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THE HINDU DELHI NATION 9
SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019
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Kanyashree stipends are no shield against trafficking
IN BRIEF
Experts and activists say the complex problem cannot be prevented merely by monetary handouts meant to retain girls in school
Shiv Sahay Singh
tion working with survivors Experts working with the or harassment faced by them
Kolkata
of trafficking in South 24 Par nongovernment organisa or any of their friends.
Dipali, Manju and Sahanara ganas, has been involved in tions on the issue said traf Sanghamitra Ghosh, se
Rajasthan govt. to hike
grant for cow shelters (names changed) were all be the rescue of 21 trafficking ficking is a complex problem cretary of the State’s Women
neficiaries of West Bengal’s survivors in 2018. “Of the 21 and one scheme, which pro and Child Development de
JAIPUR
The Rajasthan government most talked about condition girls who were rescued, four vides impetus to girls to re partment said, “These are
will soon increase the grant al cash transfer scheme, Ka of them were beneficiaries of main in school, cannot put different sectors of govern
for cow shelters so that the nyashree. Kanyashree,” Subhashree an end to trafficking. More ment working together for
cattle are fed well, Chief However, despite being Ratptam of GGBK said. over, they also feel that un the same objective of empo
Minister Ashok Gehlot said on beneficiaries of the scheme, Krishnachandrapur High der the K1 scheme the bene wering the girl child and pre
Saturday. Addressing a ‘Gau which according to the State School, located in South 24 fit of ₹750 annually is hardly venting child marriage and
Raksha Sammelan’, attended government has 56.09 lakh Parganas Mathurapur region a deterrent to trafficking. trafficking. Syawangsiddha is
by cow shelter owners here, beneficiaries so far, these has about 1,700 beneficiaries a scheme run by the West
Mr. Gehlot said nonlactating three young women were of Kanayshree. Principal Multiple schemes Bengal police and is not as
cows should not be abando trafficked between 201618. Chandan Maity said that of Kanyashree is an overarch widespread as Kanyashree.”
ned and efforts should be Of the three trafficking these 1,700 beneficiaries, ing scheme apart from sever Ms. Ghosh also pointed
made to look after them. PTI survivors, one a resident of there have been at least 50 al other schemes aimed at out that cases of trafficking
State’s South 24 Parganas cases, where beneficiaries combating trafficking. are recorded more in West
Another jawan’s body district Canning area told have either been trafficked Fight continues: A file photo of survivors of trafficking attending a meeting in Canning village In September 2018, West Bengal because of a robust
recovered in Himachal
The Hindu that she was ab or married early. in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. * MANOB CHOWDHARY Bengal government rolled reporting of cases relating to
SHIMLA ducted in front of a bank in Manisha Banerjee, head out Swayangsiddha scheme missing of girls. As the per
The body of one of the five 2017 where she had gone to mistress of the Labhpur Girls girls from school going mis nyashree scheme has two ca a onetime grant of ₹25,000 to prevent trafficking. Under NCRB data, West Bengal re
jawans missing for the last 10 check whether she had re High School in State’s Birb sing and being trafficked. tegories of benefits. Under is paid after a girl turns 18, the scheme (which means ports the highest number of
days in an avalanche in
Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur ceived benefits under the Ka hum district, said while the The school administered the first category or K1 cate provided that she was en self reliance) complaint box cases. Data for 2016 shows
district was recovered on nyashree. situation had improved due by Ms. Banerjee has 700 Ka gory, ₹750 is paid annually to gaged in an academic or oc es have been installed in the that of the 8,132 cases in the
Saturday, officials said. The Goranbose Gram Bikash to intervention of Kanyash nyashree beneficiaries. the girls in the age group of cupational pursuit and was schools where girls can sub country, 3,579 cases (around
deceased, Rajesh Rishi, 25, Kendra ( GGBK), an organisa ree, there were still cases of Launched in 2013, the Ka 13 to 18; under the K2 group, unmarried. mit any complaint of stalking 44%) were from West Bengal.
was from the Army’s 7 JAK
Rifles and belonged to Solan
district. The body of havaldar
Rakesh Kumar was recovered Haryana govt. helping realtors: Cong. Rajasthan’s Gujjar quota
the same day of avalanche. PTI
Rajeev Kumar gets
additional charge of STF Party questions motive behind amendment to land Act, to approach Governor faces a legal challenge
KOLKATA
The West Bengal government Vikas Vasudeva logically sensitive areas of chose to ignore arguments
has given additional charge of PIL against Bill may be taken up by High Court next week
CHANDIGARH Aravali foothills and the Shiv and suggestions of the INLD,
the State directorate of
economic offences and the After the Supreme Court alik of the State. other political parties and
special task force (STF) of the (SC) pulled up the ruling Senior Congress leader environmentalists and went Special Correspondent mously passed the Rajasthan
Kolkata police to former city Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and MLA Karan Dalal told ahead with passing the JAIPUR Backward Classes (Reserva
police commissioner Rajeev government in Haryana over The Hindu that party mem amendment,” he said. The Congress government’s tion of Seats in Educational
Kumar. Mr. Kumar, who was amendments made in the bers would soon meet the move to give 5% reservation Institutions in the State and
recently questioned by the Punjab Land Preservation Governor on the PLPA issue Diminishing forest cover to Gujjars and four other no of Appointments and Posts
CBI in connection with chit Act (PLPA) of 1900, the Op and would urge for his inter “During its tenure, the BJP madic communities in jobs in Services under the State)
fund scam cases, is presently position parties have upped vention in this sensitive has shown scant respect for and education in Rajasthan, Amendment Bill, 2019, on
the State CID chief. PTI the ante against Chief Minis matter. the environment and ecolo citing them as being an “ex February 13.
ter Manohar Lal Khattar. The Indian National Lok gy of the State by insensitive tremely backward class”, The writ petition is likely
Centre offers another The Congress leaders in Dal (INLD) – Haryana’s prin ly promoting builders and has run into rough weather. to come up for hearing in
chance to opt for pension the State have hit out at the cipal Opposition party — has destroying forest cover. Ha A public interest litigation the Rajasthan High Court’s
NEW DELHI BJP government questioning The Opposition parties have demanded the immediate ryana barely has a forest cov petition filed in the High Gujjars staging a protest in Jaipur Bench next week.
In a relief to over 42,000 the objective behind the sought CM Manohar Lal resignation of Mr. Khattar. er of about 3% of its area. Court here, challenges the Ajmer last month. * PTI Petitioners’ counsel Abhi
employees of public sector amendment and alleged the Khattar’s resignation. Party’s State president That is why it is imperative quota Bill on grounds of an nav Sharma said while the
insurance companies, the move was to benefit realtors Ashok Arora said though that it is nursed properly so “untenable basis” of propor ceiling on reservation but State government had con
government on Saturday
decided to give one more and the mining mafia. The Haryana Assembly on during the recently conclud that ecological balance is tionality of population. had also cited the propor tended that the reservation
chance to opt for pension to Party leaders said on Sa Wednesday retrospectively ed State Assembly session, maintained,” he added. Activists Arvind Sharma tion of Gujjars’ population was aimed at addressing the
the “leftover officers and turday that they would soon amended the PLPA 1900, by legislators of the INLD had The SC on Friday had cau and Badal Verma contend in as per the last Census in pressing need to uplift cer
staff” who missed the approach Haryana Governor passing the Punjab Land Pre opposed the government’s tioned the Haryana govern their writ petition that the stead of referring to the tain communities, the “ac
opportunity in the past. These Satyadeo Narain Arya urging servation (Haryana Amend move to bring in the pro ment with contempt if it Bill — passed in the Assem quantifiable data of back tual compelling circum
posed amendment to the
went ahead and implement
staff had opted for contribu him not to give his assent. ment) Bill, 2019 – this Download Indian Library App bly’s Budget session during wardness in education and stance” was the Gujjar
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tory provident fund instead They would also seek Mr. amendment will pave way PLPA. ed the PLP (Haryana Amend the Gujjar agitation — had public employment. agitation, which had held
Khattar’s dismissal. for construction in the eco “The Khattar government ment) Act, 2019. not only breached the 50% The Assembly had unani the entire State to ransom.
of the pension option. PTI
Two trampled to death Punjab
approves farm
by elephants in Odisha loan waiver
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
86 persons were killed in 2018-19, toll likely to go up CHANDIGARH
The Punjab government on
Staff Reporter Angul district. A sevenyear encounters shot up to 159 Saturday gave its inprinci
BHUBANESWAR old boy died when a wall against 120 last year. As ma ple approval for a debt re
Three persons, including a knocked by an elephant col ny as 101 persons escaped lief scheme for farm la
child, were killed since Fri lapsed in the Baraghat vil with critical injuries after be bourers and landless
day when elephants strayed lage in Sundargarh district ing chased by wild ele farmers, who are members
into human habitation in dif on Friday night. phants,” said Mr. Patnaik. of the Primary Agriculture
ferent districts of Odisha. Dhenkanal remains one Credit Societies (PACS).
The three deaths took the Rising encounters of the most affected dis An official statement
human death toll in manele “In 201718, 84 persons died tricts. “Of the 159 encoun said the decision was taken
phant conflict in the State to in encounters with ele ters, Dhenkanal accounts for at Cabinet meeting here.
86 in 201819 — the highest in phants. This year, 86 deaths 50. Twentyone persons “It will benefit farm labour
a year. have already taken place. died and 38 were injured in ers and landless farming
Dayanidhi Sahu, 65, on The toll is likely to go up the attacks,” he said. members of the PACS to
his way to the village pond, with another month’s time According to government the tune of ₹520.55 crore.
was trampled to death on Sa left to complete the estima records, 680 people lost The amount eligible for re
turday. Kedar Nath Prasad, tion,” said Ranjit Patnaik, their lives in attacks by wild lief per head comprises an
an octogenarian, was at campaigner with the Wil animals between 201112 and outstanding principal of up
tacked by a wild elephant dlife Society of Odisha 201819. Of the 680 deaths, to ₹25,000 as on March 31,
wandering since February (WSO), an NGO. 535 human deaths were 2017 and simple interest of
28 in the Deulabeda area of “This year, manelephant caused by elephant attacks. 7% per annum,” it said.
10yearold
girl raped,
boy booked
Press Trust of India
Palghar
A 10yearold girl is preg
nant after being repeatedly
raped by a boy at a village
in Palghar district of Maha
rashtra, the police said on
Saturday.
The boy, 12, was booked
following a complaint filed
by the girl’s parents, police
said. “Both are neighbours.
According to the com
plaint, the boy had been
raping the girl for the last
four months,” an official of
the Mokhada police station
said. A few days back, the
girl complained of stomach
pain. When her parents
took her for a checkup,
doctors told them she was
pregnant. The girl then
told her parents what had
happened, the official said.
The boy was booked un
der IPC Sections 376 (rape)
and the Protection of Chil
dren from Sexual Offences
(POCSO). He has not been
detained yet.
CM
YK
