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Lok Satta demands one ITI for each mandal

The Lok Satta Party today demanded that the Government set up one ITI (industrial training institute) in each mandal of the State considering the growing need for skilled technicians in a host of sectors like oil and gas, power, construction, telecom, textiles and agriculture.

The opening of ITIs will help hundreds of thousands of youth get remunerative employment and provide a reservoir of trained personnel to industry.

Talking to the media, party spokesmen Katari Srinivasa Rao, E. Chennaiah welcomed the statement of the Union Deputy Minister for Planning Parliamentary Affairs to modernize existing ITIs and set up new ones. They said that the ITIs would also help arrest the migration of youth from rural areas in search of livelihood. The Lok Satta Party, they recalled, had been advocating the creation of over 1000 new towns to serve as hubs of growth. The new ITIs would be pivotal in giving shape to the new growth centers.

India could reap its demographic advantage only if the youth were provided technical skills. Only five percent of the youth in India had technical skills in against 95 percent in Korea and 22 percent in an African country like Botswana. While China boasted of 500,000 technical institutes, India had only one-fifth of them.

The party leaders underlined that the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh could be bailed out of the present crisis if farmers were provided inputs and technology. The ITIs could impart training to youth in making available latest technologies to farmers.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 16:35

Review Petition is Not Required: Dr.JP

Lok Satta chief Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan said the Supreme Court did not use the word “free zone” in its judgment, which, however, was in line with the Presidential Order. This is clearly mentioned in article 14. According to this, zone is not applied to the recruitments in Hyderabad. He contended that the review petition was not justified and the government should ensure strict implementation of GO 610.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 06:35

Lok Satta launches construction of classrooms In adopted Mahbubnagar village

The Lok Satta Party today took up construction of three new classrooms in a primary school at Kesavaram village in Ija mandal of Mahbubnagar district.

The party has adopted the flood-ravaged village with a view to facilitating its all-round development. As the first step, the party decided to construct three classrooms with a total plinth area of 1000 square feet. Party senior leaders Katari Srinivasa Rao and N. Ravinder laid the foundation today.

The party planned to complete construction of the three new rooms by utilizing modern technology and make them available to students by the first week of November.

Talking to the media, party spokesmen V. Laxman Balaji said P. Bhaskara Rao said a survey by the Lok Satta Party had revealed that the villagers were exchanging rice, clothes and utensils they received from NGOs for liquor at the three unauthorized liquor outlets in the village.

The party leaders reiterated their demand that both legal and illegal liquor outlets in the flood-hit areas be shut down for three months.

The party sought an impartial inquiry into the suicide of Devarakadra mandal agricultural officer Rajeswari in the wake of reports that she resorted to the extreme step because of political pressures. Officials could be insulated from political pressures only if administration was decentralized.

Monday, October 19, 2009 - 17:10

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