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Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:36 PM
Subject: [PMARC] Dalits Media Watch - News Updates 30.01.10
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Dalits Media Watch
News Update 30.01.10
High atrocities against SC/STs in 100% literate Kerala - Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/news600108.html
Casteist remarks: Polygraph test for GU V-C today? - Times Of India
End Dalit discrimination: Union Minister - Express Buzz
'Bring law for equitable distribution of health facilities' - Zee News
http://www.zeenews.com/news599694.html
SC, ST case against ZP vice-chairman - The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012953940400.htm
Zee News
High atrocities against SC/STs in 100% literate Kerala
http://www.zeenews.com/news600108.html
Updated on Friday, January 29, 2010, 23:48 IST
Kochi: Despite achieving 100 per cent literacy rate, there were atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Kerala, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik said today.
"About 35,000 cases of atrocities against SCs and STs were registered in the country till 2007 under SC and ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. Kerala is on 14th spot. There is a need to find out why such atrocities are being committed against the community in a state which has 100 per cent literacy," he said.
Wasnik was speaking at a state-level launch of 'Panchami Swayam Sahaya Sangham' (Self Help Initiative) of Kerala Pulayar Maha Sabha (KPMS) here.
He said the UPA government at the Centre was implementing several projects for the uplift of SCs and STs and a continuous dialogue was on with the private sector to ensure equal opportunities for them.
The minister said a coordination committee under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister's Principal Secretary has been constituted to continue the process.
Union Minister of state for Agriculture Prof K V Thomas, Kerala Forest Minister Binoy Viswom and KPMS General Secretary P Sreekumar attended the launch. PTI
Times Of India
Casteist remarks: Polygraph test for GU V-C today?
TNN, 30 January 2010, 12:09am IST
AHMEDABAD: Will Gujarat University vice-chancellor Dr Parimal Trivedi be put under the lie detector on Saturday in connection with the case of making castiest remarks about a faculty Pankaj Shrimali?
Apparently, the reply of the investigating officer in the case to a query filed under RTI to know the status of the case said he had requested forensic science laboratory (FSL) for the same.
Shrimali had filed the case against Trivedi in May 2008. After Gujarat High Court refused to interfere in the issue and did not quash the FIR, police started investigation but found nothing and after a year filed 'A' summary. This was opposed by Shrimali in the court, and the police began re-investigation into the case.
As police were accused of trying to shield Trivedi because of his influence, the complainant sought to know status of investigation last month under RTI laws. The investigating officer, ACP ND Parmar, said he had requested FSL on December 23 to conduct lie detection test on complainant Shrimali, the accused VC, and PP Prajapati, a witness in the case. The laboratory has also confirmed January 30 for the procedure.
Last year, when charge-sheet in the case was due, the police requested a magisterial court to approve filing of 'A' summary on the ground that there was nothing left to be probed in the case. This prompted Shrimali to raise his objection. He also brought to the notice of the court that the investigation was not carried out by a designated officer of the SC/ST cell.
This forced the police to assure the court that fresh investigation would be conducted and that too by the SC/ST cell, as per the procedure. However, ACP Parmar has, in his written reply to Shrimali, said that the police commissioner did not transfer the case to the SC/ST cell and insisted that he continued with the investigation.
Meanwhile, the police have not issued notice to Shrimali and witness Prajapati to be present for the test. Shrimali, in any case, has objected to a polygraph test on him. Trivedi was not available for comment.
Express Buzz
End Dalit discrimination: Union Minister
First Published : 30 Jan 2010 02:00:00 AM IST
Last Updated :
KOCHI: Union Minister Mukul Wasnik on Friday said that the Centre would rehabilitate those who are engaged in manual scavenging by March 31, 2010."Those engaged in manual scavenging will be rehabilitated by March 31.
The Centre has also decided to undertake a special project across 44,000 villages in the country for the uplift of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes," the Minister said launching the Self Help initiative titled 'Panchami' of Kerala Pulayar Maha Sabha (KPMS) at Marine Drive here.
Wasnik said the Centre was in a continuous dialogue process with the private sector for ensuring equal employment opportunity for the SC and ST community in the private sector.
"A co-ordination committee under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister has been constituted to continue the process," the Minister said adding that the Centre had allotted Rs 750 crore for providing scholarship to 38 lakh students belonging to the SC/ST communities.
Stating that the people of the country should come together to prevent artrocities against the SC/ST communities, Wasnik said that 35,000 cases were registered in the country under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
"In Kerala, 477 cases have been registered under the Act in 2007.
Why a state like Kerala with a record of good literacy rate and good human development index have cases registered under this Act? This shows that still the SC/ST communities are being targeted. The Centre and the State Government should work together to launch a campaign to change the mindset of people and bring down the rate of atrocities against the SC/ST people," he added.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas, Forest Minister Benoy Viswom, Dominic Presentation MLA, Panchami chairman T V Babu and KPMS general secretary Punnala Sreekumar were present on the occasion.
Zee News
'Bring law for equitable distribution of health facilities'
http://www.zeenews.com/news599694.html
Updated on Thursday, January 28, 2010, 17:51 IST
New Delhi: Underlining the need for universal health care, a group of experts today sought a National Health Act to ensure equitable distribution of medical facilities across the population.
"The National Health Act should be on the lines of the Right to Education Act and in fact should have been brought about earlier as health was more important than education," opined senior AIIMS cardiologist Dr Srinath Reddy.
Arguing that finances have never been a problem for the government, he said, as compared to the subsidies being doled out for industries and the petroleum sector, the sectors of health and nutrition have got nothing from the budget.
"Even the PDS system has virtually collapsed as the government was not sure who fall within and above the poverty line," Biraj Patnaik from the office of the commissioners to the Supreme Court, said during a discussion on the draft National Health Bill here.
He favoured a food distribution system which does not discriminate between the tribal, SC/ST and other poor people and focusses on universal nutrition.
"We should not think about budgeting in the social sector. We can see that the resources are enough," he added.
N J Kurien, a former member of the Planning Commission, said, that public expenditure on health is just one per cent and 70 per cent of the medical care is given by unqualified medical practitioners.
The Hindu
SC, ST case against ZP vice-chairman
http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/29/stories/2010012953940400.htm
ADILABAD: The Kuntala police on Thursday registered a case against Juttu Ashok, Adilabad Zilla Parishad vice- chairman, under the SC, ST Prevention of Atrocities Act for allegedly abusing a lineman of APTransco in the name of caste. Kadari Sundar belonging to SC community said Mr. Ashok came to the sub-station and manhandled him besides verbally abusing him in the name of his caste. –Staff Reporter
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.Arun Khote
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