Once in a while, Indian film festival circuits are bowled over when extraordinary stories from the Northeast region make their appearances.Starting from 2016, the region has had a significant run cinematically.
PradipKurbah, a filmmaker synonymous with Khasi films from Shillong, Meghalaya made headlines with his latest work, ‘Lewduh’ (or Market in Khasi), which premiered at 24th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 2019, a rare and prestigious feat. The 94 minute film is about the lives of everyday people and their stories, shot entirely in a crowded market, the oldest and largest traditional markets in Shillong. The Busan Festival held annually in South Korea is big and for the two times national award winning filmmaker (RI: Homeland of Uncertainty, 2013 and Onaatah, 2016) is the icing on the cake of his filmmaking career.
Mr. Sanjib Baruah, a senior manager in a private company having rich experience of 10 plus years with a postgraduate qualification. He keeps saving and investing in various financial instruments from time to time, but at the time of signing the contract or filling up the application form, he loses patience and always in hurry to complete the task. Such behavior is not only confined to Mr. Sanjib Baruah, however across the majority of the investor. Due to behavioral finance, the psychology on the behavior of investor, etc deeply affects the decision about money management and may change the course of one’s entire family‘s welfare which affect the wealth.
Normal school of the town, known as teachers’ training school, established in 1906 has always attracted scholars and research workers for it being the treasure trove of old manuscripts of rich academic value. But, sadly enough there has been little or no effort from any quarters for their preservation. Lying in a state of neglect and being subjected to wear and tear of time, not all manuscripts could be preserved properly. Before all is lost in the abysmal of time, Maulana Abul Kalam Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIS) Kolkata has come forward for the preservation and conservation of old manuscripts. Its Chairman Dr Sujit Kumar Ghosh deserves all kudos for taking the initiative in this direction.
MeECL want government to start paying terminal liabilities of 3000 plus permanent employees
The MeECL Joint Action Committee has requested the State Government to start the payment of the terminal liabilities of the 3000 plus permanent employees amounting to Rs 840 crore as on March 31, 2010.
“We have requested the State Government to start the payment of the terminal liabilities from April, 2020,” MeECL Joint Action Committee, T.R. Pdah added. According to the JAC the State Government will face more crises if they further delay payment of the terminal liabilities of the retired employees.
According to him, the State Government will face more crises if they further delay payment of the terminal liabilities of the retired employees.
He said that the Government had assured to look after the permanent employees who were appointed before the corporatization of the Meghalaya State Electricity Board (MeSEB) on April 01, 2010.T.R. Pdah also said that in the MOU, the Government has assured to provide terminal liabilities to all the permanent employees. We have been assured that the service conditions will be more or less equal as it was before the corporatization of the board.
Informing that the Chief Minister had not given any assurance, he said that he will get back to them after convening the meeting of the senior officials of the Finance and other concern departments.
Meanwhile, MeECL JAC general secretary, Arju Dkhar said that the MeECL has already spent an amount of Rs 570 crore from its own generated revenue to pay the terminal liabilities of the employees from April 1 2010 upto March 2019.
“We could have been able to utilize the funds for other purposes if the Government had released the payment of terminal liabilities to the employees. This is also one of the major factors which contribute to the present financial crisis of the MeECL,” Dkhar said.Meanwhile, he said that the actual evaluation was done on March 2010 adding that if the evaluation is being done now then it would have touch around Rs 2000 crores.
Meghalaya High Court seek report on primary School
The Meghalaya High Court led by Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq has sought report on the number of schools that have been taken over by the state government and the financial burden on the state exchequer for the different categories. The order was passed following a petition filed by Thomy R Marak here on Tuesday.
The state respondents have been directed to file affidavit before the next hearing fixed to be held on March 16.
It also enquired about the total number of primary schools and junior basic schools as separate entities, in the schools taken over, indicating separately the number of teachers serving there.
In the order, the court wanted to know as to how many schools have been been taken over by the state, which according to them were covered by the District Council lower primary school and the total number of teacher working with them.
The state respondents were also asked to indicate separately the total number of pre-primary schools functioning independently and those which are part of the schools taken over and the number of teachers working with each of them.
The court further maintained that the statement would also specify as to what is the total financial burden on the state exchequer in all the categories separately, including that of the pre-primary section, if they are taken over.
