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Md Nadimul Haque asks a Question on losses faced by e-commerce companies due to internet shutdowns

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Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

(a) whether e-Commerce companies have seen economic losses due to internet shutdown in different parts of the country;

(b) whether Government has estimated the same and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, whether Government plans to estimate the impact of internet shutdowns on e-Commerce companies?

FIRST SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION

Sir, over 150 days of internet shut down in the State of Jammu & Kashmir has led to many businesses and start-ups, especially in IT and E-commerce, to shut down or leave for better opportunities. Young entrepreneurs have been discouraged from starting online businesses. Sir, my question is, when will the Government take actual steps and not totalistic measures to address this serious crisis?

SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION

The order for internet shut down is rarely open to the public. It has been reported that only secretary-level officers can issue such orders like internet shut down, even DMs can also order, Sir.

So my question is, how has the Government allowed internet shut down to be imposed so easily, especially when the repercussions are not just on an area but across whole of India?

 

Pratima Mondal asks a Question about India’s slipping position in various development indices

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Sir, according to NITI Aayog SDG Index 2019, more Indians have fallen into poverty, hunger and income inequality in the past two years and India secured the 102nd position in Global Hunger Index.

In this regard, I would like to know from the Hon’ble Minister, through you Sir, what steps have the government taken to re-evaluate and restructure ongoing schemes, as they do not seem very productive?

If not, then how can the government assure that all targets and goals  will be achieved? Thank you Sir.

Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate Uttarbanga Utsab today

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The week-long Uttarbanga Utsab is set to start from January 20 in Siliguri. This has been an annual fixture for the last few years and is eagerly awaited by the people of the region.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the festival at the Kanchenjunga Stadium. A host of cultural and political personalities will grace the occasion.

The event is aimed at showcasing the rich and diverse culture, art, craft, music, songs and other performing arts of north Bengal. This is the ninth edition of the festival. 

A mega sit and draw competition and felicitation of meritorious students also form part of the festival. Eminent persons excelling in different spheres hailing from north Bengal will be conferred the Banga Ratna Award. 

Sports made compulsory till Class V in Bangla

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In order to create a supportive environment for joyful learning, the State Government has recommended to all schools under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to make sports an integral part of the school syllabus for the junior classes. This comes on the instructions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who wants Bangla’s GenNext to be fit.

The government has asked the schools to include playing time after the first period and before lunch for pre-primary classes and classes I to V from the 2020-2021 academic session.

The circular by the School Education Department instructs schools to include traditional and popular games, including indigenous and folk games, and Bratachari activities, in their timetable of daily activities.

Mamata Banerjee has especially recommended ‘Bratachari’ – a form of freehand exercise routine – to be included in the curriculum.

The School Education Department has also given other instructions in recent times for ensuring comprehensive physical development of children. These include allowing children with hearing impairment to take part in handkerchief-running along with other children, recommending frog jumping and hopping in the primary classes and yoga, football and chess in the higher classes, and making playground compulsory in schools, and in case of inability to do that, turning a large classroom into a playing field.

Source: The Times of India

 

Krishak Bandhu has helped more than 66 lakh farmers

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The Krishak Bandhu Scheme, a brainchild of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has provided financial benefits to over 66 lakh farmers across Bangla since its inception. State Finance Minister, Dr Amit Mitra shared this data at the inauguration of ‘Samabay Mela’ at Netaji Indoor Stadium on December 28.

The scheme has been so successful, he said, that many other States have expressed interest in replicating the scheme. Bangla is the only State to have such a comprehensive scheme for farmers.

The State Government has distributed Rs 1,031 crore among 66.2 lakh farmers since the scheme’s inception in 2018 – Rs 601 crore among 38.77 lakh farmers and share-croppers in financial year (FY) 2018-19 and Rs 430 crore among 27.43 lakh in FY 2019-20, with the latter number to increase over the last three months of the financial year.

Krishak Bandhu is a scheme meant to financially empower farmers by giving them a fixed amount per year based on their amount of landholding (a maximum of Rs 5,000 per annum – rabi and kharif season – for one acre or more, and a minimum Rs 2,000 per annum) and also to give a farmer’s family monetary aid (lump sum Rs 2 lakh) in the case of the farmer’s death within the ages of 18 to 60, both due to natural causes or unnatural causes.

Source: Millennium Post

 

Dr Santanu Sen speaks on practice of hiring villagers as dummy patients to get MCI recognition

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Sir, I would request you to kindly allow me to read out.

The subject is ‘hiring villagers to show as patients for medical college hospitals before Medical Council of India to get recognition of MCI’. RIMS Medical College of Raipur, Chattisgarh, is hiring villagers at the rate of Rs 100 to 200 per day to show them as patients to MCI. So most of the admitted patients are healthy villagers. Every day, dummy files of emergency and OPD patients are being prepared. College buses are being used to bring children, youth and elderly persons from villages. Adults are being given Rs 100 to 200 per day and children, Rs 50 to 100 per day. No investigation for them, no dietary request for them. They are there just to make up IPD and OPD numbers.

As per MCI guidelines, for the first four years after the opening of a medical college, a minimum of four OPD patients per day per student intake are required and at the end of fourth year, this should increase to a minimum of eight OPD patients per day per student intake are required.

Sir, it is reflecting on the level of performance of the present board of governors of MCI which has replaced the actual proper functioning of the original MCI. So the Government needs to be very much careful to look after the proper functioning of the MCI and the board of governors.

 

WBPCB to install sensors to detect stubble burning

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The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is planning to install remote sensors across the State to detect stubble burning which is a major cause of air pollution. The board will buy software for the sensors from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). WBPCB is working with IIT Delhi on this project and we will sign a MoU with the institute soon.

Two scientists from the board will be trained by IIT Delhi to work on the project, he said. The pollution watchdog has got a space near a shopping mall which is located close to a private hospital on EM Bypass in the city, where a monitoring station that will work in sync with the sensors will be set up. After getting the images of stubble burning, the state pollution control board will inform the police to take appropriate action.

The sensors will help in tracking any incident of stubble burning across Bangla and WBPCB scientists will inform the board’s top officials who will coordinate with the administration.

Best Durga idols of Kolkata to be displayed at Rabindra Sarobar museum

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The State Government has decided to exhibit the best four idols of Durga from among the Pujas of Kolkata at the museum at Rabindra Sarobar where idols from earlier years too are on display. The exhibition is titled ‘Maa Phire Elo’.

The museum draws big crowds and so the government has decided to place this year’s best idols as well.

This exhibition had begun in 2012 on the initiative of Mamata Banerjee. Kolkata Municipal Development Authority (KMDA) maintains the museum.

There is a museum at the iconic Eco Park too where some of the famous Durga idols are one display and that too is a big draw all through the year.

Source: Sangbad Pratidin

 

Bangla on its way to self-sufficiency in egg production

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Bangla is on course to become self-sufficient in the production of eggs. Over the years, various measures have been taken and these are slowly bearing fruit.

The latest measure is growing maize in selected areas, as maize makes up about 50 per cent of poultry feed. During the current financial year, 40 lakh tonnes have been cultivated

It may be mentioned here that the State has received the Krishi Karman Award from the Central Government this year on the basis of its maize production.

The daily demand for eggs in Bangla is three crore, whereas the production is two crore. In an effort towards making up this shortage, the State Government, a couple of years back, established two large farms with an investment of Rs 60 crore – one in Kalyani (Nadia district) and another in Barjora (Bankura district).

Then, subsidy amounting from Rs 8 lakh to 80 lakh annually is given to those willing to set up large farms. Waiving of stamp duty, part of the electricity bill for the poultry farm and several other measures have been taken.

The government hopes for production to catch up to demand within a period of one to two years.

Source: Aajkaal

Banglar Bari: Registration certificate through banks

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To make it easier for the people, the State Government has decided to enable the paying of the registration fee by recipients of houses under the Bangla Bari Scheme directly to banks. The fee is Rs 35,000 for a flat and Rs 25,000 for a standalone house.

Under this scheme, those poor people who have at least 500 square feet (sq ft) of land get Rs 3.48 lakh for constructing a house. The money is transferred to the plot-owner’s bank account in five instalments of Rs 60,000, Rs 1 lakh (for two instalments), Rs 50,000 and Rs 38,000, respectively.

The passing of the Thika Tenancy Act by the State Assembly has given a spur to the construction of houses under this scheme.

Source: Sangbad Pratidin