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[email protected] Today's topics: * Govt to buy wheat, shell out a whopping $390 per tonne - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/78945f8cac8b66ed?hl=en * Independence Day Celebration :Bangalore, Indore, Gwalior, Nashik, Belgaum - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/bccd3ccdfb9c36cb?hl=en * Kanini-making a difference, the e-way - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/2c97bd4fa4054ba7?hl=en ============================================================================== TOPIC: Govt to buy wheat, shell out a whopping $390 per tonne http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/78945f8cac8b66ed?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Sep 4 2007 1:40 am From: Rishikesh On one hand govt is continuously increasing the input cost in terms of electricity, fertilizer and on other keeping minimum support price minimum. Here is govt step behavior with its own food producer. It gave minimum support price as Rs 8 per kg for wheat and now ready to buy at double rate from multinationals. If it would have given same amount to farmers then it would have made their life better. But where do such things matters to rulers. Govt to buy wheat, shell out a whopping $390 per tonne Express News Service Posted online: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 at 0000 hrs http://www.indianexpress.com/story/214342.html *NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 3:* After cancelling wheat import tenders for 10 lakh tonnes of grain on the excuse that $263 per tonne quoted by global suppliers was too high a price, the Government on Monday decided to buy 7.9 lakh tonnes of wheat by paying 150 per cent more or $390 per tonne, ostensibly to build its buffer stock to meet emergencies. Official sources in the Food Ministry confirmed to The Indian Express that the decision was taken during a meeting of an EGoM headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the absence of Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar, who is abroad. The current import price at about Rs 16,000 per tonne is about 88 per cent more than the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 8,500 per tonne at which the Government procured about 11.1 million tonnes of wheat directly from the farmers during the current Rabi Marketing Season (RMS), which ended mid-June this year. The decision comes in the backdrop of a situation when the wheat supply in the domestic market this year is likely to be more comfortable in comparison to last year as the wheat production this year is up by about 8 per cent to about 75 million tonnes. In fact, even the wheat procurement this year has been up by about 20 lakh tonnes to about 11.1 million tonnes. Additionally, the opening wheat stocks in the country stood at about 4.7 million tonnes as against the usual norm of about 4 million tonnes. Meanwhile, the Government decision to import at such high prices is likely to attract severe criticism from political parties and farmers' organisations alike. However, the Government justified the decision as a necessary action to maintain sufficient buffer stock in the country. Pawar had earlier indicated that the Government plans to import about 5 million tonnes of wheat this year to build its buffer stock despite the fact that there is no scarcity of the grain. Official sources in the Food Ministry pointed out that the imports have been necessitated by the fact that the wheat stocks in the country stood at 129 lakh tonnes as against the norm of about 171 lakh tonnes as on July 1 every year. The current import order of 7.9 lakh tons will be in addition to an earlier wheat import order of 5.11 lakh tonnes two months ago when the Government had to pay about $325 per tonne. ============================================================================== TOPIC: Independence Day Celebration :Bangalore, Indore, Gwalior, Nashik, Belgaum http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/bccd3ccdfb9c36cb?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Sep 4 2007 8:55 am From: "Bharat Uday Mission - National Executive" *Independence Day Celebration* *1.Bangaloe* *2.Indore* *3.Gwalior* *4.Nashik* *5.Belgaum * 1. BM BANGALORE *15th August 2007 Venue Emmanuel Day Care Center, Yellukunte, Mangammanapalya, Bangalore [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9886024990, 9916135836, www.bharatudaymission.org http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bm_bangalore The Bangalore Chapter celebrated the Independence Day in Emmanuel day care center, which is the center of many of the activities of the chapter for more than a year. The National flag was unfurled at 8:30 a.m. by Mr. Sounderraj, the person behind the Emmanuel initiative, in the presence of members of Bharat Uday Mission and the public who had gathered at the venue in advance. Srivathsa spoke about the history, ideals and vision of BM in Kannada. The same was spoken by Santosh in English, with much more effect as the target audience for this was greater in number. He emphasized that the cause and organization are both important. Later Santosh and Srivathsa briefed all about the various activities being carried out by the Bangalore Chapter. The important ones are: * Mission Soochna shakthi - workshop on RTI was conducted successfully in the area of Bommanahalli with nearly 15+ women coming forward to file applications for the benefit of their locality. * The Chapter is supporting the full education of about 25 economically challenged children, amounting to nearly Rs. 50,000. * The successful educational survey of the area of Bommanahalli area where the literacy rate amongst the kids was 99.9%. * Provided vocational training (making paper bags) and arranging for self-employment (Bhumi-Indus foods) to women of a self help group (SHG). * Joined the other chapters in protesting the Nandigram killings and espresssed the necessity to solve the SEZ issue by doing justice to all concerned. A meeting was held at the day care center after the flag hoisting. The Chapter had organised awareness campaigns in 2 schools on the National Flag under the project banner "Mission Dhwaj Samman". The teachers supported us in the cause, by explaining the children about the idea in their innovative ways. (Experience matters!!!!). As part of this project, Khadi flags were distributed to the children in the schools. Apart from this the members of the chapter had also been on an extensive propagation of the "Mission Dhwaja Samman", by distributing pamphlets in the KSRTC bus stand, Gandhinagar private bus stand, BTM layout and Bommanahalli and also by placing them in newspapers in the area of Jayanagar. The entire campaign and programme was a great experience and had many lesson for the members of the Bangalore Chapter. We also developed several new contacts during the campaign. To see the pictures of Mission Dhwaja Samman At Bangalore Just click the following link: http://www.bharatudaymission.org/chalbum.aspx?picid=bangalore.mission&albumid=5100657568494812321 Jai Hind! 2. BM INDORE **DATE :* 12 - 08 - 07 *MEMBERS ATTENDED:* 1) Mayank S. 2) Santosh K. 3) Manish P. 4) Ravikant R. *VENUE:* Rajwada ki chatriya *TIME :* 11am to 1 PM *TOPIC: * planing of 15th august dhawaj samman event *DISCUSSION:* We gathered at the decided place and started our conversation . At the end we concluded that we are lagging of the following items to conduct such event. 1) Planning 2) Banner 3) Pamphlets ( for colleges in English and for road distribution in Hindi ) 4) Batches ( A mark to distinguish " BM-Indore members " from common man ) 5) Division of work 6) Timing and law and order discussion 7) Press note Well we divided the work among us . Mayank was suppose to bring the banner , hind pamphlet , press note . Batches , pamphlets ( for college ) were finished by Santosh jee and group. Unfortunately all the work was done by Santosh jee because mayank fell ill . Press note was forwarded but as we were late it was not printed. We placed a notice on engineering colleges of Indore *Independence day " Mission Dhwaj Samman "* *DATE :* 15 - 08 - 07 *MEMBERS ATTENDED:* 1) Sameer C. 2) Mausam 3) Anil S. 4) Satyendra 5) Vaibhav 6) Monil 7) Mahendra S 8) Vishal 9) Yash 10) Prateek 11) Dushyant 12) Sujeet 13) Vishvesh 14) Manish 15) Santosh 16) Ajay S. 17) Manish P. 18) ravikant 19) Mayank 20) Ravindra S *VENUE:* Rajwada ki chauk *TIME :* 1 PM onwards *TOPIC:* Dhawaj samman event *EVENTS :* 0) All the time we were gathering flags on road. 1) We gathered ( 1:15 PM ) 2) Distributed batches amongst ourself 3) Distributed Hindi pamphlets near rajwada( from 1 :15 Pm to 1:35 Pm ) 4) Started march from Rajwada to Regal ( 1 : 40 PM ) 5) Reached at Regal ( 2 :40 PM ) 6) Returened to Rajwada chatriya for rest then meeting ( 3 : 30 Pm) *Post Event Meeting:* *VENUE:* Rajwada ki chauk *TIME :* 3:30 PM onwards *DATE :* 15 - 08 - 07 *TOPIC : * 1) Date of Next meeting in co ordination with gaurav jee( Ujjain chapter) 2) Learning " how to place an RTI camp " 3) Feedback of the event and meeting 4) Every 1 will bring Rs.50/- in next meeting dhwaj samman expences are yet to be returned to Santosh jee and group 5) Places where RTI cam can be organised. *Attachments * 1) college pamphlet 2) Bill details 3) Photos Of event <http://picasaweb.google.com/mayankshukla1/BharatUdayMission> 2. BM GWALIOR We organize the flag hosting event in collaboration with Vivekanand Needam. The event is co-ordinated by: Ezaaz and Sapna. Members Present: 1. Arvind 2. Ezaaz 3. Gaurav G 4. Rajneesh 5. Rahul 6. Sapna 7. Saurabh 8. Shashank 9. Sonalini *Venue: *Vivekanand Needam *Time:* 6.30 AM, 15th August ~We collected at vivekanand needam, attend the flag hosting there with the children living there. ~Later Mr. Rahul address the people there on behalf of BM and Miss Sapna give the vote of thanks. ~Sweets were also distributed to children of needam from the Gwalior Chapter. The sweets were arranged by Mr. Ezaaz. 4. BM NASHIK Dear all, vande mataram! we celebrated 60 years of India's Independence at Palse school on 15th august.The details of the activity are as follows: *Members present*: 13 1. abhilasha a. 2. pranav g. 3. aditya g. 4. raman 5. sujata 6. sneha 7. aditi 8. shripad kaka 9. shailendra r. 10. sanjay p* 11. amit c.* 12. amol g 13. ninad p* We reached the school at 8 am, just in time for the flag hoisting. The flag hoisting was at the hands of shri. shripad k., senior most BM Nashik member. It was followed by some songs presented by the students of the school. Next, awards were presented to students who performed well in the std. 10th board exams. Aditya G then gave a brief intro about the activities of Bharat Uday Mission. The audience consisted of mainly the students, the staff, the members of the society which manages the school and the locals. Shri Shripad K then gave a few words of encouragement to the students. It was followed by the main program to be conducted by us. Breakfast was followed by a short intro to the movie by Shailendra R. We screened the movie "Dahawi F" (Standard 10, F Division) for the students of Std. X, staff and society members. In short about the movie: In many schools, the divisions are made as per the supposed IQ level of the students. Students of "F" division are supposed to be the most notorious amongst all. It relates to the "Pygmalion" concept in Management. "A person will try to act as is expected from him from the society. If we keep saying that a person X is smart, then he will try to live upto that expectation. And if we keep saying that a person Y is stupid, he will have that "forget it, who gives a damn" kind of an attitude." The moral is that all commit mistakes, but we need to accept what mistakes we committed and to rectify them. It also says, that there is more to education than just scoring good marks in exams. The movie was loved by one and all. The students and the staff then presented their learnings from the movie. They also thanked the BM members for sparing time and conducting this activity. All the BM members were felicitated by the management. It was followed by a discussion between members of BM and the society as to what problems the school faces, and how we can have further joint activities to tackle the problems. It was indeed a great experience, and one of the most successful activities of BM Nashik, and we look forward to a long term association with the school. A meeting will be scheduled soon to discuss the positives and shortcomings in this activity, and how such activities can be made more fruitful. Details will be mailed shortly. Looking forward to more and more participation from all the BM members, and more such activities! Jai Hind! Aditya NC Representative BM Nashik 5. BM BELGAUM *MISSION DHWAJA SAMMAN AT SAMATA CONVENT SCHOOL, KANABARGI BELGAUM * BM Belgaum took active participation in the *MISSION DHWAJA SAMMAN* as part of the national activity. Pocket flags were distributed to all the students teachers and people present there. Plastic flags were taken away from the students since plastic flags are not to be used. We got a healthy response from the samata convent school in this activity. Students were requested not to carry pocket flags from then onwards, as it will be an insult to our flag. The school is located six kms away from Belgaum city in a place called kanabargi. The flag was unfurled by chairman of the school Mr. Bagewadi. Many patriotic songs were sung by children .Later we distributed the pamphlets to everyone present at the place. Later Mr. Bagewadi in his speech thanked *BHARAT UDAY MISSION* members for their efforts in spreading awareness about our national flag in this activity. He expressed concern about the carelessness of people of BHARAT towards national flag, national anthem and our national integrity. He felt it was unfortunate situation that they did not take up the task of creating awareness about the FLAG CODE and its importance and thanked *BHARATUDAYMISSION *for doing their part of job in the activity. He assured us that the flags distributed by us will be kept intact and students will come along with the flags on AUGUST 15 next year. He requested us to make elderly people aware of our national flag since they were careless and ignorant and not the children Sandeep ji explained the Flag code importance of the flag and how we should respect it. He requested everyone to maintain the flags with full respect. Later he also introduced *BHARAT UDAY MISSION *to the people. He explained our visions and ideologies. We were invited for Tiffin with Chairman Mr. Bagewadi.He had a cordial meeting with BM Belgaum members. We discussed about the duties of Indian citizens towards our country, our national anthem and the flag. . Five member team was involved in this activity. They were Amit K, Chetan G, Sandeep R, Sanjay H and Subhash Y. We concluded the activity by thanking him for all the support and overwhelming response we got. To view the pictures of activity of "Mission Dhwaja Samman " at Belgaum. Just click the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/bhumi.info/MissionDhwajaSammanBelgaum Jai Bharat Information Joint Secretary [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bharatudaymission.org -- "We have only one Passion, The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org ============================================================================== TOPIC: Kanini-making a difference, the e-way http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/2c97bd4fa4054ba7?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Wed, Sep 5 2007 2:31 am From: "Dr.Prahalathan KK, BM Chennai" Kanini-making a difference, the e-way Tiny hands wrestle with the mouse while bright eyes eagerly focus on the monitor. Yes, a computer class is in session; but no ordinary session, this. This class is part of an ongoing project to extend computer literacy to children in orphanages across the city-an ambitious and well-planned project that relies on volunteers to satisfy the gleam of curiosity in these young minds. Kanini, as this initiative has been christened, was launched by the Chennai chapter of Bharat Uday Mission (BHUMI) earlier this year and has been steadily working towards its goal of 'igniting young minds to the endless possibilities of computers'. Anbu Karangal Orphanage, Thiruvanmiyur; SOS Village, Tambaram and Jeroham Orphanage, Madipakkam are some of the orphanages in which the programme has tasted success, and Kanini is set to extend its reach to more orphanages in the near future. Kanini (which means Computer in Tamil) aims to teach the basics of computer science, achieving this over a few hours of classes every weekend, spread across a period of approximately four months. Kanini's volunteer-teachers employ a mix of theory, practical and feedback sessions to ensure that the programme has the desired impact on the children. And for these volunteers, the smiles on the children's faces are reward enough. If you'd like to participate in this endeavour, here's what you can do: . If you have an old computer or even parts of it (even a P3 would do!), you can donate it to one of the orphanages. . You can join the BHUMI members in the teaching programme (language is not a problem-you can instruct in Tamil/English or both). . You can help implement the programme at an orphanage or a school for the underprivileged near you. . You can also help spreading the news about the programme to your friends. For these volunteer teachers and those teachers who made each one us who we are, the entire Chennaiist team wishes a 'HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY!' As published on Chennaiist.com: http://www.chennaiist.com/archives/2007/09/kaninimaking_a_difference_the.htm l Vande Mataram! 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