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Date: Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Subject: Releases..........pt1
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Sanitation Campaign
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi today informed the Lok Sabha that the Government of India administers the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a comprehensive programme to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with the main goal of eradicating the practice of open defecation and ensuring clean environment. The main components are incentive for Individual Household Latrines (IHHL), School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE), assistance for Community Sanitary Complex, Anganwadi toilets and Solid and Liquid Waste Management. The incentive /assistance pattern for toilets in individual houses and other places to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas is as follows:
| S.No. | Component | Central share | State share (minimum) |
| 1. | IHHL | Rs.1,500 (Rs.2,000 for hilly and difficult areas) | Rs.700 |
| 2. | School Toilet Unit | Rs.14,000 | Rs.6,000 |
| 3. | Anganwadi Toilet | Rs 3,500 | Rs.1,500 |
| 4. | Community Sanitary Complex | Rs.1,20,000 | Rs. 60,000 |
In reply to a written question the Minister said TSC at present is being implemented in 606 districts. A list indicating State wise number of districts covered under TSC is annexed.
He said TSC is a demand driven programme. The funds are released to the districts based on eligibility through State Water and Sanitation Missions as per decision taken in the Plan Approval Committee meetings.
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Annexure
List indicating State wise number of districts covered under TSC
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 22 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 16 |
| 3 | Assam | 26 |
| 4 | Bihar | 38 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 16 |
| 6 | D & N Haveli | 1 |
| 7 | Goa | 2 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 25 |
| 9 | Haryana | 20 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 12 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 20 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 24 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 29 |
| 14 | Kerala | 14 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 50 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 33 |
| 17 | Manipur | 9 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 7 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 8 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 11 |
| 21 | Orissa | 30 |
| 22 | Puducherry | 1 |
| 23 | Punjab | 20 |
| 24 | Rajasthan | 32 |
| 25 | Sikkim | 4 |
| 26 | Tamil Nadu | 29 |
| 27 | Tripura | 4 |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 71 |
| 29 | Uttarakhand | 13 |
| 30 | West Bengal | 19 |
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| TOTAL | 606 |
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Documents required to be filed by all registered Companies Annually
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
Balance sheets and Annual Returns are required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies by all the companies registered under the Companies Act, 1956. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Minsiter for Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid informed the House that the Annual Returns and Balance Sheets for the year 2009-10 are not yet due for filing. However, the details of companies which have not filed balance sheets and annual returns for the last three years, as per records available, are as under:
| Year | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Total number of companies required to file balance sheets and annual returns | 5,66,995 | 6,18,674 | 6,77,095 |
| No. of companies which have not filed balance sheets | 2,63,382 | 3,03,230 | 3,70,196 |
| No. of companies which have not filed annual returns | 2,64,575 | 3,07,236 | 3,71,110 |
The penalties imposed by the Courts for non-filing of these documents by companies during the last three years are as under:-
| Year | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Amount (Rs. In Lakhs) | 94.66 | 88.17 | 63.84 |
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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Law & Justice
Appointment of Judges of Kerala High Court
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Smt.Justice Mavulli Cholakkode Hari Rani, and (2) Shri Justice Thomas Puthenpura Joseph, Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court, to be Judges of that High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Law & Justice
Appointment of additional Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Brij Kishore Dube, (2) Shri Gulab Singh Solanki, (3) Shri Naresh Kumar Gupta, and (4) Shri Anil Kumar Sharma, to be Additional Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.
vlk/ska/dk/kol/13:21 hrs.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Trafficking of Minors and School Dropouts
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi today informed the Lok Sabha that his Ministry does not have any specific scheme under which village Panchayats may have to play key role to curb trafficking of minors and school dropouts. However, as per the information received, a Writ-Petition (C) No. 51 of 2006 filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan Vs Union of India & others had been under consideration before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. In their order dated 22.01.2010 passed in the above mentioned Writ Petition the Hon'ble Apex Court had taken note inter alia of the submission that the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 has already come into force and rules have been framed thereunder.
In reply to a written question the minister also stated that the Ministry of Women & Child Development have inter-alia a comprehensive scheme named "Ujjawala" for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and re-integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. It has five components: (i) Prevention (ii) Rescue (iii) Rehabilitation (iv) Re-integration (v) Repatriation. The components of Prevention include formation of Community Vigilance Groups, Adolescent Girls/Adolescent Children Sanghas, Sensitization Workshops / Seminars and Awareness generation.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Khap Panchayats
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi today informed the Lok Sabha that Government is not giving funds to the Khap Panchayats to each State in the Eleventh Five Year Plan.
the Minister further said the issue to the projects undertaken so far, State-wise especially in rural areas in Andhra Pradesh compared to other States; and the demands of each State still pending in this regard for the Eleventh Five Year Plan does not arise.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Schemes in Panchayats
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi today informed the Lok Sabha under a Central Sector Scheme viz. Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA) which is being implemented by this Ministry in different States / UTs including Kerala. The Scheme is demand driven in nature. PYSA is one of the components of this Scheme.
Dr. Joshi said as per the guidelines of PMEYSA, one Coordinator – Youth is to be associated with the State Support Centre established in concerned States for PMEYSA. The main function of such centre is to keep updated information related to the participation of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) and Elected Youth Representatives (EYRs) in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for entire State. The Scheme of PMEYSA has also a provision for organising sensitization programmes for enhancing the capacity of PRIs representatives in batches. Each batch comprises of 25 EWRs and 10 EYRs.
Replying to a written question in this regard the Minister said Minister further stated that there is no pension scheme for Panchayat representatives and there is no proposal to set up rural trade centre/Gram Gyan Kendra in each Gram Panchayat in the country.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Minority Affairs
The Status of Implementation of Decisions on the major Recommendations of the Sachar Committee for Ameliorating the Conditions of the Minorities
New Delhi: May 3, 2010
The Government has said that the implementation of the decisions taken by the Government on the follow up action on the recommendations of the Prime Minister's High Level Committee on Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community of India (Sachar Committee), which are implemented by the concerned Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government, is reviewed on quarterly basis. Giving this information in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha , the Minister for Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid, said that the status of implementation of decisions is as follows:
(i) All public sector banks have been directed to open more branches in districts having a substantial minority population. In 2007-08, 523 branches were opened in such districts. In 2008-09, 537 new branches were opened. In 2009-10, 699 new branches have been opened (Department of Financial Services).
(ii) RBI revised its Master Circular on 5th July, 2007 on priority sector lending for improving credit facilities to minority communities. Over Rs. 82000 crore were provided to minorities under priority sector lending during 2008-09 and over Rs.1,08,000 crore were provided to minorities under priority sector lending during 2009-10 (Department of Financial Services).
(iii) District Consultative Committees (DCCs) of lead banks have been directed to regularly monitor disposal and rejection of loan applications for minorities (Department of Financial Services).
(iv) A multi-pronged strategy to address the educational backwardness of the Muslim community, as brought out by the Sachar Committee, has been adopted, as given below (Ministry of Human Resource Development):
a) The Madarsa Modernization Programme has been revised to make it more attractive by providing better salary to teachers, increased assistance for books, teaching aids and computers, and introduction of vocational subjects, etc. This is now known as Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madarsas and has been launched with allocation of Rs. 325 crore during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.
b) A new centrally sponsored scheme of financial assistance for Infrastructure Development of Privately Managed Elementary/Secondary / Senior Secondary schools set up for minorities has been launched with allocation of Rs. 125 crores for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.
c) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has prepared text books for all classes in the light of the National Curriculum Framework-2005.
d) Thirty five universities have started centers for studying social exclusion and inclusive policy for minorities and scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
e) Under the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme, criteria of educationally backward blocks has been revised with effect from 1st April 2008 to cover blocks with less than 30% rural female literacy and in urban areas with less than national average of female literacy (53.67%: Census 2001). Under the scheme, out of 2573 KGBVs, 453 have been sanctioned in blocks having a substantial Muslim population.
f) Universalization of access to quality education at secondary stage called Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has been approved. The scheme envisages preference to minority concentration areas in opening of Government schools. State Governments have been advised to accord priority to setting up new / upgraded schools in minority concentration areas while appraising proposals under this scheme.
g) Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSSs) are envisaged in the revised schemes. At present, JSSs are imparting vocational training in 33 out of the 88 Muslim dominated districts in the country.
h) Preference is given by University Grant Commission for provision of girls' hostels in universities and colleges in the areas where there is concentration of minorities especially Muslims.
(v) An expert group, constituted to study and recommend the structure and functions of an Equal Opportunity Commission, submitted its report on 13th March, 2008. This has been processed as per approved modalities, along with the report of the expert group on diversity index (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(vi) A National Data Bank, to compile data on the various socio-economic and basic amenities parameters for socio-religious communities, has been set up in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
(vii) An autonomous Assessment & Monitoring Authority (AMA), to analyse data collected for taking appropriate and corrective policy decisions, has been set up in the Planning Commission.
(viii) A training module has been developed by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, for sensitization of government officials. The module has been sent to the Central/ State Training Institutes for implementation and it has been included in their training calender. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) has prepared a module for sensitization of organized civil services and it has been incorporated in their training programme (Department of Personnel and Training).
(ix) Under Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), as on 31.03.10 a total project cost of Rs.2533.16 crore have been sanctioned for 83 towns having substantial minority population (Ministry of Urban Development).
(x) A Bill has been passed by the Parliament for providing social security to workers in the un- organized sector, which, inter- alia, includes home based workers (Ministry of Labour and Employment).
(xi) A High Level Committee, set up to review the Delimitation Act, has considered the concerns expressed in the Sachar Committee report and submitted its report (Ministry of Home Affairs).
(xii) Revised guidelines on Communal Harmony have been issued (Ministry of Home Affairs).
(xiii) Dissemination of information regarding health and family welfare schemes is being undertaken in regional languages in minority concentration areas (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).
(xiv) State Governments and Union Territory Administrations have been advised by Department of Personnel & Training for posting of Muslim police personnel in thanas and Muslim health personnel and teachers in Muslim concentration areas.
(xv) State governments have been advised by Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Urban Development to improve representation of minorities in local bodies.
(xvi) The recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqfs have been received. These have been processed as per approved modalities (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(xvii) The Government has accorded in-principle approval for restructuring of National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(xviii) An Inter-ministerial Task Force constituted to devise an appropriate strategy and action plan for developing 338 identified towns, having substantial minority population, rapidly in a holistic manner submitted its report on 8th November, 2007. The concerned Ministries/Departments have been advised to give priority in the implementation of their schemes in these 338 towns (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(xix) Three scholarship schemes for minority communities viz., Pre-matric, Post-matric and Merit-cum-means scholarship schemes were launched and 6.89 lakh scholarships were awarded to students belonging to minority communities in 2008-09 and 21.51 lakh scholarships in 2009-10 (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(xx) The corpus of Maulana Azad Education Foundation, which stood at Rs. 100 crores, was doubled to Rs. 200 crores in December, 2006. The corpus was increased by Rs. 50 crores in 2007-08 and by Rs. 60 crore in 2008-09. It has been further increased by Rs. 115 crore during 2009-10 and now stands at Rs. 425.00 crore (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(xxi) A revised Coaching and Allied scheme was launched in 2006-07 and a cumulative total of more than 15000 students/candidates belonging to minority communities have benefited from this scheme (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
(xxii) A Multi- sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) was launched in 90 identified minority concentration districts in 2008-09. Plans of 80 minority concentration districts in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Bihar, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Orissa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttrakhand, Mizoram, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh have been approved and Rs.1243.87 crore released upto 31st March, 2010 since launching of the scheme (Ministry of Minority Affairs).
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