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JD(S) promises to restore 4 percent reservation for Muslims in election manifesto

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Bengaluru: The JD(S) on Thursday released its “Janata Pranalike” (People’s Manifesto) for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka promising to restore four percent reservation for Muslims, to “throw out” Amul and to save Nandini brand calling it Kannadiga’s identity, among various assurances.
The party led by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has also assured to bring in a law reserving jobs for Kannadigas in the private sector, and has promised to provide free higher education for economically-weaker students.
Just ahead of the announcement of polls in Karnataka, the State Cabinet led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had decided to scrap the four percent reservation for Muslims under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota and to distribute it equally among the dominant Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities. The JD(S) in its manifesto has expressed its commitment to restore 4 percent reservation for Muslims.

The promise to protect and strengthen Nandini brand in the manifesto, comes following a controversy that had erupted after the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative Amul’s announcement recently, to enter the Karnataka market to supply its milk and curd. A section including opposition Congress and JD(S) had expressed apprehension that Nandini, the brand from the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), could be merged with Amul, and had targeted the ruling BJP and Union Cooperative Minister Amit Shah for it. BJP had rejected the charge.
The manifesto was released by JD(S) legislature party leader H D Kumaraswamy, state president C M Ibrahim, and manifesto committee chief and MLC B M Farooq, among other leaders.
The JD(S), which positions itself as a party of farmers, has announced the “Raita Bandhu” scheme promising to provide Rs 2,000 to agricultural labour families every month. Also, girls who marry youths who are farmers will be given financial assistance of Rs two lakh.
Among the various other assurances given in JD(S) manifesto are Rs 6,000 for pregnant women for six months, loan waiver for ‘Stree Shakti’ self-help groups, pension for Anganwadi workers, Rs 2,000 per month for auto drivers, Rs 2,000 for registered private security guards, and up to Rs 25 lakh for treatment of rare diseases under CM relief fund.
In the irrigation sector, the party has listed out its plans such as: increase funds for the Upper Bhadra Project from existing Rs 2,000 crore to Rs 5,000 crore and also complete the project in the next four years; it also promised to complete the ‘Yettinahole’ project in four years.

Reviewing the National Pension Scheme, re-introduction of free bicycles for school children, electric scooters for girls studying in higher education, housing scheme for 30 lakh homeless, encouraging green energy, are among the other takeaways from the manifesto.
Kumaraswamy has said that the party will launch a separate manifesto for Bengaluru in the coming days.
Aiming to come to power on its own, the JD(S) has set a target of winning 123 out of total 224 Assembly seats.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 27, 2023
23 Percent Of Water Bodies In JK Dried Up Beyond Repair: Census

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SRINAGAR: Ministry of Jal Shakti released the first ever census of Water Bodies in convergence with the 6th Minor Irrigation (MI) Census under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Irrigation Census.”
The census highlighted disparities between rural and urban areas, encroachments and also revealed crucial insights into the country’s water resources. Census also offers a thorough inventory of India’s water resources, including both natural and artificial water bodies including ponds, tanks, lakes and more.
According to the census, 24,24,540 water bodies have been enumerated in the country, of which 97.1% (23,55,055) are in rural areas and only 2.9% (69,485) are in urban areas.
According to the maiden census report there are over 24 lakh water bodies across the country, and over 9,700 water bodies in the Union Territory of J&K, of which over 76 per cent are ‘in use’ while over 23 per cent have been categorized as ‘not in use’, defining them as ‘dried up beyond repair’.
As per the census, a total of 9,765 water bodies have been enumerated in J&K, out of which 99.2% (9,687) are in rural areas and the remaining 0.8% (78), are in urban areas, noting that the majority of the water bodies are ponds.
The census further reveals that over 2272 not-in-use water bodies in J&K and Ladakh, including 2026 ponds, 29 tanks, 6 Lakes, 26 reservoirs, 6 water conservation schemes/percolation tanks/ check dams, and 169 others. Further, out of 9765 water bodies, 5016 are public owned, and 4749 are private owned.
As per the census, 7431 water bodies are in use in rural areas, out of which 718 are used for irrigation, 12 for industrial, 97 for pisciculture, 5935 are for domestic/ drinking, 19 are recreation, 49 are for religious, 129 are for groundwater recharge, 472 are others.
As per the major results, 48.6% (4,749) are privately owned water bodies across J&K, whereas the remaining 51.4% (5,016) are under public ownership. By location, 27 water bodies are located in flood-prone areas and 1,144 water bodies are located in tribal areas.

Out of all water bodies, the census noted, 76.7% (7,493) water bodies are ‘in use’ whereas the rest 23.3% (2,272) are not ‘in use,’ “on account of drying up, destroyed beyond repair and other reasons.”
Out of ‘in use’ water bodies, the census highlighted, a major proportion of water bodies are used for domestic/ drinking purposes followed by irrigation purposes.
The census also noted that J&K has reported encroachment in 103 water bodies out of all the enumerated water bodies, of which 95, it stated, are ponds. Out of 9,765 water bodies, the information on the ‘water spread area’ was reported in 9,759 water bodies.
Out of these 9,759 water bodies, the results note, 98.4% (9,602) of the water bodies have a water spread area of fewer than 0.5 hectares, whereas, 1.1% (104) water bodies have a water spread area between 0.5 hectares to 1.0 hectares and the remaining 0.5% (53) water bodies have more than one-hectare water spread area; in terms of storage capacity while 74.1% (7,238) water bodies have storage capacity between 0 to 100 Cubic Meters.

According to the census, 9209 water bodies in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh have never been repaired. Only 115 water bodies were repaired before 2009. In 2009, 11 water bodies were repaired; 51 in 2010; 20 in 2011; 34 in 2012; 71 in 2013; 38 in 2014; 59 in 2015; 24 in 2016; 54 in 2017; 34 in 2018, and 45 were repaired after 2018.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

April 24, 2023
The Bidens made $579K last year, and paid a 23.8 percent tax rate, their returns show

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The numbers closely mirrored those from last year, when the Bidens reported paying $150,439 in federal income taxes on $610,702 for an effective tax rate of 24.6 percent.
White House officials again released copies of the first family’s tax returns on Tax Day as a demonstration of transparency. Former President Donald Trump had refused to do so while in office and during the 2016 presidential campaign, claiming repeatedly that he was under government audit. With the release of their 2022 taxes, Biden has shared 25 years worth of tax returns that include his years as vice president and an earlier presidential run, according to the White House.
Much of the couple’s income was via the president’s $400,000 salary. Jill Biden was paid $82,335 for her teaching position at Northern Virginia Community College.
The Bidens, who filed their returns jointly, also reported paying $29,023 in state income tax in Delaware, where they have two homes. The first lady reported paying $3,139 in Virginia income tax.
The Bidens hit the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, called SALT, a product of Trump’s tax law and derided by Democrats in high-cost states. They also paid more than $2,000 in additional federal taxes imposed by the Affordable Care Act.
Other charitable donations include $4,000 to Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors; $2,000 to the Fraternal Order of Police Foundation; $1,680 to St. Joseph on the Brandywine (the Bidens’ home parish); $1,125 to Westminster Presbyterian Church; $1,000 each to Cranston Heights Fire Company and Ministry of Caring.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, paid $93,570 in federal income taxes last year, with an effective tax rate of 20.5 percent.
Their combined federal earnings were $456,918, including Harris’ vice presidential salary and a reported $169,665 from Georgetown University, where Emhoff, an intellectual property and business lawyer, joined the Law Center’s teaching ranks in January 2021.

The couple paid $17,612 in California income taxes, and Emhoff paid $9,697 in District of Columbia income tax.
The couple contributed $23,000 to charity during the year. They owed $611 to the IRS.
The income figures for Harris and Emhoff were far below what they reported in prior years when Emhoff was still practicing law. When Harris campaigned for president in 2019, they released 15 years of tax returns, including earning about $2 million in 2018.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

April 19, 2023
Over 95 Percent Qualify Class 8th Exams In JK

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SRINAGAR: With an overall pass percentage of over 95 percent, State Council of Educational Research and Training Monday declared results of 8th standard in hard and soft zones of Jammu, Kashmir divisions.
Quoting an official, KNO reported that in both hard and soft zones, at least 95.02 percent students from the government schools have qualified the exams including 93.85 in Jammu division and 95.85 in Kashmir division respectively.
He said that 98.58 percent students of private schools in both soft and hard zones have also qualified the exams. “97.84 percent students of private schools from Jammu and 95.53 from Kashmir division have qualified the exams.”
The official said that a total of 17,554,7 students were enrolled for the exams and 16,956,4 candidates qualified the exams. (KNO)

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April 10, 2023
Over 95 percent qualify class 8th exams in J&K

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Srinagar, Apr 10: With an overall pass percentage of over 95 percent, State Council of Educational Research and Training Monday declared results of 8th standard in hard and soft zones of Jammu, Kashmir divisions.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that in both hard and soft zones, at least 95.02 percent students from the government schools have qualified the exams including 93.85 in Jammu division and 95.85 in Kashmir division respectively.
He said that 98.58 percent students of private schools in both soft and hard zones have also qualified the exams. “97.84 percent students of private schools from Jammu and 95.53 from Kashmir division have qualified the exams.”
The official said that a total of 17,554,7 students were enrolled for the exams and 16,956,4 candidates qualified the exams—(KNO)
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April 10, 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
Dem fundraising giant ActBlue lays off 17 percent of workforce

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“But we need to ensure we are serving our users as sustainably and effectively as possible during the 2024 cycle and beyond,” Wallace-Jones said. “The center of our work is providing a technology platform for campaigns, organizations, and donors to drive change, and we are looking to focus our efforts on innovating and expanding our product while also controlling our costs.”
ActBlue workers are unionized under two unions. In a release, the company said it was committed to working with both unions in accordance with “contractual and bargaining obligations.”
In a release on Monday, ActBlue Union, which ratified a contract in February, said 32 of 54 employees laid off were members of its union, criticized ActBlue management, saying the organization had refused to explore alternatives to layoffs such as pay cuts, and called on the organization to not pursue further layoffs.
During the 2022 cycle, ActBlue reported processing more than $3.5 billion for Democratic candidates and progressive organizations, more than double the total it had raised during the 2018 cycle, from more than 7.4 million individual donors. The platform, founded in 2004, has been widely credited with supporting Democrats’ substantial small-dollar donor fundraising advantage.
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April 3, 2023
Student enrolment in Govt Schools hikes by over seven percent this academic year

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More than 50 percent Dip in new enrolments in 2023 in comparison to previous academic year
Srinagar, Mar 31: In the ongoing academic year, the government-run-schools of all districts in Kashmir valley have recorded an increase in student enrolment by more than 19 percent.
The official figures accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) states that the department has said that there was an increase of student enrolment by more than seven percent in 2023.
According to the figures maintained by the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), more than 49,900 new admissions were recorded by the department in the recently concluded mass enrollment drive.
The figures reveal that the highest percentage of new admissions was recorded in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district wherein the student enrolment has increased by 11.55 percent.
It states that before the enrollment drive, there were a total of 35,773 students enrolled in government-run-schools of the district. However, after the drive, the district has recorded over 4100 new admissions.
Similarly, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the department has said that there was a hike in student enrolment by 10.72 percent. The district has also witnessed 13,066 new admissions in this academic session.
Likewise, the north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has recorded increase of student enrolment by 5.89 percent percent followed by frontier district Kupwara with 5.64 percent, central Kashmir’s Budgam district with 6.77 percent, Shopian with 6.48 percent, Pulwama with 7.04 percent and Srinagar with only 3.55 percent.

Earlier, this month, KNO reported about the migration of nearly 8,000 school students in Kashmir division from private to government schools.
However, as of now, the number has hiked to more than 11,283 such admissions.
Pertinent to mention that in the previous academic year, the government-run-schools of all districts of Kashmir valley had recorded an increase in student enrolment by more than 19 percent.
According to the official figures, the department in the previous academic session had said that there was an increase of student enrolment by 19.02 percent in 2022 with a total of 11,817,6 new admissions—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 31, 2023
66 percent women in Jammu & Kashmir are anaemic, says govt report

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Srinagar, Mar 23 : Majority of women in Jammu and Kashmir are anaemic, said statistics published in the latest ‘Women and Men in India 2022’ report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
According to the report released recently, a copy of which lies with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), 66 percent women in Jammu & Kashmir have anaemia, including 25 percent with mild anaemia, 38 percent with moderate anaemia, and 3 percent with severe anaemia.
“Anaemia is particularly high among rural women, women aged 15-19, and other backward class women, but anaemia exceeds 40 percent for every group of women.”
As per the report, during NFHS-4, 49 percent non-pregnant women aged between 15-49 were anaemic, which has increased to 67.3 percent during NFHS-5.
However, slight improvement has been in anaemic condition of pregnant women aged 15-49 as during NFHS-4 46.9 percent women were found anaemic while during NFHS-5 44.1 percent women were found anaemic.
Over all the anaemic condition of all women aged 15-49 has increased from 48.9 percent in NFHS-4 to 65.9 percent in NFHS-5.
Notably, anaemia is a condition that is marked by low levels of haemoglobin in the blood. Iron deficiency is estimated to be responsible for about half of all anaemia globally. Still, anaemia can also be caused by malaria, hookworms, other nutritional deficiencies, chronic infections and genetic conditions.

Moreover anaemia can result in maternal mortality, weakness, diminished physical and mental capacity, increased morbidity from infectious diseases, prenatal mortality, premature delivery, low birth weight, and (in children) impaired cognitive performance, motor development, and scholastic achievement.
Furthermore, anaemia is a major health problem in Jammu & Kashmir, especially among women and children.
Several doctors while talking to KNO said diet is playing an important role in this regard as most of the women aren’t eating nutrient rich diets.
Dr Sabeena, a gynaecologist at SDH Bijbehara told Kashmir News Observer that a lack of nutrition diversity in meals — inclusion of quality sources of proteins, micronutrients in households cis one of the main reasons behind anaemia.
In women of reproductive age, heavy periods and pregnancy are the most common causes of iron deficiency anaemia as their body needs extra iron for their baby during pregnancy, she said.
If iron deficiency anaemia is left untreated, it can make you more susceptible to illness and infection, as a lack of iron affects the body’s natural defence system (the immune system), she said.
Dr Rakshanda, another gynaecologist told KNO that Iron deficiency is common in a Kashmiri person’s daily diet, as people here usually overcook the vegetables,” she says. “As a result, the nutrients are lost.”
Even pregnant women who have access to iron tablets often don’t take them because they feel uncomfortable or nauseated – common side effects of pregnancy, she said adding that in far off places women don’t have access to these things due to poverty and other issues.
The reason for rising cases of anemia is lack of awareness, lack of education regarding dietary habits, nutritional deficiencies, ignorance of menstrual health, she said.
Anemia is a major public health problem especially in reproductive age women because of their high demand for iron, she added—(KNO)
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March 23, 2023
66 Percent Women In JK Anaemic, Says Govt Report

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SRINAGAR: Majority of women in Jammu and Kashmir are anaemic, said statistics published in the latest ‘Women and Men in India 2022’ report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
According to the report released recently, 66 percent women in Jammu and Kashmir have anaemia, including 25 percent with mild anaemia, 38 percent with moderate anaemia, and 3 percent with severe anaemia.
“Anaemia is particularly high among rural women, women aged 15-19, and other backward class women, but anaemia exceeds 40 percent for every group of women.”
As per the report, during NFHS-4, 49 percent non-pregnant women aged 15-49 were anaemic, which has increased to 67.3 percent during NFHS-5.
However, slight improvement has been in anaemic condition of pregnant women aged 15-49 as during NFHS-4 46.9 percent women were found anaemic while during NFHS-5 44.1 percent women were found anaemic.
Over all the anaemic condition of all women aged 15-49 has increased from 48.9 percent in NFHS-4 to 65.9 percent in NFHS-5.
Notably, anaemia is a condition that is marked by low levels of haemoglobin in the blood. Iron deficiency is estimated to be responsible for about half of all anaemia globally. Still, anaemia can also be caused by malaria, hookworms, other nutritional deficiencies, chronic infections and genetic conditions.
Moreover anaemia can result in maternal mortality, weakness, diminished physical and mental capacity, increased morbidity from infectious diseases, prenatal mortality, premature delivery, low birth weight, and (in children) impaired cognitive performance, motor development, and scholastic achievement.

Furthermore, anaemia is a major health problem in Jammu & Kashmir, especially among women and children.
Dr Sabeena, a gynaecologist at SDH Bijbehara said that lack of nutrition diversity in meals , inclusion of quality sources of proteins, micronutrients in households is one of the main reasons behind anaemia.
In women of reproductive age, heavy periods and pregnancy are the most common causes of iron deficiency anaemia as their body needs extra iron for their baby during pregnancy, she said.
If iron deficiency anaemia is left untreated, it can make you more susceptible to illness and infection, as a lack of iron affects the body’s natural defence system (the immune system), she said.
Dr Rakshanda, another gynaecologist said that Iron deficiency is common in a Kashmiri person’s daily diet, as people here usually overcook the vegetables,” she says. “As a result, the nutrients are lost.”
Even pregnant women who have access to iron tablets often don’t take them because they feel uncomfortable or nauseated – common side effects of pregnancy, she said adding that in far off places women don’t have access to these things due to poverty and other issues.
The reason for rising cases of anemia is lack of awareness, lack of education regarding dietary habits, nutritional deficiencies, ignorance of menstrual health, she said.
Anemia is a major public health problem especially in reproductive age women because of their high demand for iron, she added. (KNO)

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March 23, 2023