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KASHYAP

GUWAHATI,JANUARY20

ASSAMCHIEFMinisterand vet-eranCongressleaderTarunGo-goihasdescribedPrimeMinisterNarendra Modias anactorgo-od atattracting peoples atten-tion,butlackinginbasicknow-ledge aboutthe state.

The PM is a good actor. I

salutehimforthat.Buthecanon-lytalkbig.Whenitcomestowo-rk,there isno link between hiswordsanddeeds,Gogoisaid,re-actingtothe PMsstatementsinthe rallies he addressed atKokrajharandGuwahatiTuesday.

Hislackof knowledgeaboutAssambecameevidenteventoa childwho listenedto whathesaid on Tuesday. He spoke ofconnecting Assam withbroadgauge railway. Assam isalready

connectedby broad gauge. It is

nowa questionof double trackandelectricengines,Gogoisaid.

He alsoridiculedthe PMforsayingAssam lackedpower,de-spitehaving adequate waterre-sources.ThePM doesnot knowhowpoweris producedfromwa-ter.He doesnotknow thatmostAssam riverscannotbe usedforpowergeneration,Gogoi said.

TheAssamCM alsodescrib-edModisralliesinAssamaspo-orshowandblamed thestate

BJPleadersforglaringmistakes

inhisspeech.Itisclearfromhisspeechthatstate BJPleaders didnotbriefhimproperly.Theyonlygavehima stanzafroma famouspoem by Ambikagiri RayChoudhury,Gogoi said.

TheBJP workersand sup-porters inAssammustbefrus-tratedafterthePMspoorshow.Theygatheredthousandsof peo-ple... Theywere waitingfor thePM to make some announce-mentsforthestate.But,theygot

nothing,Gogoi said.

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SENDINGFEELERSDOESJAYANTHINatarajanwant toreturn tothe Congress?Ayearaftershequitthepartyaftersetting offa politicalstormaccusingRahulGandhiof interferingin theenvironmentmin-istry,whichshe heldin theUPAII government,bysendingherspecificrequestson greenclearances for largeprojects,Congress insiders say she wants to return to the party.Natarajanhas beenout inthe coldeversince herexitfrom theCongresslastJanuary.Sourcessay shehassentsome feelers,butan upset Congresshighcommandis inno mood tore-spondquickly.

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STRATEGY CHANGETHEUNIONgovernmentmayhaveto considera rethinkonits strategy for behavioral changes in rural areas when itcomespromotingindoortoilets.Televisioncommercialsinwhich actorVidyaBalanextolsfamiliesto constructtoiletswithintheirhomesto ensurethesafetyof theirwomenhasnot really had its intended outcome. Officials from theMinistryof DrinkingWaterand Sanitation, which handlesSwachhBharatMission(Grameen),say theyfoundthattheadin itsintentto addresswomenssafetyfailedto targetthemachoisminthe averagemalein Haryana,who stillresortstoopen defecation.

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GOKHALENEWENVOYTOCHINA

SeniordiplomatVijayKeshavGokhaleassumedthechargeas IndiasAmbassadorto ChinaWednesday. Gokhale whowasthe AmbassadortoGermanytillrecently succeedsAshok KKantha,whowasappointedas theenvoy toChina inJanuary2014.

40%areragged,lessthan9%speakout:UGC-fundedstudy

Tougher law onanvil to tacklehuman traffickingSHALININAIR

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

THECENTRALgovernmentis settointroduceanewlegislationthatwilladdresshumantraffickinginallitsforms andenforceincreasedpenaltiesfor traffickingof minorsandfor repeatoffenders.

It is on the directive of theSupremeCourt,while hearingapublic interest litigation inDecember2015,that theMinistryo f Wo ma n a nd C hil dDevelopment has decided tomovea comprehensivelegisla-tionthatwilllookbeyondtraffick-ingofwomenandchildrenforthepurpose of sexual exploitation.Officialssaidthenewlawwillalsohaveacomponentforrehabilita-tionof thevictims.

Human trafficking is thethirdlargestorganisedcrimeintheworldafterarmsand drugtrade.It hasacquiredmany di-mensionswithpeople beingtraf-fickedor smuggledfor thepur-poseof forced labour,domesticwork,organharvestingand beg-ging.TheSupremeCourtfeltthattheremustbe a singlelawthattacklesall kinds of traffickingwhetheronanationalorinterna-tionalscale. Thenew lawwillre-movetheexistingambiguitiesindefinitionandhaveseverepenal-tiesfor trafficking of minors andincaseofrepeatoffenders,saidaministryofficial.Theministryhasalsosanctioned moneyfromthe

Nirbhayafundforsettingupofanorganisedcrime investigatingagency tolookintothe issue.

Data from the NationalBureauof Crime Recordsshowsthatcrimerelatedtohumantraf-ficking hasgoneup by59.7per-centbetween2010and2014.Therecords,however, mainlypertaintotrafficking forthe purpose ofsexualexploitationunder whichtotalof 5,466suchincidentshavebeen registered.

Theministryis expected tosubmititsconceptnoteon theproposedlegislation to an inter-ministerialpanel on January27.Thepanel willincluderepresen-tatives from the ministries ofHomeAffairs, External Affairs,Labour, Health and FamilyWelfare,andLaw.Onceapprovedbythepanel,theproposalwillbesent to the law ministry forpreparingthe draftlegislation.

Currently,the issueof traffick-ingisdealtthroughvariouslegis-lationincluding ImmoralTraffic(Prevention) Act (ITPA),Protection of Children fromSexualOffencesAct andsectionsoftheIndianPenalCodeandCodeofCriminalProcedure.

Accordingtoofficials,theseei-therexcludecertaintypesof traf-fickingorhave provisionsthatareinadequateor contradictoryinnature.For instance,ITPAdealsmerelywith traffickingfor thepurposeof sexualexploitationandyetfailstoclearlydefinesex-ual exploitation.

Gogoi: PMgood actor, but lacks knowledge onAssam

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

THEGOVERNMENT hasissuedclosurenoticesto150industriesonthe Ganga riverthat hadnotadhered to the new pollutionstandardsandnotinstalledreal-timeeffluent dischargemonitor-ingsystemsasmandatedby theCentralPollutionControlBoard.

Amongthoseaskedto shutoperationsare 68tanneriesinKanpur, nine sugar units, sixslaughterhouses,28textileunitsandsixpaperandpulpindustries.These150unitswereamong the764industriesthat wereidenti-fiedasthemajorculpritsofindus-trialpollutionin theGangariver.

Theseindustries wereaskedlastyearto adhereto newstan-dards, connect themselves tocommon effluent treatment

plants,bringdowntheirwaterus-

age,andinstallreal-timeeffluentdischargemonitoringsystemthatcould be trackedfrom a centralcontrolroom.

Environment MinisterPrakash JavadekarWednesdaysaidbarringthese150unitsalltheothershadadoptedthenewstan-dardsor were intheprocessofdoingso.He saidthe stepsbeingtakenby theunitshad startedshowingremarkable results.

HesaidindustrialpollutioninGangahadcome downby aboutathird. Thetotalwastewatergen-erationfromthese industrieshadbeenreducedby125millionlitresper day, whilethe biochemicaloxygen demand,a keyindicatoroforganicpollutantsinrivers,waslikelytocomedownby30tonnesaftertheclosureof the150units.

Javadekarsaid theclosed in-dustrialunitscanbe allowedtoresumeoperationsiftheytakeall

theactionsrequired ofthem.

Cabinet clearspolicy onpromotion ofcity compost

DEEPTIMANTIWARY

NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

WHILECLOSEto40percentstu-dents in colleges across Indiafacedsomekindofragging,only8.6per centreportedthe inci-dents, a study funded byUniversity Grants Commission(UGC) on the directions ofSupremeCourthasfoundout.

The study also found lan-guageand regiontobe thebasisofmore than25per centraggingincidents,whilecastewas afac-torin8percentcases.Italsodis-coveredthat raggingwas morerampantin professionalcolleges,withnearly60percentstudentsbeingtargeted.

TitledPsychosocial StudyofRaggingin SelectedEducationalInstitutionsinIndia,thereportisbased on a survey conductedamong over10,000studentsin37collegesacrossthe country.

Theresearchteamwasledbyacommitteeofscholarsfromthe

JawaharlalNehruUniversity.Itwas mandated by a 2009SupremeCourtordertostudytheprevalence,causesandsolutionstoraggingmenace inuniversities.The committee included asmembers Prof MohanRao, DrShobnaSonpar,DrAmitSen,ProfShekhar P Seshadri, HarshAgarwalandDivyaPadalia.

Highlightingsocialdiscrimi-nationinragging,thereportsaid,Caste-baseddiscriminationwasadmitted by eight per cent ofstudents; however, high per-centages were reported fromcollegesinthe North.Caste-andgender-based discriminations

aremost prevalent ina govern-mentmedical collegein UP.

Accordingto thestudy,a sig-nificantnumberof students(32percent) enjoyedragging,whileover 60per cent said afterrag-gingtheirseniors helped them.Thestudy,however, noted that

almost60per centstudentshadnegative emotions about rag-gingandnearly65 percentdid-ntgetalongwithseniorswhoragged them. The study citedthis data tobustthe myththatragging helped freshers bondwithseniors.

Initsgender-wiseanalysis,thereportsaid: While thepercent-ageofmalestudentsbeingragged

ishigher, there isa great dealofraggingin girls,althoughof adif-ferentkind. Morethan physical,overt,explicit ragging, girlsin-dulgeinmoresubtleandpsycho-logicalformsof ragging that aremoredifficulttoobservebut canbeequallyor moredamaging...

Thereportsaidmorethan25per centstudentsreportedlossof concentrationin studiesafterbeing ragged. It claimed thatabout 4 per cent students aresubjected to sexual raggingwithactingout sexualscenes,narrating stories with sexualcontentand stripping beingtopdemandsby seniors.

About the reasons behind

ragging, the report said: Themotivesof seniorstoragseen toliepredominantlyin theirdesiretofeelpowerful,tofollowcollegetradition, to getover their ownraggingexperienceand tofeelgrown-up.

While33.8percentstudents

saidthatragginghelpedbuildconfidenceand34.8 percentfeltit madethem mentally strong,over65 percentfelt thatit hadlasting emotional impact andharmedself-confidence.

Although the report notedfairbit ofacceptancefor raggingamongstudents and adminis-tration,it alsociteddata toshowsignificant repulsion, even

among seniors. The surveyhighlighted that almost two-thirdof seniorsdid notapproveofraggingandover50per centfeltsorryfortheirjuniorsbeingsubjectedto it.It saidthatclosetoonethirdof theseniorsevenintervenedtostop it.

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NEWDELHI,JANUARY20

INA bidtolowerthemaximumretailpriceof city compostforfarmers, the Union CabinetclearedapolicyonpromotionofcitycompostWednesday.Underthepolicy, theCentrewillpro-videmarketdevelopmentassis-tance worth Rs 1,500 pertonne

onthesaleofcitycompostmadeoutof municipalsolidwaste.TheCabinethasapprovedas-

sistanceof Rs1,500per tonne onsaleofcitycompostwhichcanbeusedasorganicfertiliserbyfarm-ers, UnionFertilizer MinisterAnanthKumar saidWednesday.

The compost, made out ofcity garbage,is targeted atnot

just providing carbonand pri-maryandsecondarynutrientstosoilbutalsohelp inkeeping thecityclean.Ecomarkstandardforcitycompostwould ensurethatenvironment friendly qualityproductreaches thefarmers,thegovernmentsaid.

Initially,marketingandpro-motionof city compost ispro-posedtobedonethroughtheex-isting fertilizer companies. Indue course, compostmanufac-turers andothermarketing en-tities, recognised by the state

government concerned, mayalsobeincludedforthepurposewith the approval of Depart-mentof Fertilisers. Themarketdevelopmentassistanceshallberoutedthroughtheentitywhichismarketingit,itadded.

Closure notices to 150 unitsonGanga for floutingnorms

40%Studentswhoexperienced someformof ragging

60%Thefigureinmedical/engineeringcolleges

4%Facedraggingofsexualnature

Raggingamong boyshigherthan amonggirlsMoreprevalentin hostels

8.6%Studentswhocomplainto collegeauthorities

WhySeniorsEnjoy Ragging

46.9%Tofeelpowerful

46.2%Tradition

33.7%Togetovertheir

ownragging

Why JuniorsAccept It

61.6%Seniorshelpthereafter

41.3%Noonewouldtakeactionif complained

38.5%Didnotwanttoharmcareer

23.3%Wouldfaceboycott

Factorsimpactingragging

(Iwasraggedbecauseof)

Language 12.9%

Region 12.2%

Caste 8%

Religion 4.5%

Rural/urban 6%

Psychologicalimpact of ragging

45%Feltbadinitiallybutwasalright later

25.5%Reportedlossofconcentration instudies

32%Enjoyedit

60%Feltnegativeemotions

AttitudeAmongSeniors

2/3rddid notsupportragging50%feltsorryforvictims

FINDINGSOFTHE STUDY

SOURCE:PsychosocialStudyofRagging inSelectedEducational Institutionsin India(UGC fundedstudyunderdirectionsfromSupremeCourt)Samplesize:10,632studentsacross37 colleges

Also findslanguageand region tobe thebasisofover25%raggingincidents