Backward Class Welfare Association president R Krishnaiah on Sunday demanded that the government introduce a bill providing 50 percent reservation for backward classes in the legislative bodies.
Talking to media persons at Srikalahasti as part of Rana Bheri, Krishnaiah said that the Rana Bheri was organized with an aim of bringing pressure on the government for introducing a bill for 50 percent reservations for BCs in legislative bodies. He expressed concern over BCs not getting political power despite country gaining independence since 64 years.
Krishnaiah said that the BCs were denied their due share in political, social, employment space and it was high time that the political parties reward BCs considering their higher numbers of population when compared to any other community. He called upon BCs to remain united to realize their dreams by exerting pressure on political parties.
“The development of BCs would be possible with giving proper representation in the elected bodies”, Krishnaiah said. He appealed to state government to reserve Rs 200 crore for welfare of BCs in the state and provide Rs 5-10 lakh loans for their upliftment. (INN)
Women's Reservation Bill after consensus: Purandeswari
2011/12/11 8:59:26 Srikakulam, Dec 11 (INN): Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr Daggubati Purandeswari on Sunday stated that the United Progressive Alliance Government was committed for Women's Reservation Bill, which provides 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
Talking to media persons after participating in a programme, the Union Minister said that the UPA Government was holding consultations with allies Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United), who demanded a quota within quota for women of Backward Classes, to reach consensus on the issue. She said that once the UPA Government reach consensus with the allies, the government would pass the bill in Parliament.
Stating that the Rajya sabha had already passed the Bill in 2010, Purandeswari said there was no need to suspect the UPA government's intentions on passing of Women's Reservation Bill.
Centre to bring Amendment for 50 pc quota for women in PR bodies
2011/7/21 4:05:46 The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the proposal for moving an official Amendment to the Constitution (One hundred and Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2009 for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats at all tiers from 33 per cent to at least 50 per cent. The Constitution (One Hundred and Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2009 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on November 26, 2009.
The official Amendment proposes to add word 'rural' before the word 'population' as and where the same occur in 1st Proviso of Clause (2) (iii) of the Constitution (One hundred and Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2009. This Provision will apply to the total number of seats filled by direct election, offices of Chairpersons and seats and offices of Chairpersons reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Enhancement of reservation for women in Panchayats will facilitate more women to enter the public sphere and this will lead to further empowerment of women and also make Panchayats more inclusive institutions, thereby improving governance and public service delivery.
The addition of word 'rural' before word 'population1 occurring in the 1st Proviso of Clause (2)(iii) of the Rill will reflect appropriate demographic representation of categories of population for whom reservation is made.
At present, out of the total elected representatives of Panchayats numbering approximately 28.18 lakh, 36.87 per cent are women. With the proposed Constitutional Amendment, the number of elected women representatives is expected to rise to more than 14 lakh. Having more elected women representatives would benefit the entire population of the States and UTs where Panchayati Raj is in existence.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj had moved a Bill for amendment to Article 243D of the Constitution on 26.11.2009 after approval of the Cabinet for enhancing reservation for women in (i) the total number of seats to be filled by direct election, (ii) offices of chairpersons and (iii) in seats and offices of chairpersons reserved for SCs and STs, to 50 per cent in all tiers of Panchayats. The proposed official amendment, as indicated above, in the original Amendment Bill will be moved in the Lok Sabha at the earliest.(INN)
2012/1/27 14:36:46 Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday demanded that the government provide 33 percent reservation for Backward classes in the law making bodies.
Talking media persons after emerging out of meeting convened for empowerment of BCs at NTR Trust Bhavan, Naidu demanded that the government appoint a commission to look into problems being faced by the BCs at the national level. He announced that the TDP would start agitation at the national level to provide 33 percent reservations for BCs in the legislative bodies.
Naidu also demanded that the government should not reduce the 27 percent quota for BCs by providing 4.5 per cent reservation for the minorities. Instead, he said that the minorities should be given separate quota and funds for their empowerment and welfare.
The TDP chief also demanded that the government allot adequate funds in the budget for empowerment of BCs. He took serious note on the inclusion communities in the BCs list without allocating sufficient funds for their welfare and increasing reservation quota. (INN)
Admissions for intermediate courses to begin from May 28
2012/5/14 7:19:51 Hyderabad, May 14 (INN): The Board of Intermediate Education on Monday announced the admission scheduled for first phase of admissions into two-year intermediate course in general and vocation streams.
According to Board’s Secretary M Subramanyam, the sale of applications forms would begin from May 28 while the last date for receipt of applications in the college would be June 30. The admission in the first phase will begin on June 1 and end on June 30. He said the schedule for second phase of admission would be announced later.
This scheduled will be applicable for all Government, Private Aided, Private Unaided, Cooperative, AP Residential, AP Social Welfare Residential, AP Tribal Welfare Residential, Incentive Junior Colleges and Composite Degree Colleges.
The classes for first and second year Intermediate course will commence from June 1. The Principals can make provisional admissions on the basis of internet marks memos. The provisional admissions made will be confirmed after the production of original SSC pass certificate and Transfer Certificate issued by the school authorities, where they last studied.
The colleges have been asked the implement the reservation system by giving 15 per cent seats to Scheduled Castes, six per cent to STs, 29 per cent to BCs, three per cent to physically handicapped, five per cent for NCC, Sports and Extra Curricular activities and three per cent reservation for children of ex-servicemen and defence personnel residing in the State.
As many as 33.33 per cent or one-third of total seats have to be reserved for girls category wise where there are no separate colleges for them.
The Board’s Secretary said that the admissions should be made only on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination. They should not conduct any test for admission. He warned of stringent action against the junior colleges making admissions on any other basis.
The Board has also asked the Principals of unaided junior colleges not to resort to issue of advertisements with inducements amounting to violation of Rule 7 of Andhra Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractice & Unfair means) Rules 1997 issued in G.O.Ms.No.114, dated 13-05-1997. He said any violation noticed would be dealt under law.
Tatkal Reservation in Duronto Express Trains from April 1
2012/3/20 4:23:27 The South Central Railway on Tuesday informed that Tatkal Reservation Scheme would be introduced in all Duronto Express Trains also with effect from April 1.
The charges for booking tickets under Tatkal Reservation Scheme in different classes of Duronto Express will be the same as applicable to the other Mail / Express Trains at present, the SCR spokesperson said. (INN)
2011/9/27 9:01:45 As many as 60 Muslims who were selected for the psot of Sub-Inspectors called upon the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday and thanked him for implemting four percent reservation for Muslims under the BC - E category which enable their recruitment.
The candidates met the Chief Minister in a delegation led by senior Congress leader Abid Rasool Khan and other leaders. The delegation thanked him for successfully completing the SI selections and having selected 1282 candidates and also for implementing BC - E reservation for Muslims in the selection process. They said 60 candidates from among the Muslims have been selected, both from BC-E Reservation and general Merit list.
The delegation also requested the Chief Minister to issue necessary orders for compliance of BC-E Reservation in the selection process of all Government and Semi-Government departments. (INN)
2011/10/21 4:32:18 The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation has decided to provide 10 per cent discount on transport cost of all package tours booked from October 20 to December 21 for the benefit of the tourists.
According to APTDC Executive Director (Projects) B Srinivas, presently the corporation has been operating package tours through its coaches to different destinations within and outside the State of Andhra Pradesh. In order to promote tourism in the State, the corporation has decided to give discount.
Tourists have been asked to avail the discount facility and patronize the services of the corporation.
The tourists can book seats of package tours through on-line reservation system by logging into website www.aptdc.in, reservation counters of APTDC, all e-Seva centres in Hyderabad and at Authorised Booking Agents of APTDC. (INN)
Over 50% US green card holders plan to return home: Survey
2011/5/4 7:19:35 NEW YORK: The United States may experience reverse brain drain as thousands of Indian IT professionals contemplate returning to India, according to a survey conducted by Corp-Corp.com, a US-based technology job portal.
The finding was based on a survey of more than 1,000 survey respondents of Indian origin, nearly half of which were IT professionals that plan to return to India.
About 50 per cent of the respondents have plans to return soon, while 6.4 per cent of them have already returned to their homeland.
Survey participants included permanent residents, US citizens and work visa holders.
Fifty-one per cent said their decision was based on wanting to rejoin family and 26 per cent cited better opportunities as the reason to return to their homeland.
Around 10 per cent are planning to return for they believe their kids will get a better education in India.
"The results are very important for American businesses because they may face challenges in filling the gap of these resources," said Prabakaran Murugaiah, CEO of Corp-Corp.com.
"Businesses cannot replace an experienced workforce overnight," he said.
The survey results show 69 per cent of visa holders and 57 per cent permanent residents or citizens intend to return.
These are some of the motivation to return to India: Nearly 51 per cent for the return is rejoining their family members in India; 26 per cent for better opportunities in India.
Only 3 per cent says they are returning due to job loss, which is consistent with low unemployment of around 6 per cent in the IT sector even though the generic unemployment is over 8 per cent.
Around 10 per cent are planning their return to provide better education to their kids in India.
There are about two million Indians living in US and many of them hold bachelor or higher degrees.
Indians share a large percentage in the numbers of PhD holders.
Among the Asian Indian population, around 60 per cent are in management or professional occupations.
Murugaiah says, "Many of the returning Indians have aged parents back home to take care. Also, recent economic growth in India with many good opportunities fueled their thought process of heading back."
"In addition to that, many US companies are opening their offices in India and hiring more to target the growing market in Asia. There may be some challenges in filling the gap created by these resources, because we cannot create a 10 years experienced resource the next day," he said.
"However, there are 6 million IT professionals working in the US and this may not pose a bigger impact for the US tech industry. This trend may very well be a win-win situation for both countries," he added.
2012/2/5 12:22:09 The Backward Classes organisations on Sunday demanded the removal of Laddaf caste of the Muslim community from the BC (B) list.
Addressing a meeting organised by the Chautadha Sri Vaishnavi Sangham at Jubilee Halls, several leaders of Backward Classes demanded that the Laddaf caste of Muslims which has been provided reservation under the BC-B list should be removed. They said that the Laddaf community could be included in the BC-E list which has been created to give four per cent reservation for Muslims in the State.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana who attended the event as Chief Guest, assured that he would take up the issue with the BC Commission.
The BC leaders also demanded setting of sub-plan funds for the welfare of backward classes on the line of SC and ST funds. BJP leader Dr K Laxman expressed concern that the BC community was not getting the benefits that they deserve. He asked the government to ensure proper implementation of the schemes meant for the BC welfare.
Botsa assured the gathering that he would take up the issues raised during the meeting with the State Government and BC Commission. (INN)
2012/3/18 18:59:18 Over 67 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the by-elections held for seven assembly constituencies in the State on Sunday.
With 83.70 per cent, the highest polling was recorded in Kovvur seat of Nellore district. This was followed by Station Ghanpur with 75 per cent, Mahbubnagar with 70 per cent, Kamareddy with 68 per cent, Nagarkunool with 65 per cent, Adilabad with 62 and the lowest 60 per cent polling was recorded in Kollahpur seat.
Briefing the media, Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said that barring a few instances, the polling was by and large peaceful in all the constituencies.
Bhanwarlal said that elaborate arrangements were being made for the counting of votes on March 21 at five centres. He said agents of candidates would be allowed to stay outside the strong room where Electronic Voting Machines were being kept till the day of counting.
Meanwhile, Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy called upon Bhanwarlal with regard to arrangements for the counting of votes. (INN)
2012/4/15 9:36:42 The Aalmi Jamiyatul Mashaiq, a representative body of religious heads, on Sunday demanded that the Hyderabad City Police impose a ban on the speeches of VHP leader Praveen Togadia.
In a statement, AJM chief advisor Moulana Syed Shah Mazhar Hussaini alleged that despite the prevailing volatile situation due to recent communal clashes in the Old City, Praveen Togadia was being allowed to make provocative speeches in different parts of the city. Referring to one such speech, he said that Togadia objected to the reservation being given to Muslims and tried to instigate SCs and STs by falsely claiming Muslims were being reservation benefits from their quota.
Mazhar Hussaini said that the Muslim community was being reservation not on the religious lines, but due to their poor economic conditions. However, he said the SCs and STs too were given reservation benefits purely on religious grounds. He said that a person belonging to other religions could not get reservation or other benefits that a SC or ST enjoys.
He also defended the Haj subsidy and other benefits that the minorities enjoy and said that Togadia was mistaken that those sops were being given to the Muslims from the taxes collected from the majority community. He said Muslims too were paying the taxes regularly and thousands of Muslim NRIs were contributing to the foreign exchange that the country earns.
Demanding that the City Police impose a ban on the Praveen Togadia's speeches, Mazhar Hussaini said that provocative speeches with distorted facts would only affect the communal harmony in the city. (INN)
Focus on city schools improvement to counter Corporate schools: TDP to govt
2011/6/14 3:30:39 The Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday urged the state government to spend a major portion of the Rs 2000 crore earmarked for the ‘Education Fortnight’ on improving basic amenities in existing schools in the major cities to counter the Corporate schools’ public relations blitz which entices parents.
Talking to INN, Telugu Desam Party Floor Leader in the Greater Hyderabad Corporation Singi Reddy Srinivas Reddy said that the Corporate Schools successfully target even those parents who cannot afford to pay the high fees demanded by them since the government schools in the cities lack adequate amenities.
“The absence of Corporate Schools in rural areas means that the parents have no option other than government schools. However, in the cities, the Corporate Schools take advantage of the lack of facilities and amenities in government schools and are able to entice the parents. This is leading to commercialisation of education, forcing the parents to even take loans just to see their children have the best,” the TDP leader said.
Mr Singi Reddy urged the government to provide proper facilities in government schools so that not only the dropout rate increases, but the parents have an alternative.
Citing the example of Hyderabad, the TDP leader said that about 70 per cent of the 181 Government High Schools and 822 Government Primary Schools lack even toilet facilities, he said.
Besides this, more than 55 per cent of the schools lack even proper drinking water facility, the TDP leader added.
“More than 60 per cent of these schools are housed in private buildings and only 20 per cent of these have space for a playground. Besides, these schools lack proper furniture or faculty,” Mr Singi Reddy pointed out and said that no parent would be willing to risk his child’s future in such a school.
“Besides this, the government’s indifferent attitude in appreciating students of government schools who perform well also is a major hindrance towards attracting the parents,” the TDP leader pointed out.
He cited the recent example where a function was organised at Ravindra Bharati but the Chief Minister was not able to attend due to some other engagement. “This has a telling effect on the parents who are looking at options for their wards’ education,” he said.
The Corporate schools are able to project their bright students, but the government is either unwilling or unable to do so, he added. (INN)
2011/8/4 4:10:59 Andhra Pradesh Disabled Networks leaders on Thursday urged Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to take immediate steps to get their problems resolved.
Speaking to media persons after submitting a memorandum to the Chief Minister at the Secretariat, the disabled network leaders said that their demands should be solved on priority as their families were slogging for over two decades without proper support from successive state governments.
The memorandum also pointed out that the numbered about 50 lakh according to the Planning Commission of India's findings.
Among others, they sought three per cent budget for the disabled in all Departments as per PWD Act, 95 and as per the directions of the 11th Planning Commission of India, and three per cent quota in jobs in all government Departments, Corporations and Undertaking agencies.
They also requested for reservations in local bodies, mandal, ZP and Municipalities, nomination of their members in all Panchayats, MPP and ZPP bodies.(INN)
2011/12/17 16:41:23 The Passenger Reservation System (PRS) of South Central Railway will be shutdown down from 12 midnight to 6 am on December 21, Wednesday.
According to SCR, the system was being shutdown to carryout improvement works. Hence, all passenger related enquiry services such as PNR status, train arrivals and departures and Internet Bookings will not function over the jurisdiction of South Central Railway from 12 midnight to 6 am on Dec 21. (INN)
2011/10/21 4:28:58 The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will run 400 special buses from the state capital to other districts to clear extra rush of passengers during Diwali festival.
Talking to media persons here on Friday, Rangareddy division depot Regional Manager Vinod Kumar said that 350 buses would be operated from Mahatma Gandhi bus station and 50 buses from Jubilee bus station to clear rush of commuters. He said that the RTC would operate additional buses depending upon the rush of passengers during the festival days.
In the special buses, apart from reservation facility, Vinok Kumar said the waiting list of 20 would be implemented for the convenience of passengers. If the waiting list crosses 20, he said the RTC would deploy additional bus service on that route. He said that the online reservation for the special bus services would be available at all RTC reservation counters in the state. He appealed to all the commuters to avail the facility. (INN)
Tulasi ridicules opposition charges on growth rate
2011/6/24 9:17:16 20-Point Economic Programme Chairman N Tulasi Reddy on Friday ridiculed the opposition's criticism that the growth rate and administration has become static and is below expectations.
Dr Tulasi Reddy detailed media persons at the Secretariat on Friday that what the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government has achieved in terms of growth rate was a litmus test to his rule. “Over last year's growth rate which was 8.55 per cent, this year it registered an increase to 9.22 per cent. In agriculture, the growth rate stood at 9.1 per cent this year while the National rate was 6.61 per cent,” the Economic Programme Chairman claimed.
He continued, “On the industrial front, AP registered a growth of 8.45 per cent while the corresponding figure for National level was 7.87 per cent, and in the services sector state has 9.64 per cent while the National figure was 9.38 per cent.” Dr Tulasi Reddy further pointed out that the per capita income for AP has been raised by 18.49 per cent during 2010-2011 as compared to the past two years. He appealed to the opposition not to underestimate the N Kiran Kumar Reddy rule but make estimations over the rule in terms of the data/facts available.(INN)
The five films released this Vishu are all set to becoming good earners, as every films are making their distribution departments happy. The biggest collections, as for now is registered by Chotta Mumbai, the Mohanlal starrer, which has made a share of 2.24 crore in a matter of 21 days.
The film which was completed in a budget of 3.10 crores will have to find another 1.6 crore as share, to break even. But as the film is steady in collections in at least 24 major centers and is registering fifty percent in the remaining centers, the film will bring in profits before it reaches a fifty day mark. And for a Lal film, who made a fantastic opening that is sure to happen.
Vinodayathra is the winner of this Vishu in all terms, as the film has already grossed 1.8 crore from its three weeks run. The film which was completed in a moderate budget just above 2.3 crore will make the distributors happy from next week itself. His film has long queue of families in all major centers and reservations for the next few days for the upper class are already completed.
The film is expected to make a profit of 1.2 crore from its fifty day run. The producer M M Hamsa, under the banner of Kalasangham, who has always been associated with big hits like Parakkum Thalika and Meesa Maadhavan, has again recreated his magic of being with safe earners.
No hurried decision on Lokpal, parties told government at meet
2011/12/14 17:33:05 New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ramvilas Paswan said Wednesday that members of different political parties at the all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill had said that the government should not work “under extra pressure” and “no decision should be taken in a hurry” on a law for an ombudsman to fight corruption.
Speaking to reporters after the all-party meeting ended after 10 p.m., Paswan said the parties said that “the supremacy of parliament should be maintained.”
He also said the government had not given a commitment that the Lokpal bill will be passed in the ongoing winter session of parliament.
He said that none of the parties at the meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had opposed reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections in the proposed anti-corruption ombudsman.
“I am happy that nobody opposed reservation…There should be reservation,” Paswan said after the all-party meeting at prime minister’s 7, RCR residence. He said that there should be reservation for minorities also in the Lokpal.
On including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under purview of the Lokpal, he said it should not be neither under government or the Lokpal, but should be independent.
Girls outperform boys in SSC advanced supplementary exams
2011/7/24 7:24:24 Girls outperformed boys in the SSC Advanced Supplementary Examinations held in June 2011, the results of which were declared on Sunday.
The girls registered a pass percentage of 45.31 and boys with 41.43 per cent, 3.88 per cent more than boys.
Mahabubnagar district topped with 66.47 per cent students clearing the Supplementary Examinations followed by Chittoor with 61.53 per cent, Nalgonda 58.08 per cent, Warangal 57.13 per cent and Nellore 56.34 per cent. Srikakulam district occupied last slot with 24.99 per cent.
Releasing the supplementary results at the Office of Director, Government Examinations, Secondary School Education Minister K Parthasarathy said that 3,34,030 candidates had registered for the examinations out of this 3,34,030, as many as 2,42,379 candidates appeared for the examinations. With a pass percentage of 42.91, 1,04,000 candidates passed the examination.
He said that compared to June 2010 examinations there was an rise of 2.48 per cent students clearing the June 2011 examinations.
Mr Parthasarathy also added that memorandum of marks would be sent to candidates within 10 days.
He said the candidates who want to get their marks recounted should remit Rs 500 per subject within 10 days from the date of publication of results, adding that the filled in applications for recounting and re-verification would be received from July 26 to August 4.
The fee for issue of photocopy of valued answer book per subject is Rs 1000.(INN)
Narasimhavataram' story of a sincere police officer
2007/3/17 2:03:09
The hit Kannada film 'Ugranarasimha' directed by Surya is being dubbed in Telugu as 'Narasimhavataram'. The film stars Mohan, Madhulatha and Charu Sharma in lead roles. Shobraj plays the role of the villain in the film.
Surya is well known for directing films like Neelabari, fifty-fifty and Durgashakthi. The film's story revolves around a honest and sincere police officer who does not tolerate corruption and injustice, even in his own department. The police officer is murdered and his son sets out to take revenge on the killers.
The film has romance, action, fights, sentiment and revenge in ample measures. The first copy of the film is ready and the film will be released shortly. The film is being produced by BVS Naidu. Music is by Rajesh Ramanath and B Veena Naidu is the presenter.
Backward Class Welfare Association president R Krishnaiah on Sunday demanded that the government introduce a bill providing 50 percent reservation for backward classes in the legislative bodies.
Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday demanded that the government provide 33 percent reservation for Backward classes in the law making bodies.
As many as 60 Muslims who were selected for the psot of Sub-Inspectors called upon the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday and thanked him for implemting four percent reservation for Muslims under the BC - E category which enable their recruitment.
The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation has decided to provide 10 per cent discount on transport cost of all package tours booked from October 20 to December 21 for the benefit of the tourists.
The Passenger Reservation System (PRS) of South Central Railway will be shutdown down from 12 midnight to 6 am on December 21, Wednesday.
The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will run 400 special buses from the state capital to other districts to clear extra rush of passengers during Diwali festival.
