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2.50 HE ALINGA HRONICLE T K CDaily Edition: R.N.I. No: ODIENG/2013/52530 FIND US ON facebook.com/thekalingchronicle Popular People’s Daily of FOLLOW US ON TWITTER twritter.com/thekalingchronicle PM Modi rejigs Cabinet; Sonowal, Scindia brought in; 12 ministers exit Veteran actor Dilip Kumar passes away at the age of 98 NEW DELHI including some new Minister of State of State for (KCN): Effecting a faces, were sworn-in (Independent charge) Commerce & Mumbai (KCN): Vet- Santacruz today. Giv- paralleled brilliance, that the actor was in eran actor Dilip ing more details due to which audi- a much better condi- big reset, Prime at the swearing in for Skill Communications in Kumar passed away about the funeral cer- ences across genera- tion. "Sahab is much Minister Narendra ceremony held in the Development and the earlier UPA on Wednesday morn- emony, Dilip tions were enthralled. better. We are still in Modi on Wednesday Darbar Hall of the Entrepreneurship; government. ing after prolonged Kumar's spokesman His passing away is a the ICU. He is very brought in Rashtrapati Bhawan. and Sports and Youth Lok Sabha MP from illness, the doctors Faisal Farooqi took to loss to our cultural stable and very well Sarbananda Sonowal, While 13 members Affairs under Prime Tikamgarh in treating him con- the late actor's Twit- world. Condolences today." "(Need) Narayan Rane and took oath in Hindi, Minister Modi Madhya Pradesh firmed. The actor, 98, breathed his last at 7:30 am, the doctors added. The actor was admit- ted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Hinduja Hospital, a non-COVID-19 fa- cility, since Tuesday. Kumar's family friend Faisal Farooqui took to Twitter to announce the legendary actor's demise. "With a heavy heart and pro- found grief, I an- ter account and to his family, friends Prayers to get him out nounce the passing wrote: "Burial today and innumerable ad- of here hale and away of our beloved at 5 p.m. Juhu mirers. RIP," he hearty. Let us get out Dilip Saab, few min- Kabristan at tweeted. of the woods, we are utes ago. We are from Santacruz, Mumbai." The "Mughal-e- still in the woods," Jyotiraditya Scindia two took in English. Congress-turned-BJP Virendra Kumar, God and to Him we Expressing his grief, Azam" actor had she added. as Cabinet ministers Rane, 69, a Rajya leader Jyotiraditya MP return," Farooqui Prime Minister been in an out of hos- The veteran actor was while dropping as Sabha MP and a Scindia, a Rajya from Odisha Ashwini tweeted from the of- Narendra Modi con- pital in the last one earlier admitted to the many as 12 ministers former Maharashtra Sabha MP from Vaishnaw, Rajya ficial Twitter account doled the veteran month. However, his hospital on June 6, including Health chief minister, was Madhya Pradesh, also Sabha MP from Bihar of Dilip Kumar. actor's demise. "Dilip family hoped he after he complained Minister Harsh the first to take oath. took oath as a Cabinet and JD(U) leader R C The actor's last rites Kumar Ji will be re- would get better. of breathlessness. Vardhan, IT and Law After Rane, Sonowal, minister. P Singh, Lok Sabha will take place at membered as a cin- Kumar's wife Saira According to reports, Minister Ravi former Assam chief The 50-year-old MP from Bihar's Mumbai's Juhu ematic legend. He Banu, on Sunday, he was diagnosed Kabristan at was blessed with un- told news agency PTI Shankar Prasad and minister, took oath in leader has been Hajipur Pashupati CONTINUED ON: P-7 I&B Minister English. Union Minister of Kumar Paras, were Prakash Javadekar. The 58-year-old State (Independent also sworn-in as Ashwini Springs Surprise As many as 15 leader has earlier Charge) for Power Cabinet ministers. Cabinet ministers, served as Union and Union Minister CONTINUED ON: P-7 Bhubaneswar(KCN): send a member to on June 28 that year. region of the state, it Bureaucrat-Entrepre- Rajya Sabha. And exactly two was expected that neur turned Politician A suave and former years hence, he is a Pujari, who started Center Lauds Odisha Paddy Procurement , a Odisha cadre IAS of- Cabinet Minister in his political career in Rajya Sabha MP ficer of 1994 batch, the NDA government the saffron camp Bhubaneswar(KCN): partment of Food & has lauded the State Pradesh surpassed from Odisha has got the support of rul- even as veteran saf- since student days, The Union Govern- Government while their best ever pro- taken oath as a Cabi- ing BJD President fron leaders are strug- would get a chance. ment has appreciated addressing media curement figure. net Minister. and Chief Minister gling to get a berth in Mr.Vaishnaw’s in- the efforts made by persons yesterday. Despite delay in re- Mr.Vaishnaw was Naveen Patnaik de- the Ministry. His duction has, however, the Odisha Govern- Mr.Pandey said that ceipt of subsidy from given an important spite being in the ri- batch-mate and Lok surprised one and all ment for procurement this year Odisha, Centre, delay in portfolio like Rail- of record amount of Punjab, Bihar, evacuation of surplus ways and Information paddy during the Gujarat, Telangana, rice by FCI and short Technology. His in- Kharif Marketing Jharkhand, Kerala, supply of gunny bags, clusion in the Cabinet Season (KMS) 2020- Madhya Pradesh, the Odisha Govern- has raised hopes 21. Public Distribution Tamil Nadu, ment has procured a among the people of Union Secretary, De- Shudhanshu Pandey Uttarakhand & Uttar record amount of Odisha as Railways portfolio was never given to any State Harsh Vardhan, 7 other union ministers leader in the Cabinet Rank. Earlier Bhakta Charan Das and resign ahead of Modi's cabinet reshuffle Kanhu Charan Lenka were MoS Railways NEW DELHI Labour minister Dhanve Patil, and for a second term in around 20 years ago. (KCN):Ahead of PM Santosh Gangwar, Ratan Lal Kataria. May 2019. The Prime Both the Ministires Narendra Modi's big Union Chemicals and The expansion of the Minister is expected held by Mr.Vaishnaw cabinet reshuffle, 8 Fertilizers Minister D union cabinet is to bring in young coincides with the as- val camp months af- Sabha MP from in the Odisha politics. union ministers have V Sadananda Gowda scheduled to take faces and give repre- pirations of the State, ter the 2019 General Bhubaneswar, The political circle tendered resignation are among the minis- place this evening at sentation to various which is far behind Elections. It is an- Aparajita Sarangi, here believe that social groups and re- other states. other factor that who won the 2019 Mr.Vaishnaw was gions in the reshuffle. Rajasthan’s Jodhpur Patnaik was criticized elections after defeat- taken into the Minis- List of Union Cabinet born 51-year-old BJP for supporting a BJP ing the BJD candi- try for the reason that ministers who have leader Mr.Vaishnaw, candidate in the date and former Modi-Shah combine resigned are - had sprung another Rajya Sabha elec- Mumbai Police Com- does not want to fur- Dr Harsh Vardhan - surprise after two tions. missioner Arup ther antagonize Union Health years when he was Allegations were Patnaik, was among Naveen Patnaik be- MinisterRamesh inducted to Narendra made that the BJD the front runners in cause the BJP may Pokhriyal - Union Modi’s Ministry as a supremo succumbed the race for the min- require BJD’s help Education Minister Cabinet Minister on to Narendra Modi- istry. She had also after 2024 general Thawar Chand Wednesday. Amit Shah’s pressure quit the Civil Service elections. The strong Gehlot - Union Min- Barely two years ago while supporting to join BJP on No- BJP leaders like ister of Social Justice in June, 2019 Mr.Vaishnaw. He was vember 27, 2018. Aparajita Sarangi, and Empowe- Mr.Vaishnaw had inducted into the saf- However, party’s Vice-Presi- rmentSantosh surprised all of fron party barely Mr.Vaishnaw out- dent Gangwar - Union Odisha’s political some days ahead of smarted all including and also Suresh on Wednesday. Union ter who quit the union around 6 PM. This Labour and Employ- circle when he was the Rajya Sabha elec- BJP’s Bargarh MP Pujari are known crit- Minister of Health cabinet. Other minis- will be the first cabi- ment Minister elected to the Upper tions. Suresh Pujari from ics of Naveen Patnaik and Family Welfare ter who have resigned net reshuffle in the Sadananda Gowda - House of the Parlia- Mr.Vaishnaw entered Western region of and his party. On the Harsh Vardhan, from their post in- Council of Ministers Union Chemicals and ment as a BJP candi- into direct politics on Odisha. As five of the contrary, Union Education clude - Debasree by Prime Minister Fertilizers Minister date despite the saf- June 22, 2019 and got BJP’s eight Lok Mr.Vaishnaw has not Minister Ramesh Chauduri, Sanjay Narendra Modi since Debasree Chaudhuri fron party lacking the elected to the RS Sabha MPs were yet opened his mouth Pokhriyal Nishank, Dhotre, Rao Saheb he assumed his role CONTINUED ON: P-7 required number to barely six days later elected from western CONTINUED ON: P-7 THE KALINGA CHRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha METRO CITY 2 BJP Pays Tributes to Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 120 th Birth Anniversary World Population Awareness Khordha : BJP paid markable scholar and tual." BJP Odisha polity will always be tribute to Bharatiya intellectual Mr. State Krushak remembered. On this Jana Sangha Founder Khandayatray said Morcha Vice-presi- occasions BJP launch Dr.Shyama Prasad "Dr.Shyama Prasad dent Srir-anjan the tree plantations Day Observed at Khordha Mukherjee on his 120 Mukherjee devoted Mangaraj paying trib- drive as part of the ob- servation of Balidan Khordha:World moved 10 Block of growth will give rise over population may th Birth Anniversary his life towards utes to the great son of population awareness the District to create to competition forc- hinder the environ- at party office India's unity and India Dr. Shyama Divas of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. ment and develop- Malipada Khordha. progress. I bow to Dr. Prasad Mukherjee on BJP leader Kishore BJP State Executive Mukherjee on his his jayanti. Sri Baral, Bipin Kumar ment and talks about Committee Member jayanti. His lofty ide- Mangaraj said " Dr. Paltasingh, Prafulla family planning, pov- Kalu Charan als motivates millions Mukherjee was true Khandayatray, Ranjan erty, gender equality, Khandayatray preside across our nation. He nationalist who dis- Kumar Martha, maternal health and over the meeting and devoted his life to- tinguished himself as Ramesh Mohapatra offered flowers gar- wards India's unity an eminent scholars, and others leaders human rights and also land to Dr. Shyama and progress. He also Educationist and Re- were present. The the health issues Prasad Mukherjee distinguished himself formist. His stellar programme was cel- faced by child bear- ebrated to follow all photographs. Re- as a remarkable contributions to ing women." Addi- membering the re- scholar and intellec- India's public life and covid-19 protocols. tional District Medi- cal Officer, (Family Planning )Dr. Odia cultural centre inaugurated in U.S.A. day Observed by awareness among the ing the people to Dwarika Nath s Houston (KCN): vital role in performed the Event includes the Khordha District Ad- peoples. Speaking on search for short cuts Satpathy, DPM, United States of projecting, pro- worshipping rituals in opening of the ministration and the the presence of large Ananda Bazar by Dr. District Health and number of devotees Nityananda Upad- Family Welfare De- during the occasion. hyaya and Mrs. partment. It Observed Earlier religious Pragyan Upadhyaya to raise awareness practices like Ankura and inauguration of among people about ropana, Adhivasa, Shri Sitaram the impact of a grow- Kalash Yatra, Vastu Foundation Hall by ing population and Pooja, Vishnu and Dr. Arun Verma and issues including gen- Jagannath Saha- Smt Vinni Verma. der equality, the im- sranama Yajna have Distinguished digni- portance of family been performed. In a taries graced the Gala planning, poverty, pious and devotional opening Ceremony maternal health, hu- atmo-sphere. The include Consul man rights. In this oc- the occasions ADM, to achieve success ", Gitanjali Dash Assis- Pahandis of four General of India in casions Additional Manoj Kumar Padhi Chief District Medi- District Magistrate said "that if popula- cal Officer(CDMO) tant Public Health deities have been Houston Aseem Officer Pradyumna done with the playing Mahajan, Mayor of (ADM )Khordha, tion goes on increas- Khordha, Dr. Manoj Kumar Padhi ing the government Viswaranjan Pati said Mishra, senior Offic- America (U.S.A.) moting, propagating of musical Houston Sylvester ers and other medical recently witnessed and popularising instruments like Turner, Fort Bend flagged off the popu- would find it difficult "Due to over popula- staff's were present in the opening up of an Odishan art, Culture, lation awareness to ensure better facili- tion and spreads Odia Cultural Centre heritage, Sculpture, Rath. The Rath is ties and also such awareness about how this occasions. at Mega city Houston tradition, tourism, in the state of Texas. attire and cuisine in Road map for proposed road of Barbilmay Named as Dr. Texas as well as in S.K.Dash Centre for whole of U.S.A. modify, saysAnantNaik Member NCST Odia Culture, the Delivering welcome Barbil (KCN): Barbil it was under carpeted Bhushugaon will be today. According to coveted institution address Chairman of in the district of That is why the severely affected as villagers, they was inaugurated by OCC Dr. Aditya Keonjhar is known Barbil Civil Society per the current survey welcomed the renowned scientist Samal, explained that for its iron ore mines. went on a hunger and residents of the construction of the and prominent the centre has been philanthropist from established with the Minneapolis Dr. Sita sole and solemn

Ghanta, Kartal, County Judge K.P. Jhanja and loud George, Community chanting of Slogans relation specialist Jai Jagannath. The Betty Russo, OCC’s special attraction of Vice – President the ceremony was the Madhab Maharana, Pahandi Journey of Treasurer Debasis Devi Subhadra, Mohanty, Secretary conducted exclu- Srimant Dash, sively by lady President of OSA’s Kantha Dash motto of devotees. Celebrated South West chapter alongwith wife noted strengthening the spiritual preachers Swaroop Panda, Dr. poetess Smt Kalpana bondage and Swami Sarbapriya Yamini Nayagandhi, Dash in a spectacular facilitating the Nanda and Dr. Surya Bikram Kumar, Dr. ceremony. Situated at interaction between Narayan Nanda Gopal Mohapatra, Dr. Thousands of heavy strike again. The village opposed the ring road, but said 3101 Fuqua street the the Odia community presented their Arati Nanda Pati, vehicles ply carrying public demanded for ring road .They too that the village would magnificent archae- staying in Houston illuminating and Dillip Patra, Abeezar iron ore from these the construction of have requested the not be damaged if it ological structure was and nearby areas. elevating religious mines and ring road ,about 5000 district collector to would construct from built by Orissa Addressing the transported to various post cards sent to the change the road map. different part. They Culture Center gathering President part if of India and chief minister for the AnantNayak, Mem- discussed the matter (OCC). The Center of OCC Dr. aboard. A large will work as a Debanand Pati, portion of the multipurpose comm- declared that with the transportation occurs unity centre and socio commencement of through Barbil by cultural epicentre for this centre, the long means of road and the Odia residents cherished dream of railway The heavy traffic exert severe staying in Greater the Odia residents of pollution along with Houston locality. Houston has been many accidental Established in 2009 fulfilled. Dr. Pati fatality . In the past, OCC has been sought everybody’s the Barbil designed to serve as a help and co – Vikasparishad and forum for integration operation for the the Civil Society have of culture, literature, further advancement repeatedly called for religion and of the centre. a ring road or a spirituality. OCC OCC hosted a grand bypass road outside early action on this. It ber National plans to establish a Festival to install the of the Barbil town . was cooled by the commission for along with a diagram temple, Library and four deities Lord Therefore, a blue reassurance of the schedule tribe visited and road map . Museum in future. Balavadra, Godess print was drawn up current district these villages along AnantNaik assured Speaking during the Subhadra, Lord by the former District collector Ashish with RK Dubey, the villagers saying Inaugural ceremony Jagannath and Lord Magistrate Thiru- Thackeray. It has deputy comm- that their demand is Tyebji, Shruti mullaNaik for the been surveyed twice issioner, A K Bardhan already put before the as the chief Guest Dr. Sudarshan in the discourses during the district admini- Sita Kantha Dash, newly built building. four days long Mohanty Rout, proposed Ring Road in the recent past. assistant commission and a survey was also However, three and other senior stration and he is exudes confidence Chief Guest Dr. celebration. Brijesh rout, Jyotsana hopeful that action that this Cultural Sitakantha Dash and The other highlights Jena and Girish conducted on it. But villages, Kashia (a), members of National after his replacement, Kashia (b) and Highways Authority will be taken soon centre shall play a Smt Kalpana Dash of the auspicious Kumar Lenka. HE ALINGA HRONICLE ENTERTAINMENT BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 T K C 3 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha Phenomenal experience: Riteish Deshmukh praises Anil Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap's 'AK vs AK' SC grants Ekta Kapoor interim protec- NEW DELHI(K- blown!!! #AKvsAK only you could do movie star and a film CN): Actor Riteish is a phenomenal ex- this, you are pure director who get into tion from arrest in FIR over web series Deshmukh lauded perience - gold in this film but a public spat, follow- NEW DELHI(K- apex court after the Vikramaditya @VikramMotwane @HarshKapoor_has ing which the direc- Motwane's 'AK vs take a bow my outdone your entire CN): The Supreme Indore bench of the tor retaliates by kid- Court on Thursday Madhya Pradesh AK' and termed the friend," tweeted performance in one napping the actor's

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Isabelle Kaif is a mesmerised.” BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 THE KALINGA CHRONICLE Editorial Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 4 To put the conception of Health for All (HFA) diagnostic and emergency services to all; 4. in a historical perspective, the UN envisaged Infrastructure and human resource a comprehensive and integrated primary health development-from normative approach to care for all in Alma Ata Declaration in 1978 Policy and Practice targeted approach to reach under-serviced to promote equity and was driven by the areas; 5. Urban health- from token community needs. The constitution of World Dr Subhash Sharma interventions to on-scale assured interventions, Health Organization (WHO) mentions that to organise primary health care delivery and health, well-being, standard of living, medical unnecessarily more and costlier medicines as (2015), under-nutrition or malnutrition is the referral support for urban poor. 6. National care, right to security in case of sickness as well as avoidable pathological tests; 5. Due to major cause of death in 45 per cent of all deaths Health Programmes- integration with health well as special care and assistance for mothers the laxity of the State regulatory apparatuses, among children below 5 years during 1990- systems for programme effectiveness and and children are quite significant and notable even government doctors and supporting staff 2015, the proportion of underweight children contributing to strengthening of health systems in the context of HFA. In addition, Article 3 started giving more time at their private in developing countries declined from 28 per for efficiency; and 7. AYUSH services-from of UDHR (Universal Declaration Developing clinics; 6. Due to the retreat of state in cent to 16 per cent in 2015. The MDG target stand alone to three dimensional countries including India should accord providing subsidised food, sanitation facilities, for this indicator was met in North and South mainstreaming. There is a gender disparity and topmost priority to ‘Health for All’ in letter there was a rise in communicable and non- Americas, European region and Western male bias in health care globally, nationally, and spirit because it ensures not only human communicable diseases, leading to long Pacific region but not in Eastern and locally in following ways: resource development, but also the wellbeing duration of morbidity, and finally death; 7. The Mediterranean region, SouthEast Asian region 1. In 2016, 23.8 lakh patients visited AIIMS, of our future generations. They have to phenomenon of free market (‘invisible hand’) and African region. In India, about 47 per cent New Delhi for treatment but of them only 37% increase their budget on health as proportion was based on the ‘individual care’, considered children are underweight. Similarly during were women, though it is confirmed that of gross domestic product, and as share of as a ‘private’ good but in most of developing 1990- 2013, the number of stunted children women report more illnesses than men but they public expenditure to total expenditure per countries, there was no improvement in quality declined globally from 257 million to 161 are treated less. 2. Male bias is further capita on health. The author is a retired IAS of health care, equity and efficiency for the million, a decrease of 37 per cent. We could exacerbated by poverty, location and other officer. Email: [email protected] Health local people while the private insurance not however achieve this target. In 2018 as social factors. 3. In the developed countries, for All of Human Rights 1948), clearly companies, consultancy firms, private per FAO report, about 82.2 crore people provides that everyone has ‘the right to life, too, women suffer from heart diseases as much pharmaceutical companies and private suffered from chronic mal-nutrition, and 200 as men but get recognised and treated far less crore people had food insecurity in the world. than men. 4. Though women’s bodies respond Severe acute malnutrition increases with differently to drugs due to smaller organs chronic poverty, lack of education of mothers, inadequate and low nutrient diet, and lack of higher fat & hormones but the medical tests / clean water and sanitation. Hence India ranked researches on male bodies are taken as 102 among 117 countries in Global Hunger reference point. Therefore, there is an urgent Index 2019 and then India scored 30.3 and was in ‘serious hunger category’-only 4 countries were in ‘alarming hunger’ category (35-49.9) then and only one country Central African Republic was in ‘extremely alarming’ category (score of 50 or more). In Global Hunger Index 2020 India ranked liberty and security of person’. Obviously, hospitals earned profits. Nowadays, public- 94 out of 107 countries, right to life includes right to food and health private partnership (PPP), modernisation, with a score of 27.2 (in (as interpreted by Supreme Court of India). value for money health insurance etc are the ‘serious hunger’ The Alma Ata Declaration in 1978 was thus, buzzwords in most of developed and category- score range of in consonance with UDHR and WHO’s developing countries. However, there are some 30-34.9) as per this constitution. In fact, at Alma Ata (now Almati alternative health systems in Cuba, China, report 14% of Indian in Kazakhstan) International Conference on Costa Rica, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, population is under ‘primary health care’ expressed the need for Venezuela and Thailand. Since 2002, there is nourished. Second ‘urgent action by all governments, all health Universal Health Care (UHC) coverage in 17.3% of children under and development workers, and the world Thailand for all people without any charge and 5 are wasted in India. community to protect and promote the health now 77 per cent of all hospital beds there are Third 34.7% of Indian for all the people of the world’. YOJANA June in public sector. Cuba has a sustained drive to children are stunted. 2021 15 Liberalisation and Privatisation: ensure cataract operation of all old people at However, during 2000- Impact on Health WHO reiterated for Health public. 2020 GHI score has declined from 38.9 to 27.2 need to address such a bias and gender for All, especially in 2005 and in 2011 too, 16 YOJANA June 2021 facilities. There is for India-a decrease of 11.7 percentage points. disparity at the earliest to ensuring health for though it used ‘universal system’ including a equitable health service delivery with SDGs: Unfortunately, by 2015, most of the all. ‘Health for All’ also requires safe and clean method for prepayment of financial regulations like three years of compulsory developing countries including India, could environment, avoiding of chemical fertilisers contributions for health care, with a view to rural service for doctors and nurses, and a not achieve rest of the MDGs. Hence United and pesticides as well as good hygiene (total share risk among the people, under the radical shift in funding away from urban Nations declared 17 Sustainable Development sanitation) for all. On 2 October 2019, India’s influence of World Bank in particular and the hospitals to primary health care across Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets-it is also called more than 700 districts and about six lakh processes of liberalisation, privatisation and Thailand and Cuba. Health expenditure in ‘Transforming Our World: 2030 Agenda for villages were declared ‘open defecation free’ globalisation in general. UN resolution in Thailand increased from 1.7 per cent of GDP Sustainable Development, Sustainable (ODF)- this is a grand achievement indeed but December 2012 further emphasised on it for in 2001 to 2.7 per cent in 2008 higher than development has been defined by Brundtland there is a need to sustain it. The trained six overall human development and to be included that in India. There are 9.4 doctors in Malaysia, Commission in its report entitled ‘Our in post-2015 development agenda. However, lakh volunteers (in 11.5 doctors in the Phillipines, 12.2 doctors Common Future’ (1987): ‘to meet the needs interpersonalcommunication) are further World Bank in its World Development Report in Vietnam and 18.3 doctors in Singapore for of the present generation, without required for solid and liquid waste (1993) had ranked common health care every 10,000 population, better than India compromising the About 80% of diseases of management. U.P. govt named toilets ‘Izzat interventions according to costeffectiveness; (only 7 doctors for 10,000 population). We waterborne, hence safe drinking water should its minimum health package for low income may have a glance at health expenditure as get top priority. For sustainable water ghar’ and it had positive impact. Further water countries considered to avert 1/3rd of percentage of GDP at the global level in Table management the current economic system should be conserved as a common good, as it estimated disease burden and 1/5th of that in 1. This reflects India’s lowest public needs a 'paradigm shift', and water sources is a social, economic, and human right. About middle income countries. But, unfortunately, expenditure to health subsector. Even National should not be privatised, as these are 80% of diseases are water-borne, hence safe many common ailments (moderately severe Health Policy 2017 speaks of just targeting community resources for local people and their drinking water should get top priority. For injuries and chronic conditions like diabetes, 2.5% of GDP to be spent on health. future generations-water for healthy life. sustainable water management the current cataract, hypertension, mental illness and Consequently, Indian people usually do not YOJANA June 2021 17 ability of future economic system needs a ‘paradigm shift’, and cervical cancer) were excluded from public have access to quality health services. India generations to meet their own needs.’ Six years water sources should not be privatised, as these funding in low income countries. committed earlier for universal health care have passed since the beginning of SDGs in are community resources for local people and Consequently due to ‘structural adjustment’ (UHC) coverage by 2030 by raising public 2015, but most of the countries are not on the their future generations-water for healthy life. or economic reforms during 1980s in the funding from 1.26% of IGDP to 2.5% by 2025- track and by 2030 only a few countries would Further for mental health, there is neither poorest 37 nations, public spending on health about 70% of this is to be meant for primary be able to achieve SDG targets. Environment adequate consciousness among people nor per head declined by half due to cutse.g. in healthcare. Similarly, India’s per capita public for Health: The policy identified 7 priority adequate medical facilities in all parts of India. Mexico, it declined up to 60 per cent. expenditure on health in nominal terms is just areas for improving the environment for As per National Mental Health Survey (2016) Following consequences are notable: Rs. 1,657 (2018-19)-much lower than that in health: (a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan; (b) life time prevalence of mental illness in India 1. Since State retreated from development Sri Lanka (Rs. 5,000) and Indonesia (Rs. Balanced healthy diets and regular exercises; is 13.7% with over 15 crore patients needing interventions, there was a massive decline in 3,500). Third, against WHO norm of doctor (c) Addressing tobacco, alcohol and substance active intervention; only 49% have a mental public investment in health sector like other to population ratio of 1:1000, India has very abuse; (d) Yatri Suraksha-preventing deaths health facility within 25 km radius and 26% social sub-sectors (education, welfare of the lower ratio of 1:1,404 (2021 February); in rural due to rail and road accidents; (e) Nirbhaya people have no mental health facility within deprived sections, etc.); 2. There accrued a India the situation is worse 1:11,000 (2019). Nari-action against gender violence; (f) 50 km radius; 59% people have no de- huge shortage of doctors and supporting In addition, as per the WHO norm (2016) of Reduced stress and improved safety at work addiction service; 80% people have no health medical staff, leading to patients bound to go 44.5 health workers per 10,000 population to place, and (g) reducing indoor and outdoor air insurance; and 28% of global suicides occur to private clinics; 3. There was a shortage of achieve SDGs, and UHC, India has its half pollution. Shifts in Public Health care in India. In Bihar, there has been a rise of 30% medical equipment, drugs and pathological only-and health system has far less health Delivery: There are 7 shifts in organising in mental disorder cases during 2012-2019. facilities in public health institutionshospitals workers, especially doctors. Most PHCs/ public healthcare services: In 2019 Koelwar (Bhojpur district) mental were reduced to mere writing of prescriptions Health Centers are almost defunct in many 1. Primary care-open selective care to assured hospital registered more than 50,000 mental and patients were compelled to buy medicines north Indian states, only the ASHA workers, comprehensive care with linkages to referral cases. Despite recovery of many mental from the open market and to get pathological pharmacists, nurses, etc sometimes visit there; hospitals; 2. Secondary and tertiary care-from patients their families are not taking them tests done at private labs at higher costs; 4. further there are no facilities like beds, an input oriented to an output-based strategic back. Private doctors not only indulged in charging medicines, pathological tests etc there. purchasing; 3. Public hospitals- from user fees The author is a retired IAS officer. Email: exorbitant fees but also prescribed According to World Health Organization and cost recovery to assured free drugs, [email protected] THE KALINGA CHRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 National / International 5 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha Governor rejig points to Modi Cabinet reshuffle PARAKRAM DIWAS OBSERVED New Delhi: In a clear Lok Sabha elections pected that the repre- be made governor of AT DAV, KALINGA NAGAR indication that the and the representa- sentation of BJP MPs Haryana. Bhubaneswar(KCN): over the hearts of tural programmes made live in You much-awaited re- tion of OBCs, dalits from West Bengal Mr Gehlot was also a DAV Public School, thousands and mil- performed by the shuffle of Prime Min- and tribals and also and the Northeast member of the ruling ister Narendra Modi’s the representation of may go up. BJP’s top decision- Cabinet will take regions. More The rejig, it is learnt, making body, the par- place soon, senior women ministers will be done keeping liamentary board, Cabinet minister and could also be in- in mind the coming which has not been Leader of the House ducted in Team Modi. Assembly polls, most reconstituted since in the Rajya Sabha Some ministers, importantly Uttar 2014 and already has Thawarchand Gehlot sources said, could be Pradesh, where the four vacancies. Mr

Kalinga Nagar ob- lions of people all teachers to mark the Tube for the students. served PARAKRAM DIWAS- the birth an- niversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in its premises amidst SOP of Covid- 19. Principal of the school Sri Bipin Kumar Sahoo, all the supervisors and teachers offered floral tribute to the great patriot of India’s free- dom struggle. In his was named as the sent back to the BJP BJP also has to pla- Gehlot was also the address to the gather- governor of organisation. A senior cate its allies, includ- Leader of the House ing the Principal reit- Karnataka by Presi- Cabinet minister, ing Apna Dal(S) and in the Rajya Sabha erated the exemplary dent Ram Nath who is now recuper- Nishad Party. An- where Union minister velour and audacity Kovind on Tuesday. ating, could also be other key ally from Piyush Goyal is the of Netaji Subhas Mr Kovind approved asked to “take a com- Bihar, the Janata Dal deputy leader of the Chandra Bose and his the appointment of plete rest” and an- (United), sources House. contribution to the over the world till occasion, the beauti- The entire eight governors, also other representative said, is adamant on Mr Kovind also freedom movement eternity. On this occa- ful dance and short programme was ar- including Mr Gehlot, of his state, where more than two posts, named Mangubhai of India. He further sion, the teachers pre- skit on Netaji’s fight ranged successfully as well as former elections are due while Tamil Nadu Chhaganbhai Patel as said that Netaji’s in- sented a beautiful with his INA against by the school’s En- Union minister early next year, could ally AIADMK could governor of Madhya tense love for his chorus portraying the the English touched glish Department Bandaru Dattatreya be accommodated in also find a place in Pradesh, while Hari motherland his radi- commanding person- everybody’s heart. with the whole- and Rajendra the team. At least 10 Team Modi. Babu Kambhampati cal ideologies shall ality of Netaji. The entire hearted support of the Vishwanath Arlekar. ministers are now For the LJP, which and Rajendra continue to rule the Among the other cul- programme was members of staff. Speculation is rife holding more than has split vertically, it Vishwanath Arlekar that the much antici- one portfolio. will be seen whether were appointed as pated rejig of the Some of the prospec- or not late party governors of Farmers gear up for pro- Union council of tive new members of leader Ram Vilas Mizoram and ministers, which will Team Modi, includ- Paswan’s brother Himachal Pradesh re- be first in NDA 2.0, ing former Congress Pashupati Kumar spectively. test against fuel price hike will take place either leader Jyotiraditya Paras, whose faction Mr Kambhampati on Wednesday or Scindia, former has been given ap- succeeds P.S. NEW DELHI: Large The protestors will ways. of repealing the three Thursday, and it will Assam CM proval in Parliament, Sreedharan Pillai, contingents of farm- reach designated pub- "This is an issue that farm laws and a legal also have “new and Sarbananda Sonowal will be accommo- who has been trans- ers have started arriv- lic locations with any affects every section guarantee for Mini- young faces” and and Maharashtra dated or not. The late ferred and named ing at protest sites in means of transport of the society, and mum Support price more representation heavyweight leader’s son, Chirag governor of Goa, preparation for their including scooters, SKM appeals that (MSP). of the BJP’s alliance Narayan Rane have Paswan, has been ve- while Satyadev agitation Thursday motorcycles, tractors, farmers, labourers, Over the last seven partners. Now RPI’s reached New Delhi hemently opposing Narayan Arya, gover- against fuel price cars, buses, trucks youth, students, months, thousands of Ramdas Athawale is amid speculation that any such move. nor of Haryana, has the only non-BJP they were told to Earlier on Tuesday, been transferred and leader in the NDA reach the national the President ap- appointed as gover- government. The capital. JD(U) leader pointed Mr Gehlot as nor of Tripura while rejig will also be done R.C.P. Singh and governor of Tripura governor keeping mind the LJP’s Pashupati Karnataka while Mr Ramesh Bais has coming Assembly Kumar Paras arrived Dattatreya was been transferred and polls, mainly Uttar in New Delhi from shifted from appointed governor Pradesh, the 2024 Bihar. It is also ex- Himachal Pradesh to of Jharkhand. OMM SAI TRUST celebrates Van Mahotsav Bhubaneswar (KC- chairman of OMM Dream India School, Sunil kumar Patsani N): Bhuban-eswar SAI TRUST. former Mrs Gayatri Rout conducted the whole OMM SAI TRUST, a MP of Bhubaneswar, joined as the program, Trustees of leading NGO in Dr Prasanna kumar honourable guests OMM SAI TRUST,

hike, the Samyukt and also with empty women, employees, farmers from differ- Kisan Morcha gas cylinders, it said. shopkeepers, trans- ent parts of the coun- (SKM) said on On Wednesday, the porters, traders and try have been protest- Wednesday. petrol prices in Delhi others be part of these ing at Delhi borders "At the call of as well as Kolkata protests everywhere," against the new farm Samyukt Kisan crossed the Rs 100 a the body said. laws which, they Morcha, protests will litre mark. The SKM has also claim, will do away be organised across The SKM has de- planned fresh rounds with the MSP system India tomorrow (July manded that the fuel of protests during the and leave them at the Bhubaneswar, cel- Patasani inaugurated and delivered the Shatarupa Pati, 8) from 10 am to 12 prices be halved with monsoon session of ebrated Van the program and se- message about the Saswati Mishra, noon for two hours immediate effect. the parliament sched- mercy of big corpora- Mahotsav in kalinga nior OFS officer, Mrs vast benefit of plan- Jyotirmayee Khatua, against the hike in It has also appealed to uled later this month, tions. nagar 8 and con- Sasmita Lenka who is tation. with the sup- Manoj Parida and diesel, petrol and the protestors to keep when 200 protestors The government, ducted a massive appreciated by UN port of MGM Group, Debi Prasad Dash cooking gas prices," the demonstration will agitate everyday however, has been plantation drive un- started the Plantation OST conducted this helped a lot to make the umbrella body of peaceful and on the outside the Parlia- protecting the laws as der the leadership of drive. Dr Anshuman program. Senior the program success- over 40 farm unions roadside, without ment building reiter- major agricultural re- Mrs Mamata Patsani, kar and principal of Trustee member ful said. blocking any path- ating their demands forms. STATE SCAN BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 THE KALINGA CHRONICLE Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 6 Cabinet expansion: Scindia, Yadav among Dhinkia residents stop 43 leaders to take oath, complete list here demarcation exercise New Delhi: As many ParasAnupriya Pat- PatilP-ratima sion, the Modi gov- PARADIP: Hundreds had sought interven- reached Mahala vil- taken for creation of as 43 leaders will take elDr L BhoumikDr. Subhas ernment is expected of residents of tion of Collector lage on the day to the new revenue vil- oath in the first Union MuruganShobha SarkarDr. Bhagwat to have 27 OBC lead- Dhinkia protested Sangram Keshari carry out the demar- lage or demarcation Cabinet reshuffle and KarandlajeAjay Kishanrao KaradDr. ers, out of which five and halted the bound- Mohapatra along cation work but vil- of boundaries. Also, expansion on BhattNarayan Tatu Rajkumar Ranjan will be in the cabinet. Wednesday after RaneDr. Virendra SinghDr. Bharati Sources further in-

ary demarcation pro- with Revenue Divi- lagers came out in cess for a new rev- sional Commissioner, large numbers to pro- congregating large enue village citing Central Division, test and stopped the number of people at violation of Covid Mahendra Kumar officials from enter- this time is in clear formed that there will protocols on Mallick due to the ing the Dhinkia violation of Covid Prime Minister KumarRamchandra Pravin Pawar be a substantial in- Monday.The State lockdown. panchayat, forcing norms,” said Narendra Modi re- Prasad SinghAshwini Bishweswar crease in the number government had de- A subsequent notifi- the administration to panchayat samiti turned to power for a VaishnawRaj Kumar TuduShantanu Tha- of professionals in the clared Mahala, which cation was issued on stop the work in ap- member of Dhinkia second term in May, SinghParshottam kurDr. Munjapara cabinet. was under Dhinkia June 28 for work to prehension of an ad- 2019, according to RupalaPankaj MahendrabhaiJohn Debendranath Swain. "Post expansion there panchayat, as a new be carried out on July verse law and order Contacted, Erasama sources. ChoudharyDr Satya BarlaNisith Pramanik revenue village in 5 after which villag- situation. Villagers will be 13 lawyers, tehsildar C Here is the complete Pal Singh It is learnt from reli- six doctors, five engi- April. Erasama ers of Dhinkia and alleged that the ad- Prangyananda Das list of 43 leaders who, BaghelRajeev able sources that neers, and seven civil tehsildar had issued a Mahala joined hands ministration is play- according to sources, ChandrasekharShobha post-expansion, there servants in total," the notice on June 21 to to protest the move. ing the divide-and- confirmed that the will be sworn in as KarandlajeBhanu will be 12 members sources said. villagers of Mahala to Revenue officials in- rule game to foil their demarcation work ministers today: Pratap Singh from the SC commu- As reported by ANI remain present dur- cluding inspectors movement against in- has been postponed Jyotiraditya Scindia- VermaDarshana Vik- nity, including two in yesterday, there will ing the boundary de- and amin, accompa- dustries that do not due to lockdown and Bhupender Yadav- ram Jardosh the cabinet; eight be a special focus on marcation exercise on nied by three pla- benefit locals. no further date has Kiren RijijuHardeep Annpurna DeviA. members will be bringing down the June 23. But villagers toons of police “No consent was been set yet. Singh PuriMansukh Narayanasw-amy. from Scheduled average age of the MandaviyaG. Kishan Kaushal KishoreB. L. Tribes in the Council Modi cabinet, post- ReddyMeenakshi VermaAjay Kumar of Ministers out of expansion there will Man forced to drink urine LekhiAnurag Thakur Chauhan Devusinh which three will be in be 14 ministers below Sarban-andaSonowal Bhagwanth Khuba the cabinet. the age of 50, and six Pashupati Kumar Kapil Moreshwar After cabinet expan- will be in the cabinet. over ‘sorcery’ in Odisha BALANGIR: A man him to drink urine is being treated at a will be carried out was brutally as- and shaving his head. local hospital, two and anyone found KiiT International School saulted and forced to drink urine over ‘sus- Students Excel in IBDP Exam picion’ of practising witchcraft in Bhuabneswar (KC- Samantray as saluta- the school's scorecard successful students Paruabhadi village N): Students of KiiT torian scored 42 who is happily dotted with Dr. Achyuta Samanta, under Sindhekela po- International School will be part of the the magic 7 points Founder KIIT and lice limits on July 3. The matter came to light on Monday when a video of the incident went viral. Source said, villagers suspected Haribandhu Bagarty of practising sorcery resulting in many falling ill. The villag- ers then decided to After being informed, persons have been guilty will not be hold a kangaroo court police reached the detained in connec- spared. He has ap- and punish him. They spot and rushed the tion with a kangaroo pealed people to re- dragged Bagarty out victim to the hospital. court which humili- port such incidents to of his house and No arrests have been ated him. Balangir SP pounded him with made in this regard Nitin Kausalkar said, police and not take posted excellent re- elite campus of more than 20 times in KISS said, Students sticks before forcing yet. While the victim proper investigation law onto their hands. sults in the Interna- Nanyang Technologi- a cohort of 16 di- of KiiT International tional Baccalaureate cal University, ploma students. School have turned Bar body opposes RDA move to auction plots Diploma Program Singapore pursuing Suryansh Bal and the tide of looming ROURKELA: The In a letter to the poor and middle in- there are instances of (IBDP). 25% of the Psychology and gen- Swadhin Rout will uncertainty in the move of Rourkela De- Odisha Chief Secre- come groups. The auc- several members of velopment Authority tary and RDA secre- tion route would only one wealthy family il- students have scored der studies. Bhaswati pursue university midst of the pan- (RDA) to auction an- tary on July 1, the enable a handful of legally managing to over 40 points, and Basumatary, with 41 education in Univer- demic and have other 46 plots in the RBA has demanded to moneyed people to get get multiple plots. The the school average is points, is offered to sity of Toronto, achieved extraordi- posh Civil Township stop the auction and more land while the RBA would take re- 36 points. Saatwik study English Litera- Canada. Unika Dash nary success as IBDP has met with stiff op- allot land as per OGLS housing need of the course to the court of position from the local Act. economically back- Panigrahi as the vale- ture at Trinity Col- will pursue Computer graduates. He law and agitation if the thanked Dr. Mona bar association.The RBA president ward and middle class dictorian of the year, lege, Cambridge in Science from Univer- Rourkela Bar Associa- Ramesh Chandra Bal people can never be RDA went ahead with having scored 43 out England. Joydeep sity of Sheffield, UK Lisa Bal, Chairperson tion (RBA) alleged said most of the land fulfilled, he claimed. the auction, Bal of KiiT International said.On June 18, the of a maximum of 45 Dash with 40 points while B. Ankit Patro that the decision has in the city are surren- Bal pointed out that School; Dr. Sanjay been taken to benefit dered to the State gov- the RDA has decided RDA had notified auc- points, with the high- will focus on Physics is readying to hit the Suar, Principal and a handful of rich ernment by the to go for auction when tion of 46 residential est score of 7 points studies in Imperial shores of USA at Ms. Nandita Mishra, people. The RDA Rourkela Steel Plant an inquiry is underway plots in Rourkela in all six subjects, College, London. Purdue University. Upper Division move is in violation of (RSP). The OGLS Act following a writ peti- Town unit 41 and 42 thus qualifying to Rajvardhan and Ankita Naik has of- Head, International the Odisha Govern- has specific provisions tion in the Orissa High at Civil Township. The ment Land Settlement for reserving land un- Court alleging mul- last date for inviting pursue higher studies Alonkrita have fers from Warwick, Curriculum, faculty (OGLS) Act and ig- der Rourkela Munici- tiple irregularities in application is July 30 in Economics in New scored maximised UK and King’s Col- and staff of KiiT IS nores the housing pal Corporation juris- land allotment. while the auction bid York University, their grades in the lege of London. for their unstinted ef- need of the poor and diction for landless Rourkela city faces is scheduled for Au- USA. Samiksha core. Needless to say, Congratulating all fort. middle class people. displaced persons, scarcity of land and gust 16. THE KALINGA CHRONICLE BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 Business/Commerce 7 Popular people’s Daily of Odisha

Ashwini Springs Surprise chairman of Mormugao Port Trust Continued from page-7 in 2006 and worked there for two Fitch cuts India growth forecast to 10 per cent, says rapid vaccination to support revival against BJD, His induction in the years. NEW DELHI: Fitch tainable revival in Fitch views India's re- sures would only pro- its 1.37 billion popu- ministry may keep Naveen After realizing that the bureau- Ratings on Wednes- business and con- bound potential to be vide interim support, lation was fully vacci- Patnaik happy. cracy cannot fulfill his aspiration day cut India's growth sumer confidence; better than most com- Fitch said the low vac- nated as of July 5, During his stint as an IAS officer, to grow more, Mr.Vaishnaw, a forecast to 10 per cent however, without it, parable 'BBB-' peers cination rate makes 2021. This poses risks Mr.Vaishnaw worked as the Dis- product of IIT, Kanpur in Elec- for the current fiscal, economic recovery because it does not India vulnerable to to the prospects of a tronics and Communication En- from 12.8 per cent es- would remain vulner- expect a structurally further waves of the meaningful and sus- trict Magistrate of Balasore and timated earlier, due to able to further waves weaker real GDP pandemic. tainable economic re- districts. His bureaucratic gineering, quit government ser- slowing recovery and lockdowns. growth outlook. "Only 4.7 per cent of covery," it added. acumen, in fact, came to the fore vice in 2008 and went to Wharton post-second wave of It said localised However, there is a when the super cyclone hit Odisha University of Pennsylvania in COVID-19, and said lockdowns during the risk that India's me- Center Lauds Odisha Paddy Procure- in 1999 killing at least 10,000 USA to pursue MBA. rapid vaccination second wave kept eco- dium-term growth ment people. As the collector of the On his return, he joined GE Trans- could support a sus- nomic activity from could suffer if the Continued from page-7 coastal Balasore district, portation as Managing Director tainable revival in stalling to levels simi- business and con- paddy during KMS 2020-21. Mr.Vaishnaw collected informa- and later shifted to Siemens as the business and con- lar to those during sumer activity were to The State has procured 77.33 lakh MT of sumer confidence. 2020, but disruption in experience scarring paddy during the KMS 2020-21 against the tion on the cyclone from a US Vice President – Locomotives & In a report, the global several key business from the COVID-19 Navy website and sent reports to Head Urban Infrastructure Strat- rating agency said the centres has slowed the pandemic. The agency 70.56 lakh MT procured in 2019-20. In the the chief secretary at regular in- egy. He, however, quit the corpo- challenges for the recovery and dented estimates India's me- KMS 2016-17, the State had procured 54.27 tervals. Then, IMD’s forecast was rate sector and set up his own banking sector posed Fitch's expectations of dium-term growth po- lakh MT, which was increased to 65.50 lakh comparatively not advanced and Three Tee Auto Logistics Private by the coronavirus a rebound to pre-pan- tential at about 6.5 per MT in the 2018-19. It means the State has re- use of the internet too was con- Limited and Vee Gee Auto Com- pandemic have in- demic levels by FY22. cent. corded a growth of 42.49 per cent in the paddy fined to very few people in the ponents Private Limited, both au- creased due to a viru- India's economy con- Stating that vaccina- procurement process in the year 2020-21 com- tomotive components manufac- lent second wave in tracted 24.4 per cent in tion is key for business pared to 2016-17. state like Odisha. His information the first quarter of the June quarter of 2020. revival and relief mea- turing units in Gujarat. Similarly, the number of farmers participat- helped the state government to financial year ending Veteran actor Dilip Kumar passes take advanced measures in order In April this year, Mr.Vaishnaw March 2022 (FY22). ing in the mega paddy procurement exercise to save lives. was nominated as a member of the "Fitch Ratings revised away at the age of 98 has also increased by 64.7 per cent in 2020- Mr.Vaishnaw worked in Odisha Press Council of India, for three down India's real GDP Continued from page-7 21 against the KMS 2016-17. Only 8.47 lakh till 2003, before being appointed years. for FY22 by 280bp to with bilateral pleural effusion, a build-up of farmers have participated in the process in excess fluid between the layers of the pleura as deputy secretary in the office BJP sources said that 10 per cent, underlin- 2016-17, which was increased to 10.11 lakh ing our belief that re- outside the lungs. After getting proper treat- in 2018-19, 11.61 lakh in the next year and of former Prime Minister A B Mr.Vaishnaw, being a former Dis- ment, the actor was discharged on June 11. newed restrictions 13.95 lakh in 2020-21. Vajpayee. During his brief stint trict Magistrate of the politically have slowed recovery The Bollywood actor is well known for his in the PMO, the officer created the sensitive Cuttack district, has efforts and left banks roles in many hit films including, Jogan, Though paddy procurement has been increas- concept of public-private-partner- started strengthening his base with a moderately Babul, Azaad, Tarana, Deedar, Aan, Karma, ing over the years, the lifting of rice by FCI ship model for infrastructure with an intention of contesting worse outlook for Footpath, Daag, Devdas and Mughal-e-Azam. from the State has not registered a commen- projects as the government on its from the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat, business and revenue He was last seen on the big screens in 1998's surate and consistent increase. This problem own was not able to arrange funds which was once represented by generation in FY22," Qila. has serious impacts like choking state Born as Yusuf Khan, Kumar was known to for major works. He was later ap- former Odisha Chief Minister J B it said. godowns and preventing timely receipt of rice Patnaik. The Cuttack seat has Fitch believes that generations of film-goers as the "tragedy from millers apart from financial implications pointed as Vajpayee’s private sec- rapid vaccination king". retary after the NDA lost the elec- been held by veteran BJD leader could support a sus- The five-decade career of Dilip Kumar in- of thousands of crores of rupees for the State. tion in 2004. He became deputy Bhartuhari Mahatab since 1998. cluded "Mughal-e-Azam", "Devdas", "Naya It is mandatory as per the agreed terms and Daur", and "Ram Aur Shyam", and later, as conditions that the anticipated cost will be he graduated to character roles, ?Shakti? and released in the form of advance subsidy at the ??Karma?. rate of 90 per cent of admissible claim on Harsh Vardhan, 7 other union ministers quantity basis in the first month of every quar- resign ahead of Modi's cabinet reshuffle ter. Continued from page-7 However, the release of advance and provi- -MoS Women and Child DevelopmentRattan sional subsidy to Odisha is irregular despite Lal Kataria - MoS Jal Shakti and Social Jus- the State furnishing Utilization Certificate tice & EmpowermentSanjay Dhotre - MoS (UC) in respect of the preceding period while State for EducationPratap Chandra Sarangi - submitting claim of advance subsidy at the MoS Animal HusbandryRaosaheb Patil - MoS start of every quarter. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public As on date, Odisha State Civil Supplies Cor- DistributionAshwini Chaubey - MoS Health poration (OSCSC), the major procuring According to latest reports, Babul Supriyo, agency of the State Government, is to receive Union Minister of State for Environment, Rs 5120 crore as provisional subsidy. Further, Forest and Climate Change, has also resigned advance subsidy due to the State for the quar- from his post. "I thank Hon'ble Prime Minis- ter ending June, 2021 is Rs 1500 Crore. ter for giving me the privilege to serve my The delay in receipt and short receipt of sub- country as a Member of his Council of Minis- sidy and increasing volume of procurement ters... I am extremely happy that I go today that OSCSC is required to undertake, has two without a spot of corruption on me, having fold impacts on its financial health. served my constituency with all my might and First, the additional interest incurred because having enjoyed their independence when of delay in release and non-release of subsidy Asansol voted me back as their MP once again, remains un-recouped adding to its deficit year with triple the Margin in 2019 again," Supriyo after year. Second, the surplus rice procured wrote in a Facebook post. is being carried forward to next year incur- ring additional carrying cost. PM Modi rejigs Cabinet; Sonowal, There is no provision of recoupment of inter- Scindia brought in; 12 ministers exit est incurred for delayed release of subsidy and Continued from page-7 short release of quarterly claims remaining Kiren Rijiju, R K Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, unpaid since FY 2003-04. Over the years, on Mansukh Mandaviya, Parshottam Rupala, G the two counts, OSCSC has been burdened Kishan Reddy and Anurag Thakur were el- with huge additional interest of Rs 4700 Crore. evated to the Cabinet level. The Paddy procurement operation under the Bhupendra Yadav, who has been serving in MSP program is a task which is in the domain the BJP organisation as a general secretary, of Government of India. However, in order to was also sworn-in as a Cabinet minister. extend the outreach of MSP to remote, far- Earlier, four senior Union ministers -- Prasad, flung and inaccessible areas, the Odisha Gov- Javadekar, Vardhan, Pokhriyal -- were among ernment took over it in the year 2003-04. 12 ministers who resigned on Wednesday The paddy so procured is milled to rice ahead of the cabinet reshuffle. through private millers and the rice so milled Besides these four, Chemicals and Fertilisers is distributed under National Food Security Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Labour Act (NFSA), other welfare schemes of Gov- Minister Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State ernment of India and State’s own State Food for Education Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State Security Scheme and the balance surplus rice for Women and Child Development Debasree is delivered to Central Pool through FCI. Chaudhuri, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Rice delivered to the Central pool is reim- Rattan Lal Kataria and Minister of State for bursed by Centre through FCI and the cost of Environment Babul Supriyo also resigned. rice distributed under PDS in respect of na- Prasad and Javadekar had also been the face tional schemes in the State is subsidized by of Cabinet briefings, announcing key Cabinet Centre. The State receives subsidy on account decisions on several occasions in the past few of rice so utilized in its PDS. years. To maintain transparency, the State has This is the first reshuffle in the Council of adopted a web-based Paddy Procurement Au- Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he tomation System (P-PAS). Paddy is procured assumed charge for a second term in May from registered farmers only after Aadhaar 2019. based biometric (iris) authentication. This With this reset, Modi has brought in young ensures only genuine registered farmers enter faces and has also given representation to the system. Besides, MSP amount is trans- various social groups and regions in the ferred directly to the accounts of farmers reshuffle. within 24 to 48 hours of purchases of paddy. BHUBANESWAR, THURSDAY, 08 JULY, 2021 www.thekalingachronicle.com THE KALINGA CHRONICLE SportS Popular people’s Daily of Odisha 8 Only in India commentary is seen as post-retirement option, want to break that stereotype: Karthik NEW DELHI: Com- a breath of fresh air about whatever little I that it happened. He Playing for Pakistan has become too easy, mentary in India is into a commentary know about the gave me a few tips (on considered a post-re- box full of doyens. game," he said rather commentating) and it tirement option but "Actually, I was the modestly having went well. More than Dinesh Karthik, who only debutant of that played more than 150 the tips, the time I laments former skipper Shahid Afridi is very much an active final," Karthik said games for India across spent with him was cricketer, wants to with a chuckle. formats. very enlightening and KARACHI: Former sional cricketer," two good perfor- tween just talent and change that percep- While the Indian team On the stereotype that enriching." Pakistan captain Afridi said. mances in domestic mental strength of a tion. went on a 20-day commentary is a thing "It was also a lovely Shahid Afridi feels He said the pathway cricket or the PSL player," Afridi added. With his sharp yet break after the final, for the former players, country and Sunny simple analysis, Karthik moved on to Karthik said: "There bhai and I got to meet playing for the na- into the Pakistan and he is in the na- The former captain Karthik became an in- his next assignment -- are a lot of other sports the Serbian cricket tional team has be- team had become so tional team." said that when a stant hit in the com- the limited overs se- like basketball and team which was very come way too easy easy that even players "What is this? You player appears in do- mentary box when he ries between Sri Lanka football where current interesting." and the players with little domestic should make your mestic cricket for two made his debut in the and England. players come on air Karthik is coming should only be picked cricket exposure were cricketers play do- or three years, selec- World Test Champi- He will also be when they are not across as a natural on onship final between commentating during playing. the microphone and India and New the five-match Test "Even now during the all he did was take a Zealand last month. series between India Sri Lanka-England couple of online ses- Karthik says talking and England before T20s, James Anderson sions (on when to on the microphone is heading to the UAE to was doing it for BBC speak on air, when not much easier than play- play for Kolkata in the next room. So it to) before flying to the ing the game but it Knight Riders in the is a normal thing, it is UK via Serbia. comes with its own set IPL. only in India I think it Commentating on the of challenges. After the IPL had to be is considered like that players one has played Discussing the game suspended in May due (post-retirement op- with can be awkward alongside the likes of to the COVID-19 pan- tion)." but Karthik had a way Michael Atherton and demic, commentary "I obviously want to of dealing with that. Nasser Hussain was just happened for break that stererotype "Commentary can be a also an enriching ex- Karthik, who had done to an extent and I am lot of fun. You need to perience for the 36- some punditry for Sky happy to do this when watch the sport very year-old. Sports during India's I am not playing." keenly to contribute in The cricketer in home series against Before making his the right manner." Karthik was not afraid England in February- commentary debut, "Even while talking to sledge Hussain a bit March. Karthik got to spend a about the players and yet earned plau- "I did that and it went lot of time with Sunil (teammates), you just after spending at least rushed into the side mestic cricket," tors and coaches get dits from the former pretty well. That is Gavaskar in Serbia, a speak about the sport a couple of seasons in and then dropped and Afridi said. a chance to judge his England captain. when I got the oppor- country they were in and you tell people domestic cricket. shunned in the same Afridi felt that bats- temperament. The social media too tunity to do commen- for 10 days before en- how hard it is from heaped praise on the tary and I decided to tering the UK amid the their shoes. That is Speaking at a func- way. men and bowlers He also called for the India wicketkeeper- go for it. The mind set pandemic. what I was trying to tion, Afridi hit out at "That is why our per- needed at least expo- selectors and coaches batsman who brought was just to speak "I am extremely lucky do." the selection policy formances are not sure of two to three to not shun players adopted for the na- consistent with the years before selectors after a few chances if tional team for red amount of cricket we could judge their tal- he failed to perform. and white ball for- play in Pakistan." ent, temperament and "If you give a chance mats. The popular all- ability to cope with to a player and he He was particularly rounder felt that each pressure. doesn't perform, he critical of the way player must be given "The real difference should be sent back players were changed at least two or three playing international into domestic cricket. and debuted in the years exposure in the cricket is how strong Don't make playing Pakistan white balls domestic circuit be- a player is mentally to for Pakistan so easy. squads. fore he is considered handle all the pres- Players must know "It has become so for the national sures that come in in- the value of interna- easy to play for the squad. "Why have we ternational matches tional cricket. I am national team made it so really easy and that includes the totally against players whereas in the past for players to repre- criticism and glare of coming into the side playing for the Paki- sent their country. I the media and fans." on just one or two stan team was the ul- am sad to see that a "We must now judge performances," he timate for any profes- player gives one or the difference be- added. Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova first to reach Wimbledon semifinals

LONDON: Karolina break points she never previously set when the match Pliskova finally had faced. been beyond the was suspended a chance to play in a The Czech has been fourth round. Monday night be- Wimbledon broken only three An overnight break cause of rain. quarterfinal, and she times in the tourna- helped No.14- The versatile made the most of it. ment and has yet to seeded Hubert Hurkacz won 50 The tour veteran lost drop a set. Hurkacz of Poland points at the net, in- only 13 points on Pliskova was the rally past No.2, cluding 10 when her serve and beat U.S. Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev, to playing serve and unseeded Viktorija in 2016, but this is earn the last volley. He became a Golubic 6-2, 6-2 to her deepest run at a quarterfinal berth at first-time Grand advance to the semi- Grand Slam since Wimbledon. Slam quarterfinalist, finals. early 2019. Hurkacz won 2-6, 7- and his opponent Pliskova, who is She is playing at 6 (2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Wednesday will be seeded eighth, Wimbledon for the The players were on his idol, Roger erased all three ninth time and had serve in the fourth Federer. Printed, Published & Owned by Arabinda Mekap & Printed at Mayur Offset Printers, D-1/11, Sec-A, Zone –D, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar-751010, Dist.- Khordha & Published at N-4, F/24, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Dist.- Khordha, Pin 751015, Phone: (0674) 2550751/2555116, Fax No. : 0674-2550504, E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] Editor: Dr. Pabitra Mohan Samantray