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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Rail travel to turn Scrap CAA, Finance Minister unveils plans says Kerala dearer from today Assembly for ₹102 lakh cr. infra projects Special Correspondent Fare to rise by up to 4 paise per km Thiruvananthapuram Yuthika Bhargava The Kerala Assembly on Capital basks in sunshine Centre, States and the private sector to share capital expenditure till 2024­25 New Delhi Tuesday just about unani­ as winds blow away fog Special Correspondent Train travel is set to cost you mously passed a resolution NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Core sector After recording its coldest more in the new year, with asking the Centre to with­ day at 9.4 degrees Celsius on Union Finance Minister Nir­ output shrank the Railways increasing draw the “patently anti­ Monday, the sun was out in mala Sitharaman on Tues­ fares for passenger trains by Muslim” Citizenship the Capital on Tuesday with day outlined plans to invest 1.5% in Nov. up to 4 paise per kilometre. (Amendment) Act (CAA). the maximum temperature more than ₹102 lakh crore in “Ministry of Railways has O. Rajagopal, the only settling at 14.6 degrees infrastructure projects by decided to revise the basic Bharatiya Janata Party Celsius. Delhi recorded its 2024­25, with the Centre, the Press Trust of India passenger fare... effective (BJP) MLA, was the sole dis­ NEW DELHI second coldest winter spell States and the private sector from January 1, 2020,” the Costlier ride: The hike will senting voice. Treasury since 1901 with the mean sharing the capital expendi­ The output of eight core order read. be effective for all long­ and Opposition benches maximum temperature for ture in a 39:39:22 formula. infrastructure industries While the fares for ordin­ distance passenger trains. heckled him when he at­ December at 18.76 degrees This will be a significant contracted for the fourth ary non­AC classes will be tempted to defend the Celsius. The coldest­ever has increase over the last six consecutive month in increased by 1 paisa/km, for Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande CAA. been 17.3 degrees Celsius years, when the Centre and November by 1.5%, mail/express non­AC classes Bharat, Tejas, Humsafar, Ga­ In a rare show of biparti­ recorded in December 1997. the States together spent ₹51 according to official data the fare will go up by 2 timan and Garib Rath. sanship, the ruling and Op­ CITY Ī PAGE 2 lakh crore on infrastructure. released on Tuesday. Since paise/km. For AC classes, However, passengers position members were in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD On Independence Day, August, these industries are the hike will be 4 paise/km. who have already booked accord that the new law Prime Minister Narendra recording negative growth. There will be no change tickets for travel in the com­ chipped away at the secu­ Modi had announced plans The output of coal, crude in the suburban fare and ing year, will not be re­ lar foundation of the Con­ to invest ₹100 lakh crore in oil, natural gas, steel, and season tickets. quired to pay more during stitution. modern infrastructure. This electricity declined by 2.5%, The fare hike will impact the journey. is the expenditure needed to 6%, 6.4%, 3.7% and 5.7% long­distance passenger CM ASSAILS BID TO ‘RACIALLY achieve a $5 trillion econo­ respectively, according to trains, including Rajdhani, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 PURIFY HINDUSTAN’ Ī PAGE 8 my by 2024­25, according to the data. an official statement. The core sectors had A task force of senior bu­ expanded by 3.3% in reaucrats, chaired by Eco­ November 2018. The growth SMS partially restored in J&K nomic Affairs Secretary Ata­ adequate data are Gujarat, sector was only ₹10 lakh of cement production nu Chakraborty, had West Bengal, Rajasthan and crore, a slight drop from the dropped to 4.1% from 8.8% Peerzada Ashiq The announcement was where the cases of heart at­ identified ₹102 lakh crore Bihar, said the task force re­ previous year’s investment in November 2018. The JAMMU made by J&K Principal Se­ tacks were attended to, worth of projects in 18 States port. The investment is of ₹10.2 lakh crore. output of refinery products The Jammu and Kashmir ad­ cretary and official spokes­ through a network of 200 as part of a National Infras­ phased over a six­year pe­ The funds would come and fertilizers increased by ministration on Tuesday an­ man Rohit Kansal in Jammu. doctors on WhatsApp tructure Pipeline. riod, including the current fi­ from budgetary and extra­ 3.1% and 13.6% respectively nounced the restoration of “The SMS service and Inter­ groups. Another ₹3 lakh crore nancial year. budgetary resources, as well in November over the year­ short messaging service net in hospitals will be up by It’s after 149 days that the worth of projects are likely as those raised from the mar­ ago month. (SMS) on all post­paid con­ midnight on December 31,” government is allowing SMS to be added soon, Ms. Sitha­ A big task ket and the internal accruals During the April­ nections and starting of In­ Mr. Kansal said. on post­paid connections, raman told journalists, ad­ The plan calls for a ₹13.6 lakh of the relevant state­owned November period, the core ternet facility in all govern­ which were restored on Oc­ ding that the idea was not to crore investment in 2019­20, companies, said Mr. industries recorded flat ment­run hospitals in the Heart care tober 14. The mobile, Inter­ exclude any State, but cer­ a big task considering that Chakraborty. growth against 5.1% in the Kashmir Valley from the The absence of Internet had net and landline services tain States were yet to put the 2018­19 investment in in­ year­ago period. midnight of December 31, affected patient care in hos­ were stopped on August 5. forward their pipelines. frastructure by the Centre, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 coinciding with the New pitals and halted the ‘Save OPPORTUNITIES Ī PAGE 19 Large States yet to provide the States and the private FISCAL DEFICIT Ī PAGE 15 CAD NARROWS Ī PAGE 15 Year festivities. Heart Kashmir’ service, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC NPR trial form Taking a stand Assam stir to spawn new party gets govt. nod AASU ‘channelling anger against BJP’ to form political entity for rollout Rahul Karmakar mese culture and language,” GUWAHATI AASU president Dipanka Ku­ Vijaita Singh The protests against the Citi­ mar Nath said, adding that New Delhi zenship (Amendment) Act the union is in consultation The National Population (CAA) in Assam may yield a with like­minded organisa­ Register (NPR) form used new political party catering tions on the initiative. at the trial stage in Sep­ to sub­national aspirations. “We are exploring how tember 2019, seeking de­ The All Assam Students’ best to go about a political al­ tails of the “place of birth Union (AASU), which is lead­ ternative that will have no of father and mother”, is ing the protests, said it was truck with the AGP and the likely to be finalised as the working on channelling the BJP as well as the Congress. authorities did not receive public anger against the Bha­ AASU chief adviser Samujjal The AGP betrayed the people any adverse feedback ratiya Janata Party’s “obses­ Bhattacharya addressing a by backing the CAA, the BJP from a sample set of sion” with the CAA to form a protest against CAA in wants to rehabilitate the very respondents. regional political entity. Oth­ Guwahati recently. * PTI immigrants it had vowed to Around 30 lakh people er organisations and artistes eject ahead of the 2014 Lok responded to the “pretest” passionate about protecting Agitation for deporting fo­ Sabha polls while the Con­ form that was used to col­ the indigenous people from reigners. The AASU had gress is only interested in lect data in 74 districts. It cultural and linguistic threats spearheaded that agitation. vote­bank politics, particu­ sought details on 21 pa­ would be on board, the un­ The AGP, which defeated larly with the migrant Mus­ rameters, especially the ion’s leaders said. the Congress in the 1985 As­ lims,” Mr. Nath said. “place of birth of father sembly polls to be in power, The BJP played down the and mother, the last place AGP 2.0? is now a ruling ally of the BJP. AASU’s plan. “Some people of residence”, along with Some are calling the move The protesters view the AGP are daydreaming about float­ Aadhaar (optional), voter AGP 2.0, a reference to how as “traitors” for supporting ing a political party and emu­ ID card, mobile phone and leaders of the AASU and oth­ the BJP on the CAA. lating the AGP. We will never­ driving licence numbers. er organisations batting for “The situation in Assam theless win 100 seats in the The present NPR has a the rights of the indigenous today demands a political al­ next election [2021],” State database of 119 crore resi­ Protesters ring in the New Year with slogans against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens at people had formed the Asom ternative formed with people Finance and Health Minister dents.