GTF team meets Manipur CM
KalimNews: "It is a very old demand. Many new states have been formed since the demand for Gorkhaland was voiced. It will be entirely appropriate if Gorkhaland is created," said Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh to the delegates of GTF. The Gorkhaland Task Force, on a tour of the Northeast currently, met CM Singh today, February 16, 2012 at Babupara, Imphal .
Chief Minister Singh further said that the Gorkhaland demand was fully justified and he personally supported the demand.
The delegation also apprised the CM of a Gorkha girl, Devi Adhikari, losing her eyesight after an attempt at molestation in Takamai Busty in Senapati District. Shri Okram Ibobi Singh immediately called up the DGP and asked him to report back about the incident within one hour. He also assured of appropriate compensation.
The team comprised of R Moktan, Sukhman Moktan, John Poudel and JB Rai of GTF and KB Chhetri, Ghanashyam Acharya, Shiv Lama Karki, KB Karki, Gobinda Chaavhan officebearers of BGP Manipur state committee.
ABAVP rally against inclusion of Terai and Dooars in GTA
KalimNews: ABAVP has started its campaign against inclusion of Terai and Dooars in GTA. A series of programme is already announced and accordingly we have started it, stated Birsa Tirky, state ABAVP Seceretary. It is said that on 13 February the campaign was started from Sunkosh and on Thursday it organsied a cycle rally and meeting in Phansidewa. On 19 February it will organise a rally and a public meeting in Nagarkatta Dooars. He further said that ABVP will fight tooth and nail against any decision taken against the Adivasis. We are making aware of the people who are misleading the Adivasis during this campaign and we are gaining support as usual, he added. It will not permit to include an inch of the Terai and Dooars land in GTA, Tirky said.
ABAVP rally against inclusion of Terai and Dooars in GTA
KalimNews: ABAVP has started its campaign against inclusion of Terai and Dooars in GTA. A series of programme is already announced and accordingly we have started it, stated Birsa Tirky, state ABAVP Seceretary. It is said that on 13 February the campaign was started from Sunkosh and on Thursday it organsied a cycle rally and meeting in Phansidewa. On 19 February it will organise a rally and a public meeting in Nagarkatta Dooars. He further said that ABVP will fight tooth and nail against any decision taken against the Adivasis. We are making aware of the people who are misleading the Adivasis during this campaign and we are gaining support as usual, he added. It will not permit to include an inch of the Terai and Dooars land in GTA, Tirky said.
Sukna gets a taste of Barfee - Director back with Priyanka and Ranbir
MRINALINI SHARMA, TT, Siliguri, Feb. 16: Anurag Basu kept his promise and came back with Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor to shoot in Sukna today.
The Life in a Metro maker had said he would return with the entire Barfee team after the hills apologised for the spat that his crew had with some local people at the Mall.
For residents of Khairani-Punding, this was their second tryst with high-profile visitors after chief minister Mamata Banerjee had sauntered into the village while sightseeing at nearby Mahananda wildlife sanctuary when she came to sign the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration agreement in July.
Basu had also chosen to shoot in a house above the one in which Mamata was treated to a cup of tea during her visit.
Unaware of the arrival of the Barfee team, 27-year-old Sharmila Rai had started her day with her usual chores at 6am. Around 7.30am she saw “a few unfamiliar faces” setting up cameras outside a house a few yards away.
“I was surprised to see unfamiliar faces moving around in our neighbourhood with cameras so early in the morning. When I enquired, a group of local people who had gathered there told me that Priyanka and Ranbir would be shooting,” said Sharmila who quickly wound up her chores to watch the shooting from 9am.
The story of the film is set in Darjeeling of 1960’s and 70’s.
It revolves around a deaf-and-mute man, played by Ranbir and the two women in his life, played by Priyanka and southern star Ileana D’Cruz.
The news of the shooting was kept under wraps to avoid chaos like the one that took place when the team was shooting for the first time in Darjeeling in June last year. During the earlier visit, only Ileana and Ranbir had come to Darjeeling.
“The director had come to our village to scout for locations earlier this month. The news of the shoot was kept a closely guarded secret to avoid a crowd here. Only a few of us chosen as volunteers were aware of it and had been making arrangements,” said a volunteer from the village which has barely 100 households.
Priyanka who was in Siliguri last night arrived in Sukna, 12km away, around 8.30am. Ranbir landed at Bagdogra around 10.30am today and reached the shooting spot in the afternoon.
The first scene shot was of a woman weaving brooms outside the house.
Next, Priyanka sporting a white frock with red sweater and Ranbir in a check coat and brown pants were shot arriving at the house in a rickshaw.
“She looks as good as in the movies,” said 21-year-old Sovit Sharma, a resident of Khairani-Punding.
Villagers had volunteered to manage the crowd and adequate combat force, too, was present. Diksha Rai, a college student, first waited for Ranbir at the Bagdogra airport and then came to the shooting site to catch a glimpse of Priyanka.
“A group of us got to know that Ranbir would be arriving at Bagdogra airport. We were lucky that he agreed to pose for a photograph with us. I have already posted it on a social networking site. We also visited the shooting spot later and saw Priyanka too. It was a hectic trip but was worth it”, Diksha said.
Why Sandakphu has to be dropped - CM’s trip troubles: logistics, time shortage
VIVEK CHHETRI, TT, Darjeeling, Feb. 16: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s plan to set foot in Sandakphu, the highest point in Bengal, is likely to hit logistic and time hurdles and administrative sources said she might have to drop the idea of visiting it.
Mamata had said in Siliguri on February 11 that she would not only visit Darjeeling to announce some projects but would also make a trip to Sandakhphu at 12,000 feet. In that case, she will be the first chief minister to visit the high-altitude tourist hotspot located in the Singalila wildlife sanctuary.
Sources in the chief minister’s office in Calcutta said they were yet to finalise Mamata’s itinerary for the Darjeeling tour. “She had expressed her desire to visit Sandakhphu. Although she had not said anything more about her visit, we are keeping it tentative as of now. The final plans for her Darjeeling visit will be made after she returns from Delhi,” a senior member of the chief minister’s secretariat said.
Mamata had said she would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 24 for the early implementation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
A senior Darjeeling district administration official said the chief minister might not be able to make it to Sandakphu despite her announcement.
“According to information received, the chief minister will come to Darjeeling on February 29 and will hold a meeting with district officials on March 1 before leaving for Calcutta the next day. To visit Sandakphu, one would need at least two clear days and there is very little time available,” he said.
The local people — around 2,000 of them live in settlements scattered along the Maneybhanjyan-Sandakphu route — had hoped that the chief minister’s visit would usher in development in the area, which is only about 60km from Darjeeling but is one of the most backward places in the region.
Even if the chief minister does decide to visit Sandakphu at the last moment, working out the logistics would be a major problem. This is largely because only the 1950s-made Land Rovers ply on the 31km stretch from Maneybhanjyan to Sandakphu.
Maneybhanjyan is about 30km from Darjeeling.
No modern vehicle, even if it has a four-wheel drive, dare climb the rough terrain of the Singalila range. Apart from the drivers of the 34 Land Rovers that ply on the route, not many are ready to take their vehicles to Sandakphu.
“Even though the route from Maneybhanjyan to Meghma is in good shape, those unfamiliar will find it difficult to drive because of the steep gradient. It is better not to talk about the remaining stretch,” said Nima Sherpa, a resident of Maneybhanjyan.
The road from Meghma passes through Tumling — a favourite haunt of sky watchers — Gairibas, Kaiyakatta and Kalpokhri before reaching Sandakphu. Phalut, another tourist hotspot, is 10km away but the stretch is virtually unmotorable except for the Land Rovers.
At Sandakphu, accommodation could be a major problem given the size of the entourage of the chief minister. There are three DGHC cottages, apart from two private lodges and a guest house each of the forest department and the Darjeeling Improvement Fund. “If the chief minister does decide to go, then the entourage will definitely have to be made small. In such an event, there would not be problems in accommodations,” said the official.
He said usually a chief minister is accompanied by two-three ministers of her cabinet. “Then, at least 30 people will be in her entourage. Maybe more,” he said.
A Land Rover can comfortably accommodate around five persons.
The local people of Sandakphu, however, said the DGHC cottages were in bad shape and needed immediate repair. The district administration will also have to arrange for all food items and other amenities to be ferried over from Darjeeling. Besides, there is no electricity and cellphone connectivity is also very poor in the region. “We charge Rs 4,300 for a trip to Sandakphu and back with an overnight halt,” said Chandan Pradhan, secretary of the Singalila Land Rovers’ Association.
Taking the chief minister by helicopter would largely depend on the weather conditions which change every hour.
“There was once a talk of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visiting Sandakphu and a helipad was also constructed at Chandu, 3km away. However, the visit got cancelled for some reason,” said Migma Sherpa, who runs a homestay in the area.
The district administration has submitted a Rs 15-crore proposal to construct a road from Meghma to Sandakhphu-Phalut but it is yet to be sanctioned.
Shame of morphed nude picture kills mom
TT, Behrampore, Feb. 16: A young mother of two in Murshidabad hanged herself today apparently after a villager showed her nine-year-old daughter a morphed nude picture of the woman.
Residents of Domkal’s Bagdanga village said the picture had been circulated through an MMS in the area a few days ago and the 28-year-old woman knew about it. “It had been doing the rounds,” a neighbour said.
“This morning, a villager called her daughter when she was going for tuitions and showed her the MMS. The little girl ran home crying and told her mother about it. An hour later, she found her mother hanging from the ceiling fan in another room,” said Furkan Sheikh, a neighbour.
“The woman knew about the MMS. But the situation became unbearable when her daughter told her about the picture. I think she was overcome with shame,” Furkan added.
The girl informed the neighbours. “The woman’s husband was not at home. Only the girl, her two-and-a-half-year-old brother and their mother were at home,” another neighbour said.
Police said preliminary investigations had revealed that some local youths had clicked a picture of the woman when they came to buy cigarettes and provisions from her grocery shop.
“They then morphed the picture and circulated it through MMS. Those mentioned in the FIR lodged by her husband regularly go to the couple’s shop. The woman used to run the outlet most of the times,” an officer said.
The 35-year-old husband has mentioned the names of five local youths and a woman in the FIR. “The youths used to sit and chat in the woman’s house, a few yards from the house and shop of the mother who committed suicide,” the officer added.
Informal schools to get official stamp
Somdatta Basu, TNN , Feb 17, 2012, KOLKATA: The government has decided to shut down the Shishu Shiksha Kendras (SSKs) and Madhyamik Shiksha Kendras (MSKs) and convert them into formal centres of learning. This is being done under provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. Government officials said the initiative, project which runs under the Sarva Shiksha Mission scheme, will benefit students.
"These schools were set up to provide education to students who live in a difficult terrain where there are no schools. The primary schools were at a distance of 1 km while upper primary schools were set up at a distance of 2 km away. Now, the central government has sent an instruction through RTE that no informal schools will receive any support or aid. Hence, they will have to be converted into formal schools. The GIS mapping has just been completed and we are aware about population and children residing in various areas of the state. Hence, now it will be easier to bring children into formal education," said project director Choten Lama.
"There are more than 1,600 Shishu Shiksha Kendras and more than 2,000 Madhyamik Shiksha Kendra's in West Bengal. While SSKs teach classes between I to IV, MSK's impart training to students between V to VIII. Funds are allocated by the centre to run these schools," added Lama.
The transformation of SSKs and MSKs into formal schools will require Government officials felt facilities needed to be upgraded at these SSKs and MSKs to provide children with better opportunities as is available in the formal schools. "Going by the RTE provisions, we will have to implement the pupil-teacher ratio, build etter infrastructure including a playgrounds, make arrangements for drinking water and mid-day meals and build adequate toilets for students abiding by the provisions in RTE," said a senior school education department official.
The stake of around 40,000 teachers who are involved in the schools, however, has also been proposed. "They will probably be recruited through School Service Commission. They will have to compete along with PTT and Rabindra Open University candidates among the 10% reservation," said a school education department official. The existing teachers will continue in their posts for the moment.
A panchayat and rural development department official said, "A proposal was sent by the school education in which they have suggested to convert SSKs and MSKs into formal schools while implementing the RTE Act. The act states that all schools have to be recognized by a board and should have an approval from the government. When these informal training centres were under our department, we had given them approval. But our department does not have any provision to recognize them by a board. Hence, these schools will have to be closed down and converted into formal education institutes."
He added, "The salaries are drawn from Sarva Shiksha Abhijan. Hence, the government will have to comply with the orders. The proposal will have to be passed in a cabinet meeting."
IPSC held in Sikkim
PR, KalimNews:The 42nd All India Police Science Congress started its 2nd day with an extended session on “Police Reforms” chaired by Dr. Tri Nath Mishra, Former Director, Central Bureau of Investigation and co-chaired by Shri Vikaram Srivastava, IPS, Director General, Bureau of Police Research & Development.
During discussion, the Congress unanimously felt that the police reforms is an urgent need both at the national as well as State levels in qualitative and quantitative terms. The Congress identified various issues which need to be taken due care to bring police reforms in police forces across the country. The Congress constituted a committee of group of senior officers to examine all the issues and prepare a status report to take up these issues with the Government of India in a time bound manner.
The Congress discussed the subject titled, “Police As a Facilitator to Resolve Minor Disputes in Community” in a plenary session chaired by Shri Kamal Kumar IPS, former Director, National Police Academy, Hyderabad. During deliberations, it was felt that police is supposed to play a very vital role as an arbitrator or conciliator in resolving the minor disputes like family conflict, civil dispute etc. as prescribed under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 amended in 2000, a Pre-Litigation conciliation Forum is required to be established to resolve the minor disputes. Village Panchayats should be given more teeth in this regard as is incorporated in the Bihar Panchayat Act.
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| Priyanka Chopra shoots for Barfeeat a Sukna village, 12km from Siliguri, on Thursday; and Priyanka with Ranbir Kapoor during the shooting of a scene from the film. Pictures by Kundan Yolmo |
The Life in a Metro maker had said he would return with the entire Barfee team after the hills apologised for the spat that his crew had with some local people at the Mall.
For residents of Khairani-Punding, this was their second tryst with high-profile visitors after chief minister Mamata Banerjee had sauntered into the village while sightseeing at nearby Mahananda wildlife sanctuary when she came to sign the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration agreement in July.
Basu had also chosen to shoot in a house above the one in which Mamata was treated to a cup of tea during her visit.
Unaware of the arrival of the Barfee team, 27-year-old Sharmila Rai had started her day with her usual chores at 6am. Around 7.30am she saw “a few unfamiliar faces” setting up cameras outside a house a few yards away.
“I was surprised to see unfamiliar faces moving around in our neighbourhood with cameras so early in the morning. When I enquired, a group of local people who had gathered there told me that Priyanka and Ranbir would be shooting,” said Sharmila who quickly wound up her chores to watch the shooting from 9am.
The story of the film is set in Darjeeling of 1960’s and 70’s.
It revolves around a deaf-and-mute man, played by Ranbir and the two women in his life, played by Priyanka and southern star Ileana D’Cruz.
The news of the shooting was kept under wraps to avoid chaos like the one that took place when the team was shooting for the first time in Darjeeling in June last year. During the earlier visit, only Ileana and Ranbir had come to Darjeeling.
“The director had come to our village to scout for locations earlier this month. The news of the shoot was kept a closely guarded secret to avoid a crowd here. Only a few of us chosen as volunteers were aware of it and had been making arrangements,” said a volunteer from the village which has barely 100 households.
Priyanka who was in Siliguri last night arrived in Sukna, 12km away, around 8.30am. Ranbir landed at Bagdogra around 10.30am today and reached the shooting spot in the afternoon.
The first scene shot was of a woman weaving brooms outside the house.
Next, Priyanka sporting a white frock with red sweater and Ranbir in a check coat and brown pants were shot arriving at the house in a rickshaw.
“She looks as good as in the movies,” said 21-year-old Sovit Sharma, a resident of Khairani-Punding.
Villagers had volunteered to manage the crowd and adequate combat force, too, was present. Diksha Rai, a college student, first waited for Ranbir at the Bagdogra airport and then came to the shooting site to catch a glimpse of Priyanka.
“A group of us got to know that Ranbir would be arriving at Bagdogra airport. We were lucky that he agreed to pose for a photograph with us. I have already posted it on a social networking site. We also visited the shooting spot later and saw Priyanka too. It was a hectic trip but was worth it”, Diksha said.
Why Sandakphu has to be dropped - CM’s trip troubles: logistics, time shortage
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| (From top) The road to Sandakphu; the Land Rover, the only vehicle that can negotiate the steep gradient; and cottages at Sandakphu. Pictures by Suman Tamang |
Mamata had said in Siliguri on February 11 that she would not only visit Darjeeling to announce some projects but would also make a trip to Sandakhphu at 12,000 feet. In that case, she will be the first chief minister to visit the high-altitude tourist hotspot located in the Singalila wildlife sanctuary.
Sources in the chief minister’s office in Calcutta said they were yet to finalise Mamata’s itinerary for the Darjeeling tour. “She had expressed her desire to visit Sandakhphu. Although she had not said anything more about her visit, we are keeping it tentative as of now. The final plans for her Darjeeling visit will be made after she returns from Delhi,” a senior member of the chief minister’s secretariat said.
Mamata had said she would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 24 for the early implementation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
A senior Darjeeling district administration official said the chief minister might not be able to make it to Sandakphu despite her announcement.
“According to information received, the chief minister will come to Darjeeling on February 29 and will hold a meeting with district officials on March 1 before leaving for Calcutta the next day. To visit Sandakphu, one would need at least two clear days and there is very little time available,” he said.
The local people — around 2,000 of them live in settlements scattered along the Maneybhanjyan-Sandakphu route — had hoped that the chief minister’s visit would usher in development in the area, which is only about 60km from Darjeeling but is one of the most backward places in the region.
Even if the chief minister does decide to visit Sandakphu at the last moment, working out the logistics would be a major problem. This is largely because only the 1950s-made Land Rovers ply on the 31km stretch from Maneybhanjyan to Sandakphu.
Maneybhanjyan is about 30km from Darjeeling.
No modern vehicle, even if it has a four-wheel drive, dare climb the rough terrain of the Singalila range. Apart from the drivers of the 34 Land Rovers that ply on the route, not many are ready to take their vehicles to Sandakphu.
“Even though the route from Maneybhanjyan to Meghma is in good shape, those unfamiliar will find it difficult to drive because of the steep gradient. It is better not to talk about the remaining stretch,” said Nima Sherpa, a resident of Maneybhanjyan.
The road from Meghma passes through Tumling — a favourite haunt of sky watchers — Gairibas, Kaiyakatta and Kalpokhri before reaching Sandakphu. Phalut, another tourist hotspot, is 10km away but the stretch is virtually unmotorable except for the Land Rovers.
At Sandakphu, accommodation could be a major problem given the size of the entourage of the chief minister. There are three DGHC cottages, apart from two private lodges and a guest house each of the forest department and the Darjeeling Improvement Fund. “If the chief minister does decide to go, then the entourage will definitely have to be made small. In such an event, there would not be problems in accommodations,” said the official.
He said usually a chief minister is accompanied by two-three ministers of her cabinet. “Then, at least 30 people will be in her entourage. Maybe more,” he said.
A Land Rover can comfortably accommodate around five persons.
The local people of Sandakphu, however, said the DGHC cottages were in bad shape and needed immediate repair. The district administration will also have to arrange for all food items and other amenities to be ferried over from Darjeeling. Besides, there is no electricity and cellphone connectivity is also very poor in the region. “We charge Rs 4,300 for a trip to Sandakphu and back with an overnight halt,” said Chandan Pradhan, secretary of the Singalila Land Rovers’ Association.
Taking the chief minister by helicopter would largely depend on the weather conditions which change every hour.
“There was once a talk of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visiting Sandakphu and a helipad was also constructed at Chandu, 3km away. However, the visit got cancelled for some reason,” said Migma Sherpa, who runs a homestay in the area.
The district administration has submitted a Rs 15-crore proposal to construct a road from Meghma to Sandakhphu-Phalut but it is yet to be sanctioned.
Shame of morphed nude picture kills mom
TT, Behrampore, Feb. 16: A young mother of two in Murshidabad hanged herself today apparently after a villager showed her nine-year-old daughter a morphed nude picture of the woman.Residents of Domkal’s Bagdanga village said the picture had been circulated through an MMS in the area a few days ago and the 28-year-old woman knew about it. “It had been doing the rounds,” a neighbour said.
“This morning, a villager called her daughter when she was going for tuitions and showed her the MMS. The little girl ran home crying and told her mother about it. An hour later, she found her mother hanging from the ceiling fan in another room,” said Furkan Sheikh, a neighbour.
“The woman knew about the MMS. But the situation became unbearable when her daughter told her about the picture. I think she was overcome with shame,” Furkan added.
The girl informed the neighbours. “The woman’s husband was not at home. Only the girl, her two-and-a-half-year-old brother and their mother were at home,” another neighbour said.
Police said preliminary investigations had revealed that some local youths had clicked a picture of the woman when they came to buy cigarettes and provisions from her grocery shop.
“They then morphed the picture and circulated it through MMS. Those mentioned in the FIR lodged by her husband regularly go to the couple’s shop. The woman used to run the outlet most of the times,” an officer said.
The 35-year-old husband has mentioned the names of five local youths and a woman in the FIR. “The youths used to sit and chat in the woman’s house, a few yards from the house and shop of the mother who committed suicide,” the officer added.
Informal schools to get official stamp
Somdatta Basu, TNN , Feb 17, 2012, KOLKATA: The government has decided to shut down the Shishu Shiksha Kendras (SSKs) and Madhyamik Shiksha Kendras (MSKs) and convert them into formal centres of learning. This is being done under provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009. Government officials said the initiative, project which runs under the Sarva Shiksha Mission scheme, will benefit students."These schools were set up to provide education to students who live in a difficult terrain where there are no schools. The primary schools were at a distance of 1 km while upper primary schools were set up at a distance of 2 km away. Now, the central government has sent an instruction through RTE that no informal schools will receive any support or aid. Hence, they will have to be converted into formal schools. The GIS mapping has just been completed and we are aware about population and children residing in various areas of the state. Hence, now it will be easier to bring children into formal education," said project director Choten Lama.
"There are more than 1,600 Shishu Shiksha Kendras and more than 2,000 Madhyamik Shiksha Kendra's in West Bengal. While SSKs teach classes between I to IV, MSK's impart training to students between V to VIII. Funds are allocated by the centre to run these schools," added Lama.
The transformation of SSKs and MSKs into formal schools will require Government officials felt facilities needed to be upgraded at these SSKs and MSKs to provide children with better opportunities as is available in the formal schools. "Going by the RTE provisions, we will have to implement the pupil-teacher ratio, build etter infrastructure including a playgrounds, make arrangements for drinking water and mid-day meals and build adequate toilets for students abiding by the provisions in RTE," said a senior school education department official.
The stake of around 40,000 teachers who are involved in the schools, however, has also been proposed. "They will probably be recruited through School Service Commission. They will have to compete along with PTT and Rabindra Open University candidates among the 10% reservation," said a school education department official. The existing teachers will continue in their posts for the moment.
A panchayat and rural development department official said, "A proposal was sent by the school education in which they have suggested to convert SSKs and MSKs into formal schools while implementing the RTE Act. The act states that all schools have to be recognized by a board and should have an approval from the government. When these informal training centres were under our department, we had given them approval. But our department does not have any provision to recognize them by a board. Hence, these schools will have to be closed down and converted into formal education institutes."
He added, "The salaries are drawn from Sarva Shiksha Abhijan. Hence, the government will have to comply with the orders. The proposal will have to be passed in a cabinet meeting."
IPSC held in Sikkim
PR, KalimNews:The 42nd All India Police Science Congress started its 2nd day with an extended session on “Police Reforms” chaired by Dr. Tri Nath Mishra, Former Director, Central Bureau of Investigation and co-chaired by Shri Vikaram Srivastava, IPS, Director General, Bureau of Police Research & Development.
During discussion, the Congress unanimously felt that the police reforms is an urgent need both at the national as well as State levels in qualitative and quantitative terms. The Congress identified various issues which need to be taken due care to bring police reforms in police forces across the country. The Congress constituted a committee of group of senior officers to examine all the issues and prepare a status report to take up these issues with the Government of India in a time bound manner.
The Congress discussed the subject titled, “Police As a Facilitator to Resolve Minor Disputes in Community” in a plenary session chaired by Shri Kamal Kumar IPS, former Director, National Police Academy, Hyderabad. During deliberations, it was felt that police is supposed to play a very vital role as an arbitrator or conciliator in resolving the minor disputes like family conflict, civil dispute etc. as prescribed under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 amended in 2000, a Pre-Litigation conciliation Forum is required to be established to resolve the minor disputes. Village Panchayats should be given more teeth in this regard as is incorporated in the Bihar Panchayat Act.
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