eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Jumping PUNE,LATECITY Through Loops OCTOBER11,2020 Coding is nowbeing 16 PAGES,`5.00 pitched as anew interactive playground forchildren DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 13, 14, 15 JAGAN REDDY COMPLAINS AGAINST JUSTICE NVRAMANA CENTRALBANKAFFIDAVIT IN SC InrarelettertoCJI,AndhraCMlists RBI opposes loan moratorium allegationsagainstSC’sJudgeNo.2 extension: Will hit CM refers to Judgedaughters’ land deal; lastmonth, Justice Ramana said judges victims of gossip credit discipline High Courtincluding the roster it wasdeclared the sitefor the Lastmonth, Justice Ramana, SREENIVASJANYALA of afew Honourable Judges”. newcapital of the state. speaking at the launchofabook HYDERABAD,OCTOBER10 The Chief Minister’s eight- Dated October 6, the letter by former Supreme Courtjudge Says will affect small borrowers, urges SUNDAY pageletterrefers to Justice wasreleasedtothe media in Justice RBanumathi, said: “As STORY IN AN unprecedented move, Ramana’s alleged “proximity” to Hyderabad Saturdayevening by judges areself-restrainedfrom courttoliftstayondeclaring NPAs AndhraPradesh Chief Minister TDP leader and former Chief Ajeya Kallam, Principal Advisor speaking out in their ownde- PAGE 11 YSJagan Mohan Reddy has writ- MinisterNChandrababu Naidu, to the AndhraPradesh Chief fence, theyare nowbeing con- tentoChief Justice of India SA and an Anti-Corruption Bureau Minister. struedassofttargets forcriti- ANANTHAKRISHNANG PICTURE Bobde, alleging that Justice NV investigation into “questionable The SundayExpress reached cism. This issue is further NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 Ramana —nextinline to be the transactions of land” involving AndhraCMJagan Mohan out to the SecretaryGeneral of complicated by the proliferation ABHI CJI — “has been influencing the twodaughters of Justice Ramana Reddy;Justice NVRamana the Supreme Courtfor com- of social media and technology, THE RESERVE Bank of India has sittings of the (AndhraPradesh) and others in Amaravati, before ment, but therewas no response. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 told the Supreme Courtthat con- BAAKI HAI tinuation of the loan morato- RBIworry:its rium period beyond the six months already granted mayaf- mandateand fect overall credit discipline, and small borrowers will eventually bankingsystem Two firms of BSY’s feel the pinch. The central bank has also RBI HAS arguedagainst urgedthe apexcourttoliftits in- extending the loan mora- grandson get Rs 5cr terim order staying declaration of torium beyond six accountsasnon-performing as- months, and has also sets (NPAs), saying this will have asked the Supreme Court “hugeimplications forthe bank- to liftthe stay imposed from seven Kolkata ing system, apartfromunder- on declaring accountsas mining” its “regulatorymandate”. NPAs beyond August31. In afresh affidavit filedinthe The RBI is of the viewthis shell companies Supreme Court, whichishearing will have hugeimplica- aplea on the question of charg- tions forthe banking sys- ing interestoninterestfor loan temand also undermine Pvt channel alleged quid proquo for repaymentsduring the morato- itsregulatorymandate. rium period, the RBI said “along Bengaluru housing project;Karnataka moratorium exceeding six months can also impact credit Amore “durable solution”, CM’s grandson says ‘working loans’ behaviour of borrowers and in- the RBI said, is providedbythe crease the risksofdelinquencies Resolution Framework for postresumption of scheduled Covid-19related Stress, an- JOHNSONTA payments. It mayresult in vitiat- nouncedbyitonAugust6, BENGALURU,OCTOBER10 ing the overall credit discipline which “enables the lenders to whichwill have adebilitating im- implement aresolution plan in TWOCOMPANIES in whichChief pact on the process of credit cre- respect of personal loans as well MinisterBSYediyurappa’s ation in the economy. It will be as other exposures affected due grandson Shashidhar Mardi be- IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER the small borrowers whichmay to Covid-19, subject to the pre- came adirector afterthe BJP end up bearing the brunt of the scribed conditions, without as- came to powerinKarnataka in Chirag Paswan performedthe lastrites of his father,Ram Vilas Paswan, in Patna on Saturday. Bihar Chief MinisterNitish impact as their accesstoformal setclassification downgrade. July2019receivedRs5crore from Kumar and Union MinisterRaviShankar Prasad were among those who attendedthe cremation. PTI REPORT,PAGE6 lending channels is criticallyde- The framework,inter alia, sevenKolkatashell companies pendent on the credit culture”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 between March and July2020. Thechain of transactions fig- ureindocumentsfiledwith the EXPRESS NETWORK Farmers’ Registrar of Companies (RoC) As Covid fuels personal vehicle use, petrol that were scrutinisedbyThe The firms sharecommon PM ON WIND suicides highest SundayExpress,and details of addresses: 301E, BBGanguly TURBINES: WATER bank accountsofthe twofirms Street,and 277, BBGanguly demand in September higher than 2019 in Maharashtra were telecastbyaprivate TV Street in Kolkata. Partha Paul EXTRACTION FROM channel that wastaken offair by AIR ALREADY ON, SAY September 2019.Fuel consump- despite loan the stategovernment foreight SCIENTISTS PAGE 8 ENSECONOMICBUREAU REVVING UP tion in India collapsedafter the days,but is nowonair again. Express, Mardi termedthe money NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 government announcedana- waiver, reforms Lastmonth, PowerTVhad al- as “working loans foraproject” ■Petrol and ■ Diesel demand in 7,160 tionwide lockdown on March 25 leged in aseries of reports that forwhich “all documentation” INDIA’S PETROL consumption thousand metric tonnes for to combat the spread of the Feb, March, August, September 5,651 5,489 the moneywas partofaquid pro has been provided. He deniedthe My ISOLATION grew forthe firsttime since 4,849 novelcoronavirus. Demand ini- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE quofor the promise of obtaining allegations levelledbythe TV FebruaryinSeptember,with tiallyrecoveredsteadilyfollow- MUMBAI,OCTOBER10 government clearance forRCCL, channel, saying theyweremade Aweeklywindowintolivesof diesel demand also recovering 2,511 2,1562,3812,450 ing the lifting of the restrictions aprivate firm, to construct a with “ill intentions” and abid to India’snewsmakers,impactof month on month, according to but stalledafter June, when state DESPITEVARIOUSfarmerwelfare Rs 660-croregovernment hous- “tarnish the family”. Mardi, 30, is datareleasedbythegovernment’s and local government beganim- schemes, including aloan waiver thepandemiconthem ing project in Bengaluru. the son of Yediyurappa’s daugh- Petroleum Planning and Analysis posing local-levellockdowns. in 2017,Maharashtrarecorded ▲ ▼ ▼ ▲ ▲ ▼ ▼ ▼ The project, whichwas terPadmavathi VY. PAGE 10 Cell. The petrol consumption last 11.25% -16.37% -7.53% 3.29% 6.28% -24.24% -20.73% -5.96% Experts said preference for 3,927farmerssuicidein2019 --the awardedtoRCCL in April 2019 RCCL director Chandrakant month, at 2,450 thousand metric personal means of transportto highestinthe countrywhichreg- ▲▼ Ascomparedtocorrespondingmonthin2019 when the Congress-JD(S) coali- Ramalingam did notrespond to ‘Children are home,Iget tonnes (TMT), wasevenhigher avoid infection seems to be be- isteredatotalof 10,281suicidesin tion wasinpowerinKarnataka, requests forcomment. However, to spend time with them’ thanforthecorrespondingperiod hind the petrol sales rising to pre- the farm sector lastyear,accord- is awaiting the final work order. he filedapolice complaint last SACHIN PILOT in 2019 (2,372 TMT). sumption rose to 5,489 TMT,as pared to August, it wasstill 6% Covid levels. “Petrolisonlyused ing to datareleasedbyNCRB. Speaking to The Sunday CONTINUEDONPAGE2 However, while diesel con- muchas13.2% higher as com- down as compared to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “Maharashtrahas been at the forefront, pushing agriculturere- forms. The statehad in 2006 en- forced agricultural reforms, in- Citing LAC, US slams China, says Ambulance driver who ferried 200 bodies cluding contract farming, under the then Congress-NCP govern- ment. But, of the 1.56 crorefarm- we turned other cheek too long of Covid patients since March dies of virus ers in the statenot morethan 50,000have,sofar,taken up con- aggression” at the Indian border 48-year-old ambulance driver tract farming,” asenior official in SHUBHAJITROY and US SecretaryofState Michael ASHNABUTANI succumbed to the disease at the stateAgriculturedepartment NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 RPompeo has said that China has NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 Hindu RaoHospital. said. The subsequent govern- amassed60,000troops on India's Employedwith the Shaheed ment, ledbythe BJP,too, had IN WHATsetsthe tone forUS northern border. FOROVER six months, Aarif Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal, that pro- stressedgroup farming and ex- Deputy SecretaryofState Biegun’s visit is expected to Khan sleptinanambulance vides free emergency services in tendedfinancial incentivesupto Stephen Biegun’s visit to India setthe stagefor the Indo-US 2+2 parking lot28kmfromhis home NCR, Khan would oftenpitchin Rs 1crore,the official added. In from Monday, twotop US ad- meeting between External in northeastDelhi’s Seelampur, with moneyfor the lastrites if a 2017,then Maharashtrachief ministration officials have Affairs MinisterSJaishankar and staying in touchwith his wife familywas in need, or help with ministerDevendraFadnavis an- slammedBeijing, invoking itson- Defence MinisterRajnath Singh and four children on the phone. the rituals if adeceased’s near nouncedthe Chhatrapati Shivaji going standoffwith