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The`20lakhcrpie MSMES NBFCS,HFCS,MFIS REAL ESTATE WORKERS DISCOMS Collateral free loans, Specialliquidity win- Real estate regulators 25 per cent cut in REC, PFC to infuse subordinatedebt, eq- dow, partial credit advisedtoextend TDS/ TCS; EPF liquidity intopower uity infusion, expand- guarantee with the registration and contributioncut distribution ing ambit through governmentabsorbing completion date forbusiness and companiesagainst changeindefinition first20% loss of projects employees receivables

IMPACT: These measures will IMPACT: Will improveconfidence in IMPACT: This will letdevelopers IMPACT: Givesmoremoneyto IMPACT: With plummeting revenues breathe lifeinto45lakhunits the financial system, help invoke forcemajeure to complete businesses that arefacing over the lastfew years ,this will help through equity and debt support, institutions raise funds in the debt workswithout attracting penalties. liquidity pressures; them tide over cash flowproblem, `5.94LAKHCR `4.32LAKHCR help them restart, safeguardjobs, market,and reduce the risk All projects registered till March 24, also givesmoremoneyin paypower generation and Announced Tobeannounced and grow big aversion of banks 2020 willbenefit the hands of employees transmission companies Wednesday (Number of projects `9.74LAKHCR:Announcedearlier `3.7 lakhcr `75,000 cr 40,000 that will benefit) `56,750 cr `90,000 cr COVIDFirstECONOMdoseIC PACKAGE:isDAYliqui1 dity:MSMEsgetmegaguarantee

Mostmeasuresfocus on off-balance sheetsupport; Govt’s cost this success dependsonimproving lenders’risk appetite yr: Rs 25,500 cr

Whilethe packageisunlikely SUNNYVERMA,AANCHAL to createmuchstress forthe fis- SANDEEPSINGH& MAGAZINE&ANILSASI cal exchequer as mostofthe PVAIDYANATHANIYER NEWDELHI,MAY13 measures arefocusedonoff-bal- NEWDELHI,MAY13 ance sheetsupportthrough UNION FINANCE Minister credit guarantees and taxdefer- WHILE FINANCE MinisterNir- Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday ment, the successofthe scheme mala Sitharaman’s MSME pack- announcedthe firsttranche of an ispredicated on these measures age, whichaddsuptoRs5.94 economic relief plan whosepri- working as amultiplier to im- lakh crore, will go some distance maryfocus wastoalleviate the provethe risk appetiteoflenders in providing credit to small busi- sweeping distress in the Micro, and catalysefresh funding of dis- ness on the backofgovernment Small and Medium Enterprises tressedsmaller firms. guarantees, the fiscal costofher sector that lies at the heartofthe Sitharaman’s announcement firsttranche in thecurrent industrial ecosystem and em- followeduponPrime Minister Migant workers in Lucknowontheir waytoJharkhand from Mumbai, Wednesday. Theysay CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ploys an estimated 11 croreper- NarendraModi’s TuesdayofaRs BUSINESSASUSUAL theyspent Rs 4,000eachonthe bicycles, and have been on the road since May6.Vishal Srivastav sons, including muchofthe 20-lakh-croreplan, almost10 country’s migrant workforce. per cent of the GDP,tocushion BY UNNY HOWITADDSUP While the 16 specifican- theimpact of Covid-19and to be Fund of Funds: nouncementsannouncedinthe unveiledinastaggered manner. New MSMEdefinition hasamessage: No firsttranche cutacross sectors Sitharaman said banksand Rs 10,000cr that rangefromMSMEand Non Nirmala Sitharaman at the NBFCs can provide emergency longer have to stay small to availbenefits Support to CGTMSE: Banking Finance Companies pressconference. Anil Sharma credit lines to MSMEs up to 20 Rs 4,000cr (NBFCs) to real estate and power per cent of their outstanding enedthe definition of Micro, favour of unitsstaying small in EPF support to business, distribution and the salaried, the credit as on February2,2020, PRANAVMUKUL& Small and Medium Enterprises order to qualify forbenefits. employees: overarching themewas that of with these loans having a4-year AASHISHAARYAN (MSMEs) by revising the limit of In addition, the government MORE REPORTS Rs 2,500cr infusing liquidity.And engineer- PAGES 5, 15 tenor,a12-month moratorium NEWDELHI,MAY13 investment in machineryor has disallowedglobal compa- ing apass-through effect that ul- on principal payments, and acap equipmentand introducing a nies from participating in ten- Firstloss on credit timatelyputsmoredisposable INSIDE THE PACKAGE on interestcosts. IN THE firstpartofits latesteco- “turnover” criteria —areform ders up to Rs 200crore,earmark- guarantee to NBFCs: fundsinthe hands of both entre- EXPLAINED, PAGE 9 Atotal of Rs 3lakh croreis nomic stimulus package, the measure that seekstoreverse ing that space exclusively for Rs 9,000cr preneurs and employees. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 government Wednesdaybroad- the traditional policy bias in CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Rs 1,000crore Armyproposes TRACKING ’S COVID CURVE for welfare of LOCKDOWN 3-yrvoluntary STATEINSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT&PANCHAYATI RAJ DAY CASES: RECOVERED:24,385 |DEATHS:2,415 poor, migrant 50 74,281 TESTS:18,54,250 | DOUBLINGRATE:11.99** ‘tour of duty’, ITANAGAR, labourfrom citespatriotism, No.SIRDA&PR-96/2019 (CMAGY), Dated 13th May 2020 unemployment PM CARES ADVERTISEMENT KRISHNKAUSHIK EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,MAY13 SIRD&PR Arunachal Pradesh an Apex State Level Institute for NEWDELHI,MAY13 KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH* RATE** training and research in the field of Rural Development &De- CITINGA“resurgence of nation- centralised Planning under its project on Chief MinisterAadarsh THE GOVERNMENTonWednes- ■ 24,427 1,026 6.69% 10.76 alism and patriotism”, and the GramYojana (CMGAY) seeks to engage dynamic Indian students dayallocated Rs 1,000 crorefor ■ 8,904 362 5.20% 13.85 fact that “unemployment in our migrant labourers from the re- countryisareality”, the Indian having done post graduation and graduation fromreputed In- 5.41% centlycreated PrimeMinister’s ■ Delhi 7,998 359 13.31 Armyhas proposed athree-year stitute &Universities and likeIITs/IMS/ISB asArunachalPradesh Citizen Assistance and Relief in ■ 8,718 716 11.54% 6.24 “internship” foryouths, both as Rural Development Fellows(APRDF).The Fellowswould be ex- Emergency Situations, or the PM ■ 4,021 138 3.81% 18.90 officers and soldiers. pected to supportthe various activities on planning and moni- CARES, Fund Trust. Accordingtothe proposal,as toring of CMAGY in the state forafixed period. ■ 2,173 110 7.10% 10.13 A. Eligibility:- An additional Rs 2,000 crore mentionedinaninternal note, wasallocated forbuying venti- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days**Calculated over7-day growth the short, voluntary“tour of Senior Fellows Jr.Fellows lators and Rs 100crore forvac- CONCERN CAUTION AGLIMMER duty” is foryouths who “donot cine development againstthe want to makedefence services a) Master in anydiscipline with minimum experience of threeyears/Grad a) Masterinany discipline with minimum experience of one year/Grad- novelcoronavirus. TAMIL NADU: GUJARAT: No : No their permanentvocation, but Continues to add surge in past 10 active cases uation in any discipline withminimum of five years’ experience uationinany discipline with minimum of threeyears’experience In astatement, the govern- large numbers days. Doubling except 151 in a still want to experience the thrill ment said the moneyallotted every day. Poised rate slower than BSF camp in and adventureofmilitary pro- b)At least 60% marks in both under graduation &post-graduation level. b)At least55% marks in both under graduation &post-graduation level. willbeusedfor “strengthening to overtake Gujarat national average Dhalai district fessionalism”. c) Candidates with domain experience as per the guidelines from pre c) Candidates withdomain experience frompremier instituteslikes the existing measures being “The proposal is ashiftfrom mierinstituteslikes IITs/IMS/ISB will be preferred. IITs/IMS/ISB will be preferred. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Based on dailydatareleased by UnionMinistry of Healthand Family Welfare, the conceptofpermanentserv- d) Candidates with knowledgeofProject Management skills,experience d) Candidateswith knowledge of Project Management skills, experi- IndianCouncilofMedical Research,and state governments ice/job in the ArmedForces, to- in implementationand monitoring of Govt.Schemes,ICT proficiency in enceinimplementationand monitoringofGovt. Schemes,ICT profi- wards‘internship’/temporary MS office,PRA,training and capacity building will be preferred. ciency in MS office,PRA,training and capacity building will be preferred. experience forthree years. Over 35% TN cases linked Unemployment in our country Paraguay is areality,howeverthereis B. Period:- resurgence of nationalism and Theperiod of fellowship shall be at least 9(Nine) months but shall not exceed the duration of to amarket in Chennai patriotism,” says thenote. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 theproject.Fellows not completing the requisite period shall not be issued. then, over 3,000cases have been ARUNJANARDHANAN reportedfromthe market. CHENNAI,MAY13 In fact, over 35 per cent of the THE EDITORIAL PAGE cases reportedinTamil Nadu so C. NumberofFellowship:- D. Fellowship:- ON APRIL 27,the owner of ahair- farhavebeen tracedto INVESTINHUMAN a) Rs. 70,000/- per month for dressing salon near Koyambedu Koyambedumarket. Till a) Senior Fellows :2(Two) Sr.fellows market —awholesalevegetable Wednesday, the state’s total case CAPABILITY b) Rs. 35,000/-per month for and fruit market in Chennai— count was9,227,ofwhich4,089 BY SANJAYA BARU b) Jr.Fellows:2(Two) wasamongthe firstCovid-19 were linked to arrivals from PAGE 10 Jr.Fellows positive casesinthe area.Since CONTINUEDONPAGE2

E. ProcedureofApplication:- Among13claimants forRs400-crore Guidelines forAPRDF along with online application can be accessed and submitted from the given link www.sirdarun.org. Shortlisted candidatesfulfillingthe conditions shall be Gurgaon land, six Charanjeet Singhs required to appear before the Selection Committee and once selectedshall be willing to PAGE 1 claims to be the owner of an 8- ANCHOR acreplotonthe Delhi-Jaipur join the fellowship at short notice.Offline applications will be summarily rejected. highway,worth Rs 400crore. Meanwhile, the man who the authorities believe is the ac- F. Last Dated:- VARINDERBHATIA tual CharanjeetSingh could be

CHANDIGARH,MAY13 dead, along with his wife, leav- Thelast date of submitting online application for the fellowshipsshall be 5-28 ing no legal heirs. LAND DISPUTES arenot newto Acriminal case has been reg- 15 days from the date of this advertisement. Gurgaon, but this one has leftthe isteredatGurgaon’sSector 37 po- N/1002 Police perplexed. They lice station on acomplaintfiled have to find the real “Charanjeet by Gurgaon-basedRTI activist Sd/- Director, SIRD&PR, R-AR

Singh” out of 13 people from Ramesh YadavunderIPC sections Arunachal Pradesh,Itanagar DIP Delhi, Punjab, , and 8-acreplotisoff the Delhi-Jaipur national highway. Express dealing with impersonation, , eachone of whom CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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PALGHAR LYNCHING Six more FROMPAGEONE PM CARES Fund officer,who leavesafter 10 or 14 uponthecaseduringhisfrequent arrested, years, is Rs 5crore-Rs 6.8 crore, visitstocourts over RTIcases. takenfor the welfareofthe mi- MSMEsget mega guarantee whichincludes thecostofpre- In his complainttopolice, grantsand poor”. It said “lump- commissiontraining,pay,al- Yadavhassaidthat“itisheardthat juvenile sum assistance” will be givento lowances, gratuity,leave encash- the actual CharanjeetSingh, S/o states “toplace it at the disposal projectedto bedisbursedunder bouquetunveiledbythe gov- country, thedivyang and the ders forgovernment procure- ment among others. Sh.Nandi Singh and hiswife of the District Collectors/ this scheme that will be open ernment is well-structured, aged,” she said. ment ordersuptoRs200 crore The Armyestimates that the ManjeetKaur, actual owners of detained MunicipalCommissioners for until October 31,2020. suitablytargeted,withinreason- “Today’sannouncementsby will notbeallowed. This will be corresponding costfor athree- the land, expired long backwith- strengtheningtheireffortsinpro- Sitharaman said this measure able fiscallimits but still having FM@nsitharamanwillgoalong asteptowardsSelf-ReliantIndia year servicewillbeRs80lakh- outany legal heirs”. SRINATHRAO& viding accommodation facilities, could helpnearly 45 lakh units the maximum impact. The wayinaddressing issues faced andalsohelpMSMEsgrowtheir 85 lakh. It adds that SSC officers AseniorHaryanaofficerprivy KAVITHAIYER making food arrangements, pro- to resume business activity. measures forMSME through by businesses,especially business, Sitharaman said. have theoption to join the serv- to details of the casecalledit“pe- MUMBAI,MAY13 viding medical treatment and Borrowers will notberequired guarantees,equityinfusionand MSMEs. The steps announced NBFCs,HFCsandMFIsareall ice permanently, whichfurther culiar”.“Wewillwaitforwhatpo- making transportation arrange- to provide anyfresh collateral debt support will incentivise will boostliquidity,empower facing stress,asbankshave increases the costincurred, in- liceinvestigationrevealsandthen THE MAHARASHTRA Criminal ments(for) the migrants”. and guarantee feeagainstthese bank lending to MSMEs as well the entrepreneurs and turnedextremelyrisk-aversein cluding pensionbills. take action.Itisuptothe actual InvestigationDepartment(CID) Eachstate willget minimum loans. The measures aretar- as provide crucial support to strengthen their competitive lending to them. Since many Forsoldiers,whousuallyserve owner to claimcompensation.” arrested sixmorepeopleand de- 10%orRs100crorefromthe sum getedatavoidinglarge-scale stressedentities in the current spirit,” Modi said in atweet. NBFCsdonothaveaccessto low for17years, theArmyhas calcu- TheSHOof GurgaonSector37 tainedajuvenileonTuesday as allocated formigrants, with the business closures, whichcould situation,” said StateBank of Analysts struck anoteof costdeposits that banks have, lated alifetimesavings of Rs 11.5 police station, Narender Singh, partofits investigation intothe additional grant to bedecidedon impactthefinancialsystemsys- IndiaChairman Rajnish Kumar. caution too. “The Rs 3lakh crore their liquidity position and re- croreper person, as compared to told TheIndian Express,“Our lynching of three men in the basis of astate’s population temically anddisruptsupply Whilefullcreditguarantee guarantee will provide amuch- paymentcapacitycomesunder athree-yearservice. Saying that teamswentto NewDelhito trace Gadchinchle village in Palghar (50% weightage) and the num- chains in the coming days. is being providedtoMSME neededpush to credit disburse- threatwhenborrowersstartde- it willhelp to “channelise the the actual CharanjeetSingh, but district lastmonth. berofpositive coronavirus cases MSMEs,whichmakeupfor whose loans arestandard, ment to cash-starved MSMEs. faultingordelayingrepayments. youthenergyintopositive utilisa- could notfind him. It is notclear AtulchandraKulkarni, it has (40% weightage). about 45 per cent of the coun- stressedsmall companies However, (thereis) arisk of Thegovernmentannounced tion of their potential”, the note if heisalive ordead.Itispresumed Additional Director General of The largest share, Rs 2,000 try’s total manufacturing out- whose loans have been classi- credit culturedeteriorating... Rs 30,000 croreofaspecial liq- addsthat“rigorousmilitarytrain- that he might be no more, other- Police, CID, said that six men and crore, will go intoprocuring put, 40 per cent of exports,al- fiedasNPA(nonperformingas- bankers would have no skin in uidity scheme, underwhichin- ingandhabitsinculcatedwilllead wisehewouldhave soughtcrim- one juvenile were among thelat- 50,000made-in-Indiaventilators, most30percentof thenational sets)will be givensubordinate the game and hence adhoc dis- vestment will be made in in- to healthycitizenry”. inal action againstthe others.” estoffendersalleged to have to be distributed to government- GDP and operate across the debt by banksagainstapartial bursement mayincrease risk,” vestment grade debt papers of It says the entirenation will lynchedMahant Kalpavruksha runhospitals across the country. value chain -including cycle credit guarantee providedby said Isha Chaudhary, Director, theseinstitutions.Thecontours benefitfrom“trained,disciplined, Rs 25,000cr Giri(70), Sushilgiri Maharaj(35) The effortsfor vaccine devel- parts,autoparts,textiles prod- the government. CRISIL Research. of this scheme areyet to be an- confident, diligent and commit- financial year is about Rs 25,000 and theirdriverNilesh Telgade opment will be supervisedby ucts, toys,hand tools -are The Centre willprovideRs Thegovernmenthasalsode- nounced.If agovernmententity ted” youngmen or women who crore. Muchofitisliquidity relief, (30) on April 16.The sixadults Principal Scientific Advisor stresseddue to depletinginter- 4,000 croreasfunding support cidedtoexpand thedefinition directlybuysdebt papers of have donethethree-yearservice, whichdoesn’t put anyburden on were producedinacourtin Professor KVijayRaghavan. The nalreservesandlowvisibilityof to CGTMSE (Credit Guarantee of MSMEs, whichwill enable a theseentities,thenitwouldpro- and an “initial survey” has indi- theexchequer, according to tax Dahanu town and remandedto government calledfindingavac- demand. Availabilityoffunds Fund Trustfor Microand Small largernumber of enterprises to vide major relief. catedthat the corporatesector and policy experts. police custody until May19, cine againstcoronavirus apress- through thebanking channel, Enterprises) —whichwill help be classified as suchand, there- The government also ex- will prefer to hiresuchyouths The government’s skininthe while the juvenile wassent to a ing needand said, “Indian acade- alongwithamoratoriumonre- in facilitating Rs 20,000croreof fore,beableto availof theseben- tendedthe partial credit guar- rather than fresh graduates. game is limited to credit guaran- children's home. mia, start-ups andindustryhave payment,wouldhelpthemtide subordinatedebt to nearly 2 efits. Setting up of aFund of antee scheme —under which Noting that the proposed tees. Forloans to MSMEs, it Since it took over the probe, come together in cutting-edge over the lockdown slump. lakhenterprises.Whileapartial Fundswith corpus of Rs 10,000 it guarantees 20 per cent of the schemewillbeontrialbasiswith amounts to guarantees on credit the CID has caught 37 people it vaccinedesignanddevelopment”. Effortstomakeliquidity credit guarantee reducesthe crorethatcan be leveragedup firstlosstothe lenders — limited vacancies, the Army has worthRs3lakhcroreoncollateral suspects were partofamob of ThePMCARESFundTrustwas availabletoMSMEs, NBFCs, creditriskforthelenders,theef- to Rs 50,000 croreand provide NBFCs, HFCs and MFIs with low said that “it can beexpandedfur- free loans. Since thereisaone- 500villagerswho attackedthe created on March27, with Prime Housing Finance Companies fectiveness of this measurewill equity supporttoMSMEs that credit rating. This scheme is es- ther,iffound successful”. year moratorium on repayment car ferrying the sadhustoSurat. MinisterNarendra Modi at its (HFCs)and Micro Finance depend upontheir appraisal. showgrowth potential was timatedtoresult in liquidityin- of principalby businessesgetting Immediately afterthe incident, head.Initsstatement,thegovern- Institutions (MFI) also build Sitharaman Wednesday amongthe otherannounce- jection of Rs 45,000 crorein Gurgaon land credit under collateral-free loan thePalghar police had arrested ment mentionedthat while an- upon recent measuresbythe said these arethe firstset of ments. Analysts,however, said debt papers that arerated AA cheating,fraud,forgery, andcrim- scheme,nocostwillaccruetothe 101adults and detainednine ju- nouncingthepackage,“thePrime ReserveBankofIndia aiming to measures and moresteps will thismeasurewilltake timeto be or lowerand even unrated se- inal conspiracy.But police are government at leastin2020-21. veniles fortheir role in the crime. Ministerhas thanked all the inject liquidity. be announced in coming days. implementedandmaynot pro- curitiesissuedbysuchentities, strugglingto traceorquestionthe Forsubordinateloans of Rs Videosshotoncellphones donorsfortheirgenerosityincon- Bankers aremuchmore “In eachofthese tranches we videimmediatesupport. including the MFIs. However, men because of the lockdown. 20,000crore, itsdirect support showedthe mob easilyover- tributing to thePMCARES Fund comfortableto lendwhenloans will notforgetthat we have a Besides the funding boost, industry executives arguethat Sixoftheclaimantsarenamed is onlyRs4,000 croretoCredit powering asmall team of police whichwillsupportIndia’s fight arebackedbygovernmentguar- responsibility towardsthe poor the governmentand central banks maystillnot be forth- CharanjeetSingh,andeachoneof Guarantee Trustfor Microand personnel who triedtoshield againstCovid-19”. antees,andthesemeasureswill of this country, towardsthe publicsectorenterpriseswillre- coming to lendtolower-rated them claims to be the son of Small Enterprises(CGTMSE) the occupantsofthe car,one of encouragethem to kickstart needy of the country, towards lease all funds due to MSMEs companies,given thecurrent “Nandi Singh” —asmentionedin setupbySidbi and the govern- whom is seen fleeing the scene, Chennai market credit deployment.“Thepolicy the migrantworkers of this within45days,whileglobalten- risk aversioninmarkets. revenue records. These men are ment of India. CGTMSE, in turn, and thrashing the deceasedwith othercountries and states,and basedinUttar Pradesh (Pilibhit), provides partialcredit guaran- wooden sticks. another 1,365 were linkedtothe Punjab (Patiala,Anandpur Sahib) teetobanks. Asked if theCID had identi- Tablighi Jamaat congregation in and Uttarakhand (Udham Singh Sitharaman also announced fied theattackers seen in the Delhi in March.Mostremaining New MSME definition: Don’t have to stay small Nagar). Aseventh claimant, an equity infusion of Rs 50,000 videos, Kulkarni said, "Wehave cases have been tracedtothe GurnamSingh,says heisthesonof crorethrough aFund of Funds severalpieces of evidence Koyambedumarket cluster. Indian companies. Formediumenterprises,the Actof2006and waslong usedare through investment,” CharanjeetSingh. mechanism,operatedby aMother againstthose arrested. We are Some regions in Andhra “Thedefinition being investment limithas been dou- awaited.Along with the deci- said Chandrakant Salunkhe, The remaining six have ei- Fund and fewdaughter funds.In trying to corroboratethem all." Pradesh whichborder Tamil changed is done in the favour bledfor manufacturing enter- sion to nothaveglobal tenders Founderand President, SME ther cited aGeneral Powerof this case, the government is setto Nadu have also reportedcases of MSMEs. Therehas always prises from Rs 10 croretoRs20 forgovernment procurement Chamber of India. Attorneyoraregistered will or contributeRs10,000 croreinthe linkedto Koyambedu,withmany been this fear,among success- croreand quadrupledfor serv- up to Rs 200crore,the redefin- “They have kept it up to Rs sale agreement in theirfavour. MotherFund,whichcouldbefur- Alert in migrantswho work in the mar- ful MSMEsalso, that if theyout- ices from Rs 5crore to Rs 20 ition will assist the MSME sec- 100crore.Sowhat happens is These men areHari Mohan ther leveraged.Thisfundislikely ket returning to their home state grow the size of what has been crore,inadditiontotheturnover toringrowing and emerging as thatifwewant to joinhands Singh, Gajender Singh, Harish to invest up to 15 per centinthe in the lastweek of April. definedasanMSME,theywill criteria of up to Rs 100crore for avibrant and dynamic sector, withaninternationalplayer,we Ahuja, Dilip,Ravinder Singhand equity of small businesses. Andhra as Chennai,whichhad906cases losetheir entitledbenefits. This both sectorsinthis size. contributing to self-reliance areverysmallinfrontof them.If Manish Bhardwaj.All arebased To helpfinancialcompanies on April 30 (mostlylinkedtothe is whyMSMEs like to remain The revisedparameters and employmentinabig way.” anycompany whichhas a in either Gurgaon or Delhi. raise funds, the Finance Minister Koyambedu Tablighi cluster), touched5,262 within the definition rather come almosttwo years afterthe However, some representa- turnoverofmorethan Rs 100 The revenue records of said the government would cases on Wednesday. Asenior thangrow. With the revised Centrefirstbrought theMSME tivesoftheMSMEindustryhave croreisconsidered acorporate, Gurgaon mention the owners of guaranteeinvestment-grade public health official said the definitions of MSMEs, theywill Development (Amendment) raisedconcernswiththe pack- howwill we survive in front of the land as CharanjeetSingh, son debtpaper issued by them. cases rise Koyambedumarket cluster“ex- nothavetoworry about grow- Bill,whichaimedtochangethe age,particularly onthesizeclas- companies that have turnover of Nandi Singh,and hiswife Whilethis would allowcompa- ploded” in suchaway that “not ing their size and can still avail definitionpurelyonthe basis of sificationof enterprisesandim- and investment of Rs 5,000 ManjeetKaur, residentsofGreater niesinthe financial sector to cu- onlyChennai, but several other benefits,” Finance Minister turnover. However, following plementation of reforms. crore,” Salunkhe added. Kailash,NewDelhi.Theyhavenot mulatively raise up to Rs 30,000 SREENIVASJANYALA districtssuchasAriyalur and Nirmala Sitharaman said. opposition from some sec- “Thepackagesarewelcome, On disallowing global com- been tracedsofar. crore, the government’s expo- HYDERABAD,MAY13 Perambalurwherethecasecount As per the proposal, for tions, including RSS-backed butthereare twoproblems.The panies from participatingin The land, measuring 64.14 surewillbeonlyinterms of the wasinsingledigits till thelast whichamendmentstothe law Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the firstisthatthedefinitionshould government tenders up to Rs kanals (approximately8acres), guarantee, and anyfiscal burden ANALERTwassoundedinAndhra weekof April,werealsoaffected.” will needtobemade, micro en- Bill wasput on thebackburner. have been comparable to the 200crore,VipulRay,Vice in Narsinghpur on Delhi-Jaipur will be limited to the extent of Pradesh after73people who re- IntheperiodbetweenApril30 terprises willbethose with in- The Manch hadsaidthatbas- globalscale. We had proposed President, Indian Electrical and NH-48, wasacquiredonAugust defaultsonthesepapers. turnedfromother states and35 and May12, Ariyalur,arural dis- vestment of up to Rs 1crore ing the definition purelyon that companies withturnover Electronics Manufacturers 7, 2014 by the then Bhupinder The government also pro- whovisitedChennai'sKoyambedu trictsouthof Chennai,sawaspike and turnoverofuptoRs5crore turnoverwould disincentivise of upto Rs5croreshouldbecon- Association, calledfor states to SinghHooda-ledgovernment. videdfor stressedNBFCs,again market,aninfection hub, tested from 7cases to 344cases; —the earlier definition classi- investmentsbyMSMEs. sideredtiny, whereasthosewith introduce structural reforms, The acquisition wasfor thepur- through guarantees.But herethe positive forthe coronavirus. Perambalursaw ajumpfrom9to fied investments of up to Rs 25 Reacting to the latestmove, turnoverofuptoRs75crore too. “These arestructuralre- pose of creating atransport and governmentsaiditwouldtakethe The stateonWednesdayre- 192—all linked to workers re- lakh formanufacturing andup Chandrajit Banerjee, director should be considered smallin- forms and if the same policy is communication zone, and the first20percentlossof thetotalRs ported48new cases, of whom turning from Koyambedu. to Rs 10 lakh forservices. general, Confederation of dustries. Companieswith implemented by the state, only landwas handedoverbythe 45,000croretoberaisedby com- eight returnedfromother states Inthesameperiod,twoneigh- Forsmall enterprises, the Indian Industry(CII) said: “The turnoverofuptoRs250 crore thenwe willseethebenefits.Till Land Acquisition Officer,Urban panies,which could be even un- and sevenare associatedwith bouring districtsofChennai city classification covers up to Rs 10 mostimportantannounce- should be considered medium then, the benefits will be very Estate,tothe Haryana Shahri rated. In this case, the govern- the Koyambedumarketcluster. region, Chengalpattu and croreininvestmentand Rs 50 ment with long term implica- size industries. Forthese com- partial.Because onlyifthe cen- Vikas Pradhikaran, formerly ment’s risk is highest,and could So far, 38 people who re- Tiruvallur,saw their casecount croreinturnover, against in- tions is the quantumjumpin panies, the turnovershould tral PSUs followthe norms and Haryana UrbanDevelopment be up to Rs 9,000crore. turnedfromMaharashtra,26 jumpfrom78to391,and 55 to vestment of up to Rs 5crore in the definition of an MSME, have been considered and not states do not, notmuchwill AuthorityorHUDA). Another relief announcedby from Gujarat, eight from 467, respectively. manufacturing and up to Rs 2 whichhad notbeenchanged the investment made because change.We hopethatthestates At thetime,asperSection 9 theFinance Minister is an exten- and one from Karnatakahave Health departmentofficials croreinservices. since the MSME Development these days notevenmachines will followsuit,” he said. of the LandAcquisitionAct, the sion of the scheme announced tested positive forthe virus. who areengaged in the massive owner wasawarded compensa- on March 26.Here, the govern- Since Monday, 35 people contacttracingexercisesaidmost tion of Rs 44.01crore.However, ment’swoulddirectlycontribute who visited themarkethave of them were found to have links mediate contacts,ledto asudden we shouldbelearningto live with newsite, and also did notfollow well as post-graduatecourses. the deal wasstuckasowners of Rs 2,500crore towardsemployer tested positive,alarming health to Koyambedumarket—vendors, spikeinthe case count. the virus, it is alsoimportant that the protocol on socialdistancing “Thegovernment maynot other plots of land acquired for and employeeEPF contribution. officialswho issuedanadvisory drivers, workers and those who The dailycasecount in we need to have morehand- and wearingmasks. makeToD(tourof duty)asacom- the same project went to court The companies eligible arethose to tracetheir contacts in the dis- visited the market on adailyba- Ariyalur,Cuddaloreand washing facilities everywhere.” pulsorycriteriafor central/state demanding enhancedcompen- with lessthan100 employees trictsofNellore,Chittoor and sis, and their secondarycontacts. Perambalur districtswas in sin- said KKolandaswamy, who re- ‘Tour of duty’ jobs, however, anyedgeinterms sation. Eventually, afteracouple and 90 per cent of them earning EastGodavari.The sevennew “The Chennai Metropolitan gle digitstill early May; thesere- tiredfromthe post of director of However, theentrycriteriafor of qualitative/quantitative/super- of years, this wasdone, and the up to Rs 15,000. cases on Wednesdaywerefrom DevelopmentAuthority (CMDA) gionshaveseen asurge over the public healthonApril 30. suchcandidates will notbere- numerarycriteriawill give the 8-acreplotbecame worthover The Rs 90,000 croreliquidity Chittoor and EastGodavari. should have takenmeasuresin past week.InChennai, the dou- Meanwhile, ChiefMinister laxed.Armyspokesperson scheme aboost,”itsays. Rs 200crore.Its value is around injection to powerdistribution Chief MinisterYSJagan March itself. It wastoo latewhen bling time wasdowntofive days Edappadi KPalaniswamion Colonel Aman Anand confirmed Listing the benefitsfor the Rs 400crore now, afteraccount- companies does nothaveany di- Mohan Reddy directed officials theyfinallydecidedtoevict retail on Monday—itis6days in the Wednesday said therewas no that suchaproposal is being dis- services,itsays itwillbringinsav- ing forinterest. rect burden on government fi- to be on high alertoverthe spike vendors from the marketand rest of the state, while the na- needtopanic.Underlining the cussed, and emphasisedthat, if ings from salaries and pensions, “The amountwillkeep going nancesastheloansto beprovided in cases in connection with shiftedallfruitandflowervendors tional averageis12.6 days. state’s death rate,discharge rate accepted,the “tourofduty” will and “decrease the frustration”of up until FIR reaches aconclusion by PowerFinance Corporation Koyambedumarket returnees to another location (on April 28). Of the 509 newcases re- (27per cent) and increasedtest- notbemandatory. officerswhoarereleasedafter10- and the courtfinallyfindsthe ac- and RuralElectrification and speeduptesting of all those Hundredsofpeople who sud- portedacross the stateinthe last ing,hesaidthepandemicwasun- The “major crux”, says the 14 years of short service, when tualCharanjeetSingh,”Yadavsaid. Corporation would be given who came in contact with them. denlylosttheir jobs were forced 24 hours, 380 were from der control. Quoting experts,he note,lies in making the proposal theyare in their mid-30s. The case had been handed againststate guarantees. Severalpersonsfromthethree to travel to their homes in differ- Chennai. The state’s death rate said the numbers may“go up” “attractive to the government, Pointingout“immensefinan- over to theAdditional District The 25 per cent reduction on districtshad gone to Koyambedu ent towns and villages. Nobody remains low, at .69% (the na- further before thestate sees a ArmedForces, corporates and cial benefits to the organisation Judgefor adjudication on June 5, TaxDeductedatSourceand Tax markettosellorpurchasevegeta- assumedthat hundredsofthem tional averageis3.25%) with 64 downward curve. mostimportantlythe individu- due to reductioninpay and gra- 2018 by the then Gurgaon Land CollectionatSourceisagain aliq- bles in bulk.OnTuesday, 10 from would be Covid-19carriers,” said deaths till Wednesday. Addressing ameeting of sen- als” whoopt forit. tuity payouts”, the Armyhas said Acquisition Collector.Yadavsaid uidity infusion measure. “It only Chittoor,nine from Nellore, and asenior health official. “Thenumber of deaths in- iorofficials, he blamedthe ven- Forthis, it proposes the indi- thecostofathree-yearserviceper it wascurious that while all 13 provides temporarycashinthe one from East Godavari who had He said the massive contact creases whenthe infection starts dors of Koyambedumarket for vidual’searnings forthe three- officerwillbeafractionof thecost claimantshaveapproachedcourt, handsof thetaxpayer,”saidRanen travelledtothemarkettestedpos- tracingof 7,500-oddpeopleindif- reflecting on the vulnerable pop- theoutbreak.Hesaidtheyhadre- year period could be made tax- incurredonShortService “noneofthemhasdemandedany Banerjee, Leader,Economic itive,while eight from Chittoor ferentdistrictsincludingChennai, ulation. We should be preparing fusedtocooperatewith the gov- free,and he/she could be given Commission (SSC) officers. criminal action againstthe oth- AdvisoryServices, tested positive on Monday. and aggressive testingofall im- forthataswell.If itisarealitythat ernment’splan to shiftthemtoa preferenceinpublicsectorjobsas It says the costincurredonan ers”. He said he had stumbled PricewaterhouseCoopers India.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE who underwentsurgery NEWDELHI,MAY13 casesinchtowards8,000 the jail premises afterthe surgery. SUPREME COURTjudge Justice SOMYALAKHANI On May10, the inmatewas rushed to DYChandrachud Wednesday NEWDELHI,MAY13 DDU hospital as he complainedofstom- laudedtheworkingof Delhi’svir- achache. “Ourdoctors were checking on tualcourt fortraffic offences,and 4LAKHSUGGESTIONS A28-YEAR-OLD inmateofRohini Jail has him; he complainedofstomachache but said the softwarecan be further tested positive forcoronavirusand is ad- did notshowany Covid-19symptoms. He enhancedtodealwith cheque ONWHATSAPP,10K mitted at LokNayak Hospital. Delhi Prisons wastaken to DDUhospital whereasur- bounce cases etc. He wasspeak- ONMAIL,SAYSGOVT DG SandeepGoelconfirmedthatthis is the gery wasrecommended, and the inmate ing afterunveiling anew virtual firstcase of an inmateataDelhi prison underwent that,” said Goel. courtfore-challansissuedfortraf- testing positive. The 28-year-old, aresident of South ficviolationscaptured by CCTV “The inmatewas admitted at Deen Delhi’s Sangam Vihar,isanundertrial and cameras in the national capital. DayalUpadhyayhospital foranintestine accusedinthree criminal cases —attempt Unlikethe existing virtual surgery on May10. He wastestedfor the to murder,robbery, and causing hurt. “He court whichcaters to adjudica- virus there,”said Goel. The resultofthe test has been at the Rohini Jail forunder ayear; tion of challans, wherethe of- came positive Wednesday afternoon. before that,hewas at anotherjailinthe fender is physicallyintercepted Dr AKMehta, medical superintendent city,” said asenior jail official. by police, the newNBT system of DDU hospital, said, “He wasoperated In Mumbai, over 180Covid-19positive (Notice BranchofTrafficPolice) on May11morning forperforation peri- cases of inmates and staffers of Arthur dealswithchallans wherethe of- CM Kejriwal had sought tonitis. His Covid-19testresult wasmade Road Jail wasreported, while one woman fence is captured round-the- ideas from people on available to us today. He has been trans- inmatetestedpositive at Byculla Jail. clockthrough CCTVs. This data easing lockdown curbs ferred to Lok Nayak.” Meanwhile in Delhi, three inmates at is further processedusing PARI- Goelsaid contact tracingisonatthe Tihar Jail were quarantinedafter oneof VAHAN databases forseeding jail, and at least19inmates have been them, arape accused, wasfoundtohave mobile numbers and sent to vir- Lok Nayakstaff on Wednesday. 106deaths have been reportedinthe city so far. Amit Mehra NewDelhi: In aday,the Delhi movedtothe isolation ward.Fivestaffers been in contact withaCovid-19person. tual courts. government received4,76,000 who came in contact with the inmatehave Jail authorities said that theyhad received Justice Chandrachud noted WhatsApp messages, 10,700 alsobeen sent on home-quarantine as a information thatthe victim in therape that the virtual courtis“success- Hospital. Atotal of 86 deathshave recordedfromthese hospitals. emails, and 39,000 calls with precautionarymeasure. “All the people we case had tested positive.The accusedand fully working” in Delhi since July ASTHASAXENA been reportedfromthe 10 Covid-19 The three-member committee suggestions on relaxations that have so fartracedwill be tested,” said Goel, his cellmates were quarantined, and their 26,2019. Citing statistics, he said NEWDELHI,MAY13 designated hospitals, while 20 are wasassigned the task of auditing can beallowedinthe capital af- clarifying that the inmate did notreturn to result came backnegative. this had avoided visitsofmore from other hospitals. eachCovid positive death at govern- terMay 17.CMKejriwal Tuesday than 3,000 offenders per dayto THE COVID-19death toll in Delhi As manyas1,13,345 testshave ment and private hospitals. had said the government would the court. Morethan 7,32,061 crossedthe 100markonWednesday been carriedout so far, with7,236 On the reason behind the delayin incorporatesuggestions from cases aredisposedoff,whereof- with 20 morecasualties being re- testsperformedinthe last24hours. death summaries being provided, Jain people and medical experts on fender has paid the fine. In all, Rs ported. The toll is now106,while 359 The testing averageinDelhi is had said: “Hospitals arealso overbur- postlockdown relaxations, 89,54,66,712 has been collected fresh cases were reportedinthe last recordedat5,613 testsper million. dened.At times, theyhavejustshared whichwill besent to the Centre. as fine so far. 24 hours.The total number of cases By the end of March,Delhi had re- the number of deaths but the death Theresponseshavebeenre- Since asingle judgeishan- in Delhi has reached7,998. ported120 positive cases and two summaries areamusttorecordany ceivedunder variouscategories dling all cases, it has alsofreed 20 The 20 deaths reportedare from deaths. This soon increasedto3,515 casualty.The Centre has also shared suchasindustrialandMSMEop- Judges in Delhi—who were ear- the backlog cleared by the three- cases and 59 deaths by the end of detailedguidelines on providing de- erations, transportation, educa- lier occupiedindealing with member death audit committee April. Till May11, the city saw73 tails in death summaries.” tion,andday-to-dayactivitiesof trafficchallans —toadjudicate formedbythe Delhi government last deaths —the highestwas on May5 Meanwhile, cases amonghealth- peoplesuchascommercialand other cases, he pointed out. month. Over the lasttwo days,the with five casualties in asingle day. careworkers alsocontinuedtospike. non-commercial ones, said the Thejudge,who also heads government has reported33deaths In the last13days,4,483 cases Over 106healthcareworkers from government in astatement. the SC e-Courts Committee,said aftercollating datareceivedfrom have croppedupinthe cityand the Delhigovernment’s Dr Baba Saheb It is learnt that adedicated the unprecedented Covid-19 severalhospitals. “Hospitals were di- death toll has almostdoubled. Ambedkar Hospital; 62 from AIIMS; team is going through sugges- pandemichas brought about rected to sharedeath summaries and TheIndianExpress had lastweek 22 from RML; and 75 from Babu tions, especiallyemails and adoption of technology by theyhavestarted doing it. The casu- reportedthat the number of coron- JagjivanRam Hospital have tested WhatsApp texts, since Tuesday. courts.Pointing outthat police alties also include some deaths re- avirus casualties from four hospitals positive forthe disease. “Over400 The government issueda can nowbebetterfocusedonits portedinApril as well,” saidDelhi –Lok Nayak, RML,Lady Hardinge healthcareworkers have tested pos- WhatsApp number,8800- regulatoryduties, Justice Health MinisterSatyendar Jain. MedicalCollege andthe Delhi and itive forCovid-19. Infection control 007722, helpline number 1031, Chandrachud said the example Among the deaths reportedon Jhajjar centres of AIIMS —stood at measuresare being takenatall hospi- and an email id, delhicm.sug- setbyDelhi hadinspired some Wednesday, one is from Lok Nayak 116until Thursdaynight while the tals. Onemustfollow social distanc- [email protected], to send in other states tootoadoptthe vir- Hospital; 15 from RML Hospital and government’shealth bulletin stated ingand wear masks everytime they suggestions. ENS tualcourtsystem. three from Sir GangaRam Kolmet that atotal of 33 deaths had been step out or meetanyone,”Jain said.

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BRIEFLY NEW GUIDELINES SCrejects Sajjanbailplea Temperaturecheck,AarogyaSetu,emptier NewDelhi: The Supreme CourtonWednesdayde- clinedtogrant former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar,convicted and sen- coachesmaybeDelhiMetro’snewnormal tencedtolifeinconnec- tion with the 1984 anti- Sikhriots case, interim bail side the trains, with the Metro ing the 389-km longMetro net- lingered over longer periods due of thepandemic.Theexercisewill on medical grounds. SOURAVROYBARMAN having utilisedthe lockdown to work spanning Delhi-NCR, dot- to trainavailability in anormal be extremelyexhaustive as it in- NEWDELHI,MAY13 overhaul the air-conditioning tedwith 285 stations. scenario,” aDMRCofficial said. volvescleaningandmaintenance Sharjeelcase: system of around 2,000coaches. ADMRCofficial said the Suchanextensive cleaning of 264stations, over 2,200 ATEMPERATUREcheck,followed Inside the trains, alternate Metrohas “thoroughlychecked” exercise could notbeunder- coaches,over1,100escalatorsand HCseeksDelhi by atap on the AarogyaSetuapp, seatswill have to be left vacant. the Heating, Ventilation,and Air takenbeforeastrainsrun up to 1,000lifts,among others.” before walking intothe train, Commutingwhile standing is Conditioning (HVAC)systemof 20 hours aday.The cleaning ex- Protocols forsocial distanc- Policereply whichwillbeemptierthanbefore. likelytobebarred, ameasurethe over2,000 train coaches during ercise would result inabetter ing in trains and station prem- Ajourney on the Delhi Metro, the Metrohad announcedright be- this period. Metroservices had air-conditioned environment in ises arebeingworkedout, he NewDelhi: The DelhiHigh city’s lifeline,will comewitha fore the lockdown.Itis learntthat come to acomplete halt on March summers, the official added. said. “Thedateofthe opening of CourtWednesday sought newset of guidelinesonce serv- therewill also beseparatequeues 22, the dayof‘jantacurfew’. The DMRCmanagement also Delhi Metrohas notbeen fi- Delhi Police’s response on ices resume, forwhichthe Union forthoseusing smartcards and “The HVAC system of the ranemptytrains,numberingover nalisedand willbenotifiedtothe apleabyJNU PhD student government’s nodisawaited. tokens. Therewas also aplan to coaches wasthoroughly 3,500 trips, during thelockdown publicindue course. Allsystems Sharjeel Imam challeng- While thermal scanning of install sanitisation tunnels, but checked. We also undertook the to keep the system operation of the Metro, including signalling, ing atrial courtorder body temperatureand checking that maynot actuallymaterialise, firsteverdrive to clean HVAC sys- ready.Executivedirector (corpo- electrical, rolling stock, tracks, granting moretime to po- AarogyaSetustatus arelikelyto with the Union Health Ministry tems of around1,200coaches rate communications) of DMRC, etc., will have to be tested in de- lice to conclude itsprobe be partofthe CISF protocols, advising againstspraying of dis- with special chemicals to effec- Alternateseatswillhavetobeleftvacant inside thetrains. Anuj Dayal, said, “The DMRCis tail before services areultimately in the caseagainsthim,re- commuters arelikelytobe infectantsonpeople,sourcessaid. tively utilise the lockdown. This Commuting whilestanding is also likelytobebarred workingoutdetailedcleaningand startedtoensurefullsafetyfor lated to “inflammatory greetedwith cool drafts of airin- The CISF is in charge of secur- exercise would have otherwise maintenance procedures in view ourcommuters,” he said. speeches” againstthe gov- ernment on CAA-NRC. Rs55crtaken Day 2: As number of trains increase, so In two months, 410 incoronafee funerals in the city onliquor do people who couldn’t get on board NewDelhi: Liquor worthRs as per Covid SOP 84 crorehas been sold in DelhibetweenMay4,when SUKRITABARUAH death, the SOP has to befollowed ahandful of government- NEWDELHI,MAY13 ANANDMOHANJ& during cremation or burial. run outlets were opened, ABHINAVRAJPUT ICMR’s guidelines also state: and May12. Theamount NINESPECIALtrainsleftfromNew NEWDELHI,MAY13 “Deaths in whichtests are collectedascoronafeesim- Delhi Railway Station on awaited withthe presence of posedonall liquor brands Wednesday, theseconddayofthe OVER THE pasttwo months, five symptoms will be recordedas stands at Rs 55 crore, ac- Railwaysresumingitsservicesaf- cremation/burialgrounds in the suspecteddeaths, while those cording to official records. termorethanamonthof thecoro- capital have carried out 410fu- testing negative but havesymp- navirus lockdown. At the same nerals as per the standardoperat- toms will be mentionedas‘clin- time,the number of peopleun- ing procedure(SOP) forCovid pa- ically-epidemiologically diag- Jamia student able to afford ticketsormakean tients. Whileninesuchgrounds nosedCovid-19’. “This is because summoned onlinebookingcontinuedtogrow. have been designated forthe fi- false negative resultsare notun- The station sawacontinuous nal rites of thosewho either had common,”the guidelines state. underUAPA inflowofpassengers through the or were suspectedto have Covid, The ICMRhas alsoclarified dayasschedule forthese trains — onlyfivehavecarriedout crema- that suchsuspected Covid-19 NewDelhi: The Delhi Police to Thiruvananthapuram, Ranchi, tions or burials since the rest say deaths neednot be treated as Special Cell summoned Chennai, Dibrugarh, Howrah, theylackspace or residentsin medico-legal cases and the Chandan Kumar,astudent Mumbai, Rajendranagar, nearbycoloniesobjected. “forensic autopsy maybewaived of JamiaMilliaIslamia, in Sabarmati and Jammu Tawi — According to dataprovidedby off” to limit the possible spread connection withriots that startedat11.30 in the morning standing committees of the North of infection. As per the SOP, brokeout in Northeast and continuedtill past9atnight. Passengers arrive at NewDelhi railway station following resumption of train services on Wednesday. Amit Mehra and South Delhi Municipal healthcareworkers have to col- Delhi in February. The no- Likeonthe firstday,passen- Corporations, Nigambodh Ghat lect nasopharyngeal swab at the tice, sentunder Section gers were asked to reachthe sta- has seen184 suchcremations, emergency department/casu- 43F –UnlawfulActivities tion 90 minutes before depar- formynexttrain. Idonot know Tuesdaynight, but when Iheard corners of the cityand beyond in well-offpeople entering the sta- while the crematorium at Punjabi alty/ward/ICU and send it for (Prevention)Act, stated: ture, and their temperaturewas anyone in Delhi, and thereare no that trains areleaving, Ibooked a the hopeoffindingaplace on tion since yesterday,”she said. Bagh has seen 111.The Jadid testing before moving the body “You arerequestedtojoin checkedthrough thermal hotels operating. It lookslikeIwill ticket, even though it is costing them. The group of peoplenow Also outside the station were Qabristannear ITOhas seen 105 to the mortuaryfor preservation. the investigation on May screening before being allowed justhavetobeonthe street till me double the amount. Safetyis camping near the station in- Mithun Mandal and his four burials, the Buland Masjid has Guidelines releasedbythe 13 at 2pm.” He wasleftat to enter.However, with four then. Ican managethe days but mostimportant,” he said. cludes people who have come friends, who had walked from recordednine, and Madanpur Department of Forensic Medicine 8.30 pm. trains also arriving in Delhi on I’mdreading the night,” he said, Agroup of five Masters stu- from different places suchas NathupurainNorth Delhi in the Khadar has recordedone. and Toxicology,Vardhman Wednesday, some passengers sitting on the footpath near the dentsatJamia Millia Islamia ar- Seelampur,Palam, Gurgaonand hopeoffindingatrain to reach The capital had until Mahavir Medical College, found themselvesstranded in station entrywithhis bag. rivedtotakeatrain back to their Noida over the lastfew days, Bhagalpur in .Mithun is the Wednesdayrecorded106 Covid Safdarjung Hospital, similarly Mankillsson, transitfromone train to another. Those waiting to boardtheir homes in Anantnag in Kashmir. withthe piece of half-informa- onlyone amongthe five of them deaths. state:“All departmentssending a arrested Sonu Sharma (26), aPhD stu- trains were leavingbehind their Whiletheywererelievedthat tion —“trains chal rahi hain.” who owns asmartphone, but Officialsand doctors clarified body with suspectedCovid-19 dent at Varanasi, arrivedinDelhi problemsinthe city,and prepar- theywerereturning home,they Kundan Devi (25) has been even he does notknowhow to that abody being cremated or should sendittothe mortuary NewDelhi: Aproperty Wednesdaymorning on the ing to face newones backhome. were also awarethat internet outside the station forthree operateitwellenough to book buriedinadherence to the Covid onlyafter taking samples... No dealer,accusedofstab- train from Howrah. However, his Manohar Singh (21) decided constraintsbackhome meant nightswith her toddler daugh- an online ticket. SOP,laid down by the Indian bodywillbeacceptedatthe mor- bing hismothertodeath final destination is notDelhi but hehadto leave thecityoncework that theywould lose access to terand mentallyunstable hus- “Westarted walking at 9in Council of Medical Research tuaryifasampleisnot taken.” in 1987,allegedly killedhis Kathua in Jammu, andhis next restartedatthe factoryheworked their university’s online classes. band. The familyhad walked the morning, but nowweare be- (ICMR), maynot necessarily “If thedeceasedisasuspected son in Rohini on Monday, train is scheduledfor Friday at in Bawana.“As long as Iwas Whilestudents,professionals from Gurgaon to the station ing told that no seatsare avail- mean the person had coron- caseof Covid,thenasperprotocol The 60-year-oldhas been night. He arrivedinthe capitalto alone inside my room, Iwas safe and migrant labourers alike when theyheardthat “free trains able on anytrain andthat they avirus or diedofthe disease. we take samples,anditisupto the arrested.Policesaidthe in- find no arrangementsfor con- from the disease. But work boardedthe trains, asimultane- forthe poor” were leaving the aretoo expensive,” he said. Adoctor explainedthat the familytodecide whether they cidentallegedly took place necting passengers likehim. restartedafew days back, and I ousdevelopmenthasbeenthein- station, hoping to be able to re- ANorthern Railways emergency wardsacross the city wantto waitfortestresultsbefore when Om PalSingh got “I had thought that Iwould be don’t knowwho Imight come in creaseinthenumberofpeople turn to Bihar’sMotihari district. spokesperson said approxi- see patientseither being brought the final rites.Inmostcases, fam- intoaheatedargument able to restinawaiting room in contactwith,soIdecidedit’stime campingneartheentryofthesta- “Now theyare sayingthatwe mately1,200 people boarded dead or dying within afew hours iliesaredecidingtogoaheadwith with his wifeand his son the station or even sleep on the to return to my home in tion. Theyare migrant labourers needtobook online tickets.I eachtrain, whichmeans that of reaching thehospital. In such the cremation before test results intervened. ENS platform, butIhavebeen asked Rajasthan. Ihad made arrange- who had heardthat trains were don’t have asmartphone or any over 10,000 people leftfrom cases, if the patient had exhibited areout,”saidDrDKSharma,med- to leave and return when it is time mentstotravelbackonatruckon leaving andhad walked from far money, and I’vebeen seeing DelhionthemonWednesday. anyCovid symptoms prior to ical superintendent of AIIMS. One-timeaid of Rs 5,000 transferred Delhi govt replaces Lok Police oppose plea seeking transfer to auto, taxi, e-rickshaw drivers:Govt Nayak medical director of probeinTablighi case to NIA NewDelhi: Over the pastmonth, April, Delhi government decided Kailash Ghalotsaid theysaw a NewDelhi: The Delhigovernment non-administrative posts till re- the Delhi government trans- to provide one-time financial aid massive mismatchinthe infor- has replacedLok Nayak Hospital tirement/superannuation etc. Mumbai-basedlawyer, seeking ing counsel (criminal) Rahul ferred Rs 5,000 eachintoac- of Rs 5,000 to drivers of autos, mation on licences and Aadhaar medical director Dr JCPassey, Passey,whoturned62in2018, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE direction to theNIA to probethe Mehraand advocate Chaitanya counts of over 1.1lakh public taxis, e-rickshaws andother cards: “... PSVbadge holders ap- days afterthe Centreasked the wasassignedtemporarycharge NEWDELHI,MAY13 matter in atime-bound manner Gosain opposedthe plea, saying service vehicle (PSV) badgehold- para-transit vehiclestotideover pliedbasedontheir name as government to withdraw his ap- of the hospital on March 26, and and forthe probetobemonitored the Delhi Police’sCrime Branch ers. The total amount disbursed the financial crisis causedby written in the drivinglicence, pointment owing to hisage. replacedDrKishoreSingh. THE DELHI Police Wednesday by theHC, abenchofJustices is probing the matter as per law. so farisRs55crore.The process pandemic... The government de- and submittedbothlicence and The MinistryofHealth and The order issuedbyHealth opposed in the DelhiHighCourt Siddharth Mridul and Anup Mehraalso contendedthat wasdone online, withdrivers of velopedseveral software appli- Aadhaar card. In 60,000 cases, FamilyWelfaresought aclarifica- SecretaryPadmini Singla states aplea seekingtotransferthe Jairam Bhambhani asked the pe- oneofthe DelhiPolice’s best de- autos, e-rickshaws,taxis, re- cations and usedAadhaar-based we facedissues as therewas a tion ontheappointmentfromthe that Dr Suresh Kumar,director probeofacasetothe NIA, titioner to place before it the judg- partmentsisconducting the in- quired to submit licence and DBTtotransfermoney directly mismatchinnames on the li- Delhigovernmentwithin10 days. professor of thedepartmentof againstTablighi Jamaat chief mentsinsupportofhis plea. vestigation in afair manner. Aadhar details online. to bankaccountsofapplicants... cence and Aadhaar. All 13 MLOs Guidelines from the Ministry medicine, will take charge of the Maulana Saad forholding acon- Petitioner Ghanshyam The counsel forthe MHA also Without means to earn amid ensuring that no person will were directed to manuallyver- statethatofficershavingattained post. Dr Passeywillcontinue to gregation in alleged violation of Upadhyayalleged Delhi Police questionedthe locus of the lockdown, severalPSV badge need to stand in aqueue,” said ify names and details in licence the ageof62yearswill notbeas- work in the department of ENT ordersaimed at containingthe has failedtoarrestthe leader de- Upadhyayand soughttoknow holders had appealedtothe CM the government in astatement. and Aadhaar.Wereceivednearly signedcharge of administrative at Maulana AzadMedical spread of coronavirus. spiteconsiderable time having howheisaffected.The court forhelp. “In the second week of Delhi TransportMinister 1,58,000 applications.” ENS posts,andtheywillberetainedin College. ENS Questioning the locus of a lapsed. Delhi government stand- listedthe matter forMay 28.

OUTLETSFOLLOW GUIDELINES SET UP BY BEAUTY AND WELLNESS SECTOR SKILL COUNCIL PPE kits to cashless paymentsassalons in Gurgaon reopen doors

pointments. This, ownersand posable items, including dispos- regular intervals, along with win- of our staffers stayinDelhi and “The footfall is naturallynot the personrendering the service SAKSHIDAYAL managers say, will help regulate able towels, cuttingsheetand dowpanes.We have also stopped arenot able to come, but we also the same as before,but people uses disposable towels, linen, GURGAON,MAY13 the number of persons inside an disposable waxing kits,” said the keeping magazines at the salon, prefer to operatewith minimal have been enquiring and com- and headbands. establishment. While almostall manager at Advance Cut Unisex andhave completely switchedto staffbecause we do notwanta ing. Almost90% of our footfall is Salons in Gurgaon had been PPE KITS, disposable equipment, salons aremaking customers as Salon in Sector 15. disposables. In addition, we also rush in the salon,” said Yadav. for mundans,because people allowedtoopenfromMay 4, cashless paymentsand no mag- well as employees sanitise their At BellaMadonna in Qutub ask customers to make cashless At Barber BlackSheep, akids usuallyget this done in April dur- with the district falling under the azines or newspapers at the re- hands before entering the salon, Plaza, customers walking in on paymentstoensureminimum salon in the city,ownerMinal ing Navratri.” ‘orange’ zone as per the parame- ception —parlours across and have arranged fortempera- Wednesdayweregreeted by contact,” saidManishaYadav, the Kapoorsaidtheestablishmenthas The precautions being fol- ters setbythe MinistryofHealth Gurgaon aregetting used to a turechecksatthedoor,somehave staffmembers wearing either director at Bella Madonna, which resumedoperations with three lowedare among manylistedby and FamilyWelfare.Since neigh- newworld as they begin open- even started providing personal PPE or “aprons, gloves, masks has six branches across Gurgaon. staffmembers insteadofseven. the Beauty and WellnessSector bouring Delhi falls in the ‘red’ ing their doors to customers, protective equipment fortheir and shoe covers”.Customersare Onlythe oneatQutub Plazahas “Weare akidssalon.Sowe needto SkillCouncil in guidelines re- zone, barbershops and salons are with lockdown norms being staff, typicallyseen in hospitals. also made to put on shoe covers. re-openedsofar. take moreprecautions. We are leasedafew days ago. notallowedtoopensofar. easedacross the district. “Weprovided PPE kitstoour “Our instrumentsare sani- The staffstrength is down sanitisingourpremiseseveryday, Precautions listedfor clients As per directions by the Severalparlourstold The stafftoensuretheyare notex- tisedeachtime anyserviceis from around 20 to five-six. “A lot and all our staffmembers are include wearing a“disposable N- GurgaonDistrictMagistrate,these Indian Express that the normof posedtoany infection.Wehave done, and thestation,including wearingmasksandgloves,which 95/triple layeredsurgical face establishmentshavebeen walk-in customers has been also disinfected the salon and are the glass, chairs, and table, is also At Bella Madonna in Qutub arechangedaftereverycustomer. mask”, using “digitalmode of permitted to remain operational stopped, with people onlybeing sanitisingitrepeatedly.Inaddi- sanitisedeachtime acustomer Plaza. Express We areallowingonlyoneclientat payment to reduce the chance of onlybetween 9amand 3pmon allowedtocomeiftheyhaveap- tion, we have switched to dis- leaves. The floor is sanitisedat atime,” said Kapoor. contamination”, and ensuring Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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As countries look to reopen, signs CENTRE’SECONOMIC PACKAGE of rare, Covid-linked disease in kids Nothinginpackageformigrant

peractive immune breakout. southeastEngland. workers,boostingdemand:Oppn ABANTIKAGHOSH Therewerenofatalities but the Dr Annalisa Gervasoni, co- NEWDELHI,MAY13 KAWASAKI symptoms of those diagnosed author of the study and apaedi- DISEASE during the epidemicweremore atric specialist in Bergamo, said: Chidambaram calls stimulus‘cruel blow’ forworkers,Mamatagives it ‘big zero’ IN Astudy thatcould have rele- severe than those diagnosed “In our experience, onlyavery vance forIndia as it lookstoopen earlier,accordingtothe study. small proportion of children in- devastated”migrant workers, up and “live with the virus”, Typical symptoms “The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic fected withSARS-CoV-2develop EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE VOICESFROMTHESTATES saying it wasa“cruel blow” to Italian doctors have reportedthe 1include fever and rash, wasassociated with high inci- symptoms of Kawasaki disease. NEWDELHI,MAY13 those who toil everyday.“There breakout of arareKawasaki-like redeyes, dryorcracked dence of asevereformof However, it is important to un- The MSMEs, While we thank is also nothing by wayofcash disease in young children ex- lips or mouth, redness on Kawasaki disease. Asimilar out- derstand the consequences of OPPOSITION LEADERS on the Housing Prime Minister transfer to the bottomhalfofthe posedtothe coronavirus (SARS- the palms of the hands break of Kawasaki-likedisease is the virus in children, particularly Wednesdayslammedthe first sector,etc have forgiving boost population (13crore families) CoV-2). and solesofthe feet,and expectedin countries involvedin as countries aroundthe world tranche of theRs20lakh crore to firstsurvive, to this sector, who have been pushedintodes- The study could have impli- swollen glands.. the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic,” the grapple withplans to startrelax- fiscal stimulus announcedbythe and then take we plan to dis- titution,” he said. cationsonthe decision to open doctors reported in TheLancet. ing social distancing policies.” Centreas“disappointing” and a the leap to the burse about Rs Giving thepackagea“big up schools. Around aquarterof Doctors from the Hospital The increase could notbeex- “big zero”, saying it providedno revivalstage.And howwill 1,600toRs2,000 croreloan zero”, TMCsupremo and West Doctors found a30-fold in- 2children affected Papa Giovanni XXII in Bergamo plainedbyanincrease in hospi- relief to migrant workers and theysurvivewithout their to about 36,000 entrepre- Bengal Chief MinisterMamata creasedincidence of Kawasaki- typicallyexperience wrote: “Webelieve these find- taladmissions,asthe number of had nothing to stimulatede- workers, who have left neurs tomorrow Banerjeetold the media,“It is an likedisease in Bergamo, the re- cardiac complications, ings have important implica- patientsadmitted duringthat mand. them in hordes and seem eyewash to foolpeople. Thereis gion in northern Italythatwas but the condition is rarely tions forpublic health.The asso- time period wassix-fold lower While senior Congress leader in no mood to return any YOGI ADITYANATH nothing forthe unorganisedsec- oneofthe world’s worstaffected fataliftreated ciation between SARS-CoV-2 than before the virus wasfirstre- PChidambaram said the pack- time soon? UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF tor, public spending and employ- areasinthe pandemic. appropriatelyinhospital. and Kawasaki-likedisease portedinBergamo. agewas a“cruel blow” to those MINISTER ment generation.” She added, Kawasaki Disease is arare should be takenintoaccount Dr Lucio Verdoni, an author who toil everyday,WestBengal AMARINDER SINGH, “Wewerehopeful that the inter- condition that typically affects It is notknown what when it comes to considering of the report, said: “Wenoticed Chief PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER Due to the ests of states would be looked children under five.Itcauses 3triggers the condition social reintegrationpoliciesfor an increase in the number of Minister lockdown, into,FRBMlimit would be in- bloodvesselstobecome in- but it is thought to be an the paediatric population. children being referred to our Mamata If small-scale Maharashtra creased. But. everything thatwas flamedand swollen. abnormal immune However, the Kawasaki-likedis- hospitalwith an inflammatory Banerjee unitshaveto has suffered said yesterdaywas abluff.” Only19children had been di- overreaction to infection. ease described hereremains a condition similar to Kawasaki said it had start highestloss of CPM’s Yechurysaid, “The so- agnosedwith the condition in rare condition,probablyaffect- disease around the time the nothing functioning, revenue. called‘package’ by theModi gov- that area in the five years up to ing no morethan one in 1000 SARS-CoV-2 outbreak wastak- forthe un- customers Mumbai is thefinancial ernment is afarce.Those who the middle of February2020, but tested positivefor thecoron- children exposedtoSARS-CoV- ing hold in our region.” organised should start capitalofthe country. So, urgentlyand immediatelyneed therewere10casesbetween avirus in an antibody test. 2. This estimateisbasedonlim- The doctors, however, cau- sector and purchasing. Onlyby theUniongovernment help arewalkinghungryonthe February18and April 20 this Children diagnosedafter the ited data from thecaseseries in tioned thattheir report is based employ- pumping moneyintothe should consider these roads. Thereisnothing forthe year,accordingtothe study. epidemicbroke outwereolder, this region.” on onlyasmall number of cases, PChidambaram ment gen- hands of people, the fall in aspectsand give best stategovernments whichhave Eight of the 10 children brought had ahigher rate of cardiac in- Similar cases have been re- and largerstudieswill be re- eration. the purchasing powerof packagetous been asking forfunds, as theyare to hospital afterFebruary18 volvement, and features of ahy- portedfromNew York and quiredto confirm the association. CPM gen- people could be solved. at the forefront of fighting the eral secretarySitaram Yechury BALASAHEB THORAT, pandemic.” calledthe packagea“farce”. THOMAS ISAAC, MAHARASHTRA REVENUE He added,“What a‘package’! 1lakh tests per Barring the “modest” MSME FINANCE MINISTER MINISTER People's ownmoney, being 80% new cases in first12days package, the stimulus package packaged backtothem as re- day, recovery was“disappointing”, Chidam- funds and aboost!People’s own baram said. He said that even the measures of support, he said, and Dissecting the steps outlined savings and income taxrefunds of Mayfrom114 Red Zone dists rate at 32.8%: measures forMSMEs were nowhereinthe worldare they by the Finance Minister, being givenbacktothem -How skewed in favour of the larger includedinafiscal stimulus Chidambaram said, “This gov- can this be a‘stimulus’?” Health Minister ones, leaving the bulk of the 6.3 package.“Exceptfor themodest ernment is aprisoner of itsown CPI's DRajasaid the package KRISHNKAUSHIK croremicro, smalland medium package of MSMEs...Idon’t find ignorance and fears. The govern- did notaddress theissues of job- NEWDELHI,MAY13 sizedenterprises “high and dry”. anything in this packagethat will ment mustspend more, but it is lessness and hunger. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The former finance minister stimulatethe demandside of the notwilling to do so. The govern- Welcoming the PM’s deci- THENUMBERof confirmedcoro- NEWDELHI,MAY13 said that manyofthe steps an- economy,”hesaid. ment must borrowmore, but it sion, ShivSenaMPSanjayRaut navirus casesinthe countryal- nouncedbyFinanceMinister He, however, welcomedthe is notwilling to do so. The gov- said, “There wasaneedfor such mostdoubled in the first12days INDIA HAS uppedits testing ca- Nirmala Sitharaman were liquid- offerofsubordinatedebt of Rs ernmentmustallowstatesto apackage. The PM has at- of thismonth,andscrutinyofcase pacity forthe coronavirus to ity —asalso regulatory —meas- 20,000 croreand equitycorpus borrow moreand spend more, temptedtoproviderelief to the dataof644districts,forwhich dis- 100,000 testsper day, Union ures whichwill notspur demand fund of Rs 10,000 crorefor but it is notwilling to do so.” poor,the farmers, the middle trict-wise case load is available in Health MinisterDrHarsh as liquiditymeasures operateon MSMEs, but said the Congress He hit out at the government class and others.” statebulletins, shows that eight Vardhan saidWednesday during thesupplyside. Liquidity meas- wouldawait the termsand condi- fornot announcing anyrelief for INPUTSFROM out of every10patientswho areviewmeeting with Punjab. ures do notamounttofiscal tions as the devil is in the details. the lakhs of “poor,hungryand ENS KOLKATAANDMUMBAI testedpositive forCovid-19inthis The casecount in the coun- periodarefromRedZonedistricts. trycurrently stands at 74,281 Analysisof thedataalsoshows Amedical officer stamps the hand of aman who returnedto with 3,525 newcases and 122 the number of cases has notin- Agartala on aspecialtrain from Bengaluru. AbhishekSaha deaths being reportedina24- creasedinone out of everythree hour period. Atotal of 24,386 of these644 districts. peoplehaverecoveredand 2,415 Statedataanalysis shows May12(an increase of 36,250) in The fact that 46 districts have diedsofar. nearly 81 percent of this jumpin these644districts.Of these,while within the RedZones had less “While thedoubling time in confirmedcases between May1 casesalmostdoubledfrom30,479 than 100fresh cases as of May12 the past14days was11, it has im- and 12 came from RedZone, 15 to 60,020 cases in 114Red Zone underlines the snowballing of proved to 12.6 in the lastthree per cent from the districts in districts,itwent upfrom4,627 to cases in other nearly five dozen days.The fatality rate is 3.2% and OrangeZone, and the remaining 9,866in258OrangeZonedistricts hotspots in the country. the recovery rate is pegged at from GreenZone. (113 percent growth). TheIndian Express analysed 32.8%. Thereare 2.75% active pa- The Centrehas divided the During the same period, 272 cases in all states exceptAssam, tientsinICU,0.37% on ventilators country’s 733districts intothree Green Zone districts reported and West Bengal. and 1.89% on oxygen support. zonesbasedonfactorssuchasto- 1,110fresh cases—from 159on District-wise data of and Testing capacity has increasedto talcumulative cases, rate of dou- April30to1,269 on May12. Telanganaisnotavailablepublicly, 1,00,000 testsper daythrough bling, incidence,level of testing, From the point of the jumpin anddataforBengal’sdistrictswas 352government laboratories etc.: 130inRed Zone, 284in case load in these 644districts, madepublicstartingMay4.Delhi and 140private laboratories. OrangeZone, and 319districtsin nearly 81.5percent(29,541 cases) doesnotprovidecasesby districts. Cumulatively,18,56,477 tests Green Zone. of this spikecame from 114Red Since all 11 districtsofDelhi are have been done so farfor Covid- According to state bulletins, Zonedistricts,andjustover15per underRedZone,figuresaretaken 19... 94,708 samples were tested the number of cases rose from cent (5,599 cases) from 258 as awhole. FULLREPORTON yesterday, “the health minister 34,905 on April 30 to 71,155 on OrangeZonedistricts. www.indianexpress.com said. Supreme Court lawyers can skip black coats, robes for now

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THECOVID-19outbreakisforcing changes in habit—eveninthe SupremeCourt. On Wednesday, thetop court exempted lawyers appearing in virtualhearingsfromwearingthe customaryblack coat and black robe in what it termedisa“pre- cautionarymeasure to contain spreadof Coronavirus(COVID-19) infection”. Acircular issuedbythe top courtsaid advocates “maywear ‘plain white-shirt/white-salwar- kameez/white-sareewithaplain- whiteneckband’duringthehear- ings” before the SC through VirtualCourtSystem“tillmedical exigencies existorunderfurther orders”. This wasbeingdone “consideringthemedicaladvice”. Earlier in theday, Chief Justice of India SABobde and Justices InduMalhotraandHrishikeshRoy held the virtual courtwithout wearing the blackcoatorblack robe.They, however, had their whiteneckband on. Whilehearingamatter,theCJI informedsenior advocateKapil Sibal that theyhad letgoofthe jacket androbeasexpertshadad- visedthat suchkind of clothing maynot be in keeping with con- tainment protocol. The CJI said even lawyers shoulddesist fromwearingthese fornow,adding that instructions in this regard will be issuedsoon.

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Toddler among 3killedastruck Gujarat cases hit carryingUP migrants meets 9,000,29deaths CORONA with accident WATCH in 24 hours EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE LUCKNOW,MAY13 to Amreli with six familymem- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE bers and 20 otherpassengers. ATWO-YEAR-OLD girlwas AHMEDABAD,SURAT,MAY13 “She wasidentifiedasasus- among three persons who died pected caseduringtransit itself when amini-truckcarrying CORONAVIRUS MADE itsway to and had no local contact. around 60 migrant workers from Amreli, whichwas Gujarat’s last Therefore, thereisnoneedto Ahmedabad in Gujarat to UP’s standing zerodistrict, on createany containment zone in Balrampur metwithanaccident Thursday witha67-year-old the district,” said Oak. on WednesdayinKanpur Dehat. woman who arrivedherefrom Principal Health Secretary The vehicle had startedfrom Surat testing positive.Withthis, Jayanti Ravi said, “Remdesivir Ahmedabad on Mondayand all33districts in the statehave and interferon has shown posi- wasonits waytoBalrampur dis- been affected by Covid-19, tive resultsacross the world. The MigrantsatJodhpur trict, police said. though Tapi and Dang have not BJMedical Collegein station to catch atrain Police identifiedthe dead reported asingle case in the past Ahmedabad wastoparticipate to Balliya, UP. PTI persons as Sumaiyya(2), Rohit 10 days whereall those infected in the WHO Solidarity trial. We (25),who wasdriving the vehi- have recovered. have procured the drugsand will cle, and Heeraman Ali (50). The total number of cases startusing it from Thursday. Kanpur Dehat Superin- crossed9,000 in the statewith Another expensive injection, UTTAR PRADESH An employeeofPune’s Jehangir hospital walkspasthomeless people on asidewalk on Wednesday. ArulHorizon tendent of Police AnuragVats 364new cases on Wednesday, Tocilizumab (an immunosup- Four PACmen said the accident took place 292ofthem from Ahmedabad. pressive drug) has been report- around 6.30 am on Wednesday. Twenty-nine deaths were re- edly effective in salvaging criti- among 8new “The mini-truckrammedintoa ported—25werefrom cal patients. The government has stationarytruckwith onions Ahmedabad. In afurther dip in decidedtopurchaseit. The drug Meerut cases ‘MUSTAPPRECIATE CONTRIBUTION BY MIGRANT WORKERS’ loadedinitonthe highway.The testing, only2,760 samples were is alreadybeing administeredin drivermay have fallenasleep,” collected across the stateinthe our hospitals.” Meerut: Four Provincial said Vats. past 24 hours. As of Wednesday, 39 patients ArmedConstabulary(PAC) Station House Officer (SHO), Meanwhile, all 1,000bedsof were on ventilator. personnel, atehsil employee HC toKarnataka:Decidequickly Akbarpur,Amod Kumar Singh, the Covid carefacilityinSVP According to SVPHospital and aone-year-old girlwere said eight peoplewho were in Hospital, Ahmedabad, were oc- CEO, Ramyakumar Bhatt, among eightCovid-19cases the mini-truckcritical were ad- cupied by Wednesdayevening. “Includingsuspectedand con- reportedinMeerut on mitted to the Lala Lajpat Rai Amreli District Collector firmedcases, we arefull right Wednesday. Meerut nowhas Hospital(Hallett Hospital) in Ayush Oak said that the woman now. Something similar hap- atotal of 270cases.Seventy- onpayingtrainfareofmigrants Kanpur Nagarinacritical arrivedinAmreli on Tuesdayand penedaround 10 days ago... six have recoveredwhile 14 condition. afterbeing screenedatthe entry However, we have more hospi- have died. Uttar Pradesh has “The others arebeing treated pointcheckpost, her medical tals across the city nowtoac- reported3,664 cases. “The also observed.“If the migrant miktrainservicesaftermorethan workershave registeredonastate at Kanpur Dehat district hospi- check-up wasdone at aquaran- commodatepatients.” 36th PACbattalion premises JOHNSONTA workers areunable to paythe 3,000 people gathered,attempt- government portaltoavail train tal,” said the SHO. “People from tine facility.“It wasfoundthat Meanwhile, no positive cases in Meerut arebeingsanitised BENGALURU,MAY13 train fare,itwill be impossible to ing to find aseat on special trains services to return to their home severaldistrictsinUPweretry- heroxygensaturation waslow have been reportedfromTapiand and effortsare being made to facilitate theirtravelatafasterrate. to returntotheir home states. states. Around 20,000 of them ing to gethomeinthe mini- and she had other symptoms Dang district in the last10days. trace contacts. The patients OBSERVINGTHATnomigrant Therefore, apartfromthe Central Governments, the courtsaid, have been able to find seatssofar truck,”saidSingh. too. She wasadmitted to the iso- Dang District Collector NK have been admitted to the worker should bedeprivedofthe government, even theState of “must appreciatethe majorcon- on specialtrains to Bihar,UP, Raja- The workers belong to from lation ward in civil hospitalin Damor said, “Till Sunday, we had special ward at the medical opportunity to return home due mustlookintothe is- tributionmadeby migrantwork- sthan,Odisha,JharkhandandKas- Maharajganj, Balrampur,Basti, Amreli on Tuesdayevening and three positive cases and theyre- collegehere,” said Rajkumar to her/his inability to paytrain sueand take immediate decision ers in alarge number ofpublic hmir.Afare of Rs 970has been Sant Kabir Nagarand Mirzapur, her samples were sentto covered. At present, our district is Saini, chief medical officer, fares, the Karnataka HighCourt on the question of paying railway projectsaswellasprivateprojects chargedonShramik trains going police said. “Theyhad been Bhavnagarfor tests. Result con- in orangezoneand we arehop- Meerut. ENS has asked the stategovernment, fare of those migrant workers whichhavecontributedtoim- fromKarnatakato UP,andRs1,150 chargedRs3,000 eachbythe firmedher Covid-19 positive on ingtobeingreen zone soon.” besidestheCentre,to “takeimme- who arenot able to travel dueto provement of the infrastructure fortrainsto Bihar.Thespecialtrain drivertobring them backfrom Wednesday,”Oak said. Tapi district also had three MAHARASHTRA diatedecision on the question of their inability to pay,”adivision inallstates,andtheimprovement servicesstoppedonMay 6inKar- Ahmedabad. Theyhad managed He said the woman travelled patientswho have recovered. payingrailway fare”ofthosewho benchofHCChief Justice Abhay of the economy”. The courtob- nataka and resumedonMay 8. to reachKanpur Dehat, evading Malegaon civic areunable to travel “due to their SreenivasOka and Justice BV served, “Consideringthe consti- The division benchhas asked police check-posts at different body chief inabilitytopay”. Nagarathna stated on Tuesday. tutionalrights of themigrantwo- the stategovernment“to ascer- places,” said an officer. While some stategovern- The court washearing apub- rkers,noone should be deprived tainwhetheranycontributioncan Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Cops stretched by Covid tests positive mentsare paying forthe travel of lic interestinterventionplea on of anopportunityto go backtohis come from the employers’ asso- Yogi Adityanath expressedgrief migrant workers, theKarnataka theissueof problemsfacedbymi- ownState onlyforthereasonthat ciation, trade unions and NGOs over the loss of livesinthe acci- duty, Maharashtra seeks Mumbai: Three Malegaon governmenthas employedapol- grant workersinKarnataka dur- he has no capacity to payfor the whichcan be used forbearing dent. In astatement issued in MunicipalCorporationem- icy of collecting fare from these ing the lockdown, including the transport... thatinability to payis trainfares of migrant workers Lucknow, he instructed officials ployees, including people fortravelling on Shramik stategovernment’sabrupt decis- due to lossoflivelihood.” who arenot in aposition to pay to ensurethat those injured get 20 CAPFcompanies Commissioner Trimbak Kasar specialtrains, theHigh Courthas ion lastweek of cancelling Shra- More than 2.13 lakh migrant the train fare”. proper treatment. and an Assistant Deployrevenue dept staff: BombayHC Commissioner, testedpositive forCovid-19 on Wednesday. BACK FROM MAHARASHTRA Kasar had takencharge of For Mumbai migrants, truck EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Malegaon whichhas MUMBAI,MAY13 emergedasaCovid hotspot 65-yr-old migrant dies with 617positive cases and 34 rides cost equal to Rajdhani fare THE MAHARASHTRA govern- Anil deathssofar.Hewas in a ment has sought from the Centre Deshmukh meeting with Maharashtra at UP screening camp, He said,“I’ve been trying to 20 companies of the Central Health MinisterRajeshTope, SANDEEPASHAR convince migrant families... ArmedPolice Forces (CAPF) to Malegaon MLAMufti Ismail tests positive later MUMBAI,MAY13 We’vealso been promising shel- provide relief to an overworked lice personnel neednot be nec- and senior district officials, terand food. But mostseem un- statepolice, most of whoseper- essary,” Justice Ghugesaid. when his reports came in. He “WE’VE PAID Rs 3,500per head. willing to stay back.” sonnel have been on duty with- Whileseeking central forces, left themeeting. ENS lice foranambulanceon There is atruckwaiting forusat Thereare “guides” –appar- out abreak since the lockdown Deshmukh said, “The coron- ASADREHMAN Tuesday.“He wasdeadonarrival Thane. Ihad run out of money, so entlyworking on behalfofthe began. avirus pandemic and resultant LUCKNOW,MAY13 at the district hospital. Later,a Iasked my brothertowireme truckdrivers –accompanying Besides, Eid-ul-Fitr is on May lockdown have seen the police post-mortemwas conducted.” some,” said VivekTiwari (26), groups of workers to showthem 25 and morepolice presence will forcestretched as they work in Special train A65-YEAR-OLD migrant worker The cause of deathcould not from UP’s Allahabadand is walk- roads that bypass police pickets be neededtoensure people re- extremelychallengingcondi- arrives from backfromMaharashtra’s Kalyan be ascertainedinthe post- ing towardsThane’s Teen Hath and toll booths. Daboo Pandey, a main indoors and maintain so- tions forlonghours, bothday to hishome district Sant Kabir mortemand the viscerahas Naka from ahotspotinMulund guide accompanying Tiwari's cial distancing, said Maharashtra and night... Eid is also around the Chennai NagarinUttar Pradesh collapsed been preserved forfurther inves- (West),where23peoplerecently group, takesthem through abro- Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh. corner.Wedonot want the po- at ascreening campfor migrants tigation, informedthe CMO. tested positive forCovid-19. kenwall at Mulund’s Neelam Meanwhile, observing that lice to be anymoreoverbur- Imphal: The firstspecial train Tuesdayand died.His sample Sant Kabir NagarSPBrajesh Tiwari is partofagroupoffive Migrantswalk backtotheir Nagarthat opens beyond the the state“police machineryis denedthan theyare.” to Manipur,carrying over tested positive forCovid-19 later. Singh said, “He came yesterday who have decided to walk and villagevia the Mumbai- MulundtollnakaintoThane.“They under great stress and strain”, OnecompanyofCAPF has 1,000 strandedpeople, ar- RamKripal, who had worked and wasatthe temporarycamp hitchhiketheirway to UP.Santosh arenew to the city.I’vejustcome the Aurangabad benchofthe approximately120 men, so ato- rivedatthe Jiribam railway as apainter foraround 25 years, in Kotwali police station area for Jaiswal (30), another member of to drop them,” said Pandey. But BombayHigh CourtonTuesday talof2,400CAPF personnelhave station from Chennai on had walked andhitchedrides to screening. Beforehecould be the group, said,“We live in small VishalJaiswal(18),oneof thework- directed theMaharashtragov- been sought by the stategovern- Wednesday. Sourcessaidthe reachhis home district after screened, he fell unconscious. A houseswithfourto five otherpeo- opportunity. Eachtruckaccom- ers in the group, said Pandeywas ernment to relieve policeper- ment. CAPF includes CRPF and train with 1,140Manipuris leaving KalyanFriday.Heissur- sub-inspector sent him to the ple. We areworriedwe will catch modates around 30 to 40 mi- helping them cross over to the sonnel engaged in Covid-19du- CISF personnel, among other onboardreachedthe station vivedbyhis wifeand twosons. district hospital, but he died. A the infection.. we don’t have grants,chargingbetweenRs3,500 other side. ties by deploying revenue central forces under the Ministry at around 1pm. Soon after RamKripal’s sonSurendra sample wascollected forCOVID- moneyfor rent. We barelyhave to Rs 5,000 perhead. The fare for Though Shramik trains have department employees. of Home Affairs. the arrivalofthe train, amed- said, “Around noon, we got acall 19 test,apost-mortemwas done enough fordailyneeds and the the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani been leaving Mumbai from Asingle judgebenchof Currently, 32 companies of ical team begandistrict-wise from an officialthathehad died. and the body cremated as per landlordisunrelenting.” Express is alittleoverRs4,000. LokmanyaTilakTerminus,Bandra Justice RVGhuge observedthat the CRPF aredeployedinthe screening of the passengers The post-mortemwas done protocol. Today, hisreportcame Thousands of migrantscon- Those walking to the waiting Terminus and Borivali, the num- manyrevenue department offi- state, workingintandem with at counters setupatthe sta- around 4pm, and around 6pm, in positive.All precautions were tinueto pouroutonthehighways trucks at Thane are coming from berofthosewalkingandhitchhik- cialsare off-duty and can be de- the statepolice. “Many tion. Food and waterwere Icrematedhis body alone wear- takensothereislittle chance of of Maharashtrawithnothing as farasGoregaon, Sionand ing hasn’t gone down. ployed in jobs likedealingwith Maharashtrapolicepersonnel also providedtothe passen- ing aPPE kit.” anyone contracting the virus.” morethan afew rupees in their WadalainMumbai. Abhay Yawalkar,Director of applications fortravelpasses to have tested positive forCovid-19 gers by the districtauthori- Officials said the familyhas About howRam Kripal pocket, aknapsack over their MulundBJP MLAMihir MaharashtraDisaster lessen the burden on the police. and needtime to rest andrecu- ties. Jiribamstation, border- been quarantinedatafacility reachedSant Kabir Nagar, Singh backs,andaprayerontheirlipsto Kotechasaid, “There mustbeat Management Authority,said the “The stategovernment perate,” Deshmukh said. “May ing Assam,isthe onlyrailway and their samples sent for said, “He did nottravelthrough take them home. least six policecheckpointsbe- statehad arranged 65 trains, and should considerdeployment of 25 is Eid when we’ll needaug- station in Manipur and is testing. an official channel. He left And fortrucksferrying essen- tween Sion and the Mulund toll statetransport buses arealso be- suchrevenue officials, especially mented security presencetoen- around 216kmawayfrom DistrictChief Medical Officer Maharashtrafourdays agoand tialsto cityareas,transportingmi- booth. Howare thesepeople ing usedtoferry migrantstothe those below50years, forthe surelaw and order is notdis- Imphal. ENS (CMO)DrHargovind Singh said walked and hitchedrides. He grantsafter they have emptied crossing them? Whyaren’tthey Maharashtra- purpose of dealing with suchac- turbed.We’ve hence asked for theyreceived arequestfrompo- reachedSant Kabir Nagaralone.” theirgoodshascomeasabusiness beingstopped?” border. tivities and issues wherein po- 20 CAPF companies,” he said. 2killed in mishap on way home to Stopped at border ‘for over 1hour’

too,” said Gitan Ray, who has suf- ABHISHEKANGAD feredafractureonhis arm. on way to hospital, 78-yr-old dies of heart attack RANCHI,MAY13 Thetruckdriverhasbeenboo- ment to Chhattisgarhbyhis sons At the Koriyaborder,they startedscreaming. Iran to the car, kedfor rash driving and causing GARGIVERMA Rakesh Mishra, an employeeof were stopped by policemen. to see my brother trying to revive SUNDAR RAI, 21,had convinced deathbynegligence,amongother RAIPUR,MAY13 government-run South Eastern “FirsttheywereangrythatIdid- himwithCPR,buthehaddied,”he his familythathis job would give charges. Coalfields (SECL), and Nilesh n’thaveaprintedpass. Theysaid said.“Aftermyfatherdied,thesub- enoughmoneytosavefor hissis- Sundar’s mother Kusum Devi A78-YEAR-OLD man from MishraonTuesday.The septua- theydon’t accepte-pass. Aftera inspector on duty startedabusing ter’swedding.BuddhinathRai,23, said,“Hisfatherwantedto go,but Madhya Pradeshbeingtaken to genarian wasalso accompanied lotofarguing, when theydecided me,telling me Ihad been hiding a had told his father that work out- heisnotwell.So,Sundarwentand ahospital in Chhattisgarhdied by hiswife.The familyhad an e- to seemypass, theystarted dead body,” he added. side the statewould help them toldusthathewouldearnenough of aheartattackafter being held pass to travel to the state. telling me Ihad comethe wrong The district and the statead- makeendsmeet. forhis sister’s wedding.” up at aborder postfor over an Thoughthe plan wastotake waytogotoBilaspur,” he said. ministration claimed the elderly Both youths, belongingtothe She said the familyofseven hour by policemen who firstre- him to Bilaspur,the brothers de- At one point, the senior citi- man had diedbeforehereached same panchayatinJharkhand’s does notevenhaveenough fusedtoacknowledge his e-pass, cidedtodivertthe car to zen had to step outofthe car the checkpost. The statement Goddadistrict,lefttheirhomesin moneyforthelastritesandhopes and later raisedobjections over Manendragadh in Koriyadistrict himself and beseechthe police also said authorities calledan February. InMarch,theCentreim- In happier times: Buddhinath and his family. the government will help. the route. as their father had startedfeeling with foldedhands, but to no avail, ambulanceassoon as theywere posedthe lockdown to contain Buddhinath’s father Balesh- Even afterhis death, thefam- uneasy.“We had crossed severalwitnesses confirmed. made awareofthe situation. Covid-19.InUP’sBhadohi,Sundar warRai said he had warned his ilyhad to face aharrowing time Dhanpuri and Manendrgarh was According to Rakesh, by the Koriyacollector Doman Singh and Buddhinathgrew restless as and hitchedaride on the roof of a “Weweretalking about the son againstsetting out forhome from the police personnel there hardly90kmaway,while timesomeoneapprovedtheirpas- wasunavailable foracomment. moneyranout.OnMay2,theyset truck.Inlessthanthreehours,the diseaseand the lockdown. Sudd- on foot.“They did notlisten, they who accusedthem of travelling Bilaspur wasnearly 200kmaway. sage, his father had diedofaheart Divisional commissioner Emil out forhome on foot with14oth- truckhit abridge, leaving Sunder enlytherewasathud...If thetruck switchedoff theirphones. Then with acorpse. Since Manendragarhhas adedi- attack. “It had been morethan an Lakda said he had asked forare- ers. Afterwalking morethan 200 and Buddhinath dead and two would have movedthree metres we heard of hisdeath.” Both fam- UmariaresidentKeshav cated SECL hospital, we decided hourthatwehadstoodatthebor- portfromthe Koriyacollector km, theyentered Bihar on May5 othersinjured. more, Iwould have been dead iliessaidtheydon’townany land. Mishrawas being takenfor treat- to take him there,” Rakesh said. der post, and then my mother and is investigating the incident.

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Gujaratminister Inmostdeathpenaltycases,courtinvoked movestop court against HC DELHI CONFIDENTIAL ‘collectiveconscience’ofsociety:Study order settting aside his election highonthe listofstatesaward- lective conscience wasafactor conviction wasrampant —44 considered during sentencing. In APURVAVISHWANATH ing capital punishment and a impacting the decisions of per cent cases had sentencing Maharashtra, it wastrue of 41 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,MAY13 large number of decisionsin courts,absolutelynoothermit- hearings on the same dayasthe out of 90, and in Delhi, in 18 out NEWDELHI,MAY13 capital cases were overturned igating factor wasconsidered in pronouncement of guilt. of 43 cases. SEVENTY-TWOper cent of all at the appellatelevel —inthe 63 cases. “Same daysentencing has an Incidentally, in Delhi, of the GUJARATMINISTER cases in whichDelhi trial courts High Courts andSupreme In 1980, in Bachan Singh vs obvious impact on thenature 80 death sentences handedby Bhupendrasinh Chudasama on awardedthe death penalty from Court. StateofPunjab, the Supreme and quality of argumentsthat trial courts between2000 and Wednesday movedthe Supreme 2000 to 2015 cited “collective The Supreme Court’s1983 Courtdeveloped aframework areeventuallypresented before 2013,over60% later resulted in Courtchallengingthe High conscienceofthe society” as an ruling in Machhi Singh And forsentences in cases that in- the court,” the study noted. acquittals or wheresentences Court’s decision settingaside his influencing factor,astudy by Others vs StateofPunjab which volved thedeath sentence while Another indicator of the inef- were commuted by the Delhi 2017 pollvictory. Project 39A,acriminalreforms introduced‘collective con- evolving the ‘rarestofrare’,a fective quality of argumentsby High Court. Terming the order erroneous, advocacygroup, has found. science’ intothe capital sentenc- doctrine that advocated are- defence counsel, as recordedin In Maharashtra, out of ap- Chudasama said it had failedto This wasalsotrueof42% of ing framework and laid down strictive approachtothe award the judgments, wasthe lackofin- proximately120 sentencedto appreciatethat his rivalCongress cases in Madhya Pradesh and five categories, wherethe com- of capital punishment. dividualisedarguments in cases death by trialcourts between candidateAshwin Rathod had ON THE HOUSE 51%ofcases in Maharashtradur- munity would “expect the hold- The Bachan Singh case re- involving multiple accused. 2000 and 2013,morethan half notled positive,reliableand co- ing the same period, according ers of judicialpowertoimpose quired trial courts to weigh the Of 52 cases in the three the prisonerswereacquitted or gent evidence to proveany of the RAJYASABHA Chairman MVenkaiahNaidu andLok Sabha to the study. death sentence,because collec- circumstances of the offence and states, wheremultiple accused had sentences had sentences allegations. He urgedthe top Speaker Om Birla metatUparashtrapathi Niwas on The team ledbyDrAnup tive conscience wassufficiently the offender,whilealsoconsid- were involved, individual miti- commuted by BombayHigh courttoset aside the HC order. Wednesdayonthe occasion of the 68th anniversaryofthe Surendranath, Executive Director outraged”. ering the probability of reforma- gating circumstances foreach Court. Chudasama, who holds firstsittings of both Houses of Parliament on May13, 1952. of Project 39A and Assistant The study found that “in such tion, and the suitability of the al- accused wasarguedonlyinnine “Atthe timeofconceptualis- charge of multipledepartments, Theyexchangedviews on the functioning of Parliament since Professor of LawatNLU,Delhi, cases, the trial courts opinedthat ternative option of life cases. ing the study,the exact statistics waselected from Dholka con- then. Naidu reportedlyshared with Birla some broad details looked at 215trial courtjudg- the crime washeinous enough imprisonment. The study also found that were notavailable forMadhya stituency in 2017,defeating about the functioning and evaluationofRajya Sabha since its mentsfromDelhi,Madhya to shakethe collective con- While Bachan Singh also re- trial courts mainlyreliedonag- Pradesh. However, we noticeda Rathod by 327votes. In his peti- firstsitting. Pradesh and Maharashtrato science of the society and, there- quires aseparatehearing forsen- gravating circumstances to im- trend,especiallyincases involv- tion challenging Chudasama's study the awardofdeath sen- fore,the harshestpunishment tencing afterconviction that pose death sentences. ing sexual violence, that there election, Rathodhad alleged that tences by trial courts. available under the lawhad to be would look intorelevant facts, In Madhya Pradesh, in 51 had been shorttrials and quick thereturning officer,DhavalJani, FAREWELL SONG The three states were cho- metedout to the offenders”. the Project 39A study found that judgmentsout of atotal 82,no confirmation proceedings by the had illegally rejected 429 votes sen forthe study since theyrank Of the 112cases in whichcol- sentencing on the same dayof mitigatingcircumstances were High Court,” the authors noted. receivedvia postalballot. AFTER HAVINGbeen removedfromhis postofstate Health Secretaryamidarow over coronavirus-related datafromWest Bengal, 1990-batchIAS officer VivekKumarproceeded to sing MHAasks the KishoreKumarnumber“Musafir Hoon Yaaron” at his Delhi Police action farewell on Tuesdayevening.The farewell wasattendedby CAPF canteens senior bureaucratsaswell as members of the medical frater- againstExpress nity.The bureaucrat’s rendition of the song went viral on so- to sell only cial media, prompting even Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP’s central observer forWestBengal,toshareitonTwitter. ‘indigenous reporter high-handed, PLANNING AHEAD products’ says Editors Guild AS THE government prepares to relax restrictions under DEEPTIMANTIWARY COVID-19 lockdown 4.0, it has initiated the process of finalis- NEWDELHI,MAY13 the Guild said, wasbooked un- ing aframework forworkfromhome forgovernmentem- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE der Section 124A of IPC for ployees. Taking astepinthisdirection, the Department of FOLLOWINGPRIME Minister NEWDELHI,MAY13 “spreading false panic” and Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) on NarendraModi’s call to go “vo- Section 54 of the Disaster Wednesdaycirculated adraft consultation paper fordecid- cal forlocal”, the Ministryof DESCRIBINGTHE DelhiPolice’s Management Actfor “publishing ing astandardoperating procedureeveninapost-lockdown Home Affairs has asked all para- action againstareporterwith areport suggesting the possibil- situation. The DARPGhas asked all ministries to send their militaryforces to use onlyIndian TheIndian Express as “egregious ity of aleadership changeinthe commentsbyMay 21.Apartfromotherprovisions,the draft products. andhigh-handed”, the Editors statedue to criticism over rising proposes an option of work from home foreligible In an order issuedon Guild of India notedwith “con- coronavirus cases”. It calledita officers/staff for15days in ayear as amatter of policy. Wednesday, the Ministryhas cern agrowing pattern of mis- “a misuse of special laws,besides asked the central armedpolice Security personnel at the siteofthe incident,near Kawoosa area of Budgam. Shuaib Masoodi use of criminal laws to intimi- sedition and IPC”. forces’ (CAPF) canteens to “sell datejournalistsindifferent parts The statement said, “These onlyindigenous products” be- of the country”. instances of police action in MP ex-minister says ginning June 1. The Indian Express Special Gujarat and Delhi aredeeplydis- The totalpurchase value of ProtestsinBudgam after youth Correspondent Mahender Singh turbing. Thegovernmentand CAPF canteens, the MHA said, Manral wasquestionedbyDelhi the police mustrecognisethat ready to explore options would be around Rs 2,800crore. Police on Mondayinconnection the media is an integral part of “With this decision, 50 lakh fam- shot dead, CRPF orders probe with aMay 9report “Tablighi the governance structureinany ilymembersofabout 10 lakh FIR: Police probeindicates Saad democracy.The Guild condemns if not given due by BJP CAPF personnel will use indige- through the adjacent road and and firedatmynephew,”Shah audio clip wasdoctored”. The these actions and asksthe state MLAs whose rebellion brought nous products,” an MHAstate- ADILAKHZER& fearing sabotage,the CRPF alleged,adding that he stepped police had called the report“fac- and central governmentstode- MILINDGHATWAI Chouhan backtopower. The 22 ment said. NAVEEDIQBAL jawan, manningthis Naka, fired out of the confronted theCRPF tuallyincorrect… purelyconjec- sistfrommisusing the lawto BHOPAL,MAY13 MLAs had resigned and joined Referring to Modi’s address BEERWAH,BUDGAM,MAY13 warning shots.This civil car was personnel. tural” but on May10sentano- threaten the free press.” BJP on the condition that they to the nation on Tuesday about driving in the wrong direction of The incident ledtoprotests ticetothe City Editor andChief The Press Club of India also WHILE BY-ELECTIONS to 24 will be fieldedinthe bypolls. making India self-reliant, the AYOUTH waskilledWednesday the road and that wasevenmore and clashes in the youth’s home Reporter, requiring the reporter criticisedthe Delhi Police action Assembly constituencies,which Partyinsiders have so far MHA statement said, “In this di- afterCRPF personnel firedathis alarming. When the car did not village Pethmakhama. to join theprobe on Monday or againstManral. It saidon will holdakey to the survivalof maintainedthat thereisnoop- rection today, theMinistryof car afteritallegedly spedpastse- stop, despitewarningshots,the Budgam has been witnessing face legal action under IPC Tuesdaythatthe Crime Branch the Shivraj Singh Chouhan gov- tion but to give ticketstothe 22 Home Affairs has decidedthatall curity checkpointsonthe jawanfired at the car and in turn, protests since lastFriday when a Section 174. “compelling” the reportertobe ernment in Madhya Pradesh, former Congress legislators. “That the CentralArmedPolice Forces Srinagar-Gulmargroad in the driverwas hitonhis left DSP entered amosque in Mir In astatement issuedon present “under threat of crimi- have notbeenannouncedyet, is the precondition. Anational (CAPF) canteens and stores Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam shoulder,” Singh said. Mohalla in Nasrullaporaand, cit- Wednesday,the Editors Guild nal prosecution” and “including the firstsigns of angerinruling party can’t go back on itsprom- across the countrywillnow sell district. Theincident sparked In astatement, J&K Police too ing the lockdown, told people calledthe DelhiPolice action and impliedthreat to disclose BJP againstrebel Congresslegis- ise,” aformer stateBJP chief said. onlyindigenous products, from protests and clashes withsecu- said the car jumpedcheckpoints. gathered therefor prayers to dis- “egregiousand high-handed”. It sources” was“an affront to every lators who helpedtopple the 15- But the prospectsofcam- June 01,2020.” rity personnel. But Mehraj ud Din’s uncle perse. The DSP,Fayaz Shah, was said, “WhileManral wasn’t canon of independent and re- month Congress government of paigning for“importedcandi- Sources in the CAPF said the Mehraj ud Din Shah wasde- Ghulam Hassan Shah, who was attackedamid stone-pelting. chargedunder anylaw,hewas sponsiblejournalism”. Kamal Nath came with senior dates”, who were rivals notlong forces were still waiting forde- clared brought dead at the SMHS withhim in the car,rejected the BudgamSPAmodNagpure,in threatenedthat failuretojointhe It stated that thematter leader Deepak Joshi’s ‘warning’ ago, is seen as having unnerved tailedguidelines from the min- Hospital in Srinagar. policeand CRPF versions of the atextmessage, said: “DSP Fayaz probecouldresult in legal action shouldhaveendedwithpublish- to theparty leadership. manyBJP cadres. istryonwhat were to constitute PKPandey,IGCRPF (Srinagar incident. “In the morning, Iasked got trapped, heavy stone pelting under Section 174ofthe IPC with ing of the rejoinder,but “it ap- Joshi, sonofformer MP Chief “I am notsaying youhaveto “indigenous products”. AHome sector), told The Indian Express my nephewtodropmeatthe started, and miscreantsat- punishment of aprison term and pears the government, using the MinisterKailashJoshi and amin- give me the ticket, but youshould Ministryofficial clarifiedthat by that an inquiryhad been ordered PoliceControl Room in Srinagar temptedtolynchhim.Hegot se- fine.Thisappearstobealittlemore police as atool of victimisation,is isterinChouhan’s previous keep me in the team, give me re- “indigenous products”, the min- intothe incident. whereIamposted. When we verely injured on thehead. thanafishingexpeditionto tryand coming down hardonthe re- Cabinet, on Wednesdaytold The sponsibilitythatwilldojustice to istrymeant “made in India” CRPF spokesman Pankaj reachedKawoosa, one side of the Meanwhile, reinforcements extractthejournalist’ssourceand, porter”. It said that it wasa Indian Express that he is consid- my contribution,” Joshi said. “If products. Singh said: “Atabout 1020 hours, road wasclosedbecause there reached, and DSP Fayazwas res- thus, warn other reporters.” “warning”to“journalists and ering exploring “options’’ if de- youdropmefromthe team, Iwill Sources said the canteens al- acivil vehicle, WagonR,broke a wasaconvoy there. We entered cued.” The Guildalsomentioned media platforms and arude re- niedhis due by theparty he has have to exploreoptions...” ready had “made in India” prod- checkpoint of J&K Police, sped the oppositeside. As soon as we Later,videos did the rounds, the instance of aGujarati jour- minder that theyfall in line”. served fordecades. Asked whether he will cam- ucts almostentirely. “Even if it is and came across another check- approachedthe checkpoint, apo- showing policemen vandalising nalistbeingbooked forsedition It urgedthe Union Home Joshi had lostthe 2018 polls paign forhis formerCongress ri- aforeign company,the products point of CRPF.and jumped this liceman stoppedus. Itold him I homes and shops. IG Vijay and detainedonMonday. Dhaval Ministerto“rein inthe free- from Hatpiplyaconstituencyin val, Joshi said he will, if asked by that aresold in the canteen are checkpoint as well.” waslate. He allowedustomove Kumar said the videos were be- Patel, who is the owner and ed- wheeling instinctsofDelhi Dewasdistrict to Manoj the party.Choudhary wasnot manufactured in India,” aCAPF “A convoy of the Army, at that ahead and signalledtoaCRPF ing verifiedand areporthad itor of news portal Face of Nation, Police”. Chaudhary, oneof22Congress available foracomment. officer said. point in time, waspassing man, but he raisedhis weapon been sought from the district SP. Norms eased in Lockdown 2.0, but people Wife dead, Kerala man stayed away from workplaces: Google data in Dubai waits in vain parks,and workplace activity as for flights back home KARISHMAMEHROTRA the rest of thecountryinthis NEWDELHI,MAY13 period. Madhya Pradesh, similarly, doors of the Indian Embassy, DESPITERELAXEDrestrictionsin sawatighteningofmovementin SHAJUPHILIP calling up political leaders and the second phase of the lock- retail (down 8percentagepoints) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, mailingrequests to government down, from April 20 to May3, and parks (down 17)inthe sec- MAY13 offices to allotmeaseat (on a people largely restricted them- ond phase as cases in the state flight backhome).” selvestotheirhomes and stayed grew from 900to3,000.Inthis ON SUNDAY,KVijaya Kumar, Several expatriates’ organi- away from workplaces, an analy- phase, Gujarat (withcases from working as an electrician in sations have also triedtohelp sis of Google location datashows. 800to5,500) sawretaildip by Dubai forthe lasttwo decades, him, he said. But without That changedwithLockdown sevenpointsand parks by eight, learnt that his wifeGeetha had success. 3.0,whichcame intoeffect on but sawanunusual increase in diedofacardiac arrest back With severalflights beingop- May4—datafromthe early days workplace activity by six points. home —atKollangod villagein erated from the UAEtoKerala as of the thirdphase of the lock- Second onlytoDelhi, Kerala’s Palakkad district. partofthe government’s evacu- down shows that nationwide, Workersatthe canteen of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Maharashtraalreadysaw asig- Since then, Kumar has been ation process on the middle of workplace movement increased Ltd office in Roha, Raigarh. Nirmal Harindran nificantreduction in mostactiv- waiting at Dubai airport, look- the Covid-19crisis, “I am ready by eightpercentage pointsfrom ities from thefirstphase. ing foranyonewithout apress- to flytoany airportinKerala, or averages in the second phase. But Nationwide, groceryand ing needtoreturn home to even to airportsinneighbouring it wasstill at roughlyhalf the pre- The datashows that of the in the second lockdown, retail pharmacy visitshaveseenthe cancel her/his ticket so that he states,” Kumar said. “If someone pandemiclevels. hotspotstates, Delhi has had the footfall declinednationwide by largest spurttonormalcy can flyhome and bid his wife whohas notsourgentaneedto Trends from Google’slatest mostconsistent and substantial an averageofseven percentage throughoutthe phases. goodbye. return to Kerala cancels the Community Mobility Reports, reductions in movement of peo- points from values duringthe Movement herehas roughly Eachday,for the lastthree ticket, Ican take it. Ihavepleaded using location datafromits prod- ple across all categories, while firstlockdown. Transit systems doubledoverthe phases. It sawa days,hereturns to the labour with many.” uctsupuntil May7,showthatsix Tamil Nadu sawanincrease in suchasmetros, buses, andtrains 60 per centaverage reduction in camp“with abrokenheart”. But without success. states (Delhi,Maharashtra, West mobilityacross categories(some- tooare picking up, with mobil- the firstphase, butnow is only It seems unlikelythe 48- At Kollangod, Kumar’s family Bengal, Gujarat,MadhyaPradesh, timesatafaster pace than the rest ity reaching roughly40per cent 35 per cent belowpre-pandemic year-old’sschedule will change has moved44-year-old Geetha’s and Tamil Nadu), whichhavea of the country) in the firstdays of of pre-pandemic levels, between levels. In fact, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, before next Sunday. body to mortuary. “A test ruled highcasecount and/orfast the thirdphase (May4to7). May4and 7. Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttar On Wednesday, Kumar said out chances of Covid-19. We de- growth in cases, had amuch The report compares current Among states, West Bengal Pradesh,Uttarakhand and Kerala he has been informedbyAir cidedtodelaycremationuntil slowerreturn to theworkplace location trends to abaseline from reducedits public lifemoststrin- have almostpre-pandemic lev- India that histurn would come Kumar returns,” Kollangod pan- thanthe entirecountry, with January3toFebruary6,taking gentlyinthe second phase, as els of activity in this category. on May17. chayat member R Maharashtra's activity even dip- the median value forthe corre- cases surgedfrom200in phase 1 Therehas been little change “I want to be home to bid Vijayakumaran said. ping betweenMay 4and 7. sponding dayofthe week.The of the lockdown to 2,000 in the in activity in residentialspaces, adieu to Geetha. Herbodyhas BackinDubai, Kumar said Air These stateshaveonlyseena firstphase of lockdown was second. Whileits retail activity staying at a25-percentage-point been movedtoamorgue since India has informedhim thathe three-percentage-point increase March 24 to April 13,while the dipped15points(morethan all increase from the baseline levels my arrivalwas delayed,” Kumar has been allotted aseatona in workplace activity —theyare second one wasApril 14 to May3. others in anyphase) in this du- -indicating morepeople staying said. Kochiflight on May17. nowat40per cent of their pre- The thirdphase ends on May17. ration, it still did notsee the same in homes thanduring pre-pan- “Soon afterIheardabout her “I am waitingfor that day,’’ he pandemic levels. The mobility datashows that levelofreductions in groceries, demic times. death, Ihavebeen knocking the said.

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whichwill be approved on vate enterprisessuchasfactories, cilitiesatgovernmentandprivate The GoM has proposeda everyworkerwho has migrated DIPANKARGHOSE Santosh is awith SHYAMLALYADAV Thursdaybeforebeing sent to construction sites and shops can levels. SocialDistancingProtocol,which or is proposing to migrate. All NEWDELHI,MAY13 ChhattisgarhPolice NEWDELHI,MAY13 Prime MinisterNarendraModi, beconsideredaseligiblework un- It talksofopening upEPF and shall be embeddedinthe func- suchworkers shouldregister sources said. der MNREGA. This will lowerthe ESICfortheunorganisedsectorby tioningof enterprises,andrecom- their skill and enterprises should ON MAY5,Bijapur-basedjour- and postedat ALAND poolingmodel enabling The draftproposes that the costofwagesandmakeindustries registering workers on agreeing mends atask forceofhealth ex- registertheir requirement for nalistGanesh Mishrareceiveda Bhopalapatnamin corporatisation of agriculture, landpoolingmodelwhichisused competitive,creatingalocal em- to makecontributions. Everymi- perts andindustry workers. While alarge partofthe calland heardafrightenedvoice. Bijapur district opening up EPF and ESIC forthe inbuildinggreenfieldairportscan ployment wave,the draftsays. grantworkershouldbeautomat- representativeswithin aweek to workforceisunskilled, the panel The caller identifiedherself as unorganisedsector,merging the be usedinagriculturetoenable To help SMEs, it suggests that icallyenrolledinPMJAYandhave decide this protocol. is understood to have proposed SunitaKattam,wifeofpolice- MNREGAwithskilldevelopment corporatisation,whichwillcreate theRBI can cut reverserepo rate access to cashless medical facili- Suggestingthatfoodprocess- the framingofastandardoper- man Santosh Kattam and We then returnedtoBijapur,” programmes to create awage demand forskilledlabourers. to 0per cent forafewmonths, tiesintheplaceof work,thepanel ing should be given“cottagein- ating procedurefor migrant mother of three daughters. Mishra said. subsidyprogramme—-theseare It suggests merging the thus incentivising bankstolend suggests. dustry”status,thepanelisunder- workers. SunitatoldMishrathat On May10, Mishrareceiveda some of the proposals that have Mahatma Gandhi National Rural more. Bankscan also use GST Thereisalso asuggestionto stood to have proposedthat with It also proposes aMigrant Santosh went to see afairatavil- call from an unknown number. been draftedbyaGroup of Guarantee Act(MNREGA)with creditsascollateral and lend createanewDepartment of the help of Pradhan Mantri Worker WelfareFund with equal lageand did notreturn. She said Amale voice said aJan Adalat Ministers(GOM)onemployment skill development programmes againstthem,itsuggests. It also Hygiene to ensurehygienic prac- KaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), a contributions from the worker, she suspected that her husband wastomeetinthe jungles of and skilldevelopment. to createawagesubsidy pro- proposesestablishmentof aven- tices, whichshould be made balance between farm and non- employerand government. This had been abductedand sought Pidia and Mishrawas asked to The GoM, headedbySocial gramme, wherethe MNREGA turecapital fund forSMEs. mandatoryinall organisations, farmactivitiescouldbemanaged. fund could be utilised to address Mishra’s help. bring Santosh’s familymem- Justice and Empowerment amountisextendedtocompanies To provide rental accommo- government or private,and pub- Apart from aNational therequirementsofaccommoda- On Monday, Mishraand two bers. On May11, Mishra, journal- MinisterThawarChand Gehlot, as wage subsidy forSmall and dation to migrant workers, the lic places. This toohas hugeem- Employment Policy(NEP), a tion,healthinsuranceandunem- other journalists emergedfrom ists Chetan Kapewarand P wascreated lastweek. It is now Medium-sizedEnterprises(SME). panelsuggests developmentand ploymentpotential,thepanelas- National Electronic Employment ployment allowance in caseof aforestwithSunita, oneofher Ranjan Das, setoff.With them ready with the draftproposals, It also suggests thatworks in pri- maintenanceof rentalhousingfa- serts. Exchangeisproposedtohelp shifting of jobs. daughters and her husband were Sunita andher daughter Santosh, unharmed. Bhavna. The journey took seven- Santoshisaconstable with and-a-half hours, VISAKHAPATNAM GAS LEAK ChhattisgarhPolice and posted At thedesignatedspot, they Curfew lifted in Bhilwara after at Bhopalapatnam in Bijapur found villagers assembledon district, about 50 km from dis- the Maoists’call. “The policeman Among the dead: 10-yr-old trict headquarters. He wason wasbrought to thecentreand 55 days, but ‘no drastic changes’ leave andvisiting his wifeand asked about his work.Hespoke daughters in Bijapur town when about himself and his family and waiting for b’day, mason the lockdown wasimplemented askedfor forgiveness. The vil- HAMZAKHAN and he could notreturn to lagers concludedthat he wasnot JAIPUR,MAY13 Bhopalapatnam. On May4,he involved in operations and let went to the ration shop on his him go,” Mishrasaid. AUTHORITIES ON Wednesday worried about no work scooter. But the release wascondi- liftedthe curfew imposedin “Sunita told me that forsome tional. Santosh and his wife Bhilwaracity, 55 days afteritwas reason afterthat, he went to Sunita promised thathewould imposedfollowing an outbreak and Ithought my sonwas safe. Gorna villagewhereamelahad quit his police job and return to of the novelcoronavirus cases at SREENIVASJANYALA The factorywhichgaveusliveli- Team from been organised,” Mishrasaid. their native villageJagargunda aprivate hospitalinthe district. HYDERABAD,MAY13 hood took away his life,’’ In Bijapur,Gorna and the ad- in Sukma. Curfew wasimposed after Satyanarayana said. Seoul HQ on joining Mankeli villages are Mishrasaid days likethese six persons, including three doc- NAGULAPALLIGRISHMA,10,was Six-year-old Gandiboyena well- known. Despite successive reaffirm his faith in his profes- tors and three compounders at excited about her birthdayon Kundana Sreyaisthe youngestof way to Vizag governmentsclaiming suc- sion. “Thereisfear.Wehavefam- aprivate hospital, had tested June 3. She convincedher father the victims. Sreya, her father G cesses in the fight against ilies too. Journalism in Bastaris positive forthe SARS-CoV-2. Officials during avideoconference with the CM. to gethernewclothesdespitethe SrinivasandmotherShobhawere Maoists,Gorna and Mankeli are likedancing on the tip of adou- Bhilwara, classifiedasanor- lockdown. Grishmaisnomore. found unconscious outsidetheir EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE considered villages with strong ble-edged sword. When we angezone under Centre’s guide- In the early hours of May7, house.Bothher parentsare HYDERABAD,MAY13 rebelinfluence, despite being writesomething the police say, lines forlockdown 3.0, nowhas Section 144will continue. arenow also permitted in the whenstyrenegasleakedfromthe helpersatthe dockyardand have less than 10 km away from dis- Maoists sayyou areapolice three active cases. As manyas Officials, however, said lifting district. His order stated these LGPolymers factoryin ason too. “Sreyavomitedand fell LGPOLYMERSWednesdaysaid trict headquarters. man. When we writesomething 14,281samples have been tested of curfew willnot meandrastic activities will be permitted only Visakhapatnam, Grishma was unconscious. When we reached in astatement that atechnical Mishrasaid,“Maoistsangam Maoists say, police sayyou area forthe virus so far—the third changes in the district. between 7amand 6pm. asleeponthe terraceoftheir hospital, shestoppedbreathing,’’ teamhasbeensentfromitshead- sadasyas musthaveidentified Maoistsympathiser... We have highestinthe state afterJaipur “The word ‘curfew’that we The order,whichcame into houseinRRVenkatapuram vil- said theirneighbour Ganga Rao. quarters at Seoul in South Korea. Santosh as an outsider.Inhis receivedthreats. sometimes (41,677) and Jodhpur (37,426). had been usingonadaytoday effect from 5pmonWednesday, lage, about 1kmfromthe factory. PenupoluVaralakshmi,38,fell “An eight-member technical pocket, he had his identity card. from Maoists,sometimesfrom Atotal of 43 persons have basishas been removedbut most wasprecededbyavideo confer- As the gasspread, people started intoadrain while running. Her team from Seoul headquarters, And in abag washis uniform. police... But when someone gets tested positive in the district.Of other things will bethesame. We ence of Chief MinisterAshok running. Grishma collapsed out- husbandVenkataramana,anauto ledbythe President of our Theytook him away.” justicefromour news or acts like these, 38 have recovered—out had givenafour-hour relaxation Gehlotwithofficials of all dis- side herhouse.Her uncleNMani driver, told officialstheyran with Petrochemicals company, has Twodays afterSunita’s call, these, some of that painisless- of which36havebeen dis- between11amand 3pm. Now trictsearlier in the day. Following rushedher to aprimaryhealth their sonbut were separated.His been dispatchedtoLGPolymers Mishraand some other journal- ened,” Mishrasaid. charged—and twohavedied. this relaxation will bebetween 7 Gehlot’s directions, the Bhilwara centreatPendurthi, about 7km wifefell intoadrainand diedbe- India. This team willworkclosely ists setout forthe forests.“On ChhattisgarhDGP DM In his orders issued am and 6pm. And anyway there district administrationheld a away,but she diedonthe way. fore shecouldberescued,hesaid. on-ground along with the con- May9,ImetMaoistcadreinthe Awasthi told The Indian Express, Wednesdayevening, District is acurfew between7pmto7am meeting with public represen- “She wasabright and lively Pitta Sankara Rao, 45, worked cernedauthorities to resolve the jungles andtheysaidtheyhad “Wewereaware of the case and Collector RajendraBhatt saidhe in lockdown 3.0,” adistrict offi- tativesand representativesfrom kid. She could notwait to cele- asamasonandoftentravelledfor situationandassistwithreal-time abducted Santosh and were all effortswerebeing made to is “satisfied” and findsit“appro- cial told TheIndian Express. localbusinesses. Astatement brateher birthday. Shepestered work.“Therehasbeennowork for remedialandrehabilitationmeas- questioning him. Itold themhe bring the jawanback.Themedia priate” to withdraw thecurfew Bhatt said being an orange from the district authorities said meto learnto makeacake.Herfa- the pastone-and-a-half months ures,”the statement said. has small children and thereis has alwayscooperatedwith us from Bhilwaracitylimits while zone, all activities permitted by that curfew wasliftedfollowing thergot heranew frockwhichshe and he wasworriedhow we will “The technicalteam compris- nobody elsetoprovide forthem. and did so in this case too.” prohibitoryordersunder CrPC the Centreand stategovernment consultations in said meeting. triedonseveral times. Istill can- payfor theeducationofour son ingexpertsfromproduction,envi- notbelieve she is no more,’’ said and daughter,aged15and 17. ronment,andsafetyareasaimsto Grishma’smotherNLatha,whois Now, Idon’tknowhow Iwillraise investigatethe cause of the inci- TAMIL NADU WATER SUPPLYAND DRAINAGE BOARD Jaishankar discusses coronavirus recuperatingatKing George them,’’his wifeAmalamma said. dent and promptly supportre- INVITATION OF BIDS -TWO COVER –ITEMWAR TENDER SYSTEM Hospital. Her husband NGanesh Chinni GangaRaju, 48,also a sponsiblerehabilitation whichis IFB No: F.708 Habs/SDO(T1)/CE/CBE/2020/Dated :12.05.2020 worksasahelperatthestateroad mason and afriend of Sankara the main objective of the task Eligible Class Class-I pandemic with SCO ministers transportcorporation garage at Rao, is survivedbywife force. The president, along with Tender Invitee The Chief Engineer,TWADBoard, No.30, Siruvani Nagar,Bharathipark Road, Visakhapatnam.Thecouple,who Nagamani, 38, a17-year-old son the dispatchedteam,willmeet Coimbatore-641 043. Organisation (SCO), whichwas organised also have ason, have livedinRR and a15-year-old daughter. withthevictimsandaffectedfam- Downloading www.tenders.tn.gov.in and www.twadboard.tn.gov.in (free of cost) SHUBHAJITROY by Russian Foreign MinisterSergeyLavrov Venkatapuram for15years, but NabarthiNani,30,wasadaily- ilies to explain supportmeasures Date and time of 27.05.2020 at 11.00 A.M. NEWDELHI,MAY13 and attendedbyChinese Foreign Minister arenow consideringmoving. wager. His wifeLakshmi, 27,and in detail and also hold meetings Pre-bid meeting Wang Yi among others. The 11 residentsofRR sonand daughter returnedfrom with the local stategovernment Cost of Tender From the O/o.the Executive Engineer,TWADBoard, Major Project Division, 108, NSR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MinisterSJaishankar TheMinistryofExternalAffairssaidthe Venkatapuram, killedinthe inci- the hospitalMonday. Venkat officials,” it added. Document Road, Saibaba Colony,Bakyalakshmi Complex IInd Floor,Coimbatore -641 011by Cash or Demand Draft Payable at Coimbatore for Rs.1000/- +GST and additional on Wednesday took partinavideo-call video conferencewas convened in the dent,comprisedthreeyoungstu- Reddy,anemployee of LG Meanwhile, the Andhra Rs. 500/- by Post (Each) with his counterparts from China, Russia backdropof thepandemicanddiscussions dents andseveral daily-wagers. Polymers who livesinRR Pradeshgovernmenthandedover Period of ConstructionPeriod :18months, Trial Run :6months and and Pakistanamong others to discuss the centred around the Covid crisis and coor- First-year MBBS student Venkatapuram,saidNaniwastry- cheques of compensation to all Package- I, II &III Completion Paid maintenance: 12 months. COVID-19 crisisandcoordinationof efforts dination of effortstodealwithits “trade, Annepu ChandraMouli,19, was ingtoget ajob at thefactory. the persons affected by the gas Period of Sale From 15.05.2020 to 15.06.2020 to deal withits consequences. This comes economic and social consequences”. studying when the leak took Forty-year-old Ravada leak and dischargedfromhospi- Last date for 17.06.2020 upto 15.00 Hours @O/o.the ChiefEngineer,TWADBoard, Coimbatore twodaysafter India participated in avideo Jaishankar reaffirmedIndia’s “strong place. He woke up hisfather A Narayanamma,workedasadaily- tals on Wednesday. submission of Bid and opening at 15.30 Hours on the same day. and opening callwiththeUS,AustraliaandJapanamong commitment” to thefight and its“readi- EswaraRao,atrafficconstable,his wagerand her husband The administration hasset up Value of work put others to discuss “transparency and ac- ness to shareinformation,expertise and mother and youngerbrother.As Sathyamanthuduisphysically five 24-hour health centres in RR Sl. Bid Security Name of work to tender No. in Rupees countability in combatting the COVID-19 best practices” with theSCO members. theystarted fleeing, all of them challenged.KRani, avillagevol- Venkatapuramvillage,whichwas including GST pandemic and in addressing itscauses”. On May11, Jaishankar wasonthe call collapsedoutsidetheirhouse.“He unteer,said, “Theyhavedaugh- worstaffectedby theleak.“People 1. Phase-I : Augmentation of W.Sbyregrouping in WSIS to Tiruppur Thisdeftbalancingactby Indiainaspan with members of the Quadrilateral group- excelled in studies. He wanted to ters. Idon’t knowhow theywill have returned to their homes but Municipality,4TPsand 412 wayside Rural habitations covering Rs. 51.35 Crore Rs.38,52,000/- 223 habitations in Annur andAvinashi Unions – Package-I of three days givesasenseofDelhi’s ap- ing—US SecretaryofState MikePompeo, beadoctorandwasstudyinghard managewithoutNarayanamma.” arescared.Someofthem com- 2. Phase-II : Augmentation of W.Sbyregrouping in CWSS to 249 proachindealing withthe twoblocs—US- Australian Foreign MinisterMarisePayne, to fulfill his dream,’’said Rao. Yelamanchili Appala plain of breathlessness. Some rural habitations in Annur,Avinashi and Sulur Unions covering Rs. 82.50 Crore Rs.61,88,000/- ledand China-ledgroupings—as both bat- Japan’sFMMotegiToshimitsu—andIsrael’s Ahelperintheloadingsection Narasamma,45,diedevenbefore complainof strangesmellsintheir 378 habitations inAnnur,Avinashi and Sulur Unions – Package-II tleeachother on the worldstage over the ForeignMinisterIsrael Katz, Brazil’s FM of LGPolymers, Sivakoti she could be put on an ambu- homes. It is mostlypsychological 3. Phase-III : CWSS to the 107 habitations in Avinashi Union and Bulk supply to 165 Habitations Tiruppur Union with new Source – Rs. 94.60 Crore Rs.70,95,000/- pandemic. ErnestoAraujoand SouthKoreanFM Kang Govindraju, 35,was home at the lance.HerhusbandPydiraju,who afterwhattheywentthrough,’’an Package-III Wednesday’s video call wasbetween Kyung-wha. FULLREPORTON time of the leakand died in his is acookatacateringagency,said official said. DIPR /1798 /TENDER/2020 Chief Engineer(i/c), foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation www.indianexpress.com sleep. His father SSatyanarayana shecomplainedofbreathlessness GopalapatnamtehsildharGV SAVE WATER, CONSERVE WATER, EVERYDROP COUNTS TWAD Board,Coimbatore. hadretiredfromthefactoryafew and collapsedinfront of him. Rani said the Greater years agoafter whichGovindraju MekaKrishnaMurthy, 73, Visakhapatnam Municipal joined. “I wassleeping outside. I who livedinthe village for40 Corporationhasprovidedcooked TENDER NOTICE don’trememberwhathappened. years, had retiredfromEndow- food to thosewho have returned Iwokeupinthe hospital. For mentsDepartment. He wasde- to their homes andalsogiven hours, no one told me anything clareddeadonarrivalatahospital. them ration supplies foraweek.

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD THE WORLD 141,475 What MSME package means 230,984 173,546 221,216 United Kingdom Germany Italy Turkey In the latesttranche of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package, the keythrustisahugeincreaseincredit 178,349 guarantees to MSMEs. Howdosuchguarantees work,and howisthe move expected to helpMSMEs? France 242,271 1,372,855 Russia aresult of the Covid-19crisis, this MSME needs US UDITMISRA&NUSHAIBAIQBAL THECREDITGAP,EXPOSURE,ANDGUARANTEESSOFAR more fundsthenitcantake moreloans,with- 112,725 NEWDELHI,MAY13 out the needfor anycollateral, because the Iran government will guarantee suchloans fully.” 179,457 Potentially ON WEDNESDAY,FinanceMinisterNirmala 36.7 Brazil 228,030 CHART1:POTENTIALLYADDRESSABLECREDITGAP Addressable Spain Sitharaman announcedsome details of the WhyRs3lakh crore? INTHEMSMESECTOR(INRUPEESTRILLION) CreditGap: Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaneconomic `25.8trillion Gandhi said the totaloutstanding loan to TOTALCONFIRMED: 4,298,269 DEATHCOUNT:293,514 package. This is the second trancheofthe MSMEs by the bankingand NBFC sector packagethatincludespastactionsbythe 1.5 0.61 10.9 would be aroundRs16to18lakh crore. Source: JohnsHopkins University,updated at 11 pm on May13 ReserveBank of India as well as the first 8.8 Assuming that 80% of these loans arework- Covid-19 relief packageannouncedduring ing capital loans wheretherewould bea20% March andApril. incrementalfundingneeds,that givesan The main thrustofWednesday’s an- Other amount of approximatelyRs3lakh crore. So nouncementswas arelieftoMedium, Small SCBs NBFCs Banks/ Total Total the government is hoping that this credit Now, bowel abnormalities and MicroEnterprises (MSMEs)inthe form Govt Formal Addressable guarantee will help those MSMEs take out Demand of amassive increase in credit guarantees to Institutions Supply another loan and recover: The hope is that seen in Covid-19 patients them. Therewas, however, very little actual ■Demand ■Supply Source: International Finance Corporation since these MSMEs were able to paybackbe- fiscal outgothat wasannounced. fore thecrisis,thereisnoreason whythey In other words, instead of directlyinfus- cannotafter the crisis, providedtheyare given ANEW study,publishedinthe jour- chemia, or dying bowel, and in those ing moneyintothe economyorgiving it di- CHART2:CREDITEXPOSUREOFMSMEs(RsLAKHCRORE) some extramoney to survive this period. nal Radiology,has identified yetan- who had surgery we sawsmall vessel rectlytoMSMEsintermsofabailout pack- other wayinwhich the novelcoron- clots beside areas of dead bowel. age, the government has resortedtotaking 10 11.1 What are theother measures? avirus SARS-CoV-2 can affect the body Patientsinthe ICU can have bowelis- over the credit risk of MSMEs should they Thereisasubordinatedebt scheme, —bycausing bowelabnormalities. chemia forother reasons, but we want to remain in business.These credit 8 9.6 worthRs20,000 crore, whichwill allow The retrospective knowCovid-19can guarantees should help the formal banking 4.8 loans to MSMEsthat were already cate- 7.8 study included412 lead to clotting and system meetthe credit demand of the MSME 6 gorisedas“stressed”, or struggling to pay Covid-19patients(241 small vessel injury, so sector (see Chart 2). 4 back. In this case, the government’sguaran- 4 men and 171women) bowelmight also be af- 3.1 teeisnotfull, butpartial. admitted to asingle fected by this.” What arecredit guarantees? The third measureisthe creation of a 2 health facility from According to the re- Loans to MSMEs aremostlygiven against fund with acorpus of Rs 50,000 croretoin- March 27 to April 10. searchers, possible ex- property (as collateral)becauseoften thereis- 0 fuse equity into“viable” MSMEs, thus help- Records showedthat PAPER planations forthe spec- n’t arobustcash flowanalysis available. But in 2017 2018 2019 ing them to expand and grow.The govern- 17%ofpatientshad trum of bowelfindings times of crisis, likethe one currentlyplaying ■ Micro ■ SME Source: Credit Guarantee FundTrustfor Microand Small Enterprises ment intends to put in Rs 10,000 croreand cross-sectional abdom- CLIP in Covid-19patientsin- out, property prices fall and this inhibitsthe getothers, possiblyinstitutions likeLIC and inal imaging —ultra- clude direct viral infec- ability of MSMEs to seekloans.Italso means CHART3:CUMULATIVEGUARANTEES APPROVEDTOMSMEs(RsCRORE) SBI, to fund the remaining amount. sounds, CT scans etc. NEWRESEARCH tion, small vessel that banksare less willing to extend loans. 1,75,961 Then thereisachangeinthe definition of Bowelabnormalities thrombosis, or “nonoc- Acredit guaranteebythe government an MSME that waspendingfor long. Now 1,60,000 were seen on 31%ofCT clusive mesenteric is- helps as it assures the bank that itsloan will 1,46,829 MSMEswillbejudgedonturnoverand there scans (3.2% of all patients) and were chemia”. Theyadded,however, that be repaidbythe government incasethe 1,40,000 will be no difference between amanufactur- 1,28,787 morefrequent in intensive careunit further studies arerequiredtoclarify MSME falters. Forinstance,ifthe government 1,20,000 ing MSME and aservices MSME. (ICU) patientsthan other inpatients. the cause of bowelfindings in these provides saya100%credit guarantee up to 1,08,991 1,00,000 In astatement issuedbythe patients, and to determine whether an amount of Rs 1crore to afirm,itmeans 90,446 Howfar will thesemeasureshelp? Radiological Society of North SARS-CoV-2 plays adirect role in that abankcan lend Rs 1crore to that firm; The Rs 3lakh crorecredit guaranteeisthe 80,000 America, Dr Rajesh Bhayana of bowelorvascular injury. in case the firm fails to payback, the govern- 70,026 mostsubstantive announcementasitwillmost MassachusettsGeneral Hospital, “Our study is preliminary, and ment will makegood all of Rs 1crore.Ifthis 60,000 likelyhaveasignificant impact in helping 52,600 Boston, said: “Wefound bowelabnor- moreworkisneededtounderstand guarantee wasfor the first20% of the loan, 40,000 MSMEspaysalariesandkeeptheirheadsabove malities on imaging in patientswith thecause of bowelfindings in these then the governmentwould guarantee to 23,846 37,139 the waterevenasthe economyslows down. Covid-19, morecommonlyinsicker patients,” Dr Bhayana said. paybackonlyRs20lakh. 20,000 According to the Finance Minister, this 11,560 patientswho went to the ICU.Some Source: Radiological Society of 0 measurewill help as manyas45lakh findings were typical of bowelis- NorthAmerica Whycredit guarantees? 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 MSMEs. While this is aminuscule propor- Even before theCovid-19crisis,Indian Source: Credit Guarantee FundTrustfor Microand Small Enterprises tion of the overall number of MSMEs, these government finances were in poor health. arelikelytobethe medium and small enter- This pandemic has meant that government prises, whichemployalmost40% of allem- INDIA COUNT: 74,281 (2,415DEATHS) revenues will come under further pressure. CHART4:ESTIMATEDEMPLOYMENTINMSMESECTOR(INLAKH) ployees —although these enterprises them- Forinstance, experts arealready talking of a selvesare very fewinnumber (justabout TOP10STATES RESTOFINDIA GDP contraction of 5% to 10%inthe current Broad activity categoryRural Urban TotalShare 0.5% of all MSMEs). AndamanandNicobarIslands 33 Manufacturing186.56 173.86 360.4132% ArunachalPradesh1 financialyear.That will result in arevenue Thechangeindefinitionof MSMEswillalso 1,914 Assam 65 loss of anywherebetween Rs 5to7lakh Trade 160.64226.54 387.18 35% help because“turnover” is the moreefficient Punjab Bihar 831 crore. And yet, this is also the year when em- waytoidentifyanMSMEanditalsoallows alot Otherservices 150.53 211.69 362.22 33% Chandigarh 187 ployees and firms want the government to of firms, especiallyinthe services sector like 4,126 7,639 Delhi Chhattisgarh 59 Rajasthan DadarNagarHaveli 1 help them out financially. Electricity* 0.060.020.07— mid-sizedhospitals,hotelsanddiagnosticcen- 3,664 UP Goa 7 Effortstopumpliquidity via the banks All 497.78 612.10 1109.89 100% tres to be eligiblefor benefitsasanMSME. Haryana 780 have been anon-starter because bankssim- The other twosteps areunlikelytomake HimachalPradesh65 *Non-captiveelectricitygenerationandtransmission JammuandKashmir934 plydonot want to lend anynew money. Annual Report, MinistryofMSMEs ahugedent in the overall scheme of things. 3,986 2,173 Jharkhand 172 Banks, quitejustifiably, suspect thatany new 8,903 MP West Bengal Karnataka925 loans will onlyadd to theirgrowing moun- Arethereany downsides to resorting to Gujarat Kerala 524 tain of non-performing assets (NPAs). credit guarantees? 42 CHART5:DISTRIBUTIONOFENTERPRISESCATEGORY-WISE(INLAKH) Manipur 2 So the government wasfacing an odd Thereare,especiallyifitisa100% credit 24,427 13 problem:Bankshad the moneybut were not Sector MicroSmall MediumTotal Share guarantee. That’s because suchaguarantee Maharashtra 2,090 1 willing to lend to the credit-starved sections Rural324.09 0.78 0.01 324.88 51% leavesnoincentive foreither borrowertopay Odisha 437 Puducherry 13 of the economy, while the government itself Urban 306.43 2.53 0.04309.0049% back—hehas nothing to lose —orfor the 8,718 Tamil Nadu Telengana 1326 did nothaveenoughmoneytodirectlyhelp lender—thebankerisassuredof paybackfrom All 630.52 3.310.05 633.88 100% Tripura 154 the economy. the government so whyshouldhebother to Annual Report, MinistryofMSMEs Uttarakhand 69 The solution —credit guarantees —finally checkifthe borrowerisdeserving or not. Union Health Ministryupdateasof11pm, May13. Some states mayhave chosen by the government is notanewone, Amoreprudent option would have been reportedhigher numbers. Onlystates/UTswith at leastone case listedabove. because this fiscal conundrum is notanew asplit (sayan80%-20%) wherein the govern- one either (Chart3). inducedlockdown disruptedtheir work. loans will have atenureof4years and they ment assurestopay backonly80% of thenew 24,386 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 32 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES Forthese, the government has provideda will have amoratorium of 12 months (that is, loan. This circumventsthe problem of a So, whatisthe quantum of credit credit guarantee of Rs 3lakh crore. This is like the paybackstartsonlyafter 12 months). The moral hazard. Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/should notdo? guarantee provided to MSMEs? an emergency credit line, said the Finance loan shouldbetaken before October 31,2020. As aresult, it is quitelikelythatthe gov- [email protected] Thereare three proposals but the main one Minister, and it is forMSMEs that have an al- According to HetalGandhi, Director,CRISIL, ernment will have to start shelling outmoney is forstandardMSMEs —that is, those MSMEs ready outstanding loan of Rs 25 croreorthose “if thereisanMSME whichhad aloan (up to in the next financial year whenMSME NPAs whichwererunning fine until the Covid-19- withaturnoverless than Rs 100crore.The Rs 25 crore) with anybank or NBFCand if, as rise once the moratoriumisover. Labourshort,candirectseedingbealternativetopaddytransplanting?

control weeds. This machine is different mistMakhanSingh Bhullar, the firstirriga- This is notsointransplanting,”Hanjrasaid. HARISHDAMODARAN& from the morepopular ‘HappySeeder’, used tion (apartfromthe pre-sowing rauni)un- Surjit Singh, a60-acrefarmer from ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA to directlysow wheat oncombine-har- der DSRisnecessaryonly21days aftersow- Gakhlan village in Punjab’s Jalandhar district, NEWDELHI,JALANDHAR,MAY13 vested paddyfieldscontaining leftover ing.This is unlike in transplantedpaddy, triedout DSR forthe firsttime on twoacres stubble and loose straw. wherewatering hastobedone practically in 2017.This he increasedto6acres and 10 THE TWOgranarystatesofPunjaband dailytoensuresubmerged/floodedcondi- acres in the next twoyears. “I am planning Haryana could face ashortage of an esti- But whyspray herbicidesalong with tions in the firstthree weeks. The second to do 15 acres in the coming season. The mated 10 lakhlabourers, mainlyseasonal sowingseeds? savings, relevant in the present context, is yields areasgoodas from normal transplant- migrantsfromBiharand Uttar Pradesh, to Paddy seedlingsare transplanted on that of labour.About three labourers arere- ing, butyouneedtosow by thefirstfortnight undertake transplantation of paddy in the fields that are“puddled”ortilledinstand- quired to transplant one acreofpaddy in a of June. The plantshavetocomeout prop- upcoming kharif season. With lockdown ing waterusing tractor-drawndisc harrows. singleday.Pritam Singh Hanjra, afarmer erly before the monsoon rains arrive.There relaxations notextendingtotrains to ferry Forthe firstthree weeksorsoafter trans- from Urlana KhurdvillageinHaryana’s is no suchproblem in transplanting, where these labourers who usuallyarrivebyearly planting, the plantshavetobeirrigated al- Panipat district,saysthat the transplanting the saplings have already been raisedinthe June, farmers arenow beingencouraged to mostdaily (if thereare no rains) to maintain labour costs lastyear were aroundRs2,400 nursery,” explainedSingh, whose spring adopt‘direct seeding of rice’ (DSR) in place awater depthof4-5 cm. Farmers continue per acre, “whichmay double this time”. As maize crop on the balance45acres will be of conventional transplanting. irrigating every2-3 days even forthe next againstthis,the costofherbicides under harvestedonlytowards June-end. 4-5 weeks, when the crop is in the tillering Afarmer on hisdirect-seededrice field in Punjablastyear. Anju Agnihotri Chaba DSR will notexceedRs2,000 peracre. HowisDSR different from normal (stemdevelopment)stage.The underlying Howmuchareaislikelytocome under transplanting of paddy? principle hereissimple: Paddy growth is Aretheredrawbacks? direct seeding of rice? In transplanting, farmers prepare nurs- compromisedbyweeds that compete for moisture, theyneedtodotwo rounds of an ordinaryseeddrill and applythe herbi- The main issue is availabilityofthe her- The adoption of anynew technology,be eries wherethe paddy seedsare firstsown nutrition, sunlight and water. Waterpre- ploughingand planking(smoothening of cide immediatelyafter sowing.The second bicides.Pendimethalin is sold by companies it Happy Seeder or Lucky SeedDrill, is ulti- and raisedintoyoungplants. These seedlings ventsgrowth of weedsbydenyingthem soil surface),whichisfollowedbysowing setofherbicides is post-emergent, sprayed suchasBASF (under ‘Stomp’brand) andPI matelydependent upon farmers feeling the arethen uprootedand replanted25-35days oxygen in the submergedstage, whereas the of the seeds and spraying of herbicides. 20-25 days aftersowing, depending upon Industries (‘Bunker’). Bispyribac-sodium and need.The maximum area coveredbyDSR in later in the main field. The nurseryseedbed soft‘aerenchyma tissues’ in paddy plantsal- the type of weedsappearing.Theyinclude Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl aremarketed, among Punjab wasroughly 1.60 lakh hectares (lh) is 5-10% of the area to be transplanted. lowair to penetratethrough their roots. What arethese herbicides? Bispyribac-sodium (Rs 600-700 at 100 others,byPIIndustries and Bayerunder in 2015 —whichdroppedto19,600 In DSR, thereisnonurserypreparation Water, thus, actsasaherbicide forpaddy. Thereare twokinds.The firstiscalled ml/acre) and Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl(Rs 700- ‘NomineeGold’ and ‘Ricestar’ brands, re- hectares,1,100hectares,5,000hectares and or transplantation. The seeds areinstead di- The threat from weedsrecedes once tillering pre-emergent, i.e.applied before germina- 800at400 ml/acre). spectively.“If everyfarmerdoes DSR, will 23,300hectares in thesubsequent years. rectlydrilledintothe field by atractor-pow- is over;sodoes the needtoflood the fields. tion. In this case, the pre-emergent herbi- the demand forthese chemicals bemet? The Sutantar Kumar Airi, director of Punjab’s ered machine. The Punjab Agricultural In DSR, waterisreplacedbyreal chem- cide usedisPendimethalin. The Lucky Seed What is the main advantagewithDSR? seedrequirement forDSR is also higher,at Agriculture Department, expectsittorise University (PAU)inLudhiana has developed ical herbicides. Farmers have to onlylevel Drill thatsowspaddycan alsospray the The mostobvious one is watersavings. 8-10 kg/acre, compared to 4-5 kg in trans- to 2-2.5 lh this time on the backoflabour a‘Lucky SeedDrill’ that can both sowseeds their land and give one pre-sowing irriga- chemical, whichcosts Rs 450-500atone According to PAU’s director of research planting. Further,laser land levelling, which shortages. Even that would be hardlya and simultaneouslyspray herbicides to tion or rauni.Once thefield has good soil litreper acre. Alternatively,farmers can use Navtej Singh Bains and principalagrono- costs Rs 1,000/acre, is compulsoryinDSR. tenth of thestate’s total 29-30 lh paddy area.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA It is nottrade dependencethat makesIndia BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL vulnerable but inadequacy of itshuman capital

THE FIRSTTRANCHE SanjayaBaru FM’s announcementsaddress credit constraints. Greater IN HIS TELEVISED address on Tuesday, Prime ding changes in land, labour and other polici- kets forsome time to come. Second is the de- clarity on government spending, itsfinancing, is needed MinisterNarendraModipresented abig pic- es, could yield resultsinthe mediumterm. But pendence on foreign exchangeinflows both turevision statementon makingIndiaamore fornow,investors will wait and watchtotest in the form of remittances, mainlyfromthe DAYAFTER Prime MinisterNarendraModiannouncedaRs20lakh crore self-reliant and self-confident nation in a the sincerityand efficiency of governmentsat Gulf and the US, and financial flows intocap- packagetohelp an already struggling economyget backonits feet afterthe changingandchallenging post-COVID world. the Centreand in the states. Theywillwait to ital markets. It is notclearhow thenew Modi setbackofthe pandemic, Finance MinisterNirmalaSitharaman unveiled In aseries of televisedstatementsthrough the see howthe variouspolicy steps being an- strategyof self-relianceproposesto dealwith Athe firsttranche of relief measures. The measures, whichare designedfor week,FinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanis nouncedbythe FM getimplemented —how this dependence. If anything, India is seeking thegovernment to take on the credit risk in the economy, andboostliquidity to various tospell out the roadmap. The central govern- quicklyand howefficiently. The government moreFDI and external debt. The thirddepend- ment owesittothe economyand themarkets can meetwithsuccessifinvestors,consumers ence is on importeddefence equipment, segments,follow athree-pronged approach: First, ensuringflowofcredit to the micro, that amacropolicystatementbemadethat and other economic agentsbelieve in the mainlyfromRussia, the US, Israel and France. small and medium enterprises. Second, easing liquidity constraintsoffinancialinterme- shows howthe FM’s “micro” trees fitintothe commitment of the political leadershipand Fourth, importdependence in electronic diaries, and third, addressing cash flowwoesofother parts of theeconomy.Sofar,the PM’s “macro” woods. The Modi government the capability of the administrationtodeliver. goods and pharmaceuticals, mainlyfrom announcementshavecomprised largely of contingent liabilitieslikeloan guarantees, has made ahabit of making economic policy In 2014,Modi beganhis tenurepromising China. Thus far, government policy does not with some direct fiscal support. statements intopolitical speeches.Whyapo- development and losthis way. The second address these dependencies. The immediate Thegovernmenthas announcedcollateral-free loans forMSMEs to the tune of Rs 3 liticalparty that has an absolute majority in termbeganwiththepursuit of adivisivesocial focus of Modi’sself-reliance seems to beChina. Parliament should do that is puzzling. The gov- and political agenda, despitethe fact that the Post-Deng Xiaoping China established lakhcrore,wherebothprincipaland interest risk will be bornebyit. This measure,while ernment mustpresent amacropolicy state- economywas already in trouble. If, aftersix long agothat foralarge economy,itispossible limiting the immediate outgofor the government, should encouragerisk averse banksto ment on the wayforward forthe post-lock- years in office, Modiisnow trulyserious about to be both self-reliantand globalisedatthe lend to MSMEs. Though it does raise the spectreofmoral hazard, as onlyafraction of loans down economy. pursuing development asaprimaryobjective same time. Trade in itself does notcreatede- extendedare likelytoturn bad, actual credit flowtoMSMEs couldbemuchhigher.This will Some have compared the PM’s speechto and will setasidehis party’s divisive agendas, pendenceif acountryisabletogrowbothex- help cash-starved MSMEs access funds to meet their obligationssuchaspaying salaries. the dramatic policy statementsofJuly1991. he maystill makeIndia atrulyself-reliant and ports and imports. China has demonstrated Further, relaxingthe definitionofMSMEs addressesthe perverse incentivesofwanting to Consider the fact that in 1991,onlyfourpolicy self-confident nation. Everypoliticalparty, the geo-economic powerofbothexportsand statementsweremade —the end of licence- from the communiststothe BJP,has always imports by making trade partners dependent remain small. This willincentivise MSMEstoscale up as and when the economy picksup, permit Raj, steep cutsinfiscaldeficit and tar- If,after six yearsinoffice, sworn by self-reliance. In practice, it has meant on it on both counts.When Chinarefusesto without worrying about notbeingable to take advantageofexistingincentives. Clearing iffs,and devaluation of the Rupee. With four different things to different people at differ- buy wine andbeef from Australia,itisusing all pending due of MSMEs, though notareform,will help ease their liquidity woes further. policymeasures,theeconomywas pulledout Modi is nowtruly serious ent times. Modi has said that his version of itsimportpower, notdemonstrating itsim- To encourageflowoffundstoparts of thefinancialsystem, thegovernmenthas announced of acrisisand placedonanew growth path. about pursuing development self-reliance does notimply isolationism and portdependence. If an economyiswilling to special liquidityschemes—Rs30,000croretobuy investment gradedebt of NBFCs,HFCs, The key to 1991 waspolitical articulation of a as aprimaryobjective and inward-orientation,butwillinjectgreaterself- live without those imports or can substitute and MFIs, and Rs 45,000 crorefor investment in lowerrated papers.But the question is: visionthat wentbeyond platitudes.The econ- will set aside his party’s confidence in the peoplebyreducing the them with domestic production,then itis not Will risk averse bankslend to lowerrated NBFCs?Otheradministrative and regulatory omyneeds suchamacro policy articulation, country’s dependence on other nations. badlyhurt. stitchingtogetherthe numerous micropolicy divisive agendas, he maystill Theotonio Dos Santos, aprincipal guru of It is export dependence thatcan make measures whichinclude loweringthe rate of taxdeductedat source, extending relief to con- steps to restoreconfidence in the govern- makeIndia atruly self- theLatinAmerican“dependencyschool”that even alarge economyvulnerable and it tractors, and relaxations forprovidentfund contributions will help easeliquidity con- ment’s ability to pull the economy out of its reliant and self-confident advocated greater self-reliance fordevelop- China’s dependence on US markets that straintsinthe broader economy. However, injecting Rs 90,000croretofinanciallystressed preand post-COVID morass. nation. Everypolitical party, ing economies,defineddependence asasitu- President Donald Trumphas aimedtoreduce stateelectricitydistribution companies, through PFC/REC, while restrictingthe govern- The PM’s vision statementhad four ele- ation in whichacountry’s economyis“con- by waging atrade war. India has neverhad ment’soutgo,isatbestastop-gap arrangement as it does notaddress thecoreofthe prob- ments. First, astepupinpublic spending and from the communists to the ditionedbythe development and expansion suchexportdependence on anyone country. lem.Rather,the government should bepushing through contentiousreforms in the power investment, aimedatpromoting welfareand BJP,has alwayssworn by of another economy”. Writing in the 1970s, The Modi government’s hope that multina- raisingtheinvestmentrate;second,policyre- Dos Santos said that to be self-reliant the tionalcompaniesexitingChina willrelocate distribution segment, as the draftamendmentstothe electricity lawseektodo. self-reliance. In practice,it forms aimedatmaking the domestic econ- growth process of an economy“shouldnot to India can onlymakeIndia moreexportde- The finance ministerhas sidesteppedquestionsoverthe quantum of additional spend- omymoregloballycompetitive;third,along- has meant different things to becomedominatedordependentonanother pendentsincetheseMNCsaim to sellglobally. ing being undertaken, howitwill be financed. While the government hasannounceda term structuralshift making the economy different people at different economy”.Sowhat isthe kind of dependence Making India less dependentonChina cannot revisedborrowing calendar,itislikelytobeonlyenough to plugits revenue shortfall. more“self-reliant” and lessdependent onthe times. Modi has said that his that India ought to be nowreducing to be- betheonlymeasureofself-reliance.ForIndia This lackofclarity will keep bondmarkets on tenterhooks. Notmuchwas also shared on worldeconomy. The fourth wheelof this new version of self-reliance does comemoreself-reliant? Onwhicheconomies to betrulyself-reliant andself-confident,pub- the anticipatedlandand labour reforms. Hopefully,the next setofmeasures willfocus on growth enginewill beLockdown Model4that is ours excessively dependent? licinvestmentin education,humancapability is to be announcedinafew days.The success not imply isolationism and Firstonthelistwouldbethe oil-exporting and research anddevelopment has to in- howthe government plans to stimulatethe economy, and the structural reforms it intends onthefirstthreefrontswill, in the shortterm, inward-orientation, but will economies. Oil and gasaccount forabulk of crease. It is nottrade dependence that makes to implement. depend on the strategy forthe fourth. injectgreater self-confidence India’s imports.Whatever newsources of en- India vulnerable but the inadequacy of itshu- Increasedpublic spending will certainly in the people by reducing the ergy India maytap in the foreseeable future,it man capital. boostdemand and generateemployment in willremain import-dependentfor energy. the shorttermandadd to infrastructure capa- country’sdependence on Fortunately, forIndia, the global crude oil and The writer is apolicy analyst and former JUSTICE DEFERRED cityin themediumterm.Policy reform,inclu- other nations. gasmarkets arelikelytoremain buyers’ mar- media advisor to Prime Minister of India

SC throwing J&K ball backtocommittee of those whose decisions arebeing questionedisdisappointing

HE SUPREME COURTorder on Mondaydeclining pleas forrestoration of 4G internetservicesinJammu andKashmirisdisturbing forseveral reasons.The THE GENTLE BUILDER continueddenialofsuchservices in the lockdownconstitutes aspecial injus- Ttice to apeople deprivedoffundamental freedoms since the Centre’s August 52019decision to abrogateArticle 370—the present 2G service is notenoughfor chil- Newpedagogic edificethat Hari Vasudevanhelped shapewill endure dren to access online classes, or forpatientstoconsult doctors, or forbusinesses depend- ent on online transactions. But theSCorder is also troubling because it appears to be part of abroader pattern of delayand evasion,and passingthe buck, in cases that touchupon KrishnaKumar fundamental rights and crucial policy issues —inwaysthat amount, effectively, to giving the political executive the benefit of the doubt. Monday’s order,for instance, does not FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND that developing booksinhis owndiscipline, history,and in the memoryasaperson, offers me twoclues. One, agood curriculum is an act of negotiation. It other social sciences. The commonpercep- he liked people.While talking to him, people justcontain no-questions-askedreferences to “national security” and “compelling cir- involvesbringingpeople with differing per- tion wasthat the NCERTwasgoing to “revise” felt recognised. Theycouldsee that he wasin- cumstancesofcross-border terrorism”,italsocedes the court’sown powers of judicialre- spectivestoprobe their ownpositions.Itre- the old textbooks. In the social sciences, terested in howtheyexplained their view- viewtoaspecialcommittee headedbythe Union Home Secretary, whichwill examine quires that people look beyond the bound- Vasudevanrealised, that arevisedversion of point. Theystopped guarding theirterritory the contentions of the petitioners as well as the “appropriateness of the alternatives” sug- aries of their owndisciplines, with curiosity what existedwould notserveIndia well. when theyfelt that he knew theimportance gested by them.Inother words, the apexcourthas heldthat another body,consisting of andinterestinsubjectsthatothersknowbet- The National Curriculum Framework of whattheyweresaying.His other giftwas secretaries of the very departmentswhose orders areinquestion,should adjudicateon ter. This role can onlybecomparedtothat of (2005) created theoccasion foracritical en- in making conversation —any conversation anarchitect who recognises thatthehouseto gagement with establishedpedagogic rou- —ameans to explorelife. Talking to him was the validity of the restrictions on people’s freedoms imposedbythem. be designedtodayunder adults’ orders and tines.ThelateProfessorYashPalledthevarious likere-discoveringone’smemoryand interest. Thereisnodoubt that in J&K, imperativesofnational security needtobefactoredin, resources will shape the imagination of their groupswhichdraftedthisfuturisticdocument. His interestinpeopleisrareinourethos adelicatebalance mustbestruck.But the process of doing so mustbebothjudicious and children. In the sudden death of Hari Itarticulatedadifferentwayoflookingatinte- now. So washis acuteawareness of the past, judicial. Moregenerally,while executive assessmentsare acrucial input, theycannotbe Vasudevan, at 68,India has lostmorethan a grating knowledge and pedagogy.Once the of howitimpinges on lifetodayacross the the only, or unquestioningly,the last word,incases that involve constitutional principle great historian and teacher.Wehavelost NCFhad been drafted, the NCERT’s anxiety world. In another countryand time,hemight and law. By throwing the ball on internet access backtoagovernment-ledcommittee, and someone unique who understood the com- shifted to locating peoplewho could redefine have been agreat diplomat. He waskeen to plexity of education as asocial system. the nature of eachsubject. The task in the so- heareveryaccountof life,individual or collec- by itsdelayintaking up cases of habeas corpus in Kashmir, thecourt has giventhe exec- While talking to him, people That he losthis lifetothe coronavirus is felt recognised. They could cialsciences wasthe toughest—tobring chil- tive.Hewas aprofessional historian, an utive afreepass, instead of acting as acheckand balance on executive power. brutallyironical. My lastconversation with drenintothecentreofacademicdebatesabout archivist, an analystofold documents, atrav- The apexcourtisthe custodian of fundamental liberties and the fiercelyindependent him, barelytwo weeksago,was mostly about see that he wasinterested in truth and methods of pursuing it. eller and apolyglot. Thesespecialisedtasks upholder of the letter and spirit of the Constitution.That it should be seen to displaya the virus. Therewas somethingwarmlyex- howthey explained their Vasudevan sawthistask as avast, systemic occupiedhim throughout life, in different lackofurgency on important cases wherethe executive needs to do the explaining is dis- pansive abouthisconversationalstyle. It gave viewpoint. They stopped deliberation. The idea of child-centred learn- parts of India and the world. Even ashort appointing and dispiriting. aricher meaning and contexttoevery topic. ing at school demandedsophisticated bridg- meeting or talk with him created the feeling Corona wasnoexception. guarding their ownterritory ing with collegeand university teaching. He that history wasinthe making all the time — Hisnumerous colleagues and studentswill when they felt that he knew engaged with this task by getting people to during our conversations too. comment on his vast scholarship in history.I the importance of what they talk across the borders of their disciplines. He History washardlyasubjectfor him.He knewhim as the gentle builder of anew ped- were saying. Talking to him broughthundredsofprofessionalscholars and infuseditwith the exuberance of life, itsdaily HARD SCRABBLE agogic edifice that is suretolast. It was2005 teachers,illustrators and designersintoalong warmth. Forhim, history meantlearningto when Vasudevanplayedtwo keyroles in the waslikere-discovering one’s and patientdialogue.In itsgeographicalreach notice the sparkthat brings space andtime, The onlinegame franchise has been shinedupvigorously, and complexprocess of curriculum reform that ownmemoryand interest. and conceptual intensity,thisdialoguehadno cultureand work,ideas and people intoa theNCERThad undertaken. In the first, he was precedent in education and curriculumde- novelrelationship. It takesits owntime to playersare indignant about the loss of Eden No matter what wasbeing leading avastteam,designing anew syllabus discussed,afterwards, you signing in India. Howdid Vasudevansucceed come intopublic focus. forthe teaching of social sciences at different in pulling this dialogue through sharply-di- NTHE SCRABBLEVERSE, thereisadisturbance in the Force. The digitallicence of levels. His second role wastolead the various alwaysfound yourself videdrival perspectivesand assumptions? Kumar is former director,NCERTand author of the world’s favouriteand mostexacting word game in 29 languages changed hands committeesworking to develop newtext- renewed. The memoryofhis success, and nowhis TheChild’s Languageand the Teacher in March,and committed players areupinarms. Electronic Arts,which had worked Ithelicence until now, had kept thefaithwithaclean 15x15grid, tilesinthe tradi- tional rack and no bells and whistles. The newversion of the franchise by video game manufacturer Scopelyhad been greedilydownloadedby10million people by theend of April,but as the June 5deadlineapproaches forEAtotakeits classical boardoff the ether, MAY 14,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO thereare murmurs of protestinthe playerbase. Thereisalready apetition forScrabble conservatism on Change.org, an online cam- G ROOMING SANJAY Exceptone particular sentence, whichhe PARTYLESS IN NEPAL paign platform that’s in deadlyearnestand is favoured by people concernedabout climate AFTER AN AGONISINGexercise, maintainedcannotberemoved—pertain- THE NEPALESE HAVE voted in favour of the change, Islamophobia and women’s rights, and when the version that the worldisac- Doordarshan authorities areunderstood to ing to thegrooming of Sanjayasasuccessor. traditionalpartyless panchayatpolitical sys- have decided to clear ascript foranelection temoverthe multi-party system, official customedtoplaying goes offthe air,there could be an insurrection. Manyvariations of telecastwhichspeaksofanefforttomake MANIPUR ON ALERT sources said. The sources said the panchayat Scrabble have been playedinthe decades since Alfred Mosher Buttspublishedthe game SanjayGandhiIndiraGandhi’s successor.The ALL SECURITYFORCES outposts in Manipur had aclear lead of 4,59,000votes againstpro- in 1938. Being social, the game took to onlineplatforms as easilyasafish to water, with script wassubmitted by CPI leader Yogendra have been “alerted andstrengthened” ponentsofthe multiple partysystemasre- Facebook running the third-party Scrabulous. But the versionbeingpropagatedbyScopely Sharma, who wastomakeanelection tele- againstapossiblethreatbyunderground el- turns trickledinfor theMay 2referendum. is being rejected as toonoisy. castfromMuzaffarpur TV centreonhis ementstoinfiltrateintothe state, official The resultsweredelayeddue to security pre- The newversion is apparentlylikeScrabble meets Candy Crush Saga, with bells, whis- party’s behalf. When Sharma went to the TV sources said. The sources said these ele- cautionsand transportation problems in this tles, bonuses and other bling. And by nature,Scrabble players areimplacable about form studios in the capital on Sunday, ments, comprising Nagasand non-Nagas, largely roadless nation. The sources said the Doordarshan authorities were flabbergasted had been concentrated alongthe India- figures were basedonreportsreceivedin and boundaries. Theygobythe book,whichisadictionaryagreedupon fortheir jurisdic- by some references in the scripttoSanjay Burma border in the Manipur Northdistrict Kathmandufrom73ofthe 75 districtswhere tion. Yes, Scrabble has jurisdictions, likenation states. And players expect the game to be Gandhi. AccordingtoSharma,the authori- forsome timewiththe intentionofmaking counting of votes had already been com- as free of distractions as agrandmaster’s chessboard. Scopely hasstrayed intodanger- ties had raisedobjectionstoseveral sen- their wayintothe statetoattack security pleted. The resultsfromonlytwo districts, ous territory, andshould beat aretreat. tences and he agreedtodelete most of them. forces in the hill areas Chitwan and Gulmi, remain.

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schemes like MGNREGAtosupportrural youth wanting to transitiontonew-age MathewVarghese jobs in addition to government schemes that encourageruralentrepreneurship could makeabig difference. This approach PEOPLE ARE WATCHINGthe dailyCOVID-19 would notonlyrelieve high habitation den- mortality statistics liketheywatchthe sity in urban areas but also bridgerural-ur- Sensex. So, howdoweknowthe truth? We ban gapand lead to faster economic mustget our factsclear,onlythen canwe Anil Kakodkar growth. analysethem correctly. Some of the economic models currently The firstcase in China wasreportedlyde- in operation seemtowidendisparities. We tected on November 17,2019. The newcoro- THE COVID-19PANDEMIC will soon be do notpay adequateattention to thecom- navirus wasannouncedinDecember 2019. brought under control and the lockdown pensation of people at the grass rootsinkey But theyhit the panic button about 68 days relaxed.Weshouldalso expect vaccines areas like agriculture, publichealthand ru- or 540cases, and 17 deaths, afterthe index and therapeutic drugstoappear on the raleducationthat arecrucial to theelimina- case.That is asufficient delaytoinfectalarge scene, whichwill decisively overcome the tion of vulnerabilities. Our investmentsin number of people. virus. It is perhapstime nowtothinkof these domains arealso significantlybelow Despite theexperience of SARS and H1N1, whether returning swiftlytobusiness as the accepted bench-marks. Our healthsec- weretheyable to open the lockdown in two usual of the before coronaera should be the tor, forexample, while it boasts of global or three weeks? No.The lockdown kept get- onlyobjective or should we also think competence to theextentofmaking India ting extended, and only after76daysoflock- about ashifttoanew normal. The latter ahealth tourism destination, remains near down did Wuhan reopen, hesitantly, with a would address the root causes that ledto the bottom of the table. We needpolicies death toll of 2,563. the vulnerabilities that havecometothe whichcan neutralisetoalarge extent the In less than amonth, Italywent from hav- fore during the pandemic. disparitiescreated by marketforces. ing onlythree casestothe highest number People oftentalk aboutjobs and their Moregenerally, it seems to me that time of cases and deaths outside of China. Despite changing nature, protectionism and the has come to think about pricingprinciples CRSasikumar atotal lockdown forweeks, on May5,Italy challenges to globalisation, the impact of basedonthe true costofvalue addition and had 2,11,938cases and 29,079 deaths. emerging technologies and so on when dis- acceptednorms forcompensating those After47days of lockdown, India had whichotherwise accumulateinthe care the “when to unlock” dilemma. cussingthe newnormal. It seems to me who do it. Also, the transactions along the 46,476 cases and1,571 deaths(Worldometer, space, becoming lethal gaschambers of the So, what else should have been done in that afundamental facetofthe newnor- value chain should be restricted only to 2020). So, arewegoing the Wuhan or the virus. This leads to higher staff infections and India? Our public health systems have been mal willbetoensurelivelihood security those who add value.Others who arealso Italyway?Neither, probably.Itseems the mortality. systematicallyunderminedoverthe years. and living in harmonywithnature. necessary forthis process should come in timing of the lockdown is important. In the US, from the firstcaseonJanuary The corporatisation of healthcareand the Population growth and human greedhave as service providers. Leveraging modern Reportedly, in India,the “janata curfew”was 19 in Washington to May5,there were push forinsurance-basedhealthcarehas ru- driventhe earth closetothe tipping point, technologies and creative business formats, ordered at 390 cases andseven deaths but 3,27,374cases and 24,944deaths in NewYork inedour public hospitals. Earlier,all bureau- even as alarge part of humanity suffers se- we shouldbeabletodevelopahealthyand extendedrepeatedly.China at lockdown had alone —this despite10,07,310tests in New cratsand politicianswouldconsult these riousdeprivation. non-exploitative configuration, particularly 540cases. Howcome our situation did not York and over 74,62,597tests in the US as a hospitals. So, it wasintheir interesttokeep Ibelieve, in this context, thatthe have- to thegrass rootsproducers and the con- worsen? Manyargue that ourinnateimmu- whole.So, testing alone doesnot work. these facilities well-equipped. Today, they nots becoming empoweredenough to find sumers. nity —fromexposure to severalpathogens DidIndia getthe timing of itslockdown visitcorporatehospitals. In the UK, Boris their ownsolutions would be afar more ef- Abalancedapproachtoland use pat- or the BCG vaccination—may have helped. and containment measures right? All the Johnson wastaken to apublic-funded NHS fective approachtoaddressing human dep- terns needs careful attention. We need to The averageambient temperature, higher early cases were related to international hospital, notaprivate facility.And, thatgives rivation than relying on the vendor-buyer arrive at an optimum distribution of land than 21 degrees celsius,issupposedtokill travel and known to immigration authorities. amessagetothe masses. transactions between havesand have nots. forhabitat and food forhumans as well as the virus too. Then, whydowehavesomany One-and-a-half months aftermytrip to My understanding of public healthtells The balance betweenmeeting the devel- animals, industryand other economic ac- cases south of the Vindhyas? These areall, Europe, 10 days afterthe lockdown, officials me that, unlikeprivate healthcare, public opment needsofall humans and the sus- tivities including infrastructure,energy,for- possibly, mere conjectures. We had the ad- came home to checkifIwasunwell. It is easy health strivesfor the greatestgoodtothe tainability of mother earth will depend on estcover andwater management. vantageofhindsight and knew manyfacts —track everyone, test all and do aggressive largest numbers. Lockdownmay have incon- solutions determinedthrough science and Agriculture, water, energy and environ- about the virus and itsspread. contact tracing. But the entiremonth of veniencedthe largestnumbers, but mass technology (S&T). The challengeistoem- ment areheavilyintertwinedand need to To knowcommunity infection, we need Februaryand earlyMarch,whichwerecriti- quarantineshould be the laststepinour ar- powerthe have-nots with S&T knowledge be dealt with in aholistic manner.Water 100per centtesting of thepopulation.No cal months forstock-taking,werewasted mamentarium. Atotal lockdown is likeanu- and innovation ecosystems so that theycan harvesting,recharge andmanagement sys- countryhas donesuchpopulation-wide test- hopingthatthe infection would notspread. clear weapon unleashedonsociety—with find their ownsolutions. This approachof tems also need attention, particularly in the ing. Though this wasdone aboardacruise In India, health planningisnot an easy short-termand long-term collateraldamage local empowerment also presentsIndia a context of groundwater levels, irrigated ship—Diamond Princess —wheretheyfound task as health is astate subject. Intensive care across the board. unique opportunity to fast-forward itsde- agriculture, flood control and ensuring that 18 per cent of all infected people without bedswithventilators have always been defi- In low-income countries, it could mean velopment, providedweact decisivelyto rivers and waterbodies remain clean. symptoms; and, in an aircraftcarrier—USS cient in India. Forinstance, do we knowthe starvation forpeople. Whywouldsomeone leverage our demographicdividend in the Finally, holistic education is perhaps the TheodoreRoosevelt —where60per cent were number of functioning ventilators, pulse sentence so manypeopletodeath if thereis ongoing knowledge era. strongesttooltosustainablyeradicatevul- asymptomatic, but COVID positive. oximeters, syringepumps, and staffskilled another path that is known? The virus exploits What can we learn from the pandemic nerabilities. Education meritsmaximum Again, howdoes one explain the low in intensive care? the weakness in health and healthcare. The to minimise the loss of livesand livelihoods attentionasitisthe keyenabler of our de- mortality in Germanywhich has apopula- Quarantine is the isolation of aperson result?Poor peoplewalkingonthehighways shouldasimilarepisodeoccuragain?Justas mographic dividend, and necessaryto tion similar to France or the UK? One of the suspected of harbouring aninfection forape- withtheirbagsandbaggage. Aseaof human- we have made progressin minimisingloss of leverage the opportunities of the knowl- reasons givenisthatGermanyadoptedag- riod equal to the longestincubation period ity walking on the roads. Mass migration. lifeand propertyfrompotentially disastrous edge era, particularly in rural areas. Many gressive testing, contact tracing, and contain- of that disease. This is done to prevent that Whileevery death diminishes us as aso- eventslikecyclones and earthquakes, we saythateducation as it exists todaymay ment measures. Germany, with the hindsight personfrominfecting others. But isolation is ciety,Iammoreworriedabout all those mar- need to develop acredible pandemic man- become irrelevant. Technology is of crucial of experience from China and Korea—and a very stressful —fear of death adds to the dis- ginalisedfor whom existence is nowno agement plan. This will needtobeaglobal importance to address the issue of quality robust, free public health system —was able tress. Manyexperience psychological prob- morethan being on the edge of extinction. action plan with pre-definedroles and ac- as well as access to education. Our educa- to contain the virus withoutalockdown. In lems, showaggression, even violence. Avaccine is, at best,one-and-a-halfyears tionsatvariouslevels going down to alocal- tion environment should be linked with in- Italyand Spain, the averageage of the in- In India, atotal lockdown likethis has not away.Let us notforgetthat HIV (a virus) was ity or ahospital with mutuallyagreedSOPs dustryand societybothinterms of work- fected wasmorethan 60 years while in been done before.Inpublic health, the inter- My understanding of public discovered36yearsago,and we still have no forall stakeholders. Panic-drivenirrational basedlearning as well as real-life Germanyitwas 40 plus years. South Korea estofthe community is primary—but there vaccine. Anyway,asyet, thereisnodrug for responses at anylevel should be avoidedby problem-solving. The education system also managed with testing and containment is always atension betweenthe concerns of health tells me that unlike anyviral illness. Neither the virus nor we are ensuring transparency. should enable outreachfor technology,ca- without lockdown. Isuspect thathere, too, it the individual and the interestofthe com- private healthcare,public going anywhere. Oneofthe biggestconcernsisthe ex- pacity building and livelihood enhance- has to do with the timing of the containment munity. Thereisnoethical principle thatcan health strives forthe greatest The wayforward would be agradedand tremelydensepopulation in cities. We ment forrural areas. Sucha“cillage” ecosys- measures. provide asolution to thisperennial tension good to the largest numbers. gradual opening up. No onecan sustain this mustleverageour demographic dividend temthat connectsmodern knowledge and In the UK, Franceand Spain, the lockdown in public health. Still,there remainsthe need leveloflockdown. But, whileweopenupwe and knowledge technologies to quicklycre- research,currentlyrestrictedtocities, with happenedpossiblyafter the virus had to payattention to the rights of individuals Lockdownmay have have to protect the vulnerable and ensure ateattractive jobsinruralareas that make the needs of new-agevillages,should en- reachedthe vulnerable masses, thus present- when exercising thepowers of publichealth. inconvenienced the largest the known preventive measures. We need villages notonlyself-sufficient but netex- able villages to benefit from the opportu- ing an “explosive”number of cases. Wasalockdown essential? Idonot think numbers, but mass to acceptthatalarge number of the young porters. Anew and aggressive approachto nities of theknowledge era. Then villages, Whywerehealthcareworkers in the UK, so. Notifwehad timedour testing and con- quarantine should be the last will getinfected.Thatwillprovideherdim- the education and skilling of theyouth in rather thanbeing adrag, willbecome the Italy, and the US affected more than in China? tainment strategy early on.InSweden, the munity.But, most importantly, this should rural areas,whichwouldbuild theircapac- enginesofnational development. All had deficiencies in the availabilityofPPEs healthexperts refusedalockdown. There,the step in our armamentarium. be alesson forthe time to come —tobuild ity to earn livelihood in fields that go be- and skills. Another possible factor wasthat schools areopen, publictransportisopera- Atotal lockdownislikea our public health facilities, our intensive care yond the traditionalconceptofrural jobs,is The writer is former chairmanofthe afterthe SARS experience,all COVID positive tional,asare offices, restaurants, bars,and nuclear weapon unleashed facilities,and develop our research andde- necessary. Broadening our approachto Department of Atomic Energy careareas in China arenegative pressure parks. Theonlyprecaution is to maintain on society—with short-term velopment in public and tertiaryhealthcare. zones. In mostcountries, onlyintensive care physical distancing. This model could be bet- unitsare negative pressure areas. Negative terinthe long-run, with higher herdimmu- and long-term collateral The writer is consultant orthopedic surgeon, pressurewashesawayvirus-rich aerosols nity.Acountry suchasSweden doesn’t have damage acrossthe board. St Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

HOME MATTERS THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘Dear fellow IDEAS parentsand teachers’ (IE, May13).The The right to be heard “bois lockerroom” incident reveals a ONLINE dangerous and disturbing truth —rape culturebegins early in life. Gender sen- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Judges should belarge-hearted, notget undulyperturbedby criticism sitisation at the primaryschool-level maynot be enough because it is the ● POST COVID Rekha Sharma home ethos that is the firstand fore- OPPORTUNITY: mostinfluence on children. Boys from PRAVAKAR SAHOO homes with respect across gendersare OF LATE, CONCERNS have been expressed by thefactthat undue haste wasshown in anycase, the court forgot that matters can- bringsthecourts intodisreputeorundermines less likelytobebrutal to women. Dear ● REMEMBERING about the Supreme Courtfailing to perform listingTVanchor Arnab Goswami’s case, not, and should never, be decidedonthe ba- the confidence of the publicinthe judiciary. fellowparents, it is time we ledby YOGENDRA SINGH: itsdharma. Take,for instance, the anguish while moreimportant cases involving fun- sisofjustone version. Letusnot forget thatthe courts arethe only example. SALIL MISRA expressedbyJustices Madan Lokur and damental rights—habeas corpus petitions In amorerecent case,concerning migrant shieldandhopeof citizensagainstthetyranny Sangeeta Kampani, Delhi Deepak Gupta,who have distinguished forexample —are crying out forearly hearing. labour,the courtreportedly slammedsen- of the state, so it is theduty of the lawyers to www.indianexpress.com themselvesasjudges. Theyhavevirtually in- Recently, the Supreme Court refusedto ior advocatePrashant Bhushan formalign- seethatthe courts arenot undermined. ONLYALAW dicted theSupremeCourt. hear social activistHarsh Mander’s plea seek- ing and insulting the judiciary. It asked Judgesshould be large-heartedand not In an interviewtothisnewspaper (IE, ing registration of FIRs againstcertain polit- Bhushan whyshould he be heardwhenhe getundulyperturbed by criticism, even THIS REFERS TO theeditorial, ‘Building May8), JusticeGupta,who recentlyretired ical leaders who made hatespeeches which does nothaveany faithinthe court.The though, at times, criticism maybeoverthe trust’(IE, May13). It is hearteningtosee NECESSARY RISK from the SC, lamented the manner in which allegedlyledto communal violence in Delhi, plight of the migrant labour neededurgent top. Notverylong ago, in aruling on Brexit, the governmentclimbing down from THIS REFERS TO theeditorial,‘Back on former CJI Ranjan Gogoi conducted himself early this year.The courtrefusedtohear attention —not who said what. the British Supreme Courtheld that parlia- itsrigid position on the AarogyaSetu the rails’ (IE, May12). Thedecision to afterallegations of sexual harassment were Mander or his counsel afterthe solicitor gen- In both the cases, petitioners were exer- ment, and notthe primeminister, hadthe app and agreeing to address the con- restartsome trains from Delhi to im- levelledagainsthim —bypresiding over the eral, who wasrepresenting the Delhi Police, cising their constitutional right to seek re- prerogative to trigger Article 50 to startthe cerns flagged by privacy activists. portant economic hubsisanindication bench, and then, notsigning the order purpo- pointed to avideo recording in whichthe so- dressal of their grievances againstthe Statein process of the country’s exit from the EU. Though issuing necessaryguidelines of the Centre’s resolve to put the econ- rted to have been passedbythe bench. Acc- cial activisthad remarkedthat justice could public interest. But even if we assume that British newspapers reacted to the ruling by and prescribing penalties forunautho- omybackontrack.However,the tenta- ording to Justice Gupta,the SupremeCourt onlybegot on the streets, and notfromthe theywereappearing as professionals, calling the judges, “the enemies of the peo- riseddatause is welcome, nothing tive move mustnot adversely affect the has notcomeout better afterthe incident. apexcourtorParliament. Itreportedly re- Mander and Bhushan were entitledtoa ple”. The judges remainedunruffled. short of adataprotection legislationwill ongoing health crisis. While preventive The learnedjudgealso spokeofthe prior- marked: “Ifthisiswhatyou feel about the hearing—no matter what they said in the Letmeend with LordAtkin’s famous suffice. The governmenthas already measures to be undertakenbytrav- ity—or thelackofit—beingaccordedtocer- Supreme Court, then, we have to decide what pastaboutthe court or the judges. It is their quote: “Justiceisnot acloistered virtue, she said that the app is notasurveillance ellers arefine, the asymptomatic ones tain cases in the matteroflisting. He said that to do with you.” fundamentalright,and no onecan deprive must be allowedtosufferthe scrutiny and tool. Sincethe coronavirus will be with maystillbesilent carriers.But, such he has seen cases involving big moneyand Significantly, Mander has deniedhaving them of that right —not even the court. the respectful, even though outspoken, com- us foralong time,voluntaryadoption riskswill have to be undertaken to get fancy lawfirmsbeing listedinfour weeks, instigated anyone, but the Court, on the mere However, litigantsand lawyers —who are mentsofthe ordinaryman.” of this contacttracing app is needed. the nation backonits feet. while those involving junior lawyers arenot assertion of the solicitor general, refusedto officersof thecourt—shouldnotattributemo- SKPrabhakar, Gurugram Vijai Pant, Hempur listedevenafter sixmonths. The learned hear him —thus trampling the right of acit- tivestojudgesincaseof anunfavourablejudg- The writer is aformer judgeofthe judge’s argumentshavebeen strengthened izen to be heardbeforeheiscondemned. In ment. Theyshouldnot actinamanner which Delhi High Court

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I,Service RecordofArmyNo- 1494024K, Naik,Unit.No-234 ArmedEngineerRegiment Sunil DuttS/o.Late Sh.Mangat Ram R/o-H.No.41 A/1, Chief Engineer (ShimlaZone),HPPWD, Nirman Bhawan,Nigam Gandhipark,Dindarpur,Najafg ar,NewDelhi-110043,inform Vihar, Shimla, H.P.-171002 that my mother’s name is BHARAT NIRMAN wrongly mentioned as SEENDA UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA (PMGSY) DEVI instead of SINDADEVI and her date of birth is also e-Procurement Notice wrongly mentioned as- The Government of India has received aloan/ credit number “P124639” under PMGSY-II (Rural Road Project- 01.07.1946 instead of- II) under WorldBank Funding (Additional Financing &Green &Climate Resilience) Rural Roads Financing towards 01.01.1938inmyservice the cost of Rural Roads Project (Pradhan MantriGramSadak Yo jana) and intends to apply apartofthe funds to record.Kindly correct the covereligiblepayments under the contracts forconstruction of RRP-II works. Bidding is open to all bidders from eli- same as requested above. gible source countries as defined in the bidding document. 0040537605-1 The Superintending Engineer 11th Circle HPPWD Rampur District Shimla HP -172001 on behalf of Governor invites the item rate bids in electronic tendering system forconstruction of roads I, Prashant Kumar S/oShushil under Pradhan MantriGramSadak Yo jana-II (Batch-I) of 2019-20 in the district of Lahu and Spiti as detailed Kumar R/oHNo.-104, Vill & in the Tablebelowfromthe eligible contractors registered with HPPWD/ CPWD/P&T, Railways/ other State Post -Gunarasa, Distt : Govt./ Central Govt. agencies.Non-registered bidders maysubmit bids; however, the successful bidders must Sharanpur-247554, have get registered in appropriate class with appropriate authorities before signing the contract. changed my name to prshant Sr.Name of PackageName of Work Period of Estimated cost Total Bid Cost Kumar for all future purposes. No. Distt. No. ConstructionConst.partMaint.partCost Security of Days Rs. & Rs. form 0040537599-1 1Lahul &HP-07-07 Up-gradationofKaza to 365 25815081 2635151 28450232 569000 5000 I Md Tasleem Alias Muhammed Spiti (Slice-A) Komic road Km 0/000 to 22/000 (Portion Km 0/000 Tasleem Alias Md TaslimAlias to 3/500). Mohammed Tasleem S/o 2Lahul &HP-07-07 Up-gradationofKaza to 365 33324185 2635151 35959336 720000 5000 Mohammad Jamad Ali R/o (Slice-B) Komic road Km 0/000 to Dahiyawan, Deokumar Singh 22/000 (Portion Km 3/500 to 7/000) Ka Hata. Chapra, Saran, Bihar- 841301, have changed my 3Spiti HP-07-07 Up-gradationofKaza to 365 26293913 2258701 28552614 571000 5000 (Slice-C) Komic road Km 0/000 to name to Mohammad Tasleem 22/000 (Portion Km 7/000 to 10/000). 0070704943-1

4Lahul &HP-07-07 Up-gradationofKaza to 365 31242616 3764501 35007117 700000 5000 I Md Shahabuddin Ansari Alias (Slice-D) Komic road Km 0/000 to 22/000 (Portion Km 10/000 Md Sahabuddin Ansari Alias to 15/000). Mo Shahbuddin Alias 5Spiti HP-07-07 Up-gradationofKaza to 365 22947061 2258701 25205762 504000 5000 Mohammad Shahabuddin S/o (Slice-E) Komic road Km 0/000 to Mohammad Qasim R/o 22/000 (Portion Km 15/000 Baghakol, Patoot, PS BIkram, to 18/000). Patna, Bihar-801112, have Up-gradationofKaza to 6Lahul &HP-07-07 365 31927531 3162180 35089711 702000 5000 changed my name to Md (Slice-F) Komic road Km 0/000 to 22/000 (Portion Km 18/000 Shahabuddin. 0070704941-1 to 22/000). I Hifarj Rahaman S/oShamsher Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.The Employershall not be held liable forany delays Ali R/oRasulpurDabheri, due to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bidders of anybid Muzaffarnagar, Uttar updates,the Employershall not be liable forany information not received by the bidder.Itisthe bidders’ respon- Pradesh-251309, have sibility to verify the website forthe latest information related to the tender. changed my name to Hifzur Date of release of Invitation forBids through e-procurement: 23rdMay 2020. Rahman. 0070704938-1 The technical bid shall be opened in the office of Superintending Engineer,11th Circle,HPPWD,Rampur Bushahron16.03.2020. The bidders are required to submit (a) original demand draft towards the cost of bid document and (b) original bid security in approvedformand (c)original affidavit regarding correctness of infor- LOST & FOUND mation furnished with bid document as per provisions of Clause 4.4 B(ii) of ITB with Concerned Executive Divisional Mechanical Engineer/ It is Notified for the information Engineer,HPPWD,onadate not later than twoworkingdaysafter the opening of technical qualification part CPRO/Mech-17 C&W,Lucknow of the Bid, either by registered post or by hand, failing which the technical bids shall be declared non-respon- that my Original Qualifying sive. Examination Certificate of Last Date/ Time forreceipt of bids through e-procurement: Date15thJune 2020 upto 1700 Hours Main Secondary Examination and will be opened on 17th June 2020 at 1100 hours. of Year-2018 and Roll- The Financial bids shall be opened in the office of Chief Engineer (Shimla Zone) HPPWD Shimla No.4053385 issued by CBSC (Date and Time will be intimated). has been lost. Candidate com Forfurther details please log on to http://pmgsytenders.gov.in. Name. Aarush Agrawal. s. The Government has enhanced the tendering limit of Class-B contractors from Rs.2.00 crore (Two crore) Address-Aarush Agrawal es

to Rs.5.00crore(Fivecrore) only forPMGSY works. xpr Sector-82MapskoCasabella The undersigned has right to extend or cancel the tender without declaring anyreasons thereof. Superintending Engineer TowerB-3/501 Near Saphire- 83 GURGAONPincode -122004 11th CircleHPPWD., indiane Rampur Bushahr Mobile 09667739922 Distt. Shimla (HP) 0040537585-1 0356/HP Fax: 01782-233167, Tel: 01782-233044 PUBLICNOTICE E-PROCUREMENT NOTICE INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) PUBLIC NOTICE My Client Smt. Krishna Devi W/o 1. The ExecutiveEngineer Seraj Division HP.PWD Janjehli Distt. Mandi on behalf of Governor of H.P invites Suresh Chand R/o 236, Mother the online bids on item rate,inelectronic tendering system, in 2Cover Systemfor the under mentioned Dairy,Chattarpur, New Delhi - work from the eligible and approvedcontractors/Firmsregistered with HPPWD Department. 110074 severe all relations & Debar her son Gaurav from all 1. C/o Thachadhar Naloti Balwar Kilan Dawada road km. 2,91,76,470/- 3,25,000/- 5000/- Class A movable- immovable 0/00 to 8/00 (SH: F/C,R/wall, B/wall, CD with wing wall, properties(s) out to his unlined drain &logo board, 5km stones and 200m stone misconduct being out of control and wrong activities. My client in km. 0/00 to 8/00) NABARD RIDF-XXV will not be responsible for any of 2. C/o Rilee Chendi Karswali road km. 0/000 to 8/415 (SH: 2,31,83,672/- 2,65,500/- 5000/- Class A his act. In future anybody deals with him shall do at his/her cost. F/C,R/wall, B/wall, CD &unlined surface drain etc.) Sd/- NABARD RIDF-XXV MANOJ KUMAR (Advocate) Ch.No. 232, Saket District 3. Balance work of Bagsaid Rahidhar Kathyali Dhanwar 4,33,52,749/- 5,00,000/- 5000/- Class A Court, New Delhi-110017 ShikariMata road (SH: F/C,R/wall, CD,side drain, para- Mob. 9953608665 pets,MTand cement concrete pavement) NABARD RIDF-XXV PUBLIC NOTICE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT (1) SH. RAJ 4. C/o Science Lab in Govt. Sr.Sec. School Saroa in Tehsil 1,37,68,281/- 1,22,400/- 5000/- Class A-B KUMAR SHARMA S/O SH. ROSHAN LAL & 2) SMT. NITESH KUMARI W/O RAJ KUMAR SHARMA ChachyotDistt.Mandi HP (SH: C/o building portion, BOTH R/O M-653, SHAKUR PUR, J.J COLONY, DELHI- 110034. IRENU BALA (ADVOCATE) SERVE WS&SI, RWHSystem and site development) THIS PUBLIC NOTICE THAT HENCEFORTH MY CLIENT HEREBY SEVERE ALL THEIR RELATION 5. Construction of 19.75 mtr span RCC T- beam over Suketi 40,32,610/- 68,500/- 2000/- Class B-C WITH THEIR SON PRADEEPKUMAR, THEIR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ANURADHA SHARMA AND Khad on Kohlugad Rutatan road in Tehsil Thunag Distt. THEIR GRANDSON (1) LAKSH SHARMA (MINOR) &(2) KARTIK SHARMA (MINOR) BOTH S/O Mandi HP (SH: C/o Sub structure and super structure PRADEEP KUMAR &ANURADHA SHARMA AND HEREBY DEBAR AND DISOWN THEM FROM ALL

and both side approaches) THEIR MOVABLE &IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES. assumption. AS THEY ARE NOT OBEDIENT TO MY CLIENT & DUE TO THEIR DISRESPECTFUL, THREATENING 6. C/o Additional Accommodation Rest House at Bagsaid in 1,20,46,777/- 1,52,970/- 5000/- Class A- B OF IMPLICATION IN FALSE CASE AND OUT OF

Tehsil Thunag Distt. Mandi (SH;- Construction of building CONTROL BEHAVIOR. ANYONE DEALING WITH an THEM WILL BE DOING SO AT HIS/HER/THEIR portion, WS&SI and Site development) OWN RISKS AND IN CASE THEY HURT OR MAKE FRAUD WITH ANYONE, MY CLIENT SHALL HAVE 7. C/o road from Dhunju to KarariKm0/000 to 2/500 29,99,100/- 52,500/- 1500/- Class D-C NO CONCERN. Sd/-

RENU BALA (ADVOCATE) not (SH;- F/C 5/7 mtr width in Km 0/000 to 0/285 ) SHOP NO. 09, RU-BLOCK, PITAMPURA, DELHI-110034

8. C/o road from Dhunju to KarariKm0/000 to 2/500 29,49,108/- 52,000/- 1500/- Class D-C sis. (SH;- F/C 5/7 mtr width in Km 1/900 to 2/500 ) PUBLIC NOTICE My Clients Mr &Mrs. Panna Lal Mittal S/o

9. C/o CHC building at Balichowki in Tehsil Balichowki Distt. 5,27,48,549/- 5,00,000/- 5000/- Class A Late Sh. Rati Ram Mittal R/o Dwarka Sector- analy 13, plot no. 5, flat no. 191 shabad apartment, Mandi (SH: C/o building portion, WS&SI, Septic Tank, New Delhi-110075, have disowned/ rain water harvesting system and site development) disinherited their Son and his wife Mr. &Mrs. Anurag Mittal along with his son Hardik Mittal from all their movable and immovable 10. C/o Science Lab in Govt. Sr.Sec. School Bagachanogi in 1,33,85,303/- 1,20,300/- 5000/- Class A-B onclusion properties and severed all their relations with detailed Tehsil Thunag Distt. Mandi HP (SH: C/o building portion, them. They have moved out of my client’s WS&SI, RWHSystem and site development) relation and properties own their own extinguishingall their existing and future

rights and claims. Hence, they are out of my tac 11. C/o Additional Accommodation in Govt. Sr.Sec. School 1,04,76,034/- 1,40,800/- 5000/- Class A-B client’s approach and control. My client will

ShankardehrainTehsil Thunag Distt. Mandi HP (SH: C/o not be responsible for any civil and criminal opinion act performed by them, if any person who ea

building portion, WS&SI, RWHSystem and site development) deals with the above said person may do so at ur his/her own risk, cost and consequences. 12. C/o Additional Accommodation in Govt. Sr.Sec. School 41,36,583/- 69,600/- 2000/- Class B-C Sd/- yo Bagachanogi in Tehsil Thunag Distt. Mandi HP (SH: C/o DEVRAJ AGGARWAL (ADVOCATE) CHAMBER NO. 756-A, WESTERN WING, rriv C/o laboratory, class room, liberary, computer room and TIS HAZARI COURTS, DELHI-54 orm

Art&Craft room i/c stair case) under RMSA Ia Inf 13. C/o Govt. Sen. Secy School Devdhar in Tehsil Thunag 1,48,37,194 1,50,500/- 5000/- Class A-B Distt. Mandi (SH;- Construction of building portion and Site development) HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 14. Construction of Govt. Sen. Sec. School Dharwarthach in 2,03,70,977/- 2,36,300/- 5000/- Class A Tehsil ThunagDistt Mandi(SH;- C/o Buildingportion site Telephone:-01975-238883, e-mail:- [email protected] developmentWS&SI Septic tank soak pit harvesting system) INVITATION FOR BIDS 15. Construction Additional Accommodation of Govt. Sen. 75,05,527 92,600/- 2000/- Class C–B The Superintending Engineer,15th Circle,HPPWD Una (H.P.) on behalfofGovernorofHPre-invites the item rate Sec. School at ChhatriinSub Tehsil ChhatriDistt Mandi bids,inelectronic tendering system from the eligible class of contractors registered with HPPWD forthe work as detailed (SH;- C/o Building portion and site development) in the table. Sr.Division/ packa- Name of Work Estimated Cost (Rs. in lacs) Total Cost Bid Security Starting Deadline 16. C/o Govt. Sen Secy School Murah in Tehsil Balichowki 64,54,195/- 97,400/- 2000/- Class C–B No. District ageConst- Main- (Rs. in Lakh) (Rs. in lacs) Date forfor submi- Distt. Mandi (SH;- Construction of building portion and No. ruction tenance down- ssion of Site development). loading Bid Bid 1Bharwain/ HP-12- MRL01-NehriMairi 910.24 52.87 963.11 19.27 16-05-2020 01-06-2020 2. Availability of Bid Document and mode of submission: The Bid document is available online and bid Una 175 JowarRoad at 10:30 AM should be submitted in online mode on website https://hptenders.gov.in. Bidder would be required to reg- 2Bharwain/ HP-12- MRL03-Shivbarito 1026.49 71.60 1098.09 21.97 16-05-2020 01-06-2020 PUBLIC NOTICE ister in the web-site which is free of cost. Forsubmission of bids,the bidder is required to have Digital Una 177 Dawali upto NH503 at 10:30 AM My clientsSmt. Suresh Devi and Sh. t. Signature Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA). “Aspiring bidders who Bijender Singh S/o Late Sh. Dariyav have not obtained the user ID and password forparticipating in e-tendering in HPPWD mayobtain the Note:- Submission of Original Documents:- The original documents required as per clause 12 of Section 2(Instructions Singh, R/o T-21 E, Ward No.-3, same from the website:https://hptenders.gov.in. Digital signature is mandatorytoparticipate in the e-ten- to Bidders) of the StandardBidding Document should reachinthis office up to or before the time and date of submis- Mehrauli,New Delhi- 30 have disowned their son namely Raju s. dering. Bidders already possessing the digital signature issued from authorized CAs can use the same in sion of bids either by hand or by registered post. Documents submitted by the firms /contractors in anyother office or after the

Solanki and daughter in law namely telligen

closing date and time of submission of bids will not be accepted, failing which the bids will be declared Non-responsive. es this tender. Khusbhu, from their all movable- The bids will be opened on 01-06-2020 at 11:00 AM. The bidders are advised to note other details of tenders from the immovable propertiesand sever In 3. KeyDates: department website https://pmgsytendershp.gov.in relationship due to their hostile

(Er.N.P.Singh) behaviour.Myclient will not be Expr 1. Date of Online Publication 22.05.2020 11.30 hrs. Superintending Engineer responsible for their any act and

anybody dealing with them shall do at Indian 0358/HP 15th Circle, H.P.P.W.D,Una-174303. 2. Document Download Startand End Date 22.05.2020 11.30 hrs.upto 04.06.2020 09.00 hrs. his own cost, risk.

Sd/- he Indian 3. Bid Submission Startand End Date 22.05.2020 11.30 hrs.upto 04.06.2020 09.00 hrs. SHAILABH PANDEY (Advocate) KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT BOARD rt 4. Physical Submission of EMD Cost of Tender 04.06.2020, 10.30 hrs. R.O. H. No.-1, FF Kh. No.-53, Fo (A Government of Karnataka Undertaking) Village Rajpur Khurd, The Document and original technical document New Delhi-110068 #49, East Wing ,4th &5th Floor,Khanija Bhavan, Race Course Road, 5. Date of Technical Bid opening, Evaluation of 04.06.2020 11.00 hrs. Technical Bid followedbyOpening of Financial Bid. Bengaluru-560 001. Ph: 080-22265383 Website: www.kiadb.in 4. TENDER DETAILS: No.: IADB/ENGG/ETND-EP-04/372/2020-21 Date: 13.05.2020 The Tender Documents shall be uploaded online in 2Cover: SHORTTERM NOTICE INVITING TENDER i) Cover 1: shall containscanned copies of all “Technical Documents/ Eligibility Information”. ii) Cover2: shall contain “BOQ/Financial Bid”, where contractor will quote his offer foreach item. (Through GOK e–Procurement Portal Only) 5. SUBMISSION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS: The bidders are required to submit (a) original demand draft KIADB is inviting tender for Item rate Tenders under two cover system are towards the cost of bid document and (b) original bid security/Earnest MoneyDeposit (EMD) and other Technical Documents inO/o ExecutiveEngineer Seraj Division HP.PWD Janjehli Distt. Mandi as specified invited as per the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act 1999 and in Keydates Sr.No. 4onTender Opening Date,failing which the bids will be declared non-responsive. 6. BID OPENING DETAILS: The bids shall be opened on 04.06.2020 at 11.00 hrs. in the office Executive Rules 2000 through electronic procurement from Class-I Contractors (Electrical) Engineer Seraj Division HP.PWD Janjehli Distt. Mandi H.P. by the authorised officer.Intheir interest the registered in KPWD &KCEI who have got adequate financial resources tender are advised to be present along with original documents at the time of opening of tenders.Ifthe office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the &sufficient past experience for the following work Drawing 11KV Express next working dayatthe same time and venue. 7. The bids forthe work shall remain valid foracceptance foraperiod not less than 120 days after the dead- Feederlinefrom Proposed Sub-Station and Providing Electrical Infrastructure line date forbid submission. 8The Bidder are advised to quote rates inclusiveofGST as applicable.GST shallnot be paid extra Facility to Mastenahalli Industrial Area, Chikkaballapura District. 9. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.The officer inviting tender shall not be held liable for The last date and time of receipt of tender is : 04.06.2020upto 04:00 pm anydelays due to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bid- ders of anybid updates,the Employershall not be liable forany information not received by the bidder.It Applicants May Download Bidding Documents from the E-Procurement Portal is the bidders’ responsibility to verify the website forthe latest information related to the tender. https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in. Sd/- (Er.K.K.Kaushal) Sd/- Executive Engineer, Seraj Division HP.PWD,Janjehli, Distt Mandi H.P DIPR/BU/61/2020-21 Chief Development Officer &Chief Engineer-1 0365/H.P. New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 13 THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,MAY14,2020 THE OUTBREAK TheWorld

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Kathmandu: Nepal regis- teredits highestspikein the number of cases with 85 newinfections within aday,including26from the Indo-Nepal border takingthe totaltallyto 219, health officials said. (Left) Commuters at Stratfordstation in LondononWednesday; twoyoung travellersatthe Nepal, whichisunder international airportinFrankfurt,Germany. Reuters lockdown to contain the spread of deadlycoron- avirus,isamong the na- tions that has the least number of cases of the EU pushesfor measures to salvage tourism UK eases lockdown as deadlyCOVID-19with no deaths. The total number of people infected by the economy takes ahit novelcoronavirus has THENEWYORKTIMES E.U.GUIDELINESFORTRAVELAMIDCORONAVIRUSOUTBREAK climbed to 219inNepal NEWYORK,MAY13 likelytobeevenworse as the with 85 newcases, the ALISTAIRSMOUT& countrywas underlockdown for highestnumberofconfir- The coronaviruspandemic has General Air Travel Rail BENMAKORI the entiremonth. mation of virustransmis- devastated thetourism industry, LONDON,MAY13 “Weare seeing one (quarter sion in 24-hours. ascountriessealedtheirborders, ■ Passengers will be ■ Ventilationshould be ■ Frequency,capacity of Patchwork of GDP contraction) herewith flightsgroundedtoahaltand bil- encouraged to buy strengthened, with hospital- trains should be increased ENGLAND TENTATIVELYbegan onlyafewdays of impact from lionsof peopleshelteredat home. tickets, reserveseatsand grade air filtering to reduce passenger density. policies easing itscoronavirus lock- the virus so it is now, yes, very As summer drawscloser,in- down on Wednesday, with likelythatthe UK economy will checkinonline. ■ Passenger flows should be ■ Forshort-distance trips, LESOTHO creasing fears that manyareas some people who cannotdo face asignificant recession this reliant on tourism will miss out ■ Passengers should managed withearly arrival, passengers should leave THE EU’S response to the their jobs at home urgedtore- year and we areinthe middle of LastAfrican on their biggestseason, coun- wear facemasks priority fore-check-in seatsempty between them coronavirus has ledtoex- turn to work,asstarkeconomic that as we speak,” finance minis- nationtoconfirm tries andbusinesses arebegin- ■ Transportstaff should ■ Minimisecontact at ■ Rail operators should use pertshighlightingapoten- datashowedthe disastrousim- terRishi Sunak said. ningtotakecautious steps to have adequate baggage drop-offs, security passenger counting systems tial issue withthe system: pact of the pandemic. The government is loosening viruscase ease restrictions or reinstate protective equipment. and border control points to manage capacity. thattheCommission’sad- The worst-hit countryin restrictions onlygradually, for travel services. viceisnotmandatory. This Europe with morethan 40,000 fear of triggering asecond peak Maseru: Southern Africa's The European Commission means that member na- deaths from COVID-19accord- of infections. Prime Minister tinykingdom of Lesotho on Wednesday, in abid to resume begunplottingtheir ownway urgedGermans to be “coura- gathered paceinthe past week, tionswilllikelyfollowtheir ingtoofficial data,Britain has Boris Johnson has described the on Wednesdayconfirmed travel and salvage thesummer forward. Three border check- geous and vigilant” Wednesday with the country's 16 stategov- owndirections without been in extensive lockdown process as a“supremely diffi- itsfirstcaseofCOVID-19, tourismseason, announcedits pointsbetween Austria and as the country emergesfromits ernmentsgraduallyopening sufficient coordination. sinceMarch 23. cult” balancingact. makingitthe lastAfrican recommendation fortravelacross Germanywereopened shutdown, callingonthemto restaurants, schools, gyms and This, as per analysts,could As of Wednesdaymorning, Scotland, Wales and countrytoreport the dis- theEuropeanUnion, saying coun- Wednesdaymorning, aday after avoid arelapseintotougher re- other facilities. becomeaseriousconcern: people in manufacturing and NorthernIreland, whichhave ease. With the announce- tries with similar levels of coron- Chancellor Angela Merkelof strictions even as officials setout The Baltic States of Estonia, It could createdifficulties certain other sectors were be- semi-autonomous govern- ment,all 54 countries in avirus outbreaksshould ease re- Germanyand Chancellor plans to relax bordercontrols, as Latvia and Lithuania will allow in planning travel.Itcould ingasked to return to work if ments, arestickingwitha“stay Africa have nowreported strictions. It said this should SebastianKurzofAustria agreed per an Associated Press report. travel among the three nations alsolead to erratic varia- theycould. at home” messagefor now, coronaviruscases. ultimatelylead to acomplete to the measures thatwould in- Germanystarted loosening beginning Friday, though trav- tionsinrestrictions,which GDP dataonWednesday leaving England, the mostpop- Lesotho's healthministry restoration of free movement stitutefreemovement between coronavirus restrictions on April ellersfromoutside the region could be detrimental to showedthe economyshrank by ulous UK nation, to take the said one person who re- among its27memberstates. the twonations. 20, about amonth afterthey will be required to spend 14 days publichealth. arecord5.8% in March from lead in sendingsome people centlyarrivedin the coun- Some countries have already Chancellor Angela Merkel were introduced. The easing has in quarantine. February, andthe April datais backtowork. REUTERS tryhad testedpositive but wasnot showing signs of being ill. The patientwas Breaking23-day being isolated.The coun- 5plagues from China in last 3KEYTAKEAWAYS MalaysianPMdelays tryof2millionpeople is FROMU.S.HEALTH streak,Hong surroundedbySouth confidence vote citing Africa, whichhas the 20 yrs, it has to stop, says US EXPERTS’HEARING Kong reports highestnumber of con- firmedcases in Africa virus, Mahathir objects new local cases with11,350. LACK OF TESTING, LALITKJHA LegislationtosanctionChina proposed TRACINGCAPABILITY THAILAND WASHINGTON,MAY13 Experts notedthe US REUTERS THENEWYORKTIMES Washington: Nine influential Chinahas providedafulland lackedcritical testing KUALALUMPUR,MAY13 NEWYORK,MAY13 Nonewcases AS MANY as five plagues have US senators have introduced complete accounting to any capacity and the ability forfirsttimein come out of Chinainthe last 20 alegislationinCongress seek- COVID-19probe ledbythe to tracecontacts. Dr MALAYSIAN PRIME Minister HONGKONGreportedtwo new years and at some point it has to ing to authorise President United States,its allies or the Anthony Fauci warned Muhyiddin Yassinwill notface locallytransmitted infections on twomonths stop, US National Security Donald Trumptoimpose United Nations affiliates such “thereisareal risk that aconfidence voteonMay 18 as Wednesdayafter more than three Advisor Robert O'Brien has said, sanctions on China if it fails to as the WorldHealth youwill trigger an scheduled, the speaker of par- weeksofnosuchcases andas so- Bangkok: Thailandhas re- holding the countryresponsible cooperateinprovidingafull Organisation and has closed outbreak that youmay liament said on Wednesdayaf- cialdistancingmeasuresbeganto portednonew confirmed forthe originofthe coronavirus accounting of the eventslead- all operating wetmarkets that notbeabletocontrol” terthe government said the Muhyiddin Yassin relax,and athirdcase recorded cases of the coronavirus pandemic whichhas killedover ing up to the outbreak of the have the potential to expose battle againstthe coronavirus on the same daywas imported forthe firsttime in more 250,000 people globally. coronavirus. humans to health risks VACCINE UNLIKELY wasapriority. from Pakistan, bringing the total than twomonths. There People across the globeare It mandates the President through the introduction of TO BE READYSOON His predecessor,94-year-old address by the king, “as the infections in the city to 1,051. also were no newdeaths going to riseupand tell the to make acertification to zoonotic diseaseintothe hu- Fauci said it wasa Mahathir Mohamad who re- COVID-19pandemic hasnot A66-year-old womanand reported on Wednesday, Chinese government that "we Congress within 60 days that manpopulation. PTI "bridge toofar"tothink signedinFebruaryafter hiscoali- been fullycleared”. her 5-year-old granddaughter, leaving the country's to- cannolongerhavethese plagues avaccineortreatment tion collapsed, denouncedthe Malaysia has so farreported who live separately, were in- talat3,017 caseswith 56 coming out of China", whether would be readybythe decision as apossiblesign of 6,779 coronaviruspatients, with fected,healthofficialssaid on fatalities. Since the begin- it is from labs or wetmarkets, had SARS, avian flu,swine flu, frainedfromgivingatimeframe. time classes startthis Muhyiddinlacking aparliamen- 111 dead. The SoutheastAsian Wednesday. Neither had re- ning of May, Thailand has neither one is agoodanswer,he COVID-19now and howlonger "Ican'tgive youatimeframeon fall, on aquestion about tary majority. countryhas notheld anyparlia- centlytravelled,and it wasun- reportedsingle-digit told reporters at the White can the worldput up with this that. That's something that we're collegestudents Speaker Mohamad AriffMd mentarysession this year. clear howtheyhad contracted daily increases with the House on Tuesday. terrible public health situation continuingto review anditisobvi- returning to campus Yusof lastweekapproved amo- “Parliament is notallowedto the virus, the officials added. exception of May4,when "Weknowitcame from that you'vegot in the People's ouslyavery serious concern. tion brought by Mahathir seek- convene, whichmeans Thenews cameasHongKong, aclusterpushedthe Wuhan and Ithinkthere's cir- Republic of China that is being "Look,China'sgot to figureout DEATH TOLL LIKELY ing avoteofnoconfidence in Muhyiddin doesnot have ma- having seen no local transmis- number to 18.The last cumstantial evidence that it unleashedonthe world,"the top howtodeal with itspublic health GREATER THAN 80,000 Muhyiddin’sleadership. jority support,” Mahathir,once sions for23days, begantorestart time Thailand reported couldhavecomefromthe lab or Americanofficial said. because we cannothaveanother The official also said the But, in astatement,the the world’s oldesthead of gov- some previouslyrestrictedactiv- no newcases wason the wetmarket. 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OTHER TOP GLOBAL STORIES Death toll from attack on Kabul ‘Evidence of Russian role in Israel: Pompeo meets Netanyahu maternity clinic rises to 24 German parliament hack’ to talk West Bank annexation Spiegel reportedthat correspon- Afghan militaryand security ASSOCIATEDPRESS dence from Merkel’s parliamen- from his jetwearing ared,white ASSOCIATEDPRESS forces in Kabul, as well as civil- BERLIN,MAY13 tary office wasamong the docu- DAVIDMHALBFINGER& and blue mask,said his meetings KABUL,MAY13 ians. The Taliban deniedthey mentstargetedinthe 2015 hack. LARAJAKES with Israeli leaders would also were involved.Inthe past,most GERMANCHANCELLORAngela Merkelwas asked about the JERUSALEM,MAY13 address effortstofight the coro- AFGHAN OFFICIALSon of theattacks in Dashti Barchi Merkelsaid Wednesdaythereis theftofdatafromher office in a navirus and to stop Iran’s nuclear Wednesdayraisedthe death were carriedout by IS. “hardevidence”ofRussian in- question-and-answer session WITH ISRAEL preparing to annex project and contain itsexpan- from themilitant attackonama- Afghan President Ashraf volvement in acyberattackon withlawmakersinparliament territoryinthe occupiedWest sionistmovesinthe Middle East. ternity hospital in Kabul the pre- Ghani announcedthatAfghan the German parliamentin2015 Wednesday. She replied:“Iget Bank and aflurry of clashes Opponentsofannexation vious day, saying that 24 people security forces would no longer that reportedlyalso involvedthe the impression that theypicked claiming the livesofanIsraeli have warnedthatitwouldkillthe were killed, including twonew- Outside the hospital. Reuters operateinthe defensiveposture theftofdocumentsfromher up relatively indiscriminately soldier and aPalestinian MikePompeo with chance of atwo-state solution to born babies,theirmothers and takeninthe wake of thepeace ownparliamentaryoffice. what theycouldget.” teenager,SecretaryofState Mike Benjamin Netanyahu. Reuters the long-runningconflict and an unspecifiednumber of nurses. agreement. Instead,hecalledon GermandailySueddeutsche “I can sayhonestlythatthis Pompeo arrivedinJerusalem on would sparkviolence that could Militantsstormedthe hospi- said 16 people were killedinthe security forces to launch attacks Zeitung reported lastweek that pains me: on the one hand, I Wednesdaypromisingtopush quicklyleadtothe collapse of the talinDashti Barchi, amostly attackand over 100women and againstTalibaninsurgents. federalprosecutorshave issuedan work everyday forabetterrela- ahead with the Trumpadminis- startofalightning-quick, seven- PalestinianAuthority,whichgov- Shiiteneighbourhood the west- babies were evacuated from the “The Taliban have notgiven arrest warrantagainstanalleged tionship with Russia, and when tration’s proposal to resolve the hour visit.Itisthe firstofficialtrip ernstheWest BankundertheOslo ern partofKabul, on Tuesday buildingunderfire. up fighting and killing Afghans, officerwithRussia’sGRUmilitary yousee on the other hand that Israeli-Palestinian conflict. to Israel by anycountry’s diplo- accords. The StateDepartment morning, setting offanhours- No one immediatelyclaimed instead theyhaveincreasedtheir intelligenceagency identifiedas thereissuchhardevidence that “Thereremains work yetto matssince the coronavirus pan- has in recent weekssought to long shootout with the police. responsibility forthe attack, but attacks on ourcountrymen and DmitriyBadin,whoalreadyisbe- Russian forces areinvolvedin do, and we needtomakeprogress demic shunted face-to-face downplaythe Trumpadminis- The Interior Ministry both the Taliban and the Islamic public places,” despiterepeated ing sought by US authorities. On acting this way, this is an area of on it,”Pompeo saidof the admin- meetingsontovideoconferences. tration’s role in shaping Israel’s spokesman,Tareq Arian, initially Stategroup frequentlytarget calls foracease-fire,Ghani said. Friday, news magazine Der tension,” she added. istration’s “visionfor peace” at the Pompeo, who disembarked annexation plans. NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST FM OUTLINES DETAILS OF ECONOMIC PACKAGE Almost 40K projects to get relief `9,250-crliquidityboostfromEPF from Rera compliance for 6mths We are happy the govt has considered the “Treat COVID-19 as an helphomebuyersgettheirdream recommendation on KARUNJITSINGH& event of ‘Force Majeure’ homesinthestipulatedamountof providing back-stop contributioncut,waiverextension SANDEEPSINGH under RERA. Extend the time.”While the FM also an- facility and stepping in NEWDELHI,MAY13 nouncedthe special liquidity mentscovered under EPFOand registration and scheme, “Underthe scheme in- for 20% First Loss ENSECONOMICBUREAU about 4.3 croresuchemployees. IN Arelief to the real estate indus- completion date suo- vestment will be made...in both Guarantee for AA and NEWDELHI,MAY13 The benefit foremployees is, try, Finance MinisterNirmala moto by 6months for all debt paper of NBFCsHFC and mi- below however, availabletoonlyprivate Sitharaman on Wednesdayan- registered projects crofinanceinstitutions,” said THE FINANCE Ministeran- sectorentities as the government nouncedthat the Urban expiringonorafter 25th Sitharaman noting that NBFCs CHANDRAJIT BANERJEE, nouncedrelaxationsoncontribu- clarified that central public sector Development Ministrywillgivea March, 2020 without with lowercredit ratings were DIRECTOR GENERAL, CII tionto Employees’ProvidentFund enterprises and StatePSUs will directive to stateregulators to al- individual applications” finding it difficult to getliquidity. inabidto provideliquiditytoboth continueto contribute 12 percent lowextensionofuptosix months Sitharaman also announceda The stage is now set to employees and employers of pri- as employercontribution. forthe completion or registration NIRMALA SITHARAMAN partialcreditguaranteeschemefor rebuild the Indian vate sectorcompanies.Whileitan- Theearlierdecision,wherethe dateofprojectswhichwereset to FINANCE MINISTER investmentsofRs45,000crorefor nounceda3-monthextension(till government will continuetopro- expireonorafter March25, 2020. investment guaranteeing the first industry and economy August) of the ongoing waiver videfor employeeand employer The FM also announcedaRs 20% loss from suchinvestments. frompaymentofEPFcontribution contribution forsmaller compa- 30,000-crorespecial liquidity ongoing and have acompletion “Theproblemwasthatdespite SANGITA REDDY both forthe employerand em- nies forthree moremonths till scheme,inwhichthegovernment date afterMarch 2020. So,all of theRBIreducingrepoandreverse PRESIDENT, FICCI ployeefor establishmentshaving August,willprovideliquidityrelief will fully guarantee investments themcanextendtheircompletion repo rates, Ithink therewas lim- upto 100workerswith90percent FinanceMinisterNirmala Sitharamanwith MinisterofState of Rs 2,500crto3.67lakh estab- ininvestmentgradedebtpaperof datebysix months without hav- ited on lending by bankstoHFCs Withthisnew havingincomebelowRs15,000,it forFinance Anurag Thakur in New Delhi Wednesday. Anil Sharma lishments and for72.22 lakhstaff. non-bankingfinancialinstitutions, ingto payany delaypenaltyto the and even NBFCs” said Arindam classification,anumber also providedrelaxation to all BharatiyaMazdoorSanghsaid housing finance companies and customer,” said PankajKapoor, Guha, partner at DeloitteIndia. otherprivate sectorcompaniesby raisingthetakeawaysalaryforem- microfinance institutions. founder and MD, Liases Foras. Guha also said that the an- ofACMAmembers reducing the statutoryPFcontri- provide morecash in hand to the dues,” said Sitharaman. ployees to increase liquidity is The FMsaid,“Treat COVID-19 Hefurtheraddedthatthisisno nouncement of a“standstill pe- standtobenefitasthe bution of both employerand em- tune of Rs 50,000crore. What this will do is that while goodbutthereductionofEPFrate as an event of ‘Force Majeure’ un- significantrelief fordevelopersand riod”of sixmonthswouldhelpreal sectorisdominatedby ployee from 12 percent to 10 per While the extension of waiver the employees willbenefitinthe could have been avoided. der RERA.Extendtheregistration thegovernmentshouldhave pro- estatecompaniesavoidindividual smallerenterprises cent forthe next three months. foremployees and employers of form of gettingthe 2percentage In other taxcompliance re- and completion datesuo-moto vided fordemandrevival and fi- negotiationswithstateregulators Inaggregate,thetwodecisions smallerorganisationsandthecon- point of their EPF contribution as lated measures, the government by 6months forall registered nancingforrealestate companies. foreachprojectbecauseof COVID- DEEPAK JAIN would cover10.17 lakh establish- tribution to be made by thegov- partoftheirtake homeincomefor extendedthe income-tax return projectsexpiring on or after25th Thereare some who feel this 19 related delays. PRESIDENT, ACMA mentsand 5.06crore employees ernmentinstead,isacontinuation the next three months, the em- deadline forFY20 from July31 March,2020 withoutindividual will provide abig relief. Sanjay “Intheabsenceof suchaprovi- and provide atotal liquidity of Rs of thebenefitthatwasannounced ployers will also save on it as they and October 31 to November 30 applications.” Dutt, MD &CEO,TataRealty and sion, the issue (delayinconstruc- 9,250croretoboththeemployees’ by theFinanceMinisterinthefirst willberequiredto provideforonly and taxauditfromSeptember 30 Industryinsiders saythatthe InfrastructureLimited said, “We tion) would have to be dealt with Announcement of `3L and employers of these establish- relief packageonMarch 26, on 10 percentPFcontributioninstead to October 31.The deadline for six month grace in compliance of welcome the Government’s deci- on acase by casebasiswith each crore collateral-free ments. The government also an- Tuesday she providedsome relief of 12 per cent earlier. making paymentsunder the norms underReal Estate sion to treatthe COVID-19period state’s real estate regulatoryau- automatic loan …will nouncedacut in ratesofTax to the employees’ and employers The FM said that this move to VivadseVishwas Scheme with- RegulationandDevelopmentAct, asan eventofforcemajeuretoex- thority,” said Guha. benefit 45 lakh units Deduction at Source and Tax of other businesses too. reducestatutorycontributionwill out paying interestand penalty is expected to provide some relief tendtheregistrationandcomple- Headdedwhilethiswasonlya CollectionatSourceby 25percent “Itisnecessarytoprovidemore provide liquidity of Rs 6,750crore has also been extendedto to almost40,000 projects across tiondateby6monthsforallregis- directive,moststate authorities across the country fornon-salariedpaymentssuchas take homesalary to employees to bothemployersandemployees December 31 from June 30, pro- the country. “Thereare around teredrealestate projects.Thiswill would likelyextendtimelines for SHARAD KUMAR SARAF professionalfees,interest,rent,div- and also to give relief to employ- over3monthsandwillprovidere- viding an extension to the 45,000 RERA registered projects certainly alleviateagreatamount project completion and registra- PRESIDENT, FIEO idend,commission, brokerageto ers in paymentofProvidentFund lief to about 6.5 lakhestablish- scheme by sixmonths. andalmost90percentof themare of stressonthedevelopersandalso tion in the current circumstances. Move will restorestability in ‘Cash desperate’ discoms to get `90K cr Pandemic hit:‘Majorstatesstare financial markets:SBI chief WORSTHIT ■ The lockdownhas infusion: PFC, REC to manageamount well as providing crucial support at `97,100crrevenue lossinApr’ more debilitating impact ENSECONOMICBUREAU to stressedentities in the current Major states arecollectively looking at arevenue loss of on the states,which Theydesperatelyneedhelp...allthe MUMBAI,MAY13 situation,” Kumar said. around Rs 97,100 croreinApril alone due to theCOVID- have ahigh share of own ENSECONOMICBUREAU The funds will be statediscomsare inseriouscrisis,” Manoj Kumar Nambiar,MD, driven lockdown, whichhas hit therevenues of businesses revenue in the total NEWDELHI,MAY13 said Sitharaman. revenue mix infusedonce states give BANKSARE settoextendfunds to Arohan and Chairman of MFIN, and thegovernment alike, according to India Ratings Discomshavenotbeenableto lowerratednon-bankingfinancial said, “The firstmeasurewith full ■ Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, INAmove to bailout“cashdesper- PFC and REC guarantees extractmoneyfromcustomersfor companies and housing finance guarantee forRs30,000croreand STATEGOVTSINTROUBLE FROMWHEREDOSTATES Karnataka, Kerala, ate” electricity distribution com- to ensurerepayment providingelectricity,whichhasleft companies following thegovern- thesecondoneforRs45,000crore Both the Centre and EARNOWNMONEY? Maharashtra, Tamil panies (discoms) that have been them unabletopay theirduesto ment’s decision to offercredit with20percentpartialguarantee states are struggling due to State GST, VAT, excise, tax Nadu and Telangana strugglingwithrepaymentof dues of the amount gencos and transcos. guarantee support. forNBFCs, HFCs and MFIs is path the dried-up cash inflowbut and duty on electricity, and stand out to powergenerating(gencos)and “Wewant thebenefit (of the Bankswhichwerepressingfor breaking from the government of the problems of states are own non-tax revenue ■ Gujarat willbethe transmission companies willbeinfusedoncestatesgive PFC infusion) to be passedontothe aguaranteefromthegovernment India.” Deo Shankar Tripathi, MD more precarious because the worst hit as its own (transcos), the government and REC guarantees to ensurere- customer.Weare,infact, telling to lendmoneytoNBFCs despite &CEO, Aadhar Housing Finance, actual battle against the The revenue loss revenue head is highest WednesdayannouncedaRs payment of the amount in the the Central Public Sector genera- theReserve BankofIndiaopening said, “the special liquidity of Rs pandemic and the associated for the 21 major at 76 per cent, followed 90,000 croreone-time“emer- event that the discom is unable to tioncompaniesthattheyshallgive aliquidity windowfor NBFCs and 30,000 crorewith government expenditure are met by them. states in April alone by Telangana with 75.6 gency liquid injection” to clear paybackthe corporations. rebates to those discoms which microfinance firms have wel- guaranteewillencouragebanksto at `97,100 crore per cent, Haryana at 74.7 these dues.This government ex- At thesame time, some ex- have passedthese benefitstothe comedthegovernmentguarantee subscribeinvestment grade debt PUSHTOWARDS per cent, Karnataka at pectscentral public sector gencos perts have said that the move, final customer,” she added. announcedinthe stimulus pack- papers of AA and belowrated AUSTERITY Economic activity 71.4 per cent, TN at 70.4 to passonthebenefitsofthismove while beneficial in the short term, According to ReNewPower age.“Theenvisagedsupportoffull NBFCs,HFCs and MFIs.” This is pushing them to adopt is unlikely to per cent, Maharashtra to thepopulationbygivingare- maynot act as morethan aquick- CMDSumantSinha,thismayalso credit guarantees to the lower “Now bankswithgovernment austerity measures and normalise 69.8 per cent, Kerala batetodiscoms to passontotheir fix. If severalsystemicissuesare beanopportune timeforthegov- ratedNBFC and HFCentities will guaranteewillhappilydrawfunds combine it with exploring until Q2 69.6 per cent and Goa at customers upon receiptofdues. notresolved,discomsmaybeback ernment to convincestatestoex- restorestability in financial mar- from the RBI and support low new/more ways of 66.9 per cent PowerFinance Corporation in aposition wheretheyare un- peditedistributionsectorreforms, kets andcould act as aclear en- ratedcompanies. Another Rs generating revenues (PFC) and RuralElectrification able to paygencos andtranscos “so that distribution companies abling factor forcompressing 45,000crorewith20percentfirst Corporation(REC)willprovidethe again going forward, as perthem. don’tneedabailoutnexttimeand credit spreads,”SBI Chairman loss partial guarantee from gov- amountowedtodiscomsbytheir As per apresentation by the areable to become financiallyvi- RajnishKumar said. ernmentwillencouragelendersto Outlook: Things may improve somewhat in May due to the easing of some customers so that this moneycan FM,discoms currentlyowe ap- able entities.” “The measuresfor MSME supportlow and even unrated restrictions,the liquorsale being allowed is the most prominentone and a Source: India then be used to payoff their dues proximatelyRs94,000 croreto According to analysts,the through guarantees, equity infu- NBFCs,MFIsandHFCs.Thismeas- number of states while allowing have also raised the excise duty and some Ratings/PTI to theentitiesprovidingthemwith powergencos andtranscos. move mayhelp discoms with sion and debt supportwillincen- urewill largely solve the liquidity have raised VAT on petrol and diesel the power, saidFinance Minister “Discoms todayare facing un- shortterm liquidity issues, but it tivize bank lending to MSMEs as issues of these lenders,” he said. NirmalaSitharaman. The funds precedented cash flowproblems. alsoraisesseveralquestions. BRIEFLY Sensex zooms 637 pts on Maruti Q4 net ‘No immediate relief’: Industries in Firms sign deal NDBgives$1bn package announcement falls28.1%,unsure with Gilead to loantoIndia on demand revival TN say crucialgrievances ignored make Remdesivir Beijing: TheNew Develop- ENSECONOMICBUREAU Markets ENSECONOMICBUREAU body of MSMEs in the state. crucialdemandtouse the ment Bank of the BRICS MUMBAI,MAY13 MUMBAI,MAY13 ARUNJANARDHANAN AShanmugavelayutham, a Employees’State Insurance ENSECONOMICBUREAU countries has disbursed$1 toread CHENNAI,MAY13 leader of the Tamil Nadu Small (ESI) to paythe workers, was MUMBAI,MAY13 billion loan to India. DOMESTICSTOCK marketson fineprint MARUTI SUZUKIIndia is notsure and Tiny Industries Association, also notheard. Wednesdayrallied by 2per cent by whenthe demand forcars EVEN AS Tamil Nadu welcomed said alarge majorityofindustries The Industrial Estate CIPLAONWednesday said it has as the much-awaited Rs 20 lakh WHILE THE stimulus would see arecovery. someof themeasuressuchascol- in the state, whichare about 10 Manufacturers Association had signedanon-exclusivelicensing USproposes crorestimulus packagean- packagehas certainly Chairman RC Bhargava saidit lateral-free loans worthRs3lakh lakhwith20toover100 work- written to Sitharaman lastmonth agreement with Gilead Sciences Novelistodivest nouncedbythe Prime Minister boostedmarket mood,a would be difficulttopredict the crore, confederations of indus- ers each, haven’t paid wagesfor seeking relief and had reminded forthe manufacturing and distri- cheered investors. The Sensex lotwilldepend upon the recoverytimelineasitwouldtake tries in the state seemed“de- employees. the Centrethat the immediate butionofRemdesivir,whichhas Washington:TheUSDepart- gained637 pointsto32,008.61and details of the Rs 20 lakh 6-8 months to understand when pressed” afterFinance Minister Shanmugavelayutham said priority of industries afterthe beenissuedanemergencyuseau- mentof Justiceisproposinga theNSENiftyclosedwithagainof crorepackage. Market the recovery would happen. Nirmala Sitharaman’sslewof MSMEs welcome the decision to lockdown period will be to pay thorisation by the US FDAtotreat federal courttoorder 187points at 9,383.55. participantswillreact to The companyreported a28.1 measures were announced. provide collateral-free automatic wages, electricitychargesandthe COVID-19. As partofthe deal, Hindalco-ownedcompany The rupee appreciated by 5 those details in the percentyear-on-yearfallinitsnet Industryrepresentativeswho loans worthRs3lakh crore. “But regular bank interests and Cipla will be permitted to manu- Novelis to divest Aleris paise to 75.46against theUSdol- comingdaysand that at`1,292crore intheMarchquar- spoketoTheIndian Express said again, the government is silent “mainlybringbackour workers facturetheAPIandfinishedprod- Corporation’s entirealu- lar as fiscalstimulus by thegov- would also setthe tone terdueto lowersalesvolumeand crucial grievancestheyraisedbe- aboutthe rate of interest,”he said, and labourers backfromtheirna- uct,andmarketitin127countries minium automotive body ernment bolstered investor sen- forthe rest of the session. highersalespromotionexpenses. fore the Finance Ministryinpeti- referring to ademand raisedby tive places whohavebeen trained under itsown brand name. sheetoperations in North timent.However, risksentiments Despitethefall,Maruti’sprofitwas tionswereignored. industries to reduce the interest all these years to work in our fac- As per a PTI report, Jubilant America. PTI were negative andthe investor inlinewithestimatesastheeffect “New definition of MSME will rate from10 or above to 6or7per tory andworkshops and to re- LifeSciences,Heteroand Mylan sentimentremainedfragile over markaswell,withtheindiceswit- of lowersales waspartiallyoffset leadtoconfusionsasbothinvest- cent. startall the idlemachineryall have also enteredintonon-exclu- coronavirus concerns, analysts nessing ahugegap-upopening by loweroperatingexpenses,cost ment and turnoverconditions to MohanCK,another leader these days due to lockdown.” sive licensing agreementswith Newrolefor said. The stimulus packagetrig- and remainedrange-bound reductionefforts andreductionin be satisfiedtokeepthe status,” of Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Full report on Gilead formanufacturing anddis- Gawande geredadecent rallyinthe bench- thereafter. corporatetax rate. FE said SAnburajan,headof the apex Industries Association said a www.indianexpress.com tribution of Remdesivir. Bengaluru: Harvardsurgeon Atul Gawande will step Growth rate US Fed’s Powell down as CEO to take on the Nilesh Shah at E-XPLAINEDsession today role of chairman at Haven, projected to calls formore thehealthcare JVof Amazon, May14at7PM. tryleaders to clam investors’ BerkshireHathaway and slow to 1.2%in ENSECONOMICBUREAU While he willtalk nerve. Stating that the Templeton fiscal support JPMorganChase. REUTERS NEWDELHI,MAY13 about the impact of pan- episode wasacaseinisolation, he 2020: UN report demic on business and came out to inform investors WITH THE coronavirus pan- markets, he will alsoad- about the quality of papersheld REUTERS NFLfertiliser demic throwing challengeson dressconcerns of in- by the debt schemes acrossthe WASHINGTON,MAY13 salesjump PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA allfrontsincludinghealth,econ- vestors who have turned industryinabid to stop the re- UNITEDNATIONS,MAY13 omyand livelihood among oth- wary notonlyontheir demption pressurethat could THE HEAD of the Federal Reserve NewDelhi: NFLposted71 ers, financialsecurity and capi- existing investmentsin have created aliquidity problem warnedonWednesday of an“ex- per cent growth in fertiliser THE UN slashedIndia’sprojected talprotection have emergedas mutualfunds andstock notonlyfor theindustrybut could tendedperiod”of weakeconomic salesinApril,asagainstyear growthrate to 1.2percentin2020 the toppriority forindividuals in marketsbut areeven Nilesh Shah, MD at have ledtoalargercontagion ef- growth,vowedtousetheUScen- ago, as perastatement. and forecastthatthe global econ- current times. worriedabout their in- KotakMahindraAsset fect in the financial markets. tral bank’s powerasneeded, and omywillcontractsharplyby3.2 Having spent 25 years in the vestmentsinbonds and Management Shah has held leadership calledfor additional fiscalspend- per cent as the COVID-19pan- capital marketsand managed fixeddepositswith roles with Axis Capital, ICICI ing to stem the fallout from the Sebichairman, demic paralyses the world. funds across equity,fixedincome banks. PrudentialAssetManagement, coronavirus pandemic. Ficcie-conference TheWorldEconomicSituation and real estate forlocal and global Apart-time member of the sides howtoproceed with your wind up six of itsschemes, block- Franklin Templetonand ICICI se- Powellpointedto uncertainty and Prospectsasofmid-2020 re- investors, Nilesh Shah, MD at EconomicAdvisoryCouncil to investment decisions in current ingaggregate investmentsworth curities in the past. Agoldmedal- overhowwellfuture outbreaksof NewDelhi:Sebi chairman leasedWednesdaybytheUNsaid KotakMahindraAsset the Prime Minister, Shah, an op- times. over Rs 30,000 crore, Shah, who istchartered accountant and a the virus can be controlledand AjayTyagi had aconference thatglobal GDP is forecastto Management, will join TheIndian timistonthe Indian economy, Lastmonth, as investors is also the chairman of merit rankingcostaccountant, howquicklyavaccine can be de- call with Ficci on shrink by 3.2 per cent in 2020, Express webinar E-XPLAINED will beavailable to demystify the turned wary on their debt fund Association of MutualFundsin his hobbies include reading and veloped, and said policymakers Wednesday. ENS withonlyagradualrecovery of session‘Uncertain Times, economic package, howitmay investmentsfollowing the India,tooktheleadandcameout educating investors on financial neededtobeready address“a lostoutputprojected for2021. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,MAY14,2020 “It depends on the character, Virat (Kohli) is such an imposing character, all encompassing, it would be difficult for him to hand over, he wouldn't want to hand anything over. Whereas with England, we have (Eoin) Morgan and (Joe) Root,two likeable, laidback (characters).” 16 SPORT NASSER HUSSAIN ON SPLIT CAPTAINCY Enterthedragon,inblackandwhite Aarogya Setuapp must Chinabeats USAinOnline NationsCup superfinal; Kasparov says newsuperpower hasemerged forhockeyplayers: HI

conkedout brieflyonthe secondday.Dutch MIHIRVASAVDA @indianexpress.com SANDIPG GrandmasterAnish Giri wassoworriedabout NEWDELHI,MAY13 NEWDELHI,MAY13 hisinternetconnectionthathespenttheweek leadingupto thetournamentfishingoutmeth- TO BE eligible fortournaments, India’s THOSEMONTHS, IT WASaround midnight in Beijingthat ods to keep the connection stable. “I wasplay- hockeyplayers will firsthavetodownload THOSEMINUTES ChineseGrandmasterWeiYi brokeintoarue- inginasmalleronlinetournamentandtheWi- the AarogyaSetuapp on their mobile Forced intoanunprecedented ful smile, as his American opponent Fabiano Fi went out. Iwas furious.Idid alot of research phones.The sport’s governingbody, Hockey lockdown, sportisstaringatan Caruana, sitting in his beachside house in and Iupgradedeverything. NowmyWi-Fiis India, has made it mandatoryfor allplayers unfathomable despair. Indian Miami,whereitwasjustnoon,killedathrilling absolutelyinsane,” he told ChessBase.com. and staffofits member associations to athletes, though,havegiven the faceoff withaslickend-gamemanoeuvre.The To nailthe wobblyconnection, Dinara download the government’s Covid-19 country reasons to rejoice in the victorylefttheFIDEOnlineNationsCupsuper- Saduakassova,playing from her home in Nur- tracker, whichhas come under scrutinyfor past. The Indian Express looksback final lockedina2-2 draw,thoughChina were Sultan, setuptwo mobile routers as abackup. privacy-related issues. at abunchofthese memories. declaredwinnersastheyhad wonthe round- “Wehavealotofunannouncedpowercutsin In its20-pageguidelines to stateunits, robin phase. the city.Soit’s better to keep the mobile- HockeyIndia hassaidthe appwill be usedto The four Chinese Grandmasters—Yi, Ding phones ready.It’sasaviour,” she said. checkthe participant’s health status and only CHETAN SHARMA Liren, Hou Yifan and Yu Yangyi—appeared ForItalian-American Caruana, abigger thosewho are‘safe’ or ‘lowrisk’ will be al- tells Vishal Menon briefly foravideoconferenceontheChessBase problem wasthathecouldn’t go to the bath- lowedtotakepart in tournaments,when howthe hat-trick website, that waslive-streamingthe week- roombetweenrounds.To keeptheintegrityof theybeginpost-pandemic.’ againstNew longtournament.Followingonthelivestream, the tournamentand preventcheating allega- “Beforeleaving forthe upcoming event, Zealand at the 1987 their eyes looked sleepybut beaming, the tions,FIDEhadinsistedonplayersnotmoving all players and staffmustreviewtheir status WorldCup helped voices soundedhappybut drowsy to all who Ascreenshotofthe FIDE Online Nations Cup matchbetween China’s Ding Liren fromthechairs,whichmeanstheycan’tmove on 'Aarogyasetu' and travel onlywhenthe exorcise ghosts of theJaved followedthem online. Their American coun- and the United States’s Hikaru Nakamura. fromwheretheyare sittingandthereare mul- app shows 'safe' or 'lowrisk' status,” the doc- Miandad six ayear earlier. terpartsweredrearyand downcast,though tiple cameras gazing at you. ument reads. “Member Unitsare advised READTHESTORYON Caruana later liftedthe gloom with his char- Theurge forcedhimto playquickeragainst that in case the App shows amessagethata indianexpress.com acteristic humour. porting corruption and death along with oil whohasaclassicalanddynamicplayingstyle. Indian GrandmasterViditGujrathi.“Iwas just person has amoderateorhigh risk calculated Bafflingly,despite themountingfrictionbe- and goods.” But here, he had kept thepolitics Apartfromthe third-ranked Ding, theyhave tryingtoplayasquicklyaspossible because I on the basis of Bluetoothproximity,he/she tweenthetwo countries,theChinesevictory— out of the board. threemoreinthetop-25.OnlyRussiahasmore. kindofhad to use the restroom.Ijustwanted should nottraveltoattend the event.” already inside the SAIcentres getting first or the American defeat—wasnot lostinpoliti- AndunliketheUSA’stalentpool,China’sisen- thematchtoget overasfast aspossibleandIlit- Other instructionshandedout by Hockey preference. Hockey India has also been rec- cal symbolism,layering and interpretations. Golden generation tirelyhome-grown. erallyranto therest-room,”hesaidinthepost- India forthe domestic teams to restarttrain- ommendedthat “organizers should look at Likewhen the Cold Warwas raging, and the Whether one of their golden generation Asmuchastheoutcomeof thetournament matchinterview. ing include:playing five-a-side hockey having Hockey 5s on the full lengthpitch”. Sovietchessmachine wasmeant to demon- could wrestle the crownand sceptrefrom wasasymbolofChina’s emergence as achess Formanyofthem, the adjustmentwas matches on afull-lengthpitch; training in “Full pitchcould be dividedinto4parts, strate mental andathletic primacy over the Magnus Carlsen (still only29) hastobeseen, superpower, itwasametaphorof hopeinthese physical.Playingsomeonewho’ssittingmiles small groups, withthe same setofplayers at and maximum of 3-4 players could use each decadent West.Here, even if youtakethe butChinahasbeenmakingrapidstridesinthe trying times. When the pandemic and lock- away,staringintoavirtualboard andthehead alltimes; arrivingatthe grounddressed and partatatime withminimum of 1meter Trumpadministration’sswellingantagonism game. Long agochesswas banned by Beijing down shuttered the sporting world, chess of youropponentblinkeringfromthecornerof ready to train; cleaning and sanitising the spacebetween each player,”the guideline of China, the accusations and castigations that forthe firsteight years of the Cultural managed to conduct atournament featuring the screen. Admitted India’s BAdhiban: “It’s balls; and identifying areas to isolate aperson reads. “The same setof3-4 player(s)should hadflown from theWhiteHouse to Beijing in Revolution. thebest of theworld,barringCarlsen,whohad likeyou’replayingacomputer. The whole in- who shows symptoms. train together at all timestoavoid any spread thelastfew weeks,tropesof ideologicalvictory Then in 1975 theMalaysian patronDato justfinished hosting his ownonline tourna- tensityandbodylanguageare missing.Youget Althoughthereisnodirect reference,the of infection if incase anyone is affected at ormetaphorsof globaldominationweren’two- Tan,inpartnershipwithChineseofficials,con- ment recently. usedtoit, but youmiss thathumanelement. guideline providesaglimpse intohow na- some point.” venintoChina’s triumph. Forall what it was, ceivedandfinancedthe“BigDragon”projectto Yifancandidlyputtheoverwhelmingemo- Thoughyouideallyliketoplayinquieterenvi- tional team training could look likeinthe It further adds that onlyplayers and staff thecontextdidn’tleapoutof the64squareson makeChina aglobal chess power. Itsmodel tionof thechessfraternityinto words:“I’mac- ronments,youmissyouropponent’sface.”It’s near future. The women and men’s national willbeallowed at the training ground dur- theboard.There wasnopolitical rhetoric. wastheUSSR’sstate-runstrategyinthe1930s tuallymoreexcited about that we arehere. notfake, butasCaruana noted: “It’slikeplay- teams have been lockedinsidethe Sports ing practice, and even groundsmen will not It wasasGarry Kasparov,agonisingly and 40s, spotting players at ayoung ageand Under this global climate, it is very important ing someone from aparallel universe.” Authority of India’s Bangalorecentresince be allowedtobearoundduring asession. The watchingTeam Europe plungeinthe tourna- puttingthemintotherightclimatetoblossom. that we aretrying to bring up something to- The emotional face of the game was mid-March.The players from the twoteams players have also been advised to carry their ment, said afterthe final:“Solelythe moment The statenourishes and develops them from gether that makes chesssomehow liftinthe missed. “Weare missing the emotional part and the respective coaching staffwill be e- ownwater bottlestothe ground, fill it them- to acknowledge China as asuperpowerin childhood, carefullygrooms them forthe in- air.This is Iguess aprivilege forchess,thatwe when people meetand shakehands. People meeting sports ministerKiren Rijiju on selvesand ensurenoone else touches it. They chess. Theyhaveanexceptionalgenerationof ternational arena, and handsomelyawards candoalot of differenteventsonline.Icertainly love when theylookoverthe boardintothe Thursday.During the meeting, theplayers have also been told to minimize the use of qualityplayers.Maybe,oneofthemcouldbea them whentheystart yielding results, which had alot of fun, and thoroughly enjoyed it.” eyesof theiropponent.Peoplearemissingthat. areexpected to requestRijijutoallowthe re- changing rooms and bathrooms at the future worldchampion.” theyhavebeen steadilyaccomplishing. Itwasfun,butitalsorequiredalot of adapt- But this is averygood substitute,” said FIDE sumption of training,whichhas been halted ground and arrive fortraining in their kits. Afew weeksago,inanentirelydifferent FirstChinacapturedthewomen’sworldti- ing and adjusting, forplayers, organisers,au- presidentArkadyDvorkovich.Hethoughcould afterthe enforcement of the nationwide Theplayers will also have to refrain from context, the legendarychess playerhad criti- tle from the previouslydominant Georgians, dienceandarbiters.Theyhadjust threeweeks notimagineaChina-USfinaleinarealtourna- lockdown on March 25, at the earliest. theuse of high-fives andfist-bumps,and cisedthe country:“China will have to be held before theyadvancedinthe biennial team to organiseandprepare,andthoughitwasnot ment."Thatwouldhave beensensational,"he Rijiju has said therewill be aphase-wise ‘avoid physical contact other than in normal to account, and their free worldenablerstoo. Olympiad untilwinning it in 2014.Finally, af- exactlyaplungeintothe unknown, it poseda said. It could have been the perfectstorm too, resumption of sports,and priority will first play.’Inthe post-pandemic scenario, the Past timeto endtheone-way street of engage- termanyyearswhen Chinese grandmasters wholenew setofchallenges. wherepolitical symbolism and posturing be giventothe athleteswho have already guidelines statethat ‘spectators should ide- ment of dictatorships with the free world, ex- stalledinthe top20or30, theyfoundDing, LikeTeam Europe’s Zoom conferencing would nothavebeen toofar away. qualifiedfor the TokyoOlympics withthose allybelimited.’

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