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. ?) @ & A $*3456 A & & . # 1:5 !" A$*$#-$3 $/22# (*%+'(, &'()! #'% #$%& %'()*+ ,&*!-% & &F ; E B% C& ,&',-$.+-/ /-(& F E B "D % & /- !'/(&-# 0-/& #$&/-#' 1 ( 789(8:36;0 38<4 excluding inflation,” the sources said. Terming it as a “big leap”, $ they said the hike will enable some big deals like medium !!!"#$$%%&' ((*+$( multi-role combat aircraft $-.! !!!#$$'/$((*$/($- (MMRCA), six submarines and infantry assault rifles. 1! !!!#$$ More funds will also speed up (2'*2$(3/$+O(%*$&$2(/# the raising of the Mountain %#+((;" &-O(#-3#(5! !!!#$$ Strike Corps by the Army to -#$3$2-# P Q ! espite a weak economy, the $+'(2$'($. !!!3$3$$3*( face any challenge from China. ($(( '2#('#-3 " Modi Government is keen Lack of funds has stalled -$-3$*'@ #$ " D $-.! !!!#$$ (-(2$#*$'3*/$ on hiking the defence budget $7!$((#-/$(#$$(1859 the MMRCA deal worth over <3='$#(> -/#-$*#- % &! by 15 to 18 per cent, which will 45,000 crore, long range P Q " be one of the highest in the last -18:3--#2$'$-$1! !!!#$$ artillery guns costing about N&$3$2-#'2#O $'(-(3$' three decades, with the focus (3-$*3- 20,000 crore and infantry 2$/'-( &( mainly on sustaining the rifles worth over 10,000 '(#-3$ #'&-( momentum of modernisation crore. The contract negotia- *-$($ & of armed forces. Notably, the tions with French company ##(( #*'3- ) hiked budgetary allocation will Dassault whose fighter jet $-3-( &$ * exclude inflation. Rafale emerged as the lowest n the latest irritant, the + , The UPA had in its first priced are in the final stages. IChinese Government has L!''! &) , term in 2004 hiked the Once the deal is inked, the shown Arunachal Pradesh as ")"! *)$#**! - defence budget by more than Government will have to pay part of its territory in a new map 23 per cent. While it was a In fact, the UPA-II dis- Arun Jaitley, who is also head- nearly 15,000 crore as the released recently prompting a " &. , hike of 17 per cent in 2013, the pensation increased the outlay ing the Finance Ministry. They first installment. strong reaction from New Delhi, !"#$%& - defence budget during former in the interim defence budget apprised the Minister that The UPA Government which said that “cartographic '!!!( Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s earlier this year by just 10 per besides low capital budget to could not finalise the deal due depiction” does not change the &) tenure witnessed an increase cent to cater to inflation. The buy new weapons, the armed to paucity of funds and more reality on the ground and that !)!!* in allocations by over 20 per interim allocation was forces were finding it difficult allocations will enable the the North-Eastern State is an +)+#%' &) cent in 1986. 2,24,000 crore with 89,588 to maintain their existing Defence Ministry to ink the integral part of India. !%! & “The proposed hike for crore comprising capital expen- armoury due to lack of spares. contract, sources said. Incidentally, Beijing’s L ./ 0 / fiscal 2014-2015 is significant diture and 1,34,212 crore as Moreover, a substantial The UPA Government had move has come at a time / 1/ as it is being planned despite revenue budget. Incidentally, part of the capital budget was given the nod for the Corps in when Vice-President Hamid 0 P Q0 the galloping inflation and the defence spending has dipped consumed for paying com- July last year. Ansari is on a five-day visit to & $ economy not in a good shape. below two per cent of the GDP mitted liabilities and install- It will require more than China on an invitation to " The UPA-I could go in for a as compared to five per cent ments for earlier acquisitions. 80,000 crore to recruit near- commemorate 60 years of (Uttarakhand), close to . major jump as the NDA hand- spent by China and Pakistan And these contractual obliga- ly 40,000 personnel and to buy Panchsheel. Badrinath shrine. 1 ed over to it a robust economy. respectively. tions will continue for some helicopters, howitzers and It also comes close on the China has always staked $ $ Subsequent years of the UPA Paucity of funds has hit more years. other specialised weaponry, heels of reports that Chinese claim to parts of Arunachal regime saw defence outlay modernisation over the last few “Though the Defence besides creating infrastruc- troops intruded in the and this new map shows &/ coming down to an average 10 years. The armed forces have Ministry pitched for a 25 per ture to fight a war in the Pangong Lake in Ladakh while majority of the State as part of " to 12 per cent due to resource stressed this point in their pre- cent hike, it may have to be mountains. two of its helicopters violated Southern Tibet. , &2 crunch,” sources said sentations to Defence Minister content with 15 to 18 per cent Turn to Page 4 airspace in Joshimath Turn to Page 4 & . !"# & ! $%$& $ 3456 &) // ith the scrapping of the Q & Wcontroversial Four-Year $ Undergraduate Programme ! (FYUP), the fate of over 3,000 #$ Delhi University students, who &&' & had enrolled themselves in $ BTech and Bachelors in ()* Management Studies (BMS) courses last year, hangs & in balance. As these two new &( 78 courses, along with FYUP, did not get necessary statutory ( approvals, uncertainty prevails ( # &( &) over the status of these courses. Meanwhile, the Delhi + University announced that the L- -! $ % 0 #$ &) admissions process will com- mence on July 1 with cut-off . / . & being expected to be out on -- Monday night. The second cut-off list will be released on A member of the UGC & July 4. Standing Committee said on the "#$ %$' While BTech was a com- condition of anonymity, “Since & pletely new course introduced the Ordinances under FYUP is * cards as it foundation was the assistant engineer and the 9 " with FYUP in 2013, BMS was no longer stay, BTech naturally weakened due to illegal con- junior engineer of the area $ Q offered after combining three will go. However, we have pro- struction on the adjacent plot. and ordering a probe. Sources $ &( existing courses — BA posed for them (students) to get The building was occupied said that the Lieutenant- $ (Honours) in Business the degree as per what the uni- + by 14 people belonging to four Governor is closely monitoring Economics (BBE), Bachelor of versity promised them during different families who were the situation and is constantly Chennai: Two persons were $ Business Studies (BBS) and admission. The university is residing on different floors. in touch with senior officials. killed and over 50 others & Bachelor of Financial and legally bound to do so.” The menace of illegal con- North Delhi Mayor feared trapped when an ) Q &) Investment Analysis (BFIA). The UGC Standing ragedy struck the congest- struction, negligence on the Yogendra Chandolia reached under-construction 11- The University Grants Committee is likely to meet on Ted Inderlok area in North part of the civic authorities and the spot and assured guilty offi- storey building collapsed $ Commission (UGC) Standing Monday to deliberate and take Delhi where a four-storey a deep-rooted nexus among cials will be punished. near suburban Porur on Committee had recommended a decision on the matter building collapsed killing 10 building mafia, police, and “Two officials have been Saturday. Rescue efforts &) in its first meeting that students regarding the enrolled BTech people, including five children, MCD officials was clearly indi- suspended. No one will be were on by multiple agen- ! already under the BTech and and BMS students. and leaving two others injured cated in the reaction of the spared,” he told the media pre- cies, including National * BMS programmes must be Turn to Page 4 on Saturday around 8.40am. North Delhi Municipal sent at the site of tragedy. Disaster Response Force + given the degree as per what Related story, complete The 50-year-old building, Corporation (NMC) which Turn to Page 4 (NDRF). &) 2; they were promised. admission schedule on P3 313/4C, caved in like pack of spared no time in suspending Detailed reports on P3 Detailed report on P4 L . L &! & ,P -. .' ) 2; ! 5==4=5 O$ ple’s aspirations. “To be an MP is an impor- ! 9 In a motivational speech to tant thing and one must look at & around 161 members of the it seriously. Remember, people not a ruling person. He is by ) Lok Sabha and 18 of the Rajya are observing your perfor- temperament, someone who P Sabha at Surajkund, Haryana, mance not only in the House wants to fight injustice,” Singh & Modi said they have a long way but even outside. Our transition day after former Defence was quoted