millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 105 | Wednesday, 18 April 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,548.70 (+20.35) pSENSEX 34,395.06 (+89.63) pDOW JONES 24,573.04 (+212.90) pNASDAQ 7156.28 (+49.64) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 65.64 (-0.15) qRUPEE/EURO 81.10 (-0.02) pGOLD/10GM 32,350 (+350) pSILVER/K 40,300 (+400) DRUG RACKET THREE BJP STATES, US, BRITAIN WARN RANBIR IS BUSTED, 4 HELD TAMIL NADU TO OF RUSSIAN KEEN ON DOING INCLUDING TWO SEEK REVIEW OF CAMPAIGN TO HACK SPORTS-CENTRIC 19-YR-OLD GIRLS PG4 SC/ST ORDER PG5 NETWORKS PG10 FILM PG16 CASH CRUNCH ACROSS STATES SC red flags fear of ATMs run dry: Cruel reminder of Aadhaar data misuse MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: A leak of Aad- demonetisation days, says Mamata haar data can influence the outcome of an election, the Supreme Court said on Tues- OUR CORRESPONDENT day, continuing its explora- GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP tion of the matter amid the KOLKATA: With ATMs running out massive controversy over the of cash in several states, Chief Minister illegal use of Facebook data in Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing PRODUCTION OF `500 NOTES the US elections. attack at the Centre by asking “Is there Last week, the court had a Financial Emergency going on in the NEW DELHI: Union Finance expressed concerns about country?” Minister Arun Jaitley said the the possible misuse of data of Banerjee, who was the first to raise “temporary shortage” in certain 1.3 billion Indians. It drew a her voice when the high-value notes were states is being “tackled quickly” sharp response from the Aad- big political issue in the coun- demonetised on November 8 in 2016, and that there is “more than ade- haar authority UIDAI, who try, with the Congress and the tweeted on Tuesday: “Seeing reports of quate” currency in circulation. said: “Aadhaar data is not an BJP trading charges of data ATMs running out of cash in several “Overall there is more than atom bomb”. misuse. States. Big notes missing. Reminder of adequate currency in circulation “The real apprehension is The court, which asked #DeMonetisation days. Is there a Finan- and also available with the Banks. the data available can influ- UIDAI for an account of its cial Emergency going on in the country? The temporary shortage caused by parts of the country. ence the electoral outcome of data protection procedure, on #CashCrunch #CashlessATMs”. ‘sudden and unusual increase’ (in The Reserve Bank said in a a country... whether democ- Tuesday said the “problems There were reports of cash crunch demand) in some areas is being notification that there is no cur- racy can survive if Aadhaar are not symptomatic but real”. from several states, mainly Andhra It may be recalled that Banerjee was mon people had passed through, at tackled quickly,” he said in a tweet. rency shortage and clarified that data is used to influence the Asking what the “nature of the Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Bhopal, Surat the first to criticise the move of the Cen- the period when there was acute cash To meet the “unusual” currency there is sufficient cash in the cen- electoral outcome,” said Jus- safeguards” in the absence of a and Hyderabad, leading to unnecessary tre in demonetising high-value notes. crunch soon after demonetisation was demand in the country, the gov- tral bank’s vaults and currency tice DY Chandrachud, who data protection law was, Jus- harassment of common people. Interestingly, the main purpose behind announced. ernment has decided to increase chests. RBI also said that printing was part of a five-judge bench tice Chandrachud said, “We There have also been reports of cash demonetisation of high-value notes, as Banerjee also tweeted on Tuesday in printing of Rs 500 notes by five of the notes had been ramped up hearing a clutch of 27 peti- can’t have a blinkered view of crunch in certain parts of Bengal as well. stated by the Centre, remained “unful- connection with the resignation of spe- times, Economic Affairs Secretary in all four note presses. tions that questioned the reality, because we are going A large section of people from some filled” as after 10 months, RBI had come cial NIA judge Ravinder Reddy, citing Subhash Chandra Garg said here Minister of State for Finance validity of Aadhaar, flagged to lay down the law which will areas of both South and North Bengal up with a report that 99 percent of the a personal reason, a few hours after the on Tuesday. Shiv Pratap Shukla said the gov- privacy issues and data leak. affect the future”. districts have raised the allegation of demonetised currency had found its way verdict in the Mecca Masjid blast case. “We have taken steps to increase ernment had formed a committee The focus on the illegal Last week, the court asked non-availability of cash in ATMs. back to the banking system. She tweeted: “NIA judge resigned. What the supply of currency in case the to address the problem of currency use of data by third parties if biometrics collected by the People from all walks of life are fac- Banerjee had also criticised the Cen- does this mean? Justice is silent. And are demand was to go up further. To shortage in certain states and the has sharpened following the registering entities share the ing trouble when they are finding the tre for its hasty implementation of the the accused golden?” give you an example, Rs 500 notes issue would be resolved in next Facebook data misuse case, information with others once “funds unavailable” board hanging in Goods and Services Tax (GST). She The court on Monday acquitted all -- we print about 500 crore of notes 2-3 days. which became public last it obtains consent. Denying front of the teller machine in an ATM termed the demonetisation and hasty five involved in the case, including Hin- per day. We have taken steps to Income tax officials have been month. Disgraced British firm the possibility, the UIDAI said counter, but the worst affected are those implementation of GST as “double self- dutva preacher Swami Aseemanand, raise this production five times,” roped in to probe the surge in cash Cambridge Analytica had the moment the data is sub- with ailing and elderly people at home, ish taxation” on the people of India. holding that the prosecution has failed Garg said at a press meet called to withdrawals that is believed to have used data for psychological mitted; it is encrypted. “So as they need to withdraw money quite She had also held the Centre respon- to prove “even a single allegation” against calm fears after reports of currency contributed to ATMs running out profiling on behalf of Donald there is no leakage or sharing often for medical purposes. sible for the harassment that the com- them. shortages emerged from several of cash, a senior official said. MPOST Trump. The matter became a of data,” it added. NO DANGER TO MEHBOOBA GOVERNMENT Political divisions 11 dead as massive storm ITR-1 ready for in Europe are like a e-filing: IT dept BJP ministers in J&K govt asked to ‘civil war’ hits Kolkata, suburbs MPOST BUREAU EMMANUEL MACRON NEW DELHI: The latest resign, to be replaced with new faces ITR-1 form, largely used by the salaried class of taxpay- SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE ignations of the BJP ministers is In today’s ers, has been activated on the a prelude to the BJP’s reconsti- official e-filing portal of the NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya tution of its part of the council paper Income Tax Department, a Janta Praty (BJP) on Tuesday of ministers without any bear- senior official said on Tuesday. asked its ministers in Jammu ing on the continuation in the ... The single Income Tax and Kashmir government to coalition government in the CITY Return (ITR) form, noti- submit their resignation as the state. The announcement came fied by the CBDT on April 5, party wants to reshuffle its min- two days after two BJP minis- GUARDIANS PROTEST AGAINST FEE HIKE 4 has been put on its website, isters in the Mehbooba Mufti’s ters, Lal Singh and Chander NATION https://www.incometaxindi- cabinet. but clarified that this does not Prakash Ganga, had tendered aefiling.gov.in, on Monday. According to the sources mean the withdrawal of sup- their resignations to the CM IAF’s DRILL CLOSE TO CHINA BORDER 6 “Other ITRs will be avail- in the BJP, the decision was port to the government. in the wake of protest following able shortly,” he said. The new taken at a core group meeting, “All BJP ministers have the gangrape and murder of an EDIT REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE ITR forms for the assessment chaired by party’s state vice resigned ahead of a Cabinet eight-year-old girl in Jammu’s year 2018-19 mandate the sal- president Avinash Rai Khanna, reshuffle and this does not Kathua earlier this year. GO WITH THE FLOW 8 MPOST BUREAU lis, a fire department official said. aried class assessees to provide at the party headquarters. in any way mean the BJP has Both the ministers had INTERNATIONAL The New Market police sta- their salary breakup, and busi- “All BJP ministers have been pulled out of the government,” maintained that they had been KOLKATA: Eleven people were tion, located in the heart of the city, nessmen their GST number directed to submit their resig- the source said.