வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல்: 31ம் தேதி கடைசி நாள்

Updated : ஜூலை 18, 2019 07:37 | Added : ஜூலை 18, 2019 03:48 

சென்னை : கடந்த 2018 - 19ம் நிதியாண்டுக்கான அபராதமின்றி வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம் ஜூலை 31ல் முடிகிறது.

கடந்த 2018 - 19க்கான வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம் ஏப்ரலில் துவங்கியது. ஆண்டுக்கு 2.5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் உச்சவரம்பை தாண்டும் அனைவரும் வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்ய வேண்டியது அவசியம்.வரி ஆதாய நடவடிக்கையில் ஈடுபட்டு வருமான வரி உச்சரவரம்புக்குக் குறைவாக இருந்தாலும் கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வது கடந்த ஆண்டு முதல் கட்டாயம் ஆகியுள்ளது. இதற்கான அவகாசம் ஜூலை 31ல் முடிகிறது.

வருமான வரி அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது: கடந்த 2018 - 19ம் நிதியாண்டின் அபராதமின்றி வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம் ஜூலை 31ல் முடிகிறது. இதற்கு பின் வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வோர் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும். ஆண்டுக்கு 5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வரை வருவாய் ஈட்டுவோர் 1000 ரூபாய், அபராதமும், ஐந்து லட்சம் ரூபாய்க்கு மேல் வருவாய் ஈட்டுவோர் டிச. வரை 5000 ரூபாயும், ஜன. முதல் மார்ச் வரை 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாயும் அபராதம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.

மேலும் ஆண்டுக்கு 5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வருவாய் ஈட்டுவோருக்கு வருமான வரி விலக்கு அளிக்கப்படவில்லை. வரி ஆதாயத்திற்கு பின் 2.5 லட்சம் முதல்5 லட்சம் ரூபாய் வருவாய் இருந்தால் 2.5 லட்சத்திற்கு மேல் உள்ள தொகைக்கு வருமான வரி உண்டு. ஆனால் அந்த வரித் தொகையை தள்ளுபடி செய்வதற்கான சலுகை தான் நடப்பு 2019 - 20ம் நிதியாண்டில் இருந்து நடைமுறைக்கு வருகிறது. இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷன் அமைக்க மத்திய அமைச்சரவை ஒப்புதல்

dinamalar 18.07.2019

நாட்டின் மருத்துவ கல்வியை சீரமைப்பதற் காக, தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷனை அமைக்க, பிரதமர் மோடி தலைமையில் நேற்று கூடிய, மத்திய அமைச்சரவை முடிவு செய்துள்ளது. இதற்கான புதிய மசோதாவுக்கு, கேபினட் ஒப்புதல் அளித்துள்ளது.

அமைச்சரவை கூட்டத்திற்கு பின், பத்திரிகை யாளர்களை சந்தித்த, மத்திய தகவல் மற்றும் ஒலிபரப்புத்துறை அமைச்சர், பிரகாஷ் ஜாவடேகர் கூறியதாவது: தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷனை ஏற்படுத்த, மத்திய அரசு
திட்டமிட்டுள்ளது. மருத்துவ கல்வியை சீரமைப்பதற்கான இந்த நடவடிக்கை, தற்போது செயல்பாட்டில் உள்ள, இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலை மாற்றி அமைக்கும்.

இதற்காக தயாரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள மசோதாவில், பல அம்சங்கள் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன. குறிப்பாக, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிக்கும் மாணவர், இறுதி ஆண்டில், 'நேஷனல் எக்சிட் டெஸ்ட்' எனப்படும், 'நெக்ஸ்ட்' தேர்வு எழுத வேண்டும்.அது, இரு வித குறிக்கோள் களை கொண்டுள்ளது. ஒன்று, இதில் வெற்றி பெறுபவர்கள் தான், இந்தியாவில் டாக்டராக பணியாற்ற முடியும்.இரண்டாவது, இந்த தேர்வில் பெற்ற மதிப்பெண்களே, முதுகலை மருத்துவம் படிப்பதற்கான தகுதியாக கருதப்படும்.

மேலும், வௌிநாடுகளில் மருத்துவம் படித்த மாணவர்களுக்கும், இந்த தேர்வு, சோதனை தேர்வாக இருக்கும். இந்த தேர்வில் வெற்றி பெற்ற பிறகு, இந்தியாவில் மருத்துவ சேவை புரிய, தனியாக தேர்வு எழுத தேவையில்லை. அதே நேரத்தில், 'நீட்' தேர்வு, பொதுவான கவுன்சிலிங் மற்றும் 'நெக்ஸ்ட்' தேர்வு மூலம் தான், 'எய்ம்ஸ்' மருத்துவமனை யில் படிக்க முடியும்.இவ்வாறு, பிரகாஷ் ஜாவடேகர் கூறினார்.

- நமது சிறப்பு நிருபர் -

Medical Council of India secretary general re-employed till 2020: Government order

Rakesh Kumar Vats, a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been re-employed on contract basis till September 25, 2020.

Published: 18th July 2019 12:08 AM

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-employment of Secretary General of Medical Council of India Rakesh Kumar Vats for over one year, according to a government order.

Vats (now retired), a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, has been re-employed on contract basis till September 25, 2020, it stated.

"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-employment of Rakesh Kumar Vats...as Secretary General, Board of Governors, Medical Council of India on contract basis beyond the date of his superannuation June 30, 2019 up to September 25, 2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier," the order stated.

The MCI acts as regulator of medical education in India for establishing "uniform standards of higher qualifications" in medicine and recognition of medical qualifications in India and abroad.

Tamil Nadu government-aided school NEET topper gets MBBS seat in SF college
Meanwhile, according to the Selection Committee data, this year 31,353 eligible candidates applied for medical counselling 2019-2020.

Published: 18th July 2019 04:08 AM

By Sinduja Jane

Express News Service

CHENNAI: M Keerthana, who secured the highest NEET score among government and government-aided school students this year, secured a government quota MBBS seat in a self-financing college in the first phase of counselling.

According to Directorate of Medical Education officials, Keerthana, who studied in a government-aided school secured a seat in self-financing medical college in the State during the first phase of medical counselling which ended on Friday. Keerthana secured 453 in NEET.

Speaking to Express, her father N Muthurathinam, said, “Keerthana secured 551 marks in Standard XII and studied at Savitri Vidyasala Hindu Girls Higher Secondary School, a government-aided- school in Tiruchy. Her NEET score was 453. She got a government seat at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College at Perambalur”.“Keerthana who completed her Standard XII this year prepared at home for NEET reading CBSE books,” he said.



Meanwhile, according to the Selection Committee data, this year 31,353 eligible candidates applied for medical counselling 2019-2020. Among them, 17, 618 are old students. Also, among the total eligible students, 23,291 are from State Board.

According to the School Education Data, 2,557 candidates from government and government-aided schools cleared NEET. Only four students secured above 400 in NEET and 28 candidates secured between 300 and 400.

Meanwhile, Selection Committee officials are yet to provide data on the total number of government and government-aided school candidates who secured medical seat this year. The State conducted NEET coaching classes for government and government-aided school students.

File report on MBBS admission of PwD: HC

Madurai Bench directed the government to inform the petitioner of the second counselling date and adjourned the case to August 7 for filing a compliance report.

Published: 18th July 2019 04:56 AM |

By Express News Service

MADURAI: Following an undertaking given by the State government that it would allot MBBS seat to a visually-challenged medical aspirant from Tirunelveli, the Madurai Bench on Tuesday adjourned a contempt petition filed by the aspirant to August 7 for filing compliance report.

The Secretary of Selection Committee of the Directorate of Medical Education submitted in his report said that after the Supreme Court, on July 8, dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by them challenging an order passed by the Bench last year granting medical seat to the petitioner Vibin, he was allowed to participate in the medical counselling on July 12.

“However, he was not allotted seat in the counselling and was put on wait list as all seats under BC category were already filled,” the secretary added. He gave an undertaking that after the Central government surrenders the medical seats under All India Quota on July 23, Vibin would be allotted a seat in a government medical college under BC category.

Recording the same, a Bench directed the government to inform the petitioner of the second counselling date and adjourned the case to August 7 for filing a compliance report. Vibin had secured 285th rank under physically-challenged category in NEET last year.

Karnataka government orders transfers of 2,000 officials in 10 days

The mass transfers from various departments - including Public Works Department, Forest, and Social Welfare, were cleared. More than 1,300 transfers have been approved in July alone.

Published: 18th July 2019 04:19 AM

By Express News Service

BENGALURU: The political drama in the last 10 days has put a question mark on the very survival of the coalition government. But this has not stopped transfers of about 2,000 officials in this period.

This is considered “not normal” because as per guidelines of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), such mass transfers are done in May and not in July, and certainly not when the government is hanging by a thread.

The mass transfers from various departments - including Public Works Department, Forest, and Social Welfare, were cleared. More than 1,300 transfers have been approved in July alone.


On Friday, 131 policemen were transferred, including Police Inspectors and Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs). DG and IGP Neelamani Raju issued an order too. But within a few minutes, the order was cancelled.

“There was an order from Governor Vajubhai Vala to the Chief Secretary wherein he stated no important decisions can be taken at a time when the government is unstable. This is why it was withdrawn,’’ a senior IPS officer, on condition of anonymity, said. However, on Wednesday, 146 police inspectors were transferred across Karnataka.

According to political analyst Prof Sandeep Shastri, mass transfers happen in government.

“But when the government is shaky, like now, such transfers are unusual and raise questions. In such a situation, employees are not sure how long the government will last. When such mass transfers happen during a period of uncertainty, if a new government comes, then there are chances that these transfers will be revoked,” he said.

An official source from DPAR said such transfers do happen off-season, but many go unnoticed. There is huge money involved in transfers and many government employees have turned into ‘transfer agents’.

“This time the number is a little high and it is abnormal as it is being done in July, rather than in May,’’ said the official on anonymity.

“It is difficult to get the exact number of transfers. In some cases, mass transfers lists are visible, but in many cases, to avoid catching attention, transfers are done in smaller numbers, 10 or 20 at a time, so these numbers will not be visible,’’ the official said.

Speaking to TNIE, B Manjegowda, former president, Karnataka State Government Employees’ Association, said transfers cannot be done now.

“It shows that one has paid huge amounts to senior officials or ministers to get transferred in July (off-season transfers). Looks like government authorities want to make as much money as possible before it (the government) collapses,’’ he alleged.

According to Gowda, one has to pay Rs 5 lakh onward and it goes up to even Rs 1 crore.

Some of the transfers (department-wise)

Secretariat 105 (July 6)

Social Welfare 39 (July 8)

KAS officers 81 (July 8)

Forest 108 (July 9)

PWD 826 (July 9)

KAS officers 14 (July 11)

Revenue 28 (July 12)

KAS officers 13 (July 15)

Police 146 (July 17)

Road Transport Corporation:

More than 350 ( 1 week)

ATMs: Look before you use

With a customer recently finding a skimmer device at an Ayanavaram kiosk, police have urged public to be extra cautious.

Published: 18th July 2019 03:18 AM

By Sahaya Novinston Lobo

Express News Service

CHENNAI: City police have asked public to be watchful while using ATM machines as a customer recently found a data skimmer and micro camera installed at a kiosk in Ayanavaram. He alerted the bank officials and police, who removed the devices. The bank fraud wing of Central Crime Branch has launched a hunt for the suspects.

Police say 45-year-old R Gopi Krishna went to an SBI ATM on Constable Road Tuesday night. “His ATM card got stuck in the machine. When he tried to pull it out, the skimmer got dislodged,” said assistant commissioner Balamurugan. “Realising there should be a camera, he looked around and found a small metallic strip above the keypad and a micro camera attached to it.” amit bandre

HOW THEY WORK
Skimmer is a small device which, when installed over an ATM card slot, can record secret details coded in the magnetic strip of cards. The camera, meanwhile, will record the user’s PIN when they enter it to withdraw cash. “Skimmer machines record ATM card details as binary codes,” says an official from the bank fraud division.

“The information is stored along with the time when the card was inserted. Later, the criminals return to the ATM centre and collect the skimmer and camera. They run the data through a software which will decode the card number and other details. They will get the corresponding PIN from video recordings,” the official added.

BIG RACKET?
Police say that usually, a group of techies are involved in the next stages, producing more duplicate cards. The network is usually big and the person making the card would seldom know the person withdrawing cash. If the card has interna tional access, it will be sent to other countries where they have members of the racket. Cards that do not have international access is used in other cities are States.

In most such cases, an official said, cards are used by criminals from other States. “They ensure to do it this way because it increases the response time of customers and banks. By the time a customer realises he has lost money, lodges complaint, and the bank seeks permission from other banks in other states to get details of those who accessed the card, it’s too late.”

Officials say criminals usually target ATM kiosks which do not have a fulltime security personnel. They note the type of machine used and make specific skimmers and cameras. “It takes them not more than 10 seconds to install the devices.” Officials are now scanning CCTV visuals recorded over the last one month to identify the culprits.

FIR against cop for trying to coerce woman
Chennai: An FIR has been filed against a police constable for allegedly trying to force a woman to marry him. The victim, working as a nurse in a government hospital, was in a relationship with the police constable, Vignesh. “Both the families opposed the relationship and the duo decided to part ways. However, Vignesh contacted the victim again and threatened her to marry him,” said an officer.

Dad ‘attacks’ youth over girl’s love affair Chennai: The Ambattur police have arrested a 48-year-old man for allegedly attacking a youngster with a knife after the latter refused to marry his daughter after living with her for over three months. While the accused Sakthivel has been remanded in judicial custody, the victim, D Lawrence (25) has been admitted at a private hospital.

CB-CID probe ordered into student suicides in Chennai's SRM Institute

In the first case reported on May 26, 23-year-old Anupriya, a biomedical engineering student allegedly jumped off the tenth floor of her college hostel.

Published: 18th July 2019 03:23 AM | Last Updated: 18th July 2019 03:23 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: After three students of SRM Institute of Science and Technology committed suicide for personal reasons inside the premises in a span of 60 days, Director-General of Police J K Tripathy on Wednesday ordered that the cases be transferred to CB-CID. The cases were hitherto handled by Maraimalai Nagar police.


In the first case reported on May 26, 23-year-old Anupriya, a biomedical engineering student allegedly jumped off the tenth floor of her college hostel. However, in her suicide note she had mentioned that she was frustrated that her parents restricted her, a police officer said.

The next day, another first year student, Aneesh Chowdary (19) of Jharkhand who was staying in the college hostel also allegedly jumped off the fifth floor of his hostel building. The latest incident was on July 15, when S Raghavan, a final year IT student allegedly jumped off from the second floor. The order copy was not given to the media.

Assistance for those having suicidal thoughts is available on Tamil Nadu’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050.

Tambaram's subway is now a playground for miscreants

Residents call for action as the subway connecting residential localities of East Tambaram to West Tambaram lacks illumination and is a hotspot for crimes.

Published: 18th July 2019 02:51 AM |

Due to lack of illumination, the public, especially women, are hesitant to use the subway even in mornings. 

By KV Navya

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Broken alcohol bottles, garbage-strewn in every nook and cranny, a leaking roof and an unbearable stench surrounds the subway connecting East and West Tambaram. Built at a cost of Rs 3.85 crore and opened just six months ago, the subway has become a hotspot for crime and anti-social activities. Due to lack of illumination, the public, especially women, are hesitant to use it even in the mornings. Commuters have requested the officials
to have a security guard posted at the
subway  P Jawahar

A visit to the subway, maintained by the Southern Railway exposed the sorry state of affairs. “At night, people from the Tambaram market and other miscreants come here to drink and then they break the bottles and create a ruckus. Recently, a glass piece protruded into a six-year-old boy’s leg and there was blood everywhere,” said Sriram, a resident of Tambaram.

The subway was primarily aimed at connecting the residential localities of East Tambaram like Ganapathy Puram, MEC Road to West Tambaram. Previously, the residents would jaywalk on the railway tracks to reach East Tambaram. “Two of my sons were attacked by tipplers in the night when they crossed the subway. We feel walking on the tracks is less risky compared to the subway,” said Gomathy Elavarasan, one of the residents.

As the subway is not sufficiently illuminated, many pedestrians avoid it on grounds of safety. “We take a one-kilometre roundabout or take a bus to avoid the subway. Pickpocketing is also very common in the subway. One cannot cross it without using the torch in their mobile phone, which makes it very convenient for the miscreants to snatch mobiles. We have already witnessed five such cases recently. This is such a waste of tax payers’ money,” said Narayanaswamy Subbaraman, another resident.

Commuters have requested the officials to have a security guard posted at the subway or to come up with a solution. The Southern Railway officials could not be contacted for their comment on the issue.

BDU gets fund to set up entrepreneurship hub

R. Krishnamoorthy

TIRUCHI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

Bharathidasan University (BDU) has received the first tranche of Rs. 3 crore out of Rs. 15 crore sanctioned under Rastriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) to establish its Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub.

An incubation centre will be established in the entrepreneurship hub. A plan of action has been formulated to foster innovative entrepreneurship among its students and affiliated colleges, Vice-Chancellor P. Manisankar said.

To be known as Bharathidasan University Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub (BECH), the entity is expected to start off its activities with awareness programmes for students.

Entrepreneurship and career hubs in seven State universities chosen for RUSA funding of Rs. 50 crore each were digitally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. The entrepreneurship hubs are required to organise programmes, seminars and guidance workshops for informing students about emerging professional trends and events, career options, job profiles, leadership roles, entrepreneurship, market needs and risks and implementation of national socio-economic policies and impart training in soft skills.

The initiative will first cover post-graduate students and subsequently extended to UG students. In all, there are 2.3 lakh students in the ambit of the university, sources said.

A think tank has mooted inclusion of Innovative Entrepreneurship as a component of compulsory study for students, similar to the integration of value education and environmental education in the curriculum, Director in-charge of BECH M. Ravichandran said. The students will be motivated to think differently and take risks in their pursuit of entrepreneurship. Deputy Director of BECH N. Prasanna was also involved in readying the proposal for the entrepreneurship hub.

The initiative envisages taking students on industry visits and facilitate them to generate ideas, and arrive at innovative products through trial and error approach at the incubation centre that would be coming up, he said.

Students suicides: DGP shifts probe to CB-CID

CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

The Director General of Police J.K. Tripathy has ordered the shifting of probe into suicides of three students of a private college near Kattankulathur to the CB-CID, according to a statement from DGP’s office.

DoTE cautions candidates

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

DoTE has advised engineering candidates to not share their user ID number and password, issued to them for online counselling, with anyone.

The candidates may approach TNEA facilitation centres if they have a problem or doubt regarding the same, according to a release. Candidates and parents have been asked to give an undertaking that they will not share their ID or password.

Cheque bounce cases: HC clarifies on trial courts’ powers

Legal Correspondent

CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

But trial courts to give reasons for their decisions, says HC

The Madras High Court on Tuesday clarified that trial courts hearing cheque bounce cases can order payment of interim compensation of up to 20% under the newly inserted Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881 even in cases pending for long.

Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, however, ordered that the discretionary power granted to the trial courts should be used with care and that they should give valid reasons for either ordering or not ordering payment of interim compensation by the accused to the complainant.

The judge passed the ruling while setting aside an order passed by a Judicial Magistrate in Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai district on April 11.

Reasons

The order was set aside because the magistrate had failed to give reasons for having passed such an order.

‘Circulate order’

Justice Venkatesh directed the High Court Registry to circulate his order to all trial courts across the State through the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy so that the presiding officers could be educated with regard to the position of law and other legal requirements. He pointed out that Section 143A was brought into effect only from September 1, 2018 and the debate that took place on the legislation in Parliament and the reply given by the then Minister highlight the importance of the provision.

With two more days to go, no takers for 750 dental seats

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

253 attend counselling on Wednesday

Of the 1,660 candidates called for counselling, only 253 attended on Wednesday.

There were 757 seats available in self-financing dental colleges at the end of the session.

There are still two more days to go for the first phase of counselling. This year only one student from a government school and another from an aided school have made it to medical college.

A student, who passed Class XII last year, cleared NEET this year and was admitted to Madras Medical College on the first day of counselling for State quota. Another girl was allotted a seat in a self-financing institution, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, on the fourth day of counselling. She had studied in an aided school.

On Wednesday, the Directorate General of Health Services announced the results of the second round of counselling for All India Quota seats and seats in deemed universities.

Many candidates who had been allotted seats to colleges other than Madras Medical College in the State have opted for an ‘upgrade’.

HC slams UGC for failing to keep tab on universities

Legal Correspondent

CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

Issue pertains to franchise accord with pvt. coaching centres

The Madras High Court on Wednesday criticised University Grants Commission (UGC) for merely issuing circulars since 2013 prohibiting State universities from offering their programmes through franchise agreements with private coaching centres and not following up on the issue seriously to ensure that the instructions were implemented in letter and spirit.

Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana expressed her displeasure over the inaction of UGC while dismissing a batch of cases seeking a direction to Bharathiyar University in Coimbatore to conduct examinations for students admitted in various courses offered through private educational institutes in Chennai, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Salem, Erode and Krishnagiri.

“It is to be stated that the responsibility of the UGC does not end with issuing circulars and public notices but it extends to the follow-up action also as the same concerns the life of the students. But, in the instant issue, though the UGC had issued circulars and public notices, it failed to take follow-up action with the university.

“The university also, unmindful of the circulars, emboldened to renew the franchise with institutions like the petitioners. In the result, the students, who are in the mid-way of their academic courses, are stranded.

“The UGC should have more responsibility in its deeds. It is apathetic that the UGC had turned blind eye to the misdeeds of the university,” the judge said.

She pointed out that the UGC as well as the Supreme Court and various High Courts across the country had frowned upon the State universities time and again for continuing the practice of entering into franchise agreements with private institutes outside their territorial limits and offering courses mostly through distance eduction programme.

In so far as Bharathiar University was concerned, the Act under which it had been established in 1981 clearly stated that its territorial jurisdiction extended only to areas within Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Erode districts. Therefore, the Memorandum of Understandings signed with institutes in Chennai, Madurai and other places could not be accepted, the judge added.

The petitioner institutes had admitted students in courses such as BBA and B.Com (professional accounting).

Ready for special Assembly session on NEET, says CM

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CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

DMK leader M.K. Stalin emerging from the Assembly on Wednesday.

‘No point drafting another resolution without knowing why Bills were rejected’

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday said a special Assembly session could be convened if the Centre does not respond to the Tamil Nadu government’s request for clarification on the reasons for the President’s decision to reject the two Bills seeking exemption from NEET for the State.

Responding to Opposition leader M.K. Stalin, who urged the State government to adopt another resolution seeking exemption from NEET and send it to the Centre, the Chief Minister said there was no point in passing a resolution without knowing the reasons [behind the rejection of the Bills], since nothing could be done if the Centre decides to reject such a resolution again.

“A solution could be found only if we find out the reasons behind the rejections and make appropriate amendments to the resolution to be adopted in the House,” he said.

Mr. Stalin said the President had withheld assent for the Bills under Article 201 of the Constitution, and that it would amount to rejection. “It was rejected on September 22, 2017, and the message has been conveyed to the Madras High Court. Another resolution should have been sent within six months, but the State government has not done anything for the last 21 months. I openly allege that you have failed to use the powers of the Assembly that reflects the sentiments of 7.5 crore people,” he said.

Law Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam said the State government had sent 12 reminders to the Centre, seeking to know the reasons behind the rejection of the Bills, so that the issues could be rectified. He said though the “Legislature could pass the Bills again with or without any amendment and present them again to the President for consideration”, the Centre had not explained the reasons for the rejection of the Bills so far.

‘Issue raised with PM’

When Mr. Stalin alleged that the Chief Minister had failed to bring pressure to bear on the Centre on the subject despite having met Prime Minister Narendra Modi many times, Mr. Palaniswami said he had indeed brought the issue to the notice of the Prime Minister, and the memorandum submitted to him had also included the issue of exemption from NEET.

“We have been telling the Prime Minister that NEET should not be conducted in Tamil Nadu since it has affected the poor and students from rural areas. The press release issued to the media clearly conveyed the issue,” he said.

Mr. Shanmugam said senior counsels were appearing in the case on behalf of the State, and the T.N. government will approach the court for relief after sending one more reminder to the Centre.

Another resolution should have been  sent within six months, but the government has not done anything for the last 21 months

M.K. Stalin

Arappor Iyakkam coordinator booked

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 18, 2019 00:00 IST

He is accused of spreading false information

The Semmenchery police on Monday filed a case against Arappor Iyakkam coordinator Jayaram Venkatesan for spreading false information against the police and trying to create division in the society.

The first information report (FIR) was filed against the social activist for accusing the Police Department of encroaching the Thamarakeni lake in Sholinganallur for constructing a police station. According to the FIR, the police officials, during patrol duty, found Mr. Venkatesan, along with a group of people, taking a video unauthorisedly of the police station under construction last Thursday. Later, it was found that the environment activist had uploaded the video, portraying the police in bad light, on social media. The video was also an attempt to create division among the community at a time when there was water crisis, the police said.

Arappor Iyakkam office-bearer P. Nakkeeran said Mr. Venkatesan had gone to the Thamaraikeni lake based on information received from the CMDA through an RTI that said the place where the new police station was being constructed was a waterbody. He said the CMDA had reclassified the waterbody and handed over the “land” to the Police Department in March 2019.

எம்பிபிஎஸ் நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டு கலந்தாய்வு நிறைவு
By DIN | Published on : 17th July 2019 02:55 AM |

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளில், தனியார் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டில் நிரப்பப்படும் 463 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்கள், 665 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்கள் ஆகியவற்றுக்கான கலந்தாய்வு செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை நிறைவடைந்தது. இதில் ஒரே நாளில், மொத்தம் 374 பேருக்கு இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யப்பட்டன.

இதையடுத்து, தனியார் பல் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் உள்ள அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கான பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களுக்கு புதன்கிழமை முதல் கலந்தாய்வு நடைபெற உள்ளது. அதற்காக 1,815 பேருக்கு அழைப்புக் கடிதம் அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளதாக மருத்துவக் கல்வி இயக்குநரக வட்டாரங்கள் தெரிவித்தன. வரும் 19-ஆம் தேதி வரை இந்தக் கலந்தாய்வு நடைபெற உள்ளது.

8 பிள்ளைகளை பெற்றும் பரிதாபம் சாலையில் இறந்து கிடந்த மூதாட்டி

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2019 06:45

சேலம் : எட்டு குழந்தைகளின் தாய், அனாதையாக சாலையில் இறந்து கிடந்தது குறித்து, போலீசார் விசாரிக்கின்றனர்.சேலம், கடைவீதி, குமரன் தெருவைச் சேர்ந்த, குழந்தை என்பவரின் மனைவி லட்சுமி, 80.

இவருக்கு, தலா, நான்கு மகன்கள், மகள்கள் உள்ளனர். அனைவருக்கும் திருமணம் செய்து வைத்து விட்ட நிலையில், அவரவர், தனித்தனியாக வசிக்கின்றனர். கணவர், 2009ல் இறந்த நிலையில், பிள்ளைகள் யாரும், லட்சுமியை, தங்கள் வீட்டில் தங்க அனுமதிக்காததோடு, உணவும் கொடுக்கவில்லை.இதனால், அம்மாபேட்டை பகுதியில் உள்ள, கோவிலை சுத்தம்செய்து, அதில் கிடைத்த வருவாயில், சிறு அறையை, வாடகைக்கு எடுத்து தங்கி வந்தார். 2018ல், உடல் நிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டதால், கோவில் சுத்தம் செய்யும் பணியை செய்ய முடியாமல், மக்கள் வழங்கும் பணத்தை வைத்து, உயிர் வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். 

அந்நிலையிலும், அவரது பிள்ளைகள் யாரும், லட்சுமியை, தங்கள் வீட்டுக்கு அழைத்துச்செல்லவோ, உணவு வழங்கவோ ஏற்பாடு செய்ய முன்வரவில்லை. நேற்று முன்தினம் இரவு, 8:00 மணிக்கு, இரண்டாவது அக்ரஹாரத்திலுள்ள, தனியார் மருத்துவமனை எதிரே, அவர் இறந்து கிடந்தார். அப்போதும், பெற்ற பிள்ளைகள் யாரும் வரவில்லை. பின், அப்பகுதி வியாபாரிகள், போலீசாருக்கு தகவல் கொடுத்தனர். இதையடுத்து, லட்சுமியின் மூத்த மகன் கண்ணன் மற்றும் உறவினர்கள், உடலை எடுத்துச் செல்ல முயன்றனர். ஆனால் போலீசார், உடலை வழங்க மறுத்து, சாவில் மர்மம் இருப்பதாக கூறி, அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு அனுப்பி வைத்து விசாரிக்கின்றனர்.

அத்திவரதர் - மதுரை ரவுடிக்கு முதல் மரியாதை

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2019 02:34

சென்னை : அத்திவரதர் தரிசனத்தில் பிரபல ரவுடி வரிச்சியூர் செல்வத்திற்கும் அவரது ஆட்களுக்கும் முதல் மரியாதை தரப்பட்ட சம்பவம் போலீஸ் பாதுகாப்பை கேலிக்குரியாக்கி உள்ளது.

காஞ்சிபுரம் வரதராஜர் பெருமாள் கோவிலில் அத்திவரதர் காட்சி அளித்து வருகிறார். 40 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பின் இந்த வைபவம் நடைபெறுவதால் லட்சக்கணக்கானோர் பல மணி நேரம் காத்திருந்து அத்திவரதரை தரிசித்து வருகின்றனர்.இந்நிலையில் மதுரை வரிச்சியூரைச் சேர்ந்த பிரபல ரவுடி செல்வம் முக்கிய பிரமுகர்கள் வரிசையில் எந்த தாமதமும் இன்றி குடும்பத்தினர் மற்றும் கூட்டாளிகளுடன் சென்று அத்திவரதரை தரிசித்தார்.

முக்கிய பிரமுகர்களுக்கு அளிக்கப்படும் முதல் மரியாதை அவருக்கும் அவரது கூட்டாளிகளுக்கும் அளிக்கப்பட்டது. அத்திவரதர் முன் அமர வைக்கப்பட்டு பரிவட்டம் கட்டி வரிச்சியூர் செல்வத்தை அங்கிருந்த அர்ச்சகர்கள் கவுரவித்த காட்சி சமூக வலைதளத்தில் வீடியோவாக வெளியாகி உள்ளது.கொலை, கொள்ளை, ஆள் கடத்தல் என பல வழக்குகளில் சிக்கிய செல்வத்திற்கு கோவில் நிர்வாகத்தார் மரியாதை அளித்து சிறப்பு செய்தது சர்ச்சையை ஏற்படுத்தி உள்ளது.

இது போலீசாரின் பாதுகாப்பு குளறுபடியை அம்பலப்படுத்துவதாக பக்தர்கள் புகார் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.ரவுடி செல்வம் மற்றும் அவரது கூட்டாளிகளுக்கு வி.வி.ஐ.பி. நுழைவு சீட்டு கிடைக்க ஏற்பாடு செய்தது யார்; அனுமதி அளித்த போலீசார் யார் என்பது குறித்து டி.ஜி.பி. அலுவலக உயர் அதிகாரிகள் விசாரித்து வருகின்றனர்.

தேர்தல் பயிற்சிக்கு வராத 937 பேருக்கு, 'நோட்டீஸ்'

Added : ஜூலை 17, 2019 02:32

வேலுார், : தேர்தல் பயிற்சி வகுப்புக்கு வராத, 937 பேருக்கு, 'நோட்டீஸ்' அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது.

வேலுார் லோக்சபா தேர்தல், ஆக., 5ல் நடக்கிறது. இதற்காக, 1,553 ஓட்டுச்சாவடி மையங்கள் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.தேர்தலில் பணியாற்ற, ஆசிரியர்கள் மற்றும் அரசு ஊழியர்கள், 7,757 பேர், குலுக்கல் முறையில் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டனர்.இவர்களுக்கு, பயிற்சி முகாம், 14ல், ஆறு இடங்களில் நடந்தது. இதில், 937 பேர் பங்கேற்கவில்லை.

இதற்கு விளக்கம் கேட்டு, 937 பேருக்கும், கலெக்டர், சண்முகசுந்தரம், 'நோட்டீஸ்' அனுப்பி உள்ளார். அதில், 24 மணி நேரத்தில், விளக்கம் அளிக்க வேண்டும் என, குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.இதற்கு, அவர்கள் அளிக்கும் விளக்கம் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளப்படா விட்டால், பணியிட மாற்றம் செய்யப்படுவர் என, தேர்தல் அதிகாரிகள் கூறினர்.

பிறப்பு, இறப்பு தாமத பதிவு கட்டணம் ஆண்டுக்கு ரூ.500 ஆக உயர்வு

Added : ஜூலை 16, 2019 23:17

சிவகங்கை : ''பிறப்பு, இறப்பை தாமதமாக பதிவு செய்தால் தாமத பதிவு கட்டணம் ஆண்டுக்கு ரூ.500 என உயர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளதாக'' சிவகங்கை சுகாதார துணை இயக்குனர் யசோதாமணி தெரிவித்தார்.
அவர் கூறியதாவது : பிறப்பு, இறப்பு நிகழ்ந்த 21 நாட்களுக்குள் அந்தந்த பகுதி வி.ஏ.ஓ., அல்லது சுகாதார ஆய்வாளரிடம் பெயரை பதிவு செய்ய வேண்டும். அதன் பிறகு பதிவு செய்ய தாமத பதிவு கட்டணம் செலுத்த வேண்டும்.பிறப்பு, இறப்பு நிகழ்ந்து 21 நாட்களுக்கு பின் பதிவு செய்தால், தாமத பதிவு கட்டணம் 2 ரூபாயில் இருந்து 100 ரூபாயாகவும், ஒரு மாதத்திற்கு மேல் தாமத பதிவு கட்டணம் 5 ரூபாயில் இருந்து 200 ரூபாயாகவும், ஒரு ஆண்டிற்கு மேல் தாமத பதிவு கட்டணம் 10 ரூபாயில் இருந்து 500 ரூபாயாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.

பிறந்த குழந்தையின் பெயரை ஒரு ஆண்டிற்குள் இலவசமாக பதியலாம். அதற்கு மேல் பதிவு செய்ய தாமத கட்டணமாக 200 ரூபாய் செலுத்த வேண்டும். சரியான பிறப்பு, இறப்பு தேதியை குறிப்பிட்டால் சான்றுக்கான தேடுதல் கட்டணம் கட்ட தேவையில்லை. சரியாக குறிப்பிடாத பட்சத்தில் பிறப்பு, இறப்பு தேதியினை தேட கட்டணம் ஆண்டுக்கு 100 ரூபாய் கட்ட வேண்டும். 2019 மார்ச் 4 ம் தேதி முதல் பிறப்பு, இறப்பு சான்றினை ஆன்லைனில் இலவசமாக பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யலாம்.
பரிட்சார்த்தமாக 2018 மற்றும் 2019 ல் பதிவு செய்த பிறப்பு, இறப்பு சான்றுகளை ''crstn.org'' என்ற வெப்சைட்டில் இலவசமாக பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம். எனவே கூடுதல் பதிவு கட்டணத்தை தவிர்க்க பிறப்பு, இறப்பு நடந்த உடன் அவற்றை உரிய அதிகாரிகளிடம் பதிவு செய்ய வேண்டும், என்றார்.

Madras HC allows jailed Saravana Bhavan founder to shift to private hospital

PTI

PublishedJul 16, 2019, 8:39 pm IST

Rajagopal's son claimed his father's condition worsened after he was admitted to Stanley hospital, following his surrender.

While upholding the life sentence awarded to Rajagopal for murdering an employee in October 2001 to marry his wife, the Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender in the trial court on July 7. (Photo: File)

Chennai: The Madras High Court Tuesday permitted Saravana Bhawan founder P Rajagopal, who has been admitted to a government hospital here after he surrendered to serve life sentence in a murder case, to shift to a private facility for further treatment.

Passing an interim order on a petition filed by Rajagopal's son, a bench comprising justices M M Sundresh and M Nirmal Kumar directed the state government and the prison authorities to transfer the hotelier from the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital to the Vijaya Hospital here. "Considering the medical reports and the condition of the detenu, we are inclined to permit the transfer," the bench said.

The petitioner would have to bear the cost of treatment, the bench said, adding the transfer and treatment would be subject to the compliance of conditions as per the prison manual.

Referring to a report filed by authorities of Stanley hospital that Rajagopal had already suffered two episodes of cardiac arrest and shifting him was risky, the court said the transfer and treatment were at the risk of the petitioner and authorities cannot be held responsible.

Recording an undertaking by the petitioner that all steps would be taken with due care at his own cost for both transferring and the requisite treatment, the bench posted the matter to August 6 for further hearing. In his petition, Rajagopal's son claimed his father's condition worsened after he was admitted to Stanley hospital, following his surrender in a sessions court on July 9.

The founder of popular South Indian food chain Saravana Bhavan had surrendered along with another accused to serve life term after the Supreme Court rejected his plea seeking more time on grounds of ill-health.

While upholding the life sentence awarded to Rajagopal for murdering an employee in October 2001 to marry his wife, the Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender in the trial court on July 7.

Tamil Nadu hospitals may be fined for breaking medical waste rules

Central Pollution Control Board said Tamil Nadu had not completed undertaking an inventory of bio-medical waste generating healthcare facilities.

Published: 17th July 2019 03:25 AM

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found several shortcomings in implementation of Biomedical Waste Management (BMW) Rules, 2016, and proposed hefty fines in the form of environment compensation and even closure of health care facilities for continued violation.

The State has been asked to carry out an inventory of the number of healthcare facilities, biomedical waste generation, its collection, treatment and disposal, within three months, CPCB said in a report filed with the National Green Tribunal.

Interestingly, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has been submitting contradicting figures on the number of healthcare facilities and quantum of waste generated during the last two hearings before NGT in the case filed by social activist Jawaharlal Shanmugam. In April, TNPCB said there were 4,307 healthcare facilities generating 17,226 tonnes of bio-medical waste per annum. But, the latest submission says there are 7,651 healthcare facilities. 

CPCB said Tamil Nadu had not completed undertaking an inventory of bio-medical waste generating healthcare facilities, not issued authorisation to non-bedded healthcare facilities like clinics, laboratories, completely. Besides, barcode system was yet to be implemented and details on coverage of Common Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBMWTM) have not been submitted.

In view of this, CPCB asked Tamil Nadu to evolve a mechanism for monitoring compliance by healthcare facilities. Meanwhile, CPCB, based on certain key performance indicators, prepared a scale of compensation to be recovered from the violators of BMW Rules, according to which healthcare facilities found in violation can attract hefty fines and closure beyond 60 days from the compliance target date by CPCB and State pollution control boards. While disposing off the case, the green bench has tagged the Tamil Nadu case to pan India case on BMW currently being dealt by the NGT Chairman bench.

‘Hold AYUSH counselling along with other courses’

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 16, 2019 00:00 IST

PIL plea says delay in the process forces students to join other courses

When counselling for admission to all professional courses ends by July, the one for AYUSH is to be held only in November. Even those candidates willing to join AYUSH courses would pick other professional courses instead of waiting with uncertainty, complained a public interest litigation petition filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, on Monday.

The petitioner, R. Appu Nadesan of Kanniyakumari, a former MLA and founder of Shree Ramakrishna Group of Institutions, Kulasekharam, complained that with counselling for AYUSH courses conducted belatedly in November, aspirants for these courses were not willing to wait till the last moment and instead chose other courses, fearing losing a year in case of non-admission.

For the past three academic years this was the case. With NEET not being a requirement to join AYUSH courses, if counselling was held at the same time as that of the other professional courses, aspirants, particularly those from rural background, would benefit, the petitioner said.

A Division Bench of Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and B. Pugalendhi summoned Joint Director in the Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Chennai, and adjourned the case till July 30.

Medical aspirants seek fresh counselling

B. Tilak Chandar

MADURAI, JULY 16, 2019 00:00 IST

Say no reference to nativity in prospectus for management quota seats

Pointing out that the prospectus for management quota for admission to MBBS/ BDS in the State had no reference to the nativity of applicants, four aspirants moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday, claiming that this would allow students from other States to participate in the counselling, denying an opportunity to local candidates.

G. Somnath, K. Neya, V.C Ajithvass and A.M. Srilaya, in separate petitions, said out of the 3,250 medical seats in the 23 medical colleges 15 % or 506 seats were reserved under the all-India quota.

Under the State quota, 2,744 seats were available in government colleges. The government quota in private medical colleges was 977 seats and 562 seats were to be filled up by the college managements and 260 seats came under the NRI quota. If the NRI seats were not filled up, the seats would revert to the management.

While the prospectus for government quota mandates that candidates should be a native of Tamil Nadu, the one for management quota had no mention about the nativity of applicants, which would allow entry of other State students, the petitioners said.

Other State candidates

They claimed that the counselling conducted for government seats this year was not proper as 218 candidates from other States had already taken part in it.

Even in 2017, several candidates from other States participated in the counselling and were allotted seats from the 85% quota meant for native candidates.

Allowing students from other States to take part in the counselling would defeat the government policy to accommodate native students. Domicile preference should be extended to management quota also, they said.

The petitioners sought a direction to restrain the Selection Committee from going ahead with counselling for the management quota, which began on July 15, and to quash the counselling conducted for government quota on July 8.

Instead, a fresh counselling should be held, the petitioners said.

Hearing the plea, Justice R. Suresh Kumar sought a response from the State and adjourned the hearing to July 22.

Athi Varadar may be shifted out of Vasantha Mandapam to a larger space

T. Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI, JULY 16, 2019 00:00 IST

HR&CE mulling over feedback on crowd management at Kancheepuram temple

The authorities are considering shifting the Athi Varadar idol out of the Vasantha Mandapam to a more spacious place within the precincts of the Sri Devarajaswamy temple, Kancheepuram.

This follows feedback received by the temple administration that devotees, who have to stand in queues at least for three to four hours, find it hard to negotiate the narrow path near the Vasantha Mandapam. Besides, the temple has been receiving the devotees in large numbers.

Ever since the once-in-40-years festival commenced on July 1, one lakh devotees have been visiting the temple daily on an average. On July 13, over two lakh people turned up.

If the authorities find a better spot, they are confident that the crowd management will be more organised, indicates a senior official of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. Before the administration takes a final decision, it may consult religious scholars.

The festival will go on till August 17. The idol, now kept in a reclining position (referred to as sayana kolam in Tamil), will be kept in standing position later. Originally, it was decided to keep it in sayana kolam for 24 days and in standing position for the remaining 24 days.

Now, the authorities are considering extending the duration of sayana kolam . The exact date of change in the position will be announced shortly, another official says.

Govt medical colleges are ‘selling’ seats now
NRI Quota Provides Easy Entry Route For Those With Moolah

Rema.Nagarajan@timesgroup.com
17.07.2019

If you’re a resident Indian with poor NEET scores, getting admission in a government medical college is a pipedream, but if you are an NRI, you have a good shot at it.

The reason is that it is not just private colleges commercializing medical education, but some state governments too have joined the bandwagon in the name of making their colleges self-financing. So, 3%- 15% seats are set aside for NRIs and some even have “management quotas”.

Five states — Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh — and Puducherry have government medical colleges with NRI quotas. Unlike caste-based quotas, which are to compensate for historical deprivation and backwardness, the NRI quota is for being able to charge lakhs as fees.

Most states claim the quota is to mobilize funds for maintenance and infrastructure, something that would earlier have come from the health budget. Gujarat has the highest number of NRI seats, 241, followed by Rajasthan with 212, Punjab with 41, Puducherry with 22, Himachal Pradesh with 20 and Haryana with 15 seats. NRI seats are open not only to NRIs but also those they sponsor. Thus, many can use this quota if they have a brother, sister or parent who is an NRI willing to give an undertaking to sponsor the entire course fee.

If a student has no parents or is taken as a ward by near relatives, even NRI uncles, aunts or grandparents can be sponsors. There have been several cases of candidates faking eligibility, prompting greater scrutiny of candidates’ NRI claims. A look at over 1,900 NRI candidates admitted in 2016 shows that almost three-quarters were unreserved category students, barely 3% belonged to SC/STs and rest were OBCs.

While the average NEET score of government quota students including reserved SC, ST and OBC seats in 2016 was 472.5, that of NRI candidates in private colleges was 220.8 and of those in government colleges was 339.6. The NRI quota fees in government colleges range from ₹14 lakh to almost ₹20 lakh per annum.

While this is very high compared to the fee charged for the other government seats in most of these colleges (₹25,000 to ₹1 lakh per annum), it is much cheaper than the ₹30 lakh per annum charged by most private colleges for NRI seats.

Andhra Pradesh too earlier had NRI seats in government colleges, but has discontinued this. Madhya Pradesh had about 28 NRI seats in government colleges till 2016, but discontinued the practice in the face of public protests.

Last year, the Karnataka government had toyed with the idea of starting an NRI quota in government colleges, but dropped the idea after student organizations threatened agitations.

Former vice-chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and eminent cardiologist Dr KS Ravindranath explained that the reason for opposing NRI quota in Karnataka government colleges was because it would encroach on seats for poor meritorious students.

The government ought to allocate more, but there are never sufficient funds to provide facilities for sports, research, simulation lab etc, he added. Former joint director of medical education in Madhya Pradesh, NM Shrivastava questioned the concept of using NRI seats to generate funds to improve the college.

“The money earned from NRI seats was small in comparison to the resources required for running a college. Moreover, government colleges are meant for public welfare, for poor to get free treatment and for meritorious students. They are not meant to make money. Free education is the government’s job in a democratic welfare state. That’s why the government decided to put an end to NRI quota in MP,” explained Shrivastava.

(with inputs from Bharat Yagnik in Ahmedabad, Initshab Ali in Jaipur, Shimona Kanwar in Chandigarh and Pushpa Narayan in Chennai)

St Joseph’s College bags top NAAC grade

Trichy:17.07.2019

St Joseph’s College has become the first autonomous arts and science college in the country to secure the prestigious A++ rank for the fourth cycle of accreditation. College principal Rev Dr M Arockiasamy Xavier said the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has rated the institution A++ with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.58 of 4 in the new format with 70% quantitative and 30% qualitative metrics.

Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, he said it has added one more feather to the institution at a time when its 175th year celebrations areon. The principal said the institution enjoysthe privilegeof being the only college with “special heritage” status from the University Grants Commission in Tamil Nadu.

“We applied for the IV cycle of NAAC accreditation process in March after seven years. A team visited the college for assessment of its human, infrastructural and financial resources besides its yeoman service,” Dr Arockiasamy said. The achievement will help students of the college to get due recognition from institutions when they go for higher studies and organisations when they go for a job, he said. TNN

ROAD SAFETY DRIVE
Students to get learners’ licence at their colleges

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:17.07.2019

The state transport department will soon reach out to college students all over the state to issue them learners’ licence (LLR). Authorities from Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across Tamil Nadu will visit students at their doorsteps and explain various rules to be followed while driving vehicles to create more awareness on road safety.

At the end of these sessions, LLRs would be issued at the college campus. The announcement was made by transport minister M R Vijayabaskar while moving the demand for grant for the department on Tuesday.

An estimated amount of ₹63 lakhs has been sanctioned towards procuring laptops, printers and data cards towards this process, he said, adding, this was an attempt to reduce driving without licences.

“Ashok Leyland (a private automobile manufacturer) has agreed to operate two e-buses (battery-operated) on voluntary basis and it will be launched in a week or two. Discussions are underway to finalise charging point locations,” said Vijayabaskar, replying to a question on pollution caused by

government buses.

This would be a pilot project and most likely a swapmodel in which fullycharged batteries can be changed at the end of every trip, according to a TOI report on March 19.

Besides this, the government has planned to procure 2,000 electric buses with German assistance. Some of them will be added to Metropolitan Transport Corporation's (MTC) fleet and the corporation has sought assistance from Centre too under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II Scheme.

The minister also announced that electrically-operated hydraulic wheelchair lifts would be fitted to doors of government buses soon so that differently-abled passengers can board or get down easily. The same was reported by TOI on June 5.

Other announcements include common mobility card for different modes of public transport, CCTV cameras in buses and depots, diagnostic tools to detect repairs in buses, construction of driving testing tracks and buildings in various RTOs. Vijayabaskar admitted that around 1,400 government bus services were stopped as a part of the route rationalisation approach. However, every village with at least 500 people was connected to the nearest hub by buses, he said.

Campuses ban mobiles, UGC wants selfies with ‘gurus’
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:17.07.2019

City colleges are in a dilemma over a circular from the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking them to encourage students to take selfies with their teachers on Guru Purnima on Tuesday. Most colleges have banned the use of cell phones on campuses.

Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had on Monday launched a campaign ‘#SelfiewithGuru’ inviting all to post their selfie with their teachers on social media on Tuesday. Rajnish Jain, secretary of UGC, has sent a circular asking students of universities and colleges to participate in the campaign and to share their selfies on social media.

“Following the circular from Madras University, we have banned the use of mobile phones inside the campus from last year. If any student is caught using mobile phones, they would be fined,” said Reverend Thomas Amirtham, principal of Loyola College.

But, UGC has given a circular that would encourage the students to use mobile phones on campuses. Though the principal said the college will try to abide by UGC’s directions, taking selfies is contradicting existing rules.

Even women’s colleges also do not allow the students to use mobiles on campus. “Due to safety concerns, we allow the students to carry the phone. But, using it is prohibited,” said Lalitha Balakrishnan, principal of a college.

Many engineering colleges do not allow students to even carry their mobile phones. “We cannot encourage the students to take selfie with female faculty members as many would not feel comfortable. It is difficult to implement the rule,” a principal from a city engineering college said.

Anna University vicechancellor M K Surappa did not agree with UGC’s “dictum” on taking selfies. “The main job of universities and higher educational institutions is knowledge creation. Taking selfies is in no way an academic activity. Students and teachers should be kept out of these kind of activities,” he said.

Senior academician and former vice-chancellor of Anna University E Balagurusamy said taking selfies with gurus is not a good idea. “The UGC has many better things to do to improve the quality of higher education instead of advising students to take selfies with their gurus. Taking a selfie is not giving respect to the guru. There are many other ways to respect them. We normally take selfies with friends and family,” he said.

He further said the commission was an autonomous body and should not simply follow the MHRD’s instructions.


Union HRD minister had on Monday launched a campaign ‘#SelfiewithGuru’ inviting all to post their selfie with their teachers on social media

Supreme Court orders Medical Practitioner to plant 100 trees for offence committed as Juvenile

 Murali Krishnan July 14 2019 

The Supreme Court has ordered a medical practitioner to plant 100 trees as punishment for an offence committed by him in 2004 when he was a Juvenile.

The order was passed by a Bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta.

The petitioner was convicted by the trial court under Section 307 IPC and sentenced to three years imprisonment. The order of conviction and sentence was affirmed by the High Court.

This led to the appeal in Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, an application under Section 9(2) of the Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) Act, 2015 (Juvenile Justice Act, 2015) was filed by the petitioner seeking a declaration that he was a Juvenile on the date of the offence in the disposed of Special Leave Petition.

The Supreme Court, therefore, directed the District and Sessions Judge, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal to conduct an enquiry under Section 9(2) of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 regarding the Juvenility of the petitioner on the date of offence i.e. August 28, 2004 and submit a report.

Pursuant to the order of the Supreme Court, enquiry was conducted and a report of District and Sessions Judge, Berhampore, Murshidabad was placed before the Court.

As per the report, the petitioner was 16 years 7 months and 28 days on the date of offence. The Court also noted that school records have been verified and found to be genuine and there was no other evidence to show that the school records cannot be relied upon.

The Court, therefore, accepted that the petitioner was a Juvenile at the time of the commission of offence. In such a scenario, the usual course adopted is to refer the matter to the Juvenile Justice Board to be dealt with as per Juvenile Justice Act.

However, since fifteen years had passed since the commission of the offence and the petitioner was currently 32 years old and a medical practitioner, the Court felt that it is not appropriate to send the petitioner to be dealt with by the Board.

Instead, the Court stated that it was of the opinion that the ends of justice would be met by directing the petitioner to perform community service.

The counsel for the state suggested that this obligation of performing community service could be met with by a direction to the petitioner to plant trees.

The Court accepted the same and directed the petitioner to plant 100 trees within a period of one year.

The sentence of imprisonment against the petitioner was also set aside and the Court ordered that he be released forthwith.

Inform students if denied approval: Kerala HC

TNN | Jul 9, 2019, 03.02 PM IST

KOCHI: Students who obtain admission to self-financing medical colleges should be informed if their admissions are not approved by admission supervisory committee (ASC) or the state government, the high court has ordered.

The directive was issued by a division bench comprising justices K Vinod Chandran and V G Arun after considering a petition filed by a student who secured admission under NRI quota in 2016-17 but was not informed about ASC's decision not to approve the admission even though the college had challenged non-approval of admissions to the high court and the Supreme Court.

During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel told the court that the student could not challenge ASC's order at the appropriate time as there was no communication of denial of approval of admission. ASC's counsel submitted that entire details are uploaded on its website and that the college was directed to inform the students, as is the usual practice. The student's counsel pointed out that the cancellation of approval was noticed only after eight months.

While ordering that students whose admissions are not approved should be intimated individually by a registered post, the court said in the order, "We notice that the students, if prejudiced by an order passed by the committee has to be informed of the same by a communication lest the student is kept unawares, for reason only of the college having not communicated the issue to the student despite directives issued by the committee. We have also noticed many instances, where the college without informing the student raises a challenge before court and after dismissal by this court or by the Supreme Court, the students coming before this court seeking interference to the orders passed by the committee, which already stands affirmed in the proceedings initiated by the college. The student then is left with no remedy, which has to be avoided."

ASC should insist for addresses of students from colleges and prejudicial orders by the ASC or the state government should be communicated to the students by registered post, the court directed.

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மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புக்கு ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு இல்லாமல் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை மத்திய அரசு திட்டம்

மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்புக்கு ‘நீட்’ தேர்வு இல்லாமல் மாணவர் சேர்க்கை நடத்த மத்திய அரசு திட்டமிட்டுள்ளது. இதற்கான மசோதா தயாராகி வருகிறது.

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புதுடெல்லி,

எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., பி.டி.எஸ். போன்ற இளநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கும், எம்.டி., எம்.எஸ். போன்ற முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கும் நீட் தேர்வு மூலம் மாணவர்கள் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படுகிறார்கள்.

இந்நிலையில், முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு நீட் தேர்வை ரத்து செய்ய மத்திய அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.


இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன் சிலுக்கு மாற்றாக, தேசிய மருத்துவ ஆணையத்தை உருவாக்கும் வரைவு மசோதாவை மத்திய சுகாதார அமைச்சகம் உருவாக்கி உள்ளது. அதில், முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு நீட் தேர்வை ரத்து செய்வதற்கான திருத்தம் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இந்த திருத்தத்துடன் கூடிய வரைவு மசோதா, விரைவில் மத்திய மந்திரிசபையின் ஒப்புதலுக்கு அனுப்பப்படும் என்று மத்திய அரசு உயரதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர். மத்திய மந்திரிசபையின் ஒப்புதலுக்கு பிறகு, நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் மசோதா தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டு நிறைவேற்றப்பட உள்ளது. இதுகுறித்து அதிகாரிகள் மேலும் கூறியதாவது:-

புதிய திருத்தத்தின்படி, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். இறுதி ஆண்டு தேர்வு, நாடு முழுவதும் ‘நேஷனல் எக்ஸிட் டெஸ்ட்’ (நெக்ஸ்ட்) என்ற பெயரில் பொதுவான தேர்வாக நடத்தப்படும். அந்த தேர்வில் எடுத்த மதிப்பெண்கள் அடிப்படையில், முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கு மாணவர்கள் சேர்க்கப்படுவார்கள்.

எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். இறுதி ஆண்டு தேர்வை முடித்த பிறகு, முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் சேருவதற்காக அவர்கள் நீட் போன்ற எந்த நுழைவுத்தேர்வும் எழுத வேண்டியது இல்லை. பிரதமர் அலுவலகத்தின் உத்தரவின் பேரில் இந்த திருத்தம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அதுபோல், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ். முடித்த பிறகு, டாக்டராக தொழில் செய்வதற்கான லைசென்ஸ் பெற மாணவர்கள் எந்த தேர்வும் எழுத வேண்டியது இல்லை.

இருப்பினும், ‘எய்ம்ஸ்‘ மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளில் முதுநிலை மருத்துவ படிப்புகளில் சேருவதற்கு தனி நுழைவுத்தேர்வில் தேர்ச்சி பெறுவது கட்டாயம் என்ற விதிமுறை நீடிக்கும். டி.எம்., எம்.சிஎச் போன்ற மருத்துவ படிப்புகளுக்கான நீட் சூப்பர் ஸ்பெஷாலிட்டி தேர்வும் நீடிக்கும்.

அங்கீகாரம் இன்றி டாக்டர் தொழில் செய்பவர்களுக்கு ஓராண்டுவரை கடும் காவல் தண்டனையும், ரூ.5 லட்சம் வரை அபராதமும் விதிக்கும் வகையில் ஒரு திருத்தம் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவ்வாறு அதிகாரிகள் கூறினர்.

ராஜகோபால் கவலைக்கிடம்

Added : ஜூலை 15, 2019 00:49

சென்னை:கொலை வழக்கில், ஆயுள் தண்டனை பெற்றுள்ள, 'சரவண பவன்' ஓட்டல் அதிபர், ராஜகோபால், உடல் நிலை கவலைக்கிடமாக உள்ளது.
துாத்துக்குடி மாவட்டத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ராஜகோபால், சரவண பவன் என்ற பெயரில், பல ஓட்டல்களை நடத்தி வருகிறார். ஏற்கனவே, இரு பெண்களை திருமணம் செய்த நிலையில், மூன்றாவதாக, ஜீவஜோதி என்ற திருமணமான பெண்ணை, திருமணம் செய்ய முயற்சித்தார்.அதற்கு, ஜீவஜோதியின் கணவர், பிரின்ஸ் சாந்தகுமார், தடையாக இருந்ததால், அவரை, கொடைக்கானலுக்கு கடத்தி சென்று, கொலை செய்ததாக, ராஜ கோபால் மற்றும் அவரது ஆட்கள் மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டது.

கடந்த, 2004ல், பூந்தமல்லி நீதிமன்றம், ராஜகோபாலுக்கு, 10 ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை விதித்தது; அவரது கூட்டாளிகள், ௧0 பேருக்கும் சிறை தண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டது. உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் மேல்முறையீடு செய்த போது, ராஜகோபால் உள்ளிட்ட ஆறு பேருக்கு ஆயுள் தண்டனை; மூவருக்கு மூன்று ஆண்டுகள்; இருவருக்கு இரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் சிறை தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டது.ஆயுள் தண்டனையை எதிர்த்து, உச்ச நீதிமன்றத்தில் மேல்முறையீடு செய்யப்பட்டது. 

இந்தாண்டு மார்ச்சில், ஆயுள் தண்டனையை, உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் உறுதி செய்தது; ஜூலை, 7க்குள் ஆஜராகும் படி, ராஜகோபால் உள்ளிட்ட, 11 பேருக்கும், உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டது. ஜாமினில் இருந்த ராஜகோபால், உடல் நிலையை காரணம் காட்டி, சரணடைய அவகாசம் கோரிய மனு, தள்ளுபடி செய்யப்பட்டு, உடனடியாக ஆஜராக உத்தரவிடப்பட்டது. ஜூலை, 9ல், சென்னை நான்காவது கூடுதல் அமர்வு நீதிமன்றத்திற்கு, ராஜகோபால், ஆம்புலன்சில் அழைத்து வரப்பட்டு ஆஜர்படுத்தப்பட்டார். நீதிபதி உத்தரவுபடி, புழல் சிறையில் அடைக்க, உத்தரவிடப்பட்டார்.

ஆனால், சிறையில் அடைப்பதற்கு முன், உடல் பரிசோதனைக்காக, அரசு ஸ்டான்லி மருத்துவமனையில், கைதிகளுக்கான வார்டில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டார்.அன்றிரவே அவரது உடல்நிலை மோசமானதால், தீவிர சிகிச்சை பிரிவுக்கு மாற்றப்பட்டு, ஆறு நாட்களாக தொடர்ந்து சிகிச்சை அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. நேற்று முன்தினம் இரவு, நாடித்துடிப்பு குறைந்து, உடல்நிலை கவலைக்கிடமானது.செயற்கை சுவாச கருவி பொருத்தப்பட்டு, தீவிர சிகிச்சை அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. தகவலறிந்து, அவரது உறவினர்கள், மருத்துவமனை வளாகத்தில், நேற்று காலை குவிந்தனர்.

முதுநிலை மருத்துவத்துக்கு, 'நீட்' இல்லை

Updated : ஜூலை 14, 2019 22:51 | Added : ஜூலை 14, 2019 22:49





புதுடில்லி: மருத்துவப் படிப்புகளுக்காக, 'நீட்' எனப்படும், தேசிய தகுதி மற்றும் நுழைவுத் தேர்வு நடத்தப்படுகிறது. இதில், முதுநிலை பட்டப் படிப்புகளில் சேருவதற்கான, நீட் தேர்வை ரத்து செய்ய, மத்திய அரசு முடிவு செய்துள்ளது.

தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷன் மசோதாவுக்கான திருத்தப்பட்ட வரைவில், இதற்கான அம்சம் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.இது குறித்து, மத்திய சுகாதாரத் துறை அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:இந்திய மருத்துவ சங்கத்துக்கு மாற்றாக, தேசிய மருத்துவ கமிஷன் அமைக்கும் வகையில், 2017ல் மசோதா தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டது.
இதில், பல்வேறு பிரிவுகளுக்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டதால், நிலைக் குழுவுக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டது.தற்போது, இந்த மசோதாவுக்கான, திருத்தப்பட்ட வரைவு தயாரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. விரைவில் மத்திய அமைச்சரவையில் இது குறித்து விவாதிக்கப்பட்டு, ஒப்புதல் பெறப்படும். அதன் பிறகு, திருத்தப்பட்ட மசோதா, பார்லிமென்டில் தாக்கல் செய்யப்படும்.தற்போது, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிக்கும் மாணவர்களுக்கு, இறுதியாண்டில், 'நெக்ஸ்ட்' எனப்படும் தேசிய அளவிலான, பொது திறனறி தேர்வு நடத்தப்பட உள்ளது.

அதனால், முதுநிலை பட்டப் படிப்பில் சேருவதற்கு, மற்றொரு நுழைவுத் தேர்வு தேவையில்லை. எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., படிப்பில் பெறும் மதிப்பெண்கள் அடிப்படையிலேயே, முதுநிலை படிப்பில் சேரலாம். பிரதமர் அலுவலகம் அளித்துள்ள பரிந்துரையின் அடிப்படையில், இது சேர்க்கப்பட்டு உள்ளது.எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., முடித்த மாணவர்கள், டாக்டராக பணியாற்றுவதற்கு, 'லைசென்ஸ்' பெறுவதற்காக, தனியாக தேர்வு எழுதத் தேவையில்லை. அதே நேரத்தில், எய்ம்ஸ் கல்லூரியில், முதுநிலை படிப்புகளுக்கான நுழைவுத் தேர்வு தொடரும். அதேபோல், டி.எம்., மற்றும் எம்.சி.எச்., போன்ற சிறப்பு படிப்புகளுக்கு நடத்தப்படும், சிறப்பு நுழைவுத் தேர்விலும், எந்த மாற்றமும் இல்லை.இவ்வாறு, அவர்கள் கூறினர்

இருளில் மூழ்கிய நியூயார்க் நகரம்

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நியூயார்க் : அமெரிக்காவின் நியூயார்க் நகரில் ஏற்பட்ட மின்தடை பல மணி நேரங்களுக்கு பிறகு சீரமைக்கப்பட்டது.

நியூயார்க் நகரின் மன்ஹாட்டன் பகுதியில் சனிக்கிழமை மாலை ஏற்பட்ட மின்தடையால் 73 ஆயிரத்துக்கு மேற்பட்ட வீடுகள் மற்றும் தொழில்கள் பாதிக்கப்பட்டன. மின்தடையினால் புகழ்பெற்ற டைம்ஸ் ஸ்கொயர், சுரங்க பாதைகள் உள்ளிட்ட பகுதிகள் இருளில் மூழ்கின. பாதுகாப்பு காரணமாக சுரங்க பாதைகளை பயன்படுத்த வேண்டாம் என பொதுமக்களுக்கு அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டது. மின் தடை ஏற்பட்டதால் பலர் இரவில் சாலைகளில் கூட்டம் கூட்டமாக நடந்து சென்றனர். மின்தடை ஏற்பட்ட போது நியூயார்க்கில் உள்ள புகழ்பெற்ற Carnegie ஹாலில் கச்சேரி நடத்திக்கொண்டு இருந்த குழுவினர் வெளியே வந்து பொது மக்கள் மத்தியில் கச்சேரியை தொடர்ந்தனர்.

மின்மாற்றியில் ஏற்பட்ட தீ விபத்து தான் மின் தடைக்கு காரணம் என தீயணைப்பு துறையினர் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். இதனையடுத்து நள்ளிரவு முதல் படிபடியாக மின்சார இணைப்பு சீரமைக்கப்பட்டது. மின் இணைப்பு சீரானதை சாலைகளில் இருந்த மக்கள் கூச்சலிட்டு கொண்டாடி வரவேற்றனர். கடந்த ஆயிரத்து 970ஆம் ஆண்டு நியூயார்க்கில் 25 மணி நேர மின் தடை ஏற்பட்டது. அந்த சம்பவம் நடைபெற்று சரியாக 42 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பிறகு அங்கு மீண்டும் நீண்ட நேரம் மின்தடை ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

Health Ministry Bill proposes to axe NEET-PG

PTI

NEW DELHI, JULY 15, 2019 01:19 IST

Photo: Twitter/@MoHFW_INDIA

Students would not be required to appear in a separate exam after MBBS to get a licence to practice.

In a relief to medical students aspiring to pursue postgraduate courses, the Union Health Ministry has proposed to do away with NEET-PG and use the final MBBS examination for admission to MD and MS programmes.

The amendment has been incorporated in the revised draft National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, which will be sent to the Cabinet soon, official sources said.

They said the changes had been incorporated in the Bill on the directions of the Prime Minister’s Office.

“According to the amendments in the fresh NMC Bill, entry into the PG programmes will be on the basis of the results of the National Exit Test, which would be held as a common exam across the country. So the candidates would not have to appear in a separate exam after clearing the MBBS final exam for admission to PG courses,” the sources explained.

The students would not be required to appear in a separate exam after MBBS to get a licence to practice.

Health Ministry bill proposes scrapping NEET-PG; MBBS final exam enough for admission to MD/MS programmes

The amendment has been incorporated in the revised draft National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which would be sent to the Cabinet soon, official sources told PTI.

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Jul 14, 2019, 04.55 PM IST

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NEET-PG Scrapping Proposal: ‘MBBS Final Exam Enough For Admission To MD/MS‘

Edited By Odishatv Bureau

Published By PTI On Jul 14, 2019 - 5:53 PM

New Delhi: In a relief to medical students wanting to pursue post-graduate courses, the Union Health Ministry has proposed to do away with NEET-PG and instead the final MBBS examination would be enough for admission to MD and MS programmes.

The amendment has been incorporated in the revised draft National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which would be sent to the Cabinet soon, official sources told PTI.

According to them, the changes have been incorporated in the bill on the directions of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

“According to the amendments made in the fresh NMC Bill, entry into the PG programmes will be on the basis of the results of the National Exit Test (NEXT), which would be held as a common exam across the country. So the candidates would not have to appear in a separate exam after clearing the MBBS final exam for admission to PG courses,” the source explained.

The students would also not be required to appear in a separate exam after MBBS to obtain a license to practice.

However, for admission to PG programmes at AIIMS, clearing a separate exam will remain mandatory. Also, the NEET Super Speciality, which is a national-level entrance exam for admission in DM/MCh courses, will continue, sources said.

Every year 80,000 students take admission into MBBS courses in about 480 medical colleges in the country, while 1.5 lakh students appear for entrance exams for admission to around 50,000 PG seats.

The NMC Bill was introduced in Parliament in December 2017, but it lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.

After its introduction in the lower house in 2017, the Bill, which aims to replace the Medical Council of India Act, 1956 and included the contentious provision of a “bridge course” to allow practitioners of alternative medicines to pursue allopathy, was referred to a Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee following massive protests from the medical fraternity.

The first version of the Bill also proposed a national-level licentiate exam for all MBBS graduates for getting licence to practice in India.

But it was removed following strong protests by several doctor bodies.

The provision of the ‘bridge course’ was also strongly opposed by health bodies, including the Indian Medical Association, which claimed that allowing AYUSH doctors to practice modern medicine would promote “quackery”, although the ministry had argued that the provision seeks to address the “acute shortage” of doctors in the country.

The parliamentary panel gave its recommendations in March 2018, following which the Health Ministry scrapped the provision of ‘bridge course and also made some other changes as suggested by the committee before moving the official amendments in the Lok Sabha.

“It has been left to state governments to take necessary measures for addressing and promoting primary healthcare in rural areas,” the amendment stated and also made the punishment for unauthorised practice of medicine more severe with imprisonment of up to one year along with a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh.

By Payal Banerjee

Axe could fall on NEET, but only for PG admissions

In a move aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of medical students looking to pursue masters in medicine, the Union health ministry has proposed to scrap the NEET-PG exam.

Published: 15th July 2019 03:33 AM |

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of medical students looking to pursue masters in medicine, the Union health ministry has proposed to scrap the NEET-PG exam. This means MBBS final exam results will be enough for admission to PG courses in medicine. The changes have been made on the directions of the PMO, sources said.



“According to the amendments made in the fresh NMC Bill, entry into the PG programmes will be on the basis of the results of the National Exit Test (NEXT), which would be held as a common exam across the country. So, the candidates would not have to appear in a separate exam after clearing the MBBS final exam for admission to PG courses,” the source added.

However, one would need to clear a separate exam for admission into PG courses in AIIMS, NEET Super Speciality, the national entrance test for DM/MCh courses, will continue.
It is estimated that close to 1.5 lakh students take the entrance exams for admission to 50,000-odd PG seats.

11 engineering students land jobs in Japan

R. Sujatha

CHENNAI, JULY 15, 2019 00:00 IST

Three studied on full scholarships

She was named Vendam (“Don’t want” in Tamil), as her parents did not want a girl child. The second daughter of an agricultural labourer from Tiruttani, A. Vendam, would have ended up in a government arts and science college, if not for the full scholarship she got from her college in 2016.

A student of Tamil medium from a government school, her life took a turn for the better when she opted to learn Japanese in college. “I had heard about their culture, so I chose the language. I have completed 5th level and answered all questions in Japanese put to me by the interview panel,” says Ms. Vendam, a final year ECE student of the Chennai Institute of Technology.

M. Thangavel, the son of an autorickshaw driver, from the EEE department, studied at a government school in Singampunari, Sivaganga. His parents have not even completed primary schooling. He learned Japanese in college and can speak the language. As a boy, A. Dinesh Kumar would accompany his mother to the fireworks factory in Sivakasi. His father is an agent for a fireworks factory. “During summer holidays, I used to work in the factory with my mother to stack firecrackers,” he recalled. “Sivakasi is known as mini Japan, and so I decided to learn Japanese,” says Dinesh, a CSE student.

For the better

The three students, from economically backward families, hope to make a new life in Japan, after they were selected by Human Respoia, a Japanese company, during the placement drive, said J.M. Mathana, principal of the college.

Of the 11 students selected by the company, three studied on full scholarship, according to P. Sriram, college chairman.

“The students will get an annual package of Rs. 22 lakh and a permanent job visa. The company has 15,000 workers and this is the third year the company is hiring from our college,” he said.

Athi Varadar admission timings reduced by an hour

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 15, 2019 00:00 IST

An average of 1 lakh people are visiting Sri Devarajaswami temple daily during the festival.B. Velankanni Raj

HR&CE advisory asks elderly, sick to avoid weekend visits

At a time when an average of one lakh devotees are visiting Athi Varadar per day, the Kancheepuram district administration has decided to reduce the admission timing by an hour at Sri Devarajaswami temple.

Addressing reporters on Sunday, Collector P. Ponniah said the district and temple administration had decided to reduce the time by an hour to clean up the premises. The temple gates at the Eastern gopuram would be closed by 9 p.m. from Monday (Till now it was closed at 10 p.m).

“We have to clean the temple, fill up water in the tanks and clean the rest rooms to ready the place for the next day,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department has urged the elderly, sick, differently abled, young mothers and pregnant women to avoid visits during the weekends. This is due to the sudden surge of devotees during those two days.

“On July 13 alone, over 2 lakh devotees visited. This has been true for preceding Saturdays too,” a senior HR&CE official said.

“We get a lot of senior citizens and elderly among the devotees, all of them wanting to have a darshan for the second time during their life time,” he said.

Pushpa, a volunteer with Seva Bharathi,said: “Wheelchairs are provided only after at least 800 metres to 1 km at the temple entrance. They should be available at the starting point.”

The Health department has also been conducting health camps at the festival.

T. Senthilkumar, deputy director (health), Kancheepuram, said they had 10 camps outside and one inside the temple. On an average, they got around 1,000 persons with complaints of dehydration and dizziness daily.

“We ask them to rest, stabilise them and send them back to temple. We also provide them with oral dehydration solution,” he added.

EDUCATION TIMES

How to channelise the creative bug in you

Kartikeya Ladha details how to spark your imagination and explore the world of literature. Be a voracious reader to enter the professional world of creative writing

If creative writing is your zeal, then you would want to pursue a career where you could spend most of the day immersed in doing something that you love. The catch with all creative endeavours is that they are not easy to come by, especially when it comes to making a living.

Writing or creative fields may be an imaginative pursuit, where we can admire the likes of creative writers, poets, and aspire to be like them. But, we give up or are forced by our parents to leave our aspirations behind and settle for the usual nine to five job that offers stability and security. When we talk about professional writers, we usually think of journalists or scriptwriters. But there are other jobs one can consider if you want to make a career out of writing.

WORK CULTURE

The main job of a creative writer is to produce work that is engrossing and appealing. You need to know exactly what you are writing, who you are writing for, and how you will market your content. You have to write as a creative individual but also think like a marketer. With the growing popularity of social media and digital platforms, there is a demand for highquality content creators.

JOB PROSPECTS

To get into this career, it is not mandatory to have a certificate or any sort of degree in creative writing. Anybody with a good command over a particular language can infiltrate in the highly demanding field of creative writing. Plenty of job opportunities are on hand for creative writers. Specialised creative writers are mixed up in the formation and growth of all types of innovative works, which range from a diverse set of genres such as fiction writing, memoirs, non-fiction writing, science fiction, romance, travelogues and more. All these can also be integrated with script writing for movies and TV shows. There are opportunities for writing feature news, indulging in food blogging and reviewing, working for online magazines etc.

SOME EXCITING PROFILES

Copywriter: In the field of marketing/ advertising, the job of a copywriter is to create content highlighting the features of a particular product/service in a compelling manner to attract customer attention.

These people are accountable for writing the brochures, publicity letters, product catalogues, circulars etc.

Article writer: Article writers create stories on a variety of subjects ranging from fashion, food, travel, health, trade, entertainment, sports, education, politics, for various newspapers, magazines, websites, etc.

Author: One can become an author by narrating a story on any topic or person or event. It can be in the segment of fiction or non-fiction depending on whatever story you want to tell for a particular set of audience. This also requires marketing efforts after you are done writing the book. Hoping that the book will pick up automatically is not how it works.

Scriptwriter: Those with a flair for writing dialogues and engaging narratives can become scriptwriters. They are involved in writing stories for movies, plays, television shows, etc. The writers are expected to research in order to have a convincing yet imaginative plot. Writing genuine, fresh and well-crafted dialogues can make one sought after in this field.

Freelance writer: As a freelance writer, one can choose to write on any topic of his or her interest for various newspapers, magazine or even a digital platforms.

(The writer is an author of several books)

Necessary work experience

• Build a portfolio of your best-written work

• Begin with writing for student newspapers or magazines

• Read and write as much as you can, and there is no limit to how much you can improve

• Get your work out in the world and do not be afraid of criticism

• Learn new skills and master the old ones