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Naiduniya Representative, Dindori. A speeding bus driver hit the bike riders near Tanki drain on Amarkantak road under Kotwali. Both the students riding the bike died in the accident. On receiving information, both were brought to the district hospital by 108 vehicle.

As soon as the information was received, the Kotwali police reached the spot and started investigating the case. The incident is reported to have taken place around 3 pm on Saturday afternoon.

The bus was coming from Amarkantak towards Dindori, while the students riding the bike were going from Dindori to Gadasarai Sadwachhapar. In the accident, the bike rider Ashish Jharia, father Bhupendra Jharia, age 18 years, and Vivek Bansal, father Anuj Bansal, age 18 years, both residents of village Sadwachhapar, died.

As soon as the information was received, both the students were brought to the district hospital in vehicle 108, where after examination the doctor declared them dead.

Children studying in school (symbolic picture)

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State Education Center wrote a letter to all the district collectors. Information sought about unmapped students in schools. Instructions also given to review the progress of students mapping.

Navdunia Representative, Bhopal. There has been a decline in the enrollment of children from classes 1 to 8 in the government schools of the state. The government is worried about this, because many programs are being run for the admission of children. In view of this situation, the State Education Center has written a letter to all the collectors asking them to analyze the decline in student enrollment compared to last year.

School Education Department is reviewing

Actually, the registration of so many students has decreased compared to last year, hence the School Education Department is reviewing it. In this regard, the State Education Center has written a letter to all the district collectors asking for analysis. It has been said in the letter that the mapping work has almost been completed. In this process, a large number of students have been unmapped from the school and sent to Dropbox by the school teachers. Due to this, there is a decline in the enrollment of students. School-wise and student-wise information about unmapped students in the school is available with the district. It is also being reviewed by the School Education Department. This work must be completed by 31st October. The progress of mapping should be reviewed weekly. The target of mapping unmapped students should also be given from block level and public education level.

In this regard, instructions have been given to the District Education Officer that the mapping process should be completed. It has been said in the letter that the students who have been sent to Dropbox will not be able to get the benefits of state government schemes like free textbooks, uniforms and scholarships.

this is dropbox

Dropbox is actually an online box which is accessible to everyone and which contains information about unmapped students from schools across the country. There is an online facility to search for such students, through which unmapped students can be tracked and registered in the school. Dropbox students are students who were enrolled in a school in a previous semester, but are not shown as enrolled in any school in the current semester. Generally, school teachers send the student to Dropbox without checking if the student’s information is not available during the student’s progress. This creates a situation of confusion.

The packaging of the box is done in such a way that anyone would mistake it for real ghee.

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Consumers are buying a mixture of vegetable oil and chemicals. It is being sold from shops to e-commerce websites as well. Many brands write the taste like light ghee or desi ghee on the pack.

Lokesh Solanki, Naiduniya Indore (Nakli Ghee). Imitations of ghee and butter are being sold with tag lines like taste like desi ghee, light ghee, puja ghee and better than butter. Under the illusion of ghee, consumers are buying a mixture of vegetable oil and chemicals from shops and super stores.

Such products are being sold from shops to e-commerce websites also. The consignment of more than five thousand kilos of fake ghee caught a day ago in Indore is also actually a part of this marketing strategy. The loophole in the rules is such that despite making and selling imitation ghee, these businessmen are saved from adulteration proceedings.

Taste like light ghee and desi ghee

Many brands even write the taste like light ghee or desi ghee on the pack. In this, the word Ghee is made bold and the rest of the text is shortened. Cooking medium is written on them in the corner or in very small letters. Consumers get lured by pure ghee being cheaper by Rs 100 to Rs 200. Seeing the brand name and packing, he buys it considering it to be real ghee.

Pooja Ghee is completely fake

The ghee sold in the shops of puja items in the name of puja ghee is completely fake. Many of these are made from inedible oils. The common consumer reads sacred words like puja along with ghee and buys it considering it to be genuine. In the past years, many brands have launched such puja ghee one after the other. The ambiguity of the rules is giving them freedom to sell fake ghee.

no rules of action

According to High Court lawyer Nimesh Pathak, usually the businessmen making such products do not write desi ghee or pure ghee on the packing. Cooking medium, ghee-like taste or ghee substitute are written on them. Or just the picture of ghee is printed and the brand name is printed. Actually, there is no provision anywhere in the law to ban such tagline or picture.

In such a situation, legal action cannot be taken against them for adulteration or selling fake ghee. On the back of the pack, they write the details of the ingredients in fine print, which the consumer generally does not read. Even after writing puja ghee, they remain safe from action because they argue that it is not for eating but for puja.

Vegetable fat is being sold

Hydrogenated oil and vegetable fat are being sold in the market as alternatives to ghee. Due to this, consumers are cheated and the credibility of the brands in the market also reduces. The government should make clear rules that on any such product it should be clearly written in capital letters that it is not ghee. – Motisingh Patel, President, Indore Milk Union