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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page No. 4
Union HRD Minister releases the NCERT eight- Naxal surrenders on the
week alternative academic calendar for upper occasion of “Raksha Bandhan”
primary stage developed under guidance of MHRD IT Correspondent
Mumbai, Aug 4:
PIB Pokhriyal said that it has taken or UT. the TV channel SwayamPrabha In a positive development, a
Imphal, Aug 4: into account, the varying levels It also covers experiential (Kishore munch)( available Naxal in Dantewada
of access to such tools-Mobile learning activities such as Arts through Free DTH channel 128, (Chhattisgarh) gave up arms
Union Minister of Human phone, Radio, Television, SMS Education, Physical Exercises, Dish TV Channel # 950, and surrendered in response
Resource Development and various social media. The yoga, pre-vocational skills, SunDirect #793, Jio TV, to an appeal by police for
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ fact that many of us may not etc.This Calendar contains Tatasky#756, Airtel Channel “Ghar Vapasi” (return home)
released the Alternative have internet facility in the class-wise and subject-wise #440, Videocon Channel # 477), and as per promise given by
Academic Calendar at upper mobile phone, or may not be activities in tabular forms. This Kishore Manch App(can be him to his sister to come home
primary stage virtually today able to use different social Calendar includes activities downloaded from play store) to celebrate “Raksha
.In order to engage students media tools- such as whats app, related to four languages as and youtubelive (NCERT Bandhan” on Monday.
meaningfully during their stay face book, twitter, google, etc., subject areas, i.e., Hindi Official Channel). Daily He returned under the “Lon
at home due to COVID-19 the calendar guides teachers to English, Urdu and Sanskrit. Monday to Saturday these Varratu”, a local effort of the
through educational activities further help parents and This calendar also gives space sessions are telecast for police in Dantewada, one of Sister Linge offering an aarti to her brother Malla Tamo
at home with the help of their students through SMS on to the strategies of reducing secondary 9:00 am to 10:30 am the worst-affected Left Wing on the occasion of “Raksha Bandhan”.
parents and teachers, the mobile phones or through stress and anxiety among , for primary classes from 10:30 Extremist areas in the country, Eventually the duo celebrated appeal to my sister that she
alternative academic calendars voice call. Parents are expected teachers, students and parents. am to 12:00pm, for upper where the Naxals are affiliated Raksha Bandhan at a police should lay down arms and
for students , parents and to help elementary stage Calendar includes link for primary classes from 12:00 pm to CPI (Maoist). The scheme station in Dantewada. surrender before the police to
teachers at primary and upper students to implement this Chapter wise e-content available to 1:30 pm and higher offers Naxalites to surrender The platoon which he lead a normal life with the
primary stage have been Calendar. on the e-pathshala, NROER and secondary classes from 2:30 pm to government authorities in commanded, was the one family, he said and added that
developed by the NCERT The Minister highlighted that DIKSHA portal of GoI. to 4:00 pm. In addition to return for a promise of being situated in the ‘Bhairamgarh after he surrendered, he has
under the guidance of the this calendar will cater to the All the given activities are interacting with the viewer, rehabilitated by giving an Area Committee’ of the Naxal been provided with a good
MHRD. need of all children including suggestive in nature, not hands on activities along with employment, to them. cadres. Superintendent of house and employment by the
Speaking on the occasion, the Divyang children(Children prescriptive, nor is the teaching of topics are The 22 year-old Malla Tamo, Police (SP) of Dantewada government. “I appeal to my
Minister said that the calendar with Special Need)- link for sequence mandatory. Teachers demonstrated in these live carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh Abhishek Pallava, said and sister to come back on this
will empower our students, Audio books, Radio and parents may opt to sessions This calendar would on his head, who had left added that since he was the occasion of Raksha Bandhan”
teachers, school principals and programmes, Video programme contexualise the activities and also be disseminated by home at the age of 10 years to platoon commander of the he was quoted having said by
parents to find out positive will be included. do thoseactivities that the conducting video join the “Maoist Baal Bhairamgarh area, he was the police.
ways to deal with Covid-19 Pokhriyal informed that the student shows interest in, conferencing with SCERTs/ Sangham” in 2008, returned involved in all major incidents A similar appeal was made by
using on-line teaching-learning calendar contains week-wise irrespective of the sequence. SIEs, Directorates of home on 31 July, to meet his which claimed the lives of Dashmi, whose brother
resources and also improving plan consisting of interesting NCERT has already started Education, Kendriya sister Linge, parents and two police personnel in the last Lakshman is still with the
their learning outcomes getting and challenging activities, with having live interactive VidyalaySangathan, Navodaya other siblings. His was decade. force. “I lost my husband
school education at home. He reference to theme/chapter sessions with students, Vidyalaya Samiti, CBSE, State inducted by his uncle into the Encouraged by Malla’s Varghees in a police encounter
added that the calendar at taken from syllabus or parents and teachers through School Education Boards, etc. Naxal activities. Then he surrender, a few other former last year and I do not want to
upper primary stage (Classes textbook. Most importantly, it joined platoon number 13 of Naxalites have come forward lose my brother. I want him to
VI to VIII) was released for four maps the themes with the Eight core industries’ output the Naxals and subsequently to urge their siblings to return return on this festival of
weeks. Now the calendar for learning outcomes. The shrinks 15% in June became its Deputy home. Among them is 28- Rakhi, she said. Dashmi, who
next eight weeks at upper purpose of mapping of themes commander. He was involved year-old Badal, the former had a Rs 5 lakh bounty on her
primary stage has been with learning outcomes is to Agency According to the data released in several incidents in which deputy commander of head, surrendered in Jagdalpur
released. He further said that facilitate teachers/parents to New Delhi, Aug 4: by the Commerce and Industry police personnel lost their Platoon-26 who surrendered in on 23 July, 2020.
the Calendar provides assess the progress in the Ministry today, the output of lives. He belongs to the Palnar March 2020 with his wife Kosi. The police said the appeals
guidelines to teachers on the learning of children and also to Contracting for the fourth coal sector fell 15.5 per cent, village in the Dantewada He appealed to his sister Jogi are a having positive effect..
use of various technological go beyond textbooks. The consecutive month, the output crude oil declined by 6 per cent district. Kasda, who is currently “We hope these appeals lead
tools and social media tools activities given in the calendar of eight core infrastructure , natural gas by 12 per cent, Police said his sister Linge, deployed as a security guard to good results and similar
available for imparting focus on learning outcomes industries shrank by 15 per cent refinery products fell by 8.9 per who could not even remember to Naxal commander Deva, the persuasion initiatives are
education in fun-filled, and can thus be achieved in June this year due to fall in cent, steel sector plunged by his face ever since he left mastermind of the gruesome taken by other surrendered
interesting ways, which can be through any resource the production of coal, crude 33.8 per cent, cement by 6.9 home, had urged him to 2013 Jhiram Ghati attack and Naxals as well,” the anti-
used by learner, parents and including the textbooks oil, natural gas, steel, cement and per cent and electricity surrender before the police killing of former BJP MLA Naxal operations head and
teachers even while at home. children are using in their state electricity. declined by 11 per cent.
and lead a normal life. Bheema Mandavi in 2019. I IG (Bastar) P. Sundarraj said.
PMAY(G) in the new Union Territories Sports News
By- N R Bhanumurthy
Vice Chancellor, BASE University, Bengaluru.
One of the flagship and most especially when they are soon some of the larger states with like intermittent internet Imphal East Hockey Granted Affiliation
successful rural development completing one year of much more deep institutional connectivity. The gap analysis
programs of the Government becoming the UTs. set up . And right now, UT for the last two years shows
of India is the Pradhan Mantri It may be noted from of Ladakh has even that there are gaps in terms of
Awaas Yojana – Grameen AwaasSoft MIS on the MoRD exhausted the wait-listed release of instalments to the
(PMAY-G). Based on both website, the latest information beneficiaries. beneficiaries. And this could
secondary information as well suggests (as on 29 th July 2020) One important aspect that be for couple of reasons - the
as with the field level study that in the UT of Jammu & may need to be highlighted is delay in the inspection of
that we had done at National Kashmir, major progress that the PMAY(G) also has an progress by the designated
Institute of Public Finance and appears to have happened in-built structure to ensure functionaries across different
Policy (NIPFP), it is evident during the last one year. If one the ownership among stages of construction and the
that the scheme has brought looks at sanctioned women. The secondary data other is the difficulties in
in a transformational change beneficiaries for 2019-20 that is available with respect uploading the geo-tagged
to a large extent to the lives of (42,778), with all the changes to gender-wise distribution of pictures especially due to
rural people. With the close in the region and with some sanctioned houses suggest network issues (only 2G is
institutional convergence of disturbances in few districts, that nearly 84% of sanctioned available in the region).
PMAY-G with other flagship it is important to highlight that houses are either in the name In terms of speed, while our
schemes of the government, nearly 86% of the sanctioned of women or in the joint earlier study has shown that,
such as MGNREGS, Swachh with verified accounts have ownership in Jammu & on an average among larger
Bharat Mission (SBM), been provided with the 1 st Kashmir, quite high compared states, it was taking only about
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala installment (37038). Much to other states. However, in 114 days to complete a
Yojana and with other state more important is for the year the case of Ladakh, it is only PMAY(G) house, given the IT News Hockey Association of Young Ahallup is the Treasurer. Three
level development schemes, it 2020-21, despite facing the about 65%. With respect to terrain as well as network Imphal, Aug 4: Talents (HAYT) and Seram executive members are Th.
is not surprising that our Covid-19 situation and financial progress, again the issues, it could be taking Surjit of Social Youth United Romita Devi of MEIRAA, Ch.
investigation corroborate that subsequent lockdown, the UT secondary data suggests a longer time in these two new Hockey Unit of Imphal East Club, Uchekon Khunou were Memcha Devi of YCCIC and
the beneficiaries are receiving could geotag over two-thirds utilization ratio of about UTs. However, as compared (HUIE) has been granted elected as the president and Y. Bhupen of Khongman
both tangible and intangible of the registered beneficiaries 117.84% for the year 2019-20, to the past, especially during affiliation to Manipur Hockey the secretary respectively of Hockey Academy.
benefits from the scheme. The (10719 out of 16562 houses), and this could be due to some 2017 and 2018, based on the as per office memorandum the district level body, while As per the prevailing norms
scheme has successfully which is the most critical stage of the backlogs in the completion rate in 2019-20 as issued today by President of Ch. Bala Singh of Hockey of Hockey India, L. Suresh
addressed the unforeseen in ensuring smooth fund-flow previous years. well as the financial progress the state body Basudev Union, M. Ibetombi Devi of Singh and Ng Thaba Devi
challenges which were to the beneficiary account. Nevertheless, this suggest one could suggest a Singh. Hockey Union and Ksh have been appointed as
encountered as also the And within less than two that there is a sharp pick-up substantial decline in the As per direction of Hockey Shantakumar of SEYO are Athlete Representatives. H.
issues of scale, quality months of unlocking in the in the construction activity in number of days needed for India, the Hockey Unit of Senior Vice President and Vice Ahenta Sharma is the Chief
through its architecture and it rural areas, over one-fourth of 2019-20 compared to completion, which suggests Imphal East (HUIE) was presidents respectively. Executive Officer (CEO) of the
appears that country could the targeted houses have previous years. Even in 2020- that an agile mode of house formed on July 23 last under P. Bandhan, President of Social district level Hockey unit.
easily achieve the ‘Housing been registered (16,562 out of 21, the utilization ratio is construction is being the supervision and in Workers Congress (SWC) Imphal East district has
for All’ by 2022 as planned. 62,851 houses). This is at par about 26.81% within the two undertaken in the UTs. presence of officials of Khongman has been altogether eight clubs
But for this there is a need to with the performances of months when the lockdown Overall, while there is a Manipur Hockey. The appointed Associate Vice affiliated to Manipur Hockey,
focus on state/regional issues better implementing states in was ended in the middle of significant progress (both Executive Board of the district President, while K. Shivakumar and with the formation of the
to improve the overall the country. In the case of May 2020. physical and financial) in both level body is composed of 11 Sharma of HAYT is the new district level body, more
progress of the scheme at the UT of Ladakh, against the However, there are few the UTs in terms of members representing various Associate Joint Secretary. M. and more teams will be
regional level. Here we briefly target of 1,229 houses, till concerns with respect to implementation, more need to Hockey clubs of Imphal East, Prameshwor of Khongman promoted by way of
look at how far the program is date the UT has completed overall implementation of the be done especially in speeding while there are also two athlete Students Club and Th. Suchitra enrolling new clubs, said a
implemented in the newly 1,203 houses with a scheme in the UTs, which may up the construction activity to representatives and two of MEIRAA, Bashikhong are release issued by Secretary
formed Union Territories of completion rate of as high as be largely due to the specific bring these UTs at par with associate members. Joint Secretaries, while of Hockey Union of Imphal
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh 98%, which is comparable with constraints that the UTs face other better performing states. Seram Neken representing Naorem Sanjoy of YCCIC, East (HUIE) .
Edited by Rinku Khumukcham, Owned and Published by Iboyaima Khuman at Keishamthong Elangbam Leikai, Imphal and Printed by him at M/s Imphal Times Printers, Elangbam Leikai Imphal West,, Resident Editor- Jeet Akoijam