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Out of 6600 crores plan outlay, 2571 crores lapse on the last day of 2011-12 fiscal

Srinagar: Lapses of funds in Jammu and Kashmir has become a permanent feature of state functioning, the present dispensation has, however, broken all previous records of fund lapsing under both state-plan and centrally sponsored schemes. On one hand very little to spare for capital expenditure from its budgetary receipts, the Jammu and Kashmir state has been incapable of spending even the easy funding available under different centrally sponsored schemes like MGNREGA, BRGF NABARD loan, BADP, Bad Pocket Plan, JNNURM, RKVY, NPAG, TSP and many other schemes. With non-plan expenditure spiraling up to Rs 14, 011 crore, the state had just a plan allocation of Rs 6600 crore for 2011-12. However, the government has failed to utilize the plan allocations, thereby leaving a major portion of the plan outlay unspent which is due to lapse by today in absence of non-lapsable fund mechanism while on the other hand non-plan expenditure is the same. Out of 6600 Crores approved by the Planning Commission of India for 2011-12 which was given much hype by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, only 4029 Crores have been utilized leaving a whopping sum of 2571 Crores unspent which is due to lapse as today being the last day of the fiscal. With a cursory look on the department-wise outlay it become abundantly clear that none of the departments has been able to utilize 100% allocation. For instance, 17558 Lakhs were allocated for the Agriculture department out of which the department has been able to utilize only 12042 Lakhs leaving 5516 Lakhs unspent which constitutes 31.41% of the total outlay. Similarly out of total outlay of 3140 Lakhs Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department has utilized only 1678 lakhs leaving 1462 lakhs unspent which is about 46.5 %. Likewise total outlay for Gardens and Parks Department was 2314 lakhs out of which only 1305 lakhs have been utilized leaving 1009 lakhs (43.5%) unspent. Similarly Finance Department leaves 12366 lakhs (49.4%) unspent out of total outlay 25012 lakhs and Rural Development Department leaves 31.7% of the total outlay of 11395 lakhs unspent. Likewise Housing and Urban Development Department leaves 41.5%, Power Development Department 54.6%, Planning and Development Department 68.6%, Revenue Department 38.1%, Industries and Commerce Department 29.6% and Irrigation, Flood Control and PHE 44.7 unspent which is due to lapse within next few hours. This poor state of affairs has been admitted by the government itself in reply to a cut motion moved by CPI (M) legislator M Y Tarigami. However, the reason attributed to this insignificant achievement has been that the Financing was approved by the Planning Commission of India as late as in September, 2011. In the same breath, the government has attributed the incurring of less than 50% expenditure in some sectors under plan to the less/non receipt of resources from Central Government under earmarked component in some cases, time consumed in procedural process, late/less lifting of earmarked amount under Negotiated Loans from financial institutions etc. etc. Of course, these are the factors which are responsible for less spending and decimal performance but who is at fault? Who is responsible for fund lapsing, who has failed to submit utilization certificates and who is responsible for not fulfilling the conditions laid in the 13th Finance Commission Award. The reason behind releasing the funds as late as in September 2011 by the Planning Commission is because the state government failed to fulfill the conditions put by the 13th Finance Commission. . Of course, more often than not most of the funds are released at the fag end of the year leaving the state departments with little time to fulfill statutory procedures for their spending. But the fact remains that the state government has failed to fulfill the conditions for fund spending which is because of the administrative inefficiency and official apathy. Bureaucratic hassles are the main reason of failure on this count. Experts also attribute the lapsing of the central grants to absence of a strong monitoring mechanism.To prevent the loss of this prized money, they suggest provision of a Lapse fund mechanism. Now let us come to the District Plan outlay for the year 2011-12. Total outlay for Srinagar District under District Plan was 5565 lakhs out of which only 2847 lakhs have been utilized while as out of total outlay of 9994 lakhs for Jammu district only 7671 lakhs have been expended during the plan period. Likewise, as against the total respective outlays of 11333 and 8973 lakhs for Anantnag and Udhampur districts 8611 and 5408 lakhs were utilized respectively for the same period leaving whopping sums of 2722 and 3565 lakhs unspent. Against the total district plan of 180915 lakhs for all the 22 districts of the state, 126442 lakhs have been utilized thereby lapsing 54473 lakhs unspent. Can the state government explain who is at fault and who is responsible for this insignificant achievement and whom they are kidding by listing their non-existent achievements as in the first part of reply to Tarigami’s Cut-Motion, the government portrays the less spending as its achievement though in latter part of the same reply it admits insignificant achievement.?

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Delegation of Punjab farmers led by Lakhowal to meet PM on farmers issues

Friday, March 30, 2012 – 18:30By Jagmohan SinghAMRITSAR: Bhartiya Kissan Union (Lakhowal) head Ajmer Singh Lakhowal stated that he would take a delegation of farmers to meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to discuss the long pending demands of farming communities in near future. Talking to media he said the issues relating crop insurance, price-indexed MSP, pensions for farmers’ widows, no forcible land acquiring and separate budget for Agriculture on the lines of Railways will be discussed with PM.Lakhowal was here to preside over the elections for the Amritsar district unit of the farmer’s paramount body said that they wanted to gherao the parliament and were heading to Delhi recently when the PM Office contacted and assured them to organize the meeting with Dr Manmohan Singh over farmers’ woes after the ongoing parliament session is over. “Now we are just waiting for the date to be announced by PM and I hope that the talks would be fruitful”, said Lakhowal.He was flanked by new district unit head Sukhdev Singh Heir and general secretary Kulbir Singh Kot Khalsa, outgoing President Sardul Singh Mannan and outgoing general secretary Ajmer Singh Heir.He said farmers had been demanding that the MSP of the wheat and the rice is linked with the price index as suggested by the Swaminathan Committee. As he is also the Chairman of the Punjab Mandi Board, has stated that the Board has made all the arrangements to receive wheat crop in the grain markets throughout Punjab.We are fully prepared and procurement will be a smooth affair. There is no doubt a worry regarding godowns not being emptied to store the new grains to arrive but we are taking up the matter with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who will further take up the issue with the Centre in this regard. He said they were expecting 115 lakhs meteric tons of wheat grains this season.Describing the crop insurance decision as good he says that has not been implement and demanded that the premium of such an insurance should be borne by the government and not by the farmers who are already under heavy debts. He demanded that all the old pending loans of the farmers should be waived off and new loans be given at the 3 per cent rate of interests.

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Badal promises to protect farmer;s interests

BARNALA: Shiromani Akai Dal president Parkash Singh Badal declared today that when his party formed a government in the state, no agricultural land would be acquired for any purpose without the consent of the farmers and without compensating the owner at market rates.. He said that in addition to this, the farmers would also be paid displacement cost equivalent to the thirty percent of the market value of the land acquired.Addressing a mammoth Kisan Bachao Rally organized by the SAD and the BJP here today, Mr. Badal also said that his party, if voted to power, would offer a practical solution to the problem of farmers’ indebtedness. He decried the anti-farmer policies of the present governments at the centre and in Punjab and said that they had deliberately messed up the issue of Minimum Support Price for wheat this season. “The government intentionally allowed hoarders to have a free run in wheat purchase in mandis and announced the wheat bonus only when nearly ninety percent of the farmers’ produce had already been sold. As a result, only a handful of farmers were able to qualify for the bonus.”Badal also came down heavily against the decision to import wheat. “It is amazing that the government was not willing to pay our own farmers anything more than Rs. 650 per quintal while it imported wheat at the effective rate of Rs. 1250 per quintal. As a matter of fact, the very need to import wheat had arisen only because of the shocking decision of the centre to export the same wheat earlier at Rs. 450 p.q..’” said Mr. Badal adding that there was a huge scam in the decisions le acquisitionboth to import and export wheat. He said that a saner solution to the depleting food stock was to give more incentive to the domestic producer and fix the MSP at 900 per quintal.”Earlier addressing the gathering, the SAD Secretary General Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa declared that when the Akalis formed a government in the state, all decisions of the Punjab government on forcible land acquisition would be cancelled. He said that the Trident should buy land at market rates if it wanted to set up industry in the state..Former Union Minister and party General Secretary Mr.Sukhbir Singh Badal said that when his party formed government in the state, it would accord top priority not only to stopping forcible acquisition of farmers’ land but also to ensuring remunerative prices for their produce. He said that not only would free power to the farm sector continue but the facility would be extended to cover river irrigation. Land revenue would also be abolished. No farmer would ever have to forfeit his lands or go to jail in case of a debt default. He also declared that Shagun scheme would be re-implemented with its amount doubled. Free domestic power up to 450 units to Dalits would also be introduced.Sukhbir Singh also announced the setting up of a commission against officials who were suspected of taking law into their own hands during the present government’s vendetta against Akali workers and leaders.Former Punjab Finance Minister Captain Kanwaljit.Singh said that the policies of the present government had not only ruined the economic structure of the state but had pushed the farmers to the point of committing suicides. He said that it was amazing that the state government had sought no relief from the center.for the state’s beleaguered farmers of Punjab.

SAD patrons Sant Ajit Singh Parivar Vichhora and Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi, former SGPC presidents Bibi Jagir Kaur and Jathedar Kirpal Singh Badungar, senior vice president Gurdev Singh Badal and party genereal secretaries Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, and Jathedar Tota Singh, Manpreet Singh Badal and Youth Akali Dal president Sharanjit Singh Dhillon also addressed the gathering.

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PAU Scientists: Reduce growing menace of household waste

Monday, March 26, 2012 – 19:45By Charanjit Singh SalujaLUDHIANA: “Huge quantity of garbage takes up precious land which can otherwise be used for agriculture and other productive purposes. With a little sensitivity, sensibility, thought and effort, the ever growing menace of household waste can be reduced,” said the home science experts Dr Varinder Randhawa and Dr Sukhdeep Kaur Mann of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).They disclosed, “In India on an average, each person in urban area produces half a kilogram of garbage every day. The percentage of Indians living in urban areas is ten per cent of the total population. This amounts to more than 20 million tones of garbage every year in cities alone.” Pointing out that garbage is a major source of diseases, the experts of the Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management cautioned that it can trigger dangerous epidemic also.Suggesting simple measures to limit the damage to the environment, the home scientist, Dr Randhawa advised the farm women and home makers to recycle tin cans. Various types of drinks and processed food are available in tinned cans. As metal accounts for the fourth largest percentage of the rubbish, always recycle tin cans, she emphasised. Dr Randhawa stressed, “Reduce the number of paper and plastic bags by carrying jute bags to grocery and departmental stores. Minimise the use of paper towels, paper plates and napkins. Invest in cloth napkins for everyday use and choose reusable cloths, towels and plates, rather than paper “throwaways.”Another home scientist Dr Mann suggested creating a compost pile. It can be called teeming microbial farm. The microbes in a compost pile go to work immediately, breaking down leaves, grass clippings, fruit and vegetable waste and other organic matter. Mixing compost material into a yard or garden loosens heavy clay soils, thereby, allowing better root penetration and improving plant growth, she said. Elaborating, Dr Mann advised to substitute rechargeable batteries for throwaway batteries. Many containers including that of glass milk or cold rink bottles can be returned to the industry for redistribution and reuse, she said, while stressing to purchase beverages in refillable bottles as this can reduce purchasing of new containers every time.Providing useful household tips, the home science experts asked the home makers to use inexpensive, biodegradable cleaners such as white vinegar and lemon juice (cuts grease), baking soda (cleans, deodorizes, softens water and boosts the cleaning power of soap), washing soda (disinfects, cuts grease and remove stains) and borax (softens water, cleans, deodorizes, disinfects and kills insects). They also suggested donating books and magazines to public libraries, charities, schools, etc. for its meaningful use.

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Bathinda could be Nashik of Wines from Punjab

Monday, March 26, 2012 – 13:30CHANDIGARH:If the wishes of the new deputy chief minister of Punjab, Sukhbir Singh Badal were to translate into reality, Punjab may soon join Maharashtra and Karnataka as a wine producing state with the President of the Shiromani Akali Dal and son of the fifth-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, announcing his plans barely two weeks after taking the oath of office. At a recent interaction, Sukhbir Badal who is also the minister for Excise & Taxation talked about his plans on new industries in the urban cities, reportedly said, “Wait till we have wineries in Punjab. Agriculture will have a new meaning here now- new occupation, new jobs and health benefits aside”. He indicated a Maharashtra-like wine revolution for the whisky and country liquor guzzling statAt a recent interaction, Sukhbir Badal who is also the minister for Excise & Taxation talked about his plans on new industries in the urban cities, reportedly said, “Wait till we have wineries in Punjab. Agriculture will have a new meaning here now- new occupation, new jobs and health benefits aside”. He indicated a Maharashtra-like wine revolution for the whisky and country liquor guzzling state.The location for this home production of wine has been reportedly kept as Bhatinda, the area that reportedly produces about 70 per cent of grape cultivation in the state and could well become the Nashik of Punjab once wines start being produced here. His wife, Harsimrat Kaur became a member of parliament in 2009 from the Bathinda (earlier named as Bhatinda) constituency, so the enthusiasm of CM’s deputy and the importance he attaches to wine as an agro product is quite understandable and commendable.”This project has been in the pipeline as part of the Rs 15,000 million investment project” Upjeet Singh Brar, additional managing director, PAIC reportedly told TOI. The initial production at vineyards has been reportedly kept at 150,000 liters per annum, a mere 17,000 cases a year, based on these calculations, a mere fraction of the production of 450,000 cases produced annually by Sula in Maharashtra and in a small way in Karnataka for the local market.Although the idea of growing wine grapes in Bathinda may be noble and adventurous, most wine experts would shy away from proclaiming Bathinda as the wine growing region. One such expert is Avtar Singh Sandhu, the Punjabi owner of Mushal Winery in Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma Country. Sandhu, who owns vineyards in Geyserville, grows his own grapes and makes wine has done extensive travels in India looking for an ideal place to grow grapes.Decrying the efforts of the government in setting up the Bathinda winery, he had opined to delWine in an exclusive interview a few years ago about its being unsuitable as vine growing area and said. ‘not only is the summer temperature too high, the land is prohibitive. I don’t think with the land prices being as high as they are, one can ever be competitive in the international markets.’It is not that Sandhu is prejudiced against Bathinda which had a winery that produced undrinkable, low-end wine. He had studied the Punjab region before proclaiming his ‘judgment’. ‘I have done a lot of research and studied the whole belt of Punjab from Anandpur Sahib to Yamunanager, at the foothills of Shivalik hills. The temperature is cooler, the day-night temperature difference is sufficiently large, the land is barren and great for wine and olive trees- and the big bonus is that the monsoons come 3 weeks later, making it an area where the ripening can be complete,’ he had said.The political will of the leadership to promote wine has been lacking so far. ‘Frankly, it requires a political will and some hungry industrialist who is a pioneer for that region. The land is cheap. With drip irrigation, the water requirements can be minimal. But the farmer wants to know if he would be able to sell the grapes when he harvests. So you need wineries to pick up the grapes. Punjab needs to come out with a Maharashtra type of policy. Since I don’t live here, I don’t have any political contacts.’This is where the wish list of the DCM Badal rings positive notes for the industry and perhaps a new chapter in the Indian wine industry is about to begin. State-owned Punjab Agro Industries Corporation (PAIC), entrusted with the responsibility of promotion and facilitation of agro based industries, will be the agency handling these wineries.Punjab is the north-western state which is known for producing good quality wheat and rice, accounting for 19% and 13% of India’s total production respectively. But many of the world’s current vineyards used to have grain as the basic produce earlier. Rice is still the main crop along with other cereals in the lowland Piedmont producing 10% of Italy’s rice and yet it is one of the most popular regions of Italy for high quality wines like Barolo and Barbaresco, made from Nebbiolo grapes. Maremma, the south-western part of Tuscany in North-west Italy was a marshy area where cattle breeders thrived but during the last few decades, it has produced some of the best Italian wines like Sassicaia, Ornellaia.Closer to home, Fratelli vineyards in Akluj, Maharashtra are surrounded by grain producing fertile land which is unsuitable for wine grapes but their winemaker Piero Masi had undertaken intensive research of the soil etc nearby and eventually t bought the land where they are now growing grapes and producing good quality wines.The grape variety which is cultivated in Punjab at present is called Perlette. The “little pearl” is a white table grape variety which is crisp, pale green berry with mild, sweet flavour and a slight shade of tart tang. It requires less heat to ripen than Thompson seedless grapes being grown in Maharashtra and performs well in the home gardens too. In Europe the vine is used as ornamental, for summer shade, arbours or leafy walls.Badal Jr., a modern politician of Punjab with a Blackberry in his pocket is apparently keen to wean away the people of Punjab from hard drinks and wants to promote lighter drinks. This bodes well for the wine industry and one hopes that he will have the sixth sense to promote imported wines in the states as well to help increase the quality of the proposed wines from Punjab and encourage wine industry to come up.As for the wine industry, one hopes that some of the Rs. 15,000 million goes to survey the land, soil, climate and micro-climate, the usual parameters like sun hours, rain pattern etc and the potential wine grapes that might be successful. Hopefully, the state will not shy away from engaging the services of a foreign consultant viticulturist to identify the proper areas for grape cultivation where experiments would need to be carried out to identify the varietals that will do well.Whatever, the outcome and the eventual quality of wines, the recognition by a senior politician of the stature of Badal Jr. of recognizing wine as a health products well as an agro produce may become a defining moment in the history of wines of Punjab one day. And it may be time Avtar Singh Sandhu, the Punjab-born (Mushal village now in Pakistan) grower in Sonoma County met the progressive sounding Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab,Parkash Singh Badal.As for the wine industry, one hopes that some of the Rs. 15,000 million goes to survey the land, soil, climate and micro-climate, the usual parameters like sun hours, rain pattern etc and the potential wine grapes that might be successful. Hopefully, the state will not shy away from engaging the services of a foreign consultant viticulturist to identify the proper areas for grape cultivation where experiments would need to be carried out to identify the varietals that will do well.Whatever, the outcome and the eventual quality of wines, the recognition by a senior politician of the stature of Badal Jr. of recognizing wine as a health products well as an agro produce may become a defining moment in the history of wines of Punjab one day. And it may be time Avtar Singh Sandhu, the Punjab-born (Mushal village now in Pakistan) grower in Sonoma County met the progressive sounding Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab,Parkash Singh Badal.

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Punjab election, an overview from the outside – Part I

Thursday, January 19, 2012 – 15:30You can take a person out from Punjab, but you can’t take Punjab out of a person. You might have heard this phrase many a times, with many other places being named instead of Punjab. But as pompous or self adulatory it may sound, it suits Punjab the best. Wherever the Punjabi’s are, their eyes and ears are right now focused on Punjab elections, more than anything else.

So with nothing else to do, and armed with an eager eye and a sonar quality ear, i set out to talk to all and sundry in Punjab to feel the pulse. Believe me when I tell you not to trust a Punjabi, when he or she says “Bhaaji trust me, when I tell u so”. So when you venture out to check the mood of Punjabis out to cast their vote, you can’t take their words to be gospel truth. Like an experienced Kuchipudi dancer, they tell you more with their expressions, body language and exclamations than with their words. So one can, at best, try to separate the beer from the froth, with his or her own ability.

As on 19th Jan 2012, the election hasn’t started as yet. It might sound statistically wrong, but it is correct in essence. Howsoever notorious Punjab election might be, for its “Money Power”, it’s a fact that barring a few VIP seats, not many candidates have enough money to last more than 8-10 days of full steam electioneering. So much so, that when I was sympathizing with a ticket aspirant about the delay in allotment of party tickets, he nonchalantly said “Its better this way. Who has the money to spend on voters for more than 10-12 days? If tickets were to be given today, the langar would start here and now”.

Gurpreet Singh SanghaSo mindful of Election Commission (EC) guidelines, I will not say that “they would” or that “they won’t”, but the real money power will come into play between 21st Jan to 29th Jan only. Whether it’s about negotiating with the still running “independents or rebels” or its about “bringing the dissidents around” or its about “ghar waapsi” all is going to take place after 21st, once the “Sulking or the RUSSEY HOYE” have shown their metal even after the passing of 16th Jan “name withdrawal” date. And it actually so happens, that “95% of the sulking brothers do come back home” after “seeing REASON…or whatever else Election Commission might want us to call it”.

Coming to the brass tacks, as on now there is no party which is poised wins 59 seats (the halfway mark). But that’s the beauty of this situation. If it weren’t so, why would you be reading these articles and trying to decipher the maze? Why would the readers make do with armchair analysts like us, who sound like Lala Amarnath in his heydays, giving his “expert opinion” about how bowling team was actually trying to get the batting team OUT as soon as possible (Eureka …. no one knew that).

But it’s not all that Greek. It doesn’t take rocket science to see that Sukhbir Badal (there doesn’t seem to be an Akali Dal any more) is not fighting an election in Punjab. He is fighting an election on only 70 seats, aiming to win 55 out of those. He somehow has been convinced by his Haryana brethren that election management wins elections rather than good governance (it’s another matter that this trick failed in Haryana…twice). Even Captain Amarinder Singh is playing to the gallery and talking more about frivolous issues like “paisa khaa gaye” and “farzi parchey” rather than telling people about what he can do. It speaks volumes about the bankruptcy of his think tank, when they come out with their Election manifesto only 12 days before the campaigning ends. And in that too, it seems all the time was spent on photocopying the Akali Dal manifesto, with all the populist references to “Atta dal scheme” and “Free electricity”. Why does a party’s manifesto (the most important document in an election fight…. but rarely accorded that stature) have to be the last priority? And why don’t people ask this question to the vote seekers? Do we?

Is anybody talking about massive deforestation of Punjab? Is anyone talking about where this water guzzling agriculture is taking us? What’s the real cost of producing rice for whole of India? What are actual plans about the 5 Million unemployed, besides plain rhetoric? What about the cancer of massive drug abuse amongst our youth? Why are we again seeing so many Bhindranwale stickers all around? Why are the Dera’s again as belligerent as the Nirankaris were once? What’s the point of taking free electricity worth hundreds and see our children die from drinking chemical laced hazardous waters?

But since it’s all about elections and more about seats, we have to start counting. And if neither SAD (the Badals), nor INC (Congressi’s) is a clear winner as of now, who will swim them through. A few very lucky independents will be holding the key to government formation a-la Haryana. We only hope for Manpreet Badals sake that his few winners don’t do a Kuldeep Bishnoi on him. With party loyalties as weak as the financial health of Punjab and lucrative “Liquor, Bajri and Construction” contracts in sight, who can blame the contestants of trying too hard to win, by hook or by crook. After all, a win on a party ticket might make you only a MLA, whereas an independent win, might make one a Minister.

So armed with all this ammo, I set out to talk to and meet people on the ground. And whatever good or bad I gather, I will share with all in the next 2 newsletters. Maybe by that time, i might have some figures/forecast ready about the winners and losers (Only if I am that lucky and it was so simple).Till then, enjoy the circus.

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PAU Professionals discuss influence of TBT and SPS obstacles on Agro-exports

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 – 16:00By Charanjit SalujaLUDHIANA: “Exterior issues beneath Planet Trade Organisation (WTO) for rice, fruits, veggies and honey exports and the affect of “technical barriers to trade (TBT)” and “sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) obstacles” on agro-exports from India, had been the crucial places of discussion in the course of the capability building programme underway at the Punjab Agricultural College (PAU), knowledgeable Dr Sandeep Kapur, Head, Section of Enterprise Management.He mentioned that the on-heading programme on “Intercontinental trade in the direction of enhancement of competitiveness of Indian agriculture,” observed fruitful interaction amongst the individuals, PAU experts and the resource folks from New Delhi on analyzing enterprise implications of regional buying and selling agreements and export documentation and derivatives of transaction costs with target on personalized clearance, warehousing, packing, labeling and technologies. The useful resource person Prof. Tamana Chaturvedi from Indian Institute of International Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, dwelt on the affect of regional trading agreements like Thorough Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), Thorough Economic Cooperation Arrangement (CECA), and so forth. on the Indian exports. She also laid emphasis on identifying overseas market place for particular commodities like rice, honey, fruits and vegetables. Amrit Budhiraja, Director of Utopia Freight Logistics Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, shed mild on the a variety of documents necessary for import and export of various items, with thrust on the reduction of transaction fees. Gentleman Prakash Vijay, Assistant Basic Manager, Agricultural and Processed Foods Products Export Improvement Authority (APEDA), New Delhi, spoke on the traceability methods created by Agricultural and Processed Foods Goods Export Growth Authority (APEDA), from farm to fork, for boosting trade and lowering rejections in the international market. Dr V.K. Dilawri, previous Prof. of Entomology, PAU, speaking on the influence of sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) limitations on agro-exports from India, described how the produced international locations are utilizing these limitations as a instrument to handle the movement of intercontinental trade. He mentioned that the on-likely programme on “Worldwide trade in direction of enhancement of competitiveness of Indian agriculture,” saw fruitful conversation amid the members, PAU experts and the resource people from New Delhi on analyzing organization implications of regional buying and selling agreements and export documentation and derivatives of transaction fees with emphasis on custom made clearance, warehousing, packing, labeling and technologies. The resource individual Prof. Tamana Chaturvedi from Indian Institute of International Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, dwelt upon the influence of regional exchanging agreements like Extensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Extensive Financial Cooperation Arrangement (CECA), and so forth. on the Indian exports. She also laid emphasis on figuring out overseas marketplace for certain commodities like rice, honey, fruits and veggies. The members of All India Rice Exporters Association Beekeepers Association, Punjab Potato Growers Affiliation, Punjab and PAU Kisan Club attended the programme.

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Highlights of Indian price range introduced by Pranab Mukherjee

Friday, March 16, 2012 – 11:15Source: Punjab Newsline NetworkNEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee commenced presenting what was his seventh federal finances in the Lok Sabha Friday, with a reference to the state of the global economy and its effect on India.Ahead of the presentation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior cabinet colleagues experienced cleared the proposals in a brief meeting inside of Parliament Property.There were noisy protests in the residence as he commenced studying the spending budget, prompting Speaker Meira Kumar to admonish the members and say that the minister was undertaking his constitutional duty. Mukherjee then started yet again, this time to attentive silence. Highlights of the price range for 2012-13 introduced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha :* Allocation of Rs.two hundred crore for investigation on weather adjust.* Irrigation and water resource organization to be operationalised. * Countrywide mission on meals processing to be started out in cooperation with state governments.* Built-in Child Improvement Scheme to be strengthened and restructured with allocation of Rs.15,850 crore. * Allocation of Rs.fourteen,000 crore for rural water offer and sanitation.* Infusion of Rs.15,888 crore in community sector banking institutions, regional rural banking institutions and NABARD in 2012-13.* Infrastructure will demand Rs.50 lakh crore in 12th Prepare, 50 percent of this from the non-public sector.* Completion of highway projects forty four p.c increased than in earlier fiscal. * Exterior commercial borrowing of up to billion permitted for airline sector.* Exterior commercial borrowing permitted to lower-cost housing sector.* From 2012-13, total subsidies for supplying foods security in other sectors to the extent the economy can bear this.* Hope to boost Rs.30,000 crore from disinvestments.* New equity financial savings scheme to supply for income tax deduction of fifty percent for those who devote Rs.50,000 in equity and whose annual income is significantly less than Rs.10 lakh.* Company industry reforms to be initiated.* Expenses on micro-finance institutions, country wide land financial institution and community financial debt administration between individuals to be presented in 2012-thirteen.* Addressing malnutrition, black income and corruption in public existence between 5 priorities in yr ahead.* India’s inflation structural, driven largely by agricultural constraints.* Present account deficit 3.six % in 2011-12 this place pressure on trade fee.* Progress in 2012-thirteen believed at 7.six percent count on inflation to be decrease.* Much better monitoring of expenditure on government schemes.* Fiscal 2011-twelve calendar year of recovery interrupted fact turned out to be diverse.* GDP progress in 2011-12 approximated at 6.nine % had to battle double digit inflation for two years.* Very good news: agriculture and providers continued to complete properly economic system is now turning about recovery in core sectors.* Now at juncture where it is essential to take tough selections have to accelerate rate of reforms.For a lot more Reports pay a visit toPunjab Newsline

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Rice PR 118 turning out to be popular in North-West India

Thursday, March 15, 2012 – 20:45Source: Punjab Newsline NetworkBY Charanjit Singh SalujaLUDHIANA: Rice is developed above 27.five lakh ha location in Punjab with a production of more than 10 lakh tons in Punjab. Conditions are a significant bottleneck in the successful cultivation of the crop. “The intensive cultivation of rice witnesses the strike of illnesses and insect-pests, therefore, resulting in massive losses to the farmers. Amongst the ailments, bacterial leaf blight is the most devastating ailment since after it appears it is hard to test. At present, 10 pathotypes of the bacterial blight pathogen are widespread in Punjab,” disclosed Dr Manjit S. Gill, Extra Director of Investigation (Crop Improvement), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). He explained that improved crop types with tolerance to diseases can assist in obtaining the wanted stage of productivity. PAU is often endeavoring to create illness and pest-resistant kinds. Dr Gill has recommended the farmers to develop PR 118 (bacterial blight resistant version of Pusa 44) as it is resistant to most of the pathotypes of bacterial blight condition. In investigation and adaptive trials conducted at the farmers’ fields, PR 118 gave three. per cent increased deliver than Pusa forty four. During the final calendar year, the place below this selection almost doubled, he told.Informing that the variety is ideal for the regions with poor quality underground drinking water, Dr Gill stated that in the course of very last 12 months, in Bathinda district, this selection occupied around sixty for every cent location. This year, four hundred quintals of seed of this selection were sold in the Kisan Mela, held at Bathinda on March 14. There has been 30 for each cent boost in breeder seed indent of this selection by distinct seed firms this yr he unveiled adding that it is an indicator that the assortment is preferred by the farmers.Highlighting that the PAU has introduced 31 rice varieties (like 21 non-basmati and ten basmati/fragrant rice kinds), considering that its inception, Dr Gill explained that the PAU has created seeds of this selection in view of its escalating popularity amongst the farmers. He told that intrigued farmers can acquire the seeds from the major campus at Ludhiana, the seed farms at Faridkot, Ladhowal and Nabha and Krishi Vigyan Kendras at Rauni (Patiala) and Kheri (Sangrur).He additional divulged that there is a massive need for the breeder seed of PR 113 from the seed firms and states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Jammu Kashmir. In addition, there is also a desire for breeder seed of PR 114, PR 111, PR 116 and PR one hundred fifteen from the other states and seed corporations, said Dr Gill. Trying to keep the rising need in watch PAU has produced sufficient seed of PR-118.

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