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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT AMID OPPOSITION BOYCOTT AS BUDGET SESSION BEGINS ECONOMIC SURVEY 2020-21 President:SC Spend more, there is space for fiscal hasputfarm impulse:Survey’s lawsonhold, Budgetguidance Growth recovery will up taxcollections, Govttoabide enable asustainable fiscal path SUNNYVERMA& Says ‘dishonouring’ of Tricolourand AANCHALMAGAZINE NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 ‘disrespect’ to R-Day‘unfortunate’ TWODAYSahead of Budget,the Economic SurveyFriday LIZMATHEW pitchedfor an “expansionary Growthantidote NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 fiscal policy” in 2021-22 to fordebt boostgrowth. It also advised the UNDERLININGTHATthe govern- At amahapanchayat calledbythe BKUinMuzaffarnagar on Friday. AbhinavSaha AMITSHAHPOSTPONESBENGALTRIP,PAGE8 government to continue with THE SURVEY has aclear mentis“continuouslymakingef- structural reforms and signifi- messagefor Finance fortstodispelthemisunderstand- cant privatisation of state- MinisterNirmala ing” over the newagriculture THE EDITORIAL PAGE ownedcompanies. Sitharaman.Thereisno laws,atthe centre of farmer President RamNath Kovind BJP chorus in west UP: Ghazipur TabledbyFinanceMinister needtoworry so much protests that have rocked the in Parliament, Friday. PTI THEREAL Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok about high debt or a Capital, President RamNath DESECRATION Sabha, the survey for2020-21 higher fiscal deficit as KovindtoldParliamentFriday that mishandled, can boost movement emphasisedthat astringent the nascent economic theSupremeCourthasstayedim- respected freedom of expression BY PRATAP BHANU MEHTA lockdown from March 25 to May recovery needs expendi- plementation of the laws forthe and holding of peacefulagita- Speaking to The Indian Fridayreflected this mood. 31 helpedinbreaking the chain turesupport. Growth, in present and the government “re- tions in ademocratic set-up. LIZMATHEW Express,the leaders, including According to police estimates, WITHFIRANDFAVOUR of the pandemic'sspread and itself, will makedebt spectsthe decision of the apex However, the recent actsofdis- NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 severalMPs, said that Thursday's therewereover10,000partici- Weaponising the lawtobook preventing loss of lives. The sub- sustainableinthe courtand shallabide by it”. honouring the National Flag and order from the Ghaziabadad- pants—manyBJP leadersac- farmers govthad engaged with, sequent policy response helped medium term. Addressing the joint sitting of showing disrespect to the auspi- THE MOVE by theBJP govern- ministration and the heavy po- knowledgedthat it wasbigger throwing IPC at journalists,is in ensuring aV-shapedeco- LokSabha andRajya Sabha at the cious occasion of the Republic ment in Uttar Pradesh to getthe lice deployment to evict the pro- than the one calledoverthe com- notpolicy.Itwon’t work nomic recovery,itsaid. startofthe Budget session of Dayare unfortunate. While the farm protestsiteatGhazipur va- testers ledbyBKU leader Rakesh munal riots in 2013 —with the PAGE 10 Callingfor an expenditure MORE REPORTS Parliament —Opposition parties Constitution givesusthe right to catedhasthepotentialto revitalise Tikait have inflamedthe senti- GIC ground packedwith tractors, push despiteafiscal slippagethis PAGE 17 boycottedthe address to show freedom of expression, it is also the agitation againstthe Centre's mentsoffarmers, especially jeeps and farmers. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 solidarity with farmers protest- expected that we abide by the newagriculturelawsafter thevi- those from the Jat community Therewas heavypolice de- EXPRESS NETWORK ing againstthe newlaws— CONTINUEDONPAGE2 olenceatRedFortduringRepublic whichcarries significant politi- ploymentoutside the ground President Kovind also referred to Dayappeared to have dented its cal weight in western UP, and on the streets, as Opposition KHAPSMOBILISE the storming of the RedFortand credibility, accordingto theruling Haryana and parts of Rajasthan. leaders from the Samajwadi PROTESTERSIN To assess equity, Eco vandalism on Republic Day. IN PARLIAMENT party's seniorleaders in western The massivecrowd at the ma- Party, RashtriyaLok Dal, HARYANA PAGE 6 “My government has always PAGE 7 UP andHaryana. hapanchayatinMuzaffarnagar CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Survey introduces a Day after in Ghazipur: as convoys Violence erupts first time in Singhu: bare necessities index whichithad soughttoexamine PRANAVMUKUL the accesstofoodinthe country. roll in, protest gets fresh impetus cops watching, ‘locals’ target farmers NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 The BNI summarises 26 indi- cators on five dimensions —wa- that the farmers' agitation had af- later said that 44people, includ- INEQUALITIES IN access to bare ter, sanitation, housing, micro-en- SOURAVROYBARMAN ASHNABUTANI, fectedtheirlivelihood,and dam- ing a22-year-old man who al- necessities likedrinking water, vironment, and other facilities — NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 JIGNASASINHA& aged tentsand shelters while legedly attacked asub-inspector sanitation, hygiene and housing andhas been createdfor allstates ABHINAVRAJPUT clashing with farm protesters. with asword,werearrested. conditions continue to existbe- for2012and 2018 usingNSO data. NAKUL CHAUDHARYparkedhis NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 The farmers alleged that they Sources told TheIndianExpress tween urban and rural India de- Theindex classifies areas onthree tractor near the Ghazipur protest were attacked at the behestof that all those arrested were farm spite“widespread” improve- levels of access —high, medium, site’smain stage, whippedout a FORTHE firsttime since the BJP to disruptthe protest protesters. mentsineachoftheseaspects, low—tobarenecessities. phone from his pocket andwent November 26, when the sit-in againstthe Centre's newfarm Around noon, the group of the Economic Survey for2020- The Survey has underlined live on Facebook: "Nand Kishor startedthere, violence erupted laws.One of those in the group men gathered near GTB 21 has shown, using anewly the needtofocus on reducing Gurjar,pleasepay us avisit today. at the farm protestsiteinSinghu. that reachedthe sitesaid he was Memorial at the Delhi-Haryana constructed “BareNecessities variations in theaccesstobare We want to meetyou since we In full viewofpolice who kept the husband of aBJP councillor borderand raisedslogans, asking Index” (BNI). necessities across states, be- couldn't meetlastevening. The watching,anestimated groupof from avillagenearby. protesters to vacate theareaand The BNI builds on the idea of tween rural and urban areas, and youth of Baghpat areeager to talk BKU leader Rakesh Tikait in Ghazipur. Praveen Khanna 200got past three layers of secu- With both sidesthrowing saying theywould nottolerate Thalinomics in the Economic between income groups. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 rity barricades Friday, claimed stones at eachother,Delhi Police CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Survey for2019-20,through CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kamra to SC: Jokes can’t EXPLAINED Minor blastnear Israel EXPERT EXPLAINS makeheavens fall, taking THEREDFORTAND Embassy,note on spot DELHI—SYMBOLS offence anational sport ANDNARRATIVES suggests an Iranian ‘link’ OFPOWER PAGE 13 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kamrais MAHENDERSINGH NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 facing MANRAL contempt of &SHUBHAJITROY STAND-UP COMEDIAN Kunal court BUSINESSASUSUAL NEWDELHI,JANUARY29 Kamra, who is facing contempt of charges courtcharges fortweetsagainst BY UNNY ACRUDE bomb went offnear judges and the judiciary, on Friday the Embassy of Israel on Dr APJ told the Supreme Courtthathis Supreme Courtvalues the faith Abdul KalamRoad in New Delhi “tweets were notpublishedwith the public places in it (and seeks on Fridayevening, shatteringthe At the site of the blaston intention of diminishing people's to protect it by theexercise of its windscreens of three cars on the Friday. Anil Sharma faith in the highestcourt of our criminal contempt jurisdiction), road, police said. democracy” and that “the public’s it should also trustthe public not No one wasinjured in the ex- faith in the judiciaryisfounded to form itsopinionsofthe Court plosion,whichtook place on the sured him of “fullestprotection” on the institution’sown actions on the basis of afew jokes on 29th anniversaryofthe estab- to Israel's mission and itsdiplo- and notonany criticismorcom- Twitter”.He addedthat “thesug- lishment of diplomatic relations matsinIndia. mentaryabout it”. gestion that” his “tweets could between India and Israel. The bomb appeared to have In anaffidavitfiledinresponse shakethe foundations of the most External Affairs MinisterS been planted in aflowerpot on to thenoticeissuedbyabench powerful courtinthe worldisan Jaishankar spoketohis Israeli the road divider,policesaid. A headedbyJustice Ashok over-estimation" of his “abilities”. counterpartGabiAshkenazi letter in an envelope addressed Bhushan, Kamrasaid “justasthe CONTINUEDONPAGE12 soon afterthe incidentand as- CONTINUEDONPAGE12
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