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&*+*' bank. “For senior citizens who Laying out the plan for dis- completed by 2022.” only have pension and interest investment of banks, The entire focus of the &' ()* purred by the Coviod-19 income, I propose exemption Sitharaman said, “For start budget is on reviving growth Swake-up call, Finance from filing their income tax ups, we are allowing 1 per cent with levying additional tax ,(' spending on infrastructure, health- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman returns. The paying bank will companies to grow without burden. To achieve this, the care and farm sectors without kept her focus on reinvigorat- deduct the necessary tax on any restriction on their paid up Budget proposed to give boost arkets roared back to life on resorting to higher taxation. ing the growth in her third their income,” Sitharaman said. capital. Other than IDBI we to infrastructure and domestic MMonday after six days of The 30-share BSE Sensex Union Budget with a massive Addressing reporters, plan to take up two more manufacturing. The FM has deep declines as Finance Minister zoomed 2,314.84 points or 5 per allocation for health and infra- Finance Secretary Ajay banks for disinvestment. LIC raised the capital expenditure Nirmala Sitharaman presented an cent to finish at 48,600.61. This was structure sectors and measures Bhushan Pandey said the IPO will come in 2022. All in the Budget by 26 per cent expansionary Union Budget for its second-biggest single day jump to boost agriculture infra- exemption from filing income divestments announced so far, over the revised capital expen- 2021-22 which sought to pull the in absolute terms and the best day structure with agri infra cess on tax returns would be available including Air India, BPCL, diture of FY21. economy out of the pandemic- in almost 10 months. many products. only in case where the interest CONCOR, Pawan Hans, to be Continued on Page 12 induced slump through increased Detailed report on P11 While leaving the tax slabs income is earned in the same unchanged in the first paper- bank where pension is deposit- 6678# 96 # " " " less Union Budget on Monday, ed. “Persons whose age is above # " #" :7#"6<66 the FM provided little joy to the 75 years and who has pension "# # # " % # # salaried class, but she did open income and interest from fixed "# " ' # C'D up her purse for the poll- deposit comes in the same :;<<<# 7=## ) # $' # " bound States. bank and who has only inter- " ## # # The Budget gave a huge est income, they need not file # " push for disinvestment by aim- income tax return. ing to garner 1.75 lakh crore “Bank will deduct the 7><<<# #" ' # " O%4# from stake sale in public sector income tax which he has to pay # # " companies and financial insti- and deposit to the . # 7$7< "# ? # tutions, including 2 PSU banks Government. The condition is 4?# & " and one insurance company, in the person should have only . % 6<:< " # 76 "# " 76" & 6<6< :<"H 6<67 “Sankalp of NATION FIRST”. said at the post-Budget Press @ # ;$;9 "# $ These include doubling farm- conference. 4 # " " # ers’ income; strong infrastruc- He added that if the senior #" % "0"(" :7#"6<66$" ture; healthy India; good gov- citizen person has other -) "A97><# A " ) # ernance; opportunities for incomes, he/she would be ( " + youth; education for all, women required to file income tax 66:>9A# 4-6<67 0 # ;<" 50# empowerment, and inclusive return (ITR). “Generally, per- 66"#" 7:8B # #" #" " #" development. sons of 75 years or more have 0 # 8; 7H 6<78 There was some good news mostly pension income and the '. for senior citizens of 75 years money is parked in fixed 4 0 # :; 99 and above. They will be deposit from which he earns ! " " 50 exempted from filing income interest. For them, filing return # # # " # tax returns for the financial used to be complicated. So, we " year beginning April 1. They have made it simpler and said # " will also not be required to have banks will deduct their income " # # $" pension income and interest tax and they need not file " # # from fixed deposit in the same ITR,” Pandey added. " ! " ! " "#$ #$
% &' ( %& &*+*' More than 13,000 km of % & % roads at a cost of 3.3 lakh &*+*' Yojana will be launched for # &*+*' imported agricultural goods. he Union Budget has pro- crore has already been award- &*+*' crore would come as CPSE dis- developing capacities for pri- As per the Budget docu- Tposed massive impetus on ed under the 5.35-lakh crore investment receipts. ositioning health as one of mary, secondary and tertiary mid raging farmers’ protest ment, the agriculture cess of infrastructure-building to spur Bharatmala Pariyojana, of he Centre on Monday bud- Unveiling the Pthe six crucial pillars of health-care systems, strength- Aon the outskirts of Delhi 2.5 per litre has been imposed growth. The Budget also gave which 3,800 km have been Tgeted 1.75 lakh crore from Disinvestment/Strategic Atmanirbhar Bharat (self- ening existing institutions and over the farm laws, the Modi on petrol and 4 per litre on special attention to the poll- constructed. “By March 2022, stake sale in public sector com- Disinvestment Policy, Finance reliant India), the Government creating new institutions for Government on Monday pro- diesel and 100 per cent on alco- bound States of West Bengal, we would be awarding anoth- panies and financial institu- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed a Budget detection and cure of new posed an Agriculture holic beverages. The AIDC is Tamil Nadu and Kerala and er 8,500 km and complete an tions, including two PSU banks said four sectors — atomic outlay of 2,23,846 crore for the emerging diseases. This, she Infrastructure and a new cess introduced by the allocated separate packages for additional 11,000 km of nation- and one general insurance energy, space and Defence; sector to be spread over the said, will be an addition to the Development Cess (AIDC) on Government in the Union infrastructure development in al highway corridors,” she said. company, in the next financial transport and telecommunica- next six years, a massive National Health Mission. certain items to boost agricul- Budget 2021-22 which was these States, particularly roads The flagship projects that year beginning April 1. tions; power, petroleum, coal increase of 137 per cent from The funds under the ture infrastructure and also presented in Parliament on and highways. are to be expedited include The amount is lower than and other minerals; and bank- the previous year, which Atmanirbhar Swasth Mission announced that 1,000 more Monday, which seeks to shore The FM also announced a Delhi-Mumbai Expressway; the record 2.10 lakh crore ing, insurance and financial include 35,000 crore for will be used to support 17,000 agriculture product marketing up resources for improvement “National Rail Plan for India - while for Bengaluru-Chennai which was budgeted to be services —would be strategic Covid-19 vaccine and 64,180 rural and 11,000 urban well- committees (APMCs) or man- in agriculture infrastructure 2030” under which a “future- Expressway, 278 km will be ini- raised from CPSE disinvest- sectors. There will be bare crore for newly-announced ness centres, setting up inte- dis will be linked to e-nation- in the country. The ready” railway system will be tiated in the current financial ment in the current fiscal year. minimum presence of the pub- PM Atmanirbhar Swasth grated public health labs in all al agriculture market (e-NAM) Government expects 30,000 created by 2030. To strengthen year and construction will However, the Covid-19 pan- lic sector enterprises. The Yojana. districts, over 3,800 block pub- and commitment on the min- crore through agri infra cess. urban infrastructure, a new begin in 2021-22. The Delhi- demic impacted the remaining CPSEs in the strate- Union Finance Minister lic health units in 11 States and imum support price (MSP). However, prices for petrol scheme will be launched at a Dehradun Economic Corridor Government’s CPSE stake sale gic sectors will be privatised or Nirmala Sitharaman, who pre- establishing critical care hos- By this, Finance Minister and diesel won’t change cost of 18,000 crores to sup- work will be initiated in the programme, and the target has merged or subsidiarised with sented the Budget in the Lok pital blocks in over 600 district Nirmala Sitharaman has tried because or reduction in other port the augmentation of pub- current financial year, while the been lowered to 32,000 crore other CPSEs or closed. In non- Sabha, said the investment on hospitals and 12 central insti- to send a message to the agi- duties. Consequently, unbrand- lic bus transport services. Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway in the Revised Estimates. So far strategic sectors, CPSEs will be public health, infrastructure tutions, she said. tating farmers groups that the ed petrol and diesel will attract Allocating an enhanced work will be initiated in this fiscal year, the Government privatised, otherwise shall be has been increased substan- Similarly the money will be Government has no intention basic excise duty of 1.4, and outlay of 1.18 lakh crore for 2021-22. A 277-km Chennai- has mopped up 19,499 crore closed. tially in the Budget. Taking a spent on strengthening of dismantling an established 1.8 per litre respectively. the highways sector for 2021- Salem corridor will be award- from CPSE stake sale and share The Minister said that the holistic approach, the National Centre for Disease APMC system and MSP and Proposing the introduction of 21, execution of flagship high- ed soon and construction buyback. policy aims at minimising the Government is committed to Control and its five regional will further be strengthened in an agri infra development cess ways corridors, as well as pro- would start in 2021-22. For fiscal year 2021-22, presence of Central public sec- strengthening three areas — units, 20 metropolitan health the country. while presenting the Union jects, are bound to speed up. Amritsar-Jamnagar road out of the total 1.75 lakh tor enterprises, including finan- preventive, curative and well- surveillance units and on The item coming under Budget 2021-22, Sitharaman An allocation of 91,823 crore construction will start in 2021- crore, 1 lakh crore is to accrue cial institutions and creating being, she said. expansion of national health cess ambit are petrol, diesel, said it would not affect the con- was made to highways for 22, and Delhi-Katra road con- from selling Government stake new investment space for the Sitharaman said the Prime information portal, she said. gold, alcoholic beverages, sumers of most of these goods. 2020-21, which was revised to struction will start in 2021-22. in public sector banks and private sector. Minister’s Atmanirbhar Swasth Continued on Page 12 apples, Bengal Gram, and some Continued on Page 12 1.01 lakh crore. Continued on Page 12 financial institutions. Rs 75,000 Continued on Page 12
) *+ ! . /# "# $ ' * ## *,- . / 0 %! M Q Q ! ! ! . # L L L L L L 0 " # ! " # # # # # " #" &-%-'+ # K' the country for one year. It said The military maintains its Nobel peace laureate who had " the seizure was necessary actions are legally justified — lived under house arrest for yanmar’s military staged because the Government had citing a section of the consti- years as she tried to push her ' # ! " ## amid heavy deployment of Ma coup on Monday and not acted on the military’s tution it drafted that allows it country toward democracy and 4 " " #& " " security agencies personnel. detained senior politicians claims of fraud in November’s to take control in times of then became its de facto leader 4 - " $ Farmers announced including Nobel laureate Aung elections — in which Suu Kyi’s national emergency — though after her National League for % # # nationwide agitation on San Suu Kyi — a sharp rever- ruling party won a majority of Suu Kyi’s party spokesman as Democracy won elections in " " # # &*+*' February 6, issuing calls to sal of the significant, if uneven, the parliamentary seats up for well as many international 2015. " # ## block roads. progress toward democracy grabs — and because it allowed observers have said it amounts While Suu Kyi had been a !" % ith hundreds of protes- At Singhu border, security the Southeast Asian nation has the election to go ahead despite to a coup. fierce antagonist of the & Wtors pouring at Delhi’s personnel from the paramili- made following five decades of the coronavirus pandemic. It was a dramatic backslide Myanmar army while under 5 "' # ( ) Ghazipur and Singhu borders tary forces, Rapid Action Force military rule. The takeover came the for Myanmar, which was house arrest, since her release 0 & " on a daily basis, the Uttar and Central Reserve Police An announcement read on morning the country’s new emerging from decades of strict and return to politics, she has % "' Pradesh and Delhi Police put Force remained deployed in military-owned Myawaddy TV parliamentary session was to military rule and internation- had to work with the country’s # # # up cemented nails on the road large numbers on Monday to said Commander-in-Chief begin and follows days of con- al isolation that began in 1962. generals, who never fully gave "" $ near the protest sites in a bid to maintain law and order. Senior General Min Aung cern that a military coup was It was also a shocking fall up power. # prevent movement of vehicles, Continued on Page 12 Hlaing would be in charge of coming. from power for Suu Kyi, a Continued on Page 12 ! ! "#"$"% - & +5
,K&@+ financially. commercial vehicles, saying it was considered as an engine of for the infrastructure, Khanna "The present general bud- would help in curbing air pol- growth. He said the budgetary said Rs 1.18 lakh crore for roads ttar Pradesh Chief get is in accordance with the lution. provisions made for the sector and highways, Rs 1.10 lakh ' " - 0- UMinister Yogi Adityanath intention of public welfare and Yogi Adityanath said the would prove to be a booster for crore for Railways, Rs 11,000 and Governor Anandiben Patel a self-reliant India. The budget Budget 2021-22 was farmer- it. for 1,016 km of metro rails in have hailed the Union budget has taken care of every class, friendly and would boost the He also lauded the move to 27 cities and electrification of - 0- - 1'2 for 2021-22. including farmers, middle economy and empower citi- make the budget paperless or 46,000 km of railway tracks Yogi Adityanath, on class, poor and women. It zens. digital and the allocation would be a major booster for Monday, said that the Union will work to speed up the He said at a time when big towards the first ever digital the economy. ,K&@+ been shown to give at least budget would work to speed up economy and empower every economies of the world were in Census to be carried out this Khanna also welcomed the one-and-a-half times the the economy and empower citizen of the country financial- crisis due to the COVID-19 year. He said all these steps measures announced for the haratiya Janata Party state value of their crops and a pro- every citizen of the country ly," the chief minister said in a pandemic, this budget was would ensure that correct fig- simplification of the Goods Bpresident Swatantra Dev vision had been made to pro- tweet. practical and development- ures were there for all to see. and Services Tax and digital Singh said the Union budget vide additional loans. Governor Anandiben Patel oriented. Yogi Adityanath said that Census. He said the budget had was going to empower all "It is clear from the figures said this was the first digital He also hailed the decision this budget would be beneficial strengthened the spirit of Sabka sections of society as it was a presented in the budget that in budget which would go a long to set up 100 new Sainik for all strata of society and Saath, Sabka Vikaas and Sabka pro-poor and pro-people bud- the last six years, procurement way in promoting transparen- Schools in partnership with reflected the vision of Sabka Vishwaas. get. He expressed his gratitude of wheat, paddy, pulses and cy, ease of doing business and non-governmental organisa- Saath, Sabka Vikas. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi to Union Finance Minister other crops on MSP (mini- curb corruption. tions (NGOs), private schools UP Finance Minister Party criticised the budget, Nirmala Sitharaman for pre- mum support price) has The Governor said it was a and states. Suresh Khanna, while welcom- saying it was directionless senting a grand budget that increased manifold," he said. development-oriented budget The chief minister also ers and the announcement of ing the Union budget, said and had disappointed the fulfilled the expectations of all The BJP's UP president which would help the economy lauded the Union budget for linking additional 1,000 APMC that besides creating fresh job poor, women, farmers and the sections of society, including said that Rs 1.18 lakh crore battered by the pandemic as Rs including urban areas in Jal with eNAM would help guar- opportunities, it would help youth and no relief had been villagers, poor, farmers, would be spent on infrastruc- 15,700 crore had been provid- Jeevan Mission. He said that antee that farmers got 1.5 times India achieve a 5-trillion USD announced for the middle traders, youth and women. ture in connection with devel- ed for the MSME sector. She the announcement for setting MSP for their produce. economy status. class. "All of us now have to opment of industrial facilities said the budget would realise up mega textile parks would He praised the govern- He said the budget was SP president Akhilesh move forward with a new and resources. the dream of a self-reliant help generate more jobs. ment for taking various steps encouraging for all sections of Yadav also criticised the privati- resolve. This budget is a "The further expansion of India. Yogi Adityanath said that for farmers' welfare society and besides strengthen- sation of the public sector source of hope and enthusi- the Ujjwala Yojana, which The Governor also wel- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Speaking on the announce- ing the economy it provided undertakings (PSUs) and mon- asm for the country facing the frees millions of families from comed the vehicle scrappage had given 1.5 times MSP (min- ments around MSMEs, Yogi relief to the senior citizens. etisation of the PSU assets, say- global crisis of COVID-19. smoke by giving them cook- policy for private cars and imum support price) to farm- Adityanath said that this sector Welcoming the allocation ing the government was mak- The budget will carry forward ing gas, shows the commit- the concept of a self-reliant ment of the Narendra Modi India. The allocation of 137 government towards public , 0 " "! " 1 ,)), per cent more budget in welfare," he said. the health sector and the Singh said the Union bud- provision of Rs 35 000 crores get was development-orient- Lucknow (PNS): The described it as infrastructure- Council Co-chairman Amar FICCI's Uttar Pradesh State He said, "For the last one for vaccination is a revolution- ed and all-inclusive to realise Federation of Indian Chamber strengthening for the nation. Tulsian described the budget as Council, LK Jhunjhunwala, year, the whole world has been ary step in the budget," he the concept of a self-reliant of Commerce and Industry FICCI Uttar Pradesh Council self-reliant and a blueprint for while reacting to the budget, facing the crisis of COVID-19 said. India. NOTICE (FICCI) hailed the Union bud- Chairman Sharad Jaipuria said India, saying it was a historic said, "The government was fac- pandemic and during this time Singh said in order to "This budget will help in get for 2021-22 during a budget the general budget was good for and very progressive budget. ing financial constraints due to India also faced challenges on double the income of the moving India on the path of discussion organised in the every section of society. "It will certainly embody the COVID-19 yet the way the every front. The government farmers, a commitment had progress," he said. It's notified that in my service state capital under the joint aegis He said, "The specialty of aspirations for Atmanirbhar government budgeted for the gave special attention to the record my wife's name should of the FICCI and Adarsh Vyapar the budget is that even after Bharat. The budget has given development of all sectors, it will health sector and insurance ing efforts to mobilise resources Union budget, as he wanted to be written as Sushila Kumari Mandal, a federation of indus- going through a global crisis like special attention to major issues have a long-lasting result and sector with a visionary step. The by selling family silver. He also know why the 2021-22 budget instead of Sushila. Both name trial and business organisa- COVID-19, the budget attempts like revival of the economy and impact. The government should government has made its com- questioned the government's was paperless. belong to my wife. Manoj tions. to provide something for all sec- employment generation. The have announced the creation of mitment to make the vaccine claim of making India a 5-tril- While presenting the bud- Kumar Prajapati, R/o-17/530, In the programme, busi- tors. The budget has taken care government has focused on a regulatory body for e-com- available to all countrymen by lion USD economy. get, Union Finance Minister Sector-17, Indira-Nagar, nessmen, industrialists, char- of every class, including farm- increasing investment without merce as well; this would cer- providing Rs 35,000 crores for On budget announcement Nirmala Sitharaman replaced Lucknow tered accountants and women ers, middle class, poor and any additional burden on the tainly give relief to retail traders. vaccination; this is a very com- for opening 100 Sainik Schools the swadeshi 'bahi khata' and traders of the capital watched women. It will definitely be industry and common citizens Increasing the budget in the mendable step." in association with NGOs, the switched to a tablet. the live telecast of the budget helpful in speeding up the econ- despite the pressure. The direc- health sector was the need of the "The proposal to increase SP chief said the government Ramgopal Yadav categori- and assessed it in the discus- omy and financially strengthen- tion of the budget is towards hour, this step of the govern- FDI in insurance companies might assign the job to cally stated that his party had sions. After the budget speech ing every citizen of the country. increasing the trust of the com- ment is welcome. " from 49 per cent to 74 per cent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh no expectations from the of Finance Minister Nirmala Provision of Rs 40,000 crore in mon taxpayer. The govern- FICCI Uttar Pradesh will help in providing insurance or its affiliate organisations. Centre regarding the budget. Sitharaman, the officials and the rural infrastructure fund is ment's step in it is a very com- Council head Amit Gupta also policy to the common citizens SP general secretary He also asked if the printing of members of FICCI responded definitely a welcome step. " mendable effort," he said. described the budget as an at a competitive rate, which is Ramgopal Yadav resorted to a other documents had been to the general budget and FICCI Uttar Pradesh Former chairman of admiration under pressure. also a welcome step," he added. bizarre line of questioning the stopped by the government. - " #" " 4 NOTICE ,K&@+ when six rogues riding motorcy- father alleged that Neeraj had his opponents. ing from Bhim Nagar locality No-14674309Y NK Sudhakar cles attacked him with a cricket bat threatened to kill Kapil. Shishupal, father of the victim, under Dakshin police station, Yadav S/o Sadanand Yadav Vill- n a sensational killing, a 24-year- and stumps. The police said that some said that his son went out for work went missing after they went out Siuri, Post-Ibrahimpatti, Tahsil- Iold youth was brutally beaten After committing the witnesses also claimed that the vic- on Sunday evening and when he to purchase toffees on Sunday Belthra Road. Dist-Ballia (UP) with bat and stumps by half-a- assailants, all the accused escaped. tim had a tiff with some youths did not return home, they afternoon. When they did not my wife Maya Yadav her DOB- dozen miscreants in Amethi on On receiving information playing cricket in the area so they launched a hunt but were shocked return, their families launched a 05/04/1984 wrongly mention in Sunday evening. He was rushed to about Kapil's beating, his family were investigating the case from all to see his body hanging from a hunt and also informed the police my service record have change the KGMU Trauma Centre in members reached the spot and the angles. tree. about the disappearance of the correct DOB 05/04/1981 in all Lucknow but the doctors pro- took him to the district hospital. A case was registered and the Circumstantial evidence boys. future purpose. nounced him dead. Seeing the critical condition body was sent for post-mortem. pointed to murder as the victim Pandey said that the probe The shocking incident took of Kapil, the doctors referred In another incident, the body had several injury marks on the pointed that the two boys were last place just a few steps from the him to the Trauma Centre of 30-year-old Abhay Singh aka body. It seems that the body was seen sitting on a motorcycle with NOTICE Gauriganj Kotwali area but the in Lucknow but he died on the Chhotey of Datai hamlet in hanged after murder to make it an unknown youth. cops failed to take notice of it in way. Mirhachi, was found hanging look like a case of suicide. It seems that they were kid- This is certified that Riya and time. Kapil's father said that his son from a tree in Etah district on Meanwhile, two kids were napped though no ransom calls TEJASWINI is the name of The deceased was identified as had a fight with a man named Monday morning. kidnapped in Firozabad. have been received by their fam- same person Riya is the name 24-year-old Kapil Jaiswal. Neeraj Pandey of Musafirkhana The family members said that Superintendent of Police of ilies so far. of home and TEJASWINI is the According to reports, Kapil road a week ago but the local peo- Abhay was preparing to contest Firozabad, Ajay Kumar Pandey, A case was registered and all name of School's certificates she was going towards his house from ple and the local police had inter- the upcoming gram pradhan elec- said that two boys, 4-year-old out efforts were being made to is the daugther of Mr. Ashok the bus stop on Sunday evening vened and pacified the matter. The tion and probably he was killed by Yogesh and 6-year-old Kunal hail- trace out both the boys. kumar yadav who lived in the vill- Barawal khas, post- Bhojapur Block- sakaldiha distt. Chandauli 4 "5, pin code. 232108 (U.P.) # # Sharjah, Kuwait and various states of India will The Railway Protection Force (RPF) per- be participating in the event. The internation- NOTICE sonnel helped a woman, who gave birth to a al festival will be formally inaugurated online # " child on board the Patna Kota Express, in on February 5. The objective is to ensure the ,K&@+ incident. I, MANI DIPA SEN, spouse of reaching hospital in Unnao on Monday. overall development of the future generation Shri BIDYUT KUMAR SEN Senior divisional commercial manager Jagtosh through balanced and qualitative education. The lady constable's family Shukla said the woman was travelling in a one-sided love story ended was informed about her death. resident of SMQ : 11/7 2 KULDEEP ENCLAVE, AIR sleeper coach and the station master of Aon a tragic note in Amroha In another incident, two FORCE STATION CHAKERI, Unnao sent an SOS to the staff. The message Dr DS Chauhan joined NABARD, UP where a lovesick constable teenage lovers ended their lives KANPUR-208008 have was circulated to RPF post and RPF person- regional office in Lucknow, as its chief gen- opened fire on his female col- after facing opposition from their changed my name from MANI nel Rama Sahu, Hari Pratap Singh and Mata eral manager. He has a rich experience span- league and later shot himself too parents in Auraiya. Reports said DIPA SEN to MANIDIPA SEN Prasad instantly reached the scene. The ning over three decades in rural development after a brief argument, police said that 20-year-old Shivbhan aka vide affidavit 30012021 before woman and her newborn were taken to the banking. He held important posts in on Monday. Dharmendra, hailing from Notary, Kanpur Nagar. district hospital in Unnao. “The RPF also took NABARD and BIRD and has worked across Both were admitted to a hos- Bijalpur hamlet of Ayana in help from the GRP and both the mother and the country in various capacities. An alum- pital in Moradabad in a critical Auraiya, was having an affair with her child are healthy and safe,” Shukla said. nus of Lucknow University, he holds a doc- condition where the lady consta- 18-year-old Aasma, residing in NOTICE toral degree in Public Administration besides ble reportedly succumbed to her the same locality. being a MBA (HR) and postgraduate in injuries while the accused was Their families were against Mai aaj car se Chowk Stadium Udyansh Biotechnology. He has to his credit a number still battling for his life. His their affair and had warned the ke paas utar rha tha usi samay Shandilya, a class of reputed national and international publi- condition was stated to be "crit- two several times. mera bag kahi kho gya jisme VI student of cations and paper presentations. He has also ical". However, as the two contin- mere 3800/- cash aur ek City Montessori authored a book on self-help groups. His areas According to reports, ued with their affair so the fam- Rajistry ke kagaj jiska Gata School, of interest are community-based organisations, Constable Manoj Kumar (26) ily members of both decided to Sankhya 1583 Rakba 8505 va Rajajipuram natural resource management, rural planning barged into the residence of settle their marriages somewhere Bhattha 104/25 varg Meter Campus II, has and rural credit. Constable Megha Chaudhary else. While Shivbhan's engage- Deed Sankhya 1049/07/04/ been declared (25), in Avantika Nagar Colony ment was fixed for Monday 2000 kee jameen kharidi gai thi champion in the 2 in Saidangali area of Gajraula and evening, Aasma's wedding was to aur ek bina sim ka mobile bhi International shot at her on Sunday evening. take place next month. tha. : Ashok Kumar Pandey Online Abacus He later shot at himself too. Reports said that upset with S/o Late Babu Ram Pandey Competition. Both were rushed and admit- their parents' move, Shivbhan 549/187 Bada Barha The competition ted to a hospital in Moradabad ended his life a few hours before Alambagh, Lucknow. was held in the where the lady constable died in his marriage. His body was found ‘Brainobrain the night. hanging from the ceiling in his Fest-2021’ under Amroha's Superintendent of room on Monday morning. NOTICE the aegis of edu- Police Suniti said that both the When this news reached cational institute Brainobrain. A large num- constables were of 2018 batch and Aasma, she too locked herself in ber of students from India and abroad partic- were friendly with each other. a room. ipated in the competition to showcase their Manoj was attached to the The family members tried to analytical skills and Udyansh applied various police response vehicle (PRV) of get in but when they failed, they abacus tricks to solve mathematical problems Saidangali police station. He took raised an alarm but by the time was declared the champion. He was awarded a day's leave on Sunday and the neighbours rushed there and a certificate for his achievement. reached the woman constable's managed to break open the house and committed the crime. doors, the girl had also ended her O P Further investigations are on life. She too was found hanging City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar and the police are trying to find from the ceiling. Campus I, is organising the 5-day internation- Chief Medical Officer Dr Sanjay out the motive behind the crime. The police rushed to the al literary and cultural fest ‘International Bhatnagar on Monday inaugurated the online The police are waiting for spot soon after learning about the Euphoria-2021’ online from February 5 to 9. payment system at Sarojininagar communi- Manoj's condition to stabilise suicides and sent both the bod- Students from Russia, Bangladesh, Nepal, ty health centre using YONO/BHIM App. before questioning him about the ies for autopsy. ! " # $ S & !
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%- %% )78 9 +2 3 ' Lucknow (PNS): A case of & &* murder was registered on Monday in connection with the death of a factory owner, ,K&@+ tested positive for coronavirus Avanish Kumar Singh, after the in Lucknow while 49 patients autopsy report ascertained that en per cent of the total recovered. The death toll stands he was strangled to death. Tfrontline workers will be at 1,179 while there are 1,152 Avanish was found hang- covered in the first round of active cases in the district. The ing from a tree alongside a Covid vaccination meant for fresh cases included three each canal in Sarojininagar police them on February 5. District from Rae Bareli road & station area, with a muffler was immunisation officer MK Indiranagar, and two each from tied around his neck, on Singh said the frontline work- Gomtinagar, Jankipuram and Sunday. His car was also found ers would be vaccinated in Chowk. In the state, 171 per- near the crime scene. On three to four sessions in the sons tested positive, including January 30, Avanish’s wife same manner as health work- six in Kanpur, 19 in Ghaziabad, Nidhi had lodged a missing ers. He said they also expect a four in Gautam Buddh Nagar, report with the police after he good number of health work- 10 in Varanasi, and eight in did not return home from the ers to get the vaccine shots on Meerut, taking the UP tally to factory. Avanish (38) of February 4 and 5, as the appre- was administered. “It was a Covid hospital but not in one 6,00,470. There were four Vrindavan Colony under PGI hensions have minimised to a problem which we had not go,” he added. Dr Himanshu deaths reported in the state, police station owned a dalmoth large extent. seen earlier. It could be a pointed out there has been a including one each from factory in the industrial area in Nodal officer for Covid chance association, but we will drastic dip in the number of Prayagraj, Moradabad, Gonda Sarojininagar. On Sunday, the immunisation (KGMU) Dr have a clearer picture on serious patients coming from and Rae Bareli, taking the toll Small Industry Manufacture + ' Nishant Verma said that 2,500 February 5. Fever lasting 3-4 other districts and it has now to 8,662. Besides, 389 patients Association had suspected foul out of a total of 5,000 health days was an area of concern for come down to just 3-4. “In recovered, taking the recovery play and threatened a mass agi- ,K&@+ pouring some inflammable spectators, were arrested. The workers have been vaccinated us and it would be difficult to other countries such as Brazil, figures to 5,86,505 while there tation of the case was not substance on himself. Soon, he bar is is located in a high-rise so far. “In the coming session, counsel the beneficiaries under the second wave took 6-7 are 5,303 active cases in the worked out within 72 hours. 30-year-old man from was engulfed in flames,” police building in Vibhuti Khand. MBBS students are scheduled such circumstances,” he said. months to raise its head. We state. Avanish had left his house AKannauj sustained severe said. A team of cops rescued The videos which went to get the vaccination shots, but Nodal Covid officer have to be cautious for the next Meanwhile, the National for the factory around 7 am on burns following a self-immola- Umashankar and rushed him viral on social media showed some of them are out of town (KGMU) Dr D Himanshu said three months because only the Commission for Women Saturday. He left the workplace tion bid outside Lok Bhawan in to Civil hospital. both men and women and many have exams sched- they have a total of 40 Covid health workers are being vacci- organised a felicitation pro- around 7 pm as he had to pur- Hazratganj on Monday. He According to doctors, exchanging fisticuffs while oth- uled for February 5. The stu- patients at the moment. nated at the moment,” he said. gramme on January 31 for chase medicine for his ailing was rescued by police person- Umashankar sustained over ers were capturing it on their dents who are taking exams do “However, though the num- He said that doctors are women who did exemplary son. Later his phone was found nel and rushed to Civil hospi- 30 per cent burns. He was shift- mobile phone cameras. The not want to be take the shot ber of cases is coming down, the finally having some relief and work to fight Covid. One to be switched off. His wife tal, where his condition was ed to the burn ward where his police registered an FIR on the because it may result in fever Covid facilities will continue. they are now working on post- woman from the Health contacted the employees and said to be stable. condition was said to be stable. complaint of the bar owner. which they want to avoid dur- We still have to keep the sec- Covid complications. “We are department of each state was relatives, and later lodged a Around 10 am on Monday, The Kannauj DM has been “We are reviewing the ing exams,” he said. ond wave in abeyance. Even looking at the post-Covid fun- nominated. Prof Amita Jain missing report with the PGI a resident of Indragarh area of informed about the incident. videos doing the rounds on Dr Verma said that after though the vaccination has gal complications in sinus and from KGMU was nominated police the same night. Kannauj, identified as Meanwhile, the police on social media and CCTV January 29 vaccination, about started, proper immunity comes upper jaw, as seen in some from UP for the excellent work Inspector, PGI, said a case Umashankar, reached outside Monday closed a bar-cum- footage to identify those 8-10 beneficiaries complained in two to three weeks after the patients. This is suggestive of done in terms of Covid testing. under Section 302 of IPC was Lok Bhawan. He was said to be restaurant till further orders involved in the brawl. We have of fever that lasted for three to second dose of vaccination. suppressed immunity,” he The award was given by Union registered against unidentified piqued over inaction in a land after several videos of a brawl also asked the management of four days while there was sore- Besides, we are slowly slashing added. minister Prakash Javadekar at miscreants while further inves- grabbing case in his village. went viral. Ten security guards, the building for help,” a police ness in the point where the shot the number of wards in the On Monday, 32 persons Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. tigation was underway. “He set himself ablaze after who were standing as mute officer said. O " ,K&@+ commerce companies and Dal flayed the budget, terming announcement of an e-com- it anti-farmer and anti-people. here was a mixed merce policy, but there was no National spokesman of RLD Tresponse from city traders such announcement made. Anil Dubey said budget will to the Union Budget which No change has been made in lead to inflation and people was presented on Monday. the income tax slabs while will be forced to take loans to /* 9 Adheesh Jain from there are no arrangements of meet their expenses. He said Lucknow Sarrafa Association loans for traders. There are no people were hopeful that the said the budget looks positive major changes or announce- budget would boost their pur- ,K&@+ they failed to facilitate him ten- and its benefits will be ments regarding GST,” he said. chasing power and create new ders and Ajay asked them to accrued by people in near Head of Adarsh Tent job avenues, but it disappoint- wo fraudsters were arrest- return his money. The accused future. He said that rational- Caterers Traders Association ed all. Ted for duping a man of Rs opted for dilly-dallying tactics ising the customs duties on Vijay Kumar said they are dis- “The Central government 65 lakh on the pretext of facil- and later gave a fake work gold and silver will help in appointed with the budget. increased tax on fuel price and itating a tender for opening a order to the victim. removal of gold in grey mar- “We were expecting some it seems that the government computer centre inside In another success, the ket and increase government relief in GST since our trade is trying to pay the farmers in Secretariat premises and Chowk police nabbed the revenue. has been going downhill since the same coin for the tractor another for getting ration cards accused who had looted a President of Adarsh lockdown. This is a major rally which had gone awry on data feeding work across purse from a woman. The Vyapar Mandal Sanjay Gupta burden for us because traders January 26,” he said. He added the state. accused, identified as said the budget is disappoint- associated with our work have that though the government Those arrested were iden- Mohammed Samir and ing. “We had high hopes from not been able to pay the inter- has exempted people aged tified as Abdul Khaliq (57) of Mohammed Shariq (both of the budget, but it has nothing est on loans which they have over 75 years from income tax Ghazipur police station area Wazirganj), had struck the for the traders. We were hop- taken,” he added. returns, but there was nothing and Fasihuzzama (37) of Vikas woman at Subahsh Marg in the '&) % ' ing for some relief from e- Meanwhile, Rashtriya Lok for youths. Nagar. Police recovered a fake area on January 18. The police letter of UP government, a fake recovered a country-made pis- letter of UP Food and Civil tol and cash which they got Supplies department, a letter after selling the items looted 0 05%5' 9 7::: related to Secretariat adminis- from the woman apart from tration, three stamps and a lap- stolen motorcycles. top. The accused reportedly # owned up their crime during Q% , interrogation. Thieves made off with cash Lucknow (PNS): Director of with the welcome address by The victim, identified as and ornaments from a house in Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate chairperson of the steering ,K&@+ some kind of scholarship and required for its maintenance. Ajay Singh Yadav of Chinhat, Jankipuram. There was no one Institute of Medical Sciences committee, College of Nursing, there are several bars as regards The research cell also needs two came in contact with the in the house when theft was Prof RK Dhiman said on Prof Shashi Srivastava. She he recently launched who could avail of the scholar- students. Also, for the BEd accused through a common committed. Nitin Dubey of Monday that the seats for spoke about the importance of T‘Karmayogi Scholarship’ by ship. There are some criteria examinations this year, we are friend. The accused trapped Jankipuram Vistar (sector-6), nursing students will be this day, which was followed by Lucknow University has which have to be met by the stu- mulling a call centre which will the victim by the luring offer who lives in Mumbai, told the increased from 40 to 100 and lamp lighting by Prof Dhiman. received a good response, dents. “The students should also be handled by students who of tenders. To win Ajay’s trust, police that his mother and more faculty members will be As many as 40 students of according to DSW Poonam not be receiving scholarships get the scholarship,” she said. the accused pretended to have younger brother had left for recruited. He said a PhD pro- the 11th batch of BSs (Nursing) Tandon. She said they have from elsewhere, their family “The students will be access to the UP Civil Supplies Mumbai to meet him. gramme will also be started took the ceremonial ‘Florence received over 1,000 applica- income should not be more allowed to work for two hours department and friendship “They left the house on soon. Nightingale’ pledge before tions for the scholarship in than Rs 3 lakh, they should have only for 50 days. They will be with a minister. They used to January 27 and on January 28, The College of Nursing, joining the profession. The which students are allowed to obtained 60 per cent marks in asked for vacancies from all given Rs 300 for two hours of boast of their links with senior we were told by a neighbour SGPGI, celebrated its 13th programme concluded with earn even as they learn. the previous exams and there offices and departments of LU. work. The students won’t be government officials as well. about the theft. The thieves Foundation Day and 11th lamp the vote of thanks proposed by She said it’s a good figure should be no disciplinary action “The Psychology depart- working during class hours as Ajay fell into the trap and decamped off with Rs 6,000 in lighting ceremony on Monday. principal of the College of because nearly 50 per cent of the against them,” she said. She fur- ment has the ‘Happy Thinking we don’t want their studies to be gave money to the accused on cash and all the ornaments The programme started off Nursing Usha Rani. students are already getting ther pointed out that they have Lab’ and two students are hampered,” she added. several occasions. However, from the house,” he said. ,:- ; ; #"" ## "
,K&@+ tion is watching the farmers’ Samajwadi Party, he said its fiefdom. “Tikait has only weak- Gonda: A woman doctor who Rakesh Singh told reporters. rescued by police on January the case included mastermind stir as though it is some president Akhilesh Yadav has ened the agitation,” he claimed. allegedly honey-trapped a med- During interrogation, Dr Mehra 22. Five people were arrested Dr Abhishek Singh, who has a haratiya Kisan Mazdoor tamasha (drama). “Why is the been merely doing lip service. The BKMU leader said ical student and conspired in his told police that to earn quick in the case earlier. Haldhar, a BAMS degree from an institute BUnion (BKMU) leader Congress not sharing its party’s Tewatiya also lashed out at that contract farming is the kidnapping along with another money she trapped and resident of Kashipur in the in Bengaluru, Nitesh Bihari, Manveer Singh Tewatiya banner in the farmers’ agitation farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, worst of three farms laws which doctor and others for Rs 70 lakh befriended medical student Payagpur area of Bahraich dis- Mohit Singh, Rohit and Satish. slammed the opposition parties if it is really concerned with our saying the latter is working as should be repealed. ransom has been arrested, police Gaurav Haldhar and with the trict, is pursuing Bachelor of During questioning, Dr saying, they want to gain polit- woes. The same is the case with an agent of the Central govern- “The things mentioned in said on Monday. help of Dr Abhishek Singh and Ayurveda, Medicine, and Abhishek Singh had told police ical mileage out of the ongoing Samajwadi Party, BSP and oth- ment. “Tikait shed crocodile the farm laws are vague and say “Dr Preeti Mehra was others kidnapped him, he said. Surgery (BAMS) from the that he worked at a hospital in farmers’ stir and are opting for ers who have the same point of tears as he is least bothered nothing about the course of arrested from her Dhaura village Haldhar, 21, was kid- SCPM College of Nursing and Delhi’s Najafgarh and wait-and-watch tactics instead view point but different agen- about the farmers’ interest,” he action. We suspect that the cor- in Jhajjar, Haryana, on Sunday,” napped from Gonda district of Medical Sciences, Haripur in Dr Preeti Mehra, who honey- of coming to the front. da,” he said. alleged, adding that he is try- porates will grab the lands of Deputy Inspector General of Uttar Pradesh on January 18 Gonda. He was residing in a trapped Haldhar, also worked Tewatiya said the opposi- Taking a jibe at the ing to make the agitation his farmers,” he said. Police, Devipatan Range, for Rs 70 lakh ransom. He was hostel. Those arrested earlier in there. PTI ) ( - <& + & 5 ( , 9 ) & % 4% % Ballia: Former Uttar Pradesh (Lohia) in October, 2018, after minister and president of parting ways with the Ballia: Nishad Party president Lucknow: Cold day to severe recorded at Jhansi Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Samajwadi Party over differ- Sanay Nishad has advised ally cold day conditions occurred at observatory. (SBSP) Om Prakash Rajbhar on ences with his nephew and for- Bharatiya Janata Party to resolve isolated places over Uttar Night temperatures Monday claimed that Shivpal mer UP chief minister Akhilesh the farmers issue soon with Pradesh in the past 24 hours as went up in Moradabad Yadav, who heads the Yadav. talks. He said that BJP did not Etawah registered the coldest in division with no large Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party- Rajbhar also said that dur- follow its promise of providing the state at 2.4 degrees Celsius, change in the remaining Lohia, will soon be a part of the ing the meeting, Shivpal Yadav reservation to the Nishad com- the meteorological department divisions, it said adding Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha. spoke to AIMIM chief munity, the issue for which it said on Monday. that the lowest mini- The Morcha is a front of Asaduddin Owaisi over phone. joined hands with the saffron “Dense to very dense fog mum temperature was like-minded political parties When asked to elaborate on the party in 2019. “We are an ally of occurred at few places over 2.4 degrees Celsius led by Om Prakash Rajbhar, a conversation between Yadav the BJP. I want to ask it to soon eastern UP and at isolated recorded at Etawah former BJP ally. “Two days ago, and Owaisi, the SBSP chief resolve the farmers’ issues by places over western UP. Cold observatory. The Met I met Shivpal Yadav in Lucknow said, “Shivpal Yadav will meet talks. Politics is being played day to severe cold day condi- department has fore- and he is ready to be a part of Owaisi in Delhi on February 10. with farmers who are food- tions occurred at isolated places cast dense to very dense the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha,” After this meeting, Yadav will grain producers,” Nishad told over eastern UP and cold day cury during the day fell appre- fog at few places over eastern Rajbhar told PTI on Monday. join the Bhagidari Sankalp reporters in Ballia on Sunday condition occurred at isolated ciably in Moradabad division parts of the state and at isolat- About whether Yadav will Morcha.” In December last year, evening. “CM Yogi Adityanath places over western UP,” the division with no large change ed places over west UP on forge ties with the Samajwadi Owaisi announced his party’s has assured reservation for the Met department said here. The in the remaining divisions of Tuesday. Cold wave conditions Party, he said, “Shivpal Yadav intention to fight the next Nishad community. It has been day temperatures rose appre- the state. The highest maxi- are very likely to occur at iso- will not go with the SP. They are Assembly elections in UP as over one-and-a-half years with ciably in Allahabad, Lucknow, mum temperature in the state lated places over eastern UP on not giving importance to him.” part of a front led by Om the BJP, but he is feeling neglect- Bareilly, Jhansi while the mer- was 27.1 degrees Celsius Tuesday, it said. PTI Shivpal Yadav had formed PSP Prakash Rajbhar. PTI ed,” he said. PTI ! ! "#"$"% ! " # $ - ,9 & ) & - & $ ( many as 28 new cases of $ L.&0' COVID-19 were detected in ealth teams have found 11 the Prayagraj district in the last midst the shadows of coro- Hdevotees staying in two 24 hours on Sunday night. At Ana pandemic affected separate camps at the ongoing the same time, nine people economy, the Union Budget Magh Mela in Prayagraj beat Corona, while one Covid presented by the Finance COVID-19 positive on Sunday infected also breathed his last. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman evening. Nodal Officer and According to CMO Dr has brought a mixed response Additional Chief Medical Prabhakar Rai, on Sunday from the political parties, entre- Officer Dr Rishi Sahai said that night, a corona testing of 5,894 preneurs and others. Though the infected persons have been people was conducted in the the budget was strongly hailed shifted to Covid Level-1 centre district. The number of infect- by local Bharatiya Janata Party at Kalindipuram for treatment. ed persons was 28, providing (BJP) leaders, most of the ‘A total of 23 health teams relief to the Health department opposition parties strongly crit- collected 4,118 samples from and city residents. Of the nine icised the Finance Minister for different sectors of the Magh people who beat Corona, only presenting the budget without Mela area for testing on one patient was discharged delivering much to the expec- Sunday and 11 of them were He added that, ‘Health their respective camps. Apart from various Covid hospitals tations. Though the budget tested positive for infection. teams are tracking the record from making them undergo a while eight people completed surprised many as it avoided All the 11 persons who tested of pilgrims (kalpwasis), saints COVID-19 test every fort- home isolation. imposing much burdens on the positive are asymptomatic. and seers staying in different night during their stay, kalp- CMO said that the num- common man despite eco- Covid testing has been inten- camps and Covid cards have wasi are all set to administer ber of active patients of Covid nomic slowdowns due to pan- sified at all the camps as hun- also been issued.’ Health teams prophylactic active dose of is continuously decreasing in demic, the mood in all the local ,,% - . / & dreds of kalpwasis are camp- are conducting testing of peo- Ivermectin shortly. Every kalp- the district. This figure now offices of share markets was ing in Magh Mela,’ Dr Sahai ple on mela campus through wasi has been allotted a special comes to 402. At the same jubilant as the stock market saw these difficult times, many round the corner and it has secretary Jagdish Patel also said. Till date, mela health offi- both antigen and RTPCR covid card and entries are time, the maximum 10 infect- a huge hope in the budget espe- raised eyebrows over some virtually neglected the back- condemned the announce- cials have collected 59,111 methods. Around 6,000 to being made regarding their ed patients are admitted to L3 cially as per the revival of the provisions of the budget. They ward states like UP and Bihar. ment of complete privatisation samples (since December 18) 7,000 samples are being col- testing and result of testing on SRN Hospital. Four patients economy is concerned. They were not happy in the manner Vikas Chandra Tiwari of Aam of some public sector units in and 118 people tested positive. lected daily from the Mela area it on frequent intervals. A are being treated at also hailed the proposal of dis- in the budget no such focus Admi Party (AAP) said that the budget. Dr Sahai said 23 patients, since the beginning of Mela, total of 60 surveillance teams Kalindipuram Covid Care investment of some of the pub- was made for boosting the the budget has disappointed This year budget has including 11 who tested pos- he added. (two members in each team) Center, no patient is admitted lic sector units and nationalised industrialisation in Purvanchal the middle class totally. mainly focused on conces- itive for coronavirus infec- On Sunday, four mobile have been deployed in the at Beli and three patients at banks. (eastern UP). Similar, a live President of Uttar Pradesh sion in compliance instead of tion on Sunday, are undergo- testing vans comprising lab campus, with 12 teams in each United Medicity are admitted. However, many local discussion was also organised Rajya Vidyut Parishad giving rebate on tax, the char- ing treatment at Covid level- technicians and health staff sector. So far 21,387 people have traders were not happy in the at Saroja Palace near Piplani Abhiyanta Sangh VP Singh tered accountant Ajay Mishra one care centre in have been engaged to cover 28 MORE TEST POSI- been cured by staying in home manner no expected relax- Katra under the banner of and general secretary Prabhat viewed adding, the relaxation Kalindipuram. kalpwasis for antigen testing at TIVE IN PRAYAGRAJ : As isolation in the district. ations on GST were given. Varanasi Vyapar Mandal. Singh strongly expressed their given to persons with the age There was also mixed views on Besides, under the banner of concern over the privatisation at 75 or above in filling return the budget among the entre- Ramnagar Industries proposal of electricity distrib- is a step to be welcomed. preneurs and traders who had Association, a live debate was ution. They said that power Similarly, the relaxation given made arrangements of making organised in Sundarpur area. employees are also not happy to educational institutions in 5)6 & ! & % ( live debates on the budget at Among the political par- in the manner no relief was the budget for not submitting many places. Under the ban- ties, the local BJP leaders wel- given on Income Tax. They application to get rebate on ner Indian Industries comed the budget saying that said that in the name of end- income tax on the receipt of 5 Association (IIA), a live debate it would lead the nation ing the monopoly of power crore is also a step which " /# " was held at Hotel Clarks where towards AtmaNirbhar Bharat distribution companies, the should be welcomed. The face- there was mixed response (self-reliant India) while as presence of more than one less hearing in appellant among the industrialists and expected almost all the oppo- power distribution companies authority is a step ahead to $ ( 484.4 freight trains during 57 per cent over last year’s same period of last financial others including experts of the sition parties criticised the in a region clearly means that ease of business and increase January 2021 against the pre- punctuality performance,’ said year. Till January 2021, origi- banking sector and chartered budget saying that it had given the power supply will be given in the budget in infrastructure ith hallmark mobility vious best of average 480 trains the General Manager Vinay nating freight revenue of NCR accountants. Majority of the major focus on Tamil Nadu to private companies in addi- and health services will Whighest ever Monthly in March, 2019. Moreover Kumar Tripathi. is 1429.6 crore as against the participants though welcomed and West Bengal like states tion to the government elec- enhance the pace of economy, Interchange of 484.4 freight best ever single day perfor- Comprehensive efforts for freight revenue of 1283.56 the budget presented during where the assembly polls are tricity companies. Regional he opined. trains was achieved during mance of 573 trains i.e. taken increasing originating freight crores in 2019-20. With 8.33 January 2021 over NCR. North over 284 and made over 289 loading over NCR are also per cent increase in loading Central Railway is among top trains was also achieved in this bearing fruits now. As per the and 11.38 per cent in originat- three Zonal Railways w.r.t month itself on January 10, originating freight loading ing freight revenue, North 21 +2 improvement in originating 2021. Excellent mobility of data released by Railway Central Railway is at 4th and freight revenue over last finan- trains on NCR is also reflect- Board, North Central Railway 3rd positions respectively in cial year. ed in average speed of goods is third among all zonal loading and freight revenue $ L.&0' Mobility is our Hallmark trains which has increased by Railways w.r.t. improvement in improvement over last year is not merely a slogan but a 85 per cent over last year’s freight revenue as compared to among all Zones. here are currently more conscious and continuous average speed and goods trains last year’s performance. North General Manager NCR Tthan 1.30 lakh policies in effort on North Central have clocked average speed of Central Railway in the current and NER congratulated Postal Life Insurance (PLI) Railway. In yet another mile- 44.49 Kmph in the current fis- financial year till January has officers and staff of North including Rural Postal Life stone in this direction, North cal year. Similarly, punctuali- loaded 13.39 million tonnes Central Railway for this out- Insurance in Varanasi Region Central Railway achieved best ty of passenger trains over freight as against loading of standing freight loading per- and during the corona pan- ever Monthly Interchange of NCR has improved by almost 12.36 million tonnes in the formance. demic period more than 2,500 policy bonds were issued, informed the Postmaster General (PMG) of Varanasi Region Krishna Kumar Yadav 2 9 while speaking at an event organised at Cantt Head Post Office on the occasion of 138th PLI Day here on Monday. ‘The Postal department & is also working in the field of 0, / & life insurance for a long time as PLI was launched on of the people. ‘Life insurance efits, Post Office is 10 lakh. Assistant Director $ ( groups have been formed in Kripa Shankar of the village, some new things have February 1 in 1884 and it is is a mandatory requirement in Superintendent of Varanasi Shambhu Rai said that trans-Yamuna and city areas. was found in a straw in his field emerged. Police said that the the oldest insurance scheme today’s era and the Western Division Ram Milan PLI Day was celebrated by n an attempt to check the He said traders are in touch some distance away from family came to know about the for government and semi- Department of Posts through said that the Government’s holding postal insurance fairs Iresale of stolen and looted with a team of policemen who home. She was bludgeoned to murder in the morning, so why government employees in its wide network is resolved to guarantee on investment secu- at various places under mobiles, the city police have are assigned to tighten the death with a brick by some was the information given in India and now private sector insure even those living in rity, income tax exemption Varanasi Region, in which roped in traders dealing in noose around mobile lifters unidentified miscreants. the afternoon. If people believe professionals can also take remote areas. In an innovative under Section 80, lower pre- people were made aware of the mobile retail shops as well as gang. Blood-stained brick was also that after knowing about the advantage of it,’ said Yadav, initiative, it has been made mium and more bonus, loan schemes. distributors and formed a POLICE CLAIMS TO recovered from the incident murder, the panchayat was adding that the Department of ‘Sampoorna Bima Gram’ by facility on policy, online pre- The function was also WhatsApp community group WORK OUT MURDER spot. The murder was report- sitting in the village to call and Posts is also setting new insuring all eligible people in mium depositing facility in attended by senior Postal to exchange information. CASE SOON: The police ed to the family members in not call the police. Due to the dimensions in the field of 145 villages of Varanasi any post office of the country department officers including The aim behind forming a have now raised the suspicion the morning by villagers on scar on the head, it was neces- insurance. region,’ he informed, adding and discount on advance pre- Ajay Kumar Maurya, Pankaj group on the messaging app is over the close relatives in con- Friday. Family members sary to inform the police. According to him, there that the department has also mium is given. Srivastava, Shasibhushan to initiate action against per- nection with the murder of a reported the murder to the During the investigation, are various life insurance adopted online insurance ser- The maximum insured Yadav, Vishmbhar Nath sons involved in dubious middle-aged woman Maharaji police around 12 noon. After the police found many impor- schemes in the post offices vices. limit in PLI is 50 lakh and Dwivedi and Ramashankar mobile resale. Deputy SP ( Devi in Soraya village of investigation, the police had tant clues, in which it was according to the age and need Highlighted the PLI ben- in rural postal life insurance Verma. Civil Lines) Shivam Todi said Soraon in Gangapar area in registered a case against the found that Maharaji Devi used that ‘Over 100 traders dealing Prayagraj. The police are inves- unidentified killers on the to steal something in the near- in the mobile business have tigating the incident at many ground of the written com- by fields due to being a men- joined the group with the angles for working out the plaint made by husband Kripa tal patient, due to which the assurance that they would be case. The police are also claim- Shankar. family members were upset. (7 & -% " %% passing information to police ing of working out the murder After getting the informa- Apart from this, there are on persons involved in the case soon. tion from the family, the police many other facts that the police Saurabh Dixit and Prof IIT, BHU, Prof Arnab Sarkar learning computational tech- dubious resale of mobiles.’ In Raiya village, the body questioned two members of are claiming to reach the killers $ L.&0' Jyotirmay Patel of SRMCET, of IIT, BHU and Pramod nical for multi-objective opti- He added that two separate of Maharaji Devi (55), wife of the village in custody and soon. Bareli online. Harshita Pandey Kumar Mishra of Institute of misation, etc. Prof Himanshu omputer Science & and Arvind Kumar conducted Science, BHU detailed about Katiyar of Government CEngineering department the closing session and Dr machine learning, image pro- Engineering College, of Ashoka Institute of Brijesh Singh offered a formal cessing, medical diagnostic Sonbhadra, Prof Subhash Technology & Management vote of thanks at last. using machine learning and Chandra Yadav of Central Q! R organised a five-day virtual During the five day FDP, fundamental of data science. University of Jharkhand, Faculty Development the guest speakers spoke on Prof Vinaytosh Mishra of Ranchi and Prof Programme (FDP) which con- various issues. Prof Somaiya FORE School of Management, RupeshKumar Debang of $ ( Registrar said that aim of FDP der. Indian Oil's Regional Initiating strict action against cluded with the remarks on Madakkam from FORE New Delhi, Prof MNNIT, Allahabad is to introduce the concepts of Manager Vigar Paul said that inmates who have forcefully application of logistic & linear School of Management, New Vindyedshwar Singh of KNIT, threw lights on artificial intel- rtificial Intelligence (AI) is machine learning, optimisation the missed call service has taken possession of their rooms regression and artificial neur- Delhi threw light on basic Sultanpur and Prof Namrata ligence robotics, impact of Aa rapidly advancing tech- including its state of the art, started from February 1. When despite all the hostels of al network made by Director, python programming and Dhanda of Amity University, AI in society and role of nology, made possible by the challenges and the future people call the stated number, Allahabad University and Sagar Institute of Technology & learning environment and Lucknow detailed about machine learning in future internet that may soon have ahead. their gas cylinders will be trusts being closed due to Management, Barabanki, Prof Prof Sanjay Kumar Singh of supervise and unsupervised education, etc. significant impacts on our Dr Krishna Pratap Singh, booked. It is necessary that the Covid crisis, authorities have everyday lives. These views Coordinator, FDP said several missed call should be done decided to withhold their were expressed by Prof P experts from reputed institu- from the same mobile, which degrees if they do not vacate Nagabhushan, Director, Indian tions like IITs, IIITs, NITs, has already been registered the accommodation in three Institute of Information were taking part in it. As many with the gas agency. Indian Oil days. These inmates could also 8 ) & 9 Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) 200 participants across the Management has developed a be barred from examination. while inaugurating the online country were attending the centre server for this move. An order to this effect was five-day faculty development FDP. Upon making a missed call, the issued by AU’s Dean Student $ L.&0' tality rate is 1.72 per cent. dents from different provinces their bright future, said that programme (FDP) on Machine Dr Pavan Chakraborty, centre will inform the agency Welfare (DSW) Prof KP Singh. In the first report of the of the country participated in Varanasi has been the birth- Learning and Optimisation, at Head of Department of from the server. Along with The DSW has written to all the s many as 12 new COVID- day, six positive patients were this programme. place and workplace of many Department of IT, IIIT Information Technology and this, the information of gas superintendents and wardens A19 patients have been found out of 2,200 reports The opening ceremony great people. Allahabad on Monday with the Prof Shekhar Verma, Dean booking will also come on the of the hostels and has sought a detected in the district on received. Till then, the total began with the lighting of Vice-principal Dr support of AICTE Training Human Affairs also shared consumer's mobile. Apart from report on the action taken in Monday, increasing the total test reports received were lamp by the chief guest Dr Kotasthane proposed the vote and Learning (ATAL). their views on learning and this, information will also be this regard by Tuesday number to 21,913. No casual- 5,97,710 and the results of Rana Gopal Singh, along with of thanks. After that, all new- He said that machine optimisation. taken from the consumer to get (February 2). Soon after the ty has been reported during the 4,682 are awaited. Out of Principal Dr (Col) Sudhir comers and their families were learning refers to an artificial GIVE A MISSED CALL a new connection. According lockdown, all the hostels of AU day and the death toll remained them, 5,75,803 were negative, Sachar, vice-principal Dr introduced to the history and creation of human-like intelli- TO BOOK INDANE GAS to the regional manager, the and those of the trusts were at 377. During the day, all the while 21,907 were positive. Dhananjay Kotasthane, Dr progress made before the gence that can learn reason, CYLINDERS: Booking of addition of a new connection shut and inmates were asked to 11 recovered patients are from The total number of samples KK Lahiri and Dr SK Pandey. establishment of the institute plan, perceive, or process nat- Indane gas cylinders will now to the missed call service has vacate their rooms. District home isolation, increasing the collected was 6,25,004. It was followed by a presenta- in a presentation through ural language. These traits also be done through missed made Indane gas easier to administration had operated a number to 18,498. As no INDUCTION CEREMO- tion of Saraswati Vandana by video. All the newly-enrolled allow AI to bring immense calls. A new connection will be reach people. Indian Oil had large number of buses to take patient has been declared neg- NY HELD: The induction the students. students were provided with socio-economic opportunities, available only through missed earlier issued a common book- the inmates back to their native ative from any of the hospitals, ceremony of newly-enrolled The Principal Dr (Col) souvenirs and bouquets. Dr while also posing ethical and calls. Indian Oil has released a ing number 7718955555 and places. After this, all the hos- the number remained at 2,967. MBBS students (Sixth batch- Sachar welcomed the chief Richa Rai, Dr Ruchira socio-economic challenges. He new number for this purpose. 7588888826 WhatsApp num- tels were closed by the AU The total number of patients 2020) was held at Heritage guest and others. He also Setty, Dr Mahendra Prasad, mentioned the importance of When people call on the bers. Both these numbers are administration and no entry who have been recovered so far Institute of Medical Sciences highlighted the achievements Dr Sravin Singh, Vaishali adoptability, understanding Indane Oil number also functional. was allowed. However, several is 21,465, leaving 71 active (HIMS) at its NH2 (GT Road and history of the institute. Kotasthane, Dr Ravi etc and lifelong learning and issues 8454955555 from their regis- AU TO WITHHOLD students started living in allot- cases. The recovery rate is bypass) premises here on The chief guest Dr Singh were also present on the occa- in machine learning process. tered mobile number, booking DEGREES IF INMATES DO ted rooms without permis- 97.95 per cent, while the mor- Monday. A total of 150 stu- while greeting the students for sion. Dr Vijayshri Tiwari, acting will be done for the gas cylin- NOT VACATE HOSTELS: sion. ! ! "#"$"% ! " # %
Q, % : " - & 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /0 1#* identified as Rama Shankar moving in the area swung into Bind of Bangalia Bharatganj vil- action and started checking 9 ! & , R - he Dehat Kotwali police lage under Manda police sta- vehicles. On Meerpur canal Tarrested three accused and tion in Prayagraj, Hari Narain road on seeing the police a vehi- $ K&%,. recovered 10 kg of ganja from Prajapati of Karpuri village cle tried to flee. However, the them on Sunday. The Dehat under Meja police station, police gave it a chase, found it at $ K&%,. ' " -- "( %; hief Medical Officer Dr Kotwali police during routine Prayagraj and Subhawan Lal some distance and on checking CAnil K Mishra said 11 patrolling spotted the three Bind of Bihasara village under recovered the six head of cattle. ormer chairperson of KANPUR (PNS): Goldiee Kisan Kamgar Sammelan more people tested positive of suspects in Chheetpur Lauria Jigna police station in However, one of them had died. FKanpur Chapter of the Masale Managing Director state president KK Shukla coronavirus infection in village who tried to hide but Mirzapur. Meanwhile an earli- Police sent the five head of cat- Institute of Company Som Goenka termed the bud- termed the Union budget 2021 Kanpur Nagar during the past were given a chase and on frisk- er report said that the Jamalpur tle to cow shelter home, seized Secretaries of India, Daljeet get as highly disappointing as quite discouraging and said 24 hours. ing 10 kg of ganja was recov- police found six head of cattle the vehicle and registered a case Kaur, while expressing her and said in view of COVID-19 with the hike in the price of With this, the tally of con- ered from them. A case was in a vehicle late at night recent- under relevant sections in this views on the Union budget pandemic, it was expected that petrol and diesel the cost of firmed coronavirus infections registered the under NDPS ly. Of them one had died. The connection. SO Vijay Kumar tabled in Parliament on the government would give farm inputs would shoot up detected in the city reached Act. After completing the legal police team during routine Saroj said that taking advantage Monday, said the budget had adequate relief to the common and this would be the major 32,876 on Monday evening. formalities the police sent the patrolling on being informed of darkness the driver and oth- come at a time when India’s man. setback for the farming com- The CMO said no accused to jail. They were that a pick-up carrying cattle was ers managed to flee from there. economy was reeling under the He said the budget had munity. He said the Union COVID-19 death was report- after-effects of the COVID-19 nothing new and there was also budget had given a free ed in the city during the past ; & induced lockdown. no relief in income tax for the hand to the private sector and 24 hours. She said the encouraging common man. He said this this would lead to unemploy- Dr Mishra said 160 active 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /0 1#* part was the increased bud- would reduce the purchasing tion. ment. cases were undergoing treat- getary allocation of 2 lakh power and reflect on the econ- He said in fact the indus- He said on border areas the ment in the city at present. He G Vindhyachal range Piyush Srivastava said crore on health care. omy of the country. try and the corporate sector 74 per cent FDI would not fetch said 2526 samples were taken Ithat it was due to the sacrifice of our freedom She said in addition to He said the cess on diesel should have been provided any benefit but would richly in the city on Monday for test- fighters that we took birth in an independent this, 1.10 lakh crore for the and petrol would lead to infla- relief which was totally absent. benefit the foreign companies. ing. nation. While addressing the unveiling ceremony Railways and exemption from of portrait of freedom fighter late Seeta Ram income tax return filing by 2 lakh crore on healthcare minister had also focused on only when concealment of Gupta at Shaheed Udyan on Sunday as the chief senior citizens above 75 years which was certainly the best FDI in the insurance sector income was more than 50 guest he exhorted the gathering to understand of age was certainly a welcome feature of the budget. that is proposed to be hiked to lakh. He said the faceless dis- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU +',-). the value of step. She added that the budget 74 per cent from the current pute resolution committee freedom. He However, the budget had proposals of Part A would 49 per cent. and mechanism was set up to ith the belief that NTPC Vindhyachal has praised the imposed 2.5 per litre agri strengthen the ‘Sankalp of Reacting to the new bud- reduce litigations for small %" " Wbeen able to establish itself as India’s largest spirit of Dr infra cess on petrol and 4 on Atmanirbhar Bharat’. She said get, noted chartered accoun- taxpayers and any taxpayer power station only because of untiring efforts of Chandraketu diesel. the key pillars in focus would tant Jasbir Singh Bhatia said with taxable income up to 50 its employees, the Vindhyachal management who organ- She said as per the be health and well-being, although as expected the fis- lakh and disputed income up felicitated eight of them who superannuated in ised the func- Economic Survey 2020-21, physical and financial capital cal deficit was far below the to 10 lakh could approach January. Kamal Kishore Soni, GM (MGR), Chandra tion as an able the government saw the and infrastructure, inclusive budget estimates, major the committee. !( Shekhar Singh, Senior Manager (C&M), Radhe son of the Indian economy growing at 11 development for aspirational expenditure of capital nature He said, however, in case Shyam Diwakar, Senior Manager (Fuel Handling), freedom per cent in the financial year India, reinvigorating human had been proposed to boost the PF amount was deducted Harjinder Singh, Manager (TMD), Jay Kumar fighter. NPP 2021-22 (FY22). She added capital, innovation and R&D up the economy, which was but not deposited by the $ K&%,. Bansal, Deputy Manager (Finance-SSC Vindhyachal), Manoj Jaiswal that, however, the GDP and minimum government certainly a welcome step. employer, it would not be Chhote Lal, Engineer SLPS (Operation), Shri Rama Chairman growth rate was estimated at and maximum governance. He said a scrapping poli- allowed as a deduction for the he district manager of Bata Shankar Shahu, Operator SLPS (TMD), Janak Dhari, threw light on the life of freedom fighter and said minus 7.7 per cent for the She added that the gov- cy had been announced in the employer. TIndia and his two subordi- Operator- EG (TMD) superannuated from India’s he was one of the founders of Lala Lajpat Roy ongoing fiscal. ernment aimed to spend Budget 2021 and the volun- He said the budget also nates were accused of mental- largest power station. In view of Covid-19 pandem- Library. President of trustee board of library CP Bhatia said the Finance 1.97 lakh crore on various PLI tary vehicle scrapping policy raised customs duty on solar ly and physically torturing the ic the employees were appreciated for their dedi- Gupta highlighted contribution of those who helped Minister Nirmala Sitharaman schemes over the next five aimed to remove inefficient inverters from 5 per cent to 20 store manager of Lajpat Nagar cated services by their HoDs with a token of appre- in making it computerised. President of management had tried to highlight what the years, starting this fiscal and vehicles so as to reduce vehic- per cent and solar lanterns Bata Shoe Store. ciation in their respective departments while committee of the library Shivlal Awasthi remembered government had done for the this was in addition to the ular pollution and oil import from 5 per cent to 15 per cent. The victim has lodged an strictly following social distancing guidelines. former EO Nagar Palika late Batuk Nath Agrawal poor, the migrants, children as 40,951 crore announced for bills. He welcomed the decision FIR against them at the Executive Director (Vindhyachal) Munish Jauhari who paved the way for setting up Shaheed Udyan well as senior citizens under the PLI for electronic manu- He said in serious tax to withdraw exemption on Nazirabad police station. honoured them with a letter of commendation associated with the library. The function was con- various schemes and had facturing schemes. evasion cases, they could be import of leather as they were Police have started an inves- for their dedicated services and for discharging ducted by Dr Ganesh Prasad Awasthi while the vote announced a total spend of Bhatia said the finance reopened till the next 10 years, domestically produced. tigation. their duties with determination and in taking of thanks was proposed by convener Dr Store manager Siddharth NTPC Vindhyachal to the zenith of success. GM Chandraketu.Among those who attended the func- Dwivedi, a resident of (O& M) also appreciated their efforts and GM tion were SM Sabah, Dr Rajeev Agrawal, Praveen Lucknow, is posted at Lajpat (SSC Vindhyachal- NR) Vipan Kumar thanked Sethi, Mod. Razi, Rajesh Mishra, Meenu Mishra, Nagar Bata Shoe Store since them and wished them good health and luck. Sangeeta Agrawal and Amardeep Singh. ' 1' September 5, 2020. In the FIR, he alleged that district manager Onkar Bhasin along "# (## $ K&%,. with employees Fawwaz Ahmad and Amit Tewari were 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /0 1#* 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /0 1#* anpur Divisional regularly giving him death KCommissioner Raj threats and scuffling with him nder Road Safety Month under the joint aegis of eteran BJP leader Manoj Kumar Shekhar, on Monday, expressed at his store. URoad Transport department and police a health VSrivastava while addressing a function annoyance at the delay in com- He further alleged that camp was organised on Sunday. As many as 63 organised by Indian Oil said the need of the pletion of the works of Smart since the time of his joining in employees of Road Transport and police departments hour was that we adopt ways to conserve ener- City. Kanpur, Bhasin was continu- and Roadways availed the facility of free check-up. As gy. Praising the initiative of Indian Oil which Reviewing the Smart City ously harassing him mentally per the health condition doctors recommended med- organised ‘Urja Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav’ works at Mall Road and Canal and physically. icines and spectacles to them. At the Lonhadai PHC to make people aware he appealed to gather- Road, the divisional commis- He alleged that on January doctors who took the part in camp were Dr DD Dubey, ing to use bicycles as much as possible. In his sioner issued a fresh deadline 27, Bhasin forcibly took his Dr Rekha Chaturvedi, Dr Ajay Pathak, Dr Preeti Yadav address assistant manager Ajay Kumar gave tips of March 2021 and said the signature on a paper showing and Dr Preetam Singh. Passenger Tax Officer (PTO) to save energy. A bicycle rally was taken out entire work had to be com- creditors and shortage of stock Pramod Kumar and incharge of traffic police Amarjeet which passed through the streets of the city in pleted by then at every cost. worth Rs 89,230 and also on Singh Chauhan jointly convened the camp. which hundreds of youths took part. He also directed the his transfer letter of January authorities to prepare a 3-D 25. He said as three other presentation of the Smart road reports were already lodged in the next 15 days so that an against Bhasin at Kotwali, idea could be formed as to how Moolganj and Nazirabad 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $' ()#* Maghar at 10.04 hrs, Sahajanwa Chau Mahala at 15.00 hrs, the smart roads would appear police stations and Amit at 10.24 hrs, Gorakhpur at 11.40 Nagda at 16.20 hrs, Khachrod after completion of the work. Tewari and Fawwaz Ahmad he railway administration hrs , Pipraich at 12.06 hrs, at 16.32 hrs, Ratlam at 17.15 The divisional commis- had criminal history, he was Tfor the convenience of pas- Kaptanganj at 12.30 hrs, Siswa hrs, Bamnia at 17.54 hrs, sioner said the Smart road scared of life attack on him by senger has revised the timings Bazar at 13.30 hrs, Khadda at Meghnagar at 18.23 hrs, Dahod project of the Smart City com- these persons. of 09039 Bandra Terminus 13.48 hrs, Paniahwa at 14.08 hrs, at 18.49 hrs, Godhra at 20.12 prised 2.8 kilometres of Smart (BDTS)-Muzaffarpur and Bagaha at 14.39 hrs, Harinagar at hrs, Vadodara at 21.25 hrs, road construction at Mall Road 09040 Muzaffarpur-BDTS 15.13 hrs, Narkatiaganj at 15.35 Ankleshwar at 22.22 hrs, Surat and some portion of the Canal Avadh Express triweekly spe- hrs, Bettiah at 16.29 hrs, at 23.30 hrs, the third day Road. He said the work com- cial trains and extended them Bapudham Motihari at 17.17 Valsad at 00.37 hrs, Vapi at prised underground cabling of ' till Barauni. This train from hrs, Chakia at 17.52 hrs, Mehsi 01.00 hrs, Boisar at 02.12 hrs, electricity lines, sidewalks, $ ' "1 1' & & January 28 is being run from at 18.03 hrs, Motipur at 18.15 Borivali at 03.19 hrs, Andheri kiosks, sitting amenities, P BDTS every Monday, Thursday hrs, Muzaffarpur at 21.00 hrs, at 03.37 hrs The Bandra ter- divider and smart street lights. the agencies, including KESCo, divisional commissioner that as struction related works of the and Saturday and from January Samastipur at 21.55 hrs and minus and reaching Bandra The divisional commis- to complete the work without the Smart City did not have any Smart City project. He also 31 from Barauni every Tuesday, reaching Barauni at 23.10 hrs. Terminus at 04.05 hrs. sioner said although the work any compromise on quality full-fledged engineering directed the KDA vice chair- Thursday and Sunday thrice a During the return journey BDTS-BARAUNI SPL: was started 12 months ago but latest by March 31, 2021. He department for effective and man to process the things week until further notice . All the 09040 Barauni-Bandra The railway administration has due to COVID-19 lockdown, it warned the officials that no fur- timely implementation of the accordingly at the earliest. $ K&%,. coaches will be of reserved cat- Terminus tri-weekly special revised the timings of 09037 was delayed by six months. He ther delay would be accepted project, a special department Shekhar asked the munic- egory and passengers will have from January 31 is every Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur said as on date the work and heavy fines would be for the civil and construction ipal commissioner and Smart he locked house of a slain to follow the Covid-19 guide- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and 09038 Gorakhpur-Bandra progress was only 60 per cent. imposed on the contractor and works should be nominated. City CEO to review the TCRPF jawan was burgled lines, CPRO PK Singh said. leaving Barauni at 07.20 hrs, Terminus running four days a The agencies working on show cause notices would be The divisional commissioner progress of the works every when the kin of the deceased BDTS-BARAUNI SPL: Samastipur at 07.38 hrs, week Awadh Express special the project had requested for issued to the officials con- then directed the municipal fortnight with the Smart City were mourning his death with The 09039 BDTS-Barauni tri- Muzaffarpur at 09.40 hrs, trains and extended them till extension till May 2021, but cerned in case the Smart City commissioner to send the file chairman. The divisional com- the body in Malaun village weekly special from January 28 Motipur at 10.14 hrs, Mehsi at Barauni. The 09037 BDTS - looking into the immediate works was not completed by for nominating Kanpur missioner was accompanied under Chaubepur police sta- every Monday, Thursday and 10.26 hrs, Chakia at 10.37 hrs, Barauni special is from January requirements and the problems March 2021. Development Authority as the by zonal officer, KESCo EE and tion on Sunday night. Saturday is leaving BDTS at Bapudham Motihari at 11.09 29 every Tuesday, Wednesday, faced by the common man, the The Kanpur municipal nodal department for imple- several other officials of Smart The theft came to light on 22.00 hrs, Andheri at 22.10 hrs, hrs, Sugauli at 11.34 hrs, Bettiah Friday and Sunday until further divisional commissioner asked commissioner informed the menting the civil and con- City. Monday morning. Borivali at 22.33 hrs, Boisar at at 11.53 hrs, Narkatiaganj at order leaving BDTS at 22.00 It may be recalled that 23.34 hrs, second day from 12.45 hrs, Harinagar at 13.03 hrs, hrs, Andheri at 22.10 hrs, CRPF jawan Saurabh Katheria Vapi at 00.17 hrs, Valsad at Bagaha at 14.09 hrs , Paniahwa Borivali at 22.33 hrs, Boisar at of Malaun village was crushed 00.45 hrs, Surat at 02.10 hrs, at 14.52 hrs, Khadda at 15.01 hrs, 23.34 hrs, second day Vapi at by some Scorpio-borne youths Ankleshwar at 02.41 hrs, Siswa Bazar at 15.20 hrs, 00.17 hrs, Valsad at 00.45 hrs, in the village on Wednesday Vadodara at 03.53 hrs, Godhra Kaptanganj at 15.55 hrs, Pipraich Surat at 02.10 hrs, Ankleshwar night. at 05.05 hrs, Dahod at 05.55 hrs, at 16.18 hrs, Gorakhpur at 17.15 at 02.41 hrs, Vadodara at 03.53 The seriously injured Meghnagar at 06.21 hrs, Bamnia hrs, Sahajanwa at 17.44 hrs, hrs, Godhra at 05.05 hrs, Dahod KANPUR (PNS): State medicines required a learned ensure it simplified the process Addressing the students, Saurabh was admitted to at 06.53 hrs, Ratlam at 07.55 hrs, Maghar at 17.57 hrs, Khalilabad at 05.55 hrs, Meghnagar at 06.01 Minister for Information and intermediary to prescribe them further so that those who were head of department Dr Pravin Regency Hospital where he Khachrod at 08.21 hrs, Nagda at at 18.10 hrs, Basti at 18.38 hrs, hrs, Bamania at 06.53 hrs, Ratlam Technology Ajit Pal, while and a trained person to dis- into the trade could carry out Katiyar said physiotherapists succumbed to his injuries on 09.02 hrs, Chau Mahla at 10.00 Babhnan at 19.05 hrs, Swami at 07.55 hrs, Khachrod at 08.21 addressing the swearing-in cer- pense them appropriately the business smoothly. helped people affected by Sunday. hrs, Bhawani Mandi at 10.55 hrs, Narayan Chapia at 19.18 hrs, hrs, Nagda 09.02 hrs, Bhavani emony of the newly-elected before the consumer took Prominent among those injury, illness or disability The body was taken to his Dakaniya Talav at 12.28 hrs, Maskanwa at 19.28 hrs, Mandi at 10.55 hrs, Kota at body of Kanpur Udyog Vyapar them. who expressed their views were through movement and exer- ancestral house in the village Kota at 12.55 hrs, Lakheri at 13.55 Mankapur at 19.58 hrs, Gonda at 12.55 hrs, Lakheri at 13.35 hrs, Mandal (IT Cell) on Monday, Pal said the market for MLC Arun Pathak, Mukund cise, manual therapy, education in the night. hrs, Sawai Madhopur at 14.25 hrs, 20.40 hrs, Colonelganj at 21.08 Sawai Madhopur at 14.25 hrs, assured the traders that the pharmaceuticals was therefore Mishra, Tikam Chand Sethia, and advice. He said the phys- When the kin of the Gangapur City at 15.15 hrs, hrs, Jarwalroad at 21.26 hrs, Gangapur City at 15.15 hrs, main demand of the Vyapar not a usual market in economic Rajendra Shukla, Rahul iotherapists maintained the deceased and other Hindaun City at 16.00 hrs. Bayana Burhwal at 21.47 hrs, Barabanki Hindaun City at 16.00 hrs, Mandal relating to obtaining terms and there were major Sharma, Rajat Gupta and health for people of all ages, relatives were mourning at 16.35 hrs, Rupbas at 17.10 hrs, at 22.35 hrs, Gomtinagar at Bayana at 16.35 hrs, Rupbas at drug licence would be taken up informational asymmetries and Devansh Bhatia. helping patients to manage the death of the CRPF Fatehpur Sikri at 17.25 hrs, Idgah 23.09 hrs, Badshahnagar at 17.10 hrs, Fatehpur Sikri at 17.25 with the government and sim- monopoly behaviours by sup- FRESHERS’ PARTY: pain and prevent disease. He jawan, the miscreants broke Agra Jn at 18.50 hrs, Agra Fort at 23.28 hrs, Lucknow City at hrs, Idgah Agra Jn at 18.50 hrs, plified. pliers that include patent rights Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj said the institute took pride in into his newly-built 19.25 hrs, Tundla at 20.45 hrs, 23.46 hrs, Aishbagh on second Agra Fort at 19.25 hrs, Tundla at He said the UP govern- and data exclusivity and the University Registrar Dr AK welcoming the new batch of house situated opposite the Firozabad at 21.05 hrs, day at 00.15 hrs, Harauni at 20.45 hrs, Firozabad at 21.05 hrs, ment was committed to the clauses that further strength- Yadav, while addressing the students and hoped that they railway station and committed Shikohabad at 21.35 hrs, Etawah 00.45 hrs, Unnao at 01.13 hrs, Shikohabad at 21.35 hrs, development of trade and com- ened monopolies. freshers of the new batch of stu- would pursue a career in phys- theft. at 22.25 hrs, Bharthana at 22.41 Kanpur Central at 01.50 hrs, Etawah at 22.25 hrs, Bharthana merce and thus it would make He said in addition to the dents pursuing Bachelor in iotherapy. He said there was a The neighbours found the hrs, Phaphund at 23.06 hrs, Phaphund at 02.47 hrs, at 22.41 hrs, Phaphund at every effort to solve the pend- quality, safety and efficacy Physiotherapy from the clear requirement for collabo- locks broken on Monday third day from Kanpur Central Bharthana at 03.12 hrs, Etawah 23.06, third day Kanpur ing issues. requirements, and therefore University Institute of Health ration among health workers morning and informed the kin at 01.45 hrs, Unnao. 02.14 hrs, at 03.32 hrs, Shikohabad at Central at 01.45 hrs, Unnao at Pal said the primary aim of these were the arguments for Sciences, said in the present from different professional of the deceased about it. Harauni at 02.44 hrs Aishbagh 04.05 hrs, Firozabad at 04.45 02.14 hrs, Harauni at 02.44 hrs, drug regulation was protection regulating the pharmaceutical times of urbanisation and backgrounds as no one was The CPF jawan’s brother at 03.35 hrs, Lucknow City at hrs, Tundla at 05.45 hrs, Agra Aishbagh at 03.35 hrs, of public health. He said as industry more generally, and mechanization, physical trau- able to deliver care to meet the said cash, jewellery and 03.44 hrs, Badshahnagar at 04.06 Fort at 06.25 hrs, Idgah Agra at Lucknow City at 03.44 hrs, medicines were not normal controlling what it supplied. ma was a major cause of con- complete needs of the patient. other household goods were hrs, Gomtinagar at 04.14 hrs, 06.40 hrs, Fatehpur Sikri at Badshahnagar at 04.06 hrs, commodities and they met The general secretary said cern. He said after the role of The freshers later present- stolen. Barabanki at 04.48 hrs, Burhwal 07.15 hrs, Rupbas at 07.32 hrs, Gomtinagar at 04.14 hrs, fundamental health needs, the process of obtaining a drug the orthopedist stepped in the ed a colourful cultural pro- Taking a serious note of at 05.20 hrs, Jarwal Road at 05.39 Bayana at 08.55 hrs, Hindaun Barabanki at 04.48 hrs, Gonda access to essential medicines licence was a long complicated role of physiotherapist who gramme and participated in the theft, Superintendent of hrs, Gonda at 07.20 hrs, City at 09.17 hrs, Gangapur at 07.20 hrs, Gorakhpur at was according to the guidelines procedure which made a per- managed to put the person various events. The best was Police (Rural) Brijesh Mankapur at 07.48 hrs, City at 09.55 hrs, Sawai 11.40 hrs, Pipraich at 12:06 hrs, of the World Health son unable to obtain licence back in shape. Mr Fresher and Ms Fresher Srivastava directed the Maskanwa at 08.16 hrs, Swami Madhopur at 10.43 hrs, Lakheri Motipur at 18.15 hrs, Organization. He said medi- easily to carry out trade. Dr Yadav welcomed the contests in which Sonu and Chaubepur SHO to work out Narayan Chhapia at 08.26 hrs, at 11.20 hrs, Kota at 12.20 hrs, Muzaffarpur at 21.00 hrs, And cines had additional social He said the Vyapar Mandal new students and hoped they Shivansi Singh, respectively, the case soon with the help of Babhnan at 08.40 hrs, Basti at Dakaniya Talao at 12.33 hrs, Samastipur at 21.55 hrs and is value and appropriate use of appealed to the government to will excel in the field of BPT. were the winners. forensic experts. 09.11 hrs, Khalilabad at 09.52 hrs, Bhawani Mandi at 13.55 hrs, reaching Barauni at 23.10 hrs. ! ! "#"$"% &
' ( &*+*' Congress on Monday said it Sitharaman could have been Union Budget was a “let down chose to be “timid”. was a case of “wrong diagno- “brave” by extending help to like never before”, the grand old “It was a vengeful act erming the Union Budget sis and prescription”, and the poor, but chose to be party claimed that it will unrav- against the thousands of farm- Q5 "R (=-- Tas “directionless”, the Finance Minister Nirmala “timid”. Asserting that the el soon, and described the ers who took out the longest imposition of cess on petrol tractor rally in history. It was and diesel in the budget as also a cruel blow to federalism &*+*' gation by the Government of its its stated policies on the “vengeful act” against the thou- because the states do not get a responsibility towards the peo- ground. “Will the budget of the sands of farmers who took out share of the revenue from cess- any Opposition parties ple but shoring up the fortunes Central Government present- the tractor rally. es,” the former finance minis- Mcriticised the Budget on of a privileged few including ed in Parliament today be able While former Congress ter said while addressing a Monday saying it had nothing through their greater control to deal with poverty, unem- chief Rahul Gandhi hit alleged Press conference. He said this for the common man. over the nation’s productive ployment and inflation, etc?. that the Narendra Modi gov- was a “cruel blow” to the aver- The CPI(M) and CPI assets.” On this basis, the activities of ernment plans to handover age citizen, including farmers. blamed the Government for The CPI(M) said that the the government and this India’s assets to crony capital- “She deceived the people of going on a “selling spree” of panacea for “this Government Budget will be judged,” ists, party colleague former India, especially the poor, the public sector institutions while is to sell off India’s national Mayawati said in a tweet. finance minister P working class, the migrants, the the Samajwadi Party said the assets and privatize even prof- The Samajwadi Party said Chidambaram said the FM farmers, the industrial units Budget proposals will increase it making public sector com- that the Modi government has “deceived” those who were lis- that had been closed down per- problems for farmers and the panies. The monetisation pro- “lost its credibility” and accused tening to her speech, especial- manently, and those who had common. The BSP said there ject announced in the budget the BJP of working for corpo- ly the MPs, had no clue that she lost their jobs, both regular and is nothing attractive in the included sale of valuable land rates. “Its (BJP’s) every move is has imposed cesses on a large informal, and are still looking Budget for the common man held at present by public sec- aimed at snatching away every- number of products including for jobs,” he alleged. and workers even as BJP’s one- tor companies. The target is to thing from the common man petroleum and diesel. “Forget Chidambaram did not time ally Shiv Sena said that the mobilise 1.75 lakh crores and giving it to the corporate putting cash in the hands of mention that the defence budget failed and disappoint- through disinvestment. The groups. Its budget is also direct- people, Modi government expenditure in 2021-22 will not ed the common man increase in FDI in insurance to ly and indirectly dedicated to plans to handover India’s assets see any significant rise. “The “The Union Budget 2021- 74 per cent is highly objec- corporate groups,” Leader of to his crony capitalist friends,” FM had promised a budget ‘like 22 is a betrayal of the people tionable. This drive for pri- Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Rahul said after the presenta- never before’. Her mandate was caught in the double crisis of vatisation is a subversion of the Assembly and senior SP leader, tion of the Union Budget. to present an annual state- pandemic and recession,” CPI national interests and a mock- Ram Govind Chowdhury, Chidambaram also took a ment of revenue and expendi- (M) general secretary Sitaram ery of the slogan of atma nirb- alleged in a statement. jibe on Sitharaman saying that ture for 2021-22. What she did, Yechur y said. harta, said CPI(M). Shiv Sena leader and Rajya the FM used the same Tamil however, was to estimate The CPI(M) polit bureau in CPI general secretary D Sabha member Priyanka Tirukkural couplet used by him expenditure over 2 years or 3 a statement said: “It is a classic Raja said: “This budget is the Chaturvedi said the budget is in one of his budget speech in years or 4 years or, in one case, illustration of the Modi continuation of the aggres- disappointing and fails to UPA tenure. He also pointed that over 5 years,” he said. Government’s unshakeable sive, pro- corporate economic address the concerns of the cit- Sitharaman made a reference to Senior Congress leader and commitment to promoting the policies the Modi government izens of the country- be it the prime minister 14 times Deputy leader of Opposition in interests of a handful of big busi- has been pursuing. It is a pro- farmers, entrepreneurs, youth, and to the farmers 11 times. Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma ness houses at the expense of corporate, pro-big businesses women or children. “The gov- Reading out a party state- tweeted, “the FM could have increasing distress and misery budget. It is pro-international ernment has yet again over- ment at a AICC press confer- been brave but chose to be for the working people. This is finance capital, the FDI. So, this looked the Aam Janta which ence, Chidambaram said timid. The nation needed a bold reflected in the refusal of the budget has nothing for the was the most affected due to Sitharaman did not mention budget and more direct transfers Government to increase public poor, for the suffering masses.” the COVID impact and the defence at all, “as if the Chinese to the weaker sections to revive expenditure notwithstanding Reacting to the Union lockdown,” Chaturvedi said. had vacated occupied Indian demand, restart job creation.” its bombastic claims. The bud- Budget Bahujan Samaj Party She alleged the push to cre- territory”. The opposition He added ‘One Nation, geted Central Government’s supremo Mayawati said that ating new infrastructure and party said it was a case of One Ration Card’ and total expenditure of 34.8 lakh crores of poor people,farmers boost connectivity is appreciable “wrong diagnosis and pre- increased spending on public crores in 2021-22 is identical in and working class of the coun- but was sadly reduced to con- scription”, and that Finance health were two bright spots in nominal terms to that in 2020- try are tired of attractive centrate only on the election Minister Nirmala Sitharaman an otherwise “directionless” 21 - which amounts to slashing promises and hollow claims. going states of 2021 very similar could have been “brave” by budget which will be forgotten expenditure in real terms. This She said it would be better if to free COVID vaccine promised extending help to the poor, but in a few weeks. represents the complete abro- the government implemented during the Bihar elections. 4 ( < = * &*+*' government has taken effective this scheme shows the com- steps to rationalise the tax sys- mitment of Modi ji, which M enior Central ministers and tem, boost the basic infra- will improve the life and health SBJP leaders called the structure, strengthen the bank- of common people,” he said. Budget growth-oriented and ing system, promote invest- Shah said through ‘Kisan &*+*' Reading out her third the one that “increased ease of ment and ease of doing busi- Rail’ and ‘Kisan Udaan Yojana’, straight Union Budget speech, the living”. BJP president JP Nadda ness, which will further the the farmers will join the nation- here were quite a few firsts minister quoted from works of said, “The budget 2021 has Modi government’s resolve to al and international markets Tduring the presentation of the Rabindranath Tagore and Tamil been presented in an unprece- make India a five trillion-dol- and their products could be Union Budget — the first in a classic Thirukkural while some dented situation. It is inclusive lar economy,” he said. sold at a better price at the right new decade in the new millen- Opposition members made cer- and is dedicated to the welfare Shah said the budget will time without damage. This nium — in the Lok Sabha on tain remarks during the speech. of all people of India.” contribute significantly in ful- scheme will especially benefit Monday. The House also saw the Many of the Budget Several BJP leaders praised filling the Modi government’s fruit and vegetable growers, MPs, meeting after a prolonged announcements, including some the focus on capital investment resolve to double the income of particularly our tribal and period, indulging in some chit- related to taxation, were greeted and health care. Senior BJP farmers by making provision northeast farmers. chats post-Budget presentation. with thumping of desk by the rul- leader and defence minister for irrigation and grain storage “In this budget, by provid- For the first time, the Budget ing party members.After the Rajnath Singh welcomed the to the farmers of the country, ing a provision of 85,000 went paperless and members presentation of Budget, Prime budget presented by Nirmala as well as a fair price for their crore for Scheduled Castes and were provided soft copies of the Minister Narendra Modi, who Sitharaman as the produce. Other Backward Classes and speech and documents. Finance was wearing a blue mask, went to “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” budget, The home minister said 53,700 crore for Scheduled Minister Nirmala Sitharaman the minister and congratulated arguing that it would strength- with the allocation of 100 lakh Tribes, the Modi Government read out her 110-minute speech her. Many other members were en the economy. crore for basic infrastructure in has shown its sensitivity from a tablet even as the House also seen chatting with Union Home Minister the country, world-class high- towards the development of the had seating arrangements in Sitharaman after completion of Amit Shah said the Union ways, railways, ports, airports, neglected section of the society tune with social distancing norms her speech. Budget 2020-21 will contribute metros will be built in the coun- and connecting them to the during the pandemic. Next to Sitharaman was significantly in fulfilling the try, which will not only improve mainstream,” said Shah. Clad in a red and cream- Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Modi government’s resolve to the lives of common people but BJP leader Jyotiraditya hued saree with patterns, and on the same row was min- double the income of farmers also give a significant boost to Scindia said the Finance Sitharaman continued with the isterial colleague Pralhad Joshi. and provide unprecedented economic activities. Minister had presented a well- practice of carrying the red- Apart from Prime Minister relief to the taxpayers. “Taking forward the cam- planned plan to get the econ- coloured ‘bahi khata’. Only that Modi, Union ministers Amit In a series of tweets, Shah paigns like home, electricity, omy back on track while party this time around, tablet replaced Shah and Rajnath Singh were also also said world-class highways, toilets, gas and health facilities General Secretary Bhupender papers in the red bag. seated in the front row. railways, ports, airports, met- to all, I welcome Modi ji’s Yadav said the budget would Unlike earlier occasions, the Amid the ongoing farmers’ ros will be built in the country resolve to provide clean drink- provide a significant boost to minister stood in the second row protests against the three new with the allocation of 100 lakh ing water to everyone. The allo- India’s infrastructure, agricul- of the Treasury benches as she farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal crore. “In this budget, the Modi cation of 3.60 lakh crore in ture and health care. read out the speech from a tablet leaders — Harsimrat Kaur Badal placed on a short lectern. During and Sukhbir Singh Badal — the 110-minute-long speech, she along with RLP’s Hanuman $> % 22 & paused a few times to sip water Beniwal sought to raise the mat- and a plate with candies was kept ter. They were seen holding &*+*' while 9,022.57 crore has been Government, aims to provide near the lectern. posters demanding that the earmarked for the Department tap water connections to rural It was also the shortest Centre take back the ontinuing with its thrust on of Water Resources, the River households by 2024. So far, tap speech by Sitharaman, who had ‘black’ laws. All of them, who Cpiped water supply to all, a Development and Ganga water connections have delivered the longest speech last were till recently part of the rul- whopping 50,000 crore has Rejuvenation. The DWS has been given to 3.3 crore rural year. Her first Budget speech in ing NDA, stood in the aisle for a been earmarked for the Jal seen a hike of more than three households. July 2019 went on for around 137 few minutes and later walked out Jeevan Mission in Budget 2021- times in its budget allocation. In this budget, 50,000 minutes and in 2020, it went on of the House soon after the 22, even as Finance Minister In 2019-20, the DWS was allo- crore has been earmarked for more than 160 minutes and finance minister started her Nirmala Sitharaman Monday cated 18,264.26 crore. for this scheme. Additionally, was cut short after she felt unwell. speech. Congress leader Rahul announced the scheme’s urban It came down marginally to Sitharaman announced the With seats demarcated to Gandhi, Samajwadi Party patri- segment that aims to provide 17,023.50 in 2020-21. In the urban segment of this ensure adequate social distancing arch Mulayam Singh Yadav, tap water connections to 2.86 coming fiscal year, the DWS scheme. among members, some of the National Conference leader crore households. has been earmarked 60,030 The ambitious urban seg- Union ministers, including Farooq Abdullah and various The Drinking Water and crore. ment of the mission will be Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, other people from the Sanitation Department under Launched in 2019, the Jal implemented over five years were sitting in Rajya Sabha dur- Opposition were present in the the Jal Shakti Ministry has Jeevan Mission, a flagship pro- with an outlay of 2,87,000 ing the Budget speech. House. been allocated 60,030 crore gramme of the Modi crore. 67(&879'(":7;&97
&*+*' System (RRTS) project, has been allo- cated 4,472 crore as against 2,487 ommuting to be easier. In a major crore in the revised 2020-21 estimates. Cboost to public transport in urban Presenting her first ever paperless areas, the Union Budget 2021-22 pro- Union Budget in the parliament for the posed a new scheme of 18,000 crore for financial year 2021-22, Finance Minister public bus transport services, central Nirmala Sitharaman said that the metro funding for Kochi, Chennai, Bengaluru, rail network of 702 km is already oper- Nagpur and Nashik metro rails, new ational across the country, and another technologies ‘MetroLite’ and ‘MetroNeo’ 1,600 km of the metro rail network is to be deployed in tier-2 cities and under construction in 27 cities. peripheral areas of tier-1 cities at much “MetroLite and MetroNeo will be lesser cost with same experience, safety deployed to provide metro rail systems at and convenience. much lesser costs with the same experience, The government has also allocated convenience and safety in Tier 2 cities and 23,500 crore for the projects related to peripheral areas of Tier 1 cities also,” she Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) and said. Sitharaman said that the govern- Metro services in the country. The ment will work toward raising the share National Capital Region Transport of public transport in urban areas Corporation, which is executing the through expansion of metro rail network country’s first Regional Rapid Transit and augmentation of city bus service. ! ! "#"$"% )
. 4,! ?@A314 / &*+*' vehicles. the scheme will be separately tunities but also ensure a clean- “The policy would cover an shared by the Road Transport er environment,” Malhotra said. &*+*' amounts to 4.78 lakh crore. If he Centre on Monday estimated 51 lakh light motor and Highways Ministry. “We are On July 26, 2019, the gov- the burgeoning pension bill is Tannounced in its annual vehicles (LMVs) that are above separately announcing a volun- ernment had proposed amend- espite continuing hostili- kept aside, the capital and rev- Budget the much-awaited vol- 20 years of age, while another 34 tary vehicle scrapping policy to ments to motor vehicle norms Dties at the Line of Actual enue budget along with civil untary vehicle scrapping poli- lakh LMVs are above 15 years. phase out old and unfit vehicles. to allow scrapping of vehicles Control (LAC), the Defence heads comes to 3,62,345 crore. cy to phase out old and pol- It would also cover 17 lakh This will help in encouraging older than 15 years in a bid to Budget got a modest hike for In order to sustain the luting vehicles. Presenting the medium and heavy motor vehi- fuel efficient, environment spur adoption of electrical the next fiscal. The overall pace of modernisation, the Budget for 2021-22 in cles, which are above 15 years, friendly vehicles, thereby reduc- vehicles. “We have submitted outlay for 2021-22 was pegged capital budget for the coming Parliament, Finance Minister and currently without valid fit- ing vehicular pollution and oil the proposal and I am expect- at 4.78 lakh crore as against financial year is 1,35,060 Nirmala Sitharaman said under ness certificates,” Gadkari said. import bill. Vehicles would ing that we will get approval as 4.71 lakh crore for the ongo- crore. This will enable the voluntary vehicle scrapping These vehicles are estimat- undergo fitness tests in auto- early as possible for the scrap- ing financial year. armed forces to meet ongoing policy, personal vehicles would ed to cause 10-12 times more mated fitness centres after 20 ping policy,” Gadkari had said However, the armed forces contractual obligations besides undergo fitness test after 20 pollution than the latest vehicles, years in case of personal vehicles, on January 15. were assured of no shortage of going for new weapon plat- items, the army is carrying on crore while for the next finan- years while commercial vehi- he said. Outlining the benefits of and after 15 years in case of com- The minister had also said funds during the coming year forms. The capital allocation with its plan for fast moderni- cial year it is 1,15,850 crore. cles would require it after com- the policy, Gadkari said it would mercial vehicles,” she added. that once the policy is approved, as it happened when tensions for the last fiscal was 1,345,10 sation of the infantry by procur- The break-up of the capi- pletion of 15 years. lead to recycling of waste metal, President of Automotive India will become an automobile with China escalated since crore. Incidentally, the entire ing rifles, machine guns and tal allocation for the three Welcoming the policy, Road improved safety, reduction in air Refinishes and Wood Coatings, hub and there will also be reduc- May last year. capital budget for the current other close quarter battle Services indicated that the IAF Transport, Highways and pollution, lower oil imports due Nippon Paint India, Sharad tion in the prices of automobiles. It is evident from the fact financial year was utilised indi- weapons. Moreover, the induc- got the major share with a bud- MSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkari to greater fuel efficiency of cur- Malhotra said our sector has got He had said recycled material that while the Budget estimate cating a healthy trend. tion of the long-range artillery get of 53,214 crore. The Army said the policy will lead to new rent vehicles, and stimulate a favorable boost in form of FM’s from old vehicles will help for 2020-21 for capital alloca- There are some weapons guns is also on the cards in the got 36,481 crore while the investment of around 10,000 investment. voluntary vehicle scrappage pol- reduce the prices, adding that tion was 1,13,734 crore, the systems to be procured in the coming year and the capital out- Navy was given 33,253 crore. crore and create as many as He said the finer details of icy announcement. “Fitness test- the automobile industry’s revised estimate saw a jump of coming years including 114 lay will to some extent enable Defence Minister Rajnath 50,000 jobs. He further said the the policy will be unveiled with- ing for both PVs and CVs is a turnover, which is 4.5 lakh more than 17 per cent with the multi-role fighter jets to be built the Army to sustain the tempo. Singh thanked Prime Minister policy would cover over 1 crore in 15 days. During her speech, positive move that will not only crore with 1.45 lakh crore armed forces getting 1,34,510 within the country under the However, the major share Narendra Modi and Finance light, medium and heavy motor Sitharaman said that details of generate employment oppor- exports, will get a boost. crore. The additional finances strategic partnership pro- of the budget like previous Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for were allocated during last year gramme. This contract is worth years was taken by revenue increasing the defence budget to for the armed forces to main- over ten billon dollars. expenditure including expens- 4.78 lakh crore, which includes tain operational readiness while Similarly, the Navy is to acquire es on payment of salaries and capital expenditure worth 1.35 facing China all along the six conventional submarines maintenance of establishments. lakh crore. “It is nearly 19 per 4,000-km-long LAC. and the deal is worth over The revenue budget for 2021- cent increase in Defence capital The total budgetary allo- 50,000 crore. These sub- 22 is now 2,21,027 crore while expenditure. This is highest ever cation announced by Finance marines will also be built in the that in 2020-21 was 2,09, 312 increase in capital outlay for Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Indian dockyards. crore. The pension bill for the Defence in 15 years,” the Defence on Monday included pension Besides these big ticket ongoing fiscal is 1, 25,000 Minister said. .-4!" 4 ) & 8$ 41 -<'3 B( ''?@()4 ( >:? *+, -+.#! / 0+,#12 ,"221 +0 34,#"4," ! 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It has been given 121.03 cation for the last financial year Bangladesh. Infiltration of mil- institutions as well as strength- #" " & for charitable trusts running annual Budget for the istry for 2021-22 to meet estab- crore for the current financial when it had received itants and cross border firing ening over 15,000 schools as educational institutions, has Personnel Ministry for the next lishment-related expenditure year, as per the revised esti- 1,67,250 crore. from Pakistan have been reg- per new the New Education * # % #C&*%D been increased from 1 crore financial year for domestic and of the ISTM, the LBSNAA and mates for 2020-21. A major part of the funds ular features along the 3,323 Policy (NEP), are among the " ) to 5 crore. “Many of our cities foreign training of bureaucrats training division of the The Staff Selection will go to the police forces and km-long frontier of which, major announcements from # " have various research institu- and augmented provisions of Department of Personnel and Commission (SSC), which a substantial amount for cen- barring the 740 km-long Line the education sector in the # # " ( tions, universities and col- necessary infrastructure. Training (DoPT). conducts various recruitment sus related works. of Control, all are guarded by Budget for 2021-22 announced leges supported by the Finance Minister Nirmala A sum of 136.69 crore has examination for central gov- According to the budget, the BSF. on Monday. The Ministry of ments and other such mech- Government of India. Sitharaman said of the total been allocated under the ernment jobs, has been allo- 30,757 crore has been allo- The 4,096 km-long Indo- Education has received a total anisms. Sitharaman also Hyderabad for example, has allocation of 257.35 crore for “autonomous bodies of DoPT” cated 382.59 crore for 2021-22 cated to Jammu & Kashmir and Bangladesh border, guarded of 93,224.31 crore this year. In announced that the CBSE about 40 such major institu- 2021-22, 178.32 crore has head. The provision includes to meet establishment-related 5,958 crore for Ladakh — the by the BSF, also witnesses ille- 2020-21, it was allocated board exam reforms will be tions. In nine such cities, we been earmarked for upgrada- grants-in-aid assistance to Grih expenditure, including those on two newly created Union gal infiltration, smuggling of 99,311.52 crore. implemented from 2022-23 will create formal umbrella tion of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Kalyan Kendra, the Central the conduct of examinations Territories. cows, contraband and In order to promote academic session in a phased structures so that these insti- National Academy of Civil Services Cultural & Sports for recruitment of staff in cen- The Ministry has been other items. enhanced academic collabo- manner. tutions can have better syner- Administration (LBSNAA) in Board and the National tral ministries or departments. allocated 1,66,546.94 crore The air wing of the BSF ration with foreign higher “For accessible higher edu- gy, while also retaining their Mussoorie to a centre of excel- Recruitment Agency (NRA). It has the revised estimated for the next fiscal with received 140.15 crore in com- educational institutions, the cation in Ladakh, I propose to internal autonomy. A Glue lence, augmentation of training The Union Cabinet had in budget of 382.40 crore for the 1,03,802.52 crore for the cen- parison to 54.75 crore budget has also proposed to set up a Central University in Grant will be set aside for this facilities at the Delhi-based August 2020 decided to set up current fiscal. tral armed police forces like the received last year — an increase put in place a regulatory Leh,” Sitharaman said. While purpose,” Sitharaman said. Institute of Secretariat Training the NRA, a multi-agency body, CRPF, BSF, CISF etc. and of 155 per cent. The ITBP, mechanism to permit dual 15,000 schools will be qualita- “The FM rightly said and Management (ISTM), and for conducting a Common 3,768.28 crore for census which guards 3,488 km-long degrees, joint degrees, tively strengthened, establish- youth of the country have the National Programme for Eligibility Test (CET) to screen operations. The work for the Sino-Indian border, received twinning ment of 100 new Sainik Schools abundant skills and it needs Civil Services & Capacity or shortlist candidates for census 2021 has been post- 6,567.17 crore in comparison arrange- in partnership with NGOs, proper channelisation. The Building — Mission the Group B and C (non- poned due to the Covid-19 to 6,150.15 crore received last private schools and State gov- education budget and steps Karmayogi, among others. technical) posts in the pandemic. year — an increase of ernments are on the anvils. announced for effective imple- The LBSNAA and the central government. Central sector schemes 6.78 per cent. “In Budget 2019-20, I had mentation of NEP, increased ISTM conduct several training The Central and projects of the Ministry The CRPF, which is mentioned about the setting- focus on the role of technol- programmes for Indian Administrative got 1,641.12 crore, while deployed for internal security, up of Higher Education ogy will provide further Administrative Service (IAS) Tribunals (CATs), 481.61 crore has been maintenance of law and order Commission of India. opportunities for growth and officers and all other levels of which are entrust- allocated for disaster man- and anti-terrorist operations in We would be intro- sustained development of the secretarial functionaries with ed with the redres- agement. The Union Jammu & Kashmir, received ducing legislation sector and students,” said Rishi exposure to rules, regulations sal of grievances of Territories of Andaman 26,197.90 crore in comparison this year to imple- Ahuja, founder of Klip VR and aptitude. public servants, and Nicobar Islands has to 24,788.28 crore allocated in ment the same. It Immersive Tech. The Union Cabinet had in have been allocat- been allocated 5,317.41 2020-21 which is an increase of September last year given nod ed 122.03 crore crore, Chandigarh 5.6 per cent as compared to last to the Mission Karmayogi, for 2021-22 to meet 4,661.12 crore, Dadra and year’s allocation. dubbed as the biggest bureau- establishment-relat- Nagar Haveli and Daman Meanwhile, the Central cratic reform initiative, aimed ed expenditure. and Diu 2,204.59 crore, Bureau of Investigation, which at capacity building to make “This also includes Lakshadweep 1,440.56 crore is under the Ministry of Government employees more provision for purchase of and Puducherry 1,729.79 crore. Personnel , received 835.39 The Central security forces crore in the Union Budget on guarding the India-Pakistan, Monday, a nominal cut from &*+*' of three tourism segments — Indo-China and other fron- 835.75 crore it received as per : % !(' " ? Indian MICE, Indian adven- tiers have received an increased revised estimates for 2020-21. lready hit hard by Covid- ture, Indian Heritage under the amount of funds amidst con- The CBI had received A19, the tourism sector had Incredible India main brand to tinuous tension with India’s 802.19 crore initially in the more disappointment coming Out of the 668.72 crore federation of all the national enhance each of these verticals’ western and northern last budget and it was increased its way on Monday as the bud- allocated towards promotion associations representing the global outreach. neighbours. The Centre has to 835.75 crore in the revised getary allocation for the min- and publicity, 524.02 crore is complete tourism, travel and “Not addressing any of allocated a total of 1,03,802.52 estimates for 2020-21. istry of tourism was slashed for the overseas market and hospitality industry of India these critical measures in the crore to the Central Armed The agency has been allo- from 2,500 crore in 2020-21 144.70 crore has been kept for said that “lack of immedi- budget announcement has Police Forces which is an cated 835.39 crore to manage to 2026.77 crore this year, a 19 domestic tourists. ate direct support in budget thrown the industry into a increase of 7.1 per cent from the its affairs in 2021-22, a nomi- per cent decline. With the coronavirus cri- has disappointed the state of shock and deep dismay. last budget when the paramili- nal dip of 36 lakh, according With the coronavirus cri- sis bringing the tourism Indian travel and The tourism, travel and hospi- tary forces got 92,848.91 crore. to the Budget. sis restricting not just foreign sector to its knees, tourism indus- tality industry is battling the tourist footfalls into the coun- the union budget has try”. worst in century crisis from the try but also keeping domestic allocated a sum of In a statement, impact of Covid 19, revival tourists at bay, the budget has 63.65 crore for capac- Nakul Anand, from which will not be seen focused on pushing funds for ity building for ser- Chairman-FAITH said minimum for the next financial promotion and publicity to vice providers and ` there was a need of cor- year till vaccination is fully help woo the tourists back. The 138.65 crore for pus of at least 2,500 undertaken with no observed budget has also allocated training and skill crore for global side effects in all source and 1,088.03 crore for develop- development. branding budget to destination markets,” the state- ment of tourism infrastructure. FAITH, the policy enable sub branding ment said. *
&*+*' been conceptualised to provide Ministry of Environment, with the national afforestation country, is now 35 crore. for the five autonomous insti- actual expen- financial assistance to Pollution Forests and Climate change programme alone being allot- The budget for National tutes under the Ministry has diture in n the Budget 2021-22, the control Boards/Committees and the allocation for this pur- ted 246 crore, higher than last Tiger Conservation Authority been reduced in the Union 2019-20 IUnion Environment and funding to National Clean pose is 4,400 crore for year’s amount of 179 crore. (NTCA), a statutory body under Budget 2021-2022. The bodies (326.5 Ministry got a marginal Air Programme (NCAP). 2020-21,” Sitharaman said. In the wildlife arena, the the ministry responsible for in question are GB Pant crore). increase in funds, up by near- Similarly, the budget for However, a top official government-initiated projects tiger census and conservation of Himalayan Institute of It is, ly five per cent from 2020-21, pollution abatement, which from the environment ministry — Project Tiger and Project wild cats, saw a minor raise of Environment and Development, how- with no change in the amount was cut by 50 per cent last year said this amount has not Elephant — saw some changes 50 lakh from 10 crore last Indian Council of Forestry ever, allotted to pollution abatement from 2018-19, remained reflected in the budget yet. For with the former getting year to 10.5 crore for 2020-21. Research and Education, Indian higher and climate change action plan. unchanged at 10 crore. The Climate Change Action Plan, reduced by 50 crore and the The budget for National Institute of Forest Management, than Union Finance Minister minister also announced that an amount of 40 crore has other being raised by 5 crore. Coastal Mission aimed to Indian Plywood Industries the Nirmala Sitharaman allocated states, which are formulating been allocated, which is the The fiscal’s allocation of ensure livelihood security of Research and Training Institute revised 3,100 crore for the Ministry and implementing plans for same as last fiscal. 350 crore for Project Tiger, an coastal communities was also and Wildlife Institute of India. estimate out of which 460 crore were ensuring cleaner air in cities The budgetary allocation initiative for conserving the raised slightly with the The allocation of 305.5 for 2020- allotted to control pollution, above one million population for National Mission for Green wildcat, reduced to 300 crore Government allotting it 103 crore announced in Union 2021 which is the same as the money should be encouraged. India has been raised from and 30 crore for Project crore this year, compared to Budget 2021-22 is not just lower ( 289.45 it received in the last budget. “Parameters for the incen- 240 crore in the last financial Elephant, which was launched 95 crore in the last fiscal. than the previous Budget (340 crore), said an Control of pollution has tives to be notified by the year to 311 crore this time to conserve jumbos across the However, the total allocation crore), it is also lower than the official. ! ! "#"$"% 7
# $#/ I" % $#/ / 2!20 "#2! - " !,C @ " ( R4 ' " !(5 % % A , 1,-.@1 - D $ E B " - ' " ." 5 "" # - $ ! 2'30.!45 " 4> " " " 0 5 7>74 ;9 orld Health B := 7>7= Organisation $ # + (WHO) Director- * General Tedros AdhanomW Ghebreyesus has # + - thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 0 2 country’s “continued support to ! the global COVID-19 response”. + ( " , B In a recent tweet, he said: “Only if we act together, including shar- - / ing of knowledge, can we stop this virus and save lives and liveli- ! + hoods.” The WHO chief was - ( lauding India’s decision to despatch COVID-19 vaccines to several neighbouring countries, , ! including Bangladesh, Bhutan, - " ! Myanmar and Nepal, besides R- -S ! Saudi Arabia, Brazil and others. This was the fourth time in / 2 the past year that the WHO chief 2 - had hailed the Government’s B + ! R S decisions to contain the pandem- E " ic. Last July, he praised India’s efforts to contain the outbreak in supplying millions of doses of image. Looking at the plight of WHO Health Emergencies 0 0 " G0 0"H Dharavi — considered the biggest COVID vaccines, manufac- these nations today, one won- Programme has submitted an # $ , ) slum in the world. He cited this tured in India, to its neighbours ders what he has to say now. interim report in which it has 0 " ! as an example of how, even when and nations around the world.” Thus far, over 100 million criticised “the rising politicisa- " 0 0" I the outbreak was very intense, it It is important for all citi- people have been affected glob- tion of the pandemic response”, could be brought under control. zens to know and digest these ally. India accounts for 10 mil- which means reckless attempts 0 " G I0"H Last September, he again praised facts if only to ward off the neg- lion cases, but has managed bet- like the ones being made by 0 ' Modi for his speech to the UN ativity that is being spread ter control. It reported 13,044 Rahul are harming the cause. 0 General Assembly in which he indiscriminately and irrespon- new cases a day on January 30 The WHO panel has right- D said that as the largest vaccine- sibly by some politicians and, after touching a high of 97,894 ly observed that a successful 0 ! producing country, India would in particular, by Congress cases per day on September 14, response “hinges on inter-con- utilise this strength to distribute leader Rahul Gandhi. 2020. The last four months have nected global systems and net- + ! it across the world and help the In fact, while developed +'**L*@%* seen a steady decline in cases. works” and scientific expertise, . global community. In November nations like the US, the UK, @,&.'*0'K* Against this, the countries and contends that the WHO 2020 when Modi spoke to the France and Spain are flounder- Rahul was praising are in a real can’t succeed without unified G H WHO chief, the latter praised ing in their efforts, the Modi- *,04.&* mess. Currently, the UK and global political support during India’s efforts and the Ayushman led Union Government and the France have two million and 2.7 the next phases of the pandem- - , + Bharat programme. In fact, way Governments in all States and *,K&0%'& million active cases, respective- ic. It says the world is “at a crit- back in May 2020, the WHO rep- Union Territories, which are .*4@,&*.'&5 ly, as against 1.78 lakh in India. ical juncture” and will “not resentative in India had described run by a variety of parties, have '&*'.*44@.0 The US has reported 25 million defeat this virus without greater 15% India’s efforts as being “enormous, done remarkably well to join cases, of which nearly 10 mil- global solidarity and stronger very impressive”. The WHO also hands and tackle the biggest *,&'@&& lion are active. multilateral cooperation”. lauded the Uttar Pradesh health crisis in centuries. @4*0* Strangely, even as the cases It is tragic that the leader Government’s COVID manage- Rahul first criticised the are declining, Rahul again of India’s oldest political party ment and contract-tracing efforts lockdown imposed in March 5@L*.&*&0 attacked the Centre for its “fail- is consistently out to under- and said they are worthy of emu- 2020 and later ridiculed the L*@&* ure” to tackle COVID-19. The mine the efforts of the Centre lation by other States. Modi Government for lifting it. “unplanned lockdown” and all State Governments Many other international To buttress his argument, he put .*.K(-+* destroyed millions of lives, he and lakhs of health workers, entities are lauding India’s efforts. out graphs of COVID-19 preva- @H@'&&0 says, but the truth is that India who have staked their lives to The United States described India lence in countries like Germany, has one of the lowest death rates serve COVID patients. This is as a “true friend” for deploying its France and the UK to claim that &K** in the world during this pan- destructive politics at its worst. advantage in the pharma sector the virus incidence had come ('55*0* demic. As against 10 million Fortunately, there are wiser to meet the vaccine needs of other down in those countries after patients, India has reported 1.53 men and women in his party, countries. The State Department they lifted the lockdown, but in .'0'0'&*&,.'*0 lakh deaths, accounting for including Chief Ministers, who said: “We applaud India’s role in India it had shot up. Thereafter, around 1.5 per cent fatalities. are not toeing his line and global health, sharing millions of he has been persistently criticis- Fortunately, most Chief working selflessly to rid the vaccine doses in South Asia.” ing India’s efforts to tackle Ministers are not toeing his line. country of this terrible scourge. Applauding India, Congressman COVID-19. What Rahul does Meanwhile, the (The writer is an author spe- Brad Sherman tweeted: “Great to not realise is that his petty Independent Oversight and cialising in democracy studies. The see our ally India purchasing and political attacks are hurting our Advisory Committee for the views expressed are personal.) 1 "& " & " " " Sir — This refers to the editorial ‘No laugh- ! !" ing matter’ (February 1). Our nation is a " , secular country where pluralism flourish- # # " $ " es and there is peaceful coexistence of peo- # : ; & % % !"0 ple belonging to various religions, faiths, " # # "#" regions, castes and creed. The age-old tra- # # # # # " % dition of peacefully living together for cen- # $ #" $ turies has won India the ‘Unity in "" # #" " " # ";;: ";"& 7 Diversity’ epithet that it really merits. K& 0" 0 2'30.!45 However, the Indian Constitution " " 7< " ! " " @L'7= # " provides no room for the laceration of reli- " ' $ ! gious sentiments of any individual or com- " # " @ # $ 6 / , + munity. As far as showing controversial " scenes in movies or serials is concerned, '" " " 5 ! * - " / #" " # it must be kept in mind that the huge unac- " " " #" $ # 4 " " 9< 7789:; 48< counted money invested by the filmmak- " " N P " # " $ C4 7D$" 5 " # " #"
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aking a cue from the prescription that the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), TKrishnamurthy Subramanian gave in the Economic Survey: 2020-21 that “the Government %.3 should come up with more fiscal measures for / , /S P short-term support to the economy and business- 0 0Q es”, Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman has # gone ahead with some “big bang” measures. She has not just attempted to give a boost to industries and + 0 businesses in the short-term but has also given an + / indication of her intent to put them on a high growth J + R( 0S R" ' # trajectory in the medium to long-term. + G"'#+HS R6 0 / S Apart from giving a boost to the healthcare ! infrastructure (64,180 crore allocated for new K + ! health schemes besides 35,000 crore for the !! COVID vaccine) and education, this push is man- ifested in big plans in the field of infrastructure such " $ S as roads, highways, railways, ports, gas pipelines and S ' ! so on; production-linked incentive schemes (PLI) 0 for 13 sectors; launch of seven Mega Textile S / ! Investment Parks over the next three years and mea- P Q sures to give a boost to start-ups and so on. " ! Sitharaman has tried to demonstrate that the / J Government is really serious about pumping more money into the economy. Hence, the Budget has + ! provided for capital expenditure of 5,54,000 crore ! during 2021-22 which is an increase of 35 per cent 0 over the Budget Estimate (BE) for 2020-21 at three times the Budget estimate of 3.5 mended by the NK Singh Committee bring in competition and give power :8 0 ! 4,12,000 crore. Unfortunately, even at this level, it per cent, which itself was 0.5 per cent on review of the FRBM. To legitimise to the consumer to choose his/her " ' is minimal when compared to the mammoth higher than the three per cent thresh- this fiscal splurge, the Government suppliers does not inspire. The requirement of over 100 lakh crore over five years old required as per Fiscal will have to make further amend- Electricity Act (2003) also had pro- or 20 lakh crore per annum under the National Responsibility and Budget ments to the FRBM Act (it was last visions to empower consumers but Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) project. Management (FRBM) and justified done through the Finance Bill 2018- it never worked. Further, the real For garnering resources, the FM has outlined by Sitharaman in terms of the “far- 19 prescribing a FD target for 2020- intent behind the 3,00,000 crore a detailed blueprint for asset monetisation — both reaching structural reforms with 21 as three per cent plus 0.5 per cent electricity distribution reform pro- greenfield projects as well as brownfield ones — cov- '&* unanticipated fiscal implications.” for unanticipated events). gramme is to give money to the ering almost every infrastructure sector one could At 9.5 per cent, FD is even high- The announcement of a policy beleaguered power distribution com- think of like roads, highways, railways, ports, power er than a widely expected figure of on divestment of the Government’s panies or discoms so that they can transmission lines, gas pipelines and so on. She has ** around 7.5 per cent. This is largely shareholding in Central Public Sector clear dues to power generators and also mooted setting up of a new Development 0 because the Government has taken Undertakings (CPSUs) that aims at other suppliers; it has little to do with Financial Institution (DFI) termed the National 0K* on its balance sheet the so-called off- selling all CPSUs in “non-strategic” improving their efficiency, as stated. " 0 ! Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development * Budget liabilities or loans taken by sectors and restrict its presence in The FM has enumerated all that ! (NaBFID) Bill, 2021. 5@L*.&*& State agencies (on its behalf) includ- “strategic” sectors to the bare mini- is being done to help farmers; that ! This is intended as a provider, enabler and cat- @.*'& ing from the Food Corporation of mum has been in the works for near- includes massive increase in buying 0 alyst for infrastructure financing and as the main 4@,0*@& India (FCI). Since 2016-17, the FCI ly five years. It was started by NITI by State agencies at the MSP. But, => financial institution and development bank for %.@%*'&5 has been borrowing from the Aayog who will now have to work on majority of small and marginal farm- " R( 0 + S ! building and sustaining a supportive ecosystem 5.@+ National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) the details. It does not instil confi- ers (they are 86.2 per cent) don’t ben- across the life cycle of infrastructure projects. The *L*& to finance unpaid food subsidy dues dence as the current approach of link- efit from it. Likewise, agricultural Government will infuse 20,000 crore in NaBFID from the Centre. ing divestment to the FD target sim- credit (now raised to 16.5 lakh R( '4'*&0 as budgetary support which will be leveraged to gen- *4'0 As on March 31, 2020, its cumu- ply won’t work. crore) is cornered mostly by large 0 + S K ! erate a financing capability of over 5,00,000 *4'' lative borrowings from the NSSF Faced with a sharp increase in farmers i.e. those with farms over 10 crore. 5*'&5 stood at 3,30,000 crore. All of this, Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) post- hectares. B 4;4 Given the cumbersome processes involved in @,@4 plus the loans taken during 2020- pandemic (according to India On the taxation front, the Budget S ( 0 $ 7>49 7>7> undertaking sale of State assets as also lack of mar- @&.@ 21get transferred to the Centre’s Ratings and Research, as proportion proposes minor changes such as 6 ;=< R( ket appetite, it is unlikely that these would materi- balance sheet. For the future also, the of the outstanding debt, NPAs will extension of tax holiday for start-ups 0 + S 7>49 4:<4 "'#+ alise soon. As regards raising resources via setting FCI will not have to borrow from the increase from 11.57 per cent to by one more year; exempts dividend up of a DFI, the idea — abandoned decades ago NSSF. 18.21 per cent by the end of 2021-22), payments to Real Estate Investment ! (then, we had IDBI and ICICI as institutions The FD for 2021-22 is put at 6.8 the Budget has resurrected the idea Trusts and Infrastructure Investment ! ! involved in long-term lending) — is a welcome per cent of the GDP. Considering that of “bad bank” recommended in Trusts from tax deduction at source; !! ! move, all the more because it is free from the kind the nominal growth of the GDP is 2018, by a committee headed by the deduction of tax on dividend income ' of asset-liability mismatch which banks suffer from. projected to rebound to over 15 per former Chairman, Punjab National for Foreign Portfolio Investors at the B 9; "'#+ ! But it will take long before the NaBFID will be able cent and correspondingly the tax rev- Bank, Sunil Mehta. A “bad bank” lower treaty rate and so on. + 7>49 to contribute in a meaningful way. enue — both direct and indirect — buys the NPAs of other banks and To conclude, even as the FM In the Economic Survey, the CEA has asked the will also increase sharply, this figure thereby helps clear their balance wants to go for the kill in terms of 45> Government to remain focused on propelling seems to be pretty high. With this, the sheets. It does not solve the problem reinvigorating growth, she wants to # K growth even if it means the Fiscal Deficit (FD) get- FM has also drastically altered the but merely transfers the stress from do it at the cost of fiscal de-stabili- ! ting out of control. The irony is that during 2020- The writer is a trajectory of fiscal consolidation by the latter to the former. sation; even then, one is not sure ! 21, despite the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) con- New Delhi-based policy targeting a FD of 4.5 per cent dur- The proposed Electricity whether the sustained rapid growth analyst. The views $ ! tracting by 7.7 per cent, the FD has spiraled to a expressed are personal. ing 2025-26. Compare this with 2.5 (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to de- will come as a huge resource gap / whopping 9.5 per cent of the GDP. This is almost per cent for 2022-23 as recom- licence the distribution business, remains. + / , + . 6 " * + / ( - 6 + 6 + - ( / 6 - 2 $ 2 $ $ + 6 2 $ $ % *+ % ' R S R6 ) + S L L G ! 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nniversaries are a day we hard nationwide lockdown on began much later than in other 117 crore people and urge ously activated scientists and look back and also look March 25. However, the lock- countries, our rate of vaccina- them to adhere to Coronavirus medical researchers. At one '*4@.K&@ Ato the future. The world down was not without econom- tion has been higher. This is protocols like social distancing, point, almost a million Covid '&.@0%* remembered one year of the ic cost to the country. In line because India has learnt many hand washing and masking tests a day were being done.” COVID–19 outbreak on with global measures against important lessons from its polio up. The message was conveyed Telemedicine, too, received % ' K" January 21, when the first case the virus, the Government immunisation drive and is one fast, even in rural areas. a boost and became the new of the Novel Coronavirus was banned domestic and interna- of the world’s most effective On the political front, Modi way of getting medical help. It #" " reported in Wuhan. As it spread %15@1 tional travel. It also ordered vaccine and drug makers. This rightly took all the Chief is good that this year’s Union to other countries, the World shutting up of shops, malls, cin- is why many countries have Ministers into confidence, held Budget has allocated more Health Organisation (WHO) ema halls, schools, colleges, already approached it for vac- over six meetings and funds for the Health Ministry " declared it a pandemic. The offices and all factories and con- cine supply. According to the addressed the nation more than and, for the first time, the " Novel Coronavirus was indeed struction activities. Millions of Health Minister, nearly two have been handled much bet- half a dozen times. The Prime Finance Commission also had # # novel and scientists and doctors jobs were lost and the Gross million doses of Covishield ter. The handling of migrant Minister and Chief Ministers a separate chapter on health. % $' cannot find the real reason for Domestic Product shrank, vaccine manufactured in India labour was another big mess up worked together, keeping aside Overall, India hasn’t fared its spread till today. Now mil- resulting in a massive econom- were dispatched to Brazil and that led to untold suffering for their political differences. After as poorly as many had feared at # lions of people are getting vac- ic collapse. The Government another two million doses were lakhs of workers and embar- all, it is the States which imple- the start of the outbreak, and cinated amidst myths and truth started easing the hard lock- sent to Morocco last week. rassed the country. ment central regulations and the lessons learnt will go a long # about the efficacy of various down in June and announced Half a dozen neighbouring However, as each crisis their support is very necessary. way in handling health emer- " # vaccines doing the rounds of many booster doses for reviv- countries, including Nepal and teaches us something, the The Government strength- gencies in the future. Many doc- " social media. ing the economy. The country Myanmar, were also supplied important lesson learnt this ened the medical staff, convert- tors say that we have to live with The Corona story in India recorded the highest number of with vaccines. time was the need to ramp up ed most hospitals to COVID the Coronavirus as we live " # began last January with a stu- Coronavirus cases in the world As it happens during any the crumbling healthcare infra- facilities and spent more on the with other viruses. Avoiding a dent who returned from after the US and India report- pandemic of this kind, some structure, become self-reliant healthcare sector. future pandemic, developing an " Wuhan. Union Health Minister ed 10.7 million infections and things did not go right. It was and prepare the country to deal Harsh Vardhan says, “The effective vaccine and medica- ## # # # Harsh Vardhan took many The writer is a senior 1,54,147 deaths. Fortunately, mostly due to poor administra- with future pandemics, which most important lesson we learnt tions as well as reliable data are measures to arrest the spread of journalist. The views India started its immunisation tive decisions or the lack of the Government did effective- is that you have to be vigilant some of the precautions for $ the virus. The Narendra Modi expressed are personal. programme on January 16. effective communication. For ly. The Government used tele- all the time and innovative. The India and the world in a post- C D Government also imposed a Though the inoculation drive instance, the lockdown could phone messages to reach out to Government also simultane- Corona world. ! ! "#"$"% 9
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&*+*' mated to be created in the be 13,285 by March 1, 2021, it *0.*&5@45@L*.&*& Department of Health and said. ver 1.4 lakh jobs are esti- *0('0*&0+0:68777:0 Family Welfare, as its actual As many as 2,684 jobs are Omated to be created strength of 20,907 on March 1, likely to be created in the between March 2019 and @&.76<7=+''0 2019, will be 24,979 by March Ministry of Personnel, Public March 2021 in various Central 1, this year, it said. Grievances and Pensions Government departments, *0'*@'&.*0*@ As many as 2,419 jobs are between 2019 and 2021, according to the Union Budget estimated to be created by the according to the Budget docu- presented on Monday. :97966A(-*4'.0-@4&*R Ministry of Labour and ments. The strength of @&K&'&.*0*@4 Employment, 1,848 by the The Prime Minister on Government establishments Ministry of Information and Monday hailed the Union was 32,71,113 as on March 1, 79:77:'0' Broadcasting, 1,456 by the Budget, saying it has the vision 2019, which is estimated to Department of Water of ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (self increase to 34,14,226 by the the beginning of next month. estimated to add 3,638 jobs, Resources, River Development reliance) and addresses all sec- first day of next month — an Its actual strength of 1,254 on 2,859 by the Ministry of Earth and Ganga Rejuvenation, 995 tions of society, while keeping increase of 1,43,113, it said. March 1, 2019, would increase Sciences, 2,263 by the Ministry by the Department of Animal farmers and villages at its The Budget documents to 2,312 by March 1, 2021, it of Environment, Forests and Husbandry and Dairying and heart. have given a break-up of the said. Climate Change, 2,204 by the 651 jobs in the Department of The Budget will bring sev- jobs estimated to be created in As many as 12,537 new Ministry of External Affairs, Fisheries between March 2019 eral positive changes for indi- Central Government depart- civil jobs are likely to be creat- 2,139 by the Department of and March 1, 2021, the docu- viduals, investors, industry and ments between 2019 and ed in the Defence Ministry. Its Commerce and 1,452 by the ments said. the infrastructure sector, the March 2021. strength was 80,463 in March Ministry of Electronics and A total of 5,305 jobs are Prime Minister said in his tele- As many as 2,207 jobs are 2019 and is estimated to Information Technology, likely to be created in the vised remarks on the Budget estimated to be created of Agriculture, Cooperation March 1, 2019, has been esti- Similarly, 1,058 jobs are increase to 93,000 by March 1, between this two-year period, Ministry of Mines, as its actu- 2021-22 presented by Finance between March 2019 and and Farmers’ Welfare. Its actu- mated to be increased to 5,826 estimated to be created in the 2021. according to the Budget 2021- al strength of 7,980 as on Minister Nirmala Sitharaman March 2021 in the Department al strength of 3,619 as on by March 1, this year. Ministry of Civil Aviation by The Culture Ministry is 22. A total of 4,072 jobs are esti- March 1, 2019 is estimated to in Parliament. ' " 1; & /> . 3. &*+*' help many textile hubs in North - 4@,0@&%-0' India such as Ludhiana, he Union Budget present- '&4.0.,,.* Bhilwara, Gurgaon, Panipat in &*+*' Ted by Nirmala Sitharaman, their technological upgradation Finance Minister, on Monday +'5@@&5+- and export competitiveness. he Government has allo- is focused on lives & livelihood '&@&&*'&5 The Northern Region of Tcated 830 crore for the in the backdrop of economy the country is land locked, Fund of Funds for Startups in ravaged by Covid-19 &@.+'* and the stress on expansion of the Budget 2021-22, which is Pandemic, said Nikhil .*0@4*+@. physical infrastructure will go higher then the revised esti- Sawhney, Chairman, CII long way in connecting North mate of about 430 crore. Northern Region. At CII, we &'K'0+&*- with the rest of the world. CII The Government has set appreciate the fine balancing '.&'' welcome the deadline to com- up a Fund of Funds for Startups done to soothe the economy as plete the Eastern and Western (FFS) with a corpus of 10,000 well as boost it by way of &@.*.&.*5'@& Dedicated Freight Corridors by crore. The Small Industries increased capital expenditure, %. 1 June 2022. These Corridors will Development Bank of India focus on creating physical link Northern Region states (SIDBI) is the operating agency infrastructure, healthcare Trillion Economy” said 17 States during the year 2021- with ports in Western & for the FFS. vation by creating an ecosystem Similarly, the cumulative spending. Kanwaljeet Jawa, cice chair- 22, aas this will help the states Eastern India. The allocation for the fund that is conducive to the growth allocation for the department “The Government has con- man, CII Delhi State. Budget in meeting their development Announcement of bringing of funds in Budget 2020-21 was of budding entrepreneurs. of commerce has also been tinued on its path of block- will certainly revive growth and capital expenditure plan 1,000 more mandis under the 1,054.97 core, but it was On the other hand, the increased to 4,986 crore for buster reforms to boost devel- with big push on health sector which suffered due to lower e-NAM umbrella and enhanc- revised to 429.99 crore. government has earmarked Rs 2021-22 as against the revised opment, the economy and and infrastructure develop- GST collections. ing agricultural credit target to According to the Budget 300 crore for credit guarantee estimate of 4,600 crore in investment sentiment, and ment be it Roadways or Speaking on the Budget 16.5 lakh crore in FY22 will documents, the allocation for fund. 2020-21. delivered an excellent Budget in Railways. India is truly moving announcements for the greatly benefit the agrarian Startup India programme has The cumulative allocation The total allocations for the middle of a crisis” said towards becoming “Self-Reliant Northern states, he said may states of Punjab, Haryana, UP, been increased marginally to for the Department for export promotion schemes, Aditya Berlia, Chairman-CII Bharat”, he further added. $ 7 northern states are the hub of Rajasthan etc. The announce- 20.83 crore for 2021-22 from Promotion of Industry and such as Market Access Initiative Delhi State . CII Northern Region is MSMEs, and there are many ment for setting up of Central the revised estimate of 20 Internal Trade (DPIIT) has and Interest Equalisation “My complements to the happy to note that the Budget jectory. We expect the reform positives for the sector such as University in Leh (Ladakh) crore in 2020-21. been hiked to 7,782.24 crore Scheme, has been increased to Government for the BOLD, ticked all the right boxes of process to continue beyond the rationalisation of custom duty will greatly help in meeting the Startup India initiative for 2021-22 as against the 2,365 crore for 2021-22 as forward looking Union Budget lives, livelihood and growth budget announcements. We structures will boost the sector. aspirations of the youth of aims at fostering entrepre- revised estimate of 7,583.06 against the revised estimate of 2021. This is the direction which would propel the econ- welcome the 1,18,452 cr grant Another Budget proposal to newly carved UT, Sawhney neurship and promoting inno- crore in 2020-21. 2,175 crore in 2020-21. towards going for becoming 5 omy to an inclusive growth tra- to meet the Revenue Deficit to establish 7 textile parks will added. & ( - 4 ! A)' ' " % ; & ($ , - % & % && %C New Delhi: The Corporate Affairs Ministry has been allo- - ) & 1, , cated 712.13 crore for the &*+*' financial year 2021-22, slight- ly higher than the revised allo- @ &*+*' should be very liberal in terms or every rupee in the gov- cation in the current fiscal. of the targeted fiscal deficit. Fernment coffer, 53 paise While initially, the alloca- ndia Inc on Monday hailed Box ticked,” Mahindra tweeted. will come from direct and tion was 727.62 crore for this IFinance Minister Nirmala Lauding the finance min- indirect taxes, 36 paise from financial year, it was later Sitharaman’s Budget for 2021- ister for the focus on healthcare borrowings and other liabilities, revised downwards to 680 22 as a reformist one that spending and immunization 6 paise from non-tax revenue crore. The ministry has been reimagines India’s self-reliance especially for Covid-19 and the like disinvestment and 5 paise allocated 712.13 crore for the like never before and will drive pneumococcal vaccines, Serum from non-debt capital receipts. financial year starting April 1, revival of the economy from Institute of India CEO Adar According to the Union according to the Union Budget the impact of the pandemic Poonawalla said this will help Budget 2021-22 presented in tabled in Parliament on with enhanced spending. India recover rapidly from this Parliament by Finance Minister Monday. The focus on growth over pandemic. “Hopefully, this will Nirmala Sitharaman on As per the Budget docu- fiscal consolidation, health- also encourage more innova- Monday, goods and services tax ment, the Insolvency and care spending and steps to tion and expansion in the sec- will contribute 15 paise in Bankruptcy Board of India further help the startup ecosys- tor,” he added. every rupee revenue, while (IBBI) has been allocated 39 tem came in for praise from Apollo Hospitals Group corporation tax will contribute crore, while the amount is 46 industry leaders across differ- Chairman Prathap C Reddy 13 paise to each rupee earned. crore for the Competition ent sectors. said Sitharaman’s announce- The government is also Commission of India (CCI). “Coming in the backdrop ments to develop primary, sec- looking to earn 8 paise for PTI of a global pandemic of the ondary and tertiary health- every rupee from Union excise century, it boldly spells the gov- care systems will provide access duty and 3 paise from customs ernment’s growth agenda and to medical care for all in India, duty. While, income tax will a march towards building a fuel job creation and boost yield 14 paise to every rupee ' " 8>8 , % C ! new and prosperous India. The economic momentum. collection. The collection from budget clearly has the stamp of Bringing in the cricketing borrowings and other liabilities " " our Prime Minister with a angle, RPG Enterprises will be 36 paise, as per the " C clarion call for ‘Sabka Saath Chairman Harsh Goenka Budget 2020-21. Sabka Vikas’ and ‘Vocal for tweeted,”Combination of %1: % &*+*' amounting to 1.5 lakh, for ing demand as well as supply in Local’,” Founder and Chairman Pujara & Pant innings - con- ! : :";87> loan taken to purchase an the affordable housing segment, of Bharti Enterprises Sunil sistency and flamboyance! (77";=&;) &*+*' Narendra Modi is committed n a move to boost real estate affordable house. I propose to which has already been accord- Bharti Mittal said. Steady focus on infra, com- to working for the interest of Isector amid pandemic of extend the eligibility of this ed with the infrastructure status. The first budget of this new mercial laws, ease of business ! 7"(""" &" nion Agriculture Minister farmers. “Every year the focus Covid-19, the Modi deduction by one more year, to According to property con- decade reimagines India in the with big shots of monetising UNarendra Singh Tomar on is not only on increased bud- Government on Monday 31st March 2022,” she said. sultants and data analytic firms, form of Aatmanirbhar Bharat PSU assets, new divestments, ( 3,9"& .&9 7 Monday hailed the Union get allocation, but also the extended the additional tax The Minister said the addi- housing sales across major 7-8 like never before, he added. insurance FDI. India won in ! ')= /0/0/* Budget 2021-22 allocation to implementation of schemes,” he deduction of 1.5 lakh on tional deduction of 1.5 lakh cities fell around 40-50 per cent Echoing similar views, Australia. Now India shall rise agriculture sector saying this said. Tomar further stated the interest paid on housing loan shall therefore be available for during the 2020 calendar year Vedanta Resources Executive above in new world order”. On the expenditure side, Budget has cleared all the con- budget will help in doubling the for purchase of affordable loans taken up till March 31, due to the Covid-19 pandem- Chairman Anil Agarwal tweet- Terming the budget vision- the biggest outlay component fusion regarding new farm farmers’ income. It has the homes by one more year to 2022, for the purchase of an ic. However, demand has been ed, “Congratulations to ary and growth-oriented, ITC is interest payments at 20 paise laws and the minimum support required provisions to raise March 31, 2022, tax exemption affordable house. Now, a person steadily improving since July @narendramodi and FM Chairman and Managing for every rupee, followed by the price (MSP) and the the income of farmers,” he for migrant workers for afford- purchasing an affordable house last year on pent up as well fes- @nsitharaman for a very Director Sanjiv Puri said it pro- states’ share of taxes and duties Government is fully committed said. able housing, tax holiday for will get an enhanced interest tive demand. reformist #Budget2021 with vides further impetus to build at 16 paise. Allocation for the towards development of agri- The Budget is focused on one more year for affordable deduction of up to 3.5 lakh. “As anticipated, affordable many big ideas including India’s competitiveness as also defence stood at 8 paise. culture sector while farmers developing infrastructure in housing projects. “Further, to keep up the supply housing and rental housing strategic disinvestment of two foster inclusive growth. Expenditure on central sec- unions termed it anti farmers’ agriculture sector. He said that The additional deduction of affordable houses, I propose got a big boost with the govt. public sector banks & one “The courageous move for tor schemes will be 14 paise, as the budget has proved their the budget has given APMCs of 1.5 lakh over and above 2 that affordable housing projects extending the period for extra insurance company. Thrust on higher borrowing for capital while the allocation for cen- apprehensions right — that access to agriculture infra- lakh was introduced in the can avail a tax holiday for one deduction of INR 1.5 lakh infrastructure will boost expenditure along with includ- trally-sponsored schemes will this government is on a path of structure fund (AIF) for devel- 2019 Budget. This was allowed more year — till 31st March, available for loans up to 31st growth.” ing, but not limited to, focused be 9 paise. The expenditure on withdrawing support to agri- opment of marketing infra- for those buying homes for the 2022,” Sitharaman said. March 2022. This will keep Mahindra Group investments, monetization, the Finance Commission and culture, not strengthening it. structure in mandis. first time and of up to 45 lakh. The Minister said that the demand buoyant for affordable Chairman Anand Mahindra incentives for FDI and a method other transfers is pegged at 10 Farmers said they are only “I appeal to the political In the Budget speech for 2021- Government is committed to housing in 2021 as well. said in a time of unprecedent- to clean up stressed assets along paise. Subsidies and pension concerned about their com- parties to not engage in politics 22 fiscal year, Finance Minister promote supply of affordable Further, the extension of the tax ed economic stress, the gov- with a focused tax regime sig- would account for 8 paise and mon goal of having the three every time. Those who play Nirmala Sitharaman said the rental housing for migrant work- holiday for affordable housing ernment’s responsibility was nals liberal direction on fiscal 5 paise, respectively, in each farm laws repealed, and what politics on every matter meet government sees ‘Housing for ers. “For this, I propose to allow projects for one more year will to spend enough to revive the management, encouraging free rupee spending. has been offered to the agri- the same fate as that of oppos- All’ and affordable housing as tax exemption for notified help bring in more new supply economy or else face enormous and fair competition, and gen- The Government will culture sector in the Union ing parties presently,” he said priority areas. “In the July 2019 Affordable Rental Housing within this segment,” Anuj human suffering. eral welfare,” said Lal Bhatia, spend 10 paise in every rupee Budget does not matter. adding it’s a common man Budget, I provided an addi- Projects.” These two Budget Puri, Chairman — ANAROCK “So I had one expectation Chairman of David & Goliath on other expenditures. 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,(' petrol and 4 per litre on diesel ; 8* " % was also slapped but this was &/ arkets roared back to life offset by a reduction of an & %- # &*+*' introduction of an agri infra Mon Monday after six days equivalent amount in the excise A(@7' development cess while pre- of deep declines as Finance duty — making it price neutral New Delhi: Gold in the nation- mid raging farmers’ protest senting the Union Budget 2021- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for consumers. al capital on Monday tumbled Aon the outskirts of Delhi 22 in Parliament, Finance presented an expansionary The Government project- 1,324 to 47,520 per 10 gram over the farm laws, the Modi Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Union Budget for 2021-22 ed a fiscal deficit of 9.5 per cent on a day when the Government Government on Monday pro- said that it would not affect the which sought to pull the econ- of the GDP for the current fis- announced cut in import duty posed an Agriculture consumers of most of these omy out of the pandemic- cal, hit by the Covid-19 pan- on gold and silver, according to Mumbai: The rupee depreci- Infrastructure and Development goods. The cess will be applica- induced slump through demic, and 6.8 per cent in HDFC Securities. ated by 6 paise to close at 73.02 Cess (AIDC) on certain items, ble with effect from February 2. increased spending on infra- 2021-22 as it sought to strike a In the previous trade, the against the US dollar on including petrol, diesel, gold, Later addressing a press confer- structure, healthcare and farm balance between supporting precious metal had closed at Monday due to fiscal concerns alcoholic beverages, apples, ence, Sitharaman said that a sectors without resorting to growth and maintaining fiscal 48,844 per 10 gram. after the government project- Bengal Gram, some imported component to develop farm higher taxation. discipline. Silver, in contrast, jumped ed a higher fiscal deficit for agricultural products to boost infrastructure has been added to The 30-share BSE Sensex “It has been a great Budget 3,461 to 72,470 per kilogram 2020-21 and increased bor- agriculture infrastructure by the cost of petrol and diesel. zoomed 2,314.84 points or 5 in the current pandemic. from 69,009 per kilogram in rowing in the budget present- restructuring custom duties in To make up for the cess, per cent to finish at 48,600.61. Market has given a clear the previous trade. ed by Finance Minister the Union Budget 2021-22. basic excise duty on petrol has This was its second-biggest thumbs-up. One couldn’t have In the international mar- Nirmala Sitharaman. As per the Budget docu- been revised to 1.4 per litre single day jump in absolute asked for more, of the total bor- ket, gold was trading in the A stronger dollar in over- ment, the agriculture cess of 2.5 from 2.98 per litre and on diesel terms and the best day in rowings of 1,50,000 crore a green at $1,871 per ounce and seas markets and firm oil prices per litre has been imposed on from 4.83 per litre to 1.8 per almost 10 months. whopping 1,20,000 crore is silver also quoted with gains at also weighed on the rupee petrol and 4 per litre on diesel. litre. Further, special excise duty On similar lines, the broad- going for investment. Clearly $29.88 per ounce. sentiment. A strong rally in The AIDC is a new cess intro- has been brought down by 1 er NSE Nifty soared 646.60 the government has sacrificed The Government on equity markets, however, lim- duced by the Government in the per litre each on the two fuels to points or 4.74 per cent to fin- fiscal deficit for growth. Monday announced a cut in ited the rupee losses. Union Budget 2021-22 which 11 per litre on petrol and 8 per ish at 14,281.20. “No tinkering on taxes, import duty on gold and silver, At the interbank forex mar- was presented in the parliament litre on diesel. Prices of the two The benchmarks were pro- including personal tax and a a move that will help bring ket, the domestic unit opened on Monday, which seeks to fuels have risen to all time highs pelled by across-the-board buy- nents closed in the red — Dr and and introduced an agri giant leap of divesting two down prices of these precious at 72.89 against the US dollar shore up resources for improve- in the last fortnight thanks large- ing, with banking and finance Reddy’s, Tech Mahindra and infra cess of up to 100 per cent state-run banks and opening metals in the domestic market and witnessed an intra-day ment in agriculture infrastruc- ly to a steep hike in taxation by stocks leading the charge. HUL, shedding up to 3.70 per on some goods to create post- up of market by making way and boost exports of gems and high of 72.84 and a low of ture in the country. the Government in the last one IndusInd Bank topped the cent. harvest infrastructure for for the LIC IPO and foreign jewellery. 73.15. The local unit finally set- However, prices for petrol year. Currently, a litre of petrol Sensex gainers’ chart with a Tabling the Budget for improving farmers’ income. ownership in insurance com- “Gold and silver presently tled at 73.02, registering a fall and diesel won’t change because in Delhi costs 86.30 per litre jump of 14.75 per cent, fol- 2021-22 in Parliament, the But to reduce the burden panies has been a welcome attract a basic customs duty of of 6 paise over its previous or reduction in other duties. with excise duty which goes to lowed by ICICI Bank, finance minister proposed on consumers, the customs or move and the primary reason 12.5 per cent. Since the duty close, even as the domestic Consequently, unbranded petrol the centre accounting for 32.98 Bajaj Finserv, SBI, L&T and more than doubling healthcare import duty on these items was for the rise in stock market,” was raised from 10 per cent in equity market settled with sig- and diesel will attract basic per litre and VAT, which goes to HDFC. spending, enhancing capital cut. said Jaideep Hansraj, MD & July 2019, prices of precious nificant gains on the excise duty of 1.4, and 1.8 per the state, accounting for anoth- Only three index compo- expenditure to 5.54 lakh crore A cess of 2.5 per litre on CEO, Kotak Securities. metals have risen sharply.” PTI Budget day. PTI litre respectively. Proposing the er 19.92 per litre.
BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 13,758.60 14,336.35 13,661.75 14,281.20 646.6 Script Open High Low LTP BANKINDIA 50.85 55.3 49.7 53.4 UBL 1300 1311.05 1256.1 1282.55 DCAL 124.3 127.05 119.25 124.15 INDUSINDBK 859 981.4 856 974.2 128.1 TATAMOTORS 270.4 281.95 255.55 279.75 ICICIGI 1340 1382.15 1295 1368.35 PETRONET 238 242.55 234.9 240.65 METROPOLIS 2091.9 2199.15 2025 2033.85 ICICIBANK 552 609.45 551 608.75 71.75 INDUSINDBK 857.35 981 857.35 971.1 BHARATFORG 585.1 621.25 576.4 612.65 POLYCAB 1246 1258.5 1202.4 1250.2 NLCINDIA 51.2 52.4 50.9 51.5 BAJAJFINSV 8,750.00 9,838.90 8,638.00 9,740.00 1,017.25 RELIANCE 1845.2 1904.7 1845.2 1895.35 SBICARD 990 1019 976.75 1006.3 3MINDIA 19334.65 19334.65 18800 19137.55 BAJAJELEC 722.5 752.5 714.55 739.2 SBIN 285.1 313.9 282.75 313 30.9 ICICIBANK 550.2 609.5 550.2 603.95 SHREECEM 23170 24650 22710 24479.05 EMAMILTD 488 502 468 473.55 MEGH 79.5 80.5 78.35 79.8 LT 1,345.75 1,462.00 1,337.20 1,458.75 124.05 BAJFINANCE 4766.05 5077.9 4666.3 5059.9 BLISSGVS 184.8 187.5 182.35 186.75 UNIONBANK 31.9 32.45 31.1 32.3 ENGINERSIN 72.1 73.5 72.1 72.85 HDFC 2,402.70 2,602.10 2,391.85 2,580.00 202.2 SBIN 284.55 315 282.75 311.1 KNRCON 371.9 417 369.4 406.4 GODREJCP 746 761.85 746 753.4 SPARC 179.9 184.25 178.35 182.05 SHREECEM 23,100.00 24,690.45 22,711.95 24,600.00 1,826.65 LT 1360 1461 1337.75 1449.45 KRBL 201.05 217 191 202.6 ADANITRANS 463.3 491.55 456.45 482.3 SUPREMEIND 1809.1 1815 1790 1796.45 IDEA 11.13 11.79 10.82 11.71 JUBLFOOD 2615 2646.95 2545 2610.25 ABFRL 153 154.25 148.6 152.25 LAXMIMACH 5310 5492 5271 5379.5 ULTRACEMCO 5,384.00 5,793.25 5,260.00 5,750.00 422.75 AXISBANK 663.5 716.85 654.5 710.25 CENTURYTEX 418.2 444.25 417.65 433.8 BOMDYEING 74.15 76.35 73 75.8 REPCOHOME 245 255 239.9 253.35 AXISBANK 665 717 654.35 714 51.1 HDFCBANK 1400 1482 1400 1477.2 DABUR 517 536.1 516 525.3 PFIZER 4650 4655.8 4520.8 4539.85 AARTIIND 1165 1198.95 1144.05 1169.8 BAJFINANCE 4,775.00 5,080.00 4,666.50 5,075.00 340.45 MARUTI 7250 7473.9 7155 7399.95 ACC 1630 1695 1584.35 1685.05 BAJAJHLDNG 3249.85 3355 3189.8 3306.45 VIPIND 340 352.25 339 348 GRASIM 1,060.00 1,130.80 1,047.35 1,130.50 74.85 SAIL 58.7 64.2 57.65 63.6 IIFL 150 176.25 150 176.25 WELCORP 123 125.5 117.85 122.8 MRPL 36.2 36.5 35.05 35.45 HINDALCO 227.35 243.95 226.55 242 15.7 TATASTEEL 604 639.9 597.45 636.15 APOLLOHOSP 2570 2675 2530.75 2660.6 ADANIGREEN 1008 1040.55 1007 1022.9 PNBHOUSING 335 347.2 333 338.4 TATAMOTORS 269.75 282 255.35 280.3 17.6 DLF 260.2 288.95 255 281.95 PHILIPCARB 186.2 208.85 183.05 202.2 SYNGENE 574.95 574.95 558.85 561.65 BLUEDART 3950 3992 3821 3964.85 ADANIPORTS 514.3 545.45 500.1 543.8 34.1 BAJAJFINSV 8712.15 9830 8636.8 9699.8 AMARAJABAT 917.9 940.7 899 933 CHAMBLFERT 240 240 232.35 234.4 TV18BRDCST 28.5 28.5 27.8 28 ITC 204 217.95 201.8 216.55 13.3 PNB 33.65 36 33.1 35.7 LAURUSLABS 347 354.6 333.25 350.05 ASTRAZEN 3659 3696 3598.75 3648.45 OIL 113.9 113.9 110.75 112.05 HDFCBANK 1,410.25 1,482.50 1,401.00 1,480.00 89.5 HDFC 2410 2602.3 2394.6 2582.55 HAL 937.5 947.55 906.2 908.8 HAWKINCOOK 5555.45 5639 5492.15 5551.9 CREDITACC 662 755 662 743.4 SFL 2344 2344 1939.5 1958.45 M&M 753 808.85 741.55 795.9 46.3 ITC 205 217.85 201.8 215.95 RVNL 32 32 29.6 30.3 NAM-INDIA 327.9 334.45 318.55 330.2 AAVAS 1815.65 1955 1788.45 1909.75 CCL 241 247.95 234.5 241.5 TATASTEEL 604.9 640 597.45 637.8 36.8 RBLBANK 215.05 238.85 212.45 236.85 CADILAHC 451.8 457.6 442.5 455.6 MAHABANK 15.11 15.65 13.2 14.86 THYROCARE 906 906 871.25 877.8 SKFINDIA 1800 1825 1740 1819.4 TITAN 1,437.80 1,508.55 1,423.65 1,505.75 85.45 TCS 3104 3165 3045.1 3140.7 TATAMTRDVR 106.35 113.5 102.35 111.85 DALBHARAT 1156.6 1223 1137.3 1219.35 VGUARD 234.4 234.4 223.45 231.5 BRIGADE 242.85 254.5 236.15 246.15 KOTAKBANK 1,730.00 1,809.80 1,696.05 1,807.95 95 INFY 1246 1277.65 1240.55 1261.45 SRF 5399.95 5537.15 5298.35 5490.1 VAIBHAVGBL 2627.95 2815.95 2625.15 2809.45 CHENNPETRO 94 94 90.1 92.9 KALPATPOWR 316.85 323.5 309.3 322.2 BHARTIARTL 559 581.1 549.2 580 26.4 IRCTC 1466.15 1496 1451.15 1460.45 NMDC 107 110.4 103.6 108.9 LTTS 2469 2486.3 2419 2474.8 MIDHANI 189.95 191.6 187.3 190.55 HIMATSEIDE 147 152.35 141.75 149.85 DIVISLAB 3,418.00 3,520.00 3,311.40 3,516.00 146.15 BANKBARODA 69.05 74.35 67.7 73.9 MANAPPURAM 160.85 166.2 155.35 164.7 GRANULES 339.9 339.9 324.15 325.7 ITI 122 125.35 120.65 122.75 IOB 10.91 11.2 10.85 10.96 EICHERMOT 2,777.00 2,868.05 2,698.55 2,853.00 108.7 SUNPHARMA 596 598.9 579.65 590.1 CEATLTD 1465.05 1547.45 1416.65 1464.3 SOUTHBANK 8.3 8.64 8.25 8.55 BDL 334.75 339.85 331 332.55 JYOTHYLAB 162.05 163.1 157.5 162.5 JSWSTEEL 366.5 384.4 363.65 381 14.15 TATAELXSI 2720 3015.55 2701 2954.75 EXIDEIND 195 196.4 187.65 194.65 CYIENT 612.9 644.4 611 619.95 VENKYS 1532.75 1552 1520.1 1540 JCHAC 2469.95 2489.1 2399.75 2468.15 NTPC 89.35 92.4 88.4 92.15 3.2 SRTRANSFIN 1279.65 1345 1266.95 1334.2 VOLTAS 908.5 949.35 903.5 937.55 NAVINFLUOR 2349 2377.4 2257.65 2346.15 COCHINSHIP 359 359 346.05 352.55 INDOSTAR 330.05 345.6 328 336.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 4,064.00 4,141.00 3,975.05 4,134.00 128.2 LICHSGFIN 403.9 440.8 392.65 432.95 JUSTDIAL 600 613.1 563 603.95 NBCC 31.65 32.1 30.95 31.85 UJJIVANSFB 37.55 37.55 35.3 36.4 GARFIBRES 2246.2 2314.85 2207.25 2297.55 IOC 95.8 96.4 93.4 96.15 2.9 EICHERMOT 2744.85 2868.45 2699.95 2843.85 IGL 510 538 510 534.4 ASHOKA 87.4 98.2 87.4 97 KEI 468.35 474.75 460.95 472.45 ALLCARGO 130 131 128.05 130.45 MARUTI 7,265.20 7,475.00 7,152.00 7,430.00 223.35 CANBK 134.8 143.3 132 142.15 GLENMARK 475 482.5 464.1 479.45 DCBBANK 102.25 109.4 100.3 107.85 BALMLAWRIE 120.95 123 120.45 121.95 GRSE 184 187.15 181.8 184.4 HEROMOTOCO 3,300.00 3,360.80 3,217.25 3,356.00 99.95 IOC 95.5 96.5 93.45 95.85 BRITANNIA 3505 3557.9 3483.85 3521.45 HONAUT 38801 41064.6 38200 40933.2 MINDACORP 89.25 92.8 87.6 91.5 HATHWAY 32.35 32.35 29.75 30.6 RELIANCE 1,859.40 1,905.00 1,848.00 1,898.15 56.2 KOTAKBANK 1730 1810 1696.25 1801.35 NATIONALUM 48 49.45 47.35 49.25 MPHASIS 1547.8 1554.3 1511.05 1533.05 TATACOFFEE 110.45 113.85 108.7 112.6 UFLEX 358 358.55 348.75 349.75 UPL 553.9 553.9 510.05 533.9 TORNTPOWER 317 317 304.6 307.75 AMBER 2649 2670 2580 2621.25 KEC 362.15 370 355.1 367.85 ONGC 89 91.2 88.45 90.95 2.65 LINDEINDIA 900 930 886.6 922.1 DRREDDY 4577.2 4577.2 4395 4428.6 DHANUKA 748 756.45 729.45 736.15 ADANIPOWER 51.9 52.95 51.05 52.35 SUNDRMFAST 555 581.5 543 568.7 HDFCLIFE 678.3 713.3 668.5 698.25 20.3 LEMONTREE 41.45 42.25 41.1 41.2 ASHOKLEY 112 123.4 108.45 122.25 SHRIRAMCIT 1049 1190 1049 1155.45 UJJIVAN 248.5 258.45 240.5 255.8 GREAVESCOT 87.45 87.45 84.55 86.95 COALINDIA 126.4 129.75 125.85 129.3 3.4 AIAENG 1955 1955.85 1920.75 1928.8 HCLTECH 916 933.55 896.1 929.6 CONCOR 441 456.7 426.85 453.95 IDFC 44.2 44.2 41.9 43.4 ASTRAL 1748 1748 1708 1724.3 TTKPRESTIG 5978 5988.15 5878.6 5919.5 BPCL 388 397.9 380.6 393.6 10 BPCL 387.05 398 380.85 392.85 BIRLACORPN 718.85 773 708.4 764.35 JUBILANT 893 933.15 871 925.2 GESHIP 261 268.6 255.05 267.4 CHOLAHLDNG 497.85 509.05 489.3 503.45 GAIL 124.25 129 124.25 128.55 3.25 ULTRACEMCO 5320 5793.25 5261.8 5742.15 INDIANB 89.4 95.4 87.55 94.65 INOXLEISUR 333.5 336.7 326.1 329.5 SUMICHEM 313.75 321.4 312.9 319.35 ARVINDFASN 144.6 146.05 143.3 143.8 POWERGRID 184.45 189.45 182.5 189.2 4.75 ASIANPAINT 2435 2465 2376.7 2446 BALKRISIND 1576 1649 1564 1639.3 KPITTECH 144.5 144.5 132.15 137.95 JKLAKSHMI 327 337.15 312 334.55 NESCO 603 603 568 581.5 ASIANPAINT 2,426.60 2,467.75 2,376.90 2,466.80 59.45 TVSMOTOR 560.2 587 553.1 577.5 NESTLEIND 17162.1 17277 16996.45 17096.95 FSL 88.15 91 84.25 89.1 SHANKARA 355.25 355.65 339.3 347.2 FINEORG 2368 2400.8 2352 2358.2 INFY 1,250.55 1,277.95 1,241.00 1,267.10 28.05 FEDERALBNK 73 77.4 71.75 77.2 TRIDENT 14.6 14.87 14.21 14.44 JKPAPER 128.1 133.45 122 130.35 ABB 1400 1400 1359.7 1380.9 ZYDUSWELL 1945 1968.4 1912 1949.3 HCLTECH 919 933.75 896.35 932.1 18.1 NAUKRI 4399.95 4665.85 4211.3 4544.4 GMRINFRA 24 24.95 23.5 24.85 DELTACORP 148 152.5 144.8 150.55 SCHNEIDER 95.75 102.7 93.5 100.65 NH 447 479.4 446.2 468.65 SBILIFE 875 897 852.05 877 12.55 HINDUNILVR 2265 2286 2226.55 2249.15 MINDTREE 1645 1697.25 1616.45 1690.25 QUESS 581.5 611 561.7 605.7 JMFINANCIL 80.85 84 80.1 83.2 CARERATING 493 500 478.05 495.35 TCS 3,100.00 3,165.00 3,044.10 3,150.00 38.65 PVR 1549 1549 1438.3 1524.95 PIDILITIND 1670 1731.8 1665 1716.75 TRENT 621.15 650.6 621 634.6 CSBBANK 219 230.85 215.6 227.6 KPRMILL 915 945 900 931.55 WIPRO 416.1 423.8 408.2 423.05 5.15 CIPLA 818.5 830.95 785.55 805.55 PFC 110.35 117.2 108.5 116.5 GICRE 131 143.7 131 138.75 APLAPOLLO 931.95 955.15 891.7 931.15 IFBIND 1383.35 1390.55 1337.1 1368 SUNPHARMA 596 599.4 579.6 593 6.8 WIPRO 416.7 423.75 408.35 421.25 IEX 247 248.45 244.85 247.35 PGHH 11175 11346.35 11175 11298.95 GET&D 117 120 115.9 118.4 BRITANNIA 3,539.00 3,557.90 3,483.00 3,532.00 30.9 M&M 750.5 808.55 741.35 795.35 MARICO 417.95 420.5 414.7 417.5 JINDALSAW 69.35 73.9 69.35 72.9 TIMETECHNO 53 53.25 51.5 52.7 NESTLEIND 17,200.00 17,275.70 17,000.00 17,139.00 79 MRF 85435.2 88713 83941 88200.8 RAYMOND 324.05 328.95 318.7 323.6 FINOLEXIND 584 604 580.3 592.75 GHCL 206.2 207.6 197.6 206.6 HINDUNILVR 2,276.65 2,285.00 2,226.20 2,255.00 -8.9 DMART 2680 2893.25 2638 2806.8 NIACL 127 142 127 138.3 MINDAIND 459.85 471.45 445.45 466.6 REDINGTON 138 138 135.5 135.95 TECHM 961.9 961.9 921.15 947.95 -13.45 BHARTIARTL 561.5 581.3 549.55 579.15 CGCL 366.5 370 365 366.1 VARROC 421.1 429.5 415 426.85 SCHAEFFLER 4293 4318.05 4288.05 4310.45 CIPLA 815 831 779.95 805.95 -19.95 IBULHSGFIN 193.9 207.2 187.95 206.15 MCX 1651 1661 1590.2 1598.9 BAYERCROP 5330 5469.15 5330 5381.3 LUXIND 1639.9 1650 1613.75 1647.7 DRREDDY 4,560.05 4,577.65 4,393.05 4,434.30 -168.4 IDFCFIRSTB 46.5 47.1 43.8 46.6 ATGL 382 390.9 382 387.75 PARAGMILK 110.05 117.9 110.05 115.7 CERA 3398.55 3498.4 3358.75 3460.65 UPL 548.9 548.9 510 535.8 -24.85 BANDHANBNK 311.95 325.8 304.8 323.25 GUJGAS 384.7 384.7 357.1 359.05 DISHTV 12.4 12.4 11.9 12.2 WELSPUNIND 67.45 67.95 66.15 67.35 SUNTV 482.5 506.5 474.05 502.8 HINDCOPPER 61.6 64.7 58.2 64.2 AJANTPHARM 1750 1786.45 1730 1756.6 VSTIND 3522 3651.85 3509.85 3613.05 APOLLOTYRE 199.75 216.3 192.3 214.05 VBL 874 916.3 874 900.5 DEEPAKFERT 155.85 158.3 153.3 156.45 RATNAMANI 1490.1 1551.4 1459 1527.4 DIXON 14300.4 15450 14191.8 15172.25 CESC 617.5 626.7 603.2 623.45 FORCEMOT 1350 1393.65 1338.65 1380.1 MAHINDCIE 162 165.9 158.7 163.7 RECLTD 133.1 138.85 131.65 138 NATCOPHARM 892.65 898.85 865.05 890.65 JAMNAAUTO 61.65 64.85 60.8 64.3 PRSMJOHNSN 89.2 91.65 85.8 91.3 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE TECHM 965.65 965.65 921.4 941.55 HSCL 44.7 45.8 44.45 45.55 GSFC 77.75 79.25 75.55 78.25 VMART 2433.05 2486.9 2376.6 2457.35 NIFTY NEXT 50 31,992.75 32,747.95 31,647.65 32,661.55 918.3 ADANIPORTS 511 545.5 500.2 542.85 AVANTI 511.4 531 509.55 521.8 JAICORPLTD 85.5 88.35 83.9 87.45 VRLLOG 196.15 196.15 188.55 195.25 DLF 258.5 289.7 255 281.4 25.95 ICICIPRULI 481.15 510 478 490.25 BSOFT 249 252.45 243 249.75 IFCI 8.95 9.14 8.76 9.08 GLAXO 1460.25 1477.9 1456.5 1467.25 BANKBARODA 68.95 74.4 67.7 74.1 6.05 TATAPOWER 76.9 81.15 74.5 79.85 WOCKPHARMA 482 487.6 477 484.25 ENDURANCE 1395.15 1411 1370 1387.2 DBCORP 83.65 84.7 82.6 84.3 PEL 1,325.00 1,409.60 1,307.70 1,408.00 96.55 JINDALSTEL 262.5 280.45 257.5 277.5 LTI 3990 4048 3907 3939.25 CENTURYPLY 265.4 265.65 255.5 260.15 PGHL 7099 7175 7063.2 7142.4 AMBUJACEM 246.4 262 242.1 261 17.65 BEL 130.25 134.75 125.65 133.55 APLLTD 948 961.95 937.15 955.25 ORIENTCEM 84.5 87.8 83 86.95 SUPRAJIT 208 212.3 203.8 209.25 PNB 33.75 36 33.1 35.75 2.4 IDBI 28.7 32.7 28.7 31 RAMCOCEM 782.05 838 768.65 835.9 GMM 3553 3593.15 3540 3549.1 MAHSCOOTER 3538.25 3810.5 3538.25 3763.55 SIEMENS 1,592.50 1,700.00 1,565.00 1,693.00 106.55 NCC 60 68 58.7 67 GNFC 213 215.3 209.25 210.8 BAJAJCON 209.15 216.95 209.05 215.25 GULFOILLUB 689.65 690 667.2 675.3 PFC 111.2 117.1 108.45 117.05 7.25 ESCORTS 1274.9 1274.9 1185.65 1264.9 SUZLON 6.61 6.61 6.61 6.61 GODREJIND 437.5 445.45 428.25 443.25 EPL 257 257 240.5 245.15 DMART 2,700.00 2,894.00 2,640.00 2,810.10 158.6 SBILIFE 870 897 852.05 875 DBL 433 449.5 424.35 439.95 HERITGFOOD 283.95 286 280 280.85 SYMPHONY 1004 1018.3 992 1010.55 BOSCHLTD 15,524.00 16,444.00 15,256.05 16,240.00 912.5 ZEEL 223.5 229.4 214.45 227.25 PCJEWELLER 26.35 27.9 25.95 27.25 WHIRLPOOL 2570 2600 2476.2 2550.35 DCMSHRIRAM 448 455 420.5 453.75 ITDC 304 308.9 298.65 301.85 MOTHERSUMI 146.95 154.1 143.15 153.5 8.55 HDFCLIFE 677.85 713 668.5 699.05 IPCALAB 1860.15 1907.95 1820.45 1871.45 NOCIL 146.1 147.85 142 147.3 BLUESTARCO 743 787 727.7 778.3 NAVNETEDUL 81.95 85 81.35 83.45 HINDZINC 290 292.5 281.6 290.5 15.75 ABBOTINDIA 14190 14652.65 14190 14288.05 PNCINFRA 190 206.3 186.75 196.15 KTKBANK 60 63.55 58.3 61.65 SANOFI 7825 7941.3 7825 7909.95 MAHSEAMLES 278.7 281.8 277.5 278.35 ACC 1,625.00 1,696.95 1,584.20 1,690.00 86.15 CHOLAFIN 403 448.35 401.55 443.5 HINDZINC 288.1 292.45 281.85 288.7 IRB 108.4 113.4 106.35 107.35 CAPPL 468.6 468.6 450.5 459.1 INDOCO 295.4 307.15 295.3 306 INDIGO 1,561.00 1,660.00 1,557.25 1,630.00 82.25 TITAN 1421.05 1507.9 1421.05 1502 GSPL 209 209 196.7 202.4 RAIN 127 129.9 124.1 129.35 TAKE 55.05 56.75 53.1 56.25 MAHLIFE 390.5 396 388.3 390.85 TATACONSUM 563 588.75 554.35 588.5 28.7 PEL 1337.9 1409 1308 1403.9 BATAINDIA 1509 1536.15 1477.3 1529.55 CARBORUNIV 404 435.15 384.8 429.4 GMDCLTD 55.45 57.2 54.55 56.7 MAHLOG 471 476 452.3 458.5 NAUKRI 4,400.00 4,666.60 4,211.00 4,583.00 219 ADANIENT 513.95 542.1 497.9 537.85 COLPAL 1604 1610 1573 1599.65 CROMPTON 427.75 427.75 409 416.2 EQUITAS 71.5 75.75 70.45 74.75 BASF 1570 1609.5 1555 1588.4 BANDHANBNK 310 325.9 304.9 324 14.55 TATACHEM 478 496.75 466.4 493.65 STAR 810 819.55 777.8 800.15 ALKEM 3007 3024.95 2908.85 2925.85 GODREJAGRO 538 543 522 542.1 FDC 290.25 295 290 292.25 MUTHOOTFIN 1,110.55 1,164.90 1,090.00 1,157.00 51.15 ONGC 88.75 91.15 88.45 90.85 TATAMETALI 723.05 755.95 680.65 751.7 ATUL 6380 6574.4 6366.05 6532.35 EIHOTEL 92.45 93.25 90.9 91.1 TIINDIA 782.95 805.4 753.6 795.4 GICRE 132.5 144 132.45 138 6.1 DIVISLAB 3389 3520 3311.2 3470.7 INDUSTOWER 235.6 241.65 231.6 240.1 AFFLE 3645.05 3828.15 3630 3823.5 OFSS 3328.2 3328.2 3187.5 3254.95 SHOPERSTOP 201.65 201.7 196.95 199.5 ICICIGI 1,326.10 1,381.90 1,295.00 1,376.10 60.6 LUPIN 1005.35 1010.25 978.15 988.3 COROMANDEL 857.45 857.45 818.25 829.9 KAJARIACER 830 841 805.7 830.7 SUDARSCHEM 512 512.1 494.3 504.05 VTL 1035 1067.25 1010.65 1032.6 ADANITRANS 465.55 492 456.9 480 19.85 CUMMINSIND 666.55 736.75 653.7 730.4 SPICEJET 83.6 85.5 83 84.75 CENTRALBK 13.55 14.54 13.55 14.26 GDL 160 167.95 152.3 161.1 IIFLWAM 1019.3 1055.35 1015 1041.35 CONCOR 437 457 426.2 451.8 18.3 M&MFIN 155.5 162.55 153.15 161.45 SWSOLAR 237.85 243 234.6 240.05 STLTECH 180.8 183.8 175.8 180.65 ZENSARTECH 230.8 234.55 222.55 229.85 TEAMLEASE 2880.1 2880.1 2772 2783 INDUSTOWER 235 241.7 231.4 240.7 9.2 BHEL 36.85 38.5 35.45 38.2 INDIACEM 156.8 163.8 154.65 162.55 ORIENTELEC 264 276.9 258.5 271.15 ECLERX 980.15 994 942.75 977.5 GALAXYSURF 2050 2116.05 2030 2107.25 NMDC 106.15 110.4 103.65 109.3 4.1 GAIL 125 129 124.4 127.55 HFCL 29.3 30.15 28.35 28.45 CANFINHOME 488.8 496.3 477.9 484.15 BBTC 1208 1250.95 1205.65 1239.1 GPPL 88.9 88.9 86.15 87.85 IGL 515.85 538.25 512.45 534.1 18.3 BIOCON 372.05 382 363.3 379.6 GODREJPROP 1255.15 1340 1242.3 1322.5 TIMKEN 1196.65 1305.95 1185.95 1294.25 TATAINVEST 1029.1 1087.7 1016.1 1074.4 ESABINDIA 1898.95 1898.95 1723.6 1764.9 HDFCAMC 2,890.10 2,985.00 2,843.45 2,964.70 88.15 BAJAJ-AUTO 4050 4136.75 3977.7 4114.1 FRETAIL 79.25 80.65 79.15 79.5 INTELLECT 328 344.6 323.45 344.25 ADVENZYMES 316 317 310.05 315.25 THERMAX 977 1002 957.35 994.05 PIDILITIND 1,698.00 1,731.95 1,665.00 1,720.00 49.75 HEG 959.85 1061.9 937.25 1048.2 GRAPHITE 314.1 333 308.5 329.9 EDELWEISS 61.3 65.2 61.3 64.9 RITES 260 260 255.5 257.7 SIS 401.1 403.2 396.05 396.65 SBICARD 986.05 1,020.00 974.65 1,012.25 26.2 L&TFH 86.4 92.45 84.55 91.55 IBREALEST 74.45 81 73.8 80.55 SUNTECK 322 349.55 319.9 344.05 SPANDANA 725.25 749 707.95 738.1 POWERINDIA 1215.1 1247.4 1202.55 1241.95 BIOCON 373.5 382.6 363.25 381.65 9.85 TATACONSUM 561.5 589.25 554.55 584.45 RCF 55 57.2 53.7 55.75 JSWENERGY 72 72 69.4 71 SOBHA 461.15 472.9 459 465.2 AEGISLOG 283.3 287 277.5 283.5 DABUR 515.15 536 515.15 527.6 13.05 JSWSTEEL 356 384.4 356 380.7 SCI 87 90.6 85.35 88.3 CASTROLIND 128.15 128.9 125.55 126.55 MOTILALOFS 631 631 612 618.6 TASTYBIT 11600 11858.3 11479.3 11795.5 ADANIGREEN 1,018.00 1,040.50 1,005.65 1,028.00 23.1 VEDL 162.9 172.5 161.45 171.25 MGL 1035.8 1074 1021.35 1069.15 HEIDELBERG 222.3 225.65 217 223.4 FINCABLES 366 371 360 369.05 TVSSRICHAK 1924.75 1980 1913 1962.45 BERGEPAINT 713.1 724.7 698.4 722.5 15.65 NTPC 89.5 92.3 88.4 92 INDIAMART 7850 7853.9 7433.25 7778.5 JSLHISAR 136.7 141.15 122 123.5 WESTLIFE 461.5 471.1 450.6 454.15 ORIENTREF 218 218 213.25 216.9 AUROPHARMA 912 926.95 889 923.75 18.5 AUROPHARMA 915 926.6 889.05 922.2 DEEPAKNI 971.5 1005.05 943.9 990.05 WABAG 187 198.4 185.5 194.2 JTEKTINDIA 88.25 90.2 86.05 88.85 GEPIL 266.7 273.55 263.75 270.65 PETRONET 239.2 242.75 234.7 241.7 4.7 GRASIM 1063.85 1130 1048 1126.1 PIIND 2050.05 2050.05 1992.8 1999.35 TATACOMM 1005.5 1005.5 951.1 984.1 JBCHEPHARM 1036.95 1036.95 957 987.6 STARCEMENT 100 100 96 98.55 HAVELLS 1,050.00 1,087.65 1,033.05 1,064.50 19.75 MOTHERSUMI 149 154 143.35 153.25 TORNTPHARM 2650 2650 2499.35 2533.25 NHPC 24.45 24.5 23.5 23.75 PRESTIGE 276 282.2 270.9 278.8 GODREJCP 749.65 762.55 747 755 10.35 FLUOROCHEM 571.5 583.1 561 577.95 HAVELLS 1047 1086.9 1033.75 1061.2 ABCAPITAL 81 86.45 79.75 85.85 RAJESHEXPO 478 480.15 476 477.2 GILLETTE 5700 5700 5555 5600.75 ICICIPRULI 482.35 510.45 477.7 487.5 6.5 TCIEXP 905 905.35 876.15 892.85 AUBANK 890 950 890 939.45 BERGEPAINT 716 726.3 698.2 721.8 J&KBANK 27.95 28.7 27.2 28.7 SHK 120.8 123.45 119.3 122.2 CADILAHC 454 458 442.05 456.9 5.4 JAGRAN 41 41.45 40.5 41 MUTHOOTFIN 1100.2 1164 1090.25 1157.1 JSL 79.1 81.85 68.95 74.7 CUB 169 173.2 167.1 172.55 UCOBANK 12.83 13.16 12.83 13.03 OFSS 3,218.00 3,280.75 3,183.00 3,250.00 31.45 LAOPALA 216.85 221.25 214 217.5 INDIGO 1574 1659.95 1559.65 1642.5 INFIBEAM 77.4 78.5 74.6 77.35 SWANENERGY 128.75 135 127.35 134.65 PTC 60.75 60.9 59.6 59.85 BAJAJHLDNG 3,247.00 3,359.80 3,190.05 3,276.50 29.9 KSB 634.4 641.65 626.7 639.25 HINDALCO 227 243.95 226.8 241.35 POWERGRID 185 189.5 182.5 189 PERSISTENT 1558 1558 1505.4 1546.8 SJVN 25.35 25.4 24.95 25.15 ABBOTINDIA 14,358.85 14,472.35 14,215.05 14,300.00 77.95 MASFIN 876 901.3 875.8 889.5 HEROMOTOCO 3301 3359 3218.7 3344 SIEMENS 1585.55 1699.6 1568.45 1688.95 IRCON 85.85 88 83.5 84.75 MOIL 136.8 140.75 135.35 138.8 MARICO 416.9 420.55 414.25 417.45 1.85 TNPL 120.3 121.1 118.1 121 COALINDIA 126.3 129.75 125.8 129.1 COFORGE 2360.05 2441.15 2325.6 2423.5 FCONSUMER 8.3 8.52 8.2 8.3 VINATIORGA 1218 1241 1198.2 1232.6 LTI 3,997.00 4,010.00 3,905.00 3,978.00 14.1 WABCOINDIA 5400.2 5457.1 5359.55 5448.2 AMBUJACEM 248.95 262 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1' 9: (+- ( " , " +,;- +2-#.2! ! < F ( % +- - .; ", +45 -- - New Delhi: India on Monday expressed deep Washington/Dhaka: Myanmar's mili- 3 concern over the military coup in Myanmar tary on Monday seized power after Naypyitaw: Aung San Suu Kyi's and detention of its top political leaders, and detaining de-facto leader Aung San Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday political party is urging Myanmar's said the rule of law and the democratic Suu Kyi and other top members of her rejected the Government's request to suspend the order people to oppose Monday's “coup” process must be upheld in the country. governing party, triggering an avalanche to release British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar & 9 and any return to “military dicta- In its reaction to the fast-paced devel- of condemnation and a demand for the Saeed Sheikh and his three aides in the brutal murder torship.” opments in Myanmar, the Ministry of restoration of democracy in the coup- of American journalist Daniel Pearl, days after it Bangkok: The man installed by army president can hand power to the mili- The National League for External Affairs (MEA) said India is moni- prone country from leaders and organ- announced to formally join the review proceedings leaders as Myanmar's president after tary commander in chief. That is one of Democracy released a statement on toring the situation closely and that it has been isations across the world. against the acquittal of the accused amid mounting inter- Monday's military coup is best known many ways the military is assured of the Facebook page of its party head, steadfast in supporting the democratic tran- The announcement on military- national pressure. abroad for his role in the crackdown on keeping ultimate control of the country. Suu Kyi, saying the military's actions sition in that country. controlled Myawaddy TV came after an The court, however, extended the interim detention 2007 pro-democracy protests and for his Min Aung Hliang, 64, has been com- were unjustified and went against the According to reports from Myanmar, the earlier declaration that because nation- order of main accused Sheikh and his aides - Fahad ties to still powerful military leaders. mander of the armed forces since 2011 constitution and the will of country's powerful military grabbed power al stability was in jeopardy, all govern- Naseem, Sheikh Adil and Salman Saqib- by one day to Myint Swe was the army-appointed and is due to retire soon. That would voters. in a coup against the civilian government and ment functions would be transferred to hear the government's position on the case. vice president when he was named on clear the way for him to take a civilian It was not possible to confirm imposed a state of emergency after detain- military chief Senior Gen. Min Aung During the hearing on Monday, the Attorney Monday to take over after the military leadership role if the junta holds elections who posted the message as NLD ing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and Hlaing. It was also announced that the General of Pakistan requested the Supreme Court to sus- arrested civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a year's time as promised. The mili- members were not answering phone other leaders of her National League for military had taken control of the coun- pend the decision to release the accused so that he could and other leaders of her party. tary-backed Union Solidarity and calls. Democracy (NLD) in the early hours on try for one year and Myanmar's leader argue the case in detail. The apex court rejected the Immediately after he was named Development Party's humiliating loss in Myanmar military television said Monday. Suu Kyi and other senior figures from request, according to a report in The Express Tribune. president, Myint Swe handed power to last November's elections would likely Monday that the military was taking “We have noted the developments in the ruling party have been detained in The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the the country's top military commander, have precluded that. The military justi- control of the country for one year, Myanmar with deep concern. India has an early morning raid, the spokesman release of the accused by dismissing appeals against their Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. fied the coup by saying the government while reports said many of the coun- always been steadfast in its support to the for the governing National League for acquittal by the Sindh High Court. The judgement was Under Myanmar's 2008 constitution, failed to address claims of election try's senior politicians including Suu process of democratic transition in Democracy (NLD) was quoted as say- denounced by Pearl's family as “a complete travesty of in cases of national emergency the fraud. AP Kyi had been detained. AP Myanmar,” the MEA said. PTI ing in the media. PTI justice”. PTI
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.*'&L'5@.'&50@ commercial vehicles would require it 5,976 crore and Rs 2,092 crore, respectively. cine. However, as the total allocation increased to Rs 8,285 crore. Now in 2020- to “military dictatorship.” It was not pos- To finance infrastructure building, the after completion of 15 years. towards the healthcare sector has come 21, it is at Rs 10,530 crore, more than 40 sible to confirm who posted the message Budget proposes to set up a Development Welcoming the policy, Road 40*0(.@'&5 down vis-a-vis revised estimates for 2021, times increase from 2013-14.” Similarly, as party members were not answering Finance Institution. The focus on mon- Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister this could translate into cutting of expen- Rs 90 crore was paid in 2013-14 to cotton phone calls. etising existing assets will also provide Nitin Gadkari said the policy will lead to diture on other avenues within the sector. farmers while Rs 25,974 crore has been The military’s actions also received greater funds for growth. new investment of around Rs 10,000 “Post disinvestment, economic growth “The continuing modest allocation paid in 2020-21 as of January 27. international condemnation and many The Budget has also taken up the crore and create as many as 50,000 jobs. of Central Public Sector Enterprises towards the healthcare sector would make The Finance Minister’s announce- countries called for the release of the much-debated issue of setting up a “bad He further said the policy would cover over (CPSEs)/ financial institutions will be it challenging for the Government to meet ments were focused to counter the criti- detained leaders. bank”, details of which will be announced 1 crore light, medium and heavy motor through the infusion of private capital, its target of public sector healthcare cism that the three reform laws passed by US Secretary of State Anthony soon. The increase in the FDI limit in vehicles. technology, and best management prac- investment of 2.5 percent of the GDP by Parliament in September will weaken Blinken expressed “grave concern and insurance to 74 per cent and laying out of “The policy would cover an estimat- tices. Will contribute to economic growth 2025,” Banga added. State-regulated mandis and lead to lower alarm” over the reported detentions. a roadmap to privatise the public sector ed 51 lakh light motor vehicles (LMVs) and new jobs,” the Budget said. Government purchase at support prices. “We call on Burmese military lead- companies as against the “disinvestment” that are above 20 years of age, while anoth- In her 2021-22 Budget speech, she said 5@L0*&0*005*@ A robust e-NAM and better facilities in ers to release all government officials and are twin measure that could go a long way er 34 lakh LMVs are above 15 years. It strategic disinvestment of BPCL, Air wholesale markets can help farmers real- civil society leaders and respect the will in meeting fund for infrastructure build- would also cover 17 lakh medium and India, Shipping Corporation of India, K'0&+'5.'*00 ize better prices. Around 1.68 crores of the people of Burma as expressed in ing. heavy motor vehicles, which are above 15 Container Corporation of India, IDBI farmers are registered and Rs 1.14 lakh democratic elections,” he wrote in a state- Sitharaman said the Government will years, and currently without valid fitness Bank, BEML, Pawan Hans, Neelachal The cess will be applicable with effect crores of trade value has been carried out ment, using Myanmar’s former name. borrow about Rs 12 lakh crore in 2021-22. certificates,” Gadkari said. These vehicles Ispat Nigam Ltd, among others would be from February 2. Later addressing a press through e-NAMs. APMCs will also to get The office of the U.N. Secretary-gen- She said expenditure for the next fiscal year are estimated to cause 10-12 times more completed in 2021-22. conference, Sitharaman said a component access to Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. eral called the developments as a “seri- has been pegged at Rs 34.83 lakh crore, pollution than the latest vehicles, he said. “Other than IDBI Bank, we propose to to develop farm infrastructure has been However, beyond states such as ous blow to democratic reforms.” which includes Rs 5.54 lakh crore of cap- take up the privatisation of two public sec- added to the cost of petrol and diesel. Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and A list of people believed to have been ital spending. 4@,0@&.'.@ tor banks and one general insurance “Consequent to imposition of Agriculture Andhra Pradesh, most farmers still do not detained, compiled by political activists, Sitharaman also said States will get 41 company in the year 2021-22. This would Infrastructure and Development Cess benefit from the assured purchases at sup- included several people who were not per cent share of taxes as per the 15th '&4.@0%,.5.@+ require legislative amendments and I pro- (AIDC) on petrol and diesel, basic excise port prices. The budget does little to politicians, including activists as well as Finance Commission recommendation pose to introduce the amendments in this duty and special additional excise duty address the most recurrent complaint of a filmmaker and a writer. Those deten- and the Government has accepted the rec- In addition, Raipur-Visakhapatnam session itself,” she said. rates have been reduced on them so that farmers that crop prices are non-remu- tions could not be confirmed. (AP) ommendation. From Rs 1.03 lakh crore 464-km project passing through Also the legislative amendments overall consumer does not bear any addi- nerative while costs of farming are rising. highway projects for Tamil Nadu to Rs Chhattisgarh, Odisha and north Andhra required for launching IPO of LIC would tional burden,” Sitharaman said. The Budget also reiterated the 4.%.@*00'*0'& 65,000 crore works for Kerala - four poll- Pradesh will be awarded in the current year be brought in the ongoing session of The FM announced nine measures for Government’s ambitious goal to double bound States found special mention in the and construction will start in 2021-22. Parliament. the agriculture sector including making farm income by 2022 (with 2015-16 as the *',.&4@..*00*0 Budget speech of Finance Minister Terming the Budget a pragmatic one, To fast-track the disinvestment poli- available the Agriculture Infrastructure base year), but did not disclose how it far Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs cy, NITI Aayog would work out on the Fund to APMCs for augmenting their it is from achieving the target. The Police however also installed Sitharaman in her speech specifically Minister Nitin Gadkari said the provisions next list of Central public sector compa- infrastructure facilities, increasing the irons rods on the main highway to restrict announced Rs 2.27 lakh highway projects for augmenting infrastructure will go a nies that would be taken up for strategic agriculture credit target from Rs 15 lakh ''.-@,%'& movement of vehicles. for four States - Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, long way in laying a sound infra for the disinvestment. crore in 2020-21 to Rs 16.5 lakh crore in The farmers protest site at the Assam and Kerala amid approaching country. Also to similarly incentivise States to 2021-22 and extension of the Swamitva -&. Ghazipur border had also been turned into Assembly elections. While proposing investment in infra- start disinvestment of their public sector scheme to all states and Union territories. 0,,*'&* a fortress with multi-layer barricades and The Finance Minister said the structure projects in the four poll-bound companies, the Government will work out During her third Budget speech, hundreds of security personnel including Government will infuse Rs 20,000 crore States, Sitharaman also provided Rs 1,000 an incentive package of Central funds for which lasted around one hour and 50 min- While the 75-year-old has remained the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) into public sector banks (PSBs) in 2021- crore for the welfare of tea workers espe- States. utes, Sitharaman said the Government is wildly popular at home, Suu Kyi’s defer- and RAF. 22 to meet the regulatory norms. For the cially women and their children in Assam Besides, to ensure timely completion committed to the welfare of farmers and ence to the generals — going so far as to As people including farmers from current financial year also, the and West Bengal for which a special of closure of sick or loss making CPSEs, the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime defend their crackdown on Rohingya Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Government had made a provision of Rs scheme will be devised. a revised mechanism would be brought in, has undergone a change. Muslims that the United States and oth- Rajasthan continued to join the protestors 20,000 crore for recapitalisation. Sitharaman announced Rs 25,000 she said. The statement of Finance Minister is ers have labeled genocide — has left her at Ghazipur border, the police also used “To further consolidate the financial crores Budget for roads and national “Idle assets will not contribute to significant at a time when a large number reputation internationally in tatters. drones to monitor the situation. Police dur- capacity of PSBs, further recapitalisation highways (NH) in West Bengal with Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The non-core assets of farmers are protesting for a legal guar- For some, Monday’s takeover was ing the day also checked vehicles standing of Rs 20,000 crores is proposed in 2021- emphasis on upgradation of the road from largely consist of surplus land with antee to minimum support (MSP) price seen as confirmation that the military in the area. 22,” she said while presenting the Budget Kolkata to Siliguri. Besides she announced Government Ministries/Departments and fearing that the Government will end the holds ultimate power despite the veneer A senior police official said police is 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha. 3,500 km corridor in Tamil Nadu, 1,100 Public Sector Enterprises. MSP system after implementation of the of democracy. New York-based Human on alert and it is taking every step to avert The Budget also proposed to increase km in Kerala at an investment of Rs 65,000 “Monetising of land can either be by three farm laws aimed at freeing up the Rights Watch has previously described any kind of incident. “We are focused foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the crore and 1,300 km in Assam in the next way of direct sale or concession or by sim- agriculture markets. The reforms are the clause in the constitution that the mil- towards the protection of every citizen,” he insurance sector to 74 per cent, a move three years. ilar means. This requires special abilities being seen as steps to support the agri- itary invoked as a “coup mechanism in said. aimed at attracting greater overseas capi- The 3500 kms of national highway and for this purpose, I propose to use a culture sector and were introduced amid waiting.” Apart from the barricades, barbed tal inflows to help enhance insurance pen- works in Tamil Nadu would involve an Special Purpose Vehicle in the form of a constant disruption from opposition par- The embarrassingly poor showing of wire has been installed to stop people etration in the country. investment of Rs 1.03 lakh crore. Assembly company that would carry out this activ- ties. The Opposition as well as farmer lead- the military-backed party in the moving on foot. Ghaziabad District Sitharaman said under the new struc- election in Tamil Nadu is due to be held ity,” Sitharaman added. ers had been skeptical that the BJP-ruled November vote may have been the spark. Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and ture, the majority of directors on the board in April-May this year as along with West states were trying to weaken APMCs by Larry Jagan, an independent analyst, Senior Superintendent of Police and key management persons would be Bengal where the BJP is leaving no stone 7:8B'K*4@.* throwing agriculture markets open for pri- said the takeover was just a “pretext for Kalanidhi Naithani reviewed the situa- resident Indians, with at least 50 per cent unturned to wrest the power from Mamata vate participants, triggering protests from the military to reassert their full influence tion on the ground as they visited of directors being independent directors, Banerjee and is focusing to retain power She also proposed to roll out the pneu- farmers. over the political infrastructure of the Ghazipur, Seemapuri and Dilshad and specified percentage of profits being in Assam. The Left Democratic Front-led mococcal vaccine, which is currently lim- The Finance Minister reiterated the country and to determine the future, at Garden areas amid the ongoing farmers’ retained as a general reserve. Kerala Legislative Assembly goes to polls ited to only 5 States, across the country, Government is ready for talks with the least in the short term,” adding that the stir at Delhi-UP borders,” an official Drawing inspiration from the recent also by April-May. helping the country to avert more than protesting farmers as discussion is the only generals do not want Suu Kyi to be a part statement said. performance of the Indian cricket team in A 1,100 km of NH in Kerala with an 50,000 child deaths annually. way forward. “We can understand why of that future. Pandey and Naithani also held meet- Australia under trying circumstances, the investment of Rs 65,000 crore, including In the Union Budget, 71,268.77 crore farmers are sitting at the border. If any The coup now presents a test for the ings with senior officers of the Delhi Finance Minister Nirmala asserted that 600 km section of the Mumbai- has been allocated to the Ministry of farmer has any question, Agriculture international community, which had Police and the administration to discuss India is well-poised to truly be the land of Kanyakumari corridor has been Health and Family Welfare, as against Minister (Narendra Singh Tomar) has ostracized Myanmar while it was under the situation and review preparedness, promise and hope in the post-Covid-19 announced. Former Congress chief Rahul 65,011.8 crore allocated in 2020-2021. never denied opportunities for talk,” military rule and then enthusiastically it added. Inspector General (Meerut world. Gandhi is a Lok Sabha MP from Waynad However, later the budget was revised and Sitharaman said in reply to a query dur- embraced Suu Kyi’s government as a sign Range) Praveen Kumar toured The FM said as it had happened after in Kerala. increased to 78,866 crore because of ing her post Budget briefing. The the country was finally on the path to Ghaziabad, where he visited the UP Gate the two World Wars, there are signs that Sitharaman also announced increased Covid-19. Government is open for discussion. The democracy. There will likely be calls for protest site and the Kaushambi police the political, economic, and strategic rela- allocation for rural infrastructure devel- An allocation of 2,663.00 crore has Prime Minister before the commencement a reintroduction of at least some of the station, officials said. tions in the post Covid-19 world are opment to Rs 40,000 crore for the next fis- also been made to the Department of of Parliament session said the offer is still sanctions the country had long faced. “The IG has issued necessary changing. She noted that the country’s fight cal from Rs 30,000 crore in FY21. She said Health Research in the 2021-22 Budget. on the table,” she said. The first signs that the military was instructions to the local police and the against the pandemic continues into 2021 the operation green scheme will cover 22 The Ministry of AYUSH has been allocated In an attempt to address the concerns planning to seize power were reports that police officials deployed at the protest and the country is all set to bring in two more perishable commodities while Rs 2970.30 for the next fiscal as against Rs of farmers demanding the repeal of the Suu Kyi and Win Myint, the country’s site,” an official said. more vaccines for the infectious disease. announcing the development of five major 2,122.08 crore proposed for 2020-2021 fis- three controversial farm reform laws, president, had been detained before Meanwhile, the police in Shahdara “Today, India has two vaccines avail- fishing hubs. cal. Sitharaman presented data on rising dawn. district police have been given iron able, and has begun medically safeguard- The Centre also announced a Rs Investment in health infrastructure in Government spending for purchasing Myo Nyunt, a spokesman for Suu batons, just like shape of word, and ing not only her own citizens against 18,000 crore scheme to augment public Budget 2021-22 has increased substantially, grains and pulses at support prices, and Kyi’s party, told the online news service metal hand guard to protect them- Covid-19, but also those of 100 or more transport in urban areas. She said the Sitharaman said. promised to strengthen the State-regulat- The Irrawaddy that in addition to Suu Kyi selves from attacks by sharp-edged countries. It is an added comfort to know Government would work towards raising Hailing the Budget proposal, Union ed markets, or APMCs, further. The and the president, members of the party’s weapons According to a senior police that two or more vaccines are also expect- the share of public transport in urban areas Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the Budget promised to add 1,000 more reg- Central Executive Committee, many of official, the initiative was taken by sta- ed soon,” Sitharaman said. through the expansion of the metro rail allocation of Rs 35,000 crore for Covid-19 ulated markets to the electronic national its lawmakers and other senior leaders tion house officers (SHOs) of all 11 The Budget proposed that individuals network and the augmentation of city bus vaccines and commitment to providing agriculture market, or e-NAM platform, had also been taken into custody. police stations falling under the juris- whose provident fund contribution is Rs service. It will facilitate the deployment of further support will help end this pan- where 17 million Indian farmers have Television signals were cut across the diction of Shahdara district. 2.5 lakh or more in a financial year, will innovative public private partnership demic and expedite economic recovery already been registered. Besides, the country, as was phone and internet “Each police station distributed not be able to seek tax exemption on the (PPP) models to enable private sector play- while the Minister of State for Health Finance Minister said regulated wholesale access in Naypyitaw, the capital, while around 12 iron batons to its personnel. interest earned from the next financial year. ers to finance, acquire, operate and main- Ashwini Choubey termed the budget markets, or APMCs, will be allowed to tap passenger flights were grounded. Phone The aim is to protect our personnel from While presenting Budget Sitharaman said, tain over 20,000 buses. “historic” and said it was for the welfare into the Rs 1 trillion agriculture infra- service in other parts of the country was attacks by any sword or sharp-edged “In order to rationalise tax exemption for The metro train services are expand- of the public. structure fund to upgrade and strength- also reported down, though people were weapon. It is for their self-defense. the income earned by high income ing all across the country at a rapid pace. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the Regional en their facilities. still able to use the internet in many areas. This initiative was taken by SHOs of the employees, it is proposed to restrict tax Total 702 km of conventional metro is Director WHO South-East Asia Region, “In case of wheat, the total amount As word of the military’s actions respective police stations of Shahdara exemption for the interest income earned operational and another 1,016 km of said, “The thrust and focus to health in paid to farmers in 2013-2014 was Rs 33,874 spread in Yangon, the country’s biggest district,” he said. on the employees’ contribution to various metro and regional rapid transit system India’s Budget announcement is a testi- crores. In 2019-2020 it was Rs 62,802 city, there was a growing sense of unease Farmer leaders at the site, however, provident funds to the annual contribution (RRTS) is under construction in 27 cities. mony to the country’s commitment to not crores, and even better, in 2020-2021, this among residents who earlier in the day asserted that the barricades won’t cage of Rs 2.5 lakh.” Sitharaman said the Government plans to just fight back the Covid-19 pandemic, but amount, paid to farmers, was Rs 75,060 had packed into tea shops for breakfast their spirit. Balwinder Singh Currently, interest earned on provident deploy two new technologies -- ‘MetroLite’ to build a stronger and resilient health sys- crores. The number of wheat growing and went about their morning shopping. Sirsa, a farmer leader from Sirsa in fund is exempted from income tax. and ‘MetroNeo’ --to provide metro rail sys- tem. India has been demonstrating this.” farmers that were benefitted increased in By midday, people were removing the Haryana, urged protesters not get demo- “EPFO is for welfare of workers and tems at much lesser cost with same expe- However, Kapil Banga, Assistant Vice 2020-21 to 43.36 lakhs as compared to bright red flags of Suu Kyi’s party that tivated by what happened on January 26, workers will not be affected by this move. rience, convenience and safety in tier-2 President, ICRA Limited felt that the bud- 35.57 lakhs in 2019-20. For paddy, the once adorned their homes and busi- claiming it was “orchestrated” by some It is only for big ticket money which comes cities and peripheral areas of tier-1 cities. getary allocation for the healthcare sector amount paid in 2013-14 was Rs 63,928 nesses. Lines formed at ATMs as people people to denigrate the protest. A into EPFO which has tax benefit and also The Budget proposed Central coun- for the fiscal year 2022 will translate into crores. In 2019-2020 this increased Rs waited to take out cash, efforts that were woman protester from Haryana, assured 8 per cent return,” Sitharaman said terpart funding to Kochi Metro Railway a 10 percent drop in the allocation, if com- 1,41,930 crores. Even better, in 2020-2021, being complicated by internet disrup- addressing a large gathering from the while addressing the post-Budget Press Phase-II of 11.5 km at a cost of Rs pared to the revised estimate for 2021. this is further estimated to increase to Rs tions. Workers at some businesses decid- dais, said the alleged conspiracy on that conference. 1,957.05 crore, Chennai Metro Railway Nonetheless, the allocation translates to a 172,752 crores. The number of farmers ed to go home. day failed to weaken the movement and The Budget also unveiled the much- Phase -II of 118.9 km at a cost of Rs 63,246 growth of 11 per cent, if it is compared to benefitted increased from 1.24 crores in Suu Kyi’s party released a statement has rather injected “a new lease of life” awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping pol- crore. Besides, it proposed such funding the Budget estimates for 2021. 2019-20 to 1.54 crores in 2020-21,” on one of its Facebook pages saying the in it. Randhir Singh, 85, a farmer from icy to phase out old and polluting vehicles. to Bengaluru Metro Railway Project Phase “The Government has launched PM Sitharaman said while citing data on gov- military’s actions were unjustified and Haryana, said, “We are not terrorists or The FM said that under voluntary vehicle 2A and 2B of 58.19 km at a cost of Rs Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana ernment purchase at MSP. In pulses, went against the constitution and the will Khalistanis. We are fighting for our scrapping policy, personal vehicles would 14,788 crore, Nagpur Metro Rail Project (PMANSBY) and has also allocated Rs. Sitharaman said Rs 236 crore was paid to of voters. The statement urged people to rights. Attempts are still being made to undergo fitness test after 20 years while Phase-II and Nashik Metro at a cost of Rs 35,000 crore towards the cost of the vac- farmers in 2013-14. “In 2019-20, this was oppose Monday’s “coup” and any return defame and weaken us.” &'(!9 ! ! "#"$"% ; #,2" #A ) )* + ,- *) . ) . + +**/ * * 0 *) ** ) .+/ , + +- +# *+)*).. *+*/ *) . # /./+0 *+ + #* - *) . + ) . + +* +/ *+. * ,- *+ +/ +*# .+ +/ *+) )0*/ 1 2
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That will happen Misbah has lost three away Test series — can also bat,” Panesar said. when you will encourage them %" " against Australia, England and New Zealand “Having not played in Sri to go aerial. — but his Pakistan side has beaten less formi- Lanka, Ali is fresh and hungry. “Our spinners are used to dable teams like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at India would not like facing Ali, bowing with the much harder home. they would be happy facing dukes balls so lets see how they Misbah and bowling coach Waqar Younis Leach and Bess.” fare with the SG Test,” added were summoned by the Pakistan Cricket Board Ali has a six-wicket haul = P& % , , (= 45#>+ % ? Panesar. after the team lost a Test series 2-0 in New against India, his second best Zealand last month. Both coaches were given figures coming in the home another chance, but their longer-term series back in 2014. Of late, he futures were tied to the outcome of has not been a regular in the 3 " Q % " R the current home series against Test line-up with his last South Africa. appearance coming during the Chennai: Bowling quicker in the air interaction after the team completed its quality side and have come back off a “My focus is on this series,” Ashes almost 18 months ago. brought success to Monty Panesar in the six-day quarantine on Friday. great win in Australia, but I think it is just Misbah said. “We will put all our The expectations are more 2012 tour of India but England left-arm “I am probably not going to be bowl- a great opportunity for all of us to test energies in this Test match and from a formidable England spinner Jack Leach feels the ing the same speed. It is probably more ourselves against probably the best side see how we can win. Other pace attack, like they were in same tactic may not work for about how the ball gets to the batsman in the world and to do here in India, my things are uncontrollable and 2012, but Panesar and Graeme him on his maiden series in terms of trajectory. There have first time in India. Lucknow (PNS): Hindustan Times edged past there is no point in thinking Swann then rose to the occa- against the mighty hosts. been other successful “This is what the dream you have, to Media Photographer by a narrow margin of three about it.” sion to ensure a rare series win Panesar and Graeme bowlers who didn’t come to places like these. Obviously, it runs in the opening match of the Inter-Media Cricket The conditions in in India. Swann bowled quicker than bowl as fast as Monty is a fantastic opportunity, and I want to Tournament at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on Rawalpindi will be much The cricketer of Indian their Indian counterparts in did. enjoy,” said the 29-year-old from Monday. Electing to bat, HT piled up a decent total cooler than they were in origin said he would want 2012, engineering a famous “It is about sticking to my Somerset. of 130 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allot- Karachi and Misbah said to see England spinners away Test series win for strengths and knowing what my He may not bowl as quick as Panesar ted 20 overs, with Anshul (31) being the top run- the team may change its consistently flight the England. optimum pace and then going up did but a fellow left-arm spinner doing getter. Sharad Shukla claimed four scalps. In reply, bowling lineup to include ball and avoid bowling However, Leach said he and down a little bit from there. well in India does inspire a lot of confi- despite of a brilliant half-century by Kashif Hasan, four fast bowlers and only flatter lines. would like to stick his Everyone has an optimum pace. It’s dence. Media Photographer could score only 127 runs for one spinner. “They should be aiming to strengths. important to stick to that as much “I definitely think I can make an the loss of eight wickets. Earlier, Deputy CM Dinesh If Pakistan opts for a bowl good length but how it “Monty and Swann are as possible,” said Leach who took impact in this series, obviously we have Sharma inaugurated the event. Others present fourth fast bowler, Haris Rauf is getting there also matters. two bowlers I love to watch. 10 wickets in the recent series in got three days training and I am not sure were BBD group chairman Viraj Sagar Das, direc- is a possible option to make his Bowling too flat will make I watch a lot of spin videos to Sri Lanka. what the wicket is going to be like or any- tor (Sports) RP Singh and UP Olympic Association Test debut in his hometown. things easy for the batter, so try and take things from the Bowling in India is as tough thing, so not looking too far ahead... general secretary Anandeshwar Pandey. “Haris is bowling well with I would flight the ball. The spinners. Monty bowled at as it gets for a visiting spinner “...But definitively want to make an BRIEF SCORES: the old ball,” Misbah said. margin of error also increases a quicker pace in India and but Leach is looking for- impact and they have got quite a lot of HT: 130 (Anshul 31, Rohit 18, Sharadeep 15; Sharad “If the need arise we will see if you flight the ball on a good that could be very tricky on ward to the “ultimate” chal- right-handers, so I see that as a good 23/4, Ashish 26/2) him.” length,” said Panesar, who a spinning wicket,” said lenge. thing for me,” said Leach, who has MP: 127 (Kashif 52, Kayam 13; Manish 19/2, Anshul picked up 17 wickets from Leach in an online media “They are obviously a played 12 Tests. 30/2). , % " 1 O 9 ( Gavrilova 6-1, 6-4 in the build- up tournament on Monday. The seven-time Australian Open champion started slug- The Indian team, fresh gishly, losing the first three *&&' from the Test series victory in points on serve, before quick- Australia, entered the bio- ly overpowering the Australian. # he Indian team on bubble at a city hotel on The American had all the TMonday underwent its Wednesday. answers and it was a sharp per- first outdoor session since The full England team is formance from Williams, who arriving here, ahead of the expected to train for the first lifted the intensity in her sec- *&&' opening Test against England time since arriving in the city ond match back after defeating beginning on Friday. on Tuesday from 2pm, world number three Naomi he BCCI and the Tamil The Indian players, who according to an ECB Osaka in an exhibition in TNadu Cricket Association completed their six-day quar- spokesperson. Adelaide on Friday. Williams, have decided to allow 50 per antine period in the city on Members of both the 1 B % < ?+ looking to get matches under cent spectators at the second Monday, began preparations Indian and England teams her belt before the Australian India-England Test to be held for the four-match Test series have returned three negative *(@,.&* old, who will launch her latest Open, will next play Tsvetana at the M A Chidambaram sta- with an outdoor session, the tests for Covid-19 during attempt for a record-equalling Pironkova in the round of 16. 6:67 dium here, a top TNCA official team’s local media official their quarantine period. erena Williams admitted on 24th Grand Slam title next In the night match, world said on Monday. said. England players such as SMonday that she might have week, got extra time to recov- number two Simona Halep The issue was discussed by The first Test begins on Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and been forced to skip the er when the Open was post- wore down Anastasia Potapova the TNCA members after fresh Friday at the M A Rory Burns, who did not Australian Open if it hadn’t poned for three weeks over from Russia with a 6-4, 6-4 vic- Covid-19 guidelines on easing Chidambaram stadium here The Virat Kohli-led home travel with the team to Sri been delayed over the coron- coronavirus complications. tory in the Gippsland Trophy. *(@,.&* of public movement and entry while the second match will team will hit the ground run- Lanka for a Test series, com- avirus, saying she needed extra “I couldn’t practice because Earlier, teenage sensation of spectators into sporting also be played at the same ning with net sessions from pleted their quarantine earli- time to shake off the achilles of my achilles,” she told Coco Gauff showed only ndia’s Sumit Nagal began venues were issued. The move venue from February 13. Tuesday (10am to 1pm). er and have been training. injury which cut short her reporters. glimpses of the form that Ihis 2021 season with an was cleared in a meeting 2020 season. “I needed time. I don’t fuelled her dazzling run at last opening round defeat at the between TNCA and BCCI offi- crowds at sporting venues and ty protocols.” the third and fourth Test in Williams, who beat Daria think I would have been here year’s Australian Open during Murray River Open, losing in cials. also the state government’s The M A Chidambaram Ahmedabad. Gavrilova in her Yarra Valley if it was during the regular sea- a gruelling three-sets victory straight sets to Ricardas “We discussed the issue of SOPs given on Sunday,” the stadium has a capacity of The official also said that Classic opener in Melbourne, son. over Jil Teichmann at the Berankis, here on Monday in allowing spectators for the sec- TNCA official told PTI. 50,000. media would be allowed to suffered the injury at last year’s “(The delay) was an Gippsland Trophy. the run up to the Australian ond India vs England Test fol- “It has been decided by the The first Test begins on cover both the Tests from the US Open then withdrew from unwanted blessing. The 16-year-old overcame Open. lowing fresh Covid-19 guide- BCCI and TNCA to allow 50 Friday while the second match press box at the stadium. the French Open before the An aggressive Williams a mid-match stutter to win 6- Nagal, who does not give lines by the Central per cent spectators for the sec- starts on February 13. Crowds However, media conferences second round, ending her 2020 showed no outward sign of 3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/5) in two up easily, suffered a rather Government permitting ond Test by following all safe- have already been allowed for would still be held virtually. campaign. But the 39-year- injury as she beat home hope hours and 45 minutes. tame 2-6, 2-6 defeat in the $320775 ATP250 event. The Indian, ranked 139 in the ATP singles chart could convert none of the two break & . , chances he earned while dropped his serve four times (.*@& in the match against the world (.'5@& number 72 from Lithuania. ionel Messi underlined his Lworth to Barcelona by scor- ose Mourinho admitted his ing a sensational free-kick on J“sad” Tottenham flops “lacked Sunday but Atletico Madrid energy” after Leandro Trossard are in charge of La Liga after rocked their top-four challenge beating Cadiz to stand 10 points as the Brighton forward sealed clear at the top of the table. a shock 1-0 win on Sunday. Messi’s stunning effort in a Mourinho’s side were hop- 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao had ing to get back on track after los- been matched by the ing to Liverpool on Thursday, Argentinian’s friend and former but instead they suffered a dam- teammate Luis Suarez, who aging second successive defeat. earlier curled in a superb free- Trossard netted in the first kick of his own in Atletico’s 4- half at the Amex Stadium and, 2 victory over Cadiz. with Tottenham’s Harry Kane drive to rescue a point. A victory against seventh- Atletico end the weekend sidelined by injury, the visitors “We didn’t start well. In the placed Chelsea on Thursday is even further ahead after Real El Mundo on Saturday night. and Frenkie de Jong both lacked the quality to salvage an first half, I felt the team was essential to halt Tottenham’s Madrid’s defeat by Levante on Few can argue with Messi’s impressive again. equaliser. probably too sad with the goal sudden decline away from the Saturday, which means contribution on the pitch, with But Barcelona continue to Tottenham are languishing conceded and the situation,” Champions League places. Zinedine Zidane’s side are now the 33-year-old showing against be haunted by the spectre of in sixth place, with just two wins Mourinho said. Meanwhile fourth-bottom level with Barca on points, both Bilbao why the club have Suarez, whose tremendous in their last nine Premier “There was a lack of ener- Brighton moved seven points of them struggling to keep pace gone to such lengths to free-kick and then a penal- League matches. They trail six gy. In the last 25, 30 minutes, clear of the relegation zone in the title race. keep him. ty helped Atletico push points behind fourth-placed they gave everything, but of after extending their unbeaten Yet Barca’s win at least Bilbao briefly drew their advantage into double Leicester, albeit with a game in course, with some limitations. league run to three matches. maintains their momentum, level through a Jordi Alba figures. hand, after only their second The title bid that looked The Seagulls were the only while Messi’s goal may have car- own goal early in the sec- He was the driving defeat in 10 away league games possible for Tottenham in team in the top four divisions in ried some extra satisfaction for ond half but Antoine force again, his two goals mak- this season. December is fading fast as lead- England without a home league the Argentinian, who had the Griezmann’s strike secured ing it nine in his last eight games Mourinho conceded his ers Manchester City are now 11 victory this season, but they details of his contract pub- Barca their third consecutive and 14 now for the season. players were feeling sorry for points clear of the north finally ended that dismal lished in the Spanish newspaper victory, with Ousmane Dembele themselves and couldn’t find the Londoners. sequence at the 11th attempt.