Home Minister speaks to Bihar CM regarding CRPF ambush in Aurangabad

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The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh spoke to the Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar regarding the ambush on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team in Aurangabad region. The Home Minister has instructed DG, CRPF to rush to Aurangabad to assess the situation post the ambush.

Shri Singh expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of martyred CRPF personnel. He also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.

IndianBureaucracy.com conveys its condolences to the martyred and get well soon wishes to all injured. Jai Hind

Incursions & frictions at India’s borders

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There have been no instances of incursions by Chinese troops into Indian territory. There is no commonly delineated Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China. There are areas along the Indo-China border where both sides have differing perception of LAC. Due to both sides undertaking patrolling upto their perception of the LAC, transgressions do occur.

Government regularly takes up any transgression along LAC with the Chinese side through established mechanisms including Flag meetings, Border Personnel meetings, meetings of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs and diplomatic channels.

As regard to India – Pakistan border, appropriate retaliation to the ceasefire violations, as required, has been carried out by Indian Army / BSF. In addition, all violations of ceasefire are taken up with Pakistan authorities at the appropriate level through the established mechanism of hotlines, flag meetings as well as weekly talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations of the two countries. BSF, too, holds talks at various levels with its counterpart viz. Pakistan Rangers

Tejas Aircraft Induction

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The first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) – Tejas squadron has been formed on 1st July, 2016 with two LCA Initial Operation Configuration (IOC) Series Production Aircraft. Further, 18 more aircraft in IOC standard are planned for induction by 2018-19. This would be followed by 20 more aircraft in Final Operation Configuration (FOC) standard, which are planned for induction from year 2019.

The total expenditure incurred on development of Tejas LCA Mk-I aircraft, as on 30th June, 2016 is Rs.8042.46 crores. The total initial sanctioned cost for Full Scale Engineering Development (FSED) for LCA was Rs.5489.78 crores which was later escalated to Rs.9121.07 crores.

The indigenous content of LCA is about 70% and import content is about 30%. The aircraft is indigenously designed and developed and the technology for production of this aircraft is available in the country.

LCA Tejas shall be an important part of IAF’s fighter aircraft inventory filling up the lightweight category of fighters and shall be effectively used for air defence and for battlefield air strikes.

IIT Kharagpur team wins Innovation Challenge

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July 21, 2016

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Mukesh Kumar and Vijay Anand from IIT Kharagpur won first prize in annual innovation challenge Mind over Matter season 3 last week. The NIT Jamshedpur team comprising Ms Priyanka Sinha and Ms Aarushee Agarwal bagged the first runners up position while Manish K Chandan and Sourav Agarwal from BIT Mesra, Ranchi secured the third position.

Five teams from all over the country had presented their innovative ideas in the finals of the contest that is organised by Tata Steel. The jury for the finale was chaired by Anand Sen, President TQM and Steel Business, Tata Steel, Dr. Sanjay Chandra, Chief R&D and SS, Tata Steel and Dharmendra Kumar, Chief Engineering and Projects, Tata Steel.

Season 3 of ‘Mind over Matter’ received an overwhelming participation from more than 30 top engineering institutes of India, including the IITs, NITs and the likes. The competition witnessed a record 270 idea submissions against a total of 12 challenges (topics) put forth by our R&D team.

The winners, first and second runners ups were given prize money of Rs1,00,000, Rs75,000 and Rs50,000, respectively. The top three winning teams of this season walked away with pre-placement offers from Tata Steel and rest seven teams received PPIs.

India Skills 2016 winners

As many as 24 enterprising young men and women were declared winners in different categories in the first edition of India Skills Competition 2016 in New Delhi last week. Each winner was awarded Rs1 lakh, first runner-up Rs50,000 and Second Runner up Rs 25,000. Siddharth Pandey in Cooking, Nancy Verma in Beauty Therapy, Abhishek Dangi in Fashion Technology, Karan Dhaliwal in Restaurant Service were winners from Delhi NCR.

The winners were felicitated by Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and have qualified for selection of WorldSkills International Competition Abu Dhabi 2017.

A team of 192 participants in 24 skill categories represented different states this year led by, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and associate organisation, under the guidance of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Students were in the age group of 18 to 22 years.

In order to select the best talent to represent India at IndiaSkills, MSDE and NSDC completed more than 80 regional competitions in 24 skills/trades including hair stylist, welding, car painting, auto body repair, graphic designing, robotics to name a few.

Close to 4820 candidates registered to participate in the competition this year. Around 40 organisation like Mahindra, Tata, Maruti, Toyota, CII, FICCI, NASSCOM, CREDAI, NID, NIFT, came together to make IndiaSkills a success (including consortium partners).

Youth skilling programe

India’s fifth largest private sector bank, YES BANK, announced the commencement of YES FORCE (Front Line Opportunity for Rapid Career Enhancement) programme on World Youth Skills Day (July 15) last week.

As a part of this programme the bank has initiated strategic tie-ups with reputed training institutes like TimesPro, HCL TalentCare, Teamlease Skills University, IL & FS Skills Development Corporation amongst others. In partnership with these institutes, the bank has launched a skill enhancement and career progression initiative of ‘Certification on Banking Fundamentals & Business Development’ for youth across India to aid their skill development and provide employment opportunities in Banking & Financial sales services.

YES FORCE is a 4-6 week classroom programme aimed at up-skilling young talent to enhance their ‘employability’ for ‘Day 1 Readiness’ to fill frontline business development roles in Banking. The programme content covers topics like Basics of Banking, Sales Management and is designed as a virtual “On the Job” interface. Post certification, candidates are placed as ‘Client Relationship Partner’/’Business Relationship Partner’ in YES BANK with an average compensation of Rs 2.25 lakh p.a.

The bank has successfully on boarded over 200 candidates under this programme, and is targeting to fulfil at least 25 per cent of the bank’s front line human capital requirements through this programme to augment the rapidly expanding retail franchise and branch network. Graduates or professionals with 1-3 years experience in Banking & Finance are eligible to apply for this programme via the partner institutes.

Government bringing Reformative Changes in Mining and Minerals Sector

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The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) organised a National Dialogue on ‘Critical Mineral Resources for India’s Manufacturing Needs’ in New Delhi. Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary Mines delivered the keynote address and released a DST report ‘Critical Non-Fuel Mineral Resources for India’s Manufacturing Sector: A Vision for 2030’, during the dialogue.

Over the past year, Government of India has made significant efforts to accelerate the growth of the mining industry through speedy clearances, transparent auctions and creating an exploration fund. A diverse set of mineral resources (especially non-fuel minerals) is essential raw material to power the growth of the manufacturing sector in the years ahead and is likely to be a significant determinant of the success of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The dialogue focused on the recommendations of the study and would outline an action plan that identifies critical mineral resources for India and ways to reduce the associated supply risks.

In his address Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, said, “I congratulate the CEEW team for publishing this study identifying critical minerals for India. India is endowed with vast mineral resources and has large untapped potential. Since March 2015, we have introduced several key reforms including allocating mines through fair and transparent auctions, allocating mines for 50 years instead of 30 years, setting up District Mineral Foundations for socio economic development of the mining affected people across the country, and setting up the National Mineral Exploration Trust NMET for thrust on exploration. This study from CEEW will be extremely useful for framing policies that deal with national security and high-tech manufacturing.” The Mines Ministry has already notified the Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, 2016 and is working to bring out the Exclusive Economic Zone Offshore Concession Rules, he said.

Twelve critical minerals could play an important role in the success of the Make in India programme and the sustainable growth of the Indian economy, according to the study conducted by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a leading policy research organisation. The study, supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, provides a first-of-its-kind framework for India to assess the impact of critical minerals on the manufacturing sector, considering both economic importance and associated supply risks.

The critical minerals including beryllium, germanium, rare earths (heavy and light), rhenium, tantalum, etc. find specialised use in a range of industries and modern applications, such as aerospace, automobiles, cameras, defence, entertainment systems, laptops, medical imaging, nuclear energy, and smartphones. These critical minerals would also play a role in nurturing the domestic manufacturing capacity to support the government’s low-carbon plans, such as the 100GW solar target, faster adoption and manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles, and the national domestic efficient lighting programme.

Over the coming years, India will need to strategically develop joint partnerships with existing global players to secure assured supply of critical minerals.

Professor Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST in his message on the occasion said, “The study, supported and catalysed by the National Science and Technology Management Information System (NSTMIS) division of DST, identifies 12 critical minerals from a total of 49 non-fuel minerals estimated to find use in Indian manufacturing in 2030. This study will open new vistas for R&D and collaborations for securing assured supplies of critical minerals. Further, the study will assist policymakers and captains of industry to draw up plans to secure India’s needs of identified critical minerals in pursuit of sustainable industrial growth.”

The CEEW study comes on the heels of the National Mineral Exploration Policy, 2016 (NMEP)unveiled earlier this month, which focuses on prioritisation of regional and detailed exploration critical minerals of importance to industry and national security.

NMEP 2016 also includes a proposal to establish the autonomous NCMT to address mineral exploration challenges in the country through collaborative research and capacity building programmes. The mining sector currently contributes 2.4% to India’s GDP and the new Minister of Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, aims to increase its contribution to GDP by another 1% in the next 2-3 years.

Dr Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, CEEW, said, “To meet our economic and developmental goals, India will need to first focus on domestic exploration of critical minerals. We would also need to secure our critical mineral resources through strategic acquisition of overseas mines and signing diplomatic and trade agreements, promoting research and development to find better substitutes for priority minerals, and promoting scale and innovation in the recycling and material recovery sector.”

Shri Vaibhav Gupta, Programme Lead, CEEW and lead author of the report, said, “India is 100% import dependent for 7 out of the 12 identified critical minerals. India doesn’t have any declared resources for them, except light rare-earths (found along with monazite sands) and beryllium. I hope that the CEEW analysis will trigger discussions on innovative financing for mineral resource development, supply agreements, and the global governance of critical mineral resources.”

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Dietary restriction increases lifespan through effects on the gut

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July 21, 2016

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Summary:Dietary restriction, or limited food intake without malnutrition, has beneficial effects on longevity in many species, including humans. A new study represents a major advance in understanding how dietary restriction leads to these advantages. Using the small roundworm C. elegans as a model, scientists showed that autophagy in the intestine is critical for lifespan extension.

Dietary restriction, or limited food intake without malnutrition, has beneficial effects on longevity in many species, including humans. A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), published in PLoS Genetics, represents a major advance in understanding how dietary restriction leads to these advantages.

“In this study, we used the small roundworm C. elegans as a model to show that autophagy in the intestine is critical for lifespan extension,” said Malene Hansen, Ph.D., associate professor in SBP’s Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program and senior author of the study. “We found that the gut of dietary-restricted worms has a higher than normal rate of autophagy, which appears to improve fitness in multiple ways — preserving intestinal integrity and maintaining the animal’s ability to move around.”

Autophagy, or cellular recycling, is well known to play a role in lifespan extension. Autophagy involves breaking down the cell’s parts — its protein-making, power-generating, and transport systems — into small molecules. This both eliminates unnecessary or broken cell machinery and provides building blocks to make new cell components, which is especially important when starting materials are not provided by the diet.

In this study the research team wanted to understand how dietary restriction impacts autophagy in the intestine, whose proper function is already known to be important for long life.

“The strain of worms we used, called eat-2, is genetically predisposed to eat less, and they live longer than normal worms, so they provide an ideal model in which to investigate how dietary restriction extends lifespan,” said Sara Gelino, Ph.D., research associate in Hansen’s lab and lead author of the study. “We found that blocking autophagy in their intestines significantly shortened their lifespans, showing that autophagy in this organ is key for longevity.

“These results led us to examine how inhibiting autophagy impacts the function of the intestine. We found that while normal worms’ gut barriers become leaky as they get older, those of eat-2 worms remain intact. Preventing autophagy eliminated this benefit, which indicates that a non-leaky intestine is an important factor for long life.”

“How intestinal integrity relates to longevity is not clearly understood,” Hansen commented. “It’s possible that the decline in the gut’s barrier function associated with normal ageing might let damaging substances or pathogens into the body.”

The research team also observed that turning off autophagy in the intestine made the slow-eating, long-lived worms move around less.

“The decrease in physical activity indicates that autophagy in one organ can have a major impact on other organs, in this case probably muscle or motor neurons,” said Hansen. “Finding the link between motility and autophagy in the intestine will require further research, but we speculate that inhibiting autophagy in the gut may impair the gut’s ability to metabolise nutrients or secrete hormones important for the function of other organs.”

While these results suggest that boosting autophagy in the gut is generally beneficial, Hansen cautions that further research is needed: “Before we can consider regulating autophagy to manage disease, we need to learn a lot more about how the process works both in a single cell as well as in the whole organism.”

Many of these future studies will also employ C. elegans. “Even though worms are much simpler than humans, many of the same basic mechanisms drive their biology. The knowledge we gain from this fast-paced research could eventually contribute to the development of new treatments that help people live longer, healthier lives,” added Hansen.

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Ceasefire Violations by Pakistani Troops

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July 21, 2016

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Details of ceasefire violations along Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) are given below:

Month	Along Line of Control (LC) and International Border (IB) under operational control of Army	Along IB under operational control of BSF
March, 2016	01	Nil
April, 2016	01	02
May, 2016	02	Nil
June, 2016	10	Nil
Total:	14	02

Appropriate retaliation to the ceasefire violations, as required, has been carried out by Indian Army / BSF. In addition, all violations of ceasefire are taken up with Pakistan authorities at the appropriate level through the established mechanism of hotlines, flag meetings as well as weekly talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations of the two countries. BSF, too, holds talks at various levels with its counterpart viz. Pakistan Rangers.

Diplomatically, India has repeatedly emphasised, including at the highest level, the need for Pakistan to uphold the sanctity of the Line of Control (LC) and the International Border in Jammu & Kashmir as its obligations emanating from the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.

9th edition of 3-Day Indian Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Show starts today

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July 21, 2016

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To expand share of fashion jewellery in India’s export, the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) is organizing the 9^th edition of the three-day Indian Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Show (IFJAS-2016) at theIndia Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, NCR Delhi from July 21 to July 23, 2016.

Over 250 manufacturers and exporters from all over the country will be showcasing the wide product range of fashion jewellery & accessories to attract overseas buyers and their representatives in sourcing their requirements under one roof, informed Shri D. Kumar, Chairman – EPCH.

Shri Dinesh Kumar, Chairman – EPCH further informed that IFJAS 2016 will provide a global platform for the Fashion Jewellery & Accessories sector to make a dent in the 16.3-billion-dollar world market and increase India’s share in this segment.

Mainly focusing on fashion products like fashion & costume jewellery, fashion accessories & head to toe adornments, IFJAS 2016 will also showcase the widest range of materials, products and designs in five categories comprising fashion jewellery, semi precious jewellery, fashion accessories, hand bags and fancy & embroidered fashion shoes, imitation jewellery and shawls.

Describing it an important part of India’s export basket, Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director – EPCH, stated that “India’s exports of fashion jewellery and accessories in the year 2015-16 was to the tune of Rs. 2755 crore, but its share in the world market is still very less and holding of IFJAS is part of Council’s drive to promote and expand horizons of key verticals of the handicrafts sector which has tremendous potential to expand further.”

The top importing Nations for jewellery in the world are USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, Hong Kong, Spain, Australia, Italy and Latin American countries and India is already exporting to these markets, the ED-EPCH added.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director, EPCH further said that “IFJAS would give a distinct platform to those specializing in the wide range of fashion products. A focused show for this sector, IFJAS would give exhibitors a unique opportunity to display capabilities and fully exploit their business potential.”

The exports of fashion jewellery and accessories from India went up from Rs. 2502 crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 2755 crores ( US million $ 421) in 2015-16, registering a growth of 10.10%, added Mr. Kumar.

The 9^th edition of Indian Fashion Jewellery and Accessories show [IFJAS], which was started by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts [EPCH] to promote Indian Fashion jewellery and accessories, will open at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida on 21^st July, 2016.

The main objective of IFJAS is to invite foreign buyers to source new and innovative fashion jewellery & accessories from India, said Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director – EPCH.

One of the highlights of IFJAS 2016 will be setting up of the theme of Trend Pick under which new product ranges developed by participants of IFJAS for Autumn-Winter 2016 and Spring Summer 2017 will be displayed. This will also provide trend mood boards for Spring Summer 2017, facilitating exporters and buyers to understand general focus for fashion accessories and prints.

Another highlight will be setting up of Young Designers Forum for providing business opportunities to upcoming designers for fashion jewellery sector.

Focus pavilion of North Eastern, Eastern & Western Region will also be set up at this show and entrepreneurs from these regions will be displaying exquisite fashion jewellery & accessories products.

In order to provide insight into latest trends and forecast and Online opportunities, seminars on Trends & forecast for Spring Summer 2017 in Fashion Jewellery and Accessories and digital marketing secrets to find out new profitable clients for exporters will also be held on 22^nd July, 2016.

Ajay Shankar Memorial awards for best-designed stands in the category of fashion jewellery & accessories will also be distributed during IFJAS 2016 on 22^nd July, 2016.

Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts also organizes IHGF-DELHI FAIR twice a year – Autumn Fair in October and Spring Fair in February.

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HRD Minister pays respect to academician turned MPs on ‘Guru Purnima’

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In a unique event on occasion of Guru Purnima Divas, Union HRD Minister Sh. Prakash Javadekar honored the MPs who hail from academic background. The function was organized in Parliament house today. As a mark of respect, the Minister presented a ‘Tulsi’ sapling and a CD containing Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi to everyone. Presenting the gift first to Dr. Karan Singh, the senior most among the MPs present, the Minister saluted the teacher community who works for the transformation of the nation. “Education prospers only in those places, where teachers are respected”, he said.

He said, with the Parliament having about 50 members from the academic background, it is indeed an institution of immense quality, contrary to the general perception.

In the address, he mentioned that ‘Guru Pranaam’- respecting his teachers at Pune- was among the first function he attended after assuming the charge. The Minister also focused on the necessity of affordable quality education for all and expressed his faith that accountability of teachers could do real miracles in education. In this regard, he recounted the success he had in the school in his adopted village in Bundelkhand which could reap a pass percentage of 82% from 28% in 7 months. He also pointed out that, in the recent Inter State Council, all the CMs keenly interacted on the issue of quality education.

In his address, Dr. Karan Singh thanked the Minister for an initiative like this, honoring the teachers and said it is in the continuity of India’s tradition of giving utmost importance to Guru. Guru is the repository of knowledge which will dispel the darkness of ignorance, he added.

Prof. P.J Kurien, the hon’ble Vice Chairperson of Rajya Sabha, Sh. Upendra Kushwaha MoS (HRD), Dr. M.N Pandey MoS (HRD), Dr. Jitendra Singh MoS (DoNER), Rajiv Pratap Rudy MoS (SD&E), Prof. Ram Shankar Katheria, Prof. Saugata Roy, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya, Shri Janardan Dwivedi, Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav, Prof.K.V.Thomas, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Dr. C.P Thakur, Prof. M.V Rajeev Gowda, Sh. Prem Singh Chandumajra were among the Parliamentarians who graced the occasion.

Foreign funded NGOs

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July 20, 2016

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Government has cancelled the FCRA registration of NGOs based on the violation of provisions of FCRA, 2010. Government has taken action only in those cases where violations of FCRA have come to notice, specifically if they are reported.

Ministry of External Affairs has communicated a write up containing certain views of UN Human Rights experts on FCRA provisions. The Government is also aware about the one sided and biased views expressed by certain persons / associations regarding the cancellation of FCRA Registration. Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified the position against these one sided views earlier. The Ministry of Home Affairs is mandated to administer the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA 2010), for regulating the receipt and utilization of foreign contribution by the associations.

As and when reports are received against any association for alleged violation of the Act, action is initiated against the alleged violators after following due process as prescribed in the FCRA, 2010 and FCRR, 2011. Reasonable opportunities like furnishing of information to a standard questionnaire, inspection of records, issuing a show-cause notice, personal appearances, if required, are given to the associations before taking a final decision regarding cancellation of FCRA registration. The cancellation order etc. are also subject to judicial scrutiny. Further, for maintaining transparency all orders, Notifications etc., are placed on website www.fcraonline.nic.in of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Steps to contain Price Rise

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July 20, 2016

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On the information given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan that during last six months All India Average Retail prices of Tur and Moong in pulses, Mustard, Soya and Sunflower in Edible oil and Onion in Vegetables have declined while there has been increase in the prices of Gram and Urad dal.

The Minister said that rise in the prices of essential food items are due to factors such as shortfall in production owing to adverse weather conditions, increased transportation costs, supply chain constraints like lack of storage facilities and hoarding and black marketing. Government took various corrective steps to contain price rise which includes the following:-

National Consultation Meeting of Ministers of States & UTs in charge of Food and Consumer Affairs, on prices of food items was held on 21.5.2016 at New Delhi and States/UTs were advised to take steps to keep prices of essential commodities including Pulses, Edible Oil etc. under control.

Advisory were issued to State Governments to take strict action against hoarding & black marketing and effectively enforce the Essential Commodities Act, 1955; and the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980.

State/UTs have also been advised to dispose of the seized stocks of pulses into the market after following due procedure provided in the EC Act, 1955.

He said that a Plan Scheme titled Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) is being implemented to regulate price volatility of agricultural commodities. To monitor the unscrupulous trading, black-marketing, hoarding and cartelling in essential food commodities like Pulses, Edible Oils etc. and to ensure effective and coordinated action by different enforcement agencies, a Group of Officers consisting of representative from these agencies has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary (CA). It meets regularly to review the food inflation, in consultation with States and advises to States and other agencies the course of action to keep the prices at reasonable level and share data/information to ensure coordinated action by different enforcement agencies, including intelligence under the EC Act.

Steps taken by the Government to improve the availability and to contain prices of essential food items:

Pulses

Export of all pulses is banned except kabuli channa and up to 10,000 MTs in organic pulses and lentils.
Import of pulses are allowed at zero import duty.
Stock limit on pulses extended till 30.9.2016.
MSP raised for kharif pulses of 2016-17 for Tur, Urad and Moong as well as for Rabi pulses of Gram and Masoor for season 2015-16.
Government has approved creation of buffer stock of 1.7 lakh MT of pulses for effective market intervention.
Government has released around 21,000 MT of pulses from the buffer stock (consisting of Tur and Urad) to States/UTs at subsidized rates for retailing by them at not more than Rs 120/- per kg to improve availability and stabilise prices.
Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned new contracts in Chana to dampen speculative activities in Chana and in respect of running contracts in Chana disallowed taking fresh positions to reduce speculative activities.
Strict vigilance by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to prevent importers from mis-using the facilities of Customs Bonded Warehouse facility.
Setting up of a Group of Officers for regular monitoring and exchange of information on hoarding, cartelization etc.

Edible Oils

10 Export of edible oils in bulk is prohibited except coconut oil and other edible oils in branded consumer packs of up to 5 kgs is permitted with a minimum export price of USD 900 per MT.

11 MSP (including bonus) increased for various rabi and kharif oil seeds.

Impact of Agro-Chemicals

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has started a central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National level” under which samples of food commodities are collected and analysed for the presence of pesticide residues. The detail of samples analysed during the year 2015-16 is given below.

DETAILS OF THE SAMPLES ANALYSED DURING THE YEAR 2015-16

S.No.	Commodity	Samples Analyzed	Samples found above FSSAI MRL
1.	Food Grains (Rice and Wheat )	1955	157 (8%)
2.	Vegetables	11551	339 (2.9%)
3.	Fruits	2358	30 (1.27%)

The Government is implementing “Strengthening and Modernization of Pest Management Approach in India” through 35 Central Integrated Pest Management Centres (CIPMCs) of Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage established across the country with an aim to promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach . CIPMCs inter alia, produce biological agents for release in the fields, conserve natural bio-control agents, promote bio-pesticides as an alternative to chemical pesticides and advocate judicious and safe use of chemical pesticides as a last resort. These activities are implemented through Farmers Field Schools (FFSs), 2 days and 5 days training programmes and season long training program for State Agriculture Extension officers and

NGOs/Private Bodies. A ‘Grow Safe Food’ campaign has been initiated to carry the message of safe and judicious use of pesticides to farmers and other stakeholders. A simple message related to five essential principles of judicious pesticide use – application of pesticides on the right crop, against pests for which the pesticide has been approved, at the right time, in approved doses, and as per approved method of application – is sought to be disseminated in regional languages in Gram Panchayats and rural areas. Package of practices for control of pests and diseases in 79 crops have been revised to include techniques to reduce dependence on chemical pesticides and encourage use of bio-pesticides and other alternative plant protection measures.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Sudarshan Bhagat today in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.

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