Monday, April 29, 2013

Maharashtra Govt. admits BT. cotton failure: VJAS demands withdrawal BRAI Bill from Parliament


Maharashtra Govt. admits BT. cotton failure: VJAS demands withdrawal BRAI Bill from Parliament

Nagpr -April 30, 2013
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Radhakrishnna  Vikhe-Patil  admitted that Bt.cotton first GMO seed permitted for commercial trial failed to give any positive result moreover he admitted that Cotton yield in Vidarbha remains an abysmal 117 kg per acre. Even Pakistan was doing better with 400 kg average yield.

"Today Bt cotton spread has increased to 95%. We are now seeing that Bt may nave checked bollworm attacks but incidence of other succulent pests remains. Despite high spending on costly Bt seeds by farmers, the use of costly insecticides remains a matter of worry. Noting that Bt cotton was benefiting seed companies more than farmers, he wondered why our agriculture scientists and officials failed to promote time-tested traditional varieties and indigenously developed hybrids. Cotton yield in Vidarbha remains an abysmal 117kg per acre. Even Pakistan was doing better with 400kg average yield" Maharashtra agri .minister he added
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"frist time Agri minister admitted that ICAR failed Echo the sentiments of the farmers in their  reports adding to that the  CICR  did  too little to precious handle for all these years to empower farmers to face changing conditions. He welcomed Brazil experience and success of the high-density crop stand (HDCS) developed by CICR moreover he was happy that HDCS using hybrid cotton had given fantastic yields ranging from 20 to 50 quintals in trials conducted in eight districts of the region much higher than Bt.cotton .” Agri minister announcing further that state id promoting organic farming  and against chemical farming that is forcing vidrabha cotton afrmers in to debt” Minister said   .
‘More than 5 million cotton farmers in Maharashtra cultivating Bt.coton over 44 lakhs hector has been facing cotton crop failure and despair and distress due to debt is killing farmers hence we welcome admission of maharashtra agriculture minister that BT. cotton experiments in dry land region vidarbh and marathawada failed  hence Govt. of India should not pass proposed BRAI bill which will introduce GM seed in food crop too ,may result in to more farmer suicides in other region too ,  Kishor Tiwari, president of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, a farmer advocacy group informed today .

In 2002, genetically modified BT cotton seeds arrived.
Till around 1970, Vidarbha farmers cultivated cotton using seeds from their own plants. With the start of hybrid seeds, the yields increased significantly but so did the need for costly fertiliser and insecticide.

Agriculturists have also blamed the restrictions and royalties placed on Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) seeds by Monsanto for the spurt in suicides.

Like the hybrid variety, they are non-renewable terminator seeds, and must be re-purchased every year. Today they dominate the market.

It has been pointed out by several agriculturists that these new methods caused farmers to suffer losses leading to debt, pushing them to suicide.

In August 2012, technical experts appointed by the Supreme Court recommended a 10-year moratorium on all field trials of GM food, as well as the termination of all current trials of transgenic crops.


About 14,000 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra 2011 alone.

A NCRB report stated that in the 17 years from 1995 to 2011, 270,940 farmers committed suicide in the country.

Of these, nearly 20 percent were only from Maharashtra, where 53,818 suicides were reported.

Political experts and agriculturists point out that the 11 districts of Vidarbha, though rich in minerals, coal, forests and mountains, continue to remain underdeveloped because of the dominance by political leadership from the other parts of the state, especially western Maharashtra.

According to another report by NCRB, in 2006, Maharashtra, with 4,453 farmer suicides, accounted for over a quarter of the all-India total farm suicides of 17,060.

Yet another report from the Bureau said that while the number of farm suicides rose since 2001, the number of farmers has fallen, as thousands, in distress, turn their back to agriculture.

"Also, the government has never kept their word on the minimum support price of cotton. Last year, cotton farmers had to take to the streets after Cotton Corp of India fixed the minimum support price for cotton at Rs.3,300, far below the market rate of Rs.4,800 per quintal," Tiwari said.

Farmers had then demanded that the the minimum support price of cotton be raised from Rs.3,300 to Rs.6,000 per quintal to cover increases in production costs.

"It is tragic to note that Maharashtra produces 50 percent of the country's cotton, but its cotton-producing regions are infamous for farmer suicide," Tiwari said.

Vidarbha widows, Tribal and Unwed mothers to observe ‘Maharashtra Day’ as ’Black-Day on 1st May to protest Regional Apathy


Vidarbha widows, Tribal and Unwed mothers to observe ‘Maharashtra Day’ as ’Black-Day on 1st May to protest Regional Apathy

Nagpur-30April 2012

To draw the attention of prevailing distress and despair among 5 million farmers and tribal due to continuous neglect apathy of Govt. creating massive imbalance of development resulting Vidrabha as farmer suicide graveyard ,hundreds of farm widows, debt trapped cotton farmers, malnourish tribal facing starvation and dying unwed tribal mother will observe  1st May which is celebrated in Maharashtra as it’s formation day “Maharashtra Divis” as the Black day by keeping one day fast at Pandharkawada one of epicenter of on going farmer suicides as Govt. is neglecting the basic demands of cotton farmers who are killing themselves due to wrong policies  promoted congress leadership dominated western Maharashtra , informed farm activist Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS).
“Maharashtra leadership dominated western Maharashtra NCP party has been diverting fund for developments since vidarbha region has been merged with Maharashtra but now they have started diverting food and kerosene quota allotted to the region .last two years 60% kerosene quota  of  Vidarbha reduced  same is the case for food available under PDS has been directed to the districts of  western Maharashtra which highly objectionable and unjustified.  The basic demands food, employment, irrigation facility, health care and professional education to every needy at cheaper rate are not being attended hence this unrest and protest to draw focus of Govt. on last 52 years imbalance of progress and regional backlog resulting mass genocide of vidarbha dry land farmers as all relief packages failed solve the burning issues of vidarbha ,tiwari said.
“Since June 2005 vidarbha farmers and farm widows have been subjected for the trial on committees over committees and it started with visit national farmers commission headed by Dr.M.S.Swaminathan followed by special expert team of planning commission in 2006 and then median  visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmohansingh and relief package of Rs.3750/- crore but relief never reached to dying farmers and farm widows then visit of Indian Prez. and another expert committee of planning commission member Dr. Narendra Jadhav who submitted detail report of vidarbha agrarian crisis in 2007 and suggested hundreds of remedies and relief plans which are gathering dust in Mantralaya awaiting it's implementation  then 2008 mega loan waiver Rs.56,000 crore which was siphoned out by politicians and then visit of Indian prince Rahul Gandhi to Yavatmal to discover Kalavati  and then CAG and PAC submitted detail report Massive corruption in all relief packages and irrigation scam but all involved Ministers in corruption are safe as Maharashtra insensitive Govt. is protecting at cost of innocent victimization of cotton farmers’ who are forced to kill themselves due wrong policies of state and step motherly treatment to vidarbha region hence we have lost all hope in existing Govt. hence demand of  separate vidarbha statehood is being raised so that people can decide their own density ” Tiwari added.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Two more Yavatmal Cotton Farmer Suicide on the Eve of Prez. Visit to Vidarbha


Two more Yavatmal Cotton Farmer Suicide on the Eve of Prez. Visit to Vidarbha

Nagpur-28th April 2013

Two more debt trapped cotton farmer worst hit Yavatmal district of Maharashtra's west Vidarbha region committed suicide on the eve of Indian President Pranab Mukharji first visit to Vidrabha today, Vidrabha region   which has reported 176 farmer suicides in the first three months of this year given serious signal that agrarian crisis of Vidarbha is home to two-thirds of the state's mineral resources and three-quarters of its forest resources but poverty and malnutrition and endemic is being ignored by state and center  Kishor Tiwari,  president of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, a farmer advocacy group informed today .

1.Ramkrishnna Pandurang kathale from village Sarangpur in Ner taluka of Yavatmal district consumed pesticide  and he was rushed Govt. Medical College  Yavatmal but died after three hours .Ramkrishnna has 5 acre of dry land and was cultivating Bt.cotton with his wife, two kids and old age father but crop failure for three consecutive years ahs taken his crop loan taken from DCCB Yavatmal  which was  Rs.40 thousand in 2009 raised  to Rs. 1 lakh 20 thousand adding equal amount debt from private seed traders who are involved in money lending too .
2.Prashant Rajubhau Sidhewar is young 25 age progressive cotton farmers from village Chalbardi in Kelapur taluka of Yavatmal district   also consumed pesticide in his own field but died  on the spot without getting any medical help and his dead body is lying in rural hospital Pandharkawda .as per Rajubhau  his father that he is only son cultivating 10 acre land but in recent year debt on land has raised to more Rs.8 lakhs as he has taken agri. Loan from SBI ,Pantanbori coupled existing crop loan  from DCCB Yavatmal  more over he was given Agri.loan to  buy cab which was matter dispute among family members and force recovery of huge debt has killed by son, father informed while awaiting postmortem , Tiwari added.

"Modern Technology coupled market forces controlling the cost has ben major cause  of agrarian crisis of the region, not to mention the apathy of the administration," he added.

Tiwari said that while rising costs of cultivation and falling returns were the core reasons pushing farmers to suicide, there were other factors too.

There is also an ecological crisis as farming practices have tended towards maximising output of a narrow range, leading to monoculture of crops.

"The deep economic crisis has reduced income of farmers, resulted in stagnant yield and increased cultivation cost. And reduced institutional credit adds to the misery," Tiwari said.

"All policy support, be it from the government of from institutes, are skewed towards large farmers, large farms, few cash crops and high external input-based production systems," he said.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), one farmer kills himself every 37 minutes in India.

About 14,000 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra 2011 alone.

A NCRB report stated that in the 17 years from 1995 to 2011, 270,940 farmers committed suicide in the country.

Of these, nearly 20 percent were only from Maharashtra, where 53,818 suicides were reported.

Political experts and agriculturists point out that the 11 districts of Vidarbha, though rich in minerals, coal, forests and mountains, continue to remain underdeveloped because of the dominance by political leadership from the other parts of the state, especially western Maharashtra.

According to another report by NCRB, in 2006, Maharashtra, with 4,453 farmer suicides, accounted for over a quarter of the all-India total farm suicides of 17,060.

Yet another report from the Bureau said that while the number of farm suicides rose since 2001, the number of farmers has fallen, as thousands, in distress, turn their back to agriculture.

Till around 1970, Vidarbha farmers cultivated cotton using seeds from their own plants. With the start of hybrid seeds, the yields increased significantly but so did the need for costly fertiliser and insecticide.

Agriculturists have also blamed the restrictions and royalties placed on Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) seeds by Monsanto for the spurt in suicides.

In 2002, genetically modified BT cotton seeds arrived.

Like the hybrid variety, they are non-renewable terminator seeds, and must be re-purchased every year. Today they dominate the market.

It has been pointed out by several agriculturists that these new methods caused farmers to suffer losses leading to debt, pushing them to suicide.

In August 2012, technical experts appointed by the Supreme Court recommended a 10-year moratorium on all field trials of GM food, as well as the termination of all current trials of transgenic crops.

"Also, the government has never kept their word on the minimum support price of cotton. Last year, cotton farmers had to take to the streets after Cotton Corp of India fixed the minimum support price for cotton at Rs.3,300, far below the market rate of Rs.4,800 per quintal," Tiwari said.

Farmers had then demanded that the the minimum support price of cotton be raised from Rs.3,300 to Rs.6,000 per quintal to cover increases in production costs.

"It is tragic to note that Maharashtra produces 50 percent of the country's cotton, but its cotton-producing regions are infamous for farmer suicide," Tiwari said.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

VJAS hails Maharashtra’s Govt. decision to give Universal Food Security


VJAS hails Maharashtra’s Govt. decision  to give Universal Food Security
                       
Nagpur: 24th April , 2013
Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti  (VJAS) has welcomed the recent announcement of Maharashtra of food and civil supply Minister Anil Deshmukh that Maharashtra will provide universal food security to all poor covering 80% population in rural and 60% population in urban area to families under annual income below one lakh , Kishor Tiwari of  VJAS informed in press release today

Recently concerned minister announced that Maharashtra state Govt. will provide food grain under food security act and citizen belonging to BPL category and APL would be benefited, they will wheat @ Rs. 2 per kg and Rice @ Rs. 3 per kg, the scheme will be lunched in current financial year, Minister announced.
It is reported that from 6.4 million existing beneficiaries under food distribution scheme if Minister announced is implemented by administration more 12 million needy poor will food security which is long pending demand of the VJAS which is agitating since 2001 and moved Mumbai high court and Maharashtra human right commission (MHRC) in past but even after direction from high court families under BPL and tribal are denied food security hence we want urgent lunching of scheme, Tiwari added.

It is fact that administration has not been giving  food security to all illegible families as per provision of food control order 2001 and existing list of year 2012 of BPL families     and even  after supreme court of India clear cut guidelines and union control Food Control Order -2001 that every year list of BPL families under PDS food security scheme should renewed as per list submitted by Village Panchayat in it’s “Gramsabha”, Maharashtra Govt. is giving food to the families as per it’s own survey done in the year 1997 by making mockery of “Right to Food”  denying food security to more than 5 million BPL families mostly tribal and downtrodden facing malnutrition and starvation hence recent announcement is in line with the fact that state is under pressure  to enforce supreme court direction and guidelines of  Food Control Order 2001,Tiwari added. .

“The recent announced of food and civil supply minister will add at least around 5 million BPL families identified by administration are denied food security making just mockery of Nation food security mission, UPA promised universal PDS with food @ 2 Rs./kg in 2009 then Maharashtra PDF Govt. promised to give food under PDS to all @Rs. 1/kg but till date  promise has not fulfilled hence we welcome the move ” Tiwari said .

Sunday, April 21, 2013

At 56 deaths a month, Vidarbha screams for intervention- IANS India Private Limited


At 56 deaths a month, Vidarbha screams for intervention


Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Maharashtra's Vidarbha region has seen 168 farmer suicides in the first three months of this year.
Made up of 11 districts, Vidarbha is home to two-thirds of the state's mineral resources and three-quarters of its forest resources. But poverty and malnutrition and endemic.
"According to police reports, 168 farmer suicides have been registered till March 31 this year," said Kishor Tiwari, president of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, a farmer advoacy group.
"This averages to 56 deaths a month, defining the many years of agrarian crisis of the region, not to mention the apathy of the administration," he added.
Tiwari said that while rising costs of cultivation and falling returns were the core reasons pushing farmers to suicide, there were other factors too.
There is also an ecological crisis as farming practices have tended towards maximising output of a narrow range, leading to monoculture of crops.
"The deep economic crisis has reduced income of farmers, resulted in stagnant yield and increased cultivation cost. And reduced institutional credit adds to the misery," Tiwari said.
"All policy support, be it from the government of from institutes, are skewed towards large farmers, large farms, few cash crops and high external input-based production systems," he said.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), one farmer kills himself every 37 minutes in India.
About 14,000 farmers committed suicide in 2011 alone.
A NCRB report stated that in the 17 years from 1995 to 2011, 270,940 farmers committed suicide in the country.
Of these, nearly 20 percent were only from Maharashtra, where 53,818 suicides were reported.
Political experts and agriculturists point out that the 11 districts of Vidarbha, though rich in minerals, coal, forests and mountains, continue to remain underdeveloped because of the dominance by political leadership from the other parts of the state, especially western Maharashtra.
According to another report by NCRB, in 2006, Maharashtra, with 4,453 farmer suicides, accounted for over a quarter of the all-India total farm suicides of 17,060.
Yet another report from the Bureau said that while the number of farm suicides rose since 2001, the number of farmers has fallen, as thousands, in distress, turn their back to agriculture.
Till around 1970, Vidarbha farmers cultivated cotton using seeds from their own plants. With the start of hybrid seeds, the yields increased significantly but so did the need for costly fertiliser and insecticide.
Agriculturists have also blamed the restrictions and royalties placed on Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) seeds by Monsanto for the spurt in suicides.
In 2002, genetically modified BT cotton seeds arrived.
Like the hybrid variety, they are non-renewable terminator seeds, and must be re-purchased every year. Today they dominate the market.
It has been pointed out by several agriculturists that these new methods caused farmers to suffer losses leading to debt, pushing them to suicide.
In August 2012, technical experts appointed by the Supreme Court recommended a 10-year moratorium on all field trials of GM food, as well as the termination of all current trials of transgenic crops.
"Also, the government has never kept their word on the minimum support price of cotton. Last year, cotton farmers had to take to the streets after Cotton Corp of India fixed the minimum support price for cotton at Rs.3,300, far below the market rate of Rs.4,800 per quintal," Tiwari said.
Farmers had then demanded that the the minimum support price of cotton be raised from Rs.3,300 to Rs.6,000 per quintal to cover increases in production costs.
"It is tragic to note that Maharashtra produces 70 percent of the country's cotton, but its cotton-producing regions are infamous for farmer suicide," Tiwari said.
(Mauli Buch can be contacted at mauli.b@ians.in)

Thursday, April 18, 2013

2 Million ton Ultra Tech Cement Plant is unsafe for Nagpur


2 Million ton Ultra Tech Cement plant is unsafe for 8 Million Nagpur Population
NAGPUR: 18th April ,2013

2 million ton integrated Ultra Tech Cement plant with 12 MW power plant  which is coming up at Tharsa near Kanhan in Nagpur Metro Region  will crate serious not only health hazards to nearly 8 million people but give long term impact to greenest city of India as it is located in the metro limit and will needs  2000 tons of toxic Fly Ash of NTPC Mouda to be brought daily threatening environmental disaster & endangering human life, fertile agriculture land and wildlife hence Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti has decided to file objection  along with   environmentalist group in environmental public hearing    planed by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)  for provision of environmental clearance to UltraTech Cement's grinding unit on 19th April ,Kishor Tiwari of VJAS informed in press release today.
 'In fact the  first public hearing was fixed on February 15 had to be cancelled following strong opposition from residents of nearby villagers. Sarpanchs of Tharsa and Ashti-Navegaon villages, where the plant is coming up, said they had not received public hearing notice a month before it was scheduled, which was mandatory as per the procedure. This time, MPCB had informed the gram panchayats of Tharsa and Ashti-Nawegaon only but Residents of the affected villages are again saying that they will oppose the hearing slated to be held on April 19 as theyare  not informed. you are having reservation on this mega cement plant as this unsafe 8 million people residing in limit of Nagpur metro and adjoining villages ,there are very very serious concern about  public health and pollution of Green city Nagpur has been raised expert and activist and we are also support their valid  ground that the cement plant will cause air, water and soil pollution in a radius of at least 10 km hence  the norms of ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) should be followed as today existing Khaparkheda and Koradi ,Mauda NTPC power plants have ruined the farmers and adding one more  cement plant in this area will have long term environmental and social impact hence we demand MPCB's relook over the issues raised expert' Tiwari urged , 

'It is reported that UltraTech has proposed a 2.0 MTPA cement grinding unit and 12 MW captive power plant in Ashti, 35km from Kanhan and the areas of concern about the plant include irrigated lands being acquired, air pollution threatening green fields and local water bodies, rivers and groundwater resources hence this serious public health issue but Local MLAs who initially oppose in public hearing  then they are getting managed  having contract in project and huge compensation paid to them for clearance that is what happened in earlier NTPC  and Koradi power plant cases moreover objection taken by expert are shown the dust bin and EIA has been stage manged show for consultants with 'CASH & CARRY ' hence we urge general public and media to take up issue to see that Nagpur is saved ' Tiwari added.


Saturday, April 13, 2013

Atonement (Prayaschit) of Ajitdada Pawar is Hoax- VJAS


Atonement (Prayaschit) of Ajitdada is hoax- Vidarbha farm widows punishment for 10,000 farmer suicides after ‘Irrigation scam’

Nagpur -April 14, 2013
 Ajitdada Pawar over his 'urination' remarks, which forced  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar to surrender unconditional apology for  his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister the insensitive remarks targeting  drought-hit farmers is not getting over yet as  today Ajitdada Pawar is starting one day fast at karad  before samathi of Sharad Pawar mentor  Maharashtra ex-chief minister  late Yashwantrao Chavan for so called Atonement (Prayaschit) is termed as hoax by thousands vidrabha farm widows whose husbands committed suicides in vidrabha agrarian crisis where 30 thousand crore ‘irrigation scam’ is directly responsible as his  hands are soaked with the blood of over 10,000 farmers who committed suicide due to crop failure as water to protect crop was siphoned out industry or money for irrigation project has been robbed by Ajitdada Pawar associates  hence real Atonement (Prayaschit) is the criminal prosecution that will  give a sense of some justice to the families of those farmers who ended their lives but he is being protected by UPA Govt. at the centre and Maharashtra Govt. who is running on clutches ,has made him too arrogant to continue any constitutional post hence hundreds of vidrabha farm widows will start counter fast if Ajitdada continue is  Atonement (Prayaschit)  is more  as this is adding further fuel drought hit dying farming communities hardship, claimed Kishore Tiwari of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti.
 “If money was indeed given towards irrigation projects, debt-trapped Vidarbha farmers would have benefited from it and we may not have had the number of suicides by farmers. This is why we believe that this siphoning off of money is nothing short of large-scale murder and criminal action must be initiated against the ministers hence this demand ” Tiwari said
“Ajit Pawar should not only be sacked but sent to a mental asylum via Yerwada Jail . This is the man who created the irrigation and water crisis in the state and now he’s rubbing salt on the farmers’ wounds. His remarks only reflect his attitude and non-sensitivity towards farmers”  Bebitai bais ,president Vidrabha Farm widows Asoociation (VFWA) urged.
Farmers’ advocacy groups in Vidarbha allege that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Ajit Pawar, deputy chief minister of Maharashtra and water resources minister Sunil Tatkare are responsible for a lot more than the multi-crore irrigation scam. On July 1, 2006, prime minister Manmohan Singh had announced a special Rs3,750 crore relief package for Vidarbha, during a visit to Nagpur. Of this amount, Rs2,800 crore was to be used to improve irrigation facilities in the region, as acute water scarcity had increased the farmers’ distress.

“Wonder where all that money and the Rs30,000 crore given additionally for irrigation went, as irrigation facilities today are not any better than they were in 2006,” said Tiwari
The neglect of development of irrigation facilities in Vidarbha has been a regular issue of debate, with the blame being put on western Maharashtra politicians who have controlled the state irrigation department


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Sunday, April 7, 2013

VJAS Support Traders Stir against Local Body Tax (LBT)



VJAS  Support  traders  stir against Local Body Tax (LBT)
NAGPUR: 7TH April 2013
When  Chief Minister Prithviraj  Chavan flatly turning down the traders' demand to do away with local body tax (LBT), the businessmen have decided to go-ahead with the indefinite strike which entered the fourth day on Saturday  today got  the   support  farmers activist group joining the stir ,will support  complete trade strike with agitation taking as LBT will burn finger of common man and consumers hence all attempt of imposing double and triple tax should be  opposed to  saving dying rural community at large , kishore Tiwari  of  Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS)  informed in press release today .
‘The introduction LBT is completely contrary  to UPA policy of VAT at single stage and avoiding double taxation ,in fact we have demanding abolishing  octroi tax in local bodies but now it is being replaced by LBT .We demand there should not be double taxation at any stage in order to have transparency in pricing of goods and stop unfair trade practices but LBT will create larger scope consumer exploitation more over this is attempt create another Baburaj in the state hence we are asking CM to suspend idea of abolishing LBT ‘ Tiwari added.
‘Overall Tax collection of state has crossed Rs. 1,44,000 crore above budgetary target for year 12-13 and projected tax collection for 2013-14 is Rs.1,60,000 crore hence introduction of LBT  is needless and unjustified hence CM should look at larger tax collection perspective at source that burdening local bodies which will reflect on the development of metros hence we urged CM to talk with traders end the trade strike ‘ Tiwari said.
  
‘VJAS  has pointed out that the state government has quietly modified the Bombay Gram Panchayat Act to enable gram panchayats to levy tax on goods entering its area. This tax will be called as local Panchayat tax (LPT) and will be similar to local body tax (LBT) being levied by municipal corporations.
It is feared that once LBT was successfully levied by municipal corporations, municipal councils would be asked to follow the suit. Then the panchayats will be asked to levy LPT. Levy of multiple taxes will make business difficult which is against the stated objective of the government, hence we are opposing the move to introduce LBT and LPT, VJAS workers join the stir with traders and will appeal all citizen to join the agitation  , Tiwari added.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Maharashtra Ex-DGP Anami Roy and NIIT to impart IT Training and employability skills to empower Vidarbha Farm Widows and kids


Maharashtra Ex-DGP Anami Roy and NIIT to impart IT Training and employability skills to empower  Vidarbha Farm Widows and kids
Nagpur, April 04, 2013:
Dying 3 million distress farmers of west vidarbha has found new Samaritan in the form of ex-top cop of Maharashtra police Anami roy and NIIT Nagpur centre director Rina Sinha who have started high take computer centre at Pandharkawada and Wardha which were open this week ,this is unique initiative  to empower and rehabilitate the youth of Vidarbha, NIIT Ltd., leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT Trainer, will impart them IT Training and communication skills.
Maharashtra ex-DGP after retired has set up trust Vandana foundation which is working for empowerment of vidarbha farm widows since 2010 and hundreds of farm widows has started new  support activity that has empowered them to live life with dignity and respect now providing IT and employability skills will give further relief distressed families ,Anami roy informed in press release today

NIIT Nagpur has partnered with vandan foundation  to provide livelihood support to the families of the farmers who have committed suicide. NIIT Nagpur Centre will impart free IT training and communication skills to the children of these farmers.
This training has started at Pandharkauda and Wardha in the first week of April, being  offered to children who have passed 10th/ 12th standard. Children will be imparted training on basic IT and life skills including MS Office, Internet and Basic English Communication skills etc.
Speaking on the initiative, Ms. Rina Sinha,Director, NIIT Nagpur Centres,said, “Continuing with NIIT’s endeavor to bring people and computers together, we have launched this initiative to empower the youth of Vidarbha through IT training. We are confident that after completing this training, these children will take up meaningful jobs and support their families.”
Mr. A.K. Roy, vandana foundation  said, “ We are pleased to partner with NIIT for rehabilitating the bereaved families of Vidarbha farmers. Through this training, the youth will surely find gainful job opportunities, thus improving the economic condition of their families.”
NIIT Limited, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s premier IT trainer, offers learning and knowledge solutions across 38 countries. Leading IT journal Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT the ‘Top IT Training Company’ award successively for the past 20 years, since the inception of this category. NIIT’s Individual Learning Business offerings include industry-endorsed programs for students seeking careers in IT – GNIIT and Edgeineers, and Global Net Plus for IT professionals. The company has introduced “India’s first cloud campus”, through its new-age GNIIT program. This offers students a higher mobility as they can access courseware using Netbooks to connect seamlessly to NIIT’s Cloud Campus network, Rina Sinha added .