[chhattisgarh-net] Digest Number 2295[1 Attachment]

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:29:34 -0700

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There is a stink in the Godown.

Posted by: "SADANAND PATWARDHAN" 2sadan...@gmail.com   sadanandpatwardhan

Tue Aug 3, 2010 11:35 am (PDT)



There
<http://epaper.indianexpress.com/IE/IEH/2010/08/03/ArticleHtmls/03_08_2010_0
09_004.shtml?Mode=1> is a stink in the Godown.

'There is a stink in the godown' says the Indian Express special report
about rotting foodgrains in Punjab. This article could have been an
important contribution to the discussion surrounding Right to Food
legislation, poverty line, food availability, and above all the current
impasse in parliament over holding price rise debate. Unfortunately, the
following graphics from the report have figures that look untrustworthy.

Damaged.jpg

Contribute.jpg

Reportedly the figures are in Lakh MTS, and obviously Rice damaged in Punjab
for 2002-03 can't be 102159 Lakh MTS, when the total
<http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/results.php?years=2002-2002&variab
le_ID=183&theme=8&cID=85&ccID=> cereal production in India previous year
was 206,637 Lakh MTS and rice purchased in Punjab for central pool next year
was mere 86.62 lakh MTS. But another set of figures from the following
snippet look reliable.

RottingInOpen.jpg

Food Corporation of India (FCI) currently has 600 lakh MTS of stock of which
179 lakh MTS is lying in the open even in this rainy season because the
storage capacity is for only 419 lakh MTS. Against this the government is
quibbling over poverty head count and where to draw the poverty line, and
moreover wants to whittle the per family entitlement of food from 35 KGS to
25 KGS. At 35 KGS/ Month, the "entitlement" of one family for whole year
works out to 420 KGS (there is real pun in the figure). Therefore, 179 Lakh
MTS grains stored in the open would feed 426 Lakh households or 4.26 crore
families or say 4% of our population. On one had we wrestle with colossal
wastage through monumental neglect, apathy and corruption, but are very
alert in defending the rich against the supposed "largesse" made out to poor
through NREGA or Right to Food as populism or gimmicks.

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Re: Forest Rights Act Committee website and recent Tribal ministry o

Posted by: "rahul" aaroh...@yahoo.com   aarohini

Tue Aug 3, 2010 11:41 am (PDT)



Thanks for this Madhuji. I remember that there was also another circular from
MoTA earlier stating that the completion of the process of rights confirmation
must be ratified by the Gram Sabhas. if you have this circular copy with you
would you kindly mail it to me as it will come in handy in our petition against
non-compliance here in Alirajpur

Rahul Banerjee

From: Madhu Sarin <msa...@sify.com>
To: forestrights@yahoogroups.com; forestcampaign@yahoogroups.com;
chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 2 August, 2010 12:13:22
Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] Forest Rights Act Committee website and recent
Tribal ministry orders [1 Attachment]

[Attachment(s) from Madhu Sarin included below]
Dear all,

The MoEF-MoTA committee on the FRA has finally set up a website:

http://fracommittee.icfre.org/

Two recent letters and an order issued under section 12 of the FRA by MoTA to
different state governments on July 20 & 22 are attached. It is strange but
Chhattisgarh, which has rejected a huge number of claims has not been asked to
undertake a survey of the reasons for rejection which some of the other state
govts have been asked to do.

Madhu


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Re: Chola Maati Ke he Ram by Nageen Tanvir

Posted by: "op goel" opg...@yahoo.com   opgoel

Tue Aug 3, 2010 11:41 am (PDT)



This is indeed a very beautiful Chhattisgarhia song.Thanks for sharing it.

opgoel

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Re: Chola Maati Ke he Ram by Nageen Tanvir

Posted by: "rahul" aaroh...@yahoo.com   aarohini

Tue Aug 3, 2010 11:43 am (PDT)



Excellent

Rahul Banerjee

From: S.Choudhary <smita...@gmail.com>
To: chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 2 August, 2010 23:17:05
Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] Chola Maati Ke he Ram by Nageen Tanvir

Dear friends

After Sasural genda phool, another gem your way from Chhattisgarh via Bollywood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFuJ45DPSs&feature=channel

regards
Shubhranshu

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Re: How the war with Maoists is being lost in Delhi

Posted by: "Rajesh Singh Sisodia" nangep...@gmail.com

Tue Aug 3, 2010 11:52 am (PDT)



Esteemed Pravinji,

Nange Paon comes from an oppressed background and from a very remote
interior village of Surguja. I do not know jargons, Yes, I am with poet and
litereary person called Vishwaranjan. The Berekele presentation by him
opened the eyes of international commnuity as well as me on Naxal issue. Now
I think it is not a war against the naxals but for democracy.

Unfortunately
there is no voice against "anti - naxal operations" in CG, whatever voices
we hear or mails we read are from outside Chhattisgarh.H.M. Chidambaram
has ruled out any operation in the name of green hunt.

It is very unfortunate that our activist friends are defaming our own land
in the name of Green Hunt. None in the government says or knows about "Green
Hunt" only some of our friends scream about this.

I am confident that peace will be restored in Bastar region very soon.
Regards;
Rajesh

On 8/2/10, Pravin Patel <reachppatel@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear friends
>
> I must say that Rajesh ji will have to wait for years together to wait in
> vain to see that naxals are rooted out from Bastar. Well, if the state
> decides to withdraw forces, it depends on the decision of the corporate
> houses for whom the forces are bluntly used to see that tribals are also
> flushed out and naxals are pushed back. This is entirely a new debate, as
> such, I do not go in to the depth of the same for the time being. Fact is
> that innocent tribals are witnessing worst days of their lives. There should
> not be any doubt Mr. Rajesh, that tribals have fallen victim to the MoU that
> has been inked by Tata Steel and Essar for whom iron ore is more important
> for both the state as well as actors of the union government. I have every
> reason to believe what I have stated.
>
> Regarding the views expressed by Mr. Samuel Lakra, I agree with the
> statement of Mr. Mahendra Karma that Salwa Judum has failed but I do not
> agree with him that army is the solution.
>
> As per the information with me, Army has categorically refused to raise
> arms against our own citizens be it naxals or not and have also stated that
> they are in no way ready to take the risk of any collateral damage. Army has
> also raised 13 questions to be answered by the union government, looking at
> which, government has been in great dilemma what to say in reply. Army has
> also stated that as per their intelligence reports, even if they go all out
> behind naxals, it will take at least ten years for them to flush out naxals
> but what they fear is that what is the guarantee that the corrupt police
> forces will not make the mess of the situation as there will be much more
> trouble once they pull out.
>
> I know that Mr. Rajesh Sisodia is from Sarguja area and is now a days busy
> at Dantewada area, for which he may have his own reasons. But as a social
> activist, it is expected of him to be neutral rather than biased while
> expressing opinions to speak the truth.
>
> Pravin Patel

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Re: More villages in West Midnapore are rising to defy Maoist

Posted by: "Srimanthan Protest" srimant...@yahoo.com   srimanthan

Tue Aug 3, 2010 1:05 pm (PDT)



This is really a positive sign. But with the fall of Maoist terrorists, all the oppressive political machinaries will be activated to cause more damage to the tribals. We should be alert at that very moment.

Srimanthan Arya

--- On Mon, 8/2/10, sri venkat <ahvenkitesh@gmail.com> wrote:

From: sri venkat <ahvenkitesh@gmail.com>
Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] More villages in West Midnapore are rising to defy Maoist
To: "chhattisgarh-net" <chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 11:27 PM

Bravehearts gird up to take on Maoists
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100801/jsp/frontpage/story_12756356.jsp

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Re: Forest Rights Act Committee website and recent Tribal ministry o

Posted by: "Madhu Sarin" msa...@sify.com   madhu_sarin

Tue Aug 3, 2010 1:06 pm (PDT)

[Attachment(s) from Madhu Sarin included below]

Dear Rahul,

Ironically, it is not MoTA but MoEF which issued such a circular (attached) requiring gram sabha resolutions certifying completion of the rights recognition process as a pre-condition for permitting diversion of forest land. However, MoEF itself is balatantly violating even it's own circular as it did recently by granting final forest clearance for Polavaram and earlier for POSCO. Because of the strong resistance in the POSCO area, it has now set up a committee to look into whether rights have been recognised or not!

Madhu
----- Original Message -----
From: rahul
To: chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [chhattisgarh-net] Forest Rights Act Committee website and recent Tribal ministry orders

Thanks for this Madhuji. I remember that there was also another circular from
MoTA earlier stating that the completion of the process of rights confirmation
must be ratified by the Gram Sabhas. if you have this circular copy with you
would you kindly mail it to me as it will come in handy in our petition against
non-compliance here in Alirajpur

Rahul Banerjee

Attachment(s) from Madhu Sarin

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moef_letter_on_diversion_30_July 09.pdf
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