tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53451535216319146342024-03-05T01:57:40.044-08:00People for Transparency :: People for Democratic Reforms & GovernanceI was born in 1973, I inherited from my forefather free & sovereign Country, clean air, clean water, fertile land, my offsprings born in 2001 & 2007, at the time of their birth they inherited from me, profane air, contaminated water, polluted land & democracy which is of namesake, in which only a few have voice.
Ponder, what our progenies would have inhert from us.( Kamal Anand, member of group)Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-65239717786939823392010-02-14T01:07:00.000-08:002010-02-14T01:14:53.581-08:00Alcohol in PUnjab<a href="http://http//www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1324433743713&ref=mf">http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1324433743713&ref=mf</a>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-5723191108521068302010-01-24T18:52:00.001-08:002010-01-24T18:59:33.563-08:00Violation of Rules<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbk5ylvLmGnYTaCO1PZzlJwEYf4At5tvXoHe2HIA48r7oghHABUNbQh-ws-09UGBR-KBO0hnFkyP9D0FLwSrYIrleWIorH2WjrYetMo_Aks2XC12OY_CVR6uzv18pZIfA5PIeDVZHp9BZ/s1600-h/display+boards.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbk5ylvLmGnYTaCO1PZzlJwEYf4At5tvXoHe2HIA48r7oghHABUNbQh-ws-09UGBR-KBO0hnFkyP9D0FLwSrYIrleWIorH2WjrYetMo_Aks2XC12OY_CVR6uzv18pZIfA5PIeDVZHp9BZ/s400/display+boards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430506544264917442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyV1qzN7MgyEVx5b4KT8UK7GQPEAeA8HaFiOS9YW1MMRPmziL0gVzXooQOwYrzC7ymBRCfLCzk2q7nv2TjPDaIqNXxGn4_xEsXYrq-DKwO0GlF2ZX5cmsjMk-Grks75lfqQoru93T_ETl/s1600-h/decorative+lights.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 421px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyV1qzN7MgyEVx5b4KT8UK7GQPEAeA8HaFiOS9YW1MMRPmziL0gVzXooQOwYrzC7ymBRCfLCzk2q7nv2TjPDaIqNXxGn4_xEsXYrq-DKwO0GlF2ZX5cmsjMk-Grks75lfqQoru93T_ETl/s400/decorative+lights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430505165341696194" border="0" /></a>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-36318879344366738952010-01-12T22:03:00.000-08:002010-01-25T11:12:47.390-08:00Alcohol Sales in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pardesh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzbQzOYBjevI-cghIyTC7bfNNaWVQsge5uBPxgy1fpzthhsClnNJHuWXxtj4q5sreIkqB4ZmM_-D0ZZlwULk_F92ViYcCEVFaWNIAOFl0AUheC7YlShIN-R32GLDoDeaqZiFFoGcxY3h4/s1600-h/asianage_logo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzbQzOYBjevI-cghIyTC7bfNNaWVQsge5uBPxgy1fpzthhsClnNJHuWXxtj4q5sreIkqB4ZmM_-D0ZZlwULk_F92ViYcCEVFaWNIAOFl0AUheC7YlShIN-R32GLDoDeaqZiFFoGcxY3h4/s400/asianage_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426140785107778146" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></em> </span></h3> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>ASIT JOLLY</strong></span></p> <p><b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">CHANDIGARH</b></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Jan. 3: Shocking statistics collated by the People for Transparency — a Punjab-based civil action and awareness group — have exposed residents in the northern states of Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Chandigarh</b> as the biggest tipplers in the world!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Believe it or not, the average annual intake of alcoholic drinks in <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Chandigarh</b> is a whopping 135.82 bottles (750 ml), which means that every adult man and woman above 18 years of <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 255);">age</b></span> puts away 11 full bottles of whisky, rum, vodka or country liquor each month.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Haryanvis, who bore the brunt of the late Bansi Lal’s stringent prohibition policy in the mid-1990s, alarmingly follow the babus of <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Chandigarh</b>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">In 2008-09, 1.2 crore Haryanvis polished off 26.52 crore bottles of various spirits. 1.10 Delhiites tucked away 16.28 crore bottles and the 45.41 lakh adult Himachalis got high on nearly six crore booze bottles.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Contrary to popular perception, 1.68 crore Punjabis, despite the larger than their life measures of the Patiala Peg and the Bhatinda Peg, could manage only an ‘ignominious’ 19 crore bottles.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Mr Kamal Anand of People for Transparency says, the <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">alcohol</b> consumption levels in North India are way beyond the global averages published by the World Health Organisation’s Global Status Report on <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alcohol</b> 2004 wherein the total recorded per capita consumption above 15 years is 0.82 litre of pure <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">alcohol</b>.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"Our compilations reveal that this figure is around 12.44 litres across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal and <b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Chandigarh</b>," he said adding, "Collectively, India has been identified as the third largest market for alcoholic beverages."</span></p> <p> </p>
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<br /></h1><h1 class="detail-title">Chandigarh scores over others in liquor intake</h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var addthis_pub = "thehindu"; </script> <span class="author">Special Correspondent</span> <div class="detail-info"> <div class="article-links"> <script type="text/javascript"> var min=8; var max=18; var min1=18; var max1=24; function increaseFontSize() { var temp=document.getElementById('inc').innerHTML if(temp=="T-") decreaseFontSize(); else { var p = document.getElementsByTagName('p'); for(i=0;i<p.length;i++) s =" parseInt(p[i].style.fontSize.replace(" s =" 18;" s =" 18;" t =" parseInt(p[i].style.lineHeight.replace(" t =" 24;" t =" 24;" fontsize =" s+" lineheight =" t+" innerhtml="T-" p =" document.getElementsByTagName('p');" i="0;i<p.length;i++)" s =" parseInt(p[i].style.fontSize.replace(" s =" 14;" s ="14;" t =" parseInt(p[i].style.lineHeight.replace(" t =" 18;" t =" 18;" lineheight =" t+" fontsize =" s+" innerhtml="T+"> <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20" onclick="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" title="Share this Article">Share</a> · <!-- AddThis Button END --> <a href="http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article77219.ece?css=print" title="Print">print</a> · <a href="javascript:increaseFontSize();" title="Change Text Size" id="inc">T+</a> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js"></script> <div class="articleLead"> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"> <span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Contrary to popular belief, a comparative analysis by a non-government organisation here has revealed that Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh beat Punjab in per capita consumption of alcohol during the year just gone by. According to the NGO, the average consumption across the region was 12.44 litres as compared to the national average of 0.82 litre.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">According to data released by People for Transparency as part of its “Stop under-age drinking” campaign, per capita consumption of alcohol in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Chandigarh during 2008-09 worked out to a heady 16.59 bottles. Information supplied by the respective Excise and Taxation departments of the different administrations indicated that nearly 4.5 crore adults, including women, consumed about 74.46 crore bottles of liquor of different brands during the year.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In Chandigarh alone, the per capita consumption came to a staggering 135.82 bottles even as smuggling and visitors were ignored. The city recorded sales of 65,736,000 bottles of alcohol during 2008-09, indicating a daily consumption of more than a quarter bottle for each adult.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Per capita consumption of alcohol in Haryana was 21.45 bottles despite a negative growth in sales, 14.72 bottles in Delhi, 12.80 bottles in Himachal Pradesh and 11.45 bottles in Punjab.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">According to Kamal Anand of the NGO, India being the third largest market for alcoholic beverages has emerged as a favourite playing field for many multinational liquor companies. Clubbed with intense marketing, policy influence and intervention by the large players in the liquor trade, consumption of alcohol in all forms has gone up manifold, he rued.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Public health crusader Hemant Goswami, who worked to get Chandigarh its “first smoke-free city” status, said, “It is not a joke that Chandigarh has a sale of over 1.8 lakh bottles of alcohol every day. The liberalised policy on alcohol sale by the bureaucrats of Chandigarh is responsible for it. Even toy shops in Chandigarh now sell alcohol.”</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Both Mr. Anand and Mr. Goswami note that the Excise Act is specific about the minimum age for drinking being 25. Despite that, there were less than 20 cases registered in all the five States in the past ten years for under-age drinking even though one could see youngsters consuming liquor in bars and discos.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Despite such a specific direction in the Constitution, States ill-managed by politicians and bureaucrats take the excuse of finances and taxes generated by the liquor trade as a pretext to promote consumption of alcohol,” Mr. Anand complained.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“Not only the World Health Organisation but even governments all over the world are streamlining policies related to alcohol so that public health and public interest can supersede commercial interest, but India still seems to be working in the other direction,” he said.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="body"><span style="font-size:130%;">
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<br /><span class="abh_date_color">( Jan 04 2010 )</span></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="center" height="10"> <span class="smalltextbold">The First Online South Asian News Source in Canada</span></td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold;" align="justify"> <td> <div class="text" align="justify"> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:black;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></span></p><p align="justify">Liquor sales show that Chandigarh adults drink 11 bottles of alcohol per month on an average, quite apart from beer and wine. Or annually, they drink nearly 136 bottles of alcohol.</p> <p></p> <p><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;color:black;"><span style="color:black;"> Records show that nearly 200,000 bottles of liquor are sold in Chandigarh every day. Liquor trade insiders say the "high" figure is owing to liquor being cheaper in Chandigarh compared to other places.
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<br />Chandigarh saw 65,736,000 bottles of alcohol being sold in 2008-09 to a voting population (above 18 years of age) of 483,982 in its electoral rolls.
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<br />This has been revealed in information obtained by social activist Kamal Anand under the Right to Information (RTI) from Chandigarh's excise and taxation department for non-governmental organisation (NGO) People for Transparency for its campaign Stop Underage Drinking.
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<br />The information regarding liquor sales during 2008-09 does not include beer and wine. The NGO obtained information on alcohol sales from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
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<br />The data showed higher per capita alcohol consumption in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh than in Punjab.
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<br />During 2008-09, Haryana's 1.2 crore adult population drank 26.52 crore bottles of alcohol. During this period, 16.28 crore bottles were consumed in Delhi.
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<br />In all, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal and Delhi consumed 74.46 crore bottles of alcohol during 2008-09, Anand said here Sunday.
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<br />"This is certainly very good news for the alcohol industry but not for the health authorities," he added.
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<br />While the World Health Organisation (WHO) global status report on alcohol (2004) recorded alcohol per capita consumption among 15-plus age group at 0.82 litre of pure alcohol, the average of these states and Chandigarh came to 12.44 litres of alcohol annually.
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<br />Public health activist Hemant Goswami, who has worked hard to make Chandigarh the first smoke-free city, said: "It is no joke that Chandigarh has a sale of nearly two lakh bottles of liquor every day. The liberalised policy on alcohol sale by the bureaucrats of Chandigarh is responsible for it."
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<br />Anand complained: "The Excise Act is specific about the minimum age of drinking being 25. Despite that, there are less than 20 cases registered in these states and Chandigarh in the last 10 years for underage drinking, even though one can see children and youngsters in every bar, restaurant and disco drinking alcohol.
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<br />"Despite specific directions in the Constitution, states ill-managed by politicians and bureaucrats take the excuse of finances and taxes generated by the alcohol industry as a reason to promote alcohol."
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<br />Goswami said: "The government is spending crores of rupees on public health and de-addiction centres on one hand and on the other, it is promoting the use of alcohol. It is indeed shameful." (IANS)</span></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1bj4zhpbhlCTVGpRTd-wBi23Kq8FIgeAMxjXSQL1WJugHFw7qbBbHOEUa55qhI4Jn-mZ39bd6kjNoDj-_U6Wyf8s3BIurCg8bsFKLS4HtmNAlUUTzZEFA-zo2I2fi2b_mdObw09E3wko/s1600-h/chdmast128.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 595px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1bj4zhpbhlCTVGpRTd-wBi23Kq8FIgeAMxjXSQL1WJugHFw7qbBbHOEUa55qhI4Jn-mZ39bd6kjNoDj-_U6Wyf8s3BIurCg8bsFKLS4HtmNAlUUTzZEFA-zo2I2fi2b_mdObw09E3wko/s400/chdmast128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426145717057716866" border="0" /></a><p align="center"> <b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"> <a name="2"> Chandigarh on a high </a>
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;">Per capita consumption 136 bottles</span> </b> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><b>
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<br />Tribune News Service</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Chandigarh, January 3
<br />Blame it on the Chandigarh administration’s lopsided excise policy or the people’s changing lifestyle, the city is slowing turning into a Bacchus lovers’ paradise. The per capita consumption is around 136 bottles, a development which is set to ring alarms bells among a cross-section of society.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100104/chd9.jpg" width="560" border="1" height="157" /> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">The figures are all the more alarming in the backdrop of the fact that the Excise Act prescribes 25 as the minimum age for drinking liquor.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">With over 2 lakh bottles of liquor being sold in the city every day, the problem seems to have assumed alarming proportions, with smuggling not being ruled out.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">And surprisingly, there are less than 20 cases registered in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi in the past 10 years for underage drinking.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">“The liberalised policy on alcohol sale by bureaucrats of Chandigarh is responsible for the problem and it is time for the administration to take note of the huge figure,” says public health activist Hemant Goswami.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">In fact, information obtained under an RTI query by the NGO People for Transparency for its campaign ‘Stop! Underage Drinking’ presents an alarming picture of liquor consumption in the region.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Sturdy Haryanvis seems to have overtaken boisterous Punjabis, famous for their Patiala peg, as far alcohol consumption is concerned.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">During 2008-09, 1.2 crore Haryanvis gulped 26.52 crore bottles of alcohol. Delhi with a population of 1.10 crore adults was far behind Haryana with 16.28 crore bottles of alcohol.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Even the hilly picturesque state of Himachal Pradesh managed to beat Punjab with regard to per capita alcohol consumption.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">According to information provided by excise departments of the five states, the 4.5 crore adults consumed 74.46 crore bottles of alcohol during the year 2008-09.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">“This is certainly very good news for the alcohol industry, but not for the health authorities,” said RTI activist Kamal Anand, who had compiled the information.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">According to the World Health Organisation’s global status report on alcohol 2004, the total recorded per capita alcohol consumption among the age groups above 15 years of age was 0.82 litre of pure alcohol, but it was 12.44 litres of alcohol in the five states.</span></p>
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<br /></span></b> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><b> Chitleen K Sethi
<br /> Tribune News Service</b></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"> </span><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Chandigarh, December 28
<br />Just how much alcohol do you imagine is consumed in Punjab in a day? Nothing that you guess can be close to the figure. In 2008-2009, over 5.2 lakh bottles of liquor and 1.5 lakh bottles of beer were consumed in the state every day! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">What should, however, be sending alarm bells ringing for the state health authorities is the trend that the consumption of alcohol has shown a marked increase in the past three years.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">According to information gathered under the RTI Act, Kamal Anand, a Sangrur-based social activist campaigning against underage drinking, the average number of alcohol bottles consumed by a Punjabi male every year has gone up from one bottle a month to almost two a month. In 2005-06, the total number of bottles sold in Punjab was 13.51 crore. Out of this, only 3.48 crore bottles were of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and the rest of countrymade liquor.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">In 2006-2007, the total number increased to 17.55 crore. The consumption of the IMFL increased by about two crore and the countrymade liquor consumption increased by another two crore. Interestingly, in 2007-08, the total annual consumption decreased to 16. 39 crore bottles. The sale of both IMFL and countrymade liquor dropped. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">However, the last financial year saw the state jumping back to liquor consumption in a big way. Over 19.2 crore bottles were sold in 2008-2009. While the sale of both IMFL and countrymade liquor increased, the increase in the sale of countrymade liquor was significantly higher than the increase in number of IMFL bottles.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">This could be good news for the Excise and Taxation Department in terms of raking in taxes, but anti-drinking activists are aghast and have squarely blamed the department for having failed in implementing several provisions of the Punjab Liquor License Act that keeps a check on the unhealthy practices of attracting customers.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">“Punjab Liquor License Rules clearly state that liquor selling shop would not have decorative lights. But it seems excise department officials cannot see how almost at every shop these rules are violated with impunity,” said Anand.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">“The vendor is also supposed to display the warning -use of alcohol is injurious to health in Hindi, Gurmukhi, English and Urdu. Instead there are hoardings like -pio aur ji- written on liquor shops,” he added.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Dr AS Mann, who is also part of the campaign- stop underage drinking- initiated by NGO People for Transparency, said the sale of alcohol to the person below the age of 25 was prohibited but majority of habitual drinkers began drinking much before they were 25. He added that only 17 venders have been proceeded against in the past several years for violating the rules.</span></p>
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<br /></a></div></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-89446210881236949192009-12-04T09:39:00.000-08:002009-12-04T10:24:57.735-08:00Drunk Driving in Punjab<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Part of Campaign, Stop! Underage Drinking, by People for Transparency & other NGO's</span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Set of applications filed to get the data from the Punjab Police, Haryana Police Department, Delhi Police, Himachal Pradesh Police & UT-Chandigarh Police</span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">As per information supplied it seems Punjab Police is least bothered about the drunk driving, Police Department at district Amirtsar performed best & discharge their duty efficiently in comparison to the other district in Punjab. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >The Tribune</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXNPrlN_6lwHSA6Zf83GKiMtIphgnVYC2HOG3VJM_7XEJwjpCbSFRoiKdWqLTolm14ufqFiKXXnbrB8hCbYDOVvQ6xXxQ1at_mIChKG-YigapPVBdeQtQu6IWksGzbpf-5xyN8TpU915a/s1600-h/Tribune+.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXNPrlN_6lwHSA6Zf83GKiMtIphgnVYC2HOG3VJM_7XEJwjpCbSFRoiKdWqLTolm14ufqFiKXXnbrB8hCbYDOVvQ6xXxQ1at_mIChKG-YigapPVBdeQtQu6IWksGzbpf-5xyN8TpU915a/s400/Tribune+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411446859861921058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Part of Campaign, Stop! Underage Drinking, by People for Transparency & other NGO's</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Tribune</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCU0E-OGoXhnnIUNObwj696Tlt5nvSDY8je_LhoPo3gnrwtJkFm27lz45sAMi1woUQAC_HRqKcw2Rgn338a_d5Qt6qrPB3xlty7P8vIG_5lK395KNkGIdfRWJYEtFyZ6ch5DW7ab2lU55/s1600-h/The+Tribune,+drunk+driving.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCU0E-OGoXhnnIUNObwj696Tlt5nvSDY8je_LhoPo3gnrwtJkFm27lz45sAMi1woUQAC_HRqKcw2Rgn338a_d5Qt6qrPB3xlty7P8vIG_5lK395KNkGIdfRWJYEtFyZ6ch5DW7ab2lU55/s400/The+Tribune,+drunk+driving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411441538804834610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dainik Bhaskar</span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXh3o_6iiwIHXJfqmiFqcxQCMG_bX2Xf70-gqOR5yChgBg7cV6mkj_QrskiIltAC-xljj3nvDc5FDUMG579Cwcbqi-wTUNyJX0eQlOEgeEBZl1MhuZfBAdXUK-vUGOxMZZHPM_Huuu3cFE/s1600-h/Drunk+Driving,+Dainik+Bhaskar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXh3o_6iiwIHXJfqmiFqcxQCMG_bX2Xf70-gqOR5yChgBg7cV6mkj_QrskiIltAC-xljj3nvDc5FDUMG579Cwcbqi-wTUNyJX0eQlOEgeEBZl1MhuZfBAdXUK-vUGOxMZZHPM_Huuu3cFE/s400/Drunk+Driving,+Dainik+Bhaskar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411440430355128914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >Times of India<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-Xw8vHAExkyGSqHEc38zNoi9PGL5TYXOGV2ruTKVDCaXpx4ZKWa5aeZ3YLZzsAUheZgtmeeNrRb5xf55C-nUawtS4MdDypIvMoYIJsM5YzsSUJx0-2qnbMxQNBvB2nkOkiep8joQb1Np/s1600-h/Times+of+India,+Drunk+Driving.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-Xw8vHAExkyGSqHEc38zNoi9PGL5TYXOGV2ruTKVDCaXpx4ZKWa5aeZ3YLZzsAUheZgtmeeNrRb5xf55C-nUawtS4MdDypIvMoYIJsM5YzsSUJx0-2qnbMxQNBvB2nkOkiep8joQb1Np/s400/Times+of+India,+Drunk+Driving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411439000564771474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Dainik Bhaskar<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGchGTjy1-bMw0hbHLbp8pyAi_xlW6vrazT3xfpaw1HR2hKTf269HcqXf2rktnFbGSsqLNgCgL_Ho-swevFldjmNpSyOeRqh3UX5KnODkZUO2wM0FWyZreQ4WvZUXWvyI84ff4Od5yLPU/s1600-h/Dainik+Bhaskar,+Drunk+Driving.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 473px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGchGTjy1-bMw0hbHLbp8pyAi_xlW6vrazT3xfpaw1HR2hKTf269HcqXf2rktnFbGSsqLNgCgL_Ho-swevFldjmNpSyOeRqh3UX5KnODkZUO2wM0FWyZreQ4WvZUXWvyI84ff4Od5yLPU/s400/Dainik+Bhaskar,+Drunk+Driving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411437969933716658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ajit Samachar<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkhYdSi0QizQyTKCP6ZW3uDB4I8ighUQGIFrMnFkPcjjMkhbZhrLDYZjk7LDW74gbN0v7aZ6cd5b0Y0HqtN0WGNiJBtjIZ246tzC_s-QmcqWnxAcXLJ1L4scFFvyZv_52xZ21HnIkrsm9/s1600-h/Ajit+Samachar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkhYdSi0QizQyTKCP6ZW3uDB4I8ighUQGIFrMnFkPcjjMkhbZhrLDYZjk7LDW74gbN0v7aZ6cd5b0Y0HqtN0WGNiJBtjIZ246tzC_s-QmcqWnxAcXLJ1L4scFFvyZv_52xZ21HnIkrsm9/s400/Ajit+Samachar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411444440520836946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Ajit</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi558TIhEmA11nqFX-DYVQr39FVQNOCbuDj6YaNiJFt3gNuIiz74C1OjifN7AKa0J61rySEaAkLfzUM6kOBTCAxBebfyrYNNQd7fhELA7aVF7lffnFTqfA3YI4nmIPmABQjQESIJflNoyuw/s1600-h/Ajit.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi558TIhEmA11nqFX-DYVQr39FVQNOCbuDj6YaNiJFt3gNuIiz74C1OjifN7AKa0J61rySEaAkLfzUM6kOBTCAxBebfyrYNNQd7fhELA7aVF7lffnFTqfA3YI4nmIPmABQjQESIJflNoyuw/s400/Ajit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411445590502809234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Part of Campaign, Stop! Underage Drinking, by People for Transparency & other NGO's</span></span>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-76730328053830484102009-12-04T09:30:00.001-08:002009-12-04T09:34:55.757-08:00Stop! Underage Drinking, Campaign<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO1OGLRbyu8pB1XEN1O620Ruvwmy3rx2FrmjKZba3G-qFDIeBYtzt-8TPlZY29oNJ_xwAKlVmUaZ7s4i9L_VWJd6JEpwdo6X0baVBR4B51tyBotNfxXgR-zM1HpB7U7QLaNPzfvEF_ve1/s1600-h/Times+of+India,+front+page.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO1OGLRbyu8pB1XEN1O620Ruvwmy3rx2FrmjKZba3G-qFDIeBYtzt-8TPlZY29oNJ_xwAKlVmUaZ7s4i9L_VWJd6JEpwdo6X0baVBR4B51tyBotNfxXgR-zM1HpB7U7QLaNPzfvEF_ve1/s400/Times+of+India,+front+page.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411435611522828866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Initiative of NGO People for Transparency</span></span>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-51026890764951861512009-12-04T09:06:00.000-08:002009-12-04T09:28:50.619-08:00Stop! Underage Drinking, Campaign<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Z1WnU7yHAHqu7nq3gRgrG57x1d048LZa-5bDyAiqosSKsAqX4xHQ6U3I533lrxtP2FhDqkWwLm76Pwe0vKkhUBaXfuvaexPtcLlHnbYJMe6wOKhHe_TUNIgrbHhBq3hcXDgnv-54_cPv/s1600-h/Times+of+India.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Z1WnU7yHAHqu7nq3gRgrG57x1d048LZa-5bDyAiqosSKsAqX4xHQ6U3I533lrxtP2FhDqkWwLm76Pwe0vKkhUBaXfuvaexPtcLlHnbYJMe6wOKhHe_TUNIgrbHhBq3hcXDgnv-54_cPv/s400/Times+of+India.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411434180443797442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Campaign by various NGO's & prominent citizen.</span></span>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-23829647744255118752009-11-22T22:57:00.000-08:002009-11-22T23:44:45.229-08:00Club Road cleaining & maintenance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2Z1ImEkrrR2lKzLVT-ZJv__r5Kd_Q7H10ZFYyIFWleqaOuWt4YStyC_magkjQ31-HDx0kEwDjA_E2ZxFeHY4snRVzOVvxfWlNUr6eKEKceREUqo6lx9jxtI0NWacZYadGrnNJA0i1FJa/s1600/100_2197.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Resident of the road prefer for second option and result........................... <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Visible Change.</span></span>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-9015436653605403552009-11-21T07:24:00.001-08:002009-11-21T07:38:32.225-08:00MP's Performance.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6oS_R4vNOTThDDgwElCLYXHuaKkIPUy-q-DRGWv5je2Fb03axrpL-y2u3m9sKeiGuNvFPZIEi0lWBKOJJ2qmGhG0c2O6xgDOQ6RiN_f261JcRMscDFyxR7QnNur4i34tEyuksOqqr64l/s1600/Image0048.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6oS_R4vNOTThDDgwElCLYXHuaKkIPUy-q-DRGWv5je2Fb03axrpL-y2u3m9sKeiGuNvFPZIEi0lWBKOJJ2qmGhG0c2O6xgDOQ6RiN_f261JcRMscDFyxR7QnNur4i34tEyuksOqqr64l/s400/Image0048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406578985656543858" border="0" /></a><p align="center"> <b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" > </span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" >Ferozepur MP gets Rs 45.57 lakh as TA/DA<br /> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" > No question by Ludhiana MP in five years<br /> </span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" > Sushil Goyal<br /> Tribune News Service </span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"> <span style=";font-size:130%;" >Sangrur, April 15<br />Lok Sabha (LS) MP from Ferozepur Zora Singh Mann has topped the list of 13 LS MPs from Punjab with the claims of Rs 45,57,847 as TA/DA during 2004-09 in the 14th Lok Sabha while MP from Tarn Taran Rattan Singh Ajnala’s name figures at the bottom with Rs 9,97,556 received as TA/DA during the same period. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:130%;" >The fact has been revealed after People for Transparency, an NGO, collected information on the MPs from the Lok Sabha Secretariat under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:130%;" >MP from Ropar Sukhdev Singh Libra attended the LS for a maximum number of days (300 days) whereas MP from Faridkot Sukhbir Badal attended the House only for 80 days.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:130%;" >Regarding questions asked in the House, MP from Hoshiarpur Avinash Rai Khanna’s name figures on the top of the chart with 290 questions while MP from Ludhiana Sharanjit Singh Dhillon did not ask even a single question in the LS during his tenure as MP.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:130%;" >With regard to participation in debates in the House, MP from Hoshiarpur Avinash Rai Khanna attended 116 debates while MP from Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna and MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu participated in debates only four times each during their tenure of five years.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:130%;" >Talking to The Tribune here today, general secretary of the NGO Kamal Anand said according to the information gathered by the NGO, all 13 LS MPs from Punjab had got a handsome amount of more than Rs 4.63 crore as salary/allowamces and TA/DA during their five year tenure (2004-09). The MPs got more than Rs 2.99 crore as TA/DA and more than Rs 1.63 crore as salary/allowances. Anand said the collection of this information and compilation was a joint effort of the Punjab Election Watch, comprising People for Transparency (Sangrur), Resurgence India (Ludhiana) and Burning Brain Society (Chandigarh).</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span><p align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090416/pb6.jpg" width="560" border="1" height="279" /></span></p>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-59853515188094142352009-11-20T19:12:00.000-08:002009-11-20T19:24:22.007-08:00Government Welfare Schemes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoVKKIxmUc7y9zjSS3O1n57A-kiYk9y6oy7hEzHwVB4zS3hpXrEvYV3FA2OHpSuo0-F5EQ4fMxrvT0E40szv9n2IFHxlViVUByZlIpiY6fVEVlsUxTYFhRztyv5riuLJmh9fGTfm7Wk_3/s1600/100_3194.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoVKKIxmUc7y9zjSS3O1n57A-kiYk9y6oy7hEzHwVB4zS3hpXrEvYV3FA2OHpSuo0-F5EQ4fMxrvT0E40szv9n2IFHxlViVUByZlIpiY6fVEVlsUxTYFhRztyv5riuLJmh9fGTfm7Wk_3/s400/100_3194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406392472832488034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lL_JPalKCbTr8MSx5WoB-dWrmdZNffUKjivgNJAq4LJkDN7w_VLsZb-UkMHPUim_OCIp9gqIZADGlB73TdgT0B5KPnaTqYtrBso63Yqj1ye1MFVP2-AIMBHIog5ErAo1R68T137kvM0j/s1600/100_3193.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lL_JPalKCbTr8MSx5WoB-dWrmdZNffUKjivgNJAq4LJkDN7w_VLsZb-UkMHPUim_OCIp9gqIZADGlB73TdgT0B5KPnaTqYtrBso63Yqj1ye1MFVP2-AIMBHIog5ErAo1R68T137kvM0j/s400/100_3193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406392172086220210" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:180%;" >State & Central Governments spend crores of rupees on different schemes for the welfare of disadvantaged communities but the benefit do not reach to the targeted people, reason 1. Lack of complete awareness of welfare schemes to the targeted population 2. Red tapism 3. Corruption. All the three problems can be handled with one tool Right to Information,need is of a few public spirited persons to come forward and take up the casue of disadvantaged communities. Girls in college promise to take up the cause. </span><br /></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-7969585228316422412009-11-19T06:11:00.000-08:002009-11-19T08:16:29.644-08:00Legal Literacy Day in Session Courts, Sangrur<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeEhOgeTWL5MD1eaiy3YXVEluKgoSKFGiqa6GCuIKZIWwvUx4ZIlVBtL5YKEndSMo6rdxmhbNTEvjTDcKBFRhwuyMokH8IPjU8YvknIlUf4zzhbQMz4WYCoJTAplsNagiNNPEH3AcYeIz/s1600/100_3264.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeEhOgeTWL5MD1eaiy3YXVEluKgoSKFGiqa6GCuIKZIWwvUx4ZIlVBtL5YKEndSMo6rdxmhbNTEvjTDcKBFRhwuyMokH8IPjU8YvknIlUf4zzhbQMz4WYCoJTAplsNagiNNPEH3AcYeIz/s400/100_3264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405818683749484066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Legal Literacy Day celebrated in Session Courts, Sangrur</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: courier new;">Kamal Anand spoke about the government welfare Schemes for disadvantaged communities & how RTI could be helpful to a man interested in taking up the cause of disadvantaged communities. Concept of Community Advocates also elaborated.</span></span><br /></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-35382968308414188852009-11-18T08:34:00.000-08:002009-11-18T08:50:37.542-08:00Popularizing the RTI.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibE62XER1gfmWNvbnx8K8c_ZNlzcn6uvikAcXuHonMUVaEF1TXozOAnA0HKPqRSsSI4YAOn2Io0V9aZILDyzq132DFpSUE-XPr4iyM5Z4Jny2xTjmoXGWhMhyphenhyphenVIZniR4jdBljcfeym3Fn/s1600/100_3167.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibE62XER1gfmWNvbnx8K8c_ZNlzcn6uvikAcXuHonMUVaEF1TXozOAnA0HKPqRSsSI4YAOn2Io0V9aZILDyzq132DFpSUE-XPr4iyM5Z4Jny2xTjmoXGWhMhyphenhyphenVIZniR4jdBljcfeym3Fn/s400/100_3167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405487015553922338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDneb9XtWimj60psYmmBo4VnUsrAIcOznmUmXzn7f43zFM_cKz7lv-5llZ3wbeWH_C19p1TlXDy5aAfL72F-TKam7i7Y3cXdgi1T38Hd4MGhXZG50RfC73KoNcnBrevaNWbT30WRfA2M5J/s1600/100_3158.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sFKxl5f8kCcVHqYz7B8gF3ONSflAJWV7Xm9A7jAZZgG4EfisQiBiF1efKgqtMlCNrMLkYv4OhOL8Hn4CARSONMl_nQ9V67KZzAuBBO7zyVAM-MiroB4sFGLe8C5LFEj8_ZbdI8AIALRS/s400/100_3308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405480887639047394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Discussion on government welfare schemes for the disadvantaged communities & how RTI could be helpful in taking the cause of disadvantaged communitiesKamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-52895368965714115982009-11-18T07:56:00.000-08:002009-12-06T08:25:25.591-08:00Banasar Garden<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">See the change made by the resident of city.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Now the time has come when people should not bank on government and believe in the concept of Self Governance.</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is the same garden where a few month ago people were frighten to visit due to presence of snakes:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >Various NGO's, prominent citizens, walkers in the garden contribute a lot for the facelift of Gardnes, special thanks to Mr. Arvind Khanna who takes up the duty to beautify, renovate & maintain the baradari part of garden, other who play major part in innovation & maintainance of gardens Managing Committee Mandir Shree Maha Kali, Scientific Awareness & Social Welare Forum, Yoga Group, Baghi Khanna Ram Lila Committee, Yoga Group, RSS, Hari Krishan & other, Bantu Singla & Group, Lalli Mansahia, Guru Teg Badadur Finance Co, Samir Fatta, list goes on........</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >thanks to all supporter</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">The Tribune</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCIk7G6G6oQNtGLKgjP5Wxr-ytC0EO2jTsJvydiZNXShN7ZpSOF7FuzMOzKlxI_THxjlJUZsSTcZzf5PluGk-MuvFiUwiHT6ENAKkjNqS0l9enrkOlmNHuNY6ApCpCust3URBTobA-kE-/s1600-h/The+Tribune,+Banasar+Bagh.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCIk7G6G6oQNtGLKgjP5Wxr-ytC0EO2jTsJvydiZNXShN7ZpSOF7FuzMOzKlxI_THxjlJUZsSTcZzf5PluGk-MuvFiUwiHT6ENAKkjNqS0l9enrkOlmNHuNY6ApCpCust3URBTobA-kE-/s400/The+Tribune,+Banasar+Bagh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411449995296415314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:180%;" >Times of India</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqjnhF825oi5sln6lmEj7lSO3GGj0X0jm4GXvh3vK6r0FaIVqjB8nUl-ic6CgvgdDERcsxfZ_PkdIqUavlU6aSgfzcuqysAivinSmbf2C5NHSAwcebSbJWZIqNa7NnDmNCs3iU06-qkq7/s1600-h/TOI+Banasar+Bagh.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">See the change made by the resident of city.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Now the time has come when people should not bank on government and believe in the concept of Self Governance.</span></span><br /><br />This is the same garden where a few month ago people were frighten to visit due to presence of snakes:<br /><br />http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091109/punjab.htm#6<br /><p align="center"> <b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" > Banasar Bagh set to regain its lost glory<br /></span> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" > Shariq Majeed<br />Tribune News Service </span> </b> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >Sangrur, November 8<br />After the state government “failed” to renovate the Banasar Bagh following years of its neglect, a joint initiative by two NGOs - <span style="font-weight: bold;">People for Transparency (PFT) and People for Democratic Reforms and Governance</span> - with an active support of residents has changed the fortune of the garden. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >It had, in fact, converted into a bushy forest area where no one dared to tread even in the daytime, but due to this initiative, this heritage site is regaining its glory.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >According to the Right to Information (RTI), even as the government spent Rs 46 lakh for the renovation of the garden a few years ago, it failed to give an uplift to the garden.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >However, the initiative by the NGOs, which had launched an “apna bagh aap savaro” campaign to restore the lost glory of this heritage site a few days ago, has successfully managed to give it a facelift.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >To ensure transparency in spending money on the renovation work, the NGOs have pasted cashbook details of the expenditure on one of the walls.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >What is more startling is the fact that even as the government had spent Rs 46.84 lakh on the renovation and beautification of this garden, cash details of the NGOs reveal that they have done 75 per cent of the cleaning work for about Rs 13,000 with the whole work costing about Rs 15,000.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >“We don’t get funds for the renovation work from any government agency, but we are stimulating residents to adopt various parts of the garden for long-term maintenance,” said Fateh Prabhakar, President of the Banasar Bagh Welfare association.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >“We are focusing on the sustained cleaning of the garden and allotting different areas of the garden to the people for maintenance,” he added.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >Many local residents have come forward to donate money while some have adopted various parts of the garden for maintenance.“We are pasting cashbook details of the money spent to ensure transparency in the process”, said Kamal Anand, member of the PFT.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >“This initiative has started bearing results with the garden regaining its past glory”, said Kapil Mittal, a resident of Patiala gate.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >Meanwhile, the former MLA and Chairman of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Umeed Foundation, an NGO</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Arvind Khanna</span>, has also adopted a part of the garden for renovation and repair.</span></p>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-53707291589018431072009-05-28T22:06:00.000-07:002009-05-28T22:10:30.275-07:00Stop! Underage-Drinking, Campaign,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZYV92D0L1CGdW8INmcD7gPjhmrT-RBLfdIVSILUAzKnELHpJ_aK6wBr9sCbNq_QhXGjqqI93rdaVEyaMN8aqa7WUxtoX6u0bcZpxvH2QpYxZs9jsnuFxFsSl-ywpyH65UL7hyphenhyphenNVTGXgI/s1600-h/Stop!+Underage-Drinkig,+Campaign.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZYV92D0L1CGdW8INmcD7gPjhmrT-RBLfdIVSILUAzKnELHpJ_aK6wBr9sCbNq_QhXGjqqI93rdaVEyaMN8aqa7WUxtoX6u0bcZpxvH2QpYxZs9jsnuFxFsSl-ywpyH65UL7hyphenhyphenNVTGXgI/s400/Stop!+Underage-Drinkig,+Campaign.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341108880765491490" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:13px;"><pre style="white-space: normal; "><div style="text-align: justify;">Sale of alcohol to the person below the age of 25 years is prohibited & offence under the Punjab Excise Act 1914. Law is applicable to the State of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi & UT of Chandigarh. State Governments do nothing to curb the sale of alcohol to the under age group rather indirectly encourage the sale of alcohol. It is time for the parents & all other concerned to come together and get the Prohibition law of Under-Age Restriction implemented in letter and spirit. </div></pre></span>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-54814716477282732232009-03-04T20:14:00.000-08:002009-03-04T20:37:36.971-08:00Corruption.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0q7pqGF3GAnoT4l7apyAAlkLdk59c8NxEY-63U8YQB3w_obRThN10iv4nbPYQs-E2gPDWQfK36naJ9iyJmNgF4mbYgq0M25B9MjoAKNofqzgxsFfrQQPqcmbLqQ7wwCYmID69CN-7TbS2/s1600-h/Ghus_Ko_Ghusa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309558097103913170" style="WIDTH: 262px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0q7pqGF3GAnoT4l7apyAAlkLdk59c8NxEY-63U8YQB3w_obRThN10iv4nbPYQs-E2gPDWQfK36naJ9iyJmNgF4mbYgq0M25B9MjoAKNofqzgxsFfrQQPqcmbLqQ7wwCYmID69CN-7TbS2/s400/Ghus_Ko_Ghusa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>All friends are requested,<span style="color:#000099;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">they may get the poster/banner captioned </span><span style="color:#000099;">" Drive Against Bribe "</span> printed. They may get their name or photo printed in the head ' sponsor'. They may get it printed by paying 8 rupees for plastic print, 15 for photoprint, or they can opt to get it in the shape of banner, it cost 8 rupees for per sq feet. Participation of all friends besought, kindly get at least 5 print for the sake of better tomorrow of our progenies.</strong></span></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-25675074833888459962009-03-03T21:44:00.000-08:002009-03-03T21:46:45.469-08:00Indian Democratic System, how it works<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOHAyq8-ZrfSaZIWzVCE0mAhoFFWA63yVbDcqoZkV3I8fTK6rdJaHxHIWUf9SA7CFTOaRZ3UhN1CGoQ7y1h3MxiHxLswqyvjQpUqSnRIlnh-goK-NwScoDk7-aJKQ5pgKT0xq-LUR8sGu/s1600-h/TrueFriends.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309204875690315810" style="WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOHAyq8-ZrfSaZIWzVCE0mAhoFFWA63yVbDcqoZkV3I8fTK6rdJaHxHIWUf9SA7CFTOaRZ3UhN1CGoQ7y1h3MxiHxLswqyvjQpUqSnRIlnh-goK-NwScoDk7-aJKQ5pgKT0xq-LUR8sGu/s400/TrueFriends.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-26827126153737185532009-03-02T08:29:00.000-08:002009-03-02T09:17:31.975-08:00Banasar Garden 'Heritage of Sangrur'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPOTtU-a1faPE4uiSSWwiASFxq2h2v7Gu43yn6F2HORwnwT7R4uIr1OrywGG0ddyKH9Cfd4wWtYtDWtph27rCTU8C766EO096m7AYRbQdHa-_0Lpqn5iUlPMyYCoxcf0AzFxFdRYw9uZt/s1600-h/100_0371.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308640677324263922" style="WIDTH: 400px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_pqF0cTiRdSY4FP-v_-v7lCy_eP71TiWQa9qghXMdzuT7QYuyvp69CBXhBA2wh3kS8sEZV276FlO2rFSuOC9hnn_kWtNy3Afa-BcYe_FYk6Occ3Bv-ZIg4k697jZh0tJcEmV9VILx1Rl/s400/100_0344.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9k2BkZoCGQYR3Mrq_2kCgPlHpXJcLdNO_n6cpAy1eleZngY7Fw5mx4djPKNyby3jZlT3VksOISEHK0lyJiT4o0Wio8MAPm9RUC0V1Ld5Qmw4BbAfhPJ8TSQbGyuKqZf6GsQsnwC_RVOqd/s1600-h/100_0342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308633032304321682" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9k2BkZoCGQYR3Mrq_2kCgPlHpXJcLdNO_n6cpAy1eleZngY7Fw5mx4djPKNyby3jZlT3VksOISEHK0lyJiT4o0Wio8MAPm9RUC0V1Ld5Qmw4BbAfhPJ8TSQbGyuKqZf6GsQsnwC_RVOqd/s400/100_0342.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Banasar Garden is the heritage building in Sangrur City, a district in Punjab. Now the district administration is looking the maintenance of the Garden, recently a Deputy Commission of Sangrur has spend nearly 46.84 lakh rupees for the beautification of the Garden, crores had been spent in the name of renovation, beautification from time to time. i have visited the place recently with my daughter, she insisted that i should take some picture of her in the Garden, some pictures of the Garden shows the apathy of administration towards the Garden.</strong></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">Government site claim it as a tourism spot & write about it in this way.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Gardens in PunjabBansar Garden, Sangrur Sangrur is situated on Ludhiana-Jakhal Railway line and is well connected by road with Patiala, Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Bathinda. The Banasar garden, in addition to its walking trails and plantations is famous for its marble Baradari (building with 12 doors), mini zoo and the old Diwan Khana which is a museum now and which stands out of the middle of a pool. It is decorated with carved marble slabs and four towers. One enters the Baradari through a bridge leading to a marble gate on the western side. Banasar garden is open to public now. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-70021901239518233322009-03-02T07:51:00.000-08:002009-03-03T22:10:06.267-08:00LPG misuse, officials sleeping. Subsidy of rupees 1631 crore for year 2007-08, 1572 crore for year 2006-07, major part of subsidy misused<strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">The great LPG commerceOfficial data in Punjab reveals that commercial users are less than half a per cent of total consumers</span></strong><br /><div align="justify"><strong>Aditi Tandon, Tribune News Service</strong><br />Chandigarh, September 29, 2007. Ever wondered why you don’t get your LPG refills in time? That heavily subsidised domestic refill meant just for you is being grabbed for commercial use all across Punjab.<br />Abusing your right are owners of hotels, restaurants, dhabas, commercial messes and vehicle owners who prefer cheap gas over expensive fuel.<br />Official data on LPG connections in Punjab reveals there are negligible commercial LPG users in the state - less than even the fraction of a per cent. Being revealed for the first time, this data has been procured after a yearlong struggle under the Right to Information Act, from two major oil companies operating in Punjab.<br />In the industrial city of Bathinda, commercial LPG connections of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) are just 0.14 per cent of the total gas connections. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and BPCL together have 84, 558 gas connections in Bathinda; of these only 151 (0.18 per cent) are commercial users. How the town’s business is running is anybody’s guess.<br />The commercial city of Ludhiana works with just 0.29 per cent commercial LPG connections, whereas IOC and BPCL have 4, 95,597 gas connections in the city. In Patiala, commercial LPG users are only 0.39 per cent of the total; in Sangrur, they are just 0.30 per cent of the total gas users. Clearly, domestic LPG is being blatantly diverted for commercial use, and oil companies’ coffers being left empty.<br />The gap between domestic and commercial gas users in all major commercial towns of Punjab and Chandigarh included is yawning. In Bathinda, there is one commercial LPG connection against every 559 domestic connections; in Ludhiana the ratio of commercial to domestic gas users is 1: 346 and in Sangrur, it is 1: 337.<br />And if you thought Chandigarh’s bustling restaurant business was “legally” running on commercial LPG, think again. Here, the IOC and BPCL have a total of 2, 47, 779 gas connections with only 1009 (0.41 per cent) of these being commercial.<br />Now about towns in Punjab. In many of Punjab’s prospering commercial towns like Sunam, Barnala, Longowal and Bahadurgarh, the BPCL does not have even a single commercial gas connection. Others like Lalru, Nabha, Sangrur, Bhawanigarh, Dhanaula, Khanna and Sanaur are surviving on negligible commercial LPG connections.<br />A BPCL gas agency in Lalru has four commercial gas connections against 9, 726 domestic users; in Dhanaula, it has 12 commercial users against 9, 417 domestic; in Khanna there are six commercial gas connections against 4, 004 domestic users. The story repeats itself across Punjab, as subsidised domestic gas finds its way into commercial activity.<br />While oil companies are busy weeding out bogus/duplicate domestic LPG connections, it is strange how they are allowing the misuse of domestic LPG, says Kamal Anand of People for Transparency, Sangrur, which filed the application under the RTI to seek information on the subject. Even the government, which offers Rs 177 subsidy per domestic cylinder, is little concerned about who is using that subsidy.<br />The misuse is clearly rooted in the pricing of LPG - whereas domestic LPG costs Rs 21 per kg, commercial costs Rs 45 a kg. Sales tax on domestic gas is also lower because VAT levied on it is 4 per cent as against 12.5 per cent VAT on commercial gas.</div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000066;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000066;">People for Transparency has filed almost 25 application under the Right to Information Act 2005 & procured data in regard to the commercial & domestic connection in northren India, to everybody surprised commercial connections are mere .341%, how all the commerical activities connected with LPG are conducted is known to every government official but they are not concerned.</span></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-62069313731700455972009-03-02T07:38:00.000-08:002009-03-03T22:22:07.065-08:00No IAS transfer policy in Punjab.<div align="justify"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">No IAS transfer policy in Punjab<br /></span></strong>24 Mar 2008, 0159 hrs IST, Parvesh Sharma, TNN<br /><br />PATIALA: It's official. There are no prescribed procedures/policy regarding postings and transfers of IAS officers in the state of <a class="kLink" oncontextmenu="return false;" id="KonaLink0" onmouseover="adlinkMouseOver(event,this,0);" style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick="adlinkMouseClick(event,this,0);" onmouseout="adlinkMouseOut(event,this,0);" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chandigarh/No_IAS_transfer_policy_in_Punjab/articleshow/2892904.cms#" target="_new">Punjab</a>. The information came to light thanks to an RTI query by Kamal Anand. Worse, in the absence of any policy, officers seem to be working as per their wishes, paying little heed to the mandatory norms. As many as 52 IAS officers out of the total 149 posted in Punjab have not even submitted their Annual Confidential Reports (ACR) for the year of 2006-07 (till March) even as 2007-08 is set to end soon. Interestingly, as per norms, the ACR must be submitted annually so that the officers' performance could be assessed. "The information is shocking - all 149 IAS officers in Punjab have been appointed and transferred without any policy. It means that these bureaucrats are getting appointed as per the whims of politicians, and not on the basis of merit," said applicant Anand. In the applications submitted in December 2007 to the office of Punjab chief secretary, Anand had sought the certified copy of transfer procedure/policy for the IAS officers posted in Punjab. He had also asked for details of ACRs and the number of IAS officers in the state. The information that Punjab <a class="kLink" oncontextmenu="return false;" id="KonaLink1" onmouseover="adlinkMouseOver(event,this,1);" style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick="adlinkMouseClick(event,this,1);" onmouseout="adlinkMouseOut(event,this,1);" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chandigarh/No_IAS_transfer_policy_in_Punjab/articleshow/2892904.cms#" target="_new">government</a> has no prescribed procedure/policy regarding posting/transfers of IAS officers is enough to indicate that the bureaucrats are working on the mercy of their political masters. Centre has been writing (copies available with TOI) to states since November 2006 to consider a notification for fixing a minimum-two-year tenure for IAS officers. However, Punjab government is yet to take a call on this. Acting on the proposals of UPA government, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pardesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have issued notifications, fixing a minimum tenure of two years for IAS officers to end political interference. Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh confirmed that the state government did not have any exclusive transfer policy for IAS officers posted here. "We have a general transfer policy that is applicable to all services in state," he added. Officiating president of Punjab IAS Officers' Association JR Kundal said, "There must be a reasonable tenure for all IAS officers in the state so that they can perform their duties to the best of their potential. We know that Centre has been urging states to fix a minimum tenure of two years. However, nothing has been done by Punjab government." </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a name="3"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Fixed Tenure for IAS Officers</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Government in a dilemma.</span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">Ajay Banerjee,Tribune News Service</span> </span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></strong>Chandigarh, February 24Months after the Central government asked the Punjab government to have a minimum of two years of fixed tenure while postings IAS officers, the state is still pondering over it. This even as the Central government is insisting that fixed-tenure postings for IAS officers be notified soon. Rather the state officialdom itself is not keen to have a fixed tenure for officers at the field level. However, it is comfortable with senior officers having a fixed tenure.<br />Few states in the country, including neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, have notified fixed tenures for officers.<br />Sources in the government said Punjab in the past had stuck to its stance that was conveyed to the Central government exactly an year ago by the then Chief Secretary, K.R. Lakhanpal. The government was still of the opinion that it was not practical to have a fixed tenure for field-level officers. This, if done, would mean that officers who do not have influence would be shunted around.<br />Moreover, posting out an officer before the completion of his or her tenure would carry a stigma in official circles.<br />The government, however, is keen to have fixed tenures at the senior level for a chief secretary, financial commissioners (development, revenue and taxation), secretaries (finance and home), among others.<br />The idea not to have a fixed tenure stems from the changed political climate in the state in the past few years. Officials are targeted and either given inconsequential postings for their alleged political affiliations whenever power changed hands.<br />Meanwhile, the Central government while responding under the RTI Act to a query by Sangrur-based Kamal Anand has said the Centre in consultation with the state government may determine the tenure of any cadre post for a state.<br />The IAS cadre rules, 1954, have already been amended to fix tenures.<br />The new Punjab Police Act also lays down fixed-tenure postings for various IPS officers.<br /></div><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080225/punjab.htm#tp"></a><div align="justify"></div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-38510062761981535082009-03-02T07:22:00.000-08:002009-03-03T22:01:03.331-08:00The Tribune News<div align="justify"><br /><a name="15"></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">COURTS</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>MC EO summoned by Information Commission </strong></div><div align="justify"><strong>Tribune News Service</strong><br />Sangrur, March 5, 2007. For not supplying complete information to Kamal Anand under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the State Information Commission Punjab has directed public information officer (PIO)-cum-executive officer (EO) of the Municipal council (MC) here Ranbir Singh to appear in person on the next date of hearing (March 12) besides supplying the information to the complainant.<br />The Commission has also ordered since the information sought by Anand was in public interest it should have been supplied to him without was delay or harassment. State Information Commissioners P.P.S. Gill and R.K. Gupta also stated in the order “We are of the view that for his frequent visits to Chandigarh, he (complainant) deserves to be compensated and action taken against the defaulters. The quantum of compensation and action to be taken against the defaulters will be decided on the next date of hearing”.<br />Kamal Anand had told the commission the respondent department had been causing delay in supplying of the information. On the date of last hearing Deepak Kumar, a clerk in the local MC, had appeared before the commission, but he had no knowledge about the action being taken on the information sought by the applicant.<br />Anand said here today he had sought information from the local MC, including awareness programmes, conducted by it for the management of solid waste and details of house to house collection system of solid waste adopted by municipal authorities under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000.<br />Anand added despite the order of the State Information Commission Punjab, he had not received the entire information, demanded by him, from the MC.<br /></div><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070306/punjab.htm#cou"></a>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-7379298194946998122009-03-02T07:16:00.000-08:002009-03-03T22:09:32.918-08:00Tribune News<div align="justify"><a name="8"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">22,400 sq yd of MC land encroached on.</span></strong></a></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Sushil Goyal,Tribune News Service</span></strong></span><br />Sangrur, February 28, 2009. Encroachment on government land, especially highways, by individuals and institutions in Sangrur town has been going on due to lack of concern of government officials of the departments concerned.<br />Many cases of encroachment are pending in courts. Kamal Anand, an activist of the People for Transparency, an NGO, got this information from the Municipal Council (MC), the PWD B&R and the Central Works Division (PWD B&R) here under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.<br />He said many encroached lands were under the possession of encroachers as they had moved courts. The MC had identified 84 encroachments.<br />The encroached places were in the possession of individuals, religious institutions and government departments. About 22,400 sq yd of council land had been encroached on by the government by constructing a youth hostel there. Besides this, 505 sq yd of the council land was in the possession of a homoeopathic dispensary, he added.<br />Nearly 100 encroachments on National Highway-64 from Mahavir Chowk (near civil hospital) to fountain chowk (near district library) in a stretch of 3.6 km in Sangrur have been identified by the CWD (PWD B&R). These encroachments are by individuals and others on both sides of the highway.<br />The Provincial Division (PWD B&R), Sangrur, has also identified 23 encroachments on the road from Nabha Gate Kishanpura to Shivam Chowk in the town. Most of the encroachments are by individuals, while at one place, where a pump house of the council is situated, has also been included in the list of encroached land.<br />Anand asked the government why it had turned a blind eye to encroachments in the town and failed to remove these.</div>Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345153521631914634.post-53904748062398840622009-03-02T07:12:00.000-08:002009-03-02T07:15:07.849-08:00Right to Information Act 2005Right to Information Act 2005 has potential to make India( beloved Mother India) a better place to live.Kamal Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02636303935869330108noreply@blogger.com0