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SATURDAY 29 March | 2014 | 27 Jamadi-Ul-Awal 1435 AH | PAGES 12 | VOL NO: 4 | ISSUE NO: 87 | RS: 2/- (AIR SURCHARGE FOR JAMMU /DELHI/LEH 50 Paisa)Pen For Justice Largely Circulated, No. 1 Bilingual Daily of J&Khttp://www.zabarwantimes.com

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To Grey GracefullyOne day every living thing on earth has to decay and ultimately die its own death. But the period from birth to death is full of challenges and difficulties. Due to advancement in medical sciences, the ultimate death has been delayed. The average age of a human being which till some years back was between 45-50 years has risen to 70 years. According to surveys India is going to be a home for second largest number of elderly people in the world. A majority of this population will be living in rural areas thereby posing health service delivery a herculean task before the

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Srinagar, March 28, CNS: Kashmir Medical and Sales Representatives Association Friday alleged that Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sci-ence (SKIMS) Soura administration does not allow medical representa-tives of reputed pharmacy compa-nies to meet the doctors during the free time. They said that it is an open

Obnoxiously stinking garbage dumps at Saki Dafar expose the SMC’s slogan-Clean Srinagar, Green Srinagar Pic: Gulzar Dar

Domestic help found hanging in Anantnag

Srinagar:- Maintaining that the PDP never raised or talked about the reso-lution of K-issue when in power, the Minister for rural development and panchayats and senior leader of the National conference, . Ali Moham-mad sagar said that the party is now trying to hoodwink people of the state by telling lies and giving statements full of

factual errors and distort-ed versions of the actual events. Sagar was addressing a huge gathering as a part of people to people con-tact at Sheshgari Mohalla in the old city Srinagar. Senior leaders of the Na-tional conference and em-inent persons of the area were present. Sagar said that leaders of the PDP are political chameleons and keep on changing their colours to suit their petty political

interests and grab power. He said that it is recorded history that their state-ments and stand keeps on changing with every passing day and they be-lieve in political hypocrisy bereft of any concern for the public cause. Sagar said that the party while in power subject-ed the people of the old city to the worst form of discrimination in every

sphere of life and work on various developmental projects meant for sus-tained development of the city was stalled and now they are trying to project themselves as champions projecting the cause of the city. He said that the people are well aware of the fact they these forces raised hue and cry when on spot recruitment to the police was conducted in different parts of the city.

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PDP bunch of political chameleons: SagarMilitants appear in Jammu, attack army base

Al-Shuhada militant outfit claims responsibility

Srinagar, Mar 28: Militants Friday car-ried out a deadly attack on an artillery base in Jammu outskirts resulting in the killing of three militants, two civilians including a driver and injuring six others.The details received by Kashmir News Service (KNS), informed that militants in an army combat carrying arms fired indiscriminately on a passenger vehicle at Kathua that resulted into killing of one person while as three others were injured.Meanwhile, in a telephonic statement to KNS a militant outfit- Al-Shuhada bri-gade claimed responsibility of the twin attacks at Jammu outskirts. Outfit’s spokesman Sami-ul-Haq told KNS that three militants from the brigade carried out the Jammu attack.Reports said that militants took con-trol of a passenger vehicle-a half open bolero bearing number JK21A-7670 and took driver namely Tarseen Singh along with them. The vehicle drove away 20kms from the initial firing spot and then attacked an army artillery base at Dayalchak.Reports stated that the driver identified as Tarseen Singh was found dead in his vehicle. Gun battle erupted in the area that injured one army personnel. The area reverberated with the thuds of the gunshots being fired from both the sides. The militants later took refuge in nearby dense forests. Police reports stated that intense search operations have been launched

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3 ultras, 2 civilians killed: DGP

Asks Cong to shun policy of ap-peasement towards Pakistan and separatistsJammu, March 28, CNS: Bhar-tiya Janata Party lashed out at Congress for following appease-ment policy towards Pakistan and separatist leaders of Kash-mir. BJP candidate for Udham-pur-Kathua-Doda constituency soon after the Kathua

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Srinagar, Mar 28: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir,Omar Abdullah Friday condemned the attack by suspected militants in Kathua and offered ‘heartfelt condolences’ to the families of deceased.“…My heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased & prayers for the injured,” Omar wrote on micro-blogging site, Twitter. He also announced that the operation in Kathua is ‘offi-cially over’.Three militants, two civilians and an army trooper were killed in a daring attack

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Calls it an attempt to derail democratic processVijaypur, March 28: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad today accused Pakistan of unleashing subversive activities to disturb peace here in Jammu and Kashmir.While strongly condemning today’s mil-itants’ attack in Kathua district during which, two civilian got killed while three others received bullet injuries, Union Minister Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad said that “Pakistan has every now and then attempted to derail the democratic process here in Jammu and

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Azad condemns militant attack

Srinagar, Mar 28: Patron of PDP Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and president of the party Mehbooba Mufti have strong-ly condemned Dayalachak attack and expressed sympathy with the family of an innocent civilian who lost life in the attack.In a statement issued to KNS, leaders of PDP said that today's attack was handiwork of anti-peace forces. Calling upon people to frustrate evil designs of those forces which are bent upon to disrupt peace in this region, Mufti

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Mufti, Mehbooba condemn attack

Omar, Dr Farooq condemn attack

BJP flays Cong for terror attack

Srinagar, Mar 28: National Con-ference Spokesman Junaid Mattu in a statement issued today has termed PDP's Tariq Karra as the epitome of rank opportunism and political waywardness. Mattu has said that Karra was as non-serious a politician as one could possibly find in the country.Mattu said that it was hilarious how Karra, after being refused ad-mission into National Conference, now suddenly has found convic-tion in the "clear agenda" of PDP. Karra, PDP's candidate from the Srinagar Parliamentary Seat had till very recently relentlessly tried to gain admission into National Conference.However his repeated pleas to be taken into the party were not entertained by NC given his track-record of instability and opportunism. He had apparently filed an actual application for ad-mission with the local Congress Committee too and was rejected there as well. Facing a humiliat-ing refusal from both parties Kar-ra's bitterness and frustration as

shown by his random utterances is understandable. However, his self-righteousness contradicts his track-record and political past. The NC Spokesman said that Kar-ra besides showing hypocrisy has exhibited shameful ungrateful-ness towards not just Dr. Farooq Abdullah but also National Con-ference. It was Karra's Uncle, Mo-huiddin Karra who had come to Dr. Farooq Abdullah with Karra as a young boy and entrusted him to Dr. Farooq, asking that he be groomed and nurtured in politics. What Dr. Farooq Abdullah did for Tariq Karra and how ungrateful and shameless Karra turned out to be is a question best left to the conscience of Karra. Mattu said that Karra is a chronic flip-flopper and has been connect-ed to National Conference, Awa-mi National Conference as well as Congress at various times in the past. His current innings with PDP was aptly rewarded by the voters when he lost his Batamaloo Assembly Seat as

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Rejected by NC, Congress Karra epitomizes irresponsibility,

opportunism: NC

Srinagar, Mar 28: Clashes broke out at several places of North Kashmir after Fri-day prayers that injured several persons including a senior police officer. Accord-ing to the reports received by KNS, youth in groups took out to streets and started hurling stones on security deployments at various areas including Khanpora and Palhallan area.The protesters took to streets and started blocking the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway. The youth assembled in groups and stared raising slogans. The situation turned violent when the forces tried to foil the protest march. The police had to fire several tear gas shells to disperse the angry mob.

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Stone pelting in North Kashmir

Police officer, Constable injured in clashes in North Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 28: For-mer Chairman of Hurri-yat Conference (M) and President, Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Con-ference, Professor Abdul Ghani Bhat today after addressing Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid Behama Ganderbal conveyed par-ty workers meet.According to a statement issued to KNS, while ad-dressing the extraordi-nary workers meet, he said, in the context of global changes, particu-larly in South Asia, that all nations in the world must adopt policies of protecting human rights

to guarantee peace, pros-perity, stability and devel-opment.Terming South Asia an important region in guar-anteeing peace in whole world, he appealed In-do-Pak rulers to demon-strate realism and resolve the disputes according to recognized principles ac-cepted on international level, to guarantee peace and stability in the re-gion. He said that both the countries have fought wars over the Kashmir dispute in past which af-fected the bilateral rela-tionship of theSee Bhat On Page 11..

Nuclear Weaponization of India-Pakistan will bring

destruction in region: Prof BhatSrinagar, Mar 28: The Pakistan’s Foreign office has invited Kashmir’s pro-freedom leadership to New Delhi on April 02 on the eve of Pakistan’s national Day.Sources told KNS that the Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has formally extended invitation to Kashmir’s pro-freedom camp including Huriyat Conference (M), Huriyat Conference (G), Huriyat Conference (JK) and JKLF.The senior leader of

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Srinagar, March 28: Landslides and intermit-tent rains have damaged nearly dozens of struc-tures and orchards in North Kashmirs Hand-wara town even as mercu-ry hovered below normal while MeT department has predicted more rains tillSaturday evening. According to CNS, resi-dents of different hamlets of Handwara town staged protests on Friday against the government failure to provide relief to those people who have suffered heavy losses due to land-slides and torrential rains.

The protestors alleged that not a single govern-ment official visited their areas where rains and landslides have caused extensive damage to the structures and orchards. One of the protestors from Golpora, Handwara Imamudin Dogri told CNS that due to torrential rains his house was damaged completely while at least 55 cattle were washed away by rapid flowing wa-ter. “It not only surprised me but everyone after coming to

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..... Intermittent rains and landslides ....Government’s gift to a shepherd,

Rs 5000 for 55 sheep

Separatists invited by Pak High

Commissioner

Srinagar, March 28: Two persons were injured in two different road accidents across the valley.A motorcycle hit and injured a school girl 16 years Shabeena daughter of Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Peer at Handwara Market near HDFC Bank in the jurisdiction of Police station Handwara. The injured girl was shifted to Hospital for treatment. Handwara Police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, a Maruti bearing chases Number 01S0034 hit and injured a pedestrian Jameela Begum wife of Mohammad Amin Batla resident of Bimyar near Challa in the jurisdiction of Police station Boniyar. The injured lady was shifted to District Hospital, Baramulla for treatment. Boniyar Police has registered a case in this regard.

Srinagar, March 28: A domestic help was found hanging in Bijbe-hara area of Anantnag District last evening. Bijbehara police was in-formed by some locals that a body is lying hanging from a tree near Kanalwan Bijbehara. Police party rushed to the spot and recovered the body who was later identi-fied as 18 years Abdul Qayoom Saradna resident of Mohar Reasi. The deceased was working as domestic help at the residence of Sabzar Ahmad Naiko at Bunpora Kanalwan, Bijbehara. Bijbehara Police has start-ed inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC to ascertain the cause of death.

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to track down militants. Surveillance choppers have also been pressed into service.The manhunt was on while the last report came in. The reports confirmed to KNS that all the three militants have been killed and that the firing from the militant’s side has stopped.The injured civilians have been shifted to Govern-ment Medical College Jammu for treatment. Jam-mu-Punjab border has been sealed and heavy deploy-ment of security was made at various places. The Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad told KNS over phone that the body of the third militant was recovered from the encounter side and the firing has been stopped. Giving the details of the gun- battle, Prasad said that one civilian got killed in the initial firing identified as Ajit Ram of Vijay Pur. He added that a driver of the half open bolero vehicle was also found dead. “It can be a fresh attempt of the militants- nothing can be said as the investigation is on.”When asked about any links between the fresh attacks and the ensuing elections, DGP stated that police has kept the threat level same as that of previ-ous elections. “Since three militants have got killed, we will have to invoke other investigation methods to come to some conclusion.”Pertinently, militants earlier had carried out the similar attack on forces September 26 last year in the area. Eleven people including five policemen, a civilian, two army men, including a major, and three militants were killed during the attack at that time. (KNS)

Kashmir. Whenever there are announcement of elec-tions, Pakistan activates its ISI and tries to execute violence by targeting innocent persons.”Immediately after getting the information about the militants’ attack, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad inquired about details of the incidents and decided to return to Jammu. Though he had some important meetings at New Delhi pertaining to ongoing elections, but Mr Azad decided to reach Jammu and meet the family members. Before boarding the flight, he offered his condolences to the bereaved family members over a telephonic communiqué.After landing at Jammu Airport, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad straight away drove to cremation ground at Vijaypur on the banks of River Devak, where a large number of gathering, was present to participate in the funeral procession. He met the wailing family mem-bers and also prayed for peace for the departed soul. Mr Azad also inquired about the other family mem-bers of the deceased Amarjeet Kumar and assured all possible help to kith and kin of deceased.While strongly reacting on the militants’ attack, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad termed it as inhumane act by Pakistan. He said that, “Pakistan does not know what is democracy? There is no democracy in Pakistan. There is just dictatorship. In past also, Pakistan had made numerous attempts to unleash reign of terror in Jammu and Kashmir especially when the democratic process is on”.“But we will fight terrorism with iron hands and will not allow Pakistan to achieve success in his ill wills,” stated Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad further recalling, “I have also been targeted by militants. But even then, I ensure, Pakistan is unable to achieve success in its nefarious designs.”Later, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad visited GMC&H, Jam-mu and interacted with the injured persons who were admitted for treatment. He sought details of the inci-dent and assured them of all help to shift them out of the state for advance treatment, in case, needed.Among others who accompanied Mr Azad included deputy chief minister, Mr Tara Chand, Minister for Planning, Mr Ajay Sadhotra, Minister for Horticul-ture, Mr Raman Bhall, Minister for State for Coop-eratives, Dr Manohar Lal, NC Provincial president, Mr Devinder Singh Rana, Congress candidate for Jammu-Poonch seat, Madan Lal Sharma, NC sitting MLA from Vijaypur, S S Slathia, ex-Minister Manjeet Singh, Sr Congress leaders Vinod Mishra and Arun Sharma.

Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti strongly condemned today's incident.They expressed their condolences with the family of a civilian, Ajeet Kumar, a resident of Vijaypur area Samba district, who lost life in the attack. They also asked the authorities to provide adequate medical fa-cilities to those who were injured in the attack. (KNS)

by uientified militants in twin areas of Kathua in Jam-mu district on Friday.Omar lauded the role of army, police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force in ‘containing the fallout to the initial causalities and defeating the evil designs’.“Militants had come very heavily armed & clearly planned to cause massive havoc. Plans that they were unable to carry out at all. The swift & coordinated response of army, police & CRPF has been markedly better compared to the Samba/Hiranagar attack some months ago,” Omar tweeted.Last year in September, three Fidayeens stormed a po-lice station and an army base in Samba and Hiranagar sectors of Jammu division in which twelve persons in-cluding militants were killed.Omar, however, expressed concern over the infiltra-tion of militants on International Border and asked Border Security Force (BSF) to ‘look at vulnerable ar-eas’. “…the ease with which militants exploited gaps in the fence to cross the international border is a mat-ter of grave concern,” Omar wrote. “The BSF needs to take a look at vulnerable areas & plug these gaps because these militants haven't given up & we can't let them succeed.” (GNS)

attack told reporters that this was an act of anti-na-tional forces who were frustrated by the grand success of Narendra Modi’s rally at Hiranagar on Wednesday. Dr. Jitendra Singh lashed out at the Congress lead-ership for its weak kneed policy towards Pakistan and appeasement towards separatists. He also flayed the government for allowing unchecked sale of army uniforms which were used by the terrorists in today’s incident. Dr. Jitendra Singh called upon the people to vote out Congress and together put all their might to bring Narendra Modi as Prime Minister in the forthcoming election. Dr Jitendra Singh said history has offered a historic opportunity to us in the form of Narendra Modi and if this opportunity is missed,people of this area will be victims of Kashmir-centric leadership on one hand and separatist friendly Congress in Delhi on the other hand.He reminded,it is the same Congress which is in connivance with National Conference, trying to re-voke AFSPA from these terrorism -sensitive districts. (CNS)

Referring to the Tughlaki proposal of shifting the sec-retariat to the other district, Sagar said that this pro-posal reflected they sick and discriminatory attitude of the party which always pitted a region against other for their ulterior political motives. Besides, the par-ty never ever raised the K- issue when in power nor tried anything for the same, whereas ever since NC came into power it has been advocated for the peaceful resolution and settlement of same for the long lasting peace and stability of the area.

the Ex-Finance Minister of the State. Before preaching and lecturing about "change", Karra should first clear his role in the infamous Forest Land Scam and talk about his indictment in the Kundal Committee Report. It is a known fact that Karra's tenure as the Finance Minister of the State was an utter disappointment at all levels and was marred by financial irregularities and rampant corruption in his department. Terming Dr. Farooq Abdullah as a strong and vision-ary leader who has always shown consistency and po-litical conviction, Mattu said that PDP had failed to find a candidate of merit for the Srinagar Parliamenta-ry Seat who could measure up to Dr. Abdullah's leader-ship and stature and had hence conceded defeat even before the contest. (KNS)

The youth resorted to stone pelting in which a senior police officer and a constable were injured. (KNS)

countries, so Kashmir needs to be resolved on priority bases.Prof. Bhat termed accumulating nuclear weapons and Nuclear Weaponization of both the countries a threat for South Asian peace and said that if Kashmir dispute remains unresolved, the Nuclear Weaponization of both the countries will bring destruction in the region.Bhat urged Indo-Pak countries to kickoff meaningful dialogue, with seriousness, wisdom and will for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue after overlooking historical political mistakes of South Asian region and by do recognizing the political realities just to ensure peace and prosperity in the region.He said that the Indo-Pak bitter bilateral relations impacts Kashmir and get reflected in region’s intelli-gentsia and thinking, hence Kashmiri political guards must ensure safety of themselves from south Asian po-litical tricks and must demand resolution of Kashmir issue through dialogue process based on the principles from one single stage, to pave way for peace in the re-gion. (KNS)

know that government threw few chunks of coins in my lap for losing my cattle,” he said. “We received no response from the civil adminis-tration to flush out the flood water from our homes,” he said adding that people are suffering heavily on ac-count of bad weather. Another protestor from Wadarbala Handwara Saifudin Tikri said that due to continuous water log-ging his residential house collapsed and he along with his family members are spending days and nights in a temporary shed. In Darshpora, the orchards of scores of farmers including Muhammad Amin Tantray, Nisar Ahmed Tantray and Fayaz Ahmed Mir have completely dam-aged. “All the apple trees are lying on the ground while the irony is that the concerned MLA or any govern-ment official never bothered to visit the area to take stock of the situation,” Fayaz Ahmed told CNS. Concerned MLA Choudhri Muhammad Ramzan did not respond to phone calls while Deputy Com-missioner Kupwara, Itrit Hussain told CNS that gov-ernment is unable to make an estimate of losses till weather improves. He said that the district adminis-tration provided Rs 5,000 to the person whose lost their herd of cattle. Meanwhile, a MeT official said that intermittent rainfall may continue till Saturday evening and after that weather may improve to some extent. (CNS)|

Huriyat JK Farooq Ahmad Dar has also been invited to attend the function. The reports informed further that Chairman Huriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Gee-lani who is already in Delhi for treatment will attend the function.The reports stated that earlier the function was sched-uled to be held on March 23 but was postponed to April 2. Sources said that Basit who was appointed as Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, on February 17 this year was busy with some official formalities. Basit joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and has held

various assignments in Pakistan Missions abroad and at the headquarters.Before his new appointment, he was the Pakistan Am-bassador to the Federal Republic of Germany since May 2012. In India he replaced Salman Bashir. (KNS)

Srinagar, March 28: The J&K Legislative Assembly is promoting its employees who happen to be just un-dergraduate while according to highly placed sources the government overlooks postgraduates and above qualified persons. Sources told CNS that majority of employees in Legislative Assembly possesses 'Adeeb Degrees, which is equivalent to matriculate certificate. "The employ-ees having these degrees are given promotions while highly qualified are deprived of the dividends,” an employee working in Legislative Assembly told CNS adding that politicians are ruling the roost in the As-sembly department who are responsible for murder-ing justice. Sources also said degrees having 'Adeeb' tag are not recognized in any government department. "J&K Assembly is perhaps the only institution where some people having such degrees have faced no resistance," another employee said. "Due to the political pressure people with Adeeb degrees are promoted without any delay. Grave in-justice is being done to those who deserve promotion and are highly qualified,” an Assembly employee on condition of anonymity told CNS. When contacted a top Assembly official refused to comment on the issue. “I don’t know anything about this and I am not the authority to speak on the issue,” he said. (CNS)

Qualified people ignored, Adeeb degree holders promot-

ed in Legislative Assembly

Srinagar, March 28: Kashmir Medical and Sales Representatives As-sociation Friday alleged that Sher-i-Kashmir In-stitute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura admin-istration does not allow medical representatives of reputed pharmacy companies to meet the doctors during the free time. They said that it is an open attempt to boost the morale of the local companies and get the institute filled with local drugs. A delegation of Med-ical Representatives told CNS that they get a step-motherly treatment from the SKIMS admin-istration, as they are not allowed to meet the doc-tors frequently during their free time. They said that SKIMS administra-tion has issued a notice barring us from meeting any doctor whereas ear-

lier, “we were allowed to meet any doctor four days a week.” “This indifferent ap-proach towards us has put our job in risk while the Pharma companies are reluctant to continue our services and we are either being transferred to outside states or fired immediately,” one of the medical representative told CNS adding that it is irony that representa-tives from reputed phar-ma companies like Ran-baxy, Pfizer, Cipla and Abbott are being kept at bay for the reasons better known to the SKIMS ad-ministration. “We fail to understand why the administration is reluc-tant to make the drugs from reputed companies available in the institute,” they said. Despite re-peated attempts, Director SKIMS could not be con-tacted. (CNS)

Medical Representatives of reputed pharma companies barred

to meet doctors in SKIMS

Srinagar, Mar 28: Former deputy director prosecu-tion, Bari Andrabi; young political activist, Syed M Hussain, veteran Gujjar leader, Deen Mohammad Cheetah and Tahir Syeed Friday joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).According to a statement issued to KNS, the party president, Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the new entrants into the party fold, in presence of senior party leader, Muzzafar Hussain Baig, at her official Gupkar residence. The senior PDP leader, Abdul Haq Khan, MLA Lolab and youth wing in charge, Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra were also present on the occasion.Bar Andarbi, 49, from Pucchal area in Pulwama district has some time back voluntarily retired from the government job as deputy director Pros-ecution. A law graduate from Kashmir University, Bari during his outstanding stint in the govern-ment has served in different capacities in the state. Bari also holds Diploma in Business Administra-tion.Syed Mohammad Hussain is the grandson of Aga Syed Mustafa of Budgam. A businessman and a social worker, Syed Mohammad Hussain has been also active in the politics. Deen Mohammad Cheetah, a prominent Gujjar leader has been active in the state politics from decades now. He was pro-vincial organizer of the NC. Tahir Syeed associated with media has also joined the party.Speaking on the occasion the new entrants said it is the performance of the PDP both in the govern-ment and in opposition and the credibility of the party leadership that motivated them to join the party. They said PDP not only changed the political discourse in the state but helped to bring about a new change in the overall situation on the ground. (KNS)He was provincial organizer of the NC. Tahir Syeed associated with media has also joined the party.Speaking on the occasion the new entrants said it is the performance of the PDP both in the govern-ment and in opposition and the credibility of the party leadership that motivated them to join the party. They said PDP not only changed the political discourse in the state but helped to bring about a new change in the overall situation on the ground. (KNS)

Andrabi, Syed Mohammad Hussaain, Cheetah,

Tahir joins PDP

Srinagar, Mar 28: Jam-mu and Kashmir Right to Information (RTI) Move-ment has said that it is shocked to read the state-ment of army spokesman Lt Col N N Joshi in a local daily in which he stated that they have not been given any alternative by government of Jammu and Kashmir so far.According to a statement issued to KNS, a spokes-man of JKRTI move-ment has said: “Army spokesman also refused any kind of communica-tion between army and Govt of J & K. J & K RTI Movement and Tossa-maidan Bachave Front seek immediate clarifica-tions on these contradic-tory statements given by army and Government and seek explanation from Government if they have given any alterna-tives.Establishment order of civil military liaison com-mittee should be immedi-ately made public to avoid any agitation from stake holders. Said Chairman J & K RTI Movement and Co Convenor NCPRI, Dr Shaikh Ghulam Rasool.

Categorical order of lease cancellation should be issued before 16th April so that Tossamaidan is handed over to civil ad-ministration and people of that area. He added.All the meetings of high level panel constituted by Chief Minister and civil military liaison meeting reports should be made public immediately. Said Farooq Kuthoo, spokesman J & K RTI Movement.Government will be responsible for any untoward incident should the lease be ex-tended. According to Vice-Chairman, TBF, Mohammed Akram Shiekh, all inhabitants of adjoining area of Tossamaidan will go for mass agitation in case if govt allows extension of lease and dissociate from poll process till they get order of cancellation of lease. Mass resignations of panchayat members will also follow should there be lease extension, according to Spokesper-son Budgam, Panchayat Association, Molvi Maq-bool. (KNS)

RTI Movement, TBF seek immediate clarification

from Govt

Srinagar, Mar 28 (KNS): National Conference Provin-cial President, Nasir Aslam Wani has constituted the Minority Cell for Kashmir Province and nominated veteran Sikh leader, Mr. Jagdish Singh Azad as the Organizer. According to a statement issued to KNS, Sardar Him-mat Singh from Srinagar, Sardar Niranjan Singh from Srinagar, Dr. Avtar Singh from Kupwara, Sardar J. S. Bali from Srinagar, Sardar Manjit Singh Khalsa from Srinagar, Sardar Deedar Singh from Budgam and Sardar Jaspal Singh from Srinagar were nominated as Members to the NC Provincial Minority Cell. Nasir Aslam Wani congratulated the members of the newly constituted NC Minority Cell for Kashmir Prov-ince and asked them to work with utmost dedication and passion to serve and highlight the interests of the minorities in the State. Nasir said that minorities form an integral part of the State's social fabric and that J&K is an example of brotherhood and amity in the entire country.Thanking the party leadership for reposing faith in him and for always guarding the interests of the minorities, Sardar Jagdish Singh Azad pledged to work towards strengthening the roots of National Conference and ensuring a thumping victory for the NC-Congress coalition candidates in the forthcoming Parliamentary Polls.NC Spokesman Junaid Mattu, Provincial Vice Pres-ident Sheikh Abdul Rehman, Provincial Secretary Advocate Showkat Ahmed Mir and various other party leaders and colleagues congratulated the newly elected members. (KNS)

NC Constitutes Minority Cell for Kashmir

Jagdish Singh Azad Nominated as Organizer

Baramulla, March 28: A three-story house col-lapsed due to incessant rains in north Kashmir’s Dangerpora village in Baramulla district last night forcing other vil-lagers to vacate the area.Locals told GNS that due to incessant rains Ghu-lam Muhammad Naiko’s three-storey house col-lapsed yesterday at 11 pm.After the incident, panic and fear gripped the area as landslides oc-curred at various places which forced 15 families to evacuate and move to-wards safer place.“A house collapsed due to landslide. We have evac-

uated the family mem-bers and other fifteen families have been shift-ed to safer places keep-ing in view the danger posed by the landslides,” Station House Officer, Nasir Ahamd told GNS. He, however, added that no one was injured in the incident.Residents told GNS that incessant rain has caused damaged to nearly five acres (forty kanals) of agricultural land in the area. They appealed government to rehabilitate them and alleged that the authori-ties, so far, had not paid any attention towards them. (GNS)

Families evacuated after landslides destroy house in

Baramulla

AIP Election Campaign reaches Pattan

Srinagar, Mar 28: In continuance of its Parliamentary Election Campaign, Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) Presi-dent and MLA Langate Engineer Rashid visited different areas of Pattan constituency especially areas of Wan-dakhpora, Alampora and addressed a number of public meetings.According to a statement issued to KNS, Er Rashid stated: “Both the concerned MLA of Pattan and sitting Member Parliament Member Sharifuddin Shariq have failed the people and not bothered to use their respective MLA .

SRINAGAR | SATURDAY, MARCH | 29 | 2014Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS

Take a break from your routine, Libra. You might feel like you’re leading an army into battle as you strive for new adven-tures and conquer new realms. Make sure you take a bit of time out today to stop and let your troops rest. You deserve a little rest yourself. Use this moment of stillness to form your plan of attack so you’re sure about how to proceed.

The key for you is to minimize your daily drama as much as possible, Scorpio. You may not realize how much you cripple your-self by the way you exaggerate every aspect of your life. Try not to give so much of your attention to things that really don’t matter much. Petty jealousy and gossip about other people’s lives are es-pecially irrelevant in your world.

Be careful of advertising yourself as someone who is so strong and mentally competent that you’re capable of handling every-thing, Sagittarius. Take note that the strongest mule on the trail usually ends up carrying the most weight. Your emotions are more sensitive than you may think, and certainly more than you demonstrate to others. Be honest about the way you feel and not just the way you think.

Things should flow well for you today with very little ef-fort on your part, Capricorn. Take note that if any quarrel arises, it’s an indication that the person you’re arguing with isn’t nec-essarily the right person to deal with or confide in. Emotional issues are likely to be the hardest ones to overcome, but this shouldn’t be a problem for you. You have the ability to work through these like a pro.

This is meant to be a nice, relaxing day, so treat it as such, Aquarius. There’s no need for you to plan any great strategy at this time. Try to take it easy and not indulge in any unnecessary stress. This is your time to enjoy the moment. Don’t tax your mind by overanalyzing everything that comes your way. Go with the flow and have a great time regardless of what you end up doing.

Your sensual nature is heightened, Pisces, and you’ll find yourself engaged in tender moments and languid peacefulness in the company of others. Soothe your soul by letting yourself slip into situations that give you the emotional freedom to do or say whatever comes to mind. Life should be like a love poem written by a great master. Accept the good energy that comes your way.

Your sixth sense is right on target, Virgo, so trust your instincts today. You’re likely to connect with someone in a wonderful partnership that will help you foster the very plan you want to develop now. Stay close to those things that resonate strongly with your morals. The answer is in front of you; you don’t have to search too far afield in order to find it.

Allow your eager and restless nature to express itself in ways other than through the spoken word, Aries. Show someone that you care through your gentle touch or a big bear hug. Hold on a little bit more tightly than you might normally. There’s an unspo-ken understanding that comes when you communicate through nothing but pure silence. Work on developing this kind of connec-tion with those closest to you.

This is a terrific day for you, Taurus. You should find that your relationships, especially with men, go exceptionally well. Your tender and extremely sensitive nature is finally being recognized as the treasure chest it is. There are many times in which this type of personality is seen as weak, yet today is one of those times in which you’re given the full credit you deserve.

A selfish attitude on your part won’t be tolerated today, re-gardless of the circumstances, Gemini. Don’t make it worse for yourself by pretending that you don’t notice others’ hurt feelings. People are likely to be extra sensitive today, so be careful about trying to impose your will on someone who really wants nothing more than an ear to talk to and a shoulder to cry on.

You could find the hardest person to face is you, Cancer. You tend toward introspection, and you may find yourself shrinking into self-recrimination. You could analyze the important people in your life and yet fail to address the one you really need to look at – you. As you continually strive for perfection, give yourself proper credit. Do something nice for yourself today.

Take advantage of the creative energy in the air today, Leo. Keep your hands moving and your imagination flowing toward something fun and artistic. If you begin to doubt your work, you may fall down a spiral of creative blockage. Don’t get into the habit of constantly judging the quality or outcome of your work. Give yourself free rein to open up and explore whatever comes to mind.

KUPWARA, March 28:

An amount of Rs. 186.89 crores to 13012 Income Gener-ating Units (IGUs) under Prior-ity Sector and another Rs. 69.66 crores to 3547 beneficiaries under Non-Priority Sector have been provided to set up their own IGUs upto December 2014 (3rd quarter) of 2013-14, for de-velopment of the area and erad-ication of poverty of poverty and un-employment.

This was given out by the Lead District Manager Kup-wara in a District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting held here under the Chairmanship of Additional District Develop-ment Commissioner, Kupwara, Mr. Bilal Ahmad Bhat.

The Bankers, sponsoring agencies and representatives of Reserve Bank of India and NAB-ARD were present in the meet-ing.

The Lead District Manag-er advised the Banks to achieve 100 percent targets under Kis-san Credit Card scheme be-sides covering of all the villages allotted to them un-der financial inclusion pro-gramme and to ensure 60 percent Bank accounts of the all households.

The Lead District Manager advised the Banks to achieve 100 percent targets under Kissan Credit Card scheme besides covering of all the villages allotted to them un-der financial inclusion pro-

gramme and to ensure 60 percent Bank accounts of the all households.

The Additional District De-velopment Commissioner Kup-wara exhorted upon the Bank-ers and sponsoring agencies to work with co-ordination to achieve the goals and targets in order to eradicate unemploy-ment.

He also directed various agencies to conduct aware-ness camps at the village levels to generate proper awareness among the general masses.

Meanwhile, the Additional District Development Commis-sioner has launched potential linked credit plan 2014-15 at a size of Rs. 39052.70 lakhs under NABARD for district Kupwara.

SHOPIAN, MARCH 28 District Election Officer, Shopian, Mr. Bashir Ahmad Bhat today said that the Model Code of Conduct is being implemented strictly and no complaint regarding any violation has been received by the office of the District Election Officer so far.The District Election Of-ficer was addressing Nodal Officers, Sectoral and Zonal Magistrates, Members of Flying Squad and Election Expen-diture Observers at a meeting and asked them that Election Commission of India has already made it clear that the forth coming elections would be held to the best satisfaction of the voters. He asked them to visit the interiors of the district and ensure that no voter was forced to be influenced by fear or favour.‘’I want you to be very strict on your observations regarding any violations of Model Code of Conduct and see to it that the expenditure incurred by Political Parties, contesting candidates for campaigning as prescribed under rules do not cross the ceiling set by Election Commission of India’’, the District Election Officer said and directed the officers to remain active in the fields. He asked the mem-bers of the Flying Squads to take Suo-Moto cognizance of the violations and advised them to be prompt in taking the necessary action.

Model Code of Conduct being observed strictly in Shopian

DLRC meet held at KupwaraRs. 256.55 Cr provided to 16559 IGUs

JAMMU, MARCH 28- Youth Promotional Coaching Camp organised by JKP for under19 years boys concluded here this afternoon. Director General of Police Mr. Ashok Prasad was the chief guest at the conclud-ing function.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Mr. Prasad said that the camp was a part of Civic Action Programme wherein more than 400 boys from far-flung areas of the State partici-pated.

DGP said that JKP is con-tributing overwhelmingly for the promotion of sports in the state. Various sports events are organised in all districts of the state, providing a competitive platform for the budding play-ers to showcase their hidden talent, he added. He disclosed that the youth promotion camp was initially introduced some years before and the scope of the activity has now

been expanded to cultivate sports talent among the youth belonged to far-flung areas. Mr. Prasad Highlighted the

importance of sports in the physical and mental devel-opment of youth, saying that discipline and sportsmanship

make the youth to utilise their energies for the betterment of the people, hone their tal-ent in different capacities.DGP said that Jammu and Kashmir Police, besides its professional policing, has been organising many sports tournaments to nurture younger talent within and outside the organisation. Our efforts have been yield-ing good results and the sports person of JKP have proved their mettle at national and international levels, bringing laurels for the nation, the DGP added. Mr. Prasad lauded the efforts of the organisers, say-ing that it was a great task to choose the boys from the poor pockets of the state and make arrangements for their board-ing and lodging in a befitting manner. Winner teams were felicitated with trophies by the DGP.Earlier, the Addition-al Director General of Police, (Armed), J&K, Mr. S. M. Sahai,

who was also the Organis-ing Secretary of the Camp, said that more that 400 youth from far-flung areas of district Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Ra-jouri, Reasi, Doda, Udhampur, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Srinagar, Jammu, Anantnag, Pulwama and Baramulla participated in the week long coaching camp. Trained coaches of JKP impart-ed coaching to the participants in different games which in-clude volleyball, football, bas-ketball, handball and kabaddi. Among others, the function was attended by Special DGP Mr. K Rajendra Kumar, ADsGP , Mr. SP Vaid, Smt. DR Doley and Mr. Dilbagh Singh, IsGP, Mr. AK Choudhary, SJM Gillani, Mr. PR Manhas Mr. Muneer Ahmad Khan, Mr. T Punchok AS Bali and SL Sharma, DIsGP, Mr. KL Bhagat, and Mr. Vijay Singh Samyal, Retired police officers, AIsG (PHQ) Mr.Uttam Chand and Rajeshwar Singh.

Youth Promotional Coaching Camp Concludes, Prasad felicitates winners

DLRC meet held at KupwaraRs. 256.55 Cr provided to 16559 IGUs

Mehfil-e-Mushaira held at Budgam

KUPWARA, March 28: An amount of Rs. 186.89 crores to 13012 Income Gener-ating Units (IGUs) under Priority Sector and another Rs. 69.66 crores to 3547 ben-eficiaries under Non-Priority Sector have been provided to set up their own IGUs upto December 2014 (3rd quarter) of 2013-14, for development of the area and eradication of poverty of poverty and un-employment.

This was given out by the Lead District Manager Kupwara in a District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting held here under the Chairmanship of Addi-tional District Development Commissioner, Kupwara, Mr. Bilal Ahmad Bhat.

The Bankers, sponsoring agencies and representatives of Reserve Bank of India and NABARD were present in the meeting.

The Lead District Manager advised the Banks to achieve 100 percent tar-gets under Kissan Credit Card scheme besides covering of all the villages allotted to them under financial inclusion programme and to ensure 60 percent Bank ac-counts of the all households.

The Additional District Development Commissioner Kupwara exhorted upon the Bankers and sponsoring agencies to work with co-ordination to achieve the goals and targets in order to eradicate unemployment. He also directed vari-ous agencies to conduct awareness camps at the village levels to generate proper awareness among the general masses.

Meanwhile, the Additional District Development Commissioner has launched potential linked credit plan 2014-15 at a size of Rs. 39052.70 lakhs under NABARD for district Kupwara.

BUDGAM, March 28: A Mehfil-e-Mushaira organized by District Information Centre, Budgam was held here today.As many as 20 poets from various parts of the district par-ticipated in the Mushaira.

During the Mushaira, poets recited their poetry in Urdu and Kashmir languages. Mushaira was presided over by Mr. Shabib Rezvi while as Prof. Syed Rezvi conducted the proceedings.Later, the participants prayed for eternal peace of the soul of late Sajjad Hussain, a renowned writer and poet who died in the recent past. He was associated with Information Department.

Training cum awareness camp held at BlaBARAMULLA, MARCH 28: A daylong Training-cum-Awareness camp was held un-

der the chairmanship of Joint Director Planning at Dak Bungalow Baramulla. 200 volunteers from various education Zones participated in the awareness

camp. The speakers highlighted the importance Electoral literacy and Sakshar Bharat. Chief Education Officer, Baramulla and Principal DIET Sopore were also present.

Tool Free number of DEO PulwamaPULWAMA, MARCH 28: According to, District Election Officer (DEO) Pulwama, (Dep-

uty Commissioner) informed the general public that a tool free number 1800 180 7057 has been established at District Election Office (DC Office) Pulwama.

In case of any complaint regarding Parliamentary Elections-2014, the complain-ant can register/convey his/her complaints on the above mentioned number.

Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP in his proverbial style, asks people to deflate BJP’s new balloon

Congress vice president Ra-hul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again for its call to wipe out Congress party and asked the voters to punish BJP by de-flating its new balloon.

“When we start our elec-tion campaign from Maharash-tra, then we always start from Wardha as it is the land from where our ideology stems from here and this ideology runs in my blood. This is a land of the courageous people which has produced the likes of Chhatra-pati Shivaji, Shahuji, Jyotibha Phule, B R Ambedkar and even that of Mahatma Gandhi who used Maharashtra as a place of their work,” said Rahul.

BJP says that they want to obliterate Congress from the

face of India. I say to them that it is not just a party, Congress’ belief is based on ideas which are of thousand years old. This belief is deeply instilled within the people’s heart,” he said.

The Gandhi scion also mocked at BJP for hyphenat-ing their victory in 2004 and 2009 which turned out to be a cropper and urged the voters to punish them by deflating their new balloon and help Congress win yet again.

“Opposition is battle ready floating a new balloon like they did it in 2004. They made an India Shinning balloon during 2004 telling the farmers that India was shinning, ditto with the workers. People voted and India’s poor people gave them an answer by bursting their

balloon,” said Rahul.“They implemented the

same during 2009; once again you had deflated that balloon. This time also they have a new balloon, not only that they have filled with air but with gas filled up to its brim and have prepared a new balloon based on Gujarat’s development,” he said.

“In the coming days the poor and the Congress will en-sure that this balloon is burst and once again a government which cares for the poor and backward classes will be in power,” he added.

At the launch of Congress manifesto, Rahul had said: “Just like the ‘India Shining’ balloon exploded; I can say certainly the balloon will explode.”

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Saturday 29 March 2014

Disclaimer : The contents and comments appearing in any article published in this paper are purely the personal opinion of the writer

To Grey GracefullyOne day every living thing on

earth has to decay and ulti-mately die its own death. But

the period from birth to death is full of challenges and difficulties. Due to advancement in medical scienc-es, the ultimate death has been de-layed. The average age of a human being which till some years back was between 45-50 years has risen to 70 years. According to surveys India is going to be a home for second largest number of elderly people in the world. A majority of this population will be living in rural areas thereby posing health service delivery a herculean task before the government. The most tragic part will be that thirty percent of these people would be below pov-erty line. Moreover this large chunk of population would be suffering from arthritis, deafness, hypertension, poor vision, bone fractures or will be anemic due to lack of nutrient food. One in ten in rural India and two in five in urban areas will be suffering from diabetes, bowl disorder or heart ailment and loss of memory. As per health minis-try reports number of people in sixty plus age group in India will exceed ten crores by next year and nearly twenty crores in 2030. Reports further reveal that at least ten percent of this popu-lation would be bedridden, requiring utmost care. Keeping in view such a large chunk of elderly people, Union Ministry of Health has revised na-tional programme for health care for elderly people. Efforts are on to pro-duce more post graduates in Geriat-ric medicine per year besides adding more beds to district hospitals. The medical assistance especially in ru-ral areas can be provided to elderly people only when the primary health centers are well equipped with all kind of facilities to take care of elderly peo-ple. The state government will have to play an important role to meet this challenge by taking the help of private sector. Though the state governments are providing old age pension to el-derly people but that is not sufficient to meet the medical expenses. More-over the basic care of elderly people should begin form the houses they live in. They should not be treated as burden by the family members rather should be made to feel part and parcel of the family. Due to negligence at the hand of family members, loneliness, solitude makes elderly people to feel more sick and unwanted. The insur-ance companies too can play a pivotal role in over coming this crucial prob-lem by providing financial assistance to elderly people in case of falling ill. Recently government of India has adopted the Yogya Karta declaration on ageing and health, committing it-self to improving national response to the health of ageing population. The charitable hospitals, dispensa-ries and primary health centers for elderly people can also share some of the responsibilities.But apart from the responsibilities of the so-ciety and the families towards these grey men, the elderly people should also change their mindset. Instead of feeling pity on themselves they should strive hard to grey gracefully and keep themselves busy in some work with positive attitude towards life and family.

Daily Zabarwan TimesEDITORIAL/ OPINIONEDITORIAL/ OPINIONDaily Zabarwan TimesSrinagar, Saturday 15 February 2014

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High number of heart and cancer

patients Nursing Sick Units Back to Health

Once blue chip Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) like BSNL, Air In-dia, Hindustan Cables Ltd and Fertilis-er Corporation of India today stand testimony as to how not changing with

the changing times and technology could change their fate and turn them into sick units.However, there has been always a silver lining in this regard as the government has been relentlessly mak-ing efforts to revive maximum number of sick public sector units (PSUs) to take the country’s growth en-gine forward. This was possible with the help of re-vival packages provided by the government to these units. With this aim, the Government set up the Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enter-prises (BRPSE) in December 2004 to advise the gov-ernment, inter-alia, on the measures to restructure/revive, both industrial and non-industrial CPSEs. Since then cases of around 67 sick CPSEs have been referred to BRPSE up to October 2012, out of which the Board has made recommendations in respect of 62 cases, while returning five cases to the concerned ministries for further examination.No wonder, there has been significant improvement in the overall condition of these enterprises since 2004. In comparison to 90 sick CPSEs in March 2005, there were 66 sick PSUs in March 2012. As per the BRPSE recommendations, of these cases, 45 were accepted for revival by the Government.Most of the remaining cases are awaiting nod for

revival while in case of 45 cases accepted for reviv-al, 14 have already turned around including Bharat Pumps and Compressors, Cement Corporation of India, HEC, Andrew Yule and MECON and making profits while others have been infused with revival packages.The companies for which revival packages have been approved include Hindustan Shipyard, HMT and Scooters India. As the CPSEs operate under dynamic market conditions, it is quite natural to see ups and downs in their performance. As far as the reasons for losses and sickness in CPSEs are concerned it varies from enterprise-to-en-terprise. While in some cases, the cause is historical. In case of textile companies which were taken over from private sector on socio-economic consider-ations could not be modernised quickly.Likewise other enterprises in the engineering and refractories sector too failed to modernise. Still others like some consumer goods companies and the new ones, turned sick over the years on ac-count of inadequate job orders, high man-power cost, lack of finance, technological obsolescence, high input costs and competition from cheap im-ports.In addition, other problems common to most sick and loss-making PSUs have been poor debt-equity structure, weak marketing strategies and slow de-cision-making process. As one such policy initiative, the Sick In-

dustrial Companies (Special Provision) Act, 1985 (SICA) brought the CPSEs under its purview in 1991 (made effective from 1992). Under the pro-visions of the SICA, CPSEs with at least five years of registration whose accumulated losses are equal to or have exceeded their net worth may be referred to the BIFR. During the last twenty years -- between 1992 and 2011, 63 CPSEs have been referred to BIFR. The government has made several attempts to over-come “sickness” in these CPSEs through various pol-icy initiatives.The strategies for revival/restructuring of sick CPSEs include financial restructuring involving investment by the government in the form of equity participa-tion, loans, waiver of debt etc and business restruc-turing which includes change of management, hiv-ing off viable units from CPSEs for formation of separate company and closure of unviable units, besides formation of joint ventures.The other strategies include manpower rationalisa-tion by shedding excess manpower and introduction of voluntary retirement schemes. The contribution of each and every company is significant as CPSEs are considered as the backbone of the economy and are equal partners in the nation building.As on March 31, 2012, there were 260 CPSEs in the country. These companies contributed Rs 1.6 lakh crore to the central exchequer by way of taxes, duties, interest on loans and dividend, amounting to 21.4 per cent of government’s revenue receipts.

ndia is a vast country with a popula-tion of about 1.21 billion and a labour force of around 475 million. There is an open unemployment of 9.5 mil-lion as per estimates available for the year 2009-10. Employment is the main source of livelihood and self-ful-fillment for most women and men. About 6% of the total work force in India is employed in organised sector while remaining 94% are in the un-organised sector. Scope of additional employment generation in the orga-nized sector for additional wage em-ployment is less. India has a younger population not only in comparison to advanced economies but also in relation to large developing countries. As a result, the labour force in India is expected to in-crease by 32 per cent over the next 20 years, while it will decline by 4.0 per cent in industrialised countries and by nearly 5.0 per cent in China. We are, therefore, endeavoring to reap this ‘de-mographic dividend’ by providing for higher levels of health, education and skill development. This will create an environment where in the economy not only grows rapidly, but also en-hances good quality employment and livelihood opportunities to meet the needs and aspirations of the youth. The Government has been making constant efforts for reduc-ing unemployment through normal growth process and implementing various employment generation programmes, such as, Swarna Jayan-ti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY); Prime Minister’s Employment Gen-eration Programme (PMEGP) and National Rural Livelihood Mission besides entrepreneurial development programmes run by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. The Mahatma Gandhi Nation-al Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) also assures every rural household at least 100 days of manual work at minimum wages. Jawaharlal Nehru National Ur-

ban Renewal Mission (JNNURM): The Mission’s aim is to encourage re-forms and fast track planned develop-ment of identified cities. Focus is on efficiency in urban infrastructure and service delivery mechanisms, commu-nity participation etc. Bharat Nirman In Bharat Nirman, critical areas of rural infrastructure – Irrigation, Roads, Water Supply, Housing, Elec-tricity and Telecom connectivity have been covered. This has improved liv-ing standards of the rural population and also created infrastructure which will ultimately enhance the economic activities in the rural areas and gener-ate significant employment opportu-nities for the rural people.Infrastructural Development The investment on infrastructure is proposed to be increased to Rs.45 lakh crore during XII Plan period. About half of this is expected to come from private sector. Skill Development · Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any coun-try. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of the world. · Government is serious in cre-ating training infrastructure and pro-viding quality employment to youth. According to a study carried out by Quality Council of India, placement rate has increased to about 80% to 99% because of improved infrastructure in the modernized ITIs. Skill Develop-ment Initiative (SDI) Scheme based on Modular Employable Skills (MES) was started during the Eleventh Five Year Plan for early school leavers and existing workers, especially in the unorganised sector to improve their employability. About 16 lakh persons have been trained under the scheme so far. · Sincere efforts are being made

for skill development of a large num-ber of people under various skill de-velopment programmes. The Prime Minister has set a target of skilling 500 million persons by 2022 and the Ministry of Labour & Employment is required to train 100 million. Gov-ernment is systematically working to achieve the target and the training capacity has been increased from 9 lakh in 2006 - 07 to 26 lakh in 2011-12. All the Government ITIs are being modernized. New courses have been introduced and most of the ITIs are running in two to three shifts. During last five years, the number of Govern-ment and private ITIs has increased from 5114 in 2006-07 to 10,344 which is more than double. Government has also planned to set up 1500 more ITIs in PPP and 5000 Skill Development Centres in PPP to enhance the ca-pacity further. 27 Advanced Training Institutes are also planned in PPP to produce adequate number of trainers in the country. Focus Area in the 12th Five Year Plan In the 12th Five Year Plan the thrust of the Government is in bring-ing about an inclusive growth strategy that will provide job opportunities as well as make the young of the country employable. The main focus areas are:a) Thrust on Manufacturing Sec-tor-to make it the engine of employ-ment growth-that would create 100 million additional jobs by 2025.b) To bring in supportive pol-icies to incentivise labour intensive manufacturing sectors such as textile & garments, leather & footwear, food processing, gems & Jewellery to gener-ate more employment opportunities.c) Expanding employment in services like IT, finance & banking, tourism, trade & transport.d) Prioritizing skill training for the informal sector; creation of appro-priate skill sets among rural migrants and urban poor to make growth inclu-sive.

e) Ensuring the employability of skilled persons by involving Sector Skill Councils in preparation of Skill Modules matching market demand.f) Building on the potential of Modular Employable Skill pro-gramme by ensuring combination of modules to ensure employability.g) Extending Social Security ben-efits to Unorganized sector Workers.h) Enable skill loans for poor stu-dents (Credit Guarantee Fund)i) Streamlining the skill devel-opment programs for disadvantaged sections to ensure much larger fund-ing for skill development.j) Setting up of National Skill Registry to link data bases across Min-istries / States to provide a platform linking people who seek/provide em-ployment. Expenditure on social services which include education, sports, art and cul-ture, medical and public health, family welfare, water supply and sanitation, housing, urban development; welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Sched-uled Tribes (STs) and other Backward Classes (OBCs), labour and labour welfare, social security and welfare, nutrition, relief for natural calamities, etc. by the Government (Centre and State combined) has also shown in-crease in recent years reflecting higher priority to social services. National-e-Governance National-e-Governance Plan has identified Upgradation and modern-ization Employment Exchanges as one of the Mission Mode Projects (MMP). The MMP aims to progressively sup-port all Employment Exchanges in the country to make effective use of IT in various activities of employment services. A national web portal will be developed to make all employment related services available on a single window and will work like a virtual job market. This will help Employ-ment Exchanges to provide efficient and quality services at wider scale and speed.

Creating Employment Opportunities for Youth I

An alarming signal for society

The number of heart and cancer patients in the Kashmir valley is in-creasing at an alarming rate day by day. So far, these fatal diseases used to be treated as fallout of urbanization, food habits and sedentary lifestyle. But unfortunately, this is spreading in rural areas too. During the last few years, the number of patients suffer-ing from these life taking diseases visiting Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science has increased many fold. A major population of the valley has to spend a large chunk of their in-come on medication for grave diseas-es for years together. The more miser-able condition is those of middle class families who have to meet the ex-penditures by their agriculture land, property selling jewelry or by taking loan. As per reports the main cause attributed for the spread of these fa-tal diseases is stress along with other factors .the cases of breast cancer too are on higher side as compared to the other parts of the country in the re-cent past. The stress protein rich food salty tea etc. could be prominent caus-es for this increase but lack of aware-ness amongst the women especially in the villages is taking its toll. Early detection means early cure. But due to many social hesitant the women do not speak out very easily and take it lightly which aggravates the situa-tion. As per expert reports, the breast cancer in India is going to double in next four years. Now this type of can-cer has overtaken cervical cancer. The cost of curing this deadly disease may vary from 10-15 thousand to 3-4 lacs per month depending on the stage and gravity of the disease. Almost all the regions of the world are affected by these diseases.The time has come when the society as well as the health caring agencies has to rise to the occasion for fighting against these grave diseases by awak-ening the masses to change their life style and avoid self medication .The awareness camps should be organ-ised in the remotest area where med-ical facilities are almost nil. The more stunning part of the serious situation is there are thousands of medical shops which sell medicines without the prescription of the doctors, rath-er suggest medicines and the gullible patients consume medicines till it turns otherwise and patients have to be rushed to the hospitals where it is too late. As it is the consumption of medicines in the valley is much high-er as compared to other parts of the country in a way making it safe haven for the sub standard medicines. The health care agencies should put ban on the pharmaceutical companies manufacturing such kind of med-icines. A strict drug policy should be initiated and licenses for medical shops should be given after proper scrutiny and under the guidelines prescribed by rules and regulations set by ministry of health. Defaulters should be served with severe penalty so that people are able to live a healthy life as is the case in other developed and under developing countries.