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  • Amarinder to meet Gadkari to seek land relief revision for farmers

    By PTI
    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday assured a farmers’ delegation that he will soon take up with the Centre their demand for the revision of compensation against land acquired by the NHAI under the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’.

    He also directed the financial commissioner revenue (FCR) to immediately issue detailed instructions to the concerned officials not to credit the compensation amount into farmers’ bank accounts against their will, according to a government statement issued here.

    The issue relates to 25,000 hectares of land in 15 districts of the state. The land is under the process of acquisition under the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojna’.

    Multiple expressways, including Delhi-Jammu-Katra, Jamnagar-Amritsar, Ludhiana-Ropar, Bathinda-Dabwali, and Jalandhar and Ludhiana bypass, will be built on this land.

    Farmers have rejected the “meagre” compensation awarded by the district revenue officers (DROs), who have been designated as the Competent Authority for Land Acquisitions, for their lands acquired by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’.

    The government envisages building 34,800 km of highways at a cost of about Rs 5.35 lakh crore under the ambitious ‘Bharatmala Pariyojna’.

    Singh met a delegation of Road Kissan Sangharsh Committee here led by its state president Sukhdev Singh Dhillon, the statement said.

    During the meeting, the CM assured the farmers’ delegation that he will soon meet Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to raise their demand, it said.

    He directed his principal secretary to seek an early appointment with Gadkari and asked the director general of police to ensure that farmers’ land is not forcibly seized, it added.

    Singh stressed the need to resolve the issue on priority to the satisfaction of farmers, who have been protesting for the past several months, the statement said.

    He also directed FCR Ravneet Kaur and Principal Secretary PWD (buildings and roads) Vikas Partap to jointly prepare a comprehensive case, in consultation with the representatives of the committee, to highlight the “glaring discrepancies” in deciding the compensation for the farmers under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, it said.

    The CM ruled out the possibility of referring such cases for arbitration as it will unnecessarily lead to an inordinate delay in seeking justice for the farmers, it said.

  • Nitin Gadkari Confirms That Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors Will Be Coming To India In 2021

    Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari confirmed that Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors will enter India in 2021. Gadkari said that the American electric car major is set to start its operations in India next year, adding that the company would also look at setting up a manufacturing unit based on demand.

    Tesla Inc. co-founder and chief executive Elon Musk had in December 27 said the company will enter the Indian market in 2021 when he replied to a Twitter user about Tesla’s possible entry in the country. Musk had said ‘but definitely this year,’ while replying to a query on Tesla’s India plans on Twitter.

    Stressing that India has a power surplus, Gadkari said the benefits of e-mobility solutions are immense here. “The Centre intends to have an electric vehicle sales penetration of 30 per cent for private cars, 70 per cent for commercial cars, 40 per cent for buses, and 80 per cent for two and three-wheelers by 2030 by providing various incentives, which are likely to drive the growth of EV market in India,” Gadkari said.

  • Some people are trying to mislead the peasant movement: Nitin Gadkari

    Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the current government has taken historical decisions in the interest of farmers. He said that the farmers should get a fair price for their crops, so the government is making efforts at every level. Efforts are being made to mislead this movement and confuse the farmers. Farmers should beware of such sections.

    Nitin Gadkari while talking to India TV said that in the last 6 years after independence, our government has done as much work for farmers. No previous government has given that much money.

    Nitin Gadkari said that earlier it was a bond that farmers could sell their goods in the mandi itself. But now there will not be such compulsion wherever he will get a higher price, he can sell his product there. He said that people confuse when the ability to convert is over.

    Union Minister Gadkari said that the matter of giving agriculture in the hands of corporate is completely false. Gadkari said that there is a practice of farming on share and there is a contract for two to three years. The land will remain in the name of the farmer. Lies are being spread about contract forming. Various types of things are being said to completely mislead the farmers. Shouldn’t farmers be freed from the clutches of brokers and middlemen?

    We have fully protected the farmers. The government stands completely with the farmers. Leaders of various parties had put their suggestions in Parliament and everyone was included. Efforts are being made to misguide this movement and confuse the farmers. Farmers should beware of such sections. In the last 6 years after independence, our government has done as much work for farmers. No previous government has given that much money.

    The farmers have the right to the movement and the government is committed to the interests of the farmers, but some people want to bring forward their agenda in the name of the farmers’ movement. Farmers should beware of such elements. Everyone saw what kind of pictures were put in the movement. There are some elements that are engaged in misguiding this movement.

  • Maoist threat stalling key roadworks, Bhupesh Baghel has local solution

    With critical road projects to provide connectivity in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas often coming to a halt due to security reasons, Chhattisgarh has proposed a new plan to the Centre, suggesting that it divide the remaining contracts into small packets so that local contractors can take up the jobs.

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made this proposal to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari when he met them last month.

    This, the state said, will not only speed up but also complete the remaining portions of the Centre’s Road Requirement Plan for extremism-affected areas, the progress of which has been held up mainly in Chhattisgarh.

    “We have proposed to the Centre to break up the contracts into small portions so that local contractors can take up the jobs. When local people take up the contracts, they are in a better position to get the work done. I told this to Gadkariji and the Home Minister, who asked me to send a detailed proposal on this, which we are doing,” Baghel said Wednesday at the Idea Exchange programme of The Indian

  • My mission is to make turnover of village industry to Rs 5 lakh crores in 2 years: Nitin Gadkari

    Union Minister of MSME Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday pledged to increase the business of village industry from Rs 80,000 crore to Rs 5 lakh crore in two years.

    Addressing the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Global MSME Business Summit, the Union Minister stated, “Currently, the turnover of our village industry is Rs 80,000 crore. My mission is to make it Rs 5 lakh crore in 2 years. “

    Gadkari said that while speaking on the topic of ‘reboot: rebound: rewinding demand and supply side’, he said that the central government aims to create five crore more jobs in the next five years. “Currently, there are 110 million people employed in the MSME sector. Our goal is to create 5 crore more jobs in the next 5 years. “

    Speaking further during the event, Union Minister Gadkari said, “To build a self-sufficient India, the most important goal for ministries is to strengthen the Indian economy and for this reason, we need to increase exports at the same time, which we need to Need to reduce imports

    Last month, at the Virtual Horacis Asia meeting, Gadkari said that the center plans to take MSME’s contribution from 30 percent to 40 percent to economic growth.

    “Our aim is to bring MSME contribution from 30 percent to 40 percent economic growth and increase MSME exports from 48 percent to 60 percent. The government is planning to create 5 crore more jobs only from MSME sectors.

  • Sonia Gandhi turns 74, PM Modi wishes her ‘long life, good health’

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended birthday greetings to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and wished her a healthy life.

    Taking to Twitter, Modi said, “Birthday greetings to Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji. May God bless her with a long and healthy life.”

    Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday extended greetings to Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on her birthday.

    Gadkari took to Twitter and wished for her long life and good health. “Birthday greetings to the President of the Indian National Congress party Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji. May you be blessed with good health and long life,” Gadkari said in a tweet.

    Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has decided not to celebrate her birthday in support of farmers’ agitation against the farm laws and COVID-19 situation in the country.

    According to top sources in the party, Congress General Secretary Organisation has communicated to all the in-charges and PCC Presidents of the states that in view of the distress caused by Covid-19 pandemic across the country and amid the ongoing farmer’s agitation against the “draconian” agriculture bills Sonia Gandhi has decided not to celebrate her birthday this year.