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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021, PUNE, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM MANN RECUSES HOURS BEFORE FIRST MEETING NEWMONOPOLIES: OBJECTIONS WERE OVER-RULED SCcommitteecracks,keymember Finance and Niti had raised optsoutsayingheiswithfarmers red flags before Adani’s Tomar confirms talkswithfarmer Record govt purchases of clean sweep of six airports leaderstoday, with ‘an openmind’ cotton,paddy from Punjab PRANAVMUKUL &ANILSASI SUKHBIRSIWACH, ED Adding that the CCI entered the market NEWDELHI,JANUARY14 INDIAN RAAKHIJAGGA& tothe ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA on time at the season’s start ARMY DAY HARIKISHANSHARMA PLAIN E JALANDHAR,JANUARY14 when narma rateswere BOTH THE FINANCE Ministry ● confusion CHANDIGARH,NEWDELHI, EX Rs 4,600-4,800/quintal. That’s a and Niti Aayoghad put on record JANUARY14 RAJVIRSINGHGoltasold52quin- viewalso echoedbyNirmal objections regarding the 2019 THE EXIT of Bhupinder tals of narma/kapas (raw un- Singh Tiwana,afarmer from the airportbiddingprocess, which TWODAYSafter the Supreme Singh Mann has put a ginnedcotton)overthreepickings same villagewho sold 21 quin- were over-ruled, clearing the Courtnamedhim as one of the question markonthe from his five-acrelandinJhumba tals of the crop, grownontwo wayfor aclean sweep of six air- four members of an expert com- consultation process. It villageofPunjab’s Bathinda dis- out of his four-acreholding, to ports by the Ahmedabad-based mittee, tasked to listentogriev- remains to be seen if the trict.Hegot thefull minimum the CCI at the Centre’s MSP. Adani Group, records accessed ances of farmers opposedtothe courtnames anew supportprice (MSP) of Rs 5,665 And it is notjustcotton. by The Indian Express show. LastAugust, Adani Group signeddeal to acquireacontrolling newagriculturelawsand the member to replace him. per quintal forhis medium-long Government agencies have pro- This assumes significance interest in country’s second largest airportinMumbai. File views of the government, What also complicates staple fibrecropthat waspro- cured an all-time high 202.78 giventhat on August31lastyear, BhupinderSinghMann, presi- the process is the out- cured by the Cotton Corporation lakh tonnes of paddy from the Adani Group signedanother dent of BKU (Mann) and right rejection of the of India (CCI) betweenearly- Punjab at the MSP of Rs dealto acquireacontrolling inter- chairman of All India Kisan panel by farmer unions. October and mid-December. 1,988/quintal for2020-21. estinthecountry’ssecondlargest Concentration of power CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The 42-year-old is pleased CONTINUEDONPAGE2 airport, in Mumbai —the Airports BUSINESSASUSUAL Authority of Indiacleared that in India Inc: Regulator takeoveronJanuary12. BY UNNY Aviation is one sector the Behind trust deficit between Govt and Competition Commission of reviews seven key sectors India (seeinterview)has marked forreviewofmarketdominance. Telecom to pharma, airports to ports: farmers,misreading of protests From running aprivate air-strip CONTINUEDONPAGE2 concession agreementstobereviewed thedeep trustdeficit betweenthe announcedthe govern- kanoon’, the agitationspread to LIZMATHEW& protesters and the government. ment’s intention to enact the towns, groups of 50-100shouted HARIKISHANSHARMA Thereare voices within who three farm laws,and mid- slogans outside the offices of TAKINGOFF PRANAVMUKUL P13 NEWDELHI,JANUARY14 suggestthat the government November,when farmer unions SDMs (Sub-Divisional &ANILSASI misread the signals on the gave aDelhi Chalo call, the gov- Magistrates) and District 20months NEWDELHI,JANUARY14 AS THE farmers’ protests acquire ground in Punjab, indulged in ernment and the party,aleader Collectors in tehsils and districts. Timeperiodofgrowth anew dimension with the name-calling that misfired,and said,didn’tcatchthe discontent- BJP leaders in Punjab failed to AMID THE unprecedented con- Supreme Court’s controversial in- brushedasidefarmers’concerns ment brewing across Punjab. counter this campaign. 8* centration of powerinatleast terventionand one of the four by attributing politicaland ide- No sooner had the “Theyshould nothavegiven Airportscontrolledby sevencoresectors in corporate THEEXPRESS members pulling out of the pro- ologicalmotives to theprotest. Ordinancesbeenpromulgated up in the beginning itself.Local AdaniGroup India, from pharma and telecom Bid to posedresolution committee, the Forsix months between May on June 5than farmers in villages party leaders eitherlockedthem- to airportsand ports,the INTERVIEW challenge, manyinthe party and 15,the dayFinance Minister startedprotests,unions told selvesinorjoinedthe protesters. 7.90crore Competition Commission of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 bring back government admit, is to address Nirmala Sitharaman first them these three were ‘kaala Numberofpassengers India has launchedaset of de- ASHOK KUMAR GUPTA handled tailedinvestigations on the mar- CHAIRPERSON, COMPETITION (23.2%ofdomestictraffic) ketdynamics of eachsector. COMMISSION OF INDIA ‘bungalow Simultaneously, it hasstarted *Mumbai, Ahmedabad, areviewofall model concession keyinfrastructuresectors:airports, Mangalore, Lucknow, Jaipur, agreements—the legal contract ports, electricity and railways. peons’ after PM to launch vaccine drive, Govt seeks Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, that forms the basis of the public- The goal is to ensurethat greenfield Navi Mumbai Railway first list of beneficiaries up voter data private partnership—across four CONTINUEDONPAGE2 said no for vaccine KAUNAINSHERIFFM drive, EC AVISHEKGDASTIDAR NEWDELHI,JANUARY14 NEWDELHI,JANUARY14 PRIME MINISTER NarendraModi agrees AMONTH afterthe Railway will launchthestartofthe Covid- Ministryissuedapolicy to dis- 19 vaccination drive Saturday, continuethe 100-year-old prac- connecting with3,006 vaccina- RITIKACHOPRA& tice of hiring "bungalow peons" tion sites across thecountryvia KAUNAINSHERIFFM forits officers, plans areonto video-conferencing. NEWDELHI,JANUARY14 bring them backinanew avatar. The Prime Minister’s Office Severalzonalrailways are said Modi will address the sites, THE ELECTION Commission (EC) said to be in the process of draft- whereoverthree crorepriority has agreedtoarequestfromthe ing their ownlocal policies that groups will bevaccinatedover the The newly inaugurated genome sequencing laboratoryat MinistryofHome Affairs (MHA) would enable an officer to retain next fewmonths, at 10.30 am. theIGI AirportinNew Delhi on Thursday. Tashi Tobgyal to shareelectoral roll datafor aTelephoneAttendant cum Dak “Around100beneficiaries willbe identifyingtheagegrouptargeted Khalasior“bungalowpeon”. The vaccinatedat eachsession siteon forthe firstphase of the Covid-19 Odisha-basedEastCoast Railway the inaugural day,”the govern- healthcareworkers has already Chhattisgarhtoprovide an offline vaccination drive,sources told The has already finalisedapolicyfor ment said. takenplace, theyneednot indi- mechanism to upload real-time Indian Express. hiringpeopleoncontractfor of- Senior Health Ministryoffi- viduallyregister. States have been data, giventheir remote locations The Commission, sources ficers’residences.Sources said cials said the beneficiarylistfor told to ensure that thesession whereInternetconnectivity is not said, is nowwaiting foraresponse other zones mayfollowsuit soon. thefirstday has alreadybeenup- sites, including the listofvaccina- strong, has been approved and a on the specific datarequiredby ALMOST THERE The Railway Ministryhad au- loaded on theCo-WIN platform. tors and beneficiaries, is ready system forthe same shared. the Ministry. thorisedzonal general managers “The vaccinationsession is from twodays prior to eachvaccina- “However, directions have been According to the Preparations underwayatthe Kamala Nehru Hospital in Pune on Thursday, forthe rolloutof to review the situation in their 9amto5pm. Whoevercomes till tion round. Therefore, forDay 1, giventhat the upload of the of- Government’sblueprint, the vac- the nationwide Covid-19vaccination programme on Saturday. Arul Horizon respective areas. Around8,000 5pmwill be vaccinated even af- states have finalisedthe benefici- fline databedone the same day cine will beofferedfirsttohealth- officers of Indian Railways are ter5pm, justlikehow it happens arylist,” the official added. to ensurethat people arenot careworkers, frontline workers entitledtothis facility under the in elections,” an official said. Sources said that the request missed,” an official said. and those above 50 years of age, old policy. “Sincethe bulk registrationof by Jammu &Kashmir and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 followedbythose below50with State govt identifies six centres Under the newpolicy issued associatedcomorbidities.The pri- by East Coast Railway,“with the ority group of above 50 maybe approval of the General further dividedintothose