“ROUNDTABLE FOR CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, 2016”

August 10, 2016

Sh. Vaibhav Aggarwal, & Mr. N.K. Goyal, Personally Invite you for the: “ROUNDTABLE FOR CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, 2016” Venue : Gulmohar, India Habitat Center, New Delhi Date : 12th August Time : 2.30 PM – 6.00 PM For confirmed registration please email tonavteshgoyal@yahoo.com andpresident_cmai@cmai.asia  Prelude : The Draft National education Policy has been prepared by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) for revamping the structure of education of India. The reason bearing in mind that India is growing fast under the new government and there is a growing need to match and better the Indian Education when compared to the Common Minimum International Standard of Education, making the student, ready to graduate with an International perspective. This will be resulting in easy acceptability in the international manpower resource pool. Background: The Draft National education Policy was notified for Public Comments on 31st July, 2016 and has had consultations within the public and Private areas but, in our opinion not sufficient. Copy attached. The earlier Education Policy 1986, report of Mr Subramanian etc. is available ateducation.digitalconindia.in http://nationaleducationaward.com/ 1986 was the first time when India made a Education policy and this is the first time, the NDA government under the leadership of Sh. Narendra Modi, is bringing about a revolutionary change in the system of Education of India. Format of the Roundtable: Closed Door, Invitation only to a Select group of attendees pre-profiled. Process of Consultation: Blade-BRAINS™ Group and CMAI will bring together the group of people in a Multi Stake Holder Environment for providing inputs to the policy 2016. For this purpose, there will be discussions, and best practice sharing on the topics centered below: Teacher Education in IT & Telecom basics for contributing to a Digitally skilled India; Right to Education in IT basics at schools level for making a Digital Ready Future; Review of other policy points in the Draft Policy, and collections of Multi-Stake-Holder Comments for Inputs to government of India. Out of box suggestions to bring back India to the glory of ancient times, when India was known world over for education like Nalanda, Takshila etc. Suggestions on budget utilization in the education sector, Center vs State vs private Universities/Institutes. Curriculum and its alignment to skills, economic earning activities, national pride. Any other topic as may be found suitable. Experts and Invitees: Shri Indresh Kumar, RSS will be Chief Guest along with Sh. P.P. Chaudhary, MoS, Information Technology, Government of India; Hon’ble Sh. Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Member Parliament. Prof Dr. RK Khandal, Former Vice Chancellor of UPTU shall lead the discussions with other Vice Chancellor/Chairmen of Education Institutes Rest of the Invitees will include: Segment of Education Researchers & policy contributors in the field of education & literacy; Representatives from Leading Schools, Colleges, Universities & Poly techniques & ITIs; Multi-Government Representatives & Officers; Members of Parliament; Section of Parent Representatives; Industry Leaders; Organizer Contacts: Prof. N.K.Goyal, Chairman Emeritus, TEMA and President CMAI nkgoyals@yahoo.co.in, president_cmai@cmai.asia Mr. Vaibhav Aggarwal, Leader BJP, Social Activist, &  Serial Entrepreneur, President & Group CEO Blade-BRAINS™ Group +91.9899246969 |va@thevaibhav.com |va@bladebrains.com

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“Dialogue on India@75”.

August 10, 2016

Dialogue on India@75

11 August 2016 : Shajehan Hall, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

CII and India@75 propose to have a public discourse on the roadmap for achieving our envisioned India of 2022 in next 6 years and roles stakeholders need to play. Pursuing this objective, CII/India@75 with CNBC TV 18 are organizing a  “Dialogue on India@75”.

We have invited a few key dignitaries from Government of India to be part of this dialogue with industry.

Given this background, We are writing to you with a very special request to kindly consider attending this special initiative and contribute to the Dialogue on India@75 scheduled on 11 August 2016 from 5-6 pm at Shahjehan Hall, Taj Palace Hotel.

This Dialogue session between the Government dignitaries and the CEOs will be anchored by Ms Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC- TV18.

This program will be telecasted during prime time on CNBC on the eve of Independence Day on 14 August as a special 2 hour program on India@75 Vision 2022.

Kindly confirm your participation to hema.malini@cii.in  by using the enclosed reply form.

Regards,

Haridas

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Affidavits of all 25 Ministers including the newly elected Chief Minister of Gujarat

August 10, 2016

Press Release

Dear Friends,

Post the resignation of the Chief Minister and the reconstitution of the Council of Ministers in the Gujarat Assembly, Gujarat Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 25 Ministers including the newly elected Chief Minister from the Gujarat State Assembly.Please find below a summary of the analysis:

Criminal Background

            Ministers with Criminal Cases: 10 (40%) out of the 25 Ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 10 Ministers who have declared criminal cases, 5 have declared serious criminal cases. These cases include murder, attempt to murder, robbery, dacoity etc. 

Financial Background

·         Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 25 Ministers, 21 (84%) are crorepatis.

·         Average Assets: The average assets of 25 Ministers is Rs 7.81 crores.

·      Ministers with Highest Assets: The minister with the highest declared total assets is Solanki Parshottmbhai Odhavjibhai from Bhavnagar Rural constituency with assets worth Rs. 37.61 crores. The top three Ministers with highest declared assets are:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Solanki Parshottmbhai Odhavjibhai	BHAVNAGAR	BHAVNAGAR RURAL	BJP	5,17,44,290	32,43,75,000	37,61,19,290 37 Crore+	Y
2	Kakadiya Vallabhbhai Gobarbhai	AHMEDABAD	THAKKARBAPA NAGAR	BJP	1,24,45,198	27,28,67,500	28,53,12,698 28 Crore+	Y
3	Patel Rohitbhai Jashubhai	ANAND	ANAND : BYE- ELECTION ON 13-09-2014	BJP	15,66,46,990	7,50,00,100	23,16,47,090 23 Crore+	Y

·         Ministers with Lowest Assets: The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Tadvi Sabdsharan Bhailalbhai from Nandod (ST) constituency with assets worth Rs. 23.76 lakhs. The three Ministers with lowest declared assets are:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Tadvi Sabdsharan Bhailalbhai	NARMADA	NANDOD (ST)	BJP	17,06,322	6,70,000	23,76,322  23 Lacs+	Y
2	Bachubhai Maganbhai Khabad	DAHOD	DEVGADHBARIA	BJP	12,61,000	13,20,000	25,81,000  25 Lacs+	Y
3	Keshaji Shivaji Chauhan	BANASKANTHA	DEODAR	BJP	30,94,212	12,00,000	42,94,212  42 Lacs+	Y

·         Liabilities: A total of 18 ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Radadiya Jayeshbhai Vithalbhaifrom Jetpur constituency with Rs. 7.94 crores of liabilities. Top three ministers with high liabilities are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Radadiya Jayeshbhai Vithalbhai	RAJKOT	JETPUR : BYE ELECTION ON 2-06-2013	BJP	14,75,21,380 14 Crore+	7,94,64,162  7 Crore+	Y
2	Kakadiya Vallabhbhai Gobarbhai	AHMEDABAD	THAKKARBAPA NAGAR	BJP	28,53,12,698 28 Crore+	5,15,75,000  5 Crore+	Y
3	Solanki Parshottmbhai Odhavjibhai	BHAVNAGAR	BHAVNAGAR RURAL	BJP	37,61,19,290 37 Crore+	3,30,57,040  3 Crore+	Y

·         High Income Ministers*: Top three ministers with highest income in there ITR are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by minister	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Babubhai Bhimabhai Bokhiria	BJP	PORBANDAR	PORBANDAR	19,32,38,357   19 Crore+	2011-2012	39,10,476   39 Lacs+	31,17,134   31 Lacs+
2	Radadiya Jayeshbhai Vithalbhai	BJP	JETPUR : BYE ELECTION ON 2-06-2013	RAJKOT	14,75,21,380   14 Crore+	2011-2012	32,88,098   32 Lacs+	30,65,335   30 Lacs+
3	Jashabhai Bhanabhai Barad	BJP	SOMNATH : BYE ELECTION ON MAY- 2014	GIR SOMNATH	6,43,21,014   6 Crore+	2012-2013	28,27,629   28 Lacs+	19,78,369   19 Lacs+

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age)

·         Ministers’ Education: A total of 15 (60%) Ministers are graduates or have higher degrees while 10 (40%) Ministers have education qualification of 12th pass or below.

·         Ministers’ Age: A total of 9 ministers have declared their age between 25 to 50 years and 16 Ministers have declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years. The youngest minister is Radadiya Jayeshbhai Vithalbhai aged 30 years from Jetpur constituency.

·         Women Ministers: Out of 25 Ministers, only 1 is woman. She is Dr. Nirmlaben Vadhvani from Naroda constituency. 

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