HT LIVE Chandigarh
28 June, 2011
Census for BPL families in city to begin from July 18
Chandigarh Newsline
... Meanwhile, Satya Pal Jain former MP and National In-charge of the Legal and Legislative Cell of the BJP has urged the Centre to raise the maximum income criteria, for inclusion in the BPL category, from the present amount of Rs 630 per month to at least Rs 3,000 per month. This will ensure a large number of really poor people enjoy benefits under the schemes meant for the category, he said.
In a statement issued today, Jain said at present, as per the criteria of the union government, only those who earn less than Rs 21 per day are poor. He said that this limit was unrealistic as with this income, a person cannot even feed himself for a day.
While tonnes of food grains were deteriorating in storage facilities of the Centre, crores of poor people were starving to death, Jain said.
He demanded that as per the directions of the Supreme Court, these food grains be distributed free to the people in the BPL category after increasing their income limit.
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10 June, 2011
Amend guidelines for declaring assets by central ministers: BJP to PM
DAILY NEWS & ANALYSIS
Under the present guidelines, the ministers have been asked to declare the assets of only those family members who are "wholly dependent upon the minister", which excludes their married sons and daughters, brothers, cousins and other close relatives, which is not in line with the basic purpose of declaring assets, Satya Pal Jain, all India in charge of the Legal and Legislative Cell of the BJP, told reporters.
The BJP today demanded the Prime Minister to amend the guidelines for declaration of assets by the central ministers and ask them also to declare properties of their married and unmarried family members, and other close relatives.
Under the present guidelines, the ministers have been asked to declare the assets of only those family members who are "wholly dependent upon the minister", which excludes their married sons and daughters, brothers, cousins and other close relatives, which is not in line with the basic purpose of declaring assets, Satya Pal Jain, all India in charge of the Legal and Legislative Cell of the BJP, told reporters.
He said if the guidelines are not suitably amended, the ministers can go scot free.
Jain said the Prime Minister should ask all the central ministers to declare the details of all properties purchased or sold by them, their sons, daughters and other close relatives.
Jain said it has been noticed that during the last few years most of the ministers have made wealth including immovable properties in the names of their married sons, daughters, cousins and other close relatives.
He said that some of the ministers got their sons and other close relatives appointed in various government and semi-government institutions as well as in various prominent big companies, having direct link with these ministers, as "Advisors" or "Retainees", and thus got huge amounts from there.
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