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Kasargod district to get rare recognition

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May 28, 2012

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Kasargod, May 28: Kasargod district will have the rare recognition of becoming the first district in the country where all the local bodies are computerised to conduct their financial transactions.

The facility is expected to be launched by the second week of June. The Saankhya software, developed by the Information Kerala Mission (IKM), will provide details of cash book, bank book, balance sheet income and expenditure statement, receipt and payment statement, trial balance, bank reconciliation statement, journal book and ledgers.

The project has already been implemented in all the 65 urban local bodies, 345 grama panchayats, 13 block panchayts and 12 district panchayats.

IKM executive director M Shamsuddin said that the aim is to complete the project in the whole of Kasargod, which will make it the first district in the country to complete the e-governance programme. The project will be implemented in all the local bodies in the state by the end of this year. “With the implementation of the project in all the local bodies, Kerala will become the first state in the country where all the transactions are computerised. The hand ritten registers will disappear in these local bodies with the completion of the project,'' Shamsuddin said.

Local Self-Government principal secretary James Varghese said that Kasargod is all set to become the first district in the country where the software of IKM is installed at all the local bodies for data entry of financial transaction. Internet facility is being provided at all the local bodies, except Kadamakudi grama panchayat where there is no electric power supply, to ensure that the e-governance programme is implemented soon, he said. After the implementation of the Saankhya project in urban local bodies, the Local Self-Government department detected certain lapses in these local bodies.

Following this, Local Self Government principal secretary James Varghese instructed all secretaries of the local bodies to submit printouts of the financial statements relating to the previous month to the director of urban affairs by the 20th of every month.

The e-filing system for architecture registration and building permits will also be launched next month. Payment of building tax through e-payment has already been introduced in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kozhikode corporations and Kasargod, Ottappalam and Kanjangad municipalities along with Manjeshwaram and Thumpamon grama panchayats. IKM has also developed a software which enables the public to track the details of any application they have submitted to the local bodies. Touchscreen systems will be introduced at all the local bodies to enable the public to know the status of their applications and other services.

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January 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 24: Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered notice to the state government and self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda while hearing a petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to him.

A petition was filed in the Karnataka High Court on Friday seeking cancellation of bail granted to Nithyananda for skipping the trial and fleeing the country.

Justice John Michael Cunha, after hearing the complainant, ordered issuance of notice to the state government and Nithyananda and posted the matter for hearing next week.

The petition, filed by K Lenin, alleged that Nithyananda has been skipping trial and has fled the country on an expired passport.

The plea further said that Nithyananda was making false representations in his "exemption petitions to the trial court as if he is still in India".

Interpol has also issued a 'blue corner notice' to locate the self-styled godman, who is facing trial in a criminal case, on the request of Gujarat Police. 

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Bengaluru, Aug 8: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday demanded that the state government drop its plan to provide doorstep delivery of liquor.

"After faltering in mopping up revenue, the state government is mulling over allowing doorstep delivery of liquor by enabling online sales and starting new MSIL liquor shops in rural areas. I demand that the state government drop its plans," he tweeted.

"I came to know that the excise commissioner is keen to hold talks with a private firm to enable online sale of liquor. The government should back out from such a foolish decision. Otherwise, agitation is inevitable," Kumaraswamy said.

He said opening new liquor shops or online delivery will ruin the health of society.

"Post-COVID outbreak and subsequent lockdown, people are facing financial distress, struggling to lead day-to-day life. 

The government must withdraw such an imprudent decision to deliver liquor at doorsteps. Opening new liquor shops or the decision of online delivery in times of distress like this will spoil society's health. 

It is not fair for the government to fill its coffers by robbing people's money," he said in a series of tweets.

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February 29,2020

Kochi, Feb 29: The Kerala Non-Resident Indians' Commission on Friday passed a resolution to request the Centre and Election Commission (EC) to make appropriate amendments in the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951, to ensure voting rights to the non-resident Indians working abroad. According to People’s Representation Act, 1951, None-Resident Indians (NRIs) can vote by proxy.

The Commission is a statutory body constituted for the welfare of Non-Resident Keralites working outside India.

The Centre had introduced a bill for this purpose which was passed by the Lok Sabha in 2018, but the same has since lapsed.

Therefore, the Kerala NRI Commission decided to request the Centre to consider introducing the bill in the next session of Parliament considering the interest of the NRI community at large.

The resolution was moved by commission member and NRI entrepreneur Shamsheer Vayalil, who is also a petitioner in the writ petition, filed regarding this in the Supreme Court.

"The central government may consider introducing the bill in the next session of the Parliament session considering the interest of the NRI community at large," read the resolution which will now be sent to the Ministry of Law and the Election Commission (EC).

Commission chairman Justice PD Rajan said the right to vote for NRIs is a genuine demand.

"This is the time that we step up pressure on the agencies concerned to implement this. Voting from the workplace would be a different experience for them. It would be a decisive step," he said.

This fresh development comes at a time when a petition filed in the Supreme Court on the same topic last week came before a bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta, which considered the case and said it will be heard in April.

"We are expecting a favourable decision from the Supreme Court. We would also approach the NRI commission in other states and request them to raise the same demand," said Vayalil.

If implemented, millions of NRIs around the world would be able to exercise their franchise in the electoral processes of the nation. According to the estimate of the Ministry of External Affairs, there are about 3.10 crore NRIs.

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