‘Centre likely to increase sugar export quota soon’

Union min Shah operatives sector. The state leaders were part of a delegation led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis. tor with regard to working capital, margin money, funds for setting up ethanol plants and issues of loan restructuring.

DRI OPS IN ONE MONTH: SMUGGLED INCESTICIDES WORTH `16.8 CR SEIZED

Mumbai (PTI): At least 30 metric tonnes of insecticides worth Rs16.8 crore were seized by the Mumbai zonal unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in the last one month, an official said on Tuesday. The DRI had intercepted several consignments of insecticides being smuggled into India in connivance with Chinese suppliers in the last one month, he said. A syndicate was involved in smuggling insecticides such as Chlorantraniliprole, Abamectin Benzoate, etc, and the agency had managed to intercept consignments weighing 30 MTs with estimated value of around Rs16.8 crore, the official said. The test reports have confirmed the goods to be insecticides only, he added. The import of insecticides legally requires a permit from the Central Insecticides Board, and the law mandates the importer and its suppliers or manufacturers to get registration from the Board, the official said.

ACB arrests one, books another for bribery

First India Bureau

Thane: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday, arrested a junior engineer of Maharashtra discom for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs15,000 for restoring household power connection in the Konkan sub-division.

booked for demanding a `2,000 bribe.

An offence was registered against a junior clerk of Bhiwandi magistrate court in Thane district for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs2,000, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said.

New Delhi (PTI): Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday assured leaders from Maharashtra that the Centre would soon increase the export quota sugar and take steps to help the ailing sugar industry in the state.

Shah gave the assurance during a meeting with Maharashtra BJP leaders, who also have stakes in the sugar co-

“The export quota (for sugar) has been exhausted. Since Maharashtra is a coastal state, we can export sugar through our ports. The minister also took a constructive approach on the issue and assured us to increase the quota or take an appropriate decision in this regard,” Fadnavis told reporters here.

The meeting was attended by BJP leaders Raosaheb Patil Danve,

“The cooperation minister had a positive approach and assured us that a favourable decision will be taken within a week,” Shinde said.

A senior BJP leader said the export quota for sugar was fixed at 60 lakh tonne and there was a need to increase it by at least 20 lakh tonne so that the sector could benefit from high prices of the sweetener in international markets.

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company engineer was posted in Raigad district. He had allegedly demanded Rs20,000 from the complainant in order to restore a snapped household electricity connection but agreed to accept Rs15,000 after negotiation, an ACB release said.

In another case, a court official has been t is rightly said that a highly developed values system is like a compass.

The accused had demanded the bribe for accepting and numbering four cases filed with the court, the official said.

The complainant approached the ACB, after an investigation, the allegations were confirmed and a case was registered under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. against the junior clerk of Bhiwandi magistrate court.

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The magnificent five-day Jaipur Literature Festival concluded with the Writers’ Ball at the Leela Palace hotel on Monday. Jagdeesh Chandra along with some prominent faces of Jaipur including the extraordinary writers, speakers, organisers, speakers and who’s who of the city celebrated the evening with foot-tapping music, gastronomic delights and an elegant ambience. The Rajasthani folk music renditions made everyone shake a leg and have a whale of a time amid an atmosphere of camaraderie and bonhomie.