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  • Karnataka government tables bill mandating 60% Kannada on signboards

    The Karnataka government on Tuesday tabled the Bill mandating the 60% use of Kannada on business’ sign boards in the Legislative Assembly, two weeks after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot returned an ordinance to the same effect.

    Kannada shall be displayed in the upper half of the name board, according to the Bill. It would be amending the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act 2022.

    The Congress regime had opted to go the ordinance route in order to mollify the pro-Kannada protests searing the state over the issue. In December last year, civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had issued a notice that all business’ nameplates need to be at least 60% in Kannada by the end of February, under threat of losing their licences. The government had come out in support, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah insisting on strict compliance with the policy on use of local language on sign boards as well. Protests on the issue however, turned violent, with pro-Kannada activists vandalising malls and blackening Hindi and English signs on prominent outlets like Starbucks, Third Wave Coffee, Theobroma, and House of Masaba. The government was forced into damage control mode with industries minister MB Patil issuing a warning, saying that such actions damaged the state’s reputation as an investor-friendly place.

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  • Presidential candidates to lose 9,280 votes in Jammu and Kashmir

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR: The Presidential candidates would lose 9,280 votes in Jammu and Kashmir in the absence of a Legislative Assembly, and no representative in Rajya Sabha.

    Only five Lok Sabha members, including three from National Conference and two from BJP, will cast their votes. 

    While Droupadi Murmu is certain to get 1,400 votes from the BJP MPs, Yashwant Sinha would get 2,100 votes from NC. Each MP has a vote value of 700.

    However, with J&K having no Assembly, the candidates would lose 6,480 votes, as it has 90 seats, with the value of each vote till the abrogation of Article 370 being 72.

    Also, J&K used to send four MPs to Rajya Sabha, making 2,800 votes.

    The J&K Assembly would not be a part of this exercise for the second time.

    In 1992, a similar situation arose as the Lok Sabha election could not take place in 1991 due to insurgency.

    SRINAGAR: The Presidential candidates would lose 9,280 votes in Jammu and Kashmir in the absence of a Legislative Assembly, and no representative in Rajya Sabha.

    Only five Lok Sabha members, including three from National Conference and two from BJP, will cast their votes. 

    While Droupadi Murmu is certain to get 1,400 votes from the BJP MPs, Yashwant Sinha would get 2,100 votes from NC. Each MP has a vote value of 700.

    However, with J&K having no Assembly, the candidates would lose 6,480 votes, as it has 90 seats, with the value of each vote till the abrogation of Article 370 being 72.

    Also, J&K used to send four MPs to Rajya Sabha, making 2,800 votes.

    The J&K Assembly would not be a part of this exercise for the second time.

    In 1992, a similar situation arose as the Lok Sabha election could not take place in 1991 due to insurgency.

  • The budget session of the assembly began with the address of Governor Ms. Uike: Raipur, 22 February 2021

    I congratulate you all in the first session of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly of New Year 2021. I am glad that all of you are working unitedly to realize the vision of Garhbo Nava Chhattisgarh. The Corona epidemic had accidentally pushed the entire world into the darkness of uncertainty last year. I offer my gratitude to all of you for your cooperation in dealing with this historic crisis faced by humanity, for the ground help in providing relief to the people of the state. The New Year began, with the dark period of the Corona Crisis and hopes of breaking out of the jungle. I wish you all the best for successfully fulfilling the dual responsibilities of meeting new goals with Corona-influenced development work.

    1. The past year was filled with many challenges, such as the food and livelihood of daily earning families, continuous nutritious diet to families fighting malnutrition, safe return and rehabilitation of migrant laborers, prevention of corona infection and infected people. Remedies, arrangements to maintain public morale, to maintain the natural pace of economic activities, to live the life of people out of fear and live cautiously. I am happy that my government has stood up on all these fronts and the state could achieve new achievements in many areas even during the Corona period.
    2. My government has worked with caution to get the state out of this difficult phase, so that more than 67 lakh ration card holders families have food grains, sugar, salt, kerosene, jaggery in Bastar division, fortified rice in Kondagaon district as per their eligibility. Delivery became possible with security measures. 57 lakh Antyodaya, priority, Annapurna, single destitute and disabled card holders were given free rice and gram as per eligibility for 8 months. Migrant workers and others returned home safely. For the food security of every village, 2–2 quintals of rice were made available in more than 11 thousand panchayats. Many such efforts yielded positive results.
    3. The flame of the Alakh which my government raised as the Chief Minister’s Suraksha Abhiyan on 2 October 2019 kept burning in the Corona period, for this, more than 3 lakh 62 thousand beneficiaries as well as 24 lakhs of more than 51 thousand Anganwadi centers Ready-to-eat nutritional material was provided to all the beneficiaries from house to house. More than 29 lakh beneficiary school children of Mid-Day Meal Scheme were also provided with ready-to-eat dry rations safely home. Not only this, Anganwadi centers for hot food and health facilities were restarted on 7 September 2020 with Corona prevention measures.
    4. With the commitment of my government, 99 thousand children have got freedom from malnutrition and 20 thousand women from anemia in one year. Mahtari Jatan Yojna, Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Yojana, Saksham Yojana, Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana, Swavalamban Yojana, Nava Bihan Yojana, Swadhar Aadhar Yojana, Ujjwala Griha Yojna, Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme for better care and development of women and children , Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh Yojana, Mahila Shakti Kendra Yojana etc. were implemented smoothly, which has increased the morale and independence of the mother power.
    5. My government has once again kept the promise made to the farmers. Paddy was purchased at support price with improvement and resolution amidst challenges. This year maximum 21 lakh 52 thousand 980 farmers were registered, out of which 20 lakh 53 thousand 483 farmers sold their paddy. In this way, Chhattisgarh has become the first state in the country to purchase paddy of 95.40 percent farmers with the new system and new resolution. A new record has been made on every aspect of paddy procurement such as total registered acreage, total paddy purchase area, the total amount of paddy acquired, crossing 92 lakh metric tons is nothing short of a miracle. With these achievements, a new phase of agricultural production and prosperity has started not only in the lives of farmers but also in the entire state.
    6. Due to the new steps taken by my government in the interest of farmers, this year a new record has been made for disbursing Rs 4 thousand 755 crore as interest-free agricultural loan. Kisan Credit Cards have been given to about 16 lakh farmers. 725 new societies have been registered by restructuring Primary Agricultural Credit Cooperative Society, now the total number of societies has increased from 1 thousand 333 to 2 thousand 58. While the sugarcane-based ethanol plant is being set up, on the other hand, my government’s innovative thinking of setting up a paddy-based ethanol plant has also received support and acceptance at the national level. My government wants that despite the bumper yield of paddy in the state, the value of paddy should be maintained, so paddy should be used in other profitable ventures. Food parks and forest produce processing centers are being set up in each development block to have value addition to different crops in different regions of the state.
    7. My government has pledged to provide direct financial assistance to farmers who are taking 14 crops including paddy, sugarcane, maize under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana. In the first year, an amount of Rs 4500 crore has been deposited in the farmers’ account in three installments, while the remaining installment of about 1200 crore rupees will be paid in the same financial year.
    8. Apart from agriculture, forest resources also generate livelihood for large population of the state. Therefore, my government has increased the number of minor forest produce purchased from the minimum support price from 7 to 52. Even in this difficult period

  • Budget session of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly starts today, CM Baghel will present the budget as Finance Minister on March 1

    The budget session of the assembly will start from Monday. There are 24 meetings to be held during this period. Today will be Governor Anusuiya Uike’s speech on the first day, on 25 and 26 February the Governor’s address will be discussed. On March 1, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will present the budget as Finance Minister. There will be general discussion on the budget on 2 and 3 March. Budget grant demands will be discussed from March 4 to 23. Explain that 2 thousand 3 hundred 50 questions have been put in the budget session, 1 thousand 262 starred and 1 thousand 88 unstarred questions have been put in it. On the other hand, the opposition has prepared to surround the government on a number of issues including procurement of paddy, lifting of paddy, farmer suicides, law and order situation in the state, rising crime against women and women. The budget session of the Legislative Assembly is likely to be uproar.

  • Announcement of CM Baghel, Chhattisgarh government will buy if center will privatize Nagarnar plant

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced in the Legislative Assembly that if the central government privatizes NMDC’s Nagarnar plant, it will be bought by the Chhattisgarh government itself. Instead of handing it over to private hands, it will be bought and run officially.

    CM Bhupesh was responding to the discussion on the government resolution presented in the House in this regard. This resolution was passed unanimously after incorporating the amendments of the opposition. This is considered to be the master stroke of CM, because during the discussion, the opposition had said that if the state government wants to stop the plant from going into private hands, the state government should buy it.

    He said that the tribals have given their lands for public undertaking. The Law Advisor of the Center has also said that the Nagarnar plant should not be sold. The central government is working to sell the assets. Is ONGC running at a loss? Shiv Ratan Sharma was saying privatized MTNL, I had also said earlier, these people are people affected by Goeblus. The disinvestment of MTNL was not done, it has been told by the Modi government. The Chief Minister said that we have returned the farmers by taking land from the Tata plant.

    These people are unable to speak whether they are with the tribals of Bastar or with the central government. The Government of Chhattisgarh will buy Nagarnar Steel Plant. The Chief Minister told the opposition members that a proposal has come from the BJP that as Ajit Jogi had proposed the purchase during BALCO, we also accept the proposal of the opposition members. Chhattisgarh proposes to buy Nagarnar Steel Plant.

    Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik said that we will go to Delhi and talk about this. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that in case of disinvestment, Chhattisgarh government will run the Nagarnar Steel Plant, it will not be allowed to go into private hands.