pre-matric scholarship scheme for minorities to only classes ninth and 10th, as it was observed that the participation of students from the minority communities is at par with the national average at the primary and elementary level.
Also, the students at these levels are already covered under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Irani said. A need was felt to harmonise the coverage under the pre-matric scheme for minorities with similar schemes implemented for other target groups like SCs, STs and OBCs, she said in her reply.
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March 16, 2023
Govt not letting Parliament run to avoid Adani issue: Mallikarjun Kharge

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New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the government of instigating the Opposition and not letting Parliament function to avoid a discussion on the Adani issue and its “failures”.
He also reiterated that there is no question of an apology over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in the UK.
Gandhi’s remarks during his recent trip to the United Kingdom have rocked Parliament, with both Houses failing to transact any significant business on the first three days of the Budget session’s second half.
“Is there untouchability or not, it is there, so if someone goes abroad that person will talk about it likewise democracy is being trampled upon, we were demonstrating peacefully yesterday, who stopped us? They put women constables in the front to try and stop us,” Kharge alleged.
The Congress along with several other opposition parties had taken out a protest march from Parliament House to hand over a complaint to the Enforcement Directorate on the Adani issue on Wednesday. However, they were stopped by the police at Vijay Chowk here.
The government’s intention is to avoid the Adani issue, so that it is not discussed, and their “failures” are not discussed in Parliament, the Congress president told reporters ahead of the start of parliamentary proceedings in the morning.
“Have you ever heard that ruling party people are stalling proceedings daily, they get up first and start saying ‘maafi maango’, ‘maafi maango’ (apologise), what is this. The government is instigating and they preach about democracy to others,” he said.
During his interactions in the UK, Gandhi alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under attack and there is a “full-scale assault” on the country’s institutions.

The former Congress president also told British parliamentarians in London that microphones are often “turned off” in Lok Sabha when an opposition member raises important issues.
Gandhi’s remarks triggered a political slugfest, with the BJP accusing him of maligning India on foreign soil and seeking foreign intervention, and the Congress hitting back at the ruling party by citing instances of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising internal politics abroad.
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March 16, 2023