“PRIME MINISTER : Hon. Speaker Madam, I am very happy that at long last, the House had a debate on the issue of corruption. I thank all the Members who participated in this debate.
Madam, that corruption is a major national issue is something a matter about which there is unanimity in the country. That we should collectively work to find credible approaches, credible solutions to deal with this scourge is also a matter, which unites all sections of thinking public opinion in our country.
Madam, I share that perception; and on behalf of our Government, I would like to assure this august House that in the two and A half years of period that is left to us, we will do everything in our power to clean the system of this country.
Madam, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi is not here. Yesterday, he made a powerful speech and he turned into a personal attack on me as if I am the fountain head of corruption and that I have knowingly connived at corruptions of some of my colleagues.… (Interruptions)
MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing else will go on record.
PRIME MINISTER : Madam, I consider it beneath my dignity to enter into an argument on issues which are before the PAC, issues which are in our courts. In my seven years as Prime Minister even when the Opposition Members have accused me of many crimes, I have never used harsh language in describing the conduct of any Member of this House.
Madam, I would like to assert before this House that I have a public life in the service of this country for nearly 41 years. In these 41 years of my public life, 20 years in Parliament I have tried to serve this country to the best of my ability.
I, as Finance Minister, inherited an economy with bankrupt treasury, with foreign exchange reserves totally exhausted, with credit worthiness of our country seriously in doubt. We turned around that economy. We have ensured that this economy, the bankrupt economy that we inherited, has become one of the fastest growing economies of the world.
Madam, whatever the Members of the Opposition may say, the fact is that India is respected all over the world. I think that is because of the inherent strength of our economy, of our polity, of our democratic system but at the margin, in these seven years or as earlier as Finance Minister, I did make a small contribution in my own way to enhance the prestige of this country, and therefore, while charges are leveled against me, it hurts but I am not going to convert this forum into a forum for accusation one way or the other. All I can say is that if any wrongdoing has been done by me, I invite the Leader of the Opposition to look at my property which I may have accumulated in the last 41 years, my members of my family … (Interruptions)
I would accept the verdict of the Leader of the Opposition if they find that I have used public office to amass wealth for myself or for any member of my family.
Madam, in the course of seven years as Prime Minister, I may have made mistakes. Who is above making mistakes? To err is human but to accuse me of evil intentions, of conniving at corruption is a charge I firmly repudiate.
Madam, this is not an occasion to trade allegations to and fro and I am not going to deal with this matter as the matter is before the court or before the various Committees of Parliament and they will come with their own conclusions. I would, however, like to say that corruption is a multifaceted problem. Therefore, we, as a nation, have to find practical, pragmatic means but effective means to tackle it, and this is not merely the responsibility of the Central Government. The State Governments are responsible for over 50 per cent of the total national spending and the conduct of the State Governments, which is the one way people come in contact with Government, is essentially the responsibility of the States. There is anger in the country. There is anger about the misuse of public offices.
Therefore, both at the Centre and the States, it is our obligation to clean up the system of governance to reforming and to ensure that we leave behind for our children and grand children a system of public administration which is capable of meeting the challenge of the 21st Century. I commit our Government to doing precisely that. In my address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I listed a number of areas where in the next couple of months I would like our Government to take initiative and I stand committed to whatever I promised from the ramparts of the Red fort.
Madam, corruption sources are numerous. Until the early 90s, the biggest single source of corruption was the licensing system, the industrial licensing system, the import controls and the foreign exchange controls. The liberalisation that we brought about has ended that part of this corruption story.
Another major part of corruption was the rates of taxation which were so exorbitant that people were tempted to enter into corrupt practices to reduce their tax liabilities. We have, I venture to suggest, ourselves and the successor Governments worked hard to simplify to streamline the taxation system and on balance there is less scope for corruption as far as taxation matters are concerned. Even though I recognise that a residual element is still there and we have to work together through various mechanisms, including goods and services tax which is now in public domain and, which is, I believe, an obligation which our country must fulfil if it wants to move forward. But, there are many other areas where corruption still persists. We have to tackle this problem from various angles.
There are Central Government programmes administered by the State Governments but there are leakages. Therefore, we must find ways and means of reforming the system of public administration so that these leakages can be plucked. Malfunctioning of public distribution has been widely commented upon. We must, therefore, devise new methodologies to ensure that Public Distribution System will be free of malpractices. This is an obligation which we can discharge only with full collaboration with the State Governments and discharge we must. But I would like this House to endorse the reform of the Public Distribution System, where the ordinary people come in contact with Government machinery or meeting the basic needs of existence of livelihood, is cleaned up.
Madam, yet another source is, where Government contracts are given in a manner which creates suspicion that something is going wrong. Therefore, we need a Public Procurement Act, as some other countries have, to streamline our contracting mechanisms in a manner in which there will be less scope for corruption in future.
Madam, in certain areas, greater competition itself will reduce the scope for corruption. But, we still know that there are areas of infrastructure where competition can at best be only limited. There is scope for regulation. We have, in the last couple of years, put in place regulatory mechanisms, but the functioning of these regulatory mechanisms, especially with regard to the management of the infrastructure, is something which requires attention. That is yet another area where we must find ways and means to streamline the regulatory system, so that there is less scope for corruption.
I could go on. But I do not want to repeat what I said from the ramparts of the Red Fort. The House has my assurance that we will work in full public glare to fulfil what we have promised. I have set up a group under Shri Pranab Mukherjee to look at the scope for reducing the amount of discretion that ministers have at the Centre. This group has made some important suggestions. They will be considered by the Cabinet and we will put in place a mechanism to reduce the scope for misuse of discretionary power or to eliminate discretionary power wherever it can be done without detriment to public interest or achievement of public good.
Madam, it is in the context of corruption that the last few weeks have seen momentous developments. Shri Anna Hazare has gone on fast. His plea is that we should adopt the Jan Lokpal Bill that has been drafted by them. The background of this whole exercise is well known to this august House. We have sittings together with the five representatives of Shri Anna Hazare, including himself, who met with our five representatives and a large measure of agreement was reached with regard to the shape of the Lokpal Bill that we should have. On certain matters there was disagreement and that disagreement could not be resolved and therefore we have referred that matter for consideration of the All Parties Committee and the said consensus was that the Government should come with its own version of the Bill and various Parties would then reflect on what to do with that Bill. We discharged that obligation. We submitted that Bill to Parliament. It has now been referred to the Standing Committee.
This Standing Committee can consider all options and we can find ways and means of ensuring that the Bill that has been prepared by Shri Anna Hazare is given due consideration by this Committee. Also, along with this, there are other ideas. There is Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan’s group which produced a Bill; there are ideas which have been mentioned in a paper by Shrimati Aruna Roy. All these matters can be discussed, debated and a consensus can be built up in the Standing Committee. We are open to all suggestions. We will work with all sections of this House to have a Lokpal, who is strong, who is effective and about which there is a national consensus.
We have produced a Bill which reflects the thinking of our Government. But we are open to persuasion and we have an open mind and when we discuss this Bill, whether in Parliament or in the Standing Committee, we will work with a single minded devotion to ensure that we leave behind for posterity a Lokpal Bill which does credit to our concerns for meeting the challenge of corruption.
Madam, yesterday there was a very good meeting of all political parties. All political parties agreed that we should request Shri Anna Hazare to give up his fast and that we should find ways and means to ensure that ideas reflected in the Jan Lokpal Bill are given adequate consideration in parliamentary processes and that we should come forward with a strong, effective Bill which has the broad support of the country as a whole. I commit our Government to working with all sections of the House to realise this dream. Therefore, I urge all Members of the House to join me in making an appeal to Shri Anna Hazare that he has made his point. It has been registered with us. I respect his idealism. I respect him as an individual. He has become the embodiment of our people’s disgust and concern about tackling corruption. I applaud him, I salute him. His life is much too precious and therefore, I would urge Shri Anna Hazare to end his fast.
We will find effective ways and means of discussing the Jan Lokpal Bill along with the Government version of the Bill along with Shrimati Aruna Roy’s Bill, along with the ideas in the paper that Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan has submitted. All ideas should be discussed, debated so that we have a Bill which is the best possible Bill, which will help us to deal with the problem of corruption.
Madam, it has been mentioned to me that Shri Anna Hazare and his colleagues are very keen that their Bill should be discussed in the Parliament. I have not thought over this matter in great depth, but a thought comes to me that perhaps we could have a debate in this House on all the Bills that are in the public domain and have a discussion what are the weak points of various Bills and what are the strong points of various Bills and at the end of that debate, send the whole record for consideration of the Standing Committee of the Parliament. I have a feeling that this will meet the point that Shri Anna Hazare and his colleagues have been making that Parliament must have a chance to give its views on their Bill before sending it to the Standing Committee and therefore, I submit to this august House that this is one via media which will respect the parliamentary supremacy and, at the same time, enable Parliament to take on board ideas contained in the Lokpal Bill drafted by Shri Anna Hazare and his colleagues.
Madam, I conclude by appealing to all sections of the House to join in appeal that I have made to Shri Anna Hazare that his life is much too precious.
We would like him to live a long life and a happy life in the service of our people.
He has registered his point. Therefore, we respectfully request him to end his fast. I think that if we do it, then this would be a befitting finale to this very constructive debate on corruption and in tackling it that has taken place in this House since yesterday.”
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Prime minister’s Speech on Corruption
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Mobile Towers Transmission Level for India
The Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Shri Milind Deora today informed Lok Sabha in written reply to a question that World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that ‘National authorities should adopt international standards to protect their citizens against adverse levels of RF transmission from mobile towers. WHO has referred to the International Exposure Guidelines developed by International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has adopted the reference levels of Electromagnetic radiation for Mobile towers, prescribed by ICNIRP, and incorporated the requirement in Access Service Licenses vide amendment dated 4 November 2008, as given below:
| Frequency Range | E-Field Streng( Volt/Meter (V/m)) | H-Field Strength(Amp/Meter (A/m)) | Power Density Watt/Sq.Meter (W/Sq.m)) |
| 400MHz to 2000MHz | 1.375f ½ | 0.0037f ½ | f/200 |
| 2GHz to 300GHz | 61 | 0.16 | 10 |
(f is the frequency of operation in MHz)
In India, the cellular Global Services for Mobile Communication (GSM) services are being operated in 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency band. For 900 MHz band, Permissible Power Density is 4.6 W/Sqm, whereas for 1800 MHz band, Permissible Power Density is 9.2 W/Sqm.
Further, vide letter dated 8th April 2010, DoT has directed all Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (CMTS)/Unified Access Service (UAS) licensees for compliance of the reference limits/ levels prescribed by ICNIRP by way of self certification of their Base Transmitting Station (BTS) for meeting the Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) radiations norms.
Most of the countries are following the emission levels of mobile towers prescribed by ICNIRP. However, certain countries in the world have specified their own radiation level keeping in view the environmental and physiological factors. Some of them are given below:
| Name of the Country | Exposure limits for RF fields (1800 MHz band) |
| USA, Canada and Japan | 12 W/m2 |
| ICNIRP and EU recommendation 1998 Adopted in India | 9.2 W/m2 |
| Australia | 9 W/m2 |
| Belgium | 2.4 W/m2 |
| Italy, Israel | 1.0 W/m2 |
| Auckland, New Zealand | 0.5 W/m2 |
| Luxembourg | 0.45 W/m2 |
| China | 0.4 W/m2 |
| Russia (since 1970), Bulgaria | 0.2 W/m2 |
| Poland, Paris, Hungary | 0.1 W/m2 |
All the mobile operators in India are following the ICNIRP norms and submitting the self certification for each tower for compliance of radiation norms. All new BTS sites start radiating only after self certificate has been submitted to relevant Telecom Enforcement, Resource & Monitoring (TERM) Cells of DoT.
The TERM Cell tests up to 10% of new BTS sites randomly at its discretion. Additionally, the BTS sites against which there are public complaints, are also being tested by TERM Cell. If a site fails to meet the Electro Magnetic Radiation criterion, there is a provision of levy of a penalty of Rs. 5 lakh per BTS. Service providers must meet the criterion within one month of the report of TERM cell in such cases, after which the site is to be shut down. The self-certifications have been submitted by the telecom service providers for more than 6,50,400 BTSs certifying that the radiation levels are within the prescribed norms. TERM Cells have already started the testing of BTS radiation and so far more than 4100 BTSs have been checked and found to be radiating within the prescribed levels.
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New guidelines for coal block allocation
Even after a huge scam in allocation of 2G spectrum, government has not learned any lessons and still have not formulated any guidelines on coal block allocation. here is the answer in parliament to the question on allocation on coal blocks,
“ With a view to bring in more transparency in the allocation of coal blocks, a system of allocation of coal blocks for specified end uses through auction by competitive bidding has been introduced by way of amendment of the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957. New guidelines for allocation of coal blocks have not been formulated by the Government so far. “
This information was given by the Minister of Coal, Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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Committee report on expediting disciplinary proceedings
The Government is considering a set of proposals to cut the time taken to penalise delinquent Government officials including sacking of officials found to be involved in corruption.
The Government had appointed a three member Committee of Experts to examine and suggest measures to expedite the process involved in Disciplinary/Vigilance Proceedings. The Committee has made a number of recommendations aimed at reducing time taken in conducting and concluding disciplinary proceedings against government servants. In its Report, the Committee has recommended :
· Creation of panels of Inquiry Officers from amongst both serving and retired government servants and enhancement of remuneration for conducting inquiries;
· Prescribing a time limit of two months for completion of minor penalty disciplinary inquiries and 12 months for major penalty disciplinary inquiries;
· Dispensing with second stage consultation with CVC;
· Dispensing with consultation with UPSC in minor penalty disciplinary cases;
· Setting up of Vigilance Commissions with statutory status in the States;
· Introduction of Plea-Bargaining in major penalty disciplinary inquiries;
· Major penalty of compulsory retirement to include cut in pension/gratuity;
· Amendment of Article 311 of the Constitution to provide for dismissal from service on charges of corrupt practices after beginning of trial in a competent court;
List of black listed NGO’s
The Women & Child Development Ministry has blacklisted certain NGOs for their unwarranted activities. The Minister of Women & Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath recently stated in Lok Sabha that once blacklisted, an NGO is not eligible for any financial assistance from the Ministry and the Ministry does not maintain details of welfare activities undertaken by such NGOs.
The list of blacklisted NGOs is as follows:-
| LIST OF NGO`S BLACK LISTED BY | ||
| Name of Implementing Agency / | Scheme | Remarks |
| D.N. Memorial Sewa Samiti, 76/338, Kuli Bazaar, Kanpur (UP) | Min. of WCD | |
| Assocation of Tribals Welfare Development Reg. No. : RS2522 Dt. 14/01/1994 | STEP |
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| Rural Development Organisation | Swawlamban | Min. of Home Affairs (NE Division) has indicated that both the Organisations indulged in undesirable activities and misutilized Government funds. |
| Loktak Khangpok Fisherman Welfare | Swawlamban | |
| Hira Moti Garmodaya sansthan | Swawlamban | The govt. of UP has intimated that the organization could not produce any document/records for inspection. Hence, the functioning of the organization cannot be rated as genuine. |
| Bhartiya Bal Evam, Mahila Kalyan Samiti | Swawlamban | The District Magistrate, Raebareli has responded saying that neither of the two organizations are genuine and as such have not been recommended for financial assistance |
| Mahila Kalyan Evam Bal Vikas Samiti | Swawlamban | |
| Late Bansilal Rathod Educational Society | Swawlamban | Mahila Arthik VIkas Mahamandal (MAVIM), Mumbai has intimated that the performance of the organization has not been satisfactory as it charged Rs. 500/- from each beneficiary towards training fees and also did not disburse stipened amount to the trainees. The Corporation has further recommended black -listing of the said organization. |
| Vedic Shiksha Samiti | Swawlamban | The Haryana Women Development Corporation has black Listed both these organizations vide their letter No. WDCII-2004/2692/2794 dated 5.8 .2004 and No. WDCII- 2004/2058-2958 dated 9.8.22004 on account of misutilization and embezzlement of funds released to them. |
| Community Development Society | Swawlamban | |
| The Society for Professionals Initiative in Development Patna | Min. Of Labour | Not Submitted the Project Report. |
| Mata Balak Pratishthan, Nasik | Min. of WCD | The MAVIM , Mumbai has intimated that the performance of the organization has not been satisfactory in as much as it has charged Rs. 500/- from each beneficiary towards training fees and has also not disbursed stipned amount to the trainees. |
This information is also available on Ministry’s website i.e. http://www.wcd.nic.in.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Election Commission on Paid news during elections
The Election Commission has been receiving various complaints/references regarding “Paid News” and advertisements on TV/Cable Channels networks owned by political parties or their functionaries/office bearers during the process of elections, thus disturbing the level playing field, as these are not reflected in the candidate’s election expenses account. The Commission vide its guidelines issued on 8th June 201o, 23rd September 2010 and 18th March, 2011 has already put in place a mechanism to deal with the problems of “Paid News”.
However, in order to bring better uniformity in dealing with such instances even when no consideration of cash and kind is involved in extending campaign publicity to candidates, the Commission has issued guidelines to the Chief Electoral Officers of all the States/UTs on 16th August 2011, for dealing with candidates’ advertisements on TV/Cable channels owned by political parties or their functionaries/office bearers during elections.
The guidelines are available on the Commission’s website www.eci.nic.in under hyperlink http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/index.asp. These will have immediate effect.
Election Commission of India
New Delhi , 19th August , 2011
only 2324 Train accident claims during last decade
During April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2011, a total of 2324 claims for compensation for death/injury in train accidents under Section 124 of the Railways Act, 189 have been decreed by the Railway Claims Tribunal and paid by the Railways and 594 claims are pending for want of award of decree. Compensation is given after a claim filed by the claimant in the Railway Claims Tribunal is decreed by the Tribunal in favour of the claimant. Compensation in the remaining cases will be paid by the Railways after these cases are decreed by the Tribunal and decree so awarded is satisfied by the Railways. Extant instructions do not provide for giving employment to the dependents of those deceased in Railway accidents.
However, Railways in exception to the rules, purely as a humanitarian gesture, have provided employment in Group ‘D’ categories only in such cases. As per available information up to August 16, 2011, a total of 264 persons have been provided employment in cases of accidents connected with the Railways and a total of 112 cases are pending as on August 16, 2011 for employment on account of verification of credentials, disputed cases etc. Employment can be given only after proper verification of claimants and settlement of disputes etc.
Mobile tower radiation status in India
The Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Shri Milind Deora today informed Rajya Sabha in written reply to a question that the recent study report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer under WHO, released in May-June 2011, has established a relation between mobile radiation and glioma, a malignant form of cancer.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of World Health Organization (WHO), in its press release dated 31st May 2011 has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use.
Subsequently, WHO in its Fact Sheet No. 193 of June 2011, has stated that there are some indications of an increased risk of glioma for those who reported the highest 10% of cumulative hours of cell phone use, although there was no consistent trend of increasing risk with greater duration of use. The researchers concluded that biases and errors limit the strength of these conclusions and prevent a causal interpretation. Based largely on these data, IARC has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), a category used when a casual association is considered credible, but when chance, bias or confounding cannot be ruled out with reasonable confidence.
WHO has further stated that a large number of studies have been performed over the last two decades to assess whether mobile phones pose a potential health risk. To date, no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use. WHO will conduct a formal risk assessment of all studied health outcomes from radiofrequency fields exposure by 2012.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has initiated a prospective cohort study in Delhi & National Capital Region to examine whether use of mobile phone is associated with neurological disorders, reproductive dysfunctions and promote cancer in Indian population.
DoT has adopted the International Commission on Non-ionization Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines for limiting reference levels of Electromagnetic radiation from Mobile towers and incorporated the requirement in Access Service Licenses vide amendment dated 4 November 2008.
DoT, vide letter dated 8th April 2010, has directed all Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (CMTS)/Unified Access Service (UAS) licensees for compliance of the reference limits/ levels prescribed by ICNIRP by way of self certification of their Base Transmitting Station (BTS) for meeting the Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) radiations norms. All new BTS sites start radiating only after self certificate has been submitted to relevant Telecom Enforcement, Resource & Monitoring (TERM) Cells of Dot.
The TERM Cell tests up to 10% of new BTS sites randomly at its discretion. Additionally, the BTS sites against which there are public complaints, are also being tested by TERM Cell. If a site fails to meet the Electro Magnetic Radiation criterion, there is a provision of levy of a penalty of Rs.5 lakh per BTS. Service providers must meet the criterion within one month of the report of TERM cell in such cases, after which the site is to be shut down. The self-certifications have been submitted by the telecom service providers for more than 6,50,400 BTSs certifying that the radiation levels are within the prescribed norms. TERM Cells have already started the testing of BTS radiation and so far more than 4100 BTSs have been checked and found to be radiating within the prescribed levels.
With regard to mobile handsets, DoT has also adopted ICNIRP guidelines imposing basic restrictions in terms of SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) value limiting to 2W/Kg (averaged over 10g tissue) in the frequency range of 10 MHz to 10 GHz and have taken following steps for compliance of SAR value for mobile phones:
• Indigenous manufacturers of mobile handsets have been instructed to comply with ICNIRP guidelines and furnish self-certificate.
• Mobile handsets manufacturers have been instructed to indicate the level of radiation on the product itself and to clearly communicate the potential danger of mobile phone radiation and exposure.
• To regulate indigenous as well as imported mobile phone, Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) has been requested to frame standards for all mobile phones under BIS Act 1986.
All major manufacturers publish the SAR value for mobile phones in the user manual and on its company website. No cases have been reported to DoT regarding mobile handsets having radiation more than the limits prescribed by ICNIRP.
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Kisan Call Centres
Kisan Call Centres function from 6.00 AM to 10.00 PM on all days throughout the year. They receive calls through the toll-free number 1800-180-1551. Call Centre agents reply farmers’ queries instantaneously by using their own expertise as well as by referring to reference material available with them. They also browse Kisan Knowledge Management System data base for answering farmers’ queries in local language. If some of the queries cannot be answered by the Call Centre agents, such calls are referred to experts. Call Centre agents record the details of every call in terms of farmer’s details, query asked, reply given etc.
Funds for organising sensitisation programmes for Kisan Call Centre agents are being provided to respective Nodal Agencies. Each Nodal Agency is required to organise 6 programmes of one day duration each in a year involving all the call centre agents as well as the experts. The State Governments have been requested to get directly involved in a big way in implementation of this scheme. Detailed instructions in this regard have been issued.
This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Naxal Violence has reduced comparatively
The level of Naxal violence and attack on security forces have declined this year. The year 2011 (up to August 15) has recorded 1128 incidents of naxal violence and killing of 93 security personnel compared to 1429 incidents of violence and killing of 218 security personnel during the corresponding period of 2010.
No operation codenamed ‘Operation Greenhorn’ has been launched by Government of India. However, anti-naxal operations are carried out by the security forces in the Naxal affected states on a continuous basis. At present, 71 Battalions of Central Armed Police Forces, 01 Nagaland India Reserve Battalion and 09 Commando Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA) have been deployed in Naxal affected states to assist state forces in anti-Naxal operations. Drones are not likely to be deployed in anti-Maoist operations.
Dope test List of Dope Control Centre
Dope test List till 2008 only.. what about 2009 – 2010 – 2011… even in parliament incomplete information is provided, read the below press release..
The Dope Control Centre (DCC) was established under the aegis of Sports Authority of India (SAI) in 1990. They conducted in-competition and out of competition dope tests. The details of the tests conducted by the DCC along with number of adverse analytical findings are given in the table below. The results received from the Dope Control Laboratory were forwarded to the concerned National Federations and Indian Olympic Association for further necessary action. The Minister further stated that a decision has been taken to de-merge Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Patiala, from Sports Authority of India so as to enable it to function independently in the sphere of sports coaching. The number of Nutritionist, Sports psychologists and qualified medical practitioners in SAI is 1, 3 and 5 respectively.
The Sports Minister said that awareness and educational programmes on doping have been run throughout the year by all the concerned agencies. Athletes are provided with list of banned substances published by World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) from time to time and also apprised about the effects of such medicines.
Further, in the aftermath of the recent doping incidents, the Government has taken the following steps to curb the menace of doping in sports:-
i) Increasing the frequency of testing of Core probables undergoing training at various centres for London Olympics, 2012
ii) Surprise checking of rooms of Athletes, Coaches and Support Personnel at training institutes and surprise collection of samples.
iii) Distribution of educational materials related to dope related issues amongst Sportspersons, Coaches & Support Personnel
iv) Increase in Seminar/Workshops/Teaching Sessions with Athletes and Coaches.
v) Closer surveillance and vigilance on Coaches and Support Personnel through their Employers.
List of sportspersons tested positive by Dope Control Laboratory.
| Sl.No. | Year | Total number of samples | Total number of positive | % Positive |
| 1 | 1991 | 240 | 12 | 5.00 |
| 2. | 1992 | 191 | 00 | 0.00 |
| 3. | 1993 | 213 | 03 | 1.41 |
| 4. | 1994 | 319 | 37 | 11.60 |
| 5. | 1995 | 303 | 46 | 15.18 |
| 6. | 1996 | 150 | 18 | 12.00 |
| 7. | 1997 | 247 | 42 | 17.00 |
| 8. | 1998 | 533 | 22 | 4.13 |
| 9. | 1999 | 422 | 18 | 4.27 |
| 10. | 2000 | 493 | 59 | 11.97 |
| 11. | 2001 | 584 | 23 | 3.94 |
| 12. | 2002 | 1411 | 47 | 3.33 |
| 13. | 2003 | 2231 | 82 | 3.68 |
| 14. | 2004 | 2036 | 72 | 3.54 |
| 15. | 2005 | 1621 | 39 | 2.41 |
| 16. | 2006 | 1681 | 60 | 3.57 |
| 17. | 2007 | 1006 | 44 | 4.37 |
| 18. | 2008 (Sept.) | 1086 | 46 | 4.24 |
| | Total | 14767 | 670 | 4.54 |
This was stated by Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Manish Twari.
