No Gujarat model, Modi govt to scale up Karnataka’s e-Mandi model!

July 7, 2015

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government, which had been promoting ‘Gujarat Model’, is now going to scale up Congress-ruled Karnataka's e-Mandi model to the national level! An e-market for farm products in Karnataka has been so successful that the NDA government is setting aside politics and holding up the south Indian state's programme as a model for all others.

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Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that he is so happy with the model that he is taking a delegation from 21 states to Hubli in Karnataka to "see, learn and replicate" the Karnataka system in their states. "Karnataka ne bahut achcha kiya hai. Others states are also trying things, but I want them to see the Karnataka model and replicate it all across the country," he said.

Karnataka's Minister of State for Agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda said arrangements were being made to demonstrate to the delegation the e-Mandi system, which has generated a revenue of Rs. 8,521 crore in the last 16 months, trading commodities like copra, tur, paddy, ragi, groundnut, til, maize and so on. "The delegation, including ministers from all political parties, is coming on Thursday and Friday. We are very happy that the Union government has taken this project beyond politics and is sharing the benefits of the programme to all states," he said.

Andhra Pradesh's Chandrababu Naidu has already visited Karnataka for a live demonstration, while Odisha and Rajasthan have asked for the e-Mandi platform. The Centre also has big plans to connect farmers and traders from across the country within six months on the National Agriculture Market, an e-platform based on the Karnataka model.

Singh said there was need for uniformity in levies and licenses across the country, so that trading can happen as per a single law and a single marketing policy. "We will give money from the Agritech Infrastructure Fund to the states, they can buy computers, set up e-infrastructure, hire IT engineers and help the farmers and traders get the best prices across the country. Karnataka has done this the best," he said.

Karnataka has connected all its major 55 markets and has set up a web-enabled portal that records all the lots of products available for sale. Each of the state's 30,000 traders have been given a username and password. "A trader sitting in Bengaluru will be able to see the number of bags of tur available in Gulbarga, Raichur or Gadag. Depending on the distance the trader has to transport the product, he bids an amount on the bags available. The farmer sees the highest price he gets and decides who he wants to sell it to," Manoj Rajan, Rashtriya E-Market Services managing director and additional secretary (cooperation), who set up and implemented the e-Mandi project for Karnataka, said.

Copra, which was trading atRs. 6,000 per bag last year, is trading at Rs. 13,000 now, while moong dal is trading at 30% more, due to the market, Rajan said.

Besides the online auction route of selling perishable goods, which is similar to the flower auction in The Netherlands, the non-perishable products like tur and paddy go through the e-tender route, where bidders don't know what the others have quoted. The platform also allows bilateral trade and fixed price, like the minimum support price given by the government.

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March 27,2024

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At least seven people have been killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an emergency center in southern Lebanon near the border with the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories with air-to-surface missiles, according to Lebanese security sources.

Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity said early on Wednesday that the strike targeted the Islamic Group’s emergency and relief center in Lebanon’s southern village of Habbariyeh.

Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese group closely linked to the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, said in a statement that “a number” of people had been killed, and called the strike a “heinous crime.”

An official from the group said “seven rescuers” were killed in the aerial assault.

Another Jamaa Islamiya official, also requesting anonymity, said a dozen medical staff were in the emergency center at the time of the strike, adding that bodies were being pulled from the rubble.

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Mrad said “the Israeli aggression on Habbariyeh adds to the long list of Israeli crimes.”

Israel has been launching air strikes against Lebanon since the beginning of its onslaught against the Gaza Strip in early October.

An Israeli strike knocked down part of a building in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on February 14, killing seven members of the same family, including a child, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said. A boy initially reported missing was found alive under the rubble.

In a separate Israeli attack, a woman and her two children were killed in the village of as-Sawana in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli regime launched its devastating hostilities in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the territory’s Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Israel's raids have resulted in retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the Tel Aviv regime continues its onslaught on Gaza.

The Israeli campaign in Gaza has killed at least 32,414 people, most of them women and children. Another 74,787 individuals have also been wounded.

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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