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Success story about ‘Modi of Odisha’ poorest among all Ministers
New Delhi: A 64-year-old newly elected BJP’s MP from Balasore in Odisha, Pratap Chandra Sarangi who is also known as ‘Modi of Odisha ‘got charge of the Minister of State in Narendra Modi government.
The BJP MP from Odisha’s Balasore district who is selected as Minister first time after defeating his BJD rival Rabindra Jena, industrialist-turned-politician and a former MP by almost 12,000 votes in Lok Sabha elections.
The saffron party flag holder Pratap Chandra Sangragi has experienced of being part in the Odisha Legislative Assembly twice.
With his first election in 2004 from Nilagiri and again in 2009 as Independant candidate won for BJP ticket. However, defeated by Rabindra Jena in 2014.
A bachelor like Narendra Modi, reside in a simple and severe condition with no comfort and lives in a roof covered with straw hut. He used to live with his mother who died last year.
This Saffron leader is financially weak among 542 MPs he was least resourceful with the benefit of 13 lakhs whereas BJD lawmaker Pinaki Mishra with Rs 117 crore, BJP MPs Sangeeta Singhdeo and Nitesh Gangdeo came second and third in the asset list.
He becomes winner by defeating billionaire candidate he did the whole publicity bicycle who reside in hut and bath at the panchayat’s hand pump.
Also credited with opening schools in tribal areas of Mayurbhanj and Balasore he speaks fluent Sanskrit.
Popular as ‘Modi of Odisha’, Sarangi is poorest among all Ministers:
After graduating from from Fakir Mohan College in Balasore, he wanted to become a monk in Ramkrishna Math. So after suggestion from Math he was inspired to do social work in his region.
He had first joined as a clerk in Nilagiri college but quit soon after getting associated with RSS and VHP.
A first-time parliamentarian from Odisha is making a mark on social media after widely-shared photograph appeared on social media packing his bags to come to Delhi seen 64-year-old is squatting in his bamboo and straw hut.
According to his affidavit submitted to the Election Commission, since he did not have a taxable income Sarangi has not paid income-tax in the last five financial years.
As Modi concluded his oath over thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters all dressed in saffron kurtas, vests and even saris, rent the air with shouts of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’.
Famous personalities from diverse fields, Heads of state, government or their representatives of The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) member states, Kyrgyzstan and Mauritius attended the ceremony, as did several industrialists, including Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and his family.
Newly Cabinet minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi greets President Ram Nath Kovind during his oath taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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