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โ€œSome States Didnโ€™t Listenโ€: PM Modi Urges Oppn States To Reduce Taxes On Fuel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the issue of rising fuel prices, today requested states to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel โ€œin the spirit of cooperative federalismโ€. The Prime Minister, listing fuel prices in cities across the country, pointed out that states which had lowered VAT have lower fuel prices.

Stressing the spirit of cooperative federalism enshrined in the Constitution, PM Modi said the country strongly fought a long battle against Covid through that spirit and must also do the same for economic issues given the impact of global issues like the ongoing โ€œwar-like situationโ€. 

โ€œLet me give you a small example. The Centre reduced the excise duty on petrol and diesel last November to reduce the burden on the citizens. We also requested the states to reduce their taxes and transfer the benefit to the people. Some states reduced taxes but some states did not give any benefit from this to the people. Due to this, the prices of petrol and diesel in these states continue to remain high. In a way, this is not only an injustice to the people of these states but it also has an impact on neighbouring states,โ€ PM Modi added.

While listing out the states that did not reduce VAT on fuel during the steep hikes, PM Modi said: โ€œI am not criticising anyone, just discussing.โ€

โ€œSome states did not listen (reduce fuel tax) โ€” Maha, Telangna, WB, Andhra, TN, Kerala, Jharkhand โ€“ for some reason did not listen to it,โ€ PM Modi said. 

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J&K: Police Wages War Against Drug Menace

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Tabasum Jan said that the J-K Police has waged a war against the menace of drugs and it has been successful

Bandipora: The Jammu and Kashmir Police is confronted by the challenge of curbing the โ€œscourge of drugsโ€ which was feared to be rampant in Bandipora.

โ€œPeople for the past several years had feared that the scourge of drugs was rampant in the district and wanted to curb it as much as possible by the administration,โ€ said a report. In a bid to curb the impact of drugs on the youth, the Bandipora police led by Senior Superintendent of Police Bandipora, Mohammad Zahid proceeded with the action while Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySP) Headquarters Shafat Mohmad put the responsibility of this task on his shoulders to fight this battle, according to the report.

โ€œIn Bandiporaโ€™s main town, one of the localities known as ward number-6 was the most infamous for the drug scourge on which the senior citizens were always concerned. Even, parents did not want their children to pass through this area,โ€ the report quoted a local Abul Majeed as saying.

A post-graduation student in social works at Kashmir university, Tabasum Jan said that she always heard about the Bandipora district being known for Aโ€™lim (knowledge or education hub).

โ€œHowever, at the same time, she also used to hear that the district is losing its educational identity and the reason for which everyone was telling the spread of the drug curse,โ€ said the report.

She said that the J-K Police has waged a war against the menace of drugs and it has been successful.
โ€œFor the past few days I have been hearing that big drug dealers are being caught including some women who were always evading the police,โ€ the report quoted the student as saying.

While giving details, the district Police chief Mohammad Zahid said that 58 NDPS cases were registered since 2021 and 82 drug peddlers which includes some big infamous peddlers were arrested.

He said that 14.5 gm brown sugar, 22, 281spasmoproxyvon tablets, 1534 codeine bottles, xxx RUM bottles, around 2 KG charas, 32 KG 610 gm of charas powder, 30 Tramafar injections, 11 KG bung leaves and 4.500 poppy straw were recovered since last years.

According to a senior police official, the police had got the information recently that the young students were being involved in the curse of drugs by taking the codeine bottles. The police proceeded with the action and raided a house in the Kuloosa locality and about 1,300 bottles were recovered from the spot. Two drug peddlers were also arrested.

According to the report, on September 28, the police said that they arrested a notorious female drug peddler identified as Posha Begum hailing from Bandipora, who was evading arrest after she managed to escape on August 25 during a raid on a residential house, and a case was registered in PS Bandipora.

โ€œKeeping the sensitivity of matter in mind, a special investigation team was constituted to trace her by district police chief under the supervision of DYSP HQRS Bandipora Shafat Mohmad,โ€ it said.

โ€œThe police said that she was produced before the Honโ€™ble court Bandipora and was granted judicial remand,โ€ it added.

Earlier, last week the district police had organised an anti-drug awareness programme โ€˜Prevention of drug addictionโ€™ under the banner of Nasha Mukht Abhiyan Diwas at Police stations Pethkote and Aragam respective, said the report.

The programme was organised by police with the motive of generating awareness among vulnerable age groups about the ill effects of drug addiction to seek the cooperation of society in eradicating the social evils prevailing in society, particularly the menace of drugs.

Detailed deliberations on various aspects of drug addiction and preventive measures especially in youth were also made while participants pledged to never indulge in any kind of substance abuse. The participants thanked the Bandipora Police for conducting such awareness programmes and building a bridge of trust between the police and the youth.

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Meanwhile, the Bandipora police have said that they are determined to eradicate the drug scourge from its roots while its ecosystem will be destroyed.

โ€œNo one in the district will be spared under any circumstances regarding the drug scourge,โ€ it said while appealing to people to cooperate with the police to eradicate the drug menace in the district.

โ€œIn a bid to eradicate drug menace from the society, lot many counselling sessions were organized by the police in several areas of the district,โ€ the report quoted the official as saying.

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