TS Budget to Be Downsized 20% Farmers, Farm Union Leaders Held
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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I SUNDAY I 7 FEBRUARY 2021 WEATHER WORLD 10 SPORTS 14 TABLOID Max: 32OC | | Min: 16OC RH: 60% UN: Reverse coup Root first to hit double Bollywood’s pursuit Rainfall: Nil in Myanmar century in 100th Test of the talented Forecast: Partly cloudy. Misty morning. Max/Min deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle temp. 31/15 ºC Vol. 84 No. 37 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `7.00 COVID-19 SEC CONFINES AP C UNT MINISTER TO HIS TS Budget to be CASES DEATHS HOME FOR POLLS (+12,514) (+74) DC CORRESPONDENT 1,08,27,170 1,55,028 VIJAYAWADA, FEB. 6 downsized 20% STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS In an unprecedented move, the State Election `50,000 cr lost due to lockdown, slowdown (+161) (+1) Commission (SEC) has directed the AP Director- L. VENKAT RAM ● Growth fell short launch of the Dharani por- TS: 2,95,431 1,608 General of Police to con- REDDY I DC of target and rev- tal. The earnings through fine minister for panchay- HYDERABAD, FEB. 6 enues also fell. property registrations (+75) (+1) at raj and rural develop- remain the worst-affected ment Peddireddy Rama- The Telangana Budget is None of the bud- among all sectors. The AP: 8,88,350 7,159 chandra Reddy to his set to be downsized by at getary targets could Budget had targeted earn- house till the completion least 20 per cent from the be met. There is lit- ing `10,000 crore through CASES AROUND THE WORLD of gram panchayat elec- last year, as the financial tle chance of mak- property registrations but tions on February 21. condition of the state has the government collected This prohibits the minis- been badly affected by the ing good the losses `3,189 crore, thanks to 10,61,28,850 ter from accessing the Covid-19 pandemic and till financial year Dharani portal for which DEATHS media and prevents him the subsequent lockdown. ends on March 31. the government stopped Congress leaders use bullock carts to protest against the 3 new farm laws during the from “making inciting The government has suf- registrations from 23,14,127 Chakka jam at Hayathnagar in support of farmers on Saturday. Nearly 50 protests utterances” that could fered revenue losses of loss of over `5,000 crore in September 7, 2020, to COUNTRIES, were held across Telangana. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE adversely impact the poll over `50,000 crore due to 2021-22. October 29. AREAS WITH process and also the law the lockdown and slowing The Chief Minister has On GST, the government CASES 219 and order situation in down in the economy. been holding meetings had set an earnings target worldometers.info/ Chittoor district. The SEC Finance minister T. with finance officials at of `32,671 crore but has coronavirus took serious note of the Harish Rao had presented Pragathi Bhavan to realised only `18,429 crore minister’s recent warning the 2020-21 Budget with an finalise the new Budget so far. Against the sales Farmers, farm union to collectors and returning outlay of `1.8 lakh crore. for the past three days. tax target of `26,400 crore, ASTROGUIDE officers, urging them to The Budget for 2021-22 is Officials explained to the `13,954 crore could be col- disobey instructions from expected be less than `1.5 CM the need to prune the lected. Sarvari; Uttarayana SEC N. Ramesh Kumar lakh crore. Budget size. The Budget had estimat- Tithi: Pushya Bahula Ekadasi till and to blacklist them if It may be recalled that The 2020-21 Budget pro- ed that the state would 4.47 am (Monday) leaders held for jam they followed Kumar’s Chief Minister K. posals were prepared esti- receive `10,906 crore as its Star: Jyeshta till 4.15 pm instructions especially Chandrasekhar Rao had mating the state's revenue share in Central taxes but Varjyam: Nil BALU PULIPAKA I DC with regard to prevention pruned Budget size by 20 growth rate at 15 per cent. the Centre has released Durmuhurtam: 4.39 pm to 5.25 pm HYDERABAD, FEB. 6 of forced unanimous elec- per cent in 2019-20 citing Growth fell short of target just `5,412 crore so far. Rahukalam: 4.30 pm to 6 pm Oct. 2 deadline to tions. The minister had the economic slowdown and revenues also fell. The silver lining is the HIJRI CALENDAR Hundreds of farmers, rep- allegedly said that the SEC and drastic cuts in Central None of the budgetary tar- Centre’s grants-in-aid to Jamadi- ul- Akhir 24,1442 AH resentatives of farmer would be in power till government funds and gets could be met. There is the state government sur- unions, along with leaders March 31 while the YSRC grants. little chance of making passed the budgetary esti- PRAYERS and workers from various repeal laws: Tikait government tenure would The recent Union Budget good the losses in the mates, thanks to Centre Fajar: 5.45 am political parties were continue beyond it, and also came as a big disap- remaining week till the releasing more grants to Zohar: 12.40 pm arrested at many locations SUNIL THAPLIYAL Centre time till October 2 asked the returning offi- pointment for the TS gov- financial year ends on help states to overcome Asar: 4.38 pm around Hyderabad with agency inputs to withdraw the laws. cers to declare all unani- ernment with cuts in March 31. Coronavirus-induced Maghrib: 6.19 pm for obstructing traffic as NEW DELHI, FEB. 06 Farmers, he added, will mous elections. Central tax devolution The state government financial crisis. Isha: 7.28 pm part of the nationwide return home only after the and imposition of agricul- also paid a heavy price for ■ ■ SUNSET TODAY 6.13 PM ‘chakka jam’ protest on On a day farmers protest- government repeals the Page 2: Minister alleged ture cess on fuel which is stopping property regis- Page 3: Non-tax revenue Saturday. ing against the Centre's contentious legislation SEC seeking MP nomination estimated to result in a trations to facilitate the also got affected SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.46 AM The largest of such three contentious agricul- and makes a law ensuring MOONRISE TOMORROW 2.38 AM protests was held near the tural laws staged an inci- legal guarantee for mini- MOONSET TODAY 2.02 PM Hayathnagar bus depot on dent-free three-hour mum support price (MSP). the Vijayawada highway ‘chakka jam’ across the “There will be no com- for about an hour from country, Bharatiya Kisan promise on this,” he said noon. Union leader Rakesh and asserted that the agi- In all, 50 such protests Tikait said that the farmer tation is for the whole of INSIDE were held across Telan- leaders have given the India and not one state. ■ gana state with no reports CITY... PAGE 2 of any untoward inci- district, and in Mulugu, Sangharsh Coordination Water levels in major dents. Protests were held Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, Committee, was in solidar- reservoirs adequate on the highways including Adilabad, Jogulamba ity with striking farmers Bodhan, Armoor, Kamma- Gadwal as well as in sever- who have been camping ■ CITY... PAGE 3 rpally, Makur in Nizam- al other districts. outside New Delhi. Indians likely to miss Haj abad district, Wardh- The protest, called by the ■ pilgrimage again annapet, Narsampet and Samyukt Kisan Morcha Page 2: Protesters want Mandarpet in Warangal and All India Kisan TS to reinstate procurement ONLY 44 OUT OF 52 EX OFFICIO MEMBERS CAN VOTE IN GHMC COUNCIL ELECTIONS MADDY DEEKSHITH I DC HYDERABAD, FEB. 6 After an exercise spread over two months, the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department has determined that only 44 of 52 ex officio members belonging to vari- ous parties will be eligible for voting in the GHMC council elections on February 11. These 44 are from the TRS, MIM and the BJP. None from the Congress can vote as MP A. Revanth Reddy has utilised his vote in the Boduppal Municipal Corporation. No invitation has been extended to ex-officio mem- bers who are ineligible to vote on the day mayoral elec- tions are to be held. However, all 52 members (TRS 38, MIM 10, BJP 3 and Congress 1) will be allowed participate in the remaining GHMC council meetings. Hyderabad collector Swetha Mohanthy, who is the presid- ing officer for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor elections, scheduled to be held on February 11, inspected the arrangements being made in this regard at the council hall. As per the seating arrangements, Cabinet min- isters and MPs will be seated in the front row, followed by MLAs, MLCs and corpora- tors. The 56 TRS corporators will sit on the extreme left side of the council hall, 44 of MIM in the centre, 48 of BJP on the right and two Congress corporators on the extreme right. The mayor will be elected soon after new corporators are administered their oath. ■ Page 2: TRS plans to win mayoral polls without MIM CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | 7 FEBRUARY 2021 pg 2 SHORT TAKES MINISTER: SEC All dams have enough SEEKING MP NOMINATION water for summer From Page 1 The minister was quoted as Good storage due to heavy rains during monsoon last year saying that the SEC was trying to gain an MP or MLC nomi- L. VENKAT RAM nation from the Telugu REDDY I DC Desam. HYDERABAD, FEB. 6 The SEC said that the inten- Malkapet reservoir work tion for issuing such an order Most reservoirs in the was to carry out the mandate Krishna and Godavari given to the Election basins in Telangana state Commission to hold free and have more water than pre- gathers momentum fair elections and to insulate vious years, just before collectors and returning offi- the onset of summer.