RNI Regd. No. C ODIENG/2007/20588 M Y Vol. 14, Issue -13, K November 01, 2020 Bhubaneswar 5/- Hi-Pot on Dum Chillum Cultivation of cannabis is illegal, but consuming Bhang or Ganja made from it isn't. Time for India to recast its drug laws, make DADLS-59 them practical. its National Action Plan for years age bracket. The Drug Demand Reduction previous such survey, Sirish C. Mohanty (NAPDDR) conducted in 2001, had In 2018, a national survey 2018-2023. The was carried out to study determine the 'extent and concluded that pattern of substance use' cannabis and its across India. This survey derivatives had provided data on drug and an estimated substance abuse. The 2.90 crore findings of the nationwide consumers study served as the key to across India in the Union ministry of the 18 to 75 years age estimated cannabis OIPR- 15001/13/0095/2021 social justice and group and another 20 users in India at 87 lakh. empowerment for drafting lakh users in the 10 to 17 (Page-15) DADLS-59 DADLS-59 OIPR- 15001/13/0095/2021 OIPR- 15001/13/0095/2021 1 The Industry and Mines Observer November 01, 2020, www.orissaobserver.com CMYK C M News Y K Lockdown may be over, but virus still around : PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra lakh, pushing the national to the Covid-19 vaccine, Modi on Tuesday warned recovery rate to 88.63 the delivery system the people against letting percent, the Union Health could learn from the their guard down in the Ministry said. successful conduct of fight against Covid-19 in On the vaccine front, PM elections and disaster the festive season, saying Modi said, "All countries management. Chairing a the lockdown might have are working on a war- meeting to review the ended but the virus was footing for making Covid- Covid-19 pandemic and still around. Addressing 19 vaccine. The preparedness of vaccine the nation, PM Modi also government is making all delivery, PM Modi is also said the government was efforts to ensure that learned to have preparing to make Covid- vaccine, whenever it is underlined the use of a 19 vaccines accessible to launched, reaches every strong IT backbone for all Indians as soon as it Indian." vaccine administration. was available. According to the "The Prime Minister "In this festive season, government, three stressed that every step markets are bright again speech, PM Modi also rate in the country was prime minister said. vaccines are in advanced in the logistics, delivery, but we must keep in mind touched upon the Covid- good while stressing that The number of new stages of development in and administration that lockdown may have 19 situation in the country, this was not the time to be coronavirus infections in India, of which two are in should be put in place ended but the virus is still saying the fatality rate of careless or to believe that India dropped below Phase II and one is in rigorously. It must there. With the efforts of India was much lower than Covid-19 had ended. 50,000 for the first time in Phase III. The government include advanced every Indian over the last countries like the US, "5,500 people out of every nearly three months, taking had previously estimated planning of cold storage 7-8 months, India is in a Brazil, Spain, and Britain. 10 lakh population in India the Covid-19 caseload to that it is likely to receive chains, distribution stable situation we must "The fatality rate in India are infected, whereas in 75,97,063. A total of 46,790 and utilize 400-500 network, monitoring not let it deteriorate. Of late is 83 out of every 10 Lakh countries like the US and fresh infections were million doses of Covid mechanism, advance we have seen videos that population in India, Brazil this figure is around reported, while the death vaccine and that as many assessment, and show many people have whereas it is more than 600 25,000. We will soon cross toll climbed to 1,15,197 with as 25 crore individuals preparation of ancillary stopped taking in countries like the US, the 10-crore test mark. 587 fatalities. The number could be vaccinated by equipment required, precautions; this is not Brazil, Spain, Britain," he Increased testing has been of people who have July 2021. such as vials, syringes," right," PM Modi said. said. a big strength in our fight recuperated from the Last week, PM Modi said a government statement In his nearly 13-minute He also said the recovery against Covid-19," the disease has crossed 67 to ensure speedy access said. SHG Members construct a road Bolangir : It is a construct a road says shortest routes which and pisciculture were common sight to find Rukumani Pradhan of connect upto the taken up there. It is rural women forming Ranaghanta SHG of upparjhrroad, private satisfying to note that Self-help groups (SHG) Kuimhimunda village. land is a problem that village women and taking various We decided to spend the points out a lady.We urge constructed a portion of income-generating income generated the district the road.In a special activities to improve fromPisciculture by SHG administration to look meeting of Zilla their livelihood and members on our village into the problem and sort Parshad, the problem of expanding their road and we contributed out,appeal Women SHG village Kuhimunda was business members of village pisciculture last year. Shramadan(Physical members. mentioned. Efforts are further.However, Kuhimunda is a small and Before this road,we used labor) and constructed Kuhimunda is a small on to provide the road Women SHG members obscure village in to go on the side of the the road last year.As a village in Upparjhar gram to that village either taking of road Uparjhar gram panchayat paddy field(locally called result of it we are now panchayat of Deogaon through PMGSY or construction are less of the Deogaong block KhetAdi) which was able to go out by vehicle, block is without a road. Mukhyamantri Sadak heard /seen. Women located 20kmaway from narrow.We called a says Kanak Sahu of Earlier a lot of Yojana, informs Former members of here,constructed a road meeting of our SHG Kuhimunda village. developmental works like Chairman of Deogaon MaaRanaghanta SHG by spending the profits members and deliberated However, the hurdles the supply of electricity, Block Sri LaxmanMeher and other SHG groups they earned from upon and decided to remain. One of the renovation of the pond, to this correspondent. 2 The Industry and Mines Observer November 01, 2020, www.orissaobserver.com CMYK C Analysis M Y K Education nobody's baby Collapsing private educationmay cost Rs 1.75 lakh crore a year easy for private schools Teachers trained or not, each child should have a the library, and social to attract students and since from the smartphone, which they behavior, even if they during covid19 times it neighborhood, are cannot afford. quarrel or fight there. has worsened as parents considered de[emdable. Many children too do not So the society despite refuse to pay fees. Weak This is making education find online interesting as the low incomes does not and digital footprint has more mass-based as the it interrupts too often mind paying for made online official system has many and teachers find education and that is unaffordable. limitations and despite themselves limited for heavy. As per the MoSPI So most such schools some recent efforts lack of eye contact. report, Indians are have either closed down suffers from delivery Students mostly put off paying 12 times the or facing closure as they problems. Recruitment of video because of the money for pre-primary are neither able to pay teachers itself is flawed poor network across the education at a private their teachers nor afford as the disclosures from country as also to reduce school. The number infrastructure costs. VYAPAM in Madhya unaffordable data use. decreases to about three Some had planned Pradesh or recent Digital, which the times at the higher expansion in early March disclosures by the UP telecom companies are secondary level. The and taken loans. Many government has shown. trying to promote for a majority, 70.8 percent of have gone into severe The UP government also revenue model, is students pay less than Rs debt and even after found that the district collapsing the education 1000 monthly fee, while closures are in distress. officials interfere in system. At kindergarten 45.5 percent pay less Most of these are Basic Shiksha schools and primary level, it is than Rs 500. The monthly entrepreneurial ventures and issued orders for burdening the parents, median fee in an by innovative severing these from the mostly mothers, as they elementary unaided Shivaji Sarkar individuals. In Fatehpur, district administration. have to remain present school is Rs 958 in urban UP, a shopkeeper's son The orders stated that no continuously during areas and Rs 500 in rural the recently released started a school at Re 1- district official should online classes that in India. Schools complain India's private school Household a-day pay concept. Since intervene in any such many cases have become that at least one-third of education is collapsing. Consumption on the students are not schools. the norm in metro cities. the parents default in Thousands of schools Education in India coming to school, But online education has The parents complain paying that also. have closed down, many Report, the aggregate entrepreneurs like him come up largely as that children do not The New Education others are gasping and it household expenses are have little option but to cropper in all such consider "laptop Policy has also ignored may cost the nation over on private schools, about close down the schools.