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Jitendra aims dig at UPA regime, says Modi govt does not interfere in CBI’s affairs

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Jammu: Asserting that the Narendra Modi-led government does not interfere in the affairs of the CBI, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said it was during the UPA regime the Supreme Court had pointed out that the CBI was a “parrot in a cage”.
Singh was replying to a question seeking his reaction about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoning former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in connection with an alleged insurance scam.
Singh told reporters after a BJP programme, “The CBI is an autonomous institution. Let it act on its investigation. Nobody can interfere with it.”

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government does not interfere in the CBI’s affairs, he added.
Asked for his response on Congress leader KC Venugopal’s tweet about central agencies being the BJP’s ”lapdog”, Singh said, ”He is still carrying the mentality that used to be there during the Congress’ time.”
The Union minister also said that during the UPA regime, the Supreme Court said the CBI was a parrot in a cage.
“Post 2014, the situation has changed. In Modi ji’s government, interference in the function of the CBI does not happen. They are given full independence,” Singh said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
India an emerging space economy: Jitendra Singh

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Shillong: India is one of the very few countries that have built end-to-end capability in space technologies, Union Minister of State for Space Jitendra Singh said on Monday.
Addressing the precursor event of the G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting (SELM), Singh said India is an emerging space economy.
“India is one of the very few countries that have built end-to-end capability in space. Over the years, space technology has penetrated all walks of life. As a result, there is a huge demand for space-based services which have huge commercial potential,” he said.

He said the government has decided to open up the space sector for the private sector and help companies to enhance their participation in end-to-end space activities with the hand-holding of ISRO.
The increased private industry participation will eventually result in an increased contribution of India in the global space economy, he said.
G20 sherpa of India Amitabh Kant said the G20 countries should collaborate on three key areas — manufacturing in space, mining in space and energy in space.
“I suggest three key areas of collaboration — manufacturing in space, energy in space and mining in space. These will form the foundation on which the G20 will be able to build the civilisation of its shared vision,” he said.
“I am firm in my belief that we must start by developing and implementing new space applications for socio-economic development,” he said.

He also insisted that policies that create an enabling environment for development and trade in the new space era should be formulated by G20 to allow further collaboration among the member countries.
Speaking at the programme, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said the Indian Space Policy 2023 will allow more start-ups to enter the sector.
“With the government clearing the space policy, start-ups would be encouraged to enter the sector and make investments,” he told PTI on the sidelines of the event in Shillong.
“India has a huge resource of entrepreneurs. I am happy that the policy will allow youngsters to venture into this sector. On behalf of the state government, we will support them,” he added.
With all states of the Northeast hosting G20 events, Sangma said the region was contributing to the overall economic activity of the country.
He lauded the North Eastern Space Application Centre for assisting the state in forecast rainfalls, allowing it to prepare for floods.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 17, 2023
9 percent of India’s electricity to come from nuclear sources by 2047: Jitendra Singh

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New Delhi: India will get 9 percent of its electricity from nuclear sources by 2047, the centenary year of the country’s independence, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday.
The Science and Technology minister made these remarks after reviewing the functioning of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai.
Singh said the rising share of nuclear power in India’s energy basket would help it get closer to the commitment of achieving the net zero target by 2070.

He said the Department of Atomic Energy has been given the target of achieving 20 gigawatts (GW) capacity of nuclear power generation by 2030, which will make India the third-largest producer of atomic energy in the world after the US and France.
Singh said the credit for this rapid stride goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who took the decision of approving 10 reactors in a fleet mode in a single order and also allowed nuclear installations to be developed under joint ventures with PSUs.
India has the sixth-highest number of functional nuclear reactors in the world and the second-highest number of reactors, including those under construction.
During 2021-22, nuclear power reactors generated 47,112 million units of electricity, about 3.15 per cent of the total electricity generated in the country, Singh had told Lok Sabha last week.
The present installed nuclear power capacity is set to increase from 6,780 megawatts (MW) to 22,480 MW by 2031 on progressive completion of projects under construction and accorded sanction, Singh had said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 9, 2023
Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha as per rules, says Jitendra Singh

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Kathua: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the decision taken by the Lok Sabha Secretariat to disqualify Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was as per rules, and questioning the decision was like targeting the Constitution.
Gandhi, 52, was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will prevent Gandhi, a four-time MP, from contesting elections for eight years unless a higher court stays the conviction.
“Today, it is age of reasons. Whatever decision was taken by the Lok Sabha secretariat was taken as per rules,” Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kathua district.
He said to question the decision was to put a question mark on the Constitution, Indian democracy and the country’s parliamentary system.
Replying to another question on assembly elections in J and K, Singh said, “The BJP is always ready for elections, but the decision (to hold the elections) is to be taken by the Election Commission.”
The Union minister held Public Darbar’ with the district administration and PRI representatives at Hiranagar, in Kathua.
He listened to the people’s issues and directed the administration for their on the spot redressal.
Singh addressed various issues related to the Delhi-Katra Express Highway like land compensation, crossings and flyovers and public convenience spots raised during the event.

He directed the National Highways Authority of India to speed up the work on the corridor.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 26, 2023
Areas neglected earlier role model for country now: Jitendra Singh

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Hiranagar: Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Sunday said areas like border districts which were neglected earlier have now become role model for the country.
He said bringing governance at the doorsteps of the people to the last man in the last queue is possible only under Narendra Modi whose endeavour, after being sworn in as the Prime Minister of India in 2014, has been to address the people’s issues on the spot through ‘public darbars’ with district administration.
The governance cannot be restricted to the district headquarters only and a departure from this practice was necessary so that people’s issues could be addressed on the spot with district administration, Singh said at a ‘public darbar’ here.
He asserted that development has reached the last man in the queue under PM Narendra Modi, and said the areas which were neglected earlier like the border districts under the previous governments have now become the role models for the country, the best example being the border district of Kathua, “which is considered now the epitome of development and governance in the country”, according to an official statement.
Singh, who is the Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur constituency, said it is for the first time after 20 years that hundreds of acres of border land have been brought under cultivation “bringing back the lost smiles on the faces of border dwellers in Kathua” which has been possible only under the present government which believes in the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ under PM Modi.
He said Kathua is now considered the role model of development in the country due to various development initiatives undertaken there.
During the ‘public darbar’, Singh addressed certain issues on the spot related to the Delhi-Katra express highway such as land compensation, crossings at certain points for public convenience.
The minister directed the top officials of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) present during the public darbar to speed up the work on the express highway and also look into the genuine issues raised by the public in a time bound manner, the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry said.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 26, 2023
Perpetrators of terrorism finally consumed by terrorism itself: Jitendra Singh

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New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said perpetrators of terrorism are ultimately “consumed” by terrorism itself.
Singh said hailing from a terror affected region, he has been witness to terrorism in all its ramifications and can say with certain amount of confidence that the perpetrator of terror rides the tiger and is finally consumed by the same tiger, according to a Personnel Ministry statement.
Singh is a Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur constituency.
Speaking at ‘Basanti Chola Diwas’ to pay homage to Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev here, the Union minister of state for personnel said the British reign of terror had come to an end as the internal contradictions forced the ‘Raj’ to finally wind up from India.
Paying glowing tributes to Bhagat Singh, a day ahead of Shaheed Diwas’ to mark the death anniversary of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the revolutionary leaders who were hanged at the Lahore Central Jail in Lahore on March 23, 1931, Singh said, the revolutionary zeal of Bhagat Singh shook the British empire and only 16-17 years later the British were forced to quit India in 1947.
He said Bhagat Singh was the first Human Rights Activist of the 20th Century, much ahead of when the concept of Human Rights came into existence, the statement said.
Singh said apart from a martyr and freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh was a great thinker and philosopher and there was amalgamation of both Gandhi and Karl Marx in his writings and thoughts.
The minister also lauded the social work of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal, also known as SBS Foundation, and underlined that during the Covid pandemic, SBS was the only visible organisation working on ground.

Founded by Padma Shri Awardee Jitender Singh Shunty, since 1995, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal has been extending emergency services to people in Delhi-NCR, specifically for the management of funeral vans for ferrying dead bodies to cremation/burial grounds, for cremation of underprivileged, unclaimed and abandoned bodies, and organising voluntary blood donation camps, among other such services, the statement said.
The Sewa Dal has transported and cremated more than 4,500 Covid positive bodies, that were unclaimed or where the families were quarantined or under deep fear and could not perform cremation, it added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 22, 2023
News reporters must not become activists with ‘vested interests’: Minister Jitendra Singh

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Jammu: The news reporters must not become activists with vested interests, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday as he called for showing the brighter side of the government which had taken many historical decisions for public good.
He also said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the COVID-19 adversity turned into an opportunity as world’s first DNA vaccine and nasal vaccine for the coronavirus was indigenously developed bolstering India as a vaccine development and manufacturing centre.
The Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office was speaking at two separate functions here.
“The media must show the brighter side of the government like the DoNER model of development in the North-East which has changed the development paradigms of the region, the ‘StartUp Stand-up’ revolution, historical decision of abolishing interviews for non-gazetted posts and the deep sea mission under the leadership of Modi,” said Singh, a former minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
“The socio-economic reforms made by this government like the family pension to the divorce daughter, family pension to the families of missing government employees especially in J&K and North East and the digital life certificate must be brought to the public by the media so that information is disseminated to the deserving,” he said at the launch of J&K chapter of Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) here.
He said the reporters must not become activists with vested interests as biases can creep in making news not newsworthy.
“Communication is emerging now as an institution and it becomes the responsibility of PRSI to place the institution above the individual for the welfare of the people,” the minister said.
He said the greater responsibility of PRSI is to fill the gaps in government communication in such a manner that the people are informed by the media according to the development communication models.

Calling Modi as the “best communicator in the world”, Singh said he has initiated new areas, laid the foundation of unexplored areas which were never in news, the best example being the ‘Swachhta’.
Attending Medicos Meet ‘Celebrating the Multi-faceted’, he said under Modi, the COVID-19 adversity turned into an opportunity in India when world’s first DNA vaccine and nasal vaccine for coronavirus was indigenously developed in India which has not only strengthened ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat’ but also bolstered India’s status as a worldwide vaccine development and manufacturing centre.
On the occasion, the latest 2023 edition of the RSSDI Text Book of Diabetes Mellitus for postgraduate students was released. The book has the foreword and an exclusive chapter by Singh, who is also a nationally known diabetologist and Professor of Diabetes and Medicine.
“The path breaking decisions by the Modi-led government will be written in the golden words in history not done from the last 70 years, be that the done away with the attestation by a gazetted officer,” he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 19, 2023
I feel like an orphan: Jitendra Tyagi approaches President for euthanasia

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Hindutva leader Jitendra Singh Tyagi posted a video on Twitter on Friday seeking permission from President Droupadi Murmu for euthanasia.
In the video, Tyagi alleges ever since he embraced ‘Sanatan Dharma’ in 2021, he has been receiving threats, harassment calls, and being charged in fake cases by clerics in UP.
Tyagi said he feels like an orphan because even after approaching several Hindu groups, including the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) he has not received any kind of help.
“It’s been almost a year-and-a-half ever since I embraced ‘Sanatan Dharma’ and raised my voice against 26 controversial verses of Quran. Since then, I am unnecessarily being targeted by terror outfits and some hardline clerics who are framing me in false cases,” said Tyagi in a video statement issued on Friday night.
He added that even though he gets ‘assurances’ from his Hindu supporters, no one seems to take the matter seriously. ” I got only assurance from these groups that they would convey my plight to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and seek help, but nothing has been done so far,” he said.
“With no support from my Sanatan brothers in this hour of need, I have written to the President of India seeking euthanasia,” he concluded.
मित्रों बड़ी मजबूरी में इस निर्णय को लेना पड़ा है। आशा करता हूँ आप मेरा साथ देंगे। https://t.co/eJkjECeX1p
— Jitendra Tyagi (@JitendraNTyagi) February 25, 2023
Jitendra Singh Tyagi alias Waseem Rizvi, was the former chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board in Uttar Pradesh. In 2008, Tyagi was elected as a Samajwadi Party corporator from Kashmiri Mohalla, Lucknow.
In 2021, he claimed he saw Lord Rama in his dreams and decided to embrace ‘Sanatan Dharma’. He has since been a hard critic of Islam. He was booked for hate speech he made at the Dharm Sansad in Haridwar in December 2021.

He has produced controversial films like Ram Ki Jamnbhoomi and is now working on a web series on Quran.

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February 25, 2023
Khadi fast emerging as new avenue of lucrative ‘start-up’: Jitendra Singh

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Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said Khadi is fast emerging as a new and lucrative start-up avenue, giving full credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for having popularized the fabric across the world.
“Today, Khadi garments and outfits have assumed the status of designer items and elite wear. Modi has popularised Khadi across the world with the mantra of Khadi for nation, Khadi for fashion and Khadi for transformation,” the minister of state in the prime minister’s office said.
Singh was addressing a North Zone level programme organised by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, wherein subsidy margin amount of more than Rs 100 Crore was distributed online to beneficiaries and entrepreneurs spread across the north Indian states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan and Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.
The programme was organised under the supervision of KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar who underscored the recent decision to increase the wages from Rs 7.50 per hank to Rs 10 per hank, which will lead to rise in the monthly income of artisans by around 33 per cent and 10 per cent increase in the wages of weavers.
The minister expressed disappointment that while the Start-up movement had picked up in other parts of the country, it was yet to pick up in this region.
“The worth of Khadi for entrepreneurship and industry is being realised more and more,” he said and recalled that Prime Minister through his radio broadcast “Mann Ki Baat” had appealed on several occasions to buy khadi, as a result of which now there has been a record sale of Khadi products and also manifold increase in export of Khadi.
In order to build a prosperous, strong and self-reliant nation, the minister motivated the beneficiaries for running their units successfully and said that this would motivate other youth also to give up the desperate struggle to secure a government job and instead go for more lucrative livelihood options.
The KVIC chairman said the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme is playing a crucial role in realising the dream of a self-reliant India.

“Khadi and Village Industries Commission through its various programmes are generating employment opportunities for artisans at their door steps in remote areas at very low cost,” he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 11, 2023
Pakistan raking up IWT violation without any reason: Jitendra Singh

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Kathua: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said Pakistan is habitual of making unnecessary noises alleging violations of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), even though there has been none and India has always stood by its end of the pact.
The statement of the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office comes on the heels of India issuing a notice to Pakistan seeking a review and modification of the IWT in view of Islamabad’s “intransigence” in complying with the dispute redressal mechanism of the pact that was inked over six decades ago for sharing of waters of cross-border rivers.
The step comes around 10 months after the World Bank announced appointing a neutral expert and a chair of the Court of Arbitration under two separate processes to resolve the differences over the Kishenganga and Ratle Hydro Electric Projects following Islamabad’s refusal to address the matter through bilateral talks.
“IWT has a long history after it was signed in 1960, giving control of three rivers each to India and Pakistan. While Jhelum, Chenab and Indus were given to Pakistan, India was given the control of Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej.
“The first phase of Shahpur Kandi dam project on river Ravi is nearing completion. The project was in limbo for the last 40 years and our share of water was also flowing across the border.
“Similarly, the Ratle project in Kishtwar over Chenab was abandoned for eight years and the work on it started only last year under joint venture between the Centre and the UT administration,” Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kathua district.
He said Pakistan has raised an objection and is claiming violation of the IWT but India’s position is strong as there was no violation and the waters are allowed to flow into Pakistan as per the agreement, despite construction of dams and other projects.
“They are habitual of creating disturbances without any reason The concerned ministry has already taken up the issue with Pakistan,” the minister said, adding the government will do whatever is necessary in the national interest.

Earlier, the minister inaugurated a ‘Young Start-Up Conclave’ organised by CSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology, and called for a change of attitude of youth towards startups.
“The government job mind-set is proving an impediment to startup culture, mainly in north India. The youth of Jammu and Kashmir need not to miss the startup bus, which is playing a crucial role in India’s technological and economic journey to emerge as a frontline nation in the world,” he said.
The minister said J&K has a huge unexplored potential for agriculture and tech startups as the geography and climatic conditions here favour the cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants.
The minister said a new wave of agri-tech startups has emerged in the country in the last few years, which are solving problems of supply chain management, cooling and refrigeration, seed management and distribution, and helping farmers access a wider range of markets.
“Jammu & Kashmir and several hill territories as well as the Himalayan states are going to make a significant value edition to build India’s future economy because these are the territories whose resources have remain under-utilised in the past,” he said.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving a focussed attention to these areas, they are going to play a pivotal role in placing India on the world pedestal by 2047, he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 28, 2023