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W u|> the!release in Nfw. Delhi of election manifestoes arid distribution of tickets by various parties .�r,o\\ alinojst oyer th� mist on the political ]sit|iation has :started
clearing. \ �' �: / ;'^i;v--^:;ir^Vv^.:: As of toda* the contest appears to be rnaijnlyj ber\\eenlthe Janata Party-led jconibinationSpf ppposi^ tion parrie$ and the; ruling Congress; although hjalf a dozen smaller parties too are in the
,fiel d. . Qu tti a large j number pi iivdeptndehijs who ar^ unlikely to win. but j njay help ? divide the votes, have iilso entered th^ fray. Having Jcaj rit bitterlessons frpiri previous Selections the opposition panics this [time seenj* determined to prevent splitting of their votes w|iie 1 in the past has invariably helped the jruiing party
.-.to. win o)rr tninom they sucjeecjd on thi$:< count th^e margin bjfdpfeat or victory would be quite jna^row which means the ruling part^ even "if jit - comes ioj power will always',bejem^tenter-;,:�!,
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.; 'Youth Congresspeadets had earlier be<^n assured that they could gdt, at least 200 seats. But '� at;the inicjk;; of timje the CEC , perhaps| realised; � it j would be a, : historical b9under of jfieldlight-Vweigbjr/JV^^ against it he heayy weights of the opposition] Suddenly the wt>rth: of 'old jis gold** is being realised by th$ ruling;party, inany; case it would,|fev^ be.e.n .a- folly to reject experienced and seajspned ftgh- ;;�;;;�� tors who ^finitely l^ave a better * record of; js'ervice and sacrifices;. than the yputh leaders nurtured in a pcrjmissis^e polt|ic^
Old; and discarded elements one .'thoughi.p4litics hadjgpt rid of are : back in [the forefront of the election battle. Party manifestoes^, released sp far refef nostalgically to good old days reiterating their firm commitment to old values :v while rjjartk' bosseis dole but ticket? to the crieB war hordes. Trojan or otherwise^ The backlash of the old witjh iuch vindictivenesswas ; anticipatejd by th<>se Who had been keenly watching the emergence of the socalled youth power in pastj 20 months, j. ' : '.'.>��>���'
Repercussions of jthe JagjiVan still being felt all over e of desejrters from the
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Congress is expected any -day to bicdme a tortjent. Political observersi.in NeiwJQfelht believe mat Mrv Ram: still>h riimber^
ruling party and they can create quite a few probleras during and ef en after the elections. ; I Pressures t6 acebmmodate
y y|trious lobbiersj trit erests and gtpups ais also piste equations, on both the ruling and the opposition parties have � caused uhusual delay in the ^announcement of
;. '�� c mdidates. The actual election c impaign is npt likely to start
; bpfore February; 17 although the jjariata Patty started its election h attle on j anuary 30 with massive ri teetings all over the <*t)uhtryV At the moment thetparty is primarily Ancerned with creating a favourable atmosphere for conduct of iiir and frcre elections and mobilising public snpport fot
. lifting of emergency and other
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The weli-attended Janata Meetings have; naturally caused
Accordink to informed circles the ruling j party is ! particularTy perturb^dejverreports of planne.d V sabotage of] its election campaign by the Vouih Cpngrejss members who are; disappointed over the'-, ��; high ; command's decision to renommatel most ;of| the sitting -V:
.ervousness in
Circles. Somej observers of the Ipctfon scene however fear that days ahead jthe Janata Party ampaign ntay come against eavV odds for want of re$o|iirces.
Having been proved wrong iia the last elections political pundits, are ftesitant to hazard any guess about the outcome ot elections j but most of them >sjeem to adihU [that for the first[time in the t history of independent India the I ruling party is poised to face a i formidable rival in the Janata fParty; which^^^^w looked at j. more as an aterrfflitive than an I opposition party. Tliis indeed is a i major p^htical developm^ Both Morarji Desat and Jagijivan Ram are considered fit candidates for ptime niihi$terahip^^^^^^^^^^^N^^^^^^^^^^^;;
choite but to rely ^n the support of the CP1 which w^s the target of V*McCarthyism,. ^^^^ ;W only the �pther day,: ;..;[,,'.
In about a week's time the election campaign [will pick ujp. J Meariwhile^-^ ) have to keep its rajnks and file in | discipline, and linderplay any } ideological differet ices its consttT i: '�tuents.^ni^y ;:;try;v:;tp � prpjm^'";;;:'^eC; | ruling Congress on the other hand \ will need to give more conces-[ sionsi to the electidirate and resolve ] its internal cpntradictipns^^ v r Whatever be the verdict of the (electorate at the hustings, the process that has now started indicates that deipocracy cannot t \ be'a-"
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ladras. Feb. 25 (Samachar): ^
[m peria 1 Chem ieal Ind u stri es, lays that the economic and idustria) climate in India is very ?ncouraging for foreign invest-"rents: ?'' ::<\";ir;ylS'-:i
Addressing the M lub here recently. Sir Rowland taid that thef way India had rontained inflatiph better ;than 3ritain the; reniarkable growth in [ood and industrial production the real thy trading surpluses;; and
| foreign; reserves , :V
! international cohfi ience in
I speed with which I ndian economy : was gaining strisngth and the ; strong resurgence and disciplihe I in the industrial field and ; availability of raw materials arid I skills in India Wpti Id attract more and more industrialists from the U..1KU and ptherEuropeatr coun-*; � tries despite some unkind com* I.: merits;in;'the British,';Press,.-he''
Elke Didschuneit <14) of the gold medal f. Geman gei^tat^ j won the President of India's gold t medal in thieJ Shankar's interna- I tjori children^ competition held I in 197S for ithe bfest painting f Vharbour"
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t 'old medal has been won J Stephen Gerard Crittendpn (12( of Australia for his written ^ork. j This is the few "j-
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Seventeeti countries have the J distinction of their children !
countries won jprize$ in competition. ,y.. .
;;'� Of these 655 me for painting, arid the remaining 66 go for literary-entriw..':'|: � ., ;.r'v � �'
Ouhide India (123 prizes) the maximum number of prizes have gone to Japan, wjiere 55 children
won pri^ Nehru award. '
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(Samachar): Ino|a has stepp-ed up her banana expprts despite stiff eompetitionfrpri traditional ban ana exporters like Brazil and I^ua^or^ aete
man of the Bajnana and Frui^ Development Corporation.; The spokesman said the feat had been achieved b ^ use of advanced; techniques of fr Jit preservation. The CprporatiO^n exported two consignments jbf about 2,000^ tonites of Bananas eathm the last two years and hi id received export enquiries from :ioirie quarters. ?
HOUSING SC^feME SUB$roY
Delhi, Feb.26 (Samachar):
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Ministry Housing has jhe lakhs for Bengal and
of Works and
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Triptira, West erala for the
subsidised housing scheme for plantation workers during 1976
New Delhi. FeK 26 (Samachar): The development of expertise in \ the design and construction of: industrial plants and equipirient,; iron and steel, damsv bridges and cwennujclear reactors has been soi rapid during the past decade that \ India is today in a position to proyidel sophist^ techpology as well; as complete, plants on i: ^turn-key basis according to a
Indian consultancy firms have already executed a number of internatipnal projects in various industrial fields like textiles* paper and hard board, cement arid ^ment pmdtic^s^ J ^e^ric fansi sowing machines, bicyclcfs, sugar j arid light and medium structural fabrications. Turn-key projects have been taken up for high tension power transrhission lines; complete |K^er trarismis- f sioh lines, complete power sub-statidns, pipelines for gas
and petroleum.
Indian consultancy firms in the public as well as private sectors have built-up an �'intermediate technology'* which is highly suitable for developing countries of the world. The export of Indian consultancy services has also grown speedily. Turn-key projects *:have been taken up in many African and West Asian countries as: well as in South-East Asia. In the public sector, the National Industrial Development Corporation has provided turnkey services to Tanzania, Zambia and Guyana in small scale industries. Complete industrial estates are being set up in these countries. The Engineering Projects (India) Limited has also supplied cprnplete:M
plants to other nations and a whole new citv is being built by them in Kuwaat. <:;7;-''-
Two arid half million industrial
the Gdvernment of India's voluntary scheme of "'workers"" participation in management" in the �country.- .;'�� . ]
Thej scheme have so far been introduced in nearly 1,500 indusr trial establishments in the publicv private arid state sectors.
Aecprdirig to a national survey conducted by Samachar, a remarkable progress regarding the iiriplenentation of the scheme has jbeen made after the announcement by the Prime Minister of her 20-point economic projgram in which �'workers*' participation in hianagement*'.
was included-.Spb|kesmen of most oft he state
had been an alround improve^ ment in the working of the industrial units. r Peaceful working conditions , had resulted in increased prdduc-
: The scheme has been introduc-ted in all the rnajor industrial units of the central and the state governments. It includes the Durgapur steel plant, the Rour-kela steel plant, the Bokaro steel plant and electricity boards of yarious states.
The ^workers who have been brought under the. purview; of the new scheme b elong to industries Hke ^steel, aluminium, copper, fertiliser, mica, cement, textiles, paper., footwear, jute, glass, fire-bricks, and engincexing. v '
Bonus ^ct^
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The ; 1 ndian Govern ment has, liberalised the provision in the Boriuis Act regarding liability for pavnient of minimum bonus. ; . ^;.:'.'lJriiori.,-.ta;bp^ Ragljiunatha Reddy said the liberalisation of the provision would benefit a few lakh worjeers. The President last year
promulgated an ordinance clarify irig that bonus was payable only on : the basis of profits, or production or- productivity, and doing away with the earlier concept Of payment of minimum bonus irrespective of profit or loss of a concern. The ordinance was later ^Incorporated into the Bonus Act !965i
Neiw Delhi, (Samachar(:
The Health and Family Planning Ministry of the Indian GOvern-nient has finalized a program which wbuld enable Indian systems of medicine to play an important role in tlie country's health program.
The jplan envisages the active participation bf all the teaching staff: and senior ^students of cpfleRes teaching IncJian systems
S' Lucknow, (Sam^har).;-:
�ThelUttar Pradesh Export Corporation has bagged orders worth about Rs. one crOre ($1.1milftori) for Supply carpets and handicraft items to European countries, a^drding to^S
tries Minister Mphsin Kidwai; M^
recently that though iridia's carpet exports had shown subjstantiar rise, there wavneed; to. Systematise. --the: 'pattern.;' of
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ance of the cominori Indian � remedies to the villages, greater participation of practioners of Indian medicine, greater produc-
y tipn by pharmacists of indigenous medicines^ large-scaie collection of medical herbs and the participation of Indian systems of
; medidrie;(I^ family planning.
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�is$khapatnam, Feb. 26 (Sam-ach[ar): The Bhabha Atomic "Research Centre ^ (BARC) has deyeloped a neutron logger' * which has a tremendous use for exploration of oil> according to its: Dirjeptpr Dr.- Raja\'Ra'manria. �';�
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECP) says for some poor xountries, especially India, **it is enhanced opportunity for trade in the riiariufactured and semi-manufactured goods which is the most irnportant challenge to the development co-operation polipies"' of j the industrial countries, 'a j
I The more these countries adopt [ non-restrictive import* policies, the lower will be the need for capital inflows to sustain a given level of growth by . developing countries. OECD says in a report on development co-operation.
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j New Delhi, Feb. 28 (S; : The first two.' returns 1 sixth general election we j the congress grasp at tr ; the scrutiny of more th J nominations; filed from ; Lower House constituen
The two Congress a I assured of unopposed ele j Chhatra Bhadur Chhetri | lone Sikkim constitue ! Ririchin Kharidu Khrime : Arunachal West coristitt I While Mr. Khrime wa:
New Delhi, Feb. 26 (Sa Prime Minister Indira Ga all her 12 Ministerial cc from Uttar Pradesh will people's verdict again corning Lok Sabha electic most significant inclusio list of candidates, release Central Election Conimitl is that of Sanjay Gandhi contest from Ariiethi Cor uency. Amethi is adjaice Rae Bareli constituenc where Mrs. Gandhi w
Delhi, Feb. 25 (Sai Jphn Cavanaugh, Democ member of the U. S. h Representatives, envis -more mature and d< relationship*' between In the United States under P
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; New Delhi. Feb. 25 (Sai I Three more countries fi j European Common Mark< | West Germany and Holiai i: for the first time placed o i Indian Coal the gove j announced.. ^ India has thus been succt \ entering coal market of s countries during the
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New Delhi. Feb. 25 (Sar Vietnam will welcome investment on princi mutual interest and . condition that investors ' the country's sovereigi independence Vietnames
New Delhi, Feb. 25 (Sai The newly formed Cong Democracy will fight the election on the Janat symbol, a spokesman anr party's
New Delhi. Feb. 28 (Sa � India and Japan have ex notes concerning theproj< fpr 9 billion yen (Rs. 27.r or $30.6 million at theI exchange rate) and coj loan for 10 billion yen (1 crpres or $33 million current exchange rate) for 1976-77.
The not^s were exch. New Delhi February betweem Takashi Ambassador of Japan to] Dr. Mamohan Singh, Si