GREEN REVOLUTION USHERS IN RAJASTHAN FOOD PRODUCTION 'in Lac Tonnes' 1955-56 1967-68 3. Cotton (Bales) 2. Irrigation was available to 11.57 lac hectares in the begining of the first plan by the end of (1969–70) irrigation potential is 24.18 lac hectares. * High yielding Bajra started with 1164 hectares in 1966-67 & has a target of 4 lac hectares in 1971-72. * High yielding Jowar was only in 1261 hectars in 1966-67 but now will touch 30,000 hectares in 1971-72. * Hybrid meize will reach 30,000 hectares in 71-72 against 4885 hectares in 1966-67. * Highyielding variety of Paddy is now produced in 30,000 hectares against 222 hectares in 1966-67. * Maxican wheat has reached every village and in 1971-72 will be sewa in 5.20 lac hactares whereas it was only 9500 hectares in 1966-67. Special Programme For Increasing Agriculture Production 1. Special projects with the cooperation Agriculture Refinance cooperation. (a) Minor irrigation Schemes & Soil Conservation Under these schemes were started worth Rs. 691 lac and besides this 12 new scheme have been formulated for minor irrigation works worth Rs. 614.09 lacs & 6 schemes for Soil development programme Rs. 1021 lacs. 2. Marginal farmers and Agriculture labour. in Bhilwara & Ajmer. 3. Small farmers Development agencies scheme in Alwar, Bharatpur & Udaipur. 4. Intigrated Dry land Agriculture Development Jodhpur. 5. Pilot Projects on Multiple cropping. Swaimadhopur & Kota. The same thing can be stated about octroi in regard to village panchayats in Maharashtra. The number of panchayats which have been imposing octroi rose from 73 in 1958-59 to 89 in 1962-63 and 97 in 1968-69. Their income too has been increasing from Rs. 4.93 lakhs in 1958-59 to Rs. 29.71 lakhs in 1968-69. The income from octroi in other states imposing it rose from Rs. 2677 lakhs in 1960-61 to Rs. 4663 lakhs in 1964-65. The growth of octroi from 1960-61 and 1964-65 is given in Table A. TABLE A Growth Of Octroi Revenue 1960-61 And 1965-66 increase source is likely to increase to a large extent. Fourthly, the administration of the tax is very cumbersome and taxatious. A number of barriers are erected for its collection at the points of entry of goods, thereby resulting in heavy cost for its collection. It is regarded as wasteful method of raising money. Though the staff which collects octroi are miserably paid, the cost of its collection accounts for more than 20 per cent of its yield in almost all States. In Maharashtra it goes even more than 20 per cent, in some cases. In U. P. it goes even up to 39 per cent. Fifthly, refund is perhaps the worst feature of it in its effects upon municipal finances. It is more true of a town which is an enterport of trade. The systems of refunds are not only cumbersome but also a source of harassment to the public. (To Be Continued) Though almost all municipal councils in most of the States depend upon octroi as one of their main sources of revenue it has been subjected to heavy criticism. It is regarded as "the remains of a barbarous system of universal taxation". The main undesirable features of octroi are firstly its incidence is regressive and falls mainly on necessities of life like food, clothing, medicines, etc. Secondly, it constitutes restriction on the free flow of goods among states and impedes economic development of the country by following a policy solely dictated by local considerations and local interest. Thirdly, octroi schedules are not based on any scientific principles but are mostly arbitrary and are not revised regularly. If they are revised regularly income from this We also manufacture C. I. Plain ended Tee Bend, Reducer etc. Raj Foundries & Engg. Works Fire Fighting Fire Safety In Construction The enormous damages, loss of life and materials, that are caused by fire in buildings, calls for an examination of all the factors which would help minimise damage. The occurrence of fire within buildings can be due to human lapses, mechanical failures, electrical fires, nature of storage of certain articles, etc. These can be minimised only by observing all the safety rules which would ensure the safe operation of the various systems in buildings. But, once the fire has started, the best that could be done is to extinguish it as early as possible and contain it within the source. This highlights the need for fire protection to buildings. The two important aspects of fire Protection as applied to buildings are "Fire safety' and 'fire fighting'. The former is taken care of in the planning design and construction of buildings, before the incidence of a fire and the latter steps in after the occurrence of a fire. Fire fighting is done to an extent with the small installations and appliances located within the buildings and by the fire brigade of the city at the outbreak of the fire. The 'built-in' fire safety in buildings can be achieved only if this aspect is taken care of at the early stages of planning and building schemes. This would be possible, only if the building regulations of the city contain fire safety regulations in the planning, design and construction of buildings. But the concept of fire safety does not find a place in most of the existing building bylaws and regulations of municipalities and] the codes and handbooks of the works departments. The Code gives guidance on fire safety regulations. An extensive study of the foreign practices and their regulations indicate a more or less unified approach in writing down building regulations to cover fire safety of the Occupants. The approach consists of three broad ideas as given below: classification of building based on the use group: classi fication of buildings based on the types of construction and exit requirements. It was noted that this approach of writing building regulations to satisfy fire safety of the occupants has also a bearing on the open space requirements around buildings though these open spaces are also mainly meant for lighting and ventilation. Buildings have been classified into use group based on fire bazard that is likely to occur in a particular occupancy because of the combustible contents in the buildings like the furnitures, furnishings, etc. This grouping would essentially serve as a measure of the fire severity of the buildings. Firex PROTECTS NATION'S PRODUCTIONagainst fire KOOVERJI DEVSHIE-COPVT LTD 105, ARUN CHAMBERS, TARDEO ROAD, Phone: 371276 2260. |