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Dr Jitendra inaugurates first-everexhibition on ‘Transforming India’

Excelsior Correspondent

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: On theoccasion of Civil Services Daytoday, Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) forDevelopment of North EasternRegion (DoNER), MoS PMO,Personnel, Public Grievances,Pensions, Atomic Energy and

Space, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugu-rated an Exhibition on the theme“Transforming India”, highlight-ing various progressive schemesand programmes initiated by theModi Government and the out-come of their implementation.

The two-day exhibition,which is the first of its kind andorganized by Department ofAdministrative Reforms andPublic Grievances (ARPG), isbeing held at Vigyan Bhawan andhas been conceived with theobjective of showcasing differentwelfare programmes brought induring the last two years.Accompanied with visual dis-plays and video clips, the exhibi-

tion focuses on several flagshipprogrammes, including PradhanMantri Jan Dhan Yojana,Swachch Bharat Yojana,Swachch Vidyalaya Yojana, SoilHealth Card, Pradhan MantriMudra Yojana (PMMY), DeenDayal Upadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana, Pradhan Mantri KaushalVikas Yojana, Atal Pension

Yojana, Pradhan MantriSuraksha Bima Yojana, PradhanMantri Jeevan Jyoti BimaYojana, etc.

Speaking on the occasion,Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singhsaid that during the last two years,under the constant inspiration andmotivation of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, the Departmentof ARPG, along with theDepartment of Personnel &Training (DoPT), has trulyemerged as the Research &Development (R&D) wings of thegovernment and have been con-stantly engaged in planning newreforms and effectively pursuingthem.

For the first time in severaldecades, Dr Jitendra Singh said,not only the public welfareschemes are being launched, butas a result of constant monitoring,many of the targets are beingachieved before time. Citing onesuch example, he referred to“Deen Dayal Upadhyaya GramJyoti Yojana”, which, he said,

Prime Minister outright-ly laid the target of 1000days for rural electrifica-tion of over 18,000 vil-lages of the countrywhich were still devoidof power supply. Theexhibition stall of thescheme put up today, notonly depicted the rapidprogress made in imple-menting the scheme, butalso claimed that possi-bly the entire rural elec-trification process will beachieved much beforethe target of 1000 days,he added. Similarly, thestall relating to “JanDhan Yojana” depictsthe latest update on theamount deposited inaccounts opened

through this scheme, which, ondate, is over Rs.36,000 Cr.

Dr Jitendra Singh alsoinformed that, unlike in earlieryears, for the first time, severalinteractive and academic duscis-sions will be held simultaneous-ly in four different Halls ofVigyan Bhawan. To enlarge theambit of these discussions, hesaid, at least eight Ministers ofthe Union Cabinet will be pres-ent at one or the other sessionand the main session will beaddressed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi tomorrow. Onthe occasion, Dr Jitendra Singhalso released a book on“Transforming India”.

Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha,Union ARPG Secretary DevendraChoudhary, Union DoPTSecretary Sanjay Kothari, FormerCabinet Secretary Ajit Seth,Senior former and presentSecretaries of Government ofIndia and Chief Secretaries of dif-ferent States attended today’sfunction.

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh going around different stalls and dis-plays after formally inaugurating the, first of its kind, exhibition on theme“Transforming India” organized by Department of Administrative Reforms& Public Grievances (ARPG) at Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday.

MLA Nagrota, Devender Singh Rana speaking during BhartiFoundation’s Quality Support Programme at Jammu onWednesday. —Excelsior/Rakesh

Rana lauds Foundation for gigantic initiativeBharti Foundation to implement Quality

Support Program in 15 Govt schools in NagrotaExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: BhartiFoundation, the philanthropicarm of Bharti Enterprises, hassigned a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with theDeputy Commissioner, Jammuand the Chief Education Officer,Jammu to support theGovernment’s initiatives inenhancing the quality of educationin the rural blocks of Nagrota,Dansal and Bhalwal in Jammudistrict.

The Foundation will beginoperations in these blocks and cor-responding Education Zones byextending its successful QualitySupport Program to 15Government Schools, selectedand run by the Directorate ofSchool Education, Jammu inNagrota Assembly constituency.

The Quality Support Programsupports Government Schools toimprove the overall quality ofschooling experience. As part ofthe partnership, Bharti Foundationwill work with the school leader-ship and the Directorate of SchoolEducation, Jammu to jointlyimplement interventions that con-tribute towards enriching the over-all schooling experience.

Additionally, the Foundationwill share best practices and facil-itate capacity building for theteachers and school staff. This pro-gram stands to cover more than3500 students and include 175teachers across the 15 schoolsfalling in 14 Halqa Panchayats ofthe 3 blocks of Nagrota. Currently,

39 Government Schools are bene-fitting from this program acrossthe States of Punjab, Haryana,Rajasthan and Delhi reaching outto 21,620 students and impacting953 teachers.

Devender Singh Rana,Member of the LegislativeAssembly (MLA), Nagrota, said,“Education truly is the first step indeveloping self-esteem for thefuture generation and BhartiFoundation’s initiative in thisregard is a source of inspiration for“Young India”.

Simrandeep Singh, the DeputyCommissioner, Jammu said, “Thelaunch of the Quality SupportModel is a good initiative by theBharti Foundation and we willextend all possible support tomake this initiative a success.”

J. K. Sudan, Chief EducationOfficer, Jammu said, “we willjointly create initiatives to bring inexcellence in education in ourschools and also help our commit-ted teachers on their journeytowards imparting quality educa-tion.”

Speaking on the occasion,Vijay Chadda, CEO, BhartiFoundation said, “We are veryhappy to start our Program in theState of Jammu & Kashmir. Withthis new partnership, we look for-ward to learning and sharing bestpractices and contribute to thegood work being done by theDirectorate of School Education,Jammu.”

Zulfkar, Akhtar inaugurate exhibitionon life & culture of Tribal Communities


JAMMU, Apr 20: Ministerfor Consumer Affairs & PublicDistribution, ChowdharyZulfkar Ali and Minister forEducation, Naeem Akhtar todayinaugurated the first evernational painting exhibition onlife and culture of TribalCommunities of Jammu andKashmir at Kalakendra.

The special focusof the 3-day event is onGujjar Communitiesof J&K. The exhibitionhas been organized byTribal Research andCultural Foundation incollaboration withDistrict AdministrationUdhampur.

Naeem Akhtarspeaking on the topicof cultural diversitysaid that God madeus all different andwe need to appreciateand respect the dif-ference and diversity present inmankind and do our part inensuring the preservation of ourcultural heritage.

Stressing on the importanceof education, he said that the realmeaning of education is not inthe number of degrees acquiredbut in knowledge and learning.He said the well read and edu-cated of a community need to beproud and not ashamed of theircultural legacy and worktowards bringing coherencebetween modern technology andtraditional community profes-sions thereby preserving the tra-ditional way of life, yet movingahead towards development.

Appreciating the efforts ofDr Javaid Rahi- renowned tribalresearcher of Gujjar community,Naeem Akhtar stated that theTribal Gujjar Culture is very richin terms of its color and vibran-cy. He said that EducationDepartment has a new initiativecalled ‘Learning through Art’under which, the departmentwill organize various camps for

children in the state coveringarts and traditional crafts. Heasked the artists working in trib-al arts and culture to associatewith the programme.

Minister for ConsumerAffairs & Public Distribution,Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali whileaddressing the gathering pres-ent at the exhibition said that hehas been involved with thefoundation since his tenure as

Tribal Minister. He said he hadthe opportunity to attend thenational painting camp wherehe saw young and buddingartists working with enthusiasmand that dedication is clearlyvisible in the works showcasedhere. He said establishment ofthe tribal museum would great-ly assist in preservation of cul-tural identity of the many tribesof the State.

Requesting all to cometogether and contribute in devel-oping the various communitiesof the State, Zulfkar said that ifany community gets neglectedand is left behind in develop-ment, the picture we will paintof the State would be like apainting left unfinished by the

artist.Dr. Javaid Rahi-renowned

tribal researcher and eventorganizer said that all 26paintings displayed in twomain galleries of Kala Kendraare an outcome of a nationalpainting camp held in Jammuin January this year. He saidthe main objective of thisevent was to attract the artistfraternity of India towards the

vivid tribal and nomadic cul-ture of the state, mainly to getthem nearer to colorful cul-ture of Gujjars, Bakerwals andother tribes.

Deputy CommissionerUdhampur Dr Shahid Iqbal alsovisited the gallery. He said thatthrough this event the nomadiclife and culture of differentSchedule Tribe groups of theState will receive boost.

Artists whose painting are ondisplay are Kulwant Singh Gill, KK Gandhi, R P Singh,AkramKhan, Satpaul Deol, RohitVerma, Rakesh Kumar, SahilOhri, Narinder K Bhagat, AnjliBharti, Munir Chowdhary,Mahva Gupta, Kanchan Verma,Sakhsi Khullar Gupta and others.

Ministers Naeem Akhtar and Ch Zulfkar Ali evincing interest in a paint-ing on Wednesday.

All departments daily wagers staging protest dharna outsideDyCM's residence in Jammu on Wednesday.

—Excelsior/Rakesh

Casual labours, CP workers protest at DyCM's residenceExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: Casuallabours, ITI trained and CP work-ers engaged in various depart-ments under need basis in variousGovernment departments, todayheld strong protest demonstrationoutside the residence of DeputyChief Minister Nirmal Singh anddemanded their regularization.

A large number of these tem-porary workers led by their lead-ers Satish Sharma, under the ban-ner of All Departments Jammuand Kashmir WorkersCoordination Committee assem-bled at the residence of Dy ChiefMinister here this morning andstarted their protest demonstrationfollowed by day long dharna. Theagitating daily wagers were pro-jecting their burning issues.

Taking banners and someplacards in hands depicting theirissues, the daily rated, ITI, casualand CP workers were shoutingloud slogans against the StateGovernment. They were also

demanding release of their pend-ing wages and regularization ofover 62,000 temporary workersengaged in various departments.

Satish Sharma, president ofthe body and several other tradeunionists addressed the gatheringand criticized the Governmentfor its indifferent attitude. Theysaid that Government framedseveral committees, sub commit-tees and also gave assurances anumber of times but their issuesremained unresolved. Manyworkers are without wages sincelong and facing starvation buttheir wages have not beenreleased for the last more thantwo years.

They also warned to intensi-fy their agitation in near future ifthe Government failed toaddress their issues. Prominentamong those who addressedgathering included- KulbhushanSingh, Akhil Sharma, DarshanSingh Jamwal, Rakesh Kumar,Puneet Gandotra and RajanSharma.

Secretariat ‘Gherao’ on Apr 22PHE daily wage workers'

strike enters 39th dayExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: TheGovernment has remainedunmoved even after the indefi-nite strike of PHE daily rated,ITI trained and CP workersentered 39th consecutive daytoday.

The general public is suffer-ing badly in many areas of theJammu region as the PHE dailyrated workers have gone onindefinite strike. TheGovernment has totally failed toresolve the issue even after thelapse of so much of time. Themost affected are the people liv-ing in rural areas as majority ofthe pumping and water supplystations are operated by thetemporary staff.

The half hearted approach ofthe Minister for PHE, I&FCSham Choudhary to break thedead lock and resolve issue alsoremained unfruitful a weekback. The employees weredemanding release of their fiftypercent wages in first instanceand framing of policy for theirregularization and a written

assurance from the minister.After receiving a cold responseon these demands, the workersunion decided to go ahead withthe strikle programme. Manyworkers are without wages forthe last 35 months.

A large number of workersunder the leadership of TanveerHussain, Union president are sit-ting on protest dharna at PHE com-plex. They held strong protestdemonstration againstGovernment today. They have sus-pended entire work. The depart-ment is facing difficulty to main-tain supply to the public. Even inmany rural areas the people are notgetting water supply after three-four days. The Government hasbecome mute spectator.

Tanveer Hussain and severalother trade unionists alsoaddressed the gathering andalleged that despite assurances bysenior officers their issues haveremained un-resolved. Theydemanded that a policy be framedfor the regularization of all typeof temporary workers. Theyannounced Secretariat `Gherao'programme on April 22.

Shot in J&K, film Mantostaan selected for Cannes Festival


JAMMU, Apr 20: Settinganother milestone for Jammu andKashmir, son of the soil, directorRahat Kazmi's film Mantostaan,shot in the State, has been selectedfor Cannes Film Festival before itsrelease.

Film will be screened on 14thof May at Cannes Film Festival.Mantostaan is a dark satire basedon four burning and the most con-troversial short stories (Khol Do,Thanda Ghosht, Assignment andAakhri Salute) of legendary Urduwriter, Saadat Hassan Manto. Thestories are set in 1947 IndiaPakistan partition time, throwing aspotlight on most inhuman side ofhuman beings.

Director of the film disclosedthat choosing stories of SaadatHassan Manto was a challenge forhim, as his works remained mostcontroversial. Kazmi said actorsRaghubir Yadav, Sonal Sehgal,Shoib Nikash Shab, VirendraSaxena, Tariq Khan, RainaBassnet and Sakshi Bhatt are thestar cast of the film. He hoped thatthis tale of partition will touch auniversal chord, beginning atCannes Film Festival.

Rahat said Ufi Production andJKF (Jitesh Kumar Films) fromDelhi, Starclub NGO fromKashmir and Chhatisgarh MudraParishad from Raipur(Chattisgarh) are different organi-zations, which have come forwardand support the cause of making ahistorical film on much deserved

stories of a legend called Manto. Film is produced by Rahat

Kazmi, Tariq Khan and AadityaPratap Singh and Co produced byZeba Sajid and Associate produceris Javid Bandey from Canada.Tariq Khan and Rahat Kazmi duois basically from Jammu andKashmir and major part of the filmwas shot in Jammu and Poonch.Some part of the film was alsoshot in Punjab.

The film will be screened at

the Le Marché du Film category ofthe fest in May, ironically andcoincidently with Manto's birth-day that falls on May 11, the day 1of Cannes. The official screeningof Mantostaan is on May 14 and16.

Tariq Khan said it is for thefirst time in the history of Jammuand Kashmir that a film directed,produced and shot in J&K hasbeen selected for Cannes FilmFestival before its release.

Officials of Blue Star during launch of stylish ACs in Jammu.—Excelsior/Rakesh

Blue Star to open unit at Samba, announces launch of stylish ACs


JAMMU, Apr 20: Blue Staris going to open its manufactur-ing unit in Samba and first pref-erence will be given to talentedyouth of Jammu and Kashmir.

This was disclosed by BThiagarajan, Joint ManagingDirector, Blue Star Limited duringa press conference here today. Hewas accompanied by Ajay Vakil,Regional Manager, North, RoomAirconditioners Division, DHRoy, VP, Procurement and SupplyChain and Deepak Gurnani, AreaManager, Room AirconditionersDivision.

B Thiagarajan stated that themarket for room airconditionersis expected to grow by around15 per cent in FY17 and consid-ering our 5-year track record ofoutperforming the market cou-pled with our impressive newenergy-efficient, eco-friendlyand smart product range, wehope to achieve a market shareof 12 per cent in FY17.

He also announced thelaunch of a stylish range of air-conditioners comprising a widearray of highly energy-efficientas well as eco-friendly split air-conditioners for the residentialand commercial segments.

Blue Star’s new line-up ofroom airconditioners consists ofover 135 models. This stellarrange of airconditioners is in

line with the new energy stan-dards prescribed by the Bureauof Energy Efficiency (BEE), hesaid, adding that Blue Star isamongst the first companies tocomply with BEE’s voluntarylabelling programme for invert-er split airconditioners as it haslaunched 16 models in the 5-starcategory and 13 variants in the3-star category, as per the newBEE standards.

He stated that all modelshave been designed to operatenon-stop even at 50 degreeCelsius. The entire range of star-rated inverter split aircondition-ers is equipped to functionsmoothly within a voltage rangeof 160V to 270V, without the aidof an external voltage stabiliser.This is of a huge advantage inlocations with high voltage fluc-tuations. 8 of the 16 models of5-star inverter split aircondition-ers will be equipped with a‘smart’ Wi-Fi feature whichenables the customer to operatethe machine from any remoteplace within the Wi-Fi network,B Thiagarajan maintained.

The Company plans to investover Rs 30 crores on new prod-uct development as well as itsresearch and design initiatives inFY17 in order to continue itsendeavour to develop cus-tomised, modern and sophisti-cated products which can com-pete with the best in the world.

Kargil Advocates seek cancellationof Distt Judge post exams

Excelsior CorrespondentKARGIL, Apr 20: Some practicing advocates and applicants for

the post of District Judges (Direct Recruitment) from Kargil districttoday urged the Registrar General of J&K High Court to cancel theexamination scheduled to be held on April 23 and 24 and issue freshdate in view of closure of Srinagar-Leh National Highway.

In a letter addressed to Registrar General, the applicants, whoare practicing Advocates at Kargil, said that Government hadannounced that Srinagar-Leh National Highway would be openedfor traffic on April 20 as such they had decided to proceed toSrinagar on this date.

Today, when the applicants went to Drass for onward journey toSrinagar the authorities did not allow them keeping in view closure ofthe road due to fresh snowfall. "The tickets from Leh are also notavailable at this time and the Army service from Jammu to Kargil andSrinagar to Kargil has also been suspended by the Air Force for fewdays due to bad weather condition", they further said.

"We have no other means by which we would be able to reachJammu on April 23 for appearing in the examination", they saidand urged the Registrar General of the High Court to cancel theexamination scheduled to be held on April 23 and 24 and announcefresh date.

Shree Jagannath Rath Yatra to be taken out on April 30


JAMMU, Apr 20: ShreeJagannath Rath Yatra, will betaken out on April 30 byInternational Society of KrishnaConsciousness (ISKCON). Thiswas announced by NavayogendraSwami Maharaj chairman of LordJagarnath Rath Yatra Committeewhile talking to reporters here

today.He said prior to the rath yatra

a Maha Aarti Utsav of the lordwill be held at City Palace, hereon April 29 from 5 pm onwards.In this festival 56 Bhoga (food-stuffs) will be offered to the Lord.This will be followed by GaurAarti in which there will be anoffering of 108 Aarties to LordJagannath, Baldeva & Subhadra.Thereafter Navayogendra SwamiMaharaj will give a discoursewith Harinaam Sankirtan. Afterthat dinner Prasadam will beserved to devotees.

He said on April 30 Rath Yatrafestival will be celebrated. Theprocession of the Lord will startfrom Red Cross Bhawan (CityPalace) Kacchi Chawni at 12noon and will pass throughParade, Shalamar, Kanak Mandi,Rajinder Bazar, Shahidi Chowk,Raghunath Mandir, IndiraChowk, Gummat, Vinayak Bazar,Canal Road, Talab Tillo, Bohriand will reach Kashmir HillsResort, Patta Borhi, Jammu ataround 8 pm. Dinner Prasadam

will be served to everyone there-after.

Swami Ji said that the pullingof Rath (Cart) during the Rathyatra procession by the devoteessymbolizes the attempt of the res-idents of Vrindavan to bringKrishna, Balarama and Subdharaback to Vrindavan fromKurukshetra. Therefore pullingthe rope of the Chariot also signi-

fies trying tobring Krishna(the supremeLord) back to ourheart, he added.

TraditionallyRath Yatra wasoriginated fromJagannath Puri ,Orissa, thousandsof years ago andby the mercy ofHis Divine GraceA . C .BhaktivedantaS w a m iP r a b h u p a d a

(Founder Acharya of InternationalSociety for KrishnaConsciousness) is being celebrat-ed in more than 100 cities of theworld including Dublin, Belfast,Mexico, Singapore, New Yorketc, in which millions of peoplefrom all religions participate inthe spirit of love for God. HisHoliness explained that LordJagannath is not different fromLord Krishna, Baladev his elderbrother; Balaram while SubhadraDevi is their younger sister.

Sarvabhaum BhattacharyaDas, Temple president ISKCONJammu, Vikram Malhotra: presi-dent Shree Jagannath Rath YatraCommittee, Jai Keshav Das:organizing president ShreeJagannath Rath Yatra Committee,Kuldeep Raj Dubey: presidentSwagat Committee, PramodKapahi: senior. vice presidentSwagat Committee, Rajan Bhan :general secretary, Shree JagannathRath Yatra Committee and all theexalted devotees of LordJagannath were present on thisgrand occasion.

Chairman ISKCON Rath Yatra CommitteeNavajogendra Swami Maharaj addressing apress conference at Jammu on Wednesday.

—Excelsior/Rakesh

PSA slapped on hardcore criminalExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: A hardcore criminal involved in over halfdozen cases registered with different police stations has beendetained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

As per police sources, a notorious criminal identified asTajinder Singh alias Jinda, son of Darshan Singh, a resident ofWard Number 4, Simbal Camp, Miran Sahib has been detainedunder stringent PSA by District Magistrate (DM) JammuSimranjeet Singh.

The accused was involved in over half dozen criminalcases registered with different police stations including MiranSahib.

After slapping of PSA, he has been lodged in jail.The notorious criminal was arrested by a team led by SHO

Miran Sahib police station SI Hilal Azhar under the supervision ofSDPO RS Pura Harjeet Singh and SP Headquarters Jammu RCKotwal.

Martyr Tushar remembered on 27th birth anniversary


UDHAMPUR, Apr 20: Toremember the supreme sacrificemade by Captain Tushar Mahajanof the Army's 9 Para Special Forces,

who laid down his life while fight-ing with terrorists at Pampore areaof Kashmir in February this year,Little Flower Convent SchoolUdhampur and newly createdTushar Fan Club paid rich tribute tothe martyr on his 27 birth anniver-sary today.

In this connection, a functionwas organized at Little FlowerConvent School wherein local

MLA Pawan Gupta was the chiefguest. The MLA honoured parentsof Tushar Mahajan and said that thenation cannot forget supreme sacri-fice of the martyr.

Shewatketu Singh, a friend ofthe martyr andmember of theTushar Fan ClubUdhampur, reit-erated thedemand of nam-ing UdhampurRailway Stationafter the name ofCapt TusharMahajan. Hesaid that theyhave alreadysent a memoran-dum in thisregard to the

Defence Minister and RailwayMinister. Fulfillment of the saiddemand would be one of the befit-ting tributes to the national hero andmartyr who laid down his life at avery young age, he added.

On the occasion, an athleticmeet was also held in which stu-dents took part. The martyr was analumni of the Little FlowerConvent School.

MLA Pawan Gupta honouring mother ofmartyr Tushar Mahajan at Udhampur onWednesday.