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Thursday, August 26, 2010

[ZESTCaste] New investment promotion scheme announced

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/New-investment-promotion-scheme-announced-/articleshow/6435639.cms

New investment promotion scheme announced

TNN, Aug 26, 2010, 01.21am IST

JAIPUR: The state government has announced a new Rajasthan Investment
Promotion scheme (RIPS) 2010 in the form of a package of financial
incentives and subsidies. For the first time investment and employment
generation subsidy has been introduced in the new scheme.

The new RIPS 2010 provides better benefits to investors compared to
the existing one. The new scheme gives concession for setting up of
new enterprise, enterprise going for expansion, modernisation and
diversification, and projects set up for social good.

According to finance department officials, the new scheme gives more
emphasis on employment generation, uplift of women, SC/ST and people
with disability.

The government has offered a subsidy of Rs 10,000 per annum for each
employee, while this subsidy would be Rs 12,000 for employees
belonging to women, SC/ST and people with disability.

Similarly, for women, SC/ST and entrepreneurs with disability an
additional 10% subsidy will be given on taxes as against 50% to the
general category. Again 50% excemption from land tax has been given
for the first time in the state. Subsidy and excemption for micro,
small and medium enterprise in the notified area has been extended to
10 years compared to seven years for other categories under the new
scheme.

The policy states all kinds of investment are eligible for subsidy,
including self-finance, to motivate investors. The cheme also
simplifies the procedure for grant and disbursement of subsidy and
provides transparency in the system by introducing on-line
disbursement of subsidy.

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[ZESTCaste] Alleged casteist remarks by minister spark row in Orissa

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Alleged casteist remarks by minister spark row in Orissa

PTI | 09:08 PM,Aug 25,2010
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (PTI) Alleged "objectionable and casteist" remark
made by Orissa Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout triggered a row today
with Congress as well as Scheduled Caste and Dalit leaders demanding
his immediate resignation.Chairman of State Congress Scheduled Caste
(SC) cell, Ripunath Seth told reporters here that Rout should resign
forthwith for making derogatory remarks about Jagatsinghpur MP Bibhu
Prasad Tarai, local MLA Bishnu Das and Additional District Magistrate
Upendranath Mallick.Rout, a senior leader of the ruling BJD, was
accused of making objectionable remarks at a public meeting in Kujang
in Jagatsinghpur district last week about these three and referring to
them as "Harijans." "If Rout fails to step down, he should be
dismissed as he has used derogatory remarks about leaders and a
government official by making casteist remarks despite holding a
constitutional post as Minister," Seth said.When contacted, Rout said
he has already expressed regrets for his remarks. "What else can I do
now. I am sorry for the remarks made by me inadvertently," he said.A
case has also been registered against the minister in Kujang police
station under provisions of SC and ST (Prevention of atrocities) Act
and investigation launched into the matter, Deputy Superintendent of
Police (DSP) G D Pradhani said adding three separate complaints had
been lodged against Rout in this regard.Orissa State Scheduled Caste
and Scheduled Tribe Youth and Students' Council has also demanded
dismissal of Rout for his remarks, while Dalits staged a dharna in
Jagatsinghpur seeking his resignation.

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[ZESTCaste] Vedanta issue: A few disturbing questions

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/25/slide-show-1-a-few-disturbing-questions-in-the-vedanta-issue.htm

Vedanta issue: A few disturbing questions
Last updated on: August 25, 2010 20:24 IST

Nilmadhab Mohanty

The decision of Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam
Ramesh not to grant Stage II forest clearance to the proposal of the
Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri in
Orissa has been welcomed in many circles, in particular by the
environmental activists, for the protection it will provide to an
ecologically sensitive area of the country and to the Kondh tribes
(and Dalits) living in the area.

There are, however a few disturbing questions that need to be answered
by the ministry in order to buttress the minister's claim that the
decision was an objective one with no prejudice or politics
influencing it.

First, the manner and time-line followed in the decision-making. The
Orissa state government seems to have applied for final clearance in
August 2009.

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has been deliberating the proposal
at least since November 2009. In addition to the information submitted
by the State and the central government's own agencies, it had the
benefit of the recommendations made by a three-member expert group
which submitted its report in February 2010.

FAC then asks for yet another committee under the Ministry of Tribal
Affairs, which is the nodal agency in the central government for
tribal rights. The environment minister, however, appoints his own
committee (the Saxena Committee) in the last week of June 2010.

Then the pace quickens: The environment minister writes to the law
ministry on July 19 to obtain the Attorney General's opinion if the
ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) apply its mind and decide
in the light of the Supreme Court's earlier decision giving forest
clearance.

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[ZESTCaste] Rape, torture by landlords forces Karnataka villagers to flee

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rape-torture-by-landlords-forces-Karnataka-villagers-to-flee-/articleshow/6436053.cms

Rape, torture by landlords forces Karnataka villagers to flee

Senthalir S, TNN, Aug 26, 2010, 03.42am IST

BUDIHALLI (KARNATAKA): It's the untold tale of a village in the grip
of the feudal system, and a quiet revolt brewing. Budihalli village of
Karnataka's Chitradurga district is a glaring example of caste
discrimination and bondage, with a yawning gap between communities.

Here, landlords hold sway. They allegedly rape and torture women of
lower castes while the men work as bonded labourers, paying off debts
accumulated over generations.

Breaking the stranglehold, 25 families of Madiga (scheduled caste)
community left the village to look for self-respect and a new life.
They reached Venkateshwaranagar in Chellakere taluk, 30 km from
Budihalli, and set up tent.

The exodus took place a fortnight ago. Women, men, children and the
elderly took their possessions and began walking until they reached a
settlement abandoned by nomads. For now, they are living in thatched
huts.

For them, this migration is symbolic: a breaking away from sexual
harassment, rape and torture by the Gollas and Nayaks. The penniless
families had no money to even buy bus tickets to their destination.

Sitting cramped in the huts — two families in each — they recounted
the horrors of their life in Budihalli. "We didn't know where to go.
We left our village without taking our belongings. We don't have jobs
or money to send our children to school. We are struggling for two
meals a day. The government has not helped us in any way. We have lost
hope, and have no place to go," cries Kollamma T, a Madiga woman.

Savithramma (name changed), fighting back her tears, said, "Every day,
drunk landlords would barge into our houses. They harassed and raped
us. All these years, we were scared to talk because of social stigma."

"They abused us. Our men went to work in the fields of the landlords
as bonded labourers to repay the loans taken by our grandparents. We
were unable to bear the harassment, and wanted to work independently.
So we began to sell firewood and cultivate government land," she said.
When the Madigas began earning independently, the Golla and Nayak
landlords socially boycotted them.

H N Shivamurthy, state organizing convener of the Human Rights Forum
for Dalit Liberation in Karnataka, said, "The families of the dalit
community had protested several times. One woman, Palakka Durgappa,
lost her life while protesting. She sat in the rain for three days,
protesting. But it hasn't helped them."

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[ZESTCaste] Fwd: film on Narayan Surve on youtube

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From: Shiva Shankar <sshankar@cmi.ac.in>
Date: Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Subject: film on Narayan Surve on youtube
To:

rediff NEWS

Well-known Marathi poet Narayan Surve, who passed away on Monday at
the age of 83, was a social activist who put the voice of Mumbai's
working class in Marathi literature.

Aisa Ga Mee Brahma (1962), is his first collection of poems followed
by Majhe Vidyapeeth, another collection that hit stands in 1966. His
poems described the world of urban population that lived in a metro
like Mumbai, who did whatsoever work they could lay their hands on to
eke out a living. He brought before the world the bitter truth of
those whose life was a mess in search of a mere morsel and also the
lives of toiling workers whose life was filled with the struggle to
make a living.

In his words, Bhakricha chandra shodhnyaatach jindagi barbaad (Wasted
a lifetime in search of the moon of a Bhaakri (flat bread). He is
mostly known for his poetry collection Majhe Vidyapeeth (My
University).

Born on October 15, 1926, Surve grew up in the streets of Mumbai and
raised by a mill worker. He had slept on the pavement and earned a
meagre livelihood by doing odd jobs. He taught himself to read and
write. Surve actively took part in the workers' union movement in
Mumbai and supported himself as a schoolteacher.

In 1998, Surve was honoured with Padma Shri for excellence in
Literature and Education. He received the prestigious Golden Lotus
Award for his poetry and Kabir Samman in 1999 from Madhya Pradesh
government. He was Convener of the Marathi Advisory Board of Sahitya
Akademi and had presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Parbhani in
1995.

Apart from Majhe Vidyapeeth, compilations of Surve's poems and essays
include Jahirnama, Aisa Ga Mi Brahma, Sanad, Manush Kalawant and Ani
Samaj.

Surve would describe his struggle in his early years as Kalu laagle
tevhaa paasun dabba gheun saachyaavar gelo, ghadavto lohaar
haatodyaalaa, tasaach ghadavlaa gelo (I went to the mill with my lunch
box since my childhood, just as a hammer is moulded by an ironsmith,
my life was shaped there among the mill workers).

Influenced by Marxism and comrades Dange and Mirajkar, Surve
proclaimed social revolution through his poems. He narrated the life
of a worker through his poems, using the colloquial language of
workers. His poems brought Marathi poetry out of the circle of the
middle class. He experimented with reading out his poems before an
audience in Maharashtra as well in the entire country. His poems
reached the pinnacle of popularity with all classes of the society.

He describes his own emotional world as, Kaamgaar Mee Aahe, Mee
Talpati Talwar (I am the worker, the flashing sword) Maazhe hi ek
swapna hote re, je malaa pure kartaa ale naahi, Rojchyaa damgirine
tevdhi usantach dili nahi, pan pudhche jag tuzhe aahe (I too had a
dream, my dear, which I could not fulfil, the everyday routine did not
leave me any leisure, but the world ahead is yours)

Without being backed by great wealth, high education or family
heritage, his intellect and high level of thinking as revealed through
his poems, is a miracle of his genius. Surve was awarded the Janasthan
Award by Kusumagraj Foundation in 2004. His Jahirnama, Sanad and
Navyaa Maansaache Aagman (The coming of the new man) were some of his
more popular works.
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For those who did not know Narayan Surve, there is not much that one
can find on the web. I think the best publicly available documentation
of the poet's life is Narayan Gangaram Surve, a Marathi film by Arun
Khopkar. It had noted theatre/film actor Kishore Kadam playing the
poet, and had touching visualizations of his poetry. Apparently, this
was also the first Marathi film to win the national award for the best
film in Short film category.

Narayan Gangaram Surve : Part 1 (25 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Y6-xmNm3s

Narayan Gangaram Surve : Part 2 (20 min).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKkqURDOAD4

Surve grew up in the streets of Mumbai and was raised by a mill
worker. He did not have the privilege of going to school. Yet he
learnt to read and write, and wrote poetry on the life around him. He
passed away this Monday. Just like the mills and mill workers, just
like "Bombay", the poet of Bombay has also faded away into the world
of memories.

K.S.Sudeep.

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[ZESTCaste] Fwd: Online Exhibition on Kandamal by Dalit Artists

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From: Anivar Aravind <anivar@movingrepublic.org>
Date: 16 August 2010 12:57
Subject: [Reader-list] Online Exhibition on Kandamal by Dalit Artists
To: Reader List <reader-list@sarai.net>, foil <foil-l@insaf.net>,
in-keralam@googlegroups.com, Invites <invites@yahoogroups.com>

Dear friends,

Perhaps you are aware that even after two years, the Christian adivasi and
dalit survivors of the Kandhamal
<http://orissaconcerns.net/kandhamal>violence are still struggling for
justice.

Thousands of people cannot go back to their own lands and many are still
living in tents in Kandhamal. Education of children is disrupted and their
trauma is still continuing. The culprits of communal violence are getting
acquitted without any punishment from the courts.

In this context, the National Solidarity
Forum<http://www.nationalsolidarityforum.org/>,
a coalition of over 50 organisations from different parts of the country
have given a call for protests, public meetings or any other civil society
action on August 25, 2010 as `Kandhamal
Day<http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/08/kandhamal-day/>'.
Since the attacks on Christians have taken place in over 10 states in India,
the local issues may also be taken up along with the event.

As part of the call for
protest<http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/08/kandhamal-day/>on August
25th two dalit artists, Shashi Memuri and Venkatesh have
completed a series of paintings and sketches for an exhibition on the
situation in Kandhamal after visiting more than 50 villages in the area
recently. These can be downloaded from the http://orissaconcerns.net and
print outs can be taken in A/3 size.

We request all secular groups and organizations to make use of this
exhibition before, during or after Kandhamal
Day<http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/08/kandhamal-day/>,
in colleges, schools, institutions and public places. If the exhibition is
organized in your area before Kandhamal Day it may also be contribute to
the public action on August 25th.

We plan to cover your solidarity actions/protest reports and news in
OrissaConcerns.net. Please send reports and photographs of your actions to
anivar@movingrepublic.org and nptkandhamal@gmail.com so that other groups
will also be informed and inspired by your action.

Download Posters From Here
<http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/08/kandhamal-exhibition/>

Tune http://orissaconcerns.net/kandhamal for Updates from Kandhamal & from
Peoples Tribunal happening in Delhi
Details about National People's Tribunal on Kandhamal, 22-24 August 2010
http://orissaconcerns.net/2010/08/national-people%E2%80%99s-tribunal-on-kandhamal-22-24-august-2010/

In Solidarity

Dhirendra Panda
Coordinator
National Solidarity Forum

Anivar Aravind (Editor , OrissaConcerns.net)
Moving Republic

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

[ZESTCaste] New investment promotion scheme announced

[ZESTCaste] Alleged casteist remarks by minister spark row in Orissa

[ZESTCaste] Vedanta issue: A few disturbing questions

[ZESTCaste] Rape, torture by landlords forces Karnataka villagers to flee

[ZESTCaste] Fwd: film on Narayan Surve on youtube

[ZESTCaste] Fwd: Online Exhibition on Kandamal by Dalit Artists

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