millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 147 | Thursday, 1 June 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9621.25 (-3.30) qSENSEX 31,145.80 (-13.60) qDOW JONES 20,948.86 (-80.61) qNASDAQ 6,169.84 (-33.35) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.51 (+0.15) qRUPEE/EURO 72.46 (-0.35) qGOLD/10GM 29,100 (-250.00) qSILVER/K 40,000 (-450.00) ADMINISTRATIVE BABRI CASE: INDIA, AUSTRALIA ‘THERE WERE REVIEW MEETING COURT ASKS CBI FAVOURITES LIMITED CHOICES AT TARAKESWAR WITNESS TO APPEAR DESPITE OFF-FIELD WHEN I STARTED TODAY PG3 TODAY PG5 WORRIES PG14 OUT’ PG16 Quick News44 CHIEF MINISTER UNHAPPY OVER HIGH FEES Massive Kabul India’s per capita income truck bomb kills 80, rises 9.7 pc to `1.03 lakh Don’t indulge in malpractices, wounds hundreds NEW DELHI: India’s per capita income grew by 9.7 per cent to Rs 1,03,219 in 2016-17 from HIGHLIGHTS Rs 94,130 a year ago. » A suicide bomber In 2015-16, the rate of growth of the coun- Mamata warns pvt schools had detonated an try’s per capita net income stood at 7.4 per cent. explosives-packed “The per capita income at current prices dur- vehicle in Zanbaq OUR CORRESPONDENT Square around ing 2016-17 is estimated to have attained a level She asked a senior official of La 8:30 am of Rs 1,03,219 as compared to the estimates for Martiniere School Kolkata whether the year 2015-16 of Rs 94,130 showing a rise of KOLKATA: In a much-awaited they were taking donations from » All Indians safe 9.7 per cent,” an official release said. step, Chief Minister Mamata Baner- students. The official answered in » The occurred in Kabul’s diplomatic The data forms part of the ‘Provisional Esti- jee on Wednesday pulled up offi- the negative. However, Banerjee enclave mates of Annual National Income 2016-17 and cials of several private schools in the said that she had received informa- Quarterly Estimates of Gross Domestic Product city at a meeting held at the Town tion that the school takes Rs 2.47 2016-17’ released by the Ministry of Statistics Hall over arbitrary fee hike. lakh as admission fee from a can- KABUL: At least 80 people struggling to beat back the and Programme Implementation on Wednes- At Wednesday’s meeting, the didate. Responding to the query were killed and hundreds insurgents. Over a third of day. Per capita income is a crude indicator of Chief Minister made it clear that of the Chief Minister, the official wounded on Wednesday the country is outside gov- the prosperity of a country. in Bengal, education is of utmost said that the tuition fee had seen a when a massive truck bomb ernment control. In real terms (at 2011-12 prices), per capita importance. Banerjee expressed hike of 11.9 percent which the CM ripped through Kabul’s dip- Hours after the explo- income in 2016-17 rose 5.7 per cent to Rs 82,269, her happiness over several students termed “pretty high”. He also told lomatic quarter, bringing sion ambulances were still at against Rs 77,803 a year ago. MPOST making the state proud by scor- the Chief Minister that in 2016- carnage to the streets of the the scene as rescue workers ing high marks in several Board 17, the tuition fee was Rs 5,883 per Afghan capital and shatter- were digging bodies from Petrol price hiked by `1.23/ examinations. month while in 2017-18, the figure ing windows hundreds of the rubble. However, she also voiced her has increased to Rs 6,583. metres away. “Unfortunately the displeasure over the ever-increas- Likewise, the Chief Minister Bodies littered the scene toll has reached 80 mar- Chief minister Mamata Banerjee interacting with the representatives of private litre, diesel by 89 paise ing fee structure of private schools also requested various other promi- and a towering plume of tyred (killed) and over 300 along with the malpractice of ask- educational institutions at Basement hall of Kolkata Town Hall PIC/ AMIT DATTA nent private schools like The Heri- smoke rose from the area, wounded, including many NEW DELHI: Petrol price was on Wednesday ing for huge amount of money tage School, Delhi Public School which houses foreign women and children,” said hiked by Rs 1.23 per litre and diesel by 89 paise as donations during admissions. The private schools must consider on humanitarian group, South Point School, St Xavi- embassies after the blast in health ministry spokesman a litre in sync with rising international fuel rates. Thus, Banerjee instructed the for- grounds how parents can meet the challenge of an er’s Collegiate School, Shri Shik- the morning rush hour blew Waheed Majroh, adding the The increase in price, effective midnight, mation of a self-regulatory commit- arbitrary increase in the tuition fees every year shayatan School and others to look out the windows of several figures would continue to comes on the back of a Rs 2.16 per litre cut in pet- tee with representation from some into their fee structures. missions and residences. climb as more bodies are rol and Rs 2.10 a litre reduction in diesel prices top private schools of the city along In the meeting, Banerjee made Witnesses described pulled from the debris. effected from May 16. Petrol price in Delhi will with the School Education Depart- money from candidates as a dona- challenge of an arbitrary increase in it clear that Bengali must be taught dozens of cars choking the The interior minis- cost Rs 66.91 per litre from tomorrow as against ment Secretary, Director General tion which she termed “unethical”. the tuition fees every year. People among the three languages up to roads as wounded survi- try, which put the number Rs 65.32 a litre currently. Similarly, a litre of die- of Police and the Commissioner of Banerjee was also quick to add are complaining that it becomes dif- the level of Class X in all schools. It vors and panicked school- of wounded at 320, said a sel will be priced at Rs 5.94, as compared to Rs Police to monitor various aspects that by talking about donation rack- ficult for them to pay the increasing does not matter if a school teaches girls sought safety. Men suicide bomber had deto- 54.90 at present. Announcing the price hike, related to the schools including fee ets, she was not trying to target tuition fees,” Banerjee maintained. Bengali as the third language but it and women struggled to nated an explosives-packed Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest fuel hike and donation issues. the private school authorities. She She also urged the private must be there in the curricula. get through security check- vehicle in Zanbaq Square retailer, said the rates have been hiked excluding During her meeting with the explained that some touts might be school authorities to revise the fee To this, an official of a private points to search for loved around 8:30 am. “More local state levies or VAT and actual increase will senior officials of various private operating a racket and demanding structure as it often becomes dif- school pointed out a technical prob- ones. than 50 vehicles were either be higher depending on the tax rate. MPOST schools at the Town Hall, the Chief huge amounts from people for get- ficult for the people to cough up lem in making Bengali compulsory It was not immedi- destroyed or damaged,” it Minister sent out a clear message ting their children admitted to top the ever-increasing tuition fees. when it comes to Board examina- ately clear what the target said in a statement. that the state government would private schools in the city. She said that on several occasions, tions. Offering a solution to this, was. But the attack under- The ministry called on Govt service still not allow any malpractice in the “There must be transparency money under various heads is col- Banerjee said: “Do not include Ben- scores spiralling insecu- Kabul residents to donate functioning of private schools. in the process. The private schools lected from students in the name of gali in the Board examination. But rity in Afghanistan, where blood, saying hospitals were most rewarding She pointed out that some private must consider on humanitarian computer classes, summer camps make it compulsory in the school a military beset by soaring in “dire need”. schools are taking a huge amount of grounds how parents can meet the and others. examination.” casualties and desertions is See also PG10 PRANAB MUKHERJEE RAJASTHAN HC FOR COW TO BE In today’s DECLARED NATIONAL ANIMAL paper Centre’s notification does not ... CITY ban cattle slaughter: Kerala HC STATE ACHIEVES HIGHEST GST ENROLMENT 3 MPOST BUREAU NATION KERALA/ JAIPUR: Disposing of a NO CHANCE OF MODI-SHARIF MEET 7 PIL filed against the Centre’s move EDIT to ban the sale and purchase of ani- mals for slaughter at cattle markets, BARKATI AND THEMIS 8 the Kerala High Court on Wednes- day observed that the new regulation INTERNATIONAL doesn’t impose a complete ban on cat- tle slaughter. 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