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formerly a top cyber official ������������������������� day was 8,34,531. As many
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he upcoming budget and Liquidity na can be revitalized and recon- tion, and Agricultural Sector. prove effectiveness.
is being viewed as a The lockdown has impacted stituted to provide for vital diag- Empowering
� Provide Financial Support
sort of declaration the economy deeply. Since While stimulating demands nostic tools to ensure that peo- � Upgrade with Digital Infra-
of intent and stance of the many sectors have underper- and creating an ecosystem that ple in highly vulnerable areas Education Sector structure like portals, apps, etc.
state administration to- formed, the revenue of the nurtures growth for small and are able to keep a check on vital State Government-run � Improve existing digital job
wards their commitment, state through the taxes has re- local businesses is essential for health parameters. schools, especially in remote ar- portals.
orientation, and approach duced considerably. Moreover, long term sustainable value Allocation of fresh funds to eas, should be provided with the Strengthening
for the upcoming finan- small businesses and daily wa- gains, while for the short term, schemes like Deen Dayal Mobile necessary physical and digital
cial year, for supporting gers need financial assistance, generation of revenues could be Health Clinics for their up-gra- infrastructure to conduct class- Small Businesses
the economy and provid- and provision for salaries and done through immediate in- dation and expansion would be a es with proper social distancing MP has a unique treasure of
ing a foundational frame- re-hiring of workers who lost crease on cess and other taxes positive move. The Deen Dayal and cleanliness standards (with local handicrafts and hand-
work for realizing the vi- their jobs need to be made. only on non-essential luxury Antyodaya Upchar Yojana can proper toilets and sanitization looms like Chanderi and Ma-
sion of 'Atmanirbhar The state is expected to pro- items and items like tobacco, al- be expanded in terms of the facilities). heshwari cloth, and these
evam Samriddh Pradesh'. vide further tax exemptions cohol, etc. monetary value of treatments The 'Digi Lap - Aapki Padhai should be promoted with re-
The budget is not just a and fiscal stimulus to moti- Revenues from non-tax covered and should also be made Aapke Ghar' Abhiyan with its newed vigor.
financial plan but an op- vate consumer spending be- sources (like fines and penalties accessible to migrant laborers. digital learning app ' Top Parent' The state-owned crafts and
portunity to boost the havior and create demand to on tax evasions and other viola- Improving Infrastructure should be updated and made handloom emporiums like
morale of the markets. replenish the flow of money in tions) can be increased by dou- novative solutions and schemes user friendly and interactive. Mrignayani and Vindhya
Moreover, the state budget the markets. The state has bling penalties. to increase revenue while also Investment in infrastructure Policy reforms for teachers' Herbals should be rebranded
for the upcoming finan- compelling tradeoffs and For ensuring immediate cash delivering superior value, like projects and expenditure on the compensation and training are and marketed effectively.
cial term is more signifi- unique constraints to deal inflows for investment in priori- the 'Nishtha Vidyut Mitra building of roads, electricity, absolutely essential. HealthTech and EdTech start-
cant than ever, being the with this time. They need to ty areas, the state can propose to Scheme' by Madhya Pradesh and availability of Internet Elevating Employment ups should be provided with tax
first budget to be passed invest and spend more, with issue municipal bonds (as being Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Compa- ought to be the priorities in this benefits and incentives and
normally after the lock- limited expansion of revenue done by some municipalities). ny Ltd. area. Opportunities more opportunities to collabo-
down (the previous budg- sources and that too without Divestiture in unutilized assets Boosting Healthcare Policy Framework and Guid- The existing employment rate in state-funded innovative
et was approved by the depending too much on exter- or giving unused property on ance in setting up projects for schemes like the Rozgar Setu Yo- projects.
Hon'ble Governor nal borrowings to avoid long lease could also be done. Healthcare needs to be made sustainable energy generation jana, Sabko Rozgar Milega Yo- Microfinance institutions
through an Adhyadesh in term heavy debts. Incentive and strategic bene- more robust through the devel- like the successful Rewa Ultra jana,Yuva Swabhiman Yojana, should be provided with subsi-
the second half of 2020). It Some suggestions that could fits to local businesses can be opment of Healthcare Infra- Mega Solar Project should be and Mukhya Mantri Swarozgar dies and other benefits to pro-
needs to strike a chord contribute to the required re- provided to stimulate demands. structure. The present schemes promoted. Yojana should be revitalized as vide low-interest loans to
with the sentiments of the silience and agility to the Support and policy guidelines could be extended and broad- ublic-Private Partnership proj- follows: Women SHGs and MSMEs.
citizens and businesses of budget for sammridhh MP are could be provided to state-run ened in terms of the coverage of ects could be boosted through � Expand scope and services Prof. HIMANSHU RAI,
the state. discussed below: companies to come up with in- health services and benefits. For the provision of incentives, es- � Proper roadmap and opera- Director, IIM Indore
First sighting of Red-Headed Vulture in Mhow Rs 80cr collected for Ram Temple
OUR STAFF REPORTER
TINA KHATRI pher and lover. species reduced from 4 Indore
Indore He said, "Red-Headed crore to 4000. Biggest un-
Vulture is one of the worst natural catastrophe," Ya- A sum of over Rs 80 crore,
A hope for not just good victims of diclofenac. dav said. collected for the Ram Tem-
vulture population, but From millions in 90s, it He added that though the ple in Ayodhya in Indore
also revival of species came to thousands in 2000 drug is banned by govern- was handed over to the au-
started this week on a and few hundred in 2007 ment of India, but the ban thorities on Sunday.
pleasant note, as the first when it was listed to Criti- is not implemented in let- Former member of Nar-
sighting of Red-Headed cally Endangered in IUCN ter and spirit. "It's avail- mada Control Authority
Vulture in Mhow, Indore Red List." able openly without pre- Government of India and
was recorded by bird He explained that di- scription and vet doctors former Chairman Ecosys-
watchers. clofenac medicine is used are prescribing regularly," tem (Mission Ecology) Indi-
The Red-Headed Vulture to treat pain and inflam- Yadav said. an Council of Science and Representatives handing over funds for construction of Ram Temple, Ayodhya on Sunday
was spotted in the Malendi Red-headed vulture clicked by Brigadier Arvind Yadav in Mhow mation in cows and other There are alternative Technology Communica- ry Committee, Ministry of little girls broke their piggy
Patalpani area by district. "So far only Egypt- rare species of vulture. animals. "Once ingested, drugs available that are tion Dr Afroz Ahmad pre- Labour and former mem- banks and contributed
Brigadier Arvind Yadav, ian Vultures have been Yadav has previously traces remain permanent- not dangerous but lack of sented the collected funds. ber of Indore Union Driver their savings. About Rs
Dev Kumar Vasudevan and seen in Mhow tehsil and spotted and recorded 14 ly in the animal, when car- awareness and control is The funds were presented Shailendra Mahajan and 1.11cr was contributed by
Shantanu Thada. Indore district," they said. new species for Indore dis- casses are eaten by vul- causing this to Pt. Bhupendra Dharwa, Co-ordination Forum. various corporate groups
The trio shared that it is The trio had ventured on trict since June 2020. Other tures. The drug traces af- They also saw Indian Par- Union Ministry of Envi- Funds were received from as well. LGBT community
the first recorded sighting an unplanned birding trip, than being an army officer, fect the kidney and liver of adise Flycatchers (male ronment and Forests, Na- Kinnar (LGBT) community has donated about Rs
in Mhow tehsil and Indore where they sighted the he is a wildlife photogra- vultures. In 20 years, six and females). tional Child Labor Adviso- and children as well. Some 11,000.
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showing their certificate from Ravi Jain was -year-old
the doctor. SINCE ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACCINE' the first beneficiary Bhagyawanti
According to Chief Medical to get vaccinated at
70 -year-old Satish Kumar Jain and his wife Sharma, vaccinated
and Health Officer Dr Pravin Ja- MY Hospital. "I don't
dia, "We received a good re- Vibha Jain became the first beneficiaries at MY Hospital, said,
have any fear of "My children did my
sponse as a large number of peo- of the new phase of vaccination in the city as
vaccines. It is
ple were seen excited to get vac- they got vaccinated at Government PC Sethi registration after
important to get the
cinated. We face some issues ini- Hospital. They couldn't get registered online reading news about
tially but with time, things will
improve."
after which officials permitted them for offline
registration. "We waited for our turn since the
89 -year-old Kanhaiyyalal Gupta became the first
beneficiary who got online registration and
inoculated in Government PC Sethi Hospital. "I am a
jab to eliminate the
deadly disease. I
read in newspapers
vaccination. I
reached the hospital
He said that they appealed to announcement of the vaccine. We believe in our and did not feel any
practicing lawyer and had stopped going to court after about vaccination
the people to get themselves reg- changes after being
scientists and have faith in science. I was excited COVID spread. Now, I am vaccinated and will return to work and reached MY
istered online as they temporar-
for vaccination and everyone must come after getting the second dose as well. I am feeling good to Hospital for the vaccinated except a
ily provided the-on-spot registra-
forward to take the jab," Jain said. get vaccinated," Gupta said. same," Jain said. feeling of safety."
tion facility.
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Show-cause notice issued
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to Tata Projects Limited
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to get vaccine under the
The second phase of vacci- latest phase. As per the Ujjain Municipal Corpora-
nation against Covid start- health officials vaccina- tion served a show cause
ed in the city from Monday tion will be conducted at notice to Tata Projects
in which people of age 3 government hospitals limited for making unlev-
group of 45 to 60 year will and 3 private hospitals of elled sewerage chambers
be vaccinated. the city. across the city and due
which an innocent lawyer
lost his life as his bike
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On Sunday late night a 23
positive
corporation’s team removed such shed of substandard polythene bags from a
Satyanaryan in Goutam Marg and in Pi- shopkeeper in Freeganj area. The team
plinaka area where Shahid Khan was run- also slapped a penalty of Rs 3450 on the
Tally 5,285, toll 103 ��������������� Covid directives to ning illegal cattle shed. shopkeeper.
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started preparations for
Briefing the arrange-
ments collector Asheesh
Youth dies in Travel agent gets 4-yr RI
Fourteen 14 persons test-
ed positive taking the
Maha Shivratri. On Mon-
day divisional commis-
Singh informed
arrangements are being
that, bike collision for cheating passengers
number of corona pa- sioner Sandeep Yadav, IG made according to Covid di- Ujjain: A youth resident of
tients to 5,285 mark in the Yogesh Deshmukh, col- rectives to provide easy en- Kesarbag colony was ��������������� Ashutosh son of Om-
district on Sunday. The lector Asheesh Singh, SP try and exit to every devo- killed in a bike collision on ������ prakash Shrivastava, resi-
toll is 103. Satyendra Kumar Shuk- tee. Online booking Sunday night. The acci- dent of Yaman Sahara Es-
As per the medical bul- la, ADM Narendra Surya- arrangements have suffi- dent took place in Nayapu- Second ADJ Prempal Singh tate, village Bangrasia,
letin issued at 11 pm, out vanshi and other con- cient slots and every devo- ra area in Barnagar. Thakur on Monday convict- tehsil Hujoor, district
of 121 cerned officials paid tee should be updated to The family members told ed a Bhopal-based travelling Bhopal.
sample re- COVID-19 their visit to famous Ma- slots current status. Collec- that Asheesh agent for duping some lo- Shrivastava sought Rs
ports re- DISTRICT hakaleshwar Temple and �������������������������������������� tor urged devotees to use on- (26) son of cals in the name of sending 8,79,500 for the trip from
ceived on UPDATE its periphery areas. line booking services to con- Bhanwarlal him to Spain. The accused the complainant and oth-
the day, 14 The officials told that tancing. IG Deshmukh told Devotees can easily ap- firm their entry and slot. Mali had gone has been awarded rigorous ers. They transferred the
persons including 11 all devotees have to get that adequate police proach till Jaisinghpura to Barnagar to imprisonment of 4 years. same from their accounts.
from Ujjain City and 3 registered online for arrangements will be ground by any vehicle Make preparations recover loan amount from The court also slapped a Despite receiving pay-
from Nadga including 6 making entry in the tem- made to ensure safety and and vehicles shall be for crowd a businessman meanwhile fine of Rs 5,000 on him. ment, the accused did not
women tested corona- ple on the occasion of Ma- security of devotees. parked at Chaardham at 11pm his bike collided According to deputy-di- provide them the air tick-
positive. Overall, 79 pa- hashivratri festival. Spot Road Parking located at management: IG with another bike and he rector, prosecution, Saket ets and also did not return
tients, 33 of them sympto- registration can only be Parking Triveni Museum. ��������������������� got injured badly. He was Vyas, complainant Anurag back their passports. He
matic, have been getting made if the slot is not ��������������������������� rushed to a private hospi- Gour had on September 9, even continuously avoided
treatment. filled.
arrangements Mobile toilets �������������������������� tal in Ujjain where he died 2017 filed an FIR in the attending his mobile
Samples of 1, 72, 568 Collector Asheesh Singh The administration ����������������������� during treatment. His kin Madhav Nagar police sta- phone following which the
persons have been taken One-way entry informed that adequate will also made arrange- ��������������������������� added that Asheesh has tion that he had booked a victims came to conclusion
across the district so far Divisional commissioner arrangements are being ments to install mobile ����������������������������� sold his 26 bigha agricul- ticket of flight for Spain that they had been cheated
and no report is awaited. instructed to make made for providing con- toilets around the tem- ������������������������������ ture land for Rs 1 crore and tour for him and his family and they finally ap-
With 2 more discharged arrangement to follow the venient parking facilities ple premises. Officials ������������������������������ he had loaned out a part of members. For the to-and- proached the police. AGP
on the day, the total num- one-way system for entry to devotees coming from also inspected different ��������������������������� that sum to a businessman. fro travelling, they had Kishore Kumar Sharma
ber of corona winners and exit of devotees with different parts of the coun- exit and entry points of ����������������������� He had gone to Barnagar provided passports to Am- pleaded the case on behalf
has gobe up to 5,103. maintaining social dis- try and state. the temple. ����� �� ��� ��������� to recover the same. bel Tour & Packages’ agent of prosecution.
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Government Model (Indore) proposed a vote
of thanks.
non-disbursement of dues of full cooperation with the union Students participated in the be able to do new innovations
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retrenched labourers of Binod and one another. The meeting essay writing on the topic in the future and make the ���� ����
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Mills for which the Supreme was also addressed by many “Our Indian Scientists are country and society proud, he
Court had passed an order other officials who were pres- our Pride” and presented it. added.• � �
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some two years ago. ent at the venue, to render their The participants of the con- The programme was chaired
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Addressing the meeting advo- encouragement to the workers.• • tests explained the impor- by the principal in-charge ����
cate Dheeraj Singh Panwar They also appealed to the tance of Sir CV Raman’s life Ramesh Kurup. He said that
gave a background of legal bat- labourers to assemble in large and work.• today is the age of science so � � � � �� � � � � �� � � � � � � � � �
tles for workers. numbers in the meeting every A teacher Ishwar Mehta we all should contribute to- RUNNING CLASSIFIED
Labour Union president Om- Sunday at 3 pm and requested gave a talk about the scientif- wards making the country DISPLAY CLASSIFIED 7 DAY 500/-
prakash Singh Bhadoria elabo- to beware and not get misled by ic basis of ancient glorious ������������������������������������������������������������������� �������� and society better by using 50/- SQ.CM. B/W.
15 DAY 1000/-
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rated upon the role of labour propaganda. traditions, how sage and muni science and technology. Stu- 75/- SQ.CM.
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union in the struggle of work- and the best of ancient times Teacher in-charge of Sci- that today life is incomplete dent Lakhan Bairagi ex-
ers and asked them to partici- ������������������������ lived life in scientific way. ence Club Rajesh Rathore said without science. There is sci- pressed the vote of thanks.
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The ‘idea of India’ seems to be in peril ter Kashmir, Assam is their next target.
They have been successfully flooding As-
Nationwide vaccination State of the Union sam, Tripura and the rest of Bengal
since long.”
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he economy may now be ready to return to the
he results of the forthcoming elec- lar values, respect for the democratic mir is a Muslim-majority Union Territo-
normal growth path with the latest quarter fig-
tions to four state assemblies and ethos, autonomy of the constitutional in- ry, then Assam has more than 30 per cent
ures coming in just when the nation-wide vac-
one Union Territory will have a stitutions, a culture of debate and dis- Muslims and in West Bengal, their num-
cination drive to immunise the people against the
momentous impact on the political his- cussion, the tradition of inclusion of all ber is 27 per cent of the population. In
Covid-19 virus got underway. A lot is also riding on
tory of the country, particularly if the and exclusion of none, the inculcation of Kashmir, remedial steps have been taken,
the success of the vaccination drive for the economy
BJP manages to retain Assam and wins a scientific temper and a promise to tralised the minorities, mainly Muslims. Art 370 has been abrogated, the state has
to build on further from the 0.4 per cent growth in
West Bengal. The BJP has very low build a modern nation-state, where the It brags that the politics of Hindutva been split into two and has been reduced
the third quarter of the current financial year, after
stakes or a marginal presence in Tamil rule of law was to be supreme. Some peo- have changed the electoral bargaining to a Union Territory.
two quarters of big contraction. Gross value added
Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. In Tamil ple call it the ‘Nehruvian consensus’ and power of the Muslims. For the party, the In Assam, the BJP succeeded in form-
(GVA) grew by one per cent in the last quarter. Sim-
Nadu, the BJP is riding piggyback on the others name it the ‘idea of India’. concern for the minority by the earlier ing the government in 2016 and the
ply put, all things considered, the worst seems to be
behind us. After 15.9 per cent contraction in the first
AIADMK and even if the AIADMK al- Today that ‘idea of India’ seems to be in For the old governments is equal to appeasement of process of identification of the
liance wins, not much credit will be giv- profound danger, waiting to be replaced consensus, Muslims and is reverse communalism, Bangladeshi migrants, who, in their
half of 2020-21, growth is expected to flatten out in
en to the BJP. In Kerala, the BJP has no by an ‘alternative idea’. which poses inherent dangers to natural opinion, are mostly Muslims, began in
the second half, as per the advanced estimates. With- history was a
chance of turning the tables and emerg- This ‘alternative idea’ has its contours security. the name of the NRC but the task is still
out doubt, the main driver is stepped up government
ing victorious. drawn but is yet to be examined by the fu- guiding force, a There is no denying the fact that the incomplete. Assam was the first state
expenditure, not only on pandemic-related activity torchbearer for
Similarly, it has a negligible presence ture, to ascertain if it is deep enough to Prime Minister has propounded a new slo- where the anti-CAA and NRC protest
but in boosting demand and employment in key sec-
in Puducherry. But in Assam, the BJP build a new consensus and survive as the future, but gan after 2019 – Sabka saath, sabka vikaas, erupted majorly, followed by the other
tors such as construction, roads, highways, etc. Even
the private real estate sector is returning to the
has its government. And retaining that many years as the old one. If the old con- the new sabka vishwaas (Every one’s support, states. So, despite the massive resent-
government will be a huge challenge. sensus was rooted in a grand old civilisa- consensus seeks everyone’s development, everyone’s ment, if the BJP wins Assam again, then
growth path, thanks to benign interest rates, incen-
In West Bengal, the BJP was a margin- tion, based on compassion and diversity, trust). Everyone’s trust was added to it will be an indicator of the fact that the
tives offered by developers to offload pending inven-
al player in the 2014 parliamentary the new one, in its DNA has disregard for
revenge on the counter the mounting criticism that the victory of the Hindutva forces was not a
tory and sops by banks to boost credit in the rela-
elections and in the 2016 assembly elec- the pluralism and its edifice is built on past. In its government does not trust minorities. But fluke earlier and that it has a deeper res-
tively secure middle-and-upper-income segments. A proclamation to
tions as well. In fact, in the 2014 elec- hate. It believes in the superiority of one the same did not reflect on the ground. onance in the society.
number of state governments have helped by lower-
ing the circle rates for land, as also the stamp duty on
tions, the BJP had got only 16 per cent tradition and within that tradition, the discover the old The abrogation of Article 370, passing Ideologically, like Assam, West Bengal
votes, despite riding on the huge Modi paramountcy of the select few. Exclu- and ancient, it of the citizenship law, the brutal crack- has to be a very high priority state for the
property registration. Farm sector is another bea-
wave and afterwards, slipped to 10 per sion, not inclusion is the rule. has heaped down on the Shaheen Bagh protest, the followers of Hindutva. But till 2019, it
con of hope, growing about four per cent in the last
cent of the vote share in the assembly For the old consensus, history was a demonisation of the Tablighi Jamaat failed to make inroads into the state.
quarter and set to record three per cent growth in the
elections in 2016. guiding force, a torchbearer for the future
disdain on its during the pandemic, the random mis- Now, after winning 18 parliamentary
full year. A good monsoon, high crop yields and food glorious
Since 2014, the political landscape in but the new consensus seeks revenge on use of sedition laws against Muslims seats and attaining 40 per cent of the vote
inflation boosted rural incomes. Maybe one reason tradition; the
the country has changed. A new para- the past. In its proclamation to discover and the promulgation of the Love Jihad share, it has tasted blood. The unprece-
for the sluggish response elsewhere in the country to
the protest by Punjab farmers over the farm legisla-
digm has engulfed the nation and a lot of the old and ancient, it has heaped disdain multi- Act in different BJP-ruled states belies dented aggression displayed by the BJP
water has flown under the bridge. Fun- on its glorious tradition; the multi-di- dimensional the claim of the government. The Mus- and its leaders vis a vis the Mamata
tions has been the good crop this year. Still, it will
damental changes have taken root in the mensional approach to address multi-lay- approach to lim minority today virtually lives in fear. Banerjee government, is propelled by
help if the government on its own made the gesture,
body politic of the country. Now, the ered history has been reduced to simple The Hindutva ideology sees them as the the rigour of the conviction, soaked in
suspended the implementation of reforms till after
hegemony of the Congress system has formulae, facts have been fictionalised to address enemies of the state, and they are re- Hindutva. A victory in West Bengal will
the Supreme Court-appointed panel of experts sub- multi-layered
collapsed and is being replaced by the suit its narrative and it has succeeded in ferred to as ‘cockroaches’ and ‘termites’ provide an ‘ideological opportunity’ to
mitted its report. Sullen and angry farmers in a key history has been
BJP’s overpowering presence. Its domi- brainwashing a larger audience for the by the top leaders. ‘stop the spread of the menace’, ‘deci-
state do not help anyone. Back to the growth num-
bers. Manufacturing too was back on track, record-
nance is robust, and the Congress is ly- construction of a utopia. reduced to This thought flows from the writings of mate enemies of the nation’ and correct
ing in the pits. On the one hand, while This idea seems to be winning as of simple formulae, the second chief of the RSS, M S Gol- the wrongs of history.
ing 1.6 per cent in the third quarter, suppressed de-
the Congress is struggling to retain its now. Democratic institutions have been walkar, who identified them as one of the And if the BJP could win both Assam
mand due to prolonged lockdowns finding a release
presence as a serious national party in crumbling, the pillars of the Constitu-
facts have been enemies of India. In his book, ‘Bunch of and West Bengal, then it could easily be
after the graded opening. The sector is set to regain
Parliament and the state legislatures, the tion have surrendered to the executive fictionalised to Thoughts’ he writes, “It would be suici- said that Hindutva has far greater trac-
normalcy, though new pressure points in creeping suit its narrative
BJP on the other, has improved its tally and the majoritarian view prevails over dal to delude ourselves into believing tion than is normally assumed, that it has
protectionism and high fuel prices could prove a
drag. The case for reducing taxes on fuel both by the
in the Lok Sabha and pocketed new fron- the rest. Parliament has been reduced to and it has that they have turned patriots overnight perfected the art of majoritarian politics
Centre and the states remains strong, especially
tiers for itself. one party and the party has submerged succeeded in after the creation of the Pakistan. On the and governance and that their unfin-
The Congress has, in the past, lost elec- into one entity; that entity is the law and brainwashing a contrary, the Muslim menace has in- ished civilisational project is on the
when relatively moderate prices of energy can boost
tions many times but the basic ethos of the government; his views are unwritten creased a hundred-fold by the creation ‘right’ track, in which Muslims will have
growth and arrest inflationary pressures in the econ-
politics remained more or less the same. Constitution. In the majoritarian view,
larger audience which has become a springboard for all no other option than to forfeit their polit-
omy. As it is, fears of inflation are beginning to
Today, the political consensus which was the rule of the majority is sovereign, and for the their future aggressive designs on our ical space and live like a second-grade cit-
spook share markets. Rising bond yields too are a construction
arrived at during the freedom struggle the minority should not complain about country.” izens for a long time to come.
negative pointer. High energy and food prices would
inevitably cause the Central bank to step in to hon-
and continued afterwards, has been bro- its numerical inadequacy. of a utopia. He further writes, “The second front of
ken. The broader framework of that con- Within this framework the BJP takes their aggression is increasing their num- The writer is an author and Editor,
our the commitment to hold the consumer inflation
sensus encompassed adherence to secu- great pride that it has successfully neu- bers in strategic areas of our country. Af- SatyaHindi.com
within the 4-6 per cent band. In turn, a higher bank
rate would have a negative impact on growth. Given
that the informal sector was still reeling under the
devastating effect of the pandemic, small businesses,
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which employ an inordinately large number of peo-
ONE FLEW OVER THE NEST #ConsentInMaritalSex TUESDAY'S SWIPE TO THE
ple, will suffer further if steps are not taken to revive "If a couple is living together as man and wife, the husband may be a brutal man, but can you call the act of sexual intercourse a rape?"
EDITOR
them. Of course, a lot depends on the success of the asked Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday while hearing a case of alleged rapeRadhika Roy
vaccination program which got underway on March @royradhika7 Catch-22
1.
Marriage does not entail blanket consent to sexual intercourse. You do not become the property of your husband, to be treated as he
Ref.: ‘Auto-rickshaw,
Despite several hitches reported in the working of
pleases. How is this still be up for discussion ? taxi drivers
the online registration for taking the jabs, it is hoped
@royradhika7 apprehensive about fare
that the countrywide operation will succeed in re-
hike’ (March 1). A couple
moving the fear of the virus. At a minimum, a third "If a couple is living together as man and wife, the husband may be a brutal man, but can you call the act of sexual intercourse a rape?" of months ago, when the
of the population needs to be vaccinated before we asked Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday while hearing a case of alleged rapeRadhika Roy auto and taxi unions
can attain herd immunity. States like Kerala and Ma- VJ@VJ290481 approached the
harashtra, which are in the grip of a resurgence, can
No, it is not up for discussion. What gives men the idea that marriage entails unlimited access to sexual intercourse as they desire? government for
avoid lockdowns only if the immunisation pro-
Avijit Saxena@avijitsaxena87 assistance, they were
gramme is implemented smoothly. Happily, the price
offered a fare hike. In
of the vaccine is unlikely to prove a dampener, While sexual intercourse in a marriage without the consent of wife should be labelled as marital rape, the real question is - how will you view of the pandemic,
though state governments ought to give it completely establish consent, or the lack of it, within s bedroom where there is no other witness? however, the unions had
free to the poorer sections, on a priority basis. Poor Former Bhakt@bhakt_former
protested and refused
people everywhere have suffered the most in the pan-
the offer. They were
demic, having lost their livelihoods and accounting
aware of the loss of jobs
for a high percentage of the Covid-19 infections. It is
which had led to
important that growth regains momentum at the ear-
lessened demand. What
liest. Government spending will need to drive Going ahead, some economists see the continuation of a K-shaped recovery, as against the govt’s claim of a V-shaped one they wanted was some
A
fter contracting as much as 15.8 per cent in sion. Agriculture was the rare bright spot that second and first quarters of the current fiscal, re-
the April to September period of FY ’21 – a
24.4 per cent fall in the first quarter and a
had expanded 3 per cent each in the previous two
quarters as well.
spectively.
Although a bit lower than expectations, the fact
Pink-ball outings
7.3 per cent slide in the July to September quarter However, private consumption expenditure, that the economy did move into the green in Q3, While T-20s and ODIs
(revised data) – due to the Covid-19 pandemic and which is a measure of the crucial consumer de- indicates that the measures taken by the govern- make life hell for the
national and regional lockdowns, economists had mand, continued to contract, falling by 2.3 per ment to contain the spread of the virus have had bowlers, Test matches of
predicted that the GDP growth would see a mar- cent in Q3, though the extent of contraction re- a positive impact on growth. Going ahead, some late, especially the pink-
ginal expansion in the October-to-December duced from the second quarter when it had economists see the continuation of a K-shaped re- ball, D/N Test matches
quarter. Therefore, after two consecutive quar- shrunk 11 per cent. Government spending, on the covery, as against the government’s claim of a V- come like a whiff of
ters of a waterfall-like slide, the data for the third other hand, also fell in the latest quarter. While shaped recovery, with some sectors growing fresh air for them. How
quarter released by the National Statistical Or- the economy has managed to snap out of reces- faster than others. But there is also a cause for many times have we seen
ganisation (NSO) on February 27 did not come as sion and the government feels the positive growth concern in view of the virus raising its ugly head bowlers toil on flat
a surprise, as gross domestic product for Q3 re- rate was a sign of revival to pre-pandemic times, once again in some states, causing a spike in dai- batting pitches and
turned to year-on-year growth, although of a the economy, the government admitted, is still not ly cases over the past two weeks. While some ex- batsmen making merry
small magnitude and on a low base, thus putting out of the woods. This calls for, according to ex- perts see the economy reaching the pre-pandem- on these surfaces, with
an end to India’s technical recession. perts, continued fiscal and monetary measures to ic output levels by the end of 2021, others are not no result after five days.
While the GDP was expected to return to positive support the fragile economy. So, what are the key so optimistic and see a full recovery not before Most batsmen’s
territory, there was uncertainty about the extent of takeaways from the latest GDP data? mid-2022. This is because while big businesses techniques are found
steady recovery, which had begun in the last quar- The NSO data is a mix of many positives and have almost returned to their normal potential, wanting on pink ball Test
ter. According to average estimates of 10 econo- some negatives. Festival-led consumption and the real pain is in the informal sector – the SMEs match surfaces, like a
mists polled by Bloomberg, the GDP was expected pent-up demand should have helped the economy – where millions of jobs have been lost and pro- deer in the headlights. To
to grow 0.5 per cent in the third quarter. State Bank expand higher than 0.4 per cent. But this has not duction levels are yet to pick up. prevail on this surface,
of India’s chief economist Soumya Kanti Ghosh happened and consumer confidence continues to So, does GDP growth in Q3 call for celebration? batsmen must use
had projected the GDP growth to be around 0.3 per be low. The revised growth estimates for the full Not really, but one should be happy about the techniques like taking
CHINESE SET UP INFORMATION cent, based on the bank’s ‘SBI Nowcasting Model’. fiscal at minus 8 per cent, against the RBI’s esti- many positives. The Indian economy is a large off-stump guard, try to
SQUADS IN TIBET The rating agency ICRA had estimated a rise of 0.7
per cent, while DBS Bank predicted the third quar-
mates of minus 7.5 per cent, also suggests slower-
than-expected growth in manufacturing and
and complex economy, with a sizable unorgan-
ised sector. Therefore, the revision of GDP num-
play off-breaks outside
the line of off-stump in
The FPJ News Service terly growth to be at 1.7 per cent. The NSO data services sectors. While the manufacturing sector bers is not a rare occurrence. Q1 and Q2 GDP order to take LBW out of
GANGTOK, Feb. 4: The Chinese Communist Party unit in Tibet shows India’s Q3 GDP growth rate was in line with has revived and expanded by 1.6 per cent from the numbers of the current fiscal have been revised – the equation against
has recently set up "peoples information squads" to "enlighten expectations: a marginal rise at 0.4 per cent, reaf- same period a year ago, after contracting 1.5 per one up, the other down – and it is possible that the spinning balls and must
people about the progress achieved under the people's regime firming that the economy has managed to exit the cent in the earlier quarter and agriculture con- Q3 numbers could also see an upward or down- use their feet to smother
and to expose the designs of the imperialists". pandemic-led slump by 2020-end. tinues on its growth trajectory, financial and real ward revision because, as the NSO has said, the spinning ball and also
A number of the Chinese-trained Tibet an youths have been taken However, the GDP for the current financial year estate sectors have also seen a growth of 6.6 per “Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the eco- use their backfoot game,
in these squads which will likely ve in the towns and villages in is expected to contract by a slightly bigger margin cent; in the last quarter. This category had seen a nomic activities as well as data collection mecha- allowing a bit of extra
Tibet and address people's rallies. Every Tibet an has to attend of 8 per cent, according to the government’s offi- dismal performance, contracting 9.5 per cent. nism…Estimates are, therefore, likely to undergo time to adjust to the
compulsorily such rallies which are generally addressed by the cial updated forecast. The first advanced esti- Consumer spending, a key indicator of domes- sharp revisions for the aforesaid cause in due turn and bounce.
local bosses of the Communist Party. mates had forecast a 7.7 per cent contraction. This tic demand in a consumption-driven economy, course, as per the release calendar.” So, the pic- Twilight is the crucial
The necessity to from such squads is understood to be the means a deeper decline in full-year GDP, implying continued to fall, although the pace of decline has ture is far from unambiguous. period for the batsmen in
eagerness of the Chinese to enlist real cooperation from the a 1.1 per cent contraction in the January-to- slowed. A 2.4 decline in consumer spending in a such matches.
Tibetans in their war preparations against India. March quarter. The note of caution is that all pro- crucial festive quarter suggests that a rebound in The author is an independent senior journalist. V Nagendra Kumar
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ED quizzes Maha Min Kadam's wife
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is questioning Swapnali Bhosale, wife of Maharashtra Minister Vishwajeet Kadam in
connection with its probe in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case, officials said. According to senior ED officials,
Swapnali joined the financial probe agency investigation on Monday afternoon at its office here. The ED had summoned Bhosale in
the last week of January. The ED had earlier questioned her mother Gauri Bhosale and brother Amit Bhosale in February this year.
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