Tribal Advisory Council’s meeting held under CM’s headship

All disapproved claims under Forest Right Law will be re-scrutinized

A meeting of Tribal Advisory Council was held today in the headship of Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The meet took a decision to re-scrutinize all the claims made by tribal people under Forest Right Law which were disapproved. 

A resolution was passed in the meeting to ask the Government of India to amend the Forest Right Law and give the custodians a sanad instead of charters for their possession.

Chief Minister said that tribal community should be given maximum benefits of the Forest Right Law and it should be checked that wrong people do not take away benefits of real beneficiaries. 

Progress of Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana and other tribal welfare works were also discussed in the meeting. Chief Minister welcomed the positive suggestions in the meeting and gave necessary directives to the concerned departments.

Forest Minister, Minister of State for Forest Shri Jaswantsinh Bhabhor, Parliamentary Secretary Shri Harshadbhai Vasava, Chief Secretary Shri A.K.Joti, secretaries of different departments and 16 members of Tribal Advisory Council were present on the occasion.

Congress-led Centre yet again singles out Gujarat, cuts kerosene quota by 32.19 per cent

Gandhinagar, Wednesday: Taking a strong exception to the Congress-led Central Government’s ‘anti-Gujarat’ policies, Gujarat Government today fired a fresh salvo of protest for singling out Gujarat for reducing the State’s kerosene quota overnight by a whopping 32.19 per cent with effect from June 1, 2011.

The quota for supplying kerosene to states for distribution through fair price shops under the Public Distribution System (PDS) is decided by the Centre.

The state government ministers-spokespersons Jay Narayan Vyas and Saurabh Patel said this is for the third time in two years that the Centre did it to Gujarat. The monthly quota of 79,644 kilolitre (KL) prevailing from 2004-05 to 2008-09 was first time reduced by 0.02 per cent to 79,488 KL in July 2009, and further by 3.5 per cent to 76,712 KL from 2010-11 and the latest cut by 32.19 per cent to mere 52,020 KL per month from this month.

The quota was reduced in some other states too, by 0.03 per cent in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 0.08 per cent, Haryana 10.64 per cent, Andhra Pradesh 13.11 per cent and in Kerala by 14.84 per cent. Nowhere, it is near 32.19 per cent as in Gujarat.

The ministers said the decision is sure to hit the poor housewives most, as it is they who have to cook for the families. Ironically, they said, the decision was taken by the Delhi durbar which is headed by a woman as its supreme leader.

They recalled that Centre continued to force Gujarat in the matter of buying imported CNG from Petronet too at Rs.8.35 per unit higher cost, while allocating CNG at administered prices as per KG basin formula to the Congress-led states like Maharashtra and Delhi and to Metros like Mumbai.

The ministers regretted the Central Government’s decision smacks of political vendetta which is likely to boomerang in case the women scorned reacted likewise.

CM Narendra Modi to attend Kirtan Sabha of Panjab CM’s late wife

Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on Thursday, will go to the Badal village near Bhatinda, to attend the Antim Ardas – Kirtan Sabha which is to be held on the death of Panjab Chief Minister Shri Prakashsinh Badal’s wife and will convey condolence to the bereaved family.