Starvation In a shocking incident, a starving girl of Madha Pradesh’s Jaballpur town committed suicide. According to ToI the mother of the girl named Sanjeeda told the police that she had not eaten anything for the last two days because their was nothing in the house that could be eaten. Her mother tried but could not get the food grains under the chief minister’s Annapurna Yojana (scheme) following which she committed suicide. Questions This incident has raised several questions about the credibility of the various welfare schemes initiated by the central and the state government. The first question that the district administration will have to face is why she could not succeed in the getting the food grains under the chief minister’s Annapurna Yojana. That is why district collector was at pains to present the post-mortem examination of the girl in which it was stated that food particles were found in the stomach of the girl. Schemes There are several schemes that the central and the state governments have started for the welfare of the various sections of the society. But people never get proper benefits from them. Their ignorance and the administrative corruption are the major reasons. It is a warning for the governing that in future this trend can become a major problem. Politicians will link this incident with the increased prices and will politicize the issue to exploit the feelings of the people. But on ground level a very little improvement will be done. Reasons There are several parts in India where natural calamities damage the crops every year. Though there are various schemes lack of funds and irregularities has always prevented the people from getting the proper benefits of these schemes. At lowest level Village heads and local political leaders play an important role as for as the welfare schemes are concerned. It depends on one’s relations with these people that decide that whether a person is eligible to get the benefits of the schemes. Only those people can apply for these schemes that have ration cards or some other documents that are made on the basis of the one’s economic status. But no special criteria is followed to shortlist the eligible families.
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Deal between RCOM and MTN Called Off
July 21st, 2008 
Aman Talks called off Talks between Anil Ambani owned Reliance Communications (RCOM) and South African Telecoms giant-MTN were called off on Friday night without reaching any agreement. Talks were aimed at merger of both of the telecom companies that could have created one of the 10 top mobile phone service provider’s powerhouses. Both of the sides in their statements have said that talks were called off because of some legal and regulatory issues. Wire money online to India with Xoom.com for as low as $4.99. Agreement Negotiations between both of the telecom companies had started on May 26 and were being held secretly but somehow the news spread out that Mr. Anil Ambani is going to sell his stake in Rcom to MTN following which MTN would have become the majority shareholder in the Rcom. It was also being said that Ambani would also become the chairman of the merged group. After the merger Rcom would have become a telecom company operating in about two dozen countries with its reach to around 120 million subscribers. Battle It is being said that the result is the outcome of the wrangle between the Ambani siblings. As the talks over the deal were in process Mr. Mukesh Ambani threatened to use his right of first refusal over the shares of Rcom.When Reliance was demerged on January 2007 an agreement was signed between both of the Ambani siblings. According to which Mukesh Ambani was given the right of first refusal over the shares of Rcom. Mukesh had warned that MTN will have to face the court case that he had decided to file against Rcom for its breaching the January 12 agreement. Battle between both of the brothers worsened because of the claims and counter claims. Issues MTN had extended the date of the talks to give more time to the Ambani brothers to resolve the dispute but nothing enthusiastic happened. According to PTI, Rcom in a statement said,” The two sides were unable to conclude the transaction due to certain regulatory issues”. Mukesh had on Thursday had started arbitrary proceedings. To avoid the court MTN decided not to go ahead with the tie-up talks. It was once again the eruption of the battle between the Ambanies that abruptly ended the negotiations between RCOM and MTN.
