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Two lakh crore investment likely to rain on urban areas
in next five years for Smart cities and AMRUT plans
NAI bureau
New Delhi: “India’s cities
are among the greatest
things we have”, Charles
Correa , world-famous
architect had said.He
would have been more
convinced about his per-
ception after emergence
of smart cities on India’s
large canvas in near
future. Alas! He is no
more. Marathon exercises
are underway to accom-
plish the much touted proj-
ect ,being billed as a
watershed initiative to give
fillip to the growth agenda.
With an investment entail-
ing Rs 48,000 crore from
the Centre, 100 smart
cities will be developed in
next five years. Carrying
forward his agenda of
accelerated growth aimed
at recasting the country’s
urban swathes, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
and his cabinet has
approved spending of
about one lakh crore on
urban development under
two new urban missions in
next five years. The twin
projects, which are being
unfurled June 25 this
year, are the smart city
mission and the Atal
Mission for rejuvenation
and urban transformation (
AMRUT ) of 500 cities with
outlays of Rs. 48,000
crore and Rs.50,000 crore
respectively.
The smart cities mission
seeks to ensure basic
infrastructure services to
enable a decent quality of
life in urban pockets and a
clean and sustainable
environment and adoption
of smart solutions.
Officials claim smart cities
mission seeks to fetch the
benefits of urban develop-
ment to the poor through
promotion of public trans-
portation and enhanced
access to public spaces.
The improved urban envi-
ronment under the mis-
sion will give fillip to eco-
nomic activity which in
turn benefits the poor
through increased
employment and liveli-
hood opportunities.
Urban population,accord-
ing to 2011census, was
about Rs 37 crore
accounting for 31 per cent
of total population . As per
latest estimates,about
5.80 crore urban popula-
tion are poor.Taking les-
sons from the implementa-
tion of Jawaharlal Nehru
Urban Renewal Mission
that was launched in 2005
and implemented till
March 2014, when it was
wound up by the previous
government ,new initia-
tives have been formulat-
ed, sources say. US trade
development agency
(USTDA) signed MOU
with the governments of
Rajasthan and AP for
assisting in making
Allahabad, Ajmer and
Visakhapatnam into smart
cities.
Fourteen countries have
expressed interest in
building smart cities.
These include : US,
Japan, China,Singapore ,
Germany, France ,
Netherlands, Sweden ,
Israel,Turkey and
Australia. The improved
urban environment under
the mission will give fillip
to economic activity which
in turn benefits the poor
through increased
employment and liveli-
hood opportunities
Under the smart city mis-
sion ,each selected city
would get central assis-
tance of Rs.100 crore per
annum for five years and
each state will shortlist a
certain number of smart
city aspirants as per the
norms. Smart city aspi-
rants, say official sources,
will be picked up through a
transparent “city challenge
competition intended to
link financing with the
potential of cities to per-
form to fully accomplish
the well laid out objectives
of the ambitious mission.''
States plan will be further
evaluated for pumping of
money from the Centre’s
coffers.Sources made it
clear that the smart city
mission intends to pro-
mote adoption of smart
solutions for efficient use
of available assets,
resources and infrastruc-
ture for improving quality
of life.
Thrust will be laid for par-
ticipation of locals in priori-
tising and planning urban
interventions. It will be
implemented through
areas based approach
consisting of retrofitting,
re-development, pan city
initiatives and develop-
ment of new cities.
A UNI correspondent, who
visited a few areas in the
Hindi heartland states
recently, found that locals
were calculating potential
locations of smart cities
and have started their own
reckoning of hike in land
prices in and around those
areas.”It is not only money
raking calculations, we are
keen to have better urban
life ,and future genera-
tions will not forgive us if
the present rot of haphaz-
ard development was not
arrested in a stipulated
period.''
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Dr. Shalini Rajneesh
Government of Karnataka
through Karnataka State
Backward Classes
Commission is undertaking
an ambitious project of
mapping its entire popula-
tion of 6.2 crores across 55
parameters which include
socio-educational, occupa-
tional & economic indica-
tors at an approximate
expenditure of Rs.189.00
crores from 11th April to
30th April 2015. Although
many surveys have been
undertaken by Government
of India, such as decennial
census or Socio-economic
caste Census, yet the data
base of every citizen or
household, be it rural or
urban is far from being
transparent and compre-
hensive.
The main objective is to
Collect authentic Statistics
on Social, Educational and
Occupational Status of all
the classes/Caste, cross
validate with other databas-
es like AAdhar, EPIC, SSA,
Ration card etc., put select-
ed parameters on portal for
public view and sharing the
data with other depart-
ments for leveraging it to
make necessary schemes
to match the needs of the
people.
For the first time, this sur-
vey will be analyzing the
reason for socio-education-
al backwardness of
more than 1200
castes/ sub-castes in
an objective and
transparent man-
ner. Some of the
critical parameters
collected includes
Address, Caste,
Sub caste, Aadhar
no., Voter Id card
no., disability details,
educational details
along with reasons for
dropout, occupation, resid-
ing area and ownership
detail, fuel for cooking,
source of lighting, sanita-
tion facility etc.
The parameters are so
comprehensive that it will
give a clear picture of differ-
ent level of povertiness
existing in the state, district
wise. Each family/individual
is being tagged with unique
identity features such as
Aadhar, Voter ID, Ration
Card no., Door no., Mobile
no. etc. to ensure that there
is no overlapping or dupli-
c a t e
identi-
ties, which often lead to pil-
ferages in Government
schemes. The digitization,
cross validation and report
generation job is carried
out by M/S Bharat
Electronics Limited.
Pilot survey
A pilot survey was done in
1 enumeration block in
each taluka to get first hand
experience of the survey
process and to study the
pilot data to identify gaps
and rectify it before it is
scaled up. Based on the
feedback received from
public, enumerators
and supervisors
changes were
made like inclu-
sion of some
caste earlier
missed out
under SC/ST
category. A
SATCOM train-
ing cum doubt
clearing session,
chaired by social
welfare minister, was
arranged to sensitize
the personnel of all level
involved in survey activity.
Print media and radio cam-
paigns were made to make
public aware and cooper-
ate with the survey activi-
ties.
Survey activities.
After doing the preliminary
check for households as
per the Abridged household
list in the first two days, the
survey has picked up pace
now. The survey activity
has started in almost all the
enumeration blocks of the
state. As on today, a total of
8.04 lakhs households
have been surveyed in the
state, which is around 6%
of the total households.
Reserve enumerators have
also been put for the EBs
where the no. of house-
holds are more and can’t
be completed with a single
enumerator in given time.
After doing the survey the
head of the household has
to sign on the form along
with the enumerator for tak-
ing the responsibility for the
trueness of the content.
The survey form is again
checked by the supervisor
for data correctness. Then
the forms are handed over
to BEL for digitization and
cross validation of the data.
Here also quality control
supervisors will check the
digitized data with actual
form for data integrity.
Continued on Page7
BackwardClassescommission'sSocio EducationalSurvey
Honey Sehgal
“Should Democrats take con-
trol of one or both houses of
Congress in next election,
people who back Internet
non-discrimination laws
believe they'd get a boost.
Called "net neutrality," the
issue is backed by several
consumer groups and many
Internet outfits, such as
Google Inc. and Amazon.com
Inc. They fear without protec-
tive legislation, phone and
cable companies might take
action against competitors, by
either restricting access to
some broadband services or
charging extra.”
It is the principle that internet
service providers and govern-
ments should treat all data on
internet equally, not discrimi-
nating or charging differential-
ly by user, content, site, plat-
form, application. An example
o net neutrality is 2007 in
which plusnet was using deep
packet inspection to imple-
ment limits and different
charges for peer to peer.
Without net neutrality, cable
and phone companies could
carve the internet into fast and
slow lanes.
The FCC’s 2010 order was
intended to prevent broad-
band internet service
providers from blocking or
interfering with traffic on web.
In its Jan 2014 ruling, the
court said that the FCC used
a questionable legal frame-
work to craft the open internet
order and lacked the authority
to implement and enforce
those rules. The mainstream
media have failed to allow
people of colour to speak for
themselves. The lack of
diverse ownership is a pri-
mary reason why the media
have gotten away with por-
traying communities of colour
stereotypically.
Net Neutrality in India- Due to
intense lobbying by telecom
operators like Airtel and
Vodafone, the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI)is planning to allow
them to block apps and web-
sites to extort more money
from consumers and busi-
nesses- an extreme violation
of net neutrality.
TRAI has released a consulta-
tion paper with 20 questions
spread across 118 complicat-
ed pages and wanted to send
them an email by 24th
April,2015.
Net Neutrality Divivdes Parties?
Vaidehi Taman
Abu Salem is said to be a billionaire gang-
ster worth Rs. 40 billion (Approx $0.67 bil-
lion). His cash and property have been
valued at least Rs. 10 billion, which is
divided between him and his wife, Samira
Jumani. While Salem stakes a claim to
Rs. 2 billion, his wife possesses Rs. 8 bil-
lion in cash and property. Salem’s invest-
ments in Bollywood and hawala rackets
are estimated to be at least another Rs.
30 billion. He married Samira Jumani, a
17 years old college girl in 1991, from
whom he has one or two sons. They later
divorced. Samira currently lives in United
States. She told that later into interviews
that Salem was a “violent psychotic man”
and she was forced into marriage.
On 20 September 2002, he was arrested
along with Monica Bedi by Interpol in
Lisbon, Portugal. His satellite phone was
tracked using GPS technology. Monica
Bedi was a film actress who reportedly
had relationship with him. In February
2004, a Portugal court cleared his extradi-
tion to India to face trial in the 1993
Mumbai bomb blasts case. In November
2005, Portuguese authorities handed him
over to India on the assurance by the
Government of India that the death penal-
ty would not be handed out. When Salem
was in Lisbon fighting India’s extradition
attempt, the only proof that he was indeed
Salem was provided by the fingerprint and
photographs taken after his arrest in
1991. Monica Bedi (his alleged second
wife) was also extradited to India and later
convicted of passport forgery in 2006 and
served her imprisonment. Now she has
returned to acting and doing well with TV
serials.
Now third time, 26-year-old Mumbra girl
who is seeking to marry Abu Salem has
threatened to kill herself, if her application
before the TADA court for permission to
tie the nuptials with Salem is rejected. In
her six-page application, Sayyed Bahaar
Kausar claims to have been completely
devastated and distressed because of her
reported nikaah with the gangster on
board a Lucknow-bound train in 2014. A
commerce graduate from a local college
has sought permission of the court for
Salem to be brought to Mumbai at the
office of the registrar of marriages to sign
on the documents and formalise their
nikaah under the Special Marriage Act.
Salem is presently serving in Taloja jail.
Insisting that her decision to marry the
incarcerated gangster was more of a com-
pulsion, she blamed the police for undue
victimisation by circulating the “morphed”
photographs of her with the gangster. The
police called her and her friend for inquiry
but instead of making inquiries with her,
they slapped her and still she is under a
trauma. Kausar claimed that, the alleged
police harassment has led their relatives
and neighbours to maintain a distance
from them.
Third time lucky, Abu Salem
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Delhi/ NCR
India, which had a global share of 2.4 per
cent in trade at the time of independence,
dropped to a mere 0.7 per cent in 1991
because of inward looking policy of self-
reliance and exporting only the surplus.
The balance of payment crisis in 1991
rightly brought about a change in
India’s economic philosophy.
This change resulted
in opening up the
economy and a new
foreign trade policy
that resulted in India’s
two way trade in both
merchandise and serv-
ices reach nearly $ one trillion
annually from a mere $70-80 bil-
lion in 1991. But the question is
have we done enough. While India’s
share in global merchandise trade has
gone up to 1.7 per cent in 2013-14 from 0.7
per cent in 1991, China’s has gone up to a
whopping 11.8 per cent from 1.8 per cent in
the same period. In Services trade, India,
which had a slight edge two decades ago
because of IT software, had gone up from
1.2 per cent of global share in 1991 to 3 per
cent in 2013-14. China whose share was a
mere 0.5 per cent in global services trade
in 1991, has gone up to 4 per cent in 2013.
The figures speak for themselves. While
we have gone a long way in trade since the
opening up, India has not done enough to
realise its true potential.
Twenty-five years since
trade liberalization
started in India, but
there lot of fixing is
still needed. The
new foreign
trade policy
announced
b y
Commerce
a n d
Industry Minister Smt
Nirmala Sitharaman in April
this year attempts to fix some of the prob-
lems in bid to reach $900 billion of mer-
chandise and services exports annually in
five years. This meant total two-way trade
is expected to double from the present $1
trillion to $2 trillion annually in the next five
years. This is a gigantic task considering
that global economy is still struggling to
gain momentum.
India’s Export Scenario
New Delhi: Union
Minister of State
(Independent Charge)
Development of North
Eastern Region
(DoNER), MoS, PMO,
Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra
Singh has said that
tomorrow belongs to
“Young India” and only
those who are unmindful of India’s rapid march forward
can overlook this reality. Addressing a youth congrega-
tion organized by “Vision India Foundation” under its
“Boot Camp” programme here today, Dr Jitendra Singh
said, with almost 65% of country’s population below the
age of 35 years, during the next few years the Indian
youth population will not only be a vital and crucial
resource bank for India but in fact for the entire world.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that under the able leadership of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has embarked on
the fast track of all-round development during the last
one year. He said that by the year 2022, when India cel-
ebrates 75 years of its independence, India’s supremacy
in the world arena will become visible and the architect of
this would primarily be a visionary leadership supported
by a determined youth force.
Referring to the self-attestation of documents promoted
by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Dr
Jitendra Singh said this marked a revolutionary step
directly benefitting the youth wherein the Government
has decided to do away with the age-old practice of get-
ting the certificates attested by a Gazetted
Officer/Notary, etc. Referring to his brief tenure as
Minister of Science and Technology, he said an initiative
has been undertaken to involve young scientific brains in
India’s space programme. In his capacity as the Minister
for Development of North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra
Singh said, first of its kind initiative was taken by starting
the process of holding regular meetings with students
and youths not only in different States of the Northeast
but also those living in the national capital.
Tomorrow belongs to 'Young
India': Dr Jitendra Singh
NAI bureau
New Delhi: “The government
places the highest priority to
strengthening the health sec-
tor in the country. There is the
highest level of political com-
mitment for this” stated Shri J
P Nadda, Minister for Health
and Family Welfare stated
this while delivering the
keynote address at the Health
and Immunisation
Conference organised by the
CII, at New Delhi.
Shri Nadda stated that the
National Health Mission
(NHM), comprising of
National Rural Health Mission
(NRHM) and the National
Urban Health Mission
(NUHM), aims towards pro-
viding accessible, affordable,
accountable, and effective pri-
mary healthcare facilities,
especially to the rural popula-
tion of the country with a par-
ticular emphasis on poor and
vulnerable sections of the
population. It encompasses
programmes to cater to
requirements of pregnant
women, children and commu-
nicable as well as non-com-
municable diseases.
He added that reducing
maternal and child mortality
are the foremost goals of
National Health Mission,
which has significantly fos-
tered plans for child health in
decentralised manner up-to
district level. Steady progress
in curbing child deaths has
been achieved. India’s Under
5 Mortality Rate declined from
126 per 1,000 live births in
1990 to 49 per 1,000 live
births in 2013, the Minister
informed.
The Health Minister said that
Mission Indradhanush has
been able to fill in the gap in
fully immunising children who
have been left unvaccinated
or are partially vaccinated
under the routine immunisa-
tion programme. Three
rounds have been completed
and the fourth round will start
from 7th July, the Health
Minister stated. The Minister
added that of all the methods
of preventing the under-5
mortality, immunization is one
of the most cost-effective pub-
lic health interventions for pro-
tecting children from life
threatening conditions, which
are preventable.
Seeks partnership of the private sector to
provide accessible & affordable healthcare
NAI bureau
As part of its endeavour to
provide more information in
electronic format and a trade
facilitation measure,
Directorate General of
Foreign Trade(DGFT),
Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, has launched its
mobile initiative with its
Android app (“DGFT”)
through which most DGFT
services can be accessed
while on the go.
Commerce Secretary Shri
Rajiv Kher unveiled the app
which would allow
exporters/importers to
access the foreign trade poli-
cy and other related docu-
ments in an easy-to-use
searchable format. With just
one click, the trade commu-
nity would be able to check
the status of transmission of
various authorizations and
the shipping bills through the
dynamic app.
The app will allow the
exporters/importers to
search for ITC(HS) codes
and Merchandise exports
from India rates which are
huge databases that are
used every day by the whole
trade community.
Application and its data
structures have been
designed in-house and soft-
ware development done by
DeitY. The app is currently
available for the Android plat-
form. The app is just a new
beginning for DGFT and
many new apps to provide
other services are in the
pipeline.
DGFTlaunches mobile app and revamped website
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National
Support activities.
A hyperlink on backward class deptt. website has been created to monitor the pre-sur-
vey activities including assigning jobs to people at different level, training them and
material management.
A dedicated call centre service (080-44554444) with 200 dedicated lines is put in serv-
ice for 24X7 for addressing any issues faced by public and enumerators related to the
survey. Many complaints were initially received regarding the poor quality of job done
by enumerators in collecting and recording the information. Action was promptly taken
on all the complaints and performance and quality is expected to improve.
BEL along with digitization is also doing the job of creating a webpage for reporting the
daily progress of the survey activity for public view. The page gives a brief report on the
progress of the survey activity at different level starting from enumerator’s field survey
to the digitization of the forms. Various formats of reporting with parameters like forms
received, forms digitized, forms QC checked, forms approved etc. have been given to
BEL for thorough analysis of the quality and attend to any shortcomings in data
entry/digitization.
Related data from other databases like Aadhar, EPIC, Ration card are also being taken
and incorporated in the applications for data cross validation and flagging mismatch, if
any.
Comprehensive database
The multi pronged strategy of field cum electronic monitoring of survey activities is
poised to create a historic database, which can form a strong base for scientific plan-
ning of resource utilization and making schemes for deserving categories of people.
Backward Classes commission's Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act 2005
NAI bureau
v Who is entitled to claim maintenance under the
PWDVA?
All categories of persons mentioned under Section 125 of
the CrPC are entitled to claim maintenance under this law.
This includes the wife, minor children whether legitimate or
illegitimate, major children suffering from physical or men-
tal abnormalities or injuries and the mother. Others entitled
under their personal laws may also claim.
v How is the amount for monetary relief to be calculated?
Under Section 20 of the PWDVA- the monetary relief
amount has to be adequate, reasonable and fair and con-
sistent with the standard of living to which the
aggrieved woman is accustomed. In calculating the
amount of monetary relief the courts will follow the stan-
dards prescribed under the law of maintenance.
[Section 23(2) of the HAMA] Court has to consider the fol-
lowing factors while arriving at the amount of monetary
relief to be granted:
vThe social status of the couple, this includes the hus-
band's income and standard of living of the couple
vThe reasonable needs of the wife: this includes, at the
very minimum, her needs as to food, clothing, residence
and medical expenses
vThe value of the wife's property and income, if any
vThe number of persons entitled to maintenance from the
husband under the HAMA: this includes, besides the wife,
children, her parents and a widowed daughter-in-law.
vCan an order for monetary relief be a lumpsum amount
or does it have to be in monthly instalments?
Whether monetary relief is a monthly payment or in the
form of a lump sum one time payment will depend on what
the aggrieved woman has asked for and on the discretion
of the court. Under the PWDVA either monthly payment or
lump sum may be granted under Section 20 (3).
ORDER FOR MONETARY RELIEF/ COMPENSATION ORDERS
ModiGovtlaunchesnewschemestotakeeducationinIndiatonewerheights
Setting up of a national digital library, provi-
sion of scholarship for differently abled to
pursue technical education, connecting
institutions of higher education to villages
so as to solve the problems of the latter.
These are but some of the new initiatives
that have been taken by the new
Government at the Centre headed by
Narendra Modi in the area of human
resource development over the last one
year.
One year is not a long time in the history
of a country. But, going by the slew of
measures taken by the Government within
this period it seems quite clear that the
country could be on the threshold of a sea
change in the field of education.
Even while being aware of the need for fis-
cal prudence, the Government has
launched a long list of new schemes and
projects covering the various aspects of
human resource development. Interesting,
none of the on-going programmes have
been sacrificed too.
A key feature of the new initiatives is a
focussed attempt to utilise the modern tools
of information technology in the best possi-
ble manner. For instance, a project has
been taken up to create a national digital
library of ebooks and other e-contents on
various subjects and topics and another to
set up a platform through which highly qual-
ified faculty of centrally sponsored institu-
tions like IITs, IIMs and central universities
would offer online courses free of cost.
The new Government at the Centre has
also come out with a special scheme called
for Udaan for girl students.
At some places,bets are on the potential sites of smart cities
and locals were enthused. Informatively, a statutory town is
one that has a municipal body. There are 4,041 statutory cities/
town as per 2011 records. Out of these, about 500 cites are
with a population of above one lakh each are focus of AMRUT.
These 500 cities account for 73 per cent of India’s population.
According to highly informed sources, number of cities that
can be nominated for Smart city & AMRUT respectively so far
are like this : A&N ( 1&1) ,Andhra Pradesh ( 3 &31),Arunachal
Pradesh (1 &1), Assam( 1&7), Delhi( 1&1) ,Karnataka( 6 &27),
Kerala( 1&18) , Uttar Pradesh ( 13 &54),WB ( 4&28)
Maharashtra ( 10&37) etc. Official sources said under retro-
fitting, deficiencies in the identified area will be addressed
through necessary interventions as in the case of local area
plan for downtown Ahmedabad.
Two lakh crore investment likely to..............
Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri
Arun Jaitley and Hon’ble
Minister Rural Development,
Panchayati Raj and Drinking
Water Supply and Sanitation,
Shri Chaudhary Birendra
Singh, today jointly released
on-line the provisional data
from the Socio Economic and
Caste Census (SECC) 2011
for Rural India. The Report of
the SECC 2011 is available on
http://secc.gov.in. The man-
agement of the Central data
base is with the NIC.
SECC 2011 is a unique paper-
less Census. The enumeration
of the data was done using
over 6.4 lakh electronic hand-
held device. Household data
was taken from the National
Population Register along with
the Temporary Identification
Number (TIN). At each stage
there was an opportunity for
transparency and grievance
redressal. A total of 1.24 crore
claims and objections were
received of which 99.7% have
already been resolved. Gram
Panchayats and Gram
Sabhas were involved in this
process, besides School
Teachers and Data Entry
Operators as enumerators.
The districts and State
Governments have carried out
the SECC with the Ministry of
Rural Development as the
nodal Ministry. Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation carried out the sur-
vey in urban areas and the
Registrar General, Census of
India carried out the caste
census.The provisional socio-
economic data for Rural India
has been released today. The
survey has been completed in
all the 640 districts. It is provi-
sional as the final lists are
being uploaded in some dis-
tricts after addressing all the
objections received.
ProvisionalDataofSocioEconomicandCasteCensus(SECC)
8. As part of its ongoing and
regular efforts to make
M&A filing requirements
simpler and readily accept-
able to various stakehold-
ers, the Competition
Commission of India (CCI)
has revised its
Combination Regulations,
making them more forward
looking, in keeping with
some of the best practices
in other jurisdictions. The
CCI, at the time of publish-
ing the draft amendments
on its website in March,
2015, invited comments
from all stakeholders as a
part of its consultative
process. While giving
inputs and suggestions on
the amendments, the
stakeholders welcomed
the same, as the amend-
ments now provide greater
clarity and transparency
and help in avoiding undue
delays.
A key change brought
about by the present
amendments is in relation
to the definition of the term
“other document”. To bring
in more certainty, scope of
the term “other document”
has now been limited to a
communication conveying
the intention to make an
acquisition to a Statutory
Authority. Further, the pro-
posed amendments pro-
vide flexibility to parties
regarding signing of the
notice. Under the present
amendments, any person
duly authorised by the
board of directors may sign
the notice. Further, the
number of copies of notice
to be filed with the
Commission has also been
reduced.
In keeping with the
requests received from
stakeholders, CCI has also
revised Form I required to
be filed for notifying combi-
nation. In addition to the
same, notes to the forms
would be published to pro-
vide guidance to the notify-
ing parties regarding the
information that is required
to be filed in a notice.
Further, to bring in greater
transparency regarding the
review process, the
amendments provide that
a summary of every combi-
nation under review will be
published on the website of
CCI. Such publication will
provide stakeholders an
opportunity to submit their
comments to CCI regard-
ing the proposed combina-
tion. CCI has also modi-
fied the timelines for
Phase-I review from thirty
calendar days to thirty
working days and has also
given itself a clock stop of
fifteen working days during
Phase I to seek comments
from third parties.
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The Water storage available in 91
important reservoirs of the country as
on July 02 2015 was 48.07 BCM which
is 31% of total storage capacity of these
reservoirs. This storage is 129% of the
storage of corresponding period of last
year and 145% of storage of average of
last ten years. The present storage
position during current year is better
than the storage position of last year
and is also better than the storage of
average of last ten years.
Central Water Commission monitors live
storage status of these reservoirs on
weekly basis. These reservoirs include
37 reservoirs having hydropower bene-
fit with installed capacity of more than
60 MW. The total storage capacity of
these reservoirs is 157.799 BCM which
is about 62% of the storage capacity of
253.388 BCM which is estimated to
have been created in the country.
REGION WISE STORAGE STATUS:
NORTHERN REGION
The northern region includes States of
Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and
Rajasthan. There are 6 reservoirs in this
region having total storage capacity of
18.01 BCM. The total storage available
in these reservoirs is 7.92 BCM which is
44% of total storage capacity of these
reservoirs. The storage during corre-
sponding period of last year was 41%
and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 31%
of live storage capacity of these reser-
voirs. Thus, storage during current year
is better than the corresponding period
of last year and is also better than the
average storage of last ten years during
the corresponding period.
Eastern Region
The Eastern region includes States of
Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and
Tripura. There are 15 reservoirs in this
region having total storage capacity of
18.83 BCM. The total storage available
in these reservoirs is 5.58 BCM which is
30% of total storage capacity of these
reservoirs. The storage during corre-
sponding period of last year was 24%
and average storage of last ten years
during corresponding period was 17%
of storage capacity of these reservoirs.
Thus, storage during current year is bet-
ter than the corresponding period of last
year and is also better than the average
storage of last ten years during the cor-
responding period.
Western Region
The Western region includes States of
Gujarat and Maharashtra. There are 27
reservoirs in this region having total live
storage capacity of 27.07 BCM. The
total storage available in these reser-
voirs is 7.07 BCM which is 26% of total
storage capacity of these reservoirs.
The storage during corresponding peri-
od of last year was 22% and average
storage of last ten years during corre-
sponding period was 23% of storage
capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, stor-
age during current year is better than
the storage of last year and is better
than the average storage of last ten
years.
Central Region
The Central region includes States of
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. There are
12 reservoirs in this region having total
storage capacity of 42.30BCM.
StorageStatusof91ImportantReservoirsoftheCountry
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