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This type of programme is also running http://business.mapsofindia.com/rural-economy/development/national-food-work-programme.html These type of schemes are called helicopter schemes and are only good for short term.For long term you need infrastructure so in 4-5 years people could become self reliant.Unfortunately these schemes have no accountability and therefore either the thekedars take all the money/foodgrain or just distribuite some part with doing any productive work

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/29/major-maoist-attack-on-crpf-convoy-in-chhattisgarh.htm In a major Naxal attack, 27 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were on Tuesday shot dead and seven injured in an ambush in a remote area of Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district. Heavily-armed Maoists opened fire with automatic weapons from a hilltop when a 63-member security contingent was returning from road opening duty on foot, Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said in New Delhi [ Images ]. The attack, which also left seven personnel including four special police officers of the Chhattisgarh Police injured, took place at Daurai Road area at around 3 pm. It comes nearly three months after the worst April six Dantewada massacre by the Maoist which left 75 personnnel of the force and one Chhattisgarh policeman dead. Pillai said security and medical reinforcements have been sent to the spot and all the bodies have been recovered.

German chancellor can say it because Majority of Nazis were punished on the other hand Tytler,sajjan are still roaming free

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India also has a welfare scheme which is backfiring badly.It is called NREGA(national rural employment gurantee programme)Every year 40,000 crore rupees is allocated so that in all poor villages minimum of 100 days of employment could be provided. Now here are the problems. The aim of scheme was Giving employment and creating rural infrastructure but instead free money is distribuited to people as they just ask labourer to sign and take the half or what ever the amount.the rest of money goes in pockets of govt officials and thekedaars. Thekedar is happy because he is getting his share,labourer is happy because he is getting money without doing any work.This scheme is one of the reason that Farmers of Punjab are not getting cheap labour.These type of helicopter scheme's are also in many state's.From long term point of view they are just disastrous

http://www.countercurrents.org/safvi250610.htm Hurriyat (G) Calls For 'Quit J&K' By Syed Ali Safvi 25 June, 2010 Kashmir Times SRINAGAR, June 24: Sixty four years after Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah gave the call of “Quit Kashmir” against Maharaja Hari Singh, Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference today called for “Quit Jammu Kashmir” campaign, raising the pitch of separatist rhetoric. Significantly, the “Quit Jammu Kashmir” campaign call came on the day when the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan were meeting in Islamabad, where Kashmir was the part of their unstructured agenda. There are speculations as to the response of the other faction of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference, who are engaged in a process of reviving the dialogue with New Delhi. Meanwhile, the Hurriyat Conference (G) today also announced fresh protest programme. Addressing media persons here, senior Hurriyat Conference (G) leader, Masrat Alam, said that the conglomerate had decided to launch the campaign against the growing atrocities of Indian troops in the state. He said that to discuss the present situation in the Valley, Majlis-e Shura of Hurriyat Conference (G) had held two days of meetings at the residence of senior Hurriyat leader, Ghulam Nabi Sumji. “It was decided in the meeting that “Go India Go Back” would be the vial slogan during the entire campaign,” he said, appealing the people of all three regions of the state to come forward and make the “Quit Jammu Kashmir” campaign successful. Condemning the recent police clampdown on separatist leaders, and slapping of public safety act (PSA) on chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani, Masrat termed the steps as “part of India’s imperial policy”. Announcing the Hurriyat Conference (G) fresh protest programme, Masrat called for a complete shutdown tomorrow and urged the people of the valley to visit their respective Martyrs’ graveyards to show solidarity with the “mission of martyrs”. He also urged people to offer special prayers, seeking freedom from Indian occupation, at all mosques across Kashmir on June 26. “On June 26, the Kashmiri youths will write “Go India Go Back” on every road, wall, lane, and by-lane in protest against Indian occupation,” he said. Masrat urged the male students to hold protest demonstrations against Indian occupation on June 28. “The students should tie a black ribbon around their wrist in protest,” he said, while urging the girl students to hold similar protest demonstrations on June 29. Masrat asked the people to organize special prayers in all Mosques across the state on June 30. “People are requested to hoist black flags on all houses, shops, vehicles, and hold anti-India protests in the evening of June 30,” he said. He also appealed to the women-folk across the state to offer afternoon prayers at Srinagar’s Pather Masjid on July 1, and “pray for the success of the ongoing Movement”. The senior Hurriyat leader also asked the people to observe Kashmir bandh on July 2 and July 3. Masrat threatened if the Indian government and its “local agents” do not stop killings of innocent Kashmiris and arrests of separatist leaders, Kashmiris would take to streets and launch massive protest demonstrations. He said that on July 13, a protest march would be taken from “Mazar-e Shauda” at Naqashband Sahib to Eidgah. Masrat also asked the people to be mentally prepared for a “fresh, big, and organized programme”. “People should keep stock of essentials in advance as Hurriyat Conference (G) will announce further programme on July 3,” he said. Referring to the recommendation of Indian Home Ministry to reject the mercy plea filed by the wife of Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru, Masrat said that if Guru was sent to gallows it would have serious repercussions in the valley. “India has forcibly occupied the land of Kashmir since 1947, and it is employing all tactics to strengthen its occupation of the valley,” he said. “The mass killings of Kashmiris by Indian troops have spread terror far and wide, and have created a hostile atmosphere in the entire Valley.” He said that by killing innocent youths in cold blood, the troops had set another example of genocide “where innocent students are murdered and youths are killed in fake encounters and labeled as militants”. “Our water bodies are under military occupation, and the energy and revenue generated by them are under the control of New Delhi,” he said. He said that Hurriyat Conference (G) had not been invited by chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for the all-party meeting. “Only Geelani sahib was invited in the meeting,” he said. Masrat also condemned the arrest of senior Hurriyat leaders including Ashraf Sehrai, Ayaz Akbar, Mohammad Yusuf Nadeem, Mohammad Yusuf Mir, Mohammad Moosa, Dr Mohammad Qasim, and others.

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/28/anti-sikh-riots-should-never-have-happened-says-pm.htm The 1984 anti-Sikh riots should never have happened, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] said on Monday but at the same time appealed to the Sikh community to "move on" to let the wounds of the tragedy heal. Speaking to the community members in Toronto after paying homage to the victims of the 1985 Kanishka bombing at the Air India [ Images ] Memorial, Singh reminded them that he had apologised to the nation for the carnage that ensued the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi [ Images ]. "The 1984 anti-Skih riots should never have happened. I have apologised to the nation... all possible steps will be taken to provide succour and comfort," he said. Singh, the first Sikh to ascend to the post of prime minister of India, said "by constantly reminding of the 1984 riots, sometimes you unwittingly vitiate the creative thinking of the Sikh community". "We need to move on," he said. The prime minister said Sikhs in India were no longer restricted to Punjab [ Images ] but were actively participating in all spheres of the public life, referring to his own example. "There is a prime minister, there was an army chief, you have governors and ambassadors," he pointed out. In 2005, during a discussion in the Parliament on the Nanavati Shah Commission report on the anti-Sikh riots, Singh had intervened and apologised to the nation and to the community for the violence which some of his party's leaders were accused of instigating. The prime minister's remarks came at the Air India Memorial where a lawmaker of Indian origin spoke about growing pro-Khalistan feelings in Canada [ Images ]. Ahead of Singh's visit to Canada, there was an attempt to raise the 1984 riots issue in Canadian Parliament when a group of Sikh MPs moved a petition seeking the the Canadian government recognise the carnage as a 'genocide'.

India has good food stock,but that does not mean end of starvation.People are poor or starved because they don't have purchasing power.Only by increasing the purchasing power of poor India can end the image of half starved kids

Even as the Centre is redrafting the Food Security Bill to ensure availability of food for all, nearly 30 lakh tonnes of paddy — the rice from which could feed around 4 lakh people for a month — have been left to rot in Punjab, with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) refusing to lift the stock. This particular variety of paddy, PAU 201, was developed by Punjab Agricultural University, and farmers were strongly encouraged to grow it. But now that they’ve done so in large quantities, the FCI, after examining it, has found the extent of damaged stalks to be much higher than rules permit it to accept. “The Union food secretary has made it clear to us that the FCI will not lift PAU 201,” said N.S. Kang, financial commissioner (development) of Punjab. “We don’t want to face criminal cases,” said a top FCI official. “The grain damage is 8-9 per cent — much more than the limit of 4.75 per cent we are allowed. Procuring it would be a clear violation of Prevention of Food Adulteration norms.” PAU 201 was cleared by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research three years ago. Scientists claimed it was a high yielding variety of paddy that required less water than others, matured faster and even had higher nutritional value. For the first two years, Punjab farmers did not sow it on a large scale. But in 2009-10, they planted it across 6 lakh hectares and produced about 45 lakh tonnes — around 30 per cent of the state’s total produce, said a state government official. In the past six months, millers disposed of 15 lakh tonnes. But the rest is rotting. “Government agencies should take my entire stock away and compensate me. I don’t want to mill this variety as the FCI will not lift it,” said Gurpreet Singh Mann, owner of Yadvendra Rice and General Mills, Bathinda. “State agencies that procured the paddy from farmers will suffer losses of several hundred crore if it is not lifted,” said D.S. Grewal, Director, Food, Punjab. “The government is even considering exporting the stock, if any other country is willing to take it.” The Punjab government has started issuing advertisements advising farmers never to sow PAU 201 again.

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Sorry to say just a paper idea,could work with Gora,Atheists agnostics,but can never work with hindu's,muslims.If a sikh woman tries to raise her children as sikh with hindu or muslim man that could lead to divorce.Do you thinka hindu or muslim family will like to raise their children as sikhs?Also when it comes to religion women are not very strict about it You can read many examples of it.On the other hand even many non practicing men want's their children to be raised with their religion http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005687.html But somewhere along our six years together, the Indian girl from Jersey, who had naively promised him Catholic children, steak dinner

How many Gurdwara's are rebuilt in pakistan?

I am not saying that we should follow muslims.I am just saying that if sikh men find a girl in their life who is willing to raise family as sikh then that marriage should not be opposed.In the idea of implementing gender equality we should not forget ground level realities of India

Hazoori sikhs are not exceptional.Patriarchal system is very much intact in India.Children inherit father's religion.The only problems in this are neo liberals which are saying that marriage of sikh man with non sikh woman and marriage of non sikh man with sikh woman is same.With lot female foeticide and lots lots of sikh girls marrying outside the only option left to sikh men is marry non sikh women.The good thing about India is that there are many non sikh girls that goes to Gurdwara and if they find a potrential sikh mate they will not hesistate to marry him,that's why Once I said sikhism should concentrate more on boys

Not true there are plenty of sikh men who married Hindu women and raised children as sikhs.My own cousins have Hindu mother and they have full sikh names In the case sikh women it is true.Also when a hindu woman marry a muslim then also the children are raised as muslims e:g Salman khan,Saif Ali Khan

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/22/slide-show-1-over-60-million-child-labourers-in-india.htm#contentTop His liquid eyes, twin pools of innocence, have a sparkle that only children are blessed with. He speaks in a staccato burst, tripping over his words and lisps a current Bollywood hit with glee. His toothy, impish grin belies the fact that while other children his age are either playing or being schooled, he is forced to serve food to people at the dhaba that he works at on the Mumbai-Nagpur highway near Jalgaon in Maharashtra. He does not seem to be a day over ten years old, but insists he is fourteen. Raju -- he doesn't offer his surname -- goes about his chore with a cheerfulness that is almost heart-breaking. If he knows that he has been deprived of the right to childhood or of the joys of being a goofy kid or to fulfil his true potential, he disguises it well behind his infectious smile. He has no inkling of what the future holds for him nor does he seem to care. He is just too busy trying to earn enough to buy some food so that he and his family do not go to bed hungry. Today, though, he is happy, secure in the knowledge that he would not have to make do with water alone when he goes to bed after a gruelling 12-hour work day at the dhaba. India, an IT giant and the world's second-fastest growing major economy, has millions of Rajus: all under 14 years of age, some as young as 4 or 5, and all toiling hard just to get a square meal to keep body and soul from parting company. Child labour is a dagger through India's soul. The country has the dubious distinction of being home to the largest child labour force in the world, with an estimated 30 per cent of the world's working kids living here. Today millions of children work as labourers in various businesses in India. You find children being exploited in restaurants, silk industry, carpet weaving, firecracker units, et cetera. These kids are forced to work to help their poor families, but this robs them of their right to childhood and all its associated joys. Child labour also crushes their right to normal physical and mental development, to education and thus to a healthy, prosperous life. Seven days a week, these children toil as hard as their tender bodies can allow them to, working in inhuman conditions in cramped, dim rooms, breathing toxic fumes, and every now and then being subjected to verbal and physical violence by their employers. These young children work for hours on end, suffering from constant fatigue. Most of these kids work for as less as Rs 300 to Rs 500 a month; sometimes for no money at all as they are given food to survive. Government statistics say that there are 2 crore (20 million) child labourers in India, a country that has ambitions of becoming a global superpower in a few years. Non-governmental agencies assert that the figure is more than 6 crore (60 million) including agricultural workers; some claim that the number could be 100 million, if one were to define all children out of school as child labourers. The International Labour Organisation estimates that 218 million children ages 5-17 are engaged in child labour the world over. An estimated 14 per cent of children in India between the ages of 5 and 14 are engaged in child labour activities, including carpet production. It would cost $760 billion over a 20-year period to end child labour. The estimated benefit in terms of better education and health is about six times that -- over $4 trillion in economies where child labourers are found. Some children are forced to work up to 18 hours a day, often never leaving the confines of the factory or loom shed. Children trafficked into one form of labour may be later sold into another, as with girls from rural Nepal, who are recruited to work in carpet factories but are then trafficked into the sex industry over the border in India. A recent report, produced by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, says there are as many as 60 million children working in India's agricultural, industrial and commercial sectors. The report argues that India's booming economy takes advantage of children workers to aid its growth and to bring wealth to a minority. Even though the urban centres see many child labourers, estimates say that about 80 per cent of child labourers reside in rural India, where they are forced to work in agricultural activities such as fanning, livestock rearing, forestry and fisheries. Reports say that there are more children under the age of 14 in India than the entire population of the United States. And children under 14 years of age account for about 4 per cent of the total labour force in the country. Of these children, nine out of every ten work in their own rural family settings. Nearly 85 per cent are engaged in traditional agricultural activities. Less than 9 per cent work in manufacturing, services and repairs. About 0.8 per cent work in factories. Reasons for child labour There are many reasons for child labour. Poverty is the biggest reason for child labour in India. The small income of child labourers is also absorbed by their families. Among the most obvious other reasons are unemployment; non-implementation of government-declared minimum wages; parental illiteracy; general acceptance of the society when it comes to child labour, ignorance, lack of education and exposure, exploitation of cheap and unorganized labour; prevalence of bonded labour; lack of land reform in most Indian states, et cetera. Children, who are rag-pickers, beggars, street sellers, street entertainers, child prostitutes, mostly without natural guardians, are exploited by gangsters and racketeers. These kids are mostly illegal migrants. Absence of compulsory education at the primary level, parental ignorance regarding the bad effects of child labour, the lack of implementation of child labour laws and penalties, non-availability and non-accessibility of schools, boring and unpractical school curriculum and cheap child labour are some other factors which lead to child labour. Illiterate and ignorant parents do not understand the need for proper physical, cognitive and emotional development of their children. They are themselves uneducated, so they don't realise the importance of education for their children. Adult unemployment and urbanisation also cause child labour. Businesses save money as child labour is cheap and kids can be easily exploited, taking advantage of their parents' poverty and helplessness. This further spurs the rise of child labour in the country. So factories find loopholes and get round the law by declaring that the child labourer is a distant family member or is above 14 years of age. Child labour in India is mostly practiced in restaurants, roadside stalls; matches, fireworks and explosives industry; glass and bangles factories; beedi-making; carpet-making; lock-making; brassware; export-oriented garment units; gem polishing export industry; slate mines and manufacturing units; leather units; diamond industry; building and construction industry; brick kilns, helpers to mechanics, masons, carpenters, painters, plumbers, cooks, etc. Thousands of affluent Indians hire youngsters for household chores and to look after their own kids, under the pretext of providing some money to the parents of the child labourers and of offering a better life than he/she would normally have had. Child labourers suffer horrific abuse Non-governmental organisations working towards eradicating child labour in India say that: Two out of every three working children are physically abused. Out of 69% children physically abused 54.68% were boys. Over 50% children were being subjected to one or the other form of physical abuse. Out of those children physically abused in family situations, 88.6% were physically abused by parents. The states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi have almost consistently reported higher rates of abuse in all forms as compared to other states. 50.2% children worked seven days a week. 53.22% children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi reported the highest percentage of sexual abuse among both boys and girls. 21.90% child respondents reported facing severe forms of sexual abuse and 50.76% other forms of sexual abuse. 50% abusers are persons known to the child or in a position of trust and responsibility. Every second child reported facing emotional abuse. Equal percentage of both girls and boys reported facing emotional abuse. Click NEXT to read on . . . India's policy on child labour has evolved over time. Laws relating to child labour in India are consistent with the International Labour Conference resolution of 1979. The policy of the government is to ban employment of children below the age of 14 years in factories, mines and hazardous employment and to regulate the working conditions of children in other employment. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 seeks to achieve this basic objective. Through a notification dated May 26, 1993, the working conditions of children have been regulated in all employment not prohibited under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act. Following up on a preliminary notification issued on October 5, 1993, the government has also prohibited employment of children in occupation processes like slaughter houses, printing, cashewnut descaling and processing, soldering, etc. The Indian Constitution says that child labour is a wrong practice and standards should be set by law to eliminate it. The Child Labour Act of 1986 implemented by the government of India makes child labour illegal in many regions and sets the minimum age of employment at 14 years. No wonder the barely 10-year-old Raju at the dhaba said he was 14. Exploiters threaten kids in many ways and the child has no way out but to lie to keep his 'job'. However, there are many loop holes in this law: it does not make child labour completely illegal and does not meet the guidelines set by the International Labour Organisation concerning the minimum age for employment, which is 15 years. Developing countries are, however, allowed to set the minimum age at 14 years in accordance with their socio- economic circumstances. Prev Next Due to economic factors, many of the law's goals are difficult to meet. The law, for example, does nothing to protect children who perform domestic or unreported labour. In almost all Indian industries girls are unrecognised labourers because they are seen as helpers and not workers. Girls are thus not protected by the law. Penalties The Child Labour (Prohibition And Regualtion) Act, 1986 and Rules states: Whoever employs any child or permits any child to work in contravention of the provisions of Sec. 3 can be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than Rs 10,000 but which may extend to Rs 20,000 or with both. Whoever, having been convicted of an offence under Sec. 3, commits a like offence later, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years. June 12 was observed as World Day against Child Labour. On Monday, June 21, a group of eminent people gave a petition to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a ban on all forms of employment of children under the age of 14 and sought urgent amendments to the child labour law. 'Save the Children', an NGO, which started a 45-day campaign against child labour, asked 45 prominent people from various walks of life to endorse a petition at the end of its campaign. The petition sought for urgent amendments to the existing child labour law in the wake of the Right to Education Act, which provides for free and compulsory elementary education to all children of the age of 6-14 years. By signing the petition, they all have agreed that the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act should be amended as soon as possible to ban employment of children under 14, the NGO said. The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour is a global programme launched by the International Labour Organization in December 1991. India was the first country to join it in 1992 when it signed a memorandum of understanding with the ILO. The long-term objective of IPEC is to contribute to the effective abolition of child labour. Its immediate objectives are: Elimination of the capability of ILO constituents and non-government organisations to design, implement and evaluate programmes for child labour elimination; To identity interventions at community and national levels which could serve as models for replication; and Creation of awareness and social mobilization for securing elimination of child labour. At the international level, IPEC has a programme steering committee consisting of representatives of the ILO, the donors and participating countries. At the national level in India, there is a national steering committee of which the labour secretary is the chairman. This is tripartite in its composition with representation from NGOs as well. There is a national programme coordinator based at New Delhi who coordinates IPEC work between the Union ministry of labour, the agencies receiving assistance and ILO headquarters. The government on its part is taking steps to stop child labour and to boost literacy as a means to eliminating this social evil. As responsible people, we need to do our bit too to help the government achieve its goal. How do you think can child labour be eliminated in India? What should the government do about it? Do you think education holds the key to the eradication of child labour in India? Should punishment for those violating child labour laws be increased and made tougher? What can we as citizens of a rising India do to end this menace so that these wonderful kids do not need to toil like Raju at the dhaba and millions like him do? What can we do to bring a smile back to these kids' faces? Tell us on the discussion board below. . .

She is an innocent Child who does not even know what are going to be consequence of what she is doing.How she is bragging that she went to kill her on TV does she even know that the boy can still book under attempt to murder case where she can face imprisionment upto 10 years and had she been succesfull then she had to spent her entire life behind bar. Eve teasing is wrong but its better girls and their families better way to deal with it rather than picking guns so that minimum damage should happen to girl and her family

Yes It was a Battle .Harbhajan committed some mistakes when he was unable to touchof Akhtar's balls and then he made raina out.So many people were going to blame him if India had been defeated.He earlier hit shoaib for six but did not say anything to him but when he was unable to touch the balls shoaib started using verbal language.That's why in the end He was pointing to shoaib who was showing him finger out of frustration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLfRyQOqCAI It was an amazing moment.In second last over Shoaib Akhtar abused Harbhajan and tried to break his concentration.And this was his reply. 24 years ago India lost against pakistan in same manner when Miandad hit six on last ball of match.And after 24 years Harbhajan took the revenge

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I appreciate your knowledge of agricultural system of Punjab ,but there is one question .Punjab is state with only 50,000 sq km area and 25 million population State govt jobs are like peanuts.There is hardly any news of industrial revolution in Punjab so the question with 500 persons per sqkm what the people of Punjab are doing?.Is Punjab now a state of old ,handicapped and idle people.Also not to forget that large part of Punjab is in pakistan and their is no Bihari or bangladeshi labour to work in their fields. but hardly any news of agricultural failure or anything is coming from pakistani Punjab.How are they managaing their farms?

Many times I read on sikh forums that khalistani sikhs say that migration of Bihari labour is conspiracy of Indian government so that Punjab can become hindu majority state ,now what they have to say when Punjabi farmers are demanding that labour should come to Punjab