Women Reservation in Panchayats

As per provisions contained in Article 243 D of the Constitution, 1/3rd of the Seats of Panchayati Raj Institutions and 1/3rd offices of the Chairperson at all level of Panchayati Raj Institutions covered by Part IX of the Constitution are reserved for women. The following states have made legal provision for 50% reservation for women among members and Sarpanches: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttarakhand. A statement giving the position about the Elected Women Representatives in all States and UTs as per the State of Panchayat Report 2007-08 commissioned by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj is given in Annexure.

The Government has approved the proposal for enhancing reservation of women in Panchayats from the present one-third to 50%. Accordingly, a bill for amendment of the Constitution of India had been introduced in the Parliament. As per the recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, the Government has approved that reservation for Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes shall be on the basis of the percentage of rural population and not total population. An amendment to the pending Bill is proposed to be introduced.

There is at present no proposal for providing quota for OBCs and Minority women within the proposed reservation in the Bill.

The reservation in favour of backward class of citizens rests with the State Legislatures under Article 243 (D) (6). Part IX of the Constitution does not have any provision for reservation on the basis of religion. Hence there is no scope to provide for reservation under these categories for women by amendment.

Violence against Indian Abroad

The attention of the Government has been drawn towards attacks on Indians living in different countries. The country-wise details of Indians who lost their lives or injured in these attacks are stated below:

Sr.No.	Name of the country	Year 2008	Year 2009	Year 2010
1	Australia	11	52	103
2	New Zealand	…	….	01
3	Iran	02	…	…
4	Italy	01	01	…
5	U.K(Edinburgh)	…	…	02
6	Kabul	40	02	13
7	Thailand	01	…	01
8	Philippines	27	31	30
9	Jamaica	…	…	01
10	USA (Houston )	…	02	01
11	Poland	07	…	06
12	Chile	01	..	..
13	South Africa	…	02	…
14	Trinidad & Tobago	..	..	01
15	Venezuela	…	01	01

The issue of attacks on Indians in Australia has been taken up at the highest level by GOI, including at the Ministerial level as well as through the High Commission and its Consulates in Australia. It has been conveyed to the Australian Government that it was the responsibility of the Australian authorities to ensure the well being and security of all Indians in Australia. Indian High Commissioner and Consuls Generals in Australia remain in regular touch with the Australian authorities both at the federal and the state level. This has resulted in several measures being put in place on the ground to improve safety and security. The HCI and Consulates have also been in constant touch with the Indian community to offer support and assistance and follow-up on all reported cases of attacks. The steps taken by the Australian authorities have been effective, as reflected in the substantial decrease in the number of attacks in recent months.

High Commission of India, Wellington, New Zealand has stated that by and large law and order situation in New Zealand is good and no incident of racial attacks on Indians has so far come to the notice of the High Commission. The High Commission officials maintain regular contacts with the concerned local police authorities and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Indian nationals abroad are sensitized by Indian Missions/Posts to maintain caution and vigilance in their general activities to avoid untoward incident. Consulate officials are sent to the place of incidence as considered necessary to liaise with the local authorities and Indian community, and render all possible assistance. Indian nationals are advised to contact the Indian Missions/Posts in case of any attack or assault. Indian Missions closely monitor the welfare of Indian citizens including their safety. Indian Missions maintain close liaison with the local administration/security agencies in the host countries and extends consular access to the Indians as and when required.

Loss Making PSUs

The details of the loss making Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSEs) for the last three years, based on the Public Enterprises Survey 2009-10 that was laid in the Parliament on 24 February, 2011 are as below:

Years	No. of loss making CPSEs	Amount (Rs. in lakh)
2009-10	59	15842
2008-09	55	14621
2007-08	54	10303

Although Department of Public Enterprises(DPE) issues guidelines for pay, etc. including Performance Linked Incentives(PLI) in respect of executives and non-unionised supervisors, wages including PLI of workmen is based on negotiations between the management and trade unions of each CPSE and may vary from one CPSE to another. The DPE O.M. dated 25 March, 1999 (1997 Pay Revision), stipulates that payment of perquisites and allowances may be upto a maximum of 50 per cent of the basic pay; payments over and above the ceiling of 50 per cent should be entirely in the nature of Performance Related Payment (PRP) which should not exceed 5 per cent of the distributable profits in an enterprise. Furthermore, the DPE on 27 March, 2000 has clarified that in normal circumstances the PLI should be within 50% of the basic pay, and if the limit is not considered sufficient to reward the employees for their work, the CPSEs can go beyond 50% of basic pay but within 5% of distributable profits.

While PRP is entirely dependent/based on the profit of a CPSE, the PLI may not be so. PLI cannot, therefore be disbursed in place of PRP, PLI, if any, can only be distributed within the 50% ceiling on perks & allowances of the Basic Pay of the individual executive. In view of the above, the payment under PLI is to be decided by the concerned CPSE with the approval of their administrative Ministry/Department as per DPE’s guidelines. DPE does not, however, maintain information in this regard on centralised basis.

The Government has set up a Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) in December, 2004 as an advisory body to advise the Government, inter alia, on the revival and restructuring of sick/loss making CPSEs. The concerned administrative Ministries/Departments of the CPSEs prepare proposals for revival of sick companies and refer them to BRPSE for recommendations. The Government is open to induct private sector to turnaround companies that have potential for revival on case to case basis.

During the last three years i.e. 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, the Government has approved revival/restructuring of 14 CPSEs envisaging a total assistance of Rs. 14,757 crore (cash assistance of Rs. 1321 crore in the form of infusion of funds and non-cash assistance of Rs. 13,436 crore in the form of waivers/write offs of interest/loans, etc.

‘AGRlNDIA’ a new company by Department of Agricultural Research & Education

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) for setting up of a new company, called AGRlNDIA.

The AGRlNDIA will be a registered company under the Companies Act, fully owned by Government of India in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) with a share capital of Rs.100 crore and initial paid up capital of Rs.50 crore. The company would be made functional within four months.

AGRlNDIA would undertake, amongst others, the following major activities:

i. Protection and management of intellectual properties generated in the system and its commercialization / distribution for public benefit

ii. Production, marketing and popularization of ICAR's products, processes and technologies in agriculture and allied sectors, viz. seed (including fodder seed, semen and fish seed), planting material, vaccines, diagnostics, several other biotechnological products, other value added inputs and products, farm implements and machinery, other technologies etc.

iii. Providing skilled services from ICAR, such as consultancies, contract research, contract service, customized capacity building, technical support for turnkey project etc.

iv. Setting up research and development farms and assist in setting up production units outside India, especially in Africa and in the Asia-Pacific region; and perhaps other regions of the world such as Latin America.

v. Public-private partnerships in research, education and other capacity building in agriculture and allied sectors.

. AGRlNDIA would promote spread of R&D outcomes through IPR protection, commercialisation and forging partnerships both in the country and without. The farmers of the country would benefit from the formation of the company because of the following:

i. The company would provide a model for quality seed availability in the country.

ii. The company would enable manufacturing and marketing models of good quality vaccines and diagnostic kits etc.

iii. It would establish ICAR's R&D presence in other countries/region, such as in Africa and the Asia Pacific region.

iv. Intellectual Property Rights in ICAR would be efficiently managed for their protection and consequent commercialization.

Railways’ Computerized Reservation Centres

At present, 2415 computerized reservation centres have been commissioned by Railways at various stations and non-station locations across the country both in rural and urban areas. As per policy, this facility is provided where reservation related workload is 100 transactions per day, at stations, at district headquarters, important hill stations/tourist, pilgrimage centres and locations on basis of proposals received from public representatives and the Zonal Railways, which include rural locations also. At such locations the facility is provided by arranging space from state government, local bodies/panchayat samitis/post offices also.

Enlistment of Private Agencies for E-Ticketing

t present, there are 68 private companies enlisted with Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for e-ticketing and additionally there are 15 agencies from state government/public sectors also. Zone-wise enlistment is not done by IRCTC, however, the authorized companies/agencies have been permitted to appoint sub-agents across the country to enable a wider reach.
IRCTC levies a service charge of only Rs.10/- per e-ticket for Second/Sleeper class and Rs.20/- per e-ticket in case of all other classes (1AC, 2AC, 3AC, CC, 3E, FC) irrespective of the number of passengers booked on an e-ticket.
In case of tickets booked through IRCTC’s authorized agents an additional service charge of Rs.10/- per e-ticket in case of non-AC class (Second/Sleeper) class and Rs.20/- per ticket in respect of other classes (1AC, 2AC, 3AC, CC, 3E, FC) is levied. The money earned by IRCTC on account of share of service charge during 2010-11 is Rs.136/- crore (provisional).
Two mobile ticketing vans were commissioned in January 2010, one each at Kolkata and Delhi. 25 more mobile ticketing vans have been sanctioned

Free Meals During Late Running Rajdhani/Shatabdi Trains

Railways have decided that whenever any Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto Express trains are running late from its schedule time by more than two hours, meals would be provided, including packaged drinking water, free of cost as per the service timings to the passengers on-board of these trains irrespective of sector wise service provided for its normal run subject to practical feasibility.
This facility is only provided in all Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto Express trains where catering charges are included in the ticket fare.

Exotic Dates(Khajoor) and their price

Algerian dates-200 per kg
Crown dates of UAE-225 per kg
Maryam dates of Iran Rs.200 per 250grams
Al Barakah dates of Saudi -Rs.600 per kg
Sukari dates of Saudi -Rs.500
Tunisian Dates Rs55 per 250grams
Kimia Khajoor of Iran -Rs.120 750 grams
Ajwa Khajoor of Saudi Arabia-Rs.3,000 per kg
(Exotic dates variety available in Hyderabad Market )

Deployment of CISF Personnel

CISF is deployed for providing security cover to all vital Government establishments. At present CISF is deployed at 301 Public Sector Units including Delhi Metro Railway Corporation, Delhi. Apart from this, CISF has been deployed at 58 airports.

CISF has been deployed at the newly built Delhi Airport Metro Express Link. Government has sanctioned 419 posts to CISF for this purpose. Government provides CISF security cover to private sector units based on their requests and threat perception of such units. The deployment is done as per CISF Act 1968, as amended in 2009.

So far, CISF has been deployed for the security of 6 Private Sector Units.

Investigation of Terrorism cases to NIA

The Ministry of Home Affairs,Govt of India, handed over the investigation of 29 cases,(Assam (02), Maharashtra (03), Delhi (03), Kerala (07) , Goa (02), Manipur (03), Gujarat (01), Andhra Pradesh (02), Haryana (01), West Bengal (02), Rajasthan (01), Jammu and Kashmir (01) and Madhya Pradesh (01) relating to terrorism to National Investigation Agency( NIA).

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been constituted on 31st December, 2008 and made fully functional, under the National Investigation Act, 2008 to investigate and prosecute the scheduled offences. NIA is having its Headquarter at New Delhi and two its branch offices one each at Hyderabad and Guwahati.

Naxal Violence this Year

The Govt of India,Ministry of Home Affairs release details pertaining to naxal violence in India. About 333 deaths reported (241 civilians and 92 security forces). The State-wise details of naxal violence is given below.

The Current year (up to 26^th July 2011) witnessed 999 incidents

State	Incidents	Civilians	Security forces killed
Andhra Pradesh	15	03	00
Bihar	202	26	03
Jharkhand	281	71	17
Chhattisgarh	261	61	51
Madhya Pradesh	04	00	00
Maharashtra	61	29	06
Orissa	104	19	14
Uttar Pradesh	01	00	00
West Bengal	70	32	01
Total	999	241	92

season diseases

Water born diseases

Typid

Intestine disorder

Continues high fever 103 degree fehrenheit for about two weeks,

rises in the evening and fall bit in the morning

weakness,fatigue and shivering

Dry tongue

Water stool

Jaundice

liver disorder

High fever headache

Constipation,extreme weakness

Cholera

Infection of small intestine

Profuse water diarrhea, high fever and abdominal pain

vomittin, cramps in the muscle

Gastroenterits

Stomach flu, causes infammation of the Gastro intestine tract

severe abdominal cramps

Nausea and vomitting

Diarrhoea

Hepatitis E

Spread through fecal oral transmission

loss of apetite,fever and vomitting

Yellow colored skin/urine/stool etc

Hepatitis A

Jaundis,nausea,vomiting,low grade fever

Precaution:

Drink boil water,maintain hygene,eat fresh foods

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