[Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)

Mon Feb 2 18:06:50 PST 2009

<manage a deep shallow filter tubewell >

Technical Gibberish galore-- Typical of Assam  Papers -Tribune for sure.

< set shining example> Where is the Shining Path?

In Quality? In Quantity?  
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  <Manager Asom Gramin Bikash Bank, Muktapur branch,> >>Ajoy Barpatra Gohain is not eager to sanction loan against their farm> >>to ameliorate the condition of the poor activist of the SHG. Even the> >>branch manager has no time to visit the SHG's farm >

No Banker  all the way up to MMS  NEEDS TO BE EAGER TO LEND. This is Assam Govt . role--to Provide Employment--and to ensure Food security. Fullfledged Departments exist.  Post something in AT to keep minds off Govt'S  total failure.

  Why does not Dispur give Like 5000 Cr writeoff by Delhi in Maharashtra's "SUICIDE BELT"?

mm

> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:22:13 -0800> From: dilipdeka at yahoo.com> To: assam at assamnet.org; buluassam at yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: [Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)> > If I must point it out, here it is,> (from the article)> > " >>the SHG members failed to manage a deep shallow filter tubewell for> >>watering their field. They are irrigating the field by 6 HP rented> >>water pump. They also used rented tractor for ploughing their estimated> >>agriculture land due to lack of proper facilities which should have> >>been provided by the State Agriculture Department on the other hand,> >>the branch manager of the Asom Gramin Bikash Bank, Muktapur branch,> >>Ajoy Barpatra Gohain is not eager to sanction loan against their farm> >>to ameliorate the condition of the poor activist of the SHG. Even the> >>branch manager has no time to visit the SHG's farm despite reiterated> >>appeals made to him. According to them, agro products can be increased> >>with effective steps by agriculture department falling under Rangiya> >>subdivision agriculture office including the financial help like KCC> >>loan from the concerned bank of the locality. To add their woes, they> >>are further buying seeds, fertilizers and pesticides at high rates from> >>the open market due to absence of the government's PDS fertilizers> >>godown in rural areas."> > >  > > > > ________________________________> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <assam at assamnet.org>; buluassam at yahoo.co.in> Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 11:52:27 AM> Subject: Re: [Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)> > Not to belabor the point, but I still don't see any thing in the > article from which one can infer the  comment> > "----the farmers are not waiting for the government to help them"> > What did I miss  :-)?> > > > > > > > > At 9:22 AM -0800 2/2/09, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:> >O'Mahanta,> >The facts are all there in the article.> >If you had read the article to the end, you would've seen the > >message it was carrying - just like what I stated.> >I just brought the article to y-all's attention.> >> >" *** The sentence implies that Assam farmers usually expect and await> >govt. help, before they do anything." -- By the way I didn't use > >"Assam Farmers". I was talking about the farmers in the article.> >> >O'Deka> >> >> >> >> >________________________________> >From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>> >To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the > >world <assam at assamnet.org>; buluassam at yahoo.co.in> >Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 9:23:20 AM> >Subject: Re: [Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang > >set shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)> >> >O' Deka:> >> >  >It is so refreshing to hear that the farmers are not waiting for the> >  >government to help them.> >> >> >*** The sentence implies that Assam farmers usually expect and await> >govt. help, before they do anything.> >> >> >Is it a fact or is it a creation of a fiercely independent,> >pull-yourself-up-by-your-boot-strings , Ayn Randish individualist's> >Texan  imagination :-) ?> >> >> >O'm> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >At 8:08 PM -0800 2/1/09, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:> >>It is so refreshing to hear that the farmers are not waiting for the> >>government to help them.> >>If government help is slow in coming, they have found other means to> >>keep going.> >>I hope they succeed and make a good profit on their investment in> >>money and sweat.> >>Dilip Deka> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>________________________________> >>From: Buljit Buragohain <buluassam at yahoo.co.in>> >>To: assam at assamnet.org> >>Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:24:44 PM> >>Subject: [Assam] Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set> >>shining example(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)> >>> >>Educated unemployed rural youths of Patidarang set shining example> >>Correspondent> >>> >>  GORESWAR, Feb 1 - Rural educated unemployed youths of Pubpar> >>Jatiyabhangara village in Patidarrang mouza under Bihdia Jajikona Block> >>have started cultivating mustard in 40 bighas of land, Masur dal in 22> >>bighas and Dhania (corriander) in 30 bighas land.> >>> >>A total of 92> >>bighas of land were sowed in the month of November by the youths namely> >>Galmahmud Ali, Mojamil Hoque, Arzed Ali, Fiznur Ali, Mojibur Rahman,> >>Mridual Ali, Kalam Ali, Riaz Ali, Taslim Ali, Mahibulla Ali, Ratul Ali> >>and Sakhat Ali of the village. As many as six members are graduate and> >>rest six are matriculate. They have already started cultivating> >>mustard, masur (lentil) and coriander covering a plot measuring 92> >>bighas of agriculture land belonging to their respective families as> >>well as the neighbours.. The land owners allowed the youths to cultivate> >>the said rabi crops in their agriculture land.> >>> >>For the occasion,> >>the Nabarong self-help-group (SHG) was formed by the youths in August,> >>2007, at Pub-Parjatiya bhangra village with Golmahmud Ali (graduate)> >>and Mozamil Hoque as president and secretary.> >>> >>The primary,> >>objective of their endeavour is to provide gainful employment for> >>themselves during the lean agricultural season. Besides, the> >>forthcoming paddy season would be utilised by them, Mojamil told this> >>correspondent.> >>> >>The secondary objective is the creation of> >>economic infrastructure and community assets for sustained employment> >>and development in their backward region.> >>> >>The members of the> >>Nabarong SHG did not borrow money from any person or other's savings to> >>spend in their cultivation purpose. They collected Rs 25 per week from> >>each member since the formation of the SHG. They spent a total amount> >  >Rs 82,000 in tractor, ploughing, procurement of seeds, manure,> >>pesticides, watering etc. They have been cultivating these 92 bighas> >>with their own experience and advice of the local VIEWS, Paresh Chandra> >>Deka from time to time. A total of 16 quintals of manure have been used.> >>> >>The> >>concerned agriculture staff including Pabitra Kumar Deka, ADO, Loch> >>circle under Muktapur sub-division visited the farm recently.> >>Thereafter discussion was held in front of the rest house of the> >>Nabarong (SHG) located in the agriculture fields near the farm wherein> >>the SHG members, agriculture office staff. Kanthi Saikia, journalist,> >>Babu Rabha, journalist Kishore Bhatta, ex-MLA candidate, Dr Dhrubajyoti> >>Sarma, Soneswar Boro, an ideal farmers, Pranjal Kalita, an ideal> >>farmer, DS Deka and Paresh Deka VLEWS participated in the discussion.> >>All the participants highly recited and encourage the memers of the> >>said SHG for their steps in this regard. They expect that SHG activists> >>would surely be able to motivate other youths and farmers of> >>Patidarrang mouza in Kamrup district (R).> >>> >>It may be noted that> >>the SHG members failed to manage a deep shallow filter tubewell for> >>watering their field. They are irrigating the field by 6 HP rented> >>water pump. They also used rented tractor for ploughing their estimated> >>agriculture land due to lack of proper facilities which should have> >>been provided by the State Agriculture Department on the other hand,> >>the branch manager of the Asom Gramin Bikash Bank, Muktapur branch,> >>Ajoy Barpatra Gohain is not eager to sanction loan against their farm> >>to ameliorate the condition of the poor activist of the SHG. Even the> >>branch manager has no time to visit the SHG's farm despite reiterated> >>appeals made to him. According to them, agro products can be increased> >>with effective steps by agriculture department falling under Rangiya> >>subdivision agriculture office including the financial help like KCC> >>loan from the concerned bank of the locality. To add their woes, they> >>are further buying seeds, fertilizers and pesticides at high rates from> >>the open market due to absence of the government's PDS fertilizers> >>godown in rural areas.> >>> >>> >>(The Assam Tribune, 02.02.2009)> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>      Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. 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