India - 2014 Review

Top Bollywood Films of 2014
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/top-10-bollywood-films-of-2014-queen-dedh-ishqiya-aankhon-dekhi-and-more-2003417.html

http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/2014-the-whole-bollywood-package/


http://www.firstpost.com/2014-year-in-review/top-stories-2014/



Cricket ups and downs of 2014 in Photos
http://indianexpress.com/photos/sports-gallery/year-2014-in-cricket-the-ups-downs-wins-losses-and-much-more/

Most Admired Indians of 2014

I set up a poll on Google+

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NarayanaRaoKVSS/posts/En9jUgpugiP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Led BJP to victory in Lok Sabha Elections and provides hope to the country that he will do development in India as he came to be known for development in Gujarat.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Graceful retirement from test cricket before there were loud demands for his removal

Nobel Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi

Significant social work recognized by the Nobel Foundation

BJP President Amit Shah

Victory of BJP in UP, Maharahstra

Amitabh Bachchan

Still being active and productive

Part 2 of the Poll
https://plus.google.com/111865631103432398685/posts/c6FuXQVToaR

Congress President Sonia Gandhi 

Accepted the defeat of the party in Lok Sabha Elections gracefully

Arvind Kejriwal

Set up a new party in India with great promise

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

Succeeding in controlling inflation and developing climate for low inflation economy

Nitish Kumar

Trying to develop a new political combination uniting all socialist groups

Sachin Tendulkar

Post retirement activities


Please vote your choice

Please suggest some more names - I want to include 20 names.

Balakrishna Shivram Moonje - Biography

B. S. Moonje or Balakrishna Shivram Moonje (12 December 1872 – 3 March 1948) participated in Congress movement as a Indian freedom fighter and later became participant and leader of the Hindu Mahasabha.

Moonje was born in 1872 at Bilaspur in Central Provinces (present day Chhattisgarh). He completed his Medical Degree from Grant Medical College in Mumbai in 1898, and was employed in Bombay Municipal Corporation as a Medical Officer. He partiicipated in the Boer War in South Africa through the Medical Wing, as the British Commissioned Officer, due to his keen interest in Military Life. After returning from South Africa, he started his medical practice at Nagpur. Moonje actively participated in the freedom movement  and he was a strong supporter of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. In the Congress Party’s annual session held at Surat (Bombay province) in 1907, trouble broke out between the "moderate" and the "extremist" factions of the Congress party over the selection of a new President. The extremists were led by the triumvirate of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipinchandra Pal (known as Lal-Bal-Pal). Moonje and his followers literally gave physical protection to Tilak when he was attacked by a few people throwing chairs and stones. From then onwards, the relationship between Tilak and Moonje became very close. Moonje toured entire Central India and collected funds for Tilak's activities on many occasions. Moonje also introduced Ganesh and Shivaji Festivals in Central India which were started by Tilak. He also accompanied Tilak to Calcutta for this purpose. Moonje acted as  The General Secretary of Central Indian Provincial Congress for many years.

As a social reformer, he established many social institutions and organisations such as schools, orphanages, gymnasiams, rifle clubs, hostels for untouchables (Dalits). All the institutions he founded are still running in good condition, some of them have completed their Diamond Jubilee. He also started a Marathi Newspaper known as Daily Maharashtra in Nagpur.


After the death of Tilak in 1920, he dissociated from Congress. He disagreed with pro-Muslim Khilafat policy of Congress. He took up the Hindu cause and continued to pursue it until his death in 1948. He was the All India President of the Hindu Mahasabha from 1927 until he handed over the charge to Veer Savarkar in 1937. Till his death, he was very active in the Mahasabha and used to tour all over India.  He supported Savarkar, worked  with him in building a strong organisation. He also attended the Round Table Conferences (in London) twice to represent the views of Hindus.


http://www.savarkar.org/en/gallery?g2_path=savarkars+associates/history1-2.jpg.html

Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia
Google book
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=K2oexn_mLPIC

Achievements of India in Science, Engineering and Technology - 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Srihari Kota Satellite Launch Station - PSLV 23 -  2 June 2014


2014


December 2014


24 Dec
Panchi, wheeled version of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)Nishant capable of taking-off and landing using small airstrips had its maiden flight

20 Dec 2014

Successful Test Flight of LCA (Navy) Prototype 1 (NP1)

LCA (Navy) Prototype 1 (NP1), the first indigenously designed and developed 4th plus generation combat aircraft designed to operate from the decks of air-craft carriers, took-off majestically from Ski-Jump facility of Shore Based Test Facility at INS Hansa in Goa.

18 Dec
First Experimental Flight of India’s Next Generation Launch Vehicle GSLV MK-III Successful


The first experimental flight (GSLV Mk-III X/CARE) of India’s next generation launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted today (December 18, 2014) morning from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

November 2014

Zero-carbon, flameless, no-smoke Fuel Saving LPG stove launched.

Agnisumukh Industrial applications assure LPG Saving more than 50%, cooks food 25% faster,gives the convention heat as charcoal, while cooking a vessel never gets blackened from bottom, temprature of food getting cooked can be regulated and monitored, loaded with safety device which cuts the LPG supply when flame goes off and finally gives you a call and an SMS when there is a gas leak, All these amazing features make Agnisumukh a much better technology in LPG than the present system.

Price List - Dec 2014

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/zerocarbon-flameless-nosmoke-lpg-stove-launched/article6627593.ece
http://www.agnisumukh.com/about.html



September 2014

15 September 2014 - 47th Engineers' Day in India
Theme: Making Indian Engineering World Class


5,378 publications were made by 2,943 faculty members of seven old IITs in the year 2009-10. 959 Phds were awarded from the seven IITs in the year 2009-10.
http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/104/01/0055.pdf

11.9.2014
Bharat Forge Ltd. built a howitzer from scratch that has far greater firepower than the Bofors gun that's currently in use by Indian artillery. Bharat Forge is entering into a collaboration with Elbit Systems of Israel to work on the 155mm modernization programme.(Check whether it was announced by Government).

By late September or early Octber, Indian army will start testing the Bharat Forge's artillery product. An Ultra Light Gun is also ready for giving it for testing. Also, a 155 mm Ultra light gun is also under development and will be ready for testing by middle of the next year.
Indian Made Howitzers 2012 article in India Today
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rahul-chaudhry-ceo-of-tata-power-strategic-electronics-division-bofors-type-howitzer/1/237759.html
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-11/news/53811307_1_artillery-gun-bharat-forge-group-baba-kalyani

August

19 August
Patent for Sealing Assembly in a thrust bearing kingpin application greanted to Dr. S.T. Salunke, NRB Bearings, India.
Patent No. US 807842
https://www.google.com/patents/US8807842

16 August

Prime  Minister Narendra Modi commissioned the country's largest indigenously built warship, INS Kolkata.

                                          Picture source: PIB http://pib.nic.in/photo//2014/Aug/l2014081655835.jpg


8 August

Nano-technology based organic farm nutrients - To cost less but give more output

Nagarjuna Fertilisers Ltd and Prathista Industries Ltd have joined hands for marketing the novel nano-technology based organic farm nutrients to farmers. Prathista formally launches its newly-developed products on August 10.

Extracted through the process of fermentation, Prathista has employed for the first time nano-technology for producing cost-effective diversified nutrient fertilisers derived from glucose and sugar. The nano-technology component for the fertilisers has been provided by the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). through a licencing agreement. ICAR  had been working on the related nano technology research for the last five years by earmarking a budget of Rs 5 crore.

According to Chief promoter of Prathista,  KVSS Sairam farmers would gain an average of 20 per cent additional yields coupled with an increase in micro organism levels in soil by shifting to these nutrient fertilisers in place of the traditional murate of potash (MOP) and diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilisers. The fertiliser is being made available in liquid and granule formulations and is likely to be priced 20-30 per cent lower than the general MOP price of Rs 900 for a 50 kg bag. Thus, it is development of technology that gives more output  but costs less

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/nagarjuna-fertilisers-prathista-tie-up-for-nano-tech-nutrients-114080801235_1.html

July

To detect,  sickle cell anemia (SCA), scientists in India are developing a portable and affordable diagnostic kit, a lab-on-a-chip, that could be used by untrained health workers.

The team from the Indian Institute of Technology-Powai, (IIT-P) – Debjani Paul, Ninad Mehendale and Ammar Jagirdar will  the power of mobile phone  to extend their data processing, sharing and imaging prowess to craft inexpensive diagnostic kits for sickle cell anemia.

The team will engineer a microfluidic chip combined with a mobile phone-based diagnosis platform that could be used by relatively untrained health workers in remote rural areas. The kit will be developed over the next 18 months. The project  received a Grand Challenges Explorations grant this June (2014) to steer the idea forward. This project was funded through a collaboration of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with the Indian government’s Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) through the IKP Knowledge Park at Nalgonda in Telangana.


The patient will add a drop of blood, to a plastic microfluidic chip that is pre-loaded with reagents required to detect sickle cell anemia. The reacted blood will then flow to a detection zone within the chip where the red blood cells will be imaged by a mobile phone camera. The chip itself is low-cost and disposable, reducing the risks associated with transmission of blood from an infected person to the other.

http://www.indiavision.com/scitech/indian-scientists-craft-portable-diagnostic-kit-sickle-cell-anemia/479123/


Supreme Industries makes CNG cylinders with composites.Exports to South Korea.

Intas Pharmaceutical launched blood cancer drugn Azacitidine at one fifth of the present cost.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/intas-launches-cheaper-generic-blood-cancer-drug-114072000157_1.html

National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals & Downstream Plastics Processing Industry (2013 – 14)

July 17, 2014, 06.00 p.m. at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.

Liquid Crystal Polymers for Actuator Applications

The innovation deals with the “Development of Liquid Crystal Polymers for Actuator Applications”. Here a series of polyurethane (PU) based side-chain liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) with variable clearing temperatures was synthesized. It was found that the deformed structure was released slowly and
the original flat rectangular shape was recovered within 25secs. The LCPs were proposed to be a good actuator, as the shape memory recovery was excellent.

Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia.

New Ultra High Molecular Polyethylene (UHMWPE) for Defense Applications

UHMWPE (ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene) due its
high impact strength, chemical resistance, heat resistance and
shelf life has emerged as a superior material designed for
lightweight and flexible body armour used globally.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has taken the lead in
producing this special polymer by developing a patented
technology starting from catalyst to final product. RIL has
developed the capability and technology through the innovation
of a catalyst which polymerizes ethylene to give UHMWPE
having molecular weight ranging from 3-10 million. The polymer
has the desired properties to produce high tenacity fibers
suitable for defense applications.

High productivity-High Stiffness-Injection Molding PP Grade

A new
performance PP grade 1110 MAS was developed in house at
PADC. Compared to conventional grades in the market, it offers
higher stiffness & higher impact strength, higher productivity upto
18% at processor‟s end, superior optical properties and better
product aesthetics.

Indian Oil Corporation ltd,

An Improved Oropharyngeal Airway

This new Improved Oropharyngeal Airway has three suction holes and good shape of structure. It will make suction easy. After using it, there will be no need of leucoplast or adhesive (like micropore) to fix
on the body of patients. To make it more comfortable, Velcro is used. Patient will not be able to remove this airway despite of his willingness. This airway have very important role in the field of cure. It has not any kind of side effects. This Improved Oropharyngeal Airway is used for the patients in critical condition to keep their jaws open,

Shri Trebhuwan Singh Raman
http://www.pds.gov.in/4NA_writeup_Website.pdf

June 2014

Nokia 225, internet access phone introduced at Rs. 3329.
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/microsoft-devices-launches-nokia-225-for-rs-3329/                  


9 June 2014
Brahmos missile's flight test from indigenously built INS Kolkata successful.
INS Kolkata is designed also indigenously.
http://www.brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=177

Technology Achievements of Tata Steel During 2013- 14 - From Annual Report

Stabilisation of the new LD#3 & TSCR plant at Jamshedpur Works, with an installed capacity of
2.4 million tonnes per annum of HR coils. With this new mill, the product mix has expanded to include HR coils up to 1680 mm in width and also higher strength materials. The process has shorter cycle times.

During Financial Year 2013-14, a third test of HIsarna, a new technology which enables the direct input of coal and fine iron ore into the iron making furnace, was completed. A 60,000 tonnes per annum HIsarna pilot plant was built previously at the Tata Steel site in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, with support from the European Commission and the Dutch Government. Should the HIsarna technology prove technically
and commercially viable, the elimination of processing steps could reduce the emission of carbon dioxide from conventional iron making by 20%.

The spirit of innovation lies behind every action at Tata Steel. A continuous effort at developing cuttingedge
technologies and design solutions helps transform processes, improve inefficiencies, and enhance
customer experience. A few of the several high-impact innovations have been outlined below.

Track, a breakthrough in R&D, makes use of technology to cut peak noise levels in half on rail lines that
run through built up areas. This will allow train operators to meet growing transport demands without the extra decibels for trackside residents. The new technology has already allowed Thameslink trains in London to increase capacity through the recently redeveloped Blackfriars Bridge Station without any additional noise pollution for locals.
›› Nest-In is a mass housing solution developed jointly by Tata Steel Global R&D and Marketing and Sales; and is a product that is expected to revolutionise the rural and semi-urban markets for individuals and for communities. The solution uses light gauge steel sections joined together by a patented DippleClick technology to quickly erect houses by semi-skilled local people. Commercialisation was initiated in H2 Financial Year 2012-13 with the standard layout. Currently there are 12 layouts ranging from 100 to
650 sq. ft. in line with consumer requirements. Till date, more than 80,000 sq. ft. area has been covered under Nest-In, across India.

Tata Steel R&D together with CSIR-NML took up the challenge to develop a low cost, online and fast method for online sensing of alumina in iron ores. The online detection of alumina is crucial as iron ore fines in India have 3~5.5% of alumina compared to 1% worldwide, thus affecting blast furnace productivity. This initiative resulted in an innovation that enables the blast furnace operation to decide on effective blend planning and impurity reduction. The innovation has been protected by two patents.
›› Bake Hardened 260 is a new hi-tech steel grade developed by Tata Steel Europe, which protects cars from dents and makes door and bonnets 7% lighter. The lighter steel will improve cars’ fuel efficiency while a special strengthening technique enables vehicles to withstand everyday knocks in the car park.

Research on repeated failure of stirrups during earthquakes revealed poor workmanship and noncompliance of prescribed standards. To resolve this, Tata Tiscon developed Superlinks – stirrups made of high strength ribbed TMT reinforcement bar in commonly used sizes. Superlinks are manufactured through automatic and sophisticated machines, using strict quality control to ensure consistency, quality and accurate dimensions. Superlinks sales in Financial Year 2013-14 reached 7500 tonnes, an increase by 5 folds over Financial Year 2012-13.

Tata Steel’s Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC) in Europe has developed a range of colour-coated steel panels that use natural day light to heat homes, saving as much as 50% of a typical household annual fuel bill. This technology known as Colorcoat Renew SC absorbs about half of the light energy hitting its surface and generates as much as 500 watts per square metre – heating an average home with just five panels.
›› Tata Steel India has introduced Tiscon Readybuild – ready to use Rebars for construction projects. This addresses customer pain points related to unavailability of skilled labour, scrap loss, space constraint and pilferage at sites. Eight centres with a capacity of 1,80,000 tonnes per annum have been established across the country to supply Readybuild to 500+ sites annually. These centres are quality certified and provide doorstep service to the project sites. Readybuild centres are the first of their kind to be set up by
a steel company in India.
›› PAVISE is an efficient and cost-effective armour developed by Tata Steel Europe, for military vehicles, as well as for defended infrastructure such as watch towers or sangars. It has now been tested up to NATO Standardization Agreement Level 4 to create armour capable of resisting both small arms and heavy machine gun fire with armourpiercing projectiles.
›› Phase Change Material (PCM) has been developed at Tata Steel’s Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC). When installed in a building, it reacts to the temperatures it is exposed to – as the room trends toward overheating, the phase change material melts and absorbs the excess heat. PCM self regulates the temperature of a room without the need for traditional heating or cooling devices.

›› Tata Steel has unveiled a range of sophisticated new electrical steel products which reduce electricity losses by 20-30% compared to conventional grain-oriented grades. The new products are being made by Tata Steel subsidiary, Cogent Power at their Orb works in Newport, South Wales. These high-grade products will make a significant contribution to the preservation of natural resources, by reducing energy lost in the generation and transmission of electricity.
›› Tata Steel, JCB Landpower and GKN have teamed up to develop the Company’s most productive tractor yet. Using innovative design and engineering methods, engineers have been able to reduce the weight of the next generation of JCB Fastrac machines making them leaner on fuel consumption, able to handle bigger loads and safer than previous models while retaining the strength required by farmers around the world.
›› To integrate new steels into the production processes seamlessly, Tata Steel has held Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE) workshops on 5 different auto models in 2012-13 in India. The weight saving across models has been 15-20 kgs per vehicle by the use of forming simulations and use of high strength steels.

February
Brahmos Mini is being developed by Brahmos Aerospace. It has plans to export missiles. The agreement with Russia includes exports to other countries.
http://aviationweek.com/awin/brahmos-prepares-reduced-weight-missile-export
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=64459

2013

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on 17 December 2013 unveiled the first indigenously developed thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia testing kit. The testing kit was developed by the National Institute of Immuno Haematology (NIIH) in Mumbai. The testing kit screens for eight genetic mutations, six of which can cause thalassaemia and two sickle cell anaemia.

The kit would bring down the cost of screening for both the genetic diseases to a tenth of present cost of Rs.15,000 to Rs. 20,000, which is being charged in the private sector. The testing kit would be of immense help for premarital and post-pregnancy counselling. This is because two carriers of a defective gene have a 25 per cent chance of having a baby born with thalassaemia.
http://www.sakshieducation.com/(S(0rhqlv555q5h4n45f1wrxvvk))/Story.aspx?cid=12&nid=63806

2012
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG) in Namkum has developed a specialized fruit coating formulation that increases shelf life by two weeks, preserves moisture and protects fruits from germs.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Scientists-develop-new-coating-to-increase-shelf-life-of-fruits/articleshow/17631230.cms

Rupees 2.84 lakh drug will cost Rs. 8,880. Natco pharma sought compulsory drug license from Bayer.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rs284lakh-cancer-drug-will-soon-cost-just-rs-8880/article2988811.ece

2010
IISc scientists developed a new thyroid drug for hyperthyroidism
Govindsmy Mugesh is emmber of the team.
http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/ZFJMuNDA6xVFGTsPCNk7EO/IISc-scientists-make-progress-on-new-thyroid-drug.html
http://www.ias.ac.in/chemsci/Pdf-Nov2006/619.pdf

2005

Launch of ACE by Tata Motors
Developed two cylinder engine as the engine for ACE in 2002.
http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/biggest-indian-innovation-tata-ace/1/205824.html


2002
Setting up the irradiation unit for onions at Lasalgaon, Nashik
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/in-onion-belt-barc-unit-to-increase-shelf-life-lies-unused/1156713/0


Sources

http://www.isro.org/media/press-releases

Baba Amte - Biography

                                              Source: http://www.anandwan.in/about-anandwan/baba-amte.html




Murlidhar Devidas Amte popularly known as Baba Amte was born to Mr. Devilal singh and Mrs. Laxmibai Amte in the city of Hinganghat in Wardha District of Maharashtra on 26 December 1914.. His father was a British government official with responsibilities for district administration and revenue collection and he also had hundreds of acres of land.  Murlidhar had acquired his nickname Baba in his childhood as his parents addressed him with that word.

He was educated as a lawyer and he developed a successful legal practice at Wardha. Like many others of that period, he also got involved in the Indian struggle for freedom from the British, and became  a defence lawyer for leaders of the Indian freedom movement imprisoned in the 1942 Quit India movement. He spent some time at Sevagram ashram of Mahatma Gandhi and became a follower of Gandhism for the rest of his life. He followed Gandhian directions including yarn spinning using a charkha and wearing khadi.

In those days, leprosy was associated with social stigma and the society disowned people suffering from leprosy. Amte decided to work for the treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients as an important social service activity. Amte founded three ashrams for treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients, disabled people, and people from marginalised sections of the society in Maharashtra, India. On 15 August 1949, he started a hospital under a tree.  Baba Amte first took a course on care of leprosy patients. Then he decided to settle down in Chandrapur, Maharashtra. Here he acquired two hundred and fifty acres of land and established an Ashram. It  became a home for the destitute and homeless, many of whom were leprosy patients. Many of them, had been cured of leprosy but  had lost their fingers , hands, toes or feet and could not go back to their professions because they were disabled. Baba Amte helped each one of them to acquire skills, despite their handicap. Under Baba Amte's guidance they worked and transformed the rocky and barren land into a model farm.  This farm  produced vegetables and dairy products for neighbouring villages and is economically self sufficient. But most important of all, it is a place which has become an 'Abode of Joy' or 'Anandvan'.

 In 1973, Amte founded the Lok Biradari Prakalp to work for the Madia Gond tribal people of Gadchiroli District.

He breathed his last on 9 February 2008.

Baba Amte will also be remembered for his many peace and justice marches across India, his solidarity with the aborigine tribes, and his opposition to big dams like the Sardar Sarovar project on Narmada river.

Amte was awarded the UN Human Rights Prize, the Magsaysay award, the Templeton Prize, the Gandhi Peace Prize, and several other humanitarian and environmental prizes.




http://www.mkgandhi.org/associates/baba%20amte.htm
http://www.anandwan.in/about-anandwan/baba-amte.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Amte-the-great-social-reformer/articleshow/2768984.cms


Donate to Anandwan
http://www.anandwan.in/donate-to-anandwan.html

New Initiatives of Ministry for Communications & Information Technology

25 December 2014

1.      Gyansetu- internet based real time ICT system to provide e-services to be launched on 25th December, 2014.

2.      Jodi Plan for Mobile for MTNL Subscribers to be launched on 25.12.2014

3.      One month rental free for broadband and broadband & landline combo plans for new bookings for MTNL customers on 25.12.2014.



4.      Launch of Time Stamping of CCA - Time stamps establish the time when a document or transaction was created. The service has been created and is ready to be launched by three Certifying Authorities (CA) – (n) Code Solutions, eMudhra and SIFY.

5.      Launch of Good Governance Booklet: As indicated by a note received from Cabinet Secretariat, this booklet will highlight key achievements of DeitY and will act as a ready reckoner for general public. The booklet will be published in both physical form and e-Book. The draft list of the items to be included in the book has been prepared

6.      Short Audio Visual (Film)- The proposed AV/Film will highlight the key achievements of DeitY. The proposed length of the film is 8-10 mins and the key projects taken up by DeitY namely MyGov, Biometric Attendance, Revamping of MMPs, Digital Locker, e-Book & e-Bhasha platforms, Jeevan Praman, e-Sampark and Mobile Seva.

7.      e-Book platform developed by CDAC – Developed by CDAC, the e-Book platform will allaow all Govt Dept/agencies to create e-Books in standardized format. This will allow the general public to have cost effective access to large amount of educational material and Govt reports/Publications in digital formats.

8.      e- Governance Competency Framework :- Competency based selection for implementation of e-governance would also support good governance. Developed by DeitY, this framework assesses and enhances the competencies of Government officers for visualizing, conceiving and delivering projects aimed at transforming existing systems. eGCF will make the e-Gov services in the country more sustainable and responsive to the needs of citizens.

9.      Chips to Institutions/Systems Project :- The project aims at developing skilled/specialized manpower in areas of micro electronics, VLSI, Systems development on Chip, through premiere institutions like IITs and IISCs etc. It will result in development of more than 50,000 industry ready professional will be produced.

10.  NIXI project (Gujarati idn) :- An initiative of the Internet Governance Division of DeitY to ensure inclusive development using the Internet. The local language plays a critical role in making Internet more inclusive by widening the knowledge base across communities in the native language and promoting the use of local language content. The growth of Internet has mainly taken place in one language namely English leading to the language barriers for non-English speakers. . भारत Country Code Top Level Domain Name (ccTLD) in Devanagari script was formally launched by the Hon’ble Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad on 27 August, 2014. After the launch of .Bharat in Devanagari script National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) jointly with C-DAC propose to launch the IDNs in Gujarati, Bengali and Manipuri on Good Governance Day on December 25th, 2014.



11.  Mobile as Digital Identity: - DeitY conducted a consultation workshop in October 2014 to brainstorm on various aspects of how mobile phones can be used as instruments for electronic authentication of individuals’ identities. The participants included industry practitioners/ bodies, members of the academia, implementers, regulatory authorities, and officials from DeitY and other departments. The key outcome of the workshop and further deliberations was that “digital identity” should imply enabling mobility while establishing a person’s identity. For usage of mobile as an instrument of digital identity, three possible mobile identity solutions emerged: (1) mobile number linked with Aadhaar; (2) mobile digital signatures; and (3) voice biometrics (either standalone, or linked to mobile number). Work is underway to implement the most efficient and effective solution to enable citizens to enjoy the benefits of a mobile cradle-to-grave digital identity. A report on “Mobile as Digital Identity” is proposed to be launched on 25th December 2014.



12.  NGN (Next Generation Network)Switch of BSNL, DoT:- BSNL will able to offer new services after NGN like Wide Area IP Centrex (WIPC), Multimedia services (MMVC), Prepaid which are not available on TDM switches. It enables to offer Multimedia communication with Quality of Services (QoS). The service will be launched through a Video phone facility between Delhi & Bangalore.



http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx
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Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya - Hindi - भारत रत्न पंडित मदन मोहन मालवीय जी

मदन मोहन मालवीय का जन्म 25 दिसंबर 1861 को प्रयाग (भारती भवन, इलाहाबाद) में  हुआ था।
मदन की आरंभिक शिक्षा इलाहाबाद में पूरी हुई। उन्होंने 1878 में प्रयाग सरकारी हाई स्कूल से मैट्रिक पास की।

कुछ दिन वे अध्यापक बने। 1885 में उन्होंने इंडियन यूनियन वीकली का संपादन किया। 1887 में, उन्होंने सनातन धर्म और हिंदू संस्कृति के प्रचार-प्रसार के लिए भारत धर्म महामंडल की स्थापना की। उन्होंनेे हिंदुस्तान का संपादन भी किया। 1889 में, उन्होंने इंडियन ओपिनियन का संपादन किया। 1891 में, वह बैरिस्टर बन गए और इलाहाबाद उच्च न्यायालय में वकालत आरंभ कर दी। उनका  वकालत  का काम अच्छा   चल रहा था । लेकिन  समाज  सेवा के  लिए 1913 में उन्होंने वकालत छोड़ दी।

मालवीय जी 1916 तक इलाहाबाद में नगर पालिका के सदस्य रहे और कई वर्षों तक इंडियन नेशनल कांग्रेस के सम्मानित सदस्य भी रहे।

28 नवंबर, 1911 को बनारस हिंदू यूनिवर्सिटी के लिए कार्य आरंभ करने के लिए सोसायटी बनाई गई। पहली अक्तूबर, 1915 को बी एच यू एक्ट पारित हो गया। वो कई साल यूनिवर्सिटी की कुलपति का काम निभाया। 

4 फरवरी, 1916  को बनारस हिंदू यूनिवर्सिटी की आधारशिला रखी गई। वो कई साल यूनिवर्सिटी की कुलपति का काम निभाया।

मालवीय जी का निधन 1946 में हुआ

भारत रत्न पंडित मदन मोहन मालवीय जी के जीवन का मुख्य संघठन

25.12.1861

इलाहाबाद में जन्म

1878

मिर्जापुर में कुंदन देवी के साथ विवाह

1884

कलकत्ता विश्वविद्यालय से स्नातक

जुलाई 1884

इलाहाबाद जिला स्कूल में शिक्षण

दिसंबर 1886

दादाभाई नारौजी की अध्यक्षता में कांग्रेस के दूसरे अधिवेशन में परिषदों में प्रतिनिधित्व के मामले पर भाषण

जुलाई 1887

कालकंकड में हिंदोस्तान का संपादन। भारत धर्म मंडल का स्थापना सम्मेलन

जुलाई 1889

संपादन छोड़कर इलाहाबाद में एलएलबी  पढ़ाई  शुरू किया।

1891

एलएलबी पास कर इलाहाबाद जिला न्यायालय में वकालत शुरू की

दिसंबर 1893

इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट में वकालत

मार्च 1898

यू.पी के गवर्नर को हिंदी के बारे में ज्ञापन सौंपा

1902-1903

इलाहाबाद में हिंदू बोर्डिंग हाउस का निर्माण

1903-1912

प्रांतीय परिषद में सदस्य के रूप में सेवा

1904

काशी नरेश की अध्यक्षता में विश्वविद्यालय स्थापित करने का प्रस्ताव

जनवरी 1906

इलाहाबाद के कुंभ मेले में सनातन धर्म महासभा का संचालन किया। उदार सनातन धर्म का प्रचार किया। बनारस में विश्वविद्यालय खोलने का फैसला

1907

अभ्युदय का संपादन। सनातन धर्म व लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों का प्रचार

1909

अंग्रेजी दैनिक लीडर का संपादन। लाहौर कांग्रेस की अध्यक्षता

लाहौर  हिन्दू सभा की अध्यक्षता


अक्टूबर 1910

पहले हिंदी साहित्य सम्मेलन में अध्यक्षीय संबोधन

22.11.1911

हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय सोसाइटी का गठन

दिसंबर 1911

50 साल की उम्र में वकालत छोड़ दी। देशसेवा और विश्वविद्यालय स्थापना के लिए कार्य करने का फैसला

फरवरी 1915

अपनी अध्यक्षता में प्रयाग सेवा समिति का गठन

अक्टूबर 1915

बनारस हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय विधेयक पास हुआ

04 फरवरी 1916

विश्वविद्यालय की आधारशिला रखी गई

मार्च 1916

परिषद में ठेका मजदूरी व्यवस्था के खिलाफ प्रस्ताव

1916-18

सदस्य, औद्योगिक आयोग

1918

सेवा समिति द्वारा स्काउट एसोसिएशन का गठन

दिसंबर 1918

दिल्ली में वार्षिक कांग्रेस सम्मेलन की अध्यक्षता

फरवरी 1919

परिषद में रौलेट बिल पर बहस। परिषद से इस्तीफा

नवम्‍बर 1919-सितंबर1939

बीएचयू के वाइस चांसलर

19 अप्रैल 1919

बम्‍बई में हिंदी साहित्य सम्मेलन की अध्यक्षता

जनवरी 1922

सर्वदलीय सम्‍मेलन का संचालन

16 दिसम्‍बर 1922

लाहौर में हिंदू मुस्लिम सद्भाव पर भाषण

1924

जिला और विधानसभा में स्वतंत्र पार्टी का गठन। इलाहाबाद में संगम पर सत्याग्रह। स्टील संरक्षण बिल पर बहस।

अगस्त 1926

लाला लाजपत राय के साथ कांग्रेस स्वतंत्र पार्टी का गठन

फरवरी 1927

कृषि आयोग के समक्ष बयान

दिसंबर 1929

बीएचयू में दीक्षांत भाषण। छात्रों से देशसेवा व देशभक्ति का आह्वान

1930

विधानसभा से इस्तीफा। दिल्ली में गिरफ्तारी। 6 महीने की सजा।

5 अप्रैल 1931

कानपुर में हिंदू मुस्लिम एकता पर भाषण

1931

लंदन में गांधी जी के साथ गोलमेज सम्मेलन में भाग लिया

मार्च 1932

बनारस में अखिल भारतीय स्वदेशी संघ का गठन

20 अप्रैल 1932

दिल्ली कांग्रेस के अध्यक्ष नामित। गिरफ्तारी।

अप्रैल 1932

कलकत्ता कांग्रेस के अध्यक्ष के रूप में आसनसोल में गिरफ्तारी

जनवरी 1936

इलाहाबाद में सनातन धर्म महासभा का संचालन।


नवंबर 1939

जीवनपर्यंत बीएचयू के रेक्टर नियुक्त

1941

गोरक्षा मंडल की स्थापना

जनवरी 1942

बीएचयू के रजत जयंती समारोह में गांधी जी का दीक्षांत

12 नवंबर 1946

मृत्यु

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Maiden Flight of Panchi - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - 24 December 2014

24 December 2014

Panchi, the wheeled version of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)Nishant capable of taking-off and landing using small airstrips had its maiden flight lasting about 20 minutes. Today’s flight was preceded by a series of high speed taxi trials. SA to RM, Secretary. Department of Defence R&D & DG DRDO DrAvinashChander, congratulated the team for the success. The UAV Panchi has all the surveillance capabilities of UAV Nishant. However, it will have longer endurance as it does not have to carry the air bags and parachute system as in the case of UAV Nishant.

DS and DG Aeronautical Systems, Dr K Tamilmani said, “Aggressive efforts by the ADE (Aeronautical Development Establishment) team during the past 8 months in creating this version are commendable”.

The conventional Nishant UAV already inducted in Army is a multi-mission UAV with Day/Night operational capability, launched from an all-terrain hydro-pneumatic launcher and is recovered with the help of on board parachute system and an underbelly airbag. It is designed for battlefield surveillance and reconnaissance, target tracking& localization, and artillery fire correction. The electro-optic payloads are mounted on a stabilized steerable platform. A sophisticated image processing system is used for analyzing the images transmitted from the UAV. The aircraft has a jam resistant command link and digital down link for transmission of imagery. The air vehicle has autonomous flight capabilities and is controlled from a user friendly Ground Control Station.

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Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya - Biography

Date of Birth  25 December 1861


He served as Congress President for four times- in 1909 (Lahore), in 1918 (Delhi), in 1930 (Delhi) and in 1932 (Calcutta). He established Benaras Hindu University. He took a leading part in formation Hindu Maha Sabha also.

Madan Mohan Malviya was born in Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, India on 25 December 1861,in a Sri Gaud Brahmin family to Pandit Brij Nath and Moona Devi. His ancestors, originally hailed from Malwa, Madhya Pradesh and hence came to be known as 'Malviyas'. Their original surname were Vyas. His father was  a learned man in Sanskrit scriptures, and used to recite the Bhagvat Katha to earn a living.

Malviya started his schooling at Hardeva's Dharma Gyanopadesh Pathshala, where he completed his primary education and then joined school run by Vidha Vardini Sabha. He then joined Allahabad Zila School (Allahabad District School). As a student,  he started writing poems under the pen name Makarand which were published in journals and magazines.

Malviya matriculated in 1879 from the Muir Central College, now known as Allahabad University. He was provided a monthly scholarship to  complete his B.A. at the University of Calcutta.

In July 1884 Madan Mohan Malviya started his career as an assistant master at the Govt High School in Allahabad. In December 1886, Malaviya attended the 2nd Indian National Congress session in Calcutta under chairmanship of Dadabhai Naoroji, where he spoke on the issue of representation in Councils. His address impressed Dadabhai. Raja Rampal Singh, ruler of Kalakankar estate near Allahabad, who started a Hindi weekly Hindustan  was looking for a suitable editor and he offered the job to Malaviya. Thus in July 1887, he left his school job and joined as the editor of the nationalist weekly and remained in the post  for two and a half years, He left the job and joined L.L.B. course. During his legal study period,  he was offered co-editorship of The Indian Union, an English daily. After finishing his law degree, he started practising law at Allahabad District Court in 1891, and moved to Allahabad High Court by December 1893.

Malviya became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1909 and 1918. To redeem his resolve to serve the cause of education and social-service he renounced his well established practice of law in 1911, for ever.  But when 177 freedom fighters were convicted to be hanged in the Chouri-choura case he appeared before the court, despite his vow and got acquitted 156 freedom fighters. In April 1911, Annie Besant met Malaviya and they decided to work for a common Hindu University at Varanasi.  Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was established in 1916,  under the legislation, 'B.H.U. Act 1915'. He functioned as its vice chancellor till 1939, and was succeeded by Professor Sarvepalli  Radhakrishnan,

He was a moderate leader and opposed the separate electorates for Muslims under the Lucknow Pact of 1916. The "Mahamana" title was conferred to him by Mahatma Gandhi. He remained a member of the Imperial Legislative Council from 1912 and when in 1919 it was converted to the Central Legislative Assembly he remained its member as well, till 1926.  Malaviya was an important figure in the Non-cooperation movement. However, he was opposed to the politics of appeasement and the participation of Congress in the Khilafat movement.

In 1928 he joined Lala Lajpat Rai, Jawaharlal Nehru and many others in protesting against the Simon Commission, which had been set up by the British to consider India's future. Just as the "Buy British" campaign was sweeping England, he issued, on 30 May 1932, a manifesto urging concentration on the "Buy Indian" movement in India. Malaviya was a delegate at the First Round Table Conference in 1930. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, he was arrested on 25 April 1932, along with 450 other Congress volunteers in Delhi, only a few days after he was appointed the President of Congress.

In protest against the Communal Award which sought to provide separate electorates for minorities, Malaviya along with Madhav Shrihari Aney left the Congress and started the Congress Nationalist Party . The party contested the 1934 elections to the central legislature and won 12 seats.

Hindu Ideals and Service to Hindu Religion :

Malaviya had firm grounding in the tenets of Hindu Dharma. He worked to propagate Hindu Dharma and its ideals. A few examples of his participation in religion support  from his early years were: 1) worked as the Secretary of ‘Prayaga Hindu Samaj’ (in 1880), 2) active part in organizing the ‘Madhya Bharat Hindu Samaj Conference’ at Allahabad (in 1885), which discussed about the social good and the welfare of the nation. 3) association and lectures on Hinduism and Indian Culture in ‘Bharat Dharma Mahamandal’, Haridwar (from 1887 to 1902), 4) organizing a conference of ‘Sanatana Dharma Mahasabha’ (Prayag Kumbh in 1906), and in 1936, 5) President of the Education Committee for 10 years of ‘Rishikul Brahmacharya Ashram’ (started in 1906 by Pt Durgadutt Sharma).

Hindu Mahasabha

Madan Mohan Malaviya presided over the Punjab Hindu Sabha's first session in Lahore in 1909 during 21 and 22 October. All India Hindu Maha Sabha was launched in 1915 in UP. Pandit Malaviya had a leading role in it.

Malviyaji breathed his last on November 12, 1946,




Books on Shri Madan Mohan Malaviya Available in BHU Library. Some of them can be downloaded

University Founder Collection (Books)


Title Author
भारती राजनीतिक चिन्तन :मदन मोहन मालवीय मनोज कुमार सिंह
शैलेश कुमार चौधरी
महामना मदन मोहन मालवीय : जीवन और नेतृत्व मुकुट बिहारी लाल [ Full Text ]
महामना मालवीय और हिन्दी पत्रकारिता लक्ष्मीशंकर व्यास
Builders of modern India series : Madan Mohan Malaviya Sitaram Chaturvedi
Extension lectures 1962-63
In the Spirit of Mahamana ..... Vol. I
Mahamana malaviyaji birth centenary commemoration volume 25th dec. 1961 Nand Lal Singh
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Shiv Gajrani and S Ram (Editors)
पंडित मदनमोहन मालवीय
भारत-भूषण महामना पं. मदन मोहन मालवीय : जीवन एवं व्यक्तित्व उमेश दत्त तिवारी
महामना के प्रेरक प्रसंगः संस्मरण उमेश दत्त तिवारी (संपादक)
महामना के भाषण उमेश दत्त तिवारी (संपादक)
महामना के लेख उमेश दत्त तिवारी (संपादक)
महामना के विचार एक चयन अवधेश प्रधान (संपादक)
महामना पं. मदन मोहन मालवीय : संक्षिप्त जीवन परिचय उमेश दत्त तिवारी


महामना मदनमोहन मालवीय अशोक कौशिक
महामना श्री पण्डित मदनमोहन जी मालवीय के लेख और भाषण वासुदेवशरण [ Full Text ]
मालवीयजी महाराज की छाया में अट्ठारह वर्ष शिवधनी सिंह [ Full Text ]
मालवीय जी के सपनों का भारत ईश्वर प्रसाद वर्मा
Inspiring episodes on Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya: an architect of modern India compiled by U D Tiwari
Madan Mohan Malaviya : The man & his Ideology S. R. Bakshi
Madan Mohan Malviya ke rajnitik vichar: ak samikshatmak adhyayan Priti Pathak
Malaviya commemoration volume
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya : A socio - political study S. L.Gupta
Mahamana Malaviya Ji from the "Torchbearers"
V. A. Sundaram [ Full Text ]
Badrinath Temple : Question of Transfer Madan Mohan Malaviya [ Full Text ]
Homage to Malaviya Ji V. A. Sundaram [ Full Text ]
Mahamana Malaviyaji Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume, 25 December, 1961 [ Full Text]
महामना पं. मदन मोहन मालवीय की जीवनी वेंकटेश नारायण तिवारी [ Full Text ]
महामना मालवीयजी यमुना प्रसाद श्रीवास्तव [ Full Text ]
महामना पंडित मदनमोहन मालवीय सीताराम चतुर्वेदी [ Full Text ]
काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय के संस्थापक प. मदन मोहन मालवीयजी का धर्मोपदेश [ Full Text ]
Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya (An Historical Biography) Volume I Parmanand [ Full Text ]
Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya (An Historical Biography) Volume II Parmanand [ Full Text ]
A Criticism of Montagu-Chelmsford Proposals of Indian Constitutional Reform Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya [ Full Text ]
नागरी : मालवीय स्मृति अंक महावीर सिंह गहलोत (संपादक) [ Full Text ]
Pandit M. M. Malaviya's Statement on Repression in India upto April 20, 1932 [ Full Text ]

http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/web/books.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madan_Mohan_Malaviya
http://www.mahamana.org/biography-.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/madan-mohan-malviya-a-great-patriot/

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and His Philosophy of Education
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/17636/13/13_chapter%205.pdf

Hindu Mahasabha in Colonial North India - Prabhu Bapu
Revised version of doctoral dissertation
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=iUFalxUFFWkC

First Experimental Flight of India’s Next Generation Launch Vehicle GSLV MK-III Successful

First Experimental Flight of India’s Next Generation Launch Vehicle GSLV MK-III Successful  18 December 2014

The first experimental flight (GSLV Mk-III X/CARE) of India’s next generation launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted today (December 18, 2014) morning from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Also known as LVM3-X/CARE, this suborbital experimental mission was intended to test the vehicle performance during the critical atmospheric phase of its flight and thus carried a passive (non-functional) cryogenic upper stage. The mission began with the launch of GSLV Mk-III at 9:30 am IST from the Second Launch Pad as scheduled and about five and a half minutes later, carried its payload – the 3775 kg Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) – to the intended height of 126 km. Following this, CARE separated from the upper stage of GSLV Mk-III and re-entered the atmosphere and safely landed over Bay of Bengal with the help of its parachutes about 20 minutes 43 seconds after lift-off. Two massive S-200 solid strap-on boosters, each carrying 207 tons of solid propellants, ignited at vehicle lift-off and after functioning normally, separated 153.5 seconds later. L110 liquid stage ignited 120 seconds after lift-off, while S200s were still functioning, and carried forward for the next 204.6 seconds. CARE separated from the passive C25 cryogenic upper stage of GSLV Mk-III 330.8 seconds after lift-off and began its guided descent for atmospheric re-entry. After the successful re-entry phase, CARE module’s parachutes opened, following which it gently landed over Andaman Sea about 1600 km from Sriharikota, there by successfully concluding the GSLV Mk-III X/CARE mission. With today’s successful GSLV Mk-III X / CARE mission, the vehicle has moved a step closer to its first developmental flight with the functional C25 cryogenic upper stage. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx

Successful Test Flight of LCA (Navy) Prototype 1 (NP1)

20 December 2014


LCA (Navy) Prototype 1 (NP1), the first indigenously designed and developed 4th plus generation combat aircraft designed to operate from the decks of air-craft carriers, took-off majestically from Ski-Jump facility of Shore Based Test Facility at INS Hansa in Goa. Piloted by Commodore JaideepMaolankar, the Chief Test Pilot of National Flight Test Centre, the aircraft had a perfect flight with results matching the predicted ones to the letter.

The readiness and availability of aircraft for the event was made possible through the relentless effort of HAL, ARDC under the aegis of Mr P S Roy the Executive Director.

LCA (Navy) is designed with stronger landing gears to absorb forces exerted by the ski jump ramp during take-off, to be airborne within 200 m as against 1000m required for normal runways. It’s special flight control law mode allows hands-free take-off relieving the pilot workload, as the aircraft leaps from the ramp and automatically puts the aircraft in an ascending trajectory. The maiden successful, picture perfect launch of NP1 from ski jump at Shore Based Test Facility at Goa is a testimony to the tremendous efforts put in by scientists and engineers to design the Naval aircraft, its simulator (that helps pilots to know well in advance how the aircraft will behave on ski jump) and the flight test team that timed the whole event to near perfection.

Cmde C D Balaji (Retd) as Project Director LCA (Navy) and it’s Chief Designer has been at the helm of affairs right from the concept phase.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=113845

Swami Chinmayananda - English Film - The Quest

Engineer-turned-filmmaker R S Prasanna's  next film is a biopic on Swami Chinmayananda titled The Quest, in English. Noted art director Thota Tharani acts in the film as the elderly Swami Chinmayananda.

The young Swami is played by Sandeep, who is a monk himself undergoing training at Chinmaya Mission.

http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/swami-chinamayananda-is-the-rajinikanth-of-spiritualism/20141218.htm 

18 December - India National Minorities Day

18 December - Minorities Rights Day in India.

http://ncm.nic.in/


It is important to discuss the rights and responsibilities of minority communities and the majority community in India on this day. India has a peculiar characteristic. The government in Delhi is in minority religion people's hands for a long period of time in History. That naturally leads to the feeling of exploitation and neglect by the majority community. Was neglect and exploitation of the majority community a historical fact? Historians have to answer the question.


The National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
Act XIX of 1992, passed on 17.5.1992, enforced w.e.f 17.5.1993; amended by National Commission for Minorities (Amendment) Act 1995 [Act XLI of 1995 passed on 8.9.1995] for creating the post of a Vice-Chairman out of the originally six Members.
http://ncm.nic.in/NCM_Act.html



2010 Seminar by Naya Zamana
2010 Seminar by Naya Zamana - A report by Suraji Dasgupta





2002

MINORITIES RIGHTS DAY CELEBRATED

The National Commission for Minorities celebrated the Minority Rights Day here today. Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, Justice Mohammed Shamim highlighted the importance of the day and the role of the Commission in protecting the rights of the minority communities and in bringing about better understanding among the various religious minority communities in India. Sardar Tarlochan Singh, Vice Chairman and other Members of the Commission also participated in the function.

It was on 18th December, 1992 that the United Nations adopted and promulgated the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities declaring that :

"States shall protect the existence of the national or ethnic, cultural,

religious and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective

territories and encourage conditions for the promotion of that identity"

Accordingly, the National Commission for Minorities has been observing the 18th December as the Minorities Rights Day every year.

A special issue of the Commission's publication, namely "MINORITIES INDIA" was released by the Chairman on this occasion which highlighted the activities of the Third Statutory Commission of the National Commission for Minorities.

http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rdec2002/18122002/r1812200237.html

India Budget 2014 - 15 - Plan Schemes Monitoring

Highlights of Plan 2014-2015

Deatiled Descriptions of Plan Programmes
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2014-15/eb/po.pdf


Government restructured the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) from BE 2014-15 (Plan). Accordingly,
126 CSS have been restructured in 66 schemes which include 17 flagship programmes. In BE 2014-15, funds have been provided under these schemes as Additional Central Assistance to State Plan. A much higher allocation of `3,38,408 crore in State Plan 2014-15 against BE 2013-14 of 1,36,254 crore reflects this change.

Amounts are in rupees crores

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
http://nrega.nic.in/netnrega/home.aspx

34000 - for providing a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural
household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work with focus on asset creation.

Shyama Prasad Mukherji ‘RURBAN’ mission

100 - For Shyama Prasad Mukherji ‘RURBAN’ mission to provide urban infrastructure in the Rural areas.

8 August 2014

The rural development ministry has identified three projects under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government’s flagship Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission, which envisages strengthening the rural infrastructure. “Already we have received proposals. One is in Buldhana, besides (one each in) Sangli and Warangal,” Union rural development minister Nitin Gadkari told on the sidelines of a national workshop on Rurban Mission.  We are taking further suggestions. This workshop is going to  give some new models and we are going to add it. We will prepare the cabinet note. We need participation from different parts of the society, charitable trusts, cooperative institutions and medical trust. We want make a socio-economic transformation, he added. He further stated that the projects would be implemented in the first year at an outlay of Rs.100 crore provided in the budget of 2014-15.
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1DHv2P6TEDC51Rio8H11iM/Government-identifies-3-projects-under-Rurban-Mission.html

17 Sep 2014
Government sets up panel for Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission



The Centre has set up a committee to study in detail the reasons for failure of similar initiatives in the past and recommend ways to ensure that this project succeeds. The 11-member committee, chaired by the additional secretary in the ministry of rural development, is expected to submit its report by middle of November, based on which the structure of the mission will be drafted.

PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas), has been in place since 2004. However, the scheme never took off and hence study of its failure is important. The committee members will visit the PURA projects at Periyar, Chitrakoot, Warana and Loni, and consult the state authorities. Besides, they will study in detail the success story of Rurban mission in Gujarat as well as individual-based success stories in a handful of districts. The draft scheme, as proposed by the committee, will address the issue of project components, including the eligibility criteria, the planning process, issues related to public-private partnership or PPP, size and number of each project per year, issues of convergence of schemes and the approval as well as fund flow process under the scheme. The ministry will circulate a cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultations based on the report of this committee.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-09-17/news/54025034_1_rurban-mission-up-panel-scheme

Aajeevika

4000 - for reducing poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and
skilled wage employment opportunities.

http://aajeevika.gov.in/

NRLM has set out with an agenda to cover 7 Crore rural poor households, across 600 districts, 6000 blocks, 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats and 6 lakh villages in the country through self-managed Self Help Groups (SHGs) and federated institutions and support them for livelihoods collectives in a period of 8-10 years (from the year 2011).

Introduction of Interest subvention Under Aajeevika - National Rural Livelihood Scheme (NRLM)

NRLM has a provision for interest subvention, to cover the difference between the Lending Rate of the banks and 7%, on all credit from the banks/ financial institutions availed by women SHGs, for a maximum of Rs 3,00,000 per SHG. This will be available across the country in two ways:

In 150 identified  districts, banks will lend to all the women SHGs @7% upto an aggregated loan amount of Rs 3,00,000/- . The SHGs will also get additional interest subvention of 3% on prompt payment, reducing the effective rate of interest to 4%.

In the remaining districts also, NRLM compliant women SHGs will be registered with SRLMs. These SHGs are eligible for interest subvention to the extent of difference between the lending rates and 7% for the loan upto Rs. 3 lakhs, subjected to the norms prescribed by the respective SRLMs. This part of the scheme will be operationalized by SRLMs.
http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=8075&Mode=0


2014-15

The central outlay for Aajeevika/National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is `4,000.00 crore, out of which `335.00 crore has been earmarked for North Eastern Region and Sikkim.
Universal social mobilization through formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) under Aajeevika will ensure that at least one member of each rural BPL household, preferably a woman member of the household, is brought under the SHG net.

 The goal of universal financial inclusion will be furthered through linking the SHGs with banks for securing credit.
  The difference between 7% and Prime Lending Rates will be provided to the poor households for every loan accessed from the banks, up to a limit of `1 lakh per household.
Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) has been initiated as a sub-component of the NRLM to meet the specific needs of women farmers and achieve socio-economic and technical empowerment of the rural women farmers, predominantly small and marginal farmers.
Another Scheme under NRLM is for setting up of Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs), one in each district of the country, for skill development training of the rural BPL youth to enable them to undertake micro enterprises and wage employment.

Under NRLM, 20% of funds are available for placement linked skill development and innovative special projects. The objective of each Special Project for Skill Development would be to ensure a time-bound training and capacity building programme for bringing a specific number of Below Poverty Line families above the poverty line through placement ensuring regular wage employment.

The Ministry of Rural Development is also implementing a new scheme titled, “Skill Empowerment and Employment in J&K ‘Himayat’. It envisages covering one lakh youth from rural & urban areas of J&K in the next five years. 70% of the funds will be utilized for wage employment and remaining 30% for self employment. It is a 100% central assistance scheme.



100 - for Village entrepreneurship start up programme.

A concept note was made available in September 2014 under Aajeevika scheme.

Rural Housing

16000 - for providing assistance to rural BPL households for construction of houses and upgradation of kutcha houses under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAC). 60% of the total allocation is for construction of houses for BPL families of SCs/STs.

IAC has a website giving details of annual targets.
http://iay.nic.in/netiay/home.aspx

Indira Awaas Yojana - Monitoring document by me


Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

14391 - for providing connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations through good all-weather roads.
The systematic upgradation of existing rural roads is also an essential component of the scheme.

National Social Assistance Programme

10635 - for ensuring minimum national standard for social assistance to poor in addition to the benefits that
States are providing.

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION

11000 - for supplementing the States in their effort to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations.

4260 - for rural sanitation.

LAND RESOURCES

2142 - for Neeranchal programme of Integrated Watershed Management.

250 - for National Land Records Modernisation Programme.

AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION

9954 for Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (State Plan).
2823 for National Crop Insurance Programme.
500 for ‘Price Stabilisation Fund’ for cereals and vegetables.

100 for Soil health card.

100 for development of National agricultural technology.infrastructure.
1550 for National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.


ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

50 for development of indigenous breeds.
304 for National Livestock Mission.
50 for Blue revolution – development of inland fisheries.
230 for Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme.


AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

600 for Agricultural Extension programmes to  disseminate frontline technologies.

550 for Agricultural Education to improve the quality of human resource, upgrade infrastructure and
educational reforms.

100 for ‘National Adaptation Fund’.

100 for new Agriculture University.

100 for new Horticulture University.


FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

181 for construction of Godowns by Food Corporation  of India/State Governments.

160 for construction of warehousing capacity.

128 for computerization of Public Distribution System operations.


ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

1169 for Forestry (National Afforestation and Eco´ Development) and Wild Life.

100 for National mission on Himalayan studies.


MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

1418 for Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme.

150 for development of Technology centres network.

200 for creating India innovation, entrepreneurship and agro-industry fund.


CONSUMER AFFAIRS

130 - for Consumer Awareness and Consumer Protection.


SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

28258 for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
13215 for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools.

5000 for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

100 for Madarassa modernization.

500 Pt. M.M. Malviya “Teachers Training Programme”  for preparing teaching staff of global standards.

30 for School assessment programme.


HIGHER EDUCATION

500 for setting up new IITs/IIMs including upgradation.
100 for Jai Prakash Narayan “National centre for  excellence in Humanities”.

100 for setting up virtual classrooms and online courses.


2200 for Rashtriya Uchha Shiksha Abhiyan.



WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

18691 for Integrated Child Development Services.
-100 for ‘Beti bachao Beti padhao’ campaign.
 -715 for National Mission for Empowerment of Women.
 -400 for Integrated Child Protection Scheme.


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

500 for ‘Digital India’ programme
755 for National e-Governance Action Plan.
* -100 for programme on Good governance and Best

practices.
* -100 for enabling schools with virtual classrooms.


TELECOMMUNICATIONS

 -3537 for schemes under Universal Service Obligation
Fund and National Optical Fibre Network.
 -3065 for OFC based Network for Defence Services.



HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

 500 for setting up new AIIMS.
21912 for National Health Mission.


AYUSH

-170 for development of Ayurveda system.
 -103 for development of Unani system.
91 for development of Homoeopathy system.
 -47 for development of Yoga and Naturopathy system.


INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

100 - for Kisan Channel.


URBAN DEVELOPMENT

7060 for mission on developing 100 Smart cities.
2420 for equity investment in Metro Rail Projects including  Ahmedabad and Lucknow.
200 for development of National Heritage cities.


ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

9000 Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources for National Highways Authority of India.
15014 Investment of National Highways Authority of India including Remittance of Toll.
3000 Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East Region.

50 for the Scheme on Women Safety on Public Road Transport from Nirbhaya Fund.


POWER

500 for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Feeder Separation Scheme.

1261 for Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme.

200 for Power Sector Support to NCT of Delhi.
5144 for Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.

TEXTILES

2300 for Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme.
-50 for Handloom museum, and Trade facilitation centre in Varanasi.
-30 for setting up Hast Kala Academy in Delhi.
-20 for development of other crafts in J&K.
-30  for Pashmina Wool development Programme.
-200 for setting up 5 mega clusters.


SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

1500 for Post-Matric scholarship for Scheduled Castes  (about 55 lakh students).

785 for Post-Matric scholarship for Other Backward Classes (about 25 lakh beneficiaries).

DISABILITY AFFAIRS
110 for Aids and Appliances for Handicapped (about 2.80 lakh beneficiaries).

TRIBAL AFFAIRS

-1058 for Umbrella Scheme for Education of Scheduled Tribe children.

-100 for Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana.

DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

-200 for NE Roads Corporation for speedy development of roads in NE areas.

100 for promotion of Organic Farming in NE States.

MINORITY AFFAIRS

 -1250 for Multi-Sectoral Development Programmes for Minorities.

 -1100 for Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minorities.

HOME AFFAIRS

1744 for National Scheme for Modernisation of Police and Other Forces.
-150 for backend integration of distress signal from victims  with police mobile vans and control rooms (from
Nirbhaya fund).
50 for Police Memorial.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 -600 for Science & Engineering Research Board.

-495 for Alliance and R&D Mission.

-300 for multi-disciplinary research in frontier areas of  Science & Technology (Research and Development
Support).
-125 for Technical Research Centres.


SPACE

-433 for GSAT-16 Satellite - Launch Services.
-390 for PSLV-C Project.
 -378 for GSAT-15 Satellite - Launch Services.
 -204 for GSLV - Operational (including Mk-III Operational).
-180 for GSLV Mk-III Development.



CIVIL AVIATION

* -6500 for equity infusion in Air India Limited.


ATOMIC ENERGY

-3430 for Research and Development.
 -1289 for Industries Sector Projects.
-191 for Minerals Sector Projects.
-150 for Investment in Uranium Corporation of India.


NUCLEAR POWER

 -440 for investment in Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd.
181 for investment in Nuclear Power Corporation of India  Limited.

EARTH SCIENCES

-200 for strengthening research facilities for the Polar Sciences and Cryosphere activities.


190 for augmentation, operation and maintenance of  Atmospheric Observation Systems Network to
|improve operational weather services and monsoon forecast.
-105 for strengthening capacity building and promote extramural research.


SPORTS
200 for the scheme of enhancement of Sports facilities at Jammu & Kashmir.
 -100 for the scheme of Young Leaders Programme.
100 for the scheme of Sports University in North East.
50 for National sports talent search programme.
100 for training of Asian Games probables.


 CULTURE

-328 for Archaeological Survey of India.
-200 for financial assistance to National project of Statue of Unity.


 PHARMACEUTICALS
 -87 for 8 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER).
* -5900 for Backward Regions Grants Fund.

INDUSTRY
-693 for Grants to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project including Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre
at Dwarka, New Delhi.
-200 for Indian Leather Development Programme.
-100 for National Industrial Corridor Development Authority.

POSTS
 -506 for IT induction and modernisation.


 FINANCE
-11200 for recapitalisation of Public Sector Banks to help  them maintain comfortable level of CRAR in
 compliance with Basel III norms.
1300 for equity support to EXIM Bank to increase its paid up capital.
 -600 for equity support to IIFCL to increase its paid up capital.
500 for implementation of PPPP.
500 for assistance to National Credit Guarantee Trustee  Company to set up a Credit Guarantee Fund for Skill Development.
 435 for providing implementation of the National Skill  Certification and Rewards Scheme (Standard
Training Assessment and Reward) [STAR].


WATER RESOURCES
-1000 for ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna’.
-1500 for National Ganga Plan.
100 for DPR of interlinking of rivers.
100 for River front development.


 SHIPPING
-60 for building barrages along Inland waterways.


 TOURISM
500 for 5 tourism circuits.
-100 National Mission for beautifying pilgrimage centres.


NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

-500 for Solar energy parks.
 -100 for Solar parks near irrigation canals.
-400 for Solar pumps scheme.

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

50 for modernisation of employment exchanges into career centres.

Physical Targets

FERTILISERS

134.66 lakh MT of Nitrogenous Fertiliser production targeted.
49.51 lakh MT of Phosphatic Fertiliser production targeted.


COAL AND LIGNITE

630 million tones of domestic production of Coal has been estimated during 2014-15, which is projected to be met from Coal India Limited and others.

 -25.60 million tones of Lignite production estimated during 2014-15.

STEEL

31.00 million tonnes of Iron ore production targeted by National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.

18.32 million tones of saleable steel production by Steel  Authority of India Ltd. and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.targeted.


NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

3770 MW Grid-interactive Power capacity addition from  wind, small hydro, biomass power/cogeneration,
 urban and industrial waste to energy and solar

power.
1.10 lakh - construction of family type Biogas plants.


RAILWAYS

2100 kilometers of track renewal.
1300 kilometers of electrification.
-450 kilometers of gauge conversion.
300 kilometers of new lines.
700 kilometers of doubling.
-625 locos additional manufacture.

Comments by Me

What is the additional investment in public sector units?
What is the additional investment in Railways?
What is the additional investment in Post and Telegraphs and other communication infrastructure?
What is the additional investment in National Highway infrastructure?
What is the additional investment in Airport infrastructure?
What is the additional investment in Port infrastructure?

What is the additional funds for research and development?

One does not see any increased allocation for merit scholar ships.

India Budget - 2014-15

8.12.2014
Finance Minister tabled the first batch of supplementary demands for grants for 2014-15 for an amount of Rs. 12,529,48 crore. The additional amount is mainly for fertilizer subsidy and subscription to IMF and African Development Bank.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/govt-seeks-par-nod-for-additional-rs-12529-cr-spending/articleshow/45414324.cms


Letter on Supplementary grants
http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/budget/SDletter250914.pdf




Live Rajya Sabha TV - Budget address
__________________________

___________________________


All Budget documents
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2014-15/

Gross Tax receipts seen at 13.64 lakh crores

 2014-2015


Non-Plan Expenditure 2014-15

Major Items

1. INTEREST PAYMENTS AND DEBT SERVICING
(` 4,27,011.38 crore)
2. DEFENCE (` 2,29,000 crore)
3.1 MAJOR SUBSIDIES (` 2,51,397.25 crore)
3.2 Interest subsidies (` 8,312.88 crore) :
3.3 Other Subsidies (`947.49 crore)
4. ASSISTANCE TO STATES FROM NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FUND (` 5,050 crore)
7. POSTAL DEFICIT (` 6,907.76 crore)
8. 8. REIMBURSEMENT OF LOSSES TO RAILWAYS ON OPERATING STRATEGIC LINES (` 640 crore)
9. SUBSIDIES TO RAILWAYS FOR DIVIDEND RELIEF AND OTHER CONCESSIONS (` 4,059.30 crore)
10. GENERAL SERVICES
11. SOCIAL SERVICES
12. ECONOMIC SERVICES
13. NON-PLAN GRANTS TO STATE GOVERNMENTS (` 69,084.09 crore)
14. NON-PLAN GRANTS TO UNION TERRITORY GOVERNMENTS (` 851.42 crore)
15. GRANTS TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS (` 4,320.34 crore)
16. NON-PLAN CAPITAL OUTLAY (EXCLUDING DEFENCE) (` 10,038.98 crore)
18. NON-PLAN LOANS TO UNION TERRITORY GOVERNMENTS (` 72 crore)
19. NON-PLAN GRANTS AND LOANS TO PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (` 580.79 crore)
22. NON-PLAN EXPENDITURE OF UNION TERRITORIES WITHOUT LEGISLATURE (` 4,402.01 crore)

For details see: http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2014-15/eb/npe.pdf

Highlights of Plan 2014-2015

Monitoring of Plan Schemes


Government restructured the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) from BE 2014-15 (Plan). Accordingly,
126 CSS have been restructured in 66 schemes which include 17 flagship programmes. In BE 2014-15, funds have been provided under these schemes as Additional Central Assistance to State Plan. A much higher allocation of `3,38,408 crore in State Plan 2014-15 against BE 2013-14 of 1,36,254 crore reflects this change.

Amounts are in rupees crores

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme
http://nrega.nic.in/netnrega/home.aspx

34000 - for providing a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural
household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work with focus on asset creation.

100 - For Shyama Prasad Mukherji ‘RURBAN’ mission to provide urban infrastructure in the Rural areas.

Aajeevika

4000 - for reducing poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and
skilled wage employment opportunities.

100 - for Village entrepreneurship start up programme.

Rural Housing

16000 - for providing assistance to rural BPL households for construction of houses and upgradation of kutcha houses under Indira Awaas Yojana. 60% of the total allocation is for construction of houses for BPL
families of SCs/STs.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

14391 - for providing connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations through good all-weather roads.
The systematic upgradation of existing rural roads is also an essential component of the scheme.

National Social Assistance Programme

10635 - for ensuring minimum national standard for social assistance to poor in addition to the benefits that
States are providing.

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION

11000 - for supplementing the States in their effort to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations.

4260 - for rural sanitation.

LAND RESOURCES

2142 - for Neeranchal programme of Integrated Watershed Management.

250 - for National Land Records Modernisation Programme.

AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATION

9954 for Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (State Plan).
2823 for National Crop Insurance Programme.
500 for ‘Price Stabilisation Fund’ for cereals and vegetables.

100 for Soil health card.

100 for development of National agricultural technology.infrastructure.
1550 for National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.


ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

50 for development of indigenous breeds.
304 for National Livestock Mission.
50 for Blue revolution – development of inland fisheries.
230 for Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme.


AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

600 for Agricultural Extension programmes to  disseminate frontline technologies.

550 for Agricultural Education to improve the quality of human resource, upgrade infrastructure and
educational reforms.

100 for ‘National Adaptation Fund’.

100 for new Agriculture University.

100 for new Horticulture University.


FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

181 for construction of Godowns by Food Corporation  of India/State Governments.

160 for construction of warehousing capacity.

128 for computerization of Public Distribution System operations.


ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

1169 for Forestry (National Afforestation and Eco´ Development) and Wild Life.

100 for National mission on Himalayan studies.


MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

1418 for Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme.

150 for development of Technology centres network.

200 for creating India innovation, entrepreneurship and agro-industry fund.


CONSUMER AFFAIRS

130 - for Consumer Awareness and Consumer Protection.


SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

28258 for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
13215 for National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools.

5000 for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.

100 for Madarassa modernization.

500 Pt. M.M. Malviya “Teachers Training Programme”  for preparing teaching staff of global standards.

30 for School assessment programme.


HIGHER EDUCATION

500 for setting up new IITs/IIMs including upgradation.
100 for Jai Prakash Narayan “National centre for  excellence in Humanities”.

100 for setting up virtual classrooms and online courses.


2200 for Rashtriya Uchha Shiksha Abhiyan.



WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

18691 for Integrated Child Development Services.
-100 for ‘Beti bachao Beti padhao’ campaign.
 -715 for National Mission for Empowerment of Women.
 -400 for Integrated Child Protection Scheme.


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

500 for ‘Digital India’ programme
755 for National e-Governance Action Plan.
* -100 for programme on Good governance and Best

practices.
* -100 for enabling schools with virtual classrooms.


TELECOMMUNICATIONS

 -3537 for schemes under Universal Service Obligation
Fund and National Optical Fibre Network.
 -3065 for OFC based Network for Defence Services.



HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

 500 for setting up new AIIMS.
21912 for National Health Mission.


AYUSH

-170 for development of Ayurveda system.
 -103 for development of Unani system.
91 for development of Homoeopathy system.
 -47 for development of Yoga and Naturopathy system.


INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

100 - for Kisan Channel.


URBAN DEVELOPMENT

7060 for mission on developing 100 Smart cities.
2420 for equity investment in Metro Rail Projects including  Ahmedabad and Lucknow.
200 for development of National Heritage cities.


ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

9000 Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources for National Highways Authority of India.
15014 Investment of National Highways Authority of India including Remittance of Toll.
3000 Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East Region.

50 for the Scheme on Women Safety on Public Road Transport from Nirbhaya Fund.


POWER

500 for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Feeder Separation Scheme.

1261 for Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme.

200 for Power Sector Support to NCT of Delhi.
5144 for Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana.

TEXTILES

2300 for Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme.
-50 for Handloom museum, and Trade facilitation centre in Varanasi.
-30 for setting up Hast Kala Academy in Delhi.
-20 for development of other crafts in J&K.
-30  for Pashmina Wool development Programme.
-200 for setting up 5 mega clusters.


SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

1500 for Post-Matric scholarship for Scheduled Castes  (about 55 lakh students).

785 for Post-Matric scholarship for Other Backward Classes (about 25 lakh beneficiaries).

DISABILITY AFFAIRS
110 for Aids and Appliances for Handicapped (about 2.80 lakh beneficiaries).

TRIBAL AFFAIRS

-1058 for Umbrella Scheme for Education of Scheduled Tribe children.

-100 for Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana.

DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

-200 for NE Roads Corporation for speedy development of roads in NE areas.

100 for promotion of Organic Farming in NE States.

MINORITY AFFAIRS

 -1250 for Multi-Sectoral Development Programmes for Minorities.

 -1100 for Pre-Matric Scholarship for Minorities.

HOME AFFAIRS

1744 for National Scheme for Modernisation of Police and Other Forces.
-150 for backend integration of distress signal from victims  with police mobile vans and control rooms (from
Nirbhaya fund).
50 for Police Memorial.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 -600 for Science & Engineering Research Board.

-495 for Alliance and R&D Mission.

-300 for multi-disciplinary research in frontier areas of  Science & Technology (Research and Development
Support).
-125 for Technical Research Centres.


SPACE

-433 for GSAT-16 Satellite - Launch Services.
-390 for PSLV-C Project.
 -378 for GSAT-15 Satellite - Launch Services.
 -204 for GSLV - Operational (including Mk-III Operational).
-180 for GSLV Mk-III Development.



CIVIL AVIATION

* -6500 for equity infusion in Air India Limited.


ATOMIC ENERGY

-3430 for Research and Development.
 -1289 for Industries Sector Projects.
-191 for Minerals Sector Projects.
-150 for Investment in Uranium Corporation of India.


NUCLEAR POWER

 -440 for investment in Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd.
181 for investment in Nuclear Power Corporation of India  Limited.

EARTH SCIENCES

-200 for strengthening research facilities for the Polar Sciences and Cryosphere activities.


190 for augmentation, operation and maintenance of  Atmospheric Observation Systems Network to
|improve operational weather services and monsoon forecast.
-105 for strengthening capacity building and promote extramural research.


SPORTS
200 for the scheme of enhancement of Sports facilities at Jammu & Kashmir.
 -100 for the scheme of Young Leaders Programme.
100 for the scheme of Sports University in North East.
50 for National sports talent search programme.
100 for training of Asian Games probables.


 CULTURE

-328 for Archaeological Survey of India.
-200 for financial assistance to National project of Statue of Unity.


 PHARMACEUTICALS
 -87 for 8 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER).
* -5900 for Backward Regions Grants Fund.

INDUSTRY
-693 for Grants to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project including Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre
at Dwarka, New Delhi.
-200 for Indian Leather Development Programme.
-100 for National Industrial Corridor Development Authority.

POSTS
 -506 for IT induction and modernisation.


 FINANCE
-11200 for recapitalisation of Public Sector Banks to help  them maintain comfortable level of CRAR in
 compliance with Basel III norms.
1300 for equity support to EXIM Bank to increase its paid up capital.
 -600 for equity support to IIFCL to increase its paid up capital.
500 for implementation of PPPP.
500 for assistance to National Credit Guarantee Trustee  Company to set up a Credit Guarantee Fund for Skill Development.
 435 for providing implementation of the National Skill  Certification and Rewards Scheme (Standard
Training Assessment and Reward) [STAR].


WATER RESOURCES
-1000 for ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojna’.
-1500 for National Ganga Plan.
100 for DPR of interlinking of rivers.
100 for River front development.


 SHIPPING
-60 for building barrages along Inland waterways.


 TOURISM
500 for 5 tourism circuits.
-100 National Mission for beautifying pilgrimage centres.


NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

-500 for Solar energy parks.
 -100 for Solar parks near irrigation canals.
-400 for Solar pumps scheme.

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

50 for modernisation of employment exchanges into career centres.

Physical Targets

FERTILISERS

134.66 lakh MT of Nitrogenous Fertiliser production targeted.
49.51 lakh MT of Phosphatic Fertiliser production targeted.


COAL AND LIGNITE

630 million tones of domestic production of Coal has been estimated during 2014-15, which is projected to be met from Coal India Limited and others.

 -25.60 million tones of Lignite production estimated during 2014-15.

STEEL

31.00 million tonnes of Iron ore production targeted by National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.

18.32 million tones of saleable steel production by Steel  Authority of India Ltd. and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.targeted.


NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

3770 MW Grid-interactive Power capacity addition from  wind, small hydro, biomass power/cogeneration,
 urban and industrial waste to energy and solar

power.
1.10 lakh - construction of family type Biogas plants.


RAILWAYS

2100 kilometers of track renewal.
1300 kilometers of electrification.
-450 kilometers of gauge conversion.
300 kilometers of new lines.
700 kilometers of doubling.
-625 locos additional manufacture.

Comments by Me

What is the additional investment in public sector units?
What is the additional investment in Railways?
What is the additional investment in Post and Telegraphs and other communication infrastructure?
What is the additional investment in National Highway infrastructure?
What is the additional investment in Airport infrastructure?
What is the additional investment in Port infrastructure?

What is the additional funds for research and development?

One does not see any increased allocation for merit scholar ships.

Interim Budget

SPENDING

* Plan expenditure for 2014/15 seen at 5.55 trillion rupees, the same level as the previous fiscal year

* Non plan spending estimated at about 12.08 trillion rupees in 2014/15

SUBSIDIES

* Total spending on food, fertilisers and fuel at 2.5 trillion rupees in 2014/15

* Food subsidy estimate:  1.15 trillion rupees, fertiliser subsidy: 679.71 billion rupees. Petroleum subsidy 634.27 billion rupees.

DEFENCE

* Spending raised to 2.24 trillion rupees in 2014/15, up 10 percent year on year.

EXPORTS