Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar
Sharad Govindrao Pawaris an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three separate occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha where...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 December 1940
CountryIndia
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The two matches will be played on April 18 and 19 with the 75% of earnings from the first match going to the relief funds of the earthquake in Pakistan and India.
We all want to resolve issues and organize a successful Champions Trophy in India this year, but some venues have contractual obligations.
We will play the matches at a neutral venue in April this year and 75 percent of the proceeds will go to earthquake victims of Pakistan and the rest to the people affected in India.
This unfortunately has broken that and for the sake of the game I think it would be better if it did go around in order.
Yes, we have heard about this, but it has only happened in limited pockets and is not a serious nationwide issue. In the total milk production and cattle across the country, there are only a handful of such cases.
Yes we have decided to organize Test matches between India and Pakistan after every two years on the lines of Ashes.
We have discussed this matter jointly and we feel that given the massive following for the game in South Asia it is apt we bid jointly for the World Cup.
We have decided to make a joint bid for Asia.
These are the worst hit places where the incidence of suicides are exceptionally high. While concerned states have already announced relief measures, the gravity of the problem has made the Centre chip in with financial assistance.
Some progress has been made but much more needs to be done.
More information on the earlier lines was placed before the working committee by the treasurer. The matter was discussed and it was decided to leave the matter to the discretion of the president.
Seventy-five percent of the revenue will go to the earthquake affected people in Pakistan, while 25 percent will go to affected Indians.
I have spoken to the cricket board presidents of the other Test nations from Asia (Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and have reached an understanding.