தேர்தல் தொடர்புடைய செய்தியாக இருந்தாலும், அது தேர்தல் சமயத்தில் வெளியிடப் பட்ட்தாக இருந்தாலும், வெளியிடுபவரின் அதிகாரம் சார்ந்தே அந்த அறிக்கை செய்திக்குரிய மதிப்பைப் பெறுமா இல்லையா என்ப்தைத்
தமிழ்ப் பத்திரிகைகள் தீர்மானிக்கின்றன. இந்த வாரத்தில் வெளியான இரண்டு அறிக்கைகள் உரிய அதிகாரம் இல்லாதவர்களால் வெளியிடப் படாத்தால், அவற்றிற்கு உரிய முக்கியத்துவத்தைத் தமிழ்ப் பத்திரிகைகள் தராமல், அப்படியே ஒதுக்கிவிட்ட்ன.
1. விவசாயத்தின் முக்க்ய பிரச்னைகளை எந்த அரசியல் கட்சியும் கண்டுகொள்ளாமல் ஒதுக்கியதை அடுத்து விவசாய சங்கங்கள் தமது மாதிரி தேர்தல் அறிக்கையினை வெளியிட்டது தொடர்பானது. இந்தச் செய்தி தி இந்து நாளிதழில் மட்டுமே வெளிவந்துள்ளது. செய்தியின் நகல் கீழே த்ரப்பட்டுள்ளது.
2. குறைவான செலவில் தரமான கல்வியளிக்கக் கோரும் மக்கள் தேர்தல் அறிக்கை தொடர்பானது. இந்தச் செய்தி தி டைமஸ் ஆப் இந்தியாவின் சென்னைப் பதிப்பில் வெளியாகியுள்ளது. நகல் கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.
செருப்பு வீசுவதற்கு அதீத முக்கியத்துவம் பத்திரிகைகளுக்கு, மக்களின் முக்கியமான பிரச்னைகள் குறித்து செய்தி வெளியிட ஏன் அக்கறையில்லாமல் போகின்றது ?
தமிழ்ப் பத்திரிகைகள் தீர்மானிக்கின்றன. இந்த வாரத்தில் வெளியான இரண்டு அறிக்கைகள் உரிய அதிகாரம் இல்லாதவர்களால் வெளியிடப் படாத்தால், அவற்றிற்கு உரிய முக்கியத்துவத்தைத் தமிழ்ப் பத்திரிகைகள் தராமல், அப்படியே ஒதுக்கிவிட்ட்ன.
1. விவசாயத்தின் முக்க்ய பிரச்னைகளை எந்த அரசியல் கட்சியும் கண்டுகொள்ளாமல் ஒதுக்கியதை அடுத்து விவசாய சங்கங்கள் தமது மாதிரி தேர்தல் அறிக்கையினை வெளியிட்டது தொடர்பானது. இந்தச் செய்தி தி இந்து நாளிதழில் மட்டுமே வெளிவந்துள்ளது. செய்தியின் நகல் கீழே த்ரப்பட்டுள்ளது.
2. குறைவான செலவில் தரமான கல்வியளிக்கக் கோரும் மக்கள் தேர்தல் அறிக்கை தொடர்பானது. இந்தச் செய்தி தி டைமஸ் ஆப் இந்தியாவின் சென்னைப் பதிப்பில் வெளியாகியுள்ளது. நகல் கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.
செருப்பு வீசுவதற்கு அதீத முக்கியத்துவம் பத்திரிகைகளுக்கு, மக்களின் முக்கியமான பிரச்னைகள் குறித்து செய்தி வெளியிட ஏன் அக்கறையில்லாமல் போகின்றது ?
டைம்ஸ் ஆப் இந்தியாவில் வெளிவந்த செய்தி
_______________Citizen manifesto asks for fee-less schools in return for votes
CHENNAI: Activists demanded that free and quality education and healthcare be made the right of every citizen on Thursday. Releasing the citizen manifesto, members of the State Platform for Common School Syllabus (SPCSS) declared that people would vote for the party that includes these demands in their election manifesto and has the political will to implement it.
The manifesto demanded free, compulsory and quality education for all from kindergarten to postgraduation. The SPCSS called for feeless' schools as recommended by the Kothari Commission, but till that goal is achieved it demanded that the party that wins the election prohibit the commercialisation of education. The manifesto suggested that fees of all students studying in the schools of an educational district be collected through a bank and then transferred to the accounts of the respective school. Teacher salaries should also be transferred in this manner. "This will reduce the interaction of the parents with the schools and prevent conflicts," the manifesto said.
When the government made public the fee structures of individual schools as determined by the fee committee, parents told schools saying that they would only pay this fees and not the amounts asked by school managements. But now with the academic year coming to a close, some schools are coercing parents into paying the fee demanded by them by threatening that they will not allow their children to write the annual exam. "Parents will vote for the political party that assures them that it would implement the recommendations of the fee committee," said S Arumainathan, president, Tamil Nadu Federation of Students-Parents Welfare Associations.
"It is our Constitutional right to not just have an animal survival, but to live life with dignity. To live a life of dignity and to improve their lifestyle people should be able to spend on things like visiting historical places with the family, acquiring knowledge by purchasing books and having a library. But today a person with earning capacity is gauged by the amount of money he is able to spend on quality education and healthcare, both of which should be provided free of cost by the government," said general secretary of the SPCSS Prince Gajendra Babu.
The manifesto demanded free, compulsory and quality education for all from kindergarten to postgraduation. The SPCSS called for feeless' schools as recommended by the Kothari Commission, but till that goal is achieved it demanded that the party that wins the election prohibit the commercialisation of education. The manifesto suggested that fees of all students studying in the schools of an educational district be collected through a bank and then transferred to the accounts of the respective school. Teacher salaries should also be transferred in this manner. "This will reduce the interaction of the parents with the schools and prevent conflicts," the manifesto said.
When the government made public the fee structures of individual schools as determined by the fee committee, parents told schools saying that they would only pay this fees and not the amounts asked by school managements. But now with the academic year coming to a close, some schools are coercing parents into paying the fee demanded by them by threatening that they will not allow their children to write the annual exam. "Parents will vote for the political party that assures them that it would implement the recommendations of the fee committee," said S Arumainathan, president, Tamil Nadu Federation of Students-Parents Welfare Associations.
"It is our Constitutional right to not just have an animal survival, but to live life with dignity. To live a life of dignity and to improve their lifestyle people should be able to spend on things like visiting historical places with the family, acquiring knowledge by purchasing books and having a library. But today a person with earning capacity is gauged by the amount of money he is able to spend on quality education and healthcare, both of which should be provided free of cost by the government," said general secretary of the SPCSS Prince Gajendra Babu.
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தி இந்துவில் வெளிவந்த செய்தி
Coreagriculture issues remain unaddressed
Farmers' associations come out with a model election manifesto
Freebies promised, achievements or the absence thereof or political rhetoric have thus far dominated the election campaign. Core agriculture issues that are not only of interest to farmers but also to lakhs of voters, who are consumers of agriculture products, have not gained the prominence they deserve.
The election manifestoes of the two leading parties – the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – have not much to say on agriculture, says Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangham (non-political organisation) leader in Coimbatore Vazhukkuparai Balu. And whatever is there has more to do with subsidy, post-harvest management, loan waiver, etc.
DMK
The DMK's manifesto says if the party is voted to power, it will open farm service centres at primary agriculture cooperative banks, lend farm equipment at a reasonable rate, offer interest-free loan for capital expenditure in agriculture, open consumer markets in urban areas to bring about direct sale of agriculture products and introduce green vehicle services to sell farm produce at a reasonable price.
It also says that the party will fix procurement price keeping in mind the production cost, encourage establishment of food processing zones by offering tax holidays, extend freebies to farmers cultivating coconut and horticulture crops and increase drip irrigation subsidy from 65 per cent to 90 per cent. Perhaps the most important announcements from the DMK are that it will ban genetically modified crops in the State and establish a separate department for promoting organic farming.
AIADMK
The AIADMK manifesto promises that the party will strive to boost rice production from 8.6 million tonnes to 13.45 million tonnes, bring about micro irrigation on 30,000 ha, and increase sugarcane production from 475.5 tonnes to 1,000 tonnes by extending sugarcane cultivation to over one lakh ha.
The party also talks about increasing milk production and restructuring milk farms. Farmers say the political parties do not really understand their needs and any manifesto they prepare will not reflect the reality. It is more to win votes than address agricultural issues.
Mr. Balu says the political parties are more or less silent on desilting ponds, removing encroachments from irrigation canals and protecting native cattle species. He says Gujarat government has managed its water resources in such a manner that the state does not suffer from either floods or drought. Other farmers only agree with him.
Referring to the frequent floods during monsoon in delta districts, the farmers say that if only the irrigation canals have been desilted and removed of encroachments, those farmers will not suffer.
They say that no party is keen on spending on improving or maintaining agriculture infrastructure. Only if that is done, will the production improve. And only if the production improves the investments in cold storage or other post-harvest facilities will gain meaning.
The farmers also want the political parties to concentrate on increasing the area under millets, minor-millets, and native varieties of crops.
To voice their demands, the Confederation of Farmers' Associations of Tamil Nadu has come out with a model election manifesto.
Its demands include ban on import of agriculture products that are cultivated in the country, nationalisation of rivers, pollution control, fair procurement price, complete waiver of all agriculture loans, beneficial farm insurance scheme, efforts to protect nature, special agriculture zones, protection of native cattle breed, ban on sand quarrying to protect rivers and promotion of alternative energy to protect environment.
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