Raipur, June 01, 2010
The membership campaign of Congress has failed to attract youngsters in the rural pockets. Even the Congress leaders admit that the party needed an effective strategy to expand its domain in the villages. According to information, the proportion of youths joining the party was more in the urban areas as compared to the ones dwelling in the rural belts.
The senior leaders, who looked concerned with party’s loosening grip in rural areas, said that the party ruled the nation for over fifty years owing to its wide presence in villages. The PCC, too, was hoping to earn appreciation from the AICC by enlisting large number of new members through the drive before party’s organisation polls.
The figures of newly inducted members through the campaign in the districts like Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Korba and Raigarh apparently indicate that the party completely failed to encash ‘Rahul factor’ (AICC general Secretary Rahul Gandhi), who brought an attitudinal shift in Congress by rechristening the ‘party of olds’ into ‘the party of youths’.
The state Congress was supposed to accrue its existing member list by five lakh, but eventually it exhausted at 4,41,185 new entrants. Still, there remained a whopping deficit of 58,815.
The party leaders say that the figures could have been glittering and rather doubled if the High Command would not have made it mandatory for all the state Congress units to take photograph of the new members. “The epic story of Congress begins from rural pockets and AICC supremo Sonia Gandhi and charismatic Rahul Gandhi have attempted to sustain this tempo. However, we have failed to cope with this pace owing to which our mandate is sharply falling in rural Chhattisgarh,” said the party leaders.
They, however, expressed their satisfaction that the new member-list did not contain any member which usually happened earlier when photograph of new entrant was not compulsory. “At least the wrong trend is no more prevalent now. With new guidelines, no leader can pay the membership fee himself and produce a fake list of new members as he had to necessarily provide photographs of each of them,” said the party leaders.
The population of Raipur (Urban) is about 12 lakh while Raipur (Rural) is nearly 28 lakh. A comparative study reveals surprising facts that Congress is gradually debilitating in rural areas. According to latest data, the party inducted 30,400 new members in Raipur (Urban) and 51,264 in Raipur (Rural) that shows that Congress could not get much response in villages.
The party is further concerned on its zero impact in the naxal-hit areas. According to information, there are number of blocks in the naxal belts where the Congress could not even induct single member. The party leaders that such areas where Congress had no presence put a big question mark on the democratic method of Organisational elections as who would be contest for the block president and office-bearers.
The result of membership drive in different districts was:
Raipur (Urban) - 30,400
Raipur (Rural) – 51,264
Durg (Urban) – 10,375
Durg (Rural) – 64,832
Rajnandgaon (Urban) - 3967
Rajnandgaon (Rural) – 19,620
Bilaspur (Urban) - 5950
Bilaspur (Rural) – 19,825
Korba (Urban) - 5525
Korba (Rural) - 8525
Raigarh (Urban) - 6325
Raigarh (Rural) – 9715
Mahasamund – 15,875
Dhamtari – 9975
Kawardha – 10,949
Jagdalpur (Urban) – 12,650
Bastar – 17,900
Kanker – 10,625
Dantewada – 4668
Janjgir – 30,150
Jashpur – 13,606
Sarguja – 61,025
Koria – 17,439
New courses in Sanskrit schools
From fresh academic session
Raipur, June 01, 2010
Sanskrit schools in the state would have new courses from the fresh academic session, i.e. from 20010-11. A directive in this connection has been issued to by the state government.
The course has been prepared by State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyalaya Mandalam (CSVM). The renowned experts in Sanskrit language and educationists of the country have given their significant inputs in preparing the new course. Notably, the CSVM had decided to induct job-oriented course in Sanskrit schools during the recently held of its working committee which was chaired by School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal.
The CSVM Secretary Dr Suresh Shrama informed that there would be six question papers in prathama (primary and middle school level), seven question papers each in madhyama (high school) and uttar madhyama (higher secondary school).
“We have attempted incorporated all the important disciplines of the modern era like science, social science, mathematics, commerce, home science, etc, but the medium to impart education in these subjects would be Hindi,” said Sharma.
The School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that the new disciplines included in the course would introduce the students with professional aspect of life and they would get an opportunity to appear in various competition examinations after successfully completing their school education.
“The new course would play dual role as it would not only preserve and expand the rich traditions of Sanskrit language, but it will also link the students with the mainstream of the education structure,” Agrawal said.
Gyan-daan project
Raipur, June 01, 2010
The School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal kick started gyan-daan project in the capital the other day. The project is conceived by social welfare organisation Religion of Youth. The objective of the project is to collect old study materials from the school and college student and to distribute them to the needy ones who could not afford to buy expensive books. The founder of Religion of Youth Dr Jawahar Surishetti said that the project would work as a bridge between the students who hail from capable families and the ones who lack basic facilities of education. He informed that the project was running successfully in Maharashtra and hoped that it would receive similar response in Chhattisgarh also. He further informed that his organisation also provide study materials like course books and several other books related to competition exams to the poor students besides collecting such old stuffs from the students.
Govt fixes entry fee for Purkhauti-Muktangan
Raipur, June 01, 2010
State government has fixed entry fee for Purkhauti-Muktangan which is located close to the capital city. The Cultural and Heritage department officials informed that the fee would come into effect from June 1, 2010. They informed that the entry fee up to 12 years of age would be Rs two while beyond 12, it would be Rs five. Similarly, the fee for institutional groups (with 25 persons or more) would be Rs 50. The Purkhauti-Muktangan will remain open from 7 am to 6 pm.
Usendi: Disburse pension to deprived timely
The membership campaign of Congress has failed to attract youngsters in the rural pockets. Even the Congress leaders admit that the party needed an effective strategy to expand its domain in the villages. According to information, the proportion of youths joining the party was more in the urban areas as compared to the ones dwelling in the rural belts.
The senior leaders, who looked concerned with party’s loosening grip in rural areas, said that the party ruled the nation for over fifty years owing to its wide presence in villages. The PCC, too, was hoping to earn appreciation from the AICC by enlisting large number of new members through the drive before party’s organisation polls.
The figures of newly inducted members through the campaign in the districts like Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Korba and Raigarh apparently indicate that the party completely failed to encash ‘Rahul factor’ (AICC general Secretary Rahul Gandhi), who brought an attitudinal shift in Congress by rechristening the ‘party of olds’ into ‘the party of youths’.
The state Congress was supposed to accrue its existing member list by five lakh, but eventually it exhausted at 4,41,185 new entrants. Still, there remained a whopping deficit of 58,815.
The party leaders say that the figures could have been glittering and rather doubled if the High Command would not have made it mandatory for all the state Congress units to take photograph of the new members. “The epic story of Congress begins from rural pockets and AICC supremo Sonia Gandhi and charismatic Rahul Gandhi have attempted to sustain this tempo. However, we have failed to cope with this pace owing to which our mandate is sharply falling in rural Chhattisgarh,” said the party leaders.
They, however, expressed their satisfaction that the new member-list did not contain any member which usually happened earlier when photograph of new entrant was not compulsory. “At least the wrong trend is no more prevalent now. With new guidelines, no leader can pay the membership fee himself and produce a fake list of new members as he had to necessarily provide photographs of each of them,” said the party leaders.
The population of Raipur (Urban) is about 12 lakh while Raipur (Rural) is nearly 28 lakh. A comparative study reveals surprising facts that Congress is gradually debilitating in rural areas. According to latest data, the party inducted 30,400 new members in Raipur (Urban) and 51,264 in Raipur (Rural) that shows that Congress could not get much response in villages.
The party is further concerned on its zero impact in the naxal-hit areas. According to information, there are number of blocks in the naxal belts where the Congress could not even induct single member. The party leaders that such areas where Congress had no presence put a big question mark on the democratic method of Organisational elections as who would be contest for the block president and office-bearers.
The result of membership drive in different districts was:
Raipur (Urban) - 30,400
Raipur (Rural) – 51,264
Durg (Urban) – 10,375
Durg (Rural) – 64,832
Rajnandgaon (Urban) - 3967
Rajnandgaon (Rural) – 19,620
Bilaspur (Urban) - 5950
Bilaspur (Rural) – 19,825
Korba (Urban) - 5525
Korba (Rural) - 8525
Raigarh (Urban) - 6325
Raigarh (Rural) – 9715
Mahasamund – 15,875
Dhamtari – 9975
Kawardha – 10,949
Jagdalpur (Urban) – 12,650
Bastar – 17,900
Kanker – 10,625
Dantewada – 4668
Janjgir – 30,150
Jashpur – 13,606
Sarguja – 61,025
Koria – 17,439
New courses in Sanskrit schools
From fresh academic session
Raipur, June 01, 2010
Sanskrit schools in the state would have new courses from the fresh academic session, i.e. from 20010-11. A directive in this connection has been issued to by the state government.
The course has been prepared by State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyalaya Mandalam (CSVM). The renowned experts in Sanskrit language and educationists of the country have given their significant inputs in preparing the new course. Notably, the CSVM had decided to induct job-oriented course in Sanskrit schools during the recently held of its working committee which was chaired by School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal.
The CSVM Secretary Dr Suresh Shrama informed that there would be six question papers in prathama (primary and middle school level), seven question papers each in madhyama (high school) and uttar madhyama (higher secondary school).
“We have attempted incorporated all the important disciplines of the modern era like science, social science, mathematics, commerce, home science, etc, but the medium to impart education in these subjects would be Hindi,” said Sharma.
The School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that the new disciplines included in the course would introduce the students with professional aspect of life and they would get an opportunity to appear in various competition examinations after successfully completing their school education.
“The new course would play dual role as it would not only preserve and expand the rich traditions of Sanskrit language, but it will also link the students with the mainstream of the education structure,” Agrawal said.
Gyan-daan project
Raipur, June 01, 2010
The School Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal kick started gyan-daan project in the capital the other day. The project is conceived by social welfare organisation Religion of Youth. The objective of the project is to collect old study materials from the school and college student and to distribute them to the needy ones who could not afford to buy expensive books. The founder of Religion of Youth Dr Jawahar Surishetti said that the project would work as a bridge between the students who hail from capable families and the ones who lack basic facilities of education. He informed that the project was running successfully in Maharashtra and hoped that it would receive similar response in Chhattisgarh also. He further informed that his organisation also provide study materials like course books and several other books related to competition exams to the poor students besides collecting such old stuffs from the students.
Govt fixes entry fee for Purkhauti-Muktangan
Raipur, June 01, 2010
State government has fixed entry fee for Purkhauti-Muktangan which is located close to the capital city. The Cultural and Heritage department officials informed that the fee would come into effect from June 1, 2010. They informed that the entry fee up to 12 years of age would be Rs two while beyond 12, it would be Rs five. Similarly, the fee for institutional groups (with 25 persons or more) would be Rs 50. The Purkhauti-Muktangan will remain open from 7 am to 6 pm.
Usendi: Disburse pension to deprived timely
Raipur, June 01, 2010
The Social Welfare Minister Lata Usendi has directed the officials to avoid delay in disbursal of pensions to the deprived people. She said the beneficiaries should receive their pension by seventh of every month. She has categorically said that disciplinary action would be taken against the guilty officials. She said the amount of pension schemes being launched under social welfare programs should be disbursed through banks. Usendi’s directives came during state-level review meeting of Social Welfare Department that held at new Circuit House the other day.
She said the transparency of the pension schemes would only be maintained when all the deprived pensioners would open their bank accounts. She directed the officials to quickly contact the banks and ensure that the accounts of all the beneficiaries open at the earliest.
She asked to solve the pending loan cases of the disabled within the given timeframe. She also expressed her concern over the falling standards of the state owned child rehabilitation centres. She asked the officials to create family atmosphere in such centres so that the children could not feel insecure in the absence of their parents and may not develop habit to decamp during emotional bouts. She said the basic facilities like food, education and training programs being given to the children in these centres should be according to norms.
The new chairman of Chhattisgarh Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (CHFDC) Balihar Singh said that the responsibility of the Social Welfare Department was to serve the disabled, deprived, elderly and needy people and the hence the officials should adopt human aspects apart while discharging their duty.
The Secretary of Social Welfare Department KDP Rao said instructed the officials to conduct survey of the eligible candidates for the pension schemes for deprived. He said the officials should ensure that no beneficiary remain deprived of the benefit of the scheme. He further instructed officials to mandatorily open bank accounts of the beneficiaries within a month.
He said the department should organise more Samarthya Vikas Melas and distribute free equipment and artificial body parts to the handicapped people. He said the kids should not have impression that the child rehabilitation centres were jails, but they must get such congenial environment so that they could feel there as at home.
She said the transparency of the pension schemes would only be maintained when all the deprived pensioners would open their bank accounts. She directed the officials to quickly contact the banks and ensure that the accounts of all the beneficiaries open at the earliest.
She asked to solve the pending loan cases of the disabled within the given timeframe. She also expressed her concern over the falling standards of the state owned child rehabilitation centres. She asked the officials to create family atmosphere in such centres so that the children could not feel insecure in the absence of their parents and may not develop habit to decamp during emotional bouts. She said the basic facilities like food, education and training programs being given to the children in these centres should be according to norms.
The new chairman of Chhattisgarh Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (CHFDC) Balihar Singh said that the responsibility of the Social Welfare Department was to serve the disabled, deprived, elderly and needy people and the hence the officials should adopt human aspects apart while discharging their duty.
The Secretary of Social Welfare Department KDP Rao said instructed the officials to conduct survey of the eligible candidates for the pension schemes for deprived. He said the officials should ensure that no beneficiary remain deprived of the benefit of the scheme. He further instructed officials to mandatorily open bank accounts of the beneficiaries within a month.
He said the department should organise more Samarthya Vikas Melas and distribute free equipment and artificial body parts to the handicapped people. He said the kids should not have impression that the child rehabilitation centres were jails, but they must get such congenial environment so that they could feel there as at home.
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