VOTING 99% FOR 14TH PRESIDENT OF INDIA
Voting was held Monday to elect the 14th President of India as members of Parliament and legislative assemblies exercised their franchise at designated centers at Parliament House and state assemblies complex.
A total of 714 MPs voted in the Presidential polls in Parliament House. Briefing media in New Delhi, Secretary General, Lok Sabha and returning officer for Presidential elections, Anoop Mishra said, four MLAs also voted in Parliament house and 54 MPs exercised their franchise in their states.
MP from Sasaram Chedi Paswan didn’t vote due to a Supreme Court order. Besides, Lok Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu Ambumani Ramadoss also did not cast vote. Mr Mishra said, overall polling per centage was nearly 99 per cent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah who is also a legislator from Gujarat cast their vote. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and BSP chief Mayawati were among those prominent leaders who cast their votes at Parliament house.
Former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar are in the direct fight in the polls in the race to the Raisina Hills. The voting concluded at 5pm. Paper ballots were used in this election. The results will be declared on Thursday.
Nearly 99 per cent voting was recorded today for electing India’s next president. Lok Sabha Secretary General and returning officer for the election Anoop Mishra told that the voting was close to 99 per cent and perhaps this would be the highest ever percentage.
Mishra said, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Uttarakhand and Puducherry recorded 100 per cent voting. In Parliament House, the voting percentage was 99 per cent.
Counting will begin at 11 AM on July 20. First the ballot box of Parliament House will be opened, and then, the ballot boxes received from states will be counted on alphabetical basis.
PREPARATION FOR GLOBAL COMPACT FOR MIGRATION
International Dialogue on Migration Discusses Migrant Vulnerabilities in Preparation for Global Compact for Migration
Global Compact on Migration
Switzerland – Key actors in the Global Compact for Migration process will convene on 18 and 19 July at the United Nations Office in Geneva to explore and better understand migrant vulnerabilities through IOM’s International Dialogue on Migration.
The global compact is a major intergovernmental process, to which IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is extending technical and policy expertise as requested by Member States until its culmination in September 2018. It presents an historical opportunity for achieving a world in which migrants move as a matter of choice rather than necessity, through safe, orderly and regular channels, and in which migration is well governed and able to act as a positive force for individuals, societies and States.
This meeting, the second such Dialogue so far this year, is being held by IOM to create a space for governments and relevant actors to discuss solution-based approaches towards a global compact that reduces vulnerabilities and empowers migrants. Participants will explore all aspects of migrant vulnerabilities from a policy, cooperation and practical perspective.
Remarks will be made by high level guests including:
- William Lacy Swing, IOM Director General
- Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana
- Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship of Canada
- Nanette Thomas, Minister of Political and Public Affairs of Sierra Leone
- Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh
- Anna Makakala, Commissioner General of Immigration Services of Tanzania
- José Luis Lacome, Vice Minister of Human Mobility of Ecuador
- Khadijetou Mbareck Fall, Minister Delegate for Maghrebian and African Affairs, and Expatriate Mauritanians of Mauritania
- Marina Del Corral, Secretary General of Immigration and Emigration of Spain
- Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly (via video message)
Contributions will also be made by other senior representatives of governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, diaspora, private sector, diaspora and academia. In total, 42 speakers will contribute to seven panels scheduled over the two-day event.
The outcomes of this discussion together with those of the first Dialogue held on 18-19 April 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York will be gathered in a publication, which will input into the global compact stock-taking meeting to take place in Mexico in December.
Media are welcome to attend this Geneva event. To register, please email idmworkshop@iom.int.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN A CITY: DENGUE AND CHIKUNGUNYA IN DELHI
CPR is pleased to invite you to a talk on
Emerging infectious diseases in a city: Dengue and Chikungunya in Delhi
Olivier Telle
Emerging infectious diseases in a city: Dengue and Chikungunya in Delhi
Olivier Telle
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Conference Hall, Ground Floor, R&T Building (Gate no. 3),The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi
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This presentation will focus on the dengue and chikungunya viruses, which are two of the most common vector borne diseases affecting urban areas around the world. In India and Delhi, these two viruses are spreading rapidly, infecting lakhs of individuals every year. The aim of this study is to underline 1) the geography of these diseases over several years in Delhi 2) the factors that lead to continuous spread within endemic cities – from urban complexity to political organization of urban/epidemic responses. After presenting some short term solutions that can help in controlling disease diffusion, this presentation will be an opportunity to re-evaluate the links between evolution of cities, intra-urban environmental disparities and the issue of sanitation within urban areas.
Olivier Telle, senior visiting researcher at CPR, is an urban health geographer at Centre National de la Recherche Française (CNRS), UMR Géographie-cite (Paris-Sorbonne). He is currently associated with SCI-FI 2 project in which he is developing a research on diseases geography in Delhi (Dengue, Chikungunya and Diarrheal diseases). Before joining CNRS, Olivier conducted a 3 year postdoc at Institut Pasteur Paris at Functionnal Genetic of Infectious Diseases.
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ALL INDIA KISAN SANGHARSH COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Press Release: July 17, 2017
- Raju Shetty, despite being a part of the ruling NDA has lent his continuous support to the Kisan Mukti Yatra and raised serious questions on the anti-farmer policies of this government.
- Dr. Sunilam said that only those who work in the interests of the farmers have the right to be in governments.
- ;Before going to the parliament, MPs should visit the farmers sitting at a distance of five minutes at Jantar Mantar and pay tribute to the farmers martyred in Mandsaur. :Yogendra Yadav
- Kisan Mukti Yatra reaches Uttar Pradesh
- Kisan Mukti Yatra to reach Jantar Mantar, Delhi tomorrow, on the morning of 18th July
- Yatra receives overwhelming support of farmers from all over the country
Monsoon session of Parliament to begin from 17th July; possibilities of farmers’ issues being discussed running high
Yogendra Yadav appeals to MPs; asks them to visit the farmers sitting at a distance of 5 minutes at Jantar Mantar and pay tributes to the martyred farmers of Mandsaur
Yogendra Yadav appeals to MPs; asks them to visit the farmers sitting at a distance of 5 minutes at Jantar Mantar and pay tributes to the martyred farmers of Mandsaur
Kisan Mukti Yatra, which started from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh on July 6, is reaching Jantar Mantar in Delhi in the next 24 hours. The Kisan Mukti Yatra reached Uttar Pradesh yesterday, where the already ongoing Kisan Adhikaar Yatra merged with it. Today the Yatra will reach Delhi’s neighbouring state Haryana, and along with thousands of farmers, willbenter the National Capital from the Kapashera border. The Kisan Mukti Yatra has two very specific demands – debt free farming and remunerative farming.
The Kisan Mukti Yatra that is reaching Delhi’s Jantar Mantar at 11:30 am tomorrow has received overwhelming support of farmers all over the country. The farmers’ movement which stemmed from the martyrdom of 6 farmers in Madhya Pradesh has already started building pressure on the government.
Making an appeal to the MPs on behalf of the farmers’ movement, Yogendra Yadav said “When the representatives of the farmers from all over the country will be sitting at Jantar Mantar to demand justice for the farmers and pay tributes to the six martyrs of Mandsaur, the MPs will be sitting inside the parliament at a distance of five minutes. The present House has several MPs who have fought for the rights of the farmers’ and call themselves ‘sons of famers’. And today when farmers from all over the county have gathered at Jantar Mantar, they would expect the MPs to at least visit them at Jantar Mantar and listen to their woes. They would expect the MPs to understand their sufferings and pay tributes to the martyrs of Mandsaur to further strengthen the farmers’ struggle and save this country.”
Well-known farmers’ leader and MP from Maharashtra, Raju Shetty, despite being a part of the ruling NDA has lent his continuous support to the Kisan Mukti Yatra and raised serious questions on the anti-farmer policies of this government. Shetty, who has been an important part of this Yatra also said that he will also make an appeal to his fellow MPs to lend their support to the farmers’ movement and join them at Jantar Mantar.
Addressing the media in Alwar, AIKSCC leader Dr. Sunilam said that only those who work in the interests of the farmers have the right to be in governments. He also demanded that the Yogi Adityanath government give a complete farm loan waiver to farmers of Uttar Pradesh. He also said that whenever farmers raise their voice in protest, they are lathi charged and are made to face bullets. He demanded that those who fire bullets on non-violently protesting farmers should be charged with murder and punished as per the law.
Condemning the detention of Tamil Nadu farmers protesting outside the PM’s residence, Spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union, Gora Singh said that it is high time that the PM talks to the farmers and listens to their woes.
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ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON STEEL IMPORTS
New Delhi, July 17, 2017
Ashadha 26, Saka 1939
The Government had imposed anti-dumping duty ranging from 4.58% to 57.39% of landed value on Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel from China, Korea, European Union, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and USA on 17.04.2014.
Anti-dumping duty on the above items were further extended by five more years as per Government notification dated 11.12.2015. After a sunset review, it was found that:-
- there is continued dumping of these goods from above mentioned countries/territories though the volume of imports has declined;
- the performance of the domestic industry has deteriorated in the current injury period due to the impact of the dumped imports from these countries; and
- the dumping is likely to continue and the performance of the domestic industry is likely to deteriorate, if the anti-dumping duty is revoked.
Anti-dumping duty is imposed on the basis of margin of dumping which can vary across countries, producers or exporters. Accordingly, there are variable rates of anti-dumping duty on different exporting countries, producers or exporters. Details of country-wise duty imposed are given below-
| S. No. | Country | ADD as % of landed value |
| 1 | People’s Republic of China | 57.39% |
| 2 | Korea RP | 5.39% to 13.44% |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 15.93% |
| 4 | South Africa | 12.34% to 36.91% |
| 5 | Thailand | 4.58% to 5.39% |
| 6 | USA | 9.47% |
| 7 | European Union | 29.41% to 52.56% |
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel Shri Vishnu Deo Sai provided this information in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
DISINVESTMENT OF SAIL PLANTS
New Delhi, July 17, 2017
Ashadha 26, Saka 1939
The Government has accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment of three units of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) viz, Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Plant, Bhadravati, Salem Steel Plant, Tamil Nadu and Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur. These three units of SAIL have been consistently making losses.
The details of the significant steps taken by SAIL to improve the financial performance of the three plants are as under:-
(i) Capital investment to improve the facilities;
(ii) Reduction in consumption level of raw materials;
(iii) Production optimization and product-mix improvement;
(iv) Improvement in techno-economic parameters;
(v) Waste management;
(vi) Strict control on demurrage expenses;
(vii) Reduction in inventory of finished/semi-finished products, stores & spares and raw materials, etc;
(viii) Reduction in logistic cost for transportation of Raw Materials and Finished Steel; and
(ix) Reduction in specific power and water consumption.
The entire process of the strategic disinvestment is to be carried out with the help of Transaction Adviser (TA), Legal Adviser (LA) and Asset Valuer (AV) who would advise on appropriate mechanism of disinvestment.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel Shri Vishnu Deo Sai provided this information in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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