NFSA ROW: B’NGIR ADMIN TO BOOK 57 GOVT STAFF Sunday, 10 January 2016 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

NFSA ROW: B’NGIR ADMIN TO BOOK 57 GOVT STAFF

Sunday, 10 January 2016 | SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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The Balingir district administration has decided to lodge FIRs against the 57 Government employees of Gudvella, Belpada Khaprakhol and Loisingha blocks for obtaining ration cards under the Nation Food Security Act (NFSA) in violation of guidelines.

District Collector M Muthukumar informed this at a Press conference held here on Friday evening.

He said Gudvella BDO has already lodged a complaint at the Tusura police station against four employees. While Belpada BDO has been asked to lodge complaints against 18 employees, Khaprakhol BDO has been advised to do so against 17. Similarly, Loisinga BDO to to lodge FIRs against 18 Government employees, said the Collector.

“This is the situation in four blocks. The situation of the rest 10 blocks will be known later. Action will also be taken against those  who have facilitated inclusion of government employees,” added Muthukumar.

He further informed that a total of 956 families have been deleted from the ration card list while 573 families have voluntarily withdrawn cards. A total of 61,647 people have been included in the list, he said, adding that the process would continue till all genuine beneficiaries are included.

When asked about exclusion Halanbhata GP from the NFSA list, he said the whole thing occurred due to late data entry by the outsourcing agency.

The eligible list of the GP has arrived and they would receive rice and wheat soon.

In an interesting development, in the initial stage, the Civil Supply office received application of more than one lakh people of Bongomunda block where as the eligible beneficiary from that block was maximum 80,000.

District Collector sought the cooperation of media men to make the NFSA list error-free and inclusion of genuine beneficiaries in the list. 

489 MISSING KIDS FROM BALANGIR TRACED OUT Friday, 08 January 2016 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

News inEnglish daily the Pioneer

489 MISSING KIDS FROM BALANGIR TRACED OUT

Friday, 08 January 2016 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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A total of 489 children, out of 539 missing ones were traced out and efforts are on to locate the rest children, said Balangir SP Dr Deepak Kumar speaking to The Pioneer here.

Operation Smile-1was launched in 2014 and a total of 539children from Balangir were missing from the district. Due to dedicated efforts of Balangir police, 489children were traced out .The Ministry of Home Affairs asked all the States to launch Operation Smile-2 from January 1 to 31 in 2015.

To trace out the 49 missing children, a dedicated team has been formed under an anti human trafficking unit, which is making all out effort to trace these children. As a first step, all the childcare institutions of the district are being inquired into to know the presence of any missing child from any place across India and in the second phase a team of officials will go to Tamil Nadu to trace out the missing children of not only of this district but also of the State, SP Deepak Kumar said furthe

Kisan Rath flagged off in Balangir Thursday, 07 January 2016 | PNS | in Bhubaneswar

STATE BRIEFS

Kisan Rath flagged off in Balangir 

Balangir: District Collector M Muthukumar flagged off ‘Kisan Rath’ to spread the information of CM’s packages and other agriculture schemes for farmers here on Wednesday. “We have flagged up the Kisan Rath to disseminate the message of Chief Minister’ packages for the farmers and to give more information about the Rabi cultivation in the district,” said Muthukumar. This Rath would move in the 14 blocks of the district for15 days and would cover all the villages, he added. Deputy Director, Agriculture, Manoranjan Mallick, Balangir Zilla Parishad President Bjaya Pradhani and other Agriculture Department officials were present.

Thursday, 07 January 2016 | PNS | in Bhubaneswar

DECLINING HINDU POPULATION A CAUSE OF CONCERN: BAJRANG Wednesday, 06 January 2016 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar 1

DECLINING HINDU POPULATION A CAUSE OF CONCERN: BAJRANG

Wednesday, 06 January 2016 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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The decline in the percentage of Hindu population in India is a cause of concern. As per the Census Report of 2011, the Hindu population percentage, which was 84.10 per cent in1951, came down from to79.80 per cent.

At the same time, the percentage of Muslim population has increased to 14.23 per cent from 9.80 per cent 1951. The percentages of population of other communities like Sikhs and Buddhists have also gone up in the meanwhile.

This was stated at a Press conference here by national assistant coordinator of Bajrang Dal Manoj Verma on Monday.

He said this trend is a cause of concern. The Bajrang Dal is going to discuss the imbalance in population and cow protection and strengthening of the Bajrang Dal and challenges before it at its two-day west Odisha session to be held at Jharsuguda on January 23 and 24, Verma said. 

He lamented that many districts India now have zero Hindu population. The illegal influx of Bangladeshis to India is also a cause of concern and the Bajrang Dal demands their identification and deportation.

The Bajrang Dal has submitted a petition to the authorities regarding clandestine cow trafficking in different parts of Balangir district and has also petitioned the district administration to check the functioning of madrasas, said a local Bajrang Dal leader.

Among others, Niladri Bihari Joshi, Pabitra Kumar Dash, Antaryami Karan and Sunil Seth of the BajragDal were present at the Press meet.

Traditional paddy seed catches farmers's fancy;By SudhirMishra/Bolangir

2ndJanuary2016 Centenary Celebration of PRHighschoolBolangir to be held from 19to21January2016.

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Centenary Celebration of PRHighschoolBolangir to be held from 19to21January2016.

Bolangir ;The Centenary celebration of PruthwiRaj High(PR) school Bolangir would be observed from 19thto21January at PRHigh school field. Governor of Odisha SriSCJamir is schedule to inaugurate the three days function. During these three days, several eminent professors, intellectual’s dignitaries, eminent personalities, are schedule to attend the function. Seminar and other functions to held on this occasion. This was announced to media men by Convener of of PR high school centenary celebration Committee Sri ChittaranjanDas while addressing mediamen  today morning. Sri Das sought the cooperation of all sections of 

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‘LET’S BOOST TRADITIONAL PADDY SEED VARIETIES’ Thursday, 31 December 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

STATE EDITIONS

‘LET’S BOOST TRADITIONAL PADDY SEED VARIETIES’

Thursday, 31 December 2015 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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Towards the end of year, Desi BihanParab is held in a village of Gaisillet block of Padamour Subdivision of Barhargh district to popularize the cultivation of traditional seeds and its preservation. This year it was held in Kandhu Munda village.

Siba Prasad Sahu of Ahinsha Club of Bhtibahal informed, “Since 2008 we have been organising Desibhan Parab to preserve, promote and popularise the cultivation of traditional paddy seed in our area.” Farmers have every right to choose which seed they should use. The traditional varieties of paddy which are tasty and nutritious should be promoted and consumed to lead a healthy life, h suggested.

Desi Bihan which our forefathers used to cultivate and we consumed that food and remained healthy is on the decline thanks to the introduction of hybrid and high yielding varieties of paddy which increased our production and at the same time pushed the traditional seed to oblivion. To lead a healthy life, we need to preserve, protect and promote cultivation of traditional paddy seed in our area, observed speakers at the festival.

The Government is not taking proper steps to promote the Desi Bihan seed and its cultivation, lamented Saroj Mahanty of Paschim Odisha Krushak  Sangathan Samanya Samiti. He said that the popularisation of the seed would help check farmer suicide as the paddy varieties are drought-resistant.

“I have raised the issue to hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP) of paddy in Parliament several times but the Central Government is not taking any steps in this regard,” said Bargarh MP Dr Prabahas Singh. He assured to provide necessary help to construct a house for research and storage of traditional seed from his MPLAD fund. He also assured to raise the issue of GM mustard seed issue in the Parliament.

Noted Kosali poet Haldhar Nag expressed concern over gradual depletion of traditional seed varieties. He urged people to go for cultivation of Desi Bihan seed.

 Organised by Ahinsha Club with support from Millet Network of India and Deccan Development Society, in the one-day festival, several varieties of traditional paddy seed and minor millets were displayed.