Pathetic condition of Private Engg. Colleges in Maharashtra –VJAS urged Indian Govt. to nationalise all private Engg. Colleges

Pathetic condition of Private Engg. Colleges in Maharashtra –VJAS urged Indian Govt. to nationalise all private Engg. Colleges

Nagpur-19^TH JULY 2009

Vidarbha Janandolan samiti (VJAS ) has drawn the attention of Indian Govt. towards the pathetic condition and ill management of Private Engg. Colleges running degree courses in

advance courses of Engg. And technology as non of college has got technical qualified staff ,more over the laboratories and libraries and either are in a dying stage or most of institutes are having it on papers as per recent AICTE inspection report done for accreditation as more than 98% institutes are till not officially approved by apex body of central govt. monitoring the quality of these qualities but role of AICTE has been very doubtful as all the time inspection team is being bribed by the management to get time lease for up gradation ..

Here is actual in take capacity of these private colleges in Maharashtra and the metros like Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur are having 80% of these bogus Engg. Colleges run by politicians

CITY	ENGG COLLEGE	IN TAKE CAPACITY(Including management quota)
PUNE	66 (New Addition 8)	28,810
MUMBAI	54 (New Addition 6)	24,800
NAGPUR	52 (New Addition 5)	22,800
AMRAVATI	23 (New Addition 3)	8,400
MAHARASHTRA	284 (New Addition 56)	1,12,312

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Out of 284 state permitted Engg. only 22 has got regular qualified principal as person holding master degree with Ph.D. with more than 10 years teaching experience are not available and most of colleges are showing names of persons who working in corporate houses or out side India and are being paid huge amount to attend AICTE inspection .the condition of lower staff at the level of professor and asst. Professor is too worst to explain as most of the ex-students who failed to complete the degree even after 7-8 years are being offered the job teachers in the name of some other person working in US or in the industries.

‘Even Girl friend of owner of college with out having basic Master Degree and experience all most nil ,is working as principal of one best ranked Engg. Institutes in Nagpur. ‘when illiterate Minister can be the vice-chancellor of our deemed university then what’s wrong ’ innocent student of B.E.(I) Mona Agrawal asked “frequency of change of teacher is so fast that this year our external examiner has given us internal marks at the time of final exam as in the whole session ,there were change of teacher in every fortnight and no practical performed , but thanks to the external as he has given Fullmark’s to every body’ she added.

‘there is always a fear of final year students as most of them are likely to be our faculty member for next academic year, as it is happening since 2001 ,we are being threaten by senior accordingly, when we try to report eve teasing ’ she said.

‘It’s mockery of education and innocent victimisation of our parents as we have to join private tuitions classes right from first semester to last one by paying very heavy fees. state should stop this exploitation ’mona urged.

“there are outdated computers mostly given to college under from his MP/MLA LAD fund by owner of the institute ,all equipments are either faulty or there is no operator to show it’s functioning ,when we ask for the text books in the library then Liberian gives name bookstall suggesting purchase it”

Vidarbha Janandolan samiti (VJAS ) has asked Indian Govt. to nationalize and regulate these mass mushrooming of private Engg. College in Maharashtra in order to stop degradation of standards of technical education in India.

Climate change: Indian farmers driven to suicide-Guardian Weekly,UK.

Wednesday July 15th 2009

http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=1165&catID=4

Founder of the Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti group, Kishor Tiwari turned away from a career in engineering to defend the rights of farmers – a group known for high suicide rates – in the Vidarbha area of Maharashtra state, India. He describes how lives are being torn apart because climate change has led to failed monsoons, drought and unnaturally hot summers

Wednesday July 15th 2009

An Indian farmer looks towards the sky, while standing amidst his drought-stricken crop. Photograph: Dipak Kumar/Reuters

In 1997, at the peak of my 16-year career as an electrical engineer, I left my lucrative job to perform social work. I began cultivating cotton, and quickly realised that such a life was very different from that of people living in big cities.

The survival of an ordinary farmer, on an agricultural income, depends on many factors – higher crop seed yield, procurement of superior seeds and fertilisers at subsidized rates, the availability of banks loans, cheaper repayments of interest and most of all a good monsoon.

In 1999 I started Jan Andolan Samiti, an organisation to fight for the rights of local farmers and tribal people, focusing on the issues of human rights and the environment. In 2005 I began to protest against farmer’s suicides, because those unable to pay off debts had begun to kill themselves in my region of Vidarbha.

Vidarbha has become renowned for farmer’s suicides. Farmers traditionally lead a poverty-stricken and miserable life, but this has become worse since the collapse of the area's rural economic system.

One of the most worrying factors affecting our community is climate change. The Met department had predicted an excellent monsoon this year. Now, the threat of El Nino looming large over India may prove the weather pundits wrong. Due to El Nino, central India will get only half the expected amount of rain this year. Northern India will be the worst affected by this non-activity.

Indian farmers have always been dependent on the monsoon and its benefits for the harvest. Those in Vidarbha mainly grow cotton and pulses. Crops were sown before the onset of the monsoon, so when it arrives late the seeds are damaged, slashing income. Whatever rain we do receive is scant.

Western Vidarbha, which normally gets 40mm of rain during a good monsoon, received only 12-13mm this year. Eastern Vidarbha received a poor 3-4mm against the normal 60mm. We have lost a good month of monsoon though there is another two months left to rain.

As river and dam water fall below normal levels, irrigation dries up. Lack of potable water is becoming another big problem. One of the suggestions I made to farmers is to shift from water-dependent crops, like paddy and cotton, to less thirsty crops such as Jowar and Bajri.

In 2009, Vidarbha received the smallest amount of rain in five years. On the other hand, sometimes we experience unseasonal rains during non–monsoon season which destroy our crops. Excessive rains flood our fields. During summer we see abnormal rises in the daily temperature and the heat often becomes unbearable for farmers working in open fields. Sun stroke is now common.

It is farmers in Vidarbha who will be the worst affected by monsoon failure this year. It will bring back memories of past suicides. Most farmers here have not benefited from loan waiver schemes introduced by the government, and still have huge debts to pay off. Crop failure has made them even poorer and scant rainfall has pushed the prices of all essential items extremely high. Poor farmers have no money to care for their family.

Cows are considered holy animals to a Hindu family. Lack of grass and the high price of fodder has made their rearing expensive, so farmers are increasingly selling them and using the money for household expenses. I am concerned that this grim situation will drive more to suicide.

Vidarbha has seen rampant deforestation, which I believe contributes to the odd weather. Landless farmers clear forest to cultivate crops and officials turn a blind eye to illegal lumber operations. The thinning of forest trees and plants has crippled forest density and heavy deforestation in Central India has created ecological imbalances.

Farmers using chemicals and pesticides are affecting the flora and fauna of the region. My organisation is doing its best to educate people about this but the government also has to play a role in stopping damage to our environment.

Farmers are conducting religious rites, looking up at the sky and praying for rainfall. The government is even planning to use cloud seeding. So I am keeping my fingers crossed for a monsoon revival.

• Kishore Tiwari was speaking to journalist Rajen Nair

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'Food security law may hit the poor'- Times of India

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'Food security law may hit the poor' 10 Jul 2009, 0141 hrs IST, TNN NAGPUR: The Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) has expressed apprehensions that the proposed food security law may increase essential foodgrain prices by 30 per cent. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had in his budget speech proposed to introduce a Food Security Act under which every family below poverty line would be provided 25 kg rice or wheat at Rs 3 per kg. In a letter to the union agriculture and PDS minister Sharad Pawar, VJAS president Kishore Tiwari has expressed fears that the proposed law may spike food rates up by 30% and may cut monthly allocation of more than 32 million poor families under existing Antyodaya scheme by 35%. The proposed Bill was imminent following the UPA government's poll promise of subsidized foodgrains to the poor. President Pratibha Patil too in her address to Parliament on June 4 said a National Food Security Act would be formulated under which each BPL family would be entitled to get 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 a kg, said Tiwari. Surprisingly no allocation has been made for this in the budget 2009-10. Tiwari wondered how the scheme will be implemented without any funds although it would cost several thousand crore rupees. The draft Bill will be put up on the website of the ministry of food and public distribution seeking public opinion. He pointed out that already the Centre was providing 35 kg of rice or wheat per month to each BPL family. Wheat is supplied at Rs 4.15 per kg while rice at Rs 5.65 to over four crore families below the poverty line. If the same is distributed under the proposed law it will reduce the monthly allocation to the poorest of the poor by 10 kg who will also have to pay Rs.3 a kg in place of Rs 2 that they now get under Antyodaya scheme. Hence, new food security law may turn end up hitting the poor, he said. The Centre has enough buffer stocks to implement the control order 2001 as per apex court order in right to food petition of H D Dua. But till date, the state had failed to address the serious issue of hunger even though there is a bumper foodgrain output and the government procured over 250 lakh tonnes of wheat and over 300 lakh tonnes of rice till July 3, he said.

New Food Security Bill likely to increase food rate by 30% but may cut 35% monthly allocation of more than 32 million poor families under existing Antyodaya scheme-VJAS

NAGPUR-8th Jul 2009,

** "SCHEME FOR POOR WITHOUT ANY BUDGETARY PROVISION IS MOCKERY OF POORS'

The government announcement on Monday that it will soon introduce a Bill to enact a Food Security law that will provide 25 kg of rice and/or wheat at Rs 3 to each family below the poverty line is likely increase food rate by 30% and may cut 35% monthly allocation of more than 32 million poor families under existing Antyodaya scheme if proposed bill for food security is passed in the parliament as per announcement ,VJAS expressed it's fear in letter to union PDS minister sharad pawar.

Afetr Hon,ble President Pratibha Patil had, on June 4, said a National Food Security Act would be formulated whereby each BPL family would be entitled by law to get 25 kg of rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 a kg, a promise made by the Congress before general elections 2009 ,It was expected that Govt. will start new scheme to poor as per prez. speech but while presenting the Union Budget 2009-10, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said, with out giving any fund as this scheme needs more than Rs.50,000 crore allocation that the Bill will soon be introduced after consultation with different stakeholders.and it was told that so called draft Food Security Bill will be put up on the website of the ministry of food and public distribution for public debate on this issue.
It's mare time consuming as BPL list is ready and at present, the Centre is providing 35 kg of rice or wheat per month to each BPL family. Wheat is supplied at Rs 4.15 per kg while rice at Rs 5.65 a kg to over four crore families living below the poverty line.now if new food security bill is likely to reduce the monthly allocation by 10 k.g. and all all poorest of poor under existing BPL list are also likely to pay @ of Rs.3 kg in place of Rs.2 kg hence new food security bill may turn in food insecurity bill ,VJAS leader kishore tiwari added.

The Centre has enough foodgrain in its buffer stock to implement the control order 2001 as per apex court order in right to food petition of h.d.dua but till date state has failed to adress serious issue of poverty hunger when there is the bumper foodgrain output and higher minimum support prices and the government has procured a record of over 250 lakh tonnes of wheat and over 300 lakh tonnes of rice till July 3 this marketing season.

VJAS has asked union PDS minister sharad pawar to take out some time from his busy schedules of cricket association elections to clear basic doubts about proposed New Food Security Bill , VJAS urged.

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Million crore Rupee mega Indian budget received mix reaction of Vidarbha cotton farmers

Million crore Rupee mega Indian budget received mix reaction of Vidarbha cotton farmers

NAGPUR: -6th July 2009,

first ever Indian union budget for year 2009-10 of more than one million crore rupees has received mix reaction of dying vidarbha farmers of farm suicide affected west vidarbha as it has not given any special economic package to the region but Vidarbha Jan andolan Samiti (VJAS) has welcomed union Govt. decision to give direct fertilisers subsidy to the farmers and announcement of special task force for looking farm debt issue of private money lender in Maharashtra."farm debt of private lender is the serious issue and is also one of the region of farm suicide in west vidarbha for the first time Indian Govt. has officially recognised it now this debt waiver will be major task in future after the recommendation of of task force as more tahn 3 million cotton farmer are in debt trap of private money lender"kishore tiwari of VJAS informed today while reacting to indian budget .

VJAS has also welcomed the union Govt. decision to increase budgetary allotment to National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme NREGA and Notional Rural Health Mission NRHM "now Govt. should see that it is implemented and made operational in agrarian crisis effected vidarbha as earlier it failed to give any relief to distressed cotton farmers"tiwari added.

Earlier VJAS had drawn the attention of Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee toward pathetic condition of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra which is known as farm suicide capital of India.It's agrarian crisis but massive backwardness in the infrastructure developments,lack of industrialisation coupled with regular power cut-load shedding ,tribal starvation death ,malnutrition and complete failure of NREGA and NRHM in vidarbha has made this region as colony of salves of western Maharashtra and mumbai .Massive corruption and hostile administration has made ground condition too critical to define ,Vidarbha is the completely ignored region in Maharashtra that has resulted this economic crisis ,needs to be addressed with special economic package by the central budgetary sanctions ,urged by VJAS in letter to FM before the budget.

VJAS president Kishore Tiwari has also hailed Finance Minister announcement of giving extention to the OTS scheme of Rs.71,000 crore from 30th june 2009 to 31december 2009 now maharashtra Govt. should also extend their OTS scheme under extended loan waiver of Rs.6208 crore ,tiwari demanded.
food Security to Poor
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announcement to make act to give 25 k.g. of wheat or rice @ of Rs.3/- will certainly benefit more than 40 million poor families having BPL card and till covered under any food security scheme of public distribution system."we demand early implementation of this food for all poor scheme as starvation and hunger is very burning issue of tribal part of vidarbha."Tiwari said .
"Extension of National Rural Health Scheme to every Indian under BPL is good step but implementation is always problem due to corruption in administration.the decision to give 1% interest rate is not enough in fact rain fed farmers needs interest free crop loan.
we are happy that interest on educational loan of all students of weaker section studying in recognised professional institute will waived off but it is long pending demand to for free ship to all economic weaker section student for MBBS ,B.E. or M.B.A. education "Tiwari added.

VJAS demands for setting up a agricultural price stabilisation fund and the government should pump more funds into rural system restoration, NREG and National Rural Health Mission monitoring to control corruption is must,” demands Tiwari

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Bankers attrocities forced farmers to kill himslef with wife-shocking report of deshonnati,Nagpur

Banker's attrocities forced farmers to kill himslef with wife-shocking report of deshonnati,Nagpur

Nagpur-5th july 2009

Having lost all hopes to get crop loan from nationalised bank cotton farmer has committed suicide alongwith his wife in a villiage varna-bori of jitnoor taluka in parbhani district of marathwada from where chief minister of Maharashtra ashok chavan hails .now a days it has been impossiable for farmers to get crop loan from any bankers due credit crunch as NABARD has failed to give agriculture credit to all banks in maharashtra and in the process total loan waiver given UPA Govt. has been futile .
last night as per report published shripat ambhure(40) having fed up with attoricites of local bankers have consumed the pescticide alongwith his wife kiran anbhure(35) as he himself died but his wife is till critical,having left his marriagble daughter and three kids for starvation.here is shocking report

VJAS has demanded the complete judicial probe of this farm couple suicide alongwith immidiate relief and compensation to family.
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VJAS urged special economic package to Dying Vidarbha

Vidarbha Jan andolan Samiti (VJAS) has drawn the attention of the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee toward pathetic condition of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra...
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Vidarbha Jan andolan Samiti (VJAS) has drawn the attention of the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee toward pathetic condition of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra which is known as farm suicide capital of India.. It's agrarian crisis but massive backwardness in the infrastructure developments, lack of industrialisation coupled with regular power cut-load shedding ,tribal starvation death ,malnutrition and complete failure of NREGA and NRHM in Vidarbha has made this region as colony of salves of western Maharashtra and Mumbai .

VJAS alleged that massive corruption and hostile administration has made ground condition too critical to define. Stating that Vidarbha is the completely ignored region in Maharashtra that has resulted this economic crisis, it said that the region needed to be addressed with special economic package by the central budgetary sanctions.

VJAS president Kishore Tiwari has recalled the visit of prime minister Dr.Manmohan singh to vidarbha and announcement of Rs.3750 crore farmers relief package which has turned to be hoax followed by loan waivers series given by union and state Government as it failed to raise Agriculture growth rate in the region.

Moreover, he said that there is no respite to economic hardships of 3 million distressed farmers of Vidarbha. He lamented that theMaharashtra government’s attitude toward the Vidarbha is so negative that the state failed to address the basic issues of food security and health care of distressed and dying farmers though there are numbers high court orders ,human rights commissions and special panels recommendations. So, he said that they need union government’s intervention by way of budgetary special economic package.

He said that the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee should look at the problems of dry-land farmers of where farmers have to face vagaries of the nature as well as the market forces. Neglect of the dry-land farmers has led to cultivators’ growing dependence on cash crops and giving up food crops.

Tiwari said that special incentive food crop promotion is long pending demand of Vidarbha region. He also urged the finance minister to look into urgent need for setting up an Agricultural Price Stabilisation Fund. In the last five years, he said that prices of farm produce have been volatile. For instance, soyabean prices have swung from Rs 1200 to Rs 4000 a quintal and pluses price Rs 24,000 to Rs 74,000 a quintal.

Due to this a farmer seldom makes money. It is the middleman who gets the big cut while the consumers have to face the brunt of price rise. A stabilisation fund could be the answer to this problem, he added. VJAS has demanded that the government should pump more funds into rural system.(EOM)