PM Modi must break his silence on rising fuel prices, falling rupee
New Delhi, Sep 7 : Congress on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must break his silence on rising fuel prices and falling value of the rupee against the dollar and said "he owes an explanation to the country in this gloomy scenario".
"When value of the rupee was at Rs 60 to a dollar, the Prime Minister had said that the rupee was under hospitalisation and now when the exchange value of the rupee has reached Rs 72 per dollar, he is silent on the issue," said Congress spokesperson R.P.N Singh.
"There has been an unprecedented hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG, but the Prime Minister is silent as usual," said the Congress spokesperson.
"But, there is no tweet from the Prime Minister and no statement on these burning issues. Why is he maintaining complete silence? This government has failed to such an extent that they are unable to speak on the issues of larger public interest," he said.
Congress said the price of petrol in Delhi is Rs. 80 per liter, whereas in Bhiwandi it was being sold at Rs. 90 per litre. "The Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been saying that the UPA Government could not make payment to Iran and because of that the prices of petrol and diesel have gone up," said Singh.
"This is another ‘jumla' of this government. The fact is the US sanctions were there till 2016. This government came to power in 2014 and this government too could not make the payment to Iran till 2016 due to the US sanctions," he added.
The leader said the government should put the facts before the people.
"There was an outstanding amount of Rs 43,000 crore, whereas this government has looted Rs. 11 lakh crore in the form of taxes in the past 4.5 years of its rule."
"They effected 211 per cent increase in excise duty on petrol and 443 per cent increase in excise duty on diesel," he added.
Singh said that September 10 Bharat Bandh is not for the Congress party alone. "This is being supported by all people," he said.
He also said that gas cylinder in Delhi cost Rs 754 now, which was Rs 414 per cylinder during UPA government.
"This government has failed in protecting the economy, farmers' interest, and employment generation," said Singh.
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SIT to be set up to identify forest, revenue land as per SC directions: Karnataka Minister Gowda
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Saturday said a SIT will be constituted at the district level to identify forest and revenue land and submit a report in compliance with directions of the Supreme Court.
Speaking after inaugurating the Mulki taluk Administrative Centre 'Praja Soudha' near here, the minister said the long-pending issue of classification of forest and revenue land has caused hardship to farmers and the government is taking steps to resolve it on priority.
Joint surveys are being conducted to demarcate forest and revenue land in areas earlier granted to farmers, he said, adding that instructions have been issued to all deputy commissioners in the state to expedite the process.
Gowda said many farmers had faced problems as land granted to them earlier had not been formally regularised. The government has now taken up the task of completing the process. A special investigation team (SIT) will be constituted at the district level to identify forest and revenue land and submit a report in compliance with directions of the Supreme Court, he added.
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Between 2018 and 2023, plotting was completed for 1,948 beneficiaries in the district, while in the last two years, plotting under the 1-5 scheme was carried out for 60,943 beneficiaries, he said. Of these, 23,620 farmers have been issued pahani documents.
He said title deeds have been distributed to 2.20 lakh beneficiaries under the regularisation provisions of certain sections relating to house sites.
Under the e-Pouthi campaign, about 60,000 legal heirs have been granted mutation of land records that were earlier in the names of deceased persons, the minister said.
He also said a special drive has reduced cases pending for over two years in Tahsildar courts from 10,774 to 130, while similar cases in Assistant Commissioner courts have been brought down from 73,624 to 2,299.
Land records are now accessible online round-the-clock, eliminating the need for people to visit offices for certified copies, he said, adding that nearly 73 crore pages of revenue records across the state have been scanned at taluk offices in the past two years.
Gowda said taluk administrative offices have been named 'Praja Soudha' to bring governance closer to people. An additional Rs 1.60 crore has been sanctioned for compound construction and other facilities at the Mulki centre.
State Health and Family Welfare Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said efforts are being made to boost investment and tourism in the district.
He said the recent state budget has announced a Global Capability Centre for the district and steps will soon be taken to implement it.
A sum of Rs 70 crore has been sanctioned for a new OPD block at Wenlock District Hospital, while discussions are underway with three private medical colleges to strengthen clinical services at taluk hospitals in Moodbidri, Bantwal, Vitla and Belthangady.
Lok Sabha member Brijesh Chowta urged the revenue minister to resolve forest and revenue land issues in Puttur, Sullia, Kadaba and Belthangady taluks and said approval has been given for development of the national highway from Talapady to Kundapur with service roads on both sides.
