IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
The casual approach of Social welfare department of Zilla Parishad has created trouble for newly-wed couples who tied nuptial knot against the wishes of their family. The financial assistance of Rs 39 lakh instituted by the Central government for Inter-caste married couples is yet to be given to 78 couples collectively Rs 39 lakh for 2010 by Zilla Parishad.
As per the information Union government has sanctioned Rs 50,000 financial assistance for 208 married couples in District. But, administration has not yet distributed the cheques to eligible couples. Validity of 39 cheques collectively Rs 39 lakh has lapsed on September 30 as they were prepared at the very beginning of current fiscal.
To promote inter-caste marriages, the award money has been increased from Rs 15,000 to Rs 50,000. When ZP committee members confronted Social Welfare officer about this serious lapse, the official concerned gave evasive reply and claimed that budgetary provision was inadequate.
According to sources, many valid cheques are still pending with the department. Sources claimed that members of committee are trying to arrange a grand ceremony for distribution of cheques but, as the code of conduct for Gram Panchayat election came into force, the date for ceremony is yet to be fixed.
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