Shanta Chhetri makes Zero Hour mention on Centre’s delay in giving Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Hill communities

Shanta Chhetri makes Zero Hour mention on Centre’s delay in giving Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Hill communities

Posted on June 21, 2019 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

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I would like to draw the kind attention of this august House to the matter that the West Bengal Government vide their letter dated February 28, 2014 had recommended granting of schedule tribe status to 11 communities living in Sikkim, Darjeeling and other Gorkha-dominated areas.

In consequence to this proposal of West Bengal, the Central Government had constituted a committee to examine and recommend the granting of schedule tribe status to those 11 communities. However, several years have rolled by since.

The West Bengal Government has recommended these 11 communities because they fulfil the criteria of having primitive traits, distinctive culture, geographical isolation, shyness of contact with communities at large and extreme backwardness.

There is an urgent need to bring the highly deprived communities into the mainstream. There has already been a huge delay since the West Bengal Government submitted its recommendation way back in 2014.

Sir, its my humble request to the august House to seek a detailed explanation on the delay and set up a definite timeframe within which the Central Government would approve the State Government’s recommendations and grant these 11 communities scheduled tribe status and help create equal opportunities for all, which is the constitutional right of every Indian.

Thank you, Sir.

Saugata Roy makes a Zero Hour Mention regarding the flood situation in Bengal

Posted on July 27, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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I want to raise the following matter in Zero Hour.

Our State of Bengal is facing the threat of floods in six districts, namely, Birbhum, Bankura, Murshidabad, Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Midnapur. Already three people have died in three districts. A large number of villages are facing water-logging. This flood situation is man-made. The flood situation has come due to release of water from the dams of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).

Since Bengal is on the lower reaches of the river Damodar, our suffering is more. The water level in Tenughat Reservoir of Jharkhand is already high and the dam is likely to release more water. DVC has released 2 lakh cusecs of water in three days from Mythan and Panchet dams, both of which are situated in Bengal. The State Government has been repeatedly requesting for desilting of the reservoirs in above dams for a long time. But, the DVC, which is under the Central Government, has taken no steps. Nor has the Centre given approval to the lower-Damodar Drainage Scheme.

Madam, the flood in Bengal is man-made. The Prime Minister went for an aerial survey of floods in Gujarat and sanctioned Rs 500 crore for flood relief, which is all right. But, he did not come to visit Assam, which is badly flood-affected or Rajasthan, let alone Bengal. We want the Prime Minister to deal with all the flood-affected states on equal footing and take adequate steps for the man-made floods in Bengal.

Thank you.

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy makes a Zero Hour Mention regarding the crisis in textile industry due to GST

Posted on July 20, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Sir, I support the points raised by the other members regarding this issue. The traders in the largest textile hub in Eastern India, the Barabazar area, have been on strike for a long time – almost one month. Through you, Sir, I would like to request the Hon. Finance Minister to meet the delegation of the textile traders. One of our members has given a Notice for a full-fledged discussion on the issue. It must be taken up.

Saugata Roy makes a Zero Hour Mention on communal clash in Gujarat

Posted on March 28, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Madam, I am thankful to you for allowing me to raise this issue during Zero Hour. This is about the communal clash in Patan district of Gujarat. The police have arrested 13 people. The clash on Saturday afternoon between the Thakurs of Sunsar and neighbouring villages and the Muslims of Vagjipara caused the death of Ibrahim Khan, Lal Khan Belim and injured 20, all of whom are residents of Vagjipara.

However, those arrested are not among the 31 accused named in the FIR lodged by Rehmanbhai Alibhai Malek of Vadavali, of which Vagjipara is a part. The complaint was lodged in Chanasama police station on Saturday. After combing operations those named in the FIR could not be arrested. Some of the injured are undergoing treatment.

Though the reason for the clash has not been ascertained, according to the FIR lodged at Chanasama police station lodged by Malek, there was a verbal dispute at Vadavali High School between some thakurs and Muslims.

This incident is worrisome as it happened in the home state of the Prime Minister, and only 100 km from Ahmedabad.

Arpita Ghosh makes a Zero Hour Mention on the need for increase in salary of artists

Posted on March 20, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Thank you Sir. Yeh ek mahatwapurn vishay hain. Main khud ek theatre director aur actress hoon. Government of India ke Ministry of Culture artists ko Rs 6,000 har mahina aur guru ko Rs 10,000 har mahina tankhwa deti hain. Yahaan pe Labour Minister baithe hain; unko pata hain ek worker ko har mahine Rs 10,000 milta hain aur hum to artist log hain.

Abhi Ministry of Culture ne jo niyam banaya hain, humein apna theatre aur dance chhodke sirf papers aur form fill-up karna padta hain. Main aapke madhyam se Ministry of Culture se vinti karti hoon ki artists ka salary badhaya jaay aur yeh paperwork kam kiya jaay.

Dhanyavaad Sir.

Vivek Gupta makes a Zero Hour Mention on the welfare of drivers of app-based cabs

Posted on March 20, 2017 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

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Upsabhapati Mahoday, main sarvapratham aap ko dhanyavaad dena chahta hoon ki aap ne mujhe aaj mauka diya is vishay ko uthane ke liye. Sir, yeh vishay khali taxi drivers ka vishay nahin hain, yeh technology ka bhi vishay hain. Technology insaan ke liye banti hain, insaan technology ke liye nahin banta hain.

Sir, recently main Kolkata mein apne ghar se airport ja raha tha taxi mein – Uber ke gadi mein. Woh driver kaafi dukhi tha – raaste mein baat karte karte unhone bataya ki Uber ne apne rate kam kar diye hain aur Ola ne bhi apne rate kam kar diye hain. Dono mein bahut competition hua. Us chakkar mein Uber ne kya karna shuru kiya – inko pehle mobile ka paisa milta tha, woh bandh kar diya, commission badha diya jo Uber inse charge karti hain, in par Uber ne apna tarika joh use karti hain, woh badal diya.

Sir, Uber, Ola commercial companies hain, joh marzi kar sakti hain. Magar kya hum log aankh neech ke dekhte rahenge? Kya Sarkar is par koi niyantran nahin karna chahegi, regulation nahin karna chahegi? Sir, mazein ki baat yeh hain, jo taxi drivers Uber aur Ola ke andar kaam karte hain, inke paas jaane ke liye koi daftar nahin kyun ki Uber aur Ola ka India mein daftar hi nahin hain. Aur Government ki kis vibhag ke paas jaye shikayat karne ke liye, Government bhi nahin aati hain saamne is vishay par. Toh yeh jo drivers hain Uber aur Ola ke, inke paas koi sunwayi nahin hain, koi Court unko entertain nahin kar raha, aur Government unko koi support nahin kar rahi hain.

Yeh sab problems thodi thodi dikh rahin hain aaj. Aap sabhiko shayad yaad hoga, thodi din pehle Dilli, Bangalore aur sab jagah mein Uber aur Ola ke drivers strikes pe chale gaye the, is liye taxi ki bahut shortage ho gayi thi. Sir, hamare jaise kayi log hain joh aaj bhi taxi ka vyavhar karte hain airport jaane ke liye, station jaane aane ke liye. Sir, is situation par agar jaldi niyantran nahin paya gaya toh yeh bahut bada situation ho jayega.

Kyun ki yeh driver log gaadi kharidi pichle ek do saal mein Uber ke saath ya Ola ke saath paanch saal ka agreement karne ke baad. Ek ek driver ka 40,000 rupiya kharcha aa jata hain mahine mein, EMI, petrol, diesel ka kharcha mila kar. Aaj jo haalat aa gayi hain, agar woh bees ghante bhi kaam karega, toh bhi who chaalis hazar nahin kama sakta. Sir, unkjo udhaar lene ke liye apne jeevan gyapan kar raha hain aur, Sir, bahut laldh woh jab udhaar na chukka sakega toh woh suicide karne pahunch jayega. Uske baad hum log jagenge.

Is se behtar hain aaj humlog jaage aur is par kuch na kuch karavayi karein. Sir, in logon ke upar airport mein parking charge bhi laga di hain Sarkar ne, 150 rupiya kar ke, jitni baar yeh log airport jaate hain. Sir, inka commission jo badhaya giya hain, Sarkar ke knowledge hain ki nahin mujhe pata hain. Sarkar kya karna chahti mujhe nahin pata. Mein aap ke zariye Mantri saab ko request karna chahta hoon ki is pe kuch spashtikaran de aur in logon ke job mein jo takleefein hain usko nijaat de.