Shree Cement to invest 3.5 Billion Rs in Rajasthan

Rajasthan based Major Cement maker company Shree Cement is planning to set up a clinker unit at Pali district in Rajasthan with an investment of 3.50 billion rupees as per media sources. The clinker is expected to start production by November-December 2010, Shree Cement Managing Director H M Bangur told Reuters. "It will be near our existing unit in Pali district of Rajasthan," he said. By the end of the financial year (FY11) our capacity is expected to be around 13 million tonnes, at present capacity 10 million tonnes," he added.

PCB barred Yousuf, Younis; Malik banned for 1 Year

Pak cricket was thrown into turmoil with the country's Board putting an end to the international careers of former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younis Khan besides imposing a one-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia. Pakistan were whitewashed in all three formats of the game in Australia and the PCB had set up an inquiry committee headed by Wasim Bari to probe the reasons for the debacle. As recommended by the committee, former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were handed one-year bans. The inquiry committee had recommended that Yousuf and Younis should no longer be part of the national team in any format because of their bad influence on the team and that Malik and Rana be banned for 12 months and fined 2 million rupees each.
The Akmal brothers Kamran and Umar and Afridi have been put on probation for six months besides being fined between Rs 2-3 million for indiscipline on the tour, the PCB statement said. The punishments are set to impact the composition of Pakistan's World Twenty20 Championship.

Rajya Sabha passes Women's reservation bill

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the historic Women’s Reservation Bill that reserves 33 per cent legislative seats in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. 14 years after the first attempt was made in the Lok Sabha and repeated failures subsequently, the Constitution amendment bill was adopted in the mandatory division with 186 members voting for it and one voting against. In the 245-member House with an effective strength of 233, the bill required the backing of at least 155 members and the UPA had the clear support of 165 in the run up to the event.
The bill seeks to reserve for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1,370 out of a total of 4,109 seats in the 28 State Assemblies. Ruling UPA constituent Trinamool Congress, which has two members, kept away from voting, while 15-member BSP, which has opposed the bill in its present form, walked out before voting. JD(U), whose present Sharad Yadav is a staunch opponent of the bill, appears to have backed the bill fully with most of its 7 members voting for it in response to the call by one of its senior leaders and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Rajasthan Budget 2010-2011 Highlights, Budget Speech

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio today presents state's budget for the financial year 2010-2011 in the Rajasthan assembly. Presenting the budget for the second time in his second tenure, Ashok Gehlot today focus primarily on development of state even general man didn't get any relief from inflation.
Rajasthan Budget 2010-2011 Highlights:
1. Cheaper: Movie in theater, Solar equipments, Marble, Rudraksha, Food in hotel and restaurant, Two wheeler (Below 100 cc).
2. Costly: Four wheeler (Above 2.5 Lakh), Two wheeler (More than 100 cc), Urban Electricity
3. 400 Crore alloted for Urban development in State.
4. 777 Crore for water supply schemes and 12 crore for drinking water
5. AICTE based payment for Polytechnic colleges lectures
6. Three Crore for woman hostels development in state.
7. Ration for BPL Families at 2 Rs/Kg
8. Pay of NAREGA Sahayak increased to 3500 from 2500
9. Increase in pension for Old persons(750 Rs for 75 Year and more while 500 for below 75 year age)
10. Increase in Pay of Nurses, MNS and Lab technicians.
11. Free medical facility to windows, pensioners and handicapped people and buying of 150 ambulances to strengthen medical facilities.
12. 65000 agricultural connections.
13. 11424 Crore for energy development.
14. 1851 crore for Road development
15.Five new ITI for minorities and 2 crore for Madarasa's
16. New urban development authority for state.
17. Trauma center for Jalor, rajsamand and dausa
18. Payment for technician will be 5500 from 3000
19. ST/SC hostel will be increased to 50 from 25 in state.
20. New hostel for minorities girls in jaipur
21. 25000 gas connections to schools
22. ITI Colllege at Each panchayat samiti to increase skilled worker.
23. Three lakh Mitrik Ton DAP for farmers.
24. Free land to ISRO in Jodhpur
25. Sitapura mart development like Pragati maidan delhi

SP, RJD withdraw support to UPA on Woman's Bill

Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal have decided to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government. The SP, Bahujan Samaj Party and RJD members strongly opposed the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, with one of them even trying to climb the Speaker's podium, leading to adjournment of the House till lunch. The Bill, slated to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha, created storm in the Lok Sabha soon after Speaker Meira Kumar welcomed a Croatian delegation and read out a reference on International Women's Day. The moment Kumar called for Question Hour, SP, BSP and RJD members trooped into the well demanding quotas for Other Backward Class, Dalit and Muslim women within the proposed law to reserve 33 per cent seats in Parliament and State assemblies for women.

The Speaker refused to adjourn the House and carried on with the Question Hour. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav gestured his party members to move forward and himself marched to the Well from the side of the treasury benches. Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP) and Lalu Prasad and Umashanker Singh (both RJD) followed Yadav. At this moment, Mithilesh Kumar (SP) tried to climb the table placed in front of the Speaker prompting Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee to request Yadav to control his members. On the SP chief's directive, the members retreated a bit but stayed put in the Well and continued to raise slogans. The Speaker then adjourned the House till 1400 hrs.