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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM OCTOBER DATA FOR GOODS AND SERVICES TAX AN EXPRESSINVESTIGATION PART TWO Rs1.05lakhcr:GSTcollections Many ways to dupe apoorstudent: steal IDs, lie about source of funds, upagain,nowat8-monthhigh pocket most of it —all officially But overall, datashowy-o-y20.2% declineduring Apr-Oct ED and reconciliation forbusinesses Festival THE ENSECONOMICBUREAU for2019-20, were thekey factors PLAIN E ● boost EX SCHOLARSHIP NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER1 EXPERT forthe rise in revenues under the EXPLAINS indirect taxregime. SCAM CONTINUINGTOpostayear-on- In October 2019,GST rev- THE UPTICKinOctober is year increase forthe second Nilesh Shah enues had contracted by 5.29 per due to the pick-up in eco- Jharkhand CM month in arow,gross Goods and FromTheIndianExpresspanel cent to Rs 95,380crore,marking nomic activity forthe fes- ABHISHEKANGAD Services Tax(GST) collections ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight the thirdinstance of acontrac- tivalseason, the unlock- RANCHI,DHANBAD,LATEHAR, rose 10.2 per cent to an eight- tion since the July2017rollout of down and aSeptember RAMGARH,LOHARDAGA, orders probe: month high of Rs 1.05 lakh crore the GSTregime. deadline forannual rec- SAHIBGANJ,NOVEMBER1 in October,for sales in September. BEGINNINGSOF The pick-up in gross GSTrev- onciliation of inputtax ‘action soon’ An uptickineconomic activ- enues in October reflected the9 credit forbusinesses. INSIDE THEIR unplasteredtwo- ity with the easing of Covid re- RECOVERY per cent growth in revenues Collections afterNovem- room house in the dense strictions, along with alow base EXPLAINED from importofgoodsand 11 per berwill indicatewhether Behratoli area of Ranchi, Rashid Jharkhand CM Hemant Sorenholds acopyofThe Indian Express ABHISHEKANGAD effect and aSeptember 30 dead- PAGE 13 cent growth in revenues from the trend is sustainable. Ansari, amason, and his wife reportatapress conference in Dumka on Sunday. Express RANCHI,NOVEMBER1 line forclaiming input taxcredit CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Salma Khatun, arebadlyshaken. Theyhavejustcome to know TAKINGNOTEofanongoing in- from this reporterthat the “char- Aadhaar obtained,account vestigation by The Indian Express, ity moneyfromSaudi Arabia”, of whichhas revealedseveral cases Rs 10,700 eachthat came into of fraudbyanexusof middlemen, THE EDITORIAL PAGE their accounts, waspartofa hijacked, andhostel faked school staff, and state govern- Hizb commander in Valley killed in statewide scamtargeting ana- mentemployees to illegallydivert tional scholarship scheme formi- funds from aCentral scholarship OFFICESATWAR nority school students. ABHISHEKANGAD forminoritystudentsinthe state, gunbattle, police call it big success BY UPENDRA BAXI And that theyare amongsev- RANCHI,DHANBAD,LATEHAR, Jharkhand Chief Minister PAGE 10 eral unsuspecting victims de- RAMGARH,LOHARDAGA, Hemant Soren on Sundayor- fraudedbyanexus of middle- SAHIBGANJ,NOVEMBER1 deredaprobeintothe “big scam”. BASHAARATMASOOD men, bank staff, school Speaking to reporters in SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER1 authorities, and stategovern- FROM 102beneficiaries in a Dumka,Soren said: “Wehavejust ment employees to siphon off school that neverappliedfor got to know aboutthe scam and IN Amajor setbacktothe Hizbul BUSINESSASUSUAL moneyfromthe Pre-Matric benefitstostudentswhose reli- The in-charge at the very soon,there will be action.” Mujahideen, the militant outfit’s Scholarship initiative underthe gion waschanged in the records, AssemblyofGod Church Speaking to The Indian Express operations chief in the Valley BY UNNY Union MinistryofMinority an investigation by TheIndian School in Ranchi has been later,Soren referredto the inves- waskilledinagunfight with a Affairs. Express has revealed multiple in- suspended. Abhishek Angad tigation, whichreportedon alet- team of J&K Police and paramil- This is justone of their meth- stances of fraudand corruption tersent in July2019bythe Centre itaryforces at Rangrethonthe ods. An investigation by The across Jharkhand in the distribu- to the then Jharkhand Chief outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday. Indian Express has foundschools tion of pre-matric scholarships Hereisthe second setofcases: Secretarywarning of “repeated Saif-ul-Islam Mir alias Dr fudging data, even changing the for2019-20sanctionedbythe SARFARAZ DEVELOPMENT attempts to subvert” the National Saifullah had takenoverasthe religion of studentstoshow Union MinistryofMinority ACADEMY MISSION HIGH Scholarship Portal.“The(current) chief of the Hizb in the Valleyaf- CONTINUEDONPAGE9 Affairs through the National SCHOOL, KURGI, RANCHI: Chief Secretaryhas takencog- terthe killing of Riyaz Naikoo in Near the encounter siteinSrinagar Sunday. Shuaib Masoodi Scholarship Portal (NSP). Records show that Rohit Kujjur,a nizance of the matter.Itseems Maythisyear,and wasone of the Over thelastmonth, this Class 10 student, receivedRs the matter wasflagged lastyear mostwanted militantsin TOMORROW: newspaper tracked15schools 10,700 in his JharkhandState and we will gettothe bottom of Kashmir. donedoff the Rangreth neigh- team of the Army’s 53 Rashtriya SCAMSLIPPED across six districtsinthe state and Cooperative Bank account for it,” he said. Early on Sundaymorning, bourhood afterspecific inputs Rifles also joinedthe operation UNDER RADAR spoketoover30students,par- hostelstudents.“Ihad givenmy Theinvestigationalsopointed police and Central ReservePolice about thepresence of the mili- subsequently, police said. DESPITE RED FLAGS entsand school authorities to in- fingerprintsand Aadhaar details to afailureinseveral layers of Force(CRPF) personnel cor- tant commander in the area. A CONTINUEDONPAGE2 vestigatethe listofbeneficiaries. CONTINUEDONPAGE9 CONTINUEDONPAGE9 Afterrape, a Other side of APMC repeal: Bihar woman with self-respect farmers want mandis, ‘like Punjab’ willdie: Cong HARISHDAMODARAN P6 KHAGARIA,BEGUSARAI, chief in Kerala NOVEMBER1 IN 2006,Nitish Kumar’sgovern- SHAJUPHILIP ment repealed Bihar’s Agricultu- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, ralProduce Market Committee THEEXPRESS NOVEMBER1 (APMC) Actallowing crops to be freelytradedoutside the state’s INTERVIEW THE PRESIDENT of the Kerala regulated mandis. unit of the Congress on Sunday But 14 years on —when the ‘TEJASHWI TUTORED... calledawomanwho had ac- NarendraModigovernment at Aggregator Saroj Kumar and NO CHANGE IN RJD’S cusedseveral leadersand min- the Centrehas enacted alaw dis- farmer Gaurav Kumar (left) CHARACTER’ isters of the previous Congress- mantlingthe monopoly of APMC both say mandis would help JPNADDA ledUDF government of raping mandis all overIndiaand Nitish them. Harish Damodaran BJP PRESIDENT her,a“prostitute” –but back- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 trackedsoon afterand apolo- gisedatthe same publicevent. Addressing an Opposition protestmeeting againsttheCPM- US vote tomorrow, surge in gun ledLDF government, Kerala PCC chief MullappallyRamachandran said: “TheChief Ministershould purchases amid fears of violence notthink that he canescape by fielding aprostitutetotell stories is no wayIcouldhavesaved my againstUDF leaders. Kerala is KARISHMAMEHROTRA lifethatday if theyhad pulled tired of hearing this. NEWYORKCITY,NOVEMBER1 the guns on me," says Benson, a “That is awoman whohad Black himself, adding, "I feel that lamentedthat she wasraped RACE FOR ARTHUR BENSON calls himself my hand wasforced.” across the state. One can under- a“reluctant gun owner”. A34- Arising number of Americans stand if awoman says shehas THE WHITE year-old from Pennsylvania, aredoing the same, buying guns been rapedonce. If she’s one HOUSE Benson had planned aBlack forthe firsttime, in themidst of with self respect, she will die, LivesMatter protestthissum- widespread protests,apolarised otherwise our society has the mer.The 50 peoplewho showed countryand apandemic, all of circumstances to ensureitdoes- EXPRESS up on his side were matchedby whichhaveadded to the tension n’t happen again...” almost300 counter-protesters leading up to the November 3 Ramachandran wasreferring INTHEUS carrying Trumpflags and hold- presidential election. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 inglarge automatic rifles. “There CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Multiple peaks on road ahead: experts’ Covid insightinbook PAGE 1 Lahariya, three of India’s leading ANCHOR healthcareexperts,inaforth- coming booktitled Till We Win: India's Fight Against Covid-19 Pandemic (publishedbyPenguin KAUNAINSHERIFFM RandomHouseIndia). NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER1 Dr Guleria,the AIIMS Director, isthecountry’stoppulmonologist ■ Reduction in death ratesisa and amember of the govern- ‘Problem deeper good sign but notlinkedtopeak- ment’s Covid-19 task force. Dr ing of cases, and India might see Preparingfor after-effectsis Kangisaworldrenownedvaccine than thisgovt... rot “multiple peaks”. thenextstage:Guleria. Express and infectious diseaseresearcher, over time... (But) ■ Chances of Covid-19re-infec-