Hoshiarpur holds job mela for people with disability, more than 100 placed
Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Apnit Riyait said that she along with DBEE officials, including career counsellor Aditya Rana and placement officer Mangesh Sood, had conceived this idea and then started contacting industry people. December 23, 2020 6:49:59 pm
Job Mela at Hoshiarpur. (Express Photo)
Shanil Kumar, 28, suffers from polio. He has been earning Rs 2,500 per month while working in a mobile shop for the last four years. Now he can hope to earn more, thanks to Divyang Mela under Project UDAAN of District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises (DBEE), Hoshiarpur.
He has got a Common Service Centre (CSC). This centre offers services like updation of Aadhaar card, booking railway tickets, applying for PAN cards, opening of bank account, mobile recharge and payment of electricity bills.
“The letter indicates that the government does not want to call a meeting. It is just going through a formality. The government is not serious about holding the next round of talks, otherwise it could have specified the time and venue as it had done on earlier occasions,” said Shiv Kumar Kakka, national president, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh.
Kakka said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 protesting unions, will decide on a response.
Jagmohan Singh Patiala, general secretary, Bharti Kisan Union Ekta (Dakaunda), said there was “no need for such a long letter”. “We had already clarified that we will only settle for a repeal of the three laws and the legalisation of MSP for all crops. The Government should focus on these demands instead of beating around the bush. We will decide on the Government’s proposal in tomorrow’s meeting,” he said.
Farm leaders to call on British PM Boris Johnson to skip Republic Day event
The leaders also said they have deferred their meeting by a day to Wednesday, to decide on a response to the Government s letter asking them to fix a date for the next round of talks. Besides, they issued an appeal to “boycott all stores run by Ambani and Adani”. Updated: December 23, 2020 12:55:49 pm
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (File)
Farm leaders said Tuesday that they have asked British-Punjabi leaders to appeal to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to not come to India as the chief guest for next year’s Republic Day event till the Centre repeals its “black laws”.
Explained: Why are Punjab arhtiyas under the I-T dept scanner?
There have been I-T raids on the premises of the seven arhtiyas, including the district presidents of arhtiya associations and the president of state level-association of commission agents. Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba , Edited by Explained Desk | Chandigarh | Updated: December 23, 2020 12:17:47 pm
Arhityas and labourers protest against the I-T raids, at Sunam mandi on Monday. (Express Photo)
For the past one week the arhtiyas of Punjab have been receiving summons and notices from the Income Tax department. Also, there have been I-T raids on the premises of the seven arhtiyas, including the district presidents of arhtiya associations and the president of state level-association of commission agents.
About the enforcement of the MSP, it said, “Since intermediaries play a vital role in the functioning of the market, at times they have advance contracts with farmers. In respect of all essential commodities, we should protect farmer’s interests by mandating through statutory provisions that no farmer-trader transaction should be below MSP, wherever prescribed”.
It had argued that that market intervention for perishable products could also be introduced on a cost sharing basis between Centre and the state.
“When the working group on consumer affairs that had the Chief Ministers of various states as its members had recommended about MSP for farmers’ crop, then why government is running from it?” questioned farm union leader, Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, General Secretary, Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) (Ugrahan).