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Meghalaya government pushing for Organic farming

The Agriculture Department is set to convert around 40,000 hectares into organic certified land and the process is already in its second or third year in some areas. 

While speaking during the celebration of ‘World Soil Day’ P Sampath Kumar, Commissioner and Secretary of the Agriculture Department said that uses of chemical fertiliser had degraded the soil quality which compels the government to push for organic farming since 2014.

Apart from 40,000 hectares, the Government is pushing for another 2 lakh hectares of cultivable for organic farming. In the future the Government is planning to cover the entire state just like Sikkim.

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KHNAM accused PWD (Roads) of biased treatment

The Khun Hynniewtrep National awakening Movement (KHNAM) submitted a memorandum to the chief Engineer PWD (Roads).

In the memorandum the KHNAM accused the Government of Meghalaya especially the department of PWD (roads) of turning blind eye to the roads conditions of the rural areas located at the Khasi hills district, Jaintia Hills district, and the Ri-Bhoi district. It also claimed that more emphasis have been given only to Garo hills.

While speaking to the media person Mr. Thomas Passah stated that tender notified have shown crores of rupees for repair/construction of roads located at Garo hills and very less attention is being paid to the roads located at other regions.

An example can be seen with the Mawthabah­-Wahkaji whereby surprisingly no amount has been allocated for the repair and construction of Wahkaji-Mawthabah roads in South West Khasi Hills.

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E-Aushadhi launched at Yojana Bhawan Shillong

Shri. P. W Ingty Additional Chief Secretary in charge Health and Family Welfare Government of Meghalaya today launched e-Aushadhi, a web based supply chain management application at Yojana Bhawan, Main Secretariat, Shillong. This function was organised by National Health Mission, Meghalaya. E-Aushadhi is prepared and customised by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Ministry of Commerce, and Information Technology, Government of India. This application shall help Directorate of Health Services to improve drug warehousing and supply chain management in all government hospitals in the State.

E-Aushadhi is a web based supply chain management application that deals with purchase, inventory management, and distribution to various district warehouses of State, District Hospitals, and their sub-stores like Community Health Centre (CHC) and Primary Health Centre (PHC) to distribute drugs to patients, the final consumers of the supply chain.

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The issue of constitutionality and legality of the creation of the CADC

The authority for amending any provision of the Sixth Schedule lies with the Parliament, as such the State Legislative Assembly or any other legislatures do not have any say with regard to the provision of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India. It shall be ascertained how the provision for amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India has been incorporated in the Sixth Schedule itself. Any issue concerning constitution matter shall be analyzed correctly only from the constitutional provision and constitutional direction itself instead of arguing it from other perspectives. It is incorporated in Paragraph 21, sub-paragraph (1) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India that “Parliament may from time to time by law amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any of the provision of this schedule and when the schedule is so amended, any reference to this schedule in this constitution shall be construed as a reference to such schedule as so amended”. Paragraph 21 subparagraph (2) “No such law as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment of this constitution for the purpose of article 368”

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This time in the local body elections held in Uttar Pradesh, all political parties have raised their own candidates. This is the first time that candidates are contesting on election symbols of their political parties in the local body elections. In the elections of the local body, BJP’s alliance has always been huge, whether it is Municipal Corporation, Municipality or a Nagar Panchayat. In most municipal corporations, the Mayor is from the BJP and more than 50 per cent of the municipalities and Nagar Panchayats have the BJP- backed candidate on the post of the President.

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Changes in India do not come easily. In other words, India, as a society has an inherent tendency to fear change-which is both good and bad. That is simply because some changes are essentially good and others are harmful. Not to mention, some changes are neutral.

I remember sometime in 2002, the late Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal had divulged his personal displeasure about dhotis. During an interview with a private news channel he said, “What will happen to this country? It will surely be ruined if we do not stop wearing dhotis. How can you travel in a dhoti in a bus or in a tram? How can you work?” Whether a dhoti is a travelfriendly/work-friendly attire or not,is a debate the nation can engage upon whenever it wants to but what is of greater significance is that our Hills have been slowly but surely leading the nation in changing its mindset towards a dress code in general. Darjeeling popularized jeans in West Bengal. The Hills in this part of the country, a large part of North East included, have always dressed differently from the rest of India. Not that we dislike our traditional attire. In fact we love them just as much.

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HYC to go on Hunger strike

With the Assembly’s winter session drawing near, the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) has announced a three-day hunger strike from December 7 to push the state government to pass official resolution to implement its 14-point of demands which include Inner Line Permit (ILP).

Addressing media persons HYC General Secretary Robert June Kharjahrin said that the hunger strike is to show displeasure against the state government’s towards the demand for strong anti-influx laws. Members of the Council will march towards the parking lot near the additional Secretariat to stage their hunger strike. The Council also threatened to campaign against any political parties which failed to reflect their seriousness on the influx related issues in their respective manifestos in the upcoming 2018 state elections.

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2 day workshop concluded at NEC

The 2 day workshop under the theme: “Biotechnology for Sustainable Development of Ecosystems and Bio-resources” is being concluded North Eastern Council Auditorium, Shillong. This brainstorming workshop on ‘Bio-resources Development and Sustainable Utilization’ is being co-organised by the Bio-Resources Development Centre (BDRC), Government of Meghalaya and the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India in collaboration with North Eastern Council, Ministry of DoNER, Government of India, North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCoRMP),  Institute of Natural Resources Management (MBDA), Department of Forest & Environment, Government of Meghalaya, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Central Agriculture University, Umiam, ICAR for NEH Region, Umiam, Department of Agriculture, Government of Meghalaya and State Council of Science Technology & Environment (SCSTE).

The workshop was to discuss on the need to protect and preserve the rich bio-diversity of the State and to make it more sustainable for the future generations. The aims of the workshop were to provide platform for various stakeholders for developing frameworks for sustainable development of ecosystem and bio-resources of the North East India in general and Meghalaya in particular through biotechnological approaches.

Member, NEC, Shillong, Shri C. K. Das, Secretary, NEC, Shillong, Shri Ram Muivah, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Dr. Mohd. Aslam, Director, CSIR-NBRI, Prof. S. K. Barik, Director, ISBD, Imphal, Prof. Dinabandhu Sahoo, Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Planning Department & Member Secretary, BDRC, Dr. B. D. R. Tiwari was also present at the inaugural programme.