DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015 (PAGE 11) Cong has to rediscover street Govt to provide higher compensation politics to resurrect: Ramesh to distressed farmers: PM NEW DELHI, Apr 8: HYDERABAD, Apr 8: social objectives which political parties should have, I think Mr Prime Minister Narendra An electorally-battered Gandhi will bring a freshness of Modi today announced the Congress has to rediscover purpose in whatever he does,” Government's decision to raise street and agitational politics to he said. by 50 per cent the quantum of resurrect itself, taking the drub- Ramesh said post Lok Sabha compensation to farmers affect- bing it received in the Lok poll, where the party put up its ed by crop losses due to recent Sabha elections as an opportuni- worst performance winning just unseasonal rains. ty to restructure and focus on 44 seats, the accent and focus Besides, the criterion of 50 the new generation, says senior are certainly on the new genera- per cent crop damage for pro- leader Jairam Ramesh. tion. viding compensation to farmers The former Union Minister “I think it’s inevitable. Every has been reduced to 33 per cent, also said that there is no uncer- 20 years, every 25 years, this which will help more people get tainty over Rahul Gandhi step- organisational renewal has to better compensation for the crop ping into the shoes of his moth- Lok Sabha in a by-election) was take place. The 60 year-olds, loss. er to become Congress the ‘sanjeevini’ for the Congress 70-year-olds and 80-year-olds Speaking at the launch of the President Pranab Mukherjee presenting Padma Vibhushan President which is only a matter in 1978,” he said. cannot renew organisation. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA to actor Amitabh Bachchan at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan of time. Ramesh said Rahul Gandhi (Micro Units Development in New Delhi on Wednesday. (UNI ) would become Congress Organisational renewal comes “Congress is an old organi- Refinance Agency) Yojana here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a gathering after President “sooner or later” and from 20-year-olds, 30-year-olds sation. It’s been around and it he also instructed insurance launching the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units has been in power for a long there is no other contender for and 40-year-olds,” he said. But Ramesh also said that companies to expeditiously set- Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana, in New Delhi on Big B, Aga Khan, Venugopal time. It has to (now) rediscover the post. tle the claims of the distressed Congress is also a party of expe- Wednesday. (UNI) agitational politics. Congress “There is no uncertainty farmers. rienced leaders, adding, there is has been a party of governance (over Rahul becoming Congress The decision to provide lib- he has also asked banks to them as they are in distress. always a “blend” (of experience conferred Padma awards for a long time. President). There is uncertainty eral assistance to farmers was restructure loans of the affected "We have to worry about the and youth). “So, it’s no purge; “Now, it finds itself in a in some other candidate for taken by Modi after a review farmers and instructed insur- farmer of India, who faces prob- NEW DELHI, Apr 8: it’s a blend.” position where it has to redis- Congress President. There is meeting with Cabinet Ministers ance companies to pro-actively lems due to lack of adequate Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Prince Aga Khan, K K cover for itself, for street poli- only one (Rahul Gandhi). He also said the party’s per- who were asked to assess the settle their claims. rainfall or unseasonal rains." Venugopal were among a host of personalities who were today pre- tics, agitational politics. It has to “The day Congress formance in the last Lok Sabha damage to the crops following Later, Reserve Bank Yesterday, Agriculture sented the Padma awards by President Pranab Mukherjee here. rediscover the politics of kisans President decides to step down, elections was shockingly unex- the unseasonal rains and hail- Governor Raghuram Rajan told Minister Radha Mohan Singh pected. At a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, attended by for example. So, I think that’s there is only one Vice-President, storms in northern and central reporters that he has directed had said that unseasonal rains “We obviously underesti- banks to restructure loans of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several of his Cabinet going to be a big challenge for there are no two Vice-Presidents parts of the country. and hailstorms have damaged mated the undercurrent of desire farmers in distress. Ministers, veteran BJP leader L K Advani, former Miss World and us,” Ramesh said in an inter- in the Congress party. Question "....The Second important rabi (winter-sown) crops in is on timing...When he is going for change after ten years...Very Farmers have suffered a lot Amitabhâs son Abhishek Bachchan daughter-in law Aishwarya view here. decision we have taken is to about 113 lakh hectares in the Rai Bachchan, the President presented the Padma Vibhushan, Ramesh who held the vital to...And the modality,” he said. strong anti-incumbency...Very raise the parameters for helping on account of natural calamities, Modi said, adding that "last country. Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards to several personalities. Rural Development and Dismissing suggestions that aggressive campaigning and him (farmer). The amount of year, it was due to less rainfall The initial estimates, Those presented the Padma Vibhushan include Amitabh, Environment portfolios in the Rahul Gandhi does not have it selling of dreams by Modi. compensation has been in him to play a long innings in “Clearly we were out-fund- and this year due to unseasonal according to the Reserve Bank, Dharamsthala Veerendra Heggade, Prince Aga Khan, Prof Malur UPA Government, noted that increased to 1.5 times. If earlier, restructuring rarely takes place politics, Ramesh described him ed. I have no hesitation in say- rainfall and hailstorm". "indicate that as much as 17 per Ramaswamy Srinivasan and Mr Venugopal. Bollywood thespian he was getting Rs 100 as com- when parties are in power, and it as a “marathon man of Indian ing...May be we were out-fund- On providing higher com- cent of the sown area under the Dilip Kumar was also to be conferred the Padma Vibhushan but pensation, now he will get Rs takes place when they are out of politics.” ed by a factor of seven or eight pensation to the affected farm- rabi crop may have been affect- could not be present due to his ill health. Seven personalities 150. If it was Rs 1 lakh, he will power. “I have said it earlier and I in the elections. And the result is get Rs 1.5 lakh...A 50 per cent ers, Modi said: "(It) will impose ed though the precise extent of received the Padma Bhushan including filmmaker Jahnu Barua, “And here is an opportunity repeat it. He (Rahul Gandhi) is a we crashed to our worst defeat. increase," Modi said. a heavy burden on the excheq- the damage remains to be deter- Prof Manjul Bhargava, Dr Vijay Bhatkar, Dr Subhash C Kashyap, for us and the Land Acquisition marathon man. He is there for a Modi is a demagogue. He is a The Prime Minister said that uer but it is important to help mined." (PTI) Pandit Gokulotsavji Maharaj and Dr Ambrish Mittal while 36 per- Amendments Bill is a sort of long haul. Looking at politics super marketer and he was able sonalities received the Padma Shree. Among those who were con- ‘sanjeevini’ (elixir) for us, like not only from the prism of to sell his ideas and that made ferred the Padma Shree were womens hockey player Saba Anjum, Chikmagalur (from where Government...Looking at poli- the difference,” Ramesh added. BSF gets two lethal choppers scientist S Arunan, social worker Ashok Bhagat, novelist Lakshmi Indira Gandhi was elected to tics as instrument of fulfilling (PTI) Nandan Bora, economist Bibek Debroy, noted surgeon K Pharidas, author Sunil Jogi, social Veerendra Raj Mehta, educationist Mohandas pai, women cricketer Mithali Raj, Telugu actor Kota MUDRA Bill to be in Parliament for anti-Naxal ops Srinivas Rao, singer and music composer Shekhar Sen and doctor NEW DELHI, Apr 8: threats to the internal security has approved procurement of since 1969. Rotary Wing fleet eight Mi-17 V5 helicopters for Hargovind Trivedi. Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister In a major boost to its sur- Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister within 6-12 months: Adhia of the BSF consists of six Mi-17 the BSF. The choppers were veillance and operational capa- 1V, six ALH (Dhruv) and one also being used by the Indian Arun Jaitley and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were NEW DELHI, Apr 8: Bill will be framed.” cent interest rate, he said. bilities, the Border Security among the prominent dignitaries present during the event. This is On whether MUDRA, a Adhia said: “The lending Cheetah helicopter. These heli- Air Force (IAF) and Aviation A legislation on MUDRA Force has inducted two new copters operate from various air Research centre (ARC). Big B's third Padma Awards. In 1989, he was honoured with subsidiary of SIDBI registered rate (to the end borrower) Bank is expected to be intro- advanced Mi-17 V5 into its Air bases of the BSF, including The Government has decid- Padma Shree and in 2001 he was honoured with Padma Bhushan as NBFC, would be trans- would be decided on the risk Wing, which are tasked to carry duced in Parliament within a Ranchi, Raipur, Agartala, ed to deploy these MI 17 V5 for his contribution in the field of Indian cinema.