UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT YOUR MOBILE

1) Emergency number the Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly …this number 112 can be dialed even while the keypad is locked. Try it out.

2) Locked the keys in the car? Your car has remote keys? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you happen to lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are home, call someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the phone on their end. Your car will unlock.Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).Editor’s Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!”

3) Hidden Battery power imagine your cell battery is very low, u r expecting an important call and u don’t have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370#Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when u charge your cell next time.

4) How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:
* # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.

You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either.

5) Be careful while using your mobile phone
When you try to call someone through mobile phone,don’t put your mobile closer to your ears until the recipient answers. Because directly after dialling, the mobile phone would use it’s maximum signalling power, which is: 2 watts = 33dbi, Plz Be Careful, Message as received (Save your brain) Please use left ear while using cell (mobile), because if you use the right one it will affect brain directly. This is a true fact.

The latest report on Aging issued by the National Institute of Aging on 20 July 2009 indicates that the average age of the world's population is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The number of senior citizens worldwide (age 65 and older) has already crossed 50Crores. By 2040, that number will hit 130Crores. Thus, in just over 30 years, the proportion of older people will double from 7 percent to 14 percent of the total world population.

The most rapid increases in the older population are in the developing world. By 2040, developing countries like India are likely to be home to more than 100Crore people aged 65 and over, 76 percent of the projected world total. Within 10 years, for the first time in human history there will be more people aged 65 and older than children under 5 in the world. The 65-and-older population in China and India alone that numbered 16Crores in 2008, nearly one-third of the world's total will be accentuated in the coming decades as the absolute number climbs to 55Crores in 2040 (33 in China and 22 in India).

Older people, particularly in developing countries, still make substantial contributions to family well being through such activities as household maintenance and grandchild care. But off late many of them have to live alone and that also without sufficient financial security. Even the well to do and highly educated and experienced senior citizens find themselves treated more as a burden to the society. Very few among them voluntarily keep themselves busy in social service or developing a hobby or business they always wanted to do in their adult life but could not do. Hardly any avenues exist for using this vast resource in some way either by the state or central governments.

There have been some initiatives like Prevention of cruelty to parents Act, Old age pension, facility for mortgaging of house to get extra income by seniors, travel concessions etc but very few are fully aware of them and still fewer have any experience about the difficulties involved in taking advantage of them.

These numbers indicated in "An Aging World: 2008" should be treated like a 'Wake up Call' by the governments at the Centre as well as in states. There is a need for a statutory body to approve long-term plans, suggest legislations, attend to serious complaints and keep a watch on timely actions by authorities in public and private sectors.

(Published in Central Chronicle 24 Jul)

New Income Tax Code - a brief preview in Concessions Page

Conservation of Lakes of bhopal :

A seminar was held on 19th July under the aegis of Senior Citizens Forum, Bhopal to examine the status of the projects related to the lakes of Bhopal, its shortcomings and the active involvement of the citizens in future action plans. Shri K S Sharma, retired Chief Secretary, presided.

Dr Singh of EPCO provided the status of the Bhoj Wetland project indicating that Lake Conservation Authority is responsible for ensuring that adequate water from catchments areas, prohibition of sewage input, desilting and filtering activities are efficiently performed. Shri Raghuvanshi of Bhopal Municipal Corporation provided details of the sewage treatment, interconnectivity and filtering activities that form part of BMC's responsibility.

Most of the participants were critical of the delays in completing projects, improper design, wastage of funds, inaction on conservation of the lakes, leakages, corruption and involvement of many agencies without defining their accountability in the project implementation. They also said that while media did expose many such acts it did not follow up to put pressure on the agencies. The usage of the water of the lakes also has to be regulated, as the monsoon is unpredictable.

Shri K S Sharma supported the need for an independent statutory agency to oversee the project, find the shortcomings and act against the defaulters. In the mean while he appealed to the citizens to keep a watch while cooperating in doing their part and media to give publicity to the citizens' complaints to put pressure on the political class and bureaucracy. It should not happen that after spending thousands of crores we are worse than in 1995 when the project was taken up, as happened in the case of Ganga-Yamuna cleaning project.

Senior Citizens Forum, whose mission is to involve the members in socially relevant projects, took note of the shortage of organs for treating patients and the extent to which unscrupulous elements took advantage of it to cheat people. Consequently we conducted on 10th February 2008 an organ and Body Donation Camp with the support of Dr S L Patidar and his staff. 36 persons offered to donate organs/full body and completed the required formalities. Shri Babulal Gaur, Ex-Chief Minister and current Urban Development Minister was the chief guest who honoured each volunteer for their praiseworthy decision.

A second camp was held on 23rd March. In this camp 41 more psersons came forward. An important aspect was the predominance of women in this.

We have approached the Union Health Minister and the Chief Minister of MP to make efficient arrangement for setting up of 'ORGAN BANKS' so that the donated organs become available to the needy in proper condition and without delay. We have also asked for remoing EYE DONATION from the Transplant Act.

Our programme has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Health and social welfare, Government of India by the good offices of the Governor who showed great interest in it and even volunteered to give away the declaration forms to the Dean of Gandhi Medical College Bhopal.

The Senior Citizens Forum has come out with a Quarterly Journal " GREY HAIR" to propogate the Forum activities and provide useful information to members as well as other senior citizens. The Journal would also have articles by both members as well as non-members on important topics. We have priced the Journal at Rs 25 with an yearly subscription of Rs 100. This would partly meet the expences. Subscription may be sent by MO or given personally to Gp Capt A B Mehta, Vice President at MIG-282, E/7, Bhopal (462016). Enquiries for multiple copies can be sent through

e-mail at abmehtabhopal@indiatimes.com

• Provide appropriate mechanism for the above purpose.
• Provide better medical facilities to senior citizens.
• Institutionalise a suitable mechanism for the protection of life and property of older persons.
• Set up Old Age Homes in every district.

Senior citizen including parent( includes father, mother biological or step) who is

unable to maintain himself from his own earning or out of the property owned by him has to be necessarily maintained by his children(includes son daughter, grandson and grand daughter) and in their absence by relatives who are likely to inherit the property of such a senior citizen. In case of any dispute the senior citizen can approach a tribunal set up by the State Governments for this purpose in each sub-division. This tribunal will have the powers of a Civil Court. Appeals can be heard by an Appellate tribunal presided by the District Magistrate.

In respect of medical facilities, the State Governments shall ensure that,-

• Govt hospitals or Govt funded hospitals shall provide beds for all senior citizens
• Separate queues be arranged for them
• Facilities for the treatment of chronic/terminal/degenerative illnesses to be provided
• Research in respect of chronic elderly illnesses and ageing to be encouraged

The State Governments should establish and maintain old age homes as per need,

beginning with at least one in each district. Government staff, including the police and judicial officers should be given periodic sensitization and awareness training. They would prescribe comprehensive action plan for providing protection of life and property of senior citizens. This would include declaration of void any transfer of property from senior citizens to his children or relative if he or she is found guilty of not maintaining them.

Yog Nidra is the supreme relaxing and meditative technique. It is in fact NOt a Nidra or Sleep. One has to remain alert all the time chanting 'OM'. He has to repeat his objective for life after he has relaxed all parts of his body by being aware of these parts and making them free from stress(Shavasan).

This process results in regular full breathing i.e. observing the breath right upto stomach cavity. Thereafter one brings about harmony between the Mind and the Thought process. The emotional stress, ignorance and confusionn of mind are gradually removed. Intuitive knowledge of the 'art of living' is thus obtained.

Experiencing this bliss within he repeats his 'sankalpa' about his life's purpose and 'wakes up' from Yog Nidra and slowly becomes aware of outside chanting 'OM'.