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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES &ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE EDITORIAL PAGE HIGH SPEND SCHEMES LIKELY BUDGET:INDIA’S NEWDEALMOMENT Govtlooksat BY SAJJID ZCHINOY PAGE 6 ‘expenditure’ EXPERT EXPLAINS budgettoaid Siraj Hussain FromTheIndianExpresspanel ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight highergrowth ISSUESIN Healthcare, infrastructure, housing INDIAN Protesters walked through the fields to reachthe venue of the ‘kisan panchayat’ at Kaimla villageinKarnal district of Haryana on Sunday. Jasbir Malhi AGRICULTURE sectors identifiedfor higher spending The protest by farmers PVAIDYANATHANIYER BUDGET ’21 has brought to focus a Protesters disrupt BJP event in Khattar hits back: only NEWDELHI,JANUARY10 range of issues in agriculture in India. One WITH THE UPTICKinthe econ- Karnal, force CM to cancel visit amendments, Govt omybetterthan what most of the country’s leading economists estimated posteas- policy experts provides a ing of lockdown restrictions, the primer on key questions. that severalpersons sufferedin- government is holding meetings won’t repeal farm laws Union Finance Ministryisofthe SUKHBIRSIWACH juries during the confrontation. with farmer leaders while the viewthat higher spending at this EXPLAINED KAIMLAVILLAGE(KARNAL), On Monday, the Supreme BJP is holding functions to mo- stageofrecovery —rather than COUNTDOWN PAGE 10 JANUARY10 Courtisscheduledtohear a bilise supportinfavour of anti- VARINDERBHATIA earlier —will give abigger push clutchofpetitions related to the farmer laws”. CHANDIGARH,JANUARY10 to growth. IN&OUTOFCOVIDSHADOW AROUND 1,000 farm protesters laws,with talksbetween the On Sunday, despitethe police Haryana CM According to sources, the stormedthe venue of ahigh-pro- Centreand farmer unions failing launchingamildlathicharge,us- FORCED TO scrap his visit to Manohar Lal Prime Minister’s Economic file “kisan panchayat” organised to makeany headway despite ing watercannons and tear gas, Karnal Sundayafter farm protest- Khattar AdvisoryCouncil, Niti Aayogand Soon after by the ruling BJP in Haryana protesters camping on Delhi's and setting up sevencheckpoints, ers took over the venue, Haryana the Chief Economic Advisor’s of- Spend Sunday, forcing Chief Minister outskirts foroveramonth. the protesters managed to reach Chief MinisterManohar Lal fice, have pushedfor an expan- morewhen bail, police Manohar Lal Khattar to cancel his The panchayatinKaimla, or- the venue through wheat fields Khattar accusedOpposition par- to the venue of aBJP “kisan pan- sionarybudget to reinforce the E ● growthlow visit to the siteonthe outskirts of ganisedbylocal BJP MLA surrounding the area. Theytook ties and stateBKU leaderGurnam chayat” in Karnal's Kaimla village nascent recovery.All have advo- EXPLAINED Kaimla villageinKarnal district. Harvinder Kalyan, waspartof over the site, and damaged the Singh Chadhuni of inciting peo- wascancelled, Khattar said: “The cated the Keynes mantrato pick up Para The incident also sawclashes the party's plan to hold such stageand atemporaryhelipad set ple to disruptlaw and order,and Government is notgoing to re- Finance MinisterNirmala AFISCAL stimulus in between supporters of the BJP meetings to mobilise supportfor up forKhattar's arrival. insistedthat the Centrewill not peal these laws.Itiscertain. Even Sitharaman during pre-Budget 2021-22 will be mostef- in another event and opponentsofthe the laws.However, the protest- Haryana BKU president repeal itsnew agriculturelaws. if stategovernmentsare to be ex- consultations. fective to spur growth, Centre's newagriculturelaws, ers had warnedthat theywould Gurnam Singh Chadhuni later Addressing apress confer- empted,therewill onlybe British economistJohn particularly with many with leaders on both sides saying blockthe event as “the central CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ence in Chandigarhafter his visit CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MaynardKeynes had argued parts of the economy terror case that free marketscannotbere- showing clear signs of a liedupon to fuel GDP growth nascent recovery.Having when thereisarecession, of the preserved itsspending ARUNSHARMA Covid-19 curve in Kerala Taking steps to give free Covid kind India and the world, has power, the government JAMMU,JANUARY10 witnessedin2020 following the plans to spend morein doesn’t bend but why Covid-19pandemic. In 2020, sectors suchashealth- SOON AFTER he wasgranted bail vaccine to all in Bengal: Mamata consumer confidence hit anew care, housing and con- by theNIAcourtinacaseof terror low, and theyavoideddiscre- struction-heavy infra- funding, PDP youth wing leader state isn’t overly worried Banerjee’s announcement of tionaryspending; this ledtoa structure, which Waheed-ur-RehmanPara wasde- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE free vaccination foreveryone demand collapse, forcing firms positively impact many tainedagain forquestioning in a KOLKATA,JANUARY10 ‘Frontline comes months ahead of the to stop investing. In depressing industries. separateterror-related case. AMITABHSINHA P5 warriors to be stateelections that arelikelyto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The Counter Intelligence &LIZMATHEW CHIEF MINISTER Mamata vaccinated on be held in April-May. wing of Jammu and Kashmir PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY10 Banerjee on Sundayannounced priority basis’ “Wehaveseen howyou ded- Police detainedParaimmedi- her government wasmaking icated yourself to your jobs de- atelyafter his release from IN THE lastfour months, Kerala arrangementstoprovide free spitethe fear of the pandemic. District Jail, Ambphalla, on has recordedmorethan 7lakh Covid-19vaccine to the people in free of anycharge,” the chief Keeping that in mind, Iwant to Saturdayevening. coronavirus infections, morethan the state. The Opposition BJP ac- ministerwrote in the letter ad- assureyou that your vaccine “Wehad receivedamessage anyother stateinIndia.For the THEEXPRESS cusedBanerjeeoftryingtotake dressedtothe frontline workers. doses will be sent to youina from Counter last45days,ithas consistently credit forthe Centre’s efforts. Banerjee also expressedher timelymanner,” Banerjee Intelligence been the topcontributor of new INTERVIEW In an open letter,Banerjee gratitude forall suchworkers for added. Kashmir(CIK) cases. The statenow has the high- said that “Covid warriors” or their selfless service to the peo- Earlier,Kerala Chief Minister to collect Para estnumber of active cases in the ‘OUR DAILYTOLL frontline workers suchaspolice ple of the state. “The govern- PinarayiVijayan had made a from jail as he country, comprising almost30 NEVER WENT personnel, home guards, civil ment is taking steps to ensure similar announcement. Kerala waswanted per cent of India’s total. BEYOND 25’ defence volunteers, and correc- that everycitizen of the statere- will also go to the polls along by them for But while Kerala is the worst KKSHAILAJA tional home and disasterman- ceivesfreedoses of the Covid-19 with Bengal. The Bihar Cabinet questioning in hotspotofthe epidemic in the KERALA HEALTH MINISTER agement employees would be vaccine,” she added. has also giventhe nod to provide connection countrynow,what is remarkable administeredthe vaccine on a India is settolaunchaCovid- free vaccines to the state’s resi- WaheedPara with FIR No. is that the rise in cases has notre- priority basis. 19 vaccination drive from dents, apromise the BJP made 31 registered sultedin asimilar increase in the With morethan 8lakh con- “I am happytoinform that January16, with priority given in itsmanifesto forthe Assembly with them in number of deaths.Infact, Kerala firmedinfections so far, Kerala our government is making to nearly three crorehealthcare elections held in October- Srinagar,” asenior jail official said. has one of the lowest death has the fifthhighestcaseload in arrangementsfor reaching the and frontline workers across the November lastyear. The official expressedigno- countsamong the major states. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 vaccine to all people of the state country. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MaharashtraChief MinisterUddhavThackeray visitsthe rance about the details the FIR. BhandaraDistrict General Hospital on Sunday. PTI While the police's counter intel- ligence wing remainedsilent, sources said the FIR pertains to a Racism stops play in Sydney as India the funding of terror. Explosion in radiant “It is an open FIR and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 draw hard line on abuse from stands warmer likely started WORLD Indian pacers Jasprit Bumrah MIHIRVASAVDA& and MohammedSiraj said racist Bhandara hospital fire SRIRAMVEERA commentsweredirected at NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,JAN10 them as theyfieldedonthe boundaryline. “Wehad decided TABASSUM BUSINESSASUSUAL RACISM STOPPED playatthe Saturdayevening that if some- BARNAGARWALA SydneyCricket Ground Sunday. thing likethis happens again, we MUMBAI,JANUARY10 BY UNNY In line with the recent global