Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit, family pay for meals at Raj Bhavan as part of austerity drive

The official further said that the next major expenditure was on travel of the Governor. Purohit is on tour for 20 to 25 days a month. But he mostly travels by train or flight.



Published: 05th June 2018 03:52 AM |

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit (File | PTI)

By T Muruganandham
Express News Service

CHENNAI: For the first time in the history of Raj Bhavan, the expenditure towards housekeeping, travel of the Governor, kitchen maintenance, electricity etc., has been drastically cut as part of austerity measures initiated by Governor Banwarilal Purohit since he took office on October 6 last year.

To begin with the Governor and his family members pay for their meals at the Raj Bhavan. For breakfast they are charged Rs 50 per head and for lunch and dinner Rs 80 per head. If relatives visit him, the Governor pays for their food.

 

A top Raj Bhavan official said the expenditure for 2015-16 stood at Rs 1.33 crore and it rose to Rs 1.43 crore during 2016-17. It further rose to Rs 1.68 crore between April to September 2017. However, due to the stringent austerity measures initiated by the Governor, the total expenditure between October 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018 had come down drastically to `30.31 lakh.

After Purohit assumed office, the kitchen became fully vegetarian and nothing is free of cost, with a rate fixed for every food item. It has become the rule that whoever takes food from the Raj Bhavan kitchen has to pay, with a monthly bill being sent to them. Only official guests visiting the Raj Bhavan are exempted from this.

The official further said that the next major expenditure was on travel of the Governor. Purohit is on tour for 20 to 25 days a month. But he mostly travels by train or flight. On flights, he travels economy class. While in the past, Governors would to travel in saloon (luxury coaches) on trains, Purohit travels by first class A/C coach. The Governor has also never hired an IAF helicopter or a State government-owned helicopter paid for by Raj Bhavan as past Governors had done. This has led to a drop in travel expenditure.
Besides, all old bulbs at the Raj Bhavan have now been replaced with LED bulbs to reduce power consumption. Air-conditioning at “unnecessary places” have been removed. Further, a four-kilowatt solar power unit produces power. This has been connected to the feeder of the TNEB. These steps have resulted in a fall in expenditure on power.

The Governor has also stopped the procurement of bottled water. An RO plant has been installed instead. Bottled water is only procured for large gatherings. The Governor has also decided that hereafter mostly khadi material should be used wherever necessary. All Raj Bhavan purchases are being made from Amudham cooperative stores. The practice of giving bouquets and flowers have been done away with. Only single roses are given to guests and the requirements for flowers and vegetables are being met from Raj Bhavan gardens and Udhagamandalam, the official said.

Expenses come down
Due to the stringent austerity measures initiated by the Governor, the total expenditure between October 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018 had come down drastically to `30.31 lakh

நீட் தேர்வில் வெற்றி பெற்றவர்கள், மதிப்பெண்ணுக்கு ஏற்ப மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியை தேர்வு செய்ய உதவும் மொபைல் ஆப்

Tuesday, 5 June 2018

நீட் தேர்வில் வெற்றி பெற்றவர்கள், மதிப்பெண்ணுக்கு ஏற்ப மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியை தேர்வு செய்ய உதவும் மொபைல் ஆப்

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அதனை டவுன்லோட் செய்து, நீட் தேர்வில் பெற்ற மதிப்பெண்ணை பதிவு செய்தால் கடந்தாண்டு நீட் முடிவுகளின்படி நடைபெற்ற மாணவர் சேர்க்கையை ஆய்வு செய்து, உங்களது மதிப்பெண்ணுக்கு எந்தெந்த கல்லூரிகளில் MBBS, BDS இடம் கிடைக்க வாய்ப்புள்ளது, கல்லூரியின் முகவரி என்ன என்பது உள்ளிட்ட விவரங்கள் ஒரு நொடியில் நமக்கு கிடைக்கின்றன..

அதுமட்டுமின்றி தேசிய, மாநில, நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீடுகள் குறித்தும்,  எஸ்சி, எஸ்டி, ஓபிசி, ஓசி  போன்றவற்றுக்கான ஒதுக்கீடு விபரங்களும் இதில் கிடைக்கிறது..

தேவைப்படும் நண்பர்கள் இதை பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளலாம்..

மற்றவர்களுக்கும் பகிரலாம்.

 

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Courts cannot be sole repository of all knowledge’ 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, June 06, 2018 00:00 IST


Judge refuses to interfere with anointment of pontiff for Tiruvavaduthurai Aadheenam

Observing that courts of law cannot be the sole repository of all knowledge and wisdom in all matters and cannot substitute their views particularly in matters of religious functions, the Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the anointment of Meenakshisundara Thambiran as the pontiff of Tiruvavaduthurai Aadheenam in Mayiladuthurai Taluk of Nagapattinam district on November 22, 2012, the day when his predecessor had died.

Dismissing a writ petition filed by ousted junior pontiff Kasiviswanathan, Justice V. Parthiban held that courts could not exercise writ jurisdiction to enter into nebulous area of religious institutional functions. Especially when there was no statute governing the issue, the court could not extend its long arm of jurisdiction in a vacuum unless or until there was a strong case for protecting public policy and public interest as against interests of the institution, he said.

In so far as the present case was concerned, the judge pointed out that the earlier pontiff Sri Sivaprakasa Desika Pandara Sannithi had appointed the writ petitioner as junior pontiff in March 1997. However, subsequently, the petitioner was found to be acting against the interests of the Mutt and a criminal case was registered against him in 2002 on charges of attempting to murder the pontiff. He was even convicted by the trial court in 2004.

Though the conviction was confirmed by the appellate court too in 2005, the High Court had set aside the conviction in 2011 by according the benefit of doubt. In the meantime, the Mutt, in 2002 itself, disentitled the petitioner from acting as the junior pontiff. Holding that the petitioner’s removal from the post was perfectly right, the judge held that his subsequent acquittal would not wipe out the initial conviction in its entirety.

Pointing out that there were other many other reasons for the Mutt having decided to remove the writ petitioner from being its junior pontiff, the judge said that his counter claim of being a pious and devout saint could be proved only before a civil court by adducing oral and documentary evidence.

Men more likely to seek divorce over infidelity 

Most Marriages End When Couples Have Forgiven Past Wrongdoings But Have ‘Run Out Of Patience’

Sabrina Barr   times sof india 06.06.2018

With one in five British adults admitting to cheating on their partners, monogamy is clearly not as straightforward a concept for some as it is for others.

While studies have revealed that men may have a greater tendency than women to go ahead with or contemplate committing adultery in heterosexual relationships, recent research has shown that they can be less forgiving than their female counterparts when considering divorce on account of infidelity.

Hall Brown Family Law has conducted research into behavioural patterns that can lead to divorce, coming to illuminating conclusions about the impact of adulterous conduct on marital bliss.

According to the findings, almost a third of divorces occur when men and women have forgiven past wrongdoings but have finally “run out of patience.”

This bad behaviour refers to a number of issues, including adultery, financial problems and substance abuse.

Ellen Walker, a solicitor at Hall Brown Family Law, stated that women are more likely than men to try to salvage a broken marriage, despite their partner’s unfaithfulness. “We are surprised time and again by the ability of some men and women to almost turn a blind eye to their partner’s misbehaviour,” she said.

“However, the cases which we deal with illustrate how many people in such a situation find their patience ultimately exhausted, usually when the misconduct becomes too difficult for themselves and others to ignore.

“In some cases, that means being told by friends and relatives about extramarital affairs which they were already aware of or discovering the true extent of a spouse’s financial difficulties and learning that they impact on a business as well as at home.”

On the other hand, the odds of men tolerating their wives’ dishonesty are far lower than the other way around.

In October last year, the Office for National Statistics stated that the number of women petitioning for divorce against their husbands as a consequence of their spouses’ misconduct had decreased by 43%since 1996.

Meanwhile the number of men divorcing their wives for the same reason had increased by approximately by a third.

According to Walker, the main reason why men and women are willing to give their marriages another go is due to the negative effect separating will have on their children. THE INDEPENDENT

Studies have revealed that women are more likely than men to try to salvage a broken marriage despite their partner’s unfaithfulnesss

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Med aspirant’s suicide rocks assembly
Min Blames UPA Govt For NEET Debacle

Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com

Chennai: 06.06.2018

The suicide of S Pradeepa, a medical aspirant who failed to clear NEET, rocked the state assembly on Tuesday, with the AIADMK and opposition parties locking horns over the issue. The DMK, and its allies, the Congress and the IUML walked out of the House in protest after health minister C Vijayabaskar squarely blamed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for conceptualising NEET for medical and dental admissions.

There were heated exchanges when DMK leader M K Stalin moved a calling attention motion over the suicide of the Villupuram student on Monday, hours after the result was declared. “We lost Anita last year and Prathiba, daughter of a coolie, this year. Krithiga of Ginjee struggles for life after attempting suicide. Don’t understand how many we would lose,” the DMK leader said, alleging that competitive examinations would leave the students in distress. Stalin said the Union government even failed to take notice of the requests to compensate for the translation errors by CBSE in Tamil question paper. “It only proves the Centre’s stepmotherly treatment towards Tamil,” he charged.

The DMK leader said that only 45,336 students passed the national competitive exam of 1.4 lakh students appeared in TN. Only one student from TN could make it to the top 50, while most of the beneficiaries of NEET are from North India. “The dreams of TN students of becoming doctors are shattered,” he said, accusing the government of failing to get the President’s assent for the two bills - Tamil Nadu Admission to MBBS and Dental Courses Bill, and TN Admission to Postgraduate Courses in Medicine and Dentistry Bill - unanimously passed in the assembly last year to bypass NEET. Stalin took a dig at the government, reminding it of certain Central ministers questioning the state government’s claims of sending the bill to the Centre. Tempers rose when Vijayabaskar said MCI’s NEET proposal came in during the Congress regime, in which the DMK was a constituent.

Stalin retorted that the DMK government ensured that there was no NEET for medical admissions until 2011, despite being part of the UPA. Seeking to reiterate the AIADMK government’s anti-NEET policy, Vijayabaskar said the state exerted pressure on the Centre in all possible ways. When it was about to succeed, Nalini Chidambaram moved the court against NEET exemption for Tamil Nadu. “I am duty bound to blame Nalini Chidambaram. “They” have two policies, politics and business, but AIADMK government does not have any such policy. We got a negative order in the case filed by Nalini Chidambaram and that is known to the entire world. Don’t know how the Congress members forget these facts,” the minister said, wondering why the Congress did not prevent “its associates” from resorting to such move. School education minister K A Sengottaiyan said that government set up 412 coaching centres and trained 72,000 students for taking the online test. 


INCONSOLABLE: Relatives of S Pradeepa in front of her house in Villupuram on Tuesday

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