Positive Attitude and Negative attitude

most of us has the negative attitude. And it is in abunadance with us.
But in the case of positive attitude we love our selves  and we feel positive of our own selfs.

At last india won the match

Year-End-Review of Ministry of Tribal Affairs for Year 2012

Amending Forest Laws for Empowering Tribals 

The Union Government took note of the fact that the forest dwellers had been precluded from asserting their genuine claims to forest resources which traditionally belonged to them. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 was enacted to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded. The Forest rights Act has been in operation for more than four years and despite substantial progress made in the last four years certain lacuna and bottlenecks were observed which were impeding the intended flow of benefits to the forest dwelling communities. Appropriate changes in the Rules have been brought about on 06.09.2012. After the amendments in the Rules, the Ministry organized five regional consultations on Forest Rights Act followed by a National meeting at New Delhi. In the regional consultations and the National meetings, the States Governments were directed to make special efforts to create awareness about community rights so that more claims are filed and recognized.   The amendment in the Rules has now empowered the Gram Sabha to issue transit permit for minor forest produce either through a Committee constituted under Rule 4(1)(e) or any other person authorized by it. The amended Rule also makes it amply clear that the ownership of minor forest produce lies with the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers.                                                                                                                                                     

Guidelines for states on Forest Rights Act

A guidelines have been issued on 12.07.2012 to ease out the problems and hindrances encountered in the implementation of the Act, and to provide unencumbered access to rights already conferred by the Act. The guidelines require the State Governments to ensure recognition of the forest rights relating to minor forest produce and to bring the State policies in alignment with the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, do away the monopoly of the Forest Corporations in the trade of minor forest produce in the States, play the facilitating role in not only transferring unhindered absolute rights over minor forest produce to forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers but also in getting them remunerative prices for the minor forest produce collected and processed by them. 

Implementation of Forest Rights Act

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is obtaining information from the State/ UT Governments regarding the status of implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, every month, and compiling a monthly progress report on the status of implementation of the Act in the country.  As per the information received from the State/ UT Governments, a total number of 32,37,579 claims (31,73,520 individual and 64,059 community) had been filed under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 till 30^th November, 2012, out of which 27,91,168 claims (86.21% of the total claims filed) had been disposed off.  Out of the total 27, 91,168 claims disposed off, 12,79,009 claims were approved and same number of titles were distributed. As per the available data, against the total number of 64,059 claims filed for community rights, 8,498 titles for community rights (13.26%) were distributed.

Development of Forest Villages 

This Ministry is implementing a programme for development of Forest Villages since 2005-06 for integrated development of forest villages with a view to raise the Human Development Index (HDI) of the inhabitants of the Forest Villages and for providing basic facilities and services in 2,474 forest villages/ habitations spread over 12 States. Under the programme, infrastructure work relating to basic services and facilities viz. approach roads, healthcare, primary education, minor irrigation, rainwater harvesting, drinking water, sanitation, community halls, etc. are taken up for implementation. So far, this Ministry has released Rs.65379.04 lakh for the development of these forest villages. 

 
Signing of Agreement between NSTFDC and SBI Refinance

The National Scheduled Tribe Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) and State Bank of India (SBI) signed a Refinance Agreement in New Delhi. By signing the agreement, State Bank of India, the largest Public Sector Bank in the country, entered into an arrangement with NSTFDC for channelizing concessional loans to the Scheduled Tribes. This also reflects positively on the SBI that they not only cater to the large business houses and high net worth individuals and industrialists but are also committed to economicupliftment of the weaker sections of the society.
Under the arrangements, NSTFD would provide refinance to SBI for loans extended to Self Help Group comprising all ST members. ST beneficiaries would pay concessional interest rate of 6% p.a. only. This arrangement would open doors of more than 14000 branches of SBI to the needy Scheduled Tribes Community for seeking loans upto RS. 5 lakh at the concessional rate.

National Tribal Awards

On ther Ocassion of "Prakriti", a National Festival of Tribal dance and music, the National Tribal Awards for outstanding tribal achievers in sports, education, and culture and to outstanding contributors towards tribal welfare was presented. Smt. BinnyYanaga (Maya) was given the award for Exemplary Community Service rendered to the Scheduled Tribes, carrying a cash prize of Rs.5.00 lakhs, a citation and a trophy. Smt. M.C. Mary Kom awarded the Best Tribal Achiever Award for outstanding achievement in the field of sports, carrying a cash prize of Rs. 2.00 lakhs, a citation and a trophy and Shri Guru Rewben Mashangvawas also awarded the Best Tribal Achiever Award for outstanding contribution in the field of tribal art and culture.

Scheme for Pre-matric Scholarship

The Ministry has launched a Centrally-sponsored Scheme for Pre-matric Scholarship for needy ST students studying in Classes IX and X w.e.f. 1.7.2012 which is being implemented through State Governments and UT Administrations.

Development of Primitive Tribes  

 There are 75 tribal groups identified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTGs), earlier known as Primitive Tribal Groups. List of the 75 PTGs identified in 17 States and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Government introduced a Central Sector Scheme known as Development of PTGs and from the Eleventh Five Year Plan, the Conservation-cum-Development (CCD) Plan has been implemented under the scheme. The scheme provides for planning for their socio-economic development in a holistic manner by adopting habitat development approach and intervening in all spheres of their social and economic life so that the quality of life of PTGs is improved and visible impact is made.   Allocation during the Twelfth Five Year Plan under this Scheme has not been finalised. However, Rs.244.00 crore has been allocated during 2012-13.

Consultation with North Eastern States on Tribal Development 

A consultation with North Eastern States was held here in New Delhi on the issues of tribal development. During the meeting the issues like, strengthening of cooperation between Ministry of Tribal Affairs and North Eastern States, perspective plans of North Eastern States for the 12th Plan regarding development of STs including strategies for bridging development deficits, sharing specific initiatives/experience of North Eastern States for protection and empowerment of STs were discussed. The consultation was attended The Minister of Tribal Affairs,  Minister of State (IC) of DONER,  Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Senior official of the Ministry and representatives of States including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland and Sikkim.

Silver Jubilee Celebration of TRIFED

The Silver Jubilee celebration of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) was celebrated. The Silver Jubilee function of TRIFED’ provided an opportunity to take stock of the situation, ponder over the future challenges and redefine the role for the organization in the rapidly changing environment. The TRIFED was started in August1987 with the main objective of providing marketing support for the tribal products so that remunerative prices can be ensured to the tribals for the products collected/cultivated by them. TRIFED’s effort to build “TRIBES INDIA” as a brand needs special mention as it provided tribal handicrafts and textile products a distinct identity in the market. The TRIFED has been consistently growing in terms of sales and from a single store in 1999 at Delhi now TRIBES India network has covered 16 States with 26 stores and still expanding. The Minister expressed his support to TRIFED and expressed the hope that TRIFED would emerge as a big and successful organization. 

PKM

source:http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91299

Smt. Krishna Tirath holds Consultative meeting on Strategies to Eliminate Violence against Women

Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development held consultations with civil society organizations, women’s activists, legal experts, jurists, representatives from NCW, NCPCR, Planning Commission, and government officials here today in order to design strategies to eliminate violence against women.

Outlining the agenda for the consultation, the Minister said that the suggestions may include improving the law and order of the city and various parts of the country, amendments in existing laws, if any, need for new laws, gender senstisation of the youth, enhancing awareness regarding the laws in the society, issues regarding implementation of various schemes and laws, and their effective monitoring, and related issues. 

Various suggestions were put forward by the participants. These included issues such as more effective preventive measures for enhanced safety and security of women, need for a crime protection plan, gender sensitizations through amended curricula which could begin from the early school levels, gender sensitization of the police particularly and those that handle cases of assault and violence against women at various levels including the police, judiciary and health officials, and need to urgently amend laws to remove the lacunae in many laws. Participants were also of the view that narrow definition of the word ‘rape’ in some laws needs to be amended, and a more inclusive definition to cover various other types of sexual crimes needs to be incorporated in the laws. Some participants raised the need for more effective police reforms such that accountability is fixed on the erring officials speedily and to prevent political interference and intervention in cases of violence against women. A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the police and the concerned officials handling such cases needs to be prepared, some were of the opinion. 

Participants also raised the issue of rehabilitation and compensation of victims of assault and violence, including rape. State support for treatment of acid attack victims needs to be taken up seriously and actively by the government, many suggested. The violation of women’s rights in conflict zones and violence by armed forces and State paramilitary and non-State armed forces was also discussed. The increased number of cases of violence against women in rescue homes was alarming, the participants stated. Strict registration and effective inspection of these therefore need to be ensured, they said. 

Participants were also of the view that most public spaces are not designed to be women friendly. Street lighting in many cities of India was extremely poor, they said. Also, the absence of women’s toilets was a cause of serious concern to women’s safety, some stated. The difficulties were exaggerated in case of disabled women, it was noted. 

Participants urged political parties to not give membership and tickets to persons with criminal records. There were also suggestions for gender-sensitivity training of public representatives. 

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source:PIB

Shame on democracy in India

In delhi in every 18 hour a rape happens. If this happance in the indian capital then what happens in the interiour of the country you can imagin.
Shame on the indian democracy. If we can not provide safty to our woman then it is a shame. Shame on indian.
Shame on indian police.
Shame on the prime minister.
Shame on the delhi commissionar of police.
Shame on the home minister.
Shame on the delhi police.
Shame on the central government.
Shame on the central leaders.
Shame on the indian men.

Miss Lovely in Cannes

Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely is the only Indian entry at 65th Cannes International Film Festival. The film will be shown as part of Un Regard Section of the festival, where films of different visions and styles are carefully chosen.Udaan made it to the same category. Set in the mid-80s, the film is about two brothers who make C-grade horror and sleazy films.

Is he talking about Kanti Shah and Kishan Shah? “Not specifically because they started in the 90s while my film is based in the 80s but yes they were one of the inspirations in writing the characters of Sonu and Vicky Duggal,” says Ashim. He says 80s were more risqué times as Internet was not there and Censor control was not as tight. It allowed these filmmakers to make interpolations by mixing porn material into their sleazy stuff. As pornography is illegal in the country, it made the filmmakers criminals in the eyes of law. A creative person considered as a criminal is an interesting idea to explore. Also, illegality ensured that sex racket and underworld became intrinsic parts of this kind of cinema.” With ex-convicts, pimps and prostitutes coming into the frame, Ashim says, elements of tension and danger run parallel to the family business and relationship between two brothers.

The film is intrinsically Indian but Ashim feels its international appeal lies in the fact it looks beyond what the world expects out of Indian films. “For the West, Indian cinema is either Satyajit Ray's school boy or Bollywood's song and dance. The way Miss Lovely is shot, it is very art house. Many of the scenes are shot through the wine glasses and legs in the classic 80s style to create the mood and atmosphere. My training hasn't happened on film sets. I have learnt through documentaries. I don't like to cheat. If I had to make a pot-boiler, I would have sold the idea to a Bollywood producer, who would have asked me to bring a star first. I don't want to work that way. Also, I don't see these films as laughing material and rather admire these directors as original independent filmmakers of their times,” says the student of New York's Bard College.

More and more directors are rewinding to 80s, an era about, which we used to feel embarrassed till a few years back. Ashim agrees. “I also felt embarrassed. But the fact is that it was something uniquely Indian and it is something that we are releasing now when in the globalised scenario there is hardly any difference between a Hollywood and a Bollywood potboiler. The film also captures this transition from the celluloid era of the 80s to the digital age that took off in the 90s.”

The kernel was sown in 2000, when Ashim was working on a documentary on the making of sleazy films. “Using the making of Maut Ka Chehra, a C-grade sleazy horror film as the base, it was an attempt to look into the underbelly of the film industry. I had collected enough material and it was then that I came in touch with Kanti and Kishen Shah, Joginder, Satnam Kaur, Sapna… but nobody was ready to speak on camera and ultimately I had to shelve the project.” He moved on to make John & Jane, a documentary on call centres, which won the National Award for best film in the non- feature film section. “The film was screened at Toronto and Berlin film festivals and the acclaim it got ensured that I was able to raise money from German and Japanese producers for making a feature film out of the research material I had.” It is for this reason, he emphasises that screening at Cannes is crucial. “If international audience like it, it opens avenues outside the traditional sources of raising money for ideas, which don't fit in the accepted box office framework.”

Ashim claims he had sent the script of Miss Lovely to Balaji Motion Pictures, which was looking for the so-called offbeat subjects for consideration, but it was rejected. “I was told that they would not like to make a film on such a subject but soon we saw a film like The Dirty Picture produced by Balaji.”

After more than a year-long audition process, he cast Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who recently delivered an explosive performance in Kahaani, in the lead role of Sonu. “He had done films like Firaaq but nobody saw a leading role potential in him. To me he was a perfect fit for the role of the younger brother.” For the elder brother he cast Anil George, a known name on the theatre circuit, but as Ashim says somebody whom glamour world won't notice.

For now Ashim is more concerned about an international release than finding distributors in India. “I want as many people as possible to see it but right now I am answerable to my international producers. I hope somebody will pick it up in India. Things are changing here but not at the pace as one would expect. Here still you need a star to green light a project.”

source:http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3352259.ece

The only danger that I know of is not to use all your potential in its totality

The only danger that I know of is not to use all your potential in its totality. Except that, I don't see that there is any danger in life. Death is not a danger, death is entering into eternal rest -- or perhaps into another body. Death can be left till the time comes. But in life there is one danger which it seems man is not aware of, and that danger is the fear of opening up all your potential. The danger is not to live in totality and intensity, not to make your life a dance, a celebration.

OSHO