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VOL. 36 | NO.269 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] |www.glimpsesoffuture.com | Price : Rs. 2.00 PM Modi to inaugurate six mega projects in U'Khand Health ministry launches web portal for under 'Namami Gange', first museum on Ganga updates on COVID-19 vaccine development /5/7 DB directs respondents Probe into Shopian encounter Defence Ministry approves IN BRIEF to file latest updated in final stages: J&K DGP status report with regard acquisition of military hardware Soldier injured as Pakistan shells areas to the constructions of 1*."("1 &0 worth Rs 2,290 crore )63 7 FFMA remembers Hindustan Shiv Sena appeals LT. Governor to intervene Shaheed Bhagat Singh to bring health services back on track %C6D:56?E +: SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 28: ner. He also issued on the spot direc - tions for beautification, landscaping Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, and repairing of retaining wall Farooq Khan, today paid obeisance (Kalai) of the shrine surroundings. at the shrine of sheikh Hamza He asked the concerned to en - Makhdoom Kashmiri, popularly sure uninterrupted power and water known as Makhdoom sahib (rA) supply during the Urs days besides and also reviewed the arrangements directing them to ensure regular being made for the Urs Mubarak cleanliness drives to keep the prem - commencing from Tuesday. ises clean. The Advisor also inspect - On the occasion, Advisor Khan ed the Makhdoom sahib (rA) prayed for peace, progress and pros - ropeway and directed the Cable Car perity of Jammu and Kashmir and Corporation Officials to accord pri - wellbeing of the people. ority to devotees and ensure hassle- The Advisor toured the shrine free services. Later, Advisor Khan premises and took a briefing from visited the shrine of peer dastgeer the officers and shrine administra - sahab (rA) at Khanyar and paid KUPWARA, SEPTEMBER 28: grammes like Jan Abiyaan and back to tors about the arrangements being obeisance at the Ziyarat. He interact - Village is to strengthen the roots of pub - made for the Urs during which the ed with the devotees at the shrine district development lic service delivery in a transparent devotees throng the premises from ries. ablution centre (Wazu Khana) for and enquired about the amenities Commissioner (ddC) Kupwara, Anshul manner at the doorsteps of people living all parts of J&K for prayers. Khan directed the officers to women and also took stock of ongo - and arrangements. Garg today convened a meeting of con - in far flung areas. He was also briefed about the on - strictly follow the standard ing developmental works at the The Advisor also interacted with cerned officers to review the prepara - He added that the government is going developmental works in the Operating protocols (sOp) during shrine. speaking on the occasion, the shrine staff and impressed upon tion for smooth conduct of back to committed to cover every citizen under shrine aimed at improving the facili - all activities in the wake of COVId- Advisor Khan stressed upon the offi - them to offer best possible assis - Village programme phase III (b2V3) in the galaxy of welfare programmes ties for the devotees including con - 19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Advisor cers to complete the infrastructure- tance to the visitors and ensure the district. On the occasion, the ddC aimed at enhancing their standard of struction of washrooms and lavato - inspected the newly constructed related works in a time-bound man - proper upkeep of the shrine. said that the purpose of conducting pro - living. DEO B’la reviews measures regarding Panchayat, ULB B2V3: Training imparted to visiting bye-elections BARAMULLA, SEPTEMBER 28: district election Officer baramulla, dr G N Itoo today officers at G’bl, B’pora chaired a meeting of concerned officers to discuss various meas - ures regarding the smooth conduct of upcoming panchayat and GANDERBAL/ BANDIPORA, SEPTEMBER significance of the back to vil - ing during their stay in the re - Urban Local bodies (ULb) bye-elections in the district. On the 28: lage programme saying that the spective panchayats including occasion, a threadbare discussion on the subject was held dur - programme has the sole aim of the visit to important establish - ing which it was informed that 149 sarpanch seats and 2165 The district bringing governance at the ments/ institutions such as panch seats are lying vacant in the district besides, 28 seats of Administrations of Ganderbal doorsteps of the people and in - school, pHC and other govern - councilors in various MCs are also lying vacant. However, all the and bandipora today organized volve local populace in the de - ment offices besides, various positions of bdC chairpersons have been filled in the previous a day-long training session for velopmental activities as per areas and wards of the bdC elections. the visiting officers with an aim their needs. He also urged the panchayat. to make back to Village phase speaking on the occasion, deO stressed for working in coor - participants to hold meetings They were also informed to 3rd (b2V3) more successful and dination and synergy besides directed for making all the requi - with prIs and prominent mem - undertake inspection of works result orientated. On the occa - bers of Gram panchayat to get being carried out in the pan - site arrangements well in advance. sion, the master trainers im - feedback about the action taken chayats under various schemes He also exhorted to ensure that all basic facilities at each parted training to the visiting regarding the demands raised like MGNreGA, 14 FC, b2V designated polling station and emphasized to sort-out all bottle - officers and enlightened them in previous back to Village pro - and other government pro - necks, if any so that the process is conducted smoothly. about the motive behind organ - grams. grams. A suggested activity Moreover, the meeting also discussed details of polling sta - ising programmes like Jan Later, the booklets about schedule has been prepared for tions, locations with regard to accessibility, telecom connectivi - Abhiyaan and b2V3. At various activities to be conduct - the visiting officer and it shall ty, infrastructure, vulnerability and other related issues during Ganderbal: The training was ed during the 3nd phase of the be incumbent on the officer to which the deO was briefed about details of the same by the con - imparted under the supervision programme were distributed ensure that all activities and el - cerned quarters. Later, the deO in presence of various officers of district development among the visiting officers. ements mentioned in the inaugurated eVM Warehouse that has been constructed inside Commissioner, shafqat Iqbal. Additional deputy schedule are carried out/ cov - It was given out that 126 the dC office complex. Among others, the meeting was attend - Commissioner Ganderbal, ered fully. The training session panchayat Halqas of various ed by deputy deO sameer Jan, ACd, executive Officers, bdOs, Farooq Ahmed baba and Chief was attended by all the officers blocks are to be covered across besides various other concerned functionaries.speaking on the planning Officer were also related with b2V3 keeping the district under back to vil - present on the occasion. COVId protocol and ensuring occasion, deO stressed for working in coordination and syner - lage phase-III. speaking on the At bandipora: The officers that the same is to be followed gy besides directed for making all the requisite arrangements occasion, ddC highlighted the were briefed about their work - during b2V3. well in advance. Demolition drive conducted in Pulwama Javid Abidi memorial cricket tournament PULWAMA, SEPTEMBER 28: expenditure incurred upon the lifting of debris and dis - culminates at Anantnag district Administration mantling of illegal structures ANANTNAG, SEPTEMBER 28: among the winner and runner up dependence of all educated young - pulwama today conducted a shall be borne by the viola - teams.The cricket tournament was sters with special focus on specially massive demolition drive to tors. The two days Javid Abidi me - organised by district abled persons. He assured every clear the encroachments and He also directed morial cricket tournament for spe - Administration Anantnag in col - kind of support to the disabled per - illegal constructions in executive Officer Municipal cially-abled today culminated at pulwama town, here. Committee to issue notices to laboration with Humanity Welfare sons, saying that it was the ethical Govt. degree College for boys The drive was headed by the illegal encroachers under organization. duty of all citizens to contribute to - Anantnag. district development the provisions of J&K A total of 08 teams 02 each wards the well being and prosperity The cricket tournament was or - Commissioner (ddC) Municipal Act 2000 for the from Anantnag, pulwama, Kulgam of specially abled community. ganised by district Administration pulwama, dr raghav Langer. recovery of the same. and 01 each from budgam and earlier ddC also distributed Anantnag in collaboration with during the drive various The ddC warned people shopian participated in the said trophies and sports kits at sports Humanity Welfare organization. illegally raised structures in tures in the town particularly the town will pave way for de - particularly individuals, in - tournament. during the tourna - stadium Anantnag where zone level the main market were razed along roadsides and on foot - congestion while having ju - stitutions and organisations A total of 08 teams 02 each ment Anantnag (A) defeated under-19 volleyball tournament to ground that included a paths. He asked people not dicious use of the land for to refrain from encroaching from Anantnag, pulwama, Kulgam pulwama (A) by 64 runs and thus was conducted by dyss Anantnag. commercial complex near to indulge in illegal construc - public purpose. state and kahcharai land as and 01 each from budgam and lifted the winning trophy of the The final match of which was district hospital, shops at tion activities and encroach - Meanwhile, the ddC di - stern action would be initiat - shopian participated in the said tournament. On the occasion, the played today between Hr. drusso besides a poultry ments adding that all en - rected executive Officer ed under law. tournament. ddC said that the aim of organising secondary schools Anantnag and farm at Wagam. croachments which have Municipal committee The ddC on the occasion district development the sports event is to encourage the dalgam, Anantnag won by 01 goal. On the occasion, the ddC been raised illegally will be pulwama to issue recovery was accompanied by Commissioner (ddC) Anantnag, persons with disabilities and bring Among others principal GdC, said that the district demolished and violators notices against the illegal en - Tehsildar pulwama, eO K.K. siddha who was the Chief smiles on their faces. He said the boys Anantnag, ACr, district Administration has initiated would be dealt strictly under croachers of state and Municipal Committee and Guest on the occasion distributed district administration is working social Welfare officer and dysO action against the offenders law. The ddC further added kahcharai land, illegal con - other officers and officials of sports kits, trophies, mementos on a comprehensive skill develop - and other officers were present on who have raised illegal struc - that the demolition drive in struction of shops so that the concerned departments. and appreciation certificates ment plan to facilitate economic in - the occasion. 110 high mast lights to illumine Raids conducted on illegal mining, 16 DDC Kupwara reviews streets of Kishtwar Town tippers seized, 30 blacklisted in Pulwama ADC Pawan Parihar launches PULWAMA, SEPTEMBER 27: arrangements of RDD installation work On receiving immense KISHTWAR, SEPTEMBER 28: complaints from the locals, sector ahead of B2V3 the deputy Commissioner The work for the installation of high mast street (dC) pulwama, dr raghav KUPWARA, SEPTEMBER 28: The ddC directed the concerned of - lights was today started in the Kishtwar Township by Langer conducted nocturnal ficers to closely coordinate all relevant the Municipal Committee (MC). A total 110 high raids in the intervening night district development activities to be carried out during the masts and street lights costing rs 8.66 Lakh have been of 27 september here. Commissioner (ddC), Kupwara, ambitious back to Village-3 pro - provided by Kishtwar development Authority (KdA) The dC conducted raids in Anshul Garg today convened a meeting gramme. of concerned officers to review the to MC Kishtwar for replacement of dysfunctional and Lassipora, Kakapora, He directed the concerned officers arrangements put in place by rural new lights in the Township. Additional deputy pampore and Galander to to ensure adequate time is given to Commissioner, pawan Kumar, who also holds the development department (rdd) for check operations of illegal every panchayat for organizing of nec - charge of CeO, KdA launched the installation work in smooth conducting of back to Village mining in the district and essary activities along with Visiting the presence of president Municipal Committee, riyaz programme phase 3rd (b2V3) in the seized scores of clay loaded Officers. Ahmed Zargar and other Ward members of the Civic district. The meeting discussed thread - tippers. Later, the ddC took a detailed re - body. Accounts Officer-KdA, daleep rathore, bare arrangements for conducting of during the raids 16 tip - view of wage payment status of various sanitary Inspector MC, Vinod Kumar besides other various activities by rdd in all 385 pan - pers were confiscated besides works under the rdd sector. staff were present on the occasion. The AdC said the chayats of the district during the b2V3 Among others, Additional district impounding and blacklisting against the violators. cerned departments to have replacement of the old and dysfunctional lights would programme. development Commissioner (AddC), 30 tippers by the ArTO. He expressed resentment day and night vigil to curb the be completed expeditiously ahead of winters. The These activities among others, in - Mohammad Ashraf bhat, Additional The dC directed the Ar - over the indiscriminate min - incidents of mining and reit - president Municipal Committee thanked the KdA and clude inauguration of 2 game events in deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Nazir TO to cancel the rCs, driving ing despite section 144 is al - erated zero tolerance policy of said that the move will provide much needed relief to every panchayat by the concerned visit - Ahmad Lone, Assistant Commissioner Licenses and permits of the ready imposed at places the district Administration the locals and business community as they were facing ing officer, inauguration of at least one development, executive engineer, seized vehicles, besides di - where illegal mining is taking against illegal mining and problems in moving freely during late hours due to lack work at panchayat level and distribu - reW, block development Officers, recting the respective place. asked the concerned to act of adequate street lights. tion of benefits under various schemes Aees and other concerned attended the Tehsildars to lodge FIr The dC directed the con - tough against the violators. like pMAy, solar lights etc. meeting. Glimpses of Future 5 lOcal/natiOnal JAMMU, TUesdAy, sepTeMber 29, 2020 Grievance RDD for economic upliftment of society, implement redressal camp held at block RDD schemes effectively: Advisor Baseer Khan Bhoond KATHUA, SEPTEMBER 28:- A block level Jan sunwai “Monitoring at different levels to achieve targets within deadline” camp was today organized here at Jandrali in block SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 28: about the works started under MGN - bhoond. bdC Chairman, reGA and 14th FC during Jan Abhiyan shankar singh, sarpanchs Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, and the payments made thereof and and panchs projected devel - baseer Ahmad Khan today asked rural passed on several directions. opment issues pertaining to development and panchayati raj While reviewing the progress report different panchayats before department to effectively implement under various flagship schemes of the block development Officer rdd schemes with special focus on the department, the Advisor asked the con - and officers of line depart - schemes meant for housing, wage gen - cerned to work with utmost zeal and ments. The issues highlight - eration, development and other works. dedication and achieve the fixed targets ed by deputations included The Advisor passed on these direc - well in time. shortage of medical staff at tions during the review meeting of The Advisor also said that after pHC Jandrali, shortage of rural development and panchayati raj completion of back to Village 3, a meet - teaching staff at middle regarding the implementation of vari - ing will be held where officers having school, Jandrali. They also ous schemes, programmes and policies achieved optimum results shall be en - demanded clearance of in Kashmir division. couraged and those whose performance pending pension cases, tap A detailed discussion was held on is not found upto the mark action will be water supply and coverage of the works undertaken under Jan taken accordingly. left out families for ration Abhiyan, MGNerGA, payments under The Advisor was also briefed about cards. The deputations of 14th Finance Commission (FC), draft the achievements registered under different panchayats also plan of 15th FC, pradhan Mantri Awas rdd and panchayati raj sectors in the demanded completion yojana (Grameen), Aadhaar seeding, Kashmir division through a power point works taken up under phase Greh pravesh Gifts and Geo tagging. presentation. secretary, rural I & II of b2V programme. He said that rdd is grabbing a lot of development and panchayati raj The bdO assured that all the attention throughout the country and department sheetal Nanda; director, projected issues have been the officers have a strong role to play in is concerned and the officers will come ent levels so that all the schemes and ous assets, the Advisor asked for sus - rural development Kashmir Qazi duly registered and every ef - this regard. He said that the department under scrutiny. programmes are completed within the tained efforts to keep up the pace and sarwar; director rural sanitation; se fort will be made to redress the same in a time bound has been created for the economic up - The Advisor also asked the officers set deadline. While reviewing the con - achieve the targets set for it and said rural development Kashmir were pres - manner. Later, a team of rev - liftment of rural section of society and of different ranks to visit the blocks to struction of panchayat Ghars, he direct - that every penny on account of sbM lia - ent in the meeting. ACds, executive enue department led by every officer needs to gear up his efforts keep a track of the developmental activ - ed that they are a vital part of grass root bility should be disbursed by the visit - engineers and district panchayat Tehsildar distributed 228 with responsibility. ities and asked them to maintain self ex - democracy and special focus should be ing officer. Officers of Kashmir division attended domicile certificates, 211, The Advisor maintained that there planatory dairies about their visits. He laid for the timely completion of The Advisor also took report from the meeting through video conferenc - Income certificates, 127 should be a perceptible change in the also added that there will be monitoring panchayat Ghars in left out blocks. Assistant Commissioner development ing from their respective district head - Category certificates and 50 coming days as far as rural development of all the developmental works at differ - regarding the geo tagging of vari - of each district of Kashmir division quarters. Community certificates . Centre approves 29 cases of J&K GDC Kishtwar conducts second phase Fix responsibility for creating NPAs in under Industrial the bank: Navin Choudhary to Officers Development of Campus Cleanliness Drive Chairs the 6thBoD of JCCB Limited today Scheme SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 28: JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 28: principal secretary Union secretary, Cooperatives, Animal, sheep department for promotion of Husbandry and Fisheries depart - Industry and Internal Trade, ments, Navin Kumar Choudhary to - dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra to - day asked the officers that responsi - day chaired a meeting of bility for every Non-performing empowered Committee (eC) Assets (NpAs) in the bank should be for consideration of registration fixed. of manufacturing and service He made these remarks while sector Units under Industrial chairing the 6th board of directors The principal secretary urged investment of rs 100 crore into gov - development scheme-2017 of J meeting of the Jammu Central the bank officers to review all the in - ernment sponsored JKIdFC at an & K, Uttarakhand and Cooperative bank (JCCb) Limited. vestments made by the bank and attractive interest rate of 10% per Himachal pradesh. The meet - The meeting was attended by asked them to focus on lending to annum. The board also authorized a ing was attended by the con - divisional Commissioner Jammu, primary sector which is the main 3 member committee to sign the au - cerned officers of the J & K, sanjeev Verma; deputy objective of the cooperative banks. dited balance sheets of the bank for Uttarakhand and Himachal Commissioner Jammu, shushma Navin further asked the bank to the year 2019-20. pradesh. director Industries & Chauhan; General Manager JCCb, KISHTWAR, SEPTEMBER 28: and volunteers of JK eco-watch organiza - come up with the revival roadmap The board also decided to ratio - Commerce, Jammu Anoo Mohammad Mushtaq; seema tion participated actively. They were pro - of their own. He maintained that nalise the staff of the bank and look Malhotra and director Khajooria shekher (director) and Government degree College Kishtwar vided gloves and sanitizers. bank has every chance of revival like for the ways and means to engage Industries & Commerce, many other bank officers and offi - today conducted the second phase of The programme focused on cleaning past as it has played an important the technical hands having expert - Kashmir Mehmood shah at - cials through a video conferencing Campus Cleanliness drive in collaboration up college campus and creating awareness role in the economy of the region in ise in running the affairs of the bank tended the meeting through from Jammu. with JK eco watch Organisation as a part the past. He asked them to rational - professionally. video conferencing from among the society in general and students Navin, who is also chairman of of a series of activities scheduled to cele - ize the branches and signify all the The board further decided to Jammu & srinagar respectively. in particular. the bank, asked the officers to sub - brate 151st Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. branches quantifying profit of each hold the meeting again shortly after during the meeting, 29 cases of speaking on the occasion, prof. mit all the details of advances made The event was held under the patron - branch. He encouraged the employ - receiving the requested data and Jammu and Kashmir were Anirudh stressed upon the value of cleanli - by the bank. He directed them to age of the College principal, prof. Anirudh ees to work for the betterment of the relevant figures from the bank to placed before the empowered ness in our daily life and added that only mention all the details like sanc - bank that would proportionately decide about the other allied mat - Committee for consideration of sharma and convenorship of prof. sonika clean and green surroundings can save the tioning authority, amount of instal - ensure their advancement also. ters pertaining to employees of the registration under Ids-2017, of sen, HOd sociology. during the cleanli - environment, ecosystem and nurture life ment, last installment paid and cur - The board gave its nod for the bank. which 13 cases from Jammu . ness drive, faculty members of the college on earth. rent status of each loan. Jan -Abhiyan DDC Kathua discusses District DDC Ramban listens to people’s issues at Gool RAMBAN, SEPTEMBER 28: spot and the rest were forwarded to the conducting Jan Abhiyan is to im - Skill Action Plan at DSC meeting the concerned departments for its prove service delivery and redressal district development redressal through an established of public grievances, during Awami KATHUA, SEPTEMBER 28: Kathua) Naresh singh briefed the mitted by the departments along Commissioner (ddC), Nazim Zai tracking system. sunwai Muhim. He directed the Industrial representatives about with their success stories. He asked Khan today visited sub division The ddC also distributed the ACd to organize capacity building The counters of the district various skill Training schemes of the departments, who have not Gool and presided over a mega pub - Coffee table book, domicile certifi - programmes for prIs enable them Action plan were today discussed Government in the implementation submitted the skill action plan yet lic outreach programme under Jan cates, Income certificates and caste to deal with day to day official busi - here at district skill Committee of which they can play an important to submit the same at an earliest for Abhiyan where the people of the sur - certificates among the eligible appli - ness. He also directed ACd to estab - (dsC) ITI Kathua meeting held role. He sought the support of the early finalization of district skill rounding blocks highlighted their cants. He also presented sports kits lish a helpline number to facilitate here under the chairmanship of Industrial sector in the training & action plan. problems and developmental issues. to local youth to promote sports ac - prIs to deal with their official district development absorption of the local skilled Among others, the meeting was bdC, Chairperson Gool, tivities in rural areas.bdC, works. shakeela begum; bdC Chairman Commissioner, Om prakash labour as per their demand. attended by executive president Chairperson Gool, shakeela begum; responding to the portable wa - Gundi dharam, Javed Ahmed bhagat. The Chairman district skill CTM Kathua, president Industrial bdC Chairman Gundi dharam, ter supply issues raised by the prIs, Manhas; ACd, Zameer Ahmed The district skill Committee Committee Om parkash bhagat ex - Association Kathua, president Javed Ahmed Manhas; ACd, the ddC assured that all the areas rishu; sdM, Gool, Gias-Ul-Haq; (dsC) ITI Kathua with members horted upon Industrial representa - Industrial Association Hiranagar , Zameer Ahmed rishu; sdM, Gool, would be covered under the Jal CMO, dr. Mohammad Fareed; from different departments and tives to come forward to play their Chief Agriculture Officer Kathua , Gias-Ul-Haq; CMO, dr. Mohammad Jiwan Mission scheme. He directed Tehsildar Gool, XeNs pWd, ALC representatives from industrial active role in skill Training for district Officer J&K sC/sT/ObC Fareed; Tehsildar Gool, XeNs pWd, the concerned officers to explore the and several district and sectoral offi - Association gave valuable sugges - which they assured full cooperation Corporation , director rseTI , ALC and several district and sectoral possibilities to open Aadhar Centres cer besides prIs and general public tions for achieving the target of to the dsC in general and ITIs in district Nodal officer JKedI officer besides prIs and general in far flung blocks. He also asked the attended the outreach programme. skill development in the district. particular. Kathua , Functional Managers dIC public attended the outreach pro - prIs to work in coordination with during the public hearing, the superintendent ITI Kathua Meanwhile, the dsC discussed Kathua , Handicrafts Training offi - gramme. speaking on the occasion, Government departments to devel - ddC resolved many issues on the (Convener district skill Committee in detail the skill action plan sub - cer Handicraft department the ddC emphasized that the aim of op their areas. Advisor Khan takes stock of ongoing works at Bibi Haleema Nursing College Says College being developed with State-of-Art infrastructure for nursing students SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 28: formed that the project is com - course which is being offered by speaking on the occasion, concerned executing agency to ing at an estimated cost of rs 10 the college and the course is Advisor Khan observed there is expedite the process on remain - Advisor to Lieutenant crore with modern training be - considered one of the presti - a huge demand of b.sc Nursing ing works so that the building Governor, Farooq Khan today ing imparted at the college with gious medical courses. course which is being offered by would be dedicated to aspiring visited the under-construction highly ventilated and spacious He said that college is being the college and the course is students for modern nursing bibi Haleema Nursing College class rooms, library and park - developed on modern lines with considered one of the presti - training courses. at Kathi darwaza and took ing facilities. besides the col - state ‐Of ‐Art infrastructure gious medical courses. He also directed the con - stock of ongoing works there. lege will have hostel facility for keeping in view of the modern The Advisor was also in - cerned to make the building dif - The Advisor was accompa - students and office accommo - needs with primary focus on formed that the college’s one ferently abled friendly with pro - nied by CeO Wakf board, Mufti dation for the college staff. training for nurses. besides the storey has been completed visions of lifts, ramps and rail - Fareed; AdC srinagar, The college is being run by college will have hostel facility while the work on second storey ing facilities among other Khursheed Ahmad shah con - Wakf board J&K. for students and office accom - is in full swing and the rest work things to take concrete steps to cerned engineers and members speaking on the occasion, modation for the college staff. is in progress to near comple - enforce accessibility standards of Wakf board. Advisor Khan observed there is The college is being run by tion. and guidelines for specially On the occasion, he was in - a huge demand of b.sc Nursing Wakf board J&K. Advisor Khan directed the abled persons. Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU TUesdAy sepTeMber 29 , 2020 Glimpses of Future Free market or Campany Raj ? esTAbLIsHed IN 1986 By : INDRA SHEKHAR SINGH never have a fair agreement. Neither can sheep and wolves co-operate, Corporations and agro-proces - nor can a corporation and a margin - Offensive steps sors can demand graded products al Gond farmer in Madhya pradesh. for Msp. Otherwise they may not Today the farmer is weak, highly buy at all or at reduced prices. indebted and trapped in the cycle of hina has now become a enemy of many peace Where will the small farmer go over-production and low income. loving countries as the leadership of country is then?. A bharat bandh, millions of His monthly household surplus is farmers on the streets, eight under rs 1,500 per month. This has Ctaking offensive steps on borders and in the sea. Opposition leaders suspended, already been destroyed by COVId- China is using its militarised outposts in the south National democratic Alliance 19. each harvest season, his input (NdA) partners and rashtriya and production costs rise, yet he China sea as platforms of coercion to assert control swayamsevak sangh (rss) affiliates cannot even sell at a minimum sup - over waters it has no lawful claim over, the United openly rebelling against the port price (Msp). As per reports, on - Government, these scenes have ly six per cent farmers sell at Msp, states has said, demanding president Xi Jinping to ho- been dominating our news cycles. the remaining 94 per cent are de - nour his commitment that these maritime construc- yet prime Minister Narendra Modi pendent on markets and traders is confident that the three farm bills outside the ApMC mandi. reality tions "would not target or impact any country". beijing are good for India. Theoretically, the check small and marginal farmers claims almost all of the 1.3 million square-mile south bills appear well-intentioned but cannot even reach the ApMC as they the devil is always in the implemen - don’t have any means of transporta - China sea as its sovereign territory. China has been tation. Overall, they aim to empower tion, forget selling outside their geo - building military bases on artificial islands in the re- farmers to sell from farm-gate but in graphic limits. The majority of farm - the process end up empowering cor - men-infested Agricultural produce rajya sabha last sunday, negating ers are marginal. This means they gion which, in parts, is claimed by brunei, Malaysia, porations and traders to expand Market Committee (ApMC).” debate and passing the bills by voice only grow enough to feed their fami - the philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. beijing has im- their businesses and swamp the Hence, break the ApMC and free the vote. This naturally raised more lies and sell a little surplus to the farm to fork chain. A new wave of farmers. Now corporations and any doubts. Indian farmers have had markets. From the village field, peded commercial activity like fishing and mineral ex- liberalisation just rammed into ru - other person with a pAN card can di - centuries of slavery under the away from the town, they sometimes ploration by neighbouring nations in recent years, say- ral India. but many suspect the real rectly procure products from farm - Company raj and perhaps that’s find it convenient to sell to local agenda is generating “agri-dollars” ers. Agri-business companies can why a muffled voice of Mp sr traders. Most of them begin the sow - ing the ownership of the resource-rich maritime terri- and in the words of dissenting enter into contracts with them. but balasubramaniam, who evoked the ing season by taking credit for seeds tory belongs to China for hundreds of years. Us state (Telangana rashtra samithi) Mp dr what complicated matters was the “Champaran satyagraha”, rang the and fertilisers and repay them n Keshava rao, to “make an agricul - lack of substance in the bills, no loudest. ApMC will be replaced by through post-harvest sales. The ten - department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus o ture country into a corporate coun - mention of a guaranteed price for the corporate market as there is no ant farmers are worse off. They want sunday said five years ago on september 25, 2015 the try.” The Government argues that farm pick-ups in case of a bad year or fair agreement between two unequal to sell at Msp but due to the trader- Chinese president, standing in the White House rose farmers are not free to sell anywhere excess yields and the Government’s parties, he stated. He may be right creditor-farmer relationship and because of a “corrupt and middle - cavalier manner of handling the after all as a david and Goliath can Free market on Page 7 Garden, promised 'China does not intend to pursue militarisation' of the spratly Islands, and China's out- posts 'would not target or impact any country'. Instead the Chinese government backed by the Chinese Mixed feelings and hard reality Communist party (CCp) has pursued reckless and provocative militarisation of these disputed outposts, By : VINAySHIL GAUTAM perched on a suitcase on wheels was A statistician commented that a similar situa - deploying anti-ship cruise missiles, expanding mili- seen being pulled by a mother on a It is the best of times, it is the 700 km-long journey home. The tion was reported 100 years ago when the Span - tary radar with signal intelligence capabilities, con- worst of times. each day brings distressing images were so many ish Flu struck Mumbai and subsequently the rest structing dozens of fighter jet hangars and runways ca- forth its old cacophony of contra - that even those who sensationalise dictory claims and overwhelming such things in the media failed to of India. Indeed, the colonisers were to “blame” pable of accommodating combat aircraft, Ortagus statistics. The global pandemic has call them “haunting images.” for that sorry state of affairs. After so much fan - said. "The CCp uses these militarised outposts as plat- sired some new phrases and expres - some news channels launched a sions. One of them is “the new nor - campaign to extend the period of fare over “the great revolution” the Indian forms of coercion to assert control over waters to mal is the ever-changing normal” the lockdown when the first three healthcare system has undergone, the tally of which beijing has no lawful maritime claim, Ortagus and another is “progressive digiti - weeks were about to end. The pow - victims today remains similar in global percent - sation.” between “the changing ers that be obliged. The believers said. They serve as staging grounds for the hundreds of normal” and “progressive digitisa - celebrated the extension of the lock - ages to that in the times of the Spanish Flu. In maritime militia vessels and China Coast Guard ships tion” is endemic anxiety over a situ - down period, which was then pro - the meanwhile, one witnesses a spate of policy ation totally out of our control. One longed all over again. by the time that regularly harass civilian carriers and impede legit- doesn’t know where it began and the actual unlocking process start - reforms in education, administration, maritime- imate law enforcement activities, offshore fishing, and frankly one doesn’t know where it ed, many had almost forgotten how related matters and of course agriculture. could end. In the meanwhile, the act to begin again. This time around, hydrocarbon development by neighbouring states. In of governance of 130 billion people the new slogan was “jaan bi, jahaan In such circumstances, move out of drafted their amateurish connectiv - recent months, there have been an unprecedented continues to spawn a large number bi (health as well as wealth).” There the house only when it is totally nec - ity regulations. This is something of contradictions. It began with the were various permutations of the essary ...” The political masters pro - few have patience with. The endless number of states expressing their formal opposition at slogan “jaan hai, toh jahan hai early “un-lockdown.” Inter-state claim that the “un-lockdown” phase webinars often get interrupted and the United Nations to China's unlawful maritime (health is wealth).” All shutters barriers got diluted, inter-district is necessary to encourage economic the screen blinks that the “internet were closed in a matter of hours constraints played havoc and many activity. One is not quite clear how connectivity of xyz is weak.” claims in the south China sea. and events were allowed to run “innovative” constraints surfaced. such telephonic alert on stirring out Undeterred, the economically their course. Many in the power cir - even today, in a city which is the of the house would encourage eco - weaker sections, desperate to keep cles claimed to be surprised at the proverbial centre of power, pick up nomic activity. When this question the learning of their kids alive, scout mass exodus on foot the lockdown a phone and call a landline of the was posed to the head of an infor - around for second hand smart - triggered. Teenage daughters and metropolitan telephone service. mation technology company, he phones. To borrow from a much- pre-teen sons were seen pedalling The ring is preceded by a recorded chuckled and said, “surely this is to celebrated english novel: “people Much needed closure their fathers and mothers on bicy - voice message, which when trans - encourage online business!” were all going to heaven and all of cles and tricycle carts to destina - lated into english, goes something pointing out that internet capaci - them were going the other way. It is tions they thought of as home, hun - like this: “In the entire country, the ties are stretched to the limit, sever - the best of times, it is the worst of dreds of kilometres away. A child process of un-lockdown has begun. al communication platforms have Mixed feelings on Page 7 Bills to grow farmer’s income By : BINDU DALMIA Independence in order to transit to - wards a “One Nation, One Market.” reforms will have a net positive each farm bill enables this transi - impact as the agricultural sector tion differently. but this article moves from a subsidy-centric to a specifically focusses on the Farmers market-oriented approach, encour - (empowerment and protection) aging the agripreneurial aspirations Agreement on price Assurance and of the growers. Tough times are test - Farm services bill, 2020, which will ing the most resilient of leaders increase efficiencies in the low-prof - globally. despite the nation being it agriculture sector by opening it up confronted with serial adversities, to contract farming. Why is corpo - The Government should accept the arbitration verdict and draw a line Modi 2.0 retains and compounds ratising agriculture a farmer-friend - the prime Minister’s political capital under the Vodafone issue. pranab Mukherjee was a consummate politi - ly reform? India, having matured to by powering on with the reforms cian and when the man, who was India’s 13th president, passed away re - a food-surplus economy, is today agenda, regardless of the clamour by more in need of focussing on “sur - cently, he was fondly remembered by all across the political spectrum. yet, “compulsive contrarians”, as the plus-management” to decrease one of Mukherjee’s legacies as Finance Minister was the unfortunate retro- late Arun Jaitley referred to the wastage. This will increase farmers’ spective tax legislation that he included in one of the Finance bills he pre - Opposition. since the lockdown, the profitability by ramping up cold sented. This singular piece of legislation, for which the entire Cabinet of Centre has pressed ahead with a se - storage facilities and food-process - the time, including dr Manmohan singh, must share responsibility, ru - ries of incremental reforms: From ing infrastructure that will lead to ined India’s reputation as an investment desti nation. It was in May 2012 the Atmanirbharta series to the value-added manufacturing. The that the parliament passed the Finance Act under which various provi - National education policy (Nep) annual agri-wastage is estimated at sions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, were amended with retrospective effect 2020 and the trilogy of agriculture been a constant drain on the excheq - increase its productivity potential to rs 92,000 crore, so corporatisation to tax any gain on transfer of shares in a non-Indian company which de - reforms. Then there are the three uer as it was compelled to fund an at least 10 per cent in order to lift ru - of the sector will enable building a rived substantial value from underlying Indian assets. And the exemplar of new bills intended to consolidate uneconomic sector. To make mat - ral India out of poverty. Increasing seamless farm-to-consumer supply Much needed on Page 7 social security for migrant labour - ters worse, the farm sector delivered per capita earnings can only happen chain. Contrary to allegations that ers, which will impact 80 per cent of only subsistence-level earnings to through expansion of economic ac - the legislation is loaded in favour of the population employed in the in - the farmers, a point validated by the tivity by firing equally on all four corporates, I wish to substantiate H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y formal sector. The series of post- NssO (National sample survey cylinders of the economy: through empirical evidence how pandemic legislations cannot be Office) estimates which show that Agriculture, manufacturing, ex - corporatising the sector benefited viewed in silos but must be seen as a rural indebtedness escalated by 12 ports and services. essentially, the farmers. It profited growers by un - 1066 : William the Conquer invades England set of structural and incremental re - per cent between 1993 to 2013. intent of any reform must be gauged derwriting their seasonal produce forms aimed at rebooting the econo - Mitigating agrarian distress re - by the “degree of inclusivity embed - through a negotiated pre-fixed price Claiming his right to the english throne, William, duke of Normandy, my and improving the ease of doing quires reducing dependency on cul - ded in its blueprint.” Considering with corporates that offered income coast. His subse- invades england at pevensey on britain’s southeast business (eOdb) for farmers. tivation as a source of livelihood and that 500 million of our workforce is surety. It also encouraged a shift quent defeat of King Harold II at the battle of Hastings marked the be- The post-Corona “new normal” moving towards value-added manu - engaged in farming, the landmark from mono-cropping to crop diver - ginning of a new era in british history. William was the illegitimate son of challenges every vector of economic facturing. because, a whopping 58 reforms will have a net positive im - sification, bought in new technolo - robert I, duke of Normandy, by his concubine Arlette, a tanner’s daugh- growth to optimise and converge re - per cent of our workforce is depend - pact as the agricultural sector moves gies and helped in financing and ter from the town of Falaise. The duke, who had no other sons, designat- source efficiencies. This is so that ent on farm income, but contributes from a subsidy-centric to a market- modernisation. The best Indian ex - ed William his heir, and with his death in 1035 William became duke of each vertical of the economy turns only 17 per cent to India’s Gross oriented approach, encouraging the amples of corporatising farming are Normandy at age seven. rebellions were epidemic during the early years self-sustaining and profitable. domestic product (Gdp). At pres - agripreneurial aspirations of the seen from the outcomes of the Amul of his reign, and on several occasions the young duke narrowly escaped Agriculture is one vertical that has ent, agriculture can only deliver a growers. The agri-reforms, though paradigm, the e-chaupals and the death. Many of his advisers did not. by the time he was 20, William had been constantly dependent on sub - growth rate of 3.4 per cent per an - politically sensitive, were much patanjali models of sourcing from acked by King Henry I of France. Henry become an able ruler and was b sidies, doles and welfarism. This has num, whereas we need the sector to needed after 73 years of Parliamentary on Page 7 1066 on Page 7 Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU TUesdAy sepTeMber 29 , 2020 Former DGP Sumedh Saini appears dMK, allies protest against farm laws, stalin says "ready to go to court" PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Nadu government should follow suit and if before SIT in 1991 Multani case Chennai, Sep 28 this does not happen, "we (dMK) as an op - position party are ready to go to court on be - PRESS TRUST Of INDIA nection with the disappearance of by the police after the terrorist at - dMK and its allies hit the streets across half of far mers and the people," he said. Chandigarh, Sep 28 Multani in 1991 when he was work - tack on saini, who was then the sen - Tamil Nadu on Monday, protesting the prime Minister Narendr a Modi had often ing as a junior engineer with the ior superintendent of police in three farm sector legislations with its chief Former punjab dGp sumedh said that he was the son of a poor mother Chandigarh Industrial and Chandigarh, in 1991. However, the M K stalin saying his party was ready to singh saini on Monday appeared and "this son of a poor mother is now mak - Tourism Corporation. police had later claimed that challenge the Centre's contentious move in before the sIT in Mohali in connec - ing a large number of Indians poor" the The police had last month Multani, son of a former IAs offi - court. Addressing a demonstration at a vil - tion with the disappearance case of dMK chief charged. Attacking CM K added murder charge under sec - cer, had escaped from police cus - lage in neighbouring Kancheepuram dis - junior engineer balwant singh tion 302 of the IpC in the FIr in the tody of Qadian police in Gurdaspur. palaniswami, he said though the AIAdMK Multani in 1991. The special trict as part of the state-wide protest, he al - leader took pride in calling himself a disappearance case after two for - saini and six others were booked on leged the new laws would drive farmers Investigation Team of the punjab mer Chandigarh police personnel-- the complaint of balwant Multani's farmer, the lives of the royts have "taken a police on sunday had summoned away from their lands. "Take back farm hit" only after he assumed power. stalin, al - former UT police Inspector Jagir brother, palwinder singh Multani, laws," "We will not rest until the farmers in - saini to join the investigation at the singh and former AsI Kuldeep who is a resident of Jalandhar. so the leader of Opposition in the assembly, terests are protected," "farmers betrayed," Mataur police station in connection singh, who are also co-accused, The case was registered against alleged farmers would be driven out of their and "farm laws lead to hoarding," were with the case. turned approver. saini, a 1982- them under sections 364 (kidnap - own lands and their lives shall go backward. among the slogans raised during the saini reached the police station batch Ips officer, was the youngest ping or abducting in order to mur - After consultations with allies, the next demonstrations. The dMK-led alliance, at around 11 am. earlier, the former dGp in the country when he was der), 201 (causing disappearance of course of action like further protests which includes the Congress and Left par - punjab director General of police appointed the state police chief in evidence of offence), 344 (wrongful against the farm laws would be decided, he ties among others, on last Monday decided had failed to appear before the sIT 2012. He was removed from the confinement), 330 (voluntarily said. MdMK chief Vaiko, Tamil Nadu on september 23. The supreme post in 2015 after protests erupted causes hurt) and 120 (b) (criminal to hold the state-wide agitation against the Congress Committee president K s Alagiri, Court had granted him interim pro - following sacrilege incidents. saini conspiracy) of the Indian penal bills, passed in the recent parliament ses - dMK leaders T r baalu, dayanidhi Maran tection from arrest in this matter. retired in 2018. Multani, who was a Code at Mataur police station in sion. Kerala was readying to approach the were among those who took part in the saini was booked in May in con - resident of Mohali, was picked up Mohali. supreme Court against the laws and Tamil protests held at separate locations. 34 security personnel among 43 new Four held for betting KeRala Congress MP moves SC COVId-19 patients in Mizoram on IPL matches PRESS TRUST Of INDIA statement issued by the Information PRESS TRUST Of INDIA against newly enacted farm law Sambhal (UP), Sep 28 Aizawl, Sep 28 and public relation department said. PRESS TRUST Of INDIA and inefficient in respect of both input A border road Organisation (brO) Four people were arrested for al - New Delhi, Sep 28 and output management." At least 43 people, including 34 se - staffer was also diagnosed with the in - legedly betting on Indian premier It said the challenges faced by curity personnel, have tested positive fection. All the patients are asympto - League cricket matches in Nakhasa A Congress Mp from Kerala farmers such as dependence on for COVId-19 in Mizoram, pushing matic, it said. According to the state - area here, police said on Monday. The moved the supreme Court on Monday weather, cannot be addressed by the state's tally to 1,908, a statement ment, 32 of the 43 new patients have four identified as Nasim Akhtar, challenging the constitutional validity monetisation of the produce to in - said on Monday. Of the fresh cases, 37 recently returned to Mizoram from Mohammad Nazim, Aqib and shakib of various provisions of the con - crease their income, instead strength - were reported from Aizawl district and other parts of the country. The state were arrested on sunday night from a tentious new farm Act. TN prathapan, ening the Agricultural produce six from Lunglei, it said. Thirty-four now has 535 active cases, while 1,373 house in Haus bhadey sarai, under the who represents Thrissur Lok sabha Market Committee (ApMC) system by security personnel - 16 from Assam people have recovered from the dis - limits of the Nakhasa police station, sp constituency in Kerala, has alleged infusing more capital and effective rifles and 18 from border security ease. The state health department yamuna pras ad . eleven mobile phones, that the Farmers' (empowerment and management of Minimum support Force - have contracted the disease conducted 74,326 sample tests for a TV set and over rs 11,000 in cash were protection) Agreement of price ness and food processing firms, price. "The number of farmers that the and they have been quarantined, the COVId-19 so far, it added. recovered from them, the sp added. Assurance and Farm services Act, wholesalers, exporters and large re - Centre assumed for calculating the 2020 is violative of Article 14 (right to tailers for farm services and sale of cost of pM-Kisan scheme is from the equality), 15 (prohibition of discrimi - produce at a remunerative price Agriculture Census of 2015-16, which nation) and 21 (right to life and liber - framework in a fair and transparent had put the number of operational Contn. from Page 6 ...... ty) of the Constitution. He said the manner. prathapan, in the plea filed agriculture landholdings in the coun - law, which was accorded presidential through lawyer James p Thomas, try at 14.5 crore. "The matter is of sub - assent on sunday, is "liable to be said: "Indian Agriculture is charac - stantial public interest and is emer - Bills to grow ...... struck down as unconstitutional, ille - terised by fragmentation due to small gent as there is need for striking down gal and void". As per the government, holdings and has certain inherent laws which violate the rights of the farmers’ collectives. The active involvement of farmers in giene and contactless doorstep delivery. Also, the share of the new law intends to provide a na - weaknesses beyond control such as 14.5 crore citizens who are engaged in shared initiatives creates a sense of co-ownership as seen cereals in middle-income households is reducing in tional framework for the farming dependence on weather, uncertainties farming before serious financial dam - in the successful prototype of the Amul cooperative which favour of fruits, vegetables and milk. demand for value- agreements to protect and empower in production and an unpredictable age is caused to them and the families was legendary in leading the White revolution. Today, added processed foods is on the rise. Increasing health farmers as they engage with agri-busi - market. This makes agriculture risky of such persons," it said. India is the largest milk producer, and Amul is the largest and wellness awareness, too, is generating demand for a food product FMCG outfit with a rs 52,000 crore wider variety of foodgrains. This calls for a fundamental turnover. The winning philosophy of Amul’s strategy was transformation for the farmer, from selling whatever was that it treated the dairy farmer as a stakeholder by offering his traditional produce to adapting to what the consumer e 6 ...... him higher prices for the produce while purchasing, yet actually wants. When demand-driven value chains enter Contn. from Pag sold it to the consumers at marginal profits. I am guilty of the sector, they bring enormous benefits to the growers as being politically incorrect by validating another example they are able to align production with market demands. on how pursuing a successful Chinese template can bene - because, at the end of the day, increased crop productivity Mixed feelings ...... fit India, too. In 2016, the state Council of China officially alone is not sufficient to raise farmer incomes if market made rural e-commerce a national strategy in its anti- needs do not support such production. eventually, the times.” each day brings forth its old cacophony of contra - maritime-related matters and of course agriculture. each poverty drive, which decreased poverty rates from 10.2 Centre must aim at building consensus by assuaging ap - dictory claims and overwhelming statistics. One news intervention threatens a “new dawn.” believing in it is a per cent to 1.7 per cent in the last six years. And one of the prehensions of farmers, who are being misled through channel proclaimed that 17 per cent of the world’s total great source of joy. One may suffer from Covid-19 or sim - ways it achieved this was by uplinking farmers onto fear-mongering by vested interests, lest they succeed in cases of Covid are in India — among the highest figures ple pharyngitis. One may or may not have access to a sim - Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms of the Taobao Village. sabotaging a progressive legislation, as in the case of countrywise. practically no virus-detection test claims to ple medical advice, which may or may not be clear or ef - The bill on contract farming is a win-win for both suppli - aborting the Land Acquisition bill. Though agriculture is be definitive. being positive needs an interpretation on fective, but the sheer joy of living in such “pulsating digi - ers and marketers. The collectives gain by tapping into not in the Concurrent List and remains a state subject, as where you could stay to get cured. being negative leaves tal times” is surely a “unique” experience. In the mean - multiple synergies derived from the corporates’ ability to the new laws deal with inter-state trade, it becomes a open the possibility of you still being infected. A statisti - while, a few business houses move from being successful support post-harvest logistics, processing, packaging, Central subject. This should hold up to legal scrutiny. The cian commented that a similar situation was reported to being even more successful. Mandis to ports are vari - branding, retailing and their access to a wide distribution Centre is then well within its rights to enact laws and no 100 years ago when the spanish Flu struck Mumbai and ously covered. We should be “grateful” their enterprises network. Marginal and small farmers own less than five state Government that challenged this provision has won subsequently the rest of India. Indeed, the colonisers keep the wheels of the Indian economy lubricated. That hectares of land, so when they form collectives, the aggre - in the past. besides, over time, once farming turns into a were to “blame” for that sorry state of affairs. After so apart, the poor pensioner especially if he is on gation favours regular income, and, in fact, serves to en - lucrative industry, it holds the potential of widening the much fanfare over “the great revolution” the Indian Government benefits has not had his pension revised for hance their collective economic and bargaining power. taxpayer base and could then be considered for being healthcare system has undergone, the tally of victims to - several years since the last Finance Commission while Narendra Modi had promised to double farmers’ income transferred to the Union list. The Centre should in fact day remains similar in global percentages to that in the other groups of employees have raked in their incre - by 2022. The status quo in their earnings will remain if aim at taxing farmers thus far exempt from taxation. times of the spanish Flu. In the meanwhile, one witness - ments. yet in the true Indian spirit, we firmly believe that this incremental reform is not translated into action. The especially the rich growers with over 10 acres of land. A es a spate of policy reforms in education, administration, “we shall overcome.” challenge is doubling farmers’ income without unduly fair yardstick of evaluating taxation herein would be to raising consumer prices, even as input costs continuously take three-year averages, as there are annual variations in increase. To boost profitability, farmers need the skill sets produce due to climate-risks. Ultimately, India must har - Free market ...... at the command of corporates who have deeper insights ness the potential to transform into a mega food process - market forces, which have an upper hand in price fixation, and if the gunny bag is ungraded, they may not buy at all, into the ever-changing consumer needs. To cater to the al - ing hub by optimising efficiencies, as the farmer, too, as - they cannot. so, on the face of it, liberalisation seems to be or at a reduced price. This is common practice, which re - tered behavioural profile of the post-contagion con - pires to move up in Masclow’s hierarchy of needs and go a good step as “farmers can sell anywhere.” but is it? Here sults in huge losses for farmers and food security of the sumers mean that they now have diminished purchasing beyond the Congress era slogan of “roti, kapra aur we must go by the warning given by Mp professor Manoj world. Traditionally traders graded the produce. With power, yet seek superior nutritional benefits, better hy - makaan to partake in a thriving modern economy. Jha to the rajya sabha: “you have replaced the rohu and them gone, will farmers bear grading costs? Naturally, if hilsa with the sharks. you will bring the east India they do, Msp can never be realised. There are also serious Company back to India.” He was referring to traders as questions on post-harvest infrastructure and warehous - 1066 ...... the small fish and the big agri-business corporations as ing in rural India. Will the farmers, due to bad storage fa - “sharks” that have no personal connection with farmers. cilities, make distress sales? The new reforms favour the later turned against him, but William survived the oppo - William landed in england at pevensey. With approxi - In fact, most farmers still trust their eco-system of li - big farmers and agri-businesses but are detrimental for sition and in 1063 expanded the borders of his duchy in - mately 7,000 troops and cavalry, William seized cenced commission agents as they deliver on prices and small and marginal farms (below two hectares) that con - to the region of Maine. In 1051, William is believed to pevensey and marched to Hastings, where he paused to guarantee sales. Given agri-dollars in their pockets and stitute 86.21 per cent of our total land holdings. Further, have visited england and met with his cousin edward organize his forces. On October 13, Harold arrived near new reform policies, food majors can break any market once the market forces evolve, unless Msp is made a legal the Confessor, the childless english king. According to Hastings with his army, and the next day William led his and create monopolies, forcing the farmers to sell cheaper right or Government procurement increases, achieving it Norman historians, edward promised to make William forces out to give battle. At the end of a bloody, all-day or let their produce rot. Not convinced? Let’s go back to will be a challenge. Contract farming is specious. A his heir. On his deathbed, however, edward granted the battle, King Harold II was killed shot in the eye with an the dal scam of 2015. After an investigation by the IT de - glimpse into the Us model is enough to deduce how the kingdom to Harold Godwinson, head of the leading no - arrow, according to legend and his forces were defeated. partment, a scam valued at rs 2.5 lakh crore was un - contracting parties (agri-business firms) force the farm - ble family in england and more powerful than the king William then marched on London and received the city’s sub - earthed. The consumers paid the price by buying arhar ers to buy their recommended seeds, fertilisers and other himself. In January 1066, King edward died, and Harold mission. On Christmas day, 1066, William the Conqueror was dal at rs 210/kg. It was reported that a cartel of agri-busi - inputs, often from their allied stores or vendors and at Godwinson was proclaimed King Harold II. William im - crowned the first Nor man king of england, in Westminster ness companies was responsible for buying pulses at low their prices. They also force the farmers to buy more mediately disputed his claim. In addition, King Harald Abbey, and the Anglo-saxon phase of english history prices through the supply chain networks and hoarding it equipment, increasing the cost of production each year. If III Hardraade of Norway had designs on england, as did came to an end. French became the language of the overseas, creating artificial scarcity and profiting im - the farmers don’t abide, they don’t buy the produce and Tostig, brother of Harold. King Harold rallied his forces king’s court and gradually blended with the Anglo-saxon mensely by selling the stocks back to Indians at high legal proceedings follow. In India, the poultry sector is a for an expected invasion by William, but Tostig launched tongue to give birth to modern english. William I proved prices. The Government used the essential Commodities good example of how the owners have been reduced to a series of raids instead, forcing the king to leave the an effective king of england, and the “domesday book,” Act (eCA) to bust hoarders and recovered 75,000 metric farm hands on their own property. And to take two steps english Channel unprotected. In september, Tostig a great census of the lands and people of england, was tonnes of dal. but now, even the eCA limits on hoarding back, pepsiCo filed a case against Gujarat farmers unfair - joined forces with King Harald I II and invaded england among his notable achievements. Upon the death of and stocking are being done away with. In 2006, bihar re - ly. pepisCo has got more flak as many potato farmers from scotland. On september 25, Harold met them at stamford William I in 1087, his son, William rufus, became moved the ApMC regime and the real incomes of farmers committed suicide due to their procurement policies in bridge and defeated and kille d them both. Three days later, William II, the second Norman king of england. in the state have fallen while private investment is yet to West bengal. The stories of contract used to exploit farm - move into the state. Only traders are carting produce ers are endless. The next big problem is no small and from bihar all the way to punjab to sell in mandis. Many marginal farmer has access to the sub-divisional Much needed ...... vouch for ApMC reforms and not its destruction as the Magistrate and district Magistrate. How many of them regulated market is still the farmer’s best chance at get - will be able to go to the already over-burdened official to this legislation was the case the Government fought retrospective is not only unfair, it is also a confidence ting Msp. This is evidenced by punjab. Won’t rural India settle trade disputes? even their journey for justice will against british telecom giant Vodafone. despite losing the buster for investors, the thinking being that if it can be be engulfed by corporate markets that will ruin ApMC become a nightmare given their literacy levels and manip - case in the supreme Court, tax authorities and the done once, it can be done again. When Narendra Modi said systems and farmers’ rights as the growers will be left un - ulation by the bigger parties. The companies or traders Government doubled down and the case went to arbitra - that he wanted to make doing business easier in India, he protected overnight without a transitional and transpar - will not be criminally liable; this is a regressive step tion in London, where even the member appointed by the should have started by withdrawing the case against ent system codified? The samajwadi party Mp, professor favouring big agri-businesses. Modi needs to critically Indian Government was found in Vodafone’s favour. The Vodafone and some other companies like Cairn. Maybe it ram Gopal yadav, asked if these reforms can assure the think about rising farmer suicides and doubling farmers’ international arbitration tribunal ruled that India’s de - wasn’t done lest he be accused of being friendly to industri - farmers’ good prices? No, because the difference between income by 2022. He ought to dispel the farmers’ doubts mand in past taxes was in fact a breach of fair treatment alists or the tax authorities thought that they had a good ApMC and corporate markets would be of “bsNL and and insist on specifics and mechanisms like ensuring the under the bilateral investment protection pact. Vodafone case (as they always think) but now that the arbitration Jio”, he said. It was biju Janata dal Mp, dr Amar patnaik, retail buyers do not go beneath a cut-off price. Otherwise, India was later on merged with Aditya birla Group’s tele - case has been lost, it is time to end this once and for all. This who had first warned against “cartelisation.” In effect, the the haze of silence can be ominous . One fears the day com company Idea. Mukherjee had logic on his side when was a clear instance of tax terrorism and India’s reputation private sector will be a phoenix rising from the ashes of when the words of dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (dMK) he wanted to tax deals where entities operating in the suffered as a result. At a time we need to roll out the red car - our public infrastruc ture. The biggest problem in procure - Mp TKs elangovan come true “To sell the farmers them - Indian market were bought and sold, even if they were not pet for all investors, that is the least that can be done right ment, as we have seen globally, is grading. Corporations and selves as slaves to the big industrial houses. It will kill the “based” in India. However, to make any act of legislation now. agro-processors can demand graded products for Msp farmers and make them a commodity.” Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, TUesdAy, sepTeMber 29, 2020 Biden's son Hunter made money Top Afghan negotiator in Taliban talks arrives in Pakistan from Russia, China: Trump Islamabad, Sep 28 By LALIT K JHA giving Hunter and biden's this bribe occurred in december Afghanistan's top official in negotiations with the Washington, Sep 28 (PTI) brother James credit cards for a 2014 (seven months after Taliban arrived in pakistan's capital Monday on a three-day Usd 100,000 international Hunter joined burisma's trip during which he will meet with the country's prime democratic presidential shopping spree. board), and, after learning minister and other government officials. Abdullah candidate Joe biden's son despite such a damaging re - about it, he and the resident le - Abdullah, who leads the Afghan High Council for National Hunter received a large sum of port being published, the main - gal adviser reported this allega - money from russia and China, stream media is "underplaying tion to the FbI, it said. reconciliation, was received by top government officials on Us president donald Trump has the story and keeping quiet on Kent is serving as deputy arriving in Islamabad. Apart from meeting with prime alleged and said that the main - it," Trump said. Assistant secretary of state for Minister Imran Khan, the Afghan reconciliation leader also stream media is "underplaying" "If we had a media that was european and eurasian Affairs will meet with president Arif Alvi, Foreign Minister shah the story and keeping quiet on it. fair -- even just reasonable -- since september 4, 2018. His Mahmood Qureshi and other officials. The council repre - "It's hard to believe, when this would be the biggest story early service has included as - sents the Afghan government in historic peace negotiations you see the kind of money that for years and years and years. signments in the Us diplomatic with the Taliban which began in Qatar on september 12. he (Hunter) has made from Then you'd really be entitled to missions to poland, Thailand Those talks represent the most-serious effort yet at China, from russia, where the real pulitzer prizes, not the fake and Uzbekistan. ending decades of war in Afghanistan that followed the wife of the mayor of Moscow committee that gives you these In addition to the over four 2001 Us-led invasion that toppled its Taliban government, gives him three-and-a-half mil - fake awards," he told reporters. million dollars paid by burisma which then hosting al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden who lion dollars and nobody even "Why did he (Hunter) get to Hunter biden and his busi - planned the september 11 attacks. The Afghan-Taliban has any question about it," three-and-a-half million dol - ness partner, devon Archer, for talks come after a deal signed in February between the Us Trump told reporters at a White of money. And the press has no eign companies while his father lars? I'll tell you why: because membership on the board, and the Taliban. That aims to allow the Us to withdraw House news conference on Joe biden was in on it...There's interest in these stories...It's was vice president," he said. Hunter, his family, and Archer from Afghanistan and end the longest military engagement sunday. no way that he wasn't. And very disheartening for the peo - According to the senate received millions of dollars from in American history. Many Taliban leaders have lived in According to a senate (Hunter) uses Joe biden's plane ple of our country," Trump said. republican report, Hunter was foreign nationals with question - pakistan since the 1980s. In those years they were part of republican report released last -- Air Force Two. Uses Joe -- and Meanwhile, in an interview serving on burisma's board able backgrounds, the report week, during biden's tenure as they go to China, and then he to Fox News, senator ron (supposedly consulting on cor - said. the Afghan mujahedeen, allies of the Us in ending the 10- vice president, Hunter, 50, re - comes back, and he never men - Johnson said some of these pay - porate governance and trans - "Hunter biden had business year occupation of the country by the soviet Union. ceived a Usd 3.5 million wire tioned it to his father that he just outs are "just stunning". parency), when burisma owner associations with ye Jianming, pakistan has denied giving sanctuary to Taliban members transfer from elena baturina, got a billion and a half dollars? "I don't know what that was Mykola Zlochevsky allegedly Gongwen dong, and other following their ouster in 2001. However, both Washington the widow of Moscow's former "And now it's turning out about, but let's go through the paid a Usd 7 million bribe to of - Chinese nationals linked to the and Kabul routinely accuse Islamabad of giving them a safe mayor yury Luzhkov. that it's much more money than report and please go through the ficials serving under Ukraine's Communist government and haven, citing the Taliban long ties with pakistan's powerful The report further alleged that...It's turned out to be much key findings. What struck you prosecutor general, Vitaly people's Liberation Army. Inter-services Intelligence agency. Khan publicly has said that Chinese nationals lavished more money from China...a most in terms of the money that yarema, to "shut the case Those associations resulted in his government facilitated the talks. He said now it was now Hunter and other members of member of the Chinese Hunter biden accepted from against Zlochevsky". millions of dollars in question - up to the Afghans to seize this opportunity. the biden family with money, Communist party gave him a lot these foreign countries and for - "George Kent testified that able transactions," it alleged. Fighting erupts Biden campaign launches initiative to woo Sikhs in US 2017, the campaign said in a press community," she said. to the first Us department of release on sunday. The biden campaign has said Justice school bullying settlement "The biden campaign plans to that if voted to power, the biden on behalf of a sikh student. "A lot between Armenia, highlight the specific plans and administration would allocate ad - of the systems in place prevent policies that democratic presi - ditional federal funding for anti- victims of bullying from being dential candidate Joe biden has bullying initiatives. According to heard and validated. Often these outlined in his platform to ad - civil rights activist Valarie Kaur, victims are perceived as the ag - dress the unique challenges that "This election is unlike any other. gressors; they are not. biden is Azerbaijan; 18 killed the sikh American community everything our sikh ancestors committed to change these sys - faces with regards to racism, fought for a world of dignity, tems, so we can provide survivors By AVET DEMOURIAN territorial defense Iran, which borders both xenophobia and discrimination," equality, and justice is at stake." of bullying with the support that yerevan (Armenia), Sep 28 ministry said late sunday Azerbaijan and Armenia, it said. "A biden presidency would they need," singh said. In a joint that 18 people were killed, said We call for an imme - Kiran Kaur Gill, a prominent give us a chance to save our statement, Josh dickson, the Fighting between including a woman and diate end to hostilities and civil rights activist and member of democracy, heal the earth, and National Faith engagement Armenian and Azerbaijani her grandson and more urge dialogue to resolve By LALIT K JHA the sikh American National begin to birth a world where we director for the biden campaign, forces has erupted again than 100 wounded. differences. Our neigh - Washington, Sep 28 (PTI) Leadership Council, alleged that see no stranger'. That's why I am and seema sadanandan, a policy over the disputed sepa - Azerbaijani president bours are our priority and president donald Trump has not proud to join sikhs for biden and Advisor for the campaign, said ratist region of Nagorno- Ilham Aliyev ordered mar - we are ready to provide The biden campaign has only turned a blind eye to bullying do everything in power to get out biden has committed to a number Karabakh and the territo - tial law be imposed in good offices to enable launched an initiative to reach out and discrimination, but has also the vote. Our lives depend on it," of initiatives that garner strong ry's defence ministry said some regions of the coun - talks. Turkish presidential to the sikh community in the Us encouraged it. she said in a statement issued by support from the sikh-American 16 soldiers and two civil - try and called for a curfew spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and vowed to address the unique The sikh American National the south Asians for biden on community. ians have been killed and in major cities. condemned Armenia. challenges, including xenopho - Leadership Council is an advisory sunday. "For example, a biden admin - council to the sikh Americans for Japjee singh, an anti-bullying istration would allocate addition - more than 100 others In a televised address Armenia has violated the bia, being faced by the minority biden. advocate, detailed the horrific al funding to the department of wounded. Azerbaijan's to the nation, Aliyev said cease-fire by attacking religious group in the country. With biden as the Us presi - bullying that took place at his high Justice and the department of president, meanwhile, that there are losses civilian settlements ... the The biden campaign, which launched the 'sikh Americans for dent, sikh-Americans can feel school in Georgia. In 2013, when education for anti-bullying initia - says his military has suf - among the Azerbaijani international community fered losses, but gave no biden', said it has plans for pro - safer in schools and on the streets, he was 17-year-old, singh was re - tives. biden has also cited specific forces and the civilian pop - must immediately say stop Gill said in a statement. peatedly targeted with verbal and plans to re-establish the Obama- details. tecting sikh-American youths in ulation as a result of the to this dangerous provoca - "(Former) vice president physical harassment because of biden White House AApI Armenia also claimed schools. Armenian bombardment, tion," Kalin tweeted. biden has a track record of taking his sikh faith. He was called a bullying prevention Task Force, that four Azerbaijani heli - sikh-Americans experience but didn't give further de - Turkey is a close ally of stances against hate, discrimina - "terrorist" and fellow students which would partner with com - copters were shot down bullying at rates twice the nation - tails. He also claimed that Azerbaijan and locked in a al average and have reported a tion and bullying, and his leader - used to target him for wearing munity organisations, including and 33 Azerbaijani tanks many units of the enemy's long dispute with Armenia spike in these encounters since ship on these issues matter to our turban. singh's bullying case led sikh non-profits," they said. and fighting vehicles were military equipment have that has closed the coun - hit by artillery. been destroyed. russian tries' border since the ear - Azerbaijan's defence Foreign Minister sergey ly 1990s. United Nations ministry rejected an earli - Lavrov is conducting in - secretary-General Belarus detains er claim that two helicop - tensive contacts in order to Antonio Guterres calls on Report: Cardinal Pell returning ters were shot down. The induce the parties to cease the sides to immediately 500 at weekend heavy fighting broke out in fire and start negotiations stop fighting, de-escalate anti-government the morning in the region to stabilize the situation, tensions and return to to Vatican in crisis that lies within Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry spokes - meaningful negotiations but has been under the protests woman Maria Zakharova without delay, said his By ROD MCGUIRK control of ethnic ported return follows Francis last link. but he suspected that a man Ukraine Sep 28 said. Albanian prime spokesman stephane Canberra, Sep 28 week firing one of the cardinal's who swore he had been sexually Armenian forces backed Minister edi rama, chair - dujarric. Us deputy most powerful opponents, abused by pell as a 13-year-old by Armenia since 1994 at Authorities in belarus have man of the Organization secretary of state stephen Cardinal George pell, pope Cardinal Angelo becciu, over a fi - choirboy had been used. pell again the end of a separatist war. detained about 500 people during for security and biegun called the foreign Francis' former finance minister, nancial scandal. pell was regarded seemed to hint at a link in a state - It was not immediately Cooperation in europe, ministers of Armenia and will soon return to the Vatican as the third highest-ranking ment last week in which he weekend protests against the clear what sparked the called on the sides to stop Azerbaijan to urge cessa - during an extraordinary economic Vatican official and was attempt - thanked and congratulated country’s authoritarian president, fighting, the heaviest since fighting. The long-unsuc - tion of hostilities, said scandal for the first time since he ing to wrestle the Holy see's Francis for firing becciu. I hope who has claimed a sixth term in clashes in July killed 16 cessful negotiations for re - state department was cleared of child abuse allega - opaque finances into order when the cleaning of the stables contin - office in an election widely seen as people from both sides. solving the territory's sta - spokesperson Morgan tions in Australia five months ago, he returned to his native Australia ues in both the Vatican and rigged. belarus’ interior ministry Nagorno-Karabakh tus has been conducted Ortagus. Mostly moun - a newspaper reported on Monday. in 2017 to clear himself of Victoria, pell said, referring to his said Monday that 150 protesters authorities reported that under OsCe auspices. tainous Nagorno- pell will fly back to rome on decades-old allegations of child home state of Victoria where he were detained on saturday and shelling hit the region's Armenian prime Karabakh a region around Tuesday, Herald-sun newspaper sex abuse. Instead, pell became was convicted. pell, 79, said in over 350 more on sunday, when columnist Andrew bolt wrote. The capital of stepanakert and Minister Nikol pashinian 4,400 square kilometers the most senior Catholic to be con - April he planned to return to anti-government protests the towns of Martakert report by a vocal champion of the on sunday said the coun - or about the size of the Us victed of child sex abuse crimes. rome when the coronavirus pan - spanned 22 cities in the biggest and Martuni. Armenian cardinal did not cite a source for He served 13 months in prison be - demic allowed him to pack up his try could reexamine state of delaware lies 50 challenge yet to president defense Ministry whether to recognize kilometers from the the cardinal's plans. The fore Australia's High Court acquit - apartment. but he intended to Associated press attempted to Alexander Lukashenko’s long spokesman Artsrun Nagorno-Karabakh as in - Armenian border. Local ted him in April of molesting two make sydney his home. becciu contact pell where he lives in a reign. About 100,000 demon - Hovhannisyan also said dependent. such a move soldiers backed by choir boys in the late 1990s when said he was fired after Francis told sydney seminary for confirmation strators marched in the Azerbaijani shelling hit would likely obstruct fur - Armenia also occupy some he was archbishop of Melbourne. him that documents from the and was told by a woman who an - belarusian capital of Minsk on within Armenian territory ther negotiations. Foreign Azerbaijani territory out - In his first television interview af - Italian financial police alleged the swered the phone: We have no sunday, demanding the resigna - near the town of Vardenis. Minister Javad Zarif of side the region. ter his release, conducted by bolt 72-year-old cardinal had embez - comment. The sydney in April, pell linked his fight zled 100,000 euros ( 116,200). tion of Lukashenko, who has Archdiocese did not immediately against Vatican corruption with becciu, the former No. 2 in the cracked down hard on opposition respond to a request for comment his prosecution in Australia. pell Vatican's secretariat of state, de - and independent news media on pell's travel plans. pell's re - said he did not have evidence of a nied any wrongdoing. during 26 years in power. Pakistan’s opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif arrested in money laundering case Lahore Sep 28 National Accountability bureau produce him to the accountability Adviser to the prime Minister (NAb) a week after the court for his physical remand. The on Interior and Accountability pakistan’s Leader of the Opposition parties launched an LHC’s two-member bench head - shahzad Akbar on september 23 Opposition and pML-N president alliance to hold a countrywide ed by sardar Ahemd Naeem re - alleged that shahbaz and his sons shahbaz sharif was arrested on protest movement to oust the jected his bail after hearing the ar - Hamza and salman were involved Monday after the Lahore High Imran Khan government. guments from the NAb’s team in money laundering through Court rejected his bail plea in a rs shahbaz, 69, was taken into cus - and shahbaz’s lawyer. The Imran fake accounts. 7 billion (Usd 41.9 million) mon - tody from the court’s premises, Khan government last week filed Akbar said the financial moni - ey laundering case. shahbaz, the where a large number of pML-N the money laundering case toring unit had detected 177 sus - younger brother of former pre - workers gathered ahead of the against shahbaz, who served as picious transactions of shahbaz’ mier Nawaz sharif, was arrested hearing. The NAb took him to its chief minister of punjab from family after which NAb started a by the country’s anti-graft body Lahore’s detention centre and will 2008 to 2018, and his family. probe. Glimpses of Future 9 hEalth JAMMU, TUesdAy, sepTeMber 29, 2020 Trans Fats Elimination From boosting immunity to improving mood: Here’s why Journey So Far: Countdown gur chana is good for you s per Ayurvedic expert dr dixa bhavsar, the unbeatable combi - Anation of gur and chana is im - mensely helpful for one's health For 2023 Mission If you have been thinking of making healthy lifestyle changes, we suggest you get. In August 2019, the FssAI pro - begin with your diet. From your daily water Deadly trio of NCDs, posed aligning India’s regulations intake to what you snack on, everything with global best practice and noti - matters. After all, you are what you eat, CVDs and TFAs need fied for public comment draft regu - which means that you need to put a lot of lations that apply the 2% TFA limit thought into it. triple dose of better to all food products by January While a lot of people look at changing 2022. but these draft regulations their entire diet when they think of making regulations, need to be notified as soon as possi - lifestyle changes, experts are of the view ble to achieve the set targets. that small but significant changes can go a effective pandemic and pHVOs: long way in improving your metabolism. The commitment of all the One such traditional favourite snack is gur implementation and countries need to be remained true chana or jaggery and roasted chickpeas. especially now, during the global Not just a quick replenish of protein for smarter consumer Covid-19 pandemic, when preven - your body, did you know that the nutritious tion of NCds is critically important combination of gur chana is also good for choices to more than ever. people living with your mood? Ayurvedic expert dr dixa NCds are at higher risk of severe bhavsar recently explained more about feel loss of energy or suffer from hair loss, it accomplish the Covid-19-related illness and fatali - why one should go for the unbeatable com - is a good snack to munch on. ty. people with co-morbidity like bination of gur chana. According to dr bhavsar, as a source of target. Cardiovascular diseases (CVds) Vitamin b6 helps boost memory. The iron and protein, the snack is good for peo - are having more chances of getting combination of chana and jaggery is rich in ple with low haemoglobin. “It’s best for infected by Corona virus and higher vitamin b6 and improves your brain func - menstruating women as it makes up for the orld Health chance of losing their life. tionality. It also, helps your body make the loss of blood from the body as jaggery is a Organization (WHO) Moreover treatment services for hormones serotonin which regulates rich source of iron and chickpeas are rich in Wis committed to sup - NCds have been severely disrupted mood, and norepinephrine which helps protein,” she said. porting countries to achieve the shortening, hard margarines, and policies or less restrictive TFA lim - since the pandemic began. you cope with stress. so, whenever you feel besides being good for blood produc - sustainable development Goal 3, fat spreads are identified as the its – has covering 2.4 billion people definitely the consumer’s choices low, sad, and want to improve your mood tion, gur chana boosts immunity, improves target (3.4) to reduce by one third, major sources of TFAs and has to - risen to 32 (32% global population have become smart and healthy and stamina, have gur and chana, she said. heart health and teeth health due to the premature mortality from non- tal global production volume of coverage) as per UN desA, 2019. during the pandemic. Consumers What are some of the other benefits? “presence of potassium and phosphorus in communicable diseases (NCds) by 13.6 million tonnes every year. by 2022, at least additional 40 more prefer the plant based, tradi - If you have excessive sweet cravings, it”. 2030. NCds, is a diverse set of dis - In 2018, WHO launched a glob - countries will have these best prac - tional, homemade and nutritive eases, which include heart diseases, al effort to help countries to elimi - tice policies in effect. foods to boost their immunity, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and nate this killer industrially-pro - regional regulations are be - which is limiting consumption of Do these five things every day to results in seven out of every 10 duced trans fats by 2023 to save coming increasingly popular and industrially produced trans fats. deaths globally or 41 million deaths lives and improve health and well- have broader reach. In October However they need to continue to worldwide every year. being of people. WHO released a 2019, 35 Member states of use their better food choices even give your skin a makeup-like glow It is observed that diet-related repLACe action package and ad - regional Office for the Americas after pandemic to keep them your digestion and clean risk factors are a major driver of ditional resources in 2019 to sup - (AMrO/pAHO) unanimously ap - healthy. so there has to be efforts to your body from the inside preventable deaths due to Cardio port country actions, including six proved the plan of Action for the reduce the production and con - by flushing out all its tox - Vascular disease (CVds). CVds are implementation modules and a live elimination of Industrially sumption of Industrially produced ins. Ultimately, it helps the main killer, accounting for policy tracking map – the TFA produced TFAs during 2020-2025. 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Use home-based deaths are in people under 50 to 70 a TFA indicator that records tries. 2023, it is recommended that coun - exfoliants that are gentle years of age, and most occur in low- whether countries have adopted There are fifteen countries tries including India develop and on the face for this. and middle-income countries of WHO best-practice policies for which account for approximately implement best-practice policies to exfoliation is a must, be - south Asia, Africa and Latin eliminating industrially produced two thirds of the worldwide deaths set limits for industrially produced cause it helps you get rid of America. TFAs. linked to trans fat intake. Of these, trans fats or to ban pHO. It is need - dead skin cells. It is must- Consumption of industrially TFA elimination journey so far: four (Canada, Latvia, slovenia, ed to invest in monitoring mecha - do for people who have produced Trans faty Acids (TFAs) There has been significant United states of America) have im - nisms, like lab capacity to assess sensitive skin. is estimated to cause around progress in trans fats elimination plemented WHO-recommended and monitor trans fats in all foods, * Use a toner always. 500,000 deaths globally and 75, efforts around the world so far and best-practice policies since 2017, oils and fats. 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Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU TUesdAy sepTeMber 29, 2020 Shruti Haasan on Kangana Ranaut's Irrfan Khan's wife Sutapa Sikdar reveals her doctor couldn't Kangana Ranaut writes a heartwarming 'gutter' remark: I don’t think it’s fair to drag note on Lata Mangeshkar's birthday; one industry down for whatever reason utter the word son as they desperately wanted a daughter calls her, 'glorious Karma Yogi' The legendary singer of bollywood, who is also known as the 'Nightingale of India', is cele - brating her 91st birthday today. While her fans from across the globe have poured in wishes for the crooner. Actress Kangana ranaut hass penned a heartfelt note for the singer as called her a 'Karma yogi'. Taking to Twitter, Kangana wrote, “Wishing legendary #LataMangeshkar ji a very Happy birthday, some people do what they do with such single mindedness and ab - On the occasion of and said instead 'congratula - with it, she shared a video of something more concrete solute focus that they don’t only excel in their daughters' day, late actor tions!! healthy child!!' I was an ad campaign, rooting for a and meaningful for India. work but also become synonymous to what they Irrfan Khan's wife sutapa disappointed yes, I was. That girl child. "Whatever is hap - There is subtitle but those do. bowing down to one such glorious Karma sikdar revealed how the two day for us and today, I feel sad pening around makes me say who are not aware of my yogi.” On the professional front, Kangana "desperately" wanted to have that a girl child got deprived freedom is not about only be - mother tongue might not en - ranaut will be next seen in Thalaivi, which will a daughter in their life. "Me of Irrfan's parenting of a girl. ing vocal it's not about tread - joy as much," she added. release in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu. It is being and Irrfan wanted to have a because just giving freedom ing on other's freedom only. Irrfan breathed his last on directed by A L Vijay. It is written by Vijayendra prasad, who previously wrote movies like daughter so desperately that is not enough to a girl child," Let's get up beyond being April 29. He is survived by baahubali franchise, Manikarnika: The Queen on my second delivery my doc sutapa wrote on her voyeuristic beyond the so wife sutapa, and two sons of Jhansi and bajrangi bhaijaan. could not utter the word son Facebook account. Along called emancipation and do babil and Ayan. Erica Fernandes on Kasautii Zindagi Kay 2 going off-air: Not necessary Shraddha Kapoor reaches Of late, if anything, the entire movie industry is grabbing bad limelight. There's a drug link probe for questioning at the NCB that is happening in the Hindi Film industry as well what worked 20 years ago, will receive similar fame today as in the sandalwood industry. Also, the debate of pointed by the show coming to an end, office in Fort area nepotism has irked the audience on a whole new erica replied, “Not at all. Actually, an level after sushant singh rajput's demise. Well, actor has no say in whether the show there has been a dark side to the movie industry, will run for years or come to an end all and people knew but not so much in detail as they of a sudden. We are actors and cannot do now. recently, Kangana ranaut had called the control the storyline, which is the pre - Hindi film fraternity as bullywood and has slammed people left right and center. she recently rogative of the makers and channels.” called her workplace, a 'gutter'. Her remark did not When questioned that the second sea - sit well with many. shruti Haasan reacted to her re - son didn't matched up to the expecta - mark as well. In an interview with Hindustan tions like the first one, she responded, Times, the actress opened up about the negativity “It’s not necessary that what worked that is spreading about the industry in the minds of 20 years ago, will receive similar atten - people as well as nepotism or standing up against tion and fame today. back then, the au - whatever she thought was not right"I am fortunate diences were different, but viewers enough to have a support structure of friends and have evolved over the years. similarly, people around. It is just my job. but this is what you the script and content of daily soaps will find in medical, corporate any field, except you have evolved and there’s no set formu - aren’t taking an interview there. I promise, if you go la that works every time.” she also and interview a female doctor, or a corporate head, agreed that the lockdown played a or someone in even your own fraternity, they would spoil sport and said, “yes, to a great ex - have tonnes to say about their industry, which is tent. There were many restrictions on pleasant and unpleasant. Our role as people is to the set after shooting resumed in June. fight injustice," shruti said elaborating how every Issues like social distancing and lesser field has a good and bad side. The actress also crew members hampered the industry opened up on not agreeing to do certain things that a lot. The actress said that she devel - she did not agree with. she added that she paid oped great chemistry with all the heavily for the same. "I can very proudly say I’m not costars and asserted, “Not just parth, I a party to the things I don’t agree with. It doesn’t had developed great chemistry with all matter if it’s the biggest director or whoever. I’m my co-actors in the show. While I al - not even talking about exploitation, I’m talking ekta Kapoor's soap opera Kasautii thing comes to an end, and daily soaps ready knew some of them, parth and I about when I don’t like their vibes. I just don’t talk Zindagii Kay 2 will be soon going off- are no different. In order to make way met on the set and became friends. If to them, and I have paid heavy prices for this, air and all primary cast including erica for a new show, the older show has to where I have not got films, they feel I am not inter - two actors are comfortable with each Fernandes aka prerna have wrapped come to an end,” said erica to e Times. ested. other, that chemistry translates on the up their shooting parts. “every good When asked whether she is disap - screen.” Have Sara ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor denied knowledge of late Sushant Singh Rajput's drug habit? NCB update The drug angle in the demise sages. The NCb official, said, "They of sushant singh rajput is being said they don’t even smoke ciga - investigated by the NCb. On rettes." Contrary to reports, the saturday, sara Ali Khan and ladies have denied any knowledge of shraddha Kapoor were sum - late sushant singh rajput's alleged After deepika padukone, it is shraddha Kapoor who has moned by the the investigating drug habit. This is in sharp contrast reached the Narcotics Control bureau Office in Mumbai's agency. reports had come out to the reports that came out on Fort area for questioning. The lady came alone dressed sim - that the ladies said that they did saturday. It seems the ladies have ply in a kurta and denims. she was not accompanied by any - not consume drugs but it was the voluntarily surrendered their phones one. shraddha Kapoor's name has been allegedly taken by late actor who was apparently in - to the agency. The NCb said that rhea Chakraborty during her questioning to the NCb. she to drugs. This is not all. some re - technical analysis will clear out all said that late sushant singh rajput was habituated to mari - ports had said that shraddha doubts. Now, there is no evidence to juana much before she began dating him. she has said that Kapoor told the NCb that she had prove that the late actor was indeed shraddha Kapoor went to the pawana farmhouse in seen late sushant singh rajput consuming drugs so far. There is a Lonavala where they alleged smoked marijuana. Jaya saha having drugs in his vanity van leaked video of sushant singh rajput of Kwan has confirmed that she bought Cbd oil for and in-between shooting breaks. and sara Ali Khan from his pawana shraddha Kapoor. As we know, the use of Cbd Oil is legal in Of course, none of the reports farmhouse. In the video, it is clear many countries. It is used in the treatment of anxiety and were direct statements from the that he is smoking a cigarette. other issues of the nervous system. shraddha Kapoor has actresses or NCb officials. The of - shraddha Kapoor had apparently said that she has problems of anxiety. However, the manag - ficial statement from them did visited his farmhouse just once with er of the farmhouse has said that shraddha Kapoor came on - not say anything to this effect. As the whole cast of Chhichhore. rakul ly once to pawana. In fact, the whole team of Chhichhore was per a report in The Times Of preet singh said she attended a party present for the same. shraddha Kapoor was sushant singh India, all the ladies have denied there but did not consume drugs. His rajput's co-star in Chhichhore. After his demise, she posted any sort of substance abuse. As farmhouse manager, raees Khan has some heartfelt words for him on social media. 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