बस बस बस ..अब अपनी मौत से भी जगा गई है यह बिटिया ?

बस बस बस ..अब अपनी मौत से भी जगा गई है यह बिटिया ? स्नेह, ममता, करुणा की, हैं मुर्तिया साकार हमारी बेटियां देती है माँ – बहिन, पत्नी का प्यार बेटियां रखती ख्याल सबका हैं, ये होशियार बेटियां हैं बड़ी हिम्मती यह, नहीं मानती हैं हार बेटियां काली, दुर्गा, सरस्वती, हैं देवियाँ हज़ार बेटियां, आने वाली पीढ़ी को, देती है संस्कार बेटियाँ, बेटे से कहाँ हैं कम, ये ये समझदार बेटियां, कल्पना की उड़ान में, जा चुकी अंतरिक्ष पार बेटियां | फिर बताओ न भैया सच-सच, क्यों नहीं करते प्यार बेटियाँ क्यों होने देते है ,जुल्म , सितम की शिकार बेटियां ? अभी धडकनें बनी थी बस, सांसें ना मिल पाई उधार बेटियां, आँखें तक ना खुल पायीं, न देख पाई संसार बेटियां | बेटियों ने जिन्हें जनम दिया, उन्हें ही नहीं स्वीकार बेटियां, कौन सा यह न्याय है, क्यों जुल्म की शिकार बेटियां, कैसे कहे किससे कहे, ये अजन्मी मूक – लाचार बेटियां ? बस बस बस ..अब अपनी मौत से भी जगा गई है यह बिटिया ?

शोक संवेदना सभा तथा प्रार्थना सभा

शोक संवेदना सभा तथा प्रार्थना सभा देश में चल रहे सामजिक बदलाव की बयार को भांपते हुए तथा हमेशा की तरह अपने सामजिक दायित्व को निभाते हुए। जन जन को दामिनी के प्रति सहानुभूति और मंगल कामना जगे इस हेतु बुलाई गई शोक सभा में खागा के उपाध्यक्ष श्री दिलीप जैन ने तथा मंत्री श्री राजेश श्रीश्रीमाल ने आज बुलाई गई शोक संवेदना सभा तथा प्रार्थना सभा के ब्बारे में अवगत कराया।।.आज की इस सभा में विशेष रूप से उपस्थित जानी-मानी सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता श्रीमती रेनू रांका ने नारी के विकास,शोषण तथा कई मार्मिक विषयो पर अपना पक्ष रखा।।साथ ही पूर्व अध्यक्ष श्री सज्जन राज मेहता,श्री पहाड़ सिंह राजपुरोहित,श्री नेमीचंद जैन ,पूर्व सचिव श्री मनोज गर्ग ,श्री उम्मेद सिंह राठोड ,श्री अशोक वर्धन,राजेश श्रीश्रीमाल ने अपने विचार रखे .कोस्झाध्यक्ष श्री सुभाष भंसाली तथा सह मंत्री अमर सिंह जी भी उपस्थित थे।।.वहां उपस्थित जन मेदिनी ने शांति पाठ पढ़ा तथा दिवंगत आप्त्मा शीघ्र ही अंतिम लक्ष्य मोक्ष को प्राप्त करे।।अपनी-2 तरफ से प्रार्थनाये की।। सभी की येही मंगल भावना थी की हम सब नारी जाती के उत्थान हेतु सजग रहे तथा सर्कार के साथ कंधे से कन्धा मिला कर कार्य करते उनकी सुरक्षा को मुख्या ध्येय बनाये।।।संचालन श्री सज्जन राज मेहता ने किया तथा यह कविता पढ़ी .. बिन बेटी सब सुना बिन बेटी ये मन बेकल है, बेटी है तो ही कल है, बेटी से संसार सुनहरा, बिन बेटी क्या पाओगे? बेटी नयनों की ज्योति है, सपनों की अंतरज्योति है, शक्तिस्वरूपा बिन किस देहरी-द्वारे दीप जलाओगे? शांति-क्रांति-समृद्धि-वृद्धि-श्री सिद्धि सभी कुछ है उनसे, उनसे नजर चुराओगे तो किसका मान बढ़ाओगे ? सहगल-रफ़ी-किशोर-मुकेश,सज्जन और मन्ना दा के दीवानों! बेटी नहीं बचाओगे तो लक्ष्मी कहां से लाओगे ? सारे खान, जॉन, बच्चन द्वय रजनीकांत, ऋतिक, रनबीर रानी,उषा,,कल्पना,,दामिनी,प्रीटी जिनता , ऐश्वर्या कहां से लाओगे ? अब भी जागो, सुर में रागो, भारत मां की संतानों! बिन बेटी के, बेटे वालों, किससे ब्याह रचाओगे? बहन न होगी, तिलक न होगा, किसके वीर कहलाओगे? सिर आंचल की छांह न होगी, मां का दूध लजाओगे।

भाई साहिब गुलाब जी को मूर्तिदेवी पुरस्कार

भाई साहिब गुलाब जी को मूर्तिदेवी पुरस्कार कोटि सूर्य का तेज लिए आप, मुख मंडल पर असीम स्नेह की आभा लिए आप धैर्य है आप श्री में वीरो जैसा विदुर की श्रेणी के बुध्धिमान हो आप कोठारी कुल के नयन तारे हो आप राजस्थान पत्रिका के शिखर पुरुष हो आप हिंदी पत्रकारिता के उज्जवल सितारे हो आप माँ शारदा की लब्धि प्राप्त सुनहरे गुलाब हो आप उच्च कोटि के लेखक,चिन्तक,विचारक कवि ह्रदय,संवेदनशील पत्रकार हो आप शब्द नहीं यश गाथा में कहु जो आपके ऐसी महान शख्सियत के मालिक हो आप मूर्ति देवी पुरस्कार से नवाज गया है आप को लीजिये अपनत्व से सराबोर प्यारे सा गुलदस्ता हमारा यशस्वी बने,निरंतर नई सफलता के आयामों को चूमे वरद हस्त बना रहे , हम सब पर प्रगति पथ पर अग्रसर रहे आप उज्जवल हो भविष्य ,मंगलमय हो ,शांतिमय हो, जय हो सज्जन राज मेहता सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता बंगलौर 09845501150

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WHAT IS GOOD IN ONE SOCIETY,AGE,PATTERN OR CULTURE MAY BE VICIOUS IN ANOTHER..ONE MAN'S MEAL IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON..WHAT IS CONSIDERED GOOD IN WESTERN SOCIETY IS HARD TOLERATED IN OUR INDIAN SOCIETY..WHAT IS GOOD IN ONE PROFESSION CANNOT BE ACCEPTED IN ANOTHER..A MAN IS EXPECTED TO BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS WHERE AS HUMILITY AND POLITENESS ARE THE ORNAMENT OF A WOMAN.. CONCRETE STEPS. MINIMISE THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THE DAUGHTERS..MINIMISE THE IMBALANCE IN THE EDUCATION LEVELS OF BOYS AND GIRLS..EMPOWERMENT OF GIRLS IS THE BASIC NECESSITY..WE MUST PUT THE PERFECT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO USE THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE THE FRIENDS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OTHER THAN STOPPING THEM TO HAVE USAGE OF THEM..MOTIVATE THEM TO EXPRESS FREELY AND AVOID PEER PRESSURE..NEED TO CONVINCE THEM THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND INDIAN CULTURE..DEMOCRACY IS NOT A STATE IN WHICH PEOPLE ACT LIKE SHEEP..UNDER DEMOCRACY , INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY OF OPINION AND ACTION IS JEALOUSLY GUARDED..WE ALL ARE EQUAL AND SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FROM FREEDOM OF ACTION..

जन्मदिन पर ढेर ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएं

जन्मदिन पर ढेर ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएं सहज आत्मविश्वास झलकता ज़ज्बा कुछ कर दिखलाने का, भीतर-बाहर एक हुआ मन नहीं भाव है टकराने का ! सुखद प्रेम की अभिव्यक्ति है खिला-खिला ज्यों कोई कमल, एक ऊर्जा सघन है भीतर व्यक्त हुआ हर भाव अमल ! लक्ष्य दिख रहा चंद कदम पर पथ भी उज्ज्वल है डॉ रतन का, एक अटूट निष्ठा भी मन में भाग्य साथ दे क्यों न उसका ! निर्भयता की डोर थाम कर कितने घाव सहे तन पर, सबल हुआ विश्वासी अंतर कितने दंश सहे मन पर ! एक ही बाधा है जीवन में मनमानी न मन कर पाए, कभी स्वाद कभी मौज का कर बहाना नहीं चलाए ! खुद को मालिक जान के रहना मन के न फिर जाल में फंसना, परिवार से ही शक्ति मिलती है बाहर के भ्रम में न रहना ! जन्मदिवस पर शुभ - कामना अपनी शक्ति को पहचानो, निर्भर होना उस पर सीखो तन को इक मंदिर मानो !

NEWS ARTICLES RELATED TO FIRE IN INDIAN EXPRESS

Safety: Last priority in garment units? By Express News Service - BANGALORE 26th November 2012 10:48 AM Photos Fire safety standards in most garment manufacturing units in the State are far from satisfactory. In fact, most of the workers in more than 800 registered garment manufacturing units in the state are not even kept in the loop about safety measures and emergency situations. The Fire Services Department officials said that these firms do not even obtain no objection certificates (NOC) which is mandatory before starting any industry. A majority of these units do not have signboards and proper exits. Many workers employed in prime industrial areas like Bommanahalli and Mysore Road grapple with just one entry and exit point in the building. Deepa, a member of a Garment Workers Union, said that some of these units have only one door, leave alone emergency exits. “Units which have more than 500 workers need multiple entry and exit points. But many small units located in New Timber Yard Layout, and Nayandahalli on Mysore Road and in Peenya do not follow standards,” Deepa observed. “Even if they do have a door meant for emergencies, they are not marked properly.” She added that managements also do not train workers on how to act when fire breaks out in the building. When contacted, the Fire Department officials said that garment factory owners are rarely approach them for guidance on fire safety measures. Most of them do not obtain NOCs before setting up factories, they claimed. “The buildings which are more than 15 meters tall from the ground are considered high-rise buildings and they have to obtain no-objection certificates from Fire and Emergency Services Department compulsorily. But most garment units are set up in buildings that have ground and first floor and have only fire extinguishers,” B G Chengappa, Director, Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services, said. While these units have mounds of combustible materials like fabrics, cut pieces, cotton, thread and accessories stored on every floor, fire extinguishers are not regularly recharged and maintained. Sajjan Raj Mehta, former President of Karnataka Hosiery and Garment Association, said that smaller, unregistered garment units tend to compromise on the safety guidelines to cut costs. Mehta said, “Many smaller units are not even audited, especially those employing 300-500 workers. They ignore these aspects just to save money and have no regard for the welfare of workers.” However, company managements insist that they do follow the safety norms. Jitendra Dugar, CEO of Go Go International Private Limited, said all the stipulated safety measures have been taken by organised firms which employ thousands of people.

JODHPUR ASSOCIATION स्नेह मिलन में अवश्य पधारे

JODHPUR ASSOCIATION स्नेह मिलन में अवश्य पधारे आपको आमंत्रण मिल चूका है . आप सपरिवार स्नेह मिलन में उपस्थित होकर अपनी सादर उपस्थिति से ,अपने सहकार से, अपने सानिध्य से परस्पर स्नेह एवं प्रेम की अभिव्रधि के सशक्त माध्यम, इस आयोजन को सफलता प्रदान करा कर हमारे संगठन को एक नई गरिमा प्रदान कराये।।संगठन आपका अपना है तथा हमारी अपने जोधपुरी इष्ट मित्रो सहित इस आयोजन में प्रदत्त की गयी सहकारिता संघ को सफलता के शिखर पर पहुचने में सहायक होगी ..आओ सा ..पधारो सा ..आप रे खुद रे कार्यक्रम में आपरो स्वागत है ..साथ ही आप की जानकारी में अपने जोधपुर के और भी कोई साथी,रिश्तेदार,मित्र यहाँ बसे हो और अभी तक संगठन से कदाचित किसी कारण वश नहीं जुड़ पाए हो तो उन्हें भी अपने संग लेकर पधारे . आइये,पधारिये,जुड़िये,जोडिये और स्वयं भी जुड़े रहिये .... आपके स्वागत को आतुर सादर अभिवादन .. JODHPUR ASSOCIATION

Balasaheb no more. May his soul Rest in Peace.

Balasaheb no more. May his soul Rest in Peace. Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family," Ideologies & politics aside, Balasaheb was unique & his influence on Maharashtra politics is undeniable. Often imitated but never duplicated Balasaheb will always live on.A great orator. An astute cartoonist. A voice of the people. A lion amongst men. Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.The memory of Bal Thackeray will live in the memory .."His contribution to Maharashtra was immense. He will be sadly missed and remembered," "I am terribly pained to hear that the Lion is dead."...OUR HEARTIEST CONDOLENCES.... -- Sajjan Raj Mehta trade activist 09845501150

जिस रफ़्तार से कचरे का अम्बार शहर में खड़ा हो रहा है, निश्चय ही शहर डेंगू,चिकनगुन्या या मलेरिया तथा दूषित बिमारिओ की चपेट में आने से कदाचित अपने आप को ना बचा पाए।।वक्त का तकाजा है कि महानगरपालिका दुरस्त कार्य प्रणाली के तहत इनसे उबरे तथा जन सहयोग तथा विभाग के अधिकारिओं के साथ आनन -फानन में सकारात्मक करवाई कर जनता जनार्दन को सुकून की सांस प्रदत्त करे।। इसी माह में विदेशी प्रत्यक्ष निवेश तथा कावेरी के मसले पर बंद का सफल आयोजन हो चूका है तथा विवश होकर ही सही कहीं कचरा-निस्तारण के मुद्दे पर बंद का आयोजन ना करना पड़ जाए।।सरकार समय रहते सभी के सुझावों को समाहित कर कारगर प्रणाली अपना कर तहत प्रदान करे .. जनता भी सरकार के प्रति सहयोगपूर्ण रवैया रखे तथा विशेष सावधानी के साथ सटीक जगह पर ही कचरा फेंके सरकारी नीतिओं के अनुरूप ही आचरण करे।।सभी सरकारी एजेंसिया परस्पर तालमेल तथा समन्वय से इस समस्या से हमें निजात दिलाएं।।

WILL GOVERNMENT CONSIDER SELLING THE BAN ON SELLING BANANA TREES IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ? BBMP CAN CONSIDER THE BAN ON SELLING THE BANANA TREES IN THE CHIKPET AREA AS THE GARBAGE PROBLEM EXISTS AND EXTRA BAGGAGE OF THOUSANDS OF HUGE BANANA TREES BEING DECORATED AND FINALLY BEING DUMPED WILL CREATE A HUGE GARBAGE WHICH WILL TOO TOO TOUGH FOR THE MANAGEMENT TO HANDLE....PARTICIPATION AND MOTIVATION OF EACH CITIZEN IS CRUCIAL AS ONLY BBMP CAN'T DO ALL...CONSIDERING THE CURRENT SCENARIO OF GARBAGE MANAGEMENT ,WE NEED TO SAFEGUARD AND TAKE EXTRA CARE TO AVOID AND SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.. INCLUDE THE RESIDENTIAL AND TRADE ORGANISATION TOO TO HELP AND PROSPER BETTER..HOPE THE WISDOM PREVAILS.. Thanks a lot.. Regards.. Sajjan Raj Mehta..

असत्य पर हमेशा सत्य की जीत हो इस त्यौहार पर आपको भरपूर खुशियाँ हासिल हो असत्य पर हमेशा सत्य की जीत हो चाहे आप कहीं भी रहे हमेशा अपनों का साथ हो, दिपावली की शुभकामनाएं खूब मीठे मीठे पकवान खाये, सेहत में चार चाँद लगाये, लोग तो सिर्फ चाँद पर गये है आप उस से भी ऊपर जाये, दिपावली पर हमारी यही है शुभकामनये| है रोशिनी का ये त्यौहार लाये हर चेहरे प़र मुस्कान सुख और समृधि की बहार समेट लो सारी खुशियां अपनों का साथ और प्यार इस पावन अवसर पर आप सब को दिवाली का ढेर सारा प्यार श्री राम जी आपके घर सुख की बरसात करे, दुखों का नाश करें, प्रेम की फुलझड़ी और अनार आपके घर को रोशन करे. रौशनी के दिये आपकी ज़िन्दगी में खुशिया लायें. शुभ दीपावली दिवाली आई, खुशिया लाई बिछडा था जिनके साथ बचपन में, दिवाली की रंगिनिया उनकी याद ले आई क्या हुआ अगर साथ नहीं आज उनके उनकी याद लिए ये दिवाली तो आई ”हैप्पी दिवाली” दीपावली पर्व के शुभ अवसर पर आप सभी के मंगल की कामना करता हु तथा प्रभु आप सभी को सुख,सम्रधि ,सुस्वास्थ्य प्रदान करे तथा आप समस्त निरंतर प्रगति के पथ पर अग्रसर रहे ,आपके जीवन में सद्ज्ञान,सम्यक विचारों की सम्यक द्रष्टि प्रज्जवलित रहे हमारे अज्ञान तम का नाश हो ,यही शुभ भावना प्रेषित करता हु।। आप के उज्जवल भविष्य हेतु इश्वर से प्रार्थना करता हु।।।तीर्थंकर प्रभु महावीर स्वामी ,मर्यादा पुरुषोतम श्री राम जी तथा स्वामी विवेकानंद की महत्ती कृपा हम सब पर बनी रहे तथा उनकी दिव्य द्रष्टि से हमारे सारे शोक-संताप छु-मंतर हो ...दीपावली के मंगल दीपक जन जन के घरों में ज्ञान की र्रश्मियाँ महकाए ... शुभ दीपावली -- संकलन सज्जन राज मेहता सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता

EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF REDUCING THE CONFLICTS

EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF REDUCING THE CONFLICTS It is the decision of PM directing Karnataka to release 9 thousand cusacs of water from Cauvery to Tamil Nadu followed by SC directive to follow the PM order forced Karnataka to abide by the decision which is inflicting death blow to the farmers and which has greatly affected the drinking water problem of Bangalore city ..each citizen has extended its full support to the bundh called by the Kannada organisation on 6th Oct. ENTIRE TRADE COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SUPPORT WILLINGLY ON FRIDAY TOO..The message to the central govt should be loud and clear we should not be taken for granted ..what we need is a amicable settlement alike between RAJASTHAN AND HARYANA on the same water sharing issue.. IF INDIA IS TO BE KEPT INTEGRATED, SEVERAL OBJECTIVES REQUIRE TO BE ADDRESSED WHILE PLANNING FOR RIVER WATER RESOURCES..INDIA IS A FEDERAL DEMOCRACY AND BECAUSE RIVERS CROSS STATES BOUNDARIES ,CONFLICTS OF SHARING OF WATERS ARE A PERSISTENT PHENOMENON.WE MUST CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF REDUCING THE CONFLICTS IF NOT COMPLETELY ELIMINATING THEM..MEDIA HAS A IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY AND OUR SUPPORT CAN BE TAKEN AS GRANTED.... Thanks a lot.. Regards..

support to the bundh

It is the decision of PM directing Karnataka to release 9 thousand cusacs of water from Cauvery to Tamil Nadu followed by SC directive to follow the PM order forced Karnataka to abide by the decision which is inflicting death blow to the farmers and which vl greatly affect the drinking water problem of Bangalore city ..each citizen has extended its full support to the bundh called by the Kannada organisation on 6th Oct. The message to the central govt should be loud and clear we should not be taken for granted ........

WHAT THE NATION REQUIRES IS THE GOOD GOVERNANCE , NOT A DRACONIAN LAW

WHAT THE NATION REQUIRES IS THE GOOD GOVERNANCE , NOT A DRACONIAN LAW WE MUST NOT WORRY WHETHER THE DESIRED RESULT FOLLOWS FROM OUR ALL INDIA STRIKE WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL,,SO LONG AS OUR MOTIVE IS PURE,OUR MEANS CORRECT..WE THINK AND ACT ABOVE PARTY POLITICS..IT'S NOT THE FDI. IT'S IS FDP...FOREIGN DIRECT PARTICIPATION...WHAT THE NATION REQUIRES IS THE GOOD GOVERNANCE , NOT A DRACONIAN LAW..THE CONCEPT FOR THE WELFARE MEASURES FOR THE CITIZENS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A HIGH MORALE PRINCIPLE IN INDIA THROUGHOUT THE AGES BUT NOT BY THIS PRESENT UPA GOVERNMENT..WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT BY TMC A , STRONG SUPPORTER OF UPA PROVES THAT... THANKS TO ONE AND ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE NOBLE CAUSE WITH A TOKEN STRIKE..TRADE AND INDUSTRY IS UNITED AGAINST THE FDI IN RETAIL IN PRESENT SET UP..NEVER TOO LATE IF TRADE AND INDUSTRY GETS A BETTER OUTCOME OR A DEAL WITH A PERFECT CO-ORDINATION AND SOME IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS MAY SEE IT THROUGH...ANY MEASURE CHANGE IS WELCOME FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COUNTRY PROVIDED ENOUGH FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS. AND DEBATES HAVE TAKEN PLACE..HOPE WISDOM PREVAILS... REGARDS.... THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT...GOD BLESS YOU ALL...

F D I...NO IT'S F D P ..FOREIGN DIRECT PARTICIPATION

F D I...NO IT'S F D P ..FOREIGN DIRECT PARTICIPATION EARTH PROVIDES ENOUGH TO SATISFY EACH CITIZEN'S NEED BUT NOT AT ALL UP TO OUR GOVERNMENT'S GREED. WE HAVE FACED A MASSIVE HIKE IN DIESEL RATES ,WHICH HAS ALREADY ADDED TO THE EXISTING INFLATION..HIKE IN DIESEL HAS RESULTED IN MASSIVE HIKE IN PRICES OF ALL COMMODITIES.. NOW UN EXPECTEDLY THE UNION GOVT HAS GIVEN A GREEN SIGNAL TO THE MUCH DEBATED AND CONTROVERSIAL FDI IN RETAIL...TRADERS WILL BE FORCED TO FOLLOW THE FARMER'S PATTERN OF SUICIDE..GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ACT SENSIBLY AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY HAS TO BE SAFEGUARDED AT ANY COST... I SUPPOSE LEADERSHIP AT ONE TIME MEANT MUSCLES; BUT TODAY IT MEANS GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE..SAID BY MAHATMA GANDHI....BUT SORRY TO SAY THAT PRESENT UPA GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP ONCE AGAIN GIVING PRIORITY TO MUSCLE POWER ONLY AND CHALLENGING THE ALLIES TO DO IF ANYTHING YOU COULD DO ON ON UR OWN...WARNING ANTENNAS HAS TO BE ON ON ON....

असीम त्रिवेदी देश द्रोही है तो ये क्या है ?

असीम त्रिवेदी देश द्रोही है तो ये क्या है ? १.राजस्थान में कांग्रेस के एक नेता संघटन के कार्यकर्ताओ को संबोधित करते हुए कहते है की कांग्रेस पार्टी किसी की सेवा को बेकार नहीं होने देती आज नहीं तो कल उसका फल जरूर मिलता है देखो प्रतिभा देवी सिंह पाटिल इंदिरा गाँधी के यहाँ बर्तन धोती थी और आज देश की राष्ट्रपति है यह बयान भी उस समय पर आता है जब वह राष्ट्रपति पद पर बैठी थी २.संविधान की कसम खा कर उसी की धज्जिया कांग्रेसी मंत्री उड़ाते हैं ३.मनमोहन सिंह लोक सभा में देश के सामने झूठ बोलते है की 2 G में कोई घोटाला नहीं हुआ बाद में उसी आरोप में राजा जेल में जाता है ४.संविधान की कसम खा कर देश की खनिज पदार्थों को लुटावा दिया जाता है ५.पी.वी.नरसिंह राव सांसदों को खरीद कर सरकार बचाते हैं ६.कांग्रेसी J.P.C और P.A.C को कैसे शक्ति विहीन कर देती है यह सारा देश देख रहा है ७.संविधानिक संस्था C .A .G. को दोशारोपीत करके झुठलाया जाता है की इनकी मनसा ठीक नहीं है यह सेवा निवृति के बाद विपक्षी पार्टियों में जायेंगे तो क्या मनमोहन सिंह जन्म से राजनीतिज्ञ हैं इसलिए जो असीम त्रिवेदी को देशद्रोही कहते हैं मेरा मानना है वास्तव में वही सबसे बड़े देशद्रोही हैं जो जनता की आवाज़ दबा देना चाहते हैं शायद उन्हें ये नहीं पता की ज्वालामुखी को दबाया नहीं जा सकता अगर जनता से बोलने का हक भी छीन लिया गया और अहिंसक आंदोलनों को नजरअंदाज किया गया तो इसका परिणाम बहुत ही बुरा हो सकता है ..मिडिया पर पाबंदी लोकतंत्र के लिए घातक ही होगी...

All the city’s a garbage dump..NEWS IN TIMES OF INDIA. ON 6.9.12.PG.4

All the city’s a garbage dump..NEWS IN TIMES OF INDIA. ON 6.9.12.PG.4 A fortnight after the waste disposal crisis hit Bangalore, and a week after BBMP commissioner Rajneesh Goel took over, the metro has turned into Garbage City. Our photographers capture the festering mess on Wednesday 10.30am Gandhinagar Gandhinagar constituency, part of the extended business hub of Chickpet and Majestic areas, was chosen for zero-waste management in 2009. Businessman Sajjan Raj Mehta points out that the stench virtually chases shoppers out of Mamoolpet and Arcot Srinivasachar Street in Chickpet. "We need a permanent solution for the garbage menace. It affects our business, especially when it rains, as the dirt gets mixed with rain water and blocks drains," Mehta says.

Garbage pile and students’ bag of woes

Garbage pile and students’ bag of woes Published: Monday, Sep 3, 2012, 14:20 IST By Y Maheswara Reddy | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA About 200 schoolchildren are finding it difficult to eat or study. Some even complain of skin allergy. The culprit is the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which hasconverted a vacant space behind government higher primary school building in Mamulpet into a garbage collection point. Students keep their noses covered as they cautiously step on the garbage spilled on to the road while entering and exiting the building. Apart from accommodating a government higher primary school, the building also houses a government higher primary school shifted from Sultanpet due to Metro work. These schools are situated on the first and second floors of the building while the ground floor is rented out to various businesses. The residents and shop owners dump garbage near the building causing inconvenience to students. The teachers keep the windows closed to avoid the stench emanating from the garbage. “It is inconvenient for us to take the food being served to us in this foul atmosphere,’’ said Shailaja N, a seventh grader. Most of the students hail from nearby slums and other backward areas. A few of them try to avoid attending classes on some pretext. “I’ve been suffering from skin allergy due to the unhygienic condition here,’’ said a student on the condition of anonymity. Expressing displeasure over the BBMP’s failure to regularly clear the garbage, Sajjan Raj Mehta, former president of Karnataka Hosiery and Garments Association, said students face health risk due to the unhygienic atmosphere near the school. “It is pity to see students here. Pedestrians and two-wheeler riders are also finding it tough to use this road. I hope the BBMP authorities do the needful to keep this place free from garbage for the benefit of the students and businessmen,’’ said Mehta. Teachers say the atmosphere is not conducive to conduct classes but they cannot afford to take up the issue with higher authorities. “Besides garbage, sound pollution from atemple under construction also prevents us from focusing on teaching. This is not the suitable location for a school. The devotees of a particular temple use loudspeakers to chant mantras and sing bhajans. We can’t afford to complain against them,’’ said a teacher on the condition of anonymity. + - -- Sajjan Raj Mehta

खागा कि २१ वि आम सभा सुसंपन्न आज होटल कामत यात्री निवास में खागा की २१ वि आम सभा सुसंपन्न हुई..खागा के अध्यक्ष श्री वसंत जैन ने सभी का स्वागत तथा मंगलाचरण किया तथा मंत्री श्री राजेश श्रीश्रीमाल ने पुरे वर्ष भर में किये गए कार्यों की पूरी जानकारी दी.खागा ने क्या किया तथा क्या करने वाली है,विस्तृत विवरण रखा..खागा के कोषाध्यक्ष श्री सुभाष भंसाली ने वर्ष भर का हिसाब-किताब प्रस्तुत किया जिसे ध्वनि मत से सर्वसम्मति से पारित किया..खागा के ऑडिटर श्री इन्दर सोलंकी भी उपस्थित थे..उप-समितियों के संयोजक श्री सज्जन राज मेहता,श्री पहाड़ सिंह राजपुरोहित,श्री उमेद मल बूच्चा ,श्री हाथिमल बैद,श्री आलोक कुण्डलिया,श्री कुलदीप कोठारी ने विस्तृत जानकारी दी ओर अपनी समिति के कार्य--कलापों को सभा के समक्ष रखा..इस अवसर पर उपस्थित मुख्य अतिथि चम्बर ऑफ़ कोम्मेर्स कराधान समिति के संयोजक श्री बी.टी.मनोहर ने खागा के सहयोग ओर कार्यों की प्रशंसा की तथा कर संबधित मुद्दों पर अपना वक्तव्य रखा तथा जिज्ञासाओ का समाधान किया..पूर्व मंत्री श्री मनोज कुमार गर्ग,श्री सुनील कुमार बैद,ने भी संबोधित किया तथा सुझाव रखे..सदस्यों ने खागा द्वारा किये जाए योगदानो कि मुक्त कंठ से प्रशंसा की..जल्दी ही खागा अपना स्वयं का कार्यालय भी खरीदेगी,ऐसा आश्वासन वरिष्ट संस्थापक श्री उमेद मल बूच्चा ने दिया .. उपाध्यक्ष श्री दिलीप जैन ,श्री गनपत लाल जैन,सहमंत्री श्री अमर सिंह,श्री अशोक वर्धन, तथा अतिथियो ने ५ व्यापारिओं को सर्वाधिक कर देने हेतु स्वागत किया...खागा कि निर्देशिका भी प्रकाशित होने जा रही है अतः कई सदद्स्यों ने विज्ञापन के माध्यम से सहयोग हेतु नाम लिखाये.. HONOURED TAX PAYERS FIRMS ARE M/S DOLLAR INDUSTRIES M/S MOTIBA HOSIERY M/S FAIRDEAL AGENCIES M/S MEDAL HOSIERY M/S JAGADGURU MARKETING उपाध्यक्ष श्री गनपत लाल जैन ने धन्यवाद ज्ञापित किया तथा संचालन श्री सज्जन राज मेहता पूर्व अध्यक्ष ने किया

Intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall in the city , paralysing routine and commercial activities and submerging roads and streets, exposing the ineffectiveness of the city government’s rain emergency plan. The city’s infrastructure crumbled under the 2 hours rain. A flood-like situation was witnessed on major roads, with the city’s drainage and sewerage systems unable to withstand the onslaught of heavy showers. Many areas were resultantly gridlocked, and citizens struggled till late night to make it home due to sparse public transport or their vehicles breaking down. Heavy rains lashed several areas such as Central business district,Chickpet,Chamrajpet & Majestic areas & other areas too but worst affected due to lack of basic ammenties were these areas..It is better that civic authorities get alert before any major disaster takes place & scientific drainage system and garbage collection system is extended to these areas as well. .Let us prey that BBMP will take care of the griem situation in the Old Bangalore City othewise we will switch on the warning antennas.. Hope necessary measures will be taken.. THANKS A LOT..

नए सत्कार्य की नई दिशा हो नई कामना, नई आस हो नई भावना, नई सोच हो नई सुबह की नई प्यास हो नई धूप हो, नई चाँदनी नई सदी का नव विकास हो नया प्रेम ओर नया राग हो हर सुख अपने आसपास हो नई रौशनी, नई डगर हो नया खून ओर नई श्वास हो नया रूप ओर ' नव जुनून हो मन में बसती नव मिठास हो नए स्वप्न हों, नई शाम हो रंग-बिरंगा कैनवास हो नए फूल ओर नई उमंगें अंतर्मन में नव-श्वास ह़ो नूतन जिम्मेदारी आप के लिए मंगलमय,सुखमय.लाभ मय ,शांतिमय,सातामय, परोपकारमय,विश्वासमय हो तथा आपके उज्जवल भविष्य की मंगल मनीषा शुभ भावो के दीपक में सजाकर प्रेषित करते हुए अत्यंत ही प्रफुल्लित हू.. सधन्यवाद...... सज्जन राज मेहता प्रमिला मेहता मीनल मेहता अंकुश मेहता ,बन्गलोर

UNITED WE STAND

UNITED WE STAND THE POLICY OF PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE IS A MUST FOR OUR PRESENT DAY INDIA..THE CIVIL SOCIETY MUST ENSURE THAT WE CANT AFFORD TO FIGHT WARS IN THE NAME OF OUR DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES..WE HAVE TO LEARN THE TRUTH THAT ALL STATES IN INDIA WHETHER THEY ARE WEAK OR STRONG,WHETHER THEY FOLLOW THIS OR THAT TYPE OF LIFE,RELIGION OR THINKING,HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE..LIVE AND LET LIVE...DIVERSITY WILL REMAIN..HENCE TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF OTHERS IN THE ONLY KEY TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY..AFTER INDEPENDENCE OF 65 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TO-GETHER AND WILL REMAIN TOGETHER FOR THE WHOLE LIFE... JAI HO....NAB THE CULPRIT AND PUNISH SEVERELY AND WE MUST HELP THE GOVERNMENT TO DO SO... -- Sajjan Raj Mehta 09845501150

RECONSIDER THE INCREASE IN THE STATE'S INTEREST

THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED A 0.5% INCREASE IN VAT RATES ..WHEN THE COMPLINACE HAS BEEN TOO TOO GOOD , THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY IS PASSING THROUGH THE WORST INFLATION SCENARIO,RATES IN NEIGHBORING STATES ARE UNCHANGED,ON THE EVE OF VARMAHALAKSHI DAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS DELIVERED WORST GIFT TO EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN AS THE NET IMPACT OF VAT RATE CHANGES WILL BE AROUND 1%, AS IT GIVES CASCADING EFFECT..EARLIER VAT WAS INCREASED FOR A YEAR FOR THE PREVAILING DROUGHT SITUATION IN KARNATAKA BUT IT IS CONTINUOUS.. WE CONDEMN THIS UNJUSTICE AND HUMBLY REQUEST THE HONORABLE CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA TO RECONSIDER THE INCREASE IN THE STATE'S INTEREST FAILING WHICH THE GENUINE BUSINESS MAN WILL BE SEVERELY AFFECTED AND FORCED TO SHIFT THEIR BASE TO NEIGHBOR STATES... KINDLY HIGHLIGHT THIS ... Thanks a lot.. Regards.. Sajjan Raj Mehta.. EX. President.Karnataka Hosiery & Garment Assn. 09845501150

SAMVATSARI EK KE PRAYAAS HO

EK NIRMAL BHAVANA..HUM EK JAIN HAI..SIRF JAIN AUR JAIN BANE RAHE..HAME KOI YEH BATA SAKTA HAI KI JAINO KA MAHAPARVA " SAMVATSARi " KAB HAI ..YAHAN KUCH AUGUST,KUCH SEPTEMBER TATHA US MAHINE ME BHI ALAG-ALAG TAARIKH BATA RAHE HAI..YE NAYA TATIKA KISNE APNAAYA YA KISKE SWARTHVASH YEH HO RAHA HAI..BADI HI VISHAM PARISTHITI UTPANN HO JAATI HAI JAB DOOSRI JAATI KE MITRA MAJAK VASH HI SAHI KAHATE HAI KI TU KAUN SA JAIN HAI..MEHARBAANI KARKE HUM JAIN HI RAHE AUR JYADA BIKHRAAV NAA HO ,ISILIYE BINA KISI LAG-LAPET KE HUM SAB MILKAR KUCH NAI PAHAL KARE...MICHAMI DUKKADAM..JAI JINENDRA SA..JAI MAHAVEER...JAIN SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA..09845501150..BANGALORE...sajjanrajmehta@gmail.com..sajjanrajmehta.blogspot.com

MEMBERS OF THE JAIN COMMUNITY FELICITED THE HON'BLE CHIEF MINISTER

MEMBERS OF THE JAIN COMMUNITY FELICITED THE HON'BLE CHIEF MINISTER MEMBERS OF JAIN YUVA SANGATHAN FELICITED THE HON'BLE CHIEF MINISTER ON BEHALF OF JAIN COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATED HIM AND HIS TEAM FOR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF KARNATAKA..HE ASSURED FULL SUPPORT AND MEMBERS WISHED HIM A GLORIOUS PERIOD..LET OUR STATE PROSPER FURTHER AND FURTHER UNDER HIS AMICABLE LEADERSHIP...JULY 13TH AT 8.15AM .. Sajjan Raj Mehta EX.PRESIDENT..JAIN YUVA SANGATHAN 09845501150

STORY IN TIMES OF INDIA TODAY DATED 9TH JULY AND MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED

STORY IN TIMES OF INDIA TODAY DATED 9TH JULY AND MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED POLICE OPPOSE BBMP’s plans for Freedom Park Say Proposed Parking Lot And Palike Bazaar Will Only Create More Problems MK Madhusoodan & Sunitha Rao R | TNN Bangalore: Police are furious with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for its grandiose plans to construct a Palike Bazaar and an underground parking lot at Freedom Park. They have been allowing protests and demonstrations at Freedom Park, after similar events at the Palace Grounds threw traffic in the vicinity out of gear and drew public ire. Police fear the proposed projects at Freedom Park will result in an acute space crunch. “We’ve been allowing smaller public meetings and demonstrations or protests at Bannappa Park on KG Road near Cauvery Bhavan and Mahatma Gandhi statue on MG Road. There’s no other place for larger gatherings except Freedom Park where managing and regulating traffic and parking is easier. Once this space is taken over by a parking complex and Palike Bazaar, things will turn topsy-turvy,” a police officer said. In any case, BBMP’s project implementation record is dismal. Its schemes usually deviate from original plans and are timeconsuming, he added. BBMP engineer-in-chief BT Ramesh said the multi-level car parking will come up behind the Freedom Park and not in the front portion where protests are held. “Construction work on this facility will not eat into protesters’ space. The car parking is coming up on 2 acres in the rear section,” he said. On the proposed Palike Bazaar, Ramesh said there has been no official confirmation on the project which was announced in the budget. Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy, who was impressed by the famed Palika Bazaar in New Delhi, announced in last week’s civc budget that a similar Palike Bazaar would be constructed behind Freedom Park, and earmarked Rs 5 crore for it. However, a BBMP official admitted the bazaar would only trigger more problems. “How can we take away green space for construction of a commercial complex like Palike Bazaar? It’s yet to be finalized. There'll be massive public opposition to the proposal,’’ he said. TIMES VIEW Police objection to BBMP’s plans for an underground parking lot and a shopping complex is understandable, and hopefully the civic agency will heed the objection. The city’s residents need some place where they can organize protests without disrupting traffic and causing gridlocks. In any case, Freedom Park is one of the last remaining lung spaces in the city and these proposed projects will eat into this green space. BBMP must relook at its plans and leave this place alone. QUOTE UNQUOTE Freedom Park is the ideal place in this area for various cultural, religious, social, sports, national integration and protests. If it gets converted into a commercial complex and parking facility, Bangaloreans will certainly miss this space. BBMP must call for a meeting of resident welfare associations and traders before proceeding with this plan. Sajjan Raj Mehta | FKCCI MEMBER Freedom Park has historical significance in Bangalore. The trend of using parks for building parking facilities and complexes is increasing and that's bad. If BBMP wants to have a Palike Bazaar, why can't it use one floor of its Utility Building or even space in the malls it has leased out? We will oppose this decision. Vinay N | MEMBER OF NGO HASIRU USIRU THE IDEA DOESN’T IMPRESS: Cops fear the project will lead to acute space crunch. There is no other place for large gatherings except Freedom Park where managing traffic and parking are easier, they say

TO, THE COMMISSIONER, BBMP BANGALORE.. RESPECTED SIR, SUB; FREEDOM PARK NEEDS BETTER TREATMENT TO DECONGEST OUR CITY WE ARE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT BUDGET AND SALUTE YOUR VISION TO DECONGEST THE CITY..BBMP IS REGULARLY HELPING US TO HANDLE THE CRUCIAL SITUATIONS AND WE HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO..WE APPRECIATE THE MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY BBMP UNDER YOUR DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP TO GLORIFY THE BANGALORE ON THE WORLD MAP..TO-GETHER WE CAN, WE WILL.. FREEDOM PARK IS BEING CHOOSEN BY BBMP TO HAVE A STRUCTURE ALIKE PALIKE BAZAR IN DELHI WITH 400 UNDERGROUND SHOPS AND GARDEN ON TOP..WHAT WE FEEL THAT AS MANTRI MALL IS JUST A KILOMETER AWAY,NATIONAL,SUKHSAGAR COMPLEX.BURMA BAZAR,HONGKONG BAZAR AND ALANLAR PLAZA JUST WITHIN 300 METRES RADIUS , SITUATION IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS TOO TOO TIGHT AND PALIKE BAZAR WILL ADD TO IT.EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM,NARROW ROADS, ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR THAT...IT WILL BE BETTER IF THE K.R.MARKET IN THE CITY IS CONVERTED AND UPGRADED AS PREVAILING CONDITIONS ARE WORST THERE.OPINION OF OUR MPS,MLAS,CORPORATORS CAN BE ARRANGED.. ANOTHER REASON WE WILL LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT FREEDOM PARK IS THE ONLY IDEAL PLACE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO ORGANISE VARIOUS CULTURAL,RELIGIOUS,SOCIAL,SPORTS & NATIONAL INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES AND IF GET CONVERTED TO A COMMERCIAL COMPLEX,CITIZENS OF BANGALORE WILL BE MISSING THE PLACE A LOT..WHAT WE SUBMIT HUMBLY IS THAT BEFORE COMING TO THE FINAL DECISION,KINDLY CALL THE RESIDENT,TRADE AND WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS TO HAVE A FRUITFUL DIALOGUE AND PROCEED FURTHER. THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF BBMP HAD BEEN ONE OF PROVIDING BASIC AMENITIES OF CIVIC LIFE,SOUND FINANCIAL PRACTICES,ACHIEVED THROUGH BETTER MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING ASSETS AND EXTENSIVE USAGE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND ABOVE ALL IF YOU CONSIDER THE TRUE OPINIONS OF THE CITIZENS....SIR..WE WANT A SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO MAKE CHOICES,TO MAKE MISTAKES,TO BE GENEROUS AND COMPASSIONATE..IT IS WHAT WE MEAN BY A MORAL SOCIETY .. HOPE AND TRUST YOU WILL CONSIDER OUR REQUEST... AWAITING YOUR FRUITFUL REPLY AND ACTION...THANKS A LOT IN ANTICIPATION... YOURS FAITHFULLY Sajjan Raj Mehta EX.PRESIDENT..KARNATAKA HOSIERY AND GARMENT ASSOCIATION 09845501150

भगवान् महावीर के अनुयायिओं क़ी व्यापार के साथ-साथ शिक्षा,शांति ओर सेवा में उनकी भूमिका का आंकलन समूचे भारत वर्ष में जैन समाज का अपना एक स्थान है..अपनी एक महत्ता है..जैनियों क़ी रग-रग में व्यापारिक गुण मौजूद है,विद्यमान है पर उनके रोम-रोम में जन-जन के लिए करुणा,सेवा,शांति भावना निवासित है तथा हर तबके के लोगों को प्राथमिक शिक्षा सहज सुलभ ह़ो..उस दिशा में काफी अनुमोदनीय प्रयास किये है..तीर्थंकर महावीर के जन कल्याणकारी उपदेशो के प्रभावों से प्रभावित होकर ही सही,जैन समाज के हजारों साधू-सध्विओं (चलते-फिरते तीर्थ कह दू तो कोई आतिशयोक्ति नहीं होगी ) के मुखारबिंद से जिनवाणी के श्रवण से भी सही,जैन आगमो के निरंतर स्वाध्याय से अपने भीतर क़ी आत्म ज्योति को प्रकाशित करते हुए भी सही आज बन्गलोर के कोने कोने में जैन समाज द्वारा संचालित स्वयं सेवी संस्थाए,विद्यालय,विश्व-विद्यालय.,चिकित्सालय,औषधालय,मंदिर,स्थानक भवन,सभा भवन अपने अपने स्तर पर सदुपयोगी सेवाएं सहज सुलभ करा रहे है..व्यापार जितना जीवन यापन के लिए जरुरी है, व्यापारिक गतिविधिया जितनी सामाजिक स्तर पर अपना वजूद कायम रखने के लिए नितांत आवश्यक है ,व्यापारिक गतिविधिया जितनी सरकारी कोषों के भी संरक्षण हेतु भी अवश्यंभावी है..सरकारी राजस्व के आंकड़ो पर गौर फरमाए तो जैनियों का राजस्व प्रदत्त करने में योगदान सराहनीय,प्रशंसनीय ,अनुमोदनीय,अनुकर्णीय तथा अतुलनीय ही ठहराया जाएगा. जैन समाज के सदस्य बिना किसी लाग लपेट के,भेदभाव के,राजनीति के अपना सर्वस्व अपने उद्यमों को प्रदत्त करते हुए भी सामाजिक गतिविधिओ में बढ़-चढ़ कर हिस्सेदारी निर्वाहित कर रहे है..उन्होंने कभी राजनीति में जरुरत से ज्यादा दिलचस्पी दिखाते हुए स्वाभिमान को ठेस नहीं पहुचने दी ..चाहे वस्त्र व्यापार,रसायन,कागज,बिजली.कंप्यूटर,ज्वेलरी,सराफा,वित्,या बड़े-२ कल कारखाने ह़ो या किसी भी व्यवसाय में रत हो ..हर जगह अपनी अमिट छाप छोड़ी है..स्वस्थ प्रतिद्वंदिता के साथ व्यापार में रत रह कर कई सामाजिक ओर धार्मिक संस्थानों का कुशल संचालन भी कर रहे है..जैसे भगवान् महावीर कॉलेज,अस्पताल,जैन विद्यालय,सुराना कॉलेज,आदर्श कॉलेज,में आज मात्र जैन समाज के ही नहीं वरन दूर दूर से समूचे दक्षिण भारत के वाशिंदे लाभान्वित ह़ो रहे है..इसी तरह जैन युवा संगठन ,भारतीय जैन संगठन,कर्णाटक मारवाड़ी यूथ फेडेरशन ,जैन यूथ एसोसिअसन,राजस्थान संघ,तेरापंथ समाज,जैन कांफेरेंस,जैन नेत्रालय,कई जैन नवयुवक मंडल,महिला मंडल,बालिका मंडल,विभिन्न जैन स्थानक,मंदिर, तथा भगवान महावीर नेत्रालय.के माध्यम से जनता जनार्दन को प्रचुर मात्रा में सेवा सुलभ कराइ जा रही है..कई सरकारी विद्यालयों को गोद लिया जा चूका है ..कई अनाथ-आश्रमों में हर शेत्र के नवयुवक-नवयुवतिया अपनी जेब खर्च क़ी राशी से सेवा-सुश्रुषा में तल्लीन है..कई महिला मंडल निरंतर शिविरों के माध्यमो से ज्ञान ज्योतो जला रही है..व्यापारी बंधू कई बड़ी -२ TRADE ASS0CIATIONS से जुड़ कर .उनका प्रतिनिधित्व करते हुए समूचे व्यापारी वर्ग को राहत प्रदान करा रहे है..कई यहाँ कि सामजिक गतिविधिओ में जैसे रोटरी.लोएँस,जेसीज,क्लुबों के माध्यम से भी स्वेछिक सेवाएं सुलभ कराइ जा रही है..जैन समाज के सेंकडो से ज्यादा अनुभवी और विलक्षण प्रतिभा के धनी डॉक्टर,चार्टर्ड ACCOUNTANTS ,तकनीकी विशेषज्ञ ,प्रशासनिक सेवाओं में तल्लीन है.. साधन संपन्न होते हुए भी अहंकार रहित जीवन यापन करना तथा देश के राजस्व में निरंतर तल्लीन रहकर लाखो दक्षिण भारतियों को भी रोजगार कम उपलब्ध कराया है....समय-२ पर जैन समाज के सत्कार्यों क़ी गूंज सरकार के सिपाहसलारों से,अन्य समाज के प्रबुद्ध नागरिकों से,धर्म गुरुओं से सुनने को मिलती है ..आप जैसे कई प्रतिष्टित अख़बारों ने भी मुक्त कंठ से प्रशंसा की है तो सहज ही जैन समाज का होने के कारण मन रोमांचित हो उठाता है पर दुसरे ही पल उनके और आप श्री के विश्वास को बनाये रखने हेतु वापस उसी में लग जाता है..जैन समाज आज समूची जनसंख्या के ज्यादा प्रतिशत नहीं होते हुए भी उस प्रतिशत क़ी तुलना में कई ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दे रहे है..किसी भी वर्ग को सफलता यूँ ही नहीं मिलाती या यों कहू कि सफलता अलादीन के चिराग कि तरह भूमि को फोड़ कर नहीं निकला करती-ना ही किसी अवतार कि तरह आकाश से अवतरित होती है ..कामयाबिया जैनियों के स्वस्थ नजरिये का परिणाम है..उनकी सेवाओं का प्रतिफल है,स्वस्थ मानसिकता की परिणिति है,तीर्थंकरों के आशीर्वादों से फलित है तथा जैन साधू-साध्वियों क़ी आशीषों से सिंचित और पल्लवित हो रही है..जैन समाज ने एक हाथ से लिया तो दुसरे हाथ को देने के लिए खुला छोड़ रखा है..जैसे आकाश में यदि प्रकाश हो और कमल का विकास ना हो ,ऐसा कभी नहीं हो सकता उसी तरह जन -जन के कल्याण क़ी अभिलाषा मन में संजोये जैनी व्यवसाय में सब कुछ दांव पर लगा कर तन्मयता से गतिविधिओं को अंजाम दे और सफलता उनके कदन ना चूमे ...यह भला कैसे हो सकता है.. नई पीढ़ी क़ी सोच भी व्यापक बदलाव को आतुर है और आशा ही नहीं पूर्ण ऐतबार है कि उनके संकल्पों क़ी बदौलत कुछ महत्वपूर्ण योजनाओं में ज्यादा दिलचस्पी बढ़ेगी यानी विधालयों.अस्पतालों.गौशालाओ तथा कुछ राजनितिक दलों को संरक्षण में भी वे पीछे नहीं रहना चाहते.युवाओं के लिए हर अवसर एक कांच की फूलदानी कि तरह है जो ना मालुम कब हाथ से फिसल जाए--या फिर कागज़ के एक पुडिया की तरह है कि कब पानी कि बूंद से यह गल जाए पर वे ज्यादा सतर्कता तथा बुजुर्गो के अनुभवी मार्गदर्शन में अपनी रोटी बराबर सेंक लेंगे..जरुरत है कि हम युवा सही दिशा में निरंतर आगे बढ़ते हुए समज कि दशा को बदलने में अपनी क्षमताओं की आहुति प्रदान कर संतोष सुख को प्राप्त करे.. आज समाज अनेक समस्याओं से घिरा हुआ है..जैसे आग्रह,विग्रह,आवेश,क्रूरता,आसक्ति,असंयम,अनास्था,पश्चिमी सभ्यता के अन्धानुकरण की व्रती,भ्रूण हत्या,दहेज़ हत्या,वैवाहिक सम्बन्ध विच्छेद,संग्रह मनोवृति,श्रम की उपेक्षा,हिंसा जन्य प्रसाधन सामग्री का प्रयोग ,आतंकवाद और अनेक सम-सामयिक समस्यांए लगातार परेशान कर रही है ..जैन समाज को एक बार फिर ऐसे आयोजनों या तीर्थंकर महा-पुरुषो के जन्म-कल्याणक महोत्सवों पर संत -सतियों से उचित मार्ग दर्शन प्राप्त कर युवा पीढ़ी को राह्भ्रमित की बीमारी से बचाने का सुप्रयास करना है..जैन जीवन शैली के महत्वपूर्ण आयामों का जीवन में प्रवेश कराकर आचरण करना है..सम्यक ज्ञान दर्शन और चरित्र के गुणों को आत्मसात कर समाज अनवरत रूप से सुख ,शांति और सदभाव को कायम रख सकता है..सामजिक व्यवस्थाओ से जुड़े होने के कारण अन्य समाज एवं संघ के सदस्यों को हमसे अपेक्षाए होना स्वाभाविक है,जिस पर हमारा द्रष्टिकोण सुधारात्मक ह़ो, सोने में सुहागा ह़ो जायेगा यदि हम सब मिलकर,अपनी-अपनी क्षमताओ का तड़का लगाकर कुछ सामाजिक रीति-रिवाजों में ह़ो रहे विलासिता-पूर्ण प्रदर्शनों पर अंकुश लगाने क़ी बात मिल कर सोचे तथा युवा वर्ग आगे बढ़कर जन हितार्थ कुछ पाबंदी क़ी सोचे..कोई भी निर्णय थोपा नहीं जाए पर आम सहमति क़ी चेष्टा कर सुप्रयांसो से समाज को तथा समज के वाशिंदों को अवगत कराया जा सके..परम हर्ष का विषय है समस्त मुनि वृन्द भी अतिरिक्त प्रयासों के लिए ज्यादा तत्पर है ओर उनका मार्गदर्शन तथा निर्देशन समाज में नई चेतना का संचार करेगा...विश्व का मंगल हो,प्राणी मात्रा का मंगल हो,सभी के उज्जवल भविष्य क़ी मंगल कामना शुभ भावों के दीये में जलाकर प्रेषित करते हुए हर जन के सहयोग,सानिध्य,स्नेह,सहकार तथा समर्पण क़ी भावना भाता हूँ.. जिंदगी क़ी असली उड़ान अभी बाक़ी है अपने इरादों का इम्तिहान अभी बाकी है अभी तो नापी है मुट्ठी भर जमीं आगे सारा आसमान अभी बाकी है विशेष आदर सहित.. प्रत्यक्ष ओर अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से सहयोग करने वालों को अग्रिम में धन्यवाद.. जैन सज्जन राज मेहता सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता.. 098455O1150

WHEN A FIRE KILLS ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE IN A HOSPITAL IN KOLKATTA,THE DIRECTORS OF THE HOSPITAL ARE ARRESTED..WHEN THE MANTRALAYA IN MUMBAI GETS A HUGE FIRE,WILL ACTION BE INITIATED AGAINST THE ANY GOVERNMENT OR ANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAGELY WHICH ALREADY HAS 5 CASUALITIES TOO.. Thanks a lot.. Regards..

BHARAT BANDH CALL GIVEN BUT WHY?

BHARAT BANDH CALL GIVEN BUT WHY? WHAT IS THE END RESULT ? THE RESULTS ARE..POLITICIANS POLITICAL PARTIES WILL BE GAINING PERSONALLY THE MILAGE ON OUR BEHALF..THEY WILL BE BENIFITTED IN SEAT SHARING,POWER SHARING,.TRADE COMMUNITY WILL BE WORST SUFFERER AS DAILY EXPENSES AND LOSS OF PRODUCTION.REVENUE WILL HIT THEM HARD...UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP TO THE CITIZENS IN ALL THE WAYS EVEN IN EDUCATION EDUCATION SECTOR ... POLITICAL GIMMICKS ALIKE BANDH SHOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED BY THE CITIZENS BUT POLITICAL LEADERS ARE LEAST BOTHERED TO HAVE A MERCY..SO CALLED BANDHS ARE NOT GOING TO HELP US IN REDUCING THE VALUE OF RUPEE.CORRUPTION AT PEAK IN THE GOVERNMENT,WORST EVER INFLATION AND NUMBER OF ILL ACTIVITIES WHICH IS BEING IGNORED BY THE POLITICAL PARTIES TODAY FOR WHICH TOMORROW THEY WILL BE ANSWERABLE... Thanks a lot.. Regards..

State erupts into protests against petrol price hike..news in hindu..25.5.12

TODAY'S PAPER » NATIONAL » KARNATAKA BANGALORE, May 25, 2012 State erupts into protests against petrol price hike STAFF REPORTER SHARE · PRINT · T+ The petrol price hike, coming as a rude shock to commuters, evoked anger that translated into public protests, with many organisations calling for a rollback in prices. Bruhat Bangalore Petrol, Diesel, Cooking Gas Consumer's Forum condemned the hike and expressed concern at the possibility of a similar hike in diesel and cooking gas rates. Similarly, local Bharatiya Janata Party units, the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held protests against the Union government and pressed for an immediate rollback. Calling the hike “anti-people”, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI-C) held several protests across the State. Centre targeted The target of all the anger was the Union government. From “Revenge is to vote for a change during the 2014 elections” to cartoons equating a litre of petrol to expensive gifts, social media networks were aflutter with disapproving chatter about the price hike. ‘Inefficiency' Sajjan Raj Mehta, member of the State Taxes Committee, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), blamed the steep hike squarely on the inefficient handling of inflation by the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre.

ABNORMAL HIKE AS A GIFT IN PETROL PRICES ON EVE OF UPA GOVT'S 3 YEARS Inflation is an economic situation which occurs when the prices you get look good and prices you pay look awful.The United Progressive Alliance government had miserably failed to check the skyrocketing prices of food articles and other essential commodities like petrol.diesel & milk products during these years..Government fighting inflation is like the mafia fighting the crime these days.Our present economy is in terrible shape.There is one thing we can all say that inflation-it has completely eliminated the generation gap-we are all crying like babies.There is a vast difference between growth and inflation.Inflation has created a new law of gravity-what goes up gets us down..Trying to curb the inflation by reducing subsidies or raising the taxes is like giving a drunk another drink to sober him up.Increasing taxes to stop inflation makes about as much sense as fanning a fire to cool its heat.How much better off we all would be if quality or equality of living were inflated instead of prices.Thanks to the inflation or dearness we are suffering,it is costing more than ever to live beyond our means.With food,rent,petrol and gas prices so high,when you balance the budget,there is nothing left to budget the balance. . Hope & trust that effective governing will be on the agenda of the UPA GOVT otherwise warning antennas needs to be on for them. THANKS A LOT. Sajjan Raj Mehta

Downpour, fallen trees put brakes on traffic TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bangalore: Heavy showers on Saturday evening left many areas in the city waterlogged. The most affected were parts of south Bangalore and Sarjapur, with many trees falling and an overflowing Belandur lake. The city received 41.2mm of rainfall till 8.30pm, as the maximum temperature dropped to 31 degrees Celsius. The city’s minimum temperature was recorded at 21.1 degrees Celsius. BBMP officials said six trees were uprooted due to heavy rains in south Bangalore. Bull Temple Road, Hanuman Nagar, Kamakya, Nagendra Block were blocked because of uprooted trees, while houses were inundated in Katriguppe and Okalipuram slum. BBMP’s disaster management vehicle, Prahari, were sent to these places to clear the huge branches and trunk, which hauled up traffic. Sarjapur Road was affected, not due to heavy rain but because of man-made mistakes. Palash Gurjar, a software engineer, and resident of Suncity Apartments near Belandur lake, said: “Our colony houses 5,000 apartments and the drainage system leads to Belandur lake. The drainage pipe is choked and has resulted in waterlogging. The stretch around the lake is filled with 5 feet of water and vehicles are unable to ply. We complained to BBMP commissioner, corporator, MLAs, but it has fallen on deaf ears. We are helpless.” Sajjan Raj Mehta, former president, Karnataka Hosiery & Garment Association, said, “First, the rain, and then, we are dealing with a complete power cut since 7pm.” Meanwhile, the Met department predicted moderate to heavy rainfall for the next two days. “The pre-monsoon season has set in and we can expect regular showers now,” said an official. The maximum temperature is likely to remain around 32 degrees Celsius and Bangaloreans can expect a pleasant weekend ahead. MAYOR CRACKS THE WHIP Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy cracked the whip on erring BBMP engineers on Saturday evening. While on a surprise round with deputy mayor L Srinivas, Murthy suggested the suspension of three engineers who stayed away from BBMP control room. The engineers are R Jagannath (AEE ward 99), KN Krishnamurthy (AE town plan) and H Ravindranath (AE Town plan).

भ्रूण-हत्या के मुद्दे पर सत्यमेव-जयते को समर्थन.. आमिर खान का यह धारावाहिक वाकई नई बुलन्दियो को छुएगा..किसी भी समाज की शक्ति उसकी जनसँख्या में नहीं, अपितु उसकी एकता में निहित रहती है..एकता के अभाव में न तो परिवार का स्तर ऊँचा उठता है और न समाज का चहुंमुखी विकास होता है..वस्तुतः एकता ही शक्ति ओर संगठन का मूलमंत्र है..इसमें कोई आतिशयोक्ति नहीं कि नारी वर्ग देश का अभिन्न अंग है और समाज का आधार स्तम्भ भी है..जिस तरह का जीवन और सामाजिक ढांचे का जैसा स्वरुप हमारे सम्मुख आज विद्यमान है , उसमे व्यवहार धर्म को लेकर अनगिनत प्रश्नचिंह द्रष्टिगोचर हो रहे है..सामाजिक आचरण हीनता और आपाधापी बढ़ी है..यह व्यवस्था ज्यो-ज्यो पनप रही है त्यों-त्यों इस पर गंभीर और गहन चिंतन और मनन की आवश्यकता है, विश्लेषण की जरुरत है..वर्त्तमान परिपेक्ष्य में कोई अकेला तो यह दावा नहीं कर सकता कि वह इस देश के व्यवहारिक जगत को सब बुराइयों या विक्षमताओ से सर्वथामुक्त कर पायेगा पर समूचे समाज को माला के मनके की तरह एक सूत्र में पिरोकर,अपनी-अपनी शक्ति,बुद्धि और पुरुषार्थ में सामंजस्य लाकर परिणिति सामाजिक हित की कर सकता है..आपका प्रयास पूर्णतः सकारात्मक रहा है तथा समूचे समाज को जोड़ने की प्रक्रिया में आपकी सहभागिता,सहकारिता,सानिध्यता तथा सत्कारिता अतुलनीय ओर अनुमोदनीय हैं..समाज को आपने कभी निराश नहीं किया है ..निज पर शासन- फिर अनुशासन को आपने भली-भांति निभाया है ओर निभाते रहें.. यह एक अनवरत चलने वाली प्रक्रिया है तथा मुझे अपार प्रसन्नता है कि भाई आमिर जी के मार्गदर्शन ओर सानिध्य में सत्यमेव जयते निरंतर प्रगति के पथ पर अग्रसर रहते हुए सफलता का परचम लहरा रहा है...वर्त्तमान में जीने वालों के चित निर्मल और मानसिक एकाग्रता पुष्ट होती है..बिना किस लाग लपेट के निष्पक्ष रूप से विचारो की अभिव्यक्ति ही समाज को सोचने पर मजबूर करेगी और सोच ही पहले दिशा और फिर दशा बदलेगा.. आप इसी तरह सफलता के सोपानों पर अग्रसर रहे और भ्रूण हत्या जैसी सामाजिक जगत की कुरीतियों तथा विषमताओ से मुक्त करने की कोशिश करते रहे और हमारा सहयोग बिना किसी स्वार्थ के निर्विध्न रूप से आपको प्राप्त होता रहेगा..आप के उज्जवल भविष्य की मंगल कामना शुभ भावो के दीपक में सजाकर प्रेषित करते हुए अत्यंत ही आनंद की अनुभूति कर रहा हूँ.. आदर सहित , सधन्यवाद -- सज्जन राज मेहता -- सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता 09845501150 बन्गलोर sajjanrajmehta.blogspot.com

WILL FREEDOM OF SPEECH SURVIVE ? AT THE OUTSET,I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT SHOULD BE REACTION TO THE MAMTA BANERJEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO GET HER OWN CHANNEL AND NEWSPAPER AND TODAY ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER SRI GOGAI ALSO ENDORSING IT.. THE CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESS LIES IN MAKING IMPARTIAL AND DISPASSIONATE COMMENT ON WORLD AND INTERNAL HAPPENINGS.IT SHOULD NOT BELONG TO A PARTY,A SECT OR A SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY,RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BUT TO THE PEOPLE,TO THE NATION..IT MUST AVOID MISCHIEVIOUS PROPAGANDA AND BE DESTRUCTIVE AGAINST THE SOCIAL EVILS SUCH AS RISING PRICES,BLACK MARKET,CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT MACHINERY ETC..IT MUST WITH AN OPEN MIND CRITICISE THE INACTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OR INDIVIDUAL AND URGE REFORMS.. BY HAVING GOVERNMENT'S OWN MEDIA WHETHER THESE THING WILL NOT AFFECT ? * FIRST DUTY TO REPORT FACTS.. *WILL IT NOT BE POLLUTED BY THE TOUCH OF THE SELFISH INTEREST... *WILL IT NOT BE COLOURED OPINION AND MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS... *WILL IT BE FREE FRON ANY PARTY AFFILIATION... *WILL PUBLIC GRIEVANCES BE HIGHLIGHTED... GANDHIJI SAID "DEMOCRACY IS NOT A STATE IN WHICH PEOPLE ACT LIKE SHEEP..UNDER DEMOCRACY,INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY OF OPINION AND ACTION IS JEALOUSLY GUARDED.".. ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID "DEMOCRACY IS THE GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE..IT PROCEEDS ON SUPPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE EQUAL AND SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FREEDOM OF ACTION.. HOPE WISDOM PREVAILS AND A DEBATE TAKES PLACE ON THIS CRUCIAL ISSUE.. THANKS A LOT... WITH KINDEST REGARDS... SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA SOCIAL WORKER... .09845501150

भगवान् महावीर के अनुयायिओं क़ी व्यापार के साथ-साथ शिक्षा,शांति ओर सेवा में उनकी भूमिका का आंकलन

भगवान् महावीर के अनुयायिओं क़ी व्यापार के साथ-साथ शिक्षा,शांति ओर सेवा में उनकी भूमिका का आंकलन

समूचे भारत वर्ष में जैन समाज का अपना एक स्थान है..अपनी एक महत्ता है..जैनियों क़ी रग-रग में व्यापारिक गुण मौजूद है,विद्यमान है पर उनके रोम-रोम में जन-जन के लिए करुणा,सेवा,शांति भावना निवासित है तथा हर तबके के लोगों को प्राथमिक शिक्षा सहज सुलभ ह़ो..उस दिशा में काफी अनुमोदनीय प्रयास किये है..तीर्थंकर महावीर के जन कल्याणकारी उपदेशो के प्रभावों से प्रभावित होकर ही सही,जैन समाज के हजारों साधू-सध्विओं (चलते-फिरते तीर्थ कह दू तो कोई आतिशयोक्ति नहीं होगी ) के मुखारबिंद से जिनवाणी के श्रवण से भी सही,जैन आगमो के निरंतर स्वाध्याय से अपने भीतर क़ी आत्म को प्रकाशित करते हुए भी सही आज बन्गलोर के कोने कोने में जैन समाज द्वारा संचालित स्वयं सेवी संस्थाए,विद्यालय,विश्व-विद्यालय.,चिकित्सालय,औषधालय,मंदिर,स्थानक भवन,सभा भवन अपने अपने स्तर पर सदुपयोगी सेवाएं सहज सुलभ करा रहे है..व्यापार जितना जीवन यापन के लिए जरुरी है, व्यापारिक गतिविधिया जितनी सामाजिक स्तर पर अपना वजूद कायम रखने के लिए नितांत आवश्यक है ,व्यापारिक गतिविधिया जितनी सरकारी कोषों के भी संरक्षण हेतु भी अवश्यंभावी है..सरकारी राजस्व के आंकड़ो पर गौर फरमाए तो जैनियों का योगदान सराहनीय,प्रशंसनीय ,अनुमोदनीय,अनुकर्णीय तथा अतुलनीय ही ठहराया जाएगा.

जैन समाज के सदस्य बिना किसी लाग लपेट के,भेदभाव के,राजनीति के अपना सर्वस्वे अपने उद्यमों को प्रदत्त करते हुए भी सामाजिक गतिविधिओ में बढ़-चढ़ कर हिस्सेदारी निर्वाहित कर रहे है..उन्होंने कभी राजनीति में जरुरत से ज्यादा दिलचस्पी दिखाते हुए स्वाभिमान को ठेस नहीं पहुचने दी ..चाहे वस्त्र व्यापार,रसायन,कागज,बिजली.कंप्यूटर,ज्वेलरी,सराफा,वित्,या बड़े-२ कल कारखाने ह़ो या किसी भी व्यवसाय में रत हो ..हर जगह अपनी अमिट छाप छोड़ी है..स्वस्थ प्रतिद्वंदिता के साथ व्यापार में रत रह कर कई सामाजिक ओर धार्मिक संस्थानों का कुशल संचालन भी कर रहे है..जैसे भगवान् महावीर कॉलेज,अस्पताल,जैन विद्यालय,सुराना कॉलेज,आदर्श कॉलेज,में आज मात्र जैन समाज के ही नहीं वरन दूर दूर से समूचे दक्षिण भारत के वाशिंदे लाभान्वित ह़ो रहे है..इसी तरह जैन युवा संगठन ,भारतीय जैन संगठन,कर्णाटक मारवाड़ी यूथ फेडेरशन ,जैन यूथ एसोसिअसन,राजस्थान संघ,तेरापंथ समाज,जैन कांफेरेंस,जैन नेत्रालय तथा भगवान महावीर नेत्रालय.के माध्यम से जनता जनार्दन को प्रचुर मात्रा में सेवा सुलभ कराइ जा रही है..कई सरकारी विद्यालयों को गोद लिया जा चूका है ..कई अनाथ-आश्रमों में हर शेत्र के नवयुवक-नवयुवतिया अपनी जेब खर्च क़ी राशी से सेवा-सुश्रुषा में लीं है..कई महिला मंडल निरंतर शिविरों के माध्यमो से ज्ञान ज्योतो जला रही है..व्यापारी बंधू कई बड़ी -२ TRADE ASS0CIATIONS से जुड़ कर .उनका प्रतिनिधित्व करते हुए समूचे व्यापारी वर्ग को राहत प्रदान करा रहे है..कई यहाँ कि सामजिक गतिविधिओ में जैसे रोटरी.लोएँस,जेसीज,क्लुबों के माध्यम से भी स्वेछिक सेवाएं सुलभ कराइ जा रही है..जैन समाज के सेंकडो से ज्यादा अनुभवी और विलक्षण प्रतिभा के धनी डॉक्टर,चार्टर्ड ACCOUNTANTS ,तकनीकी विशेषज्ञ ,प्रशासनिक सेवाओं में तल्लीन है..

साधन संपन्न होते हुए भी अहंकार रहित जीवन यापन करना तथा देश के राजस्व में निरंतर तल्लीन रहकर लाखो दक्षिण भारतियों को भी रोजगार कम उपलब्ध कराया है....समय-२ पर जैन समाज के सत्कार्यों क़ी गूंज सरकार के सिपाहसलारों से,अन्य समाज के प्रबुद्ध नागरिकों से,धर्म गुरुओं से सुनने को मिलती है ..आप जैसे कई प्रतिष्टित अख़बारों ने भी मुक्त कंठ से प्रशंसा की है तो सहज ही जैन समाज का होने के कारण मन रोमांचित हो उठाता है पर दुसरे ही पल उनके और आप श्री के विश्वास को बनाये रखने हेतु वापस उसी में लग जाता है..जैन समाज आज समूची जनसंख्या के ज्यादा प्रतिशत नहीं होते हुए भी उस प्रतिशत क़ी तुलना में कई ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दे रहे है..किसी भी वर्ग को सफलता यूँ ही नहीं मिलाती या यों कहू कि सफलता अलादीन के चिराग कि तरह भूमि को फोड़ कर नहीं निकला करती-ना ही किसी अवतार कि तरह आकाश से अवतरित होती है ..कामयाबिया जैनियों के स्वस्थ नजरिये का परिणाम है..उनकी सेवाओं का प्रतिफल है,स्वस्थ मानसिकता की परिणिति है,तीर्थंकरों के आशीर्वादों से फलित है तथा जैन साधू-साध्वियों क़ी आशीषों से सिंचित और पल्लवित हो रही है..जैन समाज ने एक हाथ से लिया तो दुसरे हाथ को देने के लिए खुला छोड़ रखा है..जैसे आकाश में यदि प्रकाश हो और कमल का विकास ना हो ,ऐसा कभी नहीं हो सकता उसी तरह जन -जन के कल्याण क़ी अभिलाषा मन में संजोये जैनी व्यवसाय में सब कुछ दांव पर लगा कर तन्मयता से गतिविधिओं को अंजाम दे और सफलता उनके कदन ना चूमे ...यह भला कैसे हो सकता है..

नई पीढ़ी क़ी सोच भी व्यापक बदलाव को आतुर है और आशा ही नहीं पूर्ण ऐतबार है कि उनके संकल्पों क़ी बदौलत कुछ महत्वपूर्ण योजनाओं में ज्यादा दिलचस्पी बढ़ेगी यानी विधालयों.अस्पतालों.गौशालाओ तथा कुछ राजनितिक दलों को संरक्षण में भी वे पीछे नहीं रहना चाहते.युवाओं के लिए हर अवसर एक कांच की फूलदानी कि तरह है जो ना मालुम कब हाथ से फिसल जाए--या फिर कागज़ के एक पुडिया की तरह है कि कब पानी कि बूंद से यह गल जाए पर वे ज्यादा सतर्कता तथा बुजुर्गो के अनुभवी मार्गदर्शन में अपनी रोटी बराबर सेंक लेंगे..जरुरत है कि हम युवा सही दिशा में निरंतर आगे बढ़ाते हुए समज कि दशा को बदलने में अपनी क्षमताओं की आहुति प्रदान कर संतोष सुख को प्राप्त करे..

आज समाज अनेक समस्याओं से घिरा हुआ है..जैसे आग्रह,विग्रह,आवेश,क्रूरता,आसक्ति,असंयम,अनास्था,पश्चिमी सभ्यता के अन्धानुकरण की व्रती,भ्रूण हत्या,दहेज़ हत्या,वैवाहिक सम्बन्ध विच्छेद,संग्रह मनोवृति,श्रम की उपेक्षा,हिंसा जन्य प्रसाधन सामग्री का प्रयोग ,आतंकवाद और अनेक सम-सामयिक समस्यांए लगातार परेशान कर रही है ..जैन समज को एक बार फिर ऐसे आयोजनों या तीर्थंकर महा-पुरुषो के जन्म-कल्याणक महोत्सवों पर संत -सतियों से उचित मार्ग दर्शन प्राप्त कर युवा पीढ़ी को राह्भ्रमित की बीमारी से बचाने का सुप्रयास करना है..जैन जीवन शैली के महत्वपूर्ण आयामों का जीवन में प्रवेश कराकर आचरण करना है..सम्यक ज्ञान दर्शन और चरित्र के गुणों को आत्मसात कर समाज अनवरत रूप से सुख ,शांति और सदभाव को कायम रख सकता है..सामजिक व्यवस्थाओ से जुड़े होने के कारण अन्य समाज एवं संघ के सदस्यों को हमसे अपेक्षाए होना स्वाभाविक है,जिस पर हमारा द्रष्टिकोण सुधारात्मक ह़ो, सोने में सुहागा ह़ो जायेगा यदि हम सब मिलकर,अपनी-अपनी क्षमताओ का तड़का लगाकर कुछ सामाजिक रीति-रिवाजों में ह़ो रहे विलासिता-पूर्ण प्रदर्शनों पर अंकुश लगाने क़ी बात मिल कर सोचे तथा युवा वर्ग आगे बढ़कर जन हितार्थ कुछ पाबंदी क़ी सोचे..कोई भी निर्णय थोपा नहीं जाए पर आम सहमति क़ी चेष्टा कर सुप्रयांसो से समाज को तथा समज के वाशिंदों को अवगत कराया जा सके..परम हर्ष का विषय है समस्त मुनि वृन्द भी अतिरिक्त प्रयासों के लिए ज्यादा तत्पर है ओर उनका मार्गदर्शन तथा निर्देशन समाज में नई चेतना का संचार करेगा...विश्व का मंगल हो,प्राणी मात्रा का मंगल हो,सभी के उज्जवल भविष्य क़ी मंगल कामना शुभ भावों के दीये में जलाकर प्रेषित करते हुए हर जन के सहयोग,सानिध्य,स्नेह,सहकार क़ी भावना भाता हूँ..

विशेष आदर सहित.......

'जल ही जीवन है ' इसे कदापि व्यर्थ ना गंवाए..

'जल ही जीवन है ' इसे कदापि व्यर्थ ना गंवाए..




हम हर त्यौहार को मनाते है, पर आइये इस बार त्यौहार के साथ सामजिक पहलू को भी छुए तथा भगवान् महावीर जन्म कल्याणक महोत्सव के दिन संकल्प ले कि विश्व पर आ रहे जल के संकट के मद्दे नजर हम भी जल संरक्षण की मुहिम में एक जागरुक नागरिक क़ी भांति सहर्ष सकारात्मक सहयोग प्रदान करेंगे.
हम समाज के हर तबके को 'जल ही जीवन है ' इसे कदापि व्यर्थ ना गंवाए.. से अवगत करने क़ी सफल चेष्टा करे..आपकी जानकारी के लिए जैन समाज के हजारों साधू-संत जीवन पर्यंत पूर्ण स्नान का त्याग पालते है तथा उनको लाखो सुश्रावक-सुश्रविका भी कुछ शर्तों के साथ निभाते है...जैन समाज के मूल सिधांत 'अपरिग्रह' के तहत किसी भी वस्तु का जरुरत से ज्यादा संग्रह या उपयोग वर्जित है..किसी भी वस्तु का सद्य्पयोग ही जायज है..

पानी बचाने के संकल्प का दिन।
पानी के महत्व को जानने का दिन और पानी के संरक्षण के विषय में समय रहते सचेत होने का दिन।
प्रकृति के ख़ज़ाने से हम जितना पानी लेते हैं हमारी ज़िम्मेदारी है कि उसका सदुपयोग करें।
सबसे पृथ्वी पर सभी प्राकृतिक संसाधनों के बीच सबसे आवश्यक पानी है|
पानी की एक बूंद प्यासे आदमी के लिए सोने की एक बोरी से अधिक मूल्य की है|
यदि हम में से हर एक को आज के लिए पानी को बचाने के प्रयास करें तभी हम बाद में बचत कर पायेंगे।
जल संरक्षण के लिए सबसे प्रभावी और पर्यावरण ध्वनि करने के लिए ग्लोबल वार्मिंग से लड़ने विधि है।
जल संरक्षण से ही हम पानी की कमी को कम कर सकते हैं।
जल संरक्षण अपने पीने के पानी की गुणवत्ता में सुधार करने में मदद करता है|

आईये हम पानी को बचाने के लिए भी कुछ आसान उपाय देखें।
1) नल से पानी की रिसाव से बचें।विशेष रूप से बंद का उपयोग करें जब आप अपने दाँत ब्रश या कपड़े धोने में जब नल चालू नहीं रख़ें।
2) वर्षा से जल संरक्षण करें।
3)पानी की आपूर्ति के उन क्षेत्रों में जो असीमित पानी की आपूर्ति प्राप्त है में सीमित होना चाहिए.
4)शौचालयों में पानी की रिसाव की जाँच करें।
5)ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में लोगों को इस का मूल्य समझायें।
6) मीडिया और दीवार पोस्टर के माध्यम से पानी के संरक्षण को बढ़ावा दें।
7) फेंके जा रहे पानी का उपयोग करें जो व्यर्थ फेंक दिया जाता है तथा जिससे बागवानी और सफाई के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है
8)कार या गाडी धोते समय नली के बजाय एक झाड़ू का या पोछे का उपयोग करना बहेतर होगा।

पानी को व्यर्थ न गवायें
जल ही जीवन है… इसे व्यर्थ न गवायें

JAIN COMMUNITY'S ROLE IN PEACE,EDUCATION AND SERVICE WITH BUSINESS

JAIN COMMUNITY'S ROLE IN PEACE,EDUCATION AND SERVICE WITH BUSINESS

Business is in their blood. Peace is their badge. The combination makes the Jains an extraordinary community in India. They follow the tenets of Lord Mahaveera and other Teerthankaras.The Jains are spread all over the country.The secret of their success lies in their adaptability. The place they move into becomes their home. They imbibe the local culture and tradition without losing touch with their own. Today their presence in businesses such as textiles, silk, jewellery exports and steel trade is substantial. Their role in stock exchanges is often dominant.Perhaps, it’s their seemingly obvious ‘business-only’ approach to social life that has left them apparently deprived in politics. Men in power know that Jains rarely take to demonstrative protests and in any case, their numbers don’t seem to matter in today’s pattern of electoral politics. Their interest in trains seems to be an exception. Occasionally, the community in Karnataka comes up with demands for trains to Rajasthan with stops at various towns of importance to the community. Two new trains were introduced last year.

Jains involvement in social activities is another matter. The Jain organisations in Chennai, Bangalore and Coimbatore are notable for their community work. The beneficiaries of these activities are mostly people from other communities. In Karnataka, organisations like Jain Yuva Sangathan, Jain Youth Association, Jain Youth Federation, Rajasthan Youth Association,Bhagwaan Mahaveer Jain College,B B U L Jain Vidyalaya,Bhagwaan Mahaveer Jain Hospital and Karnataka Marwari Youth Federation are engaged in charitable activities of all kind. They hold free camps for eye check-up, for giving away artificial limbs (Jaipur foot) and for donating school books to needy children. These organisations have also adopted some government and corporation schools for general assistance.

Generally speaking, Jains are economically well placed. One reason for this is that most of the successful entrepreneurs in the community would willingly lend a helping hand to those who are in need of such support. In any case, as far as the governments go, Jains are a minority. (They are around15 million worldwide. In Karnataka alone, they are as small as about 7 lakhs, and there are about 40 lakh followers of Jainism in the four major cities of Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Delhi.) Benefits meant for minorities are available to Jains.But there are many instances where Shwetambars have not accepted such benefits.



Jains have clearly recognised the need to excell in education as much as in business. This is evident from the fact that they have recently formed the Federation of Jain Educational Institutions of India to give shape to their ideas and dreams. There is, however, one member of the community whose initiatives in Karnataka has made a difference to the state as a whole. Veerendra Hegde, the Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, a famous piligrim centre in Dakshina Kannada district is in many ways a very special kind of person. Though a Jain himself, Hegde has been administering a Hindu temple where the presiding deity is Lord Manjunatha. Parts of Karnataka have well-known colleges of higher education and hospitals which came up because of Hegde’s efforts. The excellence of his institutions and indeed the quality of his leadership have attracted the admiration of people from all walks of life, including academics, economists and thinkers.

The one-thousand pillared Basadi at at Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district, also known as the Jain Kashi of the South, towering statute of Gomateshwara in Karkala, three Basadis and a Jain mutt in Narasimharajapura and the famous Jain temple of Parshwanatha-Padmawati at Humcha in Shimoga, apart from Bahubali in Shravanabelagola are historic landmarks in Karnataka. A massive Jain temple alike FAMOUS PALITANA IN GUJARAT is coming up at Devanahalli, near to the international airport in Bangalore..



WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN LIVE AND LET LIVE ..WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE NOBLE CAUSE OF "SAVE WATER AND RAIN WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM" OF OUR GOVERNMENT..WE FEEL THAT WATER IS PRECIOUS AND NEED TO SPEND IT WISELY..OUR ORGANISATION WILL MOTIVATE ONE AND ALL TO SAVE WATER THROUGH A SCIENTIFIC CAMPAIGN..

WHETHER UNION FINANCE MINISTER DOES WHAT HE SAYS ?

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RESPECTED SIR / MADAM ,

CST 2% YET WE ARE PAYING WHICH WAS TO BE ABOLISHED AS FROM 4% TO 3 THEN 2 AND 1 AND NIL BUT YET WE ARE PAYING IN THE GUISE OF GST GST SINCE 2 YEARS....YET NO GUIDE LINES OR ROAD MAP HENCE TAKE IT FROM ME THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH IT IS ANNOUNCED FROM AUGUST 1ST BUT IT WOULDN'T COME..WHY ? IN THE NAME OF GST NEITHER 2% CST IS ABOLISHED NOR WE HAVE GOT RID FROM EXCISE WHICH WAS IMPOSED ON US LAST YEAR..TAX INCIDENCE HAS INCREASED BUT ULTIMATELY CONSUMER IS THE WORST HIT..AS WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE, SHOULD NOT EACH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE..Trying to curb the inflation by reducing subsidies or raising the taxes is like giving a drunk another drink to sober him up.Increasing taxes to stop inflation makes about as much sense as fanning a fire to cool its heat.How much better off we all would be if quality or equality of living were inflated instead of prices.Thanks to the inflation or dearness we are suffering,it is costing more than ever to live beyond our means.With food,rent,petrol and gas prices so high,when you balance the budget,there is nothing left to budget the balance.



READYMADE & GARMENT INDUSTRY IS DISAPPOINTED AS THEIR EFFORTS TO GET EXCISE ON GARMENTS ABOLISHED IS NOT FRUITFUL AND ONLY 0-94% BENEFIT IS GIVEN..EARLIER EXCISE OF 10.3 % WAS ON 45% OF MRP AND NOW IT IS 12.3%
ON 30% OF MRP..CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF GARMENTS,WHICH IS A BASIC NECESSITY OF A HUMAN BEING ON PAR WITH BREAD AND HOUSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THE EXCISE.

SERVICE TAX HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON ALMOST EVERY THING EXCEPT THE NEGATIVE LIST OF 17 ITEMS WHICH WILL DEFINITELY ADD TO THE INFLATION AND GARMENTS WILL BE COSTLY..UPA GOVERNMENT ON OUR SINCERE REQUEST ABOLISHED EXCISE IN 2004 AND SRIMATI SONIA GANDHI HERSELF TOOK THE LEAD BUT ONLY FOR THE REVENUE WE HAVE BEEN PENALISED....ALL LEADING TEXTILE,GARMENT AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS WERE UNITED IN DEMANDING REMOVAL OF EXCISE ON GARMENTS..WE WELCOME THE MOVE OF ENHANCING THE AUDIT LIMIT UNDER INCOME TAX ACT TO 1 CRORE ,WHICH WAS LONG OVERDUE AND IT WAS ONLY ONLY THE DEMAND OF KHAGA IN NATION'S INTEREST..ON FDI RETAIL,GOVERNMENT MUST SIT TO-GETHER WITH THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS TO SORT IT OUT AMICABELLY..

Trying to curb the inflation by reducing subsidies or raising the taxes is like giving a drunk another drink to sober him up.Increasing taxes to stop inflation makes about as much sense as fanning a fire to cool its heat.How much better off we all would be if quality or equality of living were inflated instead of prices.Thanks to the inflation or dearness we are suffering,it is costing more than ever to live beyond our means.With food,rent,petrol and gas prices so high,when you balance the budget,there is nothing left to budget the balance.



"The concept of the welfare state implies a coalition of the Government of the people in such a way as to enable the two components to travel hand in hand each complimenting the other's efforts for the the promotion of the common objective."SHRI JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU..



WE ANTICIPATE YOUR KIND RESPONSE AND POSITIVE SUPPORT.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL IF ANY FURTHER QUERY...

WITH KINDEST REGARDS..THANKS A LOT..

ACT BEFORE IT'S TOO TOO LATE

ACT BEFORE IT'S TOO TOO LATE


THE HUMAN BEING IS HIS OWN SALVATION,AND THAT IS THROUGH THREE JEWELS;RIGHT FAITH,RIGHT KNOWLEDGE AND RIGHT CONDUCT.YEDDYURAPPA"S ENDORSEMENT OF MISTAKES BEING MADE TO REMAIN IN POWER SHOWS HIS FLEXIBLE NATURE BUT THAT IS NOT THE NEED OF THE DAY..HE HAS TO FOLLOW SRI NARENDRA MODI & SORT OUT THE MATTERS IN CONSULTATION WITH BJP CENTRAL LEADRSHIP & STATE TEAM. IT IS REALLY ADMIRABLE THAT PARTY HAS ULTIMATELY GIVEN DUE IMPORTANCE TO THE DISCIPLINE OTHERWISE IT MAY BRING THE PARTY BACK TO THE 80'S WHEN THEY HAD 2 SEATS.TOLERANCE ABOVE LEVEL IS SEEN AS A WEAKNESS..IT CERTAINLY REFLECTS THE EGOISTIC PSYCHE OF THIS AGE.HOWEVER,LET US BE CLEAR THAT ECONOMIC AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT TOLERANCE ARE NOT GOING TO YIELD AUSPICIOUS FRUITS.NO ONE HAS DOUBTS ON BJP'S MOTIVES FOR THE STATE'S DEVELOPMENT BUT THE PARTY LACKS DISCIPLINE...

HE WHO DOES HIS DUTIES WITHOUT ATTACHMENT AND SURRENDERS TO THE SUPREME IS FREE FROM SINS;LIKE LOTUS LEAF UNTOUCHED BY DIRTY WATER..THESE LEADERS MUST HAVE LEARNT FROM PARTY SYMBOL..PARTY'S IDEOLOGIES NEEDS TO BE SAFEGUARDED AT TOP LEVEL & WHO IS FACING THE ACTION IS NOT IMPORTANT AS THE PARTY'S SELF RESPECT.

WISH HON'BLE CM THE BEST OF THE LUCK IN HIS MAIDEN BUDGET & HOPE WISDOM PREVAILS OF ON ENTIRE BJP TO WORK IN STATE'S INTEREST FAILING WHICH CONGRESSS & JDS ARE READY TO GRAB THE OPPORTUNITY..ACT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE & SITUATIONS GET WORSENED BEYOND CONTROL..



SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA.

SOCIAL WORKER

READYMADE & GARMENT INDUSTRY IS DISAPPOINTED

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RESPECTED SIR / MADAM ,

READYMADE & GARMENT INDUSTRY IS DISAPPOINTED AS THEIR EFFORTS TO GET EXCISE ON GARMENTS ABOLISHED IS NOT FRUITFUL AND ONLY 0-94% BENEFIT IS GIVEN..EARLIER EXCISE OF 10.3 % WAS ON 45% OF MRP AND NOW IT IS 12.3%
ON 30% OF MRP..CONDIDERING THE NATURE OF GARMENTS,WHICH IS A BASIC NECESSITY OF A HUMAN BEING ON PAR WITH BREAD AND HOUSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THE EXCISE.

SERVICE TAX HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON ALMOST EVERY THING EXCEPT THE NEGATIVE LIST OF 17 ITEMS WHICH WILL DEFINITELY ADD TO THE INFLATION AND GARMENTS WILL BE COSTLY..UPA GOVERNMENT ON OUR SINCERE REQUEST ABOLISHED EXCISE IN 2004 AND SRIMATI SONIA GANDHI HERSELF TOOK THE LEAD BUT ONLY FOR THE REVENUE WE HAVE BEEN PENALISED....ALL LEADING TEXTILE,GARMENT AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS WERE UNITED IN DEMANDING REMOVAL OF EXCISE ON GARMENTS

ENTIRE GARMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS WILL SIT AND DECIDE THE FURTHER COURSE OF ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THE GARMENT INDUSTRY WHICH IS THE NEED OF THE DAY..WHY EXCISE SHOULD BE ABOLISHED,WE HAVE SENT EARLIER THE DETAILED MEMORANDUMS..


WE ANTICIPATE YOUR KIND RESPONSE AND POSITIVE SUPPORT.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL IF ANY FURTHER QUERY...

WITH KINDEST REGARDS..THANKS A LOT..

SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA
EX.PRESIDENT..KARNATAKA HOSIERY AND GARMENT ASSOCIATION
CHAIRMAN..TAXATION COMMITTEE..K H A G A
09845501150

WILL GARMENT INDUSTRY WILL BE SAFEGUARDED BY SRI PRANAB DA AS WAS DONE BY SRIMATI SONIA JI IN 2004 BY ABOLISHING EXCISE DUTY

PRESS-RELEASE

RESPECTED SIR / MADAM ,

READYMADE & GARMENT INDUSTRY WILL BE OBLIGED IF SRI PRANAV MUKHARJEE CONSIDERS THEIR SINCERE REQUEST FOR ABOLITION OF EXCISE DUTY IMPOSED LAST YEAR..WE NEED YOUR KIND SUPPORT AND TIMELY ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THE INDUSTRY AND TRADE..

WE HAVE SENT THE MEMORANDUMS BY EMAIL.COURIER AND FAX TO HON'BLE PRIME MINISTER,UPA CHAIR PERSON SRIMATI SONIA GANDHI,UNION TEXTILE MINISTER, FINANCE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS & MEDIA ALSO..WE ANTICIPATE YOUR KIND RESPONSE AND POSITIVE SUPPORT..

WITH KINDEST REGARDS..THANKS A LOT..

HAPPY HOLI TO ONE AND ALL..

सभी को होली की बहुत बहुत बधाई....जीवन मैं आनंद हो,सुकून ह़ो,समन्वय ह़ो.सौहार्द ओर शांति हो...जीवन भी होली के रंगबिरंगे रंग की तरह रंगीन हो.....जय हो ।।

अनुरोध है कि होली पर्व पर सभी तिलक लगाकर होली पर्व मनाए। लगातार गिरते भूजल स्तर को और नहीं गिरने दें। केमिकल रंगों से होली खेलने पर लाखों लीटर पानी व्यर्थ होता है। यदि हम अबीर गुलाल लगाकर होली सेलिब्रेशन करेंगे तो लाखों लीटर पानी बचाया जा सकेगा।

HAPPY HOLI TO ONE AND ALL..
SAJJAN RAJ,PRAMILA,MINAL AND ANKUSH MEHTA

PRESIDENT REFERS BILL OF COW-SLAUGHTERING TO KARNATAKA AGAIN

PRESIDENT REFERS BILL OF COW-SLAUGHTERING TO KARNATAKA AGAIN

WE WELCOME THE MOVE OF HONOURABLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA WHO HAS FINALLY SENT THE COW-SLAUGHTERING BILL WITH SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT TO REPRODUCE IN VIDHAN SOUDHA..HOPE AND TRUST THAT KARNATKA GOVERNMENT WILL FINALLY AMEND THE BILL THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE WITH PROPER CONSULTATIONS AND GET IT PASSED ,WHERE EVER NECESSARY..HOPE WISDOM PREVAILS ON ONE AND ALL THE FINAL OUTCOME IS TO PAAS THE BILL AMICABLY ..

THANKS TO THE MEDIA ALSO FOR THEIR WHOLE -HEARTED SUPPORT...ENCLOSED HEREWITH THE MEMORANDUM SENT TO THE HON'BLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA.THE GOVERNOR,KARNATAKA,THE CHIEF-MINISTER OF KARNATAKA AND THE PRESS..IN 2010 AND 2011 ALSO..

SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA
SOCIAL WORKER

संशोधित गो- हत्या बिल अगले सत्र में....

संशोधित गो- हत्या बिल अगले सत्र में....

इसकी जितनी अनुमोदना की जाए कम है क्योंकि काफी समय से हम यह मांग कर रहे थे कि गो-ह्त्या निषेध बिल पर कोई तरह कि राजनीति ना ह़ो तथा महामहिम राष्ट्रपति ,राज्यपाल,मुख्यमंत्री तथा मीडिया को ज्ञापन भेजे गए थे ..पिछाले साल में भी भेजे गए ज्ञापन की प्रतिलिपी संलग्न है..देर ही सही ,मगर दुरस्त शायद..हम सबका स्वप्न साकार ह़ो ओर गो -ह्त्या निषेध बिल ध्वनिमत से सर्वत्र पारित ह़ो.महामहिम राष्ट्रपति महोदय ने महत्ती कृपा कर इसे कर्णाटक सरकार को वापिस भेजकर कुछ संशोधन के सुझाव दिए है, जिसका हम तहे दिल से स्वागत करते है.. कर्नाटक सरकार अवश्य ही तत्परता से इसे चर्चा कर पारित करने में कामयाब ह़ो,यही शुभेच्छा है..

..जय ह़ो...

मीडिया को भी धन्यवाद...

APPARREL INDUSTRY FOR LIFTING EXCISE .NEWS IN FASHION UNITED.COM ON 8.2.12.

Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Last year after the government imposed 10 per cent excise duty on branded apparels, brands holders had to increase product prices and that negatively affected the growth of the apparel retail. Since consumers tightened their purse strings due to signs of global slowdown and high product rates. In a letter to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Karnataka Hosiery & Garment Association and Taxation Committee Chairman Sajjan Raj Mehta has appealed for its withdrawal, keeping in mind the continued impact in the New Year.

Apparel industry is the second largest job provider with the sector employing nearly 2.5 crore people in India. With the excise impact, small manufacturing units had to shut shop resulting in mass unemployment. According to the industry players, government has been playing a double game, on one hand, it has opened up garment imports at zero import duty from Bangladesh and on the other, it has levied excise duty on domestic garment labels. The apparel industry players are still reeling under the worst impact of excise, high raw material costs, low buying and high inventories coupled with slowdown in the Western countries.

Indian Hosiery Industry – corrective measures needed for its survival

Indian Hosiery Industry – corrective measures needed for its survival

This is in continuation to our letter of last month and numerous other representations made
to you regarding the difficulties faced by Indian hosiery industry due to imposition of 10.3%
Mandatory Excise Duty on Branded Readymade Products. The matter has further worsened
with the allowance of duty free import of readymade garments / hosiery products from
Bangladesh.

We from the KARNATAKA HOSIERY AND GARMENT ASSOCIATION have been
continuously writing about the fledging problems and seeking your kind attention on the above
two issues which has had a severe damaging effect on the Indian hosiery industry. It has not
only led to continuous slowdown, loss of businesses – but has also resulted in many players
having shut down their enterprises due to lack of opportunities coupled with mounting cost of
production, growing pressure on their capital investment among others.

The Government must take a relook on the issue of Mandatory Excise Duty on branded
products - and in all fairness rollback this Duty to save our garment industry from the brink of
total devastation. The Government ought to understand that its policies may generate revenues
for their coffers, but they are certainly not conducive to growth of this industry. It must also
realize that unless something is done in the very near future, lakhs of workers (40% of which
are women) will lose their jobs, their livelihood and face extreme difficulties. The question of
their survival will be at stake – in these trying times.

On the other hand, the allowance of duty free import of readymade garments / hosiery products
from Bangladesh has dealt another disastrous blow to the hosiery business of our country. The
Government must understand that the apparel manufacturing industry of Bangladesh is far
more competitive than its Indian counterpart. The Indian apparel industry’s share of growth has
been quite low and can be gauged from the fact that in the last six years (2005-2011), India’s
apparel exports increased from $8.63 bn in 2005-06 to $12.5 bn in 2010-11 against 18% growth
recorded by garment exports from Bangladesh during the same period. Furthermore, their
garment exports increased from $7.9 bn in 2005-06 to $17.92 bn in 2010-11 and are expected
to $25bn as per targets set by them within the next 3 years.

It must also be noted that:

a. Labour cost is one of the chief components of total cost in apparel manufacturing.
Bangladesh’s labour cost is about 1/3rd of wages paid to a garment worker in India.
b. The lower size and scale of Indian garment factory is chiefly due to inflexible labour
policies, which stress upon security than availability of employment.
c. Indian knitting and processing rates are 40% higher than Bangladesh.

In our earlier memorandums, we have pointed out that our industry is wrought
with multiple problems – and with the imposition of both the mandatory excise duty and duty
free imports of readymade garments from Bangladesh, the matter has gone from bad to worse.
The product processing cost has gone up tremendously, but there is scope of increasing the
price of the products due to the possibility of customers shying away from the markets. This has
started to hurt the local industry very badly, while our markets are getting flooded with cheap
Bangladeshi products. Even if we wanted to match them – it would be impossible to do so,
given the limitations.

"YARN” which belongs to the organized sector with only about 1000 mills has been
exempted from the purview of excise duty? Whereas, the garment sector – which is extensively
disorganized / defragmented with lakhs of units have been brought under the excise regime.
If revenue was the primary / only contention of Government, taxing the Yarn industry would
have generated far more revenue than what is being generated through the garment industry.
Unfortunately, this move by the Government has had a retrograde effect and has disturbed the
operations of players in the industry - by upsetting its costs & business opportunities.

Moreover, the removal of 10.3% Excise Duty on branded products is an absolutely
necessity for saving the Indian garment industry whose products are essentially meant of the “Aam Aadmi”.
As such it becomes our moral responsibility to cater to the needs of the common populace, without putting
any financial burden on them

Notwithstanding any other challenges and / or factors, the above two issues are having a
direct / indirect effect on the Indian garment Industry - resulting in scores of workers losing their
jobs and / or are being retrenched due to no fault of theirs. In fact, growth has now become a
secondary matter, given the question of survival for many players in the tiny and small segment
of this industry. It goes without saying that unless corrective measures are taken and at the
earliest, our industry will not be able to survive (leave alone growth) amidst all the challenges
and difficulties.

To explain the matters further and more importantly the gravity of the situation, we
would like to come and meet you for apprising the real situation. And of course your help and
kind intervention would go a long way in finding the right solution, which can provide avenues
for survival and adequate growth of our industry. We would like to reiterate that we are not
averse to tax collections, but it should not come in the way of our survival – our existence.

We look forward to getting an audience from your end at the earliest – and a chance for us to
tell you where we stand for furthering our discussions on the above.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA

EX.PRESIDENT..KARNATAKA HOSIERY AND GARMENT ASSOCIATION
CHAIRMAN..TAXATION COMMITTEE
09845501150

Jain Monks and nuns

Jain Monks and nuns
(SADHU AND SADHVI)
When a person renounces the worldly life and all the attachments, and is initiated into monkshood or nunhood, the man is called Sadhu or Muni and the woman is called Sadhvi..Their renunciation is total which means they are completely detached from the social and worldly activities and they do not take any part in those activities anymore. Instead, they spend their time spiritual uplifting their souls and guiding householders such as ourselves how to uplift our souls.
When they get initiated into the life of Sadhus and Sadhvis, they take five major vows and act strictly in accordance with those vows. The five great vows are:
1) Vow of absolute Non-violence.
First vow means sadhu and sadhvis will never cause harm or violence to any living being including even the tiniest creatures.
2) Vow of absolute Truthfulness
Second vow means they will not lie.
3) Vow of absolute Non-stealing
Third vow means without the permission of the owner they will not take anything from anywhere.
4) Vow of absolute Celibacy
Fourth vow means they have to observe the celibacy with an absolute adherence to it. The sadhu or sadhvis should not even touch a member of the opposite sex regardless of their age.
5) Vow of absolute Non-attachment.
Fifth vow means they do not possess anything and do not have any attachment for things they keep for their daily needs.
In summary, while taking these vows, they say, "O Lord Arihant! I will not commit the sins of violence, express falsehood, steal and enjoy sensual pleasures, or be possessive, by speech, thought or deed; nor will I assist or order anyone to commit these sins. I will not approve or endorse anyone committing such sins. Oh Lord! I hereby take a sacred and solemn vow that throughout my life, I will follow these five major vows and strictly follow the code of conduct laid out for a sadhu and a sadhvi."
Therefore, Jain Sadhus and Sadhvis never cause harm or violence to any living being. They live according to the pledge that they do not harm even the tiniest creatures. They always speak the absolute truth. They do not lie on account of fear, desire, anger or deceptive intentions. Without the permission of the owner, they do not take even the smallest thing such as a straw. They observe the vow of celibacy with an absolute adherence to it. They will not touch the members of the opposite sex, even a child. In case the members of the opposite sex either touch them by mistake or in ignorance, they have to undergo the ritual of repentance (Prayashchitta) for self-purification. Jain Sadhus should not keep money with them. They will not own or have any control on any wealth, houses, any such movable or immovable property or organization. They will limit their necessities to the lowest limit and apart from these limits they should not have any attachments.
Some special rules of conduct for sadhus and sadhvis:
The Jain sadhus or sadhvis do not take food or water after the sunset or before sunrise. They wait 48 minutes after the sun-rise before even drinking boiled water. Under any circumstance, they do not eat or drink anything between the hours of sunset and sunrise.

Gochari (Alm): Jain sadhus/sadhvis do not cook their food, do not get it prepared for them, or do not accept any food which was prepared for them. They go to different householders that are Jains or vegetarians and receive a little food from each house. This practice is called Gochari. Just as cows graze the top part of grass moving from place to place, taking a little at one place and a little at another, in the same way Jain Monks and Nuns do not take all the food from one house. They collect it from various houses. The reason Jain Sadhus/sadhvis accept a little food and not all the food from one house is because this way the householders do not have to cook again. The cooking process involves much violence in the form of fire, vegetable chopping, water consumption, etc., and sadhus or sadhvis do not want to be the part of any violence due to their needs. They do not receive food standing outside the house; but they go inside the house where food is cooked or kept. This way they can understand the situation that their accepting food would not make the householders to cook again. They accept food which is within the limit of their vows.
Vihar: They always walk with bare feet. When they travel from one place to another, whatever may be the distance they always go walking. They do not use any vehicle like bullock cart, car, boat, ship or plane for traveling. Whether it is cold weather or scorching sun; whether the road is stony or thorny; whether it is the burning sand of a desert or a burning road, they do not wear any foot-wear at any time. They move about on bare foot all their life. The reason for not wearing shoes is while walking, they can avoid crushing the bugs or insects on the ground. While going places, they preach the religion (Dharma), and provide proper spiritual guidance to people. They do not stay more than a few days in any one place except during the rainy season which is about four months in duration. The sadhus and sadhvis travel after sunrise & before sunset only.. The place where they stay is called Upashray or Paushadh Shala. They may stay in places other than the Upashrayas if those places are suitable to the practice of their disciplined life and if they do not disturb or impede the code of conduct. The reason they do not stay anywhere permanently or for a longer period in one place is to avoid developing attachment for material things and the people around them.

Loch: The Jain S�dhus and Sadhvis after receiving the Diksha (initiation) do not cut their hair or shave their heads; nor do they get these things done by a barber. But twice a year or at least once a year at the time of Paryushan, they pluck off their hairs or they get the hairs plucked by others. This is called Keshlochan or Loch. This way they are not dependent on others to carry out their needs. It is also considered as one kind of austerity where one bares the pain of plucking of the hairs calmly.
Clothing: They always wear un-stitched or minimally stitched white clothes. Some Jain sadhus do not wear the clothes. A loin cloth which reaches up to the shins is called a Cholapattak. Another cloth to cover the upper part of the body is called Pangarani (Uttariya Vastra). A cloth that passes over the left shoulder and covers the body up to a little above the ankle is called a K�mli. K�mli is a woolen shawl. They also carry a woolen bed sheet and a woolen mat to sit on. Those who wear clothes have a muhapati a square or rectangular piece of cloth of a prescribed measurement either in their hand or tied on their face covering the mouth. They also have Ogho or Rajoharan (a broom of woolen threads) to clean insects around their sitting place or while they are walking. Sadhus who do not wear any clothes have morpichhi and kamandal in their hands. These are the articles by which they can be distinguished. This practice may vary among different sects of Jains but essential principle remains the same to limit needs.
They bestow their blessings on all, uttering the words Dharm Labh (may you attain spiritual prosperity). They bless everyone alike irrespective of their caste, creed. sex, age, wealth, poverty, high, or low social status. Some put Vakshep (scented sandal dust) on the heads of people. Monks and nuns show the path of wholesome life and of a righteous and disciplined life to every one through the media of discussions, discourses, seminars and camps to attain spiritual prosperity.
The entire life of sadhus/sadhvis is directed towards the welfare of their souls. All the activities of their life have only one aim, namely, self-purification for self- realization. For the attainment of this objective, besides following laid down guidelines they perform the pratikraman daily, and perform other austerities.
Conferring a title:
The Jain sadhus, after being initiated that is, after receiving the diksha become immersed in such activities as meditation, seeking knowledge, acquiring self-discipline etc. Proceeding on the path of spiritual endeavor, when they reach a higher level of attainment, their spiritual elders, for the preservation of the four-fold Jain Sangh, confer upon them some special titles.
The Title of Acharya: This title is considered to be very high and involves a great responsibility. The entire responsibility of the Jain Sangh rests on the shoulders of the acharya. Before attaining this title, one has to make an in-depth study and a thorough exploration of the Jain Agams and attain mastery of them. One must also study the various languages of the surrounding territory and have acquired a through knowledge of all the philosophies of the world related to different ideologies and religions.
The Title of Upadhyay: This title is given to a sadhu who teaches all the sadhus and sadhvis, and has acquired a specialized knowledge of the Agams (Scriptures).
The Title of Panyas and Gani: To secure this title, one should have acquired an in-depth knowledge of all the Jain agams. To attain the status of Ganipad one should have a knowledge of the Bhagawati Sutra and to attain the Panyas-pad one should have attained a comprehensive knowledge of all the aspects of the agams.
The Jain sadhus, on account of the mode of their life, are unique among all the monks. The entire life of Sadhus and Sadhvis is dedicated to spiritual welfare of their souls; all their objectives, and all their activities are directed towards elevating their souls to the Paramatma-dasha, the state of the Supreme Soul.
Above discription is related to Svetambar Monks..
Who is a Jain?
The devotee of vishnu is called a Vaishnav; the devotee of Shiva is called a Shaiva; the follower of the Buddha is called a Buddhist: the follower of Christ is called a Christain. In the same manner, the follower of Jineshwer is known as a Jain. Hence, this dharma has become current, established and reowned under the name of the Jain dharma. One who follows the path shown by Jineshwer is a Jain.
Such a man is a Jain to whatever nation he may belong; to whatever sect or creed he may belong; in whatever philosophical context he might have been born or brought up. The Jain dharma is not a religious sect or creed. Anyone can adore and follow this dharma irrespective of his caste and creed. This living dharma is meant for all.




Fasting is very common among Jains and as a part of Jain festivals. Most Jains fast at special times, during festivals, and on holy days.Paryushan is the most prominent festival, lasting eight days in Svetambara Jain tradition and ten days in Digambar Jain tradition during themonsoon. The monsoon is a time of fasting. However, a Jain may fast at any time, especially if he or she feels some error has been committed. Variations in fasts encourage Jains to do whatever they can to maintain whatever self control is possible for the individual
Purpose of fasting

Monks, nuns and laity fast as penance and to control desires. Jains believe fasting purifies the body and the mind, reminding one of Mahavir's emphasis on renunciation and asceticism. Mahavir spent months fasting and in contemplation. It is not sufficient simply to stop eating when fasting; the person must also stop wanting to eat. Control over one's mind is a major goal. If one continues to desire food, the fast is fruitless..

Why is fasting essential ?
The body experiences weakness by fasting and hunger but that weakness is not caused by the absence of food but because the unclean stuff is cast off. After the body is purified strength returns to the body. It acquires freshness and agility. In this, there is no wonder. After the foreign, unwanted substances are removed from the body, health naturally appears in it.
Normally, in the body heat is always being produced. hence, there is always a certain degree of heat in the body. In the Jainterminolgy, this process may be given the, Taijas Sharir or Taijas Namkarma. To keep this process of the production of heat continuing, fuel is necessary. Most of the fuel is obtained from the carbohydrates and fats in our food. But during the period of Upavas fasting when the consumption of food has been stopped, the remaining oart of the food gets urnt and assimilated. Hence, during Upavas (fasing period) the fats soon decreases; and like fats the strength of the liver, the spleen and muscless also gets reduced but the brain never grows weak and never sustains even the slightest loss; so we get sound sleep. The thoughts become wholesome and pure. In the begining, the foul stuff found in the body may appear on the tongue; may come out in form of spittle; may cause giddiness etc., but gradually, everything gets all right.
Upavas is useful in getting rid of such diseases as fever, smallpox, measles, asthma, blood pressure, eczema etc. By means of Upavas the children of a doctor in America by name, Edward David, were saved from the dreadful disease of Diphtheria. In his book, The Non-breakfast plan and Fasting Cure, the doctor has written that during illness, it is far better to fast than to take fod or medicines because by that means, health can be soon recovered.
We are all human beings and as human beings the problems,humanity is facing today are our own.As a matter of fact,we ourselves are responsible for their consequences also.It is our earnest duty to ponder over their roots and causes, to suggest their solutions and to make their eradiction..Today we are celebrating SAMVATSARI, and each and every Jain according to his capacity does something towards fasting,swadhyay,samayik,jain readings & pratikraman..By pratikraman he or she asks or begs pardon for the carelessness in his or her movements and for the violence he or she caused to any creature,knowing pretty well that the fruit of non-violence is happiness and well being and that of violence is pain,grief and misery..
Fasting from one fast to 3,8.30& more fasting have been done by many..If you feel like meeting any jain saint ,you can meet or contact who have done fasting for their welfare of inner soul..
I AM FORWARDING THIS ARTICLE FOR YOUR REFERENCE..HOPE & TRUST THAT YOU WILL TRY UR BEST TO HIGH-LIGHT IN OUR ESTTEEMED DAILY SO THAT OTHERS GET BENEFITED.

SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA
EX.PRESIDENT..JAIN YUVA SANGATHAN..BANGALORE
09845501150
KINDLY SMS ME YOUR MOBILE NUMBER FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ,IF ANY..THANKS A LOT..KEEP IT UP..
GOD BLESS YOU..

Industry for lifting excise duty on garments..NEWS IN DECCAN HERALD ON 25.1.12.

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Industry for lifting excise duty on garments
Umesh M Avvannavar, Jan 24, 2012, DH News Service
The imposition of 10 per cent excise duty on branded products by the Centre, the textile industry, of which hosiery and readymade garments is an integral part, has been dealt with body blow.

In a letter to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Karnataka Hosiery &Garment Association and Taxation Committee Chairman Sajjan Raj Mehta has sought its withdrawal.

Earlier, the levy was 4 per cent and optional for garment makers who wanted to get refund under Centvat scheme. Since most did not register to claim Centvat, the duty was virtually zero. Now all branded garment makers pay 10 per cent duty on 60 per cent of MRP.

Large job provider
Being second largest job provider, the sector employs nearly 2.5 crore people in India with 40 per cent women. Shutting down small manufacturing units will result in mass unemployment. The domestic industry is worth Rs 40,000 crore made up of contributions from small-scale units scattered all over the country. Nearly 75-80 per cent of the industry still operates in the unorganised sector.

Texport Syndicate India Ltd, CEO & Director, Avinash Misar said on one hand, the government has opened up garment imports at zero import duty from Bangladesh which makes the Indian market highly competitive & price sensitive as Bangladesh products are inexpensive primarily due to low cost of operations in their country. On the other, it slaps excise duty making domestic garment industry products expensive and uncompetitive by 10 per cent.

Gokaldas Exports Limited Chief Mentor Rajendra J Hinduja said for garment exporters, the duty will create problems because even though exports are exempted from excise duty, all units will have to maintain detailed records, paper work will increase and man power cost will go up.

With severe competition from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, the industry with 10,000 garment factories work on wafer thin margins. The levy will add to our headache, Hinduja added.

According to Arvind Brands Vice President & Business Head Alok Dubey said the excise duty has come at a time when cotton and yarn prices have gone up by 100 per cent. As small units account for 85 per cent of production, they will have to bear the burden.

मुख्यमंत्री को ज्ञापन

मुख्यमंत्री को ज्ञापन
जैसा कि आपको विदित ही है कि कर्णाटक का राज्य बजट मार्च में अपेक्षित है तथा राज्य सरकार को ज्ञापन प्रेषित किये जा रहे है..उसी कड़ी में कर्णाटक होजरी एवं गारमेंट ASSOCIATION की तरफ से भी सरकार को ज्ञापन प्रेषित किया गया है जिसकी प्रतिलिप संलग्न है.

सरकार से आग्रह किया गया है कि विशेष परिस्तिथि के मद्दे नजर जो १ प्रतिशत की वेट की दर सभी वस्तुओ पर बढाई गयो थी उसे वापस कम किया जाये..पडोसी राज्यों की तुलना में हमारे यहाँ वेट ज्यादा होने का खामियाजा हम ना भुगते तथा पुरे देश में सामानांतर कर प्रणाली का हम पुरजोर समर्थन करते है..५ प्रतिशत से वापस ४ पर लाया जाए..

पिचली बार हमारे विशेष आग्रह पर सरकार ने turnover की सीमा में ६० लाख से बढ़ा कर १ करोड़ तक की थी जो कि हमारी मूल मांग २ करोड़ से 1 करोड़ कम थी अतः उसे २ करोड़ तक बढाया जाए..वर्तमान परिस्थितियों तथा आज के व्यापारिक परिवेश में 2 करोड़ का TURNOVER
सामान्य है अतः बदलाव अपेक्षित है..

गुड्स एंड सरविस टैक्स आने वाला है अतः उसके बारे में ज्यादा से ज्यादा जानकारी सुलभ कराइ जाए ताकि हम उसकी बारीकियो से अवगत हो सके तथा जरुरी बदलावों से हम सरकार को भी समय पर हमारा पक्ष रख सके..ज्ञापन मुख्यमंत्री,वित् सचिव,आयुक्त,बिक्रीकर विभाग,तथा चम्बर ऑफ़ कोम्मेर्स को भी प्रेषित किये गए है..

आपका सहयोग सदेव क़ी तरह ही अपेक्षित है..सधन्यवाद....



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09845501150

Request for withdrawal of excise duty on Branded Hosiery, Garments & Made Ups

TO,

THE HON'BLE UNION FINANCE MINISTER,

GOV'T OF INDIA,

LOKSABHA,

DELHI..


Sub: Request for withdrawal of excise duty on Branded Hosiery, Garments & Made Ups

Respected Sir,

We take this opportunity to congratulate the UPA Government for providing us the stable Governance..Your focus on inclusive growth coupled with a plethora of welfare measures,incentive schemes and other benefits will go a long way in shoring up the development in the rural and semi urban areas of our country. We also appreciate the foresight with which the Government has
planned for the training of 30 lakhs of people in Textile and Garment sector, allocating funds for support of Handloom and Powerloom Sectors etc.

While the above have brought good cheer, the Textile Industry of which Hosiery and Readymade is an
integral part has been dealt a severe blow with the imposition of 10% excise duty on branded products last year.
We pray to you to urgently examine the matter and take up our request for removal of mandatory
excise duty on readymade garments.

We would like to highlight the various reasons why we are making this earnest request to you for
immediate roll back of excise duty on readymade garments:

The domestic industry is worth nearly Rs.40,000 crores, however this aggregate is made up of
contributions from various small-scale units scattered all over the country. Nearly 75% to 80% of the
industry still operates in the unorganised sector. In most of these set-ups one man handles all the
manufacturing and financial operations unlike the few big companies that have systems and separate
departments to handle the logistics of the business. It is pertinent to highlight that in 2004, the then
Honourable Finance Minister, Shri Chidambaram has clearly stated that the fragmented and
decentralised nature of the industry as one of the main reasons for removal of mandatory excise.

The industry operates through a network of job workers in an unorganised manner. For one
product, cutting, stitching and packing/finishing operations are done by separate units. Most of the
large brands in India manufacture under this system. Imposition of excise duty has exposed all these
small job working units operating for brands (no exemptions available for units manufacturing for an
outside brand) to inspector raj and paper work to meet the excise laws.

The common man's clothing need has been impacted by high inflationary trends in the last 2-3 years.. The whole country is facing difficulty in coping with severe food inflation, however its pertinent to know that "cloth" need of common man is under more inflation than "bread". A simple vest has seen 50% inflation, while a normal shirt has seen 30-40% inflation. In such a scenario, "common-man" was looking towards the Govt for relief. However with this one move, 10-15% inflation has been further imposed on us. This tantamounts to robbing an Indian the right of affordable clothing.


The apparel industry is the second largest employer after the agriculture industry giving employment to nearly 2.5 crore people all over the country and about 40% of the labour involved in garments are women. The slightest change in the employment dynamics or shut down of the small manufacturing units will result in mass unemployment. We would like to stress here that the apparel industry is one of the largest employers of women in the country. In the event of units closing down,
many women stand to lose their means of livelihood.

This has come at a time when our industry / trade is reeling under the pressure of high input costs
(Cotton Yarn, Elastic, Sewing thread, Labour, Packaging Material etc) and reduced domestic demand
due to rising prices of products.Cotton yarn prices have increased by over 100% in past years.
With excise, the economic burden on the manufacturers has multiplied and they are being forced
to transfer the cost on to the consumers, which has resulted in the increase in MRP. It is common
knowledge that Indian consumer is highly price sensitive, and this has directly impacted consumption.
As a result there is a big negative impact on the industry/trade leading to a slow down in growth
and render many out of business.

In the year 2003, the then Finance Minister Shri Jaswant Singh declared excise duty on finished
garments. Back then, in 2003, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, the Congress leader had supported the Garment
Industry and had appealed to the Government in power to re-examine the same. Today, nine years
hence not much has changed in the industry structure but the party that opposed the imposition of
excise on finished garments has levied it last year when the industry was in no state to bear the added burden.

Contrary to general perception, the term Branded Garments is not the exclusive domain of the elite
or the rich. Every garment, irrespective of the price it is retailed at has a label, a name or a symbol to
differentiate the product of a particular manufacturer from another. Thus, when one says ‘excise on
branded garments’, it translates to excise on the entire industry and shall be applicable to the entire
population – the rich, the middle class and the poor. In other words, the common man shall be as badly
affected as the elite.

It is ironical that in the textile value chain, excise has been levied on garments, but not on yarn and
fabrics, where it is has been kept as optional. Why the most unorganised segment of the textile chain
has been meted out this harsh treatment is beyond understanding.

While the domestic manufacturers have been levied with a 10% excise duty, the global names
retailing in India do not have to bear any such additional burden. This has resulted in a relative
advantage for imported products as the Indian products keep becoming more and more expensive. This
problem will be more severe in case of SAARC countries where duty free access has been granted. This
has led to domestic brands getting uncompetitive against imports from these countries especially
the likes of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc. and eventually result in de-growth of the Indian industry.

The budget has kept the exports sector out of the excise net, however it has failed to realise that more
and more exporters are diversifying into the domestic market in view of the current global recession.
With single companies dealing in both domestic and export markets, it is going to become increasingly
cumbersome and tiresome to distinguish the goods under the export and domestic consignments
adding to the cost, time and energy spent by the manufacturer.

With the GST likely to roll out shortly, we fail to understand the logic of making the industry
go through the travails of excise regime. There are hundreds of items still outside the realm of excise, and the garment industry could well be one of those till such time GST is introduced.

For the above-mentioned reasons, we implore you to roll back the 10% excise on finished garments. The
textile industry is trying to get back on its feet after suffering a major setback due to escalating prices of
cotton. Levying the excise has not only resulted in greater torment for the industry members and has given
rise to mass unemployment. It is also feared among the industry associates that this excise has
given rise to increase in corruption & most important it has added fuel to the already flaring inflation fire.

It is our humble request on behalf of the entire textile industry of the country that you reconsider and
roll back the excise duty on finished garments at the earliest to safeguard us..

Thanking you in anticipation.

With respectful regards,

Yours truly,

SAJJAN RAJ MEHTA

CHAIRMAN..TAXATION COMMITTEE..KARNATAKA HOSIERY AND GARMENT ASSOCIATION

BANGALORE..MOB.NO..09845501150