JAMMU THURSDAY JULY 08, 2021 9 FROM PAGE ONE Plant at Pampore is in the offing, besides the department is tuted to examine modifications in the existing scheme to With 43 new ministers, Modi says 'will build strong, prosperous ' also planning to revive the 10.5 MW Heritage Power project cater to the needs of J&K. affects major cabinet reshuffle Pravin Pawar. -MOHRA at Baramulla. Further, it was informed that the UT Government has re- Meanwhile, seven Ministers of State (MoS) have been PDD is catering to 20,46,623 consumers with around cently signed a MoU with Go airlines for subsidised air ister. promoted as Union Cabinet Ministers. The 50-year-old leader was Union Minister of State (Inde- 18,000 MU energy input to fulfill the power requirement transportation of vegetables and fruits from Jammu and Former MoS G Kishan Reddy, , Anurag Singh in J&K, he added. Kashmir, of which the first consignment of Srinagar's pendent Charge) for Power and Union Minister of State for Thakur, , Raj Kumar Singh, Parshot- Commerce & Communications in the earlier UPA govern- LG's advisor B A Khan, chief secretary Arun Kumar cherry and Jammu's licchee was dispatched to Dubai and tam Rupala and Mansukh Mandaviya took oath today. Mehta, LG's principal secretary Nitishwar Kumar, manag- Mumbai, respectively. ment. In today's cabinet reshuffle, some prominent BJP min- MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh ing directors, chief engineers and other officers of allied The meeting also discussed extension of these facilities isters were dropped from the cabinet. They were likely to corporations and agencies attended the meeting. and schemes to the Union territory of Ladakh. Virendra Kumar, Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha Ashwini be assigned new jobs to further strengthen the party. Vaishnaw, Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar and JD(U) leader R It was expected that the newly inducted ministers would Lt Gen Joshi flies over Batra hilltop to pay List of 43 new cabinet C P Singh, Lok Sabha MP from Bihar's Hajipur Pashupati work hard to come true to the expectations of people. Kumar Paras, were also sworn-in as Cabinet ministers. homage to Capt Batra ministers who took oath Kiren Rijiju, R K Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Dilip Kumar dies at 98 More" made the supreme sacrifice but not before captur- 19. Rajeev Chandrasekhar Mandaviya, , G Kishan Reddy and Dr Jalil Parkar, the pulmonologist treating Dilip Kumar at ing Point 4875 during the Kargil War, he said. 20.Sushri Shobha Karandlaje were elevated to the Cabinet level. Mumbai's PD Hinduja Hospital was the first to confirm news "Point 4875", also known as the Batra Top, is a mountain 21. Bhupendra Yadav, who has been serving in the BJP organ- of his death. "With a heavy heart and profound grief, I an- top along the Line of Control (LoC) and named after Captain 22. Darshana Vikram Jardosh23.Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi isation as a general secretary, was also sworn-in as a Cabinet nounce the passing away of Dilip Saab, few minutes ago," Batra, a Paramveer Chakra (PVC) awardee. 24. Annpurna Devi minister. family friend Faisal Farooqui wrote in a tweet from the ac- To commemorate his 'Balidan Diwas', his then Com- 25.A. Narayanaswamy tor's official account. "We are from God and to Him we re- As many as 28 Ministers of State took oath including manding Officer and now GOC-in-C, Northern Command, 26.Kaushal Kishore turn," he added. Lt Gen Y K Joshi overflew the Batra Top in a Sukhoi-30 27.Ajay Bhatt seven from which goes to polls next year with He had been admitted to hospital after experiencing breath- the BJP seeking a second term there. MKI, Northern Command defence spokesman Lt Col Abhi- 28.B. L. Verma lessness on June 30. On June 6, Dilip Kumar was hospitalised nav Navneet said. 29.Ajay Kumar , , Bhanu Pratap Singh after a similar complaint. Verma, Kaushal Kishore, S P S Baghel and Ajay Kumar-- "This gesture epitomises the enduring relationship be- 30.Chauhan Devusinh The Hindi cinema veteran was then diagnosed with bilateral tween a Commanding Officer and his officer," he added. all Lok Sabha MPs from Uttar Pradesh -- took oath as new 31.Bhagwanth Khuba pleural effusion -- a build-up of excess fluid between the layers Lt Gen Joshi, who is a Vir Chakra awardee and a Kargil war Union Ministers of State. 32.Kapil Moreshwar Patil of the pleura outside the lungs and underwent a successful hero, paid homage to his fallen comrade from the sky, an B L Verma, a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh, was 33.Sushri Pratima Bhoumik pleural aspiration procedure. He was discharged after five apt recognition of IAF"s contribution to the ground opera- also sworn-in as a Minister of State. days. 34.Dr. Subhas Sarkar tions in Operation VIJAY, the spokesman said. 35.Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Shobha Karandlaje, MPs Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan, Dilip Kumar debuted as an Captain Batra continues to motivate the present genera- 36.Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh from Karnataka; Darshana Vikram Jardosh from Gujarat; actor in the film Jwar Bhata (1944). In a career spanning over tion of officers and would do so in perpetuity, he said. 37.Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar Lok Sabha MP Meenakashi Lekhi; Annpurna five decades, he worked in over 65 films. He is known for roles in films such as the romantic Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling It was most befitting that his gallant action was commem- 38.Bishweswar Tudu Devi (Jharkhand), A Narayanaswamy (Karnataka); Ajay orated by his then Commanding Officer of 13 JAKRIF, the 39.Shantanu Thakur Bhatt (Uttarakhand), Chauhan Devusinh (Gujarat), were Aan (1952), the social drama Daag (1952), the dramatic Dev- das (1955), the comical Azaad (1955), the epic historical spokesman said. 40.Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai also sworn in as MoS. Captain Batra had led the charge of his troops of the 13th 41.John Barla Others who took oath as Ministers of State at the cere- Mughal-e-Azam (1960), the social dacoit crime drama Gunga Jamuna (1961), and the comedy Ram Aur Shyam (1967). battalion of the JAKRIF regiment of the during 42.Dr. L. Murugan mony were Bhagwanth Khuba (Karnataka); Kapil More- The actor lost his two brothers to Covid-19 over the course of the war, he said. 43.Nisith Pramanik shwar Patil (Maharashtra); Pratima Bhoumik (Tripura); just two weeks last year. Dilip, however, had not been in- On July 7, 2019, Captain Batra's brother Vishal and Lt Subhas Sarkar (West Bengal); Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad formed about their deaths. He is survived by his wife, Saira Gen Joshi as 14 Corps Commander then (the commanding New Education Policy forward looking, (Maharashtra); Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (Manipur); MPs Banu. officer of Vikram's unit, 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles set to achieve reforms: Kavinder Bharati Pawar (Maharashtra), Bishweswar Tudu (Odisha) JAKRIF) and other officers from the unit, who all fought Referring to the newly inaugurated road, he said that it and Shantanu Thakur (West Bengal) Munjapara Mahen- Cabinet reshuffle meant for distribution of alongside Vikram Batra climbed the Batra Top, the would be of great use for school goers and locals. The road drabhai (Gujarat), John Barla and Nisith Pramanik (West spokesman said. connects Sunjwan with Chowadi and has decreased dis- Bengal); and BJP's Tamil Nadu state president L Murugan. spoils of power: Cong nance. 7 more women join Modi's tance for students coming from Channi Himmat, Trikuta At least 16 entrants to the Council of Ministers are first He also said the finance minister, home minister and the Nagar, Digiana, Gandhi Nagar and Talab Tilloo by about 3 time MPs. defence minister too should have been axed as they failed in council of ministers km. Earlier, four senior Union ministers -- Prasad, Javadekar, their respective roles. Among them, three are first-time MPs while Patel is mak- "New approach roads are also in the pipeline," he in- Vardhan and Education minister "Nis- "The present cabinet expansion is not performance or ing a comeback to the council of ministers as she was the formed the gathering. hank" -- were among 12 ministers who resigned on governance driven, but is a distribution of spoils of power Union Minister of State for Health under Prime Minister The school started its first academic year in 2019-20 has Wednesday ahead of the cabinet reshuffle. and defectors adjustment programme," he told reporters. Modi earlier. left no stone unturned to prove its mettle in academics, ac- Besides these four, Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister D "Overall, this cabinet expansion is not a performance ap- , (both Cabinet minis- tivities or even in Infrastructure. Its management and staff V Sadananda Gowda, Labour Minister , praisal. It is only a means of serving the interests of their ters), Sadhvi and Saruta are al- have thanked government for lending support during the on- Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of allies and not for the country. But when will there be an ap- ready part of the Union council of ministers. going pandemic. State for Women and Child Development Debasree Chaud- praisal of PM Modi's performance who brought the nation Debashree Chaudhuri, Minister of State for Women and The event was organised by the school under the patron- huri, Minister of State for Jal Shakti and to the brink of poverty after turning away from its responsi- Child Development, resigned this morning. age of its chairperson Supinder Kour and guidance of Man- Minister of State for Environment also re- bility in the Corona epidemic," he asked. There were nine women in the first Modi government aging Director Raghav Gupta, Director-cum-Principal Atul signed. If performance and governance were the criteria then the from 2014-19, including six in the cabinet. Hans and staff members. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarc- first person to be sacked should be Modi as he has brought Karandlaje, 54, is a Lok Sabha member from Udupi Chik- Gupta and other dignitaries lauded the efforts of school hand Gehlot had resigned after he was made Governor of the government and the entire country to a standstill, he magalur in Karnataka and is serving her second term in the management and staff for establishing a state-of-the-art Karnataka on Tuesday. said. Lower House. infrastructure and for their continuous efforts to educate Prasad and Javadekar, who had been the face of Cabinet "Progress and peace and harmony have been thrown into She has previously served as a cabinet minister in the students by using modern techniques and well-equipped briefings announcing key Cabinet decisions on several occa- the dustbin of history and the present prime minister would Karnataka government, holding a range of portfolios like classrooms. Later, he conducted a round of the school along with sions in the past few years, were present at the swearing- be remembered as an autocrat, who decimated India's Food and Civil Supplies, Power, Rural Development and other dignitaries. in ceremony here after resigning as ministers. economy, who ensured India was pushed into an abyss of un- Panchayati Raj System. employment and who ensured that India's strength as the Jardosh, 60, is a Lok Sabha member from Surat in Gu- MLC Charanjeet Singh Khalsa and corporator Lucky Puri Vardhan was also present at the ceremony. were special guests on the occasion. With this reset, Modi has brought in young faces and has super power of the 21st century was grossly undermined," jarat. She is serving her third term as an MP. also given representation to various social groups and re- the Congress leader alleged. She has also been a Corporator of Surat Municipal Corpo- India logs 43,733 new Covid cases, gions in the reshuffle. Surjewala also said if performance and governance were ration and a member of the Gujarat Social Welfare Board. the criteria, Defence Minister , Home Minis- Lekhi, 54, is a Lok Sabha member from New Delhi and 930 deaths Mandaviya is health minister, Scindia gets ter and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman too is serving her second term as an MP. She is a Supreme dated at 8 am showed. should be sacked, citing their failures to tackle the border Court lawyer and social worker. Also, 19,07,216 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking Civil Aviation, Anurag I&B the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Petroleum Ministry while Anurag Thakur will be the Infor- standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, the continued prob- Devi, 51, is a first-time Lok Sabha MP from Kodarma in lems of naxalism and terrorism and rising cases of mob Jharkhand. She has also been a four-time MLA from Jhark- COVID-19 in the country to 42,33,32,097. mation and Broadcasting minister. Thakur will also lead The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.29 per cent . the Youth Affairs Ministry. lynching, and the poor economic condition. hand and Bihar and has served as a cabinet minister in the Jharkhand government. It has been less than three per cent for 16 consecutive days, Ashwini Vaishnav has been given Railways along with IT Govt committed to improve power sup- the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has de- and Communication portfolio. She also served as Minister of State for Mines and Geology ply position in J&K: LG in the Bihar government at the young age of 30. clined to 2.39 per cent. Congress-turned-BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia will be Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the new Civil Aviation minister while Dharmendra Prad- ity power with good mix of different sources of power to Bhoumik, 52, is a first-time Lok Sabha MP for Tripura consumers. West in Tripura. She comes from a humble background, the 55th consecutive day. The number of people who have re- han has got the Ministry of Education and Skill Develop- cuperated from the disease surged to 2,97,99,534, while ment. Reviewing various components of power sector, Sinha and practices farming. passed specific directions on minimising AT&C losses. Pawar, 42, is also a first-time Lok Sabha member for Din- the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on has got the additional charge of the ministry of "Take preemptive measures for reducing AT&C losses to dori in Maharashtra. She served as a member of Nashik bare minimum," he ordered. August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 textiles. Zila Parishad and worked for eradicating malnutrition and Stressing on effective patrolling of feeders, he directed providing clean drinking water. Before joining politics, she and 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on Sep- According to the statement, Prime Minister Narendra for taking strict action against officials responsible for tember 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on Octo- Modi will monitor the Ministry of Science and was a medical practitioner. feeder losses. He also ordered to fix criteria of 50 pc weigh- Patel, 40, is a two-time Lok Sabha member from Mirzapur ber 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one- Technology, while Home Minister Amit Shah will be in crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim tage in Annual Performance Reports of the officers with re- in Uttar Pradesh. charge of the Ministry of Cooperation. milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June spect to feeder losses. As many as 43 ministers took oath in a major cabinet ex- 23. Infiltration bid foiled; The LG emphasised on putting dedicated focus on real- pansion-cum-reshuffle exercise on Wednesday evening. time monitoring of power consumption, increasing rev- These included BJP's , Jyotiraditya Top HM commander killed enue realisation, improving billing efficiency, reduction of Scindia, Ajay Bhatt, Bhupender Yadav, Shantanu Thakur terrorist killed power cuts and addressing the issue of low-voltage. hospitalised. and Kapil Patil, and LJP's Pashupati Paras. in Handwara encounter Deploy competent manpower and establish a compre- Troops were continuing searches in the area when re- including AK rifle and four magazines, was recovered hensive plan for cities and towns with high power consump- ports last came in. Other details were awaited. Jammu, Sgr airports to receive from Ubaid's possession, sources said. tion. Take remedial measures for ensuring utilization of As per police, he was a A++ category terrorist who was Bandipora becomes 8th power infrastructure to their full capacity, the Lt Governor night flights soon active since 2012. directed the PDD functionaries. Srinagar by incorporating suitable facilities and arrange- Ubaid, sources said, was involved in the killing of civil- distt to ban drones Emphasising on strengthening the power connectivity in ments. ians and security forces including SPO Mudasir Ahmad Dar The decision by the district administrations to ban drones the far-flung areas, the Lt Governor called for reaching out Chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta, Ladakh LG's advi- of Untoo Hamam, Sopore, in July 2013, sarpanch Habibul- comes against the backdrop of suspected drone attack on to even the extremely remote and inaccessible areas with sor Umang Narula, secretary, ministry of civil aviation, lah Mir of Goripora Bomai, four policemen at Hygam, So- electricity. He also instructed the department to prepare a Jammu airbase and sighting of drones near various vital Pradip Singh and joint secretary, ministry of agriculture & pore, two Hurriyat activists and ex-militant Mehrajuddin of installations last month in J&K. comprehensive plan for effective power connectivity in the farmers welfare, participated in the meeting. vicinity of Shri Amarnathji shrine. Badambagh, Sopore. "To secure aerial space near vital installations and highly Mehta apprised the Union Home Secretary that infra- IGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar termed Ubaid's killing a "big Suggesting the department to explore all the modalities structural and technical facilities exist at Srinagar Airport to populated areas, it is imperative to discontinue the use of success". drones in all social and cultural gatherings to eliminate any and taking innovative steps for improving the efficiency of operate flights up to 10 pm. However, during winter field functionaries, the Lt Governor called for incentiviz- months, visibility is greatly reduced causing interruptions to Ubaid, as per police, was a contemporary of HM terrorist risk of injury to life and damage to property," read an or- Burhan Wani, who was killed by security forces in 2016 in an der issued by Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais ing the field staff for their better performance. This will not air connectivity. encounter Bamdoora area of Anantnag. Ahmad. only enhance the quality of work on ground, but will also The Secretary, Civil Aviation informed that to improve The order was issued by evoking section 144 CrPc. help in improving the revenue generation, he added. night-visibility at the Srinagar Airport, efforts are afoot to Covid-19: J&K reports The order said that decentralised air space access has to be Laying special emphasis on making advance arrange- complete the lighting project at the earliest which would regulated in view of the recent incidents of misuse of drones ments in the wake of any future vagaries, the Lt Governor facilitate flights during low visibility round-the-year 4 more deaths; toll 4,349 posing threat to security infrastructure as reported by the asked the department to get ready in advance for the winters through concerted coordination with Indian Air Force. Sim- 6,970 (220 are active, 6,631 have recovered, 119 have media and other reliable sources. and start their preparations from 20th July. ilarly, the ongoing air-strip repair works at Jammu Airport died), Kathua - 9,220 (14 are active, 9,057 have recovered, "Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has pro- For making the system more transparent and efficient, will be completed this week followed by installation of lights 149 have died), Samba - 7,091 (48 are active, 6,924 have monitoring shall be done at all levels. Principal Secretary, vided draft guidelines/standard operating protocol to reg- by the month end to enable operation of night flights at recovered, 119 have died), Kishtwar - 4,531 (110 are active, PDD shall hold the meetings of XENs individually, he di- ulate the use of drones in terms of weight classification, Jammu Airport, he said. 4,378 have recovered, 43 have died), Poonch - 6,150 (179 rected. It was further informed that the Ministry of Civil Avia- are active, 5,877 have recovered, 94 have died), Ramban - generation of unique identification number, height/alti- The LG also instructed PDD to rope in professional ex- tude restrictions, speed restrictions, enforcement/panel tion is planning to establish international air connectivity 5,881 (76 are active, 5,740 have recovered, 65 have died) perts for power purchases. He asked the officials to men- through the SrinagarAirport which currently operates inter- and Reasi - 6,127 (294 are active, 5,790 have recovered, 43 action, etc," it said. tion the subsidy provided by the Government on electricity The order said that keeping in view the security situation national flights for Hajj pilgrimage only. have died). bills for the information of consumers. The Home Secretary also reviewed the status of high den- In the valley, Srinagar district recorded 49 cases, Bara- apart from concerns of breach of privacy, trespass, it is ex- As a follow-up to the directions passed in previous meet- tremely dangerous to let unmanned aerial vehicles to wan- sity horticulture plantations and its speedy transportation mulla - 8, Kulgam - 10, Shopian - 1, Anantnag - 13, Kup- ings regarding Unique Identification numbers for Trans- wara - 17, Pulwama - 12, Budgam - 16, Bandipora - 7 and der around in skies within the jurisdiction of Bandipora to wider markets. formers, the Lt Governor asked the officials for preparing Ganderbal - 16. district. It was informed that to facilitate the marketing of agri- History Cards of transformers with all technical details like Srinagar district now has 70,457 cases (673 are active, It said that the people, who already have drone cameras/ cultural and farm products of the northeastern and Hi- damages, repairs, replacement, etc to ensure effective utiliza- 68,954 have recovered, 830 have died), Baramulla - 23,346 similar kind of unmanned aerial vehicle in their posses- malayan states/UTs, the 'Krishi-Udan Scheme' was re- tion of inventory and stores. (224 are active, 22,842 have recovered, 280 have died), sion, should deposit the same at the local police station un- cently launched. The scheme aims to benefit the local During the meeting, he also enquired about the Power farmers by providing 50 pc freight subsidy for air trans- Kulgam - 11,143 (140 are active, 10,887 have recovered, 116 der proper receipt. purchases, energy availability, distribution plan, upcom- have died), Shopian - 5,563 (10 are active, 5,495 have re- The order further said that government departments us- portation of the perishable products. This would enable ing projects, overall working of the Power Development shipment of perishable products from Jammu and Kash- covered, 58 have died), Anantnag - 16,191 cases (105 are ing drones for mapping, surveys and surveillance in agricul- Department, besides various schemes and programmes be- active, 15,882 have recovered, 204 have died), Kupwara - tural, environmental conservation and disaster mitigation mir to other parts of the country. ing implemented by the department for further improve- Mehta said that in view of the national highway widening 13,902 (170 are active, 13,567 have recovered, 165 have sector shall inform the local police station before under- ment and augmentation of power scenario in the UT. died), Pulwama - 14,987 (150 are active, 14,645 have recov- taking any such activity in public interest. "Any violation project being undertaken by NHIDCL, air transportation The chair was also briefed about several key issues pertain- of perishables from the Union territory provides relief to ered, 192 have died), Budgam - 22,698 (195 are active, of this order shall attract punitive action as warranted under ing to languishing projects, transmission capacity, provid- the stakeholders associated with agriculture and allied activ- 22,299 have recovered, 204 have died), Bandipora - 9,357 relevant laws," they added. ing uninterrupted power supply, transmission and distrib- ities. He assured augmentation of air cargo facilities (82 are active, 9,175 have recovered, 100 have died) and Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria had last week said ution. through enhanced coordination between UT administra- Ganderbal - 9,694 (181 are active, 9,436 have recovered, 77 that the suspected drone strikes in Jammu airbase were an The Lt Governor asked the department to focus on up- have died). act of terror that was aimed at targeting key military assets. gradation and replacement of old and obsolete infrastructure tion and Central Government to establish end-to-end link- ages. Jammu is presently the worst affected district in terms "Indian Air Force is in the process of bolstering its capabil- to keep up with the emerging requirements. of mortality rate with 1,137 deaths, followed by Srinagar ities to deal with such security challenges," he said. PDD principal secretary Rohit Kansal briefed him about It was decided that a committee consisting of representa- tives from J&K Government, Ministry of Civil Aviation and district at 830 deaths and Baramulla which has recorded the overall power scenario and power potential in J&K. 280 deaths. PM congratulates newly sworn-in ministers; He informed that the establishment of 6 MW Solar Power Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, will be consti-